Menchie Sprinkles

So the Menchie Sprinkles finished up their season with an uncontested victory in the 3rd place game....congratulations Sprinkles!

Lily's First Goal

The Menchie Sprinkles had their first game of the end of season tournament on Tuesday night.  They were playing against the Kickin' Cuties, a team they were playing for the third time in a row!  The two teams were fairly evenly matched, and this was witnessed in the 1-1 tie score at the end of regulation.  Two overtime periods quickly passed with both teams locked into a draw.  The next step was penalty kicks....5 rounds of kicks later the two teams were still tied.  Next came sudden death penalty kicks.  The 5 girls for each team that had already kicked couldn't kick again.  The girl for the Kickin' Cuties kicked first and missed.

Then came Lily....that girl just amazes us sometimes.  She was lined up off center to the point that I was afraid she was going to strike with her left foot!  It turns out she knew exactly was she was doing...she had been lining it up for the corner of the goal.  And she gave it a clean strike that sent the ball high into the corner of the net.  It was a thing of beauty....a walk off goal.  Here she is just after.

The Flower Dragons!

So this spring we experimented with youth soccer.  Lily played for the Menchies Sprinkles, while Caroline played for the Flower Dragons....a team coached by a couple of folks she knew well.  We played our last game this morning, and while challenging, it has also been extremely rewarding.  It was a bunch of fun working with the kids, and it has also been a great opportunity to get to know some people outside of work/church too!

Here we are posing for our team picture at the beginning of the season

A few Flower Dragons inspecting the goals during a water break

 And of course our Menchie Sprinkle!

Ready for soccer season!