We had a great ride over the past 10 years playing literally all over the state of Arkansas. John probably was lucky that he never suffered any serious injuries, but the game of football made him what he is today.....a confident, mature, respectful, and respected young 18 year old man. We've shed tears of pain for him after heartbreaking losses and tears of joy after thrilling victories and if we could rewind time back to August of 2008, we would do it without hesitation!
My advice is to plan on playing peewee football and if your son doesn't take to it, make him finish the season and then go for something different the next year.
Good of luck to all of you who have a little "boy of fall." GTT