West Catholic Scrimmage Week

On Saturday, August 23rd, I made it to the North Catholic/West Catholic scrimmage. These two teams have scrimmaged each season every season since coach Syzdlik has been with North. But, this is the first time I’ve been able to actually see the scrimmage, as I’m usually off filming Neumann-Goretti as the team prepares to open the season. Since Neumann-Goretti is in our division, and that game will be played later in the season, I had the day off and decided to travel out to West Philadelphia to catch the scrimmage.

Believe it or not, I had no idea where the scrimmage would be, so I got some good directions from WC supporter, Huck Palmer. It’s a good thing too, as West’s practice field is harder to find than the bat cave, and the entrance kind of resembles that. The scrimmage was just off 46th St, a tad North of Market Street. It was easy enough to get out there, but even with good directions, I missed the entrance the first time. But, quick u-turn on 46th St, and I was there.

Did You Notice…….
…..the south end zone had a spot-a-pot in it. Hey, I’m not knocking the fact that there’s a portable john, as even I had to use it, but it was practically on the field.

….that despite the fact that there was a spot-a-pot on the field, some still felt a need to “water” the shrubbery. And, we have pictures to prove it. You know who you are.

...speaking of the West field, I heard a few comments about the field. If you saw it, it's the type of field that a suburban person might say, "typical city field". Well, my response is that at least West has a full field to practice on. At North, the field is about 110 yards long and not quite 35-40 yards wide at its widest point and much more narrow at the short end. You heard the old saying about not throwing stones if you live in a glass house, right?

….former NC RB coach, and current Roman head coach, Joe McCourt, was in the crowd scouting the Burrs for their game this week in Wildwood.

…that the EL is still being worked on out there in West Philly? I think they rebuilt the entire Bride/Pratt terminal in less time than it’s taking to do these upgrades. Hell, I think this is taking longer than it took to build the entire Market/Frankford EL. But, what do I know?

….Huck Palmer, WC supporter and “web wire” celebrity, was tracking stats during the scrimmage. I know Huck is quite thorough following teams, but a scrimmage is generally thought of as a practice. Then again, I guess even stat guys have a pre-season. In all fairness, Huck has given a couple a very detailed summaries for the WC scrimmages, and he ain’t doing that from memory.

Now, for the Good News, Bad News for the week……
The good news is that you don’t have to travel all the way to Wildwood to catch the first game of the Falcons’ 2008 season. The bad news is that if you want to see the Falcons this week, you’ll have to drive to Coatesville to see them. How about making the trip to see the beginning of we all hope will be a successful season in the AAA division. Hope to see you Friday night.

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As the description states above, I have way too much time on my hands. But, what it doesn’t state is that I’m about as passionate for Northeast Catholic as anyone I know. Because I have no life, I attend a lot of football games, basketball games, wrestling matches and an occasional baseball game, soccer game and bowling match. After attending a game/match, I’ll write about my experiences in this space. I won’t comment much on the game itself, but rather the events surrounding the game itself; the people I see, strange happenings, etc.

Keep in mind that this blog is in no way associated with Northeast Catholic, the Northeast Catholic athletic department or the teams of Northeast Catholic. It’s just as the description says…..random observations of a guy with way too much time on his hands. I need to point this out as I tend to write about things I see and I generally don’t worry about stepping on a few toes along the way. I hope you enjoy reading what I have to write and you come back often.