There are 5 Pop Warner Jr. Pee Wee Coaches in the Majors this year: Zappone, Planz, Egan, Paulsen, & Callister. For those of you not familiar with rigors Pop Warner, I'll let you know that you spend more time with the football team than you do with your wives and other kids. From August through October it is football, football, football. Why am I bringing this up? It would be horrific if one of us football coaches lost to every other coach. Well, if Coach Egan can hold serve, Coach Paulsen will have experienced something that he will be reminded of quite often during those August --> October days. On to the game. With 2 outs in the top of the 1st, The Achievers rallied for 3 runs to take a quick 3-0 lead. The lead lasted exactly 3.5 minutes as Paulsen/Yakel's gang absolutely pounded the ball in the bottom of the 1st. We were fortunate to get out of the first inning tied. Coach Yakel predicted a 24-22 ballgame. The way the game started, I couldn't disagree. Paulsen's crew put up another run in the 2nd as the Achievements bats went as dead as the unfortunate mosquito that landed on my forearm in the 3rd inning. Derek, Ryan, Chad, and Teddy got us going again in the 4th and with strong pitching, we were able to hang on for the 'W'. At the plate: Chad: double, single Ryan: single (cheapo), single Josh: double T-Pot: double, single On the hill: Derek: 2 innings (0 runs, 2 hits, 3 K's) Ryan: 2 innings (0 runs, 0 hits, 5 K's) Way to keep fighting, boys!! Oh yeah, 2 more things: I'm still glad I'm not Coach Planz. Coach Paulsen is my neighbor and I have 'Street Bragging Rights' for the rest of the summer!