Fri.-Mon., March 19-29, 2021
As it should be, we start this post with a family celebration . . .
Jacob's Ninth Birthday
Gifts were highly recommended.
So were candles and cupcakes
Looking good as he nears a decade
as he likes to puts it
"Hey, I'm cute too!"
Why yes, Mary, you are indeed!
We had fun at Mary's Daisy Scouts
meeting on Saturday
As for the latest News from the Net . . .
Pretty much a fact
I was getting closer and closer
to this until Covid hit the scene
The Skorpions officially announced
their new home for the 2021 season
This is Varese's large soccer stadium/velodrome where we held the Venom Camp in 2019 with the Chicago Bears Coaching Staff.
The location is much better for the team but I hate to see us lose the charm, snack bar and packed house ambiance of a game at Skorpion Field.
Our crowds at this venue I'm afraid will look like BBs in a boxcar.
In case you can't tell,
this is 100% REAL NEWS
And so is this!
Bart Iaccarino's team in the new
European League of Football
got a name change this week
The NFL still had the naming rights to the old NFL Europe league that closed down after their 2007 campaign that included the Barcelona Dragons.
With the NFL's approval, EFL teams may now use old NFL Europe names if they want to do it.
Thus the EFL's Barcelona Gladiators were just rechristened the Barcelona Dragons, complete with a team color change to the green, red and yellow of the original Dragons.
The Dragon logo has been updated. Which do you like better?
The 2007 version . . .
. . . or the 2021 version?
My vote is for the old school Dragon, how about you?
Our BELOVED Stings beat the
Mercenarios 39-13!
The Guadalajara Stings are now 4-0 sitting alone atop the Spanish Serie C four team Conferencia FEFA standings.
In Serie C's eight club Conferencia LCFA there is currently a three way tie for first place with the Barcelona Pagesos, Barcelona Uroloki and Terrassa Reds all sporting 4-1 records.
Cobras WIN! Cobras WIN!!
Our old club, the Murcia Cobras, are playing in Spain's top level Serie A this season and have had a rough go of it.
The win over Zaragoza was the Cobras first of the year as they now are 1-6 and in fourth place in Conferencia Este.
The team that I'm assisting in Spain
as their Analytics Coach, the
L'Hospitalet Pioners, had a BYE this week
Three Serie B games were played over the weekend and above you see the current standings as the regular season nears its end.
A self satisfied Jacob after
finishing this circular jigsaw
puzzle of the U.S. Presidents
It was an old puzzle as neither President Trump nor President Biden's images were in play.
Because of Jacob's birthday celebration, I had to pass on doing the color commentary for the first game of the Ventura County Star's High School Game of the Week in this Spring's Covid driven football season.
Week #2 was an entirely different matter . . .
The Fillmore Flashes (1-0) would
travel to play . . .
. . . the Hueneme Vikings (0-1)
As usual, I visited each campus to talk to the two Head Coaches and watch a little of their practices.
I felt 100% safe when I saw this
sign as I entered the Fillmore campus
Flashes warming up
I love watching drills at the
various campuses I visit
Game Day Friday afternoon
at Hueneme H.S.
We were scheduled to start our podcast at 4:30 p.m. instead of our usual 7:00 p.m. kickoff because the Hueneme field is going through massive renovations that should be completed before the start of the 2021 Fall season.
The beautiful artificial surface is brand new.
This photo was taken from atop the visiting stands. Across the field, as you can see, the old home stands and press box have been razed to make room for new ones.
The final missing item were the lights. Hueneme will also get a new set of lights to replace their old ones that were 50 years old.
It should all make for a great setting for high school football in the near future.
Vikings in red warming up
Our son Michael watching the podcast
It was an interesting game that the Vikings finally won by a final tally of 24-14.
Saturday night, the coaching staff at Newbury Park H.S., where Michael teaches, asked if we could help them out in their game.
The answer was a resounding, "HELL YES!"
This time it would be working a day/night JV/Varsity doubleheader.
The St. Bonaventure Seraphs (0-1)
would travel to play the . . .
. . . Newbury Park Panthers (0-1)
The JV game was a good one as
NPHS prevailed 20-12
Mike and I worked the scoreboard together during this contest.
In the Varsity nightcap, it was all
St. Bonaventure 35-0
Mike was still on scoreboard duty while I sat next to him acting as the coaches "Eye in the Sky."
Obviously, I was not of much help.
Still, it was good to bond with Mike
for a few masked hours
The three games that I saw got me to
thinking about the essence of the game
On Sunday, Laurie and I ventured
north to eat at a restaurant for the
first time in a LONG while . . .
We opted for Ventura's Cafe Fiore where the Trio della Casa caught my eye.
It was quite good
Laurie decided to go with the
Fettuccine al Fileto and was pleased
That evening, Jacob came to our home for a sleepover which would lead into his normal Monday on-line school work the next day.
Upon arrival, he promptly lost
his third tooth in the last two weeks!
Such is life when you are almost a decade old.
