Sav Turns 12!!! - click on "our photo album" to the right for more pics

Sav blowing out the candles!

Sav and her friends being silly.

Sav's birthday decoration.

Sav loves that chocolate fountain!

State Cup Results

Having both Hunter and Savannah's teams in the State Cup Championship was an amazing experience. I have seen them both sacrifice to go to practice and worked hard while at practice. This has been an outstanding experience not only for them but for us.

As Savannah's coach, I got to watch the girls march out on the field and be presented to the crowd as the 2008 U-12 Division 1 finalists. It was an amazing experience standing by the players bench and knowing what it took to get there. Since this was their first year getting to the championship match was something we truly never dreamed of and it made the experience completely awe inspiring. Okay, I admit, I had some allergies and my eyes might have watered just a bit. Unfortunately, they did not win the final game. Still an accomplishment to be proud of for sure. If you want to see the final picture, click on the link in the right hand column.

Hunter's team had a hard fought road as well to get to the championship match. Hunter ended up playing 200 minutes in one day because of overtime in both quarter and semi final games. They squeaked out the win in both though and there has never been a team with more heart and drive. Watching Hunter play is really something. He just makes me smile!! Just like Sav's team, they didn't get the win. They certainly put it all out there on the field. I imagine that those 200 minutes had an impact somewhere and the fact they were missing two of their high scoring forwards didn't help either.

All in all, we are very proud of both for their hard work and staying focused on the task at hand. Now it is time to just relax for a very short time and get some rest................okay, breaks over back to the field! You should be able to click through to his picture from the link on the right hand side as well.

Off to the State Cup for us!

Hunter and Savannah's soccer teams both qualified for the Louisiana state cup. They play next weekend in an 8 team quarter final (for their individual ages), single elimination tournament. It will be a tough battle but they both have good teams.

Sav's team is really doing great considering this is only their first chance to get to State and they did it (must be the awesome coaching and that left striker)! Hunter's team has really come together this year but have a couple of key offensive players out. The defense however is rock solid and very stingy when it comes to allowing goals. I think it must be that left full back (the Stewarts seem to like the left side).

We will post the scores and outcomes at the end of each day next week.

Soccer update

We have just added the link to Hunter's soccer team on the right side of the blog. It contains some pictures and stats. They have won the last three tournaments and look to have a great chance for the state cup. In fact, in one tournament they shut out every team they played. Awesome!

Sav's team has won one tournament and placed 2nd in three. That is really good considering this is only their second season together. They have some very tough local teams in their age group that we continue going up against so considering the challenges, they are doing extremely well. Check out her team's blog as well through the link on our Stew Land blog.

Later!

Tabasco Shootout Champs 2008

Equal time right - Sav's team won their tournament two weeks ago but I did not have the picture to post. Here it is. They played great and I was very proud of the way they played. Good job Galaxy!