Way OT- A Little bit of bragging (Some Scirocco Content)

[dan.bubb at gmail.com (Dan Bubb)]

Congratulations! Nice story and a refreshing break from Sciroccos and
cars in general

On 11/7/05, John S. Lagnese <jlagnese@massed.net> wrote:
> Nice job!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David L. Winchell, II" <davidwinchell2@sprynet.com>
> To: "Scirocco List" <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 12:55 PM
> Subject: Way OT- A Little bit of bragging (Some Scirocco Content)
>
>
> Ok, Some of you may know that among the many things I do, I coach a girls
> youth soccer team, the James Island U-12G Storm.
>
> The team has struggled over the four years that my daughter has been on the
> team.  They have had losing season after losing season for all of that time.
> Last fall the team coach was relieved of his posting for a threatening
> action towards a ref. (He threw his cap on the field after tackle that
> injured one of our girls.)
>
> Two of the other fathers and myself took over the team last season (spring
> season) in order for the girls to continue playing.  Our goal last season
> was to improve play and hold all teams scoreless for half of the game.  We
> did that and tied several games, but couldn't put in a win.  Our goal this
> season was to continue to improve and beat our rival team that is the other
> James Island U-12Girls (Sharks).  Our first game of the season was against
> them and we beat them.  It was sweet. Our season was highlighted with that
> win.
>
> As we entered the James Island Cup Tournament this past weekend were the
> heavy underdog.  Our first game was against a Summerville team that has
> taken the first place trophy for the cup several times. We game out of the
> that game with a 3-1 win that gave us 9 tournament points out of a possible
> 10 per game. That was Saturday morning. Our girls were real excited. Our
> next game was Sunday at 12:00 noon.  We were playing a Mount Pleasant team
> that had beaten us earlier in the year. They came out on the field thinking
> they had already won.  Our girls fought hard and kept them scoreless getting
> the shut out point.  We had a lot of shots on goal, but for most of the game
> we just couldn't get the right touch we need to put the ball in the net.
> Then on a corner kick the ball was crossed in front of the goal and one of
> our girls knocked it in.  We put two in right behind that to put our win
> down as a 3-0 win giving the full 10 points for the match. Our final game
> was scheduled an hour and a half later while out opponents had not played
> since their 8:00 am game. As we entered the final game we were so far ahead
> of everyone else in our bracket that all we needed to win the top spot was
> two tournament points.  (Basically two goals or a tie.) We came in the game
> with a drive to beat this team as it was our rival team from the club.  Our
> girls came out and put two goals in the net in the first half securing the
> championship spot.  Our focus in the second half was defense. We dominated
> them through the first fifteen minutes of the second half as I had my
> strongest girls out there. As they tired and we subbed, we ended up with a
> miscue between two of our girls and our sweeper got beat and the keeper
> didn't have much of a chance.  As time ran out they put pressure on to tie
> the game and our girls denied them access to our back field.  It was
> beautiful to watch.  As the final whistle blew and our girls celebrated, the
> Sharks poor attitude was already showing. Several of them would not
> participate in the traditional line hand shake and just a couple came
> through the tunnel our girls made for them.
>
> The trophy ceremony was great.  The girls were so excited and so were the
> parents.  It was really awesome to see them do so well.
>
> Now that the season is over I can actually work on these cars in the drive
> way and get them all happily back on the road.
>
> Dave
>
> David L. Winchell, II
> DavidWinchell2@sprynet.com
> 87 2.0L 16V Scirocco
> 86 8V Scirocco
> 84 Scirocco BBS Turbo
> 80 Scirocco S
> 01 V6 Galant
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