Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for December 29, 2014

I can see the headline – Milford’s Miss Ishii misses mark, muffs Mifflin match.

But I thought when players locked arms on the bench it guaranteed a victory.

Yay Bitsy, welcome back!

In all reality , things are back to reality in Milford. Don t forget its Welcome Back Bitsy night tomorrow at Milford HS. Free freckle painting , mens and womens basketball double header , alien autographs and Marty Moon will DJ the post game sock hop( no shoes of any kind will be allowed on the gym floor per Mop Man – Wear clean socks ) ,post dance showers will be allowed .

I admit that I haven’t watched a lot of women’s (or girls’) basketball; but in the games I have watched, I cannot recall ever seeing a girl’s head that close to the net. Was the crowd shown in the many, many strips about this game? I’m wondering if Geno Auriemma or Muffet McGraw were there recruiting Mifflin’s seven-foot center.

Must be something to this alternate universe, girls basketball and wristbands.

That defender is a monster. She’ll just palm that ball and take it away. Unless she crushes it Mongo style.

Based on P1, Leisl must be about 4’6". Here’s MUT.

I sat behind Bobby at the game. He had his calculator and clipboard out and said there would be a 99% possibility of a blocked shot if Leisl drove the lane.

39=38? When Liesl had the “hot hand” she must have reeled off what, 4 or 6 points?

P-2 is a tribute to Aretha: Chain, chain, chain…chain of

Mimi should tell Leisl that shooting the ball with her forearm and the side of her hand is a recipe for failure.

Someone should take Liesl Ishii to Schwartz’s Chinese Restaurant afterward to console her after the loss. Maybe Amy could dump a pitcher of root beer on her head, too.

Next day’s headline: Miflin 39 – Milford 38, P-2 Constipation Zero

DAMMIT! How about now?

Ludmilla from ‘The Elderberries’ makes a cameo in panel three just in time to "block shot of short American girl’.