I spy

Just Little Man and Mommy playing a game of I Spy while waiting to get our flu shots.

Annual Tennessee Trip

Todd and Matt have not been able to go to Tennessee since Todd started coaching for Hillsboro. There is usually a playoff game on that weekend. Well, Tennessee traveled to Columbia to play Mizzou this year, so they went. HIgh school football coaches in Missouri can get free tickets to Mizzou games, so they took advantage of that offer. They also were able to get tickets to the UT Alumni Tailgate Tour buffet. Looks like they had a great time! 

Critter Lane

Aunt Mickie spent the day with us today while Daddy and Bates went to the Vols game. This afternoon, we headed to Critter Lane with Aunt Bef, Patrick, Emmy and Emma. It was a little windy, but we had fun. We fed the parakeets and the very overzealous goats, but did NOT stay very long in the reptile house. There is just something creepy to this momma about a snake large enough to eat me!

"Huddling together to get warm" was Emmy's idea.

Halloween

Camden was Peyton Manning/a Vols football player this year for Halloween.  It was raining, but we still had fun. We trick or treated in Crystal City with Lincoln and his family. Todd and the Hawks had a playoff game against Desoto, but Camden and Mommy decided we were too tired after trick or treating to go.

He's famous...

Todd and his undefeated Hawks were featured on stltoday.com for their undefeated season! Pretty awesome for a 2nd year coach! 

Hillsboro football team has undefeated seasonHillsboro eighth-grade football team included: (front row, from left) Chase Green, Keon Kettler, Jeremy Webb, Logan Jones, Joe Garner, Brett Martin, Quentin Smith, Christian Swallow; (second row) Tim Schuepbach, Jacob Goode, Cole Massey, Zach Bodway, Riley Thompson, Justin Konersman, Cole Meador, Joe Gregory, Jordan Wisdom; (third row) Jeremy Hummel, Kevin Merglekamp, Dalton Lamb, Adam Brody, Justin Sanders, Anthony Litviak, Deven Johnson, Luke Skaggs, Connor Guines; (fourth row) Sean Tolliver, Seth Terry, Michael Keller, Tyler Isaacson, Kevin Pratt, Jordan Rodgers, Paul Stewart, Isaiah Martin; (fifth row) Jesse Krausz, Joe Marschuetz, Coach Todd Medley, Coach Nathan Chiles, Coach Don Horn, Coach Mike Wattle, Mike Lalk and Matt Hood.

The Hillsboro eighth-grade football team broke through into the next level of football with a 6-0 undefeated campaign and has been named this week’s Cardinals Featured Team of the Week.

The Hawks did not give much for the opponents to work with as the squad outscored opponents 258-48 through all six games.

With games against DeSoto, Festus, Windsor, Crystal City, Triad and Troy, the Hawks used just about every bit of its 41-man roster to overcome the opponents.

Two of the four games this season were road games for the Hawks, who play four eight-minute quarters on a regulation-size field. The highest offensive output for Hillsboro was a 54-6 win over Windsor a week before the defense helped shut out Crystal City with a 46-0 win.

Hillsboro and coach Todd Medley mirror the eighth-grade football program after the culture of the high school team and preach playing within the system.

“We were blessed to have some really good kids and some good athletes,” Medley said.

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/high-school/cardinal-team/hillsboro-football-team-has-undefeated-season/article_7895e8b1-16ba-5928-aa7e-d26cfefff919.html#.Um_yMwnb9p8.email