Chelsea hockey faced Bedford.
Between periods, local youth hockey players demonstrated their skills for the crowd.
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Vintage Base Ball: 2 May 2015
Vintage base ball is back! The Monitors started their 2015 season with a trip to Port Huron (alternate name: Almost Canada).
Before we headed to the match, we made a quick stop at a park to enjoy the view of the water and (a tiny bit of) Canada.
On to the match!
What do you do when you score a run? You ring the bell!
A Whole Bunch of Photos from 2014
In 2014 I took a few photos of some stuff. Let’s take a look at some of the photographic highlights!
Winter on Main Street (2 January)
Snow accumulation on a Park Street bench (2 January)
Snow-covered bushes on Jackson Street (2 January)
Chelsea girls basketball (10 January)
Chelsea boys basketball (10 January)
Chelsea boys basketball (10 January)
Chelsea hockey (14 January)
Chelsea hockey (14 January)
Chelsea hockey (14 January)
Chelsea girls basketball (17 January)
Chelsea basketball student section (17 January)
Chelsea Chiefs youth hockey exhibition between periods of a Chelsea varsity hockey game (22 January)
Chelsea Football Senior Night: 24 October 2014
Chelsea Football vs Grosse Ile: 31 October 2014
On a windy cold snowy Halloween, Chelsea football welcomed Grosse Ile to town for the first round of the playoffs.
What’s that? You don’t believe me? Come on, I wouldn’t lie about snow.
I wasn’t kidding about the wind, either. It was strong enough to run through the banner before the team could get to it.
The team didn’t seem to mind.
The game was streamed live on the Fox Sports Detroit website, so there was a tv cameraman roaming the Chelsea sidelines.
The coaches were bundled up for the cold.
The calendar said it was October, but there’s a chance we all made a HUGE mistake and it was actually December. This was the scene just before kickoff:
The wind didn’t end its shenanigans at running through the banner before the team did. It also blew over all the pylons.
(On at least one occasion it blew the football a few yards down the field after the referee spotted it, too, but I didn’t get a photo of that.)
Chelsea Football vs Haslett: 24 October 2014
Chelsea football welcomed Haslett to town to wrap up the regular season.
Chelsea’s week 8 win over Dexter had guaranteed them a playoff berth, but week 9 was important: a win would give Chelsea a good chance at a home playoff game.
(It was also senior night, so the seniors were recognized before the game. I’ll post all those photos in a separate post another day.)
The first quarter ended in a scoreless tie, but in the second quarter the Bulldogs got on the board when Bailey Edwards got behind the defense for a long touchdown.
Later in the second quarter, Edwards caught a short pass, made a move, and…well, you can probably guess the rest.
At the end of the first half, Chelsea led Haslett 14-0.
The band celebrated senior night, too.
One senior band member was wearing a hat that should look familiar if you read this blog over the summer:
That’s the hat worn by the Monitors and the Merries, our wonderful local vintage base ball clubs. Why did she have a vintage base ball hat? Well…
…she’s related to a Monitor. Huzzah!
Haslett tried to put together a fourth-quarter comeback, but the Chelsea defense thwarted those plans.
With the win, the Bulldogs finished the regular season at 7-2 and started looking forward to the playoffs.
After the postgame huddle, Chelsea waited for the Haslett players to leave the field. A win would have made Haslett 5-4 and would have given them a chance at the playoffs, but the loss brought an end to the high school football careers of the senior Vikings. As the last few Vikings slowly began to make their way off the field with tears in their eyes, one of the Bulldogs spotted one of his erstwhile opponents and did what he could to encourage his fellow athlete.
At the beginning of the post, I said a win would give Chelsea a good chance at a home playoff game. Guess what? Chelsea got a home playoff game! The Bulldogs will be hosting Grosse Ile on Friday at 7pm. See you there!
Chelsea Football vs #BeatDexter: 17 October 2014
Chelsea football welcomed Dexter to town.
A win would guarantee Chelsea a return to the playoffs after a one-year absence. Also, a win would be a win over Dexter, which is something every Chelsea athlete always wants forever and ever. #BeatDexter
Before the game, the student section went for the festive look with a color blast.
The parking lot couldn’t help but dress up for the game, too.
Chelsea Football vs Tecumseh: 10 October 2014
Vintage Base Ball in Detroit: 28 September 2014
On a beautiful fall afternoon, the Merries closed out their season with a trip to Detroit.
The Merries’ earlier trip to the city had taken them to historic Fort Wayne, but this trip took them to a different historical site: Navin Field, the site of Tiger Stadium. (You may recall the Monitors played at Navin last year.) The stadium has been gone for years, but the field is still maintained by the Navin Field Grounds Crew, an industrious volunteer group that keeps the legendary field playable and open to all.
The site wasn’t the only notable aspect of this match. For the 2014 season, there were three ladies’ vintage base ball clubs in the state of Michigan — Detroit, Chelsea, and Benton Harbor — and because two of the three clubs were started this year, this was the first time they were all together! The clubs introduced themselves to the crowd and got the match started.
(L to R: the Lil Fillies of Benton Harbor, the Detroit River Belles, and the Merries of Chelsea.)
Chelsea Football vs Lincoln: 3 October 2014
Chelsea football faced Lincoln.
The game was scheduled to be played at Lincoln, but due to a tragic accident at Lincoln’s stadium earlier in the week, the game was moved to Ann Arbor Pioneer.
There was a moment of silence during pregame.
