Friday evening was a football night at McCaskey, for me it was the start of season #37 behind the mic. Longtime athletic director Jon Mitchell retired recently, on this night I met his successor Teasia Myers-Pena. Teasia is a 2008 McCaskey grad, a former basketball star and a fellow member of the school's athletic Hall-Of-Fame. The Red Tornado played its first two games on the road and went 1-1, the last time the club had a winning record was 2010 and since then the overall mark is just 27-103 (not quite the 1962 Mets but it's close). In recent years the offense has been reasonably good but the defense has been largely porous, on this night the "O" put up a single touchdown and the "D" made it stand up. The lone score came midway through the second quarter when quarterback Jalen Cintron found wideout Alisay Ramos for a 20-yard catch-and-run, Thomas McCoy's convert made it 7-0. Visiting Elizabethtown had their chances and the JPM defense bent but never broke, in the final minute Aaron Martin's pass interception salted away the single-score victory. The club improves to 2-1, the next game at home is on September 20. Saturday was a gloomy day with on-and-off rain, in Quarryville we got caught in a downpour on a grocery run. The rain was long gone and the sun was out and bright on Sunday morning, it was a perfect day for street hockey at Lions Park in Rothsville. Thirty-five players participated on opening day including six newcomers, Hillside defeated Township and Warwick won over Ephrata. Each team plays nine games, the season ends on November 3. Take care, thanks for reading.
