He's tough on the Field and Mat but....

He has another side to him. He went to visit the daycare at their church and the little girl in the red shirt reminded him of Kamrie, his cousin we lost in the car accident. Here he is volunteering at the daycare. I'm so proud of them both. Grandchildren are a Blessing from God!

The Best For Last!

Above picture: In front is Sydnie, Second row l to r is Kim, Brandon, Brianne, Chad, Danielle(cousin), back row L to R is Chuck and Alisha, (Danielle's mom). I took it after the Hamilton win with my phone so it's a little blurry, sorry.

JV saved the best for last. Last night the Bulldog JV played the Hamilton Hornets. I got there late because Sydnie performed a dance routine at the Dragon JV game in Cameron. So as soon as she was done, Brianne, Sydnie and I headed for Hamilton to catch what we could of Brandon's last game of the year. The game was tied when we got there at 14 all. We just sat down in our seats, got situated and Brandon throws a pass for a touchdown. However later Brandon did throw an interception that led to a Hornet touchdown and we are tied again.


With about 5 minutes to go Brandon runs about a 35 yard bootleg in for a touch down. The Hornets take the ball down the field and are 1st and goal but the Bulldogs hold and take over on downs. With 35 seconds left an illegal procedure call puts us on the 2 yard line and Brandon standing in the end zone takes the shot gun and runs it out to about the five yard line and on the second down kneels the ball down and the game is over.


It was great Bulldogs win and the whole family was there. Papa made it and so did Bri and Sydnie. So they end their season with 5 wins and 1 loss. WAY TO GO BULLDOGS!


The Eighth grade ended their season at 3 and 2 so congratulations to both teams.


We have 2 more varsity games, Friday night at Maysville and Thursday night before Halloween at Hamilton. Let's Go Bulldogs!!!!!!

Last 8th Grade Game - "3" Touchdowns

Way to Go Bulldogs!! Congratulations Chad.

Chad is #4. He had a great game. The bottom picture is Chad waiting to return a punt. The Bulldogs beat Albany 30 - 6 Tuesday night. This team had a rough start to the season with 2 straight loses. But they came back to have a winning season. It's amazing how quickly they improve with some actual game time experience. In the bottom picture on the left you see both coaches. One of them is from Cameron. Phillip Limb is a graduate from Cameron and played football and wrestled. The other coach is Doug Nichols. He actually coached Chad's father Chuck and his brother Adam some ....... years ago. Sorry coach I just had to add that. I'm sure it was at the beginning of your career as a coach.

Anyway, congratulations on a great year and now it's time to get ready for wrestling.

Are you "Coachable"

You know, with all this talk about football it made me stop and think. Am I "coachable" as a Believer? For probably 40 years I stood on the side line watching the game. I was on the team but not participating in the game. I wondered why I wasn't growing in my faith and why I didn't feel God blessing my life. I had the play book but wasn't studying. Then tragedy struck our lives when my youngest granddaughter died as a result of a car accident. She was 27 months old and had just left my office in perfect health. That's how quick it can happen. God can take the ashes of our lives and make something beautiful from them. I stopped to examine my life and realized I had not done my part. Christ was not the center of my life. When I went into the huddle to get my direction I was listening to the wrong coach. We need to make sure the coach we listen to is using the right play book. The one published by our Heavenly Father. Do you feel God blessing your life? Are you studying the right play book? Don't wait for a tragedy to hit - join the Team that never loses. Surround yourself with other Believers and get in the game.

Tuesday Night Football 8th Grade Style

Gallatin played at Maysville last night and it is definitely football weather. Coffee was the drink of choice. It was a hard fought game and Gallatin won it 6 - 0. They are looking like a different team compared to the first game of the year. Which tells me they are coachable. Music to Coach White's ears I'm sure. I think Maysville figured out early on they needed to key in on Chad and that opened up other opportunities to run plays they weren't expecting. It's a little scary that both the boys, Brandon and Chad had fumbles back to back nights. No damage done though and both teams came out with the wins. Next week is 8th grades last game. It will be at home against Albany. They are 2 and 2 right now so let's get the win and have a winning season. GO BULLDOGS.

Gallatin Football Again!

Okay, so last Friday night was Homecoming for Gallatin. Coach White and the team came in with their plan of attack annnnnnnnnnnd it almost worked. The Bulldogs lost but, they scored more points on Princeton than all the other teams that have played them combined. It was a beautiful night for football. Way to go BULLDOGS!


So last night Junior Varsity played and it was not so nice night, weather wise for football. Visions of Dearborn kept flashing before my eyes. There were maybe 25 people in the stands and yes, Jeff and I were 2 of them. By the time I got there, got all my rain gear on and got to the stands Brandon had already scored a touchdown for the second score of the game and we were ahead. Then later on in the last couple of minutes we have the ball, Brandon goes to hand off and fumbles the wet ball, Princeton recovers the fumble. So, Princeton is down by a touchdown and they have the ball near the 50 yard line. They go back to pass and guess who intercepts. You got it! Brandon. Yeaaaaaaa. It was a great win.


So tonight is 8th Grade football in Maysville (i think, waiting to hear for sure) and it should be a tough game also. Yes I just got confirmation that the game is at Maysville at 6:00 pm. So, if it is pouring down rain about that time just know I'm getting wet once again.

A win for Eighth Grade Football

Last night we traveled to Lawson for Eighth grade Football. Last year the same match up was at Gallatin and we were tied with just seconds to go. The coach called a time out and in the conversation he said "Somebody get me the ball". So they line up, and by the way all Lawson had to do was kneel and run out the clock and we go to overtime, but they hike the ball and attempt a run up the middle. My grandson Chad dives in strips the ball and his team mate recovers the fumble and runs it back for a TD and we win the game. How exciting is that. When his mother hears the conversation in the huddle her comment is " Why can't he obey me like that!" lol. As they walk off the field, the player who recovered the ball and made the TD told Chad, " Chad I love You." How cute. I guess that's probably not a football term is it.

So last night, we are a touchdown up and Lawson has the ball. They are moving down field on the 20 yard line or so with just a few seconds on the clock trying to tie the game. The quarterback goes for a long pass right at the goal line into a crowd and up jumps a Gallatin player from seemingly no where and intercepts the ball. The announcer says "Ness with the interception" and we couldn't believe it. He's not the tallest player on the team but he jumped up and came down with it. It was awesome.

It's also awesome to know that in life sometimes we fumble, and sometimes we think we are moving down the field for a touchdown and something or someone intercepts and throws us off course. But as Believers we have a Savior who cares about us and has a plan for us and all we have to do is receive His gift.