U8 FIRE - 9/13/2008

Captains - Stone, Sam and Cole
MVP - Bryson (Stingy Defending)

Much different game this week than last week. We played Rachel Hansen's team. I knew from previous seasons that this would be a very tough team to face. Probably the hardest of the year. They are small but very aggressive. Her twins are fireballs and normally handles their scoring.

It was a very tight game that had 2 goals from us. Peyton and Cobe scored one a piece. I don't think I've seen such a low scoring game at this age ever. Normally goals come fast. Obviously, their team scored very few times as well because of our stingy defense. I bet that if we played this team several times in the season, that we would trade goals all year long and be pretty balanced against each other. I was very proud of all of the boys in how they stayed focused during the entire game. The real measure of a player is how they play in all settings (winning, losing, physical, easy, etc.)...definitely not how they do when goals come easy.

Bryson was awarded the MVP for is very skillful handling of the defensive end. Not only was he stealing the ball, but he would "switch field" often, making it difficult for the other team to get organized against us. Playing like that shows real maturity in the game.

Coach Jeb

(pictures were from Lisa Fatovic. All pictures can be seen on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/30740581@N04/ - Thanks Lisa)