Vacation - Day Two




Today was the first game of The Pike's Peaks Tournament for Chris's team. They played well and it was fun to watch them. Our boys had lots more shots on goal than the other team did, but we just weren't getting the ball in the goal. Chris had a couple of opportunities, but one went up and over and the other went out wide to the left. At half time we were down 0-1, and with ten minutes left of the game, we were losing 0-2. But with only those ten minutes or so left of the game, we scored one. That pumped our boys (and parents) up and they got our 2nd with only about 5 minutes to spare. They worked super hard to pull off the win, but their last couple attempts just couldn't quite make it in, so the game ended in a tie, 2-2. It was a great comeback from being down by two... way exciting to watch! These are the fields that they get to play on... the tournament is at the Air Force Academy, which is really impressive. This photo is from the top of a hill that you drive down to get there... it doesn't do it justice, because you can't see everything... this is an amazing venue! Click on the photo to get a better perspective - those lower fields aren't even being played on... those little tiny dots you see on the fields at the top right are people, then you can see another hill, and there are some fields up there that we're playing on too.


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This set of photos is him going for goal. I didn't get a pic of where the ball went, because I was so excited and screaming, I forgot my camera for a second... I thought he was going to put the ball in!



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This was one of the several times that our goalie, Jared Chichia, saved the day. It looks like he got ran over, but if you click on the photo and look at his face, you'll see that it didn't even faze him... he's awesome!


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A couple more shots of Chris playing hard, and by the end he and the other boys were exhausted. Tomorrow we have two games, which will be fun, but very tiring for the boys - especially with the heat and altitude.



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The girls weren't much into the game, so they sat and played on the sidelines... finding ladybugs and rolling down the hill. We went swimming when we got back to the hotel... I'll try to post some swimming pics later... see you soon!