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Nostalgia- a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.

Some of us are just starting their journey of glory, sweat, and cheers. For some of us we are in the Twilight of our Football Careers. 

Not Topper though.  Topper is in his Prime. 

For those of you in your Twilight, Here are some fond memories we at The Sentinel think you will enjoy. 

1. Remember When, Cobblestone was a dominant team, crushing everyone’s hopes and dreams as Daryl’s hair blew in the wind, that was before Garrett defected from Cobblestone 
2. Remember When, Joe K would stay late at the bar and dance the night away with anyone he didn’t know
3. Remember When, The Dinner Crowd would show up and the bar would kick us to the inside bar
4. Remember When, October Games had a 90% chance of snow 
5. Remember When, Chris Cole would ravage the field and then terrorize you at the bar
6. Remember When, Matty Ice could be heard from three fields away screaming “Let’s Go” in a crop top
7. Remember When, Joey Batts was the QB of Gryffindor and one of two male models in the league, (Joe Z was also in a commercial)
8. Remember When, we had to wear masks and fill out a form every Saturday morning during the Pandemic
9. Remember When, Hootie and the Brofish was the greatest team name of all time
10. Remember When, TSL didn’t exist yet and Topper was controlled by a different league under “unspeakable management”

Now for those of us who aren’t nostalgic, we have our own memories to still create and hold fond to for when we are old and on Injured Reserve

1. It was a day of interceptions and it was a day of Laterals! Jaime Warren arrived fresh from her 9 am fitness class to intercept Mike Thomas. On the way to the endzone, Jaime lateralled to a male teammate, who then lateralled back to Jaime for the eight points
2. In Breakfast Club, David Marcus catches a ball down the sideline, runs and laterals the ball behind him, without looking, and tosses it right to the other team
3. Alex Buchlis throws an interception, the defender rushes to score, laterals it back, but the ball gets tipped and Becca Neth saves the pick six by diving for lateral.
4. To start the game TMA Turner one hand intercepts a ball and runs it back for six points
5. Jfitt, who the Wanderers were heckling as “D-ONE,” cuts off the receiver and intercepts the Nick Stutzman on an out route,  taking it to the HOUSE
6. Ashley Desmond stuns Spinelli’s Plumbing through the NSS win with stable hands and unbeatable chemistry with Kyle Messina 
7. Breakfast Club is the place to try new things, such as ref your own game. Long time refs B and Garrett, save the league 30 dollars by reffing their own game and calling their own penalties. This would work everywhere else right??
8. Sam of Frodo seals another in the FRODO SWAGGINS VICTORY TOUR on a deep ball over the Malones defender
9. Matt Helm intercepts Hogan in the D1/D2 crossover game. Half the crowd cheers, the other half looks away as Freeballers inform the refs that Helm broke some sort of rule three seasons ago
10. Shoving, Spiking, Sticky Scoundrels!! Two weeks in a row the Sticky Bandits have gotten away with outrageous behavior. The Bad Boys of Sticky unleash mayhem by spiking the ball and being too physical. 

BONUS- The dogs were at the fields, they were adored by everyone!! We hope you donated and think about adopting!

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