On Football

Yesterday, for the first time in 12 years, I attended a Lycoming College (my alma mater) football game. Lycoming dropped their season opener to Rowan by a score of 29-7.

The draw was a freshman tailback named Parker Showers out of Biglerville High School (also my alma mater), who is the son of a close friend and a young man I've known for several years.

Showers wears Number 1 for Lycoming and saw playing time in his first collegiate contest on punt return, kick-off return and a little mop-up duty at tailback.

Showers delivered some nice blocks on several punt and kick-off returns. As one of the two deep backs on kick returns, he got the opportunity to return one kick-off, bringing it from the 2 yard line back to the 28.

In mop-up duty at tailback, he had 3 carries for 9 yards.

Next Saturday, "The Battle of the Boot" vs. Susquehanna in Selinsgrove, PA.



Our protagonist takes the field for his collegiate debut.