More boring Field Hockey....

(Clueless as to why I can only load two pictures??)


But, this ones got a good little story.

My daughter is the goalie for the Freshman High School team. This is her third year playing, first year exclusive as the goalie. This game they had tonight was against a team that has very mouthy Parents and in the past been nothing but trouble(...last year the ref had to stop the game and chase parents off the field for being sooo rude to the our kids...)anyways the final score was 1-0 in our favor. They just had to hang on to that for 10 more minutes. A foul in the cirlce causing a corner shot...which if you play hockey, you know is usually an easy score, unless you have strong defense.
So, my daughter come out of the goal just a bit to much..(to me anyways)...as the ball came in, she threw herself on the ground to block the ball from crossing the line. She blocked it, but about four players from the offensive line were right there desperatly trying to get the ball to cross the line. She was yelling and batting at the ball with her hands and feet...It was crazy. And of course I was angled wrong when this all took place so I didn't get that great of a shot....then again if I were out further, I might has just got fannies in the way...
Any ways, she blocked the ball, they didn't score...the ended up fouling in the corner so we got the 16 yard hit back out....I was bitting my nails....I was so proud of her !!!!

I was going back over the pictures, and noticing how closely that ref was watching her.( and of course that picture won't post..) There are rules as to howgoalies can block balls too...she can not cover the ball in any way shape or form. They are some what relaxed with this rule for high school level, but I have seen games where the goalie has gotton pently shots against them for some of this type of ground rolling...it's a form of covering, or the ball just getting trapped between your legs !

Alright so there's my run down...can you tell I just love this game. Played it for years...LOVE IT !! I'm so glad she likes it and plays too :)