Final game

The Columbia boys' basketball team will play their final home game of the regular season tonight against Annville-Cleona.

I hope the gym is packed to salute this team for a great season, that still has a lot more basketball left in it. The fans need to be loud tonight.

It will be a night of scoreboard watching, like, baseball teams do in September.

There will be a lot of interest in the happenings in Kinzers where Pequea Valley and Lancaster Catholic play. Coach Schatzman's Braves played Catholic tough just two weeks ago at Catholic. Can I get a "Go Pequea!"

It will be interesting to watch both teams to see if there is any hangovers from Monday's game. Neither team can afford that.

Colleague Jeff Reinhart tells me that the L-L League meeting to set the basketball playoffs will be tomorrow morning at Cedar Crest. Hopefully, we'll be able to post something (Jeff will be posting on his blog as well) before I head off to the Oyster Pie Dinner. It would have been nice for the L-L League to have that meeting today, so announcements can be made at the games tonight. But, that sounds too easy.

Mets get pitcher

So know that the Mets get Johan Santana from the Twins, what does that mean for the Phillies?

Here is my opinion. Santana can only pitch once every five or six days. He's not an everyday player, so the impact will not be that great. He is an upgrade to the Mets staff, who struggled at the end of the year, but he's not the answer to all of their problems.
He's also switching leagues too and I think going from the American League to the National Legaue is a bigger, harder switch than going from the NL to the AL.

I'll take the combo of Hamels/Myers over Santana and a fading Pedro any day at the top of my rotation.

Wrestlers fall

The Crimson Tide wrestling team was bounced from the District 3 team tournament last night at Cumberland Valley.

Coach Scott Rupp's team lost to top-seed Bermudian Springs, 69-6.
Dan Gerfin (215) scored the Tide's lone points with a second period pin.

The Tide is home tomorrow night against York Tech.