Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for June 22, 2024

Another state tourney? Oy…

“Wolfe packs the win”? That’s truly awful.

Wait… the tournament was one game? ONE GAME?

I’m sure even Cardi B would be surprised at the amount of WAP in this strip.

They still deliver newspapers?

I knew it was a TANG!

Do they have a junior varsity state tournament?

“All concerned parties agreed. Dorothy Wolfe was the prettiest smelling MVP in tournament history.”

P 2: after a night of action with her wife, Commie Toe looks around cautiously to make sure her neighbors don’t see her in her nightie

And P3: was there ever any doubt? Milford has so many state titles since 2022, that I’ve lost count.

Twinkle twinkle little superstar. Gil must be sooo proud of his daughter, reading this exciting story as Beth serves breakfast in bed. Wait. The COTY and athletic director didn’t ATTEND the game. No telling where Keri’s mother may be. Oh well, off to MCC to waste 2 months of doing little of nothing and abandoning children on the driving range.

Uhh huh huhh….’packs’…. Uh huh huh

Give credit to Dottie, four runs on an obvious ground ball is impressive.

Good arm on the papergirl. I hear she may be going pro.

That’s great news for those of us that didn’t try and beat the six vehicle rush out of the parking lot. When’s the parade?

what did cami leave game early for chicken and waffles and the paper will tell her the result ?

ace reporter paul finlay should knock on camis door and ask whatever happen to hockey team

the one and only grand slam TING !!!!!

Somewhere in a deep dark jungle in southeast asia, the phones are ringing off the hooks as orders for “State Champion Cami Toe” hats, t shirts, hoodies, caps, mugs, rally hippos and other memorabilia pours in. Ahhhh the pretty smell of success.

and all because they had a talk.

I almost missed the newspaper hitting the door with a “WAP”. Next year’s second basethey.

Headline below the fold: “Every Other High School Athletic Department in the State Shut Down; Directors Claim ’What’s the Point?”

Wait a minute, that was the state final?

Does this mean we start the “new chapter” on Monday at the CotY ceremony? Could we see “Chapter 4 – Henry is Fired and a Real Writer Gets the Job”?

Sigh. Of course that TING topped pitch won the game. I’ll just have to assume it was a lame roller that the pitcher chucked into right field, and then the right fielder chucked it wild to third, etc. And another State Title. After one game???? The start of this game was introduced as the start of the tournament for Milford. Unless they had a bye, this means only two teams quailified? Both from the same league? It’s okay to play a team we’ve never heard of. And it’s okay to win a playoff game and then lose the next one. It doesn’t always have to be one game for the title. And speaking of one, if there’s one thing you should do it’s read today’s Mopped Up Thorp.

moppedupthorp wordpress com/2024/06/22/does-he-ever-even-sleep/

Obviously a nod to the NC State Wolfpack.

What does this have to do with Gil?? It is his name in the strip.

I forget what was this chapter called?? Misdirect??

State champions!