Well, he hadn’t played since his fluke sideline knee injury in his second game as a freshman. And the surgical repair, And the comeback in the spring, throwing the discuss, shot put, and javelin, etc., etc.
BUT, now he’s back. He played defensive end, as well as punting and doing the kicking chores. His JV team won Friday night, 23-12 against Monroe-Woodbury (who are also called the “Crusaders”) on Monroe’s home field.
BIAS ALERT – I think Tim’s best position is linebacker and possibly running back (he’s 5’8″ and weighs 190 – and very little of that is wasted weight) but he’s such a good athlete he can play lots of places. Evidently they need him at defensive end. He had a solid game there, without doing anything spectacular.
His kicking game went OK. he was one for one on conversions – not a pretty kick but it went through the posts. His full length kick-off made it into the end zone, which in high school football is an automatic touchback. Both of those kicks are below. His other three kick-offs were all squibb kicks. His two punts were a little below par – 23 and 24 yards net.
Good thing the JV won, because the varsity lost on Saturday evening, 7-35.
Here are the two kicks – first the extra point (Dad & Mom providing commentary).
And here’s the ensuing kick off (Dad delighted!).
Bonus! Here’s a goalline tackle on an extra point attempt by Monroe. Tim is in the highlighted “spotlight” on the end of the defensive line.
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