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Thursday, October 10, 2013

October 7-10

Strong winds and rainy conditions started the new week, I stopped by the rink on Monday morning before lunch. I wasn't surprised to see it leaf-covered, when the rain became steady in the afternoon it killed our chances of playing on Monday evening. On Tuesday it was much cooler and felt more like October, in the afternoon I put in an SOS call from the rink. One of the players owns a lawn care service, he was able to get away and help us out with his equipment to clear the leaves from the rink surface. Thanks to his invaluable assistance the evening's games went off without a hitch. In the East game Whitmoyer Auto beat Cat's Meow, in the Midwest Brendee's defeated the BallBlasters, the Killbots won over the Dek Dawgs and Yotgo's beat the Misfits. Don and Ron worked the entire evening with Wally manning the clock. On Wednesday we had two games, in the West Dominion Pizza beat the Kings and in the East Whitmoyer Auto defeated the UniLords. Ron refereed both games, the West with Derek and the East with Des (each man played in the opposite game). Devyn worked both games on the clock. Thursday was a "one for the books" day if there ever was one. Jon Mitchell (McCaskey athletic director) had asked me if I was available for this day, JPM's soccer team was playing its final home game. They usually play on a field adjacent to the football stadium, this game was to be played in the stadium because they were planning a senior recognition ceremony and wanted to use the PA facilities. Rain moved into the region overnight and was coming with a vengeance in the afternoon, I called the athletic office and learned that the game (scheduled for 6:00) was still on. The junior varsity game started at 4:00 and was played in a virtual monsoon, by the time it ended the field was a quagmire and it was still pouring. It was decided to postpone the varsity game so outside of a mic check ("test 1-2-3-4, a-b-c-d") I never said a word publicly the entire time I was there. I had let Don know I'd be at the rink when we were done at McCaskey but it was all irrelevant since the street hockey games were postponed as well. We got through three weeks of the season with no weather issues, in week #4 we lost two nights and five total games. As it happens we can work them into open spots so it won't hurt us in terms of extending the regular season. The rain is expected to stay around through the weekend as the storm system moves slowly up the coast. Take care, thanks for reading.