When Campuses Clash

Call it North vs. South Redux.  Or City Slickers vs. Suburbanites.

Anyway you cut it, this year's MCC Campus Softball Brawl was one for the books.  Unable to make the trip to compete in Beijing, MCC's finest softballers instead took not just their A Games, but their B, C, D, F and Incomplete games to Southwell Field in Chelmsford to square off in this year's Bedford vs. Lowell showdown.

The results were interesting, to say the least.

Let's face it.  EVERYBODY tried.  Some tried more than others.  Some looked really, really good in the field.  Some were just really well-dressed.  Some had a hard time mastering the act of getting the glove on the right hand.  Others came up with new ways to run to first base.  The unselfish play of some softballers, who happily stood aside to let their teammates roar in from other positions on the field to catch routine pop-ups was noble.  The umpire, last seen running from the field, either from embarrassment or from fear of retribution from relatives on one of the two teams, held his own.

And with Frank Morande and Alice Rouse staffing the grills and refreshment tables, the weary warriors had plenty of food and nutritious offerings awaiting them after the grueling match.

Kudos to fitness freak Jonathan Crockett who pulled the event together.  Rumor has it the Rocket is working on another face-off betwixt the campuses, one that would likely tax the grey matter a little more aggressively over the physical prowess. (Not that there was a ton of that to be found on Southwell during this face-off.)

For those blog readers wondering, yes, there was a score.  It's just not one we care to post on a family blog.  Congrats to all involved!