The new week began with a celebration, on Sunday night in New Orleans the Philadelphia Eagles won the NFL title with a 40-22 victory over defending league champion Kansas City. The franchise has been around since 1933, this is the fifth title in club history and the first since 2017. As a youngster my sports allegiances developed around the teams I saw play most often on television, in this area that was Philadelphia (the Eagles, Phillies, Flyers and 76ers) and Baltimore (the Orioles, the Ravens and the Colts before they were stolen from the city by a carpetbagging owner). Right now we are in The Black Hole, with basketball season over and the Royals chiefly on the road there is little happening. The Royals played at home on the 4th, between then and the 26th the club has only one home game which affords us the opportunity to put the wraps on the hoop season at McCaskey. The JV squad finished 8-12, nobody was in double figures but Amir Thompson-Hanson averaged 9.3 in the seven games he played, Kyle Brown-Nunn played the full schedule and averaged 8.8. The varsity finished 7-15 for a second straight year, the club started 2-9 but recovered to go 5-6 in the second half. The team played .500 ball in the division but lost ten of twelve outside of the league. Deandre Jones led the club in points (360) and average (18.9), Jaloney Porter scored 309 points for an average of 15.4. As a team they averaged 60.3 points per game while surrendering 66.4. The most telling point of the season is that every one of the seven wins was a stand-alone victory, the club never won two in a row at any point. In seven years as head coach Freddy's record stands at 71-81 (.467). It's been rough lately but hopefully better days are ahead, time will tell. Take care, thanks for reading.
