Friday - March 26: A group of graying Wellsville Tiger Alumni traveled up the river last Friday evening to take on another senior citizen group at the Potter Fieldhouse in a fiercely fought basketball game. In a game that was a lot of fun, filled with high jinks, good natured ribbing & friendly camaraderie, it was WHS Alumni vs EL Potter Alumni. The event was staged to raise funds to support EL's 5 Year All-Class Reunion. Players had to be 50 years or older to be eligible. It was an automatic foul if you got caught running. An ambulance crew was standing by and members of East Liverpool's finest were also standing by just in case anybody had enough energy to be rambunctious.
Wellsville could have easily won the contest if certain members of the Orange & Black squad had saved some energy to hit a foul shot seconds before the final buzzer. After nearly four quarters of exhausting round ball the winning foul shot bounced harmlessly off the side of the rim. That's all right though. Mayor Jim Swogger won the award for the first "brick" of the game. That air ball was no where close!
We had to chuckle watching WHS Varsity Basketball Head Coach "Bug" Thompson remembering the no run rule. Bug loves the running fast break and you could tell it's an automatic habit with him. He grabbed a couple of rebounds during the game and shifted into high before he recalled that rule. He looked like he was almost disappointed he had to slow down to a "fast walk". It's a good rule for those two squads. Huge volumes of oxygen and possibly some CPR would have been needed if it had been a running game!!!
Seriously though it was nice to see all the players, cheerleaders and faithful fans that turned out to support our friends & neighbors in the 'pool. Most of those folks will be coming down to the Tiger Fieldhouse May 1 for the second annual Old Gray Mayor's Game. Neighbor helping neighbor... that's what it's all about.
Now if the Revitalization Committee can only convince Bevo to dress for that May 1 game...
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