Yep I sure did use that as my title to this post. Natalie decided to try out for the flag football team this year. Tryouts were over a week long where they learned the basics of the sport and then used them to do running drills and catching drills. She made the C1 team. She is one of 3 freshmen on the team! She now goes to practice everyday after school for 90 minutes and comes home tired and beat up. Literally. She has already sustained 3 injuries all thankfully relatively minor. Her second day of practice she got elbowed in the face and couldn't eat anything that was too hard to chew. 2 days later she fell during a drill and landed with her arm funny behind her. She pulled the tendon that is attached to her thumb and was in a brace for almost a week. That was the worse of the injuries so far. She also has sustained some wicked turf burns. Darn that astro turf that everyone uses here.
She has already had 2 games. The first one was against her own team. Because they have 2 C teams if one of the other schools don't have a C team the schools C2 team fills in. The C1 team won that game 2-0. The second team they played they tied the game 12-12.
Natalie is really enjoying the sport and learning a lot about team work and training. Now if only it was a sport that colleges recognized and gave scholarships for. At least she still has track for that.
Natalie in her Chugiak Mustang uniform. She is even wearing her game face.
Natalie and 2 of her injuries.
Natalie at her first game when she was playing the schools other C team. She is #47!
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