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As a homeschooler I rely heavily on the recreational leagues for my son to have a chance to play sports. This makes OSSO's treatment of the U16 team especially frustrating and irritating for me.
First off I do want to say that I think Sean has a terrific coach and assistant coach. This post should in no way reflect unfavorably on them; as they have no control over the decisions the OSSO Board makes.
The U16 team still doesn't have uniforms, although the other OSSO divisions got theirs over two weeks ago.
The U16 team has yet to play a game and still doesn't have a schedule even though the other divisions have been playing for weeks. Part of the problem is Brian Parton's refusal to start when the other leagues we normally play in the fall do. East Central and George County will be ending their fall season November 4th. We on the other hand are just starting ours.
Honestly I don't see how we are going to get the 8 games in the fall & 8 games in the spring we are suppose to get and that the other divisions will get. I am going to take a wait and see attitude, but it looks like once again Brian Parton and the OSSO Board could care less about providing the U16 with a quality experience although they were happy enough to take our money. The Vice President is doing her best to schedule games for the U14 & U16 teams, but with OSSO starting after the other leagues that normally play in the fall she is going to have a needlessly tough job. The whole problem of not having anyone to play could have been avoided by OSSO starting at the same time as East Central & George County as we have done in the past.
- Soccer Blues
So far Lord Epa has only missed playing in one game because of his dislocated patella. The January 13th game was canceled by our opponents. Sean did get his picture made with the team and we should get them back sometime in March. OSSO U16 is no longer...
- Forced Fundraising
Lord Epa's U16 team got their soccer pictures made today. I wasn't thrilled with the packages that were offered. I wound up paying more money then I wanted and I had to get some junk I didn't want in order to get the two things I did want...
- Soccer Mishaps
Lord Epa displaced his patella at soccer practice Thursday. They had to call an ambulance to take him to the ER. I was very impressed with the EM-T's and the hospital staff at Ocean Springs hospital. They did their best to make sure Lord Epa was...
- Sean's Soccer Team
We have a Fall Schedule Schedule updates November 18th - We will play scrimmage games with OSSO's U14 Co-edA & Co-edB teams at 8AM & 10AM. So guys & gals plan on an early Friday night, cause we will have to be at the soccer fields by 7:30AM. November...
- The Soccer Uniforms Are Here
Sean's team got their uniforms at practice Saturday. For some reason they got two uniforms instead of one. While I think it's wonderful they will have an alternate jersey at district and we won't have to buy the white T-shirts (just in case)...
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Late Start to OSSO Season Causes Problems Finding Leagues to Play
As a homeschooler I rely heavily on the recreational leagues for my son to have a chance to play sports. This makes OSSO's treatment of the U16 team especially frustrating and irritating for me.
First off I do want to say that I think Sean has a terrific coach and assistant coach. This post should in no way reflect unfavorably on them; as they have no control over the decisions the OSSO Board makes.
The U16 team still doesn't have uniforms, although the other OSSO divisions got theirs over two weeks ago.
The U16 team has yet to play a game and still doesn't have a schedule even though the other divisions have been playing for weeks. Part of the problem is Brian Parton's refusal to start when the other leagues we normally play in the fall do. East Central and George County will be ending their fall season November 4th. We on the other hand are just starting ours.
Honestly I don't see how we are going to get the 8 games in the fall & 8 games in the spring we are suppose to get and that the other divisions will get. I am going to take a wait and see attitude, but it looks like once again Brian Parton and the OSSO Board could care less about providing the U16 with a quality experience although they were happy enough to take our money. The Vice President is doing her best to schedule games for the U14 & U16 teams, but with OSSO starting after the other leagues that normally play in the fall she is going to have a needlessly tough job. The whole problem of not having anyone to play could have been avoided by OSSO starting at the same time as East Central & George County as we have done in the past.
- Soccer Blues
So far Lord Epa has only missed playing in one game because of his dislocated patella. The January 13th game was canceled by our opponents. Sean did get his picture made with the team and we should get them back sometime in March. OSSO U16 is no longer...
- Forced Fundraising
Lord Epa's U16 team got their soccer pictures made today. I wasn't thrilled with the packages that were offered. I wound up paying more money then I wanted and I had to get some junk I didn't want in order to get the two things I did want...
- Soccer Mishaps
Lord Epa displaced his patella at soccer practice Thursday. They had to call an ambulance to take him to the ER. I was very impressed with the EM-T's and the hospital staff at Ocean Springs hospital. They did their best to make sure Lord Epa was...
- Sean's Soccer Team
We have a Fall Schedule Schedule updates November 18th - We will play scrimmage games with OSSO's U14 Co-edA & Co-edB teams at 8AM & 10AM. So guys & gals plan on an early Friday night, cause we will have to be at the soccer fields by 7:30AM. November...
- The Soccer Uniforms Are Here
Sean's team got their uniforms at practice Saturday. For some reason they got two uniforms instead of one. While I think it's wonderful they will have an alternate jersey at district and we won't have to buy the white T-shirts (just in case)...