Playing With Heart

Both J.R. and Traeson showed what it's like to play with a lot of heart today. I couldn't be more proud of both of them.

J.R. has been sick all week. He has had a high fever, and been in bed since Thurs afternoon. This morning he got up, got dressed, filled up on ibuprophen (more than medically advised I'm sure) and headed off to his game. When he got there the quarterback of his team didn't come to the game, because he had a headache. Wow, seriously?! But J.R. stepped up and gave it his all. He played hard every down and left it all on the field. His team lost, but J.R. had one of his best games. He threw for a TD and proved that Champions play through the pain.

Traeson's team played Sky View and they were both undefeated before today. They had a dog fight of a game. The SV coaches had scouted his team and were keying on Traeson pretty hard. He took some hard hits but just kept fighting. He scored 2 TD including the game winning TD with less than a minute remaining. He scored this on nothing but refusal to lose will power. The video doesn't give this justice. It was a fantastic run where he just refused to go down.

Traeson's First TD

Traeson's Game Winning TD

After the game the coach gave Traeson the game ball for "Giving the team his heart."

It was a great day for the Martindale boys!!