It's Been Awhile

As Staind sings "It's been awhile". Hope everything is cool. Couple of things to talk about. I covered some big games in the last 8 days including a horrible Waupun Ripon girls game in Waupun in which Ripon won by 30 points and the JV girls won by 60. The Waupun girls basketball team and program is not good. They don't have the numbers because none of the volleyball girls play basketball so the Varsity team in a school of that size is 8 players thats right 8 players. They need some serious help!

Ripon vs. Waupun Boys - What a game a tough fight as always. It is always a pleasure to watch Lucky Wurtz in the Ripon gym. After what I will call "DancingGate" a few years back the Ripon Waupun rivalry in boys hoops has been classic. The Tigers played a great defensive game and took some serious hits from the Warrior players. Just a few nights before Waupun was in a big game against Beaver Dam which resulted in three people being escorted from the game via police and a incident in the parking lot between Beaver fans and Warrior fans because of a stolen flag. Gotta love high school rivalries. Anyways it was an awesome game, kudos to Ripon on a job well done.

Ripon vs. Omro Girls - This was ugly to watch. With a big whipping of Waupun the previous Thursday, this game was not good. Ripon was able to get the win but they did not play very well at all. Taylor Wurtz had a nice game with 25 points, Erin Lind struggled but put in 13 points and Sam Bickert got 9 all in the first half. I will tell you this I would have hated to be in the Wednesday practice after that game. Hopefully they will right the ship for Winneconne on Friday night.

Ripon vs. Omro Boys - Ed Patrick may be listed as coach for the Omro Foxes but a guy named Spencer I still think runs this team. Omro played a great game which for the first time since I have been watching Omro they scored over 45 points. Ripon had a terrible night shooting and settled for the perimeter shots and did not bring it into the paint too often. Scott had an off night with 9, Neuman bailed out the team with 17 and Joe Lambert is getting better with every game if he doesn't make first team all conference I would be suprised. So Ripon falls to Omro and sits at 4-1 with Omro in the ECFC. The Tigers have some big games all on the road in January it will be interesting to see how they fare.

Packers new head coach is Mike McCarthy and I said the same thing when they hired Mike Sherman "WHO?" well after doing some research I learned that Coach McCarthy was the QB's coach when Brett Favre last threw more interceptions than touchdowns. Any body wanna put money on Favre not coming back? Thanks for the memories Brett I'm glad I got to see you play and a chance to meet you.

Alright time for the coveted Biggie awards for this blog

Best ECFC Announcer : PA Announcer Omro or PA Announcer Waupun - this one is tough so its a tie.

Best Warmup Music - I still like the Omro KORN intro

Best Time-Out Music - Goes to Omro again with Metallica's Seek & Destroy

Worst Music - Omro Fox on the Run after the game, I am sorry that's just lame

Funniest Cheer - Berlin fans calling the Wolves "Lose-Aconne" instead of Winneconne

Until next time....Rock on! \--/

Biggie