Wrentham Wrockstars Fall Soccer Schedule 2009

Sat. 9/12/09 10:30am @ Wellesley - Wrockstars victory 3-0
Goals scored: 2 by Alex Edney and one by a confused Wellesley player (ouch). Awesome assist by Hannah and a great overall game w/ some good shots on goal. Keep it up Wrockstars!!
Sat. 9/19/09 9am @ Rice Complex field F - Wrockstars victory 5-0
Goals scored: Carly Adams, Monica Harvey (2), Katherine Molla & Hannah Flaherty. Great game played by all & awesome defense!
Sat. 9/26/09 9am @ Rice Complex field F - Wrockstars victory 3-0
Goals scored by Katherine Molla X2 & Elise Regnier.
Sat. 10/3/09 9am @ Newton Albemarle Complex Field 23A - Wrockstars victory 3-1: Goals scored by Alyx Edney, Catherine Molla and Erica. The victory was also largely due to Elise's amazing goal tending. Great job team; this put you in first place!

Sat. 10/10/09 9am @ Rice Complex field F - Wrockstars Victory 4-0

Goals scored by Carly Adams x2, Becca & Erica! Great job girls!!
Sat. 10/17/09 2:30pm @ Rice Complex field A - Wrockstar victory 1-0: Thanks to a tremendous goal by Elise and a fantastic save by Hannah the Wrockstars keep thier victorious record!!
Sat. 10/24/09 10:30am @ Medfield; Wheelock Field - Wrockstar victory 2-0. Goals from Alyx Edney and Chatherine Molla with an awesome assist from Catherine as well. Wow girls, 7-0 record; great season!!
Sat. 10/31/09 10:30am @ Foxboro; Stather Field - Wrockstar victory 3-1. Goals from Erica, Devyn (while on defense :), and Hannah Flaherty. Awesome shots on goal by Elise & a great game overall. What a formidable defense we have!
Sat. 11/7/09 9am @ Rice Complex Field F - Tough loss today 2-1. The girls are going to have to work really hard and score lots of goals next week in order to get back into standing as division champs. Goal scored today by Monica, excellent goal tending by Elise.

Sat. 11/14/09 10:30 am @ Wellesley

To check for schedule changes etc. please visit the following link: http://bays.org/?q=node/112&iteamid=474

KP Mites 1 Fall 2009 Schedule

Monday 9/7/09 vs. Holliston 4:30pm @ Home: KP Victory 25-14
Touchdowns scored by Sammy, Andrew D, Joe and Tommy (Tommy also scored an extra point)
Sunday 9/13/09 vs. Hyde Park 9am (Away): KP Victory 19-7
2 Touchdowns for Andrew D and a touchdown pass completed from Andrew to Joe on the half back option pass. Tommy scored one extra point and threw a touchdown pass to Andrew D. Both Defense and Offense played excellent games. Nice job boys!

Sunday 9/20/09 vs. Franklin 3pm @ Home - KP Victory 14-7

2 Touchdowns for Andrew D. and an extra point, Dan Mason with an extra point and props to Jarrod Rosa for an AWESOME interception and to CJ Mello for playing hard even w/ a case of pneumonia - they make those Mello's tough! Game well played boys by offense & defense! Keep it up!

Saturday 9/26/09 vs. Norfolk 1pm@ Home - KP Victory 32-6

Touchdowns: Sammy Sesay, Andrew D, Sean Manning and Tommy Flaherty X2 (one was an awesome defensive strip when the Norfolk runner was stacked up in the pile. He took the strip 50 yards), . Extra points: Dan Mason & Collin Grahm. AWESOME interception by Sean Manning that would have been another KP TD if not for the mercy rule that was invoked and ended the game. Keep it up boys!

Sunday 10/4/09 vs. Apponnequet 9am @ TBD - KP Victory 20-0

Touchdowns: Dan Mason, Joe Fruci x2 (one receiving, see Andrew), Extra points: Daniel Cobb & Sammy Seasay. Also, Andrew D. threw a TD pass and Hunter LaFlamme was a defensive force, serving up two QB sacks. WOW boys, what a season!

Sunday 10/11/09 vs. Wareham 4:30pm - KP Victory 19-6

Tommy made a great fumble recovery that he ran in 50 yards for a terrific touchdown. Tommy also had a great pass interception on defense during a goal line stand. Andrew D. made two dazzling long touchdown runs for 30 and 65 and ran it in for an extra point. Sean Manning wrecked the QB causing the fumble Tommy picked up & had a nice "floating run" (it was like his feet never touched the ground). CJ Mello made some huge defensive plays stuffing a reverse and Bricks was again a force on defense all around and on the goal line. All the boys played a great game. Also, Coach Flaherty thanks Joe Fruci for being a true example of a team player and always doing what he's asked without question. 6-0 WOW!!

Sat. 10/17/09 vs. Norfolk 12:30pm @ Home - Tough loss, 19-7. Although the game was closer than the score indicates, it came down to turnovers. KP fumbled in the 4th qrt down 13-7 and when they got the ball back again it was 19-7 with too little time left on the clock. Paul wishes he called a different play other than the one that resulted in the fumble. The boys were bummed about their first loss of the season; the only consolation is that Norfolk M1 is 7-0. So at least they were competitive against another solid (albeit stacked) team. Congrats to Sean Manning for his TD and Tommy for the extra point. You put us on the board boys.

Sat. 10/24 6:30pm vs. Taunton @ Taunton H.S. - KP 32, Taunton 7 and this game was not as close as the score indicates. It was 19-0 at half and 26-0 midway thru the 3rd quarter. League rules required us to run a basic offense for most of the rest of the game. The game got off to a rough start as KP fumbled on their first possesion. However KP's defense responded with an interception for a TD by Daniel Cobb. Sean Manning had the next TD for KP on offense followed by a 70+ yard TD run by Andrew D to close out the half. The extra point went to Joe Fruci on a quick pass to the corner from Tommy. The defensive held tough all evening and KP's next offensive possession ended with Daniel Cobb's first rushing TD of the season. The extra point was completed by a high stepping, untouched Connor Keegan on a 42 dive. Taunton scored a TD against our third string D late in the game, which fortunately allowed KP to run a "real" offense. With time running down in the game, Andrew D took his third carry of the evening 60+ yards (3 carries for 130+ yards and 1 TD in the game for Andrew) and could have scored except he was instructed to run out of bounds at the 5, which he did. That set up Colin Graham's first TD of the season to close out the game.

All in all, great season by the boys, a 7-1 record, a potent offense and a stingy D contributed to the success. All the boys got better as the season went on and last night's victory was a culmination of all their hard work.

Flaherty Family Annual Picnic at Nana Bananas

Summer has been very busy and we've had little time to blog about our adventures. However, we wanted to send out a special thanks to Nana Banana for another wonderful annual picnic and share some special photos. Nana turns 80 this coming winter and it was wonderful to share a pre-birthday surprise celebration with her as well. Happy almost 80th Nana Banana...

Berkshires 2009

Thank you to Anna and Jim Tupper and all of their crew, (Papa duck Justin, Julia and Tina), for another wonderful weekend at their log cabin in the Berkshires. We thoroughly enjoyed the time on the lake, the fishing (especially Tommy), and the campfire stories. Though, there may be Tuppers and Flaherty's having nightmares for years to come about the Red Lady with bad teeth! Murphy apologizes to Daisy for his poor behavior and plans to send over a treat! Oh, and Justin... Mr. Flaherty is practicing up for next year's rope swing competition - watch out!!

National Young Leadership Convention

http://www.cylc.org/educ_video/flash_slideshows/1096/NLP1096_S1_BOS/slideshow.asp

Follow the above link for a look at Tommy's activities at the convention in Boston. He appears late in the Day One slide show, but there are some cute pictures. He arrived home exhausted but happy :)

Hock Summer Ball Schedule

6/25/2009 5:45 PM Rice Complex - Win
6/26/2009 5:45 PM Wrentham: Rice 2 - loss 13/12
6/29/2009 5:45 PM Stoughton, STO: Goff - Loss 12/11
7/5/2009 5:45PM McMorrow Field - W 13-4
7/7/2009 5:45PM Mansfield: Field - RESCHEDULED DUE TO RAIN
7/9/2009 8:00PM McMorrow Field - Loss 13-5
7/10/2009 5:45PM Wrentham:Rice1 - Tie 13-13
7/13/2009 8:15 PM Wrentham: McMorrow - Win 10-4
7/14/2009 5:45PM N.A. :Ruth Rhine - Loss 2-1
7/15/2009 5:45 PM Attleboro: Poncin Hewitt 1 - W & Clinched a playoff spot!
7/21/2009 5:45 PM Mansfield Field 6 - CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
7/22/2009 5:45 PM Sharon: Deb Sampson C - Win! 19-11
7/23/2009 5:45 PM Wrentham: Rice 1
7/27/2009 PLAYOFFS!

"For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into innings." - Unknown

Happy be-lated Father's Day

As we emptied the back packs to start a new year, we found a survey that Maegan had taken for father's day. This is what she had to say about Paul:

What is your father's name? Paul

How old is he? How many as my Mom

How tall is he? 6 feet

How much does he weigh? 10 lbs

What color is his hair? brown

What does he do around the house? Give us snacks

What is his favorite drink? Milk

What is his favorite food? hot dogs

What is his favorite T.V. show? Grown up TV

Where does he work? works for computers

Where does he like to go? out for ice cream

What is his favorite hobby? push me on the swings

I am lucky to have both the best father I could have ever imagined and the best father to my children that I could ever want. Thank you Dad for all you have done for me and thank you Paul for all the coaching you do and the love you give and the hard work you do to support our family financially and emotionally. I love you Dad and Paul! Happy be-lated Father's day!

Kid Quote of the Week

Apparently Tommy was pondering what "rap" would mean if it was an acronym. Last night he asked me, "Mom, is 'rap' an abbreviation?" I wasn't sure. So, he responded, "I was thinking that if it was, it would mean 'retards attempting poetry.'"

Beware, if you are easily offended by the politically incorrect; than stay away from all children.

Also, Tommy has a play-off baseball game today at 5:30 at the Rice FIELD. Watch for more game postings under our "Upcoming Events and Activities" section on the right hand side of our site.

Correction: The game will be played at RICE FIELD, NOT Rice COMPLEX!

Congratulations...

Congratulations to Tommy and the Dodgers who were playing when the world record longest baseball game was made in Wrentham this weekend. All of Wrentham is very proud. See the links to the right on the site for news coverage. Relatives from accross the country heard coverage of the event and we even had our cousins in Iraq on a tour of duty listening to the game!

Donations are being accepted until 6/30 and Tommy's lunch with Curt Schilling will occurr in July; http://longestbaseballgame.org/profiles/?player=PaulThomas .

Also a special congratulations to Maegan for a fantastic performance at her dance recital this week. A spectator was quoted as saying of Maegan, "She has a natural grace!" Of course, that spectator was her grammy!! She also received a three year award from the dance company and was thrilled to wear the medal around her neck. Thanks to all those who attended and cheered her on!

Finally, congratulations to Rebecca and Kevin on their first born... Brennan Lacotter ;) And what a beautiful baby he is!

Be-lated Happy Mother's Day

I wanted to share with all of the mom's in my life the answers Maegan gave about me on a Mother's day survey. It's always interesting & sometimes humbling to see yourself through your child's eyes:

What is your mother's name: Carolyn
How old is she? 10
How tall is she? 6 feet
How much does she weigh? A lot
What color is her hair? brown
What does she do around the house? Play with us (I liked this answer :)
What is her favorite drink? Milk (Dodged a bullet on this one...)
What is her favorite thing to eat? lasagna
What is her favorite TV show? Grown up stuff
What does she cook? macaroni and cheese
Where does she like to go? Stop & Shop
What is her favorite hobby? go on dates

In the spirit of our day here are the top ten things I never thought I'd do before I was a mom...

10. Wear a shirt with spit up on it in public
9. Willingly put my hands in a public toilette
8. Wipe another person's nose with my clothing
7. Hide candy from children so that I could have it
6. Drive a mini van & LOVE it
5. Shower with four people at the same time
4. Bang my head against a wall; literally...
3. Catch throw up in my hands
2. Eat scraps off someone else's plate
1. Say the words, "Don't lick your sister's bum!"

I hope you all had a wonderful mother's day!

Hannah's Chorus Concert

CORRECTION!! Hannah will be performing in the spring chorus concert at the Gibbons Gym on THURSDAY June 4, 2009 at 6pm. She would love to have a large fan club in the audience. We hope to see you there!

Maegan's Dance Recital

Maegan's dance recital is fast approaching. It will be held at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket, RI on Monday June 8th at 6:45pm. Tickets can be purchased as follows:

Phone orders: 401 762-4545

online: http://www.stadiumtheatre.com/ (note there is a processing fee of $3.00 per ticket)

At the box office: 28 Monument Square in Woonsocket, RI

Tickets are mailed directly to you or, if purchased within five days of the performance; they will be held at the box office for you. Maegan would love it if you can make it. This may be her final dance performance as she has told me "she quits." I'm trying to get her to sign up for Irish Step dance next year though because I think it's so cute :)