September 15 is Jenny's mother's birthday, we marked Helen's 86th with lunch at the same place we visited for Jenny's birthday in August. In the evening I was at McCaskey, the Red Tornado hosted Hempfield in week #1 of divisional play. Both teams entered at 1-2 against non-league opponents, the JPM victory coming in Elizabethtown on September 1. On this night JPM trailed 13-0 at the half but scored three touchdowns in the second half before running out of gas in the fourth quarter. The final score was 41-20, Jalen Cintron threw scoring passes to DeAndre Jones (51 yards) and Quimeak Talton (two yards), Josh Morales-Monzon rushed three yards for the last TD, the team was 1-3 in two-point conversion attempts. The club was much more competitive on this night but there is still a lot of work to do, it won't get any easier when Manheim Township visits on the 29th. The better news on the night came from the ballpark where the Barnstormers defeated Staten Island 6-3, the win clinches the second-half division title and a playoff date with first-half champion Long Island. The first two games of the best-of-three series are at home on the 19th and 20th. Take care, thanks for reading.
