Wed.-Sun., August 14-18, 2024
Another busy week of Summer activities to keep us on our toes to be sure.
We started with the sad reminder
Wednesday, August 15th would have been our mother's 100th birthday.
Even though she is no longer with us,
Laurie baked a cake in her honor
I had a fun, as always, meeting with two of my University of Washington Husky reprobates this week in beautiful downtown Glendale.
Paul Sabolić and Mark Johnson
Mark was in SoCal on business as his outfit might bespeaks while Paul was chilling in the heat.
I was chilling too, as Paul led me
to a relaxed California vibe
It is always a treat to see them, but I wish that we could have met for a longer period before Mark had to head off to his business meeting.
Work gets in the way of fun way too often.
Since I was far from home, after the meeting I headed over to Pasadena's Roma Market on North Lake Avenue to pick up one of their outstanding Italian sub sandwiches for lunch.
I drove to San Marino's signature
park to eat my lunch on a shady bench
My dining view
General Patton is a San Marino's
famed native son
A tribute to San Marino's
war heroes who died in battle
Lacy Park is HUGE!
Back when I was in high school we had a huge two day rain storm. Somehow the drain in the middle of this field got plugged and for the next few days we had a gigantic Lake Lacy in which to frolic. It covered most of what you see in this photo.
That was a fun, a remembered time indeed.
After my one man picnic, I drove by our old home to see if the new owners had made changes but it was status quo from my street view.
Gijón Mariner Elea ending
a Pilgrimage
Elea is one of our Mariners linemen who just walked a 27 Km/17 miles pilgrimage on the Canary Islands to the Shrine of the Virgin of Candelaria in Tenerife.
Once he arrived, he hoisted his Mariners game jersey and asked the Virgin Mary to watch over the Gijón team in 2025 and help us to our best season ever.
Sounds GREAT to me!
Congratulations Elea!
Jacob was back at it at his
Camarillo Stingers practices
Defending a WR
It would be a series of one-on-one
battles between these two all evening
Jacob redirecting to pursue
a Sweep play by the Offense
Friday night High School scrimmage
with good blocking by El Camino Real H.S.
in the blue jerseys
Laurie and I met up with Paul and Joanne Sabolić at Cronies Sports Grill in Agoura before attending the El Camino Real H.S. at Oak Park H.S. scrimmage.
Paul and Joanne's son Jason is the Head Football Coach at El Camino Real H.S.
Oak Park about to hit an open WR
Good to see El Camino Real looking better at this point than they have the last two years when they scrimmaged Oak Park.
El Camino Real, 4-7 in 2023, opens the new season at Kennedy H.S., who was 8-3 last year, in Granada Hills on Friday at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday was picture day for
Jacob and the Camarillo Stingers
Our friends Jeff and Grace Festerling's
son Camden had his first game on Saturday
Camden plays for the El Rio Spartans Midgets team but is far from being a midget. He is a big lineman who was quite physical on this hot Saturday afternoon at Rio Mesa H.S.
The Oxnard Panthers dominated
the El Rio Spartans on Opening Day
Still, the Spartans had their moments to build on as they simply need to start eliminating some of their mistakes at practice this week.
In Sweden, our former club, the
Wäsby Warriors, lost to Stockholm's
A.I.K. team
Another win for Coach Michael Wood
and his high flying Helsinki Roosters
in Finland's Maple League
Mexico's Big 14 Conference for
college football actually has
FOURTEEN universities in it
What a concept!
Mexico City's IPN Burros Blancos'
nine game schedule
The University of Chihuahua has
four home games this year
Our Europe Warriors Men's team beat the University of Chihuahua, 19-10, on August 18, 2018.
With Los Angeles 2028 Olympics introducing Flag Football to the Games, things are heating up in international flag football circles.
Mexico's Women's Team Group Stage
games starting August 26th in Lahti, Finland
vs. Italy, Denmark, South Korea and Canada
Team Brazil Women's Team will
play Group Stage games vs. Finland,
Germany, Japan and Poland
The Women's IFAF tournament has 23 countries broken into five Groups. These Groups will all play in Lahti, Finland:
Group A
Australia, France, Ireland,
Sweden and United States
Group B
Canada, Denmark, Italy,
Mexico and South Korea
Group C
Brazil, Finland, Germany,
Japan and Poland
Group D
Czech Republic, Great Britain, Israel
and Panama
Group E
Austria, New Zealand, Spain
and Switzerland
The Mexican Men's Team starts Group Stage
play on August 27th, also in Lahti, Finland
vs. Chile, Australia and Cameroon
The Men's IFAF tournament has 32 countries broken into eight Groups all playing in Lahti, Finland.
Group A
Brazil, Serbia, Spain
and United States
Group B
Australia, Chile, Cameroon
and Mexico
Group C
Georgia, Germany, Great Britain
and Sweden
Group D
Austria, Poland, Switzerland
and Ukraine
Group E
Canada, Finland, Italy
and Singapore
Group F
Czech Republic, New Zealand, Panama
and South Korea
Group G
Denmark, India, Ireland
and Israel
Group H
Argentina, France, Japan
and Kuwait
Week 13 of ELF play
is in the books
A full slate of contests
For once, an Overtime thriller
This game was as good as anticipated with lots of playoff implications. Paris (9-2) makes the playoffs while Madrid (7-4) will need help to get into the six team post-season tournament.
No surprise here as Tirol (8-3)
romps past Milano (3-8), the Raiders
can still make the playoffs
Another patented ELF blowout,
Vienna (12-0) over hapless
Ferhérvár (2-9)
Munich (8-3) still has playoffs hopes
after throttling Helvetic (1-10)
Wroclaw (5-6) with a much needed
win over Frankfurt (4-7)
Another GREAT Barcelona Dragons
pre-game poster!
But it did not help, Stuttgart (10-1)
slays Barcelona (2-9)
In their last six games, Barcelona has been outscored 357 to 7. That includes one game where the Dragons were down 54-0 at the Halftime and refused to take the field in the Second Half.
Oh my, a close one as Cologne (5-6)
edged Hamburg (2-9)
One final lopsided game, as
Rhein (11-1) routs Berlin (5-7)
Overall view of the Week 13 results
Two games decided by one score and six games won by 25 or more points. Something really has to change for the ELF to sustain interest and credibility in the future.
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The ELF standings with one week
left in the regular season
What the playoffs look like
with one game to go
#1 seed Vienna Vikings
Eastern Conference Champions (12-0)
ELF#2 or #3 seed Rhein Fire
Western Conference Champions (11-1)
#2 or #3 seed Stuttgart Surge
Central Conference Champions (10-1)
#4 seed Paris Musketeers (9-2)
#5 seed Tirol Raiders (8-3)
#6 seed Munich Ravens (8-3)
In the hunt, Madrid Bravos (7-4)
The final seeding for spots two through six are all up for grabs in this week's upcoming games.
European League of Football
Week 14 Games
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Madrid (7-4) at Hamburg (2-9)
Stuttgart (10-1) at Helvetic (1-10)
Cologne (5-6) at Fehérvár (2-9)
Barcelona (2-9) at Milano (3-8)
Sunday, August 25, 2024
Tirol (8-3) at Munich (8-3)
Paris (9-2) at Frankfurt (4-7)
Wroclaw (5-6) at Prague (1-10)
ELF Week 14 Byes
Vienna (12-0), Rhein (11-1)
and Berlin (5-7)
Although I foresee five blowouts again this week, the Tirol Raiders at Munich Ravens should be a good one with the winner clinching a playoff berth. The Raiders won the Week 4 contest between the two Central Conference strong boys, 29-26.
The loser of the Raiders-Ravens game will probably looking at a tiebreaker with the Madrid Bravos who are a heavy favorite over Hamburg who they beat 52-6 in Week 11. Madrid did not play either Tirol or Munich this season.
On to the net . . .
I always liked this old school
St. Louis Cardinals logo
The changing landscape of college
football in just two charts
The top chart shows Conference USA member schools in 2001 when this league was first formed.
The bottom one represents the universities in Conference USA for 2024.
Not one team from 2001 is still in Conference USA today.
Of course we attended one of
Camarillo's biggest yearly
events on a fine Sunday afternoon
Jacob was fired up to be
part of the Pyro Team at the
Air Show
Pun fully intended.
The first plane we saw with
Jacob and Michael posing
It looked cuddly . . .
. . . until we saw this Russian
printed on one of the propellers
Who doesn't love a biplane?
This lady from Great Britain is
the owner of the plane and has
flown it all over the world
Jacob is holding her autobiography that he purchased and had her autograph for him.
Instructing Jacob on the dynamics
of the biplanes engine
One of several parachuters
dropping in to officially start
today's events
It looks speedy to me
Jacob's school has an Aviation Club
that was happy to show us all what
they do at Las Colinas Middle School
Jacob enjoying his school's efforts
Getting instructed on how
to fly a mini-drone
He was into it!
The boys doing more hands-on
work in this hanger
A Russian Mig on site must have
upset some of the many Trump
supporters who were in our midst
Jacob learning more about the
sea life in the Channel Islands
A boy and his whale hat
thanks to that last booth
Mary would have loved this plane
Another immaculately preserved
biplane, this one from 1929
A beauty from 1929 as well
Michael admiring the biplane
with Jacob almost in the cockpit
The Air Show also had a Car Show
Our family once owned a 1956
Chevrolet similar to this one
A woody in surfing crazy California
makes perfect sense to me
A classic British MG TF
Beautiful color
I used to drive an MG Midget like
this one that is For Sale
Sleek
Growing up in the 1950s-'60s in
Bob's Big Boy country, we all did
this to the chain's signature decal
Beautiful!
Jacob opted to drive an
Army vehicle . . .
. . . as well as take a turn in its
overhead turret
The U.S Coast Guard to the rescue
One's car and plane really should
have matching paint jobs
Time for the pyrotechnics with
WWII era war birds
Flying low
Climbing fast after . . .
. . . dropping some "bombs"
No, they were not real bombs.
Another run . . .
. . . more explosions
A Lockheed P-38 Lightning
A gorgeous North American Aviation
P-51 Mustang
The larger plane on the left flew
three combat missions over
Normandy on D-Day
The smaller plane is a WWII German Messerschmidt fighter.
A P-38 and two P-51s
A Poppo and his Grandson
Post Air Show debrief at Cronies
in Camarillo
More news from the net . . .
McDonald's Happy Meal toy in a
rougher neighborhood of Los Angeles
I have work to do!
Laurie is just a shade under five
Subway sandwiches tall
It was a great week
to be ALIVE!
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