This just in: a few minutes ago, the league folks posted a notice on the message board with the bad news that all 8-man games will be canceled. Seems like the P.G. County Parks and Rec people didn’t want us to tear up their fields.
Enjoy the day off tomorrow.
Week 2 of the season folks: practice on Saturday 3/28 at 11am and our first game on Sunday 3/29 is at 12pm. Our second game will begin at 2pm.
Please take note that our games this week will be held at Auth Road (Village) Park, which is not located in Bowie but further south in P.G. County near Andrews Air Force Base. Check out the Fields page for maps. Again, this is one of those neighborhood fields with tight parking, so plan to show up early or carpool; on Saturday we’ll announce a time that we’ll all plan to show up.
Even though we would have liked to come away with some “W”s today, this week’s games marked the first 8-man competition of the Cartel’s franchise history and was a learning experience for many of us. This week’s games featured some spectacular plays, including a 40-yard pass by Antonio Ledbetter to Justin Ball, which set up a 5-yard pass from Ledbetter to Ryand Smith for the Cartel’s first touchdown of the season.
In the first game of the doubleheader, the Cartel held the MD Sharks to only three scores but lost 0-18. In the second game versus The Nuts, the Cartel lost 6-16 but held the opposition to only two scoring plays.
We are going to be implementing some adjustments in time for next week’s game — keep your eyes open for information through email or at next week’s practice.
In the meantime, check out the team photo database here: http://tcstockphotos.com/CCphotos/ and vote for the top photos or sign up for a username to leave comments and talk about the best plays.
Also, It would be helpful if everyone could at least pick a photo or two and leave a comment to this post with the title name/number of the photo that you want included with your player profile and stats. Feel free to choose an updated photo if you’d like.
We have practice this Saturdayat Catonsville high school at 11am. This is a very important practice as it will be our first and only special teams practice before our first game. We also will go over starters on each side of the ball.
Our first game this season is at 1pm vs The MD City Sharks then our second game will be at 2pm vs The Nutz, both games will be played at High Bridge Park.
Here’s a link to see all the photos from today’s scrimmage: http://tcstockphotos.com/CCphotos/
Through that link, you can register for an username and vote for the best photos, leave comments, and view all photos in order. The top ranked photos will be added to the official photo gallery, similar to last year’s gallery.
Also, we’re hoping to add photos to our revamped roster page, which is undergoing some changes. It would be helpful if everyone could pick a photo or two and leave a comment to this post with the title name/number of the photo that you want included with your player profile.
Later in the season, when I get more photos in, I’ll be making similar calls for your updated choice for player profile pics. In the meantime, just comment here so we’ll have something to start with. Also, please leave a comment if there is no photo of you from the latest batch. Let me know so I’ll be reminded the next game!
We have a scrimmage at Long Reach High on 3/15 at 11:30 so post up if you will be there or not. Here are directions Long Reach