The Mountain Bowl

I really enjoyed the entire afternoon and evening Monday - an Evergreen classic. I went outside at 3:30 in T-shirt and shorts and thought I was perfectly dressed. More on that later. We had a teacher appreciation event before the JV game against Develyn, and our teachers were very thankful for your invites and your engaging with them. They all stayed to watch parts of both games...and many of them came by this morning to tell me how impressed they are with your skill, enthusiasm and obvious passion for the game.

First came the JV game against Develyn, in which we came from behind to claim a win. Well done!

And then it was time for the Mountain Bowl. I am not a meteorologist, but 72, relatively calm and sunny at 3:30 PM...became a zephyr and I am pretty sure the wind chill at 8:00 was -10 degrees, but that might just be my advancing age. Let's call it air temp of 42 and feels like 25. 

Before the game, we talked about an overall respect for the opponent, for their players and coaches, and for conducting ourselves in a sporting manner. The girls did amazing at taking their opponents seriously, never being disrespectful, and playing to a high level against a weaker opponent. We stressed patterns of play and our shape, pressuring the opponent to win the ball back, and playing selflessly. 

Our seniors led us onto the field and I thought we played a fantastic game, and were it not for the amazing saves of their goalkeeper, the game would have ended much sooner. We had ten different players score goals, including some first Varsity goals for some of our players! Congrats. Here's a great shot of the team holding the trailing trophy for the Mountain Bowl.