Brag On Your Kid(s)
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Update since this thread first appeared. Oldest son T. and his wife have given us two wonderful GRAND kids, 5 AND 2. He works as a high school History teacher and is a soccer official. His wife is working at another high school teaching foreign language.
Son number 2, D. and is wife still live in middle Tennessee. He works in home inspections and she is is a 1st grade teacher. They are expecting their first child in June.
Proud husband, dad and papa!
Son number 2, D. and is wife still live in middle Tennessee. He works in home inspections and she is is a 1st grade teacher. They are expecting their first child in June.
Proud husband, dad and papa!
Lily has pulled off a nice trifecta in the last week. Five of her seven classes are advanced, and for the semester ending Friday she achieved six As and a B. She also heard back from a couple of summer camps she applied to earlier in the year. She had to get nominated by her school, write essays, and interview with the respective committees. She got accepted to a week-long STEM camp and a two-week long Marine Science camp this summer. Bravo, Lily! 
My other nephew now with some bragging rights!
(he's the Executive Assistant to the President of I.R.S.C.)
(he's the Executive Assistant to the President of I.R.S.C.)
Now to just make sure he doesn’t end up a locomotive engineer lol.
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I see that your nephews take after you Bazza!My other nephew now with some bragging rights!
(he's the Executive Assistant to the President of I.R.S.C.)
Poor Sadie yesterday lost a heartbreaker. Her team was playing up in a Hoover tournament. 07s playing in an 06 bracket. Ran roughshod through the group and semis, with her not giving up a goal all tournament. Final comes, we’re the better team. We had 9 shots to their one, which Sadie saved easily, but we tired out and they started stalling, opting for PKs. We lost in PKs, unfortunately. She’s pretty heartbroken. Went through the whole tournament without giving up a single goal and still end up on the losing end.
In trying to cheer her up, I’ve pulled up her stats from the state league. We’ve played 6 games and are currently tied atop the standings with Vestavia, the number 1 team in the state and a top 60 program nationally.
Vestavia’s, who has given up 5. Then Briarwood’s, who has given up 9. The rest have all allowed 15+. She’s given up 3 goals in league play, all to Vestavia, the most dangerous offense in the state. We came out of those games with a narrow 2-1 loss and a 1-1 draw. That’s an accomplishment in and of itself as Vestavia doesn’t generally beat people so much as they run them off the field.
Her team is third in the state and top 150 nationally among 07s. She’s better than either keeper from the teams ahead of us. Kind of odd for the odds-on favorite for the best 07 keeper in state to have confidence issues, but losses like yesterday do tend to shake you.
On a more positive note, Jillian is starting to figure this soccer thing out. Still has a long way to go, but she played in the same tournament in the U10 bracket, where they had a respectable 2 wins to 1 loss. The kicker, though, it that one of those wins was a thrashing of BUSA 09, and somehow when I woke up this morning and checked USA Rank, they’ve climbed to 3rd in the state and into the top 200 nationally among 09s after being unranked going in to the weekend. Go figure.
She’s getting a lot of PT considering how green she is, but she’s getting close. Another year and a half will work wonders at this rate before competitive tryouts loom.
In trying to cheer her up, I’ve pulled up her stats from the state league. We’ve played 6 games and are currently tied atop the standings with Vestavia, the number 1 team in the state and a top 60 program nationally.
Vestavia’s, who has given up 5. Then Briarwood’s, who has given up 9. The rest have all allowed 15+. She’s given up 3 goals in league play, all to Vestavia, the most dangerous offense in the state. We came out of those games with a narrow 2-1 loss and a 1-1 draw. That’s an accomplishment in and of itself as Vestavia doesn’t generally beat people so much as they run them off the field.
Her team is third in the state and top 150 nationally among 07s. She’s better than either keeper from the teams ahead of us. Kind of odd for the odds-on favorite for the best 07 keeper in state to have confidence issues, but losses like yesterday do tend to shake you.
On a more positive note, Jillian is starting to figure this soccer thing out. Still has a long way to go, but she played in the same tournament in the U10 bracket, where they had a respectable 2 wins to 1 loss. The kicker, though, it that one of those wins was a thrashing of BUSA 09, and somehow when I woke up this morning and checked USA Rank, they’ve climbed to 3rd in the state and into the top 200 nationally among 09s after being unranked going in to the weekend. Go figure.
She’s getting a lot of PT considering how green she is, but she’s getting close. Another year and a half will work wonders at this rate before competitive tryouts loom.
My 15 year old 10th grader was tapped for Sr Beta Club today. Joining his Senior brother (for a couple months) who has been in since he was eligible as well.
Running roughshod through a group again. Already through to the final with one group game to play, the only thing it will determine for them is jersey color in the final. Dominated the opposing teams so much that she got to play in the field today. Got pulled down in the box late in the second game, and her coach let her shoot the penalty. Notice that she doesn’t celebrate. #keepersorority.
That poor girl was incredible. We’d have score 20 if not for her.
That poor girl was incredible. We’d have score 20 if not for her.
Any keeper knows what it’s like to get beat down even in spite of performing at a high level. Seriously, even though they were in call-off-the-dogs mode very early, this poor girl in the opposing goal was simply incredible between the sticks. I was cheering for her saves after the first 10 minutes to keep her spirits up.
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That is great sportsmanship. She will remember that one day because kids need that from other people than their parents sometimes.
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I was a keeper too, and the one that turned Sadie into one. It’s literally a fraternity/sorority, and doesn’t celebrate each other’s misfortunes.
Look no further than here. Skip to 1:00.
https://www.wimp.com/goalkeeper-tim-howard-scores-from-100-yards-out/
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Re: Brag On You Kid(s)
Not my kids, but my cousins. The older one has won international competitions and has a produced CD with original compositions. He's AWESOME. About 15 & 12 yrs old. Here are two videos...
They performed with the Austin Symphony last year and at SXSW.
Not my kids, but my cousins. The older one has won international competitions and has a produced CD with original compositions. He's AWESOME. About 15 & 12 yrs old. Here are two videos...
They performed with the Austin Symphony last year and at SXSW.
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My child has made the President's list for his first two semesters of college. He has worked very hard this past year. Hopefully he can keep it up.
My child has made the President's list for his first two semesters of college. He has worked very hard this past year. Hopefully he can keep it up.
Please don't shoot me because this is bragging on my grandson. He's Nate Seltzer, the geography whiz that appears on the Ellen Show every couple of months. Pretty neat little kid. If you're not familiar with him, take a look at one of his youtubed episodes: https://youtu.be/LX3UPJ6qW9A
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