At it early on Saturday morning with the 48-mile drive into northeastern Berks County and another football gameday at Kutztown University, the Golden Bears hosted division-rival Bloomsburg (from the town of the same name located about a hundred miles due north of Lancaster along the banks of the Susquehanna River). When I arrived they were having issues with the scoreboard clock, at 12-noon game time it still wasn't working at all. The game proceeded with the official time kept on the field and the referee giving updates at regular intervals. None of this seemed to faze the Bears at all, they had the game under control virtually from the start and won easily 24-0. There were relatively few penalties and both teams ran from scrimmage more than they passed, it made for a rapidly-played game that was over by 2:30. As it stands I'll have one more game in Kutztown, that is their Homecoming game on October 22. It was a very pleasant day weather-wise and those conditions carried over into Sunday where we finally got some hockey played at Lions Park in Rothsville. After two consecutive weeks rained out (and three of the first four) the teams actually got to play, these were the same matchups as September 18 (the only other day we've been there). On this day the tables were turned as both teams defeated on the 18th responded with wins of their own, Hillside over Ephrata and Township over Warwick. Six new players made their season debut raising the total thus far to forty-one, after two games against the same opponent the teams get a fresh matchup on the 16th. Take care, thanks for reading.
