September 29-30

In Quarryville on Saturday morning for lunch, in the afternoon Jenny and I headed north on 222 for Reading. On this night at the Sovereign Center the Reading Rockets played their first game in franchise history. The team is a member of the Professional Lacrosse League which is itself a first-year entity, the Jacksonville Bullies were the opponent. Jenny had never seen a lacrosse game of any kind, I have seen indoor lacrosse on TV but this was my first live game. I'll freely admit that I don't understand every nuance of the sport but it was still a good time, I learned a few things as the night went along. A league representative was at the penalty bench running the shot clock and he had everything in order, all I had to do was handle goal, penalty and promo announcements (not at all unlike a Royals hockey game). The Rockets management seemed to be satisfied with the job I did, they said they were glad I could help them on such short notice. Jacksonville won the game in overtime 11-10 (the sport is inherently high-scoring), by a strange quirk of the schedule the Rockets' next home date is not until November 1. We had street hockey games set for Sunday night at the rink but they never happened as late afternoon storms rolled through our area, Don and I talked it over and rescheduled them for Sunday October 7. Take care, thanks for reading.