September 25-30

Friday night football at McCaskey as L-L league play got underway, the Red Tornado hosted perennial powerhouse Wilson. Before the game a friend from Wilson told me they were a bit banged up so maybe we were catching them at the right time. They had lost a non-league game at home the week before but even so I knew better than to put much stock in that theory especially since Wilson has not lost a league contest since 2007 and the last time JPM beat them was in 2003. Both streaks continued on this night as Wilson took an early 10-0 lead and never trailed, the final was 38-7. The lone score for JPM came in the second quarter on a Kobe Gantz TD catch from Jathan Gonzalez. The club plays its next three on the road, the next home game is on the 23rd of October against Cedar Crest. The Barnstormers saw their quest to repeat as ALPB champions come to an end on Saturday night in Waldorf, Maryland. They split the first two games of their playoff series with Southern Maryland at home on Wednesday and Thursday, the Crabs took two straight on their grounds to win the series. SM meets Somerset for the title and I would like to see the Blue Crabs win it strictly on principle (no disgrace in losing to the eventual champion). The rest of the weekend plus Monday was largely quiet, on Tuesday we were set for week #2 of street hockey but the weather had other ideas. I went to the rink after lunch to check things out after the long weekend, although rain was forecast for the evening hours I did the cleanup work just in case (besides, it had to be done and it wasn't happening by itself). Around 4:30 or so the rain arrived and stayed for the rest of the night, the games were postponed and rescheduled for October 5. On Wednesday we did our usual midweek lunch in Quarryville, in the evening we had four games at the rink. In the crossover games the Oil Riggers beat the Riot via shootout, the Unilords defeated the Hammerheads and the Steamers won over the Pub Dawgs. In the lone West game H&F Tire Service beat the Kings. There are three games on the schedule for Thursday but the forecast is not encouraging. There is a major storm system moving up from the south and another in the Caribbean region that may impact us heavily over the weekend, the next few days have the potential to be an adventure. Take care, thanks for reading