November 8-9

The rainy weather on Thursday brought in chillier temperatures, on Friday it was windy and downright cold. In the evening I was at Rossmere Stadium for a district playoff game, the LCHS Crusaders hosted Lampeter-Strasburg. The schools have a football history, for many years they were rivals as members of LL section III. L-S moved to section II a few years ago when LCHS moved to section I, when the league realigns in 2014 the Crusaders will be in II and the rivalry will be renewed. Both teams were 5-5 during the regular season, the Crusaders earned a higher seed on the basis of having played a stronger schedule. On this frigid night at LCHS the Crusaders advanced with a 49-21 win. LCHS scored first but L-S replied to tie it at 7-7. From there it was all Crusaders as they led 35-7 at the half and were never threatened thereafter. Evan Purvis threw a TD pass to Rafael Mateo and Keenan Riegal scored defensively with a interception return but the game's #1 star (to borrow a hockey term) was running back Trey Miller who rushed for better than 300 yards and scored five touchdowns. The win puts LCHS in the district quarterfinals on the 15th. On Saturday Jenny and I did our usual lunch in Quarryville, in the evening Millersville University played a game at the Lancaster Ice Rink. Susquehanna University (from Selinsgrove, about a hundred miles north of Lancaster) was the opponent. Don's son Devyn has been earning his stripes as a freshman, on this night he enjoyed his breakthrough with three goals (including the game-winner) as the 'Ville won easily 6-0. It is Devyn's first hat-trick as a collegian, his parents and several family friends were there to enjoy the moment. Take care, thanks for reading.