Sun.-Mon., August 20-21, 2023
Wow, just plain WOW!
Sunday was interesting to say the least . . .
It all started with a possible
hurricane hitting southern California
Hurricane Hilary had wreaked destruction on the western coast of Mexico but was, fortunately, starting to lose force as it neared landfall in Southern California.
It was thus downgraded to Tropical Storm Hilary when it arrived in the Los Angeles area still packing strong winds and lots of rain. This spelled trouble with mud slides occurring in several areas that had experienced wild fires in the last few drought years.
The last time a tropical storm hit southern California was 84 years ago in 1939. That weather phenomenon which happened long before the current storm naming system came into play thus it was called El Cordonazo.
Fortunately for us, Camarillo was only on the edge of Tropical Storm Hilary as its main route was due north from Los Angeles towards Las Vegas.
We had only a little wind but . . .
. . . lots of rain
According to the weather records for Camarillo, in the last seven Summers we have had a total of 0.12" of rain.
On Sunday, Tropical Storm Hilary dumped 2.35" of rain on us in Camarillo in just that one day!
The tree in our front yard
was worried about the wind
As it turned out, the winds that we did get were relatively mild.
A few years ago we invested in replacing all of the windows and sliding glass doors in our home with noise reducing, heat controlling double pane glass.
As a result, I was working serenely on my computer breaking down the Buena H.S. vs. Oak Park H.S. video for our good friend Ryan Bolland, the B.H.S. Head Coach, during our wet afternoon. I had no real idea, after working for a couple of hours, how the storm front was progressing.
Suddenly, at about 2:40 p.m., I felt our home shaking from above. My first thought was that a sudden 80 mph wind gust was trying to blow the roof off of our home.
Laurie was in the other end of the house and we met halfway to each other. She informed me correctly that we had just had an earthquake. A look out our front window confirmed her analysis as the trees across the street were absolutely still.
It was indeed an 5.1 magnitude on the Richter Scale earthquake centered in the posh little city of Ojai about 20 miles from Camarillo.
When it was all said and done, Camarillo in general and our home in particular, were spared any serious problems.
Other parts of Camarillo were not so lucky.
Speaking of Camarillo news . . .
At last, the Sophomre Stingers
2023 schedule was announced
If you need to contact Laurie or myself on any of the dates and times posted below, we will be at grandson Jacob's Stingers games.
Camarillo Sophomore Stingers
2023 Schedule
Sat., August 26 vs. Simi Valley Orange 4:00 p.m.
Sat., Sept, 2 vs. Calabasas Gold 2:00 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 9 at Oxnard 1:00 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 16 at Saugus Navy 4:00 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 23 at Santa Clarita 12:00 p.m.
Sat., Sept 30 at Santa Barbara 2:00 p.m.
Sat, Oct. 7 BYE
Sat., Oct 14 vs. Saugus White 12:00 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 21 vs. Valley Rush 12:00 p.m.
News from the EuroBall scene . . .
No real surprises in European
League of Football action
last weekend
Only two more weekends remain in the ELF's third regular season of play.
The last task remaining now is to sort out the final six teams that will participate in the 2023 playoffs.
This is the playoff picture at the
conclusion of Week #12 games
The two Wild Card games would be the Central Conference #2 Tirol Raiders (7-3) at the Western Conference #2 Frankfort Galaxy (9-1) and the Eastern Conference #2 Wroclaw Panthers (7-4) at the Central Conference #1 Stuttgart Surge (8-2).
The Western Conference #1 Rhein Fire (10-0) and Eastern Conference #1 Vienna Vikings (10-0) have Wild Card round byes and await the winners.
The playoffs are not set in stone, as I said earlier, there are still two more weeks to go in the season.
While eight teams have no chance to make the playoffs, there are indeed two teams still with a mathematical chance to earn a Wild Card berth. They will both need to win out and get help from other teams though.
The Thunder have the easiest
path to finishing 8-4
In Week #13, they will pick up a forfeit win over the defunct Leipzig Kings franchise.
Week #14, the Hamburg Sea Devils (4-6) will travel to Berlin for their final game of 2023.
The surprising, expansion
Ravens just might make
it into the playoffs at 7-5
Their narrow path to a Wild Card berth will need to start with wins at the Milano Seamen (2-8) in Week #13 and then a victory at home over the Barcelona Dragons (2-8) in Week #14.
Both Berlin and Munich winning all of their remaining games are not farfetched by any means, but they will need a total collapse down the stretch by either the Tirol Raiders or the Wroclaw Panthers.
The Raiders last two games are home against the Stuttgart Surge (8-2) and at the Milano Seamen (2-8).
The Panthers have a bye this weekend followed by a road trip to Hungary to take on the Fehérvár Enthroners (3-7).
It could get interesting down the stretch . . .
The Rhein Fire and
Frankfurt Galaxy are playoff locks
The Stuttgart Surge are in the
post-season for sure
The two best teams in this conference will face each other this weekend in the only interesting game of Week #13, Stuttgart (8-2) at the Tirol Raiders (7-3).
The defending ELF Champion
Vienna Vikings are the class of the East
ELF WEEK #13 SCHEDULE
Saturday, August 26, 2023
Stuttgart Surge (8-2) at Tirol Raiders (7-3)
Fehérvár Enthroners (3-7) at Vienna Vikings (10-0)
Munich Ravens (5-5) at Milano Seamen (2-8)
Sunday, August 27, 2023
Barcelona Dragons (2-8) at Paris Musketeers (4-6)
Prague Lions (1-9) at Cologne Centurions (3-7)
Rhein Fire (10-0) at Helvetic Guards (3-7)
Frankfurt Galaxy (9-1) at Hamburg Sea Devils (4-6)
BYES
Wroclaw Panthers (7-4)
Berlin Thunder (6-4)
In closing . . .
ABSOLUTELY, 100% TRUE!
Storm Hilary rabbit?
Perhaps . . .
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