Monarchs Vs Dragons.. What Happened???

For 20 minutes, the showdown for Del Val's League Supremacy had the making of an instant classic - a game that would be remebered for years to come. Yes folks, the undefeated Eastwick Dragons and the once beaten Delco Monarchs were deadlocked at intermission. The score was zero to zero. The Monarchs had found a way to contain the Dragons predictable but effective double wing offense. And, there wasn't any indication that the third and fourth quarter would turn into a onesided affair. But errant play changed everything and the Dragons scored three unanswered touchdowns to take a commanding 19-0 lead. The Monarchs punched in a touchdown as time expired to make the score respectable and the final score was 19-6 when the referee blew the final whistle.

But guess what? The game that could have warranted water cooler discussions ended up being a double forfeit and will go down in the history books as such. Why??? Because of the fight that broke out between the Dragons and the Monarchs after the weigh-in. The chaos, confusion and all the other nonsense started because the Dragons as usual were trying to cheat Monarchs skipper Greg James said. They were stalling prior to the weigh-in. Then when we started, the first Dragon player we weighed did not make the minimum weight of 105 pounds. I don't make rules, but I know them and I follow them coach Tone shouted. And they (Dragons) got mad. We pulled out the PWLS rulebook and it was in black and white print. We verified the minimum weight. So, the weigh-in continued minus one Dragon player as representatives from both teams continued to bicker like children. The next couple of kids made weight and then "BOOM" another Dragon player had a problem. He did not have his birth certificate in there team book. The Dragons agrued about that and requested that they be allowed to go get the participants birth certificate. The Monarchs promptly refused. Its not our fault yall didn't come with the participants proper paper work coach Gene barked. And he's not playing too Coach Greg added!!!

The Monarchs coaching staffed yelled forfeit becasue the Dragons did not have the minimum amount of players which is sixteen. The Dragons coaching staff indicated the Monarchs were scared too play and that we were trying to bend the rules. Next thing you know, cooler heads did not prevail. We started getting it in and boy it was ugly. When the dust settled and order was restored, we played for the sake of the kids but we shouldn't have coach Greg barked after it was all said and done. I should have walked away. My team should have walked away. The Dragons were the ones who were out of control not us. We fed into the nonsense today. And look what happened coach Tone said. It was crazy out there. Someone could have really gotten hurt out there. But I tell you what??? The Dragons won't come up to the county talk'n that scared stuff no more. Bottom line they got wrecked.