Early JV Football Season

From: Brendan Smith Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 12:22 PM
Jordan won his first JV game yesterday vs. Provo by a score of 14 to 7. Jordan was free safety on defense, QB on offense, and the return man on punt return, so he barely had time to take a drink of water during the kickoff’s, kick returns, quarter breaks, and half-time. He was really worn out last night and could hardly move this morning.

The game wasn’t as close as the score would make it seem though, because Lehi was on the about the 1 yard line at the end of the first half, just after Jordan got robbed of a TD by the ref. Jordan had run about 10-15 yards on a keeper and dove and hit the pylon with the ball but the ref spotted the ball on about the ½ yd line (no, his knee could not have hit the ground). Lehi also took a knee on the 6 yd line to end the game. They really controlled the game will in the second half.

Jordan has been practicing at free safety with first team defense on Varsity so hopefully he will get good playing time tonight @ Provo, we’ll see.

From: Brendan Smith Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 2:53 PM
Jordan has told Leslie that he is for sure starting in the varsity game today as free safety. Congrats Jordan on your first varsity start.
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The following week during the JV game against Tooele, Jordan was carrying the ball down the field and tried to get out of bounds, but was hit and he fell on his shoulder. He reinjured it again from last year and hurt it quite badly. Since they don’t have a back up quarterback, the running back (CJ) went in for about 3 plays and took the snap and then just ran with the ball. It worked quite well, actually. Jordan toughened up and went back in and threw one of his longest, most beautiful touchdown passes ever! He had to sit out during the Varsity game the next day which just about killed him. They lost in overtime which made it even worse!

From: Leslie Smith Friday, August 31, 2007 2:04 PM
Well, Jordan called me from school because he just couldn’t stand the pain anymore and he said that it felt different than when he hurt it last year. He thought it might even be a broken collar bone because it’s so swollen and he can’t stand even the slightest bit of resistance. I took him to the dr. and he x-rayed it. No broken bones. The A/C joint looks a little separated, but he can’t tell how much on an x-ray. He said that it could also be torn, so he ordered an MRI which will be done on Tuesday afternoon. Until then, Jordan will continue to go to physical therapy 3 to 4 times a week and hopefully get the healing process going. He’s back at school and will be watching the game from the sidelines tonight (with all of his other friends that are hurt!) If the MRI shows a separation only, then he can play as long as he can tolerate the pain. But if it’s torn, he is probably out for the season because any further damage would require surgery and we don’t want it to get it to that point. So no football until we get the MRI done. Either way it’s about a 6 week time frame for a complete recovery. BUMMER!

One bit of good news that Jordan was so excited about though…his xray showed his growth plates and the dr. said he’s not quite done growing yet!

9/4/07
P.S. He didn’t have his MRI because his shoulder is a “little” better which probably means that’s its not torn, plus he refuses to listen and not play. He insists that he knows how to fall on his back so that he doesn’t land on his shoulder now and that he will only be playing QB for JV. Plus he’s confident that Ben Lomond has a mostly passing game so that his playing Safety on Varsity won’t be too tough this week. We’ll be on pins and needles watching from the stands.


From: Leslie Smith Friday, September 07, 2007 8:25 AM
If you don’t have any plans for tonight, may I suggest that you come to the party of the year at Lehi High School. This will be the first Varsity home game of the year and from the looks of yesterday’s JV game (39-0) the Pioneers will most likely be able to come out with their first Varsity win in 20 games! Jordan ran 65 yards for a touchdown yesterday, threw a touchdown pass, plus they caught an interception for a touchdown, and 3 safety’s! And that was just the first half. Ben Lomond didn’t have a sophomore team, so after JV played the first half our sophomores went in for the 2nd. It was so much fun and worth the 1 ½ hour drive to Ogden! Jordan is doing much better with his shoulder (now it’s his elbow that’s bothering him.) Tonight he will be trading off as Quarterback with the senior one since he’s a little hurt too. I’m not sure if they will let him play much defense yet.