2 cute 4 words!

Okay, so I posted this before the Homecoming Pictures....I'll get to those..promise!

Trent plays on a soccer league in Sparta. He enjoys playing..but his team hasn't won a game..yet! He keeps a great attitude about it though. He never gets irritated or mad that they haven't won. As a matter of fact, I asked him after his game..."How do you think you guys did?"....He said..."oh, we played great!"...if we could all have that kind of attitude! As Goalie.... Sweetness!

Bummer!

Tyler & his team played the first game of districts tonight. We drew Godfrey-Lee for our first game...they were rated #1 in our league....we were rated last!! Our team won one game all year.

We thought it would be a mercy situation....we were wrong! G-Lee quickly scored a goal and then sometime later another. We then came back to score...twice.....2-2......we have a game our our hands! I'm pretty sure the guys were shocked at their abilities & the score! Mr. Oxford was pretty excited too!!

Our hopes faded fast as G-Lee got a penalty kick....which they made good. We had many attempts to score, as they also did...but none made it in. End score 3-2. They did an awesome job defending our goal...way to go Eagles!

It was fun, to dream of winning...maybe next year. I'm really not sure if my nerves and voice could take another play off game!

Kick It!.....

They played their last game on Tuesday. Which we lost.....actually, we were mercy-ed....one of the best teams in our conference. We only won one game the whole year. We actually gained 2 foreign exchange students a couple games into the year...so that was extremely helpful! One was from Mexico and one was from a European Country....need I say more about their abilities! A quiz....In the third picture...guess which one is a exchange student?

I think we would have put up a better fight if we had not had 5 ineligible players. That reeeeeally HURTS a team of 17! Enough excuses....

A strange cheerleader game to the game....a Praying Mantis...I'm pretty sure he was praying for the KC Eagles to score...please...pretty please!!

Maybe Tyler can help Trent become a great soccer player?? Isn't that sweet, the older brother playing with the younger brother. This is about as rare of a sight, as a Praying Mantis!

If you are wondering about the orange socks...so were we for awhile! That is the "color" of Multiple Sclerosis. The coaches wife, Lori Oxford actually has been diagnosed with it.

Soccer Mom??....

I guess I never thought I would be one! That's Tyler out on the field at one of his soccer games. He has had his haircut since that picture, just in case you were wondering if that was a girl!!!

They have not been what you would call a winning team. Let me start by telling you why.... 1) Kent City doesn't have a 'team' till you start high school 2) We lost 5 seniors! 3)Gained 5 freshman 4) program started 4 years ago..... WA WA WA

Also....we started this year with a team of 8! (if you know anything about soccer, you will know you are starting 3 short of a team!) We are up to 20 now!!

But best of all Tyler is enjoying the sport! I think with some confidence he will get pretty good at it! At least he is out trying something and learning the basics of some sports. He plans to play on the Golf team in the spring, not a real spectator sport.

They only have 3 games left this year...I'm pretty sure they aren't going to Districts!

~joanne