It was an ordinary day. We were off to watch another field hockey game at MTHS. Our daughter Brynn is the goalie for the varsity team. This will be her fourth and final year of playing hockey. As a freshman she decided to change to goalie from "sweeper" when the coach told the team they had no goalie. It wasn't without some problems though. Two weeks before the season was to start she was cleaning a showcase I had made her to hold her spoon collection and she kicked the glass front glass panel with her
bare feet.
Not on purpose, mind you! Sliced a half-inch into her big toe. After having the stitches removed a week and a half later she got the OK from the doctor to play. Not only did she become a goalie, she became a fantastic goalie. The 1988 Freshman team went undefeated with a record of 11-0-2. She was selected the Co-Captain of the team at the beginning of the season. Not bad for only her third year of playing field hockey. As a senior she registered nine shutouts in goal as she led her team to a record of 11-4-1 and the school's first ever post-season entry in the District Playoffs. Again, she was voted a tri-captain by her teammates. Brynn also played freshman girl's basketball. She didn't go out for the team until she was in 9th grade, but did get to start at forward that year. Her most memorable experience while playing in a game was being called for an unwarranted foul and replying to the referee, "Holy Foul." For that she was awarded a technical and a seat on the bench. We could see the coach laughing though, since she always used the same statement many times herself. Brynn learned well! As much as basketball wasn't her favorite, softball probably was. She made the varsity tea
m as a freshman and was called on to pinch hit in an early game that year and got the first hit in the game and drove in a run. She became a starter shortly after that game. As a sophomore she was picked for the Lancaster-Lebanon League All-Star Team as the second baseman. Much success followed in her high school softball career. The following year her coach asked her to try some pitching. I jumped right in and we worked on the pitching in our yard on Janet Ave........at least for a time or two until she put a ball through the screened in p
orch with one of her fastballs. Her speed was astonishing, but she had a hard time controlling it. She finally settled in at shortstop for the rest of her career. Well, back to the hockey game today. I'm wandering the sidelines taking photos and at times slip behind the goal and give her some tips, which I'm sure she ignores or she would never have been the goaltender that she was. Every year for Christmas we would give Brynn an ornament for the tree which usually was either a hockey ball or softball listing her accomplishments for the year. So glad she didn't excel at basketball!! The tree couldn't have handled it. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
Not on purpose, mind you! Sliced a half-inch into her big toe. After having the stitches removed a week and a half later she got the OK from the doctor to play. Not only did she become a goalie, she became a fantastic goalie. The 1988 Freshman team went undefeated with a record of 11-0-2. She was selected the Co-Captain of the team at the beginning of the season. Not bad for only her third year of playing field hockey. As a senior she registered nine shutouts in goal as she led her team to a record of 11-4-1 and the school's first ever post-season entry in the District Playoffs. Again, she was voted a tri-captain by her teammates. Brynn also played freshman girl's basketball. She didn't go out for the team until she was in 9th grade, but did get to start at forward that year. Her most memorable experience while playing in a game was being called for an unwarranted foul and replying to the referee, "Holy Foul." For that she was awarded a technical and a seat on the bench. We could see the coach laughing though, since she always used the same statement many times herself. Brynn learned well! As much as basketball wasn't her favorite, softball probably was. She made the varsity tea
m as a freshman and was called on to pinch hit in an early game that year and got the first hit in the game and drove in a run. She became a starter shortly after that game. As a sophomore she was picked for the Lancaster-Lebanon League All-Star Team as the second baseman. Much success followed in her high school softball career. The following year her coach asked her to try some pitching. I jumped right in and we worked on the pitching in our yard on Janet Ave........at least for a time or two until she put a ball through the screened in p
orch with one of her fastballs. Her speed was astonishing, but she had a hard time controlling it. She finally settled in at shortstop for the rest of her career. Well, back to the hockey game today. I'm wandering the sidelines taking photos and at times slip behind the goal and give her some tips, which I'm sure she ignores or she would never have been the goaltender that she was. Every year for Christmas we would give Brynn an ornament for the tree which usually was either a hockey ball or softball listing her accomplishments for the year. So glad she didn't excel at basketball!! The tree couldn't have handled it. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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