OLIVIA'S FIRST WATER POLO TOURNAMENT

AND WHAT A GREAT JOB SHE DID!

SHE'S HAD A SCRIMMAGE OR TWO, BUT THE THREE GAMES SHE PLAYED TODAY WERE THE FIRST REAL, HONEST TO GOODNESS, GAMES HER TEAM HAS PLAYED.  WE MISSED THE 8 O'CLOCK GAME, BUT WERE THERE IN TIME FOR THE SECOND ONE.

LIV DOESN'T LET HER OPPONENT GET AWAY FROM HER.

AS PAPA WOULD SAY, "SHE COVERS THEM LIKE A BLANKET."

SHE HAD JUST AS MUCH TIME POSSESSING THE BALL,

 MAKING TWO GOALS IN THIS GAME, AND ONE IN THE NEXT.

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IN FACT, HER FIRST GOAL IN THIS GAME, WAS HER TEAM'S

 FIRST GOAL OF THE GAME.

 WATCH OUT FOR OLIVIA,

BECAUSE SHE'S OUT TO TAKE THAT BALL AWAY FROM YOU,
AND SHE USUALLY SUCCEEDS!

 GAME OVER AND SHE MODELS HER TEAM SUIT.

BET YOU CAN'T GUESS WHAT THEY'RE CALLED.

AFTER A BREAK, AND A SMOOTHIE, IT WAS TIME TO WARM UP FOR THEIR THIRD GAME.  THESE KIDS HAD TO BE FIT BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THEIR PLAYERS WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE TOURNAMENT, LEAVING JUST ENOUGH OF THEM TO MAKE A TEAM.  THAT MEANT BEING IN THE GAME FROM START TO FINISH.

WHAT STAMINA! 

 I THINK SHE'S BEEN TAKING LESSONS FROM SYDNEY

AT OUT STARING HER OPPONENT.

CAN YOU FEEL HIM BREATHING DOWN YOUR BACK LIV?

IT SURE DOESN'T SEEM TO BOTHER YOU.

 OOPS, LOOK WHO SLIPPED IN HERE TO TAKE THE BALL.

BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE IT FOR LONG.

LOOK WHO TOOK IT BACK! 

 A PEP TALK FROM THE COACH AT HALF TIME,

 AND IT WAS TIME TO GET ON WITH THE GAME.

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT #5,

THIS BALL BELONGS TO OLIVIA!

 GREAT GAME LIV!!!

IS DIVING GOING TO BE YOUR NEXT SPORT?
NO, JUST A LITTLE FUN BEFORE GETTING IN THAT AWFUL TRAFFIC TO HEAD FOR HOME.