Saturday, November 27, a great many of the family attended the Arizona high school 3-A football championship game held at the Northern Arizona University Skydome. It was thrilling to see our grandson Rathen and his team, the Show Low Cougars take a 20-3 lead at half-time and hang on to win in the final moments, 20-17, over their arch rivals, the Lakeside/Pinetop Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets.

Here is the photo, taken by our grandson, Scott LeSueur, that proves the old saying that "a picture is worth a thousand words."

Rathen, the star quarterback, holding the just presented championship trophy, is surrounded by the members of his family. Left to right, his younger sister and member of the cheer squad, Alexis; Randy, father and head coach of the team; his mom, Rebecca (our #4 daughter) the world's greatest sports mom, his older sister Brookelyn and her husband Ross Willis with the video camera; and kneeling, his younger brother Rhett, the team's indefatigable waterboy. Standing behind the family with finger upraised is their close friend, Billy. As head football coach for Show High School, Randy led his Cougars to three State championships games and two state championships in his 4 years at Show Low. His son Rathen holds almost every state passing record and is rated among the 4 leading high school quarterbacks in the nation as he finishes his final season as a senior at Show Low High. We are very proud of Randy and Rebecca and the Ricedorff family for their acheivements on and off the football field.