Logan Lennon with 5 Touchdowns Against Lakes

I saw that Antioch was playing at Lakes on Friday. I have wanted to get to an Antioch game to see and photograph my cousin, Logan Lennon. Kristen Lennon, Logan’s mother, is Maryann Chambers’ daughter. Maryann is my first cousin.

Logan is the great great grandson of John J. Lydon, who emigrated from Barna, Galway, Ireland in 1912. John served in the US Army in World War I and later became a Chicago policeman.

John married Delia Geraghty from Moycullen, Galway, Ireland and in 1922, they bought the house at 4039 North Oakley Avenue, Chicago. I drove past it yesterday, 103 years later.

Logan is a delightful and engaging young man and a remarkable athletic. Oh, and he scored five touchdowns on Friday night’s game against Lakes on 10 carries. Every other carry was a touchdown. 5 touchdowns, 10 carries, 230 yards. TDs runs were 66, 63, 47, 40 and 13 yards.

I can say with some confidence that no decedent of John Lydon has scored five touchdowns in a high school football game.

And he is a sophomore. I can’t wait to see what achieves.

My friend and former DePaul Prep coach Sean Connor is the head basketball coach at Antioch. He told me that Logan will be his point guard this year. I can’t wait to see what Logan does on the hardwood too.

Go Sequoits!

Quick Trip to the Emerald Isle

As some may have deduced from careful examination of my Instagram posts, I went to Ireland the week before last. Just a quick trip to reset before the basketball playoffs got serious. I basically took the regionals off after the regular season. I figured I wouldn’t miss much this year which proved to be true. It was also a good time to take advantage of cheap airfares and off-season crowds.

We stayed a day in Dublin were we had a visit with my cousin Barbara and her friend Sen. Marie Sherlock. Barbara and Marie attended Trinity together some years ago. They were part of a group of Trinity students that lived in Chicago for the summer so we got to know Marie and the rest of their group pretty well.

Marie showed us around Lienster House, which is home of the Oireachtas Éireann, the legislature for the Republic of Ireland. We had a drink, a couple actually, in the “Dail Bar.” A actually pub inside the capital building just steps from the Dail chamber. Nice.

Then we went to Galway and set in different pubs. Didn’t did much else. Just had some pints and did nothing. It was glorious. I highly recommend it.

Here are some photos I took.