Wow, what a Saturday! Two soccer jamborees for the Sweet boys. Youngest Sweet boy, 6, had a K-2 jamboree in the morning. Round Robin play with 4 other teams. They won 3 out of 4. Although young Mr. Sweet is in 1st grade, he is the size of a 3rd grader, plus he has older brothers he plays soccer with and they are merciless. So, the whistle blows and Sammy takes the ball, dribbles through the tiny bodies of teammates and opponents and puts the ball in the net. It was the beginning of a productive day for the Sweet boys! In all, Sammy scored 4 goals. One he kicked so hard that he knocked the goal over! He's a big strong boy! He also came to the aid of a little friend who was, in his opinion, being defended a bit too aggressively by a girl on the opposite team. With concern etched in his features, he grabbed the girl and pulled her away from his friend. She continued being aggressive, and Sam would have tossed the girl to the ground if Daddy hadn't intervened. I think I'm just going to chalk this up to chivalry and pray for the best.:)
There were no altercations in the afternoon jamboree for the 3rd and 4th graders, but there was a HEALTHY dose of competitive juice flowing, both on the field and on the sidelines as two sports-minded dads set their sights on another undefeated team from our town. These dads felt that the other team was a little over-confident, and as our team, St. Mary's, was also undefeated, they were eager to see this matchup. (It won't take long for my tiny audience to know who one of those competitive dads is) Surprisingly, the game quickly became lopsided, as Middle Sweet Son and his friend Austin (son of the OTHER competitive dad) teamed up to pass and score and pass and score and ..... Well, you get the picture. It was a blow out. Each boy ended up with 4 goals in the game (and probably 4 assists each). The final score was 8-1. The coach is usually pretty even-keeled and focuses on improving skills and having fun, downplaying winning sometimes. Apparently, she had been rubbed the wrong way by this team also, because normally she will keep Ethan and Austin up front and let them score a few goals and then she puts them on defense or in the goal to even out the score a little. Well, they never played defense the entire game! As Competitive Dad #1 (Scott) phrased it, "She's keeping the big dogs up front." Middle Sweet Son liked that phrase. A lot.
In other news, oldest Sweet son scored the game winning goal in his street hockey game, which took place simultaneously with the Jamboree. The final score was 1-0. Apparently, he gave all he had to notch that goal, because after he scored he left the court and vomited on the sidelines....hardcore!
To round out the day, Cousin LL scored 2 goals and had one assist for his middle school team's Jamboree the same day! Congratulations, L!
It was a very productive and successful day all around for these sports
