We had our Pulaski County Girls Soccer banquet tonight... my family and I had a great time!
I really enjoyed coaching the girls this season, and will miss this years graduating class of seniors greatly.
As the evening finished up, the team gathered for one more cheer (see pic) - a unique cheer they developed this year.
What a fun year!
The Lady PC Maroons took care of business and got a little revenge against their cross town rival and team that beat them in the district championship last year - the Somerset Briar Jumpers.
I was concerned about our girls coming out flat, but they put the pedal to the metal and got hungrier as the game went on. In the end, we were crowned district champions after a sound 9-0 victory.
Of course, the district championship couldn't have been played without champion ball boys and girls... my kids did a great job! Good work you two!!
This is why we play...
I grew up playing soccer. I loved the game and loved to play anytime I could. The best moments were the big games, under the lights, against good competition.
It's what its all about. The preparation, the jitters, warming up... game time. Leaving it all out on the field.
My wife made lasagna for the girls today. It was a great team bonding moment (and the food was awesome!) Tomorrow, the have an opportunity to right the wrong from last year - to beat Somerset in the district championship.
Lights on. Game time.
Last year, the Lady Maroons soccer team was defeated in the district championship by the Somerset Briar Jumpers. The loss came after beating Somerset soundly earlier in the season.
Here we are again.
2012 Kentucky High School Girls Soccer
We are officially set to play Somerset in the district championship, and after we defeated them earlier in the season, Somerset would love to upend any plans Pulaski County has of being district champions, just like they did last year.
Soccer drama. Sports drama... Love it!
GO MAROONS!!
Our regular season is done. It's on to playoffs and the discrict tournament, yahoo!
The upcoming weather? Perfect for soccer :)
<p><p><i>In life you need either inspiration or desperation. </i>Tony Robbins.</p><br>
<p>Or both.</p><br>
<p>We are entering the final stages of our soccer season. The Pulaski County girls soccer team has a couple more regular season games and then begins the district tournament. The girls soccer team has never won the district tournament, and we have a great opportunity to do that this year.</p>
<p>Last year, the girls got complacent - soundly beating Somerset in the regular season, only to fall to them in the tournament championship.</p>
<p>The stage is set again this year.</p>
<p>We had a convincing win against them in the regular season, and more than likely, they will get past the first round to meet us in the championship game next week.</p>
<p>If we are not careful, we'll forget it was a 0-0 game with Somerset at the half... We'll forget the close breakaway that could have put them up on us in that game... We'll forget what they did to us last year.
One of my jobs as a coach is to help inspire and light fires of desperation in the team.
Hopefully, both happens.
Unfortunately, the lady maroons suffered another tough loss tonight. In a game where we controlled the tempo and possessed the ball well, its tough to not walk away with the win.
Even still, I believe we're right on track.
New coach, solid schedule, continual progress... I'd say we are right where we need to be. Our goal was to peak come playoff time, and hopefully we are on target to get there.
I think we are.
Anyway, proud of the way the team played tonight. Go Maroons!
Up late trying to complete requirements for coaching. Love the coaching part, it's all the paperwork and details (albeit important!) that slow me down.
Looking forward to the season, first game tomorrow!
Go PC!
Wow. Day 1 of tryouts in the books. Day 5 of work all day and all night.
I'm woopt.
What a great day and first practice though. The Lady Maroons worked hard and had a great first day as a result. They went through some tough conditioning, and stuck together as a team.
I'm hoping to post some updates from the season as we progress into the fall.
Should be a fun year - I'm very much looking forward to it.
Yesterday, we were able to travel a little ways down the road to Columbia, KY, to watch my younger (bigger) brother Andy play soccer. This was the beginning of the championship rounds for their division. "Uncle" Andy is in his senior year of college in Rochester, NY, and his team was playing Lindsey Wilson College. Of all the places he could've been playing in the US, he happened to be just down the road from us, so it worked out great for us to see him play.
Even though we were rooting for his team to win, it ended being Uncle Andy's last soccer game at the college level. They were beaten by a very talented Lindsey Wilson squad.
The nice thing for us though was that we were able to be there to support Andy and to see him finish out his college career.
And, we were able to get a pretty cute picture under the lights of the soccer field of Uncle Andy with his niece and nephews. :)
