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October 7, 2000 Lighthorse Old Boys - 7 Wilmington Old Boys - 19 It was another day in Lighthorse history. We had a player who hasnt played in 23
yrs show up with his cleats ready to play. Joe Starecky ( i dont know him either) a so
called friend of murphy came out of retirement for an exciting day of rugby.
The game started 10 on 10 but in usual Lighthorse fashion 4 players
showed up late. We took 2 and gave wilm 2.We decided to play 3 10 min. periods.
April 29, 2000 Lighthorse Old Boys - 0 Second City B Side - 22 The bright spot of the day was that Lighthorse didn't miss a single kick for goal - they didn't have a chance to. The team played pitifully, especially the scrummers and the backs. The fans were the only ones who really showed up for rugby that day. The team was delighted to know that Luke was able to come and watch. They especially enjoyed his constant cheers of support! Some game, ahem, highlights included Bob M. getting in 3 cheap shots, 1 tackle and 1 run for 3 yards. It was also noted that Murph still has the best long pass in the game today. R.B. thought that he was playing 2-hand touch, well, only when he wasn't busy yelling at the opponent trying to kick the point after try. The score wouldn't have gotten so out-of-hand if R.B. would have kept his trap shut. The kicker was awarded a rekick because of R.B.'s antics and he easily made the kick. The Lighthorse scrum, led my Meats as the Hooker, promptly took 11 out of 12 hooks - that would be impressive except for the fact that the scrum-half was feeding the ball into our second row! Ted had a hamstring booboo but it was noted that it really only seem to bother him when he knocked the ball on or when he missed a tackle, hmmm. Josh was also taken back by Second City when they realized that he was too good to play for Lighthorse. It was also noted that DB had a stupendous move when Lighthorse called for a trick play that worked and left DB wide open - he immediately kicked the ball away - did I say stupendous??? Maybe I was thinking of another word. ***Special note: After 16 years in retirement, Luke made a cameo appearance after Meats went down with an extremely debilitating injury or he lost a contact or something. Anyway, while Meats was kissing E.B., Luke quickly came to Lighthorse's aid by throwing on a pair of shorts and jumping on the wing! Within 3 minutes Luke was open on the wing to potentially take in a try from about 15 yards out. However, there came a hauntingly familiar voice chanting, "Get the ball to Luke! Get the ball to Luke! Get the ball to Luke!" Needless to say, DB didn't pass the ball out to Luke - instead he ran for the first down and was stopped after a 3 yard gain. DB had 8 yards on 3 carries for the day. After the game, DB was heard asking...who was that idiot yelling "Get the ball to Luke?" It happened that Luke was the only one who realized that he was in the game. I guess all of the yelling he usual does running up and down the sidelines worked against him in this case - the entire team thought that he was on the sidelines yelling about something that they were trying to ignore (and did) Thanks all for coming out and hopefully having fun!
April 8, 2000 Lighthorse Old Boys - 10 Wilmington Old Boys - 17 With an un-biased view, I can say that we played kinda ugly. Our scrum lost 87 out of 89 rucks and they basically got pushed around all day. When they weren't being pushed around, it was half time. When we got the ball out to the backs, they did nothing with it. The game was not as close as the score indicates (and the score wasn't getting any closer if the ref had anything to do with it!) The one standout on the team was Dugan - he was all over the field making tackles, hustling, and making some pretty good kicks - hell, he even made a penalty goal and a goal after try! Other players were wondering who the new kicker was! Meats lasted 6 minutes and 19 seconds - Babs, you won the pool. A VERY disappointing display from the MeatsEboy indeed. One other note about Meatsie was that he named himself as captain and then he ends up leaving the ship before it was out of the harbor - hey, meatsEboy, what's up wit dat? Best hit of the day came from Richie L, who clocked the cheap shot #3 in open field - nice hit Richie! Speaking of the cheap shot, Wilmington's #3 prop gave Hoff a cheap shot punch during a scuffle that started when Jim H tackled their fly half who tried the old "kick it through the mark while no one was looking and get 10 yards trick" - he got a little pissed off when he didn't get too far. Dennis H, watching from the sidelines as usual, filmed the incident and declared the punch from #3 a clear-cut cheap shot. Needless to say, the dimwitted ref marched the ball down the field as Jim and Hoff (and hopefully a few more LH players) were busy wrestling on the ground. He basically gave Wilm OB a try. That's all I'll say about the ref (except that RB and him almost went at it, well at least that's the way RB made it sound - to other listening, it sounded more like RB gave a him a compliment) because we complain about him all the time, yet we have him ref EVERY one of our games!!!!! Our only try came when our outside center took the ball and outran about 5 Wilm players over 60 yards. Outside center, you say??? Ted K, right? Wrong. It was Josh - great score Josh (thank God you just turned 35 years old that morning). Ted K also came out of the game because of a "booboo that he got in the B side 2nd City game that he shouldn't have played" - or at least that's the quote that I heard. We drank some beers after the game and then headed to the bar. Meatsie strong-armed Jim H into going to the bar or he asked him to go or something like that. The bar was a good time with Steve G. leading the songs as usual and surrounded with young chicks (does his wife read this page??) By the way, Steve was initially denied playing time on the old boys team by Joe H. until we lost so many guys that Joe said, ah, what the heck, he's better than Penguin. Back at the bar, we had some fun, especially Benedict Arnold, who was chatting it up with cheap shot #3 as they were showing each other their tattoos. Some players thought they were dating (OK, only one player did). After Jim H. and Bened, I mean Dennis H. sorted out their "disagreement", they were seen hugging each other (or punching each other - it was hard to tell) - What else can be said...Another beautiful day of rugby!!!! Honorable mentions go to Dick Hardt, Bob Myers (hope your ribs feel better Bob), Skunk, Murph, and Babs (your try will come) - it's always good to see you guys out there. Thanks also to all the other players for making it out - pictures will be up soon.
November 6, 1999 Lighthorse Old Boys - 24 Wilmington Old Boys - 7 (Joe Howard's version - all CAPS too - sheeeesh!) IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR PLAYING RUGBY. Meats was awesome! (as usual). Unexpectedly, there were enough players that came early to help set up the goal posts. Also unexpectedly, there were enough players on time for the game. Actually we had 117 players show up. Joe mentioned something about free beer at the bar afterwards (on SC's tab of course). The game's first score came on a beautiful kick by Eddie Butler, who ran down the field after it and caught the ball after Lenny ran away from it. Lenny was playing for Wilmington! There were some tries after that and some points after try by Joe H. and one by Dennis H. (check out the photo - he's still got it!). It was a good game. The highlight of the game came when Meats stole the ball and raced up the field tiptoeing the sidelines for about 3 yards. What can I say, he's awesome! The scrum play was not so great as Wilmington pushed us around all day and practically took every ruck - even the ones where Charlie was doing his Greg Luganis impression. Yes, Charlie, diving over a ruck is a penalty! (He did it twice - well that's how many times the ref saw it). Bottom line - everyone except Penguin (or Turtle or whoever that dude is with the bald head that runs for first downs) had fun. It's nice to end our two game season undefeated. The bar was also a good time as can be seen by the photos. I think I can say on behalf of the "team", thanks to Joe H. for putting things together. See you next year! October 9, 1999 Lighthorse Old Boys - 17 Media Old Boys - 5 ted k scored once and kicked the xtra point. torch had two tries. hoff had the hit of
the day .he tackled the guy without the ball with his chest and put him out of the game.
richie leight had the run of the day and of course threw a forward pass for a try the ref
did not see. turtle played for us and thought he was flyhalf. he only got in the way about
7 times. richie butler whined about the ref from the sidelines after he got booboo.about
ten of us went back to the party. where were the 2nd city guys? rb won 125.00 from the
50-50-pool, media was not to happy about that. rb then proceeded to spend the money at the
bar .(who would've thought) April 24 Lighthorse Old Boys - 22 Second City "C" Side - 12 It was family day at the Polo Fields. Mostly everyone brought their wives and kids. Girlfriends, please show up at the next game. More than half of the team showed up for the 3PM game 30 minutes late, which actually turned out to be 25 minutes early. Tries were scored by MeatsEboy, Ted K., Dugan, and somebody else. I think it might have been Ted K. but I couldn't keep track of how many times he ran pass the try line and out of the try zone. He was called out of bounds by the ref who had to be at least 50 meters away. But, heck, you never see LH Old Boys whine about the ref! (yeah, right!) So, of course, we let it go. Meatsie was a one-man pack and pushed Second City around at will. Actually, we had tremendous pack play all day, helped by the play of real Old Boys, Charlie M. and Babs. Charlie had three concussions and one Charlie Horse, in that order. In the writeup of the first game, I mentioned that Dugan had an off day when it came to his kicking. Actually, he had a great day that day because he can't kick for sh**. Dugan had another great day converting on 1 of 3 tremendously easy kicks. Joe H.'s buddy, who played 8-man, had 37 carries for 14 yards, 2 knock-ons, (one, of which, gave SC a try and the other gave them a scrum down at their own 1 meter line), and 0 passes. Joe, you don't have to call everyone. The best play of the day was turned in by the duo of Babs and Meats. Babs threw a long ball into Meats at a line out - yes, I said LONG ball to MEATS! Taken totally by surprise, both teams stood in amazement as Meats ran toward the goal, passed the ball off to Dugan, then to Ted K. for a try. (or was that the one where ted stepped out??). HoffMonster was a no-show AGAIN! Game MVP has to go to Meatsie. Non-game MVP goes to Bobby B. as he showed up with a case of beer (with ice but not in a cooler), payed the $5 game fee, and cleaned up the beer bottles after the game. No one except Skunk, Bob "The baker" M., and Jim H. hung around to drink after the game as the other players' wives told them to get home. Immediately following the game, Meatsie's MVP play was met by "Let's go". Meatsie said "Yes, Dear." Next game is Media on May 15th.
April 17 Lighthorse Old Boys - 7 Jefferson Medical - 5 Nobody gave me any details except for Meats. So, Meats had the only try and he kicked the point after try to win the game. Joe H. got a boo boo and had to leave the game and the season. Meats demanded that the Old Boys play 40 minute halves - only thing is Meats thought that he was going to be playing side-by-side with men not whiners! Meats rules!
April 3 Lighthorse Old Boys - 0 Philly-Whitemarsh "Old Boys" - 19 Yes, another disappointing loss against Philly-Whitemarsh. The game started promptly - only 45 minutes late. Horse kept the game close with the score being 0-0 at halftime. The best play, again, was turned in by Joe H. as he chased down a ball that bounced out of a collision between Ted K. and a PW player. Joe slid down, scooped up the ball and ran around the only PW player in the vicinity - a 63 year old prop. Amazingly, the ref called a knock forward on Ted K during his collision. We're not sure if the ball was knocked forward but it absolutely touched Ted because there was blood on the ball and when Ted got up, there was a gaping wound that was seeping a river of blood - OK, so he only needed four stitches (or a bandaid if you ask the men on the team). Fine performances were turned in by Bobby B. and the whole PWOB team in the second half. Meats played as well in the second half as he did in the first half. By the way, he sat out the second half. Jim H. also only played the first half but his extreme speed was called upon when Ted K. went out with his boo boo. He replaced Ted K. and played winger, of course wearing the bloodstained jersey from Ted. Jim H. is now being tested for many possible diseases transmitted by contaminated blood. A huge disappointment occurred when Bobby B. went down with a knee ligament injury and Meats replaced him - the disappointment being that Meats replaced him! Seriously, get well Bobby, we'll miss your play. A cameo appearance was made by Bob M. He is currently a model for Rugby Magazine, at least that's what everyone thought when he showed up dressed up in shorts, shirt, and socks that were obviously ironed. It was obvious that rugby still holds a place in Bob's heart as he told his wife that he was going to go out for a little while to shop for her birthday present. The day ended up with the team heading over to Mike M.'s choice for a bar - the Muddy Duck. Of course, the bar heard that we were coming and immediately closed. The team then blew off Jim H. and went down to Casey's for some beers. Philly-Whitemarsh A and B sides thank Mike M. for the beers they drank while they watched their "Old Boys" shut us out. Next game is Jefferson Medical on April 17th.
March 13 Lighthorse Old Boys - 22 Second City Troop C Side - 0 Tries were scored by Skunk, Joe H., Cheetah, and Hoff. Dugan had a somewhat off day, converting on only one kick, as most of the tries were scored well off center. Fine performances were turned in by Meatsie and his twin brother from Second City. Hoff was the defensive player of the game as he made 328 tackles, mostly with his head. The entire team played a heck of a defensive game keeping the Troop from scoring. The finest play of the day came when Joe H. kicked the ball through Troop's wing, chased after it and then grubbed in into goal where he fell on top of it for a try. Ejections in the game were limited to only one Howard. Both of the Butler brothers were offsides numerous times and were even pointed out and scolded by the referee on several occasions. Thanks go to Joe Bat for bringing the warm Coors - heck, it was actually better than nothing. Next game is Philly Whitemarsh Old Boys on April 3rd. |