Unfortunately I wasn't able to see either Carter or Rylan's soccer games because they overlapped with the other's baseball game and pictures. But they both did awesome according to Brian. Carter scored the only goal for his team and Rylan scored 3 of the 4 goals for his team (with the fourth goal being a goal kick that went the entire length of the field and probably would have gone in on it's own but was tapped by one of his teammates!). Rylan apparently had amazing defense as well and hopped back up right away every time he got taken down.
Both boys also had great baseball games. So great that they both earned the game balls for their teams! Yay!!!
Rylan had hits at both at-bats (he didn't need the tee either time) and made it safely to first each time. The first inning he played right field. He remembered to back up first base each time and was always paying great attention. He even fielded one ball and ran it to first base for an out!!! The second inning he played second base. He had one AMAZING fielding of a grounder on the run and continued on with the ball and tagged second for an out. He also covered second base every time the ball was hit to the left side of the field and even got an out when one of the other kiddos threw the ball to him. Brian got to see the majority of the game and we were super proud of how much Rylan was always aware of what was going on during the game. He definitely earned the game ball today!
Carter also had a great game. He played all over the field this game but the only time he touched the ball was when a ball was hit to him at second base during the first inning. The ball hit his foot too so he didn't even get a chance to get an out. But where he excelled today was at the plate. At Carter's game on Tuesday, I noticed his bat was in horrible shape. It was dented all over! When did that happen?!?!? I got him a new bat this week and we went to the batting cage for over an hour yesterday to give both boys some hitting practice and let Carter get used to the new bat. It's 2 inches longer and 2 ounces heavy so he was having a little trouble getting used to it. I was a little worried for the game today. But he had a couple of AMAZING hits. The first he hit hard to the left side and it should have been a triple but our player on deck touched the ball as it was thrown in from the outfield and Carter had to go back to second. He nailed his last hit up the middle (I don't think it landed until the outfield). He had another hit up the third base line and struck out once. Besides the great hits, Coach Jeff mentioned during the game ball speech how Carter caught a fly ball during the last game and that Carter is always thinking. He even mentioned how Carter is super hard on himself and how you can tell he is always replaying what he did wrong in the field after the play so he doesn't do it again.
We are super proud of both boys! They definitely gave it their all today!
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