futsal tournament update

.   The conclusion of the initial season of Futsal has been amazing.
  In the first semi final game  Elm  Creek trailed Shingle Creek 2-1  but tied it  by half time. It remained tied until the final minute when Elm Creek scored, advancing to the championship game.
   In the other bracket Maple Grove vs. Medicine Lake. maple Grove is composed of a team with several deacons. medicine Lake only had three players. medicine Lake lead 4-1 at half time, at which time the Maple Grove coach and one of their best players had to leave. The Medicine lake players were totally exhausted. And chose  to play completely defensive.  maple Grove started to rally and got to 4-3. When with 2 minutes to go a hand ball by the goalie gave MG a free kick from half court.... The dramatic shot just missed. The rally continued and with 30 seconds left MG tied it.
 In the sudden death overtime period, MG peppered the Mlk goal but Mlk got a full court break away and scored.
    After a 5 minute break Mlk had to play TC1. The Spanish Ward with its contingent of 10 skilled players.
     In a gesture of tremendous class sportsmanship , and the spirit of Christ. the Spanish coach said Mlk could use MG players to fill their team. And it would still count! The game was scoreless through the first 10 minutes when TC 1 scored on it's way to a 6-1 win.
   This sets up the championship match between TC1 and Elm Creek, funny during the regular season TC1 was 10-0 Elm Creek was 0-10. However Elm Creek has been bolstered by the addition of players who played high school soccer.
  just to clarify the rule, you can have as many high school players on the court as you want but high school students who played for their high school team, and are Baptised members of your ward, you can only have one on the court at a time, but unlike adults, they are allowed to score.
    The Championship game will be Thursday Dec. 3, 7:00 at the St. Paul stake center at 100 Silver Lake Road.
Good luck to all.