September 25-30

The early part of the week was quiet except for morning errand runs, a Tuesday lunch visit with Jenny and evening work parties at Reservoir Park. By the end of the week the major work was all completed, the season starts on October 3. We play on Tuesdays, Thursdays and some selected Mondays since we're starting two weeks later than expected, the regular season is scheduled to end on November 9. On Friday the high school football season reached its midpoint, I was on the mic at McCaskey for the game versus Wilson (from suburban Reading, the second straight week I worked a game involving a Berks County school). Over the years Wilson has been a football factory, the program has not had a losing season in over fifty years and in league play they have not lost to a divisional opponent since 2007. On this night the streak continued as the Red Tornado fell victim 33-7. JPM actually led early on, they received the opening kickoff and scored in the game's second minute. Quarterback Tallian Lehr found wideout Jamiere Gray in the end zone for a TD, placekicker Francois Zahno added the PAT. From there it was all Wilson, they led 20-7 at halftime and closed it out with a 13-0 second half. JPM's record drops to 1-4 overall and 0-2 in the division, they play at home again on October 6. On Saturday morning I was back at the stadium for a boys/girls soccer doubleheader, it was the teams' annual Senior Day and the lone time the soccer teams play in the stadium. I'm always asked to work these if I'm available, this was the first time they were played it as a twinbill which made it much more manageable. We started with the girls game at 10:00, JPM lost to Solanco 2-0. The boys hosted York at 12-noon, they won their game 5-1. It was all over around 2:00 or so, I headed from there to Jenny's place for a late lunch/early supper. I had planned to going to York in the evening but there was no reason to, the Atlantic League's championship series ended on Friday night. The Revolution defeated Long Island in three straight games to claim the franchise's third title in its eleven-year history and the first since 2011. As a Lancaster resident I obviously see more games on North Prince Street than in York but I have friends over there as well, if the Stormers couldn't win it I'm glad the Revs did. Take care, thanks for reading.