Sennet had another weekend of flag football, soccer, and baseball games. All went well.

Flag football was on Saturday morning. Sennet had a really good game. He had some tenacious defense, getting quite a few players down behind the line of scrimmage.

He also had a sweet touchdown – his friend Gavin was quarterback and threw a bomb over everyone and Sennet ran under it and caught, and then no one could touch him as he sprinted to the endzone. Wish I’d been filming at that moment!

Soccer was Saturday afternoon. Soccer has been rough his year. He’s not very thrilled with his coaches, and the team has not been good and hasn’t won a game. So his spirits are not into it. The last couple games have been a bit better, as some players that couldn’t play the first few games were now available and they are quite good. They’ve gotten closer to a victory every game. Saturday was their most complete game. Sennet played goalie (which he loves) the first half, and was a brick wall. The opposing team had a ton of shots on goal and he stopped them all. The only goal he gave up was a penalty kick.

The second half he played halfback and really got in the mix. At the end of the game the team was down 2-3 and we kept pressing and kept pressing. Finally we had a sharp shot on goal that the goalie deflected up and it came down next to him right into the hands of his teammate – who caught it – with one foot in the goal. Goal. Tie game. At restart there was one kick and the ref blew full time. One of those times that a tie felt like a win.

Then today, Sunday, was baseball. Fall ball is a whole different animal from spring baseball and a world away from select baseball. Fall baseball is for good players to just keep their muscle memory going, but mostly it’s for new players to learn the game with a lot less pressure. Which means it’s really boring for the most part, for Sennet and the kids he usually plays with. We won’t do it again next year. But today Sennet had a pretty good game so he was happy with it. He played outfield, first base, and catcher (his favorite) for two innings. He also had a good day at the plate. His first time up he hit a sharp grounder towards the third baseman. Unfortunately there were runners on first and second, so he just stepped on third for the force out. His next time up he hit a line drive into the outfield. He ended up scoring that inning. They don’t really keep score in fall ball, but Sennet’s team won handily.

All in all, a very good weekend.