Game 8 vs. Superstition Falcons

Well here we are, uncharted territory.

All weekend I have thought about what I could say on the blog...

I guess it is best to just go for it!!!

Our first loss of the season comes at the hands of a very good, tough, and extremely big football team. We all know, and Coach Thompson has said many times we are an "older lighter" team, and on Saturday the Falcons were obviously a "younger bigger" team. And even with that, were it not for a couple of very UN-timely turn overs that resulted in two of their touch downs, our boys held their own and did a great job overall. They were unable to convert on any of their extra points and if not for the previously mentioned turnovers we could have won 8-6.

But now is not the time to dwell on it, but time to get busy and prepare for the first round of the playoffs. Many times a defeat can be used as a motivator. I heard Coach Thompson tell my kid

"what good did going UN-defeated do us last year?" We have two weeks to prepare for the next opponent, and now is the time to lace 'um up and play some Monsoon football!!!

Onward to the Championship!!!!

Game 7 vs. Gilbert Bruisers

WOW!!

What else can I say?? WOW!! What a game.

I would say that was the best competition we have faced so far this year.

Good smash mouth football from both teams for the whole game.

Much like last year, our team had superior conditioning and desire to win and continued to pound away until they finally took it to the house!!

Then our awesome defense held out for the final few minutes to seal the victory 6-0

On to next week and the final regular season game against the Falcons.

They are also UN-defeated and have a very similar record and power point total.

Our boys will need to prepare for another very tough game and be ready to play come Saturday.

P.S.

I am sure you all got the e-mail from the Henry's regarding Jay.

Jay is one of those players many of you may not know right off. He is a player who doesn't get a lot of fan fair, doesn't get yelled at in practice or games because he is a solid player who always gets the job done. We missed your good solid play on Saturday Jay, so get yourself healthy and get back out there. We need you buddy!!!

Game 6 vs. Rio Salado Pumas

Another week, another resounding win!!!

Monsoon rolls on 31-0

Again a great effort by both offense and defense, another shut out for the "D", and I think coach Mike was purposely being very conservative with his play calling to set up the second half , but a spectacular kick return by Josh #28 to open the second half, kinda put the skids on that!!!

The next 2 weeks are against very tough opponents, our boys will need to rise up and play tough Monsoon football to head into the playoffs with that coveted #1 seed.

Onward to the championship...

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Desert Ridge Homecoming

On Friday evening several of our Monsoon players (and future Jaguars) got all painted up to show their support for Christina Smith who was in the running for Queen. For those of you who don't know, Christina is the daughter of Coach Gary and Irene, and is a big supporter of Monsoon football doing a lot of volunteer work behind the scenes. Even though Christina didn't win the title, she had the loudest cheering section and she and Tommy were the best looking couple by far!!!

Game 5 vs. Ironmen

Five down Three to go!!!

Another decisive victory on Saturday for our Mighty Monsoon!!!

From the very get go this week it was all go, smash mouth football. No waiting around for half time or any of that business, the boys came right out ready to play, against a much better team,

but still no match for our dominating defense and clockwork offense.

The last couple of minutes of the first half was definitely the most exciting football so far this season. A truly mighty goal line stand with some inspired play by the defense, and then some awesome play calling and execution by the offense, to make it some 90 yards for the score just before the clock expired. There was no looking back in the second half as our boys posted a resounding 24-0 win. On to our next opponent and our last away game before playoffs.

On a side note: Did any of you see all the cars in the parking lot with "Beat Monsoon" painted all over them?? Cody and I got a big old kick out of that!!!!

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