Instead of typing my review of last night's game, I'm going to copy and paste all my tweets here.
Angleton, are you ready to be invaded people wearing blue and white?
Are you ready for some football? Texas High School football that is. I followed my favorite team to Angleton to watch them take on the Wildcats. If you're here, give me a shout out. :) GO MUSTANGS!!
Friendswood wins the toss and elects to recieve.
#26 catches in the endzone, hands off to #5 who runs to the 47 yard line.
PA system isn't working well.
QB keeper didn't work too well. But that pass was beautiful! We're on the 3, 1st and goal!
Score Mustangs!!!
Angleton's first drive, touchdown. :(
Play clock 10:01 score 7-7
Pete's feet were too fast for the rest of his body. I wonder how far he would have run.
2nd and goal on the 1/2 yard line. And . . . we score!!!
We kick, they catch, they fumble, we recover!! 1st and 10 on their 37.
4th & 1
1st down
Time Out
2:40 left in the1st quarter Friendswood 28 - Angleton 7
Diggs got free again. 2:23 left in the 1st quarter, Friendsood 28 - Angleton 14
Our offense is starting on our 20
JJ catches the ball and runs to the 12 before he is pushed out of bounds.
We're in the endzone again!! Friendswood 35 - Angleton 14
1:34 left in the 1st quarter
Our first punt of the game, Angleton gets the ball on their 11
Diggs got away, . . . again. 9:54 left in the half, Friendswood 35 - Angleton 21
I was told this stadium holds approx. 1o,000 and it's close to full. :)
Here we go again. Pass completed to Kennemer, he loses the ball (stripped?) and they get it back on their 25.
Our offense is looking better than our defense.
Sack!!
Diggs is finding lots of holes, but at least this time, he didn't get away. We ran him out at the 47.
Hey refs, We got it on film if you wanna try that call again. We recovered that fumble!
Are we gonna use all the time outs to figure out one play?
This stadium is great to rumble. Unfortunately, Diggs still got the 1st down.
Our defense is looking better the longer they play.
We get the ball back on downs. 3:23 left in the half. 1st and 10 on their 17.
We had to punt again. They have the ball on their 42.
Our band forgot their hats. Hehe
End of the 1st half. Friendswood 35 - Angleton 21
Did you know there's sheet music for band for Bad Romance by Lady Gaga? Angleton's band is playing it for their drill team.
3rd quarter had begun. Angleton has the ball in their own territory.
Last I heard,if a receiver drops the ball and we pounce on it, we get the ball. Did the rules change?
We got the ball on our 21
Pete runs to the 49
Instead of sliding into home, Kenemer slids for the 1st down.
The never ending 1st quarter drained my battery, not sure how long I can keep giving play by play updates.
Wow! Pete's got an arm. So, which colleges are looking at him?
Now Angleton, didn't your coaches teach you that you're not allowed to grab players by their face masks?
Friendswood scores again! 3:43 left in the 3rd quarter, Friendswood 42 - Angleton 21
Excuse me refs, have you ever heard of offensive pass interference? Thats what you just saw, and it's a penalty against the offense, not the defense.
End of the 4th quarter, Friendswood 42 - Angleton 21
Hey defense, no dancing with Diggs. He will dance around you and score.
11:47 left in the game, Friendswood 42 - Angleton 27
Pete ran to the 1 yard line
TD, but flag. We scored!! 9:35 left in the game. Friendswood 49 - Angleton 28
Short kicks are for when we're behind, not ahead.
We got the ball back on downs. We're taking over at the 12 yard line.
Hmmm, how many penalties can we get & it still be 1st down? Pete's having to throw from the back of the endzone.
3rd and 12 on our 12
Had to punt, they take over on our 40.
Diggs fumbled, we recovered. We get the ball back on their 49. Did you see that Sean? 49!!
Final score, Friendswood 49 - Angleton 28
My 8 year old asked if she could pick up the trash on the grass behind our side of the stadium. How could I saw no?
I was just thinking, I know that's dangerous. Did we actually make it through a whole game without Van Meter throwing his hat?!?
so, next week, I will post my blog when I get home from the game so you get something better than the game tweets.
:)
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Football Season Tickets
This year, we were able to get 8 season tickets for the Friendswood Mustangs football team. In years past, I've been told that people start lining up at 4:30am on the day tickets went on sale. Of those people, those who got in line at 5:30am or later, did not get tickets. They were already sold out. So, this year, we got in line at 4:15am. There were 15 people in line ahead of us, with the first people having gotten there at 10pm the night before. I figured that since this will be the first year with the new, expanded stadium, we would have our best chance of getting tickets.
Turns out, we didn't need to get up that early. I went back to the school later to see if the rumors I heard about the stadium were true. There was no answer on the rumors, but there were lots of seats still available. I saw our Athletic Director's Secretary at the new junior high's open campus Wednesday. There were still lots of season tickets available. I hope they are sold out soon, if not already. :)
Turns out, we didn't need to get up that early. I went back to the school later to see if the rumors I heard about the stadium were true. There was no answer on the rumors, but there were lots of seats still available. I saw our Athletic Director's Secretary at the new junior high's open campus Wednesday. There were still lots of season tickets available. I hope they are sold out soon, if not already. :)
Preteen camp
This year, I went with our church to preteen camp from August 3 - August 7. Our church, FBCF, sent 92 people, 70 students and 22 adults. Drew Worsham was the camp pastor and the Chris Allen Band was the worship leaders at Pineywoods Baptist Encampment (Over The Edge preteen camp).
We had an amazing week. I was with the 5th and 6th grade girls in cabin Main 12 (15 students, 5 adults). We tied for 2nd in the clean cabin aware this year. I guess matching blankets, pillowcases and curtains aren't enough. Drew Worsham did some amazing magic and spent the week going through the book of Acts (our theme this year was iLead). Chris Allen lead some amazing songs, but unfortunately, they were out of my range, so I had a sore throat most of the week.
The black spot on the week, the week we chose to go to camp was the same week everyone else chose to go to camp. The first week of camp, there were approx. 350 people there. The week we were there 887 people paid to be there. That faciltity is simply not designed to handle that many people. It took 1.5 hours to move everyone through the meal lines 3 times each day. There was only 1 hour in the schedule for meals. The OTE bunch stalled by handing out prizes and rubber ducky awards. The problem - if you were still eating when your name was called, you never got your prize/award. Also, because of the number of people present, the pool was only open to the group who swam during designated rec for morning free time. Then, during afternoon designated rec, that same group went to the pool. So, you either swam 3 times per day, or not at all. Then, this year, 5th grade swim night had to be cancelled due to lightening. :( Hopefully next year, it will be better. Drew Worsham will be the camp pastor both weeks and Dennis Lee will be the main event speaker both weeks.
Part of the sponsor pledge is "I will only act like an adult when I have to. I realize I am not at the Hilton and I will not expect to be treated as if I were at the Hilton." Love it!
We are hoping to be at camp the first week next year, and we hope there will be fewer people there while we are there.
We had an amazing week. I was with the 5th and 6th grade girls in cabin Main 12 (15 students, 5 adults). We tied for 2nd in the clean cabin aware this year. I guess matching blankets, pillowcases and curtains aren't enough. Drew Worsham did some amazing magic and spent the week going through the book of Acts (our theme this year was iLead). Chris Allen lead some amazing songs, but unfortunately, they were out of my range, so I had a sore throat most of the week.
The black spot on the week, the week we chose to go to camp was the same week everyone else chose to go to camp. The first week of camp, there were approx. 350 people there. The week we were there 887 people paid to be there. That faciltity is simply not designed to handle that many people. It took 1.5 hours to move everyone through the meal lines 3 times each day. There was only 1 hour in the schedule for meals. The OTE bunch stalled by handing out prizes and rubber ducky awards. The problem - if you were still eating when your name was called, you never got your prize/award. Also, because of the number of people present, the pool was only open to the group who swam during designated rec for morning free time. Then, during afternoon designated rec, that same group went to the pool. So, you either swam 3 times per day, or not at all. Then, this year, 5th grade swim night had to be cancelled due to lightening. :( Hopefully next year, it will be better. Drew Worsham will be the camp pastor both weeks and Dennis Lee will be the main event speaker both weeks.
Part of the sponsor pledge is "I will only act like an adult when I have to. I realize I am not at the Hilton and I will not expect to be treated as if I were at the Hilton." Love it!
We are hoping to be at camp the first week next year, and we hope there will be fewer people there while we are there.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Summer
I just realized I haven't touched my blog since Christmas! Oops.
I do intend to finish my New Moon comparison and do one for Eclipse as well.
Right now, I'm working on making blankets and stuff for church camp. I wish I could blog from my blackberry. Then I would blog at camp. At least, I would try to. :)
I do intend to finish my New Moon comparison and do one for Eclipse as well.
Right now, I'm working on making blankets and stuff for church camp. I wish I could blog from my blackberry. Then I would blog at camp. At least, I would try to. :)
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Would you like some cheese with that Whine?
Excuse me while I whine a bit . . .
When did the holidays become all about being busy? The reason for the season is Jesus, not endless parties, concerts, rehearsals, cleaning, cooking, shopping . . . .
But somehow, all of these things have become part of Christmas; overshadowing Christmas. Don't get me wrong, I love to shop, to visit, to attend parties, to sing in concerts, etc. But at some point we have to say STOP!!!! ENOUGH!!!!! I can not cram one more minute's worth of stuff into December.
Is this why people have begun putting out the Christmas stuff in October? Is it so we can try to fit everything in? But who really is thinking of preparing for Christmas when we're still running around in shorts?
How big can everything get before the pendulum swings the other way? Or will it not swing like a pendulum? Will the event simply make a drastic change? Or, worse, will it continue to grow until the Christmas season starts at the beginning of October and goes through January?
Thank you for allowing me to rant and whine. You may continue with your over overly busy schedule.
When did the holidays become all about being busy? The reason for the season is Jesus, not endless parties, concerts, rehearsals, cleaning, cooking, shopping . . . .
But somehow, all of these things have become part of Christmas; overshadowing Christmas. Don't get me wrong, I love to shop, to visit, to attend parties, to sing in concerts, etc. But at some point we have to say STOP!!!! ENOUGH!!!!! I can not cram one more minute's worth of stuff into December.
Is this why people have begun putting out the Christmas stuff in October? Is it so we can try to fit everything in? But who really is thinking of preparing for Christmas when we're still running around in shorts?
How big can everything get before the pendulum swings the other way? Or will it not swing like a pendulum? Will the event simply make a drastic change? Or, worse, will it continue to grow until the Christmas season starts at the beginning of October and goes through January?
Thank you for allowing me to rant and whine. You may continue with your over overly busy schedule.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Friendswood Mustangs vs. Pearland Dawson Eagles - State Quarter Finals 12/5/09
Today at the Galena Park ISD Stadium, the Friendswood Mustangs took on the Pearland Dawson Eagles in the state Quarter Finals. It promised to be a good game. The last time Pearland Dawson lost a game, it was against Friendswood in the regular season (10/16/09). The last time Friendswood lost was the week before (in a nail biter against Santa Fe). Pearland Dawson came out looking for revenge against Friendswood. Friendswood was hoping for revenge next week against Austin Lake Travis. Unfortunately, Friendswood will have to wait another year for that revenge.
In my humble opinion, the Friendswood Mustang offense may have peaked last week during the first half of the game against Beaumont Central. During that half, our offense was unstoppable. They could do no wrong. This week, however . . . .
Even during the second half of last week's game, while our starters were still playing, we didn't look as good. I wondered at the time if the coaches had told the players to ease up and save it for next week. After all, the score at halftime last week was 30-10 Friendswood. The final score last week was 44-22. We scored 30 points in the first half and only 14 in the second. Our backups didn't start playing until the 4th quarter of that game.
Now, I think I was right last week. Our offense was just not "on" today. Quarterback Pete Maetzold usually had plenty of time to throw the ball, but few options on who to throw it to. Pearland's defense covered our receivers well. Even when they didn't intercept the ball, they did a good job of preventing us from catching. And then, even when the ball was thrown right into the hands of the receiver, they dropped it too many times. Sometimes, it was good that Maetzold's aim was off today, him under or over throwing his receivers prevented more interceptions.
Our defense did a GREAT job today and played most of the game. Those poor guys barely had enough time to catch their breath before they were back on the field again, sometimes they were only off the field for one play. Yes, they made a few mistakes, but who wouldn't if they had to play full out that long. One great bragging right, every interception Pearland Dawson's quarterback, Darian Lazard, has thrown this year, has been caught by a Friendswood Mustang. Pearland was able to move down the field very slowly (when the officials weren't giving the yards to them), and had very few break aways. The defense can lose a game, and they can win a game, but they can't win a game if they are on the field almost the whole time, and the offense doesn't score when it is on the field.
The real difference in this game was the officials. I have never seen that many blown calls (and that says something, since I've been following high school football since I was three years old.). I'm sure that even the Dawson fans would agree with me that the officials made several mistakes. I'm sure that affected the mental aspect of the game. When officials are moving the ball/line of scrimmage, in favor of the other team, refusing to call penalties against one team, and making up penalties against the other team, it has to effect the players. Usually, that kind of thing makes our players play harder -makes them want to win in spite of the officials, but today, when it was so blatant, obvious and wrong . . . .
For example, did anyone else notice that the play clock would only start after Dawson's offense was on the line of scrimmage and set. Only twice did I see it move before hand, and one of those times, Dawson called a timeout when it appeared that the play clock was at zero. This was not true for Friendswood. The play clock was always ticking when we were on offense. Here's another one. The last time I checked, the horse collar was around the neck, not the waist. So why did we get a horse collar penalty when we tackled the player around the waist. OR when our player was tackled after he caught the ball, but it was ruled an incomplete pass. And what's even worse for that call, the receiver was facing our stands when he caught it. Oh, and did I mention the fact that they ignored Dawson's players grabbing the hands of our receiver? Isn't that pass interference?
My husband wondered aloud if Dawson was the refs' ride home after the game. It appeared to be that way. During the second half, the officials kept the yellow flags in their pockets more, but then they just weren't really calling anything. Pearland was able to get away with everything. Of course, we got away with a few things, too.
It reminds me alot of a game we played early in the season (I'll have to look it up to see exactly which game it was). The refs threw yellow flags all over the field in the first half of that game, always against us. But let almost anything go in the second half. I wonder if it was the same refs. If I remember correctly, that was a pre-season game against a 5A team, but don't hold me to that. Is there a set of refs that doesn't like Friendswood for some reason.
All that being said, Pearland Dawson really did play better this afternoon than they did in October. I'm looking forward to reading the write up in The Galveston County Daily News (www.galvnews.com) to see all stats for the game and the season.
I would like to see UIL do a better job of holding officials accountable. This game MIGHT have had a different outcome if the officials had been FAIR. I really don't think it's too much to ask for to have fair officials. Do you?
In my humble opinion, the Friendswood Mustang offense may have peaked last week during the first half of the game against Beaumont Central. During that half, our offense was unstoppable. They could do no wrong. This week, however . . . .
Even during the second half of last week's game, while our starters were still playing, we didn't look as good. I wondered at the time if the coaches had told the players to ease up and save it for next week. After all, the score at halftime last week was 30-10 Friendswood. The final score last week was 44-22. We scored 30 points in the first half and only 14 in the second. Our backups didn't start playing until the 4th quarter of that game.
Now, I think I was right last week. Our offense was just not "on" today. Quarterback Pete Maetzold usually had plenty of time to throw the ball, but few options on who to throw it to. Pearland's defense covered our receivers well. Even when they didn't intercept the ball, they did a good job of preventing us from catching. And then, even when the ball was thrown right into the hands of the receiver, they dropped it too many times. Sometimes, it was good that Maetzold's aim was off today, him under or over throwing his receivers prevented more interceptions.
Our defense did a GREAT job today and played most of the game. Those poor guys barely had enough time to catch their breath before they were back on the field again, sometimes they were only off the field for one play. Yes, they made a few mistakes, but who wouldn't if they had to play full out that long. One great bragging right, every interception Pearland Dawson's quarterback, Darian Lazard, has thrown this year, has been caught by a Friendswood Mustang. Pearland was able to move down the field very slowly (when the officials weren't giving the yards to them), and had very few break aways. The defense can lose a game, and they can win a game, but they can't win a game if they are on the field almost the whole time, and the offense doesn't score when it is on the field.
The real difference in this game was the officials. I have never seen that many blown calls (and that says something, since I've been following high school football since I was three years old.). I'm sure that even the Dawson fans would agree with me that the officials made several mistakes. I'm sure that affected the mental aspect of the game. When officials are moving the ball/line of scrimmage, in favor of the other team, refusing to call penalties against one team, and making up penalties against the other team, it has to effect the players. Usually, that kind of thing makes our players play harder -makes them want to win in spite of the officials, but today, when it was so blatant, obvious and wrong . . . .
For example, did anyone else notice that the play clock would only start after Dawson's offense was on the line of scrimmage and set. Only twice did I see it move before hand, and one of those times, Dawson called a timeout when it appeared that the play clock was at zero. This was not true for Friendswood. The play clock was always ticking when we were on offense. Here's another one. The last time I checked, the horse collar was around the neck, not the waist. So why did we get a horse collar penalty when we tackled the player around the waist. OR when our player was tackled after he caught the ball, but it was ruled an incomplete pass. And what's even worse for that call, the receiver was facing our stands when he caught it. Oh, and did I mention the fact that they ignored Dawson's players grabbing the hands of our receiver? Isn't that pass interference?
My husband wondered aloud if Dawson was the refs' ride home after the game. It appeared to be that way. During the second half, the officials kept the yellow flags in their pockets more, but then they just weren't really calling anything. Pearland was able to get away with everything. Of course, we got away with a few things, too.
It reminds me alot of a game we played early in the season (I'll have to look it up to see exactly which game it was). The refs threw yellow flags all over the field in the first half of that game, always against us. But let almost anything go in the second half. I wonder if it was the same refs. If I remember correctly, that was a pre-season game against a 5A team, but don't hold me to that. Is there a set of refs that doesn't like Friendswood for some reason.
All that being said, Pearland Dawson really did play better this afternoon than they did in October. I'm looking forward to reading the write up in The Galveston County Daily News (www.galvnews.com) to see all stats for the game and the season.
I would like to see UIL do a better job of holding officials accountable. This game MIGHT have had a different outcome if the officials had been FAIR. I really don't think it's too much to ask for to have fair officials. Do you?
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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