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By Fred J. Robledo
In terms of history, the 57th annual Covina Christmas Tournament has it all.
Legendary Bill Walton was named the tournament MVP for Helix High in 1969 and other tournament MVPs have included Byron Scott (Morningside 1979), Mike Smith (Los Altos, 1982), Stacey Augmon (Muir, 1985), and two-time winner Cameron Murray (Glendora, 1993-94). (To continue, click thread).
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Wednesday Boxscores: Championship night, Chino Hills vs. Bonita; Damien vs. Don Lugo; Glendora boys and Bonita girls lose for the first time
Above: Walnut's Bryan Gholar fights for the rebound with Damien Spartans' J P Chakbazof
Covina Tournament semifinals: Bonita High School overwhelmed Bishop Amat on Wednesday night to easily advance to the championship game of the 57th Covina Christmas Tournament, 64-37. In tonight's title game, the Bearcats (12-2) will take on Chino Hills, a 61-53 winner over Rowland.
Other scores of note …
Beach Ball Classic: C.J. Cooper and Grant Jerrett scored 14 points each, but it wasn't enough against power Prestonwood Christian, losing in the second round at Myrtle Beach, 76-63.
Century Tournament: Glendora lost for the first time this season, falling to Valencia 53-36 in the third round of the Century Tournament to drop to 12-1.
Ontario Christian Tournament: Baldwin Park is playing for its third straight Ontario Christian title. They will face Village Christian in tonight's championship at 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Nike Tournament of Champions, AZ.: . — Bonita's Madison Zylstra scored a team-high 22 points, but it wasn't enough. The Bearcats fell to Arizona's Apollo, 67-65 in the semifinals of the Tournament of champions. It was the 'Cats' first loss, they drop to 11-1
Ayala Lady Hoops tournament: Bishop Amat advances to the semifinals with a 59-58 quarterfinal win over Rialto, and will now face powerful Etiwanda in the semifinals tonight.
Rowland Tournament: Wilson and West Covina survived round-robin play and will meet in tonight's championship at 8 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Glendora has moved into the semifinals of the North Orange County Tournament at Sunny Hills by defeating Los Altos, 0-0 (won 5-3 on PKs) and a 1-0 win over Brea Olinda.
Tonight's championships
Covina Tournament
Bonita vs. Chino Hills, 8:30 p.m.
Rowland Tournament
Damien vs. Don Lugo, 8 p.m.
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Tuesday Boxscores: While it's raining outside, several area basketball teams remain hot during the month of December
Above: Northview's Treavon Francis, 15, covers his head after he misses the final shot to beat Rowland at the end of the game during the quarterfinals of the Covina boys basketball tournament
Boys Basketball: Glendora continues its magic, improves to 12-0 with a 49-44 victory over Tustin in the second round of the Century Tournament, Nick Colletta the leading scorer again with 20 points. Rowland's Sharif Watson scored 18 points in a 46-45 victory over Northview to advance to the semifinals of the Covina tournament.
Girls Basketball: Bishop Amat and Bonita are on a torrid pace. Leticia Gallarza scored 24 points to lead the Lancers to a 56-53 win over Rancho Cucamonga in the second round of the Ayala tournament. Bonita, meanwhile, remained undefeated in the Nike Tournament of champions in Arizona. Nikki Wheatley scored a team-high 21 points in a 59-37 second-round win over Oakridge.
Boys Basketball
Nogales Tournament Quarterfinals
Damien 62, La Serna 45
Walnut 55, Cathedral 52
Diamond Ranch 71, Claremont 60
Don Lugo 67, Nogales 58
Wednesday's semifinals
Damien vs. Walnut, 6:30 p.m.
Diamond Ranch vs. Don Lugo, 8 p.m.
Covina Tournament semifinals
Wednesday's semifinals
Rowland (3) vs. Chino Hills (2), 7 p.m.
Bonita (1) vs. Bishop Amat (4), 8:30 p.m.
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La Verne Lutheran off and running with a first-round victory in the prestigious Beach Ball Classic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Lutheran wins: After returning five starters that won the CIF-Southern Section Division 5AA and state Division 5 championship, the La Verne Lutheran boys basketball team searched for the best tournaments it could find, leaving after Christmas for the prestigious Beach Ball Classic in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The Trojans (2-0) opened the tournament on Tuesday in survive-and-advance fashion, edging Illinois' St. Rita 73-71 behind a huge effort from Loyola Marymount-bound senior Bruce English. (To continue click thread)
The defending California Division 5 state champion La Verne Lutheran boys basketball team is in South Carolina for its opening game in the Beach Ball Classic against St. Rita of Illinois this afternoon at 2:15 p.m. in the first round.
For those who want to watch the game, it is available on a live stream from the tournament by clicking here.
Tribune All-Area fall teams for girls volleyball, girls tennis, cross country and boys water polo comes out next week; football later this month
The Tribune all-area teams for the fall are set and ready to go next week with the exception of football, which will be published later this month in our first-ever PrepXtra Magazine edition. We had planned on running the football all-area on Jan. 6, but that date has been pushed back to accommodate our advertisers. We do not have a date finalized as of yet, but it will be later this month. I will let you know when I get a firm publication date.
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Monday Box: Looks like old times for Glendora boys basketball, improves to 11-0 with 98-26 win over Rancho Alamitos
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Top Bracket
Damien vs. La Serna, 6:30 p.m.
Cathedral vs. Walnut, 3:30 p.m.
Bottom Bracket
Claremont vs. Diamond Ranch, 5 p.m.
Don Lugo vs. Nogales, 8 p.m.
Check out this high school dunk contest, you won't be disappointed. It's from last week's City of Palms Classic in Fort Myers, Fla. It's one of the best you will ever see.
The Covina High boys basketball tournament
Covina High School boys basketball tournament
Sierra Vista 65, Los Altos 54: "After three days off, that was great on our part," Sierra Vista coach Herman Flores said. "I wasn't sure how the kids were going to play. They tell me we're the team to beat in league. I don't know if that's right, but we'll be ready."
Tuesday's quarterfinals
Upper bracket
Northview vs. Rowland (3), 4 p.m.
Sierra Vista vs. Chino Hills (2), 5:30 p.m.
Lower bracket
Charter Oak vs. Bonita (1), 7 p.m.
Bishop Amat (4) vs. Covina, 8:30 p.m.
Consolation games
Lou Dantzler vs. Chaffey, 10 a.m.
Los Altos vs. Wilson, 11:30 a.m.
California vs. Arroyo, 1 p.m.
South Hills vs. Alta Loma, 2:30 p.m.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas weekend
Hope everyone enjoys Christmas and the weekend with their families. And a special thanks to all of you for contributing to the blogs and making the San Gabriel Valley a fun high school sports experience. I will be back on Monday reporting from the Covina High Christmas tournament. Until then, can we get a Lakers win on Christmas?
The best and worst of the 2010 football season
The Tribune's PrepXtra 2010 All-Area football team will be published on Jan. 6. In the meantime, here are some bests from 2010, including the top three teams in the final top ten poll that will be released later, to the projected top three in 2011.
Below: You haven't seen this, 15 minutes of raw footage of West Covina's 37-33 win over Bonita for the Southeast title
Best teams
1. West Covina (13-1) - After the Bulldogs beat Rowland 41-17, coach Maggiore said after this should have been the season they took on Bishop Amat. He certainly had the athletes, and they were clutch when they needed to be, rallying to beat Bonita in the championship to claim the Southeast title, finishing the season with 13 straight wins. Don't know if they could have beaten Amat or Chino Hills, but they were certainly capable.
2. Chino Hills (10-3) – The Huskies were the top choice on Maxpreps, beating Tesoro (the same Tesoro that beat Amat in the playoffs), Redlands East Valley, Etiwanda and winning the Sierra League. But their best game came in a 42-23 loss to Centennial in the Inland semifinals that was much closer than the score indicated.
3. Bishop Amat (9-2) — Far and away the top team after starting 9-0, but losing the Serra League title game to Alemany and falling in the first-round of the Pac-5 playoffs as a fourth-seed was the worst two weeks in the coach Hagerty era.
Most improved
1. Bonita – Biggest winner, going from 3-8 to 12-2 and a spot in the Southeast title game.
2. Covina – Won the Valle Vista League in a year most thought Baldwin Park and San Dimas would fight for the title. The Colts finished 10-2 and beat West Covina … not bad after going 5-6 the year before.
3. Claremont — They were neck and neck with both above after starting 7-1 a year after finishing 5-5. But they lost their last three games to finish 7-4.
Biggest disappointments
1. South Hills - They were in trouble before they got to the Sierra League, losing to West Covina, Monrovia and others. They finish 3-8 and miss the playoffs a year after winning the San Antonio League and finishing 10-3.
2. Rowland – With QB Michael Ball back his senior year, many thought the Raiders would contend for the Hacienda League and Southeast title after going 8-3 the year before. But they finished 4-6, missing the playoffs entirely.
3. Baldwin Park - You thought a team with two division one signees on defense would do better than 5-6. They underachieved all season, losing in the first round of the Mid-Valley playoffs.
Most surprising players
1. Vinny Venegas, Covina — On a team that surprised many, Venegas was the biggest surprise of all, turning into one of the area's best all-around players. Not just a threat at wide receiver, but he can do everything, and should be one of the most exciting players returning in 2011.
2. Jalen Moore, Bishop Amat — The biggest pressure spot in the Valley is not at QB at Bishop Amat, it's at running back, where you follow in the footsteps of Bienemy, McCutcheon, Brown, Wagner, McCleskey, Sermons, etc. The junior was the Lancers' best playmaker, earning Serra first-team honors.
3. Matt Fregoso, Rosmead – The running back was among the section leaders, rushing for 2,458 yards and 22 touchdowns, an average of 204 yards a game to lead the Valley.
Biggest upsets
1. Covina 27, West Covina 20 — The Bulldogs dominated for 3 1/2 quarters, but the last five minutes of the opening game of 2010 proved to be the one blemish on a 13-1 record for the Bulldogs. Each week Covina's upset grew more impressive, all the way to the Bulldogs' title game. People are still wondering how the Colts did it.
2. Village Christian 31, Azusa 24 – Statistically, the Aztecs finished one of the most dominating 10-0 campaigns in history, boasting six shutouts and allowing just 30 points all season, earning the top seed in the Mid-Valley Division playoffs, then losing in the first round.
3. Tesoro 31, Bishop Amat 21 — Considering the Lancers were the fourth seed and hadn't lost a home game at Kiefer since 2007, it was shocking to see Tesoro win a playoff game at Amat in front of another enormous crowd.
Best teams to watch for in 2011.
1. Bishop Amat — With Rio Ruiz at QB and Zach Shay and Jalen Moore in the backfield, you have the core back on a team that averaged 35 points. The road game at Servite in week two should give us a sneak previews of things to come.
2. West Covina – Chris Solomon, the MVP of the Hacienda League, is back along with several returners. They do have to replace George Johnson at quarterback, but West Covina has more athletes than any other public school.
3. Charter Oak – With Aaren Vaughs and Kurt Scoby in the backfield and a year more mature, look for the Chargers to go back to pounding the ball like the championship years. With Travis Santiago back at QB, they should be favored to win the Sierra League.
And finally, best agony of defeat shot …
How much did Amat miss Zach Shay?
Boys and girls soccer leaderboard; Northview's Khalalah Todd chasing history
MaxPreps doesn't have a widget for soccer, so I created our own MaxPreps made easy, but coaches need to update MaxPreps — too many are not doing so. I will resume top ten rankings in January and plan on covering plenty of league games
Todd Scoring watch: Northview's Khalalah Todd leads the area in scoring once again, and is the East San Gabriel Valley's all-time scoring champion. Todd scored 30 goals as a freshman, seven during an injury riddled sophomore season and 47 as a junior. She has 19 goals this season for a total of 103 career goals. Todd needs 33 more to crack the Southern Section all-time top ten list.
Fred's note: What you must understand is that most of the records happened during the 1980s and 90s when there was much less parity. Since the 2000 season, or the modern high school girls soccer era, only two players have scored more than 136 goals or more in a career.
No. Player/School Years
288 Erin Martin, Temple City 1989-93
225 Carin Jennings, Palos Verdes 1979-83
191 Shannon Maddock, Torrance 1983-87
182 Traci Arkenberg, Peninsula 1991-94
165 Ruth Van't Land, Ontario Christian 1993-97
163 Stephanie Lemburg, Frazier Mountain 1997-00
140 Yvonne Vasquez, Santa Fe 2001-05
137 Delores Browning, Mayfair 1991-95
136 Kristin Harkins, La Quinta/Westminster 1983-87
136 Gina Longo, St. Anthony 1997-00
Boys Top Scoers
1. Josh Luevanos, Glendora, 10 goals, 9 games
2. Leonardo Grigg, Bonita, 7 goals, 9 games
3. Neil Ignacio, Diamond Bar, 6 goals, 4 games
4. Jimmy Camarena, Northview, 5 goals, 8 games
5t. Erick Hernandez, Bassett, 4 goals, 2 games
5t. Hugo Lepe, Claremont, 4 goals, 7 games
Girls Top Scorers
1. Khalalah Todd, Northview, 19 goals, 9 games
2. April Juarez, Bishop Amat, 17 goals, 12 games
3. Amie Jepsen, Glendora, 11 goals, 8 games
4. Kathleen Zamora, Bishop Amat, 8 goals, 11 games
5. Jessica Lopez, Sierra Vista, 8 goals, 9 games
Boys Soccer standings, schedules, leaders
Baseline League
Del Rey League
Hacienda League
Mission Valley League
Montview League
Sierra League
Valle Vista League
Girls Soccer standings, schedules, leaders
Baseline League
Del Rey League
Hacienda League
Mission Valley League
Montview League
Sierra League
Valle Vista League
Boys and Girls basketball leaderboard
This is your MaxPreps made easy for Tribune area boys and girls basketball teams. This is an easy way to look at records, roster and to compare area leaders. In January, we will return to our own weekly rankings.
The Covina High School Boys Christmas Tournament begins on Monday, here are the first-round pairings.
Monday's games
Northview vs. Douglass, 10 a.m.
Chaffey vs. Rowland, 11:30 a.m.
Sierra Vista vs. Los Altos, 1 p.m.
Wilson vs. Chino Hills, 2:30 p.m.
Charter Oak vs. California, 4 p.m.
Bonita vs. Arroyo, 5:30 p.m.
Bishop Amat vs. South Hills, 7 p.m.
Alta Loma vs. Covina, 8:30 p.m.
Boys leading scorers
1. Daniel Rodriguez, Bishop Amat, 19.9 ppg
2. Tyler Hill, Bishop Amat, 17.8 ppg
3. John Yang, El Monte, 17.0 ppg
4. Bruce English, La Verne Lutheran, 17.0
5. C.J. Cooper, La Verne Lutheran, 17.0
6. Chris Reyes, Damien, 16.7 ppg
7. Bryan Gholar, Walnut, 16.6 ppg
8. Sharif Watson, Rowland, 16.3 ppg
9. Mark Roche, Arroyo, 16.0 ppg
10. Danny Villalobos, Rosemead, 15.3
Girls leading scorers
1. Evelyn Herrera, Workman, 24.0 ppg
2. Essence Pineda, Workman, 19.2 ppg
3. Imari Brown, Duarte, 16.8 ppg
4. Taylor Jackson, San Dimas, 15.0 ppg
5. Shereese Cox, Duarte, 14.0 ppg
6. Jessica Mora, Workman, 13.5 ppg
7. Mikayla Tickey, Duarte, 13.0 ppg
8. Kristi Sakamoto, Ayala, 12.5 ppg
9. Nnenna Abaeze, Walnut 12.5
10. Tricia Choy, Walnut, 12.0
Badwin Park alumni giving back
The Baldwin Park High School alumni quarterbacks club does a great job raising funds for the Braves' football program, but on this Christmas the group is giving back to needy families in Baldwin Park. Members of the quarterbacks club are handing out 50 toys to eight families at the Baldwin Park Church of the Redeemer at 3739 N. Monterrey Ave., on Thursday from 2-3 p.m.
All eyes on Mater Dei and CIF over athletically movitaved transfers; Sondheimer gives his take
Aram gives Bishop Amat football a B grade
Girls Soccer; Walnut, Glendora will have to wait
Mother nature was too much for the all-weather surface again. The championship of the Walnut girls soccer tournament was postponed tonight, negating an intriguing match-up between host Walnut (3-2) and Glendora (6-1-1). Just as well, you want to watch this in better conditions. Mustangs coach Lorraine Hansen said they're working on a reschedule date. Glendora has been dominant in the tourney, outscoring their opponents 18-1 behind junior scorers Amie Jepsen (11 goals, 6 assiss) and Ally Wilson (7 goals, 15 assists).
Yikes, (Sherman Oaks) Notre Dame 2012 football opener in Dublin, Ireland; Top that Amat
What a great recruiting tool, "Go to Notre Dame and win a free trip to Ireland in 2012." If they're taking reporters, I'm transferring to the Daily News. Get your passports ready, because Sherman Oaks Notre Dame will open its 2012 football season with a game in Dublin, Ireland, Coach Kevin Rooney confirmed on Monday.
Aram weighs in on championship weekend, saying "Centennial coaching staff blows it," to "Southern Section football (is really bad)."
Once again, Aram didn't mince words after watching this weekends state football championships from his cushy couch, which is how most of us enjoyed it while the rain continued to pour at Home Depot Center.
Aram's analysis on Centennial straight to the point: The Corona Centennial coaching staff, whose biggest clutch decision this year has been what time to get off the bus, blew it on Friday night at the worst possible time.
Aram, tell us what you really think? Yes, I know, Southern Section football sucks. It really does right now. No two ways about it. Do I love it? Yes. But as a whole, the Southland is going through a rut in terms of talent and it showed over the weekend. Our all-everything offensive juggernaut Corona Centennial got held to 13 points, for crying out loud.
Mike Scioscia showing once again he's a class act, spends almost two hours at South Hills
You know what's great about this news, I didn't hear about it until today. I didn't hear a word from from the Angels or South Hills promoting the fact that Angels manager Mike Scioscia visited South Hills last week for an impromptu coaching lesson that was set up by former Mt. SAC coaching legend Art Mazmanian, who has been helping Huskies coach Kevin Smith in recent years. Scioscia was there to work with junior catcher C.J. Saylor, one of the best age-group catchers in the country. He worked with Saylor for about 45 minutes, then when sixth period began and the rest of the team started crowding around Scioscia asked Smith if he could speak to the rest of the team, and continued on for another 45 minutes. That's my kind of guy.
With Damien's Greg Gano moving to La Verne, his daughter Courtney could end up at Bonita
With so many speculative comments on Los Altos softball standout Courtney Gano's expected transfer from Los Altos to Bonita at semester, this is what I can share with you to clear the air. Her father, Greg Gano, also the coach of Damien High School's football team, is in the process of moving. He is finishing up the sale of his house in West Covina and is moving to La Verne by the beginning of February, according to Gano. Courtney Gano, who already has signed a national letter of intent to attend the University of Washington, is still at Los Altos and will decide along with her father whether to enroll at Bonita or continue making the long trek across town to Los Altos once the move is finalized.
A Merry Christmas from the Lakers .. you have to watch the ending … Miami in town Saturday
Saturday night roundup: Damien holds off Amat; Bonita falls at La Canada; Amat girls beat Sonora
West Covina boys basketball championship
Damien 69, Bishop Amat 62 — Damien High School held on late to defeat Bishop Amat, 69-62, for its second straight West Covina boys basketball tournament title.
La Canada boys basketball championship
La Canada 63, Bonita 51 — La Caada High School's early 15-point lead had dwindled to three points late in the third quarter against visiting Bonita in the championship game of the 20th annual La Caada Holiday Classic on Saturday night.
Arroyo girls basketball championship
Bishop Amat 45, Sonora 33 — Sparked by a 15-point performance by Leticia Galarza, which included three 3-pointers, the Bishop Amat girls basketball team defeated Sonora, 45-33, to claim the 16th annual Christmas Classic Tournament title at Arroyo High School on Saturday night.
Bishop Amat in both title games tonight
West Covina boys basketball tournament
Tonight's championship
Bishop Amat vs. Damien, 7 p.m.
Consolation games
Nogales vs. West Covina, 4 p.m.
Don Lugo vs. Charter Oak, 5:30 p.m.
Arroyo girls basketball tournament
Friday's semifinals
Bishop Amat 57, Monrovia 26
Sonora 72, Arcadia 50
Tonight's Championship
Bishop Amat vs Sonora, 7:30 p.m.
Covina fends off Chino for tourney title
By Tyler Drohan, Correspondent
In a game of runs, an early spurt propelled the Covina boys basketball team to the Azusa Tournament championship with a 59-53 victory over Chino on Friday.
With a tenuous three-point lead, junior Nino Harrell hit a critical 3-pointer to push the Covina advantage to 55-49 with 36 seconds to play in the game. Up to that point, Chino had staged a furious 21-5 run that had the Cowboys as close as they had been since late in the first quarter. Chino trailed 57-53 but missed a late attempt, and Covina (7-3) senior Kyle Chiu made a layup as time expired. (to continue, click thread)
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Austin: Well, Mommys have fun while we are in school. (laughing on the inside)
Me: No, Mommys don't have fun while kids are in school.
The only thing I can think of is it probably came from him asking to stay with me instead of going to school and my response is typically, "No, I have to work you won't have any fun if you stay with me."
But speaking of Mommys having fun....Tomorrow I am off to meet some other triplet and quad Moms that I have met on the internet. We are going to have a fun weekend! Ashley has already started crying about me leaving tomorrow. Pray for safety and pray for Greg and the kids! I'll be back Sunday night. :)
haircuts and tennis shoes
So then I took them to KMart to pick out some tennis shoes. Ashley picked Little Mermaid, Mason picked Spiderman and Austin wanted Thomas but they didn't have his size. So off to Walmart we went to get Thomas shoes. Thankfully they had his size (actually 1/2 size too big), but he is super happy with them.
Then we came home and made cookies. Austin had me make a train out the cookie dough. He was excited about it, until they were cooked and he didn't like the smell. (eyeroll) This dough was in 4 containers with 4 bright colors. And the kids could play with it like playdough and make their own creations. It was pretty cute. I got a couple pictures but they are not on the computer yet.
I have a busy day tomorrow. It looks like it is going to be rainy. I better get to bed. Have a happy day!
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
A: Mommy, I love you.
M: I love you too, Ashley
A: Mommy, I think you're pretty
M: I think you're pretty too.
A: You're Gorrrrgeous!
M: Aw! Thank you, You're gorgeous too.
Austin is obsessed with doors from Monsters Inc. You should have seen his face when I made this layout. Two of the doors open up to journaling. On Sunday, I had to make him some scrapbook pages with doors that open up too. I don't know if you can see in the picture, but Austin has a set of keys that he is playing like he is unlocking the doors with.
And here is a layout of the other day when we took our nature walk. I love the little picture of Mason on the left. I just think it is a cute pose and facial expression.
And that is all I got done in 12 hours of scrapbooking! HA! Actually that's not true, at the beginning of the day, I took about 2 hours to put many of my layouts in a scrapbook. I wanted to have something put together for my Mommy weekend this weekend.
little update
Well I was going to put pictures on here of the layouts I did and the icon is missing. Blogger must be working on it. Let's hope so.
Anyway, Sunday night we got to go see the play On Goldon Pond. It was so wonderful! Jann got to go with us and that was such a joy. I loved being able to catch up and learn more about her outside of scrapbooking. She is such a neat lady! (the link icon is missing too.)She even bought our tea and dessert at Starbucks. Thank you Jann!
Ok I better get some things done before picking up the kiddos.
Monday, September 25, 2006
I purposely don't read to the bottom, because I don't want to be tagged.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
12 hour Scrabooking is NOT enough
I'm too tired tonight to take pictures of what I did today, so hopefully tomorrow I will and put them on the blog. One of the layouts I did was of Aussie's obsession with doors. When he came to visit me at the store, you could see his eyes light up when I showed him the layout. He said, "Where are more doors with squares?" "Can you put a locker on Boo's door?" "Will you make me this door and that door?"
falling asleep at computer. Having hard time moving. Want to sleep...want to play......must go to bed. Tomorrow should be a fun day if I can make it to bed. nnnight!!
Friday, September 22, 2006
catchin up...theres pics at the bottom
We had a great day on Wednesday. I got a lot accomplished around the house. We had a good homeschool session and then we went to Dana's house for dinner. OH MY GOODNESS!!! She made steak that was fabulous! YUM yum yum yum yum!!!!! (Hey Mike...Go out of town again and leave steak in the fridge.) I can not stress enough just how good it was. Anyway, Wednesday was a good day.
Then Thursday- Oh lovely Thursday (sarcastic). The day started out well. I got the kids to school and I came back and got some more things done around the house. Then I went to Sam's and got some pictures developed to scrap on Saturday and some groceries. Then I came home. I started to put the groceries away. I opened the pantry. And guess what was staring at me? A mouse...right there on the 4th shelf...eye level to me. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I am such a wimp!!! I called Greg in a panic. He told me to put a towel down and maybe a heavy box in front of it. Shoot...I didn't even want to get close to the door. All I wanted to do was get out of the house!!! So I grabbed a beach towell and put 2 chairs up against the pantry and I ran out of the house as fast as I could. I was really glad that I was not wearing my, "You can't scare me I have triplets" shirt on. So I went to Kroger then picked up the kids and headed out to pick up my husband, who was not so thrilled that I was making him come home.
So I take him to his car and tell him we (the kids and I) were going to Target. I had planned to stay there as long as possible. I bought 2 kids books and we sat down in the cafe to eat popcorn and read books. The kids were having fun saying hello and waving to people out the window. Austin was so funny he was saying hello in Chinese. Greg taught him a few real Chinese words. And the other 2 asked how to say hello in Spanish. So I taught them 'hola'. They were just giggling and having a great time.
Meanwhile, Greg my hero, caught the mouse!!! Cooks came to our house and put out a bait trap. He told us that a mouse only needs 1/4" hole to get in. Hello? Did you hear that? ONLY 1/4 inch. Ay ay ay! So Greg put caulk all around the pantry. Ug! It just gives me the heebie jeebies!
Anyway, we had to warn our kids that it was possible that they could find a dead mouse and not to panic but just come tell mom or dad and we will take care of it.
So even though most of the night I had a restful sleep, I still dreamed that I would be picking up dead mice the next day. That was not a fun dream!
That leaves us to today. We had a good day today. The morning went by too fast. I didn't get nearly enough stuff done. Then we went to Dana's to have a nature walk and play. She has this really cool thing by Crayola Big Yellow Box that dries flowers beautifully in the microwave. So we took the petals and leaves the children collected and dried them. Then this is what Ashley made with her dried fowers. (I thought it turned out really cute.)
While the kids waited for the flowers to dry. They played in the sandbox and they played sing on the stage. Braxton must have been the rapper. (Check out the outfit he picked out.) I'm sure it was actually a coordinating thing. He wanted to still look like his brother and yet bring in some of the red from my children. LOL. Anyway, they played well. On the way home Ashley fell asleep and would not wake up for anything. So who knows when she will be waking up in the morning.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Thankfully I'm not jealous! She let me play with it and that was good enough.
This is just classic!
SO...He is dressed for work and he reaches in the pantry and pulls out one of my aprons and puts it on. He said, "I don't want to hear anything about me wearing an apron, I just don't want to get my work clothes dirty." I said, OK. It didn't bother me and I probably wouldn't have said anything anyways.
5 minutes later...Mason comes downstairs and sees Greg. He said, "Hey you're wearing a GIRL apron."
Greg said, "yah yah yah" (Renee' forgive me I don't remember if I should use yeah or yah here)
I just busted out laughing!
That is just classic!
Sunday, September 17, 2006
little stories of the day
Austin for quite some time came up with this word that he sings quite often. It is the cutest sounding word. He sings "daddadoo daddadoo" when he is happy and playing. And I grin everytime he says it because it really is the cutest sounding thing! So today we were in the car and he said it and Greg asked him, "So what does daddadoo mean?" He said, "It's the chinese way of saying it's play time." ROFLOL!!!!
So this is the CHINESE way of saying it's play time? And he said, "Yes, it's like hyper time and 'heh' (another high pitched sound he makes when he's happy). The 'heh' and 'daddadoo' are chinese."
This boy makes me laugh!
Ok so a few days ago Ashley was reading my Bible to me and out of the blue she said, "OK, find the ducky." LOL!!! She has 2 Usborne books where a duck is hidden on each page and you can find it as an extra thing from the story. So she insisted for me to find the ducky, so I just pointed to some words and it made her happy.
So I've decided I really need to work on Ashley's whining. I just didn't know what to do. So I talked to a friend tonight and I have decided to really work on Ashley this week. So prayers please! This might be a tough week. But I did explain to her tonight that starting tomorrow there was not going to be anymore whining. I asked her what it was and she was able to kind of demonstrate it to me. So when she did it (not intentionally) I piped up and said, "Good job Ashley that is exactly what whining sounds like". You could see it in her eyes like she just figured it out. So I asked her how the right way to say it. So we are off to a good start.
I need a Mason story. Mason has been so sweet. He comes up with inventions that he is just super excited about and wants to show us. And usually it is something like balancing a ball on top of something or a building he made. He has so much joy and you can really see him living his life to the fullest. He just gets so excited over the smallest things.
I was really convicted by something someone said in small group tonight. It's kind of difficult to explain without telling the whole story, but the point is I am going to better myself in some area of my life by at least an inch this week. And that we should all have a plan to live by. If we don't have a plan we could be like we are today or worse 5 years from now. So I need to make up a plan of where I want to be in 5 years and start working toward that goal.
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Timing is Everything
Yes timing is everything! This morning we took the kids to Radnor Lake again. This time we went right after breakfast. It was a beautiful day.
We took a wagon with water in it. We had 3 people tell us we should be selling them. (So that gave us the idea for the triplet water wagon for the next time we go.)
At first Ashley and Mason pulled the wagon and Austin held my hand and walked several steps behind. I actually really enjoyed that time with just Austin. We talked about leaves and vines and how we can find out how old trees are. We looked at the pretty spider webs and we had such a nice time together.
They walked a good long time until they decided they wanted to ride in the wagon. So we tried to put all 3 of them in it, but it was just too crowded!!
So Greg ended up getting a really good work out. On our walk we saw 6 deer (too far away to take a picture- I tried). And we saw turtles sunbathing.
So after a nice trip around the lake we went to one of our favorite resteraunts. We went to Ginza! YUM YUM YUM! I always love watching my kids use chopsticks. Ashley would be a pro at it by now if they would have never given her the kid chopsticks. She was doing well with the adult ones 2 years ago. And now all the kids use the kid ones. Oh well no big deal I guess.
On the way home all of the kids fell asleep in the car. They had a nice long nap. Which means it's 9:00 right now and I know they are going to have a hard time going to sleep. But we really want them to, because Greg rented a movie that we are really hoping to watch tonight.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
One more post for today
Thanks to everyone I have talked to about homeschooling, I have finally made my decision on what curriculum I will be purchasing for next year. And I have also found someone who is going to let me buy part of the curriculum from her. WooHoo! That will be a HUGE savings. I will be using Abeka for Phonics, Math and Handwriting. And I will be using Little Hearts to His Glory for the rest. I am so tickled with LHHG. It's the first curriculum that jumped out at me and said this is what I need to buy...This is it! I'm so tickled with it that I have decided to try out their preschool curriculum. So I ordered that today and thanks to the consignment sales, I have a little extra money so I could do that. YAY!
THEN...My MASK came today! Hip hip hooray! I can start getting some sleep again. I've been without my mask for a week and a half now. Oh what a happy day!
Then...I received our TPAC season tickets in the mail today. And I even have a babysitter lined up for the first show.
OH I hope today continues to be this good!!!!!!!! Off to pick up the munchkins and get a haircut. :)
Scrap It and School
I love it when my kids come to visit me at Scrap It while I'm scrapbooking. You would probably think otherwise. But scrapbooking is typically when I'm happiest with my children. It's because I am scrapbooking some of our favorite moments together. So when they come to visit me, it puts a big smile on my face. They like to come visit too. Mainly because they know they will probably get a cookie and they can sit over in the corner and watch shows they don't have at home. Ann and Bill giggle over the fact that they get the chairs right up by the TV. I thought Greg dressed them so cute on Saturday too.
And this picture is taken today right outside of their school. Poor Ashley needs a haircut. We are going today to get it cut as well as mine. Hip hip hooray! Oh speaking of haircuts...
The other night I was lying down with Ashley and she said, "Mommy, you are so pretty." I said, "Thank you Ashley, you are so pretty too." Then a few minutes later she says, "Mommy, YOU are GORRRRGEOUS." As I melted I said, "Thank you Ashley! You are gorgeous too." Then she said, "Mommy are you going to get your haircut." I said, "yes, I really need to." Then she said, "Don't get your haircut, I like it just the way it is." Oh isn't that so sweet?
I just love their preschool class this year! Mrs. Sheila is their teacher and she is excellent. They are coming home and singing new songs and I think they are really enjoying it.
They are learning how to write numbers. So they learned 2 songs that help them learn how to write them.
"Pull straight down and that is all...and that's the #1"
"Make a curve and then straight back...and that's the #2."
I love to actually see them learning something. Up to this point they already knew everything that was being taught in MDO. It's refreshing to see them actually learning again.
Aussie Attends Evil School
9/12/06: I was washing dishes when Aussie came up behind me. I turned to him and he gave me this strange look - stern, angry, and a bit disturbing. I said, Aussie, what's wrong? Are you angry? He said matter-of-factly, No, that's my evil face. I said, Wow, that's a really good evil face. Where did you learn to do that? Again, very matter-of-factly, Aussie said, In Evil School. That's where teachers teach us to make evil faces.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
They keep me busy
I don't know why Austin excludes himself from playing with Mason and Ashley. But most of the day Austin wanted {demanded} me to play with him. So we played "doors". Which means I draw more and more doors from Monster's Inc. and then we play with them. Austin has 52+ doors, but everyday he wants us to make more. He is so pitiful when he is trying to describe how he wants them drawn and we just don't get it.
Well today, I decided to make a matching memory game with the doors. I put uppercase and lowercase letters under each door. Mason and Ashley wanted to play too. So we played this game that seemed to go on for hours. By the end I was saying..."hmmm...I think the other Y is under a yellow door over here by my foot." Or sayinng..."We know this is a Z and this is a W so we won't look under there (for the umpteenth time) for the N". What was I thinking doing the entire alphabet?
Then as I was clipping coupons- which I am now going to attempt to do on a regular basis (so you can send any coupons you don't use my way).
Ashley said to me proudly, "Did you see our lists?"
Yep there on the Foyer wall was several pieces of paper GLUED to the wall.
She and Mason were so proud of themselves. I had to explain to them that we don't use glue on the wall. Ashley tried to say, "but I heard you say use glue on the wall." NO I'm sure I didn't.
I thought I was going to get a lot done today...because I feel better than I have in the last few days. But no it's 4:45 and I've only done 1 load of laundry and folded 2 (which are still on my bed).
Well back to loving on my children. I think I'll go read them a book.
Monday, September 11, 2006
Austin reads a book
Today is a BIG DAY!!! This is a day I need to mark on the calendars and scrapbook about.
Austin read a whole book by himself!
I knew he could for sometime, but this is the first time I actually picked up a book and asked him to read it to me.
He read Hot Dog by Nora Gaydos.
I am SO proud of him!!!!!!
Thursday, September 07, 2006
todays ramblings
He recognizes his name, so I think he is doing this just to bug me.
After talking about the 4 and 5 year olds in his class, he informed me that God was 22,006
and that he was VERY L O N G.
They like their new teacher, Mrs. Sheila. She said in a few weeks they will start bringing home homework. Can you imagine at age 4? I'm kind of tickled. I'm excited about all they will learn in this class. This teacher is really good. She is going to work on them with writing. I'm excited because I really didn't know how to help them with this. Also, she sent home a note on all of them saying they were really good. She had an extra note on Austin's to work on staying on task. HA! I'm hoping that's a note to herself and not to me. I've been working on that for 4 years and it's nearly impossible.
Oh by the way Hollye and others---The consignment sale this weekend is at Lakeshore Christian Church on Anderson Road in Antioch. It is called Butterflies Consignment. Come out and buy my things. :)
So who is going to Scrap It! this weekend? I get to go on Friday night and Saturday. Who's going to scrapbook with me?
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow (I hope)
A couple of nights ago my mask broke. So I am waiting for a replacement. It will take at least a week.
Anyway, last night I was finalizing things to take to the consignment sale today. My drop off was at 10:10am today. So I stayed up until 2:30AM working on it. I put everything into my computer and planned to print off the tags. Then I would put them on in the morning. WELL...my printer ran out of ink! Where can I get ink at 2:30 in the morning? So I was in panic mode. I IM'd Dana, who is also consigning and was up late tagging. I begged her to print my tags and bring them over in the morning. I didn't get a response so I reluctantly shut down the computer to got to bed instead of waiting for her to come back to her computer. So I went to bed. I tried to duct tape my mask so I could use it, but I ended up holding it to my face all night. Yah I got some good sleep (eyeroll). So when I rolled out of bed in the morning I turned on the computer to see that Dana was able to print my tags. I was going to write Dana "got me covered", but I thought that sounded funny with me rolling out of bed in the same sentence. (wink)
So I rushed and I mean rushed around the house trying to get the stuff sorted and in the car. By the time Dana got there I was a sweaty mess. She said she knew I felt gross, but I didn't look it. So I just thought ok and went along with my business of getting those things tagged. We worked hard for 45 minutes, while our kids ran around in the house getting into everything. We bribed them with everything! We told them we would take them to Bounce Factory if they were good. So we dropped off our stuff at the sale. And I took at least an hour getting all my stuff in there. It took MUCH longer than I expected.
Then we took our kids to The Bounce Factory to play for an hour. It was nice. Not too crowded! I felt like I had a handle on all 3 of them. It was nice, except when we played the skeeball game. Everyone else's kids came up and kept stealing the balls and none of the parents would do anything about it. Problem was I knew these people! The kids had never played skeeball before, so the balls were going all over the place. I was afraid one of the other kids who were leaning over the game was going to get hit. Talk about FRUSTRATING!
Anyway, the kids were hungry. I had NO food in the house. So off to McDonald's we went. The kids played and I sat there listening to a very high energetic sales person from Avon. They were having a meeting in McDonald's playarea. I have nothing against Avon...but that is not what I wanted to hear at the moment. I learned if you ask a Avon rep how much she typically makes...their response should be well how much would you like to make? (double eyeroll) I just wasn't in the mood. I kept thinking that they were going to gang up on me and have me practice their speil. (sp?)
So then I hit my tired point! Whoa- I was tired. I took the kids home. And I did something I probably shouldn't do. I put the alarm on the house. I put on a movie for them to watch (which they didn't) and I tried to go to sleep. I had not been that tired in a LONG time. It wasn't good sleep, because I constantly had one ear on call. I asked Dana and Greg to call me, so I could get up and check on the kids. They were fine, despite destroying the house.
Now it's 10:00 and the last one I think has finally fallen asleep.
Oh oh oh forgot one little point. When I took the kids to McDonald's I went into the restroom and I saw myself for the first time of the day in the mirror. What is that on my face? It's a piece of duct tape! Yes, lovely. Went to the consignment sale, the Bounce Factory and McDonald's before noticing I had duct tape on my face. Hello? It's not like it was not noticable!!
I think I've gone on long enough...there is one other thing, but I'll save it until tomorrow.
I MUST SLEEP!!!! Goodnight y'all!
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Friday Sept 1. (going backwards a bit)
Top 2- Austin and Briana Doyle- their mom had another baby 1 year ago.
Top Right- Jake and Jonah Patton- their mom is pregnant with one right now.
Bottom 3- My trio- their mom is NOT pregnant
Bottom Right- Drew and David Porter- their mom just had a baby 2 months ago.
(It kind of looks like it is my turn....But probably not. Who knows I'm selling off my last crib this weekend. So isn't that the saying? Once you get rid of all your baby things that is when you get pregnant?) Some days I really would like to have one more (especially for the long run) and other days I am happy happy happy with just the 3 I have.
It was really nice meeting up with these friends!
I had a hard time getting a good picture. The 2 Austins didn't want to cooperate. This is the last picture I took and at least I got all the faces. But in some of the previous pictures everyone is smiling and all you could see of the Austins were their behinds.
Monday, September 04, 2006
Well back to blogger....I just didn't feel secure on that other site. Sorry it's been so long!
Anyway, Greg was off work today and we went to Radnor Lake. Greg is an idealist and I am a realist, so he thought that our little children would be able to walk around the entire lake. I knew otherwise. This was their first time going. I remember it being long for me to walk, I knew the kids wouldn't be able to handle very much of it.
But we had a nice start!
I caught a butterfly. It's the first time I even tried. I was a little nervous about it getting on me, but I did it and it wasn't bad. Austin wanted to hold it so bad. I tried and tried to get the butterfly on him, but it just wouldn't go. Then Austin said, "that butterfly just doesn't love me." Oh how pitiful!
Anyway, we ran into one of Greg's workmates and talked a long time with him and his family. While I talked to his wife the kids threw rocks into the lake. They were having fun. I found out that she homeschools, so I got some tips on how she does things.
So back to the lovely walk around the the lake. We started walking and did not get very far, when Austin said his cheeks were getting red and that he wanted to go home. Then Mason said he was tired and wanted to go home too. This frustrated Greg, but we turned around to go back to the car. Then Ashley had a meltdown. She did not want to go in that direction. So we ended up carrying Ashley and Mason back to the car. Thank goodness Austin continued to walk!
So that was our fun labor day...How about you? What did you do?


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Series starts 1/4
Game 1: Friday, January 4th | ||
Trail Blazers | 86 | Final |
Grizzlies | 84 | |
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Game 2: Wednesday, March 6th | ||
Trail Blazers | 85 | Final |
Grizzlies | 91 | |
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Game 3: Tuesday, March 12th | ||
Grizzlies | 102 | Final |
Trail Blazers | 97 | |
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Game 4: Wednesday, April 3rd | ||
Grizzlies | 94 | Final |
Trail Blazers | 76 | |
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Grizzlies 102
(43-19, 18-11 away)
Trail Blazers 97
(29-34, 20-11 home)
Coverage: KGW
10:00 PM ET, March 12, 2013
Moda Center, Portland, OR
Top Performers
Mem: M. Conley 14 Pts, 4 Reb, 15 Ast, 4 Stl
Por: L. Aldridge 28 Pts, 10 Reb, 4 Ast, 1 Stl, 4 Blk
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Zach Randolph sat out the Grizzlies' first two games against the Trail Blazers this season. So he made sure he wasn't going to miss No. 3 against his former team.
Randolph returned from an ankle injury with 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Memphis won its fifth straight game with a 102-97 victory over Portland on Tuesday night.
"I felt pretty good out there," said Randolph, who had missed the last four games with a left ankle sprain. "A little sore, but overall I felt all right."
Marc Gasol had 20 points for the Grizzlies, who have won 13 of their last 14 games and sit in fourth place in the Western Conference. Mike Conley added 14 points and a career-high 15 assists, and Memphis matched its season high with 31 assists overall.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 28 points and 10 rebounds for the Blazers, whose playoff hopes are slipping away. Rookie Damian Lillard had 27 points.
Memphis (43-19) led by as many as 15 points in the second half but the Blazers closed the gap to 79-72 after Lillard's 3-pointer and a pair of free throws from Aldridge.
Eric Maynor's 3-pointer with 3:49 left narrowed Memphis' lead to 83-78, but Tayshaun Prince answered with a 3-pointer for the Grizzlies.
Portland kept up the pressure, pulling within 89-84 on a pair of free throws from Maynor with 1:21 to go, but Conley came back with a short jumper and Portland was unable to catch up.
"We just kept holding them off," Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said.
The Grizzlies trailed the Blazers by as many as 17 points in the third quarter last Wednesday before winning 91-85.
Portland (29-34) returned home after a 1-2 road trip, including the loss at Memphis, for a three-game homestand. The Blazers are four games back of Los Angeles for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
"Definitely that door is closing," Aldridge said. "We're going to have to string together some wins fast or that door is going to close on us."
Hollins said before the game he planned to start Randolph but wasn't sure how much he would play. Randolph showed no lingering effects from the injury and finished with 28 minutes.
"He's back. He made them pay in the paint," Gasol said. "There's no way around it -- we need Zach. There's no way around that."
Portland rookie Meyers Leonard also returned after missing a game with a sprained right ankle.
The Blazers went up 21-17 late in the first quarter on Lillard's 3-pointer, but they struggled to extend the lead any further. Memphis made its move, going on an 11-2 run midway through the second quarter to go up 36-29 after Ed Davis' running hook shot.
The Grizzlies had a 48-40 lead at the break, shooting nearly 54 percent from the floor. They finished with just over 51 percent shooting for the game.
There was a lot of jawing back-and-forth between the teams, particularly between former teammates Randolph and Aldridge.
Randolph played in Portland his first six seasons in the league. He and Aldridge were together for just one season, when Aldridge was a rookie in 2006-07. Randolph was then traded to the Knicks in the offseason.
"I was talking to him telling him to get in the paint," Randolph said. "It was just fun, nothing serious. I've been talking to him since he came in the league."
Aldridge said: "That's just two guys being competitive."
Gasol's 20-foot jumper gave Memphis a 57-47 lead with seven minutes to go in the third quarter. Gasol hit another long jumper that pushed it to 64-51.
"It was a struggle to score all night," Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. "I thought we had some good efforts, but they're the fourth seed in the West right now. They're a good team, playoff tested, and our team can learn from the physical nature of the way they play, how they play defense. It's certainly disappointing to lose, but I thought we gave a good effort."
Portland was coming off a 98-96 loss at New Orleans on Sunday. The Grizzlies defeated the Hornets the day before.
Game notes
The teams split the previous two meetings this season, both in Memphis. They meet once more on April 3 at the Rose Garden. ... Memphis' victory snapped a three-game losing streak to Portland. ... Lillard, who has won the NBA's Rookie of the Month honors in each of the first four months of the season, has seven straight games with 20 or more points. ... Conley had 12 points and four of his assists in the fourth quarter alone.
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MVP: An easy answer would be Zach Randolph, who posted 19 points and 10 rebounds in his first game back from injury, but Mike Conley gets the nod for his 14 points and 15 assists. Memphis' point guard coordinated an unusually fluid night of ball movement for the Grizzlies.
X factor: The Grizzlies' defense took a break from stifling LaMarcus Aldridge aqs usual to take it to the supporting cast. Aldridge led the Blazers with a rugged 28 and 10, but only two other Portland players scored in double digits.
That was inexorable: The Grizzlies never blew the game open, but they never let it feel closely contested either. The Blazers were thoroughly unable to kick-start their offense, and the Grizzlies were steady and fluid if not dynamic.
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Next Iron Chef Rivals Unite at New York City Wine & Food Festival
by Maria Russo in Events, Shows, October 18th, 2012
With just two weeks to go until the premiere of The Next Iron Chef: Redemption, eight of this season's rival chefs, Nate Appleman, Amanda Freitag, Elizabeth Falkner, Eric Greenspan, Alex Guarnaschelli, Jehangir Mehta, Spike Mendelsohn and Marcel Vigneron, joined Alton Brown and reigning Iron Chefs Masaharu Morimoto, Marc Forgione, Michael Symon, Geoffrey Zakarian and Jose Garces for a night of competition-free cooking at the New York City Wine & Food Festival. Though the competition will certainly be fierce once the battle kicks off Sunday, November 4, last weekend's Next Iron Chef event was all in good fun, the Iron Chef hopefuls coming together to chat with fans, watch sneak-peek clips of the first episode and dish out late-night party bites worthy of Kitchen Stadium.
Several of the chefs, including Iron Chef Forgione and Chef Greenspan, put gourmet spins on classic comfort foods. New Yorker Chef Forgione plated a Manhattan favorite, handmade bite-size everything bagels with soft gravlax, while Chef Greenspan served a dressed-up grilled cheese with short ribs, Taleggio cheese and arugula on walnut bread. Here Chef Mehta shows off his take on an everyday favorite — the hamburger. His Indian Street Burger was made with warm Indian spices and topped with crunchy red onions and a creamy finishing sauce.
Although all of the chefs donned their jackets and led their culinary teams in cooking, many of them also took time to sign cookbooks for fans, chat about the new season of The Next Iron Chef, pose for pictures and mingle with each other and party guests. Longtime host of The Next Iron Chef and Iron Chef America Alton Brown drew a seemingly never-ending line of fans just waiting to snag a shot with Mr. Good Eats himself.
Get ready for the all-new season of The Next Iron Chef: Redemption by learning more about the rival chefs, taking a behind-the-scenes look at Kitchen Stadium, reliving chefs' last battles and checking out Food Network's Road to Redemption Web series to find out which of four chefs will join the cast of The Next Iron Chef: Redemption. Don't miss the premiere of The Next Iron Chef: Redemption on Sunday, November 4 at 9pm/8c.
Photos courtesy of Alex Geana Photography
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My friends and I are SO excited for this season! On the day of the premiere, we're having our own cook-off in which we make our famous dishes & then pig out in front of the TV. Just as a side note — I'm betting on Elizabeth Falkner!
My friends and I are SO excited for this season! On the day of the premiere, we're having our own cook-off in which we make our famous dishes & then pig out in front of the TV. Just as a side note — I'm betting on Elizabeth Falkner!
Why not Tim Love?
I`ve been a Chef for over30 years. I went to culinary arts school in Las Vegas,NV. in82. I`m upset to see that on your so called reality show……. that your cooks don`t have hats on when they are cooking,& in the real world the health dept. would not let this go on!!! Plus the only real Iron Chef is the one That came from the REAL IRON CHEF.However on that show the judges was not Chefs. If I was to come on your show,I would ask,first if anyone of them smoke& if they are Chefs???I LOVE Robert Irvine,I`m studying all of his shows, that some day that we may work together with my restaurant business consul.in the future.
Does it really matter? What does smoking have to do with being an Ioron Chef, or anything else for that matter? As for hats, when was the last time you saw a chef wear a hat? Just like the nurse's, it's a thing of the past, except at graduation. Get into the 21st century and find something else to gripe about. As for your business, good luck.
I am voting for Alex as she is the best chef in the lineup. She has shown again and again that she has what it takes – talent and personality. GO ALEX!!!!
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Spanish-style bullfighting is called a corrida de toros (literally a "running of bulls"), tauromaquia or fiesta brava[citation needed] and is practiced in Spain and Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, as well as in Southern France. In traditional corrida, three toreros, also called matadores or, in French, toréadors, each fight two out of a total of six fighting bulls, each of which is at least four years old and weighs up to about 600 kg or 1,300 lb (with a minimum weight limit of 460 kg or 1,010 lb for the bullrings of the first degree). Bullfighting season in Spain runs from March to October.
Each matador has six assistants — two picadores ("lancers") mounted on horseback, three banderilleros ("flagmen"), and a mozo de espada ("sword servant"). Collectively they comprise a cuadrilla or team of bullfighters. The crew also includes an ayuda (aide to sword servant) and subalternos (subordinates) including at least two peones (pages, singular peón).
The modern corrida is highly ritualized, with three distinct parts or tercios, the start of each of which is announced by a trumpet sound. The participants first enter the arena in a parade or paseíllo to salute the presiding dignitary; presidente, accompanied by band music. (The corrida happens to the tune of live-played Pasodobles, many of which were composed to honour famous toreros.) The ritual is a key factor, for example the oldest matador goes to the far left, while the newest will be placed in the middle. If a matador is new to the Plaza, he will do the "paseíllo" without his hat on. Torero costumes are inspired by 18th century Andalusian clothing. Matadores are easily distinguished by their spectacular and quite costly "suit of lights" (traje de luces), custom-made and embroidered with silver or golden thread.
Next, the bull enters the ring to be tested for ferocity by the matador and banderilleros with the magenta and gold capote, or dress cape. Bulls are raised on the open range by specialist breeding estates called ganaderías. The bull enters the arena with a rosette on its back bearing the colours of the estate of its origin.
In the first stage, the tercio de varas ("part of lances"), the matador observes how the bull charges as capes are thrust by the banderilleros. He also notes vision problems, unusual head movements, or if the bull favors a part of the ring called a querencia, or territory. A bull trying to reach its querencia is often more dangerous than a bull that is attacking the cape directly. The initial attack by the matador is called suerte de capote ("act of the cape"), and there are a number of fundamental "lances" or passes that matadors make; the most common being the verónica.
Next, two picadores enter the arena, each armed with a lance or vara. The picadores are mounted on large heavily padded and blindfolded horses. The bull is encouraged to attack the horse which is protected by its padding and appears to treat the attack with stoic patience[citation needed]. The picador stabs a mound of muscle (morrillo) on the bull's neck leading to the animal's first loss of blood. This loss of blood further weakens the bull and makes him ready for the next stage. Padded protection for the horses was mandated relatively recently in history and up to the 1930s the horses were gored and killed by the bull in the ring.
As the picador stabs the top of the bull with the lance, the bull charges and attempts to lift the picador's horse with its neck muscles. This causes further weakening of the neck. If the picador does his job well, the bull will hold its head and horns lower during the following stages of the fight. This makes him slightly less dangerous while enabling the matador to perform the passes of modern bullfighting.
This stage is a mandatory step in the corrida, and regulations require that the plaza judge ensures a certain number of hits are made before it is completed. In some rings a torero may request more or fewer hits in order to correct any perceived defects.
In the next stage, the tercio de banderillas ("part of banderillas"), the three banderilleros each attempt to plant two barbed sticks (banderillas, literally "little flags" as they are decorated with paper in the local colors) in the bull's shoulders. These further weaken the enormous ridges of neck and shoulder muscle (which set fighting bulls apart from ordinary cattle) through loss of blood, while also frequently spurring the bull into making more ferocious charges. By this point the bull has lost a significant amount of blood and is exhausted. The matador then enters with his cape and sword, tiring the bull further with several runs at the cape.
The placing of the banderillas may be done by the matadors. If the presidente decides that the bull is extraordinarily weak or unwilling to fight, he may order the use of black banderillas, considered to be a disgrace to the breeder.
In the final stage, the tercio de muerte ("part of death"), the matador re-enters the ring alone with a small red cape or muleta in one hand and a sword in the other. This cape is stretched with a wooden dowel and, in right-handed passes, the sword as well.
Having dedicated the bull to an individual or the whole audience, the matador uses his cape to attract the bull in a series of passes, both demonstrating his control over it and risking his life by getting especially close to it. The red colour of the cape is a matter of tradition, as bulls are actually color blind: they attack moving objects (the real reason that a red colored cape is used is that any blood stains on it will be less noticeable[citation needed]). There are a number of distinct styles of passes, each with its own name. The fundamental pass with the muleta is the "natural", traditionally meaning a left-handed pass with the muleta without the aid of the sword to prop it up.
The faena ("job") is the entire performance with the muleta, which is usually broken down into a series of "tandas" or "series". A typical tanda might consist of three to five basic passes and then a finishing touch, or "remate", such as a "pase de pecho", or "pase de desprecio". Spectacular passes are celebrated by the audience with shouts of "¡ole!". The faena ends with a final series of passes in which the matador with a muleta attempts to manoeuvre the bull into a position to stab it between the shoulder blades and through the aorta or heart. The entire part of the bullfight with the muleta is called el tercio de muerte ("third of death") suerte de muleta ("act of muleta").
The act of thrusting the sword (estoca or estoque) is called an estocada. A clumsy estocada that fails to give a "quick and clean death" will often raise loud protests from the crowd and may ruin the whole performance. If estocada is not successful, the matador must then perform a descabello and cut the bull's spinal cord with a second sword called verdugo, to kill it instantly and spare the animal pain. Although the matador's final blow is usually fatal, it may take the bull some time to die. A coup de grâce is therefore administered by a peón named a puntillero, using a dagger to further pierce the spinal cord. The matador must kill the bull in 15 minutes after the first muleta pass, at most. After 10 minutes, if the bull is still alive, the presidente will order an aviso, a warning given with a trumpet sound. If a further three minutes elapse, a second aviso will be given; a third and final aviso is given after a further two minutes. The presidente will then give an order to have the bull returned to its pen (corral), or, if local law so requires, to have the bull killed outside the ring. Regardless, it is a dishonor for the failing matador.[citation needed]
The bull's body is dragged out by a team of mules. If the presidente is impressed by the performance of the bull, he orders a tour around the ring to honour the animal. Very rarely, a bull will be allowed to survive a fight as an indulgence granted in recognition of an exceptional performance. The spectators will demand an indulto from the presidente, by waving handkerchiefs before the estocada. The matador will stop and look at the presidente. If he stands still, he will resume his action and kill the bull. But if he has an orange handkerchief hung on his balcony, the matador will imitate the estocada with a banderilla or with the palm of his hand and the bull will be "freed". Such bulls are generally retired from competition and raised as studs, as their experience in the ring makes them extremely dangerous opponents. A fighting bull is never used in the ring twice, because they learn from experience, and the entire strategy of the matador is based on the assumption that the bull has not learned from previous experience. This also invalidates bulls who have been run in their estate by illegal fighters (maletillas), who in earlier times would sneak into an estate by night to practice their skills.
A trofeo (trophy) is the usual indicator of a successful faena. When the records of bullfights are kept, trofeos earned by the matador are always mentioned. If the crowd demands, the matador is allowed to take a lap of victory around the ring. If at least half of the spectators petition the presidente by waving handkerchiefs, the presidente is obliged to award the matador with one ear of the bull. To award the matador with another ear or with two ears and the tail (los máximos trofeos) depends solely on the presidente's appreciation. The matador who won at least two ears is given the permission to be carried on the shoulders of the admirers (salida en hombros). In some areas, such as Seville, three matadors take on two bulls each, and salida en hombros is only available to a matador that wins a total of three trofeos between his two bulls. In general, a matador that faces a bull that is freed is usually awarded los máximos trofeos, although only symbolically; ears or the tail can only be physically cut off of a dead bull.[citation needed]
Bullfighting is normally fatal for the bull, and it is dangerous for the matador. Picadors and banderilleros are sometimes gored, but this is not common. They are paid less because their job takes less skill and less courage. The suertes with the capote are risky, but it is the faena, in particular the estocada, that is the most dangerous. A matador of classical (Manolete) style is trained to divert the bull with the muleta but to come close to the right horn as he makes the fatal sword-thrust between the scapulae and through the aorta. At this moment, the danger to the matador is the greatest.
Some matadors have been gored many times. A special type of surgeon has developed, in Spain and elsewhere, to treat cornadas, or horn-wounds. The bullring normally has an infirmary with an operating room, reserved for the immediate treatment of matadors with cornadas.
The bullring has a chapel where a matador can pray before the corrida and where a priest can be found in case an emergency sacrament of extreme unction (also known as Anointing of the Sick or Last Rites) is needed.
Bullfighting is criticized by many animal rights activists, who claim it is a cruel or barbarous blood sport, in which the bull suffers severe stress and a slow, torturous death.[1][2][3][4] A number of animal rights or animal welfare activist groups such as Antitauromaquia and StopOurShame undertake anti-bullfighting actions in Spain and other countries.
Others, such as author Alexander Fiske-Harrison who trained as a bullfighter to research for a book on the subject, have argued that there are mitigating circumstances to this: "In terms of animal welfare, the fighting bull lives four to six years whereas the meat cow lives one to two. What is more, it doesn't just live in the sense of existing, it lives a full and natural life. Those years are spent free, roaming in the dehesa, the lightly wooded natural pastureland which is the residue of the ancient forests of Spain. It is a rural idyll, although with the modern additions of full veterinary care and an absence of predators big enough to threaten evolution's answer to a main battle tank." Other arguments include those to the effect that the death of animals in slaughterhouses is often very worse than the death in the ring, and that both types of animal die for entertainment since humans do not need to consume meat, eating it instead for taste (bulls enter the food chain after the bullfight).[5]
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