Colton had a great sophomore season with the West Jordan Jags. There was a solid senior presence, filling seven varsity spots. Several of these boys had been playing together since the 5th grade. Although Colton was a sophomore, he didn't play any sophomore games, but was saved for JV and Varsity. As mentioned in the post about Freshman year, Coach Sawyer had left West Jordan (but he and the school will remain True Blue!) and Christian Wouden was named head coach.
Here's a link to the JV playlist (11 highlight videos). Because the HUDL hit the highlights of the varsity games, and while Colton got quite a bit of playing time, it wasn't as much as in the JV games, I didn't make as many varsity videos. I made a Colton Clips video of the Murray game, and one from the Holiday preseason (WJ vs WoodsX @ JuanDiego). There was an early game against Olympus (the team lost, but Colton did really well - nabbed some HUDL video as I hadn't been there in person) and then the super exciting Battle of the Belt rivalry game of WJ vs CHHS that KSL broadcast. The KSL stream with commentary is fun, but the various school streams were appreciated as family would often watch from home ... including Jen, after she knocked herself silly and wasn't able to get out for a month or so.
One of the parents was always taking pictures and got quite a few good shots.
The win against CHHS was HUGE!
... more team shots
While Covid continued, it didn't impact the season the way it had the previous year. There weren't limitations on tickets (although WJ and several other school would ONLY use digital purchases, no cash or credit card at entrance) and masks weren't required. We didn't have any games cancelled, and the social stuff (like team dinners, concessions) resumed.
... and a few photos from the team dinners.
We hosted serving homemade personal pizzas at the end of January.
... Colton even made one of the pictures in the little local paper.
