Back in December Jenny's mother received a gift card to a restaurant in Quarryville, since January 4 was the sixty-seventh anniversary of Something that Happened In 1957 Helen decided to use it on that date. I've long since had no concern for the day myself but the food was good and none of us went home hungry. On Friday night at McCaskey the basketball team resumed divisional play versus Manheim Township, the JV squad won its game to pull even at 5-5 while the varsity followed suit with a 65-55 win. With Jared out of the lineup indefinitely other guys need to step up, on this night four players hit double figures. Nemias Tirado led with 16, Cesar Peguero had 15, De'Andre Jones and Kamryn Pugh added eleven each. Kaiden Russell and Aiden Burgess had six points each, three others appeared but did not score. The win puts the division record at 2-1 and the overall mark at the season's midpoint at 5-6. The schedule in the second half becomes exponentially tougher with eight of the last eleven within the division including two each with co-leaders Hempfield and Cedar Crest (and the remaining non-league opponents are not exactly cupcakes either). It's been said that adversity introduces a man to himself, in the next few weeks we may see how true that adage really is. The rest of the weekend was uneventful which was a good thing because the weather was not, on Saturday morning a snow system moved through the area and left behind about two inches of the Ugly White Stuff. It began to flurry right around the time I left town in the morning, by the time I arrived at Jenny's house it was coming in earnest. After lunch we ran a few errands that needed to be done, from there I returned home more than happy to be there. The saving grace is that it isn't expected to be around long, the precipitation turned into rain on Sunday and with higher temperatures most of it either melted or was washed away. As far I'm concerned it can STAY away. Take care, thanks for reading.
