Washington and Doran Grant from St. Vincent-St. Mary compete in ESPN Gridiron Kings Championships in Orlando, Fla.
View full sizeShaq Washington competed for the Midwest team at the ESPN Gridiron Kings Championships in Orlando, Fla., last month.Editor's note: Maple Heights quarterback and Cincinnati recruit Shaq Washington is continuing his blog during his senior season, taking readers inside his team's huddle by writing a blog for cleveland.com.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- On July 23 me and Doran Grant from St. Vincent-St. Mary hopped on the plane and took off to Orlando, Fla., for the ESPN Gridiron Kings Championships.
This was a passing 7-on-7 tournament consisting of four teams: Southeast, Southwest, West and Midwest. Me and Doran were on the Midwest team along with a couple other Ohio top players such as Pickerington Central's Eilar Hardy, Columbus Eastmoor's Ron Tanner and fellow Cincinnati Bearcat commit Patrick Coyne from Hamilton Badin.
Everything was set up nice down there. We walked into a room and got a duffle bag full of Gridiron Kings Championships gear and Nike gloves and cleats. We also had seminars about coming better men and outreach programs with kids later in the week.
We also had time for fun with a trip to Disney World with all the teams.
The next day was strictly business when we got a chance to play each team. It didn't turn out too good for us on the Midwest team because we lost every game. The Southeast team ended up winning the championship.
But their was plenty of great things done and I feel I performed very well with four touchdowns in five games as a receiver. I was named as a Top Performer by Rivals.com.
It was a great experience down there. I think I definitely represented The C [Cleveland] very well, and now I'm ready for my upcoming senior season.