Summer Camps ‘09

It was a summer full of camps for both Jake and Josh this year!  They spent four and five weeks, respectively, away from home and on their own!  Left our place strangely quiet…
It all started July 12 when we dropped Joshua off for four weeks at North Woods Camp. This would be Josh’s fifth year [...]

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Sox Win!

We took in a GREAT Red Sox game at historic Fenway Park on July 8th. Though our view was a bit obstructed – here’s a shot of Kevin Youkilis at the plate…

The game recap would include a three run homer from David Ortiz, a solo shot from J.D. Drew, a couple of Pedroia doubles, Wakefield’s [...]

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Mass Cup ‘09

Some guys from Jake’s town soccer team and a few from another put together a team for the Mass Cup Tournament in Tewksbury over Father’s Day Weekend. On Saturday, they won their three qualifying games handily: 3-0 (Jake had a goal!), 6-0 (Jake had another!) and 1-0. They took a 10-0 goal advantage into the [...]

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Spring Sports ‘09

Our spring has sure been full of sports!

Joshua played soccer with his Division 1 town socer team in the Essex County league. They were in a super-competitive division this year and, with frequent player absences, only managed to finish about mid-pack. Joshua continued to improve his goalkeeper skills and was the rock solid anchor of [...]

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2009 Memorial Day Champs!

Jacob and his Benfica USA teammates played in the Amherst (NH) Soccer Club’s  Memorial Day Soccer Tournament over the long weekend.

Jake’s team kicked some serious butt in the qualifying round, going un-scored upon in its three games and winning 6-0, 9-0, and 7-0.  In each game, they’d flipped the offense onto defense and the defense [...]

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Indoor Soccer ‘09

Not content to take a session off, Joshua played soccer for a Danvers team at the Topsfield Arena for the first and second winter sessions. They play a slightly different brand of indoor soccer than Josh was used to.  Here, the field has “boards” – much like a hockey rink – and rebounds are in [...]

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Basketball 08-09

Both guys had a lot of fun playing in-town basketball this year!

Josh’s team was made up of a bunch of scrappy kids who just played hard.  They dropped the opener by one point and took the next game by 19. Josh was the play-maker guard and a rebound animal. From his goalkeeper experience, he’s used [...]

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Fall Soccer ‘08

The successful fall soccer season was kicked off at the annual Fall kickoff Classic held right in our own town!! Both guys played with their fall town teams – or a majority of the players from them anyway.
Jake’s team went 1-2 with one real close 1-0 loss that could have ended up going either way. [...]

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Soccer Camp

Josh and Jake spent a week sharing a room at SoccerPlus‘ soccer camp out at Northfield Mount Hermon School. The week was a bit wet, but the guys managed to find many sunny breaks in which to get some great training and might have even had a mudfest or two!

Josh, having attended a similar camp [...]

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2008 Bulls

Jake played for baseball for North Reading’s Triple-A league Durham Bulls this spring. 

On defense, Jake usually played catcher.  He likes that position because he’s involved in every pitch. His team liked him playing there because he’s very good at blocking errant pitches, keeping the infield aware, and making the throw to second base in case of [...]

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