February 1-2

Up and out early on Saturday morning, at 10:30 (about twelve hours after we got home on Friday) we were back on the bus at McCaskey. Exeter Township is a southeastern suburb of Reading, the school district includes the adjacent borough of St. Lawrence. Although I've spent a good bit of my adult sporting life in and around Reading the Exeter area is one I've rarely traveled through, this was my first time in their gym. The JV game started straight up at 12 noon, JPM lost by three points. In the varsity game we came out flat as hell and never seemed to be in sync all day, the result was a 73-55 loss. The officiating was borderline at best, the home team seemed to get the benefit of the doubt on every crucial call. At one point a touch foul was called on our player, Freddy responded by saying (in a normal tone of voice) "that's ridiculous" and was immediately hit with a technical foul. It was the sort of officiating you sometimes get when you play outside your league (and sometimes when you play WITHIN it), the entire day served as a seminar in frustration. The club's record drops to 13-7 overall, the road portion of the regular season schedule ends at 6-5. The boys finish the season hosting Hempfield on Tuesday the 5th and Central Dauphin East the following night. On the way back we stopped at a pizza restaurant outside of Shillington for postgame supper, we were there for the better part of ninety minutes and it helped to relieve the afternoon disappointment. By the time we were back in Lancaster it was almost 6:00 and I was more than glad to call it a day (between Friday and Saturday we were on the bus for almost 120 miles worth of travel). Take care, thanks for reading.