So yesterday, Cardinal O'Hara came to Julia's school for a field hockey game. There were supposed to be two games - which Jules would be playing both - but it was also the Ring Mass at school. So, the JV game was canceled, and Jules played varsity.
O'Hara has about thirty-plus players, while her school had twenty. Not counting our goalie was sick and another player has a heart condition. O'Hara was rather late, then decided to take their time warming up, as the rain started. No on really they thought they would beat O'Hara, and I still don't know the score, because it was such a beating. They laughed at all the goals they were getting, against a goalie who never played a real full game.
In short, they were a-holes.
Jules was playing really hard, as she always does, but she let in a few goals, and I could tell she was getting really angry - about herself and O'Hara. Jules always plays very hard, and doesn't take stuff from other teams. In the second half, she was an absolute beast. She was running toward the shooters and swiping the ball from them, or using her hips to move someone out of her way. It's how she always play.
At the end of the game, one of her teammates came over to Jules and said the O'Hara girls were throwing out some words you shouldn't say in a Catholic school. Brynn, the teammate came to her and when she started talking to Jules, she said,
"I don't want to know." We don't know what these skanks said about Princess P, but if her playing style got O'Hara riled up, then, screw them.
P.S. - Some of you may remember Jules last game at O'Hara where she got hit with a ball on her leg, and refused to get off the field. Well, that happened again yesterday, and she got hit at the same spot she got hit last year. Spooky.
Oh, the final score was 10-0.
I am confused. Which team won?
ReplyDeleteJules sounds like the Caitlin Clark of her field hockey team.
Cardinal O'Hara, and they were jerks about it. Julia still doesn't want to know what they were saying. She just keeps playing to the best of her ability.
ReplyDeleteYesterday they played Archbishop Wood, and those games were better. Varsity lost 4-1. JV lost 2-0. Julia was swiping balls every time it came to her. She's really an amazing played for a sophomore.
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ReplyDeleteThat sucks. Hope the kids can move past the whole thing. A week ago my grandaugher's soccer team got their butts kicked. I lost track when it was 14-0. Her team didn't seem like they even showed up. Their game this weekend got postponed and it's today. I hope they show up and play hard. Hope Julia's team doesn't get discouraged.
ReplyDeleteJulia had a game on Monday. They played Lansdale which is a powerhouse. Julia was amazing as always, stopping a lot of balls past the goalie. The JV game was fairly close, but the varsity game was a mess. They lost 7-0. During the varsity game, a lot of the teammates kept telling the goalie - who is very good - that she isn't a good goalie, which is hogwash. The goalie got pulled and she walked home. The goalie is Julia's bestie, and I sincerely hope she comes back.
ReplyDeleteJulia would still play field hockey, but she would be miserable without her goalie.
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