Sailing with Sailer : Thanksgiving 2023

Thanksgiving means family, food and football.

Football both on the professional level and the high school level.

In high school football action around here, it's the Battle of Fairfield with Ludlowe and Warde.

On Thursday morning at Warde, the Falcons of Ludlowe came away with a 42-12 victory over the Mustangs.

The game was close on the first half, with Ludlowe holding a 14-0 lead after one and a 14-6 lead at halftime.

Ludlowe got touchdowns from John Kleinbeck, Justin Toothaker, Chris Bellantoni and Charlie Mahoney, among others. Not intentionally leaving anyone out, just going off the top of my head as I write. Kleinbeck was named the Ludlowe game MVP.

Ludlowe has now won three straight matchups. Warde's last win came in 2019. The Mustangs lead the post-Fairfield High School matchup 10-8.

Ludlowe finishes the season at 7-3, while Warde finishes at 1-9.

Personally, it's always good to see people from town, as well as Alumni, and many others. I was helping with tickets for the first half of the game so I got to see those who came in at the gate I was at.

Then, in the second half, I was able to walk around the stadium and see people and then watch the second half while trying (key word, trying) to keep The Nest, the Ludlowe student section, in line.

With that, fall sports are over and it's on to winter. For me, that specifically means basketball.

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On the NFL side, the Packers got a big win over the Lions. Jordan Love with a strong game and a couple of touchdowns from Christian Watson.

Green Bay is not having the season we'd like, but the win today over a good Detroit team, keeps them in playoff contention.

In the other games, the Cowboys defeated the Commanders and the 4ers and Seahawks are playing right now.

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Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone. Hope all had a great day with friends and family.

Thankful for the friendships with many different people in my life from different avenues, even though a lot of them have to do with, or at least stem from work.

Smaller, quiet here than it's been. Only eight of us where most years it's been more and even some years close to 30, if not more.

Times change. Traditions change.

I hate change, but that's just the way it is, for a variety of reasons.