The soccer season came to an end with our first district game against Cedar Rapids Xavier. The boys played well- I couldn't have asked for much more effort- but the game ended with a 3-0 score. The game was closer than the score indicates as two of their goals were the result of penalty kicks, including one in the first five minutes. Both penalties in my humble opinion were horrible calls. Xavier had one player whose main task seemed to be to fall over when ever he got near the ball inside the eighteen. Xavier played their second round on our field Saturday, and I saw him in action again. The kid should have got an "Oscar" on his one dive which resulted in another pk. The official in the second game seemed to catch on to his acting ability as he would holler "play on" followed by lots of whining.
So the season came to an end with a 13-2 record and one of the highest scoring offenses in IMS soccer history. With the exception of two games, we played our season in a three week time period. Because of all the rain early in the season we had numerous postponements. When the weather finally cooperated we were playing 4-6 games a week.
The seniors graduated this weekend and the rest of the students are done Thursday. Then perhaps there will be more time for this.
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