Today was our first official soccer game of the season. We began our season by playing in the Pine Grove tournament. Our opening matchup was against Pottsville or something like that. We struck early and never let up, leading to a nine point lead about halfway through the second half. They scored a scrap goal near the end of the game, but it was a great way to start our season. We then had an hour and a half or two hours to go get something to eat and get ready for our next game. Warming up for the championship game didn't go very well for me, because of how tired and sore I was from our first game. We got out onto the pitch and put a goal in within the first five minutes. That was an amazing boost for us, because we knew that this game was going to be tougher game than the first one had been. Within the rest of the first half we were able to put in one more goal to set the score at two nil going into the half. We didn't allow very many quality attempts for Hamburg to score, and they weren't able to capatilize on any of them. The second half was fairly uneventful, with the possible exception of a yellow card to Ryan Comiskey and some trash talk between the teams. When the final buzzer we found ourselves at a place we never found ourselves last year, as tournament champions. We also began our season with a record of two wins and zero losses. That's half the wins we had all of last year. The JV team also won the championship, so we swept the tournament in Varsity as well as JV. It is gratifying to go home after a game and know that you gave it your all and did pretty decent while you played. Our section is a very tough one, but if we stick together as a team we won't get destroyed like we did in previous years. It feels good to be a champion!