Mon.-Sat., May 23-28, 2022
The BIG deal of the week in Camarillo was grandson Jacob's basketball at the local YMCA.
Let's get right to it . . .
Was it a shot or was it a pass?
Jacob is primarily a defensive specialist usually assigned to guard the opposition's best player. Here, I think he was attempting a shot, you can hear Laurie expressing her thought that it was a pass.
Chime in if you care to.
Cut off the other club's top scorer
On him yet again
JUMP BALL!
Helping out on a crafty ball handler
A little late to disrupt her shot
LOOSE BALL!
The Fast Break is on!
Back to defense
No doubt about it,
this one was a shot
Post game, at our house, after
a burger, a Mr. Softee ice cream
and a trip to the First Up Sports
trading card store
The joys of being a new found NFL fan.
Lots of news from EuroBall this weekend.
Spain's Serie A Championship Game
resumed after a week on Saturday
You may recall that the game was
suspended late last Saturday night
due to an electrical storm with ten
minutes to play in the Fourth Quarter
The Osos, who I helped coach in 2016, are based in a Madrid suburb and were leading 28-12 when the lightning started striking last week.
Ricardo Martín is the Osos Head Coach and a good friend.
No more scoring on this Saturday
With the win, the Osos won their second Serie A Championship in their program's history.
In 2001, the Osos defeated the Zaragoza Lions 21-7 for their first National Championship. Ventura County legend Chris Pagliaro and his son were the coaches of that club.
The Osos have also been to three other title games but came up short each time losing to the Badalona Dracs 52-12 in 1999 and 14-8 in 2002. In 2012, the L'Hospitalet Pioners beat the Osos 47-24 in the championship contest.
As for the Las Rozas Black Demons, this was their third straight Serie A Championship Game loss. Their other two losses were both to the Badalona Dracs, 47-6 in 2019 and 31-21 in 2021.
The Italian DII Playoffs
started on Saturday
The 5-1 Varese Skorpions were
hosting the 3-3 Padova Saints
This was a Quarter-Final game between the #2 seeded Skorpions and the #7 seeded Saints.
I enjoyed both the excellent live
stream of the game and the
Mercy Rule at this point on the game
It's a WRAP!
Here are the complete Quarter-Final DII results:
#1 Torino Giaguari (7-0) 36 - #8 Torino Reapers (2-5) 22
#4 Bergamo Lions (6-1) 36 - #5 Cernusco Daemons (3-4) 21
#2 Varese Skorpions (6-1) 42 - #7 Padova Saints (3-4) 6
#3 Savona Pirates (5-2) 43 - #6 Ferrara Aquile (3-4) 0
The Semi-Finals will be played on the weekend of June 11-12, with these match-ups:
#4 Bergamo Lions (5-1) at #1 Torino Giaguari (7-0)
#3 Savona Pirates (5-2) at #2 Varese Skorpions (6-1)
It should be a tough one for the Skorpions as the Pirates are on a five game winning streak.
The Skorpions Ricky Crosta
was the top rated QB during the
DII six game regular season
Ricky threw a whopping FIVE TD passes against the Saints in Saturday's playoff game.
USA Colleges are becoming more
and more aware of the talent to
be found in EuroBall
We shipped three boxes like
this one to a club in Lithuania,
the Klaipėda Corunians
They will soon receive 23 shoulder pads and 20 game jerseys to help get their team off the ground.
Reading Is FUNdamental!
The body count could have been higher
Crime in Italy always
makes for a good read
Life continues to supply us with lots of smiles.
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