Day Four: Wet & Wild

The boys had another great day today! The big adventure today was a trip tubing down a local river. Most of the boys were in tubes along with coaches and a brave parent. Other parents and players were in a raft. Apparently, our group set a record for the largest group taken down the river by this one guide. I am told that the guide was excellent and maneuvered his kayak to keep up with the boys and to stay on top of any potential problems. There were quiet, lazy stretches of the river, but there were also some rapids. For some reason, no one was willing to take pictures! Luckily, the company who runs the tours does take photos and a CD was purchased. We will attempt to get some photos out this week. Even if we are not successful this week, you will get to see your boys on the river after we return.

A 5/6 team and a 7/8 team from Niskayuna arrived at camp today so our boys no longer have the entire place to themselves. After dinner, the teams suited up, warmed up, and prepared for play.


The 5/6 teams faced off at 7:00 p.m. The other team looked ready to play and was on their game from the very beginning.

Our boys didn’t seem quite their usual peppy selves during the first half of the game. Near the end of the half, they seemed to pull it together, but by then they were facing a sizable deficit. We did do some good defense.

In the second half, there were many great plays. All in all, it was a good game against a worthy opponent. The final score was Crush 2 – Niskayuna 6. It will be interesting to see how these two teams play the next time they face each other.

The 7/8 team took the field next. As predicted, by this time, my camera wasn’t much use against the darkness. Even the field lights didn’t help much. Again, the Niskayuna team looked really good. They took a quick lead and Crush had to battle back to tie before the half. In the second half, Crush looked very good. The goalie had the 5/6 team players in awe. There was a particularly memorable play by #17 where he made an amazing save on the line near midfield and then ran it through a sea of red jerseys to take it in for the goal. Even the fog rolling in couldn’t stop the play. The final score was 9-5 Crush.

The 5/6 boys had the opportunity to watch the entire 7/8 game. They did watch most of it and did pick up some moves. They also had fun showing a little team spirit. Didn’t I say that the boys were having fun?

A schedule for the week is finally out! Tuesday morning there will be more team building activities and Tuesday evening there will be two 5/6 games and two 7/8 games. First face offs are again at 7:00 p.m. It wasn’t clear if the two teams on site will face each other twice or if other teams will be coming in. I had heard on Sunday that the local coaches were going to try to put together one or two teams. We’ll all just have to find out about the matchups together.

There are also activities scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, but I’m not at liberty to divulge them. I will be at the camp with my camera in tow, so you will get to read all about it. The Adirondack Extreme adventure is currently scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.