Today was Timothy's first Berk Brawl. He had two scrimmage games this afternoon, but before that, he spent time with Rob getting acclimated to everything. He had to report to his team at 1:00 for an hour of warm-ups and practice. His first game was at 2:00. It was against Governor Mifflin. The bulldogs totally dominated the whole game. They score 6 touchdowns on just 10 downs. It was great. Timothy played all 20 downs on defense. He really did well.
Size-wise, it was a pretty fair match-up. Mifflin had a much larger (in number) team. Our Bulldogs only have 15 on the team which means many kids have to play the entire game with only 4 kids able to rotate out at a time. Mifflin had at least 10 kids to rotate in and out of the game. It didn't matter though because we won. Timothy said he thinks their first real game is going to be against Mifflin.
The second scrimmage game was against Exeter. There were bigger in size and number. I have to admit I was intimidated by them when they came on the field. We still beat them, but not as easily. Timothy did well, but toward the end of the game, he got tackled to the ground. It looks pretty painful! It knocked the wind out of him and he was hurt -- not badly - just shaken up most. The coaches had him sit out for a few minutes.
When he got to the sidelines, he was still crying, and his teammates tried to comfort him. It was so sweet. I was really proud of him because I knew he was hurt and upset, but he held it together, composed himself and got over it. These boys really are teammates with each other. So sweet....
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