High School Playoffs

This freshman got varsity minutes in our semi-final district championship game. I was working the gate the first half when another parent texted me that Evan was on the field. I jumped up and headed straight to the stands. It was not his best game; Evan says his skills have regressed. However, he has secured the varsity letter. 

The tongue. Always. ❤️

Monday night the team heads to Memphis for a district playoff game. 

Middle School Soccer Playoffs

Our first playoff game of the middle school season was rained out, and we were given a new date that just so happened to be the date of the travel teams’ state league games. With two of our key players at state league, our “easy” win resulted in two OTs, PKs, and then a big fat L! The year we were to win it all has almost ended in heart ache! Our loss meant we fell into the losers bracket. We won our first game in the You-won’t-get-first-anyway playoff game.

Wednesday night we played a quarter-final game - clearly hoping our losing season will get us on track for a third place finish. 

Look at this guy! He didn’t see the reason to play for third; I did my best to convince him otherwise. It’s tough being the parent of super competitive boys who believe winning is all. 

He saw things differently when he scored the first goal of the game. When Tristan said he had scores a trash goal, Keagan said, “Who cares? A goal is a goal.” 

He has played CDM as a holding mid on the far right side of the field almost the entire season. Jandro yelled tonight, “Keagan, for once this season play in the center of the field.” He did and then set up the second goal of the game.

Monday we head back to the fields for a semi-final game. Go Hawks!

Soccer, Soccer, Soccer

High school soccer #38, middle school soccer #14, and travel soccer #13.  March and April have been busy. Evan is counting the days until his travel season resumes on May 14. He’s actually hoping the highschool team will lose so that he won’t miss travel practice.

High School Rivalry

It’s our version of Friday Night Lights. We swapped the helmets for shin guards and exchanged the football for a soccer ball. We played our rival highschool this weekend, and we came home with a win. Evan played the full JV game and assisted the team in getting a shutout, 3-0. 

He was supposed to play in the varsity game, too, but in the last fifteen minutes of the JV game, another player slide tackled his ankle. Evan tried icing and stretching it, but the swelling just kept increasing. He sat the varsity game out. I hated his missing the game because he wanted nothing more than to keep the opposing team (and Harrison) scoreless. It just was t meant to be. We ended up with a win, but it was not with ease. We will play the same team again in district playoffs. Evan will be ready!

Soccer Saturday

Hard rain and straight line winds cancelled our weekend of soccer, but not before Keagan got his state league game played. Today’s game was against the team with two of his best friends. As luck would have it, Keagan played defense on Chance’s side of the field. There was a lot of trash talking in between plays (or maybe Fortnight tips were shared - we aren’t sure).

Keagan won every ball and kept them scoreless. We won 4-0. 

We maintain our third place standing and hope to move up after next weekend’s games. 

Evan was set to make more than $300 reffing this weekend, but with the bad weather, he’s coming home with only $35. Not a bad hourly rate, but he has his heart set on a Jeep. He’s not getting a Jeep anytime soon if this weather doesn’t cooperate.

My Guy

Thursday Keagan was announced as the team captain of his travel team. The coach appointed him as captain because of “his encouraging talk on the field.” Sunday his team won another state league game. And he only got called for one foul in the entire game. 

This was it.

But he had some great footwork that got him around the offense. 

Then today his math teacher texted me to say he made a 95 on today’s test. More than half scored lower than 80%. 

All of this talent? It’s definitely my genes. Now the other kid I still haven’t decided to claim. Last night I found he was the one buying music and charging it to my credit card! Last month Wes cancelled his card because we thought some type of fraud was transpiring. Then I noticed we were still getting charged. Evan denied buying anything - even after I was able to link the purchases to his Apple ID. He’s now volunteering as a parking attendant at next weekend’s soccer tournament.

Student of the Week

This kiddo was awarded student of the week. His math teacher, his dear math teacher Ms. Robards, awarded him for hard work and perseverance because math is not Keagan’s forte. Yet, he earned an A quarter three in advanced math! This kid does not completely grasp his potential - yet. I’m hoping today will open his eyes and help him realize the world is his.

My other son received no such award. He is being recognized in the principal’s office for skipping class. Who needs to attend every class every day, says Evan?

I do. 

He’s mopping floors and vacuuming today. And his phone is turned off and hidden in my underwear drawer. He will never rummage through that drawer so I consider it safe!