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BUCYRUS - Saturday's 3,200 race at the Division III district meet in Bucyrus was decided by willpower. Or more specifically, Willman-power.
Seneca East's Jason Willman spent the majority of the race in a pack, a little bit behind race leader and fellow Tiger Jared Stockmaster. Willman said after the race he was not sure how he'd feel, just getting over being sick.
Turns out he felt pretty good.
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Seneca East's Jason Willman (middle) races with the pack early in the 3,200 at the Division III district track meet Saturday in Bucyrus.
The final two laps, Willman kicked it into high gear, making his way to the front of the pack. He crossed the finish line four seconds clear of Stockmaster for a 1-2 Seneca East finish, sending both to next week's regional meet in Tiffin.
Willman finished in 9:55.79, Stockmaster in 9:59.94.
"Last week I had three races, as the races went on, I kind of didn't do so well," Willman said. "I've been sick the past two weeks and I wasn't really sure how today was going to go. I started out the first few laps, second or third place, where I need to be to finish. I wanted to feel out the race, feel out the pace, see how I was feeling. Since I was only racing one race today, I thought I was going to feel a little better. 'Bout halfway through, I was still feeling pretty good so I knew I wanted to see where I could finish, try to see if I could win it. I ended up finishing better than I thought I would today because of my illness."
Willman's title was the second district title for the Tigers on the weekend. Zach Gregg won the pole vault on the meet's first day Thursday.
Seneca East took third in the team standings with 94 points, behind only Colonel Crawford (123) and Ashland Crestview (107).
Willman was a regional champion a year ago in the 1,600 and 3,200, but this year he's focusing on doing as well as he can in one race.
"I haven't been having the best season ever this year," Willman said. "We wanted to kind of focus, put all my eggs in one basket, make sure I got a trip to at least regionals."
He said it's a benefit having another high quality runner like Stockmaster running along side him to give him a push.
"It really helps having both of us in one event," Willman said. "When we both line up there we know where we both need to be. We can push each other. we can kind of work together during a race and it really helps having him to practice with. He pushes me and I push him. We work really well together."
Also qualifying to regionals for Seneca East is Ben Frankart, who took third in the 110 hurdles (16.73) and fourth in the 300 hurdles (42.42). Wes Pipher earned a second-place finish in the 1,600 (4:38.39). Stockmaster just missed out on a second regional trip, taking fifth in the 1,600 (4:50.12).
The Tiger 4x100 team of Isaac Phillips, Brayden Walker, Gregg and Adam Hall is regional bound after taking third (45.31). Walker also was an individual qualifier taking fourth in the high jump (6-0).
The day was a struggle for Mohawk's boys, at least until the meet's final event. The first and only regional qualifier for the boys came from the team of Austin Eaton, Brandon Emshoff, Mitch Parker and Trevor Zender, which took fourth in the 4x400 (3:36.82).
"Overall I thought it was a tough day for our boys," Mohawk coach Brock Cleveland said. "I thought we ran well. We were just on the outside looking in a couple times but the boys pulled it out there and made it to the regionals in the 4x4. Some of these things that we're extending life in, we need to come back and have a good week at practice and hopefully things go well next week.
"I think they finished fifth in the 4x2. I thought we had a really good shot to get out in that. We ran our season-best by over a second, and somebody else did too. I think we got beat by three-hundreths of a second. So it (stinks) to not make it like that, but they came back and our anchor did his job and finished the race for them. Brandon ran a heck of a race there and you have to somebody with a big heart there at the end, and that's what he does. He finished the job, so I was real proud of the effort."
Mohawk's 4x200 team finished in 1:35.47, edged out by Wynford for the final qualifying spot.
Also scoring for Warriors was Mitch Parker taking fifth in the 800 (2:05.58), Logan Stillberger taking seventh in the 1,600 (4:52.75), Emshoff added an eighth-place finish in the 100 (12.01), The 4x100 team took seventh (46.93) and Zender was eighth in the 400 (55.62).
For Seneca East, Hunter Saylors took sixth in the 110 hurdles (17.05) and seventh in the 300 hurdles (44.69). Adam Hall finished seventh in the 100 (11.99), the 4x200 team took seventh (1:37.44), Walker added a sixth place finish in the 200 (24.02) and Owen Best finished fifth in the discus (138-6)
Buckeye Central got a regional qualifier in Lane Sautter who finished third in the discus with a toss of 144-3. Also for the Bucks, Graham Lewis was sixth in the 16,00 (4:51.75). Stone Wurm finished eighth in the 700 (2:06.36), the 4x400 team finished sixth (3:39.59).


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Running for treats at the Hypnotic Donut Dash 5K run
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Participants run during the Hypnotic Donut Dash 5K run in Fair Park in Dallas on January 26, 2013. Doughnuts were passed out throughout the race course along with water.
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Sri Sri Lauds Narendra Modi, Says AAP Lacks Experience
By PTI - CHANDRAPUR
Published: 17th January 2014 12:38 AM
Last Updated: 17th January 2014 09:56 AM
Sri Sri Ravishankar on Monday praised Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as a "good man" but said he has no opinion about Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi as he was not acquainted with him.
Answering a specific question about his opinion of Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi, at the Club Grounds here, where he was conducting a 'Divya Utsav cum Mahastasang' he said that he is not at all acquainted with Rahul Gandhi and hence had "no opinion" on him, but informed that he had met Narendra Modi a couple of times and "he appears to be a good man".
He also said that coalition governments have proved to be a failure in governance and hence "a single party government with majority" is the need of the hour.
When asked about his opinion about the Aam Admi Party (AAP) as an alternative to existing political parties at Centre, he said that though AAP appears to be honest in providing corruption free governance, it lacked experience.
"It is like giving keys to a driver with learning license to drive the vehicle in difficult terrain. Hence it is better to wait for some more time to analyse its performance.
Time is not ripe yet for AAP to form government at the Centre," Sri Sri told reporters.
He also spoke about the Art of Living (AOL) Foundation's latest mission called 'Vote For Better India'.
"Vote For Better India, is AOL's new mission through which over 12 crore youth in our county would be encouraged to enroll their names in voters' lists and vote for the candidate of their choice during the forthcoming elections," he said.
"We have to ensure that there is 100 per cent voting so that the real representatives of the people of the area get elected. We have thousands of volunteers working for the cause to assist and ensure enrollment of names in voters' lists," Sri Sri said.
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Nikon D4 will start shipping at the end of January 2012! Of course availability will be limited for months if not years. I am still trying to confirm/verify this info but if that's the case, I can see that Nikon wants to get their top of the line DSLR available before the Canon 1Dx which will start shipping in March of 2012.
Does the release of either D4, or especially, a higher MP D800 force Canon's hand to move up their next body schedule or most your bets are still on September and after cycle?
on nikon rumors they have made a correction on the D4... its iso is 100-12800 native and expandable to 204,000with the 1Dx native at 51200 is this really the nikon killer they talked about :-)
The problem is if D800 delivers "relatively" comparable ISO and also ups the MP race...Canon will have to really deliver in that case.
Canon's 5D MK III is all set, and Canon knows what the Nikon d800 will be. The only question in my mind, is will Canon resist the temptation to pile on MP, or do something more modest. Those samples of D800 images at higher ISO's look horrible, hopefully, they were from a prototype and will be much better for a released product. Right now, Nikon fans are really screaming on the Nikon Forums.
Its always possible that the images were planted, just to see what the response was, and that a backup plan is in place.
Maybe the D800 isn't aimed at the Nikon fans, but at the Canon fans (there are more Canon cameras...) who have bought the 5D2 over the D700, meaning that more customers value more MP than more IQ...
when you look at the LR dialog on nikon rumors you will see that the text "NIKON D800" does not line up with the "NIKON" text above it (it´s shifted about 2 PIXELS). that´s fake if you ask me... photoshoped.with my cameras and LR 3.6 the text from make/model is lined up perfectly in LR.i would bet 100 euros it is faked.my LR:i could be wrong.. sure... but i think im not.
So, no fake. Just LR dialog adjusting the font sizes.
Quote from: poias on December 18, 2011, 02:52:18 PMSo, no fake. Just LR dialog adjusting the font sizes.sure would be possible.... but my LR is not adjusting the fontsize.
Could you check how NIKON CORPORATION would appear in your LR? Make the dialog narrower, as well.


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When a dude stretches his scrotum tightly to one testicle and displays it. He could put it right next to a sleeping person's face, for instance. You could also just tightly wrap it to two testicles.
Dude, get your rat brain out of my face.
de Joe W. 10 octobre 2004
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When a man squeezes his balls so that the scrotum bunches up slightly and takes on the appearance, shape, and texture of brains.
Carl pulled his balls out and showed everyone his rat brains.
de Crabkilla2001 16 janvier 2009
When wearing shorts you pull out one nut to show a suprised victim, thus ratbrain.
"Hey man wanna see a ratbrain?"
"Huh, a what...oh ewwww!!!"
"Huh, a what...oh ewwww!!!"
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Behind the Notes - Also Sprach ZarathustraChristoph Koenig presents a detailed inside look at Richard Strauss' powerful tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra, inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's book. Koenig will uncover the musical secrets to each of the seven "chapters" of this towering masterpiece. It begins with a musical "sunrise" made famous in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, possibly the most well-known two minutes of music ever written. After intermission, hear the complete work.01/18/2014Time: 8:00 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
The MountaintopFlash back to April 3, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee. Enter room 306 of the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spent the last night of his life. In this daring reimagining of history, a visit from an enigmatic, young maid unveils the humanity and vulnerability of America's larger-than-life icon. Katori Hall's The Mountaintop won the 2010 Oivier Award for Best New Play.01/18/2014 - 02/09/20141300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Les Delices: Myths & Allegories: Music of the French BaroqueLes Delices performs Myths and Allegories, a program of French Baroque music inspired by Homer's Odyssey, with soprano Clara Rottsolk, former Chatham Baroque violinist Julie Andrijeski, and oboist Debra Nagy, including works by Jean-Fery Rebel, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and Thomas-Louis Bourgeois.01/18/2014Time: 8:00 pmpmSynod Hall, 125 N. Craig St, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Auditions for Peter PanThe ballet production in March will be directed by Monica Ryan. Ages 5 and up are invited to audition. Details at 412-279-8887 and online.01/18/2014Carnegie Library Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Ave, Carnegie, PAwebsite | map
Let Freedom Sing!Let Freedom Sing! brings city and suburb together, blending performers and audience members of varied ages, races and creeds to realize Martin Luther King's dream through inspiring music and oratory. The concerts feature The Pittsburgh Gospel Choir, combined high school and church choirs from city and suburb, performance artist Vanessa German. Monday's concert also features Jim Donovan, formerly of Rusted Root. Donations welcomed.01/18/2014 - 01/20/201401/18 - 7:00 pm01/20 - 7:00 pmLocation: Ebeneezer Baptist Church (Sat.) & Norwin H. S. (Mon.)website
ComalaComala is a a concert cantata for voices and chamber ensemble by Mexican 2011 Pulitzer Prize finalist Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon. Comala features new-music soprano Tony Arnold and Pittsburgh tenor Rob Frankenberry with guitarist Dieter Hennings, percussionist Stuart Gerber, saxophonist Jan Baker, and the Eastman BroadBand. Conductor Federico Garcia also premieres one of his own works, and leads music by John Arrigo-Nelson and Michael Fiday.01/22/2014Time: 7:00 pmLocation: James Laughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
The Music of John WilliamsPSO Resident Conductor Lawrence Loh leads the music of John Williams. The winner of five Academy Awards, Williams has written music for Lincoln, Jaws, Schindler's List, E.T., Superman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Saving Private Ryan, The Accidental Tourist, War Horse, The Adventures of Tintin, Born on the Fourth of July, the first three Harry Potter movies and the unforgettable themes for Star Wars and all four Indiana Jones films.01/23/2014 - 01/26/201401/23 - 7:30 pm01/24 - 8:00 pm01/25 - 8:00 pm01/26 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 601 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Emmanuel Chabrier's L'EtoileIn Chabrier's opera, King Ouf the First disguises himself and goes in search of a subject to execute. Laoula, the daughter of a monarch, arrives in town unaware that she has been sent to marry the King. Unfortunately, Laoula falls in love with Lazuli, a poor peddler, who insults the incognito king and becomes a candidate for impalement. However, the king's astrologer intervenes, forcing his majesty to make a big decision. Brian Garman conducts, Gregory Lehane directs.01/23/2014 - 01/26/201401/23 - 8:00 pm01/24 - 8:00 pm01/25 - 8:00 pm01/26 - 2:00 pmLocation: Chosky Theater, Purnell Center for the Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
CompanyTed Pappas directs and choreographs a brand-new staging of Sondheim's musical comedy Company. The show evokes the excitement of Manhattan where eligible bachelor, Robert, is surrounded by five married couples and three single women. Robert will be played by Pittsburgh native Jim Stanek, whose Broadway credits include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Rivals, Little Women, Lestat, and The Story of My Life.01/23/2014 - 02/23/2014O'Reilly Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Spanish Harlem OrchestraFounded in 2000, the Grammy-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra has established itself as a standard bearer of contemporary Latin music. Directed by world-renowned pianist, arranger, and producer Oscar Hern�ndez, the thirteen-member all-star ensemble has reintroduced the classic sounds of New York City Salsa to music lovers worldwide.01/24/201401/24 - 7:00 pm01/24 - 9:30 pm1815 Metropolitan St, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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Two men were injured when a helicopter crashed near Buck Island Lake and the Rubicon Trail on Friday afternoon, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.
One man with head injuries and a second man with leg injuries were flown to Renown Medical Center in Reno with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries.
The two men were among four people aboard the helicopter when it crashed, the sheriff's office said in a press statement about the incident.
Authorities were notified of the crash at about 1 p.m. The helicopter was assisting with the annual Jeep Jamboree event this weekend.
As of early Friday evening the Rubicon Trail remained closed with officers standing by the wreckage. The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the incident.


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on January 18, 2013 - 12:00 AM
A suburban sex-trafficking ring involving underage girls led to the conviction Thursday of an Amherst man accused of using threats, intimidation and violence to keep young women and girls working for him.
Kenneth Graham, 25, now faces up to life in prison.
A federal court jury deliberated less than two hours before finding Graham guilty of three sex-trafficking charges, one for each of the victims who testified against him.
The verdict followed several days of emotional and often graphic testimony by the three females and an outright denial by Graham, who also took the stand.
"I told him, 'I'm 16,' " one of the victims, now 18, told the jury earlier this week. "It didn't seem like it fazed him at all."
Graham was convicted of running a sex-trafficking operation out of a handful of hotels and motels in Amherst and Cheektowaga before his arrest last August.
During their testimony, the victims said Graham recruited them and then used threats and violence to keep them working long after they wanted out of the business.
Graham countered by suggesting the victims were involved in prostitution long before he entered their lives, a fact two of the victims acknowledged during the trial.
"She was a prostitute when I met her," Graham said of one of the underage victims. "How could I force her to be a prostitute?"
Graham's trial before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara provided a glimpse into the world of human trafficking and what experts say is a trend toward more and more domestic incidents of women and children forced into prostitution.
Two of the three victims in the Graham case said they were forced to see up to six or seven men a day at times.
The government's case against Graham – he was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security – came down in large part to the credibility of the three victims and Graham.
"Our witnesses were incredibly brave," Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert C. Moscati said in his closing argument. "Who would come in and testify about being a prostitute? Who would do that? Only someone who thought it was important."
Graham's defense lawyer used every opportunity to poke holes in the victims' stories and to point out what he called inconsistencies and discrepancies in their testimony.
He also argued that each of the victims was motivated to lie about her involvement with Graham.
In one case, he said, it was to protect an adult boyfriend who was caught with one of the underage victims at a motel in Amherst and later banned from the motel because of prostitution allegations.
In other cases, he said, it was because the victims had developed a personal relationship with Graham and were jealous of each other.
"These three women had reasons to lie," said defense attorney Michael S. Deal. "When you aren't telling the truth, it's hard to fight for it."
The trial also included testimony from friends and family of the victims and from law enforcement officials involved in the undercover sting operations that led to Graham's arrest.
Moscati and Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathleen A. Lynch also produced records indicating Graham rented the victims' hotel rooms and paid for their online sex ads.
One of the underage victims testified about Graham driving her to and from her Buffalo high school and later, after she turned 17, taking her to get a learner's permit.
She also told the jury about a violent encounter with Graham – she says he hit in her in the face – and how he also flashed a gun at her.
When Moscati asked how long the beating went on for, she said, "It felt like forever."
From the outset, Graham acknowledged that, yes, he was a customer of the three victims but, no, he never took part or benefited from their work as prostitutes. He also denied knowing two of the victims were under 18.
Like Graham, Deal acknowledged his client's sexual relationship with the victims, but suggested it was consensual and not part of a larger scheme to entice them into a world of sex for money.
"This sounds like a bad relationship," he said of his client's verbal and physical confrontations with one of the victims. "It's not an act of coercion or force to get her to engage in acts of prostitution."
Moscati agreed that Graham's initial relationship with the victims was consensual but, in fact, part of a larger plan for getting the three victims to work for him.
The jury, as part of the Graham case, will decide whether he should forfeit money he might have made as part of the sex-trafficking operation.
Patricia Calleri, an agent with Homeland Security investigations, estimated that amount at about $171,000.
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Death Metal is a form of music that mostly stays in the underground side of music with speed metal orgins, fast drumbeats, and a deep growl singing to it. Some death metal can be looked to as "crap" but so can most punk bands
The Death Metal band sacraficed the punk.
dari Chris K Selasa, 24 Juni 2003
Reall fuckin cool music
More good music, amon amarth, deicide, and other cool death metal
dari llkktfde Selasa, 05 Desember 2006
if you look at it Death Metal is different depending on the band, take arch enemy for example Melodic death, real melody and there is a senxe of death metal Deep vocals, growls grunts and things of that nature, but take some thing like Necrophagist which is more technical death metal, then there is Severed Savior which is more brutal death metal metal, lots of kiling, slaying. slaughter,rape, murder the works, read the lyrics death metal isnt Jsut HARD fast SHIT, its about the lyrics, it could talk about politics to relgion to hate and love. death metal is defined by the way you see and hear it.
Arch Enemy, Morbid Angel, CC, Dark Tranquillity, Lord Gore. Engorged, Naplam Death, Goatwhore, Necrophagist, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Anal Cunt, Cock and Ball Tortue, Gorgasm, Severed Savior, Fear Factory, Vomitory, Vital Remains, Deicide !!!!!!!!!!! \,,/
dari Schatten VR Minggu, 20 Maret 2005
DEEP fucking growling vokills- sick wicked fast blast beatz up your ass cant keep up, brutally grinding shredding throat ripping guitar riffs *will make yer cunt bleed*
This death metal bands drummer has the fucking sickest blast beatz d00d! Yeah...thats cool lets go drink sum 40oz's
dari Calculon Kamis, 04 Mei 2006
best music ever all you people that say it sucks all need to get fucking butchered analy.
dari sergence Jumat, 08 Mei 2009
Death Metal is probally one of the most unknown and unpopular genre's there is today, even though it is very hard to play and requires immense skill. The solo's are usually very high pitched and are fairly common. Bassist's play a big part in death metal and are usually extremely skilled. e.g alex webster of cannibal corpse. Most metal fans that dont like Death metal are usually dickheads who have never sat down and listened to the genre throughly before. Lyrics span from crazy gore and horror to politics to stuff about satan and the devil. Some people say that Death Metal is a bunch of noise, they are cunts who cant listen to music properly because even though the usually low vocals may make it sound like a mash of music it is really not!
may i mention i am only 13 and death metal is my favourite genre which may surprise some of you old-school death metallers who think death metal is nearly dead, which i hope it isnt! My favourite Death Metal bands are Cannibal Corpse, In Flames, At The Gates, Deicide, Carcass and six feet under
dari Ollie G Selasa, 26 Juni 2007
not for fuckin weak and whining amitures who think that death metal suck ass. Death Metal is the best
dari Gunboy Sabtu, 20 Maret 2004


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Studies of a Human Skeleton from an Écorché Cast
William Edward Frost (1810-1877)
Second quarter of 19th century
Pencil and pencil and chalk on wove paper
Width 36.3 cm x height 52.5 cm
Museum no. E.424-1948
Frost studied at Henry Sass's School and then at the Royal Academy, both in London. Skeletons and écorche casts showing the musculature of the body such as these were standard props in workshops and art academies from the 17th century onwards. Both drawings were inscribed 'for a Student's Ticket' and may have been prepared to help his admission to the Academy.


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Cubs Get Ready for Cactus League Play
Seven Cubs pitchers continued their preparation for Cactus League play at Fitch Park this morning.
Carlos Zambrano and Carlos Silva essentially threw a two-inning "sim" game on Field #2, at least to the extent that each pitcher threw a certain number of pitches each "inning" (Zambrano 15 pitches each inning - 30 total, and Silva 20 pitches each inning - 40 total) while the other rested on the bench. (A true sim game would usually involve the hitters rotating out of the cage after putting a ball in play, but each batter facing "Z" and Silva today took their normal five-pitch AB even if they put all five pitches into play). Justin Berg followed Zambrano/Silva to the mound on Field #2 with a single 25-pitch inning. Zambrano and Silva faced Sam Fuld, Darwin Barney, Brad Snyder, Derrek Lee, Marlon Byrd, Bobby Scales, Robinson Chirinos, Blake Lalli, and Brett Jackson in their pseudo-sim game, while Andres Blanco, Micah Hoffpauir, Chad Tracy and Kevin Millar faced Berg in his "live" BP session.
Sam Fuld and Micah Hoffpauir had some really nice swings, and Carlos Silva actually looked fairly ambulatory out there on the mound. He doesn't seem to be hurting, although his pitches sure don't fool anybody. It would probably really help his release point and arm angle (and overall health) if he could maybe lose a few pounds around the gut.
Randy Wells (who did not throw today) has been named the starter in the Cubs Cactus League opener on Thursday versus Oakland, while Zambrano is scheduled to start Friday's game versus Arizona and Silva is slated to start Saturday versus the White Sox in a game that will be televised on WGN-TV. (The Cubs are home at HoHoKam Park for six of the first seven days at the start of Cactus League play and for five of the last seven days at the end of the month, but they only play four games at HoHoKam over the 15-day period running from March 11th through March 25th).
Meanwhile, Ryan Dempster (who will start his first Spring Training game next Monday) threw one 35-pitch inning (he will probably throw a two-inning "sim" game sometime later this week), and Carlos Marmol, Jiohn Grabow, and Esmailin Caridad each threw one 25-pitch inning on Field #3. Tyler Colvin, Matt Camp, Bryan Lahair, James Adduci, and Steve Clevenger faced Dempster and Marmol, while Alfonso Soriano, Starlin Castro, and Kosuke Fukudome hit against Grabow and Caridad. Grabow was hit hard, but Dempster looked good, and Marmol and Caridad were absolutely "lights out" (and Marmol didn't even hit anybody!).
Fukudome hit Grabow pretty well, especially considering Kosuke's perceived weakness versus LHP. Along with Tyler Colvin and Geovany Soto, Fukudome has probably been the most-impressive hitter so far in camp, and I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up hitting lead-off and playing RF most every day this year. In fact, this could well be his MLB "break-out" season.
Soriano (somewhat surprisingly) also has been swinging the bat well so far, although he apparently is not yet able to cut loose running the bases.
Andrew Cashner and John Gaub threw an early-morning "live" BP prior to the full-squad work-out.
While Cashner and Gaub were getting in their work, Ryne Sandberg and Alan Trammell were working out Starlin Castro on Field #5 (the "half-field" - infield-only). No question Castro impressed Ryno and Trammell, but especially Trammell, probablly because this was the first chance Trammell had to work one-on-one with the young Cubs shortstop prodigy. Castro is indeed by all accounts a pleasure to coach.
The Cubs will presumably be moving up Center Street to HoHoKam Park tomorrow, where they will likely have a traditional work-out, with BP, infield practice, and some side bullpen sessions. (Piniella doesn't like intrasquad games).
Uncle Lou probably would have liked to have moved his team out of Fitch Park today, but the Cubs were hosting the Cactus League VIP Brunch at HoHoKam Park this morning.
The Cubs minor leaguers will now move into Fitch Park, with pitchers & catchers reporting on Thursday, and all other players reporting next Tuesday. The first minor league Spring Training games will probably be on March 18th.
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woo...spring baseball.
mlb network televising the first game of the spring season...ATL/NYM 2-3 mid 7.
cubs playing oakland on the 4th, btw...believe it's a "home" game for the cubs.
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Good stuff, as always, Phil.
Aside from the need for Slim-Fast, I was wondering if Silva is showing anything more than his one pitch repertoire (sinker). I read quotes from him earlier this off-season in which he indicated that he had made real progress on a curve ball, which he was looking forward to mixing in with the sinker.
Any sign of the yakker, or is it too soon in ST to be throwing that?
Much appreciated.
Gene Wojciechowski on Soriano
Re: Cubs Get Ready for Cactus League Play
about f'n time a sportswriter found this story this spring.
we got this guy for a while...been wondering when a sori-story would drop that had a bit of substance.
Re: Cubs Get Ready for Cactus League Play
The injured quad transformed Soriano from a greyhound on the basepaths to a mutt. It robbed Soriano, seemingly for good, of his difference-making speed.
"That changed him," said Cubs general manager Jim Hendry of the quad strain.
There Hendry goes covering his ass again. The small tear in the quad didn't "change him," he had been running about half as often all season compared to 2006 prior to the quad tear. And he stole the same number of bases in 2008 as he did in 2007. There was no noticeable difference due to the quad injury. In fact, he stole his 19 bases in 2008 playing 24 fewer games than in 2007! So he was actually doing better after the tear.
Nope, in true goofy Hendry fashion, he acquires an old guy who's probably older than posted and whose only natural position is DH and sticks him in centerfield where he promptly cripples himself because, lo and behold! he's not a centerfielder-- or any kind of fielder for that matter. And that's the truth. His legs were gone by mid April 2007 if not spring training the month before.
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Well, Jim... that's kind of the risk you take with 10 year, 800 million dollar contracts...
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Alfonso Soriano would give anything, including some of his $136 million contract, if you could guarantee him what he hasn't had as a Chicago Cub.
His health.
how about Soriano gives up "some of his $136 million contract" until he's healthy and then the Cubs give it back to him.
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And HENDRY, too???
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I remember several years ago, Peter Gammons did a piece on Soriano. He was with the Nats at the time and there was talk that Mgr. Frank Robinson was going to move Soriano from 2nd base to the outfield. Soriano resisted the move and caught a lot of flack for it.
In Gammons' report, he talked about what a really nice guy Soriano is, how he is well-respected and well-liked by all of his teammates, and how he genuinely cares about what everyone thinks of him. At the time, Gammons said that Soriano's main concern was that he wouldn't be good enough in the outfield and that his play would hurt his team. Because Soriano had grown up as an infielder, he was afraid that he might never be as good in the outfield as he was in the infield (I know, it seems funny now).
The picture Gammons painted was of a proud guy who wanted to do what was best for his team, but was afraid he might not be able to adjust to the position change. I remember thinking at the time that Soriano was being a selfish SOB, but Gammon's piece made me look at him in a different light.
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Because Soriano had grown up as an infielder, he was afraid that he might never be as good in the outfield as he was in the infield (I know, it seems funny now).
considering he was recognized as the worst thing that ever happened at 2b, it appears he's just delusional
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MLB Tonight treating PETCOA projections like a 6th grade science/math project.
averaging players vs. actually knowing a person's shape, health, and skills...
no one's a fan and it was one of the quickest "stats" segments they've done in a while.
no...this doesn't prove anything, but they were having a laugh.
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Just picked up the 360 version of MLB2K10.
Soriano does his stupid hop in the OF when catching a popup.
Fukudome corkscrews himself into the ground when he swings and misses.
Z blasts homeruns as often as Soriano.
When you pitch with Marmol, it's very difficult not to "overthrow" the ball.
So all and all, it's pretty accurate.
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I'll certainly avoid that title this year. Ran out and bought the darned thing at midnight last year, but was incredibly disappointed with the game play. Maybe played 50 total games with it before I put it on the shelf. I miss The Show series and I wish I owned a PS3 instead of a 360.
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Wes, I read the reviews of 2k9 and avoided it like the plague.
2k10 is getting good marks, and they've revamped just about everything.
The Show is definitely the better game but 2k10 is much better based on all the reviews (compared to 2k9). it's worth a rental to see if you like the changes.
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I'm still playing The Show 07. I'm actually considering getting a PS3 in large part because I'd like to see how much better the 2010 version is. Then again, all told that'd be like $350 that I don't have anyway, so maybe I should be doing other things with my time.
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They are down to 299 now.
I've been playing the Show from last year on it. The Road to the show mode on it is really cool. Especially if you turn up the difficulty level.
Video games
I lost faith in the system when 2K got the exclusive instead of EA Sports. MVP 2003 is still one of my fav games ever. I hadn't picked up anything in a few years until I got 2K9 and The Show this past xmas for PSP; I've been enjoying the road to the show on The Show, seems pretty fun. They're both a helluva lot better than that 2K disaster in '06 but I still don't know that they measure up in the funmeter to the old MVP Baseball
4 teams boycott kick-off breakfast
Reds, WSux, LA Angels, Dodgers
"I think it's a shame to boycott a kickoff breakfast," McComish said. "That's what petulant children do. In this case, they already had their turn at bat, they got their stadium."
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Promising Headline
Sabermetrics gains ground with Cubs
then it talks about using day/night splits and Hendry preferring scouts, but saying enough jibberish that he isn't roasted at the spit for saying he ignores them. Cubs are embracing sabermetrics at the pace they embraced signing black players.
at least Ricketts is on board...
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Yes, but like Ernie, the first sabermetric they embrace will turn out to be a superstar. But they won't put up with uppity sabermetrics or ones that don't 'know their place'.
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"When it comes to crunch-time, believe me, all the (statistical) information has been processed," Hendry said. "But by the end of the day … I'm going to look at (scouting advisers) Kenny Kravec or Dave Littlefield or Gary Hughes, and say: 'This is what I think. What do you think?' "
But not what Tim Wilken thinks... The three guys mentioned are all asst.s to the GM.
Clearly Tim Wilken's job is far far below the decision level in the Hendry organization.
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Could it be, and I am just spitballing here, that he's not talking about the amateur draft?
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Director, Amateur & Professional Scouting - Tim Wilken
Tim Wilken: Once the draft is over, I turn my attention to professional scouting, which I coordinate with Randy Bush and Jim Hendry. We talk frequently about potential deals between May and the trade deadline.
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Do you realize that guys in short season and A ball are professionals? The article is about MLB players.
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Actually I didn't realize that, at least in the context of Wilken's title (Director of Amateur and Professional Scouting). I've been taking professional to mean MLB, and assuming that Wilken must have bought into the acquisitions of Fukudome and Bradley.
I hope you're right. If Wilken was out of the loop, that's better. I'd rather blame it on Gary Hughes.
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I'm pretty confident that is the way most if not all teams are set up. The MLB scouts do not report to the scouting director. Maybe AZ Phil or one of our other experts will chime in.
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Were going to look at Batting average. Were going to look at Rbi's. Were going to look at Win-loss records. No stone will be left unturned.
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I believe he is talking about scouting ML players here. I don't think Wilken has much input on veteran players.
Neyer's take
But Jim Hendry admits that he'll "always be a scouting guy first." I wonder if the Cubs would be better if he just went back to being a scout, period.
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You really know the game is simulated when it only takes Zambrano 30 pitches to get through two innings.
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AZ PHIL: Do you believe Andrew Cashner will be on this club as a set-up man? Yesterday you alluded to the idea that as a college closer, primarily, he was lights out at that level - going only an inning or so.
Barring a trade, do you think the Cubs would give the guy a shot it being only the start of his 3rd year in pro ball?
Seeing him more regularly in your neck of the woods, how do you think he will project out, and do you think the Cubs plan on keeping him rather than trading away. He was our #1 or #2 draft pick, IIRC, right?
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Cubs "may have signed" Juan Yasser Serrano, a 20 year oldish pitcher from Cuba, though MLB Trade Rumors is using their exentesive network to confirm that he hasn't signed.
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BP's top 100 is out:
Vitters 31
Castro 37
Lee 63
Jackson 96
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Pretty 3/44 here, I believe on the BP?
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considering it came out today, probably not
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My bad. Sorry.
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Why are we talking baseball when today is the NHL trade deadline?
Choice Quote on Sori
n case you missed this piece by Gene Wojochowski, here is a fun excerpt on our $18MM a year left fielder:
"I show Soriano's 2009 numbers to a major league scout. Says the scout:
"He hit .241 -- geezus. He had 20 home runs and 55 RBIs in 447 at-bats. That is not even close to average. That's terrible. He had 118 strikeouts and 40 walks. Terrible."
In other words, the Cubs paid $850,000 per Soriano dinger last year. Worse yet, he hit 12 of those homers in his first 35 games, then only eight in his final 82 games.
Soriano was a defensive liability. He couldn't steal. His on-base percentage from the leadoff spot was a gruesome .295. He got hurt again.
And by the way, there are five years left on his deal at $19 mil per year."
I can't lie, in that I was floored, and excited when I found out Hendry actually signed the number one FA coming out of 2006-2007, but SHIT - I really wonder if the "Cubs Jinx" is an actual phenomena as golden pick has turned to dust, truly handicapping the team.
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Signing Sori wasn't the problem. It's that he outbid everyone else by 3 years and about 50 million dollars.
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Probably false, but since Hendry jumped way out in front of the market and high-balled Soriano before the market could completely develop, we'll never know.
Consensus was certainly that Sori was going to have no problem getting a 7-year deal.
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If I recall directly, part of the justification for signing him at that lofty level was that he was going to play CF and give the Cubs their first real power/speed threat at the position in memory.
That CF experiment lasted about 3 days in ST, as I recall.
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Your memory is really bad.
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they signed him to play a corner spot and Lou in spring or right before spring training thought center field made more sense(which most of us at least agreed with). They also had JJ, murton, floyd, and Pie in the mix, so no real Cf option. It lasted 12 games before Soriano hurt himself going in on a ball, IIRC, and JJ, Pagan and Pie played there most of the rest of the way.
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Mostly Jones, who played a surprisingly adequate CF.
Re:he outbid everyone else by 3 years and about 50 million
We're lucky he ran out of money at that point.
Angels were in on Soriano
to name one team, and most thought the deal was out there. 3/50 is a bit of an exaggeration though. I think teams were in the 6/7 yr range at similar yearly figures.
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We hadn't seen many guys (non Arod/manram in 2000 anyway)get more than 5 years at that point on the Free Agent market. Especially not since after the 2002-2003 free agent downturn.
Hendry, as is his MO jumped out of the gate and "Set the market". Then you saw it raise the $/years on Carlos Lee and Vernon Wells directly after.
I know that Washington publicly offered Soriano a 5 year extension to stay.
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THE best move by Hendry: Greg Maddux. We have a bunch of wide-eyed youngsters due to trades, etc., and now coach Greg will show them Game Preparation, mound Thought Control, and Pitch Placement Theology. Everyone shall have a come to Dejesus moment. Blessed are the poor in arm, for they shall be prepared. Game on. Jinx Nix. 31 rules!
(anyone got any hyssop? and holy water? now where did I leave my beads...)
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"come to Dejesus moment"
Really like this. : )
Recent comments
Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.


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The actor, who was scheduled to make his Broadway debut in a revival of the play Orphans alongside Alec Baldwin, has dropped out due to "creative differences" producers say in a statement released to the Associated Press.
A source confirms the actor's departure, telling PEOPLE, "He was really into it, but at the end of the day he and the director had very different visions of what his character was like. And, unfortunately, they couldn't resolve those differences."
Another source close to the play echoes that the reason for LaBeouf's withdrawal "amounted to creative differences with the director and Shia."
The New York Times reports that producers decided to replace LaBeouf on Tuesday night, a week after rehearsals began, after the show's director, Daniel Sullivan, became concerned about "performance choices" the actor made in the role. Sullivan reportedly spoke to LaBeouf about his concerns, but things did not improve.
But he hasn't exactly gone quietly.
Several hours after news broke he was leaving Orphans, LaBeouf shared a series of apologetic emails via his official Twitter feed. On Wednesday he Tweeted, "Creative differences," alongside an excerpt of an apparent email he purportedly sent to the creative team and his costars.
creative differences twitter.com/thecampaignboo…— Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) February 20, 2013
In the lengthy email in which he appears to be apologizing to Baldwin, LaBeouf writes, "A man does not know everything. He doesn't try. He likes what other men know. ... Alec, I'm sorry for my part of a dis-agreeable situation."
The Tweet and email exchange also includes a reply, purportedly from the play's director Daniel Sullivan, who writes, "I'm too old for disagreeable situations. ... Alec is who he is. You are who you are. You two are incompatible. I should have known it."
A representative for Orphans confirmed the legitimacy of the emails to The Times. LaBeouf's rep has not responded to PEOPLE's request for comment, and when reached by PEOPLE, Baldwin's rep had no comment.
Later, in another email posted to Twitter, Baldwin and LaBeouf share mutual praise.
"I don't have an unkind word to say about you," a man who signs his name AB, and is purported to be Alec Baldwin, writes in the email that LaBeouf posted. "You have my word."
In reply, LaBeouf writes, "Same. Be well. Good luck on the play. You'll be great," and then signs the email "Shia."
"acting has become a profession of the genteel class" - David Mamet twitter.com/thecampaignboo…— Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) February 20, 2013
Creative Differences and an Another ApologyYet even earlier, on Feb. 18 LaBeouf hinted at creative tensions in rehearsal via Twitter, writing, "Put my hand thru the door at rehearsals. then apologized to our playwright- this was his response." Again, LaBeouf attached an apparent email exchange between him and the playwright, Lyle Kessler, with his Tweet.
put my hand thru the door at rehearsals. then apologized to our playwright-this was his response. lesson?PACE. twitter.com/thecampaignboo…— Shia LaBeouf (@thecampaignbook) February 18, 2013
According to a Playbill.com report, producers will announce LaBeouf's replacement shortly. The play is about two orphaned brothers who decide to kidnap a rich man. Baldwin plays the wealthy target in Lyle Kessler's play, which premiered in 1983, and LaBeouf was to play one of the kidnappers along with British actor Tom Sturridge.
Orphans is scheduled to begin previews on March 19 with an official opening April 7 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York.
Reporting by CHARLOTTE TRIGGS


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UPPER SANDUSKY - The defending regional champion Mohawk Warriors opened up their season with a win over Upper Sandusky 25-20, 25-18, 25-15.
Sarah Parker and Kasey Adelsperger each paced the Warriors with 13 kills. Parker added 11 digs, three blocks and two aces. Julie Adelsperger added five kills and a pair of aces. Aubrie Flood chipped in four kills.
"This was a good early test for us," Mohawk coach Eric Hoover said. "Upper is a good young team and I was glad to see us step up defensively to keep their hitters from controlling the match."
Also for Mohawk (1-0), Ashley Parker had 32 assists and seven digs. Lynsey Trusty had 16 digs.
Taylor Graboski paced Upper Sandusky with nine kills. Allison Snyder had 17 assists while Jenna Holly had 12 digs.
TC bounces back against H-L
BASCOM - The only game that wasn't close was won by Hopewell-Loudon, but Columbian didn't seem to mind.
The Tornadoes bounced back from a 25-11 thumping in the fourth game Saturday to beat H-L 15-12 in the finale to capture a five-set season-opening victory.
Columbian won the first game 25-23 and the third 25-21, but the Chieftains took the second 25-22 before seeming to gain momentum in the fourth game.
Jordan Huffman tossed up 20 assists for TC and Tessa Fuhrer added 18, while Alyssa Price and Megan Murphy each hammered 10 kills.
Blue Devils blast Bucyrus
CAREY - Carey opened up its season in impressive fashion with a 25-14, 25-12, 25-10 win over Bucyrus.
Hannah Tong slammed 13 kills and recorded 16 blocks, one shy of the school record she set last season. She also served up a team-leading three aces.
Also for Carey (1-0), Logan Johnson and Shelby Seifert each added three kills. Seifert and Sydney Wentling each had five blocks. Wentling dished out 25 assists.
Taylor Fletcher led with 10 digs, Makenzie Wentling added nine.
Blue Jackets ice Polar Bears
CASTALIA - It was successful season opener for New Riegel (1-0) as the Blue Jackets took down Margaretta in three games, 25-14, 25-17, 25-16.
Kara Scherger led the way with 10 kills and three aces. Lauren Ladd slammed down nine kills while Taylor Arbogast added six kills to go along with 13 figs and three aces.
Cassandra Acree set them up, dishing out 23 assists. She also added 12 digs. Brittany Gillig had 16 digs and served up five aces.
Seneca East drops a pair
WILLARD - Seneca East dropped a pair of matches at a tri-match with Willard and New London. The Tigers fell to Willard 25-15, 25-23, and to New London 25-15, 25-21.
On the day, Kristen Bowerman had eight kills for Seneca East (0-2). Cameil Ruffing added six kills, Racheul Bauman five and Ashton Danile four.
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JOHNSTOWN - Northern Cambria's splendidly talented class of senior basketball players racked up a bevy of accomplishments during its collective high school career, including four appearances in the PIAA state playoffs, a District 6-A championship last season, and a spot in this year's District 6-AA title game.
But unless a team can win out through the state playoffs, every season invariably ends on a sad and difficult note, and such a fate befell the Colts Wednesday night.
Northern Cambria ran into a buzzsaw in the second round of the PIAA Class AA playoffs, fell behind District 5 champion Conemaugh Township early, and never recovered.
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Northern?Cambria's Derek Bearer looks for a teammate to pass the ball to while the Indians' Jeff Fisher looks on.
The Colts' 22-6 season wrapped with a resounding 65-46 loss to Township (25-3) at the Richland High School Sports Center.
Northern Cambria coach Dan Weber and his players wanted to remember all the positives that brought them to this point, rather than the down note on which the Colts' season ended.
"It's tough, but you can't make this about tonight,'' Weber said. "You have to make this about the four years these kids put into this program. Conemaugh Township is a great team, and they beat us in all aspects of the game tonight. I don't want our kids dwelling on tonight.''
That was easier said than done for outgoing seniors like guard Adam Polites, whose game-high 28 points weren't enough to advance the Colts into Saturday's quarterfinal round against District 10 champion West Middlesex, a 61-54 winner over Bishop McCort Wednesday.
Polites was visibly distraught in the aftermath of his last high school game Wednesday.
"Right now, it really [stinks],'' Polites said. "But I don't want it to be just about tonight. I want it to be about the six years that all of us seniors put into this program, and how far we've come as a group. It's been a pleasure and a blessing to play basketball with everybody here. I'm really sad that it's over.''
Conemaugh Township set the tone early in Wednesday's game, building a 13-3 lead out of the gates and never looking back.
Senior forward Jeremy Sotosky's putback opened the scoring for Township, and senior guard Austin Speigle drained a 3-point shot from the left side to make it a 5-0 game. Another Sotosky rebound bucket gave Township a 7-1 lead, before senior guard Dillon Boyer hit two consecutive 3-point field goals for the 13-3 Township lead midway through the first quarter.
"Being down is tough for any team to claw back from, especially in the playoffs,'' Boyer said. "We're playing good basketball right now. If we can cut down on our turnovers, I think we'll be OK Saturday.''
Turnovers hurt Northern Cambria in Wednesday's game. Township's pressure defense forced the Colts to cough up the basketball 11 times in the first half, as Township built a 36-23 lead by intermission.
"That's been our M.O., to have our defense create some offense,'' Township coach Chuck Lesko said. "I thought our defense kept them off-balance most of the night, and we settled into our game.''
Township enjoyed good balance and depth. Boyer led the Indians with 15 points, while junior forward Jeff Callihan came off the bench to score 14 and Sotosky added 11. Sotosky and starting senior guard Josh Burns sat out much of the second half after incurring their fourth fouls, and both fouled out before game's end.
But Township's bench, led by Callihan, filled the void.
"Our bench played fantastic, both offensively and defensively,'' Boyer said.
Northern Cambria, which got 13 points and 14 rebounds from senior forward Jeff Hogan, didn't help itself by making just 15 of 56 floor shots, including only two in the third quarter, when the Colts might have had a chance to chip away at their deficit.
"We had some good looks, but we were struggling to put the ball in the basket,'' Weber said.
Township - which carved out a 32-26 rebounding edge with senior forward Jeff Fisher grabbing 14 - led, 49-32 after three quarters and played the game in cruise control throughout the fourth.
"In the second half, we backed off a little defensively,'' Lesko said. "We wanted to try to force [Northern Cambria] to make shots.''
The Colts' graduating seniors - five of whom comprised the team's starting lineup - left a legacy that the underclassmen will strive to emulate.
"To get into the District 6-AA championship game this year was one of our goals,'' said Weber, whose squad lost to Penn Cambria in the district title game. "We had a few disappointing losses this year, but we bounced back every time. Our seniors delivered a very powerful message - that winning is a part of who we are.''
NORTHERN CAMBRIA (46): Bearer 0 1-3 1, Polites 9 4-5 28, Bonatesta 1 1-4 3, N. Lee 0 1-2 1, Hogan 5 3-4 13, Atkins 0 0-0 0, Z. Lee 0 0-0 0. Totals - 15 10-16 46.
CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP (65): Speigle 2 0-0 6, Burns 2 2-2 6, Boyer 5 2-3 15, Sotosky 5 1-1 11, Fisher 4 1-2 9, Callihan 4 6-7 14, Formica 2 0-0 4. Totals - 24 12-15 65.
Northern Cambria8 15 9 14 - 46
Conemaugh Township15 21 13 16 - 65
3-point goals: Northern Cambria 6 (Polites 6); Conemaugh Township 5 (Boyer 3, Speigle 2).
Records: Northern Cambria (22-6); Conemaugh Township (25-3).
Officials: Andrew Mickens, Paul Sroka, Jerry Susi.


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Source: Nissan
quote: If you lease any vehicle then resale is a non issue
quote: Reliability? Leaf? Have you missed the articles about its range problems?
quote: Instant torque? Really? It's a commuter car. You racing your leaf? How much torque do you need for stop light traffic?
quote: Again provide me a link to where I can lease a leaf at that price!
quote: but range isn't a factor
quote: You can continue to ignore all the articles talking about issues with the batteries if you want. I didn't realize that unless it comes from consumer reports that it just cant be real.


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"I am hurt. A plague a' both your houses! I am sped. Is he gone and hath nothing?"
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet; Act 3, Scene 1
The ending of the Sprint Cup Race Sunday afternoon at Phoenix could not have been written more eloquently.
Penalties were handed out to members of both teams, including a $100,000 fine for Jeff Gordon.
But what does it say when Gordon, his crew chief and other assorted Hendrick Motorsports officials were in the NASCAR hauler of horrors under police guard? Or that Clint Bowyer did an excellent impromptu ad for his sponsor, Five Hour Energy, when he sprinted half the pit lane to personally go after Gordon?
There's a highlight reel for the commercials. This occurred right after the Bowyer and Gordon crews did a Rugby scrum with Gordon very nearly the ball being kicked around on the bottom.
Bowyer is so mathematically out of the chase right now, while still being technically in, that Brad Keselowski, the new points leader, and Jimmie Johnson in second will need to be struck down dead by a stone blizzard for Bowyer to win. And what prompted all this? You'd need a Greek chorus to sort it out.
Short and sweet, Bowyer, by most camera angles cut down Gordon's left rear in a racing thing. Not by Gordon's estimation.
Black-flagged by NASCAR a couple of laps later, Gordon did not come in, stalked Bowyer and drove into Bowyer, collecting other drivers. Can you say Kyle Busch?
Why was this significant? Eighty-three laps earlier, points leader Johnson melted the bead on his tire using his brakes to cure understeer and beta-tested the Turn 4 SAFER barrier resulting in endless time in the garage, with each lap not run costing him point after point.
Bowyer would have been in striking position. The barely coded message later from both camps was, "Yeah, they're going to be penalties, see you in Homestead."
Looks like Shakespeare again, "Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war."
Meanwhile, back in the civilized world Saturday afternoon, 410 and 358 Sprint racing came to end in the United States at Susquehanna Speedway with Don Kreitz Jr. winning his second in a row Final Showdown. A see -aw event that saw Brian Montieth, Chad Layton and Danny Dietrich working the front of the pack. After a lap 29 red flag there was an all out one lap dash to the checkers with Kreitz first, Dietrich second and Hodnett squeezing in for third. An unexpected entry was April Wilson out of Joyceville, Ontario, Canada. Just over the border from Watertown, N.Y., and a long way up Interstate 81.
In the 358 side there was little surprise as the most dominant driver in the class all year, Pat Cannon, streaked to another victory. He has won on virtually every track he has put tire to clay on, including winning the points championship at the one speedway where it really counts, Williams Grove.
Finally, Saturday morning found me at the Frederick County, Va., Fair Grounds for the always popular racing flea market. While some of the talk was about the elections, I wasn't seeing the economic fallout here. Plenty of stuff for sale and not because anyone was getting out of racing. Economics and racing have always been at the opposite ends of any reasonable appreciation of logic anyway, so much so, that they are often the equivalent of matter and anti-matter. The crowds were big, there was plenty more for sale than two years ago and all discussions were about 2013.
Depending on where you stand when you go to Hagerstown Speedway, either in the seats or crossing the clay to the infield, I ran into Mike Warrenfeltz selling some of his father's tools and he's planning on returning the Nutters Ice Cream No. 5 to Capitol of Dirt Tracks. And yeah, he's got another new car. Anyone thought they might have a soft ride to the championship will have to adjust their thinking.
Also there was Dan Paddock and his brother Tom. Any conversation with Dan starts out with, "I've got to get out of racing, I'm not making any money." A few minutes later though, he was on the phone with his driver talking about selling their current shocks for low four figures and buying a new set for larger four figures. Out of racing? Come see the No. 44 with Andy Anderson in 2013 at Winchester.
I chatted with U-Car racers T. Paddock and Kevin Pollard, Potomac U-Car champion who drives a T. Paddock-prepared U-Car and between them won 14 races at both Potomac and Winchester, discussing their winning abilities. But it was the same conversation I've had with Bo Feathers, Area Auto Racing News writer Sleepy Gomez and many other very successful racers. Preparation, preparation, preparation. Whether it's extra hours in the garage or a new idea driving to work, keep digging.
Remember, if you don't have dirt on ya, it wasn't a race.
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Goodfellow Bros. has 30 employees "on the bench" and may have to sideline 70 more because a proposed large retail center and affordable housing project they were scheduled to work on was put on hold last week by the state Land Use Commission.
"There around 30 guys that are home right now. We were planning to roll them into the project," said Chad Goodfellow, president of Goodfellow Bros. "We've got another 70 that are currently working on projects. We are very concerned we won't have any work for them to roll into."
Goodfellow Bros. is the general contractor for site work on California-based Eclipse Development Group's 700,000-square-foot retail shopping outlet in north Kihei. Honua'ula Partners wants to build 250 affordable homes in conjunction with that project.
Last week, the commission ruled Eclipse and Honua'ula's current project plans violate several panel-imposed conditions placed on the land in 1995, when the commission granted former landowner Kaonoulu Ranch a land reclassification from agricultural to urban. The ranch's project called for a 123-lot light industrial development, which current developers say contained the possibility of retail stores.
The commission revisited the project after interveners prompted the panel to take up the current developments in the context of the 1995-approved land-use change and conditions.
A meeting will probably be held in a "month or two" to hold hearings on whether the parcel should revert to agriculture, said Daniel Orodenker, executive director of the state LUC.
Goodfellow said that the project was going to be 50 percent of the company's work on Maui at least for this year.
"It's a big piece of what we were planning on doing," he said.
Goodfellow planned to use around half of its 225-member workforce on the project, not including another 50 or so subcontract workers, he added.
Irene Bowie, executive director of the Maui Tomorrow Foundation, one of the interveners in the case, said that the foundation "feels that it's unfortunate that Goodfellow has to lay people off."
But she added that the "onus," or burden, lies with the developers and its representative who should have notified the LUC of changes in project plans.
One of the original project's conditions, now in violation by the current projects, was the annual reporting of the development's status, she added, noting that at least four reports were missing.
Mark Hyde, executive director for South Maui Citizens for Responsible Growth, another intervener, agreed with Bowie.
But in an email, he said: "No one wants to see job losses. However, jobs can be lost when projects are processed outside the law as is the case here."
As the public found out with the banking system collapse five years ago, "when institutions take risks, not only are the businesses themselves harmed when risk comes home to roost, people's lives are affected as well in the form of job losses, etc.," Hyde said.
The other intervener in the case is Kihei resident Daniel Kanahele.
In addition to the proposed retail center and housing, the developments that would sit on 88-acres mauka of Piilani Highway would include a 1-million-gallon water tank. Piilani Highway improvements also are planned.
Goodfellow said that he hoped the commission and developers would work together to allow some preliminary work to be done while the current overall project is reviewed. He said work on the water tank and highway would benefit the county, not necessarily the developer. So, hopefully construction on those projects could move ahead soon, he said.
All three interveners are challenging the county, which has already issued grading permits for the project. The interveners maintain that the county should pull the permits in compliance with the LUC's 1995 order.
The interveners are appealing the planning director's decision not to enforce the conditions that require landowners to develop the project consistent with the original petitioner's representations made in 1995.
A hearing on the matter before the Maui County Board of Variances and Appeals had been scheduled for Thursday, but attorneys agreed to postpone the hearing pending the LUC's final determination on the South Maui developments, according to the interveners' attorney Tom Pierce.
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