Gil Thorp by Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill for November 12, 2021

Problem solved!

DOWN GOES KIANNA, DOWN GOES KIANNA! DOWN GOES KIANNA! (Apologies to Howard Cosell)

P2.5 “Listen you little b***h, how’s about I drag your ass off this matt and leave you in the corner to writhe in pain while you get your mind right? , I’m going to call a guy I know who can do wonders through hypnosis, he will have you up walking, competing at a high level AND dial out that snippy attitude in no time!”

Sorry to hear about your accident but in all reality I’m in the Thorp’s bedroom and I gotta scram before Mrs Thorp gets home . See ya !

Well, she’s going to get her rest from volleyball and gymnastics. Boyd claims credit for getting her the sleep she needs.

I finally understand this story line….Chance could care less about a college scholarship but Kianna is all in, and desperately needs one.

P1- Banner week for EES. I must ask. Does she wash with Irish Spring? Manly yes but she likes it too.

P 2: “…no s***, Sherlock…”

Bad things happen when you THUMP the landing. Trainer School? WTF is that? Maybe they’ll take a chance on Chance and offer him a full ride scholarship. In four years, he can be back in Milford attending to injured Mudlarks in their perpetual quest for second in the Valley.

Oh no! At least now the poor child will rest!

P1 – Spelled Tsukahara wrong again? My theory of this being a generic ripoff of the move is more likely true now. And how the heck did she wreck her ankle? Her landing was barely off, probably would have only been an 0.1 deduction until she decided to sit down.

P2 – Kianna channeling her inner Corina. Coach Non-Mimi just stands there going, “duhhhhh, wha happa?”

P3 – Real Coach Mimi doesn’t seem to give much of a damn either. She’s losing her 5’0" volleyball player, I think they can survive.

Well, I’m glad I avoided going blowtop mad yesterday, as now it turns out my prediction of her getting injured did come true. But it wasn’t a broken leg like I hoped. (Well that sounds pretty bad.) But we can be looking forward to her blaming Boyd for not hypnotizing her into sticking the landing, which will continue the stupid logic we’ve been getting.

And speaking of stupid logic, a lot of that goes into creating the daily editions of Mopped Up Thorp!

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In p3, Kianna has just explained to the coach that this story is far from over.

Whoa, she’s rubbing her “knee”? Reminds me of Meadowlark Lemon. “Aooo, it’s my…”

Yes, I too am one of the army of snarler’s who called it with my Rolling Stones tribute, yesterday. I agree with MOP, her"thud" landing wouldn’t have affected her knee (ACL’s tear from lateral movement not straight legs.).

P-2.5: (Trainer) “I was talking about R&W”.

Is this whole story arc just a thinly veiled reference to Simone Biles, the stress, and the “twisties” (minus the volleyball of course)?

Nice to see that Mimi still wears Gil’s HS ring on a chain around her neck.

Yesterday’s Thump was obviously a misdirection.

P 4: “…but no worries Mrs. Thorp…I’m gonna get Boyd to hypnotize me into healing fast…”

Go big and go home!

Hopefully long enough to get back to some football. North Dakota’s having their state championship today- a battle of West Fargo schools.

It’s just a sprain. She’ll be out two weeks tops. I too went to trainer school.