Holland Patent Boys Modified Soccer concluded a successful 10-1 season with a 4-0 win over Poland. Goals by Jack, Thomas (2) and Eric. After the game the boys celebrated with donuts and cider and general revelry.
Down 2-0 at the half, the HP Boys Modified Soccer scored four goals for a comeback win over Remsen 4-2. Goals were scored by Jack, Josh, Carter and Colby. The team record is 9-1 with the last game of the season at home vs Poland this Wednesday.
Oct 13 HP won a close game 1-0 vs Remsen pushing their record to 8-1.
October 11 Eric scored two goals in a 7-3 win over Canastota.
October 7 HP Boys Modified Soccer team lost a close game to Clinton 2-1 with the HP score coming on a penalty kick by Eric.
October 4 HP Boys Modified Soccer celebrate after a close 1-0 win over Sherburne-Earlville extending their record to 6-0. A tip-in goal by JD off a nice crossing pass by Colby.
September 30 HP Boys Modified Soccer team extended their record to 5-0 with a 10-6 win over Adirondack with a hat trick by Ethan and two goals each by Josh, Jack, Eric and one by Colby.
September 28 HP Boys Modified Soccer team beat Sauquoit 3-2. Sauquoit has a beautiful varsity-sized turf field that played fast.
In back to back games HP Boys Modified Soccer beat a good Remsen team 2-1. Remsen doesn’t have a JV team and the Remsen Modified Boys Team had 7th – 10th graders playing. HP had way more shots on goal, but Remsen had an excellent goal keeper. Goals were scored by Ethan and Eric off a corner kick that the goalie tipped in. Below the team celebrates after their win.
HPMS opened up their season with a 10-2 win over Herkimer. Herkimer scored on penalty kick in the box and one other goal. HP had 10 different boys score goals and the B team got a lot of playing time. Below Eric, Thomas, William Jonathon and Jack.
The first game was Sunday the 24th at 1 o’clock against Oneida at Betsinger Field 524 Betsinger Rd. Sherrill, N.Y. 13461. Since it is the start of vacation week from school a few players could not make the game. There will be no scheduled practices for AYSO, mainly due to the fact that a lot of the kids, if not all, are playing modified sports.
The team was primarily girls with 4 boys. They lost 9-0 showing a lack of playing with one another, passes lacking pace and a desire to dribble the ball into the goal rather than shooting from the box. But the kids had fun and played better in the 2nd half allowing only one goal in the 2nd half.
We received copies of Eric’s school picture. He wore his t-shirt and took a collared shirt for the picture.
We received Eric’s progress report. After weeks of independence on handling his homework, we were relieved to see his good graves.
Modified soccer season came to a close. The modified team had 16 players, 12 from the 7th grade and 4 8th graders. Eric primarily played Striker. The team struggled as many of their games pitted 7th graders versus teams with 7 – 9th graders as their opponents schools had no JV teams, therefore the 9th graders that didn’t make the varsity played on the modified team. Despite the size difference HP won 3 games and were competitive in all but one game. Scoring was an issue.
We couldn’t have asked for better weather this weekend. Eric’s soccer game Friday was versus Frankfort – a team that they lost to on Monday. This time they won 2-1 and controlled the game flow. Afterwards Eric went to the middle school dance while we played pitch with friends Steve/Linda and Bonnie/Cindy. Saturday I completed my defensive driving class. Every three years for the insurance discount. But it was a crime to sit inside on such a nice day. Kathryn canned pears and made applesauce for the winter. We cut another cord of firewood for next year as we opened up our trail in back of Kincaids so that my tractor and brush hog will fit through. I climbed up on our roof and cleaned our wood stove chimney. Our chimney was quite clean. Eric has soccer games on Monday and Tuesday. Kathryn and I watched the full lunar eclipse before crashing for the night.
In their 2nd game in a row HP Modified Soccer team faced a big (20 player) and experienced Remsen team. Once again playing against a team comprised of 7-9th graders, HPMS was challenged to control the ball. The team didn’t space as well as their opening game, seemed flat to start and did a lot of kicking versus passing of the ball. Remsen was not only big, but also as fast as HPMS. They lost 4-1 but played better the last 10 minutes of the game.
Wednesday night HPMS traveled to Canastota (another 7-9th grade team). Canastota had 14 players with a couple of good players, but also some holes; they were not able to match HPMS’s speed across all positions. HPMS won 5-2 with goals by Luke, Eric and Jack; in all 7 players took shots on goal. Below HPMS listens to Coach Parson’s prior to the game.
UK International is hosted a goalie and striker clinic Saturday at the Trenton Town Park from 9am-12pm. Eric, Matt and Harrison all did the goalie clinic. There were about 6-8 girls in the striker clinic. There was a short scrimmage afterwards.
