Our Ridge River Raiders are not starting
out the second half of the season as happily as the first half; and we lost a
close match to new perennial rivals, Grand Summit.
By ‘new’, I mean recent history; since it’s
only been the last couple of seasons that have been an issue – at least from
the Grand Summit side of the football; and that was almost entirely due to Kyle’s
dominance of their team. Two years ago,
we won big in the second round of the playoffs, and last year; we beat them in
the third round. That one really hurt
them being just one game away from a shot at the Championship. Since we were on their home turf for this
game, our guys shouldn’t be too disappointed, and they only lost by one point;
but they are still upset to now have two losses on the season.
While we’re on that thought, I’m also going
to mention that the most of the guys were not impressed with Jason Johnson
again after the game. Bragging about
being the top point scorer again this week was bad enough; but doing that after
a loss was just stupid. I wasn’t around
him for any of that nonsense; but Michael and Tim told Rowen and me about it
after we were home again. That boy needs
to get a clue before some of his friends clue him in the hard way.
I’m sure from that news you can gather that
we kicked some field goals tonight – and there were six of them. Our run game got stuffed all night; and
Michael and Tim only managed two touchdowns each. Basically, if they got away from the
defenders on long plays, they did great; but our red zone play didn’t cut it
tonight. The only surprising thing about
that was the fact that we were in the lead late; and lost it on a last-play
field goal thanks to good time management by the Grand Summit coach.
Okay, that’s enough of the football
report. The cheerleading was fun right
up to that downer of an ending; but it was also cold tonight; and has been
getting colder. The rain ended earlier
today, though, so at least we weren’t cold and wet tonight. Our half-time routine went over well with the
hostile crowd, so that was good too; and I was also glad that we didn’t have
any major hassles with any guys hitting on us tonight too. Maybe that had something to do with wearing
our warmer uniforms, but whatever the reason; I’m glad that it wasn’t an issue
this week.
The trips to and from Grand Summit were uneventful,
and Rowen and I got most of our weekend homework out of the way while we were
on the road. Grand Summit is an hour and
a half south of Witch Falls; though you need to go out to the highway, head
south, and then back-track west to get there more quickly than you can taking
back roads there. We didn’t have much
time to check out the town or even the school before the game; and it was too
dark for a tour when it was time to head home.
We wouldn’t have done that anyway. It was after midnight by the time we got back
to our school anyway; we still had to put all of our gear away; and then
Michael and Tim walked home with Rowen and me.
We split up for the goodnight hugs and kisses, and though I was tempted
to have Michael come in with me for a little cuddle time; we both have a busy
work day to deal with starting in just a few hours from now; and I still had
some family business work to get done after coming up to my room.
Mom and Dad were already in bed and
actually sleeping by then, so I quietly stopped in for goodnight kisses in
Ethan’s and Ehlana’s rooms; and then came up here and got ready for bed. I microwaved a cup of hot chocolate before
climbing into bed with Mandy and my computer; and have been working since then.
I’ve had enough fun for today, but before I
wrap this up; let’s back up to a quick review of the rest of the day. Starting the morning at Grandma and Grandpa’s
house was fun; though Ethan, Ehlana, and I stayed indoors for Tai Chi due to
the cool weather and wet grass. Grandma
made blueberry pancakes and sausages for us; and I was okay with the
shorter-than-usual walk to school. Ethan
and Ehlana probably had more fun hanging out with our grandparents all morning
while Mom got to do some running around; and then they spent the afternoon at
the lab with Mom, Uncle Adam, and Aunt Grace.
My school day was uneventful; but that’ll pick up again next week
because the Fall Festival starts next Friday.
Having that on the schedule next week is
the main reason why I’ll be helping out with an all-day yard work adventure for
Saturday, and while I usually like helping Mom and Dad; we’re all going to be a
bit uncomfortable if the temperature drops near to freezing as forecast. Raking and bagging leaves sucks when they’re
frosty and wet.
Oh wait – Dad has that new lawn mower with
the vacuum and bagger that we got him for Father’s Day!
Never mind – life is good! ;^)
Some nap time will be good too, and I’m
going to get to that right now; so, until next time...
...May the Magi Force be with you!
