Emphasis Preaching Journal

The classroom was buzzing. At recess, the two sixth-grade classes would play for the soccer championship of the school. It wasn't official soccer by any stretch. Everyone in the class played on the field at the same time, and about the only rules that were enforced were "no hands" and "no body checking or tripping." But each spring, the upper grade classes, the fifth and sixth grades, played each other to see who had the best class team. Today was to be the big game.