Coaching for Pizza: Mary's VCYTC JV Finals, the NFL Draft's Final Day and More Global Football Graphics

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Mary's VCYTC JV Finals, the NFL Draft's Final Day and More Global Football Graphics

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Today was an absolutely gorgeous day for a track meet, so we attended one at Newbury Park H.S.

See what I mean about the weather

MUCH better than the weather

at this meet in Alaska this week

Agreed?

Mary's Cosmos team was

competing today in . . .

. . . the VCYTC's Junior Varsity Finals

Mary would be competing in three events at these Finals, the Long Jump and the 100 and 200 Meters Dashes.

It would be a less stressful day for us all as Jacob would not be competing today. He has instead qualified for five events at next Saturday's VCYTC Varsity Finals to be held at Camarillo H.S.

Laurie on her throne at the meet

Jacob was there to fully support both

Mary and all of his Cosmos mates

running and jumping today

Mary just had to have a pink

Meet T-shirt, so I got her one

Paisley, Mary and Savanah

Mary really loves the social aspects of the sport of Track and Field.

Stretching before the Long Jump

While Mary was warming-up, I turned to watch a heat of the Boys 8 and under, 4 x 100 Meters Relay.

To my absolute horror . . .

. . . I was about to witness what

appeared to be a BRUTAL stabbing!

Oh, no, it was just a new, hi-tech

baton passing technique in action

Back to the Long Jump . . .

She's OFF!

Getting her speed up to snuff

Good airtime, GREATER shadow

The hair flying as . . .

. . . she stuck her landing

A slow start in the 100 Meters Dash . . .

. . . but a strong finish

Good looking form at the start

of Mary's 200 Meters Dash

Hugging the curve . . .

. . . and heading into the straightaway

When this race ended, so did Mary's 2024 track season, her second year as a member of the Camarillo Cosmos track program.

As I write this, no results have been posted yet on the VCYTC website but I do know that she had fun today and had a big smile after final race of the season.

Thankfully, she has had a positive experience with the Cosmos thanks to caring coaches and the support of family and friends.

After the meet Mary attended a school

friend's birthday party held at the

Thousand Oaks Sky Zone Trampoline Park

She has always been known as a messy cupcake eater.

The Los Angeles Rams still had to

navigate Rounds 4-7 of the NFL Draft today

These were the Rams' picks on the final day of the Draft.

The 154th selection aided the Defense . . .

. . . so did the Rams' first 6th round pick

He kicked a 61 yard Field Goal

for Stanford last season

Kicking was a negative issue in the 2023 Rams season. Good pick at #209.

Another weapon for QB Matthew

Stafford passes at #213

Some protection for Stafford too

with the 217th pick in the Draft

Another big body for the OL

with their final pick at #254

Ten new Rams in all added to the

Rams roster over the three days

and seven Rounds of the NFL Draft

Only time will tell how good these picks really were.

The Rams have a tough home

schedule in 2024, these new players

need to help quickly

Now, how did the Huskies fare on

Day III of the Draft today?

A Linebacker to the Buffalo Bills

was the first of two 5th Rounders

A Washington Husky becomes

a Washington Commander

Finally, Tampa Bay opted

for this Husky TE

Culp will feel at home as he is now the sixth ex-Husky of the current Buccaneers roster.

Overall, ten Washington Huskies were selected in this year's 257 player Draft. The ten included three in the First Round, two in the Second, two in the Third, two in the Fifth and one in the Seventh.

The record for most Huskies picked in an NFL Draft is 11. It has happened twice, first in 1983 and again in 1992.

Still, this year's bumper crop of ten picks is an amazing number. It is tied for the third most in Husky history with the ten Dawgs drafted in 1998.

Moving on . . .