Spirit 60, RBC 52
What I'm listening to: the Dresden Dolls... Van Morrison... Europe ("The Final Countdown")... U2... James Taylor... the Beach Boys... Suzzanne Vega... Noreaga... Liz Phair...
Awesome game. So impressive, in fact, that I'm having trouble remembering most of the details. I have everything scribbled down, but I don't want to rehash it. That's the kind of game that I just want to leave there in my memory to age like wine. Jordan Sykes actually put it very eloquently when she said, "I don't want to ruin it with words." The AC Press' Mike McGarry offered a joking response to that comment a few minutes later, saying, "No Jordan, that's our job." And I'll have to wait for the morning to find out what sort of job I did there because writing the story for the paper was kind of blur too.
In any case, congratulations to the Spartans. Among the aftershocks of the game is the fact that Sykes has solidified her place as a first-team All-SJ player. She was borderline in my mind until today, but of course, that's why you wait until the playoffs. Most of the fretting duringt the regular season is for nothing because when it counts, the players make it easy. Another upshot of the game is that the South Jersey Non-Public A final becomes a kind of Courier-Post Cup championship game. Of course, the TOC could change everything, but the winner of Tuesday night's game will be No. 1, pending a victory in the state final.
I have to thank McGarry and the Asbury Park Press's Neil Schuman for making the game more enjoyable, if that's possible. The girls' hoops beat is peopled by about the nicest bunch of guys you'd want, starting with Neil and Gregg Lerner from the Star Ledger. McGarry does both boys and girls basketball for AC, but he's at almost all the big games, it seems. Plus, he knows the area inside and out, so when he said the goal at the far end of the Spirit gym has "the softest rim in South Jersey," I believe him. And he's probably right; it's way old, even though the rim at
the near end -- by the entrance -- is of a much newer style.
We were all sitting where i usually sit, behind the visiting team, and so we got an earful of the RBC fans. It was hilarious and annoying at the same time, but the funniest part I remember was late in the game, when Holy Spirit pulled the ball out and tried to kill some clock. The Casey fans were livid, and one guy screamed out, "Come on! That's not basketball!" As if killing the clock was a form of cheating. I guess he felt RBC was being robbed of its rightful chance to pull the miracle comeback that we all still half expected them to make.
Anyway, let's all shed a tear for the poor Caseys, who had to go home tonight and console themselves with all their past championships and the knowledge that the whole goddamn team will be back next year to kick everybody's ass.
OK, that's over. Let's move on.
Awesome game. So impressive, in fact, that I'm having trouble remembering most of the details. I have everything scribbled down, but I don't want to rehash it. That's the kind of game that I just want to leave there in my memory to age like wine. Jordan Sykes actually put it very eloquently when she said, "I don't want to ruin it with words." The AC Press' Mike McGarry offered a joking response to that comment a few minutes later, saying, "No Jordan, that's our job." And I'll have to wait for the morning to find out what sort of job I did there because writing the story for the paper was kind of blur too.
In any case, congratulations to the Spartans. Among the aftershocks of the game is the fact that Sykes has solidified her place as a first-team All-SJ player. She was borderline in my mind until today, but of course, that's why you wait until the playoffs. Most of the fretting duringt the regular season is for nothing because when it counts, the players make it easy. Another upshot of the game is that the South Jersey Non-Public A final becomes a kind of Courier-Post Cup championship game. Of course, the TOC could change everything, but the winner of Tuesday night's game will be No. 1, pending a victory in the state final.
I have to thank McGarry and the Asbury Park Press's Neil Schuman for making the game more enjoyable, if that's possible. The girls' hoops beat is peopled by about the nicest bunch of guys you'd want, starting with Neil and Gregg Lerner from the Star Ledger. McGarry does both boys and girls basketball for AC, but he's at almost all the big games, it seems. Plus, he knows the area inside and out, so when he said the goal at the far end of the Spirit gym has "the softest rim in South Jersey," I believe him. And he's probably right; it's way old, even though the rim at
the near end -- by the entrance -- is of a much newer style.
We were all sitting where i usually sit, behind the visiting team, and so we got an earful of the RBC fans. It was hilarious and annoying at the same time, but the funniest part I remember was late in the game, when Holy Spirit pulled the ball out and tried to kill some clock. The Casey fans were livid, and one guy screamed out, "Come on! That's not basketball!" As if killing the clock was a form of cheating. I guess he felt RBC was being robbed of its rightful chance to pull the miracle comeback that we all still half expected them to make.
Anyway, let's all shed a tear for the poor Caseys, who had to go home tonight and console themselves with all their past championships and the knowledge that the whole goddamn team will be back next year to kick everybody's ass.
OK, that's over. Let's move on.
posted by SMc. @ 2:20 AM
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