"The Tournament of Champions."

I have finally recovered from Sunday's "Tournament of Champions." "The Tournament of Champions" you ask? Yep, "The Tournament of Champions." For the last 3 years, my friend Matt, who is the Head Football coach of one of the local high school teams, has but together "The Tournament of Champions" which consists good friends competing in several sports and games. Normally, there are two teams of 5 or 6 (depending on the year) and we compete in different sports to see who will be the champions for the year.

Last year, our team won 2 sports (Basketball and Dodgeball) and their team won 2 sports (Floor Hockey and Volleyball). This year was a different story though... We won the relay (400 x 100 x 100 x 200 x 400)... I started with a world record setting pace and was able to put nearly 50 to 75 yards between my opponent and myself. There was no chance of them catching up. We won both games of football (40 -12 and then 26 - 12). We won the Tug-o-war. We won the one pitch whiffle ball game 13 -7 and then we won the Volleyball match 2 games to 1. While it was good Christian competition, egos were crushed on the other side.

On one hand I felt bad for the losing team... But on the other hand I thought, "Oh well, someone's got to lose... Better luck next year. Ha!" I told Sydney that evening, "Tonight, you are sleeping with a Champion. Bring on the celebratory pizza!" She just laughed.

*Side story* Before the competition started, Sydney whispered, "If you win, there will be some celebratory pizza for you" (said with a twinkle in her eye.) I said, "And if I lose, will there be consolation pizza?" She said, "Nope. You have to win." My response was, "Oh. I better win then." So needless to say, I had a little motivation behind my record breaking pace in the 400. ;)

The next few days I was sore from all of the "juking and jiving" in football. I have finally recovered and can now truly enjoy our victory. Never in the history of "The Tournament of Champions" has one team swept every single event. It may be a long time before this feat is once again duplicated.

It was a great day, a great victory and great pizza.