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Scholastic Achievement | The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA Newspaper | Find Articles at BNET
Brittany Tann

          Senior. First in class throughout high school; Governor's School; Interact Club founding member and president. Plans a career in accounting. Plans to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
 Clifton Early Senior. Mission work with Aulander Baptist Church youth group; varsity baseball; National Beta Club. Plans a career in environmental science. Plans to attend North Carolina State University.
Brittney Wilder Senior. High GPA throughout high school; softball; National Beta Club. Plans a career in the liberal arts. Plans to attend North Carolina A&T State University.
Courtney Adderton Junior. GPA of 4.16; honor roll; Advanced Placement classes.

 Allen Jones Junior. GPA of 4.2; Junior ROTC level 6 leader; several clubs.
Starkeya Vinson Junior. GPA of 4.2; tutor for classmates; organist for Sunday school classes at New Ahoskie Baptist Church.
Darren Mitchell Sophomore. Conference champion quarterback; leadership conference; National Beta Club.
Ashlee Perry Sophomore. GPA of 4.35; Math Club; Berean Bible Baptist Church Usher Board.
Travonte Warren Sophomore. GPA of 4.39; Math Club; New Bethany Baptist Church Usher Board.
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BG trying to figure out what's wrong | Daily News; Bowling Green, Ky. | Find Articles at BNET
At the Class A level of Minor League Baseball, pretty much everything is a learning experience.

       Unfortunately for the Bowling Green Hot Rods, the current lesson has been a tough one to absorb.
The Hot Rods fell behind early Sunday and never recovered, dropping a season-worst sixth straight game, a 5-3 loss to Rome at Bowling Green Ballpark.
"Somebody told us once when I was playing early on in my career that every team goes through two prolonged winning streaks and two prolonged losing streaks in 140 or 160 games," Hot Rods manager Matt Quatraro said. "If that plays itself out, then hopefully this is it for now and we can get this over with.

 "Who knows, every team's different. But it's adversity and you have to learn how to deal with it."
Quatraro insisted the skid isn't due to a lack of effort. Instead, the Hot Rods simply aren't making their own luck when opportunities arise.
"Baseball's like this," he said. "Sometimes you can't get out of your own way for whatever reason, and then other times everything goes right and you have no idea why.
"We're hoping that starts happening soon."
Bowling Green's problems began early again Sunday, when the Braves got to Hot Rods starter Michael Jarman with runs in the first and second inning.
After allowing back-to-back singles and hitting a batter, Jarman gave up an RBI sacrifice fly to Rome's Gerry Rodriguez which put the Braves up 1-0. The damage could've been worse, but Jarman worked out of the bases-loaded jam with minimal damage.
     Rome was at it again in the second, when speedy left fielder Jahdiel Santamaria beat out a double-play grounder - allowing third baseman Samuel Sime to score and make it 2-0.
The Hot Rods pulled even in the bottom of the third, however, getting an RBI single from Tim Beckham and an RBI groundout from Henry Wrigley.
But the momentum was killed an inning later, when the Braves ended Jarman's day with a three-spot in the top of the fourth. Santamaria reached on an error from Beckham that scored Chris Fuller before Luis Sumoza and Jesus Sucre hit back-to-back RBI doubles to make it 5-2 in favor of Rome.
The Hot Rods got one more run in the bottom of the fifth on Beckham's third homer of the season, but it wouldn't be enough.
The Rome relief trio of Brandon Beachy, Clayton McMillan and Craig Kimbrel overpowered the Hot Rods over the final four innings, with Kimbrel touching 99 mph on the radar gun in the bottom of the ninth.
"They have good pitching, top to bottom," Quatraro said of Rome. "Whether they're behind or in the lead, they bring in guys that have good arms.
"But from our perspective, that's what you're going to see as you move up - so our guys have got to learn to put good at-bats together against good pitching."
Jarman was saddled with the loss, allowing five runs - two earned - on nine hits over four innings. Rome starter Zeke Spruill took the win, allowing three runs on five hits over five innings.
Beckham finished 2-for-3 with a homer and a pair of RBIs, but it wasn't enough.
"They've got some pretty good arms on their team. We've just got to see the ball and hit the ball," Beckham said. "If it's over the plate, we've got to hit it.
"We're staying positive - this is baseball. You're going to have your ups and downs and you've just got to make sure you don't get too down. We've just got to come together as a team, we know what we can do and we've just got to play good ball."
Notes -- The defensive play of the day came in the top of the fourth, when Beckham bobbled a routine pop up in shallow left. Left fielder Jason Tweedy swept in and grabbed the errant ball with his bare hand to record the out. ... Sunday was the second straight rough outing for Hot Rods pitching, as Rome recorded 13 hits. The Braves pounded out 16 hits in an 11-2 win Saturday night. ... In just the second Sunday home game of the season, Bowling Green Ballpark drew a crowd of 2,414.
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Janesville Aces drop three of four | Janesville Gazette, The | Find Articles at BNET
It was a tough weekend for the Janesville Aces.

       The semi-pro baseball team lost three of four Wisconsin State League games, including being at the wrong end of a perfect game on Sunday against the Lombard (Ill.) Orioles.
The Aces (3-3) split a doubleheader at Addison on Saturday. Addison won the first game, 13-3 in five innings, before Janesville rallied for an 11-9 win in Game 2.
Lombard swept a pair of games Sunday at Riverside Park. The Orioles won the opener 6-0 as two pitchers combined to face 21 batters without allowing a base-runner. Janesville struck out 18 times in 21 at-bats in the opener.
The Orioles made it a sweep by taking the second game, 6-3 in nine innings.

 Janesville hosts Sheboygan in a doubleheader Saturday.
RESULTS SATURDAY
(First Game)
ADDISON 13, JANESVILLE 3 (5)
Janesville 000 03--3 9 3
Addison 101 83--13 9 1
Loizzo, Morris (5) and Heyerdahl; Edwards.
Leading hitters--Edlhuber (J) 2x3, Yaucher (J) 3x3, Schinacher (A) 4x4, Williamson (A) 3x4. 2B--Jenkins (J), Konser (A), Kowler (A). 3B--Schinacher (A). HR--Schinacher (A), Williamson (A).
SO--Loizzo 3, Morris 1, Edwards 3. BB--Loizzo (J) 5, Morris (J) 2.
(Second Game)
JANESVILLE 11, ADDISON 9
Janesville 012 205 1--11 14 2
Addison 510 100 2--9 9 1
Jacobson, Schrank (4) and Fuhrmann; Guinane, Katsikos (4), Davila (5), Hardy (6) and Klowareski.
Leading hitters--Edlhuber (J) 2x3, Fuhrmann (J) 2x3, D'Marco (J) 3x5, Browkema (J) 3x4, Schnabel (A) 4x5, Pierce (A) 2x4, Williamson (A) 3x4, Konsler (A) 2x4. 2B--Fuhrmann (J), D'Marco (J) 2, Smith (J), Browkema (J), Schnabel (A) 2, Pierce (A), Williamson (A), Konsler (A). HR--D'Marco (J), Browkema (J), Konsler (A).
SO--Jacobson (J) 1, Schrank (J) 7, Guinane (A) 4, Katsikos (A) 2, Hardy (A) 2. BB--Jacobson 2, Schrank 1, Guinane 2, Hardy 1.
RESULTS SUNDAY
(First Game)
LOMBARD 6, JANESVILLE 0
Lombard 000 002 4--6 5 0
Janesville 000 000 0--0 0 0
Kroll, Johnson (7) and O'Connell; Klawitter, Davis (6) and Browkema.
Leading hitters--Scanlon (L) 2x4. 2B--Scanlon (A).
SO--Kroll (L) 16, Johnson (L) 2, Klawitter (J) 2, Davis (J) 1. BB--Klawitter 4, Davis 2.
(Second Game)
LOMBARD 6, JANESVILLE 3 (9)
Lombard 012 000 003--6 6 0
Janesville 100 020 000--3 11 2
Ericson, Pagano (6), Meister (9) and Mitroff; Stubbendick, Schrank (9) and Heyerdahl.
Leading hitters--Fadley (L) 2x4, Edlhuber (J) 2x4, Jenkins (J) 3x4. 2B--Igara (L), Pagano (L).
SO--Ericson (L) 7, Pagano (L) 3, Stubbendick (J) 7, Schrank (J) 1. BB--Ericson 1, Pagano 1, Stubbendick 3.
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 high school state tourney primer | The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA Newspaper | Find Articles at BNET
Cox baseball player Austin Erb (torn MCL) is out for the season. But another standout by the same name is in the tournament: Austin Erb bats clean-up for Hanover, which won its first Central Region title since 2005.

         Odd, but true
Since 1999, the Eastern Region has won the state softball title in every odd-numbered year: Great Bridge (1999), Woodside (2001), Princess Anne (2003), Kempsville (2005), Kellam (2007). Trend- breakers Great Bridge (2000) and Hickory (2008) give the region six titles this decade.
For state quarterfinal match-ups, sites and times, see page XXXXX.
- Compiled by Jami Frankenberry and Mike Keech
name game

 Even the winner of last week's National Spelling Bee would have trouble with these three. But they could play major roles in the state tournament: seeing double
Cox baseball player Austin Erb (torn MCL) is out for the season. But another standout by the same name is in the tournament: Austin Erb bats clean-up for Hanover, which won its first Central Region title since 2005. odd, but true
Since 1999, the Eastern Region has won the state softball title in every odd-numbered year: Great Bridge (1999), Woodside (2001), Princess Anne (2003), Kempsville (2005), Kellam (2007). Trend- breakers Great Bridge (2000) and Hickory (2008) give the region six crowns this decade.
- Compiled by Jami Frankenberry and Mike Keech Allie Boubouheropoulos - Kempsville soccer player scored twice in her team's Eastern Region quarterfinal victory over Denbigh. B-o-u-b-o- u-h-e-r-o-p-o-u-l-o-s Kaitlynn Szczepanski - Great Bridge softball pitcher and cleanup hitter was the freshman first baseman when Great Bridge appeared in its last state tournament in 2006. Chase Kyriacou - Cox righthander pitched six solid innings and homered in the Falcons' Eastern Region championship game victory over Menchville. S- z-c-z-e-p-a-n-s-k-i K-y-r-i-a-c-o-u Cox has five teams - count 'em, five - that qualified for Group AAA state tournaments this spring. Baseball, boys soccer and girls soccer begin play today; the Falcons played in the boys tennis and girls tennis state tournaments last week, losing in the semifinals. high five welcome back Cox's baseball team is making its first state tournament since winning it all in 1996. That team won its final 22 games and included future major league draft picks Tim LaVigne and Jason DuBois. Kempsville's girls soccer team returns to the tournament after an 11-year hiatus. feels like the first time
The Tallwood softball and Hickory boys soccer teams are making their state tourney debuts today.
More on the Hickory boys soccer team . Back Page. more coverage
For state quarterfinal match-ups, sites and times, see Page 5.
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SONG RETAINS THE NAMES, THE | Pittsburgh City Paper | Find Articles at BNET
Meet Kardaz - the band behind the Penguins fight song

       IF YOU HAVEN'T heard of Kardaz, you've likely heard from the band at some point: Its lively fight songs for local sports teams have permeated the airwaves and stadiums for more than a decade. In addition to a Steelersthemed parody of the Ghostbusters theme and the official song of the Washington Wild Things Frontier League baseball team, Kardaz is responsible for "The Mighty Guins," a perennial Penguins fight song that mimics the Bob Dylan-penned Manfred Mann hit "The Mighty Quinn." The song is peppered with the names of play- ers and sayings made famous by broadcaster Mike Lange (Lange- isms like "Call Arnold Slick from Turtle Crick" and "The other teams won't know whether to cry or wind their watch" appear in the song.)

 The band is led by Chris Kardasz, a Beaver County native who works in the 45s section of Jerry's Records in Squirrel Hill. He's joined by: brother Bob Kardasz, who plays guitar; drummer Art Myers; and brothers Mark and Jeff Hoffman - the latter on bass, the former a utility player on keyboards, sax and more. We spoke with Bob Kardasz about "The Mighty Guins."
If you haven't heard enough of "The Mighty Guins," you can listen to it online at www.pghcitypaper.com.
City Paper: When was the sonq first written?
Bob Kardasz: We first wrote it In '93.
CP: Where did "Guins" come from? Was that after Sophie Masloff yelled "Guins win!" after the first Cup victory?
BK: No, we just do a lot of '60s music as a band, and we were familiar with the song "The Mighty Quinn," by Bob Dylan. We kind of came up with that idea, "Mighty Guins," using that tune.
CP: "Guins" isn't an abbreviation you hear all often ...
BK: Well, we always thought "Pens" were something you wrote with, but "Guins," you knew what it was going to be. The combination of using "The Mighty Quinn" and a lot of the Mike Lange sayings was kind of how the song really came together.
CP: And you've rewritten the song every time they've gone to the playoffs since then?
     BK: Yeah, pretty much, we just change some of the .names around. We just toy with the lead vocals each year and re-do it WeIL and we added the saxophone last year.
CP: So if the Pens keep going to the playoffs, you might end up adding a string section or something?
BK: Yeah, maybe, add an orchestra.
CP: Since the early -90s, when you first wrote the song, there have been more Russians and Eastern Europeans In the league and on the team. Do those names make it more difficult to get the rhyme scheme going, get the syllables right?
BK: Yeah, we went through a little mispronunciation of some of the name's; we've gone back and done some fixes when people pointed out to us - like Sergei Gonchar, we were mispronouncing his name initially. They have the names, then they have the nicknames, that helps.
CP: Ever get any cease-and-desist orders from players for saying their names wrong?
BK: Not yet I don't know If they really pay attention.
CP: They play the song on the big screen outside Mellon Arena before games, so I assume if s officially sanctioned.
BK: When we did K in '93, it was the official Penguins song, we had it on a cassette with the Penguins toga If s not official anymore, to my knowledge, but now we sort of give It to the city: Whoever wants to use it can use it. We just put it out there. Nowadays, people can put it on their Web site, you can just download it
CP: You guys do a Steeters tune and a Penguins song, ever done a Pirates song?
BK: No, never a Pirates song, not yet
CP: Maybe that's what they need, a good fight song.
BK: Could be. We'll try to sell them on it - if s good luck.
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