December 20-22

Friday night soccer at the Santander Arena as the Roar hosted the defending league champion Baltimore Blast. Baltimore is a long-time hotbed for the indoor game, the franchise has been around since the early 90s. The Roar came into this game looking for its first victory, that search will continue as the Blast won this one going away 21-2. The lone score for the Roar (of the two-point variety) came from the foot of Corey Maret in the fourth quarter. The Roar's next home game is on New Year's Eve when Baltimore returns for a special 5:00 kickoff. Saw on the Internet where McCaskey won their divisional opener at Penn Manor by a count of 78-59, that improves the overall record to 4-2 and I'm not sure we could ask for anything more thus far. The club's next game is at home on Friday the 27th. Saturday was of very little note, that was by design since Sunday would be busy. The last few days have been uncommonly warm for this time of year, on Sunday it was rainy with temperatures in the 60s. Did lunch in Quarryville with Jenny a day later than usual, later in the afternoon she and her mother were along for AHL hockey in Hershey. The Bears hosted the Worcester (Massachusetts) Sharks in the second game of a weekend set. Worcester has been in the AHL since 1994, originally as an independent franchise known as the IceCats and since 2006 the top affiliate of the San Jose Sharks. On Saturday Worcester defeated Hershey 3-2, on this night the Bears turned the tables with a 4-0 victory. Three former Royals were in uniform, Adam Comrie for the Sharks and Patrick Wellar and Brandon Anderson (as backup goalie) for the Bears. Ex-Royals Stanislav Galiev, Patrick Wey and Brett Flemming are also currently on the Hershey roster but were not in uniform for this game. We'll be back in Hershey one final time for the season on January 4. Take care, thanks for reading.