January 31

Friday afternoon at McCaskey for the start of a two-day endurance test, on this night we made the unpleasant trip north into Lebanon County for a big game at Cedar Crest. On a personal level I really wasn't looking forward to this because the trip itself is miserable and I was fully expecting the varsity game to be a bona fide 100% Class A screwjob because (sorry to say) history has shown that to usually be the case whenever we are involved in an important game and especially when we're on the road. The JV game was a victory for JPM, in the varsity game Cedar Crest prevailed by one point 53-52. The officiating was a factor but it wasn't the reason we lost, both teams had calls go for and against. We simply played uphill from behind all night against a good opponent in their gym in front of their crowd and the final break went their way. The result clinches the division title for Cedar Crest and locks us into second place, we meet the champion of Section IV (either Lancaster Catholic or Elco) in the league playoff quarterfinals on Monday the 10th. We were back in town a little after 10:30 which afforded me time to call Jenny, grab a bite to eat and write this blog post before calling it a night. The boys are back at it early on Saturday, we head into Berks County for an early afternoon date in suburban Reading. Take care, thanks for reading.