Catching up...
Greetings everyone, I hope you're all thawed out today and ready for the incoming smack Old Man Winter is supposed to lay on us all this weekend. I know I'm thrilled (can you sense my sarcasm?)
A couple of things that I wanted to touch on before I got into catching up on the wide world of E-town sports.
So the Mitchell Report came out yesterday and named a whole bunch of high profile players as alleged steroid users. Some of the names I wasn't surprised at all by (see Bonds, Barry and Clemens, Roger), but a few, like Brian Roberts, caught me off guard. It seems like there isn't really any proof to this a lot stuff, just a lot of hearsay, but it's definitely an eye-opener. Definitely a sad day for my favorite sport.
Great time of year overall for sports – NFL playoffs coming up, College bowls about to start, MLB hot stove heating up, NBA and college hoops in full gear, and, yes, fantasy football playoffs. Did I mention I'm a geek?
OK, now that that's out of the way, here's the latest on the E-town sports scene:
*EAHS boys basketball:
Pretty good start so far for the Bears. They're 2-2 right now and are coming off a close loss to McCaskey on Tuesday. The Bears showed a lot of scrappiness and resiliency (which I think will be a trademark for them all season long) and hung with the L-L League powerhouse, losing by 6. I'll admit that I wasn't a big fan of some of the quotes I read from the McCaskey players and coaches after the game. Seemed to me like they have a bit of arrogance about them, which is probably understandable since they have been the dominant force in the league for some time now. It just seemed like to me that they were hinting that the reason the game was close was because they played bad, not because E-town played good. I'll be at Daubert gym tonight to watch the Bears take on Warwick.
*EAHS wrestling:
The Bears bounced back from a disappointing loss to Middletown on Saturday with a strong showing against CD East on Wednesday. The squad certainly has a lot of talent and I think the league and district matches will be very interesting this year. I've heard a lot of coaches in the league say that E-town might be the team to beat. It's a bit early for those kinds of predictions from me, but if the Bears come out and wrestle like they can every match and stay focused, I'd say it's certainly not out of the question.
E-TOWN COLLEGE ALERT:
I haven't written much about E-town College athletics on this blog (I know, tsk, tsk), but the men's basketball team is off to an outstanding start. The Jays are 8-0 and play a home game on Saturday at 3 against Rutgers-Camden before being off until Jan. 4. Head out on Saturday (if the snow isn't too bad) and check them out. Congrats to coach Bob Schlosser (and my boy assitant coach Barry Acker. Had to throw some props his way) on a great start.
That's all for now. Enjoy the weekend, drive safely and, as always, stay classy Elizabethtown.
A couple of things that I wanted to touch on before I got into catching up on the wide world of E-town sports.
So the Mitchell Report came out yesterday and named a whole bunch of high profile players as alleged steroid users. Some of the names I wasn't surprised at all by (see Bonds, Barry and Clemens, Roger), but a few, like Brian Roberts, caught me off guard. It seems like there isn't really any proof to this a lot stuff, just a lot of hearsay, but it's definitely an eye-opener. Definitely a sad day for my favorite sport.
Great time of year overall for sports – NFL playoffs coming up, College bowls about to start, MLB hot stove heating up, NBA and college hoops in full gear, and, yes, fantasy football playoffs. Did I mention I'm a geek?
OK, now that that's out of the way, here's the latest on the E-town sports scene:
*EAHS boys basketball:
Pretty good start so far for the Bears. They're 2-2 right now and are coming off a close loss to McCaskey on Tuesday. The Bears showed a lot of scrappiness and resiliency (which I think will be a trademark for them all season long) and hung with the L-L League powerhouse, losing by 6. I'll admit that I wasn't a big fan of some of the quotes I read from the McCaskey players and coaches after the game. Seemed to me like they have a bit of arrogance about them, which is probably understandable since they have been the dominant force in the league for some time now. It just seemed like to me that they were hinting that the reason the game was close was because they played bad, not because E-town played good. I'll be at Daubert gym tonight to watch the Bears take on Warwick.
*EAHS wrestling:
The Bears bounced back from a disappointing loss to Middletown on Saturday with a strong showing against CD East on Wednesday. The squad certainly has a lot of talent and I think the league and district matches will be very interesting this year. I've heard a lot of coaches in the league say that E-town might be the team to beat. It's a bit early for those kinds of predictions from me, but if the Bears come out and wrestle like they can every match and stay focused, I'd say it's certainly not out of the question.
E-TOWN COLLEGE ALERT:
I haven't written much about E-town College athletics on this blog (I know, tsk, tsk), but the men's basketball team is off to an outstanding start. The Jays are 8-0 and play a home game on Saturday at 3 against Rutgers-Camden before being off until Jan. 4. Head out on Saturday (if the snow isn't too bad) and check them out. Congrats to coach Bob Schlosser (and my boy assitant coach Barry Acker. Had to throw some props his way) on a great start.
That's all for now. Enjoy the weekend, drive safely and, as always, stay classy Elizabethtown.
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