I was able to catch the last few minutes of Elizabeth’s game, and then the entirety of Eden’s game on Tuesday.  It was fun to watch.  Both teams played against Park.  And a handful of girls from the A team stuck around after their game to watch the B team play.  I love the school spirit and sense of pride that I am seeing in the girls with their school.  And the parents of the girls from the A team were into the B team’s game as well.  It is refreshing to see this pride in school.  I am happy to be a part of it.

Eden is a 5th grader on the middle school team.  The team is made up of 5th, 6th and 7th graders.

Her coach is putting a lot of confidence in Eden, as I noticed Eden takes a lot of the free hits, inserts, and also is the ‘fly’.  The fly is the defensive player that challenges the ball when the opposing team has a penalty corner.  Eden is the smallest player on the team.  She played pretty well.  As a critical parent, I think she could have hustled more, and think she hustled more in their first game.  But, I love watching her play.  And I made sure to tell her so after the game.

In the final minute or two of play, they were down by a goal.  Eden took a penalty corner.  After she inserted, the ball came back to her.  She dribbled towards the goal, shot, and scored.  It was very exciting!  It was the team’s first goal of the season, and Eden’s first goal as a Gator.  Very cool stuff, and I am glad that Eden got to enjoy the feeling!