MJS AnnysaCatholic and Episcopal seminarians will take to the gridiron for annual flag football battle for the St. Lawrence Cup between the St. Francis De Sales Shoremen and Nashotah House Knights at 3 p.m. Sunday at Thomas More High School.
The Catholic Shoremen are looking to make it three in a row, says Ryan Pruess, a 6-1, 325-pound offensive lineman. But Knights Coach Jason Murbarger promises to knock them off with receivers “more nimble than the mind of Thomas Aquinas”[LOL] and a former All-American quarterback.”
For the record, that’s Tony “the arm” Blything. He’s not technically an “All-American,” says Murbarger. “But he was born in America, and he did play high school baseball.”
The trash talk tends to be tame. (Who needs to dish dirt when you can invoke the saints?) [Haha]
“Last year, one of the announcers called them Protestants — they prefer Anglo-catholiclowercase c here — and they didn’t appreciate that,” said Pruess. “So they called us Papists.”
Ouch.
Great writeup!!! I hope the seminarians don't mind being called Papists. Some of us quite enjoy the description.
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