Matthew at the Palace

Last night Matthew played his fifth game overall but his first game at the 'Palace' also known as Kelly Reeves stadium.

The stadium situation here:
The Palace is a high school football stadium owned by Round Rock school district. It's amazing! It seats 11,000! It is the home field for 4 of the 5 teams in the district. Our high school is the only high school with a its own stadium - Dragon Stadium. Dragon stadium is also used by the other 4 teams as a home field. Dragon stadium isn't nearly as amazing as the Palace but it's still pretty big. All of the high schools have smaller stadiums and nice synthetic turf fields. They are their practice fields & where the middle school teams play. Ty plays there! But he will play in the palace in the playoffs.

Back to Matthew
Anyway, Matthew's been playing on the Round Rock HS freshman A team. Here they keep all the Freshman on the Freshman team & don't move them up to JV or Varsity. He's playing right tackle on the offensive line. At first he wasn't very happy about playing O line. He loves defense! But he's done a great job and seems to be enjoying it. He protects the QB and blocks for the running backs. He has never met a defensive lineman he couldn't block or knock down. He dominates! He's getting faster, stronger, and more confident. When I watch him I'm amazed that this is the same kid who laughed every time he made a tackle or scored a basket. He's focused & serious.

His team won 46-7. They dominated. They had lost the previous 2 games. This was a great win! They are now 3-2 on the season and 1-0 in district play. Go Rock! (that's what they yell here, we keep saying "go eagles", whoops!) #73 OVIATT