Wow, we're really here! The state semi-final match! We got there early to get a good seat.
The bleachers were quickly filling up with the home-town crowd.
How cool is this!?
Not sure what these girls were laughing about.
Warm-ups. Thomas practicing corner kicks.
I'm not sure who is left in Ashland, because I think the entire town was in Blue Springs!
That's my boy! It suddenly hit me, as we were sitting watching them warm up, that, "My kid is playing in a state championship."
Ready to go!
Kicking myself for cutting off his hand and part of his head in this great shot.
This one was totally by accident, too, but a cool shot nonetheless.
Thomas and Jake.
Get off me!!
Celebrating our first goal.
Celebrating Nate making a penalty kick!
Yyyyyesssss!
Karen, a fellow soccer mom.
And Shelly.
We're almost there!
Wooooo hooooo!
Semi-final winners running to greet their student crowd
who were lined up behind the fence.
Look at ol' #7....looks like he's letting it all soak in.
Coach Miller just out of the locker room following the game.
Girlfriend gets the first victory hug.
Then one for Mom.
A hug from Coach Tom Oleski, who coached Thomas and several of the other team members when they were younger. He was their coach when they won a gold medal in the Show Me State Games.
Thomas is quite a bit taller than he was when Coach Tom coached him. :)
