Football team descends on donut pile

The West York football team went through a light practice Thanksgiving morning in preparation for its Friday night showdown with Susquehanna Township, but the hundreds of family and friends who showed up weren't interested much in practice.

Thirty four dozen Maple Donuts were delivered shortly before practice began, and when coach Ron Miller dismissed the players they descended on the concession stand like a swarm of bees, where boosters gave out the goodies.

Well, that's not quite correct.  They just opened boxes full of donuts and seconds later it was empty.  Imagine a football team attacking a donut pile.

Check the video at about the 1:20 mark, where a half dozen hands wanted the same donut, one got it, but had it taken away by a bigger teammate.  I think it's funny, but the player who lost his prize probably wasn't so amused.

Is it a war of Us vs. Them?

Covered Vice president Joe Biden at West York High School Sunday morning, along with about 1,400 other people, and listened to plenty of other dignitaries preface what Mr. Biden was about to say.

Simply put-- "The rich are getting richer and it's time the middle class gets some gravy."

It was almost like a general revving up his troops for a battle. It's Us against Them.

But is it? I listened to one speaker say an education is a right, something we all should have. Apparently, you don't have to be intelligent or work very hard-- after all, it's a right.  Not sure it is. We've all been lectured by our parents, teachers and bosses that if we work hard, we can do anything we want.

I hope that's not true.  You don't want me rooting around in your gray matter during brain surgery. And I can't be a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. Well, maybe...

Now, I'm not the brightest bulb in the pack, and early on accepted the fact that I'd have to work for anything I got-- wasn't smart enough to let someone else do the heavy lifting. Thank goodness there are people intelligent enough to make the right decisions. It's our job to vote for the right one.

We should all be happy that people succeed and make a truckload of money. It's because of their earnings that many of us have jobs.  Our local movers and shakers give more of their money away than most of us can imagine. Apparently, they have enough and want to share the wealth. Very cool.

It must be those ungodly wealthy folks that Biden is targeting-- people with $36 million homes, 17 bathrooms and a personal trainer for the six-year old son.  But I can't even whine about those families. They worked hard for their money, they want to keep it-- can't blame 'em. At the same time, at what point is 'enough'?

Maybe a straight tax of whatever anyone makes is fair.  You make $36 million, you pay, say, six percent. You make $18,000, you pay, say, six percent.  Six percent is just an example.

This election is becoming a class war, and Sunday's speeches reinforced that. Us against Them. Shouldn't we be in this fight together?

All three teams win

 All three of the baseball/softball teams in district three competition won Thursday in Millersville.

All three were nail-biters, if you'll excuse the cliche', but the Central game was terrific.

The game was scoreless through the regular seven innings, and the game stretched on. In the bottom of the ninth, with a runner on first base, a Central batter missed the bunt sign.  Moments later, she connected on the longest fly ball of the game--over the left fielder's head--and the runner, a freshman, scored.  Game over. Oh, and by the way, the pitcher threw a no-hitter.

The West York boys scored five runs in the first inning, and then hung on to beat Lancaster Catholic. The Dallastown girls pulled out another close one with a 3-2 win over Wilson. For more photos, click here to see more photos on the York Dispatch gallery pages.