Tom Faranda's Folly

Stepinac over Holy Cross, 49-7 – but first… Brigid in her new hoodie – front and back. There you go. Usually the name goes over the #, but since the hood might cover it, it’s under … For sure, Stepinac is good. Besides excellent defense, if you go here you’ll see the eye-popping stats for … Read more

UPDATE: Forgot to mention! This Saturday home against Holy Cross. Decent article here – of course it's early yet and the big games against Iona Prep, St. Anthony's and Chaminade are all coming up – and all on the road. Stepinac Football #1 in this weeks Lohud Poll And NY Sports writers have Crusaders at … Read more

True. A headline on Yahoo! News. "Even today, after the second failure of another world war, perhaps one can speak of a third war, one fought piecemeal, with crimes, massacres, destruction," he said. "Humanity needs to weep and this is the time to weep," Francis said in the homily of a Mass during a visit … Read more

UPDATE: Stepinac Rules, 28-10! It was 21-3 at halftime. Game played in a moderate rain for most of the time. Nothing like the picture below form last week. Game at 3 o'clock. Farandas will be there! This picture from the week before

The first posting I put up on this blog on a September 11, was in 2006 – I only started my weblog at the end of September, 2005. Mostly I wrote about this great guy, Tom Knox.  Here's that post.    My friend, Tom Knox Funny that yesterday morning, I remembered a rugby match – he … Read more

Brigid actually got back last Tuesday, but I only took a picture this past Friday. The original plan was Brigid, off to England for three weeks (hit the link to see how happy she was to be getting away from Tom, Joe and Tim!) but she extended, to continue work on her family’s house in … Read more

Mansfield was ranked #1 in Massachusetts (I posted about it here) in pre-season evaluation (they were 13-0 last year) – but not now. They've been dropped all the way to #74 and there national ranking dropped way down. Stepinac looked excellent on defense and solid offensively. Tim had a nice game at fullback, special teams … Read more

It's a home game for Stepinac. Mansfield is ranked #1 in the State of Massachusetts and #302 nationally. Their roster lists 109 players! Stepinac is ranked #16 in NY State and 1,156 nationally. Stepinac's roster has 52 players. Tim is primarily playing fullback/H back, but won't be on the field for every offensive play; Stepinac … Read more

They were experienced outdoorspeople. Woman, 62, survives eight days in northern Saskatchewan wilderness after husband dies