Bev's Blog

First loss of the season, to a 3A school, Erath, 20 – 0…the game was 0 – 0 at half-time, but our team then had left little in the gas tank for the 2^nd half.  A week of flu for multiple players, etc, created more openings for some of our younger kids to play – but it was a severe mismatch in quarters 3 and 4.

Erath’s facilities and homecoming details were fantastic.  It truly was a fun night centered around young people – royalty, decorations, parade, families, and a band with good music.  Erath’s athletic complex for football made me jealous – a local company donated the money to build the structure after the old one was ruined by water in a hurricane.  I noticed that the new building had legs so that flooding would be less likely.

Although the loss was disappointing, my week had some really good moments.  First, the inaugural “Ladies Night Out”, where I teach about football, went better than we ever hoped for.  Forty-eight women came and laughed, clapped, asked questions, etc.  It was a huge hit and we made $480 for our school’s academics.  We continue this class for 4 more Mondays.

But the best moment came through an e-mail Friday.  A player that I coached in Washington communicated to me that he just found out that I was coaching in Louisiana and was coming down to see me and the game.  Wow!  Zach Miller is a captain in the Air Force – flying B-52’s, and hoping to train as a pilot in the Stealth bomber unit.  He’s an Air Force Academy graduate who made 500 parachute jumps in 3 years at the academy so he could jump into a National Championship game with the game ball, etc.  He drove 3.5 hours to visit and then drove back the next day with his baby girl and pregnant wife, all to see me for a few moments.  I am truly blessed and humbled to receive such a tremendous human being and a true American hero.