Fall Sports

Fall is always a busy time with juggling school and fall sports but this year was more than usual.  All three boys played soccer and Landon also decided to try cross country for 7th grade. Bob and I were quite shocked when he said he wanted to run but we thought it would be awesome to watch him shine.  And shine is exactly what he did. 

Every meet Landon worked hard to get into the top 4 runners from Amherst and succeeded every race.  

He always looked strong as he ran past all of the competitors. 

Many races he would finish close to Zane Rhoades 8th grader.

This was a great opportunity for him to excel at something on his own and connect with new friends. 

At the all-conference race there were 11 teams with lots of boys racing. 

Landon placed 14th out of 247

These were the boys and girls from Amherst 7th and 8th grade teams that earned a medal. 

Congrats to the whole team

One of my absolute favorite things to watch is the boys playing soccer and playing together on the same team is a perk for sure. 

Many of the boys have siblings on Nolan's team so its always so cool when they come to watch and cheer them on too!

This season one of Carter's teams battled it out with a rival school and fell short by one goal in the championship game. He played tough and left it all on the field. 

Great effort boys. 

Every year we look forward to the Akron Gourdy's Pumpkin 5k race together as a family.  This year Bob has been traveling for work a lot and was in the midst of contract negotiations in Rhode Island for 11 straight days and was unable to do the race with us.  We grabbed Nicholas Lauer for the early morning race.  This year Nolan struggled with working through some tough mental moments throughout the race but we all finished and we will try again next year. 

Fall sports can be so much fun!