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Shelly > November 14, 2009 Final Note The last game of the season is always hard. Tears, hugs, and emotions flow as seniors mark their last night on the field with friends they have grown up with and come to know, love, and trust. Band members, football players, cheerleaders, drill team members, and parents push past that lump in their throats as they bravely exit the stadium together. Yes, they'll all be back again -- but it will be different. A very sweet chapter has ended, leaving volumes still to be written. “ If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." -- Charlie Parker -- Jazz Musician and Band Leader (1920-1955)
Shelly > October 26, 2009 Every time I see a Lacrosse sticker on a car in our community, it makes me smile. Perhaps there's a delusion of grandeur at work, but I like to think of myself the mother of Lacrosse in Katy. There’s a history I’d like to share. First . . . This is Stuart. He’s a senior and one of the captains for Taylor Lacrosse. I was so excited to get to shoot a session with him and his co-captain, not only because I’ve watched Stuart grow up since elementary school, but also because I’ve watched the Lacrosse program grow from its very humble beginning. It all started in the summer of 2002, when on a whim I picked up a cheap little plastic ball and scoop game at Target. My intent was to find something for our younger kids to play with in the backyard during the long summer months. Instead, our middle son, Nathan, and two of his friends going into their senior year of high school took that toy out into the cul-de-sac. They turned it into a full-contact blood-sweat-and no-tears sport. Before long, they were talking about Lacrosse, wondering what the game really was. While the Houston area had a few Lacrosse teams scattered about, there was nothing in Katy. Nathan started researching the sport. He learned the rules out of a book and even contacted the US Lacrosse organization which helped locate and recruit a very fine coach. The first season out, our little team looked like the ragamuffin Bad News Bears version of a team – just proud that everyone had a blue jersey and helmet. There were hardly enough players to fill all the positions on the field, so nobody sat on the bench. We had no subs. Everyone played the whole game. It was brutal. Eight short years ago, our town had only heard the word Lacrosse. Today we have at least three club teams on the high school level and a thriving junior high club program. Taylor students have gone to college on full lacrosse scholarships. Countless talented athletes who don’t get to start on school sponsored football, baseball, and soccer teams have a place to participate and shine. I even hear that a girls’ team has formed recently. A prestigious subdivision called Firethorne has even been built around a lacrosse field. Look it up! Surely, Lacrosse would have made its way to Katy by now without my "help." Still, I like to think that my $5.00 impulse purchase from Target, in the hands of a natural leader whom I had the privilege of raising for a few very brief years, has made a positive impact on our community and on the lives of a number of young athletes. Yep! Every time I see a lacrosse sticker on a car, I have to smile.
Shelly > October 20, 2009 At the Park - Generation to Generation to Generation "Play by the rules, but be ferocious." -- Phil Knight, founder of Nike
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November 14, 2009

Final Note

The last game of the season is always hard. Tears, hugs, and emotions flow as seniors mark their last night on the field with friends they have grown up with and come to know, love, and trust. Band members, football players, cheerleaders, drill team members, and parents push past that lump in their throats as they bravely exit the stadium together.

Yes, they'll all be back again -- but it will be different. A very sweet chapter has ended, leaving volumes still to be written.

“ If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." -- Charlie Parker -- Jazz Musician and Band Leader (1920-1955)
Shelly > November 14, 2009 Final Note The last game of the season is always hard. Tears, hugs, and emotions flow as seniors mark their last night on the field with friends they have grown up with and come to know, love, and trust. Band members, football players, cheerleaders, drill team members, and parents push past that lump in their throats as they bravely exit the stadium together. Yes, they'll all be back again -- but it will be different. A very sweet chapter has ended, leaving volumes still to be written. “ If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." -- Charlie Parker -- Jazz Musician and Band Leader (1920-1955)
November 14, 2009

Final Note

The last game of the season is always hard. Tears, hugs, and emotions flow as seniors mark their last night on the field with friends they have grown up with and come to know, love, and trust. Band members, football players, cheerleaders, drill team members, and parents push past that lump in their throats as they bravely exit the stadium together.

Yes, they'll all be back again -- but it will be different. A very sweet chapter has ended, leaving volumes still to be written.

“ If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." -- Charlie Parker -- Jazz Musician and Band Leader (1920-1955)
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