Monthly Archives: November 2017

Choose Spike’s Trophies for Personalized Gifts This Holiday Season

With Thanksgiving less than two weeks away, the holiday season is gearing up to be in full swing. Most retail stores are already decorated and selling holiday-themed goods while airing themed commercials on television and radio. And of course, people everywhere are searching for the perfect, personalized gifts to buy for all their loved ones.

If you’re looking for superb customized items to give to your family and friends this holiday season, Spike’s Trophies is the place for you. We are ready and able to help you create the perfect personalized presents among the thousands of different items we supply.
We are considered to be the Greater Philadelphia area’s authority when it comes to customized awards and spirit wear, as well as a plethora of other choices for gifts this year, as we have for the past 85-plus years and counting. We continue to be a local mainstay for providing top-tier customized trophies and plaques, as well as clothing and all types of awards and products.

For your athletic family members and friends, we can produce customized spirit wear including jackets, t-shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants among other items that are perfect for the entire family to show off their favorite teams. With a multitude of options of personalizable products in a wide variety of colors, we have something that will suit the particular tastes of every member of the family.

If you’re an employer and you’re looking to reward your employees for a great year or fourth quarter, we also have plenty of corporate awards and desk accessories. With glass awards, plaques, medals and more, we have a vast array of items that we can produce to recognize an employee’s success. You can personalize any of our affordable awards with any name or company logo. Our inventory is also perfect for coming up with a holiday gift for all your employees or for a souvenir they can take home from the company holiday party.
Here at Spike’s Trophies, there are thousands of trophies and other products available to buy this holiday season. If you’d like to learn more or check out our inventory, please visit our Center City Showroom or continue browsing our website where you can place a bulk order.

Carson Wentz & the Philadelphia Eagles: 2017 Midseason Review

If the Super Bowl champions were crowned halfway through the season, it would be the Philadelphia Eagles holding trophies. Unfortunately for Philly sports fans, that is not the case. However, they have much to be excited about. Minus a few mishaps, the first half of the 2017 regular season has gone incredibly well. The Eagles sit atop not only their division but the entire National Football League with a blistering hot eight wins and only one loss.

 

The Good

 

In his sophomore season, quarterback Carson Wentz has progressed very nicely. Although his completion percentage is down by a mere 2%, he’s already thrown for 23 TDs, whereas last year he finished with 16. At this rate, he should have no problem more than doubling last year’s total by season’s end. Wentz is also on pace to throw fewer interceptions while throwing for more yards.

 

The receiving corps has been a vital factor in his success. Third-year receiver Nelson Agholor has shown significant improvement, already setting career highs for both TDs and yards in a season, and is on pace to easily surpass his reception total. Veteran wideout Alshon Jeffery, new to the Eagles this year, has also been solid. Agholor and Jeffery each have five TDs so far.

 

Zach Ertz, tight end for the Eagles since 2013, is on pace to set a career high in receiving yards while he has already set a new high in TDs.

 

The Bad

 

Every team suffers injuries. It’s the nature of the game. So far, they’ve lost veteran pass-catching running back Darren Sproles, veteran offensive tackle Jason Peters and star middle linebacker Jordan Hicks for the season due to injury. While they aren’t suiting up for games, they continue to impact the team behind the scenes – supporting, teaching and motivating their teammates as best as they can.

 

The Future

 

Although they lost Sproles due to injury and Ryan Mathews was cut back in August, they signed bruising running back LeGarrette Blount this past offseason who has contributed three TDs so far. And in even bigger news, the Eagles recently landed dynamic running back Jay Ajayi in a trade with the Miami Dolphins. He has the potential to make a major impact going forward, relegating Blount and fellow backs Corey Clement Wendell Smallwood to complementary roles where they are better suited.

 

If the Eagles continue to play this way, there will be many plaques and trophies in their future. They have a legitimate shot to win the Super Bowl and Wentz is an early favorite to win the league’s most valuable player award.

 

Check back here (hopefully in February) to read the Philadelphia Eagles season review.