8-13-11

before matthew's dad came to pick him up for his scrimmage game,

i quickly took him outside for some pictures.

look at his 'mean look' with the skull cap on. grrrr!

then his tough guy look with the helmet on. double-grrrr!

matthew's team, cerritos steelers pee wee, had their 1st scrimmage today against woodcrest generals (from la)

our boys did very well.

i think matt did too! he played almost the entire time. starting off on the o-line, then on the d-line. he was right tackle (i think) then later nose guard for a bit. he got in 2 tackles and almost a sack (ok, that really doesn't count, but he was close!)

it was only a scrimmage, so it's still early.

they moved people all over in different spots, and it was nice to see matt in for most of the game, playing as well as he was.

there were a few boys that only got in a limited number of plays...and although i feel for them (or is it the parents?! because i've been there) i was happy that matt was playing more than he'd done before.

if you look in the collage...top right picture. it's almost as if matthew's saying, "ha! take that!" to the kid he's knocked down. oops.

bottom left picture was one of his tackles (shared with another). i think he was the first one there on that one. but who knows?!

interestingly enough, he's playing as an 'older-lighter' this year, which he's never done before. these boys are 10-11-12, with the 10 yr old being able to weigh up to 140 (i think) whereas 12 yr olds have can only go up to 125. he was 138, so he's lost A LOT of weight to be able to play this division still.

such a hard worker and improving every day!!!

(coach called on matt to lead the chant in the pic below...'steelers on me, steelers on 3. 1, 2, 3! steelers!')