After Carter left I was worried about how Will would do with football. His brother had been there with him ALL SUMMER and helping him along. Well..... I shouldn't have worried at all! This was one of the first games Will played after Carter left on his mission and all I could say is WOW!!
You can see it in his eyes in this picture! He was on fire! He got a fumble recovery, he sacked the quarterback and stepped in to play offensive line after one of his friends got a nasty hit that left him with a concussion. He was doing everything right how he should!
The team didn't win the game, but they played amazing and showed a lot of fight! We didn't get killed either- it was a great game!
After the game Will was called over to the coach- and let me just preface this by saying he had 2 goals at the start of this season.. 1.) to be asked to dress in a varsity game and 2.) to sack the Jordan quarterback. When he was called over he had already tackled goal #2 (pun intended) and after talking to Coach Schuck was asked to dress and that next days varsity game!!!! IT WAS AWESOME!!!
That next day he was able to participate in the team dinner and was able to dress with the varsity team as they played Jordan High School for the first annual Mayor's cup at Rio Tinto Stadium! He is #59!
He didn't get any varsity time on the field but he didn't care! Being there on the sidelines was a huge honor for him and one he had worked hard for!
Alta didn't win this game either, but they played a hard fight!! There was several points during the game that I thought we might win!
For Will the most important thing is that he achieved his goals! AND he dressed varsity earlier than his brother did!! BONUS!! He was so excited to write Carter and tell him all about it! We are so proud of him and how hard he is working! We know they'll be more big games to come! :)
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