Lacrosse 2010

Will played on the American Fork Cavemen 7-8th grade "A" team. There were enough boys at tryouts to create two teams, an "A" team and a "B" team. That roughly translates to a "varsity" and "jr. varsity" team.

At first, I was really excited for Will to be on the "varsity" team. As time went on, though, it became obvious that although these boys were the best AF had to offer, they were on the lower end of abilities when compared with most of the teams they played against. You see, this year AF, Lone Peak, PG, and Lehi abandoned the Utah Valley lacrosse league and joined with the Salt Lake organization. Those teams have been around longer and were really good!

Don't get me wrong, I am THRILLED with the switch to the Salt Lake league. AND I saw tons of improvement in our boys when compared to last year. Much more passing and action, a lot less "soccer with sticks". But the team season statistics were on the low end. They won only 3 games. HOWEVER, Will played goalie for one of those three! He was on such a high after that game!

The picture above is from an exciting moment for Will. As a defender, Will managed to get hold of the ball and was running it down the field to try to score a goal. Defenders are allowed to cross over to attack if given a chance... as long as one of the attack men stays behind in his place. Unfortunately, as you can see by the photo, one of the opposing team's attack men managed to knock the ball from Will's pole. You can see the ball in the top left corner of the photo.