Tues.-Thurs., July 18-20, 2023
The never ending stream of American football doings, both foreign and domestic, continued these past few days.
On Tuesday, I was off to Buena H.S.
to watch some 7-on-7 games in Ventura
El Camino Real H.S. Royals, in blue,
vs. Hueneme H.S. Vikings
Man Coverage
The 1-on-1 battle is paramount
in 7-on-7 play
An ECR LB moving into coverage
The ball's trajectory seems odd
coming out of this QB's hand
That darn ball draws a crowd
Good play by the Vikings defenders
Five in a line
Looks like Zone coverage to me
These are "One Hand Touch" games
and this ECR defender already made
the tag to end the play
Same goes for this Viking DB
Lots of torque on the
Hueneme QB's elbow
Besides El Camino Real and Hueneme, teams from Santa Barbara H.S. Dons, Santa Paula H.S. Cardinals and the host Buena H.S. Bulldogs were also on hand.
I watched about a game and a half of the competition before heading out to my next American football destination in Camarillo.
Tuesday was Day II of the Stingers
"Hell Week"
Jacob going over the bags again
Some of Jacob's teammates
practicing their blocking techniques
More bag drills
This Offensive Lineman looks
FIERCE to me!
Running . . .
. . . "Hell Week" is all about running
Some leaping too it appears
Jacob doing a near perfect
forward roll
One must accessorize at all times
On Wednesday, I missed Jacob's
practice to stay at home with Mary
She was delightful, a princess who likes to play in the mud she created in our back yard.
any self respecting "Hell Week"
the blood back into your thighs
teammate acting as a Hound behind him
Are you having fun Jacob?
Jacob's favorite Ram, Aaron Donald
Speaking of the Rams . . .
Mary with some Los Angeles Rams
Cheerleaders who visited Vanessa's
school on Tuesday
They taught the school kids some of their cheers and posed for several photos.
Jacob thought tagging along
was a GREAT idea
Meanwhile, I was in Thousand Oaks
at one of my favorite fine dining spots,
Bad Ass Street Tacos . . .
. . . to meet with my former Rio Mesa
High School colleague Martha Jimenez-Ito
Martha had just returned from a whirlwind two week trip to Paris, Lyon, Geneva, Bern, Milan, Verona and Venice with her niece.
It was wonderful learning about all of her travel experiences.
The three Bad Ass Street Tacos I had were as amazing as ever.
EuroBall calling . . .
The European League of Football's
latest Power Rankings
The Helvetic Guards made a big move up these rankings to #11 after their upset of the previously undefeated, now #4 Stuttgart Surge last weekend.
The ELF's Playoff picture if
the post-season started now
The two conference champion teams deemed to be the best based on record, head-to-head competition and point differentials get Round One byes.
The remaining conference champion and the three conference second place squads will then play each other in Round One.
With teams all having either six or seven games left in the regular season, things can still change, especially for the second place positions.
Speaking of games still to be played, the ELF finally came up for a way to deal with the Leipzig Kings officially dropping out of the league at mid-season.
Click on this photo to enlarge
it for easier reading
Click on this photo too for
the ELF's solution to the
Leipzig problem
A tad convoluted but if all of the teams are happy, I'm happy too.
A good few days to be sure.
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