Another typical slow start to the new week, these days the morning errand run is about all that goes on. The boys basketball schedule at McCaskey is coming together, once that begins the weeknights will be somewhat more active. On Friday night we were at JPM as Penn Manor visited for the final game of football season, before the game we had the usual Senior Night recognitions for fifteen players and fifteen cheerleaders. It is always suggested to keep the bios short and sweet but some of the kids simply cannot resist the urge to tell us The Story Of Their Entire Existence, we started it at 6:30 and I somehow managed to have it all finished in about fifteen minutes or so (it makes you wonder what some of them will talk about once they've actually Lived a Life). The game itself was a virtually copy of just about any other game we've seen in recent years: the opponent runs out to a huge early lead and most of not all of the second half is played in the mercy rule. On this night it was 42-0 Penn Manor at halftime, the only score in the second half belonged to JPM when Jose Garcia rushed ten yards for a touchdown, the two-point conversion attempt failed. After winning their opener 30-24 the club lost its last nine games by a combined 422-66, that's an average of roughly 47-7. The program's last winning season was 2010, in twelve years since the overall record is just 25-94 (a .210 winning percentage). I don't know where blame could be assigned (if there is any to assign), the players are giving their all and the coaches are doing their jobs. It's just a frustrating situation all around. District Playoffs are on the horizon for those who qualified but at McCaskey the Season Is Over. Take care, thanks for reading.
