Thursday was one of my longest and most difficult days at HOPE. As the Dean of Students I work full time with the discipline issues our students need help working through. We had to send 3 students home for serious issues, 2 of which were our leading scorer and goalie from the soccer team. After working through those issues with the students, teachers and parents involved I was pretty spent emotionally with 30 minutes to go before we dismissed for the game. 15 minutes later I took a phone call from our opponent's coach letting me know the game was not at the field I originally thought it was. He immediately emailed me the directions and I printed up my new set for the parents I had already given the "wrong" directions to.
At dismissal I had seven players with me in my van, 1 sixth grader left with his mom before us and two more players were in detention who would join us at the game. Our opponent had called me a couple weeks ago to ask if we could play 8-on-8 because he was concerned about his numbers. At the time we had 14 or so kids on the roster but I was fine with playing with less. Ironically, he showed up with 12 and we had only 9 who made it to the game.
The field was a regulation side so again we had a game with a lot of dribbling through open areas and a lot of tired kids. I had an 8th grader play goalie and he was really excited about giving it a shot (and also about the Brett Favre jersey I had him wear as the makeshift keeper jersey). Unfortunately, zeal does not a great goalie make as he surrendered two goals within the first four minutes trying to figure out where he should be and how he should play. But, he (and our fullbacks) settled down and kept them out of the goal for the rest of the half. We made no real threats on their end and were down 2-0 at the break.
Due to the stress of the day I was a little less patient with our team than I would normally like to be and I did not have the luxury of having subs to give kids a break or a chance to be spoken to personally. We had our typical half time of water and encouragement and returned to the field with our typical resolve to keep fighting. So far this year we have outscored our opponents in the second half 9-2. Ten minutes in we finally broke through to pull within one goal. The official (dressed in a grey tank top and green shorts) was content to let everyone play pretty rough for middle school soccer. He called exactly zero fouls or free kicks, which got frustrating for me and all the kids. We battled with every ounce of energy we had, but were unable to get the equalizing goal. In addition to our keeper and best forward gone, our best defender never made it to the game either and we lost 2-1 to fall to 2-3 on the season.
Again, I could not have asked our kids to have worked any harder or given any more than they did. We have two weeks left in the season with 2 games and a tournament go. I really hope we are able to keep our spirits up and finish well, since it has been a good season thus far.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
2-2
Our fourth game of the year came one day after having a day off of school. We still had practice, but only 8 kids came. I actually called 12 or so and reminded them about practice but still only 8 came. Yuk.
Once my day settled down and I had a chance to check attendance and my practice records, I found that I had 12 kids in school and eligible to play. After checking the detention log, I found that I had nine kids who would be ready to go when we dismissed the team. The three in detention had rides arranged to bring them straight from detention to the game. But, 20 minutes before the end of the school day one of my 8th graders came to my office to tell me he could not play because he was in trouble at home.
So at dismissal, 8 players and I got in our vehicles and headed to the game. Our field was much closer than past fields and we actually beat our opponents in getting there. As we approached the field it was apparent that it had not been mowed in probably 3+ weeks and the lines (though painted in place) were next to invisible.
I was glad to get a good warm-up period that allowed us to pass, work on touches and get our keeper some practice saves. Two of the three in detention even showed up with enough time to warm-up. As our start time approached their coach approached me to let me know the head coach was still on his way with another load of their kids. He then asked me if I knew anything about the official. Oh boy.
Their other coach showed up with another 10 kids or so, they warmed up for a couple more minutes and I volunteered to officiate the game (using the whistle I had in my bag and my cell phone to track the time). Our last player went home sick after detention so we played 10-on-11. We were pretty evenly matched up except for two of their players who had apparently played before and could dribble well. Within four minutes of the start we were down 2-0. We settled down a little but found ourselves down 3-0 with only a couple minutes to play in the first half. Their two best players were playing midfield and sometimes moved up far enough to score, but behind them their defenders were tiny guys who clearly had not played a lot of soccer. Right before halftime we were able to punch one through to trail 3-1.
At halftime I did my best to convince the team we were not tired. With no subs and only a couple fans present, they had to draw energy from one another. Our keeper had played really timid in the first half and I kept imploring him to charge at the opponent when they broke through the defense. He started doing this in the second half and spooked their main player three times into missing his shots badly. Three other times he completely blocked hard kicked balls, it was exciting to watch.
In the second half everyone else stepped up their game too. We attacked and attacked and fell back when we needed. The field was a regulation field so it was clear that our kids were getting tired but they kept add it. We scored 10 minutes into the half and then again with 6 minutes to go. We had found our second wind! Both teams went back and forth until about a minute left when their best player got the ball alone in just outside of the goalie's box and put a beautiful shot on goal that went right over our keeper's outstretched arms and below the top bar on the goal. Any higher it would have hit the goal and any lower and our keeper gets it. It was just a good shot. We had a minute left but were unable to get a legitimate attack going in that amount of time. Final score: 4-3.
No one on the team felt bad, tired for sure, but not bad. We had played down a player the whole game with no subs and had almost pulled it out. Now if we can just carry that attitude and effort (and better attendance) over into our practices our last couple of weeks might go really well.
*****
Earlier in the day I was explaining to one of our sixth graders that he could not play in the game because he had not been to a practice in well over a week. He told me straight faced, "I scored a goal in the first game, I don't need no practice."
Once my day settled down and I had a chance to check attendance and my practice records, I found that I had 12 kids in school and eligible to play. After checking the detention log, I found that I had nine kids who would be ready to go when we dismissed the team. The three in detention had rides arranged to bring them straight from detention to the game. But, 20 minutes before the end of the school day one of my 8th graders came to my office to tell me he could not play because he was in trouble at home.
So at dismissal, 8 players and I got in our vehicles and headed to the game. Our field was much closer than past fields and we actually beat our opponents in getting there. As we approached the field it was apparent that it had not been mowed in probably 3+ weeks and the lines (though painted in place) were next to invisible.
I was glad to get a good warm-up period that allowed us to pass, work on touches and get our keeper some practice saves. Two of the three in detention even showed up with enough time to warm-up. As our start time approached their coach approached me to let me know the head coach was still on his way with another load of their kids. He then asked me if I knew anything about the official. Oh boy.
Their other coach showed up with another 10 kids or so, they warmed up for a couple more minutes and I volunteered to officiate the game (using the whistle I had in my bag and my cell phone to track the time). Our last player went home sick after detention so we played 10-on-11. We were pretty evenly matched up except for two of their players who had apparently played before and could dribble well. Within four minutes of the start we were down 2-0. We settled down a little but found ourselves down 3-0 with only a couple minutes to play in the first half. Their two best players were playing midfield and sometimes moved up far enough to score, but behind them their defenders were tiny guys who clearly had not played a lot of soccer. Right before halftime we were able to punch one through to trail 3-1.
At halftime I did my best to convince the team we were not tired. With no subs and only a couple fans present, they had to draw energy from one another. Our keeper had played really timid in the first half and I kept imploring him to charge at the opponent when they broke through the defense. He started doing this in the second half and spooked their main player three times into missing his shots badly. Three other times he completely blocked hard kicked balls, it was exciting to watch.
In the second half everyone else stepped up their game too. We attacked and attacked and fell back when we needed. The field was a regulation field so it was clear that our kids were getting tired but they kept add it. We scored 10 minutes into the half and then again with 6 minutes to go. We had found our second wind! Both teams went back and forth until about a minute left when their best player got the ball alone in just outside of the goalie's box and put a beautiful shot on goal that went right over our keeper's outstretched arms and below the top bar on the goal. Any higher it would have hit the goal and any lower and our keeper gets it. It was just a good shot. We had a minute left but were unable to get a legitimate attack going in that amount of time. Final score: 4-3.
No one on the team felt bad, tired for sure, but not bad. We had played down a player the whole game with no subs and had almost pulled it out. Now if we can just carry that attitude and effort (and better attendance) over into our practices our last couple of weeks might go really well.
*****
Earlier in the day I was explaining to one of our sixth graders that he could not play in the game because he had not been to a practice in well over a week. He told me straight faced, "I scored a goal in the first game, I don't need no practice."
Thursday, September 18, 2008
A Win Streak!?
When we got started weeks ago with just 7 players, I never would have guessed that we would be three games into our season with a 2-1 record, but here were are.
Today's opponent played at a field just 15 minutes away from our school, so that was a very needed relief. We had no snafu's this time getting 14 kids to the game. The closest thing this time was one player unaccounted for who turned up in one of the other vehicles.
When we got to the field the first thing we noticed was that it was huge and the second thing we noticed was that half of the field was covered with geese. That problem was immediately solved when our smallest player (who also incidentally happens to have the most energy of anyone on the team) ran through the entire flock and got the field set for the two teams that had arrived. The third thing we noticed was that the field was dimly painted and the fourth thing we noticed was that the goals were not lined up with one another. The fifth thing we noticed was that their squad (made up of two small schools) had 11 total players - so we played 9-on-9. The last thing we noticed- well, I actually knew before arriving- was that there was no referee. The other coach tried every avenue he knew to get one (I even called a college friend with a huge social network) but to no avail. SO, the game was officiated by the two coaches- both dressed in professional teaching attire and a whistle hung around our necks. GAME ON!
With such a huge field, the 9-on-9 set up created some very tired players and a lot of dribbling in open field for both sides. We were able to cash in quickly on about our third attack to take the early lead and then scored again to lead 2-0. We had a mental lapse on defense and surrendered a goal right before halftime.
The second half was more of the same as the first. We kept the ball on their end for almost the entire time. We scored twice more- once on a sweet pass from one 8th grader to another ("dimes" as they are called in basketball and by the two guys involved in the score) and the other on a hard hit shot that actually ricocheted off the keeper into the goal.
I realized tonight that I probably could not be a soccer referee (or probably any referee for that matter) because I am too much of a fan to watch the finer points. I was working really hard to actually default to our opponents because I wanted my players to learn the game's finer points. There was really only one call I made that upset the other players- actually it was a call I didn't make on a ball they thought was out of bounds. I overheard them tell one another I was cheating (just like our kids do every drill in practice that has teams- but in those instances I really do cheat, but not all the time). To their credit though, the same kids that were upset told me that I had ref'd a good game afterwards.
Once again tonight the team hit the "pizza goal" of 3 or more goals and holding an opponent under 3. They also hit the "ice cream" goal of no hand ball calls- though I contend this one should not count since there were no real refs! I really figured that this season we would struggle to score and to stop other teams, but I had not accounted for several of our opponents coming from schools smaller than us. We have 3 games left and then an out-of-town tournament. Besides a couple fullbacks who still resent me for "forcing" them to play "so far back" from the action, our attitude and effort are continuing to encourage me.
GO TIGERS!
Today's opponent played at a field just 15 minutes away from our school, so that was a very needed relief. We had no snafu's this time getting 14 kids to the game. The closest thing this time was one player unaccounted for who turned up in one of the other vehicles.
When we got to the field the first thing we noticed was that it was huge and the second thing we noticed was that half of the field was covered with geese. That problem was immediately solved when our smallest player (who also incidentally happens to have the most energy of anyone on the team) ran through the entire flock and got the field set for the two teams that had arrived. The third thing we noticed was that the field was dimly painted and the fourth thing we noticed was that the goals were not lined up with one another. The fifth thing we noticed was that their squad (made up of two small schools) had 11 total players - so we played 9-on-9. The last thing we noticed- well, I actually knew before arriving- was that there was no referee. The other coach tried every avenue he knew to get one (I even called a college friend with a huge social network) but to no avail. SO, the game was officiated by the two coaches- both dressed in professional teaching attire and a whistle hung around our necks. GAME ON!
With such a huge field, the 9-on-9 set up created some very tired players and a lot of dribbling in open field for both sides. We were able to cash in quickly on about our third attack to take the early lead and then scored again to lead 2-0. We had a mental lapse on defense and surrendered a goal right before halftime.
The second half was more of the same as the first. We kept the ball on their end for almost the entire time. We scored twice more- once on a sweet pass from one 8th grader to another ("dimes" as they are called in basketball and by the two guys involved in the score) and the other on a hard hit shot that actually ricocheted off the keeper into the goal.
I realized tonight that I probably could not be a soccer referee (or probably any referee for that matter) because I am too much of a fan to watch the finer points. I was working really hard to actually default to our opponents because I wanted my players to learn the game's finer points. There was really only one call I made that upset the other players- actually it was a call I didn't make on a ball they thought was out of bounds. I overheard them tell one another I was cheating (just like our kids do every drill in practice that has teams- but in those instances I really do cheat, but not all the time). To their credit though, the same kids that were upset told me that I had ref'd a good game afterwards.
Once again tonight the team hit the "pizza goal" of 3 or more goals and holding an opponent under 3. They also hit the "ice cream" goal of no hand ball calls- though I contend this one should not count since there were no real refs! I really figured that this season we would struggle to score and to stop other teams, but I had not accounted for several of our opponents coming from schools smaller than us. We have 3 games left and then an out-of-town tournament. Besides a couple fullbacks who still resent me for "forcing" them to play "so far back" from the action, our attitude and effort are continuing to encourage me.
GO TIGERS!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
All Even
While sitting in my office today, one of my players was finishing some quotes he owed me from a previous detention. I asked him if he had brought his jersey back from Thursday's game.
"Yeah, I got it on. I also got on my shorts and my socks."
He then proceeded to pull up his pant leg to reveal that he not only had the socks on but also his SHIN GUARDS! This is a great snapshot of how much our kids want to play soccer! He wore his ENTIRE uniform to school underneath his school uniform! Fitted and committed as we like to say at HOPE.
I laughed hard and long and was unable to find another adult to share the story with (probably because they were all busy teaching).
This time around we got everyone dressed and into our vehicles in record time... all but one. While we were getting into our two vans behind my house our last player ran up saying his jersey was in his other bag locked up in the school. SO, we ran back to the school, he changed, and we ran back to the van. When we got a block away he looked at me and said he was missing a shin guard. We drove back and there it was laying in the grass. Once we got it and him back in the van we were off.
Our directions this time (taken from the school's website and confirmed by their secretary) were spot on. We got to the field with time to warm-up! Our opponent was a very small school and their team featured 1 8th grader, a couple 7th graders and the rest were 6th graders. We spent the entire 1st half on their side of the field but were unable to punch anything through for a score. At half time I had visions of a very frustrating tie dancing through my head. The bright spot of the first half was one 8th grade boy who had been to one practice since deciding after the first week of practice that he did not want to play, but asked back on the team when another 8th grade boy (who made it through 3 weeks of practice before quitting) asked back on. His throw ins (though they need a little work) are a definite weapon as he can throw the ball very fair with pretty decent accuracy. Once he got in the game he sent several throws right into our opponent's box.
In the second half it took us a couple minutes to get rolling, but once we got hot we got going! Our first goal ever was scored by an 8th grader who is new to soccer this year (he said in the van on the way home that he has only watched soccer on TV, never played) and he also scored our second goal ever. He missed a hat trick by a couple feet before I took him out. Another 8th grader added a third goal before a 6th grader had a great rebound goal off of a dropped ball by the keeper and then a fullback (playing about 80 yards out of position) capped off our night with #5.
Our keeper only touched the ball twice and our defense got most of their action at midfield. I imagine that the rest of our opponents will be closer in ability to our first, but for tonight it was nice to score so much and to get a win! (Our kids were pretty jazzed that we lost 5-0 last time and this time we won 5-0, "We raw now," one 8th grade girl told me.) AND we met two of the criteria I set for getting pizza from Coach (either score 3 or more OR hold an opponent to 3 or less).
This time around we got everyone dressed and into our vehicles in record time... all but one. While we were getting into our two vans behind my house our last player ran up saying his jersey was in his other bag locked up in the school. SO, we ran back to the school, he changed, and we ran back to the van. When we got a block away he looked at me and said he was missing a shin guard. We drove back and there it was laying in the grass. Once we got it and him back in the van we were off.
Our directions this time (taken from the school's website and confirmed by their secretary) were spot on. We got to the field with time to warm-up! Our opponent was a very small school and their team featured 1 8th grader, a couple 7th graders and the rest were 6th graders. We spent the entire 1st half on their side of the field but were unable to punch anything through for a score. At half time I had visions of a very frustrating tie dancing through my head. The bright spot of the first half was one 8th grade boy who had been to one practice since deciding after the first week of practice that he did not want to play, but asked back on the team when another 8th grade boy (who made it through 3 weeks of practice before quitting) asked back on. His throw ins (though they need a little work) are a definite weapon as he can throw the ball very fair with pretty decent accuracy. Once he got in the game he sent several throws right into our opponent's box.
In the second half it took us a couple minutes to get rolling, but once we got hot we got going! Our first goal ever was scored by an 8th grader who is new to soccer this year (he said in the van on the way home that he has only watched soccer on TV, never played) and he also scored our second goal ever. He missed a hat trick by a couple feet before I took him out. Another 8th grader added a third goal before a 6th grader had a great rebound goal off of a dropped ball by the keeper and then a fullback (playing about 80 yards out of position) capped off our night with #5.
Our keeper only touched the ball twice and our defense got most of their action at midfield. I imagine that the rest of our opponents will be closer in ability to our first, but for tonight it was nice to score so much and to get a win! (Our kids were pretty jazzed that we lost 5-0 last time and this time we won 5-0, "We raw now," one 8th grade girl told me.) AND we met two of the criteria I set for getting pizza from Coach (either score 3 or more OR hold an opponent to 3 or less).
Monday, September 15, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
One Down...
History was made tonight as the first ever soccer game involving HOPE Middle School was played on the south side of Milwaukee. Just getting to the field ready to play was - as could be expected - an adventure in and of itself.
I ordered the uniforms last week and was told if I wanted numbers/names on them it would take 4 weeks, but if they were sent without screen printing it could be done in a week. They arrived two days ago and look pretty sharp.
Last week all of our practices were attended by less than 9 kids, which kind of had me sort of worried that I might have to reschedule tonight's game due to numbers. We even lost a couple more of our older players this week who decided soccer was not their game. However, a handful of younger students wanted to give it a try so now our roster has 19 players! Of those 19, all but 3 turned in their permissions slips/waivers by today so that they were eligible to play in the game.
We dressed for the game 15 minutes prior to dismissal but this was complicated by my responsibility for manning detention (which I passed on to our principal and another teacher) and several of our local high school's students downstairs in our building waiting for another teacher. Twelve players with their permission slips turned in were in school today with rides arranged, so we suited up and jumped in our vans and rolled out.
One turn away from our school we turned on to the main road that leads to the highway and it was blocked so we turned down an alley to get to the next main street over- but that alley ended 150 feet later. We turned around got to the highway connected to the next highway, hit our first exit, then turned on the road with the field and drove...and drove...and drove. Our Mapquest directions had left out a really important turn- the last one. Eventually the school's AD called me and got us back to the field. (Sadly, we lost one player/family in the process who never made it to the park.)
We got to the field with 11 players and 10 pairs of cleats. The 11th pair rolled up as we took the field. As a coach (whether its soccer or basketball) I absolutely HATE not having adequate warm-up time- so it is safe to say that I was a bit frazzled heading out to start a game with NO warm-up. I was excited though, as were the kids. We started out in a 6-2-2 formation (6 defenders, 2 mids, 2 forwards) as I figured it would benefit us to try to stop their scoring for as long as we could.
We fell behind 3-0 by halftime. Their first goal was totally due to our lack of experience. Their second goal came on a pretty decent free kick from about 25 yards out. Their third goal was much like the first. We had a couple break downs (a full back all the way up by the forwards, another fullback not moving at all from the spot I assigned) but over all we were running well, just lacking movement and any sort of offensive attack.
We started the second half with the ball on their end for almost 5 minutes (we played 20 minute halves because of our lateness and another club coming soon to the field). We had one REALLY close shot the just sailed over the goal. We were much more competitive in the second half only giving up 2 goals for a final score of 5-0.
Overall, we were much closer than I imagined we would be. Our opponent is one that we should be beating in two years tops. Our biggest disadvantage (besides our overall lack of experience) is leg strength. Several times our goalie punted the ball deep into their side only to see their fullbacks control it and send it flying back. We had two free kicks and one corner kick and in neither situation were we in a position to put the ball on goal or into a position to be shot. We made one more serious push on goal, but were thwarted.
Our kids actually had a really good time, many said they had fun. Despite the chaos, I had a good time tonight too. I am not sure if the rest of our opponents will be on the same level of ability as tonight's opponent (I am going to assume they get better), but I think now that the kids have played a real game they will be more up for working hard in practice. We took a lot of pictures which I will have up soon! Thanks for all the support that has come in. I will be posting some directions to coming games for anyone in the MKE area who wants to come out and catch the Tigers!
I ordered the uniforms last week and was told if I wanted numbers/names on them it would take 4 weeks, but if they were sent without screen printing it could be done in a week. They arrived two days ago and look pretty sharp.
Last week all of our practices were attended by less than 9 kids, which kind of had me sort of worried that I might have to reschedule tonight's game due to numbers. We even lost a couple more of our older players this week who decided soccer was not their game. However, a handful of younger students wanted to give it a try so now our roster has 19 players! Of those 19, all but 3 turned in their permissions slips/waivers by today so that they were eligible to play in the game.
We dressed for the game 15 minutes prior to dismissal but this was complicated by my responsibility for manning detention (which I passed on to our principal and another teacher) and several of our local high school's students downstairs in our building waiting for another teacher. Twelve players with their permission slips turned in were in school today with rides arranged, so we suited up and jumped in our vans and rolled out.
One turn away from our school we turned on to the main road that leads to the highway and it was blocked so we turned down an alley to get to the next main street over- but that alley ended 150 feet later. We turned around got to the highway connected to the next highway, hit our first exit, then turned on the road with the field and drove...and drove...and drove. Our Mapquest directions had left out a really important turn- the last one. Eventually the school's AD called me and got us back to the field. (Sadly, we lost one player/family in the process who never made it to the park.)
We got to the field with 11 players and 10 pairs of cleats. The 11th pair rolled up as we took the field. As a coach (whether its soccer or basketball) I absolutely HATE not having adequate warm-up time- so it is safe to say that I was a bit frazzled heading out to start a game with NO warm-up. I was excited though, as were the kids. We started out in a 6-2-2 formation (6 defenders, 2 mids, 2 forwards) as I figured it would benefit us to try to stop their scoring for as long as we could.
We fell behind 3-0 by halftime. Their first goal was totally due to our lack of experience. Their second goal came on a pretty decent free kick from about 25 yards out. Their third goal was much like the first. We had a couple break downs (a full back all the way up by the forwards, another fullback not moving at all from the spot I assigned) but over all we were running well, just lacking movement and any sort of offensive attack.
We started the second half with the ball on their end for almost 5 minutes (we played 20 minute halves because of our lateness and another club coming soon to the field). We had one REALLY close shot the just sailed over the goal. We were much more competitive in the second half only giving up 2 goals for a final score of 5-0.
Overall, we were much closer than I imagined we would be. Our opponent is one that we should be beating in two years tops. Our biggest disadvantage (besides our overall lack of experience) is leg strength. Several times our goalie punted the ball deep into their side only to see their fullbacks control it and send it flying back. We had two free kicks and one corner kick and in neither situation were we in a position to put the ball on goal or into a position to be shot. We made one more serious push on goal, but were thwarted.
Our kids actually had a really good time, many said they had fun. Despite the chaos, I had a good time tonight too. I am not sure if the rest of our opponents will be on the same level of ability as tonight's opponent (I am going to assume they get better), but I think now that the kids have played a real game they will be more up for working hard in practice. We took a lot of pictures which I will have up soon! Thanks for all the support that has come in. I will be posting some directions to coming games for anyone in the MKE area who wants to come out and catch the Tigers!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Week Three
We're through three weeks and our first game is one week away. As exciting as that is, this past week was not as much of a momentum builder as I had hoped. Monday we were off for the holiday and we returned Tuesday with 11 kids at practice, including two new players. One day later we are down two players (one for scholastic discipline and another has changed schools) and only 5 showed up for practice. Tonight we had only 5 again. Several kids were either absent one or both of the past two days or had transportation issues that kept them from practice. I have decided to chalk it all up to the rain we have had recently.
Tomorrow and Monday I have plans to make a last big recruiting push to the 6th-8th graders. I think there are anywhere from 4 to 8 kids that would play if I ask enough times. The 15 players that have been to at least one practice never come all together, so we really need another half dozen or so kids for subs when the games start.
We ordered the jerseys Tuesday and continue to receive support for which we are extremely grateful. We are only about $250 away from having the whole team set of uniforms, shorts and socks paid for completely. Every little bit helps!
Tomorrow and Monday I have plans to make a last big recruiting push to the 6th-8th graders. I think there are anywhere from 4 to 8 kids that would play if I ask enough times. The 15 players that have been to at least one practice never come all together, so we really need another half dozen or so kids for subs when the games start.
We ordered the jerseys Tuesday and continue to receive support for which we are extremely grateful. We are only about $250 away from having the whole team set of uniforms, shorts and socks paid for completely. Every little bit helps!
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