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Noah has missed a few games with freak asthma attacks from severe allergies.  He was very upset every time he missed a game.  Dr Arshad told us that he should wait until Monday to resume physical activity, but it had been almost a week already.  And Noah was very upset.  So we let him play.

Noah likes to hit. Especially on ground balls. In the first half, he was fighting for a ground ball against 4 green players. He was the only one from his team. They were hacking at his legs. I heard a muted scream from Noah. And then he started tossing kids from the pile. He scooped up the ball and started running up field. Someone tripped him from behind and he lost the ball. I went over to pick him up and there were tears running down his face. He got up and saw the kid with the ball and bolted after him to lay a big hit on him. He was mad.

Pictured above, Noah is doing a classic Man – Ball with Michael. Of course, Noah took the man.

There were a few kids crying at halftime. 4 of our kids had been taken off of the field crying in the first half because the other team was beating on them. The boys were losing, and it looked like they would have their first loss. In the second half, Noah, Topher and Jack Geist took over. Noah scored 2 goals in the second half, Topher had one, and Jack had one. They won 5-3.

We don’t keep score as coaches, but the kids definitely do. And this group of kids likes to win.

It is fun to watch how much these kids progress on a week to week basis, and from year to year.

Naturally, I took Noah to 7-11 after the game, and we ran into Topher and Jack, getting Slurpees