Last Game - in the Rain (not cancelled)!

It was an unsure day as the rain came down but the games were not cancelled.  Fortunate for the few who came out to play, they got their last playing time on the field.  Since about half the team showed up and the other team did not, the Fireballs that were present played against the parents!

Tough way to end the season with so many missing, but we don't make the rules!  Thanks for a great season Fireballs!

Team Party

Thanks to everyone for their contribution to the team party food and gifts for the coaches!  The kids were fun to play with and we will miss them!

Game 9 vs. Surf Monkeys

Today turned out to be the last "dry" game for our little Fireballs who took on the Surf Monkeys.  We fought hard for the ball but didn't get too many balls into our goal.  We worked hard to try to stop the Surf Monkeys from getting a goal, at times there seemed to be a wall of Fireballs in front of their goal.  A couple of our players were even taken down from behind but still managed to get back up and kept on playing!  We are so proud of our Fireballs, especially with all the improvements made since the beginning of the season.  A special appreciation goes to the Barney family who took care of our team banner every game of the season!  Although this may be the last time for most of our players to play together, since it splits into gender divisions after Micro, it's been a complete joy and honor to coach and watch this group of kids.  Hope to see you out on the field next year!

Game 8 vs. Black Dragons

Another challenging game for our Fireballs as we fought off the "Monkey" attack of the Black Dragons.  If we weren't chasing him and trying to stop him from scoring, he was blocking our players from making a goal.  Fortunately even "Monkey" had to take a break and our Fireballs got a few into the goal.  We are near the end of the season and it's such a joy to see the kids get into the game with more intensity.  They are much better at knowing which direction we are going and more players are coming back to try to play defense.  You can see the improvements in each player!  Entertaining moment of the game was seeing Trevor "fly" around the whole field... no where near the ball, but he ran HARD!