Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Daytona for Football

During the season Lucien received an invite to the Offense Defense All American bowl in Daytona Beach this December. Since we usually take some type of trip after Christmas we decided this would be a fun adventure.
We spend Christmas Eve in Pearland at Grandma's house, then woke up and had Christmas morning. We had a slight adventure with Major. We then set out for Florida.
26th: We had registration and opening ceremonies. Lucien saw another LT athlete. We were able to go grab a bite to eat later that evening.




27th: Practice with the team. This was fun to meet families and players from all over the country and Canada.




















28th: Practice and a Game

Lucien sacked the QB 2 times, made several solid tackles as DE and played TE on offen, but also played WR although the opportunity for a pass his way did not come. He was held several times and as a result the other team had a lot of penalties and yards lost. The final score was a tie of 0-0. 




Blocking




Not going anywhere.


Ready to Launch


Pursuit


Tackle


Big guy just yanked off teammates helmet. Lucien is there to help protect.


Ready to Run


All Set




Pursuit


Tack--


Tackle




After the game we took time to dip our feet the in the Atlantic with a walk along the beach. The water was cold. Lucien enjoyed a dip the hotel spa to warm up!


29th: Practice

30th: Game
Caught a pass for a 55 yard touchdown.

Dominated on defense in second game at with 4 sacks, several QB pressures, and a tackle to stuff an extra point run. Can't wait to come back next year and show improvement.



Had fun playing in Daytona with athletes from all over and learning from Coach Malique Jackson and blessed to have great coaching.