Another weekend of, wait, one game? That’s it? What’s going on around here???
Cpher: Ok, Cpher had lacrosse last Wednesday that hasn’t been discussed here. We lost, 4-3, to Waverly. A good close game; Cpher had a good game. Had a few good plays on defense; knocked one kid to the ground as he came in towards the goal; blocked(!) a shot from another kid and then intercepted a pass that was heading to a kid near the goal, took two or three steps, and flung the ball out of our end across half the field. He’s off’ Monday, game next Wednesday, and then 2 on Saturday and 1 on Sunday. Whew!
Will have to get ‘some’ pictures of Cpher for the next Sports Desk update…
Matthew: 11:30 am game in Ann Arbor; turns out that the field there (near the airport) has a Costco about to open right across the street. So, some wailing that “why can’t they build one in Lansing” and “hmmm, games here will be ok in the future”
We won, 5-1. Game never really in doubt. Our first goal was the best header I’ve seen this year, sadly, for them, it was the defender just planting our centering pass into their goal. Matthew had two good shots on goal in the first half and hit both of them wide, high, and to the right.
Matthew had another great chance in the 2nd half, and could have taken the shot, but, instead made a sweet pass….you can click on the picture below for the video….
Matthew has dribbled up to this spot, right outside of the box….and nobody would have blamed him or chided him for trying to beat this guy and taking the shot, or even just shooting from here. Instead, he’s going to use the outside of his right foot to gently (and he puts just the right ‘touch’ on the pass) center the ball…..
and his buddy Henry (#3) there just buries the pass for a goal. What I really like here is that Matthew didn’t stop moving, he cut back to the left and moved around even with the guy who was in front of him to be ready receive another pass…..
