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And just a few football photos from our spring jamboree.
Any day is a good day for baseball, right? Even in the rain? Sure.
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Leroy played its last game of the season against Clarke County, losing 7-21. Now we move on to basketball and then baseball. Still love me some Bears.
Tonight the Leroy Bears played the Choctaw County Tigers. It started out okay, but before too long the referees let it get out of hand. In the second quarter, after a missed call on face-masking that laid out one of Leroy's players, a brawl broke out on the field. The Choctaw County players cleared the bench, coming to our side of the field. They began beating and taking swings our players and even one of our coaches. I stepped back but was fascinated to see my calm, laid-back husband in the midst of it all trying to get the Choctaw County players back to their side of the field. Just like soldiers and police officers are trained to run toward trouble, Dave is trained to bring calm on a field. It's my understanding that all of the Choctaw County players were ejected and Leroy won by forfeiture. There will certainly be some suspensions and fines. It was a terribly sad day for high school football in the state of Alabama.
Our Bears are having a tough year. This was one bright spot in tonight's game -- an interception.
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My alma mater, Foley High School, came to Jackson to play the Aggies. I traded covering Leroy's away game with someone else so I could see my youngest nephew play in the "Band from Lion Land." They are so large that they travel in six school buses and have a semi tractor trailer that carries their equipment. It costs so much for them to travel that they had to bring a reduced size to Jackson (just brass and drums) and they didn't get to march. But, wow! They blew every other band in our area out of the stands. They were phenomenal! My nephew hates when I take his picture, so I decided I'd zombie him and the band up a bit with a little processing from PicMonkey. (He's not normally green with mottled skin--I promise.) My heart swelled with pride when they played "Hip Hip Hooray for Mr. Touchdown," when Foley scored. They used to play that when I was in school. Loved it! They weren't used to all the "community spirit" and were surprised at the "smack and trash talk" from the Jackson fans. They kept reminding everyone who accosted them that they were the band and not the football team. Ha ha! One more thing that I must say--they were all very polite, had a wonderful time playing together, and left the stands spotless, not one piece of trash. They made me very proud.
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See photo in original gallery.
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