Rain, rain go away

This stinks. Everyone was all pumped up for the Bristol at Morrisville game today in a collision of coaching geniuses between Mike Lalli and Ivan "The Guru of High School Softball'' Colon. Instead, it's raining like crazy and we'll have to wait until later in the year. The big story in Lower Bucks right now is it looks like the Moville pitcher could be out for a while with an arm injury. We're not sure how serious it is, but that could change everything and is a brutal blow to the rising Dawg program. Ouch!
Well, we got our first blog responses. Thanks, Noter. Keep em coming. Were you at the Conwell-Egan game yesterday. I didn't get to attend, but the strikeout fest was the pitching duel of all pitching duels. Conwell-Egan is going to miss Geragi's bats and could have a bunch of marathons this year. Will there be a shakeup in The Trentonian's ratings? Everyone will have to wait until Saturday to find out.
In addition to Conwell-Egan losing, there were a lot of other developments as the season heated up yesterday. It looked like the gap had closed between Florence and New Egypt, but nobody saw Florence pounding the defending state champs by seven runs. It's the biggest win at Florence since Lou Guadagnino was there and a great moment for the Florence players who have known nothing but tough times against New Egypt. It won't get any easier for New Egypt with Bordentown on the horizon Monday. With players like pitcher Hillary Allen and Nicole Walls, the Scotties are legit and in for a huge season.
The other big score from yesterday found Northern Burlington beating Rancocas Valley. Dana Bieniek didn't pitch and if she doesn't pitch in this game, just who will she throw against? Should be interesting to see how this pans out because she's such a defensive force in the circle with her quickness it really makes a difference. Anyway, Northern is fun to watch. It seems like the game has changed these days with a lot of teams relying on power, but NBC is a throwback to a lot of speed, lefty hitters and slappers. Obviously, Wolverton is also a heckuva coach.
Between the rain, Good Friday and a limited schedule for Saturday, it's shaping up as a slow week. The one exception is Pennsbury making its annual trek to North Jersey to play two games in a tournament. We'll have more on this later in the week, but it looks like coach Frank McSherry will not be there as he continues to recover from pneumonia. That's got to be killing the guy but so far the Falcons haven't skipped a beat. The big question for Saturday is whether Lou Hartmann and "Pinky'' will make the trip to Newark to support their Falcons. Judging by the way he was all covered up last week against Abington, expect Hartmann to bag it and opt for the warmth at the Boot.
It's now only a week and a half until the Rancocas Valley Tourney. Quite frankly, one side of the bracket is a lot more stacked than the other, but this will only make the tournament great from the get-go from a fan's viewpoint. A possible quarterfinal round game will pit Conwell-Egan vs. Washington Township. This would be even better after what happened last year,
As mentioned last week, feel free to send comments and opinions. This is your chance to pop off. Any posts that are worthy will receive a response.