Jim Thompson threw his pen on the desk, took off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "This guy’s gonna drive me completely nuts."
His partner, Joanne Wentworth, stood and walked to the coffee pot. "You ready for another cup?"
Looking back on the year in sports is always a little difficult. Not because there's not much to talk about, but because it's hard to remember everything that happened, especially events from the beginning of the year.
The Reedley College Tigers ended the 2013 football season Saturday with a 47-6 loss to Chabot College in Hayward.
The Reedley College Tigers just can’t seem to play an entire game of good football, just one half, and that’s the reason they fell to West Hills College 39-30 Saturday afternoon at Reedley High Stadium.
There were some good things and some not so good things for the Reedley College football team to take from last Saturday’s 43-28 loss to Merced College.
The Reedley College football team is in serious trouble. I can’t think of any other way to say it. The Tigers (1-5) begin conference play this coming Saturday, and if last Saturday’s 28-0 loss to Diablo Valley College is any indication, it could be ugly.
A loss is a loss, no matter how you look at it, but even though the Reedley College football team lost Saturday night to Monterey Peninsula 44-41, there were some very positive things to take away from one of the most exciting games the Tigers have played in recent years.
You could see it in the faces of the players, the coaches and the fans. Saturday night’s come from behind 22-19 win by the Reedley College Tigers over Sacramento City College was a great relief to many, and one of the most exciting games played at Reedley High School Stadium in some time.
This year of Immanuel Football has kicked off to a great start. With the addition of some new faces, the Eagles squad is set to do better than ever. After the 2012 season finished the Eagles offense knew they would have to replace the star power that Sam Isaak brought to the running back position, while also filling some key spots on the line. Their entire offense needed to be shaped once again by the incoming talent the Eagles had coming into the year.
In the sporting arena, sometimes you lose because you simply don’t execute well. Sometimes you lose because you suffer a run of bad luck. And then there are the times when you lose simply because you faced a superior opponent, Such was the case Saturday night when the Reedley College Tigers were defeated by the Fresno City College Rams, 48-7.
