Saturday, August 27, 2002
After having declared his desire to play the game last Spring, today Jacob was playing in his first Pop Warner game at Ventura H.S.
It was a BEAUTIFUL day
for American football!
One of the most inspirational
sweatshirts that I've ever seen!
One of our Camarillo Stingers supporters was wearing it, a good omen to say the least.
The Camarillo Stingers (0-0) just
before taking the field against . . .
. . . the 805 Warhawks (0-0)
SURPRISE!
Jacob was one of the Stingers Captains today.
Looking good in his #99 jersey
His favorite player is the Los Angeles Rams #99, Defensive Lineman extraordinaire Aaron Donald.
Captains out
Going over the rules
Warhawks and Stingers Captains
shaking hands just before the kickoff
First game jitters, I'm sure
He entered the game for the first
time at Nose Tackle
On his first play of the game, Jacob
slanted to his right . . .
. . . attacked the QB who was chasing
down a bad snap . . .
. . . continued relentlessly like
Aaron Donald would . . .
. . . closed in on the QB who had
recovered the errant snap . . .
. . . adjusted his pursuit angle . . .
. . . wrapped up the QB with another
Stingers Defensive Lineman . . .
. . . and thus recorded half a
QB sack on his first play!
What a great way to start his American football playing career.
Laurie video taped Jacob's
entire QB Sack play
I loved Jacob's thumbs up after the sack.
Michael got a both tad excited and way proud of Jacob's first play to be sure!
Finding the ball
Coming off the edge
Knock the OL's arm down, Jacob!
Keeping your feet moving
is the key to good pass rushing
The good thing today, for me, was
watching Jacob hustle on every snap
In on another tackle
Running to get a block on a
Stingers Kickoff Return
Staying in his lane on the
Camarillo Kickoff Team
It's all about the PURSUIT!
Jacob slanting to his left against
the Warhawks #17
A proud Father with his
excited Son after the game
FINAL SCORE:
Camarillo Stingers (1-0) 28
805 Warhawks (0-1) 6
Up next for the Stingers is their first home game at Camarillo H.S. next Saturday against the Oxnard Knights.
The Knights played an away game at San Marcos H.S. versus the Santa Barbara Saints today. The score of that game was unknown at this blog post's press time.
A good start to Jacob's season
The young Contreras Family
basking in the warm, afterglow of Victory
Only one thing left to do now, drive back to Camarillo for a team celebration of the big win at Topper's Pizza Place.
Jacob was having fun with
his teammates
Jacob showing off one of his "guns"
The Stingers were
enjoying their team bonding
So were we
Meanwhile, in the Wonderful World of EuroBall today . . .
A French team, the Besançon Bisons,
letting recruits know about the American
football equipment they'll soon be donning
The Berlin Thunder's win
today over the Istanbul Rams
keep their Wild Card hopes alive
So did the Rhein Fire's playoff hopes with
the win against the Cologne Centurions
Both the Thunder and Fire are now 7-4 on the season, a half game behind the Tirol Raiders (7-3) and a half game ahead of the Frankfurt Galaxy (6-4).
The Raiders and the Galaxy play each other in Frankfurt on Sunday.
A Raiders win would certainly clear the Wild Card waters a bit going into the last week of the regular season.
If the Galaxy win, on the other hand, it would leave the Thunder, Fire, Raiders and Galaxy all with identical 7-4 records.
Now, wouldn't that make the final games of the regular season intriguing with that one elusive Wild Card berth on the line.
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