Last Saturday's games were the last regular season games. There is one more game for 16 kids in each of the three oldest divisions: the Commissioner's Cup. Unusually for this participation-emphasis league, the league debuted an All-Star tournament last year, pitting six teams (boys' and girls' teams in three age divisions) from Moraga against their counterparts from the neighboring town of Lafayette. We went to the game last year so that Kelly could watch some of her friends (who had only been her friends for about two months at that time) play in this game. The games are intense and fun, and there is always something exciting about representing a place rather than just your own arbitrarily constructed team.
Kelly was honored by her teammates this year, who voted onto the All Star team. Her regular season coaches are also the coaches for the All Star team, so the two practices this week were familiar. All the girls know each other to some degree, so they have had a lot of fun playing together. They also carry themselves with a little extra confidence that comes from simply being on the team.
The game will be played on Saturday afternoon at the local high school's football field, a beautiful artificial turf facility (Kelly has had tremendous luck with the fields she has played on this year).
Regardless of the outcome of the game, or how many minutes Kelly plays, being selected for the All Star team has been a thrill for her.
1 comment:
Yay for Kelly!!! I'll hold good thoughts for the game today. What an honor! Don't forget to have fun.
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