Impossible

How could my baby, my Jacob, be old enough to play a high school sport?

Yeah, I know. Nick is in college. I've come to terms with that one.

Yeah, I know. Ben is a senior this year and will be soon graduating and leaving us. I'm dealing with that one.

But, how in the world has Jacob become old enough, big enough, to actually take part in, be a member of a high school sport?

Just like most American schools, Morrison has varsity and junior varsity teams of all the major high school sports (except football,  of course). But Morrison also has a third level,  JVB. This team would be equivalent to the freshman team, except with one exception. Since Morrison's two other campuses offer ninth grade, the Taichung campus generally has a small freshman class making it difficult to always man these JVB teams, so eighth graders are given the opportunity to try out and become members.

Jacob, despite the lack of a huge amount of soccer experience, is a member of the JVB team.

Last Thursday, Morrison's JVB team challenged the JV team to an afternoon soccer match.

Jacob got some playing time.

Now that I have a soccer player in the family, maybe I will finally start understanding soccer!

Maybe.

But don't hold your breath.