Friday Night Lights Already?

Hard to believe it's already time for high school football season. But with today's "cool" temperatures, there was an appropriate feel of fall in the air.

Some local teams hit the gridiron last night but Assumption had its home debut this evening. It was a non-conference match-up with Necedah from down the road.

Hubby will be going to all the games since he's a Stat Man. I will likely only go to home games and will possibly be a fair-weather fan. Tonight, for example, I did not want to sit in rain or cold when I am recovering from my own cold or allergy or annoying cough business. But it was short-lived, thankfully.

I'll admit it was strange last year not seeing Carter's classmates on the field. This year, his friends have all graduated, too! Now it's the "little boys" of our friends and they (the boys, that is) aren't so little anymore.

The game started out well and we were quickly ahead by 2 touchdowns. Felt a comfortable lead going into halftime. Then the unthinkable happened. Our starting quarterback got injured. You never want to see anyone get injured and it is tougher to take at a key position. Kind of seemed like a right ankle injury but that was only an opinion from way up in the stands.

The backup QB, also a senior, was only a few plays in before he, too, came limping off the field. Oh no! Thankfully, he was back in it in no time. The starter is still out.

So with an injury and adjusted play, our Royals struggled a bit and Necedah took advantage and scored.

Despite the struggles, Assumption pulled off the win 42-34. Yay!

I did actually leave after the third quarter so I could get my crackly voice back home and indoors. Still listened on the radio.

Now the only Friday Night Lights are yard lights for the boys, out with friends and out at the game. We are excited for the rest of the season, though, and hoping it's rain-free and injury-free.

GO ROYALS!