This team is going on to play in the state cup.  Which means more evenings of practice, more games out of town. He's still the smallest on the team and every now and then he can take someone out.  Usually though he gets bounced a little.  He wears a headband though his hair isn't long enough to get in his way. And gloves, he wears gloves because he gets cold. And I still like to see him go shoulder to shoulder with kids taller and heavier than him.