so school pretty much sucks
..But what's new? im sure i could get a pretty solid consensus from my fellow high-schoolers, but i dont know how my collegian friends are doing. i should really try to update this a little bit more often huh? i will attempt to explain why i havent updated. i will try to keep it at least a little brief. i could go into gory detail about each of our games so far this year, but i will contain myself and give you the gist.
IF YOU DONT LIKE OR CARE ABOUT SOCCER OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT DONT READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH!!
For starters, we are 4-1, with Centennial wins against Hayden and Topeka West. and Blue Valley tournament wins against O'Hara from MO, and Shawnee Mission East from KCK. the two tournament wins put us in the championship against Blue Valley North, who had knocked us out of State last year in the Quarterfinals. ok, back to the beginning. our first game was against Hayden, who.. sucked. there really isnt a better way to say it. they just didnt put up a fight at all, and it was a really positive way to start the season. we won 6-0 and i picked up an assist. we didnt know ne thing about O'Hara, and came in expecting a good game. no such luck. i dont know who would have won, but hayden would have given them a good run. it was another 6-0 game, and i accomplished something i have never done in my high school career. i scored 4 of those goals. i dont know how many of them i really deserved. at least 2, probably 3 though, but definitely not the last one. so then we played Shawnee Mission East, who is a good team. it was our first real test and we responded well. we had many chances, and dominated the shot line, but we didnt get a goal until 5:33 left in the game. it came on a corner and i headed it in. in the championship, blue valley north, who is #2 in the state, and #4 in the region were picked to beat us, but we were the ones who came out a lot stronger. i scored in the first 5 minutes, on my only "shot" of the game. it was a header that, if their goalie had been really paying attention he would have come out harder or not at all. we had our first goal against later in the half, and took the tie into halftime. midway into the second half i picked up a throw in and restarted before their defense got set, and threw it over their defense to blake who ran on and finished it. our defender misplayed a ball with 13:30 left, and it bounced toward our stopper who was on the touchline by our goal. he wanst paying attention and he turned toward the ball and it bounced up and hit his arm, inadverdently. there were no persons around but the ref still called a PK. they made it to tie up the game at 2. in the last 30 seconds their center mid came down the middle and played it to the forward at the top of the box. he took a touch past the defender who clipped him on the way by, and the forward fell down in the box. the ref, who was at mid field ran down and made another PK call with 18 seconds left. if the game had ended tied in regulation we would have gone straight to PK's anyway, but the ref decided he wanted to be the one in control instead of the players, and they made the shot to win. it was sad, but both teams knew who should have won. tuesday we played west, who hasnt been this good in a long time, if ever. they came out a lot more prepared then we were and caught us off guard. there was no score at halftime. we finally broke through with 1:55 left in the second half. i got the last touch on a shot by blake, and that should have been enough. our defense gave them too much time and space, thus giving them an open look from about 25 yards. it took a fortunate bounce, and regualtion ended in a deadlock. we went through one overtime with no goals, and then it went to a second 10 minute session. with 7:03 left, i got a through ball which the keeper came out on, he hit me right after i shot it from about 30 yards, and i thought i had hit it over, but i didnt. it went in, and the game was over. i was exhausted. it was a very emotional game and one we definitely needed to win. and, after a slow, sloppy game last night, during which we got 7 corners in the first 10 minutes, and only produced one goal. our whole team slacked off, and we played crappy and fortunately got a goal with 1:46 left in regualation when i took a shot off the inside of the right post which john stamm followed in. Asisst me! lol, so, production wise it has been a good year. i hope it continues, but i have given God my soccer career. it is a nice feeling.
sorry that portion of my post was so disporportional, but that is alot of what has been going on in my life. i realize how pathetic that may be, but im ok with that. last week at our football game there was some "tailgating" going on, which i was excited about, not thinking twice about what all that may encompass, so when i get there, i shouldnt have been surprised but i was shocked that there was alcohol being passed around (in a figurative more then a literal sense). our all school president and vice president were involved. the vice-president more then the president, in such a way that she was falling all over the place and was literally out of control. it was ridiculous as well as being maddening for me. alot of people went into the game intoxicated, but those two were somehow singled out, and got into pretty big trouble. each received 2 week suspensions, and were removed from office. what does that mean... ? i dont know. there has not been an official announcement to the students, and they are obviously still suspended, which may be the reason for the delay in official recognition. i have been asked numous times whether susanna and i will run again if in fact there is a reelection, to which i answer i dont know. its tough. something i am definitely going ot have to think and pray about. i would appreciate the support.
well, there is another game tonight, and jacqueline has XC tomorrow morning, (Good luck babe) which i hope to make it to, and i will prolly mow tomorrow. the weather couldnt be more perfect right now. honestly it couldnt. i envy nobody at this point. well, i will let you guys get back to your lives. if in fact you took the time to make it this far anyway. have an awesome week, and i cant wait to see everyone.
IF YOU DONT LIKE OR CARE ABOUT SOCCER OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT DONT READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH!!
For starters, we are 4-1, with Centennial wins against Hayden and Topeka West. and Blue Valley tournament wins against O'Hara from MO, and Shawnee Mission East from KCK. the two tournament wins put us in the championship against Blue Valley North, who had knocked us out of State last year in the Quarterfinals. ok, back to the beginning. our first game was against Hayden, who.. sucked. there really isnt a better way to say it. they just didnt put up a fight at all, and it was a really positive way to start the season. we won 6-0 and i picked up an assist. we didnt know ne thing about O'Hara, and came in expecting a good game. no such luck. i dont know who would have won, but hayden would have given them a good run. it was another 6-0 game, and i accomplished something i have never done in my high school career. i scored 4 of those goals. i dont know how many of them i really deserved. at least 2, probably 3 though, but definitely not the last one. so then we played Shawnee Mission East, who is a good team. it was our first real test and we responded well. we had many chances, and dominated the shot line, but we didnt get a goal until 5:33 left in the game. it came on a corner and i headed it in. in the championship, blue valley north, who is #2 in the state, and #4 in the region were picked to beat us, but we were the ones who came out a lot stronger. i scored in the first 5 minutes, on my only "shot" of the game. it was a header that, if their goalie had been really paying attention he would have come out harder or not at all. we had our first goal against later in the half, and took the tie into halftime. midway into the second half i picked up a throw in and restarted before their defense got set, and threw it over their defense to blake who ran on and finished it. our defender misplayed a ball with 13:30 left, and it bounced toward our stopper who was on the touchline by our goal. he wanst paying attention and he turned toward the ball and it bounced up and hit his arm, inadverdently. there were no persons around but the ref still called a PK. they made it to tie up the game at 2. in the last 30 seconds their center mid came down the middle and played it to the forward at the top of the box. he took a touch past the defender who clipped him on the way by, and the forward fell down in the box. the ref, who was at mid field ran down and made another PK call with 18 seconds left. if the game had ended tied in regulation we would have gone straight to PK's anyway, but the ref decided he wanted to be the one in control instead of the players, and they made the shot to win. it was sad, but both teams knew who should have won. tuesday we played west, who hasnt been this good in a long time, if ever. they came out a lot more prepared then we were and caught us off guard. there was no score at halftime. we finally broke through with 1:55 left in the second half. i got the last touch on a shot by blake, and that should have been enough. our defense gave them too much time and space, thus giving them an open look from about 25 yards. it took a fortunate bounce, and regualtion ended in a deadlock. we went through one overtime with no goals, and then it went to a second 10 minute session. with 7:03 left, i got a through ball which the keeper came out on, he hit me right after i shot it from about 30 yards, and i thought i had hit it over, but i didnt. it went in, and the game was over. i was exhausted. it was a very emotional game and one we definitely needed to win. and, after a slow, sloppy game last night, during which we got 7 corners in the first 10 minutes, and only produced one goal. our whole team slacked off, and we played crappy and fortunately got a goal with 1:46 left in regualation when i took a shot off the inside of the right post which john stamm followed in. Asisst me! lol, so, production wise it has been a good year. i hope it continues, but i have given God my soccer career. it is a nice feeling.
sorry that portion of my post was so disporportional, but that is alot of what has been going on in my life. i realize how pathetic that may be, but im ok with that. last week at our football game there was some "tailgating" going on, which i was excited about, not thinking twice about what all that may encompass, so when i get there, i shouldnt have been surprised but i was shocked that there was alcohol being passed around (in a figurative more then a literal sense). our all school president and vice president were involved. the vice-president more then the president, in such a way that she was falling all over the place and was literally out of control. it was ridiculous as well as being maddening for me. alot of people went into the game intoxicated, but those two were somehow singled out, and got into pretty big trouble. each received 2 week suspensions, and were removed from office. what does that mean... ? i dont know. there has not been an official announcement to the students, and they are obviously still suspended, which may be the reason for the delay in official recognition. i have been asked numous times whether susanna and i will run again if in fact there is a reelection, to which i answer i dont know. its tough. something i am definitely going ot have to think and pray about. i would appreciate the support.
well, there is another game tonight, and jacqueline has XC tomorrow morning, (Good luck babe) which i hope to make it to, and i will prolly mow tomorrow. the weather couldnt be more perfect right now. honestly it couldnt. i envy nobody at this point. well, i will let you guys get back to your lives. if in fact you took the time to make it this far anyway. have an awesome week, and i cant wait to see everyone.
posted by Andrew Crandall at 2:03 AM
3 Comments:
Take it, Andrew. Your school needs you. Pray about it, of course, but I strongly feel that our schools need the solid leadership of some folks who won't be "tailgating" at games. You're in my prayers. Best of luck with the mad soccer skills... until Rural kicks your butts (had to insert some school pride there).
yeah, i read it. i think i'm gunna call you. i seem to get motivated to call bloggers afetr readign their blogs...kinda weird.
Glad soccer is awesome. Hope you get some great opportunities.
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