I really have no idea how many youth leagues do a homecoming. I played for the same league and we did it even back then, so I assumed that other leagues do it also. I gave my son a chance to laugh at me when I showed him my homecoming picture when I was 9 years old.
The high school (Danville) had their homecoming game last night, so now they make it the same weekend as the high school so that it is more of a community wide thing. The youth league cheerleaders also cheered with the varsity cheerleaders for the high school game and all the youth league players were encouraged to wear their uniforms to the high school game.
Yeah Steve, that is the new fangled walking stick they gave me. That way everybody sees me coming and gives me plenty of room. Smartass. The neat thing about being on the chain gang is that I can be right there on the ball and basically coach without having to stay within the box that the coaches have to stay in on the sideline.
As for the wristbands, yep, we run a no huddle offense. We actually started out running the spread because that is what the high school team has went too also, and so they were trying to get the kids used to that type of formation. Unfortunately we looked as inept as the AU offense running it, so our QB is back under center with better results. We still suck on defense though. Our boys hit and tackle like gangbusters in practice, but seem to forget how to wrap up during the games. We our 2-5 and probably will finish the regular season 3-5 if the last game next week goes the same way the first time we played that team.
My son has been playing baseball since he was five and baseball is what I played in college, but I admit that I get more fired up for football game days then I do for his baseball games. On the way to the game today, I plugged the iPod into the car stereo, turned up the volume, and blasted AC/DC's "For Those About To Rock" to get both of us fired up.
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