I remember...

I remember last week when the middle school lacrosse team that I coach had their first shut out. It was against a st. Martin's and St. Andrew's combination team, due to their lack of players. They still didn't have enough players for a official game, so we had to give them some of our players. Obviously, we gave them three of our worst players. The whole game we were dominating with the ball never leaving our side. One time we did let up, which lead to a few risky defensive plays. But for once, our A.D.H.D. goalie stood in one place and had six saves in order to complete his shut out. They did have one huge defender that was probably as big as our other coach Nathan Davis (6-4, 220 pds). Evertime one of our players got close to him, he would explode and destroy our little 6th graders. Our best player Alex Park made a move down the middle, split-dodging his way to the goal. He was slashed on the first dodge and on the second dodge, the big oafy defender came over and with one swing snapped his d-pole my player's ribs. Thankfully, Alex was alright. He's our best player and we really need him.

Inivisble Children

Yesterday was an activity schedule. Four guys and girls came to our school to express and spread recongition of the war in Uganda that has been going on for years. This is the second time they have visited our school, so I was already familiar with the subject. Along with them, they brought a video of a few people's experience living in Uganda. This video was an updated video of the one that was presented two years ago when I was a sophmore. The video showed images and clips of the suffering that occurs in Uganda everyday. This video centered in mainly on one specific character who struggled everyday to live. He was only 15 and was living on his own. Both his parents were dead. He was very bright and smart and aspired to be a doctor. Each day he went to school even though most days he was sent home due to lack of payments and the specific uniform required. Even though he was turned down on a numerous amount of occasions, he kept returning each day because he said that he personally wanted to help his country to end the suffering. He said there weren't too many doctors around so one more would be an addition to ending the suffering. The video was very educational and was very successful at expressing the issues in africa.

St. Anne's School of Annapolis Lacrosse and Basketball

Nathan Davis and I coach two sports at a middle school called St. Anne's School of Annapolis. We coach 6th and 7th graders and some 8th graders as well. Back in the winter, we coached the Boy's Basketball "B" and "C" team. Our "C" did very well. We ended with a winning record and most of the players developed a good amount mentally and physically in the sport. As for our "B", they were more of a problem. Many times we would have to have group meetings with the Athletic Director and the Principle due to their behavior. Because of their behavior, practice was mainly consumed with running and sprints. Our practices were never used valuably which lead to us losing most of our games. I could still always count on our "C" team to cheer up me up with their better behavior and the postive, commited attitude they had towards the sports. Thankfully, most of our "C" team kids were carried over to the very same lacrosse team Nathan and I coach. The St. Anne's Lacrosse team is developing very well thanks too a few players experience and their vast athleticism. Many of the kids with experience were able to lead and direct our other players. So far we are 2-0 in the season and we still have many games to go. Our First game was a win over Key School. They lack much athleticism making this an expecting, easy win for us. The second win was over Indian Creek. Their middle school team has always been pretty good. The amount of strength and size they had overwhelmed our players but our stick skills, passing, and determination brought us the win. We still haev many games to go but so far its looking pretty good for us.