Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for March 15, 2024

High schools play 10 minute quarters. That’s a lot of scoring.

Oh, wait: Henry’s world…

What’s with the 50 year old woman in P1? Is it Bat Day?

P3: Fist Pump Man’s cousin plays for VT.

How many announcers read the lowest score first? And trying to give an out here, sometimes the home team score is listed last, but it is a Milford home game…

Why a quote from a 1977 Commodores song? Easy! Henry knows how old his readers* are. *Mostly us, but there are surely others.

I never played organized basketball past elementary school. I was under the impression coaches usually gave a plan as to how to get someone open.

Well I woke up Sunday morning / With no way to hold my head, that didn’t hurt / And the beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad / So I had one more for dessert / Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes / And found my cleanest dirty shirt / Then I washed my face and combed my hair / And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day

P1 Thank you for the Captain Obvious update, random fan.

Is that Mrs. Fistpump or your side piece, Fistpump Man? Regardless, she’s a bit of an exhibitionist coming out of the shadows like that and showing her face.

How realistic is it for someone who’s been on the injury list all season to light it up immediately?

P3: I thought the commentator was going to say, “Martinez makes it easy like Keri Thorp!”

P 2 ( Pedro thought bubble): “… I banged peanut… snicker…)

C’mon Hank — On Planet Thorp, it’s the “playdowns”, not the playoffs!

P1- That mature woman has a pencil thin moustache that Jimmy Buffet could sing about.

P2- Kwan’s hands have shrunk from dishwashing. Definitely not the work of Whigs.

Oh my gosh, who is that fistpumping lady? I think I’m in love! She’s even using the correct arm!

VT’s worn the same non- Caroline blue jerseys for two straight days. That’s some good consistency!

I get that VT is reluctant to hire me, but could they at least use someone who knows how to write letters?

What would these kids do without a coaching genius like Kwan telling them to pass it to an open man?

The wrestlers are cramping up from holding the mid-suplex pose.

I found the Lionel Richie / Commodores reference much more disturbing.

Prediction: to demonstrate he’s ready to go Pro, our Milford hero undercuts a leaping Pedro who concusses himself. When he wakes up, he’s not in OZ anymore.

Kick it off, kick it out, kick it up a notch. Suplex ’em.

P1 – Is Marty in the bathroom or something? Why is Tays’ brother doing the announcing from the stands?

P2 – That’s why Kwan is such a good coach. Most of them would suggest passing to the guy who’s not open.

P3 – The seven minute mark? That means 41 points have been scored in one minute. Talk about a track meet!

And speaking of one minute, if you can spare one minute, then read today’s Mopped Up Thorp:

https://moppedupthorp.wordpress.Com/2024/03/15/mrs-robinson-is-a-vt-fan/

the guy standing next to link is that a relative of coach stapleton ?

not shown is gil giving tays a five and saying buy as many overpriced hotdogs as you can for the team

panal one shows if you move to milford the dental care is excellent

gil hopes game is over soon he wants to get some surf and turf and some salmon for beth

Kudos for the excellent Dirk homage in P3.

I think it is funny that Henry thinks we care enough about the wrestling match that it deserves a couple days of cliff hanging.

Come on, we need Kari in the Stands screaming at Pedro!

Does Valley Tech have a team name? How about the Pool Cleaners?

Too bad wrestling wasn’t still going on yesterday because Breaking Cat News did something with suplex.

P1- 50 years old Cougar reminds me of a classmate you used to say Yoo Hoo like in MUT to gain the attention of my roommate in college. Good times for me, not for Roomie.

What the hell? Someone on the This Week in Milford blog called me a dork!

As long as we’re going to go Commodores here, might I add The Rolling Stones’ “Paint it, Black” to P3? Just sayin’.