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Today’s Cheerleaders

Thursday 21 September 2023 | 0 Comments

The Girl's varsity team played a big rival tonight. The rumor is, one of the girls on the team is the next Journee, the powerhouse hitter we had last year who was number one in the state and number eleven in the nation. They already beat a team that beat us at a tournament this year, so it was going to be a tight match.

The first two sets, though, we won handily: 25-20 both sets. The third set we jumped out to a big lead only to lose it. The fourth set we jumped out to a big head only to lose it again, but we managed to regain it and win 25-23.

Among those cheering were the girls that came to Mauldin's summer volleyball camp. They were there to cheer on their instructors/mentors, and boy did they cheer.

Soccer

Saturday 16 September 2023 | 0 Comments

Victorious

Monday 08 May 2023 | 0 Comments

Congratulations to our girls' soccer team, who won the district championship tonight.

Several of my students are on the team, so I had to go watch this -- not just our school to cheer but individual students I'll see in class tomorrow and give high fives.

They went to extra time, scored at 0-0, and they won in the final minute of extra time. In a way, though, I feel awful about it: they didn't win on a big strike to the corner of the goal. It was a goalie mistake, pure and simple. Almost a beginner's mistake, I would say. The goal slumped down and began weeping. I felt awful for her: she's going to feel the whole team did their part, and then she let them down. She's going to relive the moment endlessly. She's going to beat herself up over that for weeks. And the team will (and already did) huddle around her and cheer her up, tell her everything is fine -- "We did the best we could!" But that won't help. At least not for a while.

High Jump

Saturday 18 March 2023 | 0 Comments

The Girl won first place in the high jump today.

First Meet

Saturday 11 March 2023 | 0 Comments

The Girl had her first meet today. As in, the first meet of her life, not just of the season. It was a monster all-day meet, with 35 schools competing. She took third in the varsity high jump.

Three Pairs of Shoes

Friday 10 March 2023 | 0 Comments

The Girl has taken up field sports -- javelin, discus, shot put (?!), and high jump. Today, here throwing shoes arrived, slick on the bottom to allow for maximum spin.

"Now I have three pairs of shoes to take to meets," she laughed. That doesn't count whatever she might wear to the meet.

Game 2

Saturday 25 February 2023 | 0 Comments

It was a close game, tied 0-0 at halftime and even throughout the vast majority of the second half. And then, with about one minute remaining, the opposing team scored.