I am so excited to be able to go and watch my nephew, Dylan, play football for East Union (Manteca). Even Isabella and Chase are excited. Isabella I think is a little more excited because Garin, her crush, plays on the team too. Last night was the first game that I was able to attend (their 2nd game). They played Bear Creek High School in Stockton. EU won 43-19. It was a great game! Dylan and Garin both played awesome and Garin even got his first career touch down! Way to go Garin. This means that EU is now 2-0. They have an awesome team this year. Keep it up EU!!!
Last night was a special game for East Union because it has been 2 years since Matthew Zaragoza Van Gelderen died while playing football. He had an on-the-field head injury and died one week later from his injuries. He is still not forgotten because they had a moment of silence for him at the beginning of the game and both teams huddled in a circle at the end of the game while Matthew's father talked to them. Matthew suffered the injury while playing against Bear Creek High School. If you notice most of the players in the picture are holding up two fingers. Matthew's football number was number 2. They do this constantly in rememberance of him!
(Dylan is number 34 he is in the front of the picture on the right hand side.)
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