Monday, September 11, 2023

A Solid Sunday to End a Great Weekend of American Football Action


Sunday, September 10, 2023

Before we get too deeply into another American football blogpost, allow me to share the following picture of my Mother in action today that my sister Linda sent me.

Our 99 year old Mother sipping
on an Ironbeer and eating
plantain chips!

Ironbeer was the extremely sweet national soft drink of Cuba beginning in 1917. Because of Castro's Revolution of 1959, Ironbeer is now part of the long, long list of unavailable products in that troublesome Communist island nation.

It is available in the USA as there is an Ironbeer bottling company based in North Havana, a.k.a., Miami, Florida.

The plantain chips are also a salty Cuban delicacy.

While it sounded sinful on the surface for her to be basing her diet on these two items, one must remember that it was HOT in Pasadena.

Fluid and salt replacement are key issues on days like this.

That's our story and we are sticking to it!

Time for the weekly update on grandson Jacob's Camarillo Stingers Pop Warner Sophomore football team.

The Week #3 Gold Coast Youth
Football League scores were announced

GCYFL Sophomore Week #3 Results
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Camarillo (3-0) 28 - Oxnard (0-2) 0
Calabasas Black (3-0) 28 - Fillmore (2-1) 0
Newbury Park (2-0) 34 - Santa Barbara (0-2) 6
Saugus Navy (2-1) 14 - Simi Valley Black (0-3) 0
Santa Clarita (2-1) 30 - Valley (1-2) 6
Simi Valley Orange (1-1) 38 - Saugus White (0-3) 12
BYE: Calabasas Gold (1-1)

GCYFL Sophomore
National Conference Standings
1T. Calabasas Rams Black 3-0
Camarillo Stingers 3-0
3. Newbury Park Steelers 2-0

4T. Fillmore Raiders 2-1
Santa Clarita Wildcats 2-1
Saugus Spartans Navy 2-1
7T. Calabasas Rams Gold 1-1
Simi Valley Bulldogs Orange 1-1

9. Valley Rush 1-2
10T. Oxnard Knights 0-2
Santa Barbara Saints 0-2
12T. Saugus Spartans White 0-3
Simi Valley Bulldogs Black 0-3

GCYFL Sophomore Week #4 Schedule
Saturday, September 16, 2023
Camarillo (3-0) at Saugus Navy (2-1)
Calabasas Black (3-0) at Saugus White (0-3)
Newbury Park (2-0) at Simi Valley Orange (1-1)
Fillmore (2-1) at Santa Barbara (0-2)
Santa Clarita (2-1) at Calabasas Gold (1-1)
Oxnard (0-2) at Valley Rush (1-2)
BYE: Simi Valley Black (0-3)

This weeks Stingers (3-0) game at Saugus Navy (2-1) will be Camarillo's first stern test of the season, I believe.

Buckle up, boys!

The Washington Huskies
improved to 2-0 and are still
ranked #8 in the polls

This Saturday's road game against the 2-0 Michigan State Spartans of the BIG-10 Conference should be a good test for the Dawgs.

On to the Continent . . .

2023 Wild Card Playoff Weekend
is in the books

On Saturday, the #4 seeded
Frankfurt Galaxy (11-2) beat the
#5 seeded Berlin Thunder (8-5)

On Sunday, the #3 seeded
Stuttgart Surge (11-2) defeated the
#6 seeded Wroclaw Panthers

The ELF Semi-Finals are next weekend

These should be two great games!

The #1 seeded Rhein Fire (12-0) will host the #4 seeded Frankfurt Galaxy (11-2) in one Semi-Final.

The Fire handed the Galaxy their only two losses of the season winning at home in a Week #1 game, 33-9.

These two Western Conference rivals met again in Week #14 two weeks ago in Frankfurt with the Fire remaining perfect on the regular season with a wild 48-38 victory. 

The defending 2022 ELF Champion and #2 seeded Vienna Vikings (12-0) will be the home team against the #3 seeded Stuttgart Surge (11-2) in the other big game next weekend.

This will be the first 2023 meeting between these two ELF powers in 2023.

The 2023 NFL season started this past weekend.

According to the pundits, not much
was expected from the young,
inexperienced Rams roster this season

SURPRISE IN SEATTLE!

The Rams stole a win in Seattle that most of us did not expect.

No, actually the Rams dominated the Seahawks, especially in the Second Half by outscoring the Seattle club 23-0 in the last 30 minutes of the game.

The 1-0 Rams will play the 1-0 San Francisco 49ers next Sunday in Los Angeles.

Can lightning strike twice?

Stay tuned . . .

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