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On Aug. 28 Carbon traveled to Emery to dual with a strong Castle Valley opponent. According to Coach Stew Foster both teams were just getting into shape for the season and "only" ran 2.25 miles. When the dust settled the Carbon boys had beaten Emery by one point.
"We only had three girls compete," said Foster "So Emery easily defeated the Carbon Girls. However a bright spot for the girls was a first place finish by Patricia Smith. Smith usually runs the 800 meter races in the spring, so this was a long one for here."
The boys top finishers were, Beau Morley in second, followed closely by Jared Richens in third, Robert Lowe in sixth and Andrew Bates in seventh.
"Our number five man was Brett Wells in ninth place," noted Foster. "All the kids did a great job during the first meet."
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The Devil All the Timeby Donald Ray Pollock
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In The Devil All the Time, Pollock mixes equal parts Tod Browning (Freaks) and Davis Grubb (The Night of the Hunter) to concoct an entirely original work that is as heartfelt as it is visceral. Simply put, it's an astonishing debut novel.
Donald Ray Pollock toiled in an Ohio paper mill for over 30 years before selling his first book, Knockemstiff. Though most of Pollock's work takes place in Ohio, there's more than a touch of the Southern literary tradition in his writing. His characters, unconventionally religious and by degrees both desperate and resigned, are drawn into a great circular story. They grapple and confront each other in ways that are often violent and sometimes bizarre. Players include a failed faith healer, a desperate husband and a son caught in his wake, and a serial killing couple who document their dirty work on camera. His work has legs. The message: Life isn't fair, but it's rarely uninteresting.
The Devil All the Time is a dark, gritty, heartbreaking story set in the South after WWII. Arvin Russell watches helplessly as his mother dies and his father goes slowly insane trying in vain to save her. Carl and Sandy Henderson are a married pair of serial killers combing the countryside for hitchhikers who later beg for mercy but receive none. Sheriff Lee Bodecker is the designated lawman, but he makes his own rules, which never match the law he's promised to uphold. A pair of pseudo-preachers, Roy and Theodore, are running from a crime they are almost too confused to understand. The new preacher, Preston Teagardin, has an uncontrollable appetite for young girls and no qualms about satisfying that urge, despite the fact that his bride is 16. Pollock's characters seem absolutely real and convincingly tell their stories as the book builds to a dramatic and explosive ending. Violent, harrowing, deeply disturbing, and horrific, Pollock's story is difficult to read but amazingly well written and exceedingly worth the effort — it is truly fantastic.
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From the acclaimed author of Knockemstiff—called "powerful, remarkable, exceptional" by the Los Angeles Times — comes a dark and riveting vision of America that delivers literary excitement in the highest degree.
In The Devil All the Time, Donald Ray Pollock has written a novel that marries the twisted intensity of Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers with the religious and Gothic overtones of Flannery O'Connor at her most haunting.
Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of compelling and bizarre characters from the end of World War II to the 1960s. There's Willard Russell, tormented veteran of the carnage in the South Pacific, who can't save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from an agonizing death by cancer no matter how much sacrificial blood he pours on his "prayer log." There's Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial killers, who troll America's highways searching for suitable models to photograph and exterminate. There's the spider-handling preacher Roy and his crippled virtuoso-guitar-playing sidekick, Theodore, running from the law. And caught in the middle of all this is Arvin Eugene Russell, Willard and Charlotte's orphaned son, who grows up to be a good but also violent man in his own right.
Donald Ray Pollock braids his plotlines into a taut narrative that will leave readers astonished and deeply moved. With his first novel, he proves himself a master storyteller in the grittiest and most uncompromising American grain.
"If Pollack's powerful collection Knockemstiff was a punch to the jaw, his follow-up, a novel set in the violent soul-numbing towns of southern Ohio and West Virginia, feels closer to a mule's kick, and how he draws these folks and their inevitably hopeless lives without pity is what the kick's all about. Willard Russell is back from the war, on a Greyhound bus passing through Meade, Ohio, in 1945 when he falls for a pretty waitress in a coffee shop. Haunted by what he's seen in the Pacific and by the lovely Charlotte, he finds her again, marries her and has a son, Arvin. But happiness is elusive, and while Willard teaches his only son some serious survival skills ('You just got to pick the right time,' he tells him about getting back at bullies. 'They's a lot of no-good sonofabitches out there'), Charlotte sickens, Willard goes mad — sacrificing animals and worse at his altar in the woods — and Arvin's sent to his grandmother Emma in Coal Creek. Emma's also raising Leonora, the daughter of a timid religious mother who was murdered, possibly by her father, Roy, the visiting preacher at the Coal Creek Church of the Holy Ghost Sanctified, who along with his guitar-playing, crippled cousin, Theodore, in a wheelchair after drinking strychnine to prove his love for Jesus, has disappeared. And there's on-the-take sheriff Lee Bodecker, whose sister Sandy and her perverted serial killer husband, Carl Henderson, troll the interstates for male hitchhikers he refers to as 'models.' Pollack pulls them all together, the pace relentless, and just when it seems like no one can ever catch a break, a good guy does, but not in any predictable way. (July)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
"Pollock brings grace and precision to colloquial language, and the ferocious integrity of his vision is flat-out stunning ...I keep reaching for some other writer to compare him with — maybe a Raymond Carver with hope and vitality, or a godless Flannery O'Conner — but Pollock is no shadow of anybody else. This is a powerful talent at work." Katherine Dunn, author of Geek Love
"This is as raw as American fiction gets. It is an unforgettable experience." San Francisco Chronicle
"Pollock's voice is fresh and full-throated...His steely, serrated prose...calls to mind Harry Crews." New York Times Book Review
"The next important voice in American fiction." Wall Street Journal
"More engaging than any new fiction in years." Chuck Palahniuk
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Donald Ray Pollock, recipient of the 2009 PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship, made his literary debut in 2008 with the critically acclaimed short story collection Knockemstiff. He worked as a laborer at the Mead Paper Mill in Chillicothe, Ohio, from 1973 to 2005.
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August 18, 2015
In this fascinating talk theoretical physicist Ben Allanach talks about the search for dark matter at the Large Hadron Collider, including a generous helping of information on the Higgs boson. Ben gave the talk on 19 June 2015 to an audience of school students aged 16-17 as part of a mathematics enrichment event at the University of Cambridge.
If you prefer read, the see the abridged version of this talk.
August 4, 2015
In this excellent talk the mathematician Vicky Neale gives a fascinating and easy-to-follow introduction to the prime numbers — from a thorough description of what they are, via the ancient proof that there are infinitely many, to the prime number theorem, the twin prime conjecture and more. By the end of this talk you hopefully agree with us, and Vicky, that the world would be a very boring place without primes.
Vicky gave this talk at the University of Cambridge on 19 June 2015 to an audience of Year 12 A-level Maths students (aged 16-17). It formed part of a mathematics enrichment day organised by the Millennium Mathematics Project with a special focus on encouraging creative mathematical thinking. For more on creative mathematics, visit Wild Maths.
To find out more about prime numbers, browse our articles on the subject.
July 29, 2015
Are you queueing in an airport, wondering if there is a better way to deal with the mass of humanity trying to board planes? Are you stuck at home wondering where the summer weather has gone? Would you like to see our information overloaded world in a more beautiful way? Do you think the world would be a better place if we made lovely maths, instead of war? Then you should book your place for the 2015 British Science Festival
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This year the festival is in Bradford from 7-10 September. And, as well as delights in all areas of science, there is some fascinating maths to enjoy. In Advanced airports and on-time ambulances, Kevin Glazebrook and Vincent Knight will explain how number crunching improve holiday travel chaos in airports, and get you medical help in an emergency quicker. And on the subject of health, you can join in a mini-epidemic with Erin Lafferty as she reveals the medical secrets behind infection in Can maths decode infectious diseases?
Meanwhile scientist Martin Brinkworth, mathematician Simon Shepherd and artist Marcus Levine will show us the beautiful side of big data in Art and big data and explore what our innate appreciation of aesthetics in these representations can reveal. In Love and war: the mathematical way Hannah Fry will demonstrate the power of maths in understanding human behaviour in the rawest of human emotions. You can find out more about these and all the other fascinating events at the Festival website – booking is now open!
To get you in the mood, you can read more about the maths behind infectious diseases, art, love and war on Plus.
May 26, 2015
On May 23rd John Nash sadly died in a car crash, along with his wife Alicia. To the wider world Nash was famous as the main character of the book and film A beautiful mind, and to mathematicians for his important work in game theory, geometry and the theory of differential equations. Nash won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1994 and was awarded the prestigious Abel Prize only this year. Here are three Plus articles that shed light on some of his work.
The Abel Prize 2015: All wrapped up — This article explores Nash's work in geometry and differential equations, which won him a share of the Abel Prize 2015.
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You could play the same game using other numbers, apart from 12 and 24, to define your cycle. For example, in modular arithmetic modulo 5 you have
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These sums can be a little tedious to work out if you're counting on your fingers, but luckily there is a general method. Let's say you're doing arithmetic modulo some natural number p and you're looking at some other natural number x. To find the value of x modulo p (the value of x on a clock with p hours), compute the remainder when dividing x by p: that's your result.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville's first Red-White intrasquad men's basketball scrimmage of the 2012-13 season will tip off at 4 p.m. in the KFC Yum! Center on Saturday, Oct. 13. The time will allow UofL fans an opportunity to watch the Cardinals' football team, which will kick off at 11 a.m. that day at Pittsburgh in a game televised by ESPNU.
The Oct. 13 scrimmage is in concert with U of L's "Return to the Nest" Homecoming on Main festivities, which will include activities on the Norton Healthcare Plaza of the KFC Yum! Center prior to the game.
Tickets, priced at $10 for lower side and corner arena seats and $5 for end zone seats, are currently on sale at both U of L Ticket Offices, located near Gate 2 of Papa John's Cardinal Stadium off Floyd Street; and on the third floor of the Swain Student Activities Center. Both locations are open weekdays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Cardinal fans may also purchase tickets by visiting Ticketmaster online, calling 1-800-745-3000 or by visiting any Ticketmaster Ticket Center, including statewide Kroger locations. Convenience fees are applied with Ticketmaster orders. Further information can be obtained by calling the U of L ticket office at (502) 852-5863.
There will be a drawing at the Oct. 13 scrimmage for a trip for two to follow the Cardinals' men's basketball team to the 2012 Battle 4 Atlantis, a prestigious tournament played at the famed Atlantis resort at Paradise Island, Bahamas on Nov. 22-24. Cardinal fans can visit the UofL Athletics Facebook page -- http://www.facebook.com/uoflsports -- for the link to sign up for a chance to win the trip. Official rules are noted on the sign-up page for the contest, which is open to UofL fans at least 18 years of age with a valid passport. Entries may be submitted until 5 p.m. on Oct. 12. No more than two entries per person may be submitted.
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Manager Ed Wright has over 30 years in sporting goods retail with nine of these years with Gart Sports in Price. He opened Sunset Sports back in the early 80's, transferred to Gart, and has spent the past 10 years at their Orem location. Brent Martindale serves as the assistant manager. Owners of the new sports store are Jae Potter, Brent Barker, Mike Smuin, and Lyle Heinz.
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Softball Treks to No. 13 Missouri for Midweek Doubleheader
On Deck: The Creighton softball team travels to No. 13 Missouri for a Tuesday doubleheader slated to begin at 3 p.m. CT.
Creighton (26-21, 7-10 BIG EAST) snapped a seven-game slide by winning the series finale at St. John's 4-0 last weekend in Queens. The Bluejays are 5-10 in true road games this season and stand 1-4 against Top 25 squads in 2014.
No. 15 Missouri (38-13, 14-7 SEC) took two out of three games at No. 5 Florida last weekend to finish its 2014 road schedule. The Tigers have won six of their last seven headed into the twin bill and boast a 15-3 home mark this year.
creighton leads the all-time series 12-10. The teams last played in 2010 at the NCAA Regional in Columbia when the Tigers edged the Jays 3-2.
With just one week left in the regular season, the Bluejays remain in contention to advance to the BIG EAST Softball Championship. Creighton would have to win its home series against Providence and would need help from other teams to advance.
The top four teams in the standings advance to the Championship. DePaul has already clinched the No. 1 seed in the tourney. Five teams are battling for the final three spots this weekend.
Following the Jays: Both games of the series will be digitally streamed and the first game broadcast on the radio via KTGR (100.5 FM, 103.1 FM and 1580 AM) and online here: http://v5.player.abacast.com/v5.1/player/index.php?uid=6583.
Live stats and live video links for this Tuesday can be found on the softball schedule page of GoCreighton.com. Fans can also keep in touch with Creighton softball by following the Jays on Twitter - @BluejaySoftball and liking the Jays on Facebook.com/CreightonSoftball.
Last Time Out: Creighton softball team blanked St. John's 4-0 in the series finale Sunday after it dropped a doubleheader to St. John's at Red Storm Field by scores of 3-2 and 2-0 on Saturday.
CU led 2-0 in the fourth frame of game one before SJU stormed back with a run in the fifth and used a pair of scores in the sixth to secure the 3-2 win. In game two, St. John's scored the only runs of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning to yield a 2-0 victory.
Senior pitcher Becca Changstrom held St. John's to just two hits and struck out 11 Red Storm batters. Junior Liz Dike's three-run homer in the top of the seventh helped secure the Jays' victory. CU senior Blair Lowe added three hits from the leadoff spot.
CU led SJU early in the top of the second after the Bluejays loaded the bases and freshman Jessica Lewis was hit by a pitch. That lead would hold until Dike hit her 15th home run of the season.
Scouting Creighton (26-21, 7-10 BIG EAST): Creighton completes its non-conference and road schedules at No. 13 Missouri on Tuesday with a doubleheader slated for 3 p.m. CT.
CU snapped a seven-game slide by winning the series finale at St. John's 4-0 Sunday in Queens. The Bluejays are 5-10 in true road games this season and stand 1-4 against Top 25 squads in 2014.
Creighton currently stands 7-10 at sixth place in the BIG EAST standings but is just two games out of second place. The top four squads advance to the conference tournament in three weeks.
The Jays remain in contention to advance to the BIG EAST Softball Championship. Creighton would have to win its home series against Providence and would need help from other teams to advance.
Junior Liz Dike hit .400 at the plate for the Bluejays last weekend at St. John's. She hit a three-run home run in the series finale to collect three RBI and a .700 slugging percentage. Dike tagged seven bases and scored two runs to lead the team.
Senior Becca Changstrom started two contests and posted a 1.62 ERA with a pair of complete games last weekend at St. John's. She posted a two-hit shutout in the series finale Sunday and struck out 11 batters to secure a 4-0 Creighton win. Through 13 innings of work she allowed three runs and struck out 20 batters.
Both Dike and Changstrom received recognition on the BIG EAST Honor Roll Monday.
Dike currently leads the BIG EAST in home runs (15) and is second in RBI (37). She also is third in runs scored (34) and stands third for total bases (93) in the league.
Senior Alexis Cantu is ranked second in the BIG EAST for walks (29). She also is tied for fourth in home runs (8) in the league. Her on-base percentage of .443 is fifth in the conference. Cantu's 2.68 ERA ranks seventh in the league.
Four Creighton players who have notched at least 110 at-bats in 2014 are hitting .240 or better including senior Ellen Homan (.295), Cantu (.272), Dike (.272) and senior Blair Lowe (.264). CU ranks sixth in the BIG EAST with a .232 team batting average. The Jays' 37 home runs rank second in the conference and their 156 RBI total stands fourth in the league.
In the circle, Changstrom eclipsed 200 strikeouts for the second straight season in Omaha. She currently stands at 235 K's and moved into eighth all-time at Creighton. Changstrom's career-high total of 254 strikeouts last season ranks seventh all-time at Creighton.
She currently ranks No. 12 nationally for strikeouts. Remarkably, her total of 235 K's this season are more than three of the other BIG EAST pitching staff team totals for strikeouts in 2014.
In the circle, CU senior starting pitchers Changstrom and Alexis Cantu are among the top seven in the BIG EAST ERA standings. Changstrom is second in the conference with a 1.81 ERA while Cantu boasts a 2.68 ERA. As a staff, the Jays are second in the conference with 336 strikeouts a 2.33 ERA.
Changstrom currently leads the BIG EAST in complete games (23), shutouts (9) and opponent batting average (.189). She ranks second in ERA (1.81) and K's (235).
Scouting No. 13 Missouri (38-13, 14-7 SEC): No. 13 Missouri finished its 2014 regular season road schedule by taking two out of three games at No. 5 Florida last weekend.
The Tigers have won six of their last seven headed into the twin bill. Missouri boasts a 15-3 home mark this year.
Missouri leads the all-time series 12-10. A 2013 doubleheader scheduled in Columbia last year was cancelled due to weather. The teams last played in 2010 at the NCAA Regional in Columbia when the Tigers edged the Jays 3-2.
At the plate Missouri is hitting .313 as a team. Three regular Tiger starters are hitting .350 or better at the plate in 2014 including Taylor Gadbois (.430), Emily Crane (.390) and Sami Fagan (.350).
Gadbois leads the team with 71 hits, 47 runs and 41 stolen bases. Crane is second with 13 stolen bases and eight doubles. Fagan ranks second with 55 hits and 33 runs.
In the circle, Tori Finucane leads Missouri with a 1.69 ERA in 25 starts and 27 appearances. She carries a 19-5 mark and 146 K's this year. Fellow starter Casey Stangel owns 21 starts in 30 appearances this season with a 3.43 ERA while registering 66 strikeouts and a 13-7 record.
Creighton-Missouri Series: Creighton leads the all-time series 12-10 over Missouri but the Tigers have won the last six in the series claiming the last three contests in one-run decisions.
A 2013 doubleheader scheduled in Columbia last year was cancelled due to weather.
The teams last played in 2010 at the NCAA Regional in Columbia when the Tigers edged the Jays 3-2.
They last played in the regular season in 2001 when Missouri won 5-4 in Kansas City, Mo.
Creighton and Missouri last played in Columbia during the regular season in the 1994 Mizzou Invitational when the Tigers scored a 5-1 victory.
Creighton's last win in the series was a 5-0 victory in Omaha 24 years ago today in 1990.
The series dates back to 1981 as the Bluejays won 10 and dropped four contests in the 1980's.
Creighton Head Coach Brent Vigness: The winningest coach in Creighton athletics history, Brent Vigness enters his 21st season at the helm of one of the most successful softball programs in the Midwest. After 20 seasons in the Missouri Valley Conference, Vigness leads Creighton into its inaugural BIG EAST campaign this year. A four-time MVC Coach of the Year, he has led the Bluejays to seven MVC regular-season titles (1998-2000, 2007-09, 2013), six Valley tournament titles (1999, 2003-05, 2007, 2010) and seven NCAA regional appearances (1999, 2003-05, 2007-08, 2010). He claimed MVC Coach of the Year honors in 1998 and guided the MVC Coaching Staffs of the Year in 2013, 2008 and 2007.
Vigness coached his 1,000th game at Creighton and recorded his 600th win at CU in 2012.
Creighton and the NCAA RPI: Creighton currently stand at No. 111 out of 293 squads in the NCAA ratings percentage index (RPI) compiled today.
The Bluejays are 6-10 this season against teams ranked ahead of them in the latest calculations.
On opening day, CU dropped an 11-2 decision to No. 85 San Jose State and a 3-0 game at No. 12 Arizona State at the Sun Devils' Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz. The Jays concluded the Classic with a 4-0 win over No. 82 Boise State and a 6-4 victory over No. 50 California.
The Bluejays split with No. 52 Texas Tech at the UTA Hilton Invitational. CU dropped a 7-3 decision before bouncing back for a 1-0 walk-off victory against the Red Raiders the next day. CU dropped a 9-1 contest to No. 62 Illinois to end the tourney.
Creighton dropped a pair of contests to No. 24 Tulsa at the Tulsa Invitational on Feb. 28 by scores of 3-0 and 8-0.
At the Rebel Spring Games in February, the Bluejays blanked No. 109 South Dakota twice by scores of 1-0 and 2-0.
Last month the Jays knocked off No. 89 Wichita State 1-0 in their home opener on March 19. Later the Jays dropped a 5-2 contest at No. 19 Nebraska on Apr. 2.
More recently, CU suffered a three-game sweep at home by No. 32 DePaul April 18-19.
Missouri ranks No. 7 in the RPI this week.
Bluejays' NCAA Rankings this Week: Creighton ranks No. 39 in the country with a 2.35 team earned run average in the latest NCAA weekly statistical rankings released today.
The Bluejays rank No. 90 in home runs per game (0.79) and rate No. 100 in fielding percentage at .962.
Individually, senior pitcher Becca Changstrom's 235 strikeouts this year ranks No. 12 in the country while her nine shutouts this season are good for No. 9 nationally. Her average of 8.8 strikeouts per seven innings stands at No. 20 in the NCAA while her 1.81 ERA ranks No. 58 nationally.
Junior shortstop Liz Dike's 15 home runs ranks at No. 18 in the nation this week.
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Senior Alexis Cantu continues to attract to pitches this season to add to her career hit by pitch total at Creighton.
Last season she set the Creighton single-season mark for being hit by a pitch in 15 plate appearances after taking eight hurls to the body during her first year in Omaha.
This season Cantu has reached first six more times by an HBP to push her career total to 29. She currently ranks second all-time in the CU career record books for the marks behind former Bluejay Michelle Graner (2007-10) who holds the top mark of 34.
Bye-Bye Softball: The Jays have hit homers in 10 of their last 14 contests including game-winners in each game of the Villanova series.
Creighton has drilled a home run in 37 through 47 contests, including nine multi-homer games. Junior Liz Dike hit five homers of her own from March 19-22 to earn BIG EAST Player of the Week honors.
Six Bluejays have hit multiple home runs this season led by Dike's league-leading total of 15. Joining Dike with more than two homers in 2014 are senior Alexis Cantu (8), junior Bri Lingl (5) and senior Ellen Homan (3) Two others own a pair of home runs in sophomore Blake Ringle and freshman Jen Daro. Senior Blair Lowe and freshman Allie Reinhart each posted their first home runs of the year for game-winning runs against Villanova Apr. 5-6.
DePaul Series Recap: Creighton stumbled in its BIG EAST home series against DePaul March18-19, suffering a three-game sweep to the Blue Demons and extending the Jays' winless streak to five games.
Creighton came up short in a doubleheader dropping game one 6-4 before a 7-3 setback. CU and DePaul each finished with seven hits in each game but the Blue Demons were able to build an early 4-0 in each contest and plate more runs.
Junior Liz Dike hit a home run in both games to extend her conference-leading total to 14. Dike led the Jays with four hits, three RBI and a 1.429 slugging percentage on the day. Freshman Allie Reinhart added a pair of hits and two RBI for the Jays' offense.
In the series finale the Jays fell 8-4 to the Blue Demons. Over 600 fans came out to the CU Sports Complex to cheer on Creighton, but the Jays fell behind early and could not recoup the lead in a setback to DePaul.
The attendance total of 613 on April 19 was the largest crowd at the CU Sports Complex since 705 fans saw Creighton and Nebraska battle on April 28, 2009.
Sophomore Blake Ringle led the Jays with a pair of hits and an RBI. Freshman Allie Reinhart posted two RBI in the game for CU. Seven different Bluejays connected at the plate in the game.
Seton Hall Series Recap: Creighton broke open game one at Seton Hall April 12 by scoring six runs in the top of the fourth to make it a 10-0 advantage over SHU. For the second consecutive game, senior Alexis Cantu and junior Bri Lingl hit back-to-back home runs at the plate to lead the Jays offense. Another Cantu homer in the top of the fifth capped the win.
Cantu led the Creighton offense with two homers and five RBI while junior Liz Dike added two hits including a homer and three RBI. Seven Jays posted a hit in the game and five registered an RBI. In the circle, senior Becca Changstrom maintained her solid numbers this year giving up just five hits while striking out eight Pirates.
In game two, Seton Hall jumped out to an early lead and later extended it to 5-0 after four. The Bluejays came back with three runs in the fifth and sixth frames to cut the lead to 5-3 sparked by Cantu's third round tripper of the day and Dike's second homer of the series. Creighton loaded the bases in the top of the seventh but could not bring a run across as SHU held on for the win.
In the rubber match, senior Becca Changstrom allowed just one unearned run on one hit to host Seton Hall on Sunday but the Pirates gave up just two hits to the Jays in a pitchers' duel as SHU edged CU 1-0.
Creighton managed just a pair of singles from senior Ellen Homan and freshman Jen Daro. In the circle, Changstrom maintained her solid numbers this year giving up just a run on two hits while striking out seven Pirates to eclipse 200 K's for the second straight season at 204.
SHU made the most of its one hit and a Creighton error to open the bottom of the third inning to score the game's lone run.
South Dakota State Series Recap: Creighton claimed game one of a midweek doubleheader over South Dakota State by exploding for seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to secure a 10-2 run-rule victory on April 8.
In the nightcap, back-to-back home runs from senior Alexis Cantu and Bri Lingl provided the difference in the first inning to give the Jays a 3-0 win and achieve the sweep. Both players also hit a round tripper in game one.
CU's Lingl led the offense with four hits and four RBI while Cantu added three hits and three RBI. Seven Jays posted a hit on the day and five registered an RBI.
In the circle, the Creighton pitching staff of Cantu, junior Mac Millspaugh and senior Brittany Telecky held the Jackrabbits to just four hits over the twin bill.
Changstrom Collects Third BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week Award of 2014: Senior Becca Changstrom collected her third BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week Award of the season the league office announced April 7.
Changstrom turned in one of her best performances of the season during the week going 2-1 at No. 20 Nebraska and against Villanova, finishing with a 0.90 ERA in 23.1 innings of work.
She was dominant against VU, shutting out the Wildcats for 17.1 scoreless innings -once as a starter and once in over 10 innings of relief - over a marathon Saturday doubleheader while striking out 26 batters on the day. Changstrom claimed two wins for her efforts and set a career high of 16 K's in game two of the series.
Earlier in the week she started at No. 20 Nebraska and held the Huskers to just three earned runs and struck out six to give her a weekly strikeout total to 32.
Marathon Game Two of Villanova Series Makes CU Record Books: Creighton's 16-inning game two marathon versus Villanova on April 5, was the longest Creighton softball game length in innings since head coach Brent Vigness' first year as coach in 1994 when the Bluejays fell 7-4 at Iowa State in Ames on April 6, also in 16 innings. Those games rank in a tie for fourth all-time in CU history. The Jays dropped a 3-2 contest at Kansas on April 26, 1989 in 19 frames.
Atop the CU record books is the NCAA-record setting Western Athletic Conference Tournament game between Creighton and Utah held in Omaha on May 11, 1991 that lasted 31 innings before the Jays claimed a 1-0 victory. That game still remains the longest in NCAA softball history for at-bats (114), innings (31) and in time elapsed.
At No. 2 all-time for CU and NCAA is the WAC Championship game played between the Utes and Jays the following day on May 12, 1991 that lasted 25 innings before Utah edged Creighton 4-3.
Creighton claimed game one of a midweek doubleheader over South Dakota State by exploding for seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to secure a 10-2 run-rule victory.
In the nightcap, back-to-back home runs from senior Alexis Cantu and Bri Lingl provided the difference in the first inning to give the Jays a 3-0 win and achieve the sweep. Both players also hit a round tripper in game one.
CU's Lingl led the offense with four hits and four RBI while Cantu added three hits and three RBI. Seven Jays posted a hit on the day and five registered an RBI.
In the circle, the Creighton pitching staff of Cantu, junior Mac Millspaugh and senior Brittany Telecky held the Jackrabbits to just four hits over the twin bill.
Villanova Series Recap: A Bluejay home run clinched each of the three Creighton victories over Villanova in a series sweep of the Wildcats Apr. 5-6.
A solo homer from senior Blair Lowe was the difference in a 1-0 game one. In the 16-inning game two nightcap it was senior Alexis Cantu's game-winning, two-out, two-run bomb down the right field line to claim a 6-4 walk-off decision. In the Sunday finale, freshman Allie Reinhart smacked her first career home run to bring in a trio of runs and give CU a 3-1 victory.
On Saturday seniors Ellen Homan and Blair Lowe hit back-to-back RBI doubles to put CU up 4-2 providing all of the RBI in game two. Cantu, Lowe and Homan combined for 11 of the Jays' 20 hits on the weekend. Junior Bri Lingl added four of her own on offense.
In the circle, senior Becca Changstrom claimed two wins in the series. She held Villanova to four hits in game one for a complete-game shutout while striking out 10 Wildcats. In game two, Changstrom came in as the Jays' third hurler but pitched 10 innings, yielding just six hits and striking out a career-high 16 more VU batters to total 26 in the twin bill. Changstrom finished the twin bill with a 0.00 ERA and gave up just one walk through 17.1 innings of work.
No. 20 Nebraska Game Recap: Creighton fell 5-2 to No. 20 Nebraska at the Cornhuskers' Bowlin Stadium April 2.
CU jumped out to an early 1-0 lead but could not hold on, spreading five hits across the game. Sophomore Kelsey Allender connected on two hits and picked up an RBI, as did classmate Blake Ringle. No. 20 Nebraska tied the game early then held on for the home win.
The bats awoke for the Huskers in the bottom of the third frame. After a short fly out to left, NU posted an RBI single to score a run before another was thrown out at the plate to knot the game at 1-1 after three. Nebraska then scored two unearned in the bottom of the fifth to take control of the game 3-1.
Creighton closed back to within one run in the top of the sixth, thanks an Allender RBI single through the left side to cut the NU lead to 3-2 but the Cornhuskers added two in the bottom of the frame for the 5-2 victory.
Marching into Spring: Creighton finished the month of March with a 15-5 record this year. The Jays closed out the month on a three-game losing streak to Georgetown that snapped a mid-month 10-game, season-best win streak.
Last season the Bluejays finished 14-5 compared to a 9-10 mark in the third month of 2012.
Georgetown Series Recap: The Creighton softball team suffered a 6-1 setback to BIG EAST foe Georgetown in the series finale of a three-game series held at the CU Sports Complex March 30.
Creighton fell behind early to Georgetown in the game and could not recover. As a result the visiting Hoyas earned a three-game road sweep in conference play to take over first place in the conference.
Junior Bri Lingl led the Jays with a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth for Creighton's only run of the final game. Sophomore Kelsey Allender added a pair of bunt singles for CU.
On March 29, the Jays dropped a doubleheader to the Hoyas by scores of 5-2 and 6-3 at the CU Sports Complex. Creighton could not overcome late runs scored by Georgetown in the twin bill. The Jays led in both contests but the Hoyas rallied twice for the wins.
CU senior Ellen Homan led the offense for the Bluejays with three hits, two RBI and her third home run of the year on the day. Junior Liz Dike added two hits and sophomore Blake Ringle belted her second homer of the year to pick up a pair of RBI.
Creighton's senior pitching staff of Becca Changstrom, Alexis Cantu and Brittany Telecky combined for 16 strikeouts from the circle but allowed 14 earned runs to Georgetown on the weekend.
Drake Game Recap: Creighton defeated former conference foe Drake 4-2 in eight innings in a single game at the Bulldogs' Buel Field on March 26.
CU won its tenth straight contest heading into their BIG EAST home-opening series against Georgetown. Senior Becca Changstrom struck out eight and held Drake to just four hits in the contest to improve to 11-5 after the complete-game win.
After the Bluejays jumped out to an early 2-0 lead battled back with two in the bottom of the fourth to knot the game at 2-2 and eventually send it into extra innings.
CU posted seven hits from seven different batters to secure the win. Senior Ellen Homan continued her hot bat at the plate with two RBI in the game. Sophomore Kelsey Allender secured the game winning run in the top of the eighth with an RBI single to right field.
Changstrom and Dike Sweep BIG EAST Softball Honors: Creighton softball senior Becca Changstrom and junior Liz Dike swept the BIG EAST Softball weekly honors as Changstrom was the BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week and Dike claimed the BIG EAST Player of the week on March 24.
The award was the first for Dike while Changstrom earned the award for the second straight week from the BIG EAST. Previously, the two had combined for four league honor roll appearances from the conference in 2014.
From March 19-22, Dike was 6-of-9 from the plate for a .667 average in a 3-0 week for the Bluejays, which included a mid-week win over Wichita State and a Saturday sweep of league foe Butler. She belted a BIG EAST weekly-best five home runs and 10 RBI, showing a 2.333 slugging percentage. Dike provided the game-winning RBI in all three of Creighton's wins last week, a solo shot to give the Bluejays' a 2-1 lead in the second inning against the Shockers, a solo home run in the fourth in the opener at Butler and a three-run blast in the first inning of the second game.
Changstrom earned complete game victories on Wednesday in Creighton's home opener against Wichita State (2-1) and Saturday against Butler (6-0) in the Bluejays' BIG EAST Conference debut. Over the two-game span, she combined for 14 innings pitched and 27 strikeouts, with her 14 K's against the Bulldogs being the most in league play this season and one shy of the overall season high.
Butler Series Recap: Liz Dike blasted four home runs and accounted for nine RBI as Creighton opened BIG EAST play with a doubleheader sweep of Butler, 6-0 and 10-0 (6) on March 22.
Dike opened the scoring in the top of the fourth inning with a leadoff home run over the left field wall, her seventh of the season.
That was all the offense that senior Becca Changstrom would need as she held Butler to just four hits in a complete game, seven-inning, effort. Changstrom moved to 10-5 on the season, recording 14 strikeouts and walking just two.
Dike was far from done, belting a three-run shot to center in the fifth and drawing a walk in the sixth. Designated player Blake Ringle added a two-run single in the sixth to cap Creighton's scoring.
Creighton continued to mash from the opening pitch of the second game as Ellen Homan led off game number two with a single to center. Blair Lowe followed with a bunt single and Dike made the Bulldogs pay with her tenth long ball of the season, depositing another one over the center field wall.
The Bluejays tacked on two runs in the second, one in the third to build a 6-0 lead. In the top of the sixth Creighton delivered crushing back-to-back-to-back home runs. With one-out in the frame Lowe worked a base on balls. Dike smashed home run number 10, once again to center. Alexis Cantu and Blake Ringle liked what they saw so much, each opted for the same result hitting solo home runs to center.
In the circle Cantu was superb, holding Butler to three hits in six innings to move to 4-3 on the year.
Wichita State Game Recap: Powered by solo home runs from Ellen Homan and Liz Dike, Creighton defeated Wichita State, 2-1, in the Bluejays home opener on Wednesday, March 19.
The tone of the game was set in the first inning as senior Becca Changstrom struck out the side in the top of the first, then Homan hit the first pitch of the Creighton half over the right field wall to give the Bluejays a 1-0 lead.
Dike doubled the Bluejay edge with a towering shot over the left-center field wall with one down in the second. It was Dike's sixth bomb, and Homan's second long ball of the season.
That was all the offense Changstrom would need as she limited Wichita State to three hits and one walk in a complete game to move to 9-5 on the season. Changstrom surrendered an unearned run in the fourth and stranded a runner at third with one down in the fifth but otherwise cruised.
Changstrom Earns BIG EAST Pitching Honor: Creighton senior Becca Changstrom earned her first BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honor on March 17.
In four appearances at the Rebel Spring Games, Changstrom went 3-0, putting in 23.0 innings of work. The senior hurled the first Bluejay no-hitter since 2011 with her seven-inning, 11-strikeout showing against Army on March 14. Changstrom recorded double-digit strikeouts in three-of-four appearances last weekend, boasting a 0.30 ERA and allowing just one extra-base hit.
Rebel Spring Games Recap: The Bluejays went 11-1 at the 2014 Rebel Spring Games March 9-15. The wins increased Creighton's all-time record at the tourney to 60-10 (.857) in seven appearances at the Florida tourney all under current head coach Brent Vigness.
The Bluejays shut out seven opponents (Manhattan, Indiana State, Saint Peter's, Howard, Army and South Dakota twice) over the six-day span. The Jays' one downfall occurred March 11 in a 4-1 loss to Utah Valley.
February Finishes: The Bluejays finished the month of February with a disappointing 4-8 ledger. The mark snapped seven straight seasons that head coach Brent Vigness had directed the Bluejays to a winning record in the first month of the season.
Creighton finished the month of February in 2013 with a 5-4 record.
The Bluejays are 50-32 in February spanning the last eight seasons to the beginning of 2007.
Tulsa Invitational Recap: The Bluejays dropped three tough games at the nationally ranked Golden Hurricane's Tulsa Invitational Feb. 28-March 1. Then No. 21 Tulsa swept the Bluejays in a doubleheader on Feb. 28 by scores of 3-0 and 8-0 (6).
The Bluejays then lost a 2-1 heartbreaker to Northwestern State in eight innings to open the month of March.
Senior Blair Lowe led the Jays' offense with four hits on the weekend. The CU senior pitcher staff combined for 22 strikeouts on the weekend despite the rough outing.
UTA Hilton Invitational Recap: The Bluejays went 1-4 at the UTA Hilton Invitational in Arlington, Texas on Feb. 21-23.
The Bluejays split a pair of games with Texas Tech of the Big 12 in the first two days of the tourney. CU dropped a 7-3 decision in the tourney opener before a walk-off 1-0 win a day later.
Creighton dropped both games against host UTA by margins of 8-0 (5) and 6-5 in the same span.
The Jays fell 9-1 to Illinois of the Big Ten in their tournament finale.
CU senior Alexis Cantu returned to her former school to lead the Jays' offense with four hits, three RBI and a home run. Senior Blair Lowe also added four hits on the weekend.
Cantu was also solid in the circle to lead the Jays with a 1.91 ERA and a 1-1 record.
Kajikawa Classic Recap: Creighton opened 2014 at the Kajikawa Classic Feb. 6-8.
After an opening-day doubleheader loss to a pair of NCAA Tournament teams from a season ago in San Jose State (11-2) and at then-No. 7 Arizona State (3-0), the Jays closed out the tourney with three straight wins.
The Jays collected double-bagel wins over Western Michigan (9-0 (5)) and Boise State (4-0), leading to even its record to 2-2 on day two.
Creighton saved the best for last as the Bluejays upset then-No. 24 California 6-4 in their tournament finale. It marked CU's first win over a ranked foe since last March 2 when the Jays upended then-No. 21 Tulsa 4-3 in extra innings at the UTA Maverick Invitational for its first win over a ranked team since February 2010.
The Bluejays are 8-8 all-time at the Kajikawa Classic following a 2-3 record last season and a 3-3 ledger at Tempe in 2010.
Changstrom Named Candidate for Senior Class Award: Creighton senior pitcher Becca Changstrom was named one of 30 softball players in the NCAA to be selected as a candidate for the Senior Class Award on Feb. 20.
Heading into the season, the top pitcher in the Bluejay rotation in each of her four seasons in Omaha, Changstrom has a combined record of 59-34 in 103 appearances. The 2013 NFCA All-Midwest Region Second Team selection was the 2013 MVC Pitcher of the Year as well as a member of the 2013 All-MVC First Team.
Changstrom boasts a 3.79 GPA in chemistry. After graduation this spring, she plans on pursuing a Master's degree in Physical Therapy at Creighton. A member of the 2013 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team, she was also a 2013 CoSIDA Academic All-District VII First Teamer.
Over her first three years at Creighton, Changstrom logged over 80 hours of community service in Omaha including working with the Special Olympics, Salvation Army and Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Thirty NCAA® softball student-athletes who excel both on and off the field were selected as candidates today for the 2014 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate softball. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. The complete list of candidates follows this release.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
The 2014 candidate class includes 13 student-athletes who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Four were named to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-American team, and nine were members of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America team in 2013.
Season-Opening Salvo: The Bluejays' season-opening loss to San Jose State snapped Creighton's three-year opening-day win streak of 2011-13. That first-game win streak matches the longest in program history when the Jays previously won three consecutive openers from 2006-08 and 1998-2000. All three streaks were under the direction of current head coach Brent Vigness.
Creighton is 19-19 overall in season-opening contests including an 11-10 record under head coach Brent Vigness.
Preseason Predictions: Creighton was picked to finish second overall in its inaugural BIG EAST season, the league office announced Feb. 5.
Creighton received two first-place votes and collected 44 points, just behind DePaul who amassed 48 points and accounted for the remaining six first-place votes.
While none of the eight conference teams advanced to the NCAA Tournament a season ago, DePaul finished with the best record of returning squads at 32-21 overall and 16-6 in the BIG EAST to claim a fourth-place league finish a year ago. The Blue Demons have appeared in 17 of the last 19 NCAA Tournaments.
The Bluejays won the 2013 MVC regular season title and finished with a 29-18 record overall and a 15-7 mark in conference. The Bluejays were picked fourth in the preseason.
The second-place prediction is the highest preseason ranking for Creighton since 2010 when they were picked to win the Missouri Valley Conference. Creighton has finished lower than fourth in conference regular season standings just three times in the past 16 seasons.
Recapping 2013: The Bluejays return 13 players from last season's team that compiled a 29-18 overall record and finished first in the MVC at 15-7 to claim the regular season title.
Senior Becca Changstrom leads the Jays in the circle this year after claiming MVC Pitcher of the Year honors last season. At the plate CU returns three 2013 All-MVC selections including seniors Ellen Homan, Blair Lowe and junior Liz Dike.
After guiding the Jays to a regular-season Valley crown, CU head coach Brent Vigness garnered his fourth MVC Coach of the Year honor. He has led the Bluejays to seven MVC regular-season titles (1998-2000, 2007-09, 2013), six Valley tournament titles (1999, 2003-05, 2007, 2010) and seven NCAA regional appearances (1999, 2003-05, 2007-08, 2010) during his 20 years in the dugout.


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Earth Science Week 2014 Contests Announced
Alexandria, VA - In celebration of Earth Science Week 2014, the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is sponsoring three national contests honoring this year's theme, "Earth's Connected Systems." This year's competitions will feature a photography contest, a visual arts contest, and an essay contest.
Students, geoscientists, and the general public are invited to participate in this year's photography contest, "Connections in My Community." Entries must be composed of original, unpublished material, and show where you observe the dynamic interactions of earth systems in your community.
This year's visual arts contest, "Earth's Connected Systems and Me" is open to students in grades K-5. Scientists study, for example, how water shapes the land, how living things use air, and how air and water act on each other. How do such connected systems affect you? Use artwork to show how land, water, air, and living things are connected in the world around you.
Finally, students in grades 6 through 9 may participate in the essay contest.
This year's essays must address the idea of "Earth System Science in Today's World."
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October 4, 2005
I send greetings to those celebrating Earth Science Week 2005, sponsored by the American Geological Institute.
The desire to explore and understand is part of our Nation's character, and we have a rich history of scientific achievement. Across our country, geologists, geophysicists, and other earth and environmental scientists are expanding our knowledge of the world around us and showing us innovative ways to care for the environment. Their curiosity and passion for discovery reflect the spirit of America.
I salute the geoscience community for helping us appreciate the wonders of our natural surroundings. I also appreciate parents and teachers for working together to educate our Nation's young people about the Earth.
Your efforts inspire future generations of scientists and remind us of our responsibility to be good stewards of the environment.
Laura and I send our best wishes.
George W. Bush
October 10, 2003
I send greetings to those celebrating Earth Science Week 2003, sponsored by the American Geological Institute. Earth Science Week provides an opportunity to recognize our progress in conservation through environmental stewardship and the contributions of geologists, geophysicists, and other environmental scientists. These professionals help preserve our natural resources, protect our health, keep us safe from natural disasters, and increase our appreciation for the Earth's beauty.
This year's theme, "Eyes on Planet Earth," highlights the importance of monitoring the environment and caring for it wisely. On July 31, 2003, the United States hosted the first-ever Earth Observation Summit in Washington, D.C., where participants discussed a 10-year goal of creating an international, integrated, comprehensive, and coordinated Earth observation system.
I applaud dedicated scientists and students in Earth science and technology for their efforts to learn more about this important field. I also commend educators, parents, and all those who help raise awareness about our planet. Your efforts help us become better stewards of our precious natural resources.
Laura joins me in sending our best wishes.
George W. Bush
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By JERRY B. ANDERSONRepresentative District 69
Recently in the House of Representatives, we passed a bill that should probably be labeled "The Federalist Role in Shared Sovereignty". It actually has the title of HB 114, the "Second Amendment Preservation Act", but it dealt with important issues of water rights, forest and public land management, resource development, and gun control. All of the listed areas are where the federal government is impinging on the lives of "we the people".
When we water our crops; whether they are alfalfa, corn, carrots, or peas, we now have to consider many federal restrictions. For example, we are strongly encouraged to water with sprinklers rather than by flooding in rows. The government also encourages us to consider ways to keep the salt in our ground from leaching out and running downstream to California. The control comes from the government deciding that our irrigation ditches are "navigable waterways" and thereby fall under federal jurisdiction.
I object!
Also public access to our lands is a big issue in the hands of the legislature this session, especially for rural areas of Utah.
The tool of "endangered species" is being used by radical "tree hugger" environmentalists to shut down big areas of the rural parts of the state from being open to recreation, resource use, development, and water access. The Sage Grouse, wolves, tiny insects, exotic fish, scarce plants and many other species are keeping our neighbors from making a living on their farms and ranches. Our lands are also under attack from the closing of roads that have been open and used for generations. The loss of the roads prevents important grazing, recreation, resource development, and proper management of our forests and wild lands from occurring.
On the other hand, an important bill, HB 142, "Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office Amendments", has been passed in the house and is on its way to the Senate. It will allow for a detailed inventory of the resources, size, and value of all the public lands in the state. That will give us a good basis for understanding the need for the transfer of public lands from federal ownership to the state.
On a different note, gun legislation always gets a lot of attention. A good compromise that was passed this week involved a bill that allows a person the 2nd Amendment right (to openly carry a weapon) to also be allowed to cover the weapon for protection from the weather or for the comfort of people in their vicinity. This bill will allow the open carry of guns, with the added convenience to cover the weapon if needed.


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Life was not kind to the College of Eastern Utah's Golden Eagles Men's Basketball team during the first weekend of the month. First they lost to Southern Idaho 91-83, and then they got beat by North Idaho, 60-52.
On Jan. 5 they ran into the Screaming Eagles from the College of Southern Idaho. Tyler Kepkay and Tyler Billings led the Idaho team with 21 points each. CSI had five of its players scoring in double figures. Kepkay hit four of six shots from outside the line.
With the exception of Belford Williams who added 11 off the bench, no other player for CEU scored more than six points. CEU held it close the first half of play, trailing by one going into the locker room. The Screaming Eagles continued to shoot well, while CEU could only manage to hit their shots 40 percent of the time. CEU just could not run with CSI and lost by nine.
Then on Jan. 7 the Eagle watched as the Women went down to defeat in a heart-breaking overtime loss. When they hit the floor they were cold. They didn't make a point until about five minutes into the game and that score came on a free throw.
Two minutes into the game, Coach Zollinger sat the entire starting line up down to try and shake things up. The Cardinals built up a lead, but the Eagle came back to whittle away at it until they were down by only six at the half.
CEU continues their shooting woes and only managed to hit 32 percent in the game. NIC put another 40 points on the board in the second half to give themselves an 18 point victory over the Golden Eagles.
CEU did not have a single player in double figures for the game. John Rogers and Tyler Billings led the team with nine points. The Eagles bright spot was that they hit seven threes.
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LOUISVILLE The St. Lawrence River Valley Redevelopment Agency once again will re-examine its community grant process.
Since the agency was granted $16 million in 2010 for economic development, it is contracted to allocate up to 5 percent of its total funds toward community development projects each year.
The River Agency will spend up to $523,040 next year on community development and environmental improvement projects. That amount is down $33,290 from this year.
The River Agency has done different things each year, St. Lawrence County Industrial Development Agency CEO Patrick J. Kelly said. Before you launch this years application, its part of the natural course of things to examine how to improve it.
Applications last year were measured on a 30-point scale, with the number of jobs created scoring the highest points. Last year, the agency focused on leveraging grants, or using a grant to facilitate a grant from another source.
We had some success with that last year, Russell B. Strait said. It really gives us an opportunity to maximize what were doing here.
But leveraging does have its drawbacks, he said.
The problem we run into is that if you get a grant this year you may have to hold on to it for another year in order to make it work, Mr. Strait said.
He said he will put together a proposal outlining potential funding for entrepreneurs present at the agencys next meeting on Nov. 12.
Another thing we would like to discuss is focusing some of this money on entrepreneurial projects in the zones that the governor has established or perhaps in other states on the East Coast, Mr. Strait said.
Meanwhile, the River Agency is hoping to turn into profit a portion of the 20 megawatts of hydropower granted by the New York Power Authority not yet allocated to businesses and bring in new tenants to its Canton and Massena industrial parks.
Weve shown the properties a couple of times in the last two weeks, said Richard A. Williams, facilities manager for the River Agency.
Fockler Industries, Norfolk, an industrial and commercial machinery and equipment manufacturer, occupies 9,000 of the 29,000 square feet of space in both lots.
The budget, which has been passed by the River Agency, will go before the IDA board of directors Monday.
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In my younger days in New England, it was a family tradition that on Sunday, we all would gather for a huge meal. I have continued that tradition in Texas. But, after watching the first half of the Browns game Sunday, I had lost my appetitie. Then, after seeing Gronk suffer that devastating knee injury and get carted off, I became queasy. Though the Patriots would miraculously bounce back from playing terribly throughout the game, and win with two TDs in the final 61 seconds of play, it was little consolation. Here are my grades:
I. OFFENSE: Absolutely pathetic, until the final quarter of play. This unit sleep-walked throughout the first half, and was shut out. In the third quarter, after the Gronk injury and subsequent Brady strip sack, the "O' appeared to slowly come to the realization that they were playing a football game. Finally, in the frantic fourth quarter, they managed to steal a victory at the end. Given this unit's performance for the first 40 minutes or so of play, that hardly seems fair.
1.) QB: As was the case with the entire offensive unit, Tom Brady was terrible in the first quarter, in which he completed just one (1) of six (6) passes for five (5) yards, and threw an interception. Over the first 15 minutes, the Patriots "held" the ball for just 2:02, during which the "O" ran seven (7) plays, netting 17 total yards. Tom's second quarter was only slightly better, as he completed six (6) passes in 12 attempts for 90 yards, and allowed himself to take a sack which knocked his club out of FG range. In the third quarter, Tom started hot, completing three (3) of his first four (4) passes for 55 yards. But then came the Gronk injury, followed immediately by a Brady strip-sack fumble. The Browns would convert the turnover into a FG, as they did with his ealier interception. They went on to build a 19-3, lead with 1:25 left to play in the quarter. From that point on, Brady was immense, completing 17 of 22 passes for 208 yards and two TDs...plus a couple of huge PI penalties to spare. Leading his team for two TDs in the final 61 seconds is legendary stuff. Still, there was that awful start: GRADE: B+;
2.) RBs: When an OL is not opening up running lanes, a RB is almost always not going to garner impressive stats. Still, LeGarrette Blount did okay with 42 yards on eight (8) carries, while Stevan Ridley chipped in with 35 yards on eight (8) carries. Though Shane Vereen did little damage on the ground (nine (9) yards on three (3) carries), he was superb in the passing game. Vereen was targeted 17 times, and finished with a game high 12 receptions for 153 yards. FB James Develin also contributed in the passing game with a nice over the shoulder catch and run down the right sideline, for 31 yards: GRADE: B+;
3.) OL: This group must get better, fast. They allowed their 36 year old QB to be under constant pressure, especially in the first half. Running lanes for the RBs was a rare occurrence. Folks, these guys didn't show up until the 4th quarter. With Gronk out for the season, Tom Brady is going to have to rely more heavily on his running game, and be afforded the time to burn defenses deep, to keep them honest. The middle of the line in particular needs to step up: GRADE: C-;
4.) TEs and WRs: A sad ending for Gronk, who had just two catches for 16 yards, before being low-balled by Cleveland safety T. J. Ward. Though the hit was technically legal, it appeared to be a bit of a cheap shot. Still, Ward is 5'10" and around 200 lbs.. Under the current NFL rules, how else is he going to cut down a 6'6", 265 lb. truck coming towards him? As for the WRs, Julian Edelman again led the way with six catches for 64 yards, and a TD, maintaining the two (2) yard TD catch despite taking a tough head shot from Cleveland DB, Jordan Poyer. Josh Boyce had his most extensive action of the season and showed some explosiveness, finishing with three (3) catches for 49 yards. Boyce also drew the controversial PI penalty in the endzone, with the 29 yard penalty setting up the Pats' game winning TD. With Gronk gone, the Pats must now get more production out of Danny Amendola, who finished with four (4) catches for 36 yards: GRADE: C;
II. DEFENSE: This unit was the reverse of the offense. The "D" was outstanding in the first half, as it held the Browns to just six (6) points...keeping the Pats in the game. But, in the second half, the "D" made Jason Campbell appear to be the second coming of John Elway.
1.) DL: Though the shock troopers in the trenches pretty much took away what little there was of the Cleveland running game, they were able to get absolutely no pressure on Browns' QB Jason Campbell throughout the game. Rob Ninkovich was the best of a poor pass rushing lot, registering the lone Patriots' sack, and finished with seven (7) tackles, including five (5) solos. DE Chandler Jones was no where to be found, and the Pats' DTs got zero pressure up the middle: GRADE: D+;
2.) LBs: Dont'a Hightower played one of his better games in terms of making tackles, finishing with a team high 11, seven (7) of which were solos. Hightower appeared to force a fumble after blowing up a RB on a swing pass...but was robbed onhis turnover forcing play due to a quick whistle by the zebras. But Hightower was badly beaten by Browns reserve TE Gary Barnage for a 40 yard TD catch and run. Though Jamie Collins was active (eight (8) tackles, four (4) solos), he and the Pats' secondary had a ton of trouble keeping up with starting Cleveland TE Jordan Cameron, who finished the day with nine (9) catches for 121 yards, and a TD. The Cleveland RBs also hurt the Patriots on pass receptions coming out of the backfield, finishing with a combined 6 receptions for 74 yards. Allowing QB Jason Campbell to scramble for 21 yards on a 2nd and 8 late in the first quarter was inexcusable: GRADE: D;
3.) SECONDARY: Aqib Talib and company, save for an 80 yard catch and run, did a decent job of containing Cleveland stud WR Josh Morgan, who finished with seven (7) receptions for 151 yards. Yards after catch was an issue all afternoon...as it was with this 80 yard play, and the above mentioned Gary Barnage 40 yard TD play. No Pats' DB distinguished himself in this performance, as the secondary was torched by Cleveland QB Jason Campbell. For the day, Campbell completed 29 of 44 for 391 yards, three (3) TDs, and no picks. What was particularly infuriating was, after the Pats had gone ahead, 27-26, the "D" nearly allowed Campbell to pull the game out for Cleveland. Needing a FG to win, Campbell had 31 seconds to work with, and no time outs. Beginning from his own 20 yard line, he was able to complete two straight passes for a combined 27 yards. On each of these completions, the secondary allowed the Cleveland receivers to get out of bounds. Campbell would manuever the Browns into long FG range, from 56 yards out. But fortunately, Cleveland kicker Billy Condiff's attempt fell about five yards short: GRADE: D;
III. SPECIAL TEAMS: The season long outstanding play of this unit continued yesterday, as Stephen Ghostkowski hit two more FGs, including a 50 yarder...and executed a successful onside kick in the final minute of play, giving Tom Brady the chance he needed to win the game. Ryan Allen continues to make BB's decision to release punter Zoltan Mesko appear to be a stroke of genious, with a solid punting performance. Neither team did damage in the return game: GRADE: A-;
IV. COACHING: Over their last four games, the Patriots have been outscored 57-10 in the first half. To quote the late, great Vince Lombardi, "What the hell is going on out there!!" This first half futility is past the point now of being ridiculous, and must be dealt with! These slow starts appear to be a combination of injuries catching up with the team, a less talented overall group of skilled players than the Pats have had since 2007, weak OL play, and poor focus. Especially without Gronk, this team has little margin for error, and must play at it's best for 60 minutes. The Gronk injury was awful, and, though legal, was a bit of a cheap shot. In baseball, if an pitcher throws at an opposing star player to intimidate, you can bet that retaliation will be swift and forthcoming. The Pats' can't allow their receivers to be physically abused the way they were by the Browns' secondary. Perhaps it's time for the Patriots' DBs to start hitting opposing star WRs like Josh Morgan and the like low as well, as a method of intimidation. The head shot is gone...so let's start sending messages to opposing teams that if they hit out receivers low, retaliation will be swift and sure. God knows what Roger Goodell and the NFL Rules Committee will do next. But, rest assured, the game as we now know it is coming to an end. The current rules, especially on PI and illiegal hits, are far too broad, giving the referrees far too much discretion, and the ability to decide the outcome of games. Getting off my soap box now, credit BB and Josh McDaniels for exploiting the Shane Vereen mismatch to the hilt...and for finally getting rookie Josh Boyce involved in the offense. As for the defense, something needs to be done to improve the pass rush. Though it's frustrating seeing the Patriots struggle, we must keep in mind the long list of players that the Pats have lost this season: Aaron Hernadez, Wes Welker, Gronk, Sebastien Vollmer, Vince Wilfolk, Tommy Kelly, Jerod Mayo, Alfonzo Dennard. Despite it all, credit BB for continuing to find ways to get it done: GRADE: B-;
V. PLAY OF THE GAME: The on-side kick recovery turned the tide;
V. PLAYER OF THE GAME: bowl caliber year, nailing a 50 yard FG in the cold, and flawlessly executing the aforementioned onside kick.
Here are the game stats: http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=331208017.
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