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WB Comments on Ltr to US Tennis Industry-PART I
He's BAAAAACK!!! Once again, Wayne Bryan's using his big, loud voice to speak UP & OUT on behalf of junior tennis players!!! Love him or don't (we definitely DO), the WB knows EXACTLY what's happening in the trenches with jr tennis (we know cuz we're there too) .. Why no one is listening to him is BEYOND US!!!
From Parenting Aces blog (October 9, 2012):
I urge you all to read Steve Bellamys Open Letter to the US Tennis Industry published online at http://tennisinsiders.com/?post_type...d_story&p=1323
Below is Wayne Bryans comment on the Letter . . .
a) The most important aspect of this is to get lots of input and opinions from all over the country from experienced club pros and public park coaches and college coaches and high school coaches and academy coaches and veteran n passionate parents from Florida to New York to Georgia to Texas to Nebraska to North Dakota to California to Oregon and everywhere in between.
b) Study the history of the National Schedule and Rankings over the past 30 years.
c) Remember that when the USTA asked my pal and great coach and mega junior champion producer Jack Sharpe how to improve Player Development and the National Tournament Schedule he told them to Go back to 1987 and just do what worked!! Simple!!
Goals of a National Schedule:
a) Fairness to all.
b) Simple and understandable.
c) A clear pathway from bottom to top.
d) Bringing the best juniors from all over the country together to create friendships and improve their tennis.
e) Various surfaces, times of the year, and locations.
f) No meddling by USTA PD.
Back in the Day:
a) I never heard one single word of criticism about the Sectional or National Tournament Schedule.
b) Rankings were so accurate that when our SoCal juniors flew back from Kalamazoo at the end of the Summer, I would give the kids each a piece of paper and I had them write down what they thought the top 20 in the SoCal rankings would be and what the top 50 in the National rankings would be. I was always astonished to see that each ranking list was almost exactly the same and lo and behold when the rankings came out the were the same as the kids had predicted. The rankings were fair and there was unanimity and agreement on the rankings. They were spot on.
a) I have never heard so much rancor across this country about the National Schedule and Rankings and the Green Ball U10 Mandate and USTA Player Development and the glut of Foreign Players in American College Tennis and not enough doubles tournaments and doubles rankings.
b) The USTA is seen as heavy handed and top down and non responsive to the membership they are employed to serve.
c) The USTA is also seen as even attacking clubs and pros and players and the USPTA that do not follow their party line. I have a computer full of e mails complaining about their tactics. There is fear and there is anger everywhere. Witness the harassing letter from the USTA to the great and venerable Little Mo Tournaments and volunteer organization.
The Way SoCal Tournament Schedules Used to Be:
a) I walked the junior tennis trails as a coach for decades with thousands of players and even my own two twin sons. I knew those paths like the back of my hand. I believed in playing tournaments each and every weekend of the year. You wanna be a player you play. Players play. Soccer has schedules. Baseball and Football and Basketball have schedules. Players at our club had junior tournament schedules. I have always felt that scheduling is as important as coaching. You can make a player with a great schedule. And you can ruin a player with a bad schedule. Its like riding a big wave in Hawaii if you get too far out in front on your surfboard you get crushed by the wave, if you get too far behind the wave, you sink down in the dead calm waters but if you get right in the middle of the tube, you get maximum speed and thrills and you can take that baby all the way to shore. Mike n Bob usually played about 100 competitve matches each year in the juniors. Same at Stanford. And, interestingly, they play aobut 100 matches on the tour each year.
b) Some of our 85 juniors would play our local Ventura County Junior Tennis Assn. (VCJTA) Tournaments. Some would play Southern California (SCTA) Tournaments. Some would play a hybridized schedule of both. Some would play SCTA and National Tournaments. Some would play only National and International Junior Tournaments.
c) During the school year, tournaments were always two weekends and there was always singles and doubles. Typically, the juniors played two singles and a doubles each day. Perhaps one singles and two doubles. During the three Summer months, most tournaments were week long events.
d) In SoCal I served on the Junior Tennis Council for many, many years and we would make changes and adjustments very slowly and we had the many of the top pros and parents in our group. We never made knee jerk reactions or massive pendulum swings. Players and coaches and parents could count on and trust the system.
e) To get a ranking and to qualify for Nationals, players had to play three of the six designated tournaments our largest and best tournaments (including, if memory serves, Santa Barbara, Whittier, Long Beach, Downey, and San Diego) plus two other tournaments and, of course, the Sectional, which was held in June right after school was out. The idea, of course, was to get all the top players together several times during the first six months of the year.
f) In those days, SoCal was allowed 8 players into the National Tournaments Clays, Indoors, Grass, and The Nationals. and, of course, more into the tournaments on the National Schedule like Copper Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, the Westerns, and the Texas Open. All of those events were 128 draws and all had doubles.
History of Pedulum Swings as it pertains to the National Schedule and Rankings:
a) Back in the late 80s and into the 90s, rankings were based on the Star Computer System. It was the quality of your wins and losses that mattered on the computer. If you beat #7 in your Section it was given much more weight than if you beat the #83 player in your Section. If you beat a player that was #4 in the Nation, it was given more weight than if you beat a player that was #63. College Football has a very similar system. The rankings were very, very accurate that way.
b) There were singles and doubles rankings.
c) Then, for some reason, there was a massive pendulum swing and they went to points and they offered all kinds of regional and national tournaments all over the place. Regional Tournaments sprang up like weeds. Kids started avoiding their sectional tournaments to go and find weak regional events that they could do well and scoop up points. I could go on and on about this, but it knocked me in the head a few years ago when I learned that of the top twenty U18s players in SoCal, only one played the Sectional!! Back in the day, every single one of the top twenty 18s played our SoCal Sectional.
d) The rankings became so inaccurate that college coaches no longer relied on them for recruiting. Players that were 60s often were much better than a player that was 30s.
e) There were tournaments that had only singles and back draw singles and they did not offer doubles.
f) The USTA removed doubles rankings. Huh? As I say in all my talks: If we had more doubles programming, promotion, and coaching we could quadruple the number of kids playing tennis. Doubles gives our sport more width and breadth. Doubles is fun for juniors and it really rounds out skills and teaches additional life lessons and some youngsters just love the team thing. Plus, it gives them a second chance if they lose their singles match at a tournament. And dont forget Mixed Doubles boys and girls truly love that and there are also great life lessons inherent in Mixed.
And now the Pendulum Swings Radically Again:
a) Now in the past few months a small USTA committee takes out the meat cleaver and cuts down many of our old growth Redwood Junior Tournaments along with the too many regional and national events.
b) They only just a few National Tournaments? Some National Tournaments with just 32 draws?! Lots and lots of WCs to be abused by the USTA PD.
c) They have only one 64 draw for the National 12s?
d) Their explanations are many pages long.
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What does Coach B suggest?
a) Ha. Yeah, go back to the Preamble c) above and do what Jack Sharpe suggested. Good back to 1987 before the system got ruined.
b) Simple: For each age group from 12-18s, four USTA nationals with 128 draws.
c) Keep all the great Redwood Junior Tournaments on the so called national schedule. Restore (somehow) those that have been cut down and ruined. Make sure there is a Copper Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Texas Open, Western, Southern Open, Easter Bowl, Eddie Herr, Orange Bowl. And others.
d) Cut back on some of the Regionals, but keep those that are thriving and doing well and liked by the juniors, coaches and parents.
e) Immediately return to the Star Computer System that weights the quality of your wins and losses.
f) Let each Section determine their requirements for Sectional Rankings and who qualifies for nationals. They can specify how many tournaments their juniors have to play in Section to get a ranking and to go to nationals.
g) Yes, tweak how many players each Section gets into the Nationals. Do not base it on membership, but base it on the quality of the play of the various Sections. If SoCal has four top ten players on average in all their divisions, and nine top twenty players and 36 top 100 players, give them many more spots in the nationals than a Section that has only 3 players in the top 100. This can all be worked out by fair minded people. But, strength of play in a section should lead to more spots in the nationals. And this can be organic and ever changing each season.
h) Tweak the weight of the various tournaments. For example, in SoCal, weight the regular tournaments a 1, the designated tournaments a 1.1, the Sectional a 1.2, a regional a 1.3, a tournament on the National Schedule a 1.4, and one of the four Surface Nationals a 1.5, and The Nationals and 1.6. I have no pride of authorship here, and this could be worked out by mathematicians and those much smarter than I am. It should be fair and equitable to all – – – and it should lead to accurate Sectional and National Rankings. And it should all be integrated – – – sectinally and nationally.
a) Get rid of USTA Player Development altogether. I am all for those folks coaching, but not from the top down. They need to get out in the trenches with the rest of us and coach. National Federations do not create champions. Ask England. Spain. Canada. Switzerland. Sweden. They harm the growth of tennis in their countries. I, and many others, have written extensively on this and I will leave it at that.
b) Take those $18 million dollars and give it to the Sections to help juniors players as they see fit. Perhaps the money would be spent by the Sections on club memberships; free entry fees; rackets; shoes; balls; string; coaching; trips to national tournaments; trips to watch the US Open for deserving juniors; trips to Davis and FED Cup Matches; trips to college matches' trips to the NCAAs. Surely local Sections know how to help their juniors much better than White Plains coming to Ventura County to tell us how to do it – – – all the while we have 3 of the 4 Davis Cup Players from our little area and they have zero. Watch tennis grow and thrive.
c) Give money to our top junior developers and tell them to bring five more kids into their program that are deserving and, perhaps, can't afford to be in their club or program. Watch tennis grow and thrive.
d) Put more money into Junior Team Tennis. Watch tennis grow and thrive.
e) Value our great American Coaches!! If I want to talk tennis I may or may not call Patrick McEnroe. I do write or call or talk in person through the years with Billie Jean King or Jim Courier or Larry Stefanki or Rick Macci or Stan Smith or Vic Braden or Robert Lansdorf or Dick Gould or Brad Gilbert or Paul Annacone or Tom Gullikson or Nick Bolletteiri or Zina Garrison or Larry Mousouris or Jack Sharpe or Jay Berger or Brad Pearce or Martin Blackman or Greg the General Patton or David MacPherson or Billy Pate or Benny Simms or Pankie Salazar or Lori McNeil or Marty Davis or Tim Mayotte or Manny Diaz or Taylor Dent or David Roditi or Dennis Rizza or John Roddick or Doug King or Steve Clark or Bob Hochstadter or Tim Heckler or Steve Stefanki or Mark Bey or Lynne Rolley or Billy Martin or Will Hoag or Scott Kooper or Ron Woods or Luke Jensen or Rodney Harmon or Phil Dent or Nick Saviano or Allen Fox or Peter Smith or Rich Gallien or John Whitlinger or Chuck Kriese or Bobby Bayliss or Mark Weil or BJ Stearns or Mike Kernodle or Bill Tym or Doug Pielet or Brian Giffin or Hank Pfister or Mark Speardog Spearman or Randy Mattingley or Chris Bovett or Billy Stearns or Jeff Tarango or Chuck Waldron or Murphy Jensen or JP Weber or Chuckie Adams or Cici Louie or Mark McCampbell or Cornelius Jordan or Craig Bell or Cheryl Shrum or John McCampbell or Chris Bradley or Susan Evans or Dave McKinney or Steve Loft or Traci Curry or – – – I've got several hundred more, but I'm running out of ink and I profusely apologize to those many great coaches I am leaving out.
f) Take money from those truly outrageous USTA salaries and use $1 million dollars and have the best Junior WEB Site in the world! Pattern it after the ATP WEB Site. Have current National Rankings at the flip of a switch; Sectional Rankings; Tournament Results immediately from the previous weekend; pictures; articles; schedules from each section; national schedules; and each players record. Doubles Rankings for teams and individuals. Watch tennis grow and thrive.
g) Take a stand on the glut of Foreign Players in American College Tennis. Millions upon millions are going to foreign tennis playing juniors whose parents do not pay dollar one in US educational taxes, while we are in the midst of our toughest economic crisis since the great depression. That is criminal it seems to me.
h) Get rid of the ludicrous and laughable U10 Green Ball Mandate that most every pro and parent and kid in this country is against. Again I say, have all the Green Ball and Soft Ball and Nerf Ball and Polka Dot Ball tournaments you want, just don't tear down regular tennis for U10s that want to compete against their peers. Soft balls are a tool and not an end unto itself. Soft balls from age 6 to 10 may be fine for some, but man oh man, certainly not for ALL our best young players.
i) Stop attacking pros and clubs and parents and players that don't play ball with USTA PD. Stop threatening and bullying Little Mo and everyone else. Stop it immediately. And, in fact, write letters of apology. Ya know, I have this down here at the bottom, but really this is issue number one for me.
j) Fire all foreign coaches that are funded by the USTA. Again, we have thousands of incredible US coaches and in these harsh economic times you are going overseas to hire coaches that are not as good as the ones within these borders. Huh?
And in Conclusion:
a) Ha. You may use some and probably none of these ideas.
b) But do build consensus and get everyone under the same tennis tent.
I wish you good luck, Steve, with your meeting in Chicago. Ha. Send me one of those USTA first class tickets 'n a limo and buy me a Chicago Pizza and I'll go with you . . . thanks for all you do for tennis each day and thanks for coming out to support our Tennis Fest at Spanish Hills last Friday Night and thanks for helping promote the event and pack the place to overflowing.
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I used to to give WB some credit. But he is so concentrated on the juniors that he is missing the whole point.
The us has a broken system, even with some of the stuff he mentions (I didn't read it all). Still he misses the point of players competition. We shouldn't be limiting our juniors to only playing with eachother. Our national ranking system should include everyone, college players, teaching pros, and juniors. Just like in many European countries. Everyone should be playing in the same draw. No separated by age divisions.
Ive been in Europe for 10 years now, France, Germany, switzerland. I just laugh at the pitiful system I grew up playing in.
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1. Competitive comparison – Tennis Europe is the governing body of junior tennis across Europe – they run a pre-ITF European junior circuit. For the 12U age group which is un-ranked they are offering 87 tournaments across Europe this year , for the ranked 14U's the number of tournament opportunities is 175 and for the 16U's some of who are transitioning to 18U ITF circuit the number is 138. Each tournament has a minimum draw size of 32 – some are 64 draws – each event has a qualifier and hospitality is offered for each event – alternate lists at some sites run to over 100 kids!… The number of comparable USTA national events available to juniors in 2014 will be in the neighborhood of 10 –15 between levels 1 2 3 and 4 ,sweet 16 and team events. OK – the population catchment area in Europe is around 720mm people compared to around 330mm in the USA but you get the picture. If I was running the USTA and concerned about the fact that maybe one American is getting to the second week of the grand slams these numbers would scare the hell out of me! 100 kids on the ALTERNATE list for an un-ranked 12U event in Northern Italy when you have 87 tournaments to choose from. Talk about taking the game in the wrong direction!
I often see posts comparing the US system to a European country like, Spain, etc. What we sometimes lose sight of is that many USTA Sections have populations equivalent to whole European countries
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I really enjoyed reading his letter. I think his ideas are all really good and really fair. I don't know about doing away with player evelopment I would just open up a lot more player development centers to make sure a lot more players across the country would have access without having to move all the way across the country.
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What exactly are Wayne Bryan's credentials? Does he have any standing by himself in the tennis world?
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He's no slouch. Much more experience at training juniors than say, for example, Pmac :
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Wayne seems to have experience coaching juniors, and was a college tennis player, right? What division? If you were to give him a NTRP rating in his prime, what would it be?
I am not comparing with PMac, just to be clear.
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What's that put him at in NTRP? 5.5ish? 6.0?
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Level doesn't mean anything
How good a player one is doesn't have anything to do with how good a coach you are. What matters is how well you are at developing players. It just so happens that Coach B was a very high level player but that isn't important. Coach B has developed the two players who are responsible for practically every US Davis Cup win in the last decade. He's also developed a ton of super high quality juniors who have played at various high levels. He's been around tennis for several decades and focused on developing talent. That is different than focusing on using your name to move a career ahead on TV and on the backs of other coaches' players. The US really needs people like Coach B influencing and running US tennis. He deserves the support and attention of the USTA.
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ok, but he doesnt mention 1 word about the national tournaments that are played by everyone in France and spain. He cherry picked one example, and he didnt really make a point.
what im talking about are national tournaments, but they are all together, juniors, college/pro level guys all play the same tournaments. and because everyone is playing in the same draw....nobody has to travel very far to get good competition. and all matches count for the national ranking.
he doesnt mention anything about the 5000 national tournaments that are played in france between april and october.
im still shaking my head in disappointment
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"a) Back in the late 80s and into the 90s, rankings were based on the Star Computer System. It was the quality of your wins and losses that mattered on the computer. If you beat #7 in your Section it was given much more weight than if you beat the #83 player in your Section. If you beat a player that was #4 in the Nation, it was given more weight than if you beat a player that was #63. College Football has a very similar system. The rankings were very, very accurate that way."
I agree with a the bulk of this letter, however in the star system players didn't play enough matches. The top players from the best sections played 100 matches because of the depth of their sections and going deep into nationals, but most of the other players were not playing enough to maximize their development. Chasing level 3s around the country allowed them the 100 match luxury. Let the sections decide if they want points or star system based on their individual needs. An accurate system would be great, but all systems are only accurate at the top.
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because nobody understands why there are so many players in europe playing tennis! everyone comes up with these lame excuses and whatever they "think" is the difference....but fail to mention the tournament systems.
another thing in france and spain.........the training is much cheaper.
I have been coaching/playing in europe for 10 years now. including the 4 years i was in college here and went to europe in the summers. One thing is certain, when I move back to the states, my kids will not be playing tennis.
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Vain Bryan's list of US coaches and his hatred for foreign coaches seems to worded like a politician.
His hatred of foreign coaches funded by the USTA is targeted towards just one guy I think: Jose Higueras. He is not the first person to be upset by Jose's top appointment at the USTA and his belief in the Spanish style and clay courts, and the fact that Jose has not taken US citizenship.
Vain should keep in mind that of the coaches he listed, only Annacone was found worthy by Federer of coaching him. Guess who is the other? Higueras.
Vain needs to reminded that the following American pro players have been coached by Higueras: Chang, Martin, Sampras, Ginepri.
Vain needs to contact the above players and ask them why they did not hire the "incredible" American coaches instead, thus providing them employment for that period of time. The answer may not be appreciated by Vain, because he does not know that excellence in tennis does not go by his narrow minded views, as he never accomplished anything at an elite level that the tennis world cares about.
I also love how Vain mentions American coaches of all shapes and sizes to show that though he hates foreign coaches, he is all-inclusive about gender and race and should never be perceived as bigoted. Very clever politician at work here.
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The USTA is not like the DoD, it is more like the USOC.
The USOC hired an European woman as the women's soccer coach, and after all the success, she has now moved on to better opportunities. They also hired former Soviet-era gymnastics coaches on contract to boost their players.
Brad Gilbert, one of the coaches listed in the letter, was appointed as Murray's coach by the UK LTA. Many US tennis coaches are teaching abroad by contract with government sports bodies. Michael Chang approached the Chinese TA to coach juniors (and was snubbed by them).
This kind of thing is routine in high-level sports.
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32 fouls and they haven't played a full 20 minutes.
half the point this quarter from both teams were from off the ball fouls..
"I don't know if people know I dislocated my pinkie finger. And [Tyreke] told me, 'You wanna go home or you wanna be here?' I want to be here. And he said, 'All right, then go tape it up and let's play. Let's go. We not stoppin' at no stores. Straight gas. That's what we do, just keep going.'"
32 fouls and they haven't played a full 20 minutes.
Wow whoever the announcer is just hit the nail on the head. He said this is the gold medal and and you kind of get the feeling the refs think they're the ones being watched. 34 fouls in a half.
Yeah these refs definitely want to be a big part of this game.
Iguodala! Just pass the ball dude!
I can't stand Rudy Fernandez.
So sick of seeing Rudy flop. Someone needs to take a baseball bat to his knees.
Emeka Okafor - Joe Smith - Carmelo Anthony - Manu Ginobili - Jason Williams
Al Jefferson - James Posey - Aaron McKie - Shaun Livingston
Man were going to be in some serious trouble if the refs dont keep the whistle out of their mouth.
Jeez, some of those fouls in the last few minutes were disgusting.
39 FTs in 20 minutes. Glad to see these impromptu ref crews are working out!
Seriously, they just grab a ref from each country and throw them on a ref team. The USA women's team has had more time to learn each other for these Olympics than the ref crews do. ****ing dumb.
Guys.... I have the solution. Coach K should play Anthony Davis the rest of the game. Anyone agree?
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Hobbled this whole tournament thanks to plantar fasciitis, Navarro sees USA and is suddenly David Silva good. Spain down only 59-58 at HT
These FIBA refs are ruining this game. Everyone is in foul trouble.... It's pathetic. And Spain's flopping is disgusting.
We needed that 3 Chris Paul. Thank you.
Nice attack right there Durant.
SMH. That's not a foul.
I think Lebron can do that all day.
These officials man.
Nice Kobe. Let's go USA!!
WOOO! Lob for Lebron!
Aww come on man!
Where the hell is this Gasol been in the NBA? The missing persons report from 3 years ago can be closed.
Gotta love how serious everyone on Team USA is getting. That gold is important.
We needed that Durant. Thank you.
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Former Kings Mountain High standout pitcher Morgan (Childers) Caddell is the new head softball coach at Green Hope High in Cary.
Caddell was the pitcher for the Lady Mountaineers' 2005 and 2006 state championship softball teams and was part of the 2007 team that also reached the final four. She played collegiately at USC Upstate and was previously the pitching coach for Campbell and a professional player for the Akron Racers. Caddell spent the past season as JV softball coach at Holly Springs High.
East Lincoln spring sports awards
Golf — MVP: Hayden Duggins; Mustang Award: Jaxson Floberg
Baseball — MVP: Clay Hodges; Mustang Award: Austin Buchanan; Golden Glove Award: Danny Sullivan; Utility Player Award: Cory Petersen; Cy Young: Darin Salter; JV MVP: Cason Parrish; JV Coaches Award: Spencer Riddle
Girls track — Co-MVPs: Elizabeth Sisk, Ashlee Frazier; Mustang Award: Jade Loendorf; Best in Field: Maylayah Tucker; Best in Track: Madison Rowles; Most Improved: Meagan Rowles
Boys track — MVP: Jesse Earnhardt; Mustang Award: Cody Mocilan; Best in Track: Will Krehnbrink; Best in Field: Damarius Valentine; Most Improved: Colin Croat
Softball — MVP: Taylor Wilson; Mustang Award: Brittany Wayne; JV Mustang Award: Kristle Henderson
Boys tennis — MVP: Derek Hilgert; Mustang Award: Tucker Dowell
Girls soccer — Co-MVPs: Tatum Auvil and Megan Lauterer; Mustang Awards: Cecilia Pepper and Dalton Bell; Most deserving: Brielle Mattner; JV MVP: Alyssa Fuller
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Male Athlete of the Year — Jesse Earnhardt
Female Athlete of the Year — Jennifer Allison
Sportsmanship Award — Male, Will Krehnbrink; Female, Ashlee Frazier
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Game 1: Kings Mountain 5, Carolina Heat 1 — Dallas Conner pitched a two-hitter while striking out 14 with no earned runs. He also allowed a walk for KM (3-3).
Game 2: KM 6, Carolina Heat 2 — Post 155 hosts Union County on Friday.
Gastonia Post 23 7, Belmont 0 — Chase Hudson and Cole Reid combined in the win.
Game 1: West Lincoln 1, North Lincoln 0
USTA High Performance Tennis Coach and Racquet Club of Gastonia co-owner Sharon Avants aced the second hole at Catawba Creek Golf Club on Monday. Avants used a Taylor Made R9 460 club and made the shot from the gold tees (106 yards). Her husband, Hank, witnessed the shot.
Holbrook Middle School scholar athlete awards
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Most Improved — Jacquez Armstrong and Tavia Nixon
Clyde Hatley Manager of the Year — Makala Willis
Tom Henderson Memorial Underclassman of the Year — Justin Lucas and Cheyenne Johnson
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GE's Cafe refrigerator with built-in hot water dispenser should hit stores in May. Water temperature settings range from 90 to 185 degrees. Price: $3,199.
Retro sink colors from Kohler include Annapolis Navy, Piccadilly Yellow, Greenwich Green and Palermo Blue.
The annual event, put on by the National Association of Home Builders, serves as a massive showcase for new ideas and technology for the home.
Here's a roundup of some that are vying for "how did we ever live without it" distinction:
Hot and cold: In one of the notable kitchen offerings, General Electric Co. brings hot water to the refrigerator door. The new line of Cafe French-door models can heat 10 ounces in less than two minutes. Those hoping to save steps to the microwave, though, will have to wait until the doors debut in May.
Shower power: For a high-tech twist on singing in the shower, Kohler Co.'s Moxie shower head and wireless speaker system plays up to seven hours and has a wireless range of 32 feet. Magnets secure the speaker to the shower head, making it easy to pop out when it's time to recharge the lithium ion battery.
Kohler color: Retro sinks' colors got a redo from Kohler. No more avocado or harvest yellow; the new hues, developed by designer Jonathan Adler, include Annapolis Navy, Piccadilly Yellow, Greenwich Green and Palermo Blue.
Skylight's the limit: A skylight that opens using solar power and closes automatically if it senses rain seems like a bright idea. The no-leak, solar-powered Fresh Air skylight by Velux is eligible for a 30 percent federal tax credit.
Lights fantastic: Ever wished for a little more light on the subject? Undercabinet task lighting can be moved around with Halo's track system and magnetic LED pucks from Cooper Lighting.
Tread traction: Glass stairs took another step toward practicality with the recent addition of decorative treads by Innovative Building Products. The treads, called ceramic frits, add traction.
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- 1 egg, lightly beaten
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- 1/4 cup 2% milk
- 1/3 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
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- 1/3 cup vinegar
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- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- In a small bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into 1-in. balls.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, brown meatballs; drain. Place in a 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Combine the sauce ingredients. Pour over meatballs. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until meatballs are no longer pink. Yield: about 3 dozen.
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Local historians said the mill dates to 1878, built by James Williamson and sons. It was powered by water from Reedy Fork Creek that fed into
Glen Raven Mills bought the property in the mid-1980s and has in the years since used the facility primarily as a trucking terminal and for storage. Those operations have been moved to Altamahaw and the old
Officials with Glen Raven Inc. said the site of the old mill will soon be a picturesque grass setting appropriate for a park or any number of other uses.
"In the spirit of community enhancement, we're going to bring the land back to a beautiful meadow," said Harold Hill, a spokesman for Glen Raven Inc.
Levi Saul, 86, worked at the mill in the early '40s and again in the late '60s. He lives on
"The dye house was down here," Saul said, pointing to his left. "The spinning room was back there."
Saul said the mill was outdated even in 1969 when
"This brings back a lot of old memories," Saul said as he surveyed the property.
He said there was a company store across from the mill where just about any grocery item could be purchased. Above the mill was a "dope house" where soft drinks and sandwiches were sold. A "dope wagon" was pulled through the mill for workers hungry for a snack. Benches in front of the mill were there for employees to sit and mingle before beginning their work shifts.
Excitement surrounding the mill occurred Aug. 31, 1934, when – according to newspaper accounts – "four machine gun wielding bandits" held a stickup at the mill – locking six people in the vault and taking two women hostage. They made off with a whopping $200.
That was before Saul's time. He went to work there when he was 16 – back in the early stages of the World War II when the plant was producing parachute goods for the Army. Saul joined the Navy when he was 18 and spent much of the war as a gunner on merchant marine ships. He made three trips across the Atlantic Ocean and two trips across the
Saul and his wife, Alene, have three children, six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and five step-great-grandchildren.
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"They were good to their people," Perkins said of the mill's owners. "They were good to the children of their workers."
Perkins remembers going to the mill for Christmas parties where the children were presented gifts.
"It was just a different, slower time," he said.
Perkins said he was out for a drive the other week when he passed the old mill and saw it was being dismantled. He said that like others with ties to the site, he couldn't help but feel a little sad at its passing.
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MUNCIE, Ind. -- The Miami University tennis team put on an impressive showing Saturday afternoon on day two of the Ball State Invite. Across the five singles flights, the RedHawks will send six different players to the finals Sunday and one doubles team to the consolation finals matchup.
Christiana Raymond advanced to the finals in the singles A flight. Andreea Badileanu moved onto the finals in the singles B flight. Ana Rajkovic advanced to the finals in the singles C flight. Christine Guerrazzi and Ramona Costea will play each other in the singles D flight. Chloe Heerden moved onto the finals in the singles E flight.
Guerrazzi and Rajkovic lost their first doubles match on Friday before winning their second match that day. The pair won again on Saturday to advance to the finals of the consolation round in the doubles tournament.
The RedHawks will continue play in the Ball State Invite Sunday morning at 9 a.m.
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Alix Thurman (Miami) def. Labeja (EKU) 6-3, 6-2
Courtney Wild (BSU) def. Alix Thurman (Miami) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
Christiana Raymond (Miami) def. Molly O'Koniewski (ND) 6-0, 5-7, 6-3
Christiana Raymond (Miami) def. Tamara Slijepcevic (ASU) 6-4, 6-3
Andreea Badileanu (Miami) def. Janie Nowland (ASU) 6-4,7-5
Andreea Badileanu (Miami) def. Faouzi (EKU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Ana Rajkovic (Miami) def. Julie Garguery (ASU) 6-3, 6-3
Ana Rajkovic (Miami) def. Maddie Ballion (ILLSt) 6-0, 6-0
Ramona Costea (Miami) def. Jimenez (EKU) 6-2, 6-4
Ramona Costea (Miami) def. Anna Rozenberg (BSU) 6-3, 6-0
Christine Guerrazzi (Miami) def. Alex Bush (CSU) 6-3,3-6,6-4
Christine Guerrazzi (Miami) def. Faith Huckabee (ChiSt) 6-4, 6-1
Chloe Heerden (Miami) def. Morgan Paras (Valpo) 6-0, 6-0
Chloe Heerden (Miami) def. Heather Nisbet (IllSt) 6-1, 6-1
Nowland/Slijepcevic (ASU) def. Thurman/Raymond (Miami) 8-3
Rajkovic/Guerazzi (Miami) def. Whyte/Swartwood (IUPUI) 8-5
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Waylon Murray will start alongside Butch James in the centres when the Lions host the Rebels on Saturday.
Murray's inclusion at No 13 allows Lionel Mapoe to move back to the wing. James Kamana is reinstated at fullback, while scrumhalf Michael Bondesio is promoted to the starting side.
Interim coach Johan Ackermann has retained the same starting pack that fronted the Stormers last week.
Lions – 15 James Kamana, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 Waylon Murray, 12 Butch James, 11 Anthonie Volminck, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Joshua Strauss (c), 7 Grant Hattingh, 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Hendrik Roodt, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg
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Flavor Profile:Cool, minty aroma and smooth, herbaceous flavor.Ingredients:100% Organic Yerba Maté, 100% Organic Spearmint.Certified Organic by:Quality Assurance International (QAI)
Hand-blended Organic Green Argentinian Maté with cooling spearmint leaves.
Yerba Maté
Yerba Maté (Ilex paraguariensis) is an evergreen plant of the holly (family Aquifoliaceae). The plant can reach heights of 10-12 meters, but is generally pruned at about 4-6 meters. Although the plant does produce small flowers and fruit, only the distinct oval shaped leaves and stems are plucked for processing.
Maté Constituents
Maté contains vitamins (A, B1, B2, C and E), mineral salts, 15 amino acids and high level of antioxidants. Its chemical constituents also include alkaloids (caffeine).
Gourd & Bombilla
The Maté Gourd and Bombilla (straw) are traditional vessels used for enjoying Yerba Maté. The Gourd is filled one-third full with the leaves and after adding water, the brew is enjoyed by sipping through the bombilla.
To prepare like an herbal infusion or tea, simply steep 1 teaspoon of leaf per 8 ounces of medium hot water (150 to 170 F) for 4 to 5 minutes. Just be careful to use below boiling water. If the water is too hot, some of the nutritional value of the leaf will be destroyed.
The most gratifying way to enjoy Yerba Maté is with a traditional gourd and bombilla (filter-straw). The following method allows you to get many re-infusions while avoiding any blockage of the bombilla filter-straw. Begin by filling the gourd 1/4 to 1/3 full of leaf. Cover the top of the gourd with your palm, invert, and shake to sift the smallest particles to the top. With the gourd back to its upright position, tilt and shake the leaf to one side of the gourd. Place the bombilla against the mound of leaf with the filter end at the empty side of the gourd. Add an amount of cool water to the gourd next to the leaf, filling it halfway. Add hot water in the same way to fill the gourd completely. It is now ready to sip and enjoy. Just refill with medium hot water when necessary. If the leaf settles to the bottom of the gourd and restricts drawing through the bombilla, simply remove the bombilla, tilt and shake the Yerba back to the side of the gourd and add water as before.
Feel free to blend other flavorful or medicinal herbs with your Yerba Maté in the gourd. If you prefer your Yerba sweet, sugar, stevia, or any other dry sweetener can be added and shaken with the dry leaf (for even distribution) before infusion.
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Cox and Lemons Combine to Drop 51 on Queens During 80-68 League Win in Women's Basketball
February 14, 2012
MISENHEIMER, N.C. Brittany Cox (Winston-Salem, NC) and Jodie Lemons (Madison, NC) combined for 51 of Pfeiffer Universitys points on Wednesday night during an 80-68 win over visiting Queens in Conference Carolinas womens basketball action inside the Merner Gym. The crucial win moves the Lady Falcons to 12-11, 7-7 in league play remaining one back of Coker for the final playoff spot in the east while the Royals fall to 8-15, 6-8 dropping two games back.
A pair of Lemons and Cox threes quickly put Pfeiffer on top early by six until a 7-0 run by Queens immediately put the visitors up by one. Triples by Lemons and Shelley Reese (Brown Summit, NC) put the hosts back up four, 21-17 at the midway point of the first until a Cox three again capped off a 10-0 run giving Pfeiffer a 33-21 lead with 6:36 to play.
Trailing by as eight with just 2:28 before the break, Queens started a mini-rally to finish off the first half on a 9-2 run with a pair of Sarah Myatt (Burlington, NC) free throws and jumpers would slice the lead down to one, 40-39, at the recess.
On back-to-back occasions early in the second, the Royals Dyonna Battle (Rocky Mount, NC) would tie the contest with layups until an easy lay in by Pfeiffers Kellie Rhoney (Catawba, NC) gave the Lady Falcons a lead for good with 15:29 remaining.
Lemons would go on to score six points in an eight-play span covering just under two minutes for Pfeiffer while final conversions from the charity stripe by Lemons, Vontenea Williams (Granite Falls, NC) and Rhoney would lock up a 12-point win for the Lady Falcons.
Cox continued her strong player of the year candidacy dropping a game-high 27 shooting 50% with seven rebounds and four blocks. Lemons added 24 in the midst of a perfect 9-for-9 night at the free throw line. Pfeiffer drained 11 threes on the night shooting 42% from long distance, 43% from the field and 83% from the line. The Lady Falcons defense held Queens to just 35% shooting as Battle led the way with her 26. The Royals did hold a big 53-37 advantage in team boards.
Pfeiffer will return to Merner Gym on Saturday night hosting King at 5:30 p.m. The Lady Falcons remain one game back of Coker for the final spot in this years conference tournament with three games left, including the home finale against Coker. Live stats and video will be available through http://www.gofalconsports.com.


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The art of Koryo Celadon was first practiced during the period of Korean history known as the Koryo period 918 to 1392 C.E.. Celadon means blue colored porcelain in Korean. It is, in fact, the deep blue green color that sets Koryo Celadon apart as being special. It is the result of careful combination of different colored clay. Another unique aspect of Koryo Celadon is that it is fired twice. The item is fired first at around 750 degrees Celsius. Then the surface of the pottery is coated with a glaze that contains calcium carbonate as well as about two percent iron. Next it is put into the kiln for the second time. This time the temperature is increased to about 1300 degrees Celsius. In this firing, the air supply to the kiln is limited, which results in the presence of carbon monoxide.
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Fourie du Preez says he feels like he has unfinished business with the Springboks.
In a 2011 interview the former Springbok and Bulls scrumhalf told SA Rugby magazine that the 2011 World Cup would be his last international assignment. However, with his mentor Heyneke Meyer being appointed Springbok coach and the disappointment of their quarter-final exit against Australia, Du Preez, who plays for Suntory Goliath in Japan, is reconsidering that decision.
'When I originally decided to come over to Japan, I thought 2011 would be my target and that getting to the World Cup would be it,' he told the International Rugby Board's radio show, Total Rugby.
'Losing to Australia might have changed that. Coming over has been a lot better than I thought and I've been able to get back into shape. Maybe that hunger is back again. It is still too early to say. I haven't got around it in my head whether it will be good or bad for me. Never say never.'
Meyer is known to still rate the 29-year-old highly and has intimated that he would consider picking foreign-based players. Their would be concerns around the comparatively low standard of rugby in Japan, but Du Preez challenged those perceptions.
'I see the top games here. It's faster than what we've been used to. The guys are skillful and happy to learn. I've been really surprised. A lot of people think it's easy rugby, but it's been pretty tough. If you watch any top game the skill and structure levels are top-class. It's been quite refreshing,' he said.
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'It is something really different. As an international player you see the whole world except Asia. Japan is an awesome place. I've only been here four months but this has been a life-changing experience.'


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I didn't get to shoot Emily and Glen's wedding because I was already booked for their wedding date. After I photographed her sister Annie's wedding, she asked if I would do portraits of her and her husband. I was sad to miss her wedding, so I was more than happy to do so. We wanted to have some nice fall colors so I suggested Lost Lake. Though Fall was pretty late coming to Fresno this year, we still managed to find some Fall colors here and there. The pictures turned out great! Take a look and see for yourself.
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