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Be True To Your School
Sorry for the lack of posts lately. A little post-election lull, coupled with my annual Thanksgiving-week vacation, has kept me away from manning my battle station (i.e. the keyboard).
Speaking of Turkey Day, I scanned the list of scores from around the region and saw that my alma mater, Northeast High, crushed rival Central.
That was the good news.
The bad was the lack of Thanksgiving games. Kudos to the likes of Spring-Ford and Phoenixville -- and also Pottsgrove and St. Pius X -- still getting it on, but all other area schools not still alive in the PIAA playoffs (all but North Penn) should have made attempts to find dance partners.
Northeast went fairly deep into the playoffs (which amazes me because the Vikes looked mediocre against Norristown in the season opener) and still kept the Central game on the calendar.
Kennedy-Kenrick and PW would have been a good game. How about a renewal of the Norristown-Upper Merion rivalry that we still hear so much about? Methacton could have hooked up with an old rivalry lost with its move this year to the Pioneer Athletic Conference.
All it takes is a phone call. Some athletic directors make some nice coin. How about earning some of it?
I know, I know ... there are bigger problems in the world.
Nonetheless, sometimes you have to think local before acting global. Things like rivalries, even if they can only be semi-regular becuase of the PIAA playoff cash cow, are what help to keep the American fabric sewn.
Speaking of Turkey Day, I scanned the list of scores from around the region and saw that my alma mater, Northeast High, crushed rival Central.
That was the good news.
The bad was the lack of Thanksgiving games. Kudos to the likes of Spring-Ford and Phoenixville -- and also Pottsgrove and St. Pius X -- still getting it on, but all other area schools not still alive in the PIAA playoffs (all but North Penn) should have made attempts to find dance partners.
Northeast went fairly deep into the playoffs (which amazes me because the Vikes looked mediocre against Norristown in the season opener) and still kept the Central game on the calendar.
Kennedy-Kenrick and PW would have been a good game. How about a renewal of the Norristown-Upper Merion rivalry that we still hear so much about? Methacton could have hooked up with an old rivalry lost with its move this year to the Pioneer Athletic Conference.
All it takes is a phone call. Some athletic directors make some nice coin. How about earning some of it?
I know, I know ... there are bigger problems in the world.
Nonetheless, sometimes you have to think local before acting global. Things like rivalries, even if they can only be semi-regular becuase of the PIAA playoff cash cow, are what help to keep the American fabric sewn.
posted by Gordon Glantz at
9:34 PM
5 Comments:
So True! Not Thanksgiving without a game up the street in the morning.
Athletic directors do more than you think. Speaking of which, why don't you think before you write. Maybe they want to be home with their families on Thanksgving too instead of standing out at the gate of some stadium where 75 people are going to show up for some hastily scheduled game when most student-athletes are already gearing up for wrestling and basketball.
Let's be real. The ADs can get their sorry behinds outta bed on Thanksgiving morning. I'm not so sure about the kids who are supposed to play. They are the lazy ones!
...And Im sure you would be thrilled to cover those frigid, early-morning Thanksgiving games if you were still a sports writer. Sure. Im sure you griped about them every year when you covered them. What a ridiculous article.
I think he already said he missed covering the games. Calling Gordo a liar? He's misguided sometimes, but always a straight-shooter. I know him from those bygone days and he loved his job.
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