November 4-6

Finished the regular season at the rink on Wednesday and Thursday, as it happened the results of the first two games on Wednesday cemented all positioning and first-round playoff matchups. As a result the last two games and all three on Thursday were rendered essentially meaningless. Just for the record: on Wednesday in the East the Steamers beat the Oil Riggers, in the West H&F Tire won over the Riot, the Killbots defeated the Pub Dawgs and the Hammmerheads beat the Kings. In the lame-duck Thursday games the Oil Riggers prevailed over the Blues, the UniLords beat the Steamers and the Riot defeated the Misfits. Playoff semifinals in both divisions start on Tuesday the 10th, each series is a best 2-of-3 with the winners meeting in the best-of-five finals. On Friday evening we were at Rossmere Stadium as high school football's regular season ended, the LCHS Crusaders finished their year with a 35-7 loss to Cocalico. The Crusaders scored first on an Andrew Bertz 65-yard catch-and-run from Brian Downey but it would the only LCHS tally as the club finished with an overall mark of 3-7. In 2016 the LL League realigns by enrollment, after a four-year absence LCHS returns to Section III (where the program enjoyed its greatest successes in the latter part of the last decade). The program spent 2012 and '13 in Section I and the last two years in II but given the size of the school and the numbers on the football roster it's fair to say at this point that III is probably where the program really belongs, time will tell. The really big news was at McCaskey where head coach Rob Monzon announced his resignation after six years at the helm to spend more time with his family. JPM sent him out with a win at Conestoga Valley on Friday, the Red Tornado finishes their year at 4-6. High school basketball preseason starts on the 16th, the first game for JPM is on December 5 (it will be here before you know it). Take care, thanks for reading.