-Sal Riggio reporting/photos
HARLAN INSURANCE CLAIMS PLAYOFF TITLE
Number two seed Harlan squeaked by eight seeded Mulberry Integrative Medicine 9-8 in the semi-final, and then outclassed five seed Babiarz Law Firm 9-2 in the Championship Game.  Babiarz edged six seed Paul Davis Construction in the other semi also by a 9-8 score.
The Second Place Babiarz Team:
Mike Daly, Jim Glover, Denis Hodge, Gene Llafet, Wayne Mallory, Jack Marx, Dale Moses, Jack Nagle, Dave Oatley, Ron Simon, Tim Wilcox, John Wyks and Terry Yanny.
This is the CFL Playoff Championship Team Harlan:
Chuck Bowman, Sergio Carreras, Tom Ceglie, James Creed, Craig Dahlquist, Joseph DeGeorge,
Bruce Harlan, Wendy Hartfiel, Ed Moriarity, James Moyer, Dick Petula, Jim Rogers, and Sante Tulli.
Between games the CFL’s Joel Beason Trophy was presented to “Player of the Season” Ed DeMaio.Â
Ed commented: “Just wanted to thank, first of all, everyone in the league for making me feel so welcome and comfortable playing in the CFL. That great feeling of “family” is very strong to me and that’s most important to me. Secondly, thanks to my teammates on Fross & Fross. To me, this is a really a team award. I didn’t know Joel Beason personally, but have heard how courageous he was playing while he was so ill. Also how competitive he was (in a good way). And, I’m sure, a good teammate. Most important to me, and the one I hope people think of me is being a good teammate- supportive, non-critical , and doing the best I can. Lastly, I realize it’s my ( our) responsibility to always make the “new” player feel welcome, which certainly, the CFL community does… Thanks again.”