Thurs.-Sun., May 27-30, 2021
As another week of Third Grade via Zoom meetings mercifully came to a close, we decided to take Jacob on a mini-road trip for an afternoon of miniature golf at Ventura's Golf N' Stuff facility.
It quickly became apparent
that Jacob was more into the
Stuff than the Golf
We opted not to fight it and
entered the world of clandestine
arcade life hesitantly
By inserting a $10 bill into a machine we purchased 48 game tokens and then the fun began.
I was Jacob's wing man on
this Halo game
He killed a lot of strange looking bad guys. I would later join him in keeping Ventura free for " . . . truth, justice and the American way of life!"
Laurie looked good on a more
traditional Skee-Ball game
A bit pedestrian for the newest
arcade generation but . . .
. . . still, Jacob liked it, especially
when he realized that he beat
Laurie's score
Although Jacob saw no problem in buying another 48 tokens, the old folks were hungry.
Begrudgingly, he agreed to leave Golf N' Stuff for some lunch.
Marshall's Bodacious BBQ
brought a smile back on his face
We had fun. Hopefully, the next time we'll play a round of miniature golf.
I continue walking and getting my body back into some semblance of shape. One sees some interesting things on these strolls like . . .
. . . the Pink's Hot Dog stand in the
Camarillo Outlet Mall . . .
. . . or a cool old surf mobile
in our neighborhood
May has been a MUCH better
physical fitness month than any
I've had since the start of the pandemic
EuroBall Action from
Spain and Italy
Barberá Rookies (5-2)
at
Pioners L'Hospitalet (7-0)
This game was played on Saturday with the winner becoming the 2021 Spanish Serie B National Champions.
The Pioners, coached by good friend Bart Iaccarino, is the team I've helped by doing an Analytics Study of their game videos and breaking down their Offensive blocking techniques seen in their practice videos.
It would be the third meeting
between the two Barcelona area
rivals this season
The first two contests accounted for the Rookies only two losses of the 2021 regular season as the Pioners won 34-16 on the road in January and again took the return game at home 54-35 in February.
It was a well fought championship game as the Pioners kicked a short field goal with about 20 seconds left in the game to win 24-21.
ENHORABUENA PIONERS!
The Varese Skorpions (3-0) hosted
the Bergamo Lions (1-2) on Saturday
These two clubs met in Bergamo in the opening game of the season with the Skorpions claiming a 51-0 victory in a game shortened due to the invocation of the Mercy Rule.
It was a lackluster offensive effort
but 4-0 is better than 3-1
I'm sure that the Skorpions were a bit overconfident going into the game but it must be said that the Lions looked like a MUCH improved team.
All 13 points were scored in the Second Quarter on two nice pass plays. The Skorpions Defense did come to play and their combination of hard hitting and effort led to three interceptions and a fumble recovery.
The Skorpions will have to play at a much higher level next week when they hit the road for a game with the 3-1 Cernusco Daemons. In their first game back in April, the Skorpions trailed 14-13 before scoring twice late in the game to eke out a 28-14 victory.
Our original EuroBall club,
the Catania Elephants were playing
in the Sicilian Derby on Sunday
against the Palermo squad
When we were with the Elephants in 2008 and 2009 they were in Italy's First Division.
For the past few years they have played in Italy's Third Division which plays the nine-man version of the game.
Sicily belongs to the Elephants!
The teams played earlier this month in Palermo with the Elephants winning that one too, 50-23.
In the city of Grosetto, the Italian National Championship Women's Flag Football Tournament was played.
The Catania Pink Elephants
won it all by beating the
defending champion Parma Panthers!
So who came in Third?
All of Varese was excited that in only their second season of play, the Lady Skorpions brought home the Third Place hardware from the National Championship Tournament
Word on the street is that all the ladies need to win it all in 2022, are two really efficient Water Boys.
Reading Is FUNdamental!
With this interesting tome, I have now
read all 30 of Donna Leon's "Commissario
Guido Brunetti Mystery" series
I highly recommend all of these books that give great insights into life and crime in Venice.
I have just ordered this new book
Written by my former Westlake H.S. QB, Steve Chopp, and his son Matt, this book addresses a part of the game that one sees some teams poorly execute almost every weekend at the high school, college, NFL and EuroBall levels.
I think that it should become a part of every American football coach's library throughout the globe.
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