Friday night football at McCaskey for the final time in 2023, before the game we had the traditional Senior Night recognitions for fifteen players and five cheerleaders (the band did its recognitions at halftime with their regular emcee handling that duty, I understand there were twenty-two band members altogether). There was rain expected, it arrived right before kickoff and stayed for the duration allowing for what some people my age might call "REAL football" The result was unfortunately all too familiar, Wilson visited from Berks County and walked away with a 47-20 win. Wilson is historically one of the best programs in the state, this was their 22nd consecutive victory over JPM in an alleged rivalry that has been the very definition of one-sided. The Red Tornado scored three touchdowns in three different ways: DeAndre Jones caught a 12-yard TD pass from Jalen Cintron, Luis Santiago rushed 87 yards for a score and Victor Rodriguez took a Wilson kickoff 80 yards to paydirt (the club converted just one of three two-point attempts). The team finishes its season with one last road game on the 27th but for me the fall sports season at JPM is over. Saturday was a largely dry and windy day, on Sunday morning in Rothsville temperatures were in the mid-50s with a sharp wind from the northwest. Township beat Warwick and Ephrata outlasted Hillside, we'll be back at Lions Park for week #6 on the 29th. Take care, thanks for reading.
