Recently on Sundays I like to blog about chases football game, and show a few pictures of the event..however there was no picture taking this past game..if you remember in one of my previous Blogs i wrote about a team who played very "dirty" and we had
alot of hurt players including a broken ankle all due to the other team..well, we played them again yesterday.
On game days the team is asked to be there one hour before the game starts for conditioning and game planning..also hoping to take a peek at the game that's going on already..while our boys were doing there thing..mike and I were very involved in the current game going on...as we sat there on the side lines..my stomach sank! there were kids flying left and right and time outs being called which seemed like every few minutes due to the fact of Franklin's team players were hurt...by the team we were up against next only bigger players.. well as a mom or any parent i should add..i wanted to pack up our things grab chase and get the heck out of there..BUT..we didn't..that would have sent him the wrong message.
It was our turn to start the next game and...i felt sick through out most it..as i turned my head to check on Kyle who was involved in his own little side line game of tackle football with the little brothers of the boys playing with chase..all of a sudden i turn back to watch the game..not even hearing that a time out was issued and there lays one of our players on the Field surrounded by the coaches..from where i sat i could not tell who the player was..THEN..i saw Chases gloves...he was not moving!! oh my gosh..It took everything I had in me not to jump that rope dividing us to get to him...I called out to Mike who was well aware of what happened and who was way calmer them me.. we all just remained still..(silent)..if another ,minute had gone by before i started to see movement from him i probably would have hopped that rope..eventually he arose with the help of two coaches one on each side and carried him off the Field.
As he came closer to mike and I he was crying..he ended up being OK..what happened was chase tackled the guy with the ball and as they both fell to the ground this monster kid who weighed probably 200 pounds landed on top of him..turning his neck the wrong way and injuring his back..we took his shoulder pads and jersey off..and there was knot about the size of a softball on his back..we had plenty of ice packs ..and with a little muscle massage he able to get back out on the Field..
Thankful we are done playing against that team! Now I grew up with a brother who played this sport as well..not thinking anything of that at that time of course, cause he could surly handle his own but i remember him getting injured on occasion....now i relate with what my parents must have felt with there son out there...scary...Yes I understand these things come along with playing a sport..you just never expect it to be your own..
So, No Football pictures this weekend..but as usual I did manage to shot a few here and there..after the game we spent the afternoon in Nashville..had a nice lunch and just roamed the
downtown area..
