Thursday night at the ballpark for the last game of the regular season. Before the game the Stormers announced their annual award winners, reliever Jackson Rees won the club's community service award and Nick Lucky was named via fan vote as the team's MVP. The game itself was about as anticlimactic as they come, Long Island scored five runs in the first two innings and coasted to a 5-1 win. The lone Stormer run scored on a one-out home run by Mason Martin in the ninth, Luke McCullough started and took the loss with relief help from newcomer Brock Bell, Brenden White and Kyle Johnson. The Stormers went 40-23 in the second half to claim the title with an overall mark of 71-55, over in York the Revolution won the first half at 39-24 and finished 74-52 overall (for those who debate the "halves" format Long Island finished second overall in the division at 72-54 but missed the postseason because they didn't win either half). It all sets up a rematch of the 2024 North Division playoff won by the Revs in four games, the first two games of the best-of-three are in York with the last three (or whatever is needed) in Lancaster. On Friday morning the visiting nurse was here to relieve me of my bi-weekly burden, Saturday lunch with Jenny and her mother was followed by Sunday hockey at Lions Park. Three new players joined the fold raising the number to fifty (equaling the spring turnout), all but nine were present as Ephrata beat Township and Warwick won over Hillside. Take care, thanks for reading.
