East beats West in PSFCA All-Star Game Options

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[zeke44]

Mr. Reinhart, I don't know which "View From The Pressbox" you had of the PSFCA All-Star game in Altoona on Friday, June 19, but from my viewpoint, your blog did a great disservice to what even the PCN announcers commented that if there were an MVP in the game, this Lancaster-Lebanon player would be a top candidate: Penn Manor's Cody Booth. (Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe that Penn Manor is still in the L-L league.) I watched the game, and then tape of the game, using slow motion to confirm statistics for Booth and here are his stats from the DE position: two sacks for minus 12 yards; four solo tackles for losses of 5, 3, 1, and 2, and the one yard loss was on a critical 4th down and less than a yard to go for the West; two hurries, one of which clearly and directly caused an interception that was run back by the East's DB for a touchdown at what may well have been the pivotal turning point of the game; and at least four assists. Not bad for a young man playing with a painful, limiting second degree separated shoulder suffered in practice earlier in the week, no? Seems to me, since the L-L league is your beat, that you owe Booth some props, if not some ink, since it appears to me that Booth had a substantially bigger impact on the outcome of the game than Clentimack, Persch, and/or Lee, all put together. Just thought you might be interested.