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Thanks to my Aunt Sandy, who works at the happiest place on earth, Todd, Sam (Todd's Father), and myself got to experience Disneyland on the behalf of Walt himself...
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High school football is a sport in which 14-18 years old boys are taught life lessons outside the classroom...
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Division I: De La Salle (North)* vs. Canyon (South)...
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That is exactly how long it has taken me to write this journal...
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Astoria was made famous by being the home of the Goonies, but is brought back into the light because of the MaxPreps USA Football Road Tour...
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Tonight gave thousands in the Tacoma Dome a reminder of what is special about high school football...
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It's game day and that means it's prediction time for the Road Tour...
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Woke up this morning in the mansion, cooked a nice breakfast for Mike, Lizzie and Cara, and then went to a truck wash to get the "Express" ready for its big day at the Tacoma Dome...
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Snow is a magnificent and astonishing thing. Every flake is different, you can make snowballs from it, and if enough falls it makes it very hard to drive...
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The only day I think you can light fireworks in California is the 4th of July, so today Mike and I picked up a few while driving through Missouri to make up for lost time...
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Our championship period of the trip started in St. Louis, MO, where we took in three great games at the Edwards Jones Dome...
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On paper, this game appears to favor Blue Springs South in a big way...
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While Thanksgiving is a day for many to kick back, stuff yourself with food, and forget about everything else, I know of two teams who can not wait for Thanksgiving to be over and for Friday to come...
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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so I want to start out by giving thanks to everyone that has came into my life at one point or another...
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Today we met the boys of Christian Brothers and they have a story that everyone needs to hear...
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Being in Chicago, Illinois, we were very close to this week's destination and thought that it would be a good idea to get acquainted with our surroundings a little earlier...
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Up until today, I believed our RV was exactly 11 feet tall. As we slowly approached a bridge with 11'10" clearance...
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The tour tried to do something that it hadn't done before, cover two games in different parts of the state on the same day...
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Chuck Knox once said that, "Football players win football games", and today that will be the case when these two teams butt heads at Red Grange Field...
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There have been schools with more championships and more wins, but we have not been to a place that has had so many significant figures go to their school...
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The day was not an eventful one on the Road Tour, but we did figure out what game we are going to showcase this week...
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We've stopped for today at Notre Dame University, home of the Fighting Irish and a good buddy who I like to call the Gipper or Gip for short, it's a long story...
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Last nights game turned out to be a game of running. Not much passing, not a lot of big plays, and in the end New Rochelle just couldn't do anything against Monroe-Woodbury's defense.
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Four in the morning and the best journal entry yet! Read this to know about our crazy experience last night in New York City that ended up with the FDR Parkway being shut down for us, and Mike receiving four tickets because of it.
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Mike and I decided to do a little sightseeing this week as we have some time until our next game...
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After 10 weeks on the road our regular season schedule is finally complete and now playoffs begin...
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My prediction was that Bosco would win 35-10, and in the end I was pretty close. The final score was 34-10 in Bosco's favor...
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Great teams are built on defense. Big plays, sweet runs, and highlight touchdowns are great to watch, and are what fans like Chris and I love to see...
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We have driven through every type of terrain on this tour. We have seen every type of town and city. With all that said, New York is on a level all of its own...
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We are finally in New Jersey, and tomorrow will be the start of our crazy week...