Stingers Mid-Week Scrimmages

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Today it got a LOT more real for all of our young Stingers!

It was time for their first scrimmages against other teams of similar ages and weights.

We headed over the hill to

Newbury Park H.S.

This is a photo of the NPHS Varsity football team at practice. The Panther in the red jersey is their highly touted Freshman QB Brady Smigiel.

This was definitely NOT the team that the Stingers were scrimmaging tonight. The Panthers open their season this coming Friday night at Golden Valley H.S.

The Stingers were to be part of three scrimmages tonight. The first two were against teams representing the Simi Valley Bulldogs. The Bulldogs have about 45 players in their program, thus the two teams. The third team on the slate was the squad from the Newbury Park Steelers.

Jacob with his traditional

white socks facing the camera

His white towel also

helps me spot him

Intensely watching at the

start of the scrimmage

Jacob at Defensive End needing

much more weight on his hand

The white towel slipping inside

Bending the Corner

In Hot Pursuit

Better weight distribution this time

Dip and Ripping Inside!

Keep your feet MOVING!

Invitation to the

lace finger handlock

Pursuing again

Getting in on a tackle

GANG TACKLE!

Jacob actually has

a good inside move

Coach Anthony is SO good with Jacob

Our darling Mary was there

to support her brother

Our Head Coach had words

of praise for Jacob's hustle

after the first scrimmage

He really seems to

love playing the game

Trying to get to the QB

in the second scrimmage

About to get double teamed

That is DEFINITELY Holding

Jacob's intimidating presence

at Nose Tackle

Jacob, Low Pad WINS!

GET TO THE BALL!

He actually has a good motor

Sic 'em!

His effort in the second

scrimmage was good again

At Nose Tackle again vs. Newbury Park

As this blurry photo attests,

it was getting dark so this final

scrimmage was cut short

All in all, I thought he had a good experience mostly because of his consistent effort on every snap.

Meanwhile, back in EuroBall . . .

A look at the remaining schedule

of each of the seven teams still in

the 2022 ELF playoff hunt

Our beloved Southern Conference leading Barcelona Dragons (7-2) finish with two difficult regular season games after playing the Stuttgart Surge (0-9) this weekend. Those final two contests will be against against Central Conference leading Vienna Vikings (8-1) and the Northern Conference leading Hamburg Sea Devils (8-1).

Today was a GOOD day!