Fall Sports

Seth had another great year in tennis. He played number one singles all through the season and into the tournament. There were some really good players in this year's bracket, but Seth was at the top of his game. He easily won a first round match. Then in the semi-final, he lost the first two games to a kid that hit the ball really hard. We thought he was done for. But, like he always does, Seth rallied and won the next five games, barely dropping a point along the way. At 5-2, he had a game point to end it. At 5-3, he had 2 break points to win it. At 5-4 he had another game point. Finally, after it got to 5-5 he was able to finish the last 2 games for the win. Unfortunately, it was a very hot day, and while Seth was winning that long barn-burner of a match, the other finalist had coasted to a 6-1 victory. He was cool and rested. Again, Seth fell behind early, and again, he rallied. This time, though, he was just too tired to finish strong. He ended up a losing a close one in the final tie break. 

Seth got really great at his serve.

We are so proud of Seth! He played like a champion.

Seth also had his first attempt at flag football. Since no one signed up, Dad ended up being the coach with Seth's friend, Tyler's Dad. It was a new experience for Dad, making up plays and designing and offense and defensive scheme. There were some teams with really good players that had played a ton of football. Still, Seth and Tyler were athletic enough to carry their team to a 6-4 record overall. Seth mostly played receiver, but he was a successful quarterback, too, calling and carrying out his own plays in the huddle. At the final practice, he and Tyler designed three trick plays to try in the last game. Only one was successful, but they still managed to pull out a win. Flag football was definitely a good experience!

Seth making an amazing interception.

Seth was a great team leader.

Seth being the quarterback!

On his way to a touchdown!

Last game playing quarterback!

Such a fun little team!

Mark also played flag football with his friends. His team lost a few of its best players, so he and Nathan anchored their squad. Mark was fast and played great defense. He was first on his team in interceptions, and he was consistently a deep threat at receiver. Unfortunately, there were lots of times that the play didn't last long enough to get a deep ball to Mark. Worst of all, unless Nathan was quarterbacking, the ball was often underthrown, which negated Mark's over the top threat. Still, he had a great time. His team did well in the playoffs and ended up losing a close game in the final. It was Mark's last year in rec flag football. Next up will be intramural football at a college somewhere!

Apparently we didn't take any photos of Mark playing, but here is his awesome team!