Saturday, September 30, 2017

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

It was cold at the field on Friday night, a hot chicken dinner would have tasted very good.

The Cardinals were prepared for the Prairie Farm Panthers and beat them 64 to 8.
Prairie Farm is the champion of their conference, but they were not match for the Luck speed.
Things got off to a quick start with a touchdown and safety and the redbirds sailed from there.
It was Homecoming and Senior Night, so lots of photos to take before, during and after the game.
I took all my photos from the opponents side of the field, which gives me Luck crowd in my backgrounds, which I like.  It also puts me in a position to hear what the fans are saying about Luck.
One Dad chatted me up and I took a few photos of his son and hope he finds them on my Facebook page.  Our conversation started out strange, he came over and asked me if Marty had told me which photos to take.  Since I didn't know Marty, that was confusing to me.  He thought I was the fill in photographer from Marty Seeger who normally covers Prairie Farm as press.  
Okay here are my favorite shots from tonight.
Dad Kyle, Jack, Mom Heather

Team Captains

Coin Toss (Jack #8)

Presentation of color by local American Legion Post


Jude, big Cardinal fan


My nephew Kyle, with wife Heather, & daughter Stella - Jack's fans

Gage, Jude, Kyle, Jack, Jens & Heather
Most of the Johansen clan

Gage, Jude, Kyle, Jack, Jens, Heather, with cousins Alec and little Gussie

Kyle, Jack, Heather

First cousin (and coach) Cole with Jack

First cousins and friends; twins Cole and Alec Mortel with Jack

Jude, put me in coach

Cousin Ivan with Jack and little brother Jude

Jack helps Jude get the helmet off without removing ears.

Jack and Jude

Jack & Grandma Lois

Jack and Gage with Grandma Lois

Seniors with friends

A LOT of Johansens...Jude, Kyle, Ruby, Heather, Jens, Stella, Jack, Grandma Lois, Gage

Jack with cousin Emily and brother Gage

My brother Gus's football jersey from 1964.
Gus's son Kyle is wearing the shirt as he watches his son play ball.

Ruby and Aunt Wanda

Seniors and parents

Jack & Aunt Wanda

Only one more game for me for this season.
We go to Mellen next Friday for a 4pm game.  It's a 2 hour drive from my house, which makes it 3 hours for the Luck gang.  Ugh.

Then there is a Jamboree tournament day in Cameron, but it's while I am at quilt retreat.
If the Luck kids win in Cameron, there will be one more championship played, and hopefully I can get to that one.

It's been a great and undefeated season for the Luck Cardinals.
I've enjoyed snapping a few photos of their fun.

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Cardinals beat Eagles

I made it to Unity to watch the Luck Cardinals play the Unity Eagles on Tuesday evening.
Unity has been doing a big renovation and the remodeled gym has nice bleachers and fancy scoreboard now.
The Luck team fell to the Unity team in the first game but came back to win the match 2 to 3.

Great niece Emily, #19, is a good player.
And she's a beauty.











The Cardinals beat Eagles.
Seems like I should make a comment about nature and all of that,
but I'll just leave it.


Sunday, September 24, 2017

Another big score

The Cardinals of Luck took on the New Auburn Trojans on Friday night.
This was a new field to me, 
with a little hill for photographers to get more of a bird's eye view.
The Cardinals again rolled to a huge victory, 68 to 0.
Jack as the Quarterback getting the score.

The game behind the game, Jude in blue

Little sisters & brothers are unsung heroes. 
Many hours are spent watching their siblings play sports.
Stella will get her turn on the court / field, but for this night, she was a fan.

Jude, doing what 3 year olds do.


 The hill at the end zone was perfect for log rolling the kids.
 Good fun for all ages.

 Jack gets intense,
and so does Jens.


Jack, ball carrier

The second half was rest time for the starters.
The clock runs and the bench gets some play time.
Jack doesn't lose his focus though.

Jude was the pass receiver in the game behind the game.
It was a hot September night, temps near 80 during the game.
After the game, many Johansens were leaving for the drive UND to watch Noah.
Noah had his first start of his college career on Saturday.
More on that later.

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