At the races, Part 20

Sister Kathy won her race at Van Wert last night. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2038730&target=893187

At the races, part 19

Sister Kathy races Friday night at the Van Wert County Fair, home of the Enhanced Lemon Shake-Up. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_entry.cfm?race_id=827788&target=893187

Napoleon 4 Defiance 2

The game attracted many enthusiastic Napoleon students
Lee Hunter scored a goal for the Wildcats
Matt DeMichiei scored twice for Napoleon

In a triumph of champagne soccer over abject tactics, Napoleon defeated Defiance 4-2 this evening on the banks of the Maumee River. Defiance scored early on a soft lob over a napping Napoleon goalkeeper - the equivalent of poking a sleeping bear with a stick. Lee Hunter and Matt DeMichiei each scored, giving Napoleon a 2-1 halftime lead. After the break, Defiance scored from a free kick earned through cheap theatrics. Matt DeMichiei and Cole Gerken each registered a goal to provide the final 4-2 tally.

At the races, Part 18

Sister Kathy was 2nd at Lima last night. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2036006&target=893187

At the races, Part 17

Sister Kathy races at the Allen County Fair in Lima. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_entry.cfm?race_id=825856&target=893187

The Holy Trinity of Fair Food

No trip to the Henry County Fair is complete without paying appropriate homage to the Holy Trinity of Fair Food: the Beef Producers' stand, the Dairy stand, and the Pork Producers' stand, conveniently arranged in close proximity to one another and within convenient walking distance of the french fry stands.

The Henry County Fair

Then....
...and now.

At the races, Part 16

Sister Kathy won her race at Hicksville today. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2034422&target=893187

The Bundesliga makes NPR

Just in time for the start of the Bundesliga season....I heard this story on NPR yesterday about the newly-promoted TSG Hoffenheim (population 4000):

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/15/german_soccer/

This is roughly equivalent to Holgate or Liberty Center having an NFL team.

If they can do it, why not the villages around the Schlei? (HA!)

At the races, part 16

Sister Kathy races at Hicksville on Saturday, August 16. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_entry.cfm?race_id=824880&target=893187

At the races, part 15

Sister Kathy won at Napoleon last night. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2032801&target=893187

Hertha macht alles klar

Marko Pantelic, Fabian Lustenberger, and Patrick Ebert each scored goals to lead Hertha Berlin to a 3-1 victory over Eintracht Trier in the opening round of the DFB-Pokal today. (photo:HerthaBSC.de)

At the races, Part 14

Sister Kathy races Monday night at the Henry County Fair in Napoleon. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_entry.cfm?race_id=823635&target=893187

A Superclub on the Schlei....

Weg da, Bayern Munich! FSG Schleidoerfer have arrived! The combined might of TSV Schaalby, TVK Nubel, and VFL Eiche will topple the kings of German soccer, starting with the Kreisliga Schleswig.

http://www.fsg-schleidoerfer.de/

At the races, Part 13

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_result.cfm?race_id=2030663&target=893187

Sister Kathy was 2nd at Urbana last night.

At the races, Part 12

Sister Kathy races tomorrow at Urbana. Details here:

http://racing.ustrotting.com/race_entry.cfm?race_id=822083&target=893187