Summary: Congratulations to the Golden Knights for their 53-7 win over the Vanguards. This brings the football team's season record to 1 win and 0 losses, and according to maxpreps.com, the team is ranked #54 in the state and #1,639 in the nation. This post contains a photo-essay from the game.

Introduction

Opening coin toss

It was rainy all day, so we were worried about the weather, but it cleared up a couple hours before the game. Even though it's still summer time, the stadium, in Aston, PA, had an autumn feeling to it. Neither one of the school bands took the field for the half-time or pre-game performances, so the main topic for this post is football (American football, that is).

I generally don't include the names of other people's kids in these posts, but Rustin's #8, #32, and #42 all had great nights moving the ball. #4, the QB had a good night too with at least one long-yardage touchdown pass. The defense did a great job all night too, giving up only a few first downs for most of the game.

Here is the box score:

Team	Location	Name	Q1	Q2	Half	Q3	Q4	2nd Half	Final
Rustin	Visitor	Golden Knights	7	20	27	20	6	26	53
Sun Valley	Home	Vanguards	0	0	0	0	7	7	7

And the post that follows contains a photo-essay from the stands. Rustin was the visiting team, so they're wearing the white uniforms. Click on the photos to expand them.

Marching band in the stands

If you look closely, you might be able to spot @cmp2020 wearing his Steem shirt.

Football

It's nice to be able to zoom without blurring for a change

Rustin Cheerleading

I managed to get a couple shots of pyramids, but was too slow and focused on the game to get any photos of the back flips. (which were pretty amazing!)

Sun Valley Cheerleading

One of the unique things about last night's game is that the Sun Valley cheering squad came to do a cheer in front of the visitor's bleachers

Not football

We were near the Philadelphia International Airport, so we had a steady stream of planes flying past, and also a news helicopter hovered over the stadium for a time... And of course, I had to get photos of the Sun Valley mascot!

And anyone from Rustin may appreciate the Rumble

Update: 8/25/19 - NBC 10 has coverage of the game at about 4:08, in this video.

Conclusion

It was a great night out for the football team, and a fun night for the marching band and audience. The team graduated some talented players last year, so we haven't been sure what to expect, but last night's performance shows that they have some great talent stepping in to replace the departed players.

The next game is against Great Valley on August 30, at Rustin High School.

And here is the rest of the 2019 schedule for the marching band

Saturday Competitions: (ALL)

9/28: USBands Competition @ Boyertown
10/19: PA State Championships @ WCU
10/26: HOME SHOW!!! USBANDS REGIONAL @ Rustin
11/2: USBands A Class National Championships (Allentown)

Parades: (All) Times TBD

7/4: Thornbury Delco 4th of July Parade
10/23: West Chester Halloween Parade
11/10: West Chester Veteran’s Day Parade
12/6: West Chester Old Fashioned Christmas Parade

Here's the full football schedule:
all games are at 7pm

8/23 - AWAY @ Sun Valley - Rustin 53 / Sun Valley 7
8/30 - HOME vs Great Valley
9/6 - HOME vs Kennett
9/13 - AWAY @ Oxford
9/20 - HOME vs Avon Grove
9/27 - HOME vs Coatesville
10/11 - HOMECOMING vs Unionville
10/18 - HOME vs WC East
10/25 - HOME vs WC Henderson
PLAYOFFS - 11/1 and 11/8

Thanks for your support!

The @rgkmb-unofficial account is an experimental account that is operated by Steve Palmer (@remlaps). The account's purpose is to demonstrate the viability of a fund-raising model that is based on use of the Steem block chain in the community. For more information, see our introductory post: Introducing Steem to the Rustin Golden Knights Marching Band

August 23, 2019 Rustin Golden Knights at Sun Valley Vanguards Football Game - The Stands Experience