At 3 Quarter time this past Saturday, on Parkside's home ground, I was reminded what it was like to be in kindergarten and your teacher scolding you. After leading by 6 goals at halftime we found ourselves 4 goals down heading in to the 4th quarter. The wind was the culprit, in footy terms it was a 7 goal breeze, but we managed to give up 10 straight goals. Needless to say, Coach was not happy. As the siren sounded at the end of the 3rd, we gathered in our team huddle and were told to sit down. The way we were told (by an angry coach) and how we sat down reminded me of kindergarten, it was pretty humiliating. Coach went on quite a tirade, but I wasn't too worried, I thought we could do it. It was an awful quarter, one of the worst I've ever been a part of, but no matter how bad it got I kept telling myself we would come back. That's exactly what we did, kicking 5 goals in the 4th to win by 3 points, 85-82. The wind was such a factor, I just felt that once we had it to our advantage we would be able to overcome. They put on some pressure in the last 5 minutes, but we played strong team defense and shut them down for the win. It was good to sing the team song again, now we have to prepare for the final stretch of the season and make a run for the Division 3 grand final. We had a team meeting last night to talk about making the most of this opportunity, should be a fun ride....Check out our league website be sure to watch the video on the right and vote for Parkside in the poll below the video.
