Stopped by basketball practice on Monday to get the JV scorebook, the team had played on Saturday afternoon in a stand-alone game and defeated Manheim Central. The coaching staff wanted to schedule the JV squad for as many games as allowable, as a result there are some dates like this on the schedule with opponents the varsity may not necessarily play. On Wednesday Jenny was in Willow Street for a medical appointment, as is per usual I took her home and picked up lunch along the way. In the evening we were at McCaskey for a traditional JV/varsity night, the Red Tornado hosted Northeastern (from Manchester, York County). We played NE in their building in December of '22, on that night the JPM JV lost by one point and the varsity won by one at the buzzer. This time around it was a case of tit-for-tat, the JV improved to 2-2 with a two-point win, the varsity dropped to 1-3 with a 40-37 loss. The defensive effort was there but the offense looked very disorganized, after the game those matters were discussed at length in the locker room. De'Andre Jones led with 14 and Jared Kumah had 11 but from there the next leading scorer had only four points and it's tough to win without the support underneath. League play begins on Friday the 15th with a trip to Penn Manor (I'm absent for the Royals) followed by a quick-turnaround Saturday afternoon non-leaguer with Lancaster Catholic (I'm there). Take care, thanks for reading.
