Chelsea’s first home game of the 2014 football schedule brought Belleville to town. The weather forecast was insisting that the evening would be marred by storms that would potentially wipe Michigan’s lower peninsula off the map — well, you know how dramatic weather forecasts can be — but as game time approached and pregame began, the weather remained pleasant.

The cheerleaders were ready for the game.

So was the band.

The team was ready for the game, too.

Last week’s game didn’t start so well for the Bulldogs — Northview jumped out to an early 14-0 lead — but this week’s game started so very well.

In fact, the team started so well that Belleville’s first possession ended with an interception.

The team gets pretty excited about interceptions.

The good start got even better when, on third and short from the 17, Justice Staton tried a quarterback sneak and found a whole lot of open space.

Two Tigers caught up with him around the ten yard line…

…but Staton was not impressed…

…and he shrugged off their attempted tackle to give Chelsea an early lead.

As all this excitement was going on, the sky was becoming increasingly grumpy.

Play continued for a bit longer, but before anything else of consequence happened, this ominous scene ushered in weather that brought the game to a halt.

After waiting over an hour to see if the weather would allow the game to resume, it was decided that the best course of action would be to postpone the rest of the game until the next afternoon. Unfortunately, I already had plans for Saturday afternoon, so I wasn’t able to see the rest of the game. But here’s a summary:

Chelsea touchdown
Chelsea touchdown
Chelsea touchdown
Chelsea touchdown
Belleville touchdown
Game over

In other words, Chelsea carried its dominating start through the rest of the game and ended up with a resounding 35-7 victory.

Chelsea’s next football game is at Ann Arbor Huron on Friday at 7pm. Come on out and cheer on the Bulldogs!