Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for November 27, 2023

Three separate high school sports at once! You go, Henry.

Gotta give it to henry,man knows his introductions

Emmett drew loofah duty this semester?

Will Mimi coach the gymnastics team from Scottsdale, via Zoom?

So Luke coaches the girls team while Cami coaches the boys? Could be trouble ahead…

P3.5 uh…Coach…uh…gimme a minute…

What were Chapters One, Two and Three? Volleyball, football and hoops?

P1 Luke arrives at girls basketball practice wearing his best wrestling singlet. The ants march in as Keri is cropped out of the picture – again.

P2 Hockey? Lacrosse? Pugil stick fighting? It figures Cami is in the middle of the action. If that isn’t ice, the team practice is going to wreak havoc on Mopman’s newly shined floors. Be careful about approaching Cami to discuss it Mop, she’ll be ready to throw down and rumble.

P3 Gil greats the new all-state basketball transfer students as they get off the bus, arriving just in time for the first practice of the season. The ants are having a ball.

P4 (?) You mean we haven’t been getting misdirected much lately already, Henry?

They froze the pool for hockey season. Smart. Hope the mermaids got out in time!

P2, I’ve never seen indoor cricket.

P2: I’m Batman. You signaled for me in panel 1?

P2- Coaching ice hockey in short sleeves? Cami is Bud Grant tough.

GilPa used to dress like a (Beau) dandy when Neal Rubin was writing the basketball story lines. Time for Thorpe to go snazzy and break out the plaid sport jackets.

The misdirect happened some time ago…

I guess we skipped the Milford football team finishing second again this year.

Panel 2: “Hey! listen up! I’m Coach Ochoa. Welcome to full contact chorus! You, stop dancing, and turn down the Glee soundtrack. Thank you.”

I was hoping to see the ceremony for football fourth place in the conference banner add 2023.

Chapter 4?!?

P 3: “… uh… I’m coach, uh, uh, yeah!…. I’m Gil!… I think…”

Oh, joy. I can hardly wait.

Okay, which athlete at Milford High, even the Freshmen would not know who Coach Thorp was by Basketball Season?

Soooo…was Mimi fired as the girls basketball coach?

they have a girls wrestling team ?

dam kids at milford be stupid dont even know the coaches names

so milford has a rollerball team like that james caan movie

P3- “…of the year, Gil Thorp. This is a deformed basketball and behind me is a 6 1/2 foot basket. If you can dribble this ball and dunk it in that basket; you make the team.”

P3- Where’s Waldo? There he is!

I just left Vito’s after cashing in on Milford +7 vs. Valley Tech and he has set the odds at 100-1 if anybody can correctly identify which sport Coach Camisole is coaching this winter. I put $10 down on full contact indoor floor hockey.

Meeting the coaches in full uniform! Steve Luhm handled team selection & first workouts, while Doctor Pearl did the fittings & ordering.

What sport is in panel 2? Hockey? Lacrosse? Rollerball?

P-1: 1st day of practice and everyone has matching practice uniforms, check. (Blond lower left with split shorts named alternate Capt.)

P-2: Coach O is wearing Saddle Oxfords on the Air Hockey rink. Please note: for safety, there are no skates, pucks, boards, or sticks.

P-3: To impress these punks as to whose in charge, Gil rips a basketball in half.

Is that ice hockey in P2 or is it yet another of my world famous floor shines? Who can tell? And speaking of telling, I’m telling you right now that today’s Mopped Up Thorp is online.

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2023/11/27/not-the-usual-sports/

P2: It appears that there is a hockey team (?). I was hoping I’ll see more of this, but then P4 told me it’s all just a misdirect.

how come luke is not forcing those girls to put on singlets ???

no love for kwan no ping pong team ?

has that helicopter landed yet ?