Fri.-Sun., June 25-27, 2021
Rest and relaxation was the only way to go after the nine day road trip combined with the high temperatures in SoCal the last few days.
I hear that the Pacific Ocean is cooler and nearby but we opted not to fight the weekend crowds at the beach.
Meanwhile, across the pond . . .
Our Varese Skorpions were
starting their playoff run
It was an Italian DII Quarter-Final game for the #1 seeded, 6-0 Skorpions who were hosting the #8 seeded, 3-3 Sarzana Red Jackets.
We were up early to watch
the game on-line
I thought that the Skorpions gave their best effort in this game after a bit of a lackluster second half of the regular season.
The result of this focused effort, you ask?
A solid win!
A bit hard to see, so here is the
complete recap of the
DII Quarter-Final games
#1 Varese Skorpions (7-0) 41
#8 Sarzana Red Jackets (3-4) 14
#4 Modena Vipers (6-1) 21
#5 Brescia Bengals (4-3) 9
#3 Verona Mastini (7-0) 44
#6 Padova Saints (4-3) 12
#2 Torino Gianuari (7-0) 35
#7 Cernusco Daemons (3-4) 25
So, the DII Semi-Finals will be played next weekend with the four league champions sporting a glossy, combined 27-1 season record should make for some quality American football games.
The Semi-Finals will look like this:
Saturday, July 3rd at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time
#4 Modena Vipers (6-1) at #1 Varese Skorpions (7-0)
Sunday, July 4th at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time
#3 Verona Mastini (7-0) at #2 Torino Giaguari (7-0)
The Italian DIII Playoffs
also started this weekend
Sixteen teams of the 32 DIII/CIF9 teams earned berths in the nine-man football playoffs including our old squad, the Catania Elephants (5-0) who won a hard fought contest by a final tally of 8-0 over the Golfo del Tigullio Predatori (3-2).
Next up for the 5-0 Elephants is a rugged Quarter-Final road game against the 5-0 Barletta Mad Bulls.
The Italian DI Semi-Finals
will also be played next weekend
Only the top four teams in the elite, seven team DI circuit make the playoffs.
The Milano Seamen have lots of former players of ours from our Skorpions and Europe Warriors days on their roster, not to mention friend and Seamen Head Coach Mike Wood.
The DI Semi-Finals shape this way:
Saturday, July 3rd at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time
#3 Lazio Ducks (4-4) at #2 Milano Seamen (6-2)
Sunday, July 4th at 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time
#4 Firenze Guelfi (4-4) at #1 Parma Panthers (8-0)
There was also second week games being played in the new, ambitious European League of Football.
Our favorite ELF squad, the
Barcelona Dragons, were looking
to rebound on the road
The Hamburg Sea Devils (1-0)
and Berlin Thunder (0-1) had byes
A tough loss for the Dragons
who are now 0-2
Poland's Wroclaw Panthers (2-0)
look to be the bad boys of the ELF
They have scored a whopping total of 109 points in their two wins.
Here are the updated ELF standings:
NORTH DIVISION
Wroclaw Panthers 2-0
Hamburg Sea Devils 1-0
Leipzig Kings 1-1
Berlin Thunder 0-1
SOUTH DIVISION
Cologne Centurions 1-1
Frankfort Galaxy 1-1
Stuttgart Surge 1-1
Barcelona Dragons 0-2
Our 0-2 Dragons have a tough home game this coming Saturday against the 1-0 Hamburg Sea Devils.
All I have to say about next weekend's EuroBall action is:
Go Skorpions GO!
Go Elephants GO!
Go Seamen GO!
Go Dragons GO!
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