Desert Hills Demons
Dogpile after their win!!
Leading the kick off
Tyler #40
Tyler and his friend Kaeson
Tyler #40
Tyler is on a football tournament team and has been so excited about this turkey day tournament for quite some time. They praticed so hard, with one week having back to back pratices (5th grade team for 2 hours and then driving over to Desert Hills for another 2 hours with the tournament team, named Desert Hills Demons) It was a little rough, I have to admit, a few times but we made it through!! So, we all headed to Las Vegas not really knowing what to expect. I really think when we headed up to the weigh in room, the look on the boys faces was "wow these kids are big!! There were teams from California, Arizona, New Mexico and even a team from Alaska!! So, we weighed in and played our first game at 3:15 on Thanksgiving. An hour before the game our good friends were in a car accident and it really shook us all, thinking "Oh no, this can't be happening" but they were all ok, thankfully and we still went on with the game. The car wasn't ok, but all 7 of them were and that is what matters. So, the first game starts and within about the first 5 minutes of the game, we score a touchdown!!! After that, our boys were on fire!!! They played so awesome!! It was so fun to watch them being a team and playing so well together. All that hard work and pratices payed off!! We ended that first game winning!! The team we played had played together for 3 years and had only lost 2 games..well now 3 games!!! The boys were excited and couldn't wait until the next game!! We left and found a Thankgiving dinner in Vegas (nothing to write home about) but we were together as a family and thats what mattered! The next morning we had some time to hang out before the game and Tyler was so funny! He was in the shower in the hotel singing the "Thunder" song getting all ready!! He was ready mentally for this game. The thing about this tournament was they had sealed in 2nd place with the win but if they could win this game they could get the gold (1st place). So, we played at 1:30 on Friday. The boys were ready!! After a few upset parents on the other team (I don't think they were used to loosing) we played a second game winning this one too!! In both games during the tournament, we had no other team score against us!! We thought the first game was good, the 2nd was even more exciting!!! These boys played so well!! And they were so happy after the game, they all dogpiled each other and some even had a few tears of happiness in the eyes (although they would never admit it!!) Overall, it was a fantastic weekend!! It was so great watching Tyler be part of something great and having some of his really good friends with him along the way! We have one more tournament coming up this weekend and the boys can't wait!!! Take note of how big the trophy is!! It was about 6 feet tall!! Way to go Desert Hills Demons!!!
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