November 7-11

Street hockey playoffs for the East Division started Monday and continued Wednesday, the West got started on Tuesday. On Thursday it was raining in the morning, I went south to Quarryville to visit Jenny and have lunch. The forecast called for the rain to continue into the evening and that is exactly what happened, the West playoff games were postponed and moved to Tuesday the 15th. On Friday it was football night at Rossmere Stadium, district playoff action as the LCHS Crusaders hosted Boiling Springs (from the Carlisle area, about fifty miles west-northwest of Lancaster). The Crusaders kept their unbeaten season alive with a 61-7 rout, it was 55-0 at halftime with the mercy rule in effect at that point. Sean Titus scored four touchdowns for LCHS, three on pass receptions from Andrew Dzurik and another on an interception return. Roman Clay had two rushing TDs while Brandon Hollister, Carmelo Cruz and Marc Royer scored one each. It was a milestone victory for Crusader head coach Bruce Harbach as he recorded his 100th win, in ten seasons at LCHS his mark is 100-24 (an .806 winning percentage, not too shabby). With the win the club advances to the second round and another home game on the 18th which I'll be available for since there is no hockey in Reading that night.. The Royals won on Friday in Elmira to complete a 3-2 road trip, they will host the Jackals on Saturday and Sunday (nothing like three games in three days against the same opponent). Take care, thanks for reading.