Archive | August, 2011

The Hit

By on August 28, 2011 in General, The Varsity

I didn’t see it, but I heard it from the last row of the bleachers at the exact opposite end of the field. A hit no mother wants to hear. I was sitting at the far end of the bleachers at Parkway North High School Friday, Aug. 26, near the end of the third quarter […]

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The Opener

By on August 28, 2011 in General, The Varsity

The Season starts perfectly at 6:30 a.m. when two teenaged boys indulge their mom and pause for a picture before leaving for school. It’s gameday, and football players get to wear their jerseys. They hate that kind of thing I’m pretty sure but they do it for me because they know it will make me […]

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Turn on the lights, it’s Friday night

By on August 25, 2011 in General

Our grocery bill went up exponentially this summer, and it had nothing to do with inflation. The food tab rose about the same time Jack returned from his two-week backpacking Boy Scout trip to Philmont, N.M., and began early-morning runs through the neighborhood getting in shape for football. Football? It’s everywhere. From Oakville to Belleville […]

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The roster is set

By on August 18, 2011 in Freshman Football

It’s official! Jack brought home jersey No. 15 so now we have two Junior Billiken football players living under our roof. I wasn’t too worried. Jack has always been a pretty good athlete who simply enjoyed participating in soccer and volleyball in the fall, basketball in winter and baseball in the spring. He played games […]

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Opening Kickoff

By on August 12, 2011 in General

“You’re playing football?” That was my reaction four years ago, when our oldest son, Matt, an incoming freshman at Jesuit prep school St. Louis University High School, told us of his intentions to go to football camp and then tryout that August. We are not a football family. Tom, a teacher at SLUH, is also […]

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