Drag queens: You know exactly where they stand
Couple of Cape guys - Super good guys pass the test every day. Dave Robinson and Kevin Carson, Cape's outgoing and incoming (sounds like mortar shells) superintendents, were at a Saturday morning Cape soccer scrimmage wearing their Cape shirts following a Friday night football scrimmage that they also attended. I know why they were there, and it has nothing to do with being seen or schmoozing with the community power elite; heck, I'd talk to them anyway. Dave and Kevin go where the kids are and always have, and it's a good lesson for all staff; after all, it is what you do. And you will also notice they are friends with the real people and always have time for them. Get out there and support kids in whatever they are doing; it just makes life so much better for everyone.
Way too happy - Terry Wilkinson and Mike Firch are way too happy for secondary school vice principals finishing the Seashore Striders Labor Day 5K. Terry is a vice principal at Cape while Mike has the same position at Sussex Tech. “That is pretty much us,“ Terry responded to the observation, “C'mon, nobody is that happy.” Good for students to find upbeat people when they return to school. Exuberance is contagious although it can also be annoying.
Drag queens - I love CAMP Rehoboth because I find diversity energizing except for radical right-wing reactionary Republicans, and the CAMP promotes community understanding and I'm all about that. I came to a quick conclusion while covering the Sunday morning Labor Day 5K and Sashay and that is, “The good thing about drag queens is you know exactly where they stand.” Yep, on spike heels, and we should all be so happy. Then there's runner Jack Vassalotti - talk about comfortable in his own skin - just no telling what character is coming out when he throws back the bi-fold doors of his walk-in closet.
Getting home - A sports book I am writing is called, “Getting Home: How Can I Screw This Up?” Last weekend, Utah State had Auburn totally gone and let them back up in the final three minutes and lost a game they had led by 10.
And the Phillies, just what have they been doing lately, losing winnable games and setting up a week of two-for-none games with the Braves, then the Brewers. If I managed a pitcher who got rocked in relief on one night and came back the next to walk in the winning run in the bottom of the 14th inning in front of a crowd outnumbered by no-shows 1,000 to one, I'd have to be physically restrained from launching a Gatorade cooler bomb at him. Let cooler heads prevail!
Snippets - The University of Maryland's women's soccer team beat Cornell Sunday afternoon 4-0, setting a school record by opening the season with six consecutive shutouts.
Lydia Hastings of Rehoboth, a four-year starter, is a senior co-captain for the Terrapins, currently ranked No. 3 in the country.
"This was a great all-around win," said Maryland head coach Brian Pensky. "We played attractive soccer; we scored some good goals, and we received terrific contributions from everybody off the bench." The Maryland field hockey team, formerly ranked No. 1 in the nation, with freshman Maxine Fluharty from Sussex Tech in the starting lineup, lost a Sept. 2 road game at Old Dominion 4-0.
The Monarchs and the Terrapins own the most NCAA titles between them - Old Dominion with nine and Maryland with seven. Old Dominion later beat Virginia 4-1 and stands 4-0, with all victories coming against top 10 teams.
ODU won national titles in 1982, '83, and '84. Adele Mears, who played on the 1979 Cape state championship field hockey team, was also a first-team All-American for her play on the 1983 Old Dominion national championship team. Adele played for coach Carolyn Ivins at Cape.
Carrie Lingo, who played field hockey for Ruth Skoglund at Cape, was a first-team All-American at North Carolina in 2001. Lingo was also named in 2002 to the top 50 players on the 50-year ACC anniversary team; enough accolades, time for Powerade.
Go on now, git!
