While I was in Florida for the Ragnar Relay, Jake's football team, and their awesome head coach (Steve!) headed to the Gwinnett Football League Championship! When I originally planned the Florida trip, the Championship Games were supposed to be played the week before but the whole season was pushed back a week due to the floods in Atlanta this fall. Even with the week the canceled games, we still played more Saturdays than I care to count in pouring down rain and mud. The 1st week of playoffs was the absolute worst. Not only was it raining but the fields were so torn up that there were knee-deep mud puddles all over. I was so tired of washing cleats and football gear every Saturday! Thank goodness the 2nd week of playoffs the sun came out and stayed out for the rest of the season.
It is a super big deal to make the Championship Game around here. The GFL is highly competitive. There were 34 teams around the county in the 10 year old age group. Jake's team has been really good every year. They won the Championship when they were 7, lost in the semi-finals at 8 and again at 9, and were the runner-up this year. The biggest challenge this year was that we switched associations due to our move last fall. Our kids will now go to a different high school and each high school has its own youth association, so our football team was a newly-built team in a league where most teams form at 6 & 7 and move up together. It is amazing the progress the boys made over the course of the season. Next year we are definitely gunning for the blue trophy!
This is the only picture I have of Steve & Jake from Championship Day. I had some friends take pictures but have not had a chance to get them yet.
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