And Another!

This is getting to be a habit! We had another wonderful weekend of hard fought games, this time with Lightning Lepore. What a FUN bunch of kids and parents! These girls are really getting under my skin! Mary has them playing hard and having fun at the same time.

Morgan & Erin
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks!

The week began with Woody having to miss practice Monday night due to Jazz Band. She made up for it by practicing with Mary's older girls Wednesday which is a really good thing. She was nervous for some reason but playing with the older girls is a great opportunity for her if she is going to play varsity in Summer League as well as next HS season.

Friday the team was invited to a pool party in Rockville Center as a season kickoff. Everyone had a great evening and it was a really nice way to start the weekend. Thanks Teresa and Don! What gracious hosts!

Grace Stone played for Mary this weekend and it was fantastic to see her and Woody working together again! She played well and the girls all welcomed her. Saturday we lost the first and won the second in a back to back. First team had the biggest, most mature looking "7th graders" I've ever seen! Sunday we won the first against a good GymRats team in an absolute thriller. Second game got smoked by a very good Sting team. Gracie actually made an outlet to a Sting player and I could immediately see by her face that she had thought she was a teammate.... same uniform as her Game7 team!




Wonderful weekend!




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