Plenty has happened since I last blogged. Winter has come and gone, and life for Stout soccer has continued to pulse. The players worked indoor youth clinics in January and February and they have been part of a new program that takes our skills clinics on the road for area teams. On their own, the players worked through the winter and we are heading into our final week of our five-week spring season.
As a fun conclusion to the 2008 season, we postponed the team banquet so that we could take a dinner cruise on the St. Croix River. The weather was beautiful and it was a wonderful way to remember the 2008 season, to recognize some deserving players and to send off the seniors in style.
This weekend the team is taking part in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. For the third year, the members of the team have raised money for cancer research and starting tomorrow night, there will be a member of the team walking on the track for the 12 hours of the relay.
When classes conclude, mid-May, the players will head home for the summer and the intense preparation for next fall will begin in earnest. We are looking forward to a large incoming freshmen class, and tryouts in August will be incredibly competitive. There is a lot of excitement about what is to come.
