Wed.-Fri., April 10-12, 2024
On Thursday, we gathered at Cabrillo Middle School in Ventura for the Championship Game of the local Middle School soccer league.
Jacob's Las Colinas M.S. Mustangs (4-2), were taking on the league's top team for the crown, the undefeated De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts Middle School (DATA) Navigators (6-0).
In their two regular season games, DATA beat the Mustangs 1-0 on the road and 2-0 at home.
The First Half ended with the Mustangs shocking everyone in attendance holding a 3-1 lead. The Navigators had not allowed three goals total in their six regular season games.
Jacob is #51 on the right
The DATA Head Coach was visibly and audibly distraught throughout the First Half having never been behind at any point this season.
His Halftime talk to the Navigators definitely worked as it turned out.
Get that ball . . .
. . . out of the goal area!
Good job, Jacob!
The DATA attack was relentless
The Navigators (7-0) showed championship character in roaring back to beat the Mustangs (4-3, a.k.a., 4 and DATA) by a final score of 7-3.
Meanwhile, in Las Vegas middle school soccer action this week, Kevin's Canarelli M.S. Colts won both of their games to improve to 6-1-1 in their desert conference play.
against the Johnson JHS Eagles attack
in Friday's game
On Monday, the Colts hosted the Lawrence Junior H.S. Lions. The Colts won a nail biter, 4-3.
In Friday's game, the Colts loaded up their school bus for the journey to Johnson Junior H.S.
Canarelli had a much easier time of it in this contest beating the Eagles, 5-1.
who plays for the Johnson Eagles
While Kevin was on the pitch, Laurie and I drove to San Marino to gather a few more mementos from our ancestral home before it is sold.
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My Dad's Spanish Dictionary and
bound copies of the 1947 and 1948
National Geographic were MUSTS
Those are Laurie and my birth years.
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Two issues of classic Cuban magazine
GOLD!
Simple pleasures . . .
Let's take a look at the weekend's American football slate around the globe.
Only two games this weekend in
DI Italian Football League action
The Ancona Dolphins (3-0) are solid favorites at home over the Lazio Marines (1-3).
The Firenze Guelfi (3-1) hit the road to face the dangerous Torino Giaguari (2-2).
The Varese Skorpions (4-0)
have a Bye week
The Firenze Guelfi's next three
home games are all TOUGH!
First, the Guelfi are hosting a Central European Football League playoff game against the Belgrade SBB Wolves who played in the Serbian National Championship Game in 2023.
The CEFL annually provides a tournament setting for the top teams in Europe. This year 13 participating clubs hail from these nine countries: Austria (2 teams), Denmark, France (2), Hungary, Italy (2), Serbia (2), Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Back in IFL play, they will host the Ancona Dolphins (3-0) and then the defending IFL Champion Parma Panthers (2-2).
The BIG GAME in Italy's DIII 9FL
Our old Sicilian club, the Catania Elephants (2-0) will cross the Straights of Messina for their conference showdown with the Crotone Achei (2-0).
Go Elephants GO!
Forfeit Win
In France, for the second time this year, our former French Bron-Villeurbanne Falcons' eleven will win by forfeit over the Pont-de-Claix Blue Devils.
A full slate this weekend in Austria . . .
. . . and in Poland too
The Spanish Serie B Playoffs
were announced on Thursday
The Quarter-Final games will be played on Saturday and Sunday, April 27-28.
The six team Central and Eastern Conferences top three teams qualified while the four team Southern Conference only gets two teams into post-season action.
Here is the Quarter-Final line-up of games:
Telde Canes (Central #3, 2-4)
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Terrassa Reds (Eastern #1, 6-0)
Valencia Giants (Eastern #2, 5-1)
at
Guadalajara Stings (Central #2, 5-1)
Valencia Firebats (Eastern #3, 4-2)
at
Fuengirola Potros (Southern #1, 6-0)
Mairena Blue Devils (Southern #2, 3-3)
at
Pinto Goldbats (Central #1, 5-1)
Go Stings GO!
A big flag football tournament scheduled
for Sunday in Villamayor, Spain
A good game on Saturday in Mexico
A GREAT game from the 1950s
Los Angeles Rams Hall of Fame WR, Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, hauling in a TD pass at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum against the Cleveland Browns.
Prosciutto dresses are all the RAGE
in Milan fashion houses this Spring
I'm all in on this fascinating look!
Only in L.A. can one find a 32 team
taco restaurant tournament
One of my personal favorites, Villa's Tacos, is in the Semi-Finals. They have my vote top win it all.
If they both win, it will be a classic final, #1 Seeded Tacos Los Cholos against the #2 Seeded Villa's Tacos.
I wonder if they need an impartial judge for the finals?
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