Last night I hooked up with a couple old team mates and long time friends John "Smitty" Smith and Richard "Popeye" Johnson and went to see the Morgantown High Mohigans battle the #1 ranked East Fairmont Bees at East West Stadium in Fairmont. The evening started out at Nick and Terri's bar, it was a little Deja Vu for Smitty and Popeye, in High School A & H Tavern was a big hang out for our team (Drinking age was 18 then). We met with another old team mate Terry West at the bar and enjoyed a few minutes of old memories before the three of us headed to the stadium. It was nice seeing these guys again, Rich lives near DC and only makes it to town a few times a year. I hadn't seen him in a few years, so it was a nice evening with a few old friends.
It was a great game, and parking wasn't too easy to find. I ended up parking at the corporate office of the Helmick Corp and walked a few blocks to the stadium. East Jumped out to a 6-0 first quarter lead by driving the ball downfield, but seeing how many trick plays they ran during the drive I turned to Smitty and said they blew their load and that was it. They didn't score again and ended the entire game with only 100 yards total offense for a team. Around mid third quarter the fog started to set in, both teams were throwing the ball downfield and sitting in the stands you lost track of the ball. The play by play announcer got a nice little chuckle when he called one play as covered by "Somebody". Visibility was very poor.
Morgantown managed to run their record to 3-1 on the season by beating East 24-6. It was a nice end to a nice evening with a couple great friends.
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