Friday night at McCaskey for a second consecutive week, the Red Tornado hosted Cedar Cliff (not to be confused with Cedar Crest). Cedar Cliff is located in Camp Hill, on the west shore of the Susquehanna River about forty miles northwest of Lancaster. In the 1960s and early '70s JPM and CC were yearly opponents in the old Central Penn League, that ended when McCaskey joined the L-L League for football in 1974. The last time the schools met was for the district championship in 1988, JPM lost 20-12 to an undefeated CC squad that featured future pro player Kyle Brady. On this night at McCaskey there was precious little for the home fans to cheer about, JPM lost 44-0 in a game that reached mercy rule early in the third quarter. The club had three legitimate scoring chances, there were two missed field goal tries and a potential touchdown pass was dropped in the end zone in the fourth quarter. On the other side of the line Cedar Cliff did almost anything they wanted to do and the defense had no answers. Divisional play (or "league" play as the League calls it) starts on the 16th on the road, the next home game is on the 23rd. On Saturday we were up and at it early for the 48-mile drive into northeastern Berks County, the Golden Bears of Kutztown University opened their home season with a visit from California University Of Pennsylvania. California is located in the western end of the state about thirty-five miles south of Pittsburgh, on this day they gave the Bears all they could handle but KU rallied for a tough 24-19 win. As it stands I'll be back in Kutztown twice more in October on the 8th and 22nd. Rain moved into the area overnight into Sunday and stayed around all day. We had planned on starting the fall street hockey season in Rothsville but the weather gave us no choice but to postpone, we'll try it again on the 18th. Take care, thanks for reading.
