Air Raid

Connor on the sideline. He had knee surgery Tuesday and physical therapy on Friday. He's is just itching to play football. He had his jersey on under his sweatshirt.

Tackles, Tackles Tackles

Hunter passes. We think he will end up with 900

or more passing yards by the end of the season.

Sometimes these Tigers of mine can surprise you. We play No. 2 N.W.'s butt off last night and I can say that we never backed down, never stopped playing and never got our head down.

Friday night we aired the football out! For the first time in a long time I got to see passes and catches -- It's a beautiful thing to watch. Hunter threw for at least 300 yards. Deangelo was the lead receiver of the night but I am not sure the yardage.

Final score was 48-20 N.W.

On a down note, Keith got ejected from the ballgame and will have to sit out the first two quarter of the T-town game, which is sr. night. Keith said the N.W. player had been punching him in the stomach all night and he just snapped. So everyone in attendance watched as Keith punched the kid on the ground multiple times. Atwon got him up and Keith did own up to his mistake.

My only problem is Keith is not the only one at fault. The N.W. player should have been punished too.

So after that the Warriors began talking junk and we answered with another TD. You could have heard a pin drop in the home bleachers.

We have 20 seniors between cheerleading, band and football. It's going to be sad but good to see them take the home field Friday night one more time.

I've been going non-stop and forgot

To update the blog. Well, let's get the bad news out of the way -- McAdams beat us in the battle for Attala. We played well the first half and played hard. Didn't quit!

Several of the varsity starters are out sick!!!!

Good news.....
Three 8th graders -- Ryan, Ashlen and Martez moved up to the varsity team today. They were excited and I am very excited for them too.

Connor had surgery on his knee today and everything went well. He starts rehab on Friday. I know Gena and Dube are glad the surgery is done. It's been hard on Connor not being able to play football because he is such a competitor.

I am headed out to Farmer Jim's Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze in Rolling Fork in the morning to help the parents with a school group! 69 first graders!

Football finds me...

Sometimes football just finds you. I can't help it.

I had to go to the doctor on Tuesday because I just wasn't getting any better and ears, nose and throat was all kinds of messed up. Lucky for me, Ethel/Greenlee's School Nurse Practitioner Cynthia Dean was working at Trace Medical and she fixed me right up.

After I get my shot, I see have missed called from my dear husband and then I get a text message from Cindi at the office saying to call Paul. I just texted him back and told him I was still in the doctor's office and I can't use the phone. He doesn't have text messaging so I still didn't know what was going on.

I am paying on my bill and I turn around to see my husband standing at the window of the receptionist area.
"Are you stalking me?" I asked.
"No," he replied.
And then I saw senior football player Keith Collins standing next to him with a dislocated finger and Keith has this big ole grin on his face.
It was just a nasty looking dislocation that Paul didn't want to mess with it and so about an hour and a half later, Dr. Bryant snaps it back into place and all is well.

I can't even be sick and stay away from football. :)

The greatest fan

That award would have to go to my bud -- Charles Fancher. He's our stat man and has probably not missed more than 5 Ethel football games since the 80s. That's what I call dedication! The good, the bad and the ugly -- he's seen it all and he keeps on coming back for more. However, he will quickly leave me on the sideline if it's raining.

Chasity crowned homecoming queen

Congratulations to Chasity Green for being crowned homecoming queen Friday night. Everyone looked so pretty.

A disappointing effort

Usually I can find the silver lining in every loss but this time I can't. We lost by 20 points and from what I can tell, they wasn't much emotion after the game.

I guess my thoughts can best be described through this story...

It's after the homecoming game and a young man is sitting in locker room with his head ducked and tears are forming a puddle on the floor. Coach asks the youngster -- "What's wrong?"

He replies "We aren't going to the playoffs and we just lost the homecoming game. It's over."

His heart and his emotion was invested in his team and in the game. The funny part about that is that he doesn't even play the game.

Heart, emotion and effort sometimes count for more victories than skill and ability.

Something besides football

Last weekend I had to sport my new "rockin" cowboy style rubber boots not only to the Ethel/FCA game on Friday night but at my parents pumpkin patch in Rolling Fork – Farmer Jim's Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze. www.farmerjimspumpkinpatch.com

The funny thing about my boots is the only pair they had in my size were some "Ed Hardy" like rose and skull ones. If you know me, then you know that is not my style at all. I did get a lot of favorable comments on them. Enjoy these few pics from the patch!

I will post a photo of the boots later after I clean them up. It's good for a laugh!

Looking forward to a Soggy Homecoming

It looks like we are going to get wet tomorrow night! I am looking forward to seeing the homecoming court all dressed out and I am almost positive it will be in the gym.
6 o'clock with the game following at 7'o clock. We are all looking for the big "W" (win)!
Going to be cooking a lot of brownies tonight.

Nasty, muddy loss!

It was not a good night to be a tiger. We got beat by French Camp pretty badly.

To me, this loss stung worse than anything. Maybe that's why I haven't posted anything. I was speechless and I had to get up Saturday morning and drive to Rolling Fork to work the family pumpkin patch.

Here are a few snapshots!

Looking forward to homecoming Friday and a Tiger Victory!

Football sweatshirts!

Here is the order form. You have until Oct. 20!

Ahhh It's Game Day!

Sometimes games days are a little nerve-wracking to me. Today is one of those days. For the past two years, French Camp has beaten us by two points and tonight we take them on again. I am just sick at my stomach.

This week has been a rough one -- kids sick with fever and banged up. Connor is facing surgery to repair his knee. He will be back to play baseball this year but will have to sit the rest of the football season out.

So Ethel fans we need your support tonight big time! GO TIGERS!