Ellensburg and Football

 

  
   
There is a funny irony with American football.   At Central Washington University in Ellensburg Washington I recently traveled there to watch my daughter's Seattle University Soccer team play the Ellensburg Wildcats.  We arrived early and decided to watch the Men's American Football team play a California team.   They had a lot of hoopla...very gymnastic cheerleaders, a wonderful marching band and lots of football players...counted well over 60 on the Central team.  It was colorful and it cost $10 to get in.    On the other hand we have the Women's soccer game which did not play in the stadium...it played on a grass lot.  However, Ellensburg did provide some interesting 'Cheerleaders'.  They pretty much just heckled our girls but they did seem to enjoy romping around in their 'Cheerleader' attire.  No band...but we did have the national anthem play on the sound system...oh yes there was warmup music....a combination of light rap and motivational rock-n-roll.   No charge and a free program.  It was a very close game...our girls did win!  Yay Team! Go Redhawks!  (Oh yes,  the Ellensburg Central team totally dominated the California team in the men's football game and won....Seattle University does not have a men's football team.)