August 29-31

Nothing special on the schedule on Friday, on Saturday morning I met Marty at his place and from there we made our way northwest to the state's capital city. In the olden days of the Central Penn Football League McCaskey and Harrisburg played each other on a yearly basis, on this day the schools met for the first time since 1993. The Red Tornado was looking for its first win since the eighth week of the 2012 season but it was not to be as Harrisburg won handily 46-21. JPM trailed 6-0 in the second quarter but tied it on a La'Detrius Sibley touchdown pass to Brandon Allen, Max Chalfont's extra point made it 7-6 McCaskey. From there it went south in a hurry as H-Burg scored forty unanswered points, JPM scored two late TDs on receptions by Kyaire Bynum and Randolph Speller but it was not enough to prevent the club's fourteenth consecutive loss. McCaskey plays in York on September 5, the home opener is on the 12th. When we got back to Marty's place I headed to Quarryville, since Jenny and I couldn't do our usual Saturday lunch we did Saturday supper instead. On Sunday I was in York for the final late-afternoon Sunday game of the season, the Revolution hosted the Somerset Patriots. This was my thirteenth visit to Santander Stadium in 2014  and the ninth on Sundays, the Patriots were the last team in the league I had not yet seen in York. This was one of those crazy, last-shot-wins games as the Revs took it 12-11. It was 4-0 York in the third but the Pats fought back to within 6-5 in the sixth. The Revs went up 10-5 but a four-run eighth got Somerset back in the game, in the ninth a last-ditch Patriot rally fell just short. Offensive stars for the Revs included Eric Patterson (three hits, a home run and three RBI), Johan Limonta (two doubles and three ribbees), Chad Tracy (a home run and two RBI) and Justin Greene (three hits and an RBI). York manager Mark Mason used five pitchers, Beau Vaughan saved it for winning pitcher Scott Gorgen. Take care, thanks for reading.