Soccer (and Sun!)

    After a few days of very foggy/rainy weather, it's nice to have the sun back! Thursday was the worst of the weather; visibility was severely reduced. I'll post a picture of it today, as well as one of the creek at the end of our court. When I took it, the water had greatly subsided, but at its fullest level, it was over all the rocks you can see.
    Tuesday's soccer match against Woodland Park was our first win, putting us at 1-1-1. The 6-2 victory was the reward for all the practice we've been putting in, and it was well earned! Thursday, despite the weather, we still got our game in, with only a 45 minute delay due to lightening. Sand Creek is a very fast team with good ball skills, and we went down early 0-2, with one of the goals being an excellent shot; the other was a tramp goal we could have prevented. After the first ten minutes, though, we buckled down and shut down their offense, getting many opportunities of our own. Fifteen minutes to go in the second half, we scored, bringing it to 1-2. By now our opponents were getting mad, and they showed it. With 2 yellow cards and numerous other fouls, (I drew one of the yellows and three others!) they vented their frustration. One minute thirty seconds to go, one of our captains had an incredible shot to tie it up! We went into over time and had a great chance to score, but didn't convert. Sand Creek had a beautiful shot from in between midfield and the 18 to win it 2-3. But as a team, we really persevered, much improved over last year's 2-8 loss. I've included a link to the Gazette article on the game, (as well as a couple pictures from the game) so be sure to check it out!
     Today, Becca, Anna, and Ben have their first official soccer game (they all got to be on the same team), and Katie is down in Pueblo with her softball team for the day.
     Lastly, I'll put up two pictures from the hike at Stanley Canyon that Dad, Mom, and I took last week. Well, that's all for now, as I must work on AP Language & Composition homework (blah!).


Gazette article:
http://www.gazettepreps.com/articles/tired-4628-through-canyon.html