Way Back Wednesdays: The Mayor's Cup

Have you ever seen an 8 year-old kid fight another 8 year-old kid and have everyone in the building be fine with it? Well this is a common occurrence at the Mayor's Cup in Washington DC where amateur boxers of all ages are invited to punch each other in the face. If you get a chance, you should check it out at least once. It's weird and fascinating all at the same time.

Way Back Wednesdays: Sacked...Almost

On October 20, 2006 my beloved Coolidge football team went up against perennial Turkey Bowl contender Dunbar High School. The game, preceded by much fanfare, was televised on ESPN and hyped as a match between two Washington DC powerhouses boasting loads of D-1 talent. Well, it didn't quite work out like that.

In one hell of an off-season before the 2006 campaign, a Coolidge assistant accepted a head coaching job at Ballou High (also in DC) and took four of the Colts top players along with him. The match-up that ESPN had scheduled included Dunbar's Arrelious Benn (Illinois/Tampa Bay Buccaneers), Nathan Bussey (Illinois/2011 NFL Draft) and Coolidge's Marvin Austin (UNC/2011 NFL Draft), Romale Tucker (Syracuse/Towson), Lamar Milstead (UVA), and Dwan Thornton. The game that was actually played was lacking Coolidge's all stars.

Coolidge brought out a team that didn't have the star power of the 2005 squad and still competed, but lost, to Dunbar. This is a shot of Coolidge freshman QB getting de-cleated shortly after firing a pass attempt.

The Ides of April: Trump Edition

"I'm at the Trump International, ask for me."

Just kidding. I was having a good ole time on the escalator while travelling from one money-sucking building to another. Then I noticed the setting sun dancing on the side of the Trump. Palm trees, and golden rays. They say the light is better on the west coast. I obviously don't have any dissenting evidence.

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National High School Invitational Championship: Oak Hill vs. Montrose Christian

Just when I thought the high school basketball season was over, BAM! A national invitational tournament comes to Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda to determine the best high school basketball team in the entire country. Of course this "national championship" is theoretical because every high school team wasn't invited and the Chinquapin Burrs could have easily made it at least to the final four, easily. But they weren't invited, so they didn't make it.

Oak Hill Academy and Montrose Christian, however, did advance to the finals. The two perennial powerhouses and D-1 ballplayer factories faced off in their second double overtime thriller this season. Montrose, led by Justin Anderson, defeated the Oak Hill Warriors led by Duke-bound Quinn Cook with a score of 71-64. Shout out to kids being genuinely happy about winning (and sad about losing).

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