The Stockton Lightning
Last night we went to our first arena football game. It was a total blast. For those who have never been it is defintely an experience to be reckoned with. The field is only 50 yards long. So as you can imagine it is very small and it only takes about five plays to make a touchdown. There is a ton of knocking guys against the sides etc. Quite the experience. Our seats were incredible we were only about five rows up from the field at the goal. So we got to see a ton of action as one could imagine. I think, acutally I know Devan and I got more enjoyment out of it then Greg and Caden. I took the picture above with my camera phone I was pretty impressed with how well it turned out. Then of course there is the logo for the lightning which I tried to make bigger so I kinda distorted it, LOL. Okay so now here is the reason I am writing about our experience. Caden won a photo of the team. I was looking it over to see who this one player was. As I was looking over the roster I noticed a name I recognized ALL too well. A name that was so unusual I knew it had to be whom I thought it was. Okay so while I was in high school I had this huge crush on this guy named Josh Wallwork. He was the all star football player, very tall and super good looking. During our senior year football games, which EVERYONE in the town attended were super exciting. There were always scouts there watching him play. We all knew he would go pro. He went on to play for Wyoming, won some tremendous awards. Went to training camp with the 49ers and was supposed to be the number 2 draft choice of his year. His stats beat those of Peyton Manning. He was an incredible Quarterback. Well due to getting involved in drugs among other things, he lost his chance to play in the NFL. Then of course you never hear anything more of him. Very sad story. The kind that makes you really sad to hear. So last night I see him in the line up for this particular Arena Football team. Unfortunately as the second string Q-back. I never got to see him play. I am sure that any sort of pro team is better than not playing at all. But it is such a shame to see such talent wasted on drugs. I only hope that my children can succeed heavily at whatever they do and not let things like drugs get in the way. So anyways, if you ever get the chance I highly recommend seeing an arena football game!
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I LOVE arena football! We are lucky to have a team here in Moline, IL.
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