GraceQuest vs. Cross Culture football game
I help out with the jr. high youth group at church. My youth pastor, Jeremy, happens to be a pretty big football fan. Whenever we have a retreat or something, there's almost certainly going to be a football game at some point.
Well, Jeremy, joking around and talking big, told one of the high schoolers that GraceQuest (his youth group) could beat Cross Culture (the high school youth group) in flag football by three touchdowns, and, well...she called his bluff. They set the date for February 1.
So off we went, practicing every other week or so, strategizing, etc. We had some fairly big teens, and some fairly fast teens, and our leaders were faster, so we figured we had a chance. Plus, Jeremy knows the sport really well and is a decent quarterback.
Well, to make a long story short, we beat them. Their QBs didn't anticipate our wily zone defense, and we got at least three or four interceptions. Jeremy had a pretty thick playbook, and we learned routes during practice. They might have been bigger and stronger (on average), but we were smarter. :-)
Jeremy instructing us from his playbook. You can see why he made us wear read: his alma mater is NC State.
I was a punter. It didn't go very far. :-)
I was also wide receiver.
Well, Jeremy, joking around and talking big, told one of the high schoolers that GraceQuest (his youth group) could beat Cross Culture (the high school youth group) in flag football by three touchdowns, and, well...she called his bluff. They set the date for February 1.
So off we went, practicing every other week or so, strategizing, etc. We had some fairly big teens, and some fairly fast teens, and our leaders were faster, so we figured we had a chance. Plus, Jeremy knows the sport really well and is a decent quarterback.
Well, to make a long story short, we beat them. Their QBs didn't anticipate our wily zone defense, and we got at least three or four interceptions. Jeremy had a pretty thick playbook, and we learned routes during practice. They might have been bigger and stronger (on average), but we were smarter. :-)
Jeremy instructing us from his playbook. You can see why he made us wear read: his alma mater is NC State.
I was a punter. It didn't go very far. :-)
I was also wide receiver.