As I slowly recover from countless bourbon colored drinks, I wanted to take a minute to congratulate the Prep on a great season! I wanted to also take this opportunity to thank every opponent on their schedule for the last four to six seasons because SJP is who they are because of you. The out of conference games with Washington, Malvern, North Penn and Wood were so important to the preparation of the players to be able to compete at such a high level. Equally as important is the PCL schedule with Ryan, Judge, Roman and finally LaSalle who will deliver a huge dose of humble pie if you aren't prepared to play every game. It's a painful reality that Roman and LaSalle delivered a double dose of in the PCL playoffs during my son's last two seasons at the Prep. So a sincere thanks to those teams because the Prep wins as a result of your competition.
I have to congratulate and thank Pine-Richland because that was a game for ages. I wasn't comfortable one bit while ahead by 21 points because your heart and determination was evident in the 15-0 record that you worked hard to achieve. A huge applause for DiNucci and his gun slinging qb style performance. That was pretty damn entertaining! I would be remiss in not pointing out #11 for PR for his outstanding catches. I don't know what the rest of your season was like but I would anticipate a nice Christmas present from DiNucci because your skills, on a number of less than accurate throws, translated into some huge plays. My hats off to both of you! One last congrats to the PR coach! You proved to all of these crybabies that public schools can stand up to the mighty privates. Also, I am sure you wouldn't change your call to go for two and I applaud your balls and the faith you had in your team! Congrats on a great season.
Finally, I wanted to congratulate and applaud a couple of the Prep players. We all know Reid, Runyan, Zacheuus and Swift for their outstanding work but we forget the first year guys who stepped in this season and filled in holes of graduating seniors. Last night we sat and talked about guys who had huge circles with question marks around their names and they all stepped up and got the job done. I would raise a glass to your achievements but it will be a long time before I repeat the celebrations of last night!
What it comes down to is these are boys playing a sport they love! A sport that is becoming more and more difficult to find players that are willing to commit to this game and sometimes I think we forget that fact. So while recovering from a festive night, I felt the need to point a couple thoughts from the heart!
Thanks for another great season Prep!
I have to congratulate and thank Pine-Richland because that was a game for ages. I wasn't comfortable one bit while ahead by 21 points because your heart and determination was evident in the 15-0 record that you worked hard to achieve. A huge applause for DiNucci and his gun slinging qb style performance. That was pretty damn entertaining! I would be remiss in not pointing out #11 for PR for his outstanding catches. I don't know what the rest of your season was like but I would anticipate a nice Christmas present from DiNucci because your skills, on a number of less than accurate throws, translated into some huge plays. My hats off to both of you! One last congrats to the PR coach! You proved to all of these crybabies that public schools can stand up to the mighty privates. Also, I am sure you wouldn't change your call to go for two and I applaud your balls and the faith you had in your team! Congrats on a great season.
Finally, I wanted to congratulate and applaud a couple of the Prep players. We all know Reid, Runyan, Zacheuus and Swift for their outstanding work but we forget the first year guys who stepped in this season and filled in holes of graduating seniors. Last night we sat and talked about guys who had huge circles with question marks around their names and they all stepped up and got the job done. I would raise a glass to your achievements but it will be a long time before I repeat the celebrations of last night!
What it comes down to is these are boys playing a sport they love! A sport that is becoming more and more difficult to find players that are willing to commit to this game and sometimes I think we forget that fact. So while recovering from a festive night, I felt the need to point a couple thoughts from the heart!
Thanks for another great season Prep!
