The Last Game of the Season

Ryan's last game was a cold one! The Hawkeyes played well, winning 47-0. Ryan pulled some flags and scored a conversion point... it was a nice ending to the season but it was not without a little drama.

A few of the Hawkeye moms (including myself) huddled at the end of the field to keep the wind at our backs. After it became evident that the Hawkeyes were going to dominate the game, we could hear the opposing team's parent crowd starting to get a little nasty. At first they just talked loudly about how our boys were cheating. Soon they began yelling at the referees. One mom yelled across the field to our coach, "Hey Coach, did you teach those boys to cheat like that?" Finally, one idiot mom ran onto the field between plays and started yelling at our team! The boys were taken aback and just stared at her for a minute before the refs ushered her back to the sideline. It took some serious self-restraint not to lunge in her direction.

Now, it is true that I don't know every technical rule of the game. And it is certainly true that the nine-year old players don't know every technical rule of the game. But intentional cheaters they are not and I didn't see anything to indicate that they were playing dirty other than the fact that they were creaming the other team.

On the positive side, both coaches handled themselves well and both teams seemed intent on ignoring the parental trash talk. We've had Ry in the YMCA program for two seasons without incident... until today. Hopefully someone will get those mothers the help they so desperately need before we start again next September.

Go, Hawk Guys!!