Not many people come home for homecoming weekend

Friday night is Homecoming at Cape, and one thing is for certain. Not many people come home. Saturday there is a Homecoming Dance and one thing for sure, not many ancient alumni will come to the dance; in fact, maybe none of them will.  Saturday is also Homecoming at Delaware State and I’ve covered that game a few times and those alumni not only come home, but women - some of them grandmothers - join the cheerleaders and others dance with the band. It is all just a great day. Now back to Cape. Laurel is a tough Homecoming game, never an “easy out” of the football field. Cape lost to Laurel 35-21 last year, game six, at the Bulldogs homecoming in what always will be always be remembered as the Juggalo game. Don’t ask!

High lonesome sound - Back in my day, which is still every day, there were no bruised kidneys, no MCLs, ACLs, CAT scans, PET scans, hip flexors and no high ankle sprains. There was also no ADD, ADHD, ODD, dyslexia and no passive-aggressive insubordinate behaviors. There were no rashes or skin conditions except athlete’s foot and jock itch.
It is a well-accepted truism that if you create any malady, injury or behavior disorder, people will quickly fill up the waiting room. “You Gotta Play Hurt” was a book written by Dan Jenkins in 1991, an earlier time when hurt was defined differently than it is today. Wrenched knees, rolled ankles, sore backs and “cholly horses” were all conditions to play through when I was in high school, and if you were actually hurt more seriously, then you would really get hurt and possibly end up in traction to stretch your spine which they never do anymore.

Jake Dmiterchik took a helmet to the back during the Caesar Rodney game last Friday night and after numerous negative tests, medical personnel opted for a “bruised kidney” diagnosis and six games of rest with five games remaining.
Ryan Goodwin, who caught two passes for touchdowns against Caesar Rodney, hurt his one good foot and imaging tests revealed a fractured tibia, which requires more rest than time left in the season.

Tibia to tarsals to metatarsals, and it’s just a freaking foot, for crying out loud. I sustained a concussion one Saturday afternoon while playing for Temple football but faked being normal during hospital tests because I was already late for the post-game party at the fraternity house on Broad Street.

Candle power - I covered the Cape at Milford soccer game Tuesday, Oct. 12, and no doubt Milford has the brightest lights in the conference, although the area around its concession stand is darker than a mushroom house on a moonless night.

Larry Sharp of Rehoboth was inducted into the Milford Football Hall of Fame at a recent ceremony. Larry played for the Buccaneers from 1958 through 1960. Milford started the Football Hall of Fame three years ago and there are 12 inductees to date. Local fans might also remember Clarence Bailey, Gene Lake and George Curry.

Snippets - Maybe the Phillies’ big three pitching staff has been not so cleverly dubbed H2O, but if they had kept Cliff Lee it could have been R.C. Cole. Lee is my favorite guy - I’m one of those Phillies fans who can’t let it go. We had a choice Tuesday night between watching the closing outs of the Texas over Tampa baseball game or watching the opening of the rescue tube in Chile. I went with my Chile Dogs all the way - one of the greatest stories of our lifetime and to think Pennsylvanians dug the hole that got them out! Engineering brains fascinate me, like those who build Punkin Chunkin machines. I just don’t have those skills. I really don’t know what to make of the University of Delaware football team, but I have been disappointed in the quality of its competition. Perhaps the Hens are good enough to make decent teams look dreadful, but standing on the visitors’ sidelines I’m just not feeling that energy. The NCAA Championship Sun Division or Long Division - whatever it’s called - is Jan. 7, 2011, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. I haven’t had a drink in three years, but if I end up there I’m diving off the wagon. According to the Pizza Hut website, “Pizza Hut Park Stadium is a multipurpose facility used for professional soccer, major concerts, high school football and other community events, and is located on approximately 140 acres just north of Frisco Square where the Dallas North Tollway meets Main Street in Frisco.” A pizza theme park for a national title game, and I thought the Chattanooga Choo Choo was cool.