Weekend Update...

Hey, girls.

First, nice work today at practice today. I know it can be a bit boring to have to sit in desks and write after a day of classes, so I appreciate the attention and participation. And the physical part of practice was well done...bravo.

Reminders:

1.) We meet on Monday at 3 P.M. in my room...bus leaves at 3:30-3:45 P.M. that day.

2.) We wear anything Hamilton soccer-related to school on Monday.

3.) Feel free to bring food and beverages to my classroom on Monday...let's make sure we follow health/nutrition pre-game principles!

4.) The weather on Monday calls for a high of 60 and partly cloudy...think colder since we play later in the day (5 PM).

Congrats to Morgan Stillson for her captain nod. I agreed with each and every one of the nominees/reasoning today. It's great that so many girls on our team are that well-thought-of!

Finally, regarding perhaps one more team get-together, the wife and I (and baby Quinn) are offering another team dinner night at our house this next Thursday evening, the 13th, if you guys are interested. Thoughts? If not, we totally understand...just thought we'd offer and give you a chance to hang out and meet the babe finally. Let me know ASAP!

Take care, girls...have a good weekend...eat and drink right...:)

Check out...

...the new photos under the "photos" link to the left. Thanks, Rae!

Reminder: We will meet in my room after school tomorrow (Friday) at 3:00 P.M. dressed and ready to go for indoor practice.

Belding rout...

Girls, overall today, the 8-0 win should be viewed as a LEARNING EXPERIENCE rather than a success. Here's what I mean: just as much as we need to learn to stay positive and fearless when we are the lesser skilled team in a given game, we also need to learn how to stick to sound defensive, offensive, team, and individual principles when we are the MORE skilled team.

I thought today we were a bit sloppy and inconsistent with the latter scenario. Agreed?

Either way, we are now 5-4-1 overall, and THAT'S something to celebrate due to one of our stated team goals to the left.

See you tomorrow, girls!

OVERACHIEVERS

You ladies should be proud of yourselves after today's win 1-0 vs. East. You certainly earned a quality victory and it was because you kept a positive attitude, displayed toughness, and worked together...a total team effort.

In addition, I hope you understand that what I said in our pre-game talk was completely sincere. I'm proud of who you guys are and you should be too. Plus, I didn't mean to scare you with next season's prospects. Just work hard, stay positive, and you should be fine!

Now, let's keep the ball rolling and beat a non-conference Belding team on Wednesday!