Wow, I was looking back and it's hard to believe but it's been August since I put a post up. I've been very busy, and have thought about doing it, but get side tracked with something else. There's a lot to catch up so where to start.
The Phillies have won the world series, therefore ending the 25 year drought of a Philadelphia sports team. It was a great feeling for Phillies fans and for the city of Philadelphia. The parade was a mad house from what I saw on t.v. and Utley let the f bomb fly on t.v. but hey he was excited, after winning the world series oh well. The Phillies signed Jamie Moyer to a two year contract, and they also signed Raul Ibanez meaning that Pat "The Bat" Burrell's days are numbered and will sign a free agent contract with another team. The Phillies moved former Gilbertsville resident Mike Ondo to a professional scout position. Congrats Mike and best wishes on your new career.
Donovan McNabb and the Eagles are 8-5-1 with two games left. The will face the Washington Redskins who are in a downfall, and the Dallas Cowboys in Philly the last week of the season. With all the emtions and outbursts of Terrell Owens, it will be interesting to see how he will be welcomed when he comes to the city of Brotherly Love. The Eagles tied against a bad Cincinnatti Bengals team, in which McNabb didn't know the rules of overtime. If you ask me, that was up to Andy Reid to tell him, but it's McNabb's job to know the rules too. He was benched in the game against the Ravens, but Kevin Kolb didn't look much better. If he's the future of the Eagles, we could have some long and lean years ahead of us. McNabb came back after his benching and has played lights out and the team has won three games in a row.
The Boyertown football team capped of a victory of their back yard rivals Upper Perk Indians to finish the season 5-7. It was a very physical game, and Upper Perk tried to use some cheap tatics but they didn't work. The Bears got three field goals from sophomore kicker Aarron Sassaman, to secure a 16-14 victory. In the Thanksgiving Day game, David Crognale became the first person in Berks County and in the PAC-10 to throw for 1,000 yards and run for 1,000 yards.
Coach Scisly has done a great job, and really has the team headed in the right directions. The team loses quarterback David Crognale, Eric Repko, Ian Repko and Ty Showers, but the team has a talented group of players returning including Chase Stewart, Ryan Schwager, Logan Herb, Wilmer Barndt, Jared Giles and Kyle Fultz. The team has already started their off-season weight training, to prepare for next year, and it will be interesting to see how they do.
The Sixers have a record of 9-14 when they fired Mo Cheeks as their head coach, and brought in a coach who doesn't have any head coaching experience. They won their first game under their new coach, but I don't think it was Mo's fault for the Sixers poor start. To many times the coaches get blamed when the players don't preform up to their standards, but why not hold the players accountable for once.
The Philadelphia Flyers got off to a slow start, but have been playing very well as of late. The team is in second place in the Atlantic division. John Stevens has the team playing well, and there's still a long way to go in the season.
Finally I would like to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year and best wishes for 2009.
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