Touchdown!

Although the Super Bowl is over, we still have some intense football going on in south Mississippi.  Luke is once again playing flag football and he LOVES it!  He has become quite obsessed with football this fall and watched every game he could, regardless of the team.  He reads books on all the football greats and can call plays and games better than most sports broadcasters. 

Luke is the quarterback and has thrown for some great receptions this year.

Luke is also the running back and averages over 150 yards rushing per game.

But not without some great blocks from his teammates.  

Turning on the jets.

Go Luke go!  Luke averages 3 touchdowns a game.  

His speed helps him out on grabbing those flags too on defense.  

Luke's football skills have awed Stephen and I this year.  It is a joy to watch him race down the field and score a touchdown.  But we have been equally awed at his composure and cool.  He scores most of the touchdowns for his team but after he scores, he jogs over to the coach hands him the ball and lines up for the next play.  He has never once "showboated."  The other team has some pretty athletic boys who have been involved in competitive traveling teams for years.  They are very loud, showy, braggy (not a word but a perfect explanation).  It is hard to watch sometimes because we have stayed far away from this world.  It breaks my heart to see them harass players not only on our team but weaker players on their own team.  I wonder what a world of 7 and 8 year olds being this competitive at such an early age will lead to?  This is YMCA FLAG FOOTBALL for pete's sake, there should not be anything threatening about it.  It seems kids cannot just play sports for the joy of playing sports anymore, even something as informal as flag football.  It is very sad because kids that maybe haven't reached their athletic stride at 7 years old (which of course, not many have) are already labeled as non-athletic.  At 7 years old!!!   

I miss the days when I was a kid (I know, I know, the good old days) and one could play basketball, volleyball, track, soccer, and cheerlead all in one year just to see what you liked!  No real decisions had to be made until the high school level.  

Ahh, the good ole days.  I am officially old.  But I am all for "old fashioned" sportsmanship and both mommy and daddy have told Luke that we are so very proud of him and what a great job he is doing on the field showing that Jesus is in his heart.  Let your light shine buddy!