The schedule gods were kind to us this weekend; Sunday’s first game is at 10 am, the second at noon. We’ll be home by 1:30 easy. Nice!
Game One: Tied Tecumseh 2-2. A good game; they clanked one off the crossbar with 2 seconds left so we are lucky to come away with the tie!
Don’t remember much about how Matthew did in this game…and it was less than 10 hours ago. I know he had the ball a few times. He made some nice passes, and was his usual physical self.
And he had two(?) shots on goal…..nothing to show for it, but, definitely nice that he’s finding the opportunity to shoot.
The team’s best d-man? Might be. He is a rock back there. Knows when to come out and attack, knows when to hang back, and knows how to stop the opponent cold.
Like some categories in Quizbusters; it is just not fair sometimes what physical mismatches turn up on the field. Glad he likes this sport so much; I’d like to watch a lot more lacrosse in the future.
Game Two: Beat Vicksburg 3-2. Another good game with an interesting moment of high-drama near the end.
Same as above really; played, did well, but, nothing that struck me as memorable enough to merit mention here. Did take two more shots on goal; the picture above is him getting ready to shoot.
Just pretend you hear Bob Seger singing “Like A Rock” when you look at these photos….it is very rare when someone gets a good shooting opportunity when Cpher challenges them. The guy has the ball here…
And you can see the ball flying away here; Cpher has poke-checked the kid and caused the turnover.
Cpher saved the day in the end on a defensive play that he never expected to make! One of our kids had the ball after a foul; referee whistled the play to start and instead of running up-field the kid headed into the middle of the field. This is not smart, but, hey, stranger things have happened. He then gets confused, and decides to head in towards OUR GOAL. He comes up right next to Cpher and is about to shoot the ball at OUR GOAL and Cpher gets his stick up and deflects the very unexpected shot. This all happens with one minute to go in the game…..crazy!
