Leave it all on the field!!!

I am behind in my blogging about football games, I will catch all the games with pictures soon.  But tonight I am just taking in the moment!  The Declo Hornet football team has gone undefeated (11-0) on the reason and through the playoffs.  Tomorrow the Declo Hornet football team will play the Parma Panthers (also undefeated) for the State Championship!  Our boys have worked so hard since last year's championship game on 11/20/08 and here we are again.  I believe they are better prepared than last year, I believe they want it more this year!

Tonight was the last night I will very wash the football uniform the night before the big game.  Tonight is the last night Logan will ever be uptight as he prepares to play the in a football game.  Tomorrow will be the last time Logan and Grandpie have their pregame talk (they talk by phone before everygame).  Football is one of Logan's biggest loves in life and his dream since playing football the his 1st year in 7th grade was to win a State Championship!  He has worked long and hard towards  this dream, he is part of an amazing team and win or lose - the whole Declo Hornet football team are Champions and they are amazing. 

Logan tomorrow night will be the last time we watch you play football as a Declo Hornet.  I am so proud of you and as your facebook status says tonight "Leave it all on the field" son!!!

Chancey tomorrow is the last time you will board the bus with your brother, as a stat girl for the Declo Hornet football team.  I am sure you will be the stat girl again, but it will be sad to see you down on the sidelines and not have Logan on the field!   After tomorrow it's all about you again girl.  Yes basketball has started.  We couldn't be prouder of Chancey - she made the JV basketball team as a freshman and during their first game this past Tuesday, she had 8 points all from the foul line.    Enjoy tomorrow with your brother and the whole football team - we are so proud that you too are an amazing Declo Hornet!!!

Everything is in place the team has practiced, watched film and had dinner together.  Keegan pushed to get things done at school to be home and cheer on his little brother.  Chancey's stat girl shirt is washed and there is no bball practice in the morning, so we can sleep in!  Fence Solutions is closing at noon!  The pep assembly has been prepared and the whole community is ready to go support the team.  I know I will cry tomorrow - it won't matter if the boys win or lose!  It will be end of an amazing journey! 
Thanks for the ride son!  We love you!!! Leave it all on the field!!!

Game 5 - Declo travels to Wendell

The Friday Night Lights this week where on in Wendell, little did they know it would be lights out for Wendell.  Logan in the endzone and a touchdown that made the TV news, thanks to a beautiful pass from QB Ross Sanders.  This was Ross's first game back after 6 weeks out due to a broken collar bone.  This was the first really cold night we have had for this season and it really wasn't too bad.

Logan lining up for the play!

Logan had a great cheering section - Perry & Marcy came from Gooding to watch!  Dad and Lyle are always there!

Keegan meet us in Wendell and then came home for the weekend, great to see him and what a wonderful brother always a great supporter of his brother and sister. 

Grandpie is at every game and no he never does sit down!

Hailey made this game too.  Kory & I waited and met her in Declo, she had Volleyball practice after school.

But we made good time and only missed a couple of minutes of the game. 

Final Score Declo 54 Wendell 12

Logan and the team after the game! 

I love being able to go down to the field after the game!

 I will miss getting those hugs from my son after he has played hard!

Finally a better after game picture of Logan & Hailey! 

She must like sweaty football players or at least #18!

HOMECOMING - Game #4

The newspaper headline is - Declo Homecoming a Blowout!

Homecoming week was filled with activities, everyday was a dress up day.  Tuesday Logan & Chancey went to school in their pajama's.  Wedensday evening there was a bomb fire.  Thursday was Disney day - Chancey went to school dress as Hannah Montana.  Friday was Spirit day - with a parade and tailgating starting at 5PM.  Then the game at 7 PM - the weather was beautiful.

The football team lead the homecoming parade.

Josh, Tyler, Logan & Brogan

 

Every class had a section of fence to decorate.  The seniors was awesome.

Logan headed out to the huddle with the play!

The final score of the homecoming game was Declo 59 Filer 8.  Everyone played a great game.  Before the game started all the parents and former Declo Football players made a huge tunnel on the field for the players to run through as they were announced.  Then before and after the game the players had practiced a special dance - a tongon chant.  I am working on uploading the video, it was really neat!

Game #3

Declo traveled to Malad for Game #3.  This is a big game, at this point in the season Malad is undeafted also!  The game started out a little rough, then Declo settled down and started to play ball.  The end of the 1st quarter it was Declo 6 Malad 0.  The 2nd quarter started out with Malad making a field goal and then due to a bad referee call - Malad ended up getting a touchdown.  Declo battled back hard and ended the 3rd quarter with a score of  Declo 36 and Malad was still 10!  There was no score in 4th quarter!

Logan & Chancey on the sidelines together!

Last Friday night after the game against Kimberly.  Elizabeth and Cloe had a party at their house.  Chancey was helping the girls get ready for the party and the Kidd's new puppy attacked her and made off with a package of Hot Dog buns.  All week Elizabeth told Chancey she had ruined the party and they weren't friends anymore, because Chancey lost the buns to the dog!  Chancey decided to try and make up to Elizabeth by giving her a gift - 8 fresh Hot Dog buns...

Friends once again!

Football Game 2

Declo vs. Kimberly the first home game of the season!
Kimberly kicks off to Declo, the kick goes into the end zone.  Declo fields the ball at the 20 yard line, Jeremy rolls back and throws to Logan... 80 yard touchdown - 12 seconds into the game.  Kimberly turns the ball over and Jeremy throws a 50 yard touchdown pass to McCoy.  New Declo High School record 42 points in the 1st quarter.

There isn't a whole lot more to say about this game - the whole team played and played well.  Sorry no pictures I had to record this game, as my dad was back visiting my grandmother.

Final score was Declo 62 Kimberly 7

Home Run Derby

While uploading pictures from the last couple weeks of Football, I found a few items I had forgotten to blog about.  First is the home run derby which was in June.  This was put on by BABA just for fun, they had a contest for all the different age groups including parents/coaches.  Kory hit for our team as an adult, he got a couple over the fence when Chancey was pitching to him warming up, but didn't get any over during the actual competion (they were using a pitching machine).  Chancey on the other hand started off a little slow, the girls didn't have to get it over the fence, but out to a line in the grass.  Chancey ended up getting a couple to the fence and ended up winning hitting 7 out of 10 over the line.

Chancey's Bionic Thumb

OK I know it's been a while since we have done a blog update... So here it goes...
I am going to start with Chancey's Bionic Thumb (or at least that's what Kory & I call it)! One little basketball injury is now 2 surgeries and one screw later and it looks like everything is going to hold. After the surgery in December and spending 3 weeks in a cast, Chancey started Occupational Therapy at the end of January. There were a couple of spots in the scar that just keep sticking out more and the therapist thought maybe it was a stitch or two. Back to Dr. Crane we go. Sure enough it appeared that there were a couple of stitches that had come to the surface and were trying to come through Chancey's skin. The big problem was is the stitches were actually the ends of the line that Dr. Crane had run through her ligament and into the screw to hold everything together. It was finally decided that the only way to fix things was to remove the stitches, Dr. Crane felt like everything was good and the ligament would hold on it's own! So March 13th was surgery #2, Dr. Crane removed the stitches and made sure that everything looked good. 5 more stitches which came out 10 days later and 14 days after surgery #2 Chancey played in a basketball tournament in Boise. Seems the Bionic thumb is good to go, although Mom has a heart attack every time she get's fouled, falls down and etc.

This picture is the day she hurt it playing basketball in May 2008.

The picture doesn't show how black, blue and swollen it really was!

This is the thumb following cast removal after surgery #1.

Chancey playing basketball

Sorry I am a little behind on my blog - Uncle Clyde made sure to let me know! So here is a little catchup. Chancey was able to get back on the basketball court on November 24th, after a month of sitting the bench letting her knee heal. She had to take it easy, but ended up with a great second half of the season averaging 12 points a game. The team ended up 2nd in their conference, they lost the championship game to Jerome (Jerome went undefeated for the year).
Chancey had parents and grandparents that held their breath a few times when she was able to start playing again, but she did great!

Dressed down and ready to go...

A big smile when she was able to get back on the court!

Bring the ball down the floor sure feels good...

State Championship Football Game

I am not even sure where to begin. Last night Logan and the Declo Hornet Football team played the Parma Panthers for the State Championship! I have to say last nights game was as good as the BSU/Oklahoma Fiesta Bowl! Declo (8-3) came in as the underdogs, but they were the underdogs in the last 3 playoff games that got them to this game. It was a dream come true for Logan to play a football game on the Blue Turf @ BSU. Thanks to everyone that was there for the game - Grandpa & Grandma Knopp, Dad & Barb, Mom & Arb, Corey & Mimi, Connie & Virg, Don Allen, Jackie & Jackson, it meant so much to Logan that you all were there! I meant to get a picture of our cheering section and forgot. To much excitement!

The Hornets played their hearts out, they did lose but it was by 1 point in over time. We are so proud of the whole team!!! 2nd in the State and the first time for Declo Football to make it to the State Championship game! Following the pictures I added the newspaper article from the Times News!

WE LOVE OUR TEAM!!! GO HORNETS!!!

This is team getting ready to take the field for the Championship game!

The next 3 pictures are from the Idaho Statesman Newspaper...

Logan catching the pass for another Declo 1st down!

Logan and Nate making a tackle!
Tyler Briggs getting a Declo touchdown, Logan is the white player blocking!
The Declo Hornets Football team following the game!


DECLO DENIED
Hornets lose, but runner-up finish highest in school history
By Ryan HoweTimes-News writer
Declo's dream fell one point short.The unheralded Hornets, who rose up from a 3-3 midseason record to make an unprecedented and historic playoff run, were upended by Parma in overtime, 29-28 Friday night in the Class 2A state championship game at Boise State University's Bronco Stadium. Declo finished its season 8-4, but accomplished what no other team in school history had ever done by reaching the state title game. And what a dandy of a title game it was, as the Hornets took the heavily-favored Panthers (11-1) to their limit in an overtime thriller that the players, coaches and hundreds of Declo fans who made the trip will be talking about for years. "One point difference in overtime of the state championship game, how close can we be?" said Declo coach Kelly Kidd. "The older I get, the more sports don't make sense to me because somebody always has to lose. Our kids played fantastic, all of them." Senior Riley Kowitz capped a 10-play, 73-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown with 10 minutes remaining in regulation. Quarterback Jeremy Jenkins threw to Jarad Erickson for the two-point conversion that tied the game 22-22 and forced overtime. Parma won the coin flip and elected to play defense first in OT. On fourth-and-goal, Kowitz scored from a yard out, behind the blocks of Sage Warner and Rich Mahoney. Declo chose to go for 2, rather than attempting to kick a PAT. It's an unconventional decision most of the time, but a wise one for the Declo coaching staff under the circumstances. The Panthers had already blocked two Declo kicks, plus the Hornets' starting center and wingman were on the sideline with injuries. Jenkins avoided the Panther rush, but his pass fell incomplete on the conversion try. On Parma's turn, Lance Johnson ran in from 3-yards to knot the score, and Devin Erickson kicked in the game-winning PAT."I'm disappointed that we lost the championship, but we played the hardest we could. What more can you ask?" said Declo junior Larsen Webb. "This season was definitely a success. We were the underdogs the whole season. We started at the bottom and came clear to the top." Declo overcame various bouts with adversity throughout its season. Foremost among them was an inexplicable 13-point loss to Valley that dropped Declo to 3-3 and would eventually force a three-way Kansas City playoff in which Declo missed out on the No. 1 seed by inches - a Glenns Ferry field goal barely snuck over the cross bar. But in hindsight, Kidd believes that perhaps destiny played a role in his team's season. If Declo hadn't entered the playoffs with the No. 2 seed, perhaps it never would have survived the other side of the bracket. And if the Hornets hadn't gotten a wake-up call from Valley, they never would have self-examined and become a championship-caliber team." We had a lot of ups and downs this season and once we made it to state (playoffs) we gave it our all," said senior Tucker Edgar. "It would have been nice to get the championship, but we're proud of what we did." Declo faced more adversity earlier this week when starting center and defensive tackle Drew Matsen injured his knee during practice and was hobbling the sideline Friday on crutches. But Matsen wasn't the only Hornet banged up. Jenkins had a bad wrist on his throwing hand, Tyler Briggs walked with a noticeable limp, and Tanner Field had two sprained ankles, just to name a few. "We limped in here, and the kids played spectacular. I'm so proud of them," Kidd said.Declo also overcame adversity in the first quarter when Parma punts pinned the Hornets twice inside their own 2-yard line. Declo's first scoring drive was a 99-yard masterpiece highlighted by a 55-yard run by Jenkins and capped by an 11-yard score by Briggs. Six turnovers - three by each team - blemished the second quarter, but Parma was able to convert a fake punt on fourth-and-8 into a 41-yard touchdown run by Johnson to lead 15-8 at halftime. Declo ran the ball nine straight times to open the third quarter, capped by Will Nunnelee's 16-yard TD scamper. Parma blocked the PAT to make it 15-14.The Panthers went up 22-14 when Rance Portenier threw to Randy Riley on a slant, and the 6-foot, 200-pound sophomore took it 80 yards for the score. That set up Declo's game-tying score, which led to the overtime period. The Hornets walked off the blue turf with something no other Declo team has - a state runner-up trophy. The Hornets also left with something much more valuable: a life lesson. "Anything is possible," Edgar said. "I never thought we'd get here, but it was our goal and we reached it and I'm glad to be apart of Declo history."
Class 2A state championship Parma 29, Declo 28, OT

Headed for the State Championship Football Game!

GO HORNETS!!! Well by now everyone knows that the Declo Hornet Football team will play for the State Championship today! I know they are all going to play the hardest they have ever played and win or lose they have had an awesome year!

Before the team headed out Thurday - the school had a pep rally! Coach Kidd gave a great speech and I know he inspired the team!

The football team was lined up and blindfolded, they thought they were getting a good luck kiss from the cheerleaders and just for fun they were suppose to guess what cheerleader kissed them. Well once the team was all blindfolded, in came their moms to fill in for the cheerleaders in the kissing department! It was so great, Logan was really surpised when I removed his blindfold! Good Luck son!

The team then loaded onto the bus in front of the school and they were headed to spend the night in Boise. They had a practice at the BSU practice dome and then a good nights rest. I hope they got some sleep!!!

Escorted out of town - the streets of Declo were lined with all the kids from the schools, parents, grandparents and fans! With the fire truck sirens blazing they were off! Good luck team!

Kory and I are headed out this morning! And yes I window painted my car! Chancey has made a big decision and decided to stay home w/ Aunt Debbie (thanks Deb)! She was released to start practicing basketball again yesterday and we all know her love for the game. She can't wait to get back out on the floor and actually play a whole game! So she is staying home to practice! We will miss her, but Logan understands as he has the same love for football! Keegan should have been headed home for Thanksgiving today, but he will await our arrival in Boise and we will head to the game! We hope to bring home a State Champion football player, but win or take 2nd, what an awesome experience!!!

DECLO HORNETS WIN!

LAST NIGHT THE DECLO HORNETS WON THE STATE SEMI FINAL FOOTBALL GAME. SO LOGAN AND THE DECLO HORNETS WILL BE PLAYING FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ON FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 21ST @ BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY @ 4:30PM AGAINST THE PARMA PANTHERS! THE WHOLE TEAM PLAYED A GREAT GAME AND LOGAN HAD AN AWESOME BLOCK THAT HELPED CHANGE THE MOMENTUM OF THE GAME TO LET THE RUNNING BACK GET TO THE 29 YARD LINE IN THE 3RD QUARTER, AS THE HALF TIME SCORE WAS HORNETS 0 TROJANS 8. 5 MINS AND 55 SECONDS INTO THE 3RD QUARTER THE HORNETS HAD 3 TOUCHDOWNS!

GO HORNETS!!!

State Semi Final Football

GO HORNETS! Logan's football team won their quarter final game last night against West Jefferson (defending State Champs). West Jefferson had only lost one game this season until last night when the Hornets made 2! The game was held in the Mini Dome in Pocatello and it was so much fun! Logan and the whole team played a great game -the final score was Declo 34 West Jefferson 6! So now we are headed to play Nampa Christian in the Semi Finals next Saturday back in the Mini Dome! I will let everyone know the time as soon as we know for sure. Here are few pictures from the game.

Chancey's knee

Just an update on Chancey's knee injury. She has micro fractures and bone bruising in the bone at the bottom of the knee. She is actually very lucky, the doctor said most of the time with this type of injury you see a blown ACL as well. Chancey's ACL and all other tendons and ligaments looked great on the MRI. So she is on crutches for a couple of weeks and then we go back to the doctor to see where things are at. Hopefully she will be back to play basketball for the last 4 weeks of the season.

Football Game 2

Friday Night Lights - Declo vs. Kimberly

Logan was cleared to play! There was just one little issue this week number 81 came in as number 18! So Logan's number for the next 2 years will be 18! It was great to see him playing again and even more fun to see him be part of a winning team. Yes Declo won 26 to 20! It was Kimberly 20 Declo 0, with 6 minutes left in the 2nd quarter. By half time the score was Declo 14 Kimberly 20. Declo had 2 more touch downs in the 2nd half!

Football Game 1

Tonight was Logan's first football game! All of us that know and love Logan, know that football is his favorite sport! The first game excitement was met with mixed emotion as Logan still has not recieved the doctor's clearance to play. The broken wrist from BSU football camp has made for a long summer. We do have a doctor's appointment on Monday 9/8/08, let's hope all looks good and Logan can play! Even though Logan couldn't play I had to take a few pictures and he had a great group of fans - Dad, Mom, Chancey, Grandpie and the Kruckenburg's were all there! Logan was number 46 tonight, but by next week his real jersey will be here and his number will be 81! Tonight's game was against Aberdeen (ranked #2 in the state).

The final score was Aberdeen 27 Declo 6! Running onto the field as a varsity football player!

Watching from the sidelines, hoping he can play next week!

Volleyball

School has started and that means the start of fall sports! Anyone that knows our family knows we really never take a break from someone doing a sport! Chancey had volleyball tryouts during fair week and yes she made the 8th grade team! Volleyball is not her favorite sport but it gets her in shape for basketball (the favorite sport). Here are a few pictures from her first couple games, they have won 2 and lost 2!