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Otters’ Historic Season Ends In FLDS Against Rascals

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After a historic season and the first division title since 1999, the Evansville Otters saw their 2019 campaign end in a 4-2 loss to the River City Rascals Friday in the Frontier League Divisional Series.

The Otters had opportunities late in the game Friday to come back and win, but the Rascals’ bullpen got the necessary outs to win 4-2.

With the win, the River City Rascals complete a sweep of the Otters and advance to the Frontier League Championship Series to face the Florence Freedom, who swept the East Division champion Lake Erie Crushers in their FLDS matchup.

Following two scoreless innings by River City starter Austin Dubsky and Evansville starter Jake Welch, the Otters scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the third inning.

Scoring the first run of the game had been a key to success for the Otters in the regular season, as the Otters were 42-12 when scoring game’s first run.

In the bottom of the third, Mike Rizzitello led off with a double and scored off an error by Rascals shortstop Trevor Achenbach on a ball hit by Keith Grieshaber, giving the Otters a 1-0 lead.

The Rascals responded with their fourth home run of the series in the top of the fourt, as L.J. Kalawaia hit a three-run home run off Welch, putting the Rascals ahead 3-1.

Welch gave Evansville a chance with a quality start, surrendering three runs on seven hits and a walk while recording six strikeouts. He would be given the loss.

The Otters had chances in the fifth and sixth innings to tie or take the lead in the game, but would not score another run until the seventh inning.

Rascals starter Austin Dubsky threw 5.1 innings, allowing an unearned run with two walks and three strikeouts. He would earn the win, keeping the Otters’ offense in check.

Down 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh, Hunter Cullen led off with a walk, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and later scored on an RBI single from Tanner Wetrich to cut the Rascals’ lead to one.

Later in the inning with David Cronin at first and Wetrich at third, Grieshaber was called out on strikes and then called for batter interference as Rascals catcher Tanner Murphy threw down to second base trying to throw out Cronin. The batter interference caused Cronin to be called out and ended the Otters’ threat.

Out of the Otters’ bullpen, Drew Beyer threw a scoreless inning, and Cam Opp recorded the final two outs of the eighth to keep it a one-run game.

When Opp went to the mound again in the ninth, the first batter he faced in Zach Lavy hit a solo home run to right field, extending the Rascals’ advantage to 4-2.

Lavy’s home run was the fifth homer for the Rascals in the series.

Taylor Wright retired the next three Rascals in order for a scoreless inning of work to finish the top of the ninth.

In the bottom of the ninth with Rascals closer Jason Zgardowski on the mound, Cullen reached on infield single, and Rizzitello was hit by a pitch, putting the tying run on base.

Zgardowski then retired Wetrich, Cronin and Jack Meggs, who pinch-hit for Grieshaber, to end the game and the Otters’ 2019 season.

In 2019, the Evansville Otters won their first division title since 1999, matched a franchise single-season record with 57 wins in the regular season, made their fourth consecutive postseason appearance, and sent five players to MLB affiliated organizations.

Ryan Long was named the Frontier League’s MVP, Taylor Wright was given the league’s Rookie of the Year honor, Tyler Beardsley was honored with the citizenship award, and pitching coach Max Peterson was named the league’s Coach of the Year award.

Evansville also sent four all-stars to the midsummer classic, representing the Frontier League against the Can-Am League, which the Frontier League won.

The Otters were also the Frontier League’s Organization of the Year and had over 101,000 fans walk through the gates at Bosse Field and in attendance this season.

The Evansville Otters want to thank all fans, corporate partners, and staff for their support and help in making the Otters’ 25th anniversary season a success.

 

EPD REPORT

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EPD REPORT

Vanderburgh County Recent Booking Records

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UE Signs Collaboration Agreements With Chinese Universities

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Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Michael Austin, Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science Ying Shang, and Dean of the William L. Ridgway College of Arts and Sciences Ray Lutgring have been working with the Northeast Electric Power University in Jilin, China, on a cooperative educational program in civil engineering and have signed a formal agreement to begin allowing civil engineering students from NEU to receive a dual degree from both universities through a 3+1 agreement.

Students in the cohort will take courses from UE in China over two summers and will then come to UE’s campus for their senior year. Students may also come to UE for two years and receive a degree from us, or come for three years and transfer back credit to NEU and receive a degree from them.

The goal is to bring between 15-20 students in each year’s cohort and expand a successful agreement to other majors.

Austin, Shang, and Lutgring also traveled to Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, where and met with the president and students of the Northeast Normal University, a teacher preparation college. They will also visit Shenyang, the capital of the Liaoning province on the Northeastern Coast, to meet with officials from Shenyang Jianzhu University. The purpose of these meetings is to begin discussions about collaboration agreements, as well as to sign an articulation agreement with SJZU.

This agreement permits Master’s of Engineering students to transfer 9 credits from SJZU into that program as part of a dual master’s degree. Students will complete the degree at UE and receive a master’s degree from both institutions

Statement From Superintendent David Smith Concerning Dramatic Drop In Test Scores With ILEARN

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The statement made by Superintendent Smith At A Recent School Board Meeting Regarding The Possibility Of Indiana Exercising The Hold Harmless Provision For ILEARN:

“The EVSC fully supports Governor Eric Holcomb and State Superintendent Jennifer McCormick’s request to exercise a hold harmless provision in response to the extreme drop in state test scores for the initial year of Indiana’s ILEARN assessment. And, while this may offer a short-term remedy, the EVSC is concerned public confidence will continue to erode in the state’s ability to create an accountability system that fairly assesses the performance of our Indiana schools. This is the second time in five years that Indiana has used the “hold-harmless” provision, and it is no secret that Indiana schools are still dealing with the impact of changing academic standards while adjusting to the third testing vendor in these same five years. Further frustration developed this past summer for parents as they had an extremely short timeline for submitting rescores.

Moving forward, we respectfully ask state legislators, the Indiana Department of Education and the Indiana State Board of Education to do a thorough study of a seemingly flawed accountability system that fails to include multiple measures to accurately show the academic progress of Hoosier students. We also strongly believe a comparative analysis should be undertaken to conduct an accurate comparison between our students and those around the nation to see where Indiana students perform on national assessments. We believe this will show Indiana students perform at a higher level than their counterparts around the nation.

It is not surprising that parents, community members, and educators are losing confidence and becoming increasingly frustrated because our state is having to exercise the hold harmless provision for the second time in the past five years due to testing concerns. It is becoming abundantly clear that our reliance on high stakes testing alone is resulting in a flawed accountability system that is failing our most important commodity, the students of our state.”

EDEN REVISITED

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EDEN REVISITED

Gavel Gamut By Jim Redwine

The Garden of Eden set a standard no other garden can match. All Adam and Eve had to do were wander around fig leaf-less and enjoy earth’s bounty. Well, there was that small inconvenience of avoiding the fruit of one tree, but even with that tree, there was no pruning, no Japanese beetles and no cultivation. Not even the concept of weeding and tilling was mentioned. In sum, neither a hoe nor Roundup were issued. There was no need for Adam to devise strategies to avoid his wife’s complaints that Mother Nature was winning the battle over whether fruits and vegetables or crabgrass would dominate. Adam could simply prop up his feet and if he could have accessed cable T.V., watch football without guilt. Ah, if only Peg’s garden were the same. 

“Jim, have you ever looked at the garden recently? I have no idea what that stuff is growing out there but it sure is not the late-season vegetables I planted. It is humiliating to see the neighbors’ weed-free plants. Don’t you care?”

I bit my tongue and suppressed a truthful response. “Would you like for me to till the garden AGAIN?” Then I suggested IGA had a cornucopia of ripe and blemish-free tomatoes and onions. “You know, Peg, grocery stores need our business. We should try to be good community members and help keep those folks employed.” That sounded reasonable, to me.

“We buy plenty of groceries that we can’t grow such as paper products, detergent, peanut butter, and practically everything else we need. The stores won’t close if you weed our garden so we can grow a few fresh tomatoes. Is that stupid football game about over?” I did not tell her it was the third game of the day.

As I put down my iced tea and forced myself off the couch my life flashed through my brain. How did this come to be? Did it go all the way back to Eve? Did her seemingly benign offering of a weed-free apple to Adam determine the fate for all husbands for all time? And if it is not too impertinent to raise this issue, why did God include weeds in His grand scheme anyway? It’s probably as simple as He didn’t have a wife so He wasn’t worried.

Anyway, I slowly went from my cool den to my hot barn and found my two-cycle gas tiller. The tiller was about as reluctant as I was to face the hopelessly entwined non-edible vegetation. I primed the engine. I used starter fluid. I pulled on the cord for what seemed like an hour, so much so I caused a blister before the tiller gave up and started. Then I trudged through the tangled mess that Peg claims are a garden. I completely understood the poetic analogy of William Cullen Bryant’s poem Thanatopsis in which he cautioned against approaching death (or gardening) like one being “scourged to his dungeon”. What I could not do was conquer my desire to dig out my old container of 2-4D and use the nuclear option. Unfortunately, Peg had anticipated just such a course of action and she had already disposed of it.

Okay, after only two hours and one blister the garden was tilled. Perhaps it will be at least two weeks before the weeds reemerge in all their sardonic evil. Once again, I ask you, would it have been too hard to design the whole thing better?

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U Of E  Men’s Volleyball Picks Up First Win Of The Season On Opening Day

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U Of E  Men’s Volleyball Picks Up First Win Of The Season On Opening Day

UE Earns Split At Redhawks Invitational

 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Opening day was a successful one for the University of Evansville volleyball team as the Purple Aces earned a split in contests against Western Illinois and Jackson State.

The Purple Aces fought to the finish in the opener against the Leathernecks, dropping a 3-2 match, but rebounded in a big way, taking a 3-0 victory over Jackson State in Friday’s finale.  It marked the first Division I win for Aces interim head coach Fernando Morales, who was proud of the way his squad performed.

“We had a great day overall.  In the first game, we had a few chances to win, but overall, it was a nice performance,” Morales said.  “We are happy about earning our first win of the season in the second match.  We know we have things to improve on and the girls are working really hard towards that.”

After a hard-fought loss to open the day, the Aces came out poised and ready to pick up a win against JSU.  Alondra Vazquez did her best to make sure that happened, leading all players with 16 kills.  Rachel Tam posted nine.  Cecilia Thon and Allana McInnis has 17 assists apiece while Melanie Feliciano had a strong effort with 13 digs and three service aces.  Fellow freshman Hannah Watkins contributed six block assists in the winning effort.

Game one saw Evansville make a huge rally at the midway point.  The Tigers jumped out to a 10-6 lead before UE turned the tables.  A 13-2 run saw the Aces take what would be an insurmountable 19-12 lead.  Feliciano played a pivotal role in the rally; with UE down 10-7, her precise serving sent the Aces on a 9-0 run.  Vazquez had three kills in a row at one point and a total of four in the rally.  UE kept the foot on the gas and took a 25-18 win.

Jackson State provided another threat in game two.  With the score knotted at 12-12, the Tigers scored five straight to open up a 17-12 lead.  The Aces never relented and fought back to tie it up at 20-20 before continuing what would be an 8-0 stretch to go up 24-20.  Feliciano was the server once again in the rally and had back-to-back aces.  Vazquez added the final kill in what was a 25-21 UE win.

Evansville fended off another challenge in the third frame to earn the win.  JSU turned a 12-12 score into a 16-13 lead.  The Aces came back to tie it at 17-all before six ties led to a 22-22 score.  That is when a few timely defensive plays came in handy.  UE forced a pair of errors to go up 24-22.  Following a Tiger point, Feliciano had the clinching kill in a 25-23 victory.

Friday’s opener saw Rachel Tam post 21 kills with Melanie Feliciano tallying 19 as Western Illinois dealt UE a 3-2 defeat.  Alondra Vazquez and Patricia Joseph checked in with 11 and 9 kills, respectively.  Allana McInnis tallied 45 assists while Gabriela Macedo posted 22 digs.  It was her first action since the season-opening weekend of 2018.  Feliciano posted a double-double with 14 digs of her own.

Western Illinois jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the opening frame, but Evansville came right back with an 8-0 run.  Allana McInnis provided flawless serving while adding an ace and kill in the rally.  The Leathernecks cut the gap to as little as two points at 16-14, but the Aces never let them get closer.  Up 21-18, UE finished on a 4-2 stretch to take a 25-20 win.  Rachel Tam had six kills in the set while Melanie Feliciano had five.  Chloe Bontrager ended the set with a kill of her own with Elena Redmond providing the assist.

Evansville carried its momentum into the second game.  Up 11-10, the Aces reeled off six in a row to extend their advantage to 17-10.  Feliciano provided three consecutive kills in the rally.  Western Illinois pushed back and cut the deficit to 21-20.  After UE pushed its lead back to a pair, the Leathernecks posted the final five points of the set to finish with a 25-22 win.

A nice stretch opened game three for UE as they jumped out to a 6-2 advantage.  Alondra Vazquez had an ace and kill.  WIU posted four in a row to tie the score at 6-6.  Nine ties led to a 15-15 score before a UE error gave the Leathernecks the lead.  Another kill by Vazquez turned the tides as the Aces scored the next eight points to go up 23-16.  Following a Western Illinois tally, Patricia Joseph registered back-to-back kills to clinch the third set, 25-17.

WIU had the advantage early in the fourth set, opening up an 8-5 lead.  Evansville responded with three in a row to tie it up, but the Leathernecks were able to push their lead up to seven points – 19-12 and finished with a 25-18 win.  In the fifth game, Evansville led by a 10-8 score, but a late rally saw the Leathernecks clinch the match with a 15-12 decision in the decisive set.

Tomorrow, the Aces wrap up the opening weekend with a 2 p.m. contest against host Southeast Missouri State.

Aces See Comeback Fall Short Against SEMO

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Aces See Comeback Fall Short Against SEMO

 SEASON STATS | BOX SCORE

 EVANSVILLE – The University of Evansville women’s soccer team saw their comeback fall short against Southeastern Missouri, 2-1, Friday night at Arad McCutchan Stadium.

SEMO struck early in the match off a corner kick that bounced around in the box before finding the back of the net by Megan Heisserer.

The Purple Aces responded in the 20th minute with Emily Ormson converting for the first time this season off of a nice pass around play by UE.

Going into the locker room SEMO led the shot attempts with eight, while UE carded four.

The Redhawks would control the momentum in the second half, while Aces Jaymee-Lee Hunter and goalkeeper Michaela Till keeping the game tied with some great defensive plays.

SEMO would find the net again in the 74th minute on a high served free-kick that got past the Aces, which would end up being the deciding goal.

Till recorded eight saves off of 19 shots faced with 11 aimed at the goal.

UE will hit the road to take on Belmont on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 2 p.m. on ESPN+.

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Art Council Of Southwestern Indiana Call for All Community Members!

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The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana wants to tell your story through images of the people, places, memories, and things that you love.
The community is invited to contribute to a fall 2019 art installation by sharing personal photographs for display in the Bower-Suhrheinrich Foundation Gallery. To participate, individuals will submit 5 photos, one for each of the following categories:
  1. A person you love
  2. An object you love
  3. A place you love
  4. An important memory
  5. A photo of yourself

Participants do not need to be artists, and there are no age or eligibility requirements to enter the exhibit.

  • Images may be new or old but must be printed on photo paper (historic photographs may be submitted on original material)
  • Images may not exceed 8.5 inches by 11 inches in size and maybe smaller
  • All photos must be labeled on the back with the submitter’s name, phone number, and email address.
  • Photos must be delivered in a large (e.g. manila) envelope labeled with submitter’s name, phone number, and email address. THIS IS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF YOUR PHOTOS DURING DROP OFF AND PICK UP.
  • The Arts Council retains the right to reject photos from the exhibit deemed offensive or inappropriate. Inclusion in the project is at the discretion of the Arts Council staff and Board of Directors.
September 10 – 14, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm:
Drop off images at the Arts Council
October 11 & 12, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm:
Pick up images at the Arts Council
September 28, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm:
Public exhibit reception
at the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana
212 Main Street, Evansville, IN 47708

Driver of Stolen Vehicle Crashes into Ohio River

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On Friday, September 06, 2019 at 12:41 a.m. deputies with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to David Enterprises on Evansville’s west side in regards to a vehicle being driven through the fence surrounding the business. Deputies discovered at that time that the vehicle was stolen from the business. Approximately twenty minutes later deputies were dispatched to a hit and run collision that occurred in the campground at Burdette Park. The suspect vehicle description given to dispatch matched the description of the stolen vehicle.

At 1:40 a.m. Evansville Police Department (EPD) Officers located a vehicle matching the description of the stolen vehicle traveling eastbound on the Lloyd Expressway near Fulton Avenue. EPD officers attempted to stop the vehicle near Ohio Street and Ray Becker Parkway. The unidentified driver of the vehicle refused to stop and a pursuit ensued. The pursuit continued into the Ohio River bottoms on Old Henderson Road. Near the 15000 block of Old Henderson Road the driver steered the vehicle down the river bank and crashed into the river.

The driver of the vehicle then fled further into the water to evade capture. Water rescue personnel from the Perry Township Fire Department and Henderson County responded to the scene in order to conduct rescue efforts. The Vanderburgh County Emergency Management Agency responded to conduct an aerial search of the area. The driver of the vehicle has not been located. The investigation is ongoing. More information will be released as it becomes available.

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