Wed.-Sun., October 13-17, 2021
It's always good to get back home, even after a great, relaxing week in the paradise that is Maui.
Maui's Kahului Airport reminder
Halloween is indeed just around the corner.
The Grim Reaper of Southwest Airlines
A possible bad omen but we were thankfully flying with Alaska Airlines.
An interesting sculpture to entertain
us while in the long TSA security queue
A last view of Maui before
boarding our plane
That's the magical 'Īao Valley in the distance.
News from EuroBall . . .
The original eight clubs involved
with the inaugural 2021 ELF season
of Europe's new Super League
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the ELF is expanding to 12 teams for the 2022 campaign.
Originally, it was announced that one of the four new expansion teams would be Poland's Wieliczka Dragons. This relatively new Polish squad was being welcomed into the ELF with three longtime powerhouse clubs from Austria and Germany.
The Austrian clubs were the Tirol Raiders from Innsbruck and the Vienna Vikings, while the new German entry was the Rhein Fire out of Düsseldorf.
I'm not sure what has transpired since that post from two weeks ago but the Polish team is no longer part of the 2022 ELF plans.
Enter this . . .
. . . outstanding team from Turkey
to fill the void
The latest 2022 ELF alignment
The ELF now has at least one franchise in five different countries for 2022 with the bulk, seven teams, being located in Germany.
This is the ELF's current country breakdown for 2022:
Austria
Innsbruck Raiders
Vienna Vikings
Germany
Berlin Thunder
Cologne Centurions
Frankfort Galaxy
Hamburg Sea Devils
Leipzig Kings
Rhein Fire
Stuttgart Surge
Poland
Wroclaw Panthers
Spain
Barcelona Dragons
Turkey
Istanbul Rams
On Friday, I joined Debi Murphy
at Camarillo H.S. to watch her
grandson Dylan's J.V. game
The now 7-1 Camarillo Scorpions continued their winning ways with a hard fought 6-0 victory over the visiting Moorpark Musketeers.
I would be joined by son Mike and grandson Jacob later that night to watch the same two schools in a Varsity level matchup.
The three of us have made going
to random high school games on
Friday nights a family ritual
Camarillo star Brandon Contreras,
no relation, setting sail on a
Kickoff Return for a TD
Jacob, playing with a balloon,
lost his game concentration as
the game turned into an early rout
Frankly, I did too as the Scorpions (5-3) cruised to a 41-13 win over the Musketeers (1-7).
We left the game about half way through the Third Quarter.
Saturday meant but one thing . . .
. . . the grandkids' soccer games
It looks like Mary, in the dark green uniform, is about to take one for the team.
Mary with a good boot
Jacob, the Sheik of Camarillo,
made an appearance at Mary's game
Co-Captain Jacob before his game
While in goal, Jacob had to keep
busy as the ball was usually at the
other end of the pitch
Here he was working on his dance moves.
A refreshing push-up or two
was cleansing as well
In the Second half Jacob was off
and running again
Put a move on him!
Mike and Laurie cheering on
Jacob's Scorpions to victory
In the evening, we met at Mike and Vanessa's home to watch both the Los Angeles Dodger's NLCS playoff opener vs. the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Huskies (2-3) home game against the UCLA Bruins (4-2).
Definitely not a good evening as the Dodgers lost 3-2 as the Braves scored their winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Then the Huskies lost to the Bruins 24-17.
On a bright note during the two crushing losses, the grandkids baked and decorated Halloween cookies.
Mary was HEAVY on the
black icing
A somewhat Bohemian
Jacob took a more traditional
approach to his icing
Sunday was a way more upbeat American football day than Saturday. In NFL play, the mighty Los Angeles Rams (5-1) hammered the hapless New York Giants (1-5) 38-11.
The vast majority of my Sunday was taken up by finishing my season long analytics breakdown of two game videos for coaching friends played on Friday night.
I do this for Buena H.S. Head Coach Ryan Bolland whose Bulldogs (5-3, 3-0 PVL) defeated the San Marcos Royals (3-5, 1-2 PVL) 52-26 over the weekend.
Buena plays their crosstown rival Ventura Cougars (4-3, 2-1 PVL) on the road next Friday. With a win, the Bulldogs would win at least a share of the Pacific View League title with one more game left in the regular season.
I've also been helping El Camino real H.S. Head Coach Jason Sabolic whose Royals (1-6, 1-1 WVL) continue to struggle losing a heartbreaker 33-30 to a good Chatsworth Chancellors (6-2, 2-1 WVL) squad.
Up next for the Royals is a West Valley League road game against the Taft Toreadors (3-5, 0-3 WVL).
American football just kind of gets to me.
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