FLASHBACK (Week Jan. 4 to Jan 10)

This week 5 years ago:

Seton Catholic senior Carrie Oakey scored two goals to lead her team to a victory in the first indoor soccer game of the year. Unfortunately, due to the lack of a growth spurt, the 5’1”, 96 pound Oakey was mistaken by her own goalie for the ball, and was picked up and punted to a wide open forward. Unfortunately, Oakey did not sustain the bicycle kick from forward Yashur al Faqur, and was immediately taken to the hospital by ambulance. She suffered 4 broken ribs, a slight concussion, and a severe amount of ridicule.

Faqur, mentioned above, was suspended for kicking his own teammate. When asked to leave the field by official Randy Lozier, Faqur slapped him across the face, and stumbled toward the sideline. With a deadly contradiction of Lozier’s “double-vision” and Faqur’s “unsteady” stumble, he appeared to have gotten off the hook until the other official, Barry Norton, threw a red flag and tossed Yashur al Faqur out of the game for drunkenness. When Yahsur argued, Official Norton replied, “Yashur, you were drinking shots in the back of my van on the ride to the game…you’re ejected!”

Seton Catholic senior Rufus Feldmore lead the team to a 5-1 victory with 4 first period goals, and a second period assist. He did not return to the ice for the third quarter as he complained of a “groin injury” to the 22 year old blonde athletic trainer. He was later spotted carrying her under the bleachers, where things got a little wild. He was named Player of the Game, and nicknamed “Hockey Hunk.”

This week, 9 years ago:

Plattsburgh High senior Luther Brewster obliterated 223 pins after 9 frames, but stopped right there because he likes the number 23. The next day, during an early off season Baseball practice in the gym, he broke his right pointer finger after following through on a fastball while doing a bullpen session. His finger is so long that, after release of the ball, in bent backwards on his follow through when it struck the ground in front of him. He was sidelined for 2 months, in which his finger continued to grow.

Brother Otis Sanderson was turning the back end of double plays from shortstop when runner Jordan Maille plowed into him and sent him flying backwards. He suffered a concussion, and was never the same afterwards.

This week, 28 years ago:

Plattsburgh High sensation Stamford Branch netted 26 points in a win over MAI in boys basketball. Those points were almost taken away after complains of fake documents of his age, but a legal birth certificate proved him honest…like his hips. Two days later, trailing by three, he sank a half court shot at the buzzer, but PHS still lost as there was no three point line back then. He lead all scorers with 29 points and 9 assists.

Until next week,
Otis Terry Sanderson, Chief Staff Writer