Went to New Holland on Monday morning to finally put the matter of my car repairs in the rearview mirror (weak pun intended). They still don't know what caused the Check Engine light to come on, they said sometimes the recharge of a weak battery can make unpredictable things happen. They swear everything is OK and the whole thing was simply a fluke. The rental was also turned in without issue, with it all I only drove it for a total of seventy-two miles. Went over to basketball practice after supper to get the scorebooks from Freddy since the boys have two games this week I'll be working. The operation has twenty-seven players overall, the varsity has fifteen players on the roster including four returnees, four from the '20-21 JV squad and seven completely new to the organization. On Tuesday we boarded the bus for the season's first road game, the destination was Reading High School. McCaskey has always been known for playing a very tough non-league schedule, Chester's reputation speaks for itself and all Reading High did in the '20-21 season was win the state championship. A game against RHS is never an easy assignment but it's especially difficult in their building, on this night both JV and varsity took relatively one-sided losses. The JV lost by thirty-six, the varsity lost 79-56. We trailed by twenty-four at halftime but managed to win the second half which is a good sign given that we were in an environment where the home team often plays not just to win but to humiliate their opponent. Jared Kumah (14) and Jonathan Byrd (11) hit double figures, Hasan Williams had nine points, Shamell Burke added eight, Elias Garcia scored seven, Nyaud Frazier had four and John Stewart rounded out the book with three points. We got back to town around 10:45 which was enough time for me to wind down and write this blog post. It's a quick turnaround for JPM, we're at home on Wednesday against Manheim Township. Take care, thanks for reading.
