tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48884104927826512412024-03-13T19:41:09.530-07:00Clyde HughesClyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-23074978895975985352014-11-02T17:17:00.000-08:002014-11-02T17:17:00.807-08:00Harrison boys soccer tops Fishers in overtimeBy Clyde Hughes, Printed in the Lafayette Journal & Courier, Oct. 16, 2014<br />
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<span class="character dateline">KOKOMO – </span> It happened nearly
within a blink of an eye. One moment it looked like the Fishers Tigers
were banging away at a goal chance, then the next it was the Harrison
Raiders on their way to the regional final after a thrilling overtime
victory at Kokomo High School Thursday night.<br />
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The Raiders’ Cole
Boyer tallied the winning goal when he parked a long free kick by
Christian Stiverson into the upper left corner of the goal just out of
reach of Fishers goalie Trey Beatty with 4:58 left in the second
overtime, giving Harrison the stunning 1-0 victory over No. 10-ranked
Fishers (10-3-4).<br />
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The Tigers handed Harrison (17-1-2) its lone loss, 3-0, earlier in the season.<br />
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“I
was happy for me but more for my teammates,” Boyer said. “I was happy
that we were able to come back and beat the team that beat us, because
we didn’t have a good showing the first time we played team. I was just
at the right place at the right time.”<br />
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Harrison moves on to take
on the host Kokomo Wildkats (14-6), which it beat 2-0 earlier in the
season. Kokomo scored all of its goals in the second half to whip Jay
County 5-0 in the first regional semifinal.<br />
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After the Raiders
withstood a furious offensive assault by Fishers in the second half and
overtime, it appeared the contest would come down to penalty kicks until
referees stopped play with Harrison driving down the field because of
an injured Tigers player at roughly the five-minute mark.<br />
<br />
The
injury break, which appeared to break the Raiders’ momentum, actually
gave Harrison a chance to plan what proved to be its game-winning
strategy at midfield.<br />
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“Jeremy Dewell and I talked it over and we
decided that I would take the kick and float it over the penalty kick
spot,” Stiverson said. “Dewell told me Cole was right there to run into
it and he’s one of the fastest players on the team, if not the fastest.
When he made it, I just went crazy. I was so happy.”<br />
<br />
Up until that
point, it was Fishers that dominated the second half and looked like it
would be the team that would score the crucial first goal, as the
Tigers had four shots on goal compared to Harrison’s one in the second
half and four more in the two overtimes to the Raiders’ one.<br />
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But
Harrison’s defense, led by goalie Kyle Bugay, turned the Tigers away
time and time again, keeping the game scoreless on the muddy,
slow-playing field at Kokomo.<br />
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“I think our boys were taken aback
by the conditions of the field, but they haven’t been to regionals
before and I felt they were on cruise control in the first half,” said
Fishers coach Robbie Pels.<br />
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“We had our chances in the second half,
but we didn’t finish. All the credit goes to Harrison. They really came
out and played hard from the very beginning and it really showed. Bryan
(Clouse) is an excellent coach and he really had his players ready for
the game.”<br />
<br />
Clouse said he knew after going getting just four shots
on goal against Fishers in the first contest that the Raiders would
need to make the most of their scoring opportunities in this game.<br />
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“I
knew we could play a lot better than what we did the first time we
played them,” Clouse said. “The great thing is that I don’t think we’ve
hit our ceiling yet. (Fishers) kind of held on there in the second half,
but I was confident that if we got an opportunity that we could net
one, and Cole did a nice job of getting it in.”<br />
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<span class="byline">By Clyde Hughes, Printed in the Kokomo Tribune, Sept. 27, 2014</span></div>
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<span class="paragraph0">BATTLE
GROUND — Maconaquah's Brandi Jones said she was about as surprised as
anyone to find herself the topic of conversation at the Lafayette Jeff
girls golf regional tournament Saturday at the Battle Ground G.C.</span><br />
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The sophomore saved her
best golf the season for the regional tournament, shooting a 79 and
qualifying for the IHSAA state golf tournament next week at the Prairie
View Golf Course in Carmel along with Western sophomore Minka Gill and
Northwestern senior Ashton Martin.</span><span class="paragraph2"><br />
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The
fact that Gill and Martin advanced to the finals was probably not a
surprise after both shot a 75 to tie for the medalist honors last
weekend at Western Sectional at the Chippendale Golf Club.</span><span class="paragraph3"><br />
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But
Jones, who shot an 87 in the sectional but advanced to the regional as
an individual even though her team placed eighth last Saturday, shot a
38 over the first nine holes, putting here one shot off Lafayette
Central Catholic's Morgan Brown as one of tournament's early leaders.</span><span class="paragraph4"><br />
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She
shot a 41 on the back nine, which allowed her to tie Martin with a 79
overall to move on to the state tournament. It was a career best for
Jones, who said she never shot better than an 80.</span><span class="paragraph5"><br />
<br />
"I
thought it was an honor just to make it to regionals so I didn't want
to come here and disappoint anyone," Jones said. "To be honest, my goal
was under 100 because it was reachable. I've never been under 80 before,
so I guess that was a good place to do it."</span><span class="paragraph6"><br />
<br />
Jones
admitted that making the state tournament has caused her to rethink
some of her goals and priorities as she entered the biggest stage high
school girl's golf next week.</span><span class="paragraph7"><br />
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"It
would be a huge honor and great experience to play with some of those
girls," Jones said. "I'm very proud. I hit a bunch a great shots and
know I can do it. It's a real motivator to know that I really can play
well."</span><span class="paragraph8"><br />
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For Martin, the
Northwestern senior, reaching the state tournament was the result of a
long cat-and-mouse game that finally came to an end.</span><span class="paragraph9"><br />
<br />
"I've
been trying to get this for four years and I'm finally going [to
state]," said Martin, who led her Purple Tigers into the regional
competition Saturday. "I was sitting inside and haven't been paying
attention when my name was called."</span><span class="paragraph10"><br />
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Martin
said she knew the regional competition was tough. The tournament
featured five state-ranked teams — No. 7 Lake Central, No. 12
Chesterton, No. 14 Lafayette Jeff, No. 17 Valparaiso and No. 19 Crown
Point.</span><span class="paragraph11"><br />
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"I was really nervous
about [Saturday] because I know a lot of college coaches wanted to see
me at state," Martin said. "Now that I know that I'm going, it's really
exciting. I wish my team could be there, but I know they will be there
behind me."</span><span class="paragraph12"><br />
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Northwestern finished seventh with a 352 while Western was sixth with a 350.</span><span class="paragraph13"><br />
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Gill
led the Panthers with a 78, one shot ahead of Martin, to advance to the
state tournament as well. She said the momentum of playing well at
sectionals helped her in continuing her good play into regional
competition.</span><span class="paragraph14"><br />
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"I really played my
game and stuck in there," Gill said. "I struggled on some holes but
still saved them with some pretty decent scores on the holes. I did my
best to focus. I think my game is starting to click pretty well. I just
feel blessed to be playing good golf right now. Last week gave me a lot
more confidence."</span><span class="paragraph15"><br />
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Western golf
coach Seven Hoppes said he will depend on sophomores like Gill to lead
the Panthers back to regionals next year and give them a good shot of
reaching the state tournament as a team.</span><span class="paragraph16"><br />
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"We
played a lot of good golf [Saturday]," Hoppes said. "It's such an
advantage for my young team to play all of these state-ranked teams.
We've got three kids coming back off this team and some younger kids
coming in. We expect to be there next year. These young kids are going
to be motivated and our goal will be to get to the state finals. That's
always our goal."</span><span class="paragraph17"><br />
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Kokomo's Lucy Mavrick shot a 102 and Taylor's Daysi Jarvis shot a 104.</span><span class="paragraph18"><br />
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Lake
Central won the team title with a score of 325, followed by
Valparaiso's 330 and Crown Point's 336. Lafayette Jeff's Samantha Hatter
was the medalist, shooting a 71.</span>Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-73890864199959343362014-11-02T16:57:00.000-08:002014-11-02T16:57:17.315-08:00Jeff’s Hatter medalist; Bronchos miss state cut<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="character">By Clyde Hughes, Printed in the Lafayette Journal
& Courier, Sept. 27, 2014</span><br />
<br />
<span class="character">LINK: <a href="http://www.jconline.com/story/sports/high-school/2014/09/27/jeffs-hatter-medalist-bronchos-miss-state-cut/16362363/">http://www.jconline.com/story/sports/high-school/2014/09/27/jeffs-hatter-medalist-bronchos-miss-state-cut/16362363/</a></span><br />
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<span class="character">BATTLE GROUND – </span>Those were not tears of joy
coming from Samantha Hatter’s face as she walked past some of the state’s best
high school golfers to accept Lafayette Jeff Regional medalist honors Saturday
evening.<br />
<br />
The Lafayette Jeff senior’s 71 earned her a state finals berth for the
second time in three years.<br />
Hatter’s tears were for her teammates. She had learned moments earlier that
No. 14 Jeff was edged for the third and final team qualifying spot for the
state tournament by No. 19 Crown Point, 336-339.<br />
<br />
Seventh-ranked Lake Central won the hotly contested regional with a 325,
followed by No. 17 Valparaiso’s 330. The score really stung considering the
Bronchos missed a state berth by one stroke a year ago.<br />
<br />
“It’s good to go back to state, but it would be so much better with my
teammates,” Hatter said. “It’s so heartbreaking. We all tried our hardest, but
at the end of the day it wasn’t enough. That’s the sad truth.”<br />
<br />
The truth is there was not much more Hatter could have done to help her
team. Her 71 was already two strokes better than runner-up Tiffany Curtis of
Crown Point.<br />
<br />
“The one thing I did differently was a matter of confidence and staying
positive the whole time and kept telling myself the same thing over and over
again,” Hatter said. “I tried not thinking about what’s ahead of me but staying
in the moment and that helped a bunch. I didn’t think about anything else until
I came of the course.”<br />
<br />
Central Catholic junior Morgan Brown, the sectional and City/County
champion, placed third overall with a 75 and advanced to the state tournament
for the third consecutive year. Brown was one of the early finishers and found
herself caught in the waiting game while other golfers finished their rounds.<br />
<br />
“I felt I couldn’t drop many birdie putts out there,” Brown said. “My main
goal was to finish here and move on to state, and it’s a whole new round
there.”<br />
<br />
Brown said her strategy of concentrating on her game and not getting caught
up in what other golfers are doing did not change in regional despite the level
of competition being the best it has been all season.<br />
<br />
“There’s definitely a lot of good girls here, but that doesn’t usually
affect my play,” Brown said. “I think there’s a little bit more (pressure) than
in sectionals, but I don’t think it’s enough to make or break a round. You just
have to handle it and play your own game.”<br />
<br />
Brown’s 37 was among the leaders at the turn and her 75 was the top score
most of the day until Hatter and Curtis, who were among the last golfers to
finish their rounds, posted their results.<br />
<br />
McCutcheon, making its first regional appearance under coach Avery Boaz,
finished 10th with a score of 370. Twin Lakes was 12th (378), Rensselaer 15th
(405) and Benton Central 16th (407).<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“It was a good
experience and sad the season is over,” McCutcheon senior Aspen Rogers said.
“It was a lot of hard work to get here, but I’m glad we made it. I hope all
five of us seniors left a legacy for the other golfers at McCutcheon.”</span>Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-62148440476488464332014-11-02T16:44:00.000-08:002014-11-02T16:44:09.563-08:00Guest column: Could Lafayette become Ferguson? Yes<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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By Clyde Hughes, Lafayette Journal & Courier, Printed
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LINK: <a href="http://www.jconline.com/story/opinion/readers/2014/08/30/guest-column-lafayette-become-ferguson-yes/14827423/">http://www.jconline.com/story/opinion/readers/2014/08/30/guest-column-lafayette-become-ferguson-yes/14827423/</a></div>
<br />
Dewayne Moffitt, president of the Lafayette Human Relations Commission, said
he believed what has happened in Ferguson, Missouri, could never happen in
Lafayette — until he went to Ferguson about a week ago.<br />
<br />
Moffitt, the student success coordinator at Tecumseh Middle School and
former executive director at Hanna Community Center, said he saw how the crowd
protesting the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown changed from
calm and supportive to unruly and defiant in a matter of an hour.<br />
<br />
He also saw how little it took for a small group of people, cloaked around
peaceful protesters, could provoke law enforcement officers and turn a rally
into a tear-gas throwing, Molotov cocktail-tossing spectacle that captured the
attention of the nation and the world.<br />
<br />
"If you would have asked me that question before I drove down there, I
would have said there's no way that could happen here," said Moffitt, who
said he made the trip on his own accord to see for himself what was happening
and to learn from the experience.<br />
<br />
"Now I'm not so sure. … There are some people here with their own
agendas that would try to take advantage of a situation like this and require
action from law enforcement. I still would like to think it's very unlikely,
but there are some who have an agenda to create chaos."<br />
<br />
Looting and violence have gotten in the way of some real — albeit
unfortunately all-too-familiar — issues, regardless the perceptions of
African-American men and blacks in general. Actually, these issues seem to feel
like well-traveled territory.<br />
<br />
Unrealistic fear of African-American youths walking in the neighborhood?
Yes, covered that with Trayvon Martin. Excessive force to subdue
African-American suspects? We just saw that in New York in July with Eric
Garner. How about simply fearing African-American youths in general in
connection to just everyday life? Covered that with Florida teen Jordan Davis
in 2012.<br />
<br />
The New Republic recently reported on a 2002 University of Colorado study
that found in a shooting simulation that white undergraduates shot unarmed
blacks (1.43 per 20 trials) at a higher rate compared to whites (1.23).<br />
<br />
Results of a similar study published in Psychological Sciences in 2005 found
that in simulation, Florida State University police officers also were more
likely to mistakenly shoot unarmed African-American suspects than whites.<br />
<br />
Granted, some would question how this relates to real-life situations, but
the consistency of the findings are disturbing and worrisome.<br />
<br />
But there are much broader and important issues at play here. These deaths
were all in the making long before they happened, simmering on the stove of
misunderstanding, miscommunication and distrust.<br />
<br />
We see them boil over in protest and riots, but every one of these incidents
has built over time because we — individually, collectively and as a community
— refuse to acknowledge and understand the different worlds we continue to live
in. These misunderstandings, miscommunication and distrust cross racial,
ethnic, gender and sexual orientation backgrounds.<br />
<br />
Actually asking someone to step outside their comfort zone into one of these
worlds? Forget about it. Yet that ignorance creates a new Ferguson waiting to
happen on a daily basis.<br />
<br />
We can give Officer Darren Wilson life in prison and send him to hard labor
in Siberia, but it will not solve a single problem of the Ferguson protesters.
That's not suggesting Wilson should not be held accountable for Brown's
shooting, if that is where the evidence leads.<br />
<br />
But if you want to address the real problem of Ferguson, or Sanford,
Florida, or New York City or Jacksonville, building an opportunity to bridge to
gaps — in some cases gulfs — of experiences are critical.<br />
<br />
The Diversity Roundtable Conversation Circles are taking a step in that
direction by providing an outlet for sharing diverse experiences. They will
begin again Sept. 22. The circles, which include people from all walks of life,
are an effort in reaching across some of those barriers.<br />
<br />
I know, you're asking the question: "Can talking stop a police
officer's bullet from killing an unarmed teen?" No, it can't. What I am
suggesting is that it's a first step in keeping that bullet from being fired.
Let's not let Lafayette become another Ferguson.<br />
<br />
<i>Clyde Hughes is a member of the Greater Lafayette Commerce's Diversity
Roundtable.</i><br />
<br />
<b>What you can do</b><br />
<br />
The Greater Lafayette Diversity Roundtable will hold a callout for its
Conversation Circles series at 7 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Tippecanoe County Public
Library, 627 South St. For more information, contact Greater Lafayette Commerce
at 765-742-4044.<br />
Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-48057644622964919482014-11-02T16:39:00.000-08:002014-11-02T16:39:29.008-08:00Guest column: A prayer for Pride Lafayette<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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By Clyde Hughes, Printed Lafayette Journal & Courier, Aug. 21, 2014<br />
<br />
LINK: <a href="http://www.jconline.com/story/opinion/readers/2014/08/21/guest-column-prayer-pride-lafayette/14407869/">http://www.jconline.com/story/opinion/readers/2014/08/21/guest-column-prayer-pride-lafayette/14407869/</a><br />
<br />
Ashley Smith did not exactly think she needed strangers to pray for her the
day before Pride Lafayette’s OutFest celebration downtown in early August, but
she realized it was the only way she could get a group of protesters to leave
her and fellow Pride members alone at the time.<br />
<br />
The protest and backlash come as part of the job, unfortunately, for Pride
Lafayette, the organization that has become the voice of the LGBT community and
its allies in Greater Lafayette. Smith has learned to take it all in stride.<br />
<br />
“They were trying to mess with us while we were setting up,” Smith said
about the increase in the number of protesters at OutFest this year. “I had to
stand in the middle of them while they prayed for me. It was wonderful. I have
a thick skin.”<br />
<br />
Despite the protesters, Pride Lafayette has continued to find increased
acceptance. The Greater Lafayette Commerce’s Diversity Roundtable selected the
organization for one of its DRT Diversity Leader Awards. The awards will be
given at the Greater Lafayette Commerce’s annual dinner Sept. 17 at Purdue
University.<br />
<br />
Pride Lafayette will be honored with Old National Bank and the Wabash
Center, along with an individual award winner.<br />
<br />
“I think (the award) shows great strides for Pride Lafayette and the
community as a whole, seeing that the Chamber is recognizing how much we’ve
done for the community and all the hard work we’ve put in,” Smith said. “We’ve
put ourselves out there, and we think it’s wonderful that they’ve decided to
recognize us.”<br />
<br />
It’s still not easy for Pride Lafayette members to stand out, even after
seven OutFest celebrations, numerous events and their public, enthusiastic
support for same-sex marriage in Indiana this year.<br />
<br />
“To be honest, (Pride Lafayette) had to create a position for me because
normally the media person is supposed to be the president of the organization,
but we’ve had so many folks who don’t feel comfortable putting their face out
there,” Smith said, explaining the hesitance of some members.<br />
<br />
“I just happen to be very thick-skinned. I believe in standing up for what’s
right. When we put ourselves out there, sometimes we get backlash and sometimes
we don’t.”<br />
<br />
In fact, everyone in Greater Lafayette should be grateful to have someone
like Smith and Pride Lafayette in the community. When we talk about
accomplishing the goal of making Greater Lafayette a great place for all
people, it’s groups such as Pride Lafayette that will make the community live
up to that promise.<br />
<br />
Smith said Pride has been grateful for the support it has received from the
community, including Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski and West Lafayette Mayor
John Dennis. If we really want to make Greater Lafayette a welcoming place for
everyone, though, we not only want, but need, Pride Lafayette. Hasn’t it been
part of this country’s history to have such individuals and groups around to
make us live up to the freedoms and rights that have been promised to us in the
Constitution?<br />
<br />
Those freedoms and rights have not come easy for many minorities in this
country, but we all benefit when we all can celebrate the same justice,
progress and liberty.<br />
<br />
Martin Luther King Jr. once wrote in his letter from the Birmingham jail:
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an
inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever
affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”<br />
<br />
We should all feel a little less threatened, and not more, because of Pride
Lafayette.<br />
<br />
<i>Hughes is a member of the Greater Lafayette Commerce’s Diversity
Roundtable.</i><br />
Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-62228383589979918032014-05-29T14:57:00.001-07:002014-05-29T14:57:54.387-07:00Paul George finds groove to help Pacers survive Game 5Link:http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/05/29/4144247/paul-george-finds-groove-to-help.html<br />
<br />
Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2014<br />
<br />
<span class="dateline">INDIANAPOLIS -- </span>
On the score sheet, Paul George's 37 points and Roy Hibbert's 13
rebounds sticks out prominently, but Lance Stephenson’s play as the
proverbial fly in the ointment of the Miami Heat on Wednesday night
might have been just as big in helping the Indiana Pacers survive in the
Eastern Conference finals.<br />
<br />
The Pacers 93-90 victory in final
seconds kept the Pacers alive. Stephenson, who had taken a beating in
the press and then on the court in Game 4, decided to keep his comments
and antics to the basketball floor.<br />
<br />
His play was credited for
LeBron James picking up his fifth foul as the Pacers guard seemed to
pull out all of his bag of tricks, even trying to sneak in on a
conversation between Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and other Miami player on
the sidelines. <br />
<br />
“I just wanted to hear what he had to say,” Stephenson said
sheepishly with a big smile on his face after the game. “Just wanted to
hear about what they were about to do on offense. They were trying to
run the pick-and-roll and I heard it. I was just trying to figure out
what he was talking about.”<br />
<br />
There was another incident the
television cameras picked up of Stephenson blowing into James’ ear
between a play. When asked what he was trying to do at that moment, C.J.
Watson, whose locker is next to Stephenson’s, laughed out loud as the
guard searched for an answer.<br />
<br />
“We’re just playing basketball,” Stephenson said with a laugh. “We're just having fun.”<br />
But
there was a method to Stephenson’s madness in irritating James and
other Heat players and the proof came in the razor-thin margin of
victory.<br />
<br />
“I was happy he got his fifth foul and we got the win
tonight,” Stephenson said. “He was very aggressive [and] we forced some
fouls on him. It definitely messed up their offense and it forced other
players on their team to step up. We just locked in on defense and tried
to make it hard for them.”<br />
<br />
Pacers coach Frank Vogel said he was happy with anything his players could do to slow down James.<br />
<br />
“[Stephenson]
just competed,” Vogel said. “Nobody can stop or slow down LeBron.
LeBron got out of rhythm because of foul trouble. Just all of our guys,
we just competed, as tough as we could, no matter who we are on.
[Miami’s] shot-making was ridiculous and we were still able to prevail.
So I’m very proud of our guys.”<br />
<br />
With Stephenson doing the dirty
work, it allowed George, Hibbert, David West and the rest of the Pacers
to come back from a nine-point halftime deficit.<br />
<br />
George, who had
been somewhat effective all series, found his groove when Indiana needed
it the most in the second half. He scored 10 points in a 33-point third
quarter that erased a nine-point halftime deficit to give the Pacers a
64-57 lead going into the fourth quarter.<br />
<br />
“I thought they had
multiple opportunities to go up but we made some key plays with our
hands and got some key rebounds when we needed,” said West, who scored
19 points and grabbed nine rebounds.<br />
<br />
Then when the Heat got close
in the fourth quarter, George’s three-point shot with 46.7 seconds left
helped give the Pacers the breathing room they needed to sustain the
victory. <br />
<br />
Hibbert collected his second double-double of the series with 10 points along with his 13 rebounds. <br />
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<br />Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-83236975556814684612014-05-19T13:19:00.000-07:002014-05-19T13:19:48.331-07:00Indiana Pacers use aggressive team effort to trump Miami Heat in Game 1LINK: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/05/19/4123858/indiana-pacers-use-aggressive.html<br />
Posted to Miami Herald on Sunday, May 18, 2014<br />
<br />
<h3 class="credit_line">
By Clyde Hughes, Special to the Miami Herald</h3>
<div class="entry-content" id="storyBodyContent">
<span class="dateline">INDIANAPOLIS -- </span>
Indiana Pacers players have said they worked all season to get
the best record in the Eastern Conference for the sole purpose to have
home court advantage if they had to play the Miami Heat again in the
postseason.<br />
<br />
The effort proved to be a wise strategy Sunday
afternoon as the Pacers led from start to finish in beating the two-time
NBA champion Heat 107-96 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse to take a 1-0 lead
in the Eastern Conference finals.<br />
<br />
Aggressiveness seemed to be the
key word in the Pacers locker room after the game, with virtually every
Indiana player uttering the word from one sentence to another as their
key to victory. <br />
<br />
“We just came out aggressive from the start and [George] Hill put
the pressure on those guys early,” said Indiana center Roy Hibbert, who
scored 19 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in the victory.<br />
“David West
and I tried to do a good job finishing in the paint and making smart
plays. We went inside-out and outside-in. We trusted each other
tonight.”<br />
<br />
Going into the game, Indiana was 3-4 at home in the
playoffs against Atlanta and Washington, losing the openers in both
contests. <br />
<br />
The Pacers shook off the lackadaisical first-game
performance of the previous two series to play one of their best games
this postseason.<br />
<br />
The Pacers’ balance scoring effort seemed to be a
huge spark, with all five Indiana starters scoring double figures by
the 7:00 mark of the third quarter as they shot 51.5 percent from the
field in the game.<br />
<br />
“I was just trying to be aggressive and make
high-percentage shots,” said guard Lance Stephenson, who connected on 8
of 12 of his shots to finish with 17 points, behind Paul George’s 24,
along with David West and Hibbert’s 19 each.<br />
<br />
Hill made his first
three three-point shots of the game to fire-up the loud Indiana fan base
and give the Pacers an early 20-10 lead before settling for a 30-24
advantage by the end of the period.<br />
<br />
“We were focused today,” Hill
said. “They’re the champs and we have to go through them to accomplish
our goals and we have to give them respect. But we’re good in this
locker room also and it’s going to be a good battle game to game.”<br />
<br />
Stephenson scored 10 points in the second quarter to help the Pacers rebuild their lead to double-digits. <br />
<br />
During
one point in the quarter, the University of Cincinnati product scored
six points and rocketed a perfect pass to C.J. Watson (11 points) down
low for another basket within a two-minute stretch, which allowed
Indiana to maintain a six-point lead, 43-37.<br />
<br />
His layup with 55 seconds left before halftime was the scored that elevated Indiana’s advantage to 55-45 at halftime. <br />
<br />
The Pacers’ willingness to share allowed them to shoot nearly 60 percent from the field in the first 24 minutes.<br />
<br />
In
the third quarter, Hibbert — Miami’s tormentor from last year’s
playoffs — West and Paul George combined for 25 points while the Pacers
stretched their edge to 19 points twice, the latest at 81-62 late in the
period.<br />
<br />
West said, though, that the Game 1 victory will mean little for the Pacers if they drop Game 2 on Tuesday night.<br />
<br />
“I thought we handled everything they threw at us tonight,” West said. <br />
“Listen,
we know those guys and they know us. We have to handle the details
which are taking care of the basketball, handling their traps on the
baseline and not getting into retreat mode. <br />
“Our front five have
dealt with them for the past three years. We know we have to
consistently play at a certain level to beat a very good basketball
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Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-81589259181467188372014-05-16T13:14:00.003-07:002014-05-16T13:14:51.670-07:00Diane Humetewa Confirmed as First Female Native American Federal JudgeLINK: http://www.newsmax.com/thewire/diane-humetewa-native-american-federal-judge/2014/05/15/id/571552/<br />
<br />
Posted on Newsmax May 15:<br />
<br />
Diane Humetewa made history this week as the first female Native
American federal judge after the U.S. Senate confirmed her appointment
Wednesday.<br />
<br />
Humetewa, a member of the Hopi Tribe, was approved by the <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/senate-confirms-first-native-woman-federal-judge" target="_self">Senate in a 96-0 vote, <strong>The Associated Press reported</strong></a>.
She now fills one of the six current vacancies in the District Court of
Arizona. A former attorney general for the state of Arizona from 2007
to 2009, she was serving as a special advisor at Arizona State
University before her confirmation.<br />
<br />
Humetewa's appointment was a victory for Native American activists who
had long pushed for American Indian representation in federal court,
particularly in places like Arizona, which has a high <a href="http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/05/15/diane-humetewa-confirmed-federal-bench-makes-history-154885" target="_self">Native American population, <strong>according to the Indian Country Today Media Network</strong>.</a><br />
<br />
"Let's hope Diane's confirmation is just the start of a slew of Native
American federal judges," Chris Stearns, who previously served as a
counsel to the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, told news
network. "There is still a massive lack of representation of Indian
judges in the federal courts."<br />
<br />
As a special advisor at Arizona State, Humetewa helped university
president Michael Crow with Native American affairs and acted as an aide
in the university's <a href="http://www.asu.edu/counsel/staff/humetewa.html" target="_self">Office of General Counsel, according to the school's website.</a><br />
<br />
She also served as a professor of practice at Arizona State's Sandra Day
O'Connor College of Law. There, Humetewa worked to establish
relationships with the American Indian tribal governments and
prospective and current Native American students, according to the
university.<br />
<br />
"[The National Congress of American Indians] greatly appreciates the
efforts of the president and Senate in achieving this historic
confirmation," <a href="http://www.ncai.org/news/articles/2014/05/14/ncai-congratulates-diane-humetewa-on-her-confirmation-to-the-u-s-district-court" target="_self">the NCAI said in a statement.</a>
"There are many qualified, talented people like Diane Humetewa in
Indian country who are able and willing to serve. We eagerly anticipate
many more nominations of Native people to the federal bench and other
offices."<br />
<br />
"Judge Humetewa has dedicated time to serving the interests of Native
peoples. She has been the appellate court judge for the Hopi Tribe,
counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and special
advisor to the president on American Indian Affairs at Arizona State
University," the NCAI statement continued.Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-49336651264152271402014-05-01T17:52:00.001-07:002014-05-01T17:52:09.298-07:00Guest column: Let's talk about Donald Sterling and race<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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LINK: http://www.jconline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/05/01/guest-column-talk-donald-sterling-race/8561353/<br />
<br />
Posted on: Thursday, May 1.<br />
<br />
<br />
It seems like we are talking a lot about race lately. Whether it is a U.S.
Supreme Court decision, a showdown in an open prairie in Nevada with Cliven
Bundy or the NBA playoffs, race has been the top topic of discussion.<br />
<br />
While much of this talk has come in reaction to one event or another and not
proactively, it’s a conversation that must continue. Unfortunately, that likely
will not happen.<br />
<br />
NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s decision to ban billionaire Los Angeles
Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the league for life seems to have caught
the attention of the entire nation. Sterling was secretly taped by his
girlfriend, V. Stiviano, making racially charged comments about her being
photographed and bringing African-Americans to Clippers games.<br />
<br />
I don’t want to get off the subject, but am I the only person who sees a
problem with a long-time married man parading his girlfriend who’s old enough
to be his granddaughter at Clippers games? That’s another story.<br />
<br />
There were a lot of pats on the back Tuesday when Silver made his
announcement, which included a $2.5 million fine and asking other NBA owners to
force a sale of Sterling’s team. In one respect, there should be. A person with
Sterling’s position and influence should have been wary, knowing that if those
comments were ever made public, they would have been highly damaging to his
ownership.<br />
<br />
But Sterling’s past history of settling discrimination complaints in his
real estate business should have long been a red flag. Sterling’s comments seem
confusing when you square it with the fact that he hired Doc Rivers, a highly
successful African-American coach, away from the Boston Celtics to coach his
team this season. That, and the fact that most of players are black. That is
until you hear the tape and his comments about how he “gives them” their
careers.<br />
<br />
Even the Los Angeles branch of the NAACP was prepared to give him its
lifetime achievement award before the incident.<br />
<br />
Racism comes in many forms and cannot be disguised by spotty acts of generosity.
It was the point Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was trying to make in
her dissent April 22 in the court’s 6-2 decision to uphold a voter-approved
change to the Michigan Constitution that prevents public colleges from using
race as a factor in admissions.<br />
<br />
Justices ruled that while the case did not consider the constitutionality of
affirmative action, the state’s initiative was consistent with the
Constitution’s equal protection clause. Sotomayor wrote the court was naïve to
think that the initiative provided equal protection for minorities.<br />
<br />
“In my colleagues’ view, examining the racial impact of legislation only
perpetuates racial discrimination,” Sotomayor wrote. “This refusal to accept
the stark reality that race matters is regrettable. As members of the judiciary
tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we
ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality
that exists in our society.”<br />
<br />
So much of racial prejudice and discrimination happens silently and behind
closed doors. The Donald Sterlings of the world know that if those views become
public — as they did last week — the reaction could intense and irreversible.
If it wasn’t for the tape, who would have ever believed Stiviano, even with
Sterling’s past history?<br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">What’s the best way
to root out this entrenched racism that stubbornly lurks around the corner of
many buildings and dark alleys? It starts with talking about it. It continues
with efforts to bring people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds
together and to stop being so skittish about the subject. If we miss yet
another chance to bring race to the forefront, we’ll simply sit around the wait
for the next Donald Sterling to pop out of the closet.</span>Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-82872773133792094452013-10-10T11:40:00.001-07:002013-10-10T11:41:51.804-07:00Guest column: Pull plug on Native American mascot namesLINK: http://www.marcoislandflorida.com/article/BY/20130925/OPINION03/309250003/Guest-column-Pull-plug-Native-American-mascot-names<br />
<br />
The Washington Redskins. Kansas City Chiefs. Chicago Blackhawks. Atlanta Braves. Central Michigan Chippewas. Twin Lakes Indians.<br />
<br />
<span class="pp"></span>What’s
in a name of a sports team? What does it mean if that name is
considered offensive or derogatory to the group, even when the sports
team or school suggest the name was meant as an honor?<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
The
issue around the use of Native American nicknames for sports teams has
been around for a long time. Interest in the Washington Redskins
changing its named picked up steam in May, when a group of congressmen
as diverse of Republican Tom Cole of Oklahoma and Democrat Betty
McCollum of Minnesota urged Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to
change the name of the NFL team, which has been around since 1932.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Snyder,
like past owners of the franchise, dismissed the recommendation, saying
he would never change the name of the Washington Redskins. Never, ever.
Period.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<span class="pp"></span>Of
course, names such as these are meant to honor Native Americans for
their strength, bravery and courage. Right? They are meant to recognize a
location of Native American history or recognize their contributions.
Yeah, that’s what they all say.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Yet,
it seems strange that the honors and recognition never extend beyond
the cheering crowds of the athletic teams or the mockery of Native
American traditions in the name of sports.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Patrick
Freeland, a Native American doctoral candidate studying at Purdue
University, called the use of such names “outdated,” but people continue
to hang on to them for a supposed sense of tradition. He said he
believes it builds a false persona about Native Americans.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“The
larger argument right now is that it builds an entire perception of
people, like Native American, that is false. Not only that it’s false,
but it’s glorified, bought, sold and heralded as something that is
proper and praised. That’s an insult to native people and indigenous
people in the U.S.”<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Opponents
of the Washington Redskins nickname continued to grow, including Peter
King from Sports Illustrated, Christine Brennan from USA Today, and
Salon.com, which is refusing the use the term Redskins and other Native
American nicknames in its sports stories.<br />
<br />
Granted, I never gave much thought about the subject until 1994, when
I attended what was called the Unity Conference, the first joint
convention of national minority journalists groups in Atlanta. During
one forum, I met the late Native American activist Vernon Bellecourt.<br />
<br />
His
passionate speech about his stand against Chief Wahoo, the mascot of
the Cleveland Indians, still moves me today. The way he described how
native children are teased and taunted by images that are massed
produced and glorified in sports pages, and the way Native Americans
were portrayed in general as only these savage warriors to be feared,
stopped me cold.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
I
wrote a column on the subject in 1997 when I was a reporter at the
Toledo Blade, at the time Miami University changed its nickname from the
Redskins to the RedHawks.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<span class="pp"></span>The
great thing about America is our capacity to look at ourselves and
right our own injustices. On some issues, we are little slow; on others,
we may walk sideways or backwards at times. But eventually, we get it
right.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
In this
case, that only happens with an honest, frank discussion about targeting
one specific ethnic group for these names. Would we accept the Ragin’
Caucasians? The Runnin’ Negros? The Fightin’ Latinos? If not, why do we
insist on keeping the Redskins and Indians?<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
When
I hear some people say that the issue of Native American nicknames is
not even matter worth discussing — which is the position Snyder has
taken with the Washington Redskins — it tells me one thing: You don’t
want the discussion because you know you are on the losing side of the
issue.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
My
challenge — more of a dare — to those sports teams, colleges and high
schools that use Native American nicknames is to invite someone such as
Freeland or another Native American to speak to your masses. Purdue’s
Native American Educational and Cultural Center would be an outstanding
place to start.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“You
almost have this perception among people that we’re just a symbol,”
Freeland said. “You have to remind them that we are actually people. The
majority of people have never met a Native American person in their
life. The primary problem is they are unable to empathize with each
other.”<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Think
about it. Would Robert Griffin III be any less of quarterback if his
team wasn’t named the Redskins? Would Hank Aaron be any less of a Hall
of Fame baseball player if the team he played for wasn’t named the
Braves? Would Twin Lakes High School would any less of the outstanding
institution it is for his children if its sports teams were not named
the Indians?<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
If
the answer to those questions is no, then why is it so hard to even have
talk about its use of its use of Native American sports nickname?<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
<i>Hughes is a member of the Greater Lafayette Commerce's Diversity Roundtable.</i><br />
<br />Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-58406541963511810462013-07-20T10:29:00.002-07:002013-07-20T10:29:56.033-07:00Halsema, Carlson upstage leaders with twin aces at women's city golf championshipPublished in the Lafayette Journal & Courier Sunday, July 13, 2013<br />
LINK: <a href="http://www.jconline.com/article/20130713/SPORTS03/307130032/Halsema-Carlson-upstage-leaders-twin-aces-Women-s-City-golf-championships">http://www.jconline.com/article/20130713/SPORTS03/307130032/Halsema-Carlson-upstage-leaders-twin-aces-Women-s-City-golf-championships</a><br />
<br />
By Clyde Hughes for the Journal & Courier<br />
<br />
<strong>BATTLE GROUND</strong> — Lafayette Jeff junior golfers Lauren
Halsema and Abigail Carlson would have had better odds winning the
Hoosier Lotto, getting a royal flush with their first five cards in
poker, or spotting a UFO than what they pulled off Saturday afternoon at
the Greater Lafayette City Women’s Golf Tournament.<br />
<br />
Halsema
and Carlson, members of the same group, each made a hole-in-one on the
119-yard par-3 fourth hole at the Battle Ground Golf Course. While the
champions of the past two seasons, Cyndi Lohmoeller and Ashley Wright,
took a big lead after the first day, almost everyone talked about the
near back-to-back holes-in-one.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Lohmoeller,
the 2011 city champion, shot an even-par 72 in the first round, two
shots ahead of defending champion Wright. Wright’s 74 was five shots
better than the next two golfers, former McCutcheon star Bethany Hainje,
who now plays at St. Joseph’s College, and Lafayette Jeff senior golfer
Lindsey Burklow.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Jeff’s all-state golfer, Samantha Hatter, had a tournament-low 24 putts and finished with an 80.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<span class="pp"></span>But
it was her high school teammates, Halsema and Carlson, who caught
everyone’s attention with their feat. A 2000 Golf Digest study
calculated the odds of two members of the same grouping making a
hole-in-one at the same hole at 17 million to one.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Halsema said her ball landed on the front portion of the hole, but the momentum of the shot kept it rolling toward the pin.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“I
thought I hit it a little under, but it kept rolling and it went in,”
said Halsema, still excited about the shot after playing 18 holes. “It
was crazy. I felt amazing. I was just stunned for the next two holes. I
was like, ‘did I really do that?’ ”<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
After
Gretchen King hit her tee shot, Carlson said she saw her ball land 10
feet away from the hole and turned her back to grab her clubs.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“We
were thinking, ‘How in the world are supposed to match up to (Halsema’s
shot)?’ ” Carlson said. “I hit my shot and I didn’t think I made it
there. I turned back around and asked, ‘Where did my ball go?’ They said
it went in. I said, ‘No way.’ I didn’t believe them.”<br />
<br />
Carlson said she thought her fellow golfers were pulling her leg until she walked up to the hole and saw her ball in the cup.<br />
<br />
“We told our coach, but didn’t know if anyone else knew,” Carlson said.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
It
was the first hole-in-one for both golfers. Carlson finished with a
round of 86, just one shot from making the championship flight. Halsema
ended with a round of 119.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Lohmoeller
and Wright were paired in the first group to tee off Saturday,
establishing the standard for the other golfers early. Lohmoeller said
her job at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex at Purdue came in handy as
the day went on.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“I
really want to thank Dave Ross for hiring me,” Lohmoeller said with a
laugh. “Playing there, seeing how those younger golfers play and the
professionalism they show, it may be wearing off on me a little bit. I
was able to save No. 18 and not have a blow-up hole.”<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Wright,
just weeks past gall bladder surgery, said she was surprised by how
well she played, but credited her husband and competing with Lohmoeller
and Maggie Boaz as inspiration.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“It
was a fun, inspiring group to play with,” Wright said. “My husband was
my caddy, and he kept me going. I was getting tired at the end, but he
was the one who kept telling me that I was doing great and I could do
it.”<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Hainje said she was more familiar with Coyote Crossing Golf Course, where the final round will be played Sunday.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“It’s
going to be a whole new 18 holes tomorrow,” Hainje said. “Coyote
Crossing is a course I’m somewhat comfortable with. I will forget about
this round, even though it’s one I’m happy with.”<br />
Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-50848607699043256462013-07-20T10:15:00.001-07:002013-07-20T10:19:10.790-07:00Guest column: What you'll do if you care for Trayvon MartinPublished Saturday, July 20, 2013 in Lafayette Journal & Courier<br />
LINK: <a href="http://www.jconline.com/article/20130720/OPINION03/307200005/Guest-column-What-you-ll-do-you-care-Trayvon-Martin">http://www.jconline.com/article/20130720/OPINION03/307200005/Guest-column-What-you-ll-do-you-care-Trayvon-Martin</a><br />
<br />
By Clyde Hughes<br />
<br />
I will be right up front. I was profoundly disappointed when a
Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of second degree murder
and manslaughter in the death of Trayvon Martin last week.<br />
<br />
It would be all too easy to endlessly relitigate the case. I found the result stunning, but hardly unexpected.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
The challenge for everyone, regardless how you feel about the verdict, is: Where do we go from here?<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
The
truth of the matter is that Zimmerman’s fate was decided in the Florida
legislature long before he fired that shot into Martin’s chest, because
“stand your ground” laws protected him. Doesn’t anyone find it strange
that even though the defense did not claim the law, it still was
mentioned in deliberations, according to one juror?<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
In
fact, Zimmerman’s fate was decided during jury selection, with a group
that could not connect with a witness such as Rachel Jeantel, Martin’s
friend, even though her testimony was critical — vital, actually — in
the prosecution’s case.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
People
are angry over the verdict. I saw a graphic on CNN Tuesday that listed
100 Trayvon Martin rallies scheduled that day alone. “Stand your ground”
laws are flawed pieces of legislation that give a person with a weapon
the ultimate power against anyone they deem as threatening to them. The
law, though, misses the most basic question — when is a person
reasonably in fear of their life?<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Feeling
in fear of your life is such a subjective phrase that it seems
incredible that it ended up in serious legislation from which the guilt
or innocence of a person can be determined. But six jurors in the George
Zimmerman trial were left with that ambiguous determination.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
In
the end, with the absence of a way to define reasonable fear of life,
the six jurors gave Zimmerman the benefit of the doubt and allowed him
to walk free. This happened even with no evidence introduced beyond
Zimmerman’s own words that Martin started the fight. Nothing.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
But
if all of these rallies, protests and boycotts do nothing to dismantle,
or at the very least dramatically improve, such laws, all these calls
for justice for Martin will end up falling empty, flat and hollow.<br />
<br />
Don’t get me wrong. There is plenty to be angry about. Even
Zimmerman’s attorney Mark O’Mara concedes that the justice system is
skewered against most African-American males and deserves a serious
national conversation. Why can’t this be that time?<br />
<br />
Why
can’t these 100 rallies focus on fundamentally cleaning up “stand your
ground” laws by not allowing people who pursue a suspect and then use
self-defense as a claim? Why not change jury selections that would allow
change of venues on either social or class grounds to ensure an actual
and true jury of peers?<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Radical,
you may think. I find it radical that a teenager coming home with candy
and a drink can be profiled, confronted and killed before he reached
his front door, and the person who pulled the trigger walks away without
even a parking ticket.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
But
if all the energy and angst over the Zimmerman verdict does not turn
into conversation and action, the next Trayvon Martin shooting will
happen sooner than you think, and everyone will be back in the same
position.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
It is
important to engage law enforcement, engage public officials and engage
community leaders today and without delay. If you think “stand your
ground” laws have nothing to do with politics, you are foolishly wrong.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
If
you really care about Trayvon Martin, you will not miss the next time
you have a chance to cast a vote. You will not miss the next time to
become involved when such laws are up for consideration in localities
and state legislatures.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
The
bottom line is if you really care about the verdict in this case, your
actions will not end with a rally, but begin with taking action to
bring about change.<br />
<br />
<span class="aa"></span><br />
<span class="pp"></span><i>Hughes is a member of the Greater Lafayette Commerce’s Diversity Roundtable.</i><br />
<br />Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-76816656232476726342013-07-03T17:07:00.002-07:002013-07-03T17:09:36.417-07:00Guest column: Suddenly, Trayvon Martin's friend is put on trial<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LINK:
<a href="http://www.jconline.com/article/20130703/OPINION03/307030003/Guest-column-Suddenly-Trayvon-Martin-s-friend-put-trial">http://www.jconline.com/article/20130703/OPINION03/307030003/Guest-column-Suddenly-Trayvon-Martin-s-friend-put-trial</a></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Clyde Hughes</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ladies
and gentlemen of the jury, I realize that George Zimmerman is on trial for the
death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin this week, but I would like to give a
defense to the last person besides Zimmerman to hear Martin’s voice — his
teenage friend, Rachel Jeantel.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
did not realize Jeantel would need defending until I saw and heard mainstream
and social media accounts of her testimony last week. Jeantel, described as a
friend or girlfriend of Martin, was on the phone with him when Zimmerman confronted
the teen last year.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A
fight ensued and Zimmerman pulled out a weapon, shot and killed Martin.
Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense is at stake with Jeantel’s testimony. She
claimed Martin tried to run and hide from Zimmerman but the neighborhood watch
volunteer pursued him, leading to the confrontation. That would seriously
undercut Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don
West, a defense attorney in Florida, did pretty much what we would expect
defense attorneys to do — pull every trick out of his hat to make a star
witness look bad so he can save his client’s life. Facing off against a
reluctant teenager with few skills to handle an aggressive (and at times
demeaning) interrogation, it is of little surprise that Jeantel would lash out
the way she did during the first day of testimony.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My
guess is West hoped for as much to make his job of discrediting her in front of
the jury easier. He was dealing with a scared teenager who knew while taking
the stand that she would have to account for a couple of fibs she told
unrelated to her conversation with Martin and knew she would be on the hot
seat.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What
surprised me was the unrelenting criticism from the Fourth Estate and social
media of Jeantel, which came across much of the time as elitist, disconnected
and completely out of the touch with the challenges Jeantel faced on the stand
beyond simply answering attorneys’ questions.</span></div>
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<br />
<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CNN’s
Jake Tapper opened his June 27 show, “The Lead,” with this statement describing
Jeantel’s testimony: “Have you ever seen a witness make, ‘Yes, sir,’ sound so
much like, ‘Go to hell?’ ” That’s when I knew many of my fellow journalists
were off the mark and maybe even lacked the ability to understand Jeantel’s
struggles.</span></div>
<br />
There is a culture gap in this country — a canyon-wide, in some instances.
And it was put on brutal display during Jeantel’s two-day cross examination by
West. I continued to watch Tapper, to see if he would address the world of
Jeantel — inner-city Miami, tough streets, rough language and a real fear for
authority figures — compared to West, who demanded that she respond like a
Harvard-educated scholar.<br />
<br />
I got nothing. Not even an attempt to explain why Jeantel had her defenses
up the second she took the witness stand. Tapper didn’t even try. He let his
“yes, sir, sounds like go to hell” statement stand without explanation. But in
his defense, many journalists and experts failed miserably as well.<br />
<br />
Now, there was plenty to dissect in Jeantel’s testimony, from the fibs she
told about attending Martin’s funeral to her exclusion of Martin screaming,
“Get off me,” in previous statements before the trial. Yet, failing to call out
West for his outright attempt to embarrass Jeantel by getting her to read a
letter written in cursive when he knew she couldn’t read it was yet another low
point for the media.<br />
<br />
This does not include what amounts to vicious attacks on Jeantel by “social
media goons” who compared her with pictures of Jabba the Hut from “Star Wars,”
and worse. Longtime African-American journalist and creator of Backbonewomen.com
Sherri Williams called Jeantel’s treatment “a social media stoning.”<br />
<br />
“She was called fat, ignorant, sassy, ugly and manly,” Williams said.
“Jeantel was called everything except what she is, a witness in one of the most
significant criminal trials in recent history — a young woman who heard her
friend fight for his life.”<br />
<br />
How could we expect anyone from Jeantel’s world to trust anyone from your
world, my world? How could we expect them to reach out to us in a time of need?
How can we expect them to seek us out in a time when justice needs them to?<br />
<br />
There were good and bad things you can say about Jeantel’s testimony. At
times it was powerful and riveting. At other times, it was clumsy and
inconsistent. It’s pretty much what I would have expected out of a nervous
teenager in the foreign environment of a courtroom in a high-stakes, nationally
televised murder trial. Too bad we were too busy criticizing her looks, voice
volume and attitude to notice.Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-20378760925885525912013-06-08T13:34:00.001-07:002013-06-08T13:34:33.690-07:00Westfield, Carmel boys golf qualify for state tournament; Zionsville falls two shots shortPublished in Indianapolis Star Saturday, June 8, 2013<br />
LINK: <a href="http://cmsstage.indystar.com/article/20130607/SPORTS02/306070093/Westfield-Carmel-boys-golf-qualify-state-tournament-Zionsville-falls-two-shots-short">http://cmsstage.indystar.com/article/20130607/SPORTS02/306070093/Westfield-Carmel-boys-golf-qualify-state-tournament-Zionsville-falls-two-shots-short</a><br />
<br />
By Clyde Hughes<br />
Star Correspondent<br />
<strong>BATTLE GROUND, IND.</strong> — Trailing four teams at the turn Friday at the Lafayette Regional, Carmel boys <a class="itxtnewhook itxthook" href="http://cmsstage.indystar.com/article/20130607/SPORTS02/306070093/Westfield-Carmel-boys-golf-qualify-state-tournament-Zionsville-falls-two-shots-short#" id="itxthook0" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border: 0px none transparent; display: inline; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook0p"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook0w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #009900; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;">golf</span><img class="itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon" id="itxthook0icon" src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png" style="margin-bottom: 0px!important; margin-left: 0px!important; margin-right: 0px!important; margin-top: 0px!important; padding-bottom: 0px!important; padding-left: 4px!important; padding-right: 0px!important; padding-top: 0px!important; vertical-align: baseline!important;" /></span></a> coach Chad Carr knew his team was in serious trouble.<br />
<br />
But the sixth-ranked Greyhounds improved by four strokes on the back nine at the Battle Ground Golf <a class="itxtnewhook itxthook" href="http://cmsstage.indystar.com/article/20130607/SPORTS02/306070093/Westfield-Carmel-boys-golf-qualify-state-tournament-Zionsville-falls-two-shots-short#" id="itxthook1" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border: 0px none transparent; display: inline; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook1p"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook1w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #009900; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;">Course</span><img class="itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon" id="itxthook1icon" src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png" style="margin-bottom: 0px!important; margin-left: 0px!important; margin-right: 0px!important; margin-top: 0px!important; padding-bottom: 0px!important; padding-left: 4px!important; padding-right: 0px!important; padding-top: 0px!important; vertical-align: baseline!important;" /></span></a> to finish in the all-important third spot, nipping Zionsville by two shots to advance to next week’s state tournament.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Valparaiso
won the Regional with a 10-over-par 298, followed by Westfield (300)
and Carmel (302). Zionsville’s season concluded with a 304.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“It’s a big weight off my shoulders,” Carr said. “Now we can go into state with a clean slate and <a class="itxtnewhook itxthook" href="http://cmsstage.indystar.com/article/20130607/SPORTS02/306070093/Westfield-Carmel-boys-golf-qualify-state-tournament-Zionsville-falls-two-shots-short#" id="itxthook2" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border: 0px none transparent; display: inline; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook2p"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook2w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #009900; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;">compete</span><img class="itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon" id="itxthook2icon" src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png" style="margin-bottom: 0px!important; margin-left: 0px!important; margin-right: 0px!important; margin-top: 0px!important; padding-bottom: 0px!important; padding-left: 4px!important; padding-right: 0px!important; padding-top: 0px!important; vertical-align: baseline!important;" /></span></a> evenly with everyone else.”<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Jake Brown, the Greyhounds’ No. 2 golfer, shot a 72 to help Carmel secure third place.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<span class="pp"></span>“I
didn’t want to go to state as an individual,” Brown said. “I didn’t
play well in sectionals but my team picked me up. I hoped that I would
be able to pick them up today. State is going to be fun.”<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
The
tournament was a major disappointment for No. 14 Zionsville, which was
tied for the lead with Valparaiso after the first nine holes, only to
see things fall apart over the back nine. The Eagles shot a 149 on the
front nine, but shot 155 down the stretch. Adam Wood’s 2-under 70
captured individual medalist honors, but it wasn’t enough for the team
to extend its season.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“We
know in a tournament like this, every stroke counts,” Zionsville coach
Steve Simmons said. “We knew it would come down to a shot here and shot
there. I'm disappointed but with four of five holes to go we were the
owners of our destiny and the tournament and we just let it go. That
happens.”<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Simmons said missed birdie chances on the final holes sealed the Eagles' fate. He said No. 5 was a killer as well.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“We
played that hole five-over as a team,” Simmons said. “We had played so
well up to that point. It was just a straight forward, <a class="itxtnewhook itxthook" href="http://cmsstage.indystar.com/article/20130607/SPORTS02/306070093/Westfield-Carmel-boys-golf-qualify-state-tournament-Zionsville-falls-two-shots-short#" id="itxthook3" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border: 0px none transparent; display: inline; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook3p"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook3w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #009900; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;">easy</span><img class="itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon" id="itxthook3icon" src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png" style="margin-bottom: 0px!important; margin-left: 0px!important; margin-right: 0px!important; margin-top: 0px!important; padding-bottom: 0px!important; padding-left: 4px!important; padding-right: 0px!important; padding-top: 0px!important; vertical-align: baseline!important;" /></span></a> hole but for some reason with really struggled on it.”<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
No.
4-ranked Westfield built on its sectional win, falling just two shots
short of the regional title. Freshman Thomas Lewis, the Shamrocks’ No. 3
golfer, shot a 72 to lead Westfield.<br />
<br /><span class="pp"></span>“I
felt a little pressure but it started to feel good once I began hitting
the ball better on the back nine,” Lewis said. “It takes everyone
playing well to win here. We knew that if we even had one guy not play
well, we would be going home.”<br />
<br />
Westfield
coach Jon Hoover said Lewis, sophomore Keith Ponsler (74) and senior
Colton Smith (75) gave the Shamrocks the lift it needed to challenge for
the title.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“I’ve
played in tournaments before and I don’t think I could be in these kids’
shoes,” Hoover said. “We saw the scores at the turn and there were five
teams within four shots of each other so the pressure was just
tremendous. If you can handle that kind of pressure, I have tremendous
respect for you.”<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Valparaiso captured the sectional title behind Kyle Meihofer’s 71.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“The
thing about state is that we have to do it all over again, so there’s
no vacation,” Valpo coach Wayne Lichtenberger said. “There was some
outstanding competition here and we had a state ranked team go home
today. The slate will be clean next week.”<br />
<br />Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-67511335617248802422013-06-04T15:25:00.002-07:002013-06-04T15:28:02.055-07:00Guest column: About that delayed reaction to Hibbert's commentsPublished in Lafayette Journal & Courier, Tuesday, June 4, 2013<br />
Link: <a href="http://www.jconline.com/article/20130603/OPINION03/306030010">http://www.jconline.com/article/20130603/OPINION03/306030010</a><br />
<br />
By Clyde Hughes, for the Journal & Courier<br />
<br />
It was a freelance sports writing assignment late Saturday night at
Bankers Life Fieldhouse, and I’m holding an audio recorder in a news
conference no more than 10 feet away from Indiana Pacers center Roy
Hibbert. He just played one of his best playoff games in helping beat
the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals.<br />
<br />
In
a room of reporters during an interview that was broadcast live,
Hibbert and teammate Paul George were chipper in responding to question
after their big win. Then, Hibbert said something that absolutely
floored me — something I rarely get in athlete news conferences.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“I
really felt I let Paul down (in Game 3) in terms of having his back
when LeBron was scoring in the post or getting to the paint, because
they stretched me out so much. No homo.”<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“No homo,” as in a slur for homosexual. I thought immediately: “Whoa, did he really just say that.”<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
The
comment, then, was followed by chuckles from Hibbert, George and the
media corps. In fact, the giggles and smiles from the press corps was so
evident that I started to second-guess myself about whether the comment
was even made. There were certainly no follow up questions to the
comment at the time.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“Maybe
I must misheard it,” I told myself. Looking back over the media
transcript after the press conference, the comment was deleted. When I
reviewed the recording, though, there it was, as plain as day.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
By
this time, the beat reporter for the organization I was working for
talked about the incident and another Hibbert expletive during the press
conference. He also wrote about the incident.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
By Sunday, Hibbert issued his Pacer media department crafted concession.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“I
am apologizing for insensitive remarks made during the postgame press
conference after our victory over Miami Saturday night. They were
disrespectful and offensive and not a reflection of my personal views. I
used a slang term that is not appropriate in any setting, private or
public, and the language I used definitely has no place in a public
forum, especially over live television.”<br />
<br />
There are some things that quickly reach beyond the basketball court
or any sports venue. There are countless history lessons on how society
has struggled to overcome prejudice and discrimination. Those wins and
losses come in small doses, as well as big ones.<br />
<br />
One
would think after the trouble some athletes have gotten into for using
such slurs that Hibbert would have been much smarter. While fellow
reporters made sure the star center was held accountable after the press
conference, I am surprised a question about the comment wasn’t put to
Hibbert at that moment.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Would
it have made a difference whether the media responded at the press
conference or immediately after the comment was made? I think it could
have sent a message that such comments should be stopped in their
tracks, instead of going along with the joke. Yes, we were all facing a
tight deadline for a late-ending game. With Hibbert opening the door, it
was a subject that needed to be addressed, and at the time, it wasn’t.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
It
left me wondering: Do we in media actually create the climate for such
comments, only to show our fangs in an effort jump on bandwagon in the
aftermath? Was it the right time to take on the issue? Of course, it
was.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
After Jason
Collins came out in April, with overwhelming support he received from
fellow NBA players and society, one would have thought we have moved
forward just a little bit regarding LGBT issues. Hibbert is hardly the
first athlete to use such terms this year, even, and it shows we are
still in the starting blocks.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Maybe this is one of those teachable moments for Hibbert, as suggested by Yahoo Sports Dan Devine.<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
“We
like players who like to joke around, and we like players willing to
offer something more than just standard clichés,” Devine said in his
“Ball Don’t Lie” column Sunday. “It just kind of sucks that this — the
“no homo” thing, particularly — was in Hibbert’s mind in the first
place. Here’s hoping that apology comes from a place of earnest
recognition and not from a place of fearful, frantic damage control.”<span class="aa"></span><br />
<br />
Maybe we as journalists can get athletes to start doing that soul searching just a little faster.Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-38268756047095905052013-06-02T14:21:00.000-07:002013-06-02T20:50:21.008-07:00Roy Hibbert , Paul George again carry Pacers, lead team to Game 7Published on Sunday, June 2, 2013 in Miami Herald.<br />
LINK: <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/02/3428816/hibbert-and-george-carry-pacers.html">http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/02/3428816/hibbert-and-george-carry-pacers.html</a><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/02/3428761/roy-hibbert-paul-george-again.html"></a><br />
<br />
By Clyde Hughes<br />
Special to The Miami Herald
<br />
<div class="entry-content" id="storyBodyContent">
<br />
INDIANAPOLIS - Facing elimination in the Eastern Conference finals
on Saturday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, the Pacers determined
early they would ride center Roy Hibbert and forward Paul George as far
and as long as they could.<div class="entry-content" id="storyBodyContent">
<br />
Indiana's dynamic duo refused to
let the Pacers die, getting help from its supporting cast along the way
at critical times to stave off elimination with a 91-77 victory.<br />
<br />
Hibbert's 24 points and 11 rebounds along with George's 28 points
provided firepower Indiana was missing in Game 5. David West, playing
reduced minutes because of an illness with a temperature of over 100,
grabbed 14 rebounds and scored eight of his 11 points in the final
quarter. <br />
<br />
"It's all about heart," Indiana coach Frank Vogel said of
West's performance, particularly in the fourth quarter. "That guy is all
heart, and it's contagious. I don't really have words for it to be
honest with you."<br />
<br />
George's three-pointer at the 5:28 mark of
the fourth quarter gave the Pacers a 75-68 lead. Miami had cut a
13-point deficit to start the period to four points (72-68), ending with
consecutive baskets by LeBron James.<br />
<br />
George's basket sparked
a 9-0 run that included two technical foul free throws, which gave the
Pacers enough to across the Game 6 finish line.<br />
<br />
"We knew they
were going to make a run," George said. "This team, they're deadly
offensively. They can really put points up. That's just us staying
together, being poised and just rallying. Lance (Stephenson) made some
big plays offensively on the boards to get us some extra possessions. We
shared the ball. We made huge plays when we needed to."<br />
<br />
In
Game 5 in Miami, the Heat used a big third quarter to turn that contest
in its favor. On Saturday, it was the Pacers' time to use the same
period as a springboard. Indiana held the Heat to six points over the
first 10 minutes of the period.<br />
<br />
With the defensive effort
well in hand, Hibbert and George provided the offense, scoring 19 of the
Pacers' 29 points in the third quarter.<br />
<br />
Hibbert's dunk off
the dribble with 5:48 left in the third quarter capped a 14-2 Pacers run
to start the third to give Indiana a 53-42 lead. The dunk appeared to
double the noise volume in the arena - energy the Pacers needed after an
up-and-down first half.<br />
<br />
"Roy Hibbert is making extraordinary
plays in the pocket," Vogel said. "He's getting the paint catches, and
he's just having great poise and great reads. Roy is playing the best
basketball of his career right now. He's leading us, and he's a big
reason why we are where we are."<br />
<br />
George added a three-pointer at the 5:05 mark after Dwyane Wade made a long-range shot to help maintain Indiana's momentum.<br />
<br />
"What separated us (in the third quarter) was being able to get
into transition and trying to strike early," George said. "Their
half-court defense is tough. We really executed."<br />
<br />
Hibbert
said the aftertaste of Game 5's third quarter still lingered for the
Pacers and actually provided incentive for them after halftime.<br />
<br />
"We had a couple of bad possessions at the beginning of the third,
but we rallied," Hibbert said. "Paul made big shots for us and found me
on a pick and roll. We realized the third quarter let us down, so we
tried to take advantage of that and come out aggressive." </div>
</div>
Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-79657061130997780102013-05-29T17:35:00.000-07:002013-05-29T17:35:17.217-07:00Indiana Pacers make sure they make it a series with Miami HeatPublished on Wednesday, May 29, 2013<br />
LINK: <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/29/3421752/indiana-pacers-make-sure-they.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/29/3421752/indiana-pacers-make-sure-they.html#storylink=cpy</a><br />
<h3 class="byline">
<span style="font-weight: normal;">By Clyde Hughes</span></h3>
<h3 class="credit_line">
<span style="font-weight: normal;">Special to The Miami Herald</span></h3>
<div class="entry-content" id="storyBodyContent">
<span class="dateline">INDIANAPOLIS -- </span>
Lance Stephenson said after the Pacers loss Sunday, where he was
held to seven points and one rebound, he felt he needed to show people
he was up to the challenge of facing the Miami Heat in the Eastern
Conference finals.<br />
<br />
In Game 4 Tuesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse,
Stephenson redeemed himself with his second-biggest offensive output of
the playoffs. <br />
<br />
His 20-point effort was critical in Indiana’s 99-92 win, tying the series at 2-2. <br />
<br />
“I watched a lot of film, and I told myself I’m going to be
aggressive,” Stephenson said. “If I’m not aggressive, we’re not the team
that we are tonight. I take whatever they give me. If they give me the
jumper, I’ll take it. I just have to be in attack mode.”<br />
<br />
Stephenson’s midrange jumper with just less than four minutes left to
play tied the score at 89-all, sending a message that he was not quite
done. <br />
<br />
With the Pacers clinging to a 94-92 lead, he hit a floating
jumper that bounced off the rim and dropped in with a little more than a
minute left to give Indiana a two-possession lead.<br />
With a
rejuvenated Stephenson and the continued strong play of Roy Hibbert, the
Pacers regrouped to the form that made them nearly invincible at home
in the playoffs.<br />
<br />
“I couldn’t even sleep last night,” Stephenson
said. “My teammates were on me. I didn’t play up to my abilities the
last game. I felt [Tuesday] I had to show everybody that I’m ready for
any competition and any challenge that comes to me.”<br />
Indiana
coach Frank Vogel said beyond Stephenson’s 20 points, he did all the
little things players like him needs to do help the Pacers win.<br />
<br />
“I
think he made some great loose-ball plays in terms of offensive
rebounds,” Vogel said. “I believe the biggest play of the game was Roy
Hibbert’s offensive rebound and one [with 1:30 left in the game.] I
think Lance was crashing the board, too, and occupied Roy’s man so he
could get open. Those were big plays.”<br />
<br />
An example of Stephenson’s re-emergence came in the third quarter after the Heat regained the lead. <br />
<br />
A
critical tip-in of a missed shot near the six minute mark cut Miami’s
lead to one point. That allowed the Pacers to take back the lead moments
at 61-60 later on a David West jumper with 5:35 left.<br />
<br />
When
Indiana needed a basket at the end of the third, Hill found Stephenson
in the left corner, where he spotted up and drilled the three-point
jumper to lift the Pacers to a 77-70 lead going into the fourth quarter.<br />
<br />
“I was hesitant on my shots before,” Stephenson said. “I have to let
the three’s come to me. I was just trying to play hard and smart.”<br />
<br />
Hibbert’s continued domination in the paint was expected. Hibbert’s
sensational rebound and putback with 1:30 left in the game gave Indiana a
94-89 lead. Hibbert scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the
first half on his way to a 23-point, 12-rebound performance.<br />
<br />
“We’re
mentally tough," Hibbert said. “Not one guy in that locker room didn’t
believe we were going to win this game tonight. We showed fortitude and
we picked each other up.” </div>
Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-21129258113391308462013-05-27T11:48:00.000-07:002013-05-27T11:50:03.958-07:00Indiana Pacers doomed by Miami Heat first Gane 3 start<h3 class="byline">
<span style="font-weight: normal;">LINK: <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/27/3418582/indiana-pacers-fail-to-respond.html#storylink=cpy">http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/27/3418582/indiana-pacers-fail-to-respond.html#storylink=cpy</a></span></h3>
<h3 class="byline">
<span style="font-weight: normal;">By Clyde Hughes</span></h3>
<h3 class="credit_line">
<span style="font-weight: normal;">Special to The Miami Herald</span></h3>
<div class="entry-content" id="storyBodyContent">
<span class="dateline">INDIANAPOLIS -- </span>
It was obvious by halftime that Game 3 in Bankers Life Fieldhouse
would not look like the first two contests of the Eastern Conference
Championship series — and that was bad news for the Indiana Pacers.<br />
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The
Miami Heat reeled off a team-record 70 points and forced the Pacers to
play from behind in the second half for the first time in the series. In
the end, the 70-56 deficit was too big of a hole of dig out of. The
114-96 defeat was the Pacers first playoff loss at home this season.<br />
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Miami
played better offensively, shooting a sizzling 60 percent from the
floor over the first 24 minutes. Udonis Haslem’s 17 points forced
Indiana to reevaluate what they were doing defensively. Indiana center
Roy Hibbert said he felt pulled in two directions. <br />
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“[Haslem] wasn’t making those shots the prior two games,” said
Hibbert, who scored 20 points and pulled down 17 rebounds last night.
“So I was rotating off him and helping out Paul [George] or rotating on
[Chris] Bosh and stuff like that. Now he’s been hitting [them]. I have
to play both. I have to stop the roll guy and get out and contest.”<br />
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It
was a night where the Pacers needed an edge on the boards but the
Pacers could not get that until late. Miami held Indiana an even 17-17
on the glass at halftime.<br />
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“We didn’t have a great defensive night
but it wasn’t horrible,” said Indiana coach Frank Vogel. “It wasn’t as
bad as the numbers look. You have to credit Miami for playing a great
game.” <br />
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Miami’s 114 points were the most the Pacers had given up all playoffs.<br />
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More
importantly, Indiana didn’t get important contributions from role
players like Lance Stephenson. Stephenson pulled down 12 rebounds in
Game 1, while scoring 10 points and grabbed eight boards in Game 2.<br />
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In Game 3, he scored three points by halftime without a rebound. He finished the game with seven points and one rebound.<br />
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“He’s
a key to our team,” Vogel said about Stephenson before the game. “We
can’t have him passive with the basketball. We are limited when he is
that way. He’s got to be in the killer instinct mode at all times and
the make great decisions late.”<br />
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David West kept the Pacers in the
contest early, scoring 16 points, on 6-for-10 shooting, by halftime. But
West went 0 for 4 in the third quarter as the Heat stretched its lead
to 91-76. He finished the night with 21 points.<br />
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West said, however, it will be the Pacers defense that will get them back into the series.<br />
“We
feed off of our defense,” West said. “If our defensive energy is low,
then usually offensively we’re going to have gaps. We feel good where we
are. We have to come out and make them a little more uncomfortable than
they were tonight.”<br />
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The Pacers had been invincible at home during
the playoffs. Going into last night’s game, the Pacers had been
dominant at home, averaging 101.2 per game while giving up 87.3 points
en route to a 6-0 record. Until last night, no team had scored 100
points or more on the Pacers at home in the postseason. </div>
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Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/27/3418582/indiana-pacers-fail-to-respond.html#storylink=cpyClyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-32892954535001656822013-04-19T13:13:00.002-07:002013-05-27T11:50:34.889-07:00Still missing the target on immigration reformPublished on April 16 in Lafayette Journal & Courier<br />
LINK: <a href="http://www.jconline.com/article/20130417/OPINION03/304170004/Guest-column-Still-missing-target-immigration-reform">http://www.jconline.com/article/20130417/OPINION03/304170004/Guest-column-Still-missing-target-immigration-reform</a><br />
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The current U.S. immigration system is broken. That’s an understatement.</div>
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The challenge is how we go about fixing a system in a country that welcomes immigrants and yet maintains the rule of law.</div>
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The continued effort to
fix it based on the stereotype of keeping Mexican nationals from
crossing the southern border is foolish, shortsighted and doomed to
fail. The encouraging part of the current try is that there is still a
bipartisan effort in the U.S. Senate to reform immigration.</div>
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The rhetoric coming out of the “Gang of Eight” is not encouraging.</div>
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Here is a quote from U.S.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., from “Fox News Sunday” about negotiations with
the bipartisan group of senators trying to hash out immigration reform
and how it will impact current undocumented immigrants.</div>
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“They don't qualify for any federal
benefits — no food stamps, no welfare, no Obamacare," Rubio said, as
reported by the Huffington Post. “They will have to stay in that status
until at least 10 years elapses ... and then all they get is a chance to
apply for a green card.”</div>
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Now that makes you feel warm, fuzzy
and welcoming, doesn’t it? Of course, Rubio has ulterior motives for
2016, but let’s try to ignore that right now. The talking point doesn’t
acknowledge a basic truth about many undocumented workers in the country
today.</div>
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The truth is that there is a
business magnet that attracts and encourages them to come here. To craft
legislation that ignores that reality is punitive and may keep many
undocumented immigrants in the shadows.</div>
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The Greater Lafayette Diversity
Roundtable held its biennual Diversity Summit at Ivy Tech Community
College on Thursday. Briseida Sandoval, who graduated with honors from
Frankfort High School in 2010, gave one of the most compelling reasons
for immigration reform when she talked about current Latino students
getting lost in the system.</div>
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“People tell them you’re not going
to graduate, you’re not going to be able to follow your dreams,”
Sandoval told the audience of about 80 people. “It brings that
individual down. It brings his self-esteem down knowing he can’t get a
higher education and pursue his dream. So they drop out of high school.
They don’t wait for other opportunities to come their way.”</div>
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Multiply the numbers Sandoval has
seen in Frankfort to places with bigger populations of undocumented
immigrants, such as California, Texas and North Carolina, and one can
easily see current and future challenges for undocumented immigrants and
the country. Meaningful immigration reform has an opportunity to make
the young people Sandoval talks about a bigger part of the economy and
the fabric of America.</div>
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President Barack Obama’s deferred
action policy in June 2012 allowed many children of undocumented
immigrants brought into this country at a young age to be eligible for
work authorization. While not the Dream Act, which would have given them
a pathway to citizenship, the action has already had an impact on
giving these Latinos hope.</div>
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“These young kids, some of them may
be adults already and brought here through no fault of their own, now
are able to apply for Social Security cards, identification and so on,”
said Veronica Jalomo, of the Latino Center for Wellness and Education,
who also was part of the Diversity Summit panel. “This is a good thing
for the students and will allow them to pursue a higher education. This
will open doors for them.”</div>
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Also, we can’t escape the racial
aspect at play in immigration reform. The reason why we’re even talking
about immigration reform in the first place is because of this “concern”
over Mexican and Central American nationals crossing the border. Even
the proposed walls and fences along the border have a sort of
confinement aspect to it.</div>
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In 2010, U.S. Border Patrol
reported nearly 4,000 border crossings from Canada to the United States.
I wonder how that fence between U.S. and Canada is coming?</div>
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National security? Remember that
five of the Sept. 11 hijackers, including ringleader Mohamed Atta, were
in the country on expired visas, and none of them entered the country
via illegal border crossing. According to the U.S. Government
Accountability Office last year, as many as 45 percent of people who are
here illegally are those with expired visas. You wouldn’t think that
with the amount of financial resources and attention politicians
continue to put on the southern border patrol and fences.</div>
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Yes, the country’s borders need to
be secure. It’s important to know who is legally in this country.
Punishing those who are already here with draconian actions meant more
to score political points will ultimately backfire. Let’s hope the
upcoming immigration reform proposal offers better.</div>
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By Clyde Hughes<br />
INDIANAPOLIS — Fred Knipscheer admitted it was bittersweet
watching his Indiana Jr. Ice team win the Tier I 14-and-Under district
title at the Mid-American tournament Sunday, advancing them to the USA
Hockey National Championship tournament April 3-7 in Pittsburgh.<br />
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The Indiana Jr. Ice scored six points in pool play, tying them with
the Cleveland Barons, but the Jr. Ice beat the Barons 5-4 during pool
play to take the crown.<br />
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Knipscheer has been coaching his team since they were Midgets. Two
years ago, the same group of players won the Tier II national title as
the Indianapolis Racers. However, the players will be going separate
ways after this season.<br />
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“It’s kind of sad to see it all come to an end,” Knipscheer said. “I
watched these kids from the time when they could barely skate to where
they are now. This has really been special.”<br />
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It’s the first time an Indiana-based team has reached the Tier I
national tournament in about 20 years, officials said Sunday. Knipscheer
said he believes his team will have an advantage because his group has
been together for so long. Twelve of the 18 players are from the
Indianapolis area.<br />
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“It’s rare to keep a core group of kids like this together for so
long,” Knipscheer said. “Even our out-of-town kids have played with us
for the last four to five years. It helps when you play against teams
that have been just thrown together.”<br />
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Jr. Ice left winger Justin Whited said they hope to bring back a national title like they did two years ago.<br />
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“Because of what we did then, I think we’re going to play with a lot
of confidence,” Whited said. “We know we’re going to have work really
hard and not give up. We have a lot of chemistry on this team and we’ll
have to carry that chemistry into nationals and let it work for us.”<br />
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<strong>Barons capture dramatic 18U title</strong><br />
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The Cleveland Barons and Culver Academy battled it out in the 18U final game of the day in The Forum at Fishers.<br />
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After losing the lead within the final minute in regulation, the
Barons returned the favor, scoring in the first minute of overtime to
capture the 18U title 4-3 and advance to the USA Hockey National
Championships in April.<br />
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Culver’s Yannick Vedel punched in a goal with 24.3 seconds left in
the third period to tie the contest at 3-3. Culver had led 1-0 and 2-1
early in the contest only to see the Barons rally back and tie the game.
But Trey Bradley only needed a slap shot 23 seconds into the overtime
to give Cleveland the victory.<br />
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“We just came out of regulation with a lot of intensity,” said
Bradley, the son of former Tampa Bay Lightning player Brian Bradley. “It
just went on my stick and I shot it. I didn’t know that it went in and
then everyone started jumping on me. I figured I must have done
something right.”<br />
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Both teams combined for 26 goals going into the championship game,
but defense ruled most of the contest. Cleveland coach Tim Alexander
said he told his team that patience would be the key to victory.<br />
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“Our team has always scored a lot of goals, and I told them to keep
doing what we do,” Alexander said. “I told them to keep fore-checking
and the goals will come. Getting the lead in the third period was huge
and it gave us the momentum. Everything shifted, though, after they got
the tying goal.”<br />
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<strong>Culver Academy knocking at the door</strong><br />
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While Culver Academy lost its championship games in the 16U and 18U
divisions, it looked like the program might only be a year away of
breaking through to the Tier I national tournament.<br />
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The overtime loss to the veteran Cleveland Barons team in the 18U
title game showed just how close Culver is. The military academy from
northern Indiana played some of the district tournament’s most
impressive hockey during pool play.<br />
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“I think our senior class is a pretty special class. They have been
with the team for three and four years,” said Culver 18U coach Ryan
Miller. “They’ve built a good, solid foundation in the locker room. I
think our juniors will take the baton.<br />
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“We have a lot of good kids who will be moving up from the U-16
teams. This gives them a taste of what it’s like to come up a little bit
short. We can use that as motivation for next year.”<br />
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Culver Academy goalies gave up two goals between the 16U and 18U
teams during pool play. Miller said the 18U team’s effort to tie that
game within the final minute to force overtime showed their resiliency.<br />
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“We were down 3-2 for most of the third and we didn’t give up,”
Miller said. “I’m happy with the character of our kids and the ability
to overcome adversity. The fact is that we didn’t quit and had a chance
until the very end. That will carry over to next season.”<br />
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Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-37260524906928431482013-03-21T09:01:00.000-07:002013-03-21T09:01:05.406-07:00Mid-Am Boys Feature: 16U Cleveland Barons shut door against opposing offenses<div class="newsContentNode">
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INDIANAPOLIS — Few expected the Cleveland Barons 16-and-Under
team to capture the Mid-American Tier I district title over the weekend,
but there they were Sunday celebrating at center ice after four games
inside The Forum at Fishers.<br />
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The Barons’ 3-1 victory over Culver Academy concluded a dominating
weekend sparked by its defense and solid goaltending led by Jim Thomas.
Cleveland gave up just two goals in the tournament, the second coming
with a minute left in the third period of the championship game.<br />
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Not getting the third shutout of the tournament was about the only disappointment for Thomas and his team.<br />
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“Man, I thought I had it but it just slipped in right by the post,”
Thomas said of Culver’s goal with 1:02 left in the game, cutting the
Barons’ lead to 2-1.<br />
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The Barons, though, scored an empty-net goal about 30 seconds later to seal the victory.<br />
“All I was thinking about the whole time was making it to nationals,”
Thomas said. “I was just trying to do everything I could to get us
there.”<br />
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The win clinched a berth into the USA Hockey National Championships on April 3-7 in Pittsburgh.<br />
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The Cleveland Barons 16U team had reached the national championships
for the past two years, but they started this season with a new squad.
Captain Gordie Myer was the only leftover from those district title
teams, and the inexperience showed early as the Baron struggled to win
games.<br />
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“This championship is really satisfying because of what we had to
overcome,” said Myer, who scored the go-ahead goal early in the third
period. “Our team hasn’t been as strong as it has been in the past two
years so we really had to work hard to get here. We had to really come
together as a team.”<br />
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Myer had offers to play with other teams this season but decided to
stick it out with the Barons. He said Cleveland coach Brett Harkins and
his staff really made the difference for him.<br />
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“I really like the coaches and the team,” Myer said. “I had played
with them for this long, so I wanted to come back for one more year and
see what we could do.”<br />
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Harkins said his team is playing its best hockey of the season going
into nationals. He said the Barons’ defense has been at its best. Culver
Academy scored 21 goals going into the finals against Cleveland before
the Barons nearly shut them out.<br />
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Defense and goaltending was critical in the second period. Culver
turned up the heat offensively and peppered Thomas with numerous shots
on goal, only to see them all rejected, allowing the Barons to hang on
to the lead.<br />
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“Culver dominated us in the second period and I thought Jim kept us
in the game,” Harkins said. “They were all over us, but Jim kept making
big saves and he’s been solid for us all season. At the end of the
second period, I told the team that Jimmy kept us in it now let’s go and
get it.”<br />
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Myer said the Barons’ defense has been solid all year long, but
overcoming the second period gave them the momentum to finish off the
game.<br />
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“With this team, we play defense first and concentrate on getting the
puck out of the zone,” Myer said. “I think that creates good offense
for us. We take a lot of pride in working hard on the defensive end and
winning all of the personal battles. That’s what wins games for us. It
helped us beat Culver.”<br />
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Harkins said the district title has forced him to change his vacation plans.<br />
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“I was on my way to Marco Island, Fla.,” Harkins said with a laugh.
“I guess I will be spending my time in Pittsburgh. It’ll still be a good
vacation.”<br />
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The Barons have found some success in nationals, but they have not
been able to come up with the coveted title. Last year, Cleveland lost
in the quarterfinals and in 2011 it was the semifinals, both times to
the eventual national champions.<br />
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“We know whoever beats us will probably win nationals,” Harkins said.
“We will have to work hard over the next two weeks. Guys just want to
go on and win a national championship. My goal is to move them on to the
next level so they can be successful.<br />
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Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-34609619104918601592013-03-12T20:13:00.000-07:002013-03-12T20:13:02.465-07:00A reminder that black history is U.S. history<div>
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As director of Purdue
University’s Black Cultural Center, Renee Thomas has a bird’s eye view
on the importance of Black History Month, as she sees how revelations
and information of past events affects current students of all races.</div>
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But Black History Month, created in
1926 as Negro History Week to bring attention to the accomplishments of
blacks, seems to be in trouble. In an era where the U.S. just
re-elected its first African-American president, a growing number of
people — including some prominent blacks — are questioning the need of
such an annual recognition.</div>
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None of those people, though, sits where Thomas does.</div>
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“When individuals understand their
history and culture it empowers them to fulfill their potential and
contribute to society,” Thomas said of the need for Black History Month.
“We must take a look at how we are preparing our current student body
to be successful Purdue alumni. We must prepare all students to succeed
in an increasingly global economy.”</div>
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Still, the Black History Month
boo-birds persist. The problem with Black History Month is that some see
it as passé, amounting to little more than ethnic cheerleading. Nearly
every Black History Month detractor has already retreaded Morgan
Freeman’s 2005 interview with the late Mike Wallace of “60 Minutes,”
where he seemed to blast the concept. In the interview, Freeman called
Black History Month “ridiculous” when responding to Wallace’s question,
and added: “You’re going to relegate my history to one month? I don’t
want Black History Month. Black history is American history.”</div>
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Charles C.W. Cooke, of the
conservative National Review Online, says Black History Month, Hispanic
Heritage Month and similar recognitions, do nothing more than build the
wall of separation rather than bring people together.</div>
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“But a profusion of multi-culti
months doesn’t improve things any more than a profusion of wrongs make a
right. In a country that is supposed to be a melting pot, are we truly
supposed to take comfort in having our complex history cut up into
little slices and distributed with varying emphasis to students
throughout the year?”</div>
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Looking at the largest point,
Freeman is right. It is ridiculous to think anyone can contain the
contributions of African-Americans to one month. He is right when he
says black history is American history.</div>
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Where he is wrong is that Black
History Month doesn’t “relegate” black history to one month. From the
very day Carter G. Woodson birthed the original concept, it was never
meant to separate black history from American history. Actually, it was
designed to do just the opposite.</div>
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Woodson’s creation was in response
to the shameful dispensing of black contributions in America society and
sounding out about the critical role blacks played throughout history
around the world. Black History Month makes sure black contributions are
part of the conversation about American history.</div>
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When you really think about it,
adding up the roughly 250 years of legal slavery in North America,
followed by “separate but equal” laws in the South after the Civil War,
while many in the North practiced something akin to Jim Crow-lite, the
relative freedom African-American enjoy in the U.S. today is still
something rather new. Through that time, black history was often
ignored, dismissed and deemed unimportant.</div>
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Noted educator Ravi Perry,
assistant professor of political science and Stennis Scholar for
Municipal Governance at Mississippi State University, said incorporating
black history into all facets into American history remains a work in
progress — one that won’t end anytime soon.</div>
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“We need Black History Month
because the ‘social revolution’ taking place that defined and continues
to define the agenda of blacks in American history and to the present,
continues,” Perry says. “The country’s election and re-election of the
first black president is not an indication of racial progress meriting
the end of the study of black history. If anything, the president’s
election and re-election creates an opportunity to re-engage black
history and remember that black history is, in fact, American history.”</div>
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Would it be nice to think one day
that the accomplishments of blacks were so apart of American history
that Black History Month would be obsolete? You bet. But we are not even
close to that point yet. Now, that’s ridiculous.</div>
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<span>Hughes is a member of the Greater Lafayette Commerce’s Diversity Roundtable.</span>
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Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-80801605344568488362013-03-12T20:06:00.001-07:002013-03-12T20:15:34.014-07:00Cincinnati beats Alabama on buzzer-beater<div style="font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">
Published December 1, 2012 by Tuscaloosa News </div>
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By Clyde Hughes<br />
Special to The Tuscaloosa News</div>
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Published: Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 8:24 p.m. </div>
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CINCINNATI | It was Cashmere Wright's 12-foot fall-away jumper at
the buzzer that gave No. 17 Cincinnati a 58-56 win over Alabama on
Saturday in the SEC/Big East Challenge at Fifth Third Arena, but it was
the missed chances by the Crimson Tide that stung.<br />
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Alabama held a two-point
lead on four occasions with a chance to stretch it in the second half,
only to be turned back by the Bearcat defense. That allowed Cincinnati
to hang around on its home floor.</div>
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<br />It was the
Crimson Tide's first loss of the season in its first true road test.
Alabama (6-1) fell to 0-3 in SEC/Big East Challenge.<br />
<br />
Wright's
off-balance game-winner came after the Crimson Tide erased a
double-digit deficit in the first half and turned the game into a
hard-fought contest in which both teams gave up little defensively.<br />
<br />
"They're
the best defensive team in the country," Alabama coach Anthony Grant
said. "They did a great job defensively creating turnovers. They're very
aggressive, rebound the ball extremely well. We knew we had to rebound
the ball well and defend."<br />
<br />
Alabama went up 56-54 on a Trevor
Releford layup with 48 seconds left, but Sean Kilpatrick matched it six
seconds later and was fouled. After a timeout, Kilpatrick missed the
free throw.<br />
<br />
Looking for the go-ahead basket, Releford was blocked
in the paint by 6-foot-8 forward Justin Jackson, and Ge'Lawn Guyn
grabbed the rebound to set up the game-winning shot.<br />
<br />
"We called a
flat ball screen and we were just looking to make a play there," Grant
said. "Releford thought he could make around the corner, but Jackson is a
great defender and made a heck of a play and kept it in bounds."<br />
<br />
With
6 seconds left, Wright took the ball in the backcourt, raced to the
left corner and launched an arching shot over Moussa Gueye that found
the net as the buzzer sounded.<br />
"I didn't see the shot go in,"
Wright said. "They started grabbing me after the shot, and that's when I
thought 'Well, it must have gone in.' "<br />
<br />
Grant said he thought his team did everything right on the final sequence and it was a matter of Wright making the big play.<br />
<br />
"They
went with four guards and a forward," Grant said. "I thought we
contested the shot, but he's a hell of a player and won the game for
them."<br />
<br />
Before the final minute drama, Alabama had a chance to put some distance between itself and Cincinnati (7-0). <br />
<br />
A
Nick Jacobs basket gave the Crimson Tide at 52-50 lead with 5:39 left,
and after making stops on the defensive end, Alabama had four chances to
stretch the lead to two possessions, only to be turned back by the
Bearcats on each possession.<br />
<br />
"I thought that was critical," Grant
said. "We had good looks, but I think they altered or blocked shots in
that stretch. We had a couple of opportunities but just turned it over.
We had a two-on-one and threw it away. Credit their defense. They have
great length and were able to make up for mistakes with their
athleticism."<br />
<br />
Trevor Lacey led the Crimson Tide with 16 points,
followed by Releford's 12. JaQuon Parker and Kilpatrick topped
Cincinnati scorers with 13.<br />
<br />
"Alabama has a very good team and
their guards are better than advertised," Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin
said. "They can stack up against anybody we'll play this season. They
did a good job of keeping us off the fast break. We can't let teams take
that away from us. Everything that happened to us, they had a lot to do
with it."</div>
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Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-72798691325457474262013-03-12T19:58:00.003-07:002013-03-12T19:58:48.760-07:00Saints stall in second half<div class="byline">
Published Feb. 21, 2010 by the Troy (N.Y.) Record</div>
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LINK: <a href="http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/02/21/sports/doc4b80bd21a871a820420426.txt?viewmode=fullstory">http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/02/21/sports/doc4b80bd21a871a820420426.txt?viewmode=fullstory</a></div>
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By Clyde Hughes<br />For The Record</div>
<br />
INDIANAPOLIS — The Siena Saints, with a
two-point lead in the second half and Butler’s big man Matt Howard in
foul trouble, looked poised to pull an upset over the No. 18 Bulldogs in
front of 9,111 partisan fans in Hinkle Fieldhouse Saturday afternoon.<br /><br />But
it was Howard’s absence that helped spark an 18-5 Butler run as the
Bulldogs beat Siena (22-6) going away 70-53 in a nationally-televised
ESPN BracketBuster game. It was the Saints worse loss this season since
an 82-65 road defeat to Northern Iowa on Dec. 12.<br /><br />It was Butler’s 17th consecutive victory as both teams head into the final week of its regular season schedule.<br /><br />“They’re
different than some of the teams we’ve played,” Siena coach Fran
McCaffery said of Butler (25-4). “They very well may be the best in the
sense that they really don’t make mistakes. If you’re going to beat
them, you’ll have to play the perfect game.”<br />
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McCaffery pointed to the stretch of the
game when Howard picked up his fourth foul with 16:29 left and sat, as
an example of how Butler found a way to turn his absence into their
advantage.<br /><br />Siena led 34-32 at the time, but Shelvin Mack hit a
jumper and Gordon Hayward converted a three-point play on consecutive
possessions to put the Bulldogs back up.<br /><br />Backup guard Zach Hahn
was inserted when Howard left the game and connected on back-to-back
3-point shots that turned on the boisterous Hinkle crowd and sapped much
of any momentum Siena had left.<br /><br />“That opened up the game for
them,” said Siena’s Ryan Rossiter, who scored 10 points and grabbed nine
rebounds. “It was a three-point game and a couple seconds later it was a
nine-point game and we never recovered from that.”<br /><br />Butler coach
Brad Stevens said the move to go with Hahn and a smaller lineup was out
of necessity with Howard’s foul trouble, but admitted that the change
turned the tide.<br /><br />“What it did was put us in a situation where we
could stay big or go small and make an adjustment” Stevens said. “Small
ended up being good for us because Zach came in and hits some big
three’s for us. Shelvin and Zach hit three’s and that changed the
landscape of the game.” <br />
Before that point, Siena seemed up to the task of handling Butler.<br /><br />The
Saints overcame an early first-half deficit behind the scoring of
Clarence Jackson to take a 31-28 lead into halftime. Jackson scored 14
of the Saints’ first 16 points.<br /><br />Jackson finished with a game-high 24 points, one off his season-high 25 points against UAlbany back on Dec. 5.<br /><br />In
the second half, though, Butler began to pack the paint and dared the
Saints to beat them with jumpers. Siena finished the game shooting 33.9
percent from the field (20-59) and just 23.3 percent in the second half
(7-30).<br /><br />“Clarence was the reason why we were up at halftime,”
McCaffery said. “He made some shots and they started guarding him
differently, which gave everyone else a little more space. In the second
half, they packed it in and we were ineffective. Their team has great
help defense so (Jackson’s) decisions on when to go and when to jump
stop were really good.<br /><br />Mack led Butler with 23 points followed by Hayward’s 15 points and 12 rebounds.<br /><br />Siena’s
leading scorer Alex Franklin struggled with Butler’s sagging defense in
the middle and scored just seven, almost 10 points off his 16.3 points
per game average.<br /><br />“Any loss is a missed opportunity,” Franklin
said. “It would have been a great win for us, but we fell short. We
needed to drive the ball more but any time a team packs it in as much as
they did it’s going to be hard.”<br /><br />Siena wraps up its regular season with two games next week, Friday at Rider and Sunday at home against Marist.Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888410492782651241.post-20789151596927165452013-03-12T19:53:00.000-07:002013-03-12T20:16:06.184-07:004th-and-1, Mids can't get it done: Offense stalls late in game defense can't stop QB Davis<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Published on September 06,
2008 by Baltimore Sun</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LINK: <a href="http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-09-06/sports/0809060032_1_yard-navy-ball">http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2008-09-06/sports/0809060032_1_yard-navy-ball</a></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">|By Clyde Hughes | Clyde Hughes,Special to The Baltimore Sun</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MUNCIE,
Ind. - It was the little things that always seemed to get in Navy's way during
its game against Ball State last night, and the little things cost the
Midshipmen dearly.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Navy's
35-23 loss came down to the Midshipmen's inability to consistently stop
Cardinals quarterback Nate Davis and failure to capitalize on fourth-and-one on
the Ball State 3-yard line.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The
thing that was frustrating for me was that we were making our own
mistakes," Navy first-year coach Ken Niumatalolo said. "We were
moving the football, but when we got into the red zone, we seemed to
self-destruct. They're a good football team, and we didn't need to help them.
We were making mental mistakes and couldn't finish drives."</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trailing
21-16 at halftime, the Midshipmen seemed to find their offense at the start of
the second half and scored on their opening possession. After Shun White's
71-yard run, Navy took the lead for the first time on a 1-yard run by
quarterback Jarod Bryant.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Cardinals matched the Mids' touchdown on an 11-play drive, capped by an 8-yard
touchdown catch by Dante Love, who tormented Navy's secondary for most of the
night.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That
set up the turning point of the game, as Navy, with its running game in gear,
pushed the ball from its 30 to the Ball State 3. On fourth-and-one, the
Midshipmen needed 1 yard for the first down, but Bryant was stuffed by Ball
State defensive lineman Drew Duffin on a keeper behind fullback Eric Kettani, a
play that had worked well most of the night.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We
had our chances, and we didn't capitalize," Bryant said. "It looked
like they just dove at our legs. ... I wished I would have gotten behind my
pads a little more and gotten it. We've got to convert those."</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Cardinals drove nearly the length of the field and went up by two scores on
Davis' 35-yard touchdown pass to Darius Hill at the 12:46 mark of the fourth
quarter. Navy never threatened again.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"[The
fourth-down play] gave them the momentum," said White, who rushed for 128
yards on 13 carries, 101 of those yards in the second half. "We couldn't
get that 1 yard, and they took the momentum and just ran with it. We just made
too many mistakes as team. They were jumping around, but we knew what defense
they were going to run."</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Navy
rushed for 346 yards and averaged 5.9 yards per carry but left points on the
table on its first three scoring opportunities when drives fizzled. The Mids
settled for field goals by Matt Harmon of 49, 29 and 28 yards. Harmon's
49-yarder on Navy's first drive at the 9:17 mark of the first quarter was the
longest of his career.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While
Navy was kicking field goals, Ball State was scoring touchdowns, as Davis lit
up the Mids' secondary for 326 yards and four touchdown passes. Two of those
touchdowns went to Love, who caught nine passes for 165 yards. Love scored on a
6-yard run in the first quarter, as well.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On
the second play of the game, Davis found Love open down the right sideline for
a 61-yard reception, giving the Cardinals a 7-0 lead.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After
Harmon's 49-yard field goal, Davis drove Ball State down the field again, and
Love scored his second touchdown by taking an inside handoff from Davis for a
6-yard run to put Ball State up 14-3.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Navy
continued to move the ball into Ball State's territory but settled for two more
field goals by Harmon, the latter set up by Blake Carter's interception.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After
a fumbled kickoff put the Cardinals in their worse field position of the night,
Ball State marched 92 yards, culminating in Briggs Orsbon's 30-yard touchdown
catch from Davis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">On Navy's next possession, Kettani broke free
for a 45-yard run up the middle to give the Midshipmen another scoring chance.
That set up Bryant's 14-yard touchdown run over left tackle to get Navy within
five points again, 21-16, just before halftime.</span>Clyde Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334799546266781276noreply@blogger.com0