MANKATO – The final whistle of practice sounded around 9:15 on Saturday night, and the Greenway girls stormed the field at Blakeslee Stadium.
Dad — also known as veteran Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway — scooped up 22-month-old Blakely and lugged her under his still-chiseled left arm. He fired a white souvenir football into the bleachers with his right as oldest daughters Maddyn, 8, and, Beckett, 6, scurried behind.
A little later, Jennifer, due in November with the Greenways' fourth daughter, chatted with tight end Kyle Rudolph and his wife as Chad — whose tussled brown hair still glistened with sweat — signed autographs, posed for pictures and tossed soft passes to Maddyn and Beckett.