Riley was so excited for days about the "big game". His game was 1st and he played a few different positions, but the best was when they had him be a running back.
Keep in mind these are 6-8 year old boys (many of which have never played football) so it takes a few minutes to get them set up for the play. But not Riley...he was so in tune with what he was supposed to do he stood there the whole time waiting with his hands ready to receive the hand off. One arm was across his chest, the other was parallel under his chest, with just enough room for the ball to fit.
He waited like this for what seemed like 2 minutes then the ball was snapped and Riley was tackled; not by just one boy but two of them!! The ball wasn't barely to the quarterback when Riley was hit...he didn't have a chance to even get his hands on the ball.
He lay there on the ground...they say the first hit of the season is always the hardest and he was hit by two players!! The coaches called out the EMT and wouldn't let him move because his mouth was all red and they had thought he bit his tongue.
The EMT walked him off the field and I went over. He asked Riley to open his mouth and if he had his mouth guard in. Riley said yes and opened then the EMT said "what did you have that was red today" Riley simply replied "my Gatorade"!!!
I couldn't stop laughing!!! He was fine the coaches just panicked!!!
