Hanging it all out

This past Saturday we traveled to Vienna for our game against the Dragons. The Dragons are an AFL team and one of the better teams we will see all year. For a number of different reasons, we went there with only 20 players. To say that made things a little difficult would be an understatement. Our guys battled it out and hung it in there for 3 quarters. Eventually they just wore us down. It was 17-28 at the beginning of the 4th quarter and we were driving when there was a controversial fumble. They scored on the next play and that was the beginning of the end. We just could not sustain the effort and focus for the whole game with so few players. I am really proud of the players and have no doubt that they hung it all out there and gave everything they had.

Last week on one of our off days I took the opportunity to go down to the local pool/park that everyone had been raving about. It is only a 10 minute walk from my place. When I got there I was quite impressed. It is right along the Rhine river that separates the Swiss Austrian border. The best way to describe it is as a city park with 3 nice pools, a restaurant, an area for beach volleyball and soccer, a couple of slides and a river flowing through as well. All in all a great place. If a person can't have a good time there they can't have a good time anywhere. Next time I go I will be sure to take pictures as well as apply sunscreen all over. I made the mistake of thinking that we wouldn't be there for that long so I need not apply all over. Well we spent the whole day there and I was that guy with streaks all over my back.

That is all I have for now. Hope all is well back home. Take care

--Josh

A win, a loss, a win

The title pretty much sums it up. We went to Linz and played the Steelsharks and got a win 49-14, came back home and got hammered by the Innsbruck Raiders 3-41, and then won this past weekend against the CNC Gladiators 33-0. It is kind of hard to know exactly where we are when we go from handling a team to getting hammered to completely controlling another game. I guess we will find out more when we play this weekend against the Danube Dragons. The Dragons are one of the top teams in the league and are tied for 1st place at the moment. I feel good about our chances. The thing is that I also would have said that before the Raiders. Time will tell.

That is all I have to report right now. I just wanted to get a quick update in before practice. Hope all is well back home. Take care

--Josh