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Lambert earns MVC Scholar-Athlete honor
Senior named an honorable mention
ST. LOUIS – Thirteen conference softball student-athletes have been named to the 2017 MVC Scholar-Athlete first team, including three repeat first team selections, as voted on by the league’s softball sports information directors and announced by the Missouri Valley Conference office.
Six additional student-athletes garnered honorable mention accolades, including Purple Aces senior Morgan Lambert. A steady slugger for the University of Evansville, Lambert finished second on the team with eight home runs and 27 RBI.
Starting 50 games, Lambert has notched 323 putouts at first base. Lambert completed the season with a .261 batting average. Her top game of the season came against Tennessee State where she hit a grand slam. Lambert has posted a 3.79 GPA as an Elementary Education major.
In order to be eligible, student-athletes must have at 3.2 GPA or higher, be at least a sophomore in athletic and academic standing and meet certain playing requirements.
USI begins NCAA II Tournament Thursday
The 19th-ranked (NCBWA) University of Southern Indiana baseball team begins 2017 NCAA Division II Tournament action with the Midwest Regional May 18-22 at Gerace Baseball Stadium in Midland, Michigan. The Screaming Eagles (32-19), who enter the tournament as the second seed, start tournament action against Saint Joseph’s College (34-20), the seventh seed, at 4 p.m. (CDT) Thursday.
Prior to the USI-Saint Joseph’s match-up, fourth-seeded Drury University (36-18) plays fifth-seeded Bellarmine University (34-19) at 9 a.m. (CDT) to start the regional, while top-seeded and host Northwood (43-11) takes on eighth-seeded Kentucky Wesleyan College (27-22) at 1:30 p.m. (CDT) to finish the first session. Third-seeded Quincy University (32-20) and sixth-seeded Wayne State University (31-19) follow the USI-Saint Joseph’s game with the final contest Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The automatic qualifiers in the regional are Quincy (GLVC), ninth-ranked (NCBWA)/17th-ranked (Collegiate Baseball) Northwood (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), and Kentucky Wesleyan (Great Midwest Athletic Conference).
Live coverage of the Screaming Eagles baseball games this week can be found on GoUSIEagles.com, while NCAA II Midwest Regional information, including the bracket, ticket information, and directions to Gerace Baseball Stadium, can be found at GoNorthwood.com.
SCREAMING EAGLES BASEBALL NOTES:
USI versus the Midwest Regional Field. USI is 10-7 against the 2017 NCAA II Midwest Regional Field (1-2 vs. Drury; 2-2 vs. Bellarmine; 2-1 vs. Quincy; 3-1 vs. Saint Joseph’s; 2-0 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan; and 0-1 vs. Wayne State). The Eagles are hitting .289 as a team versus the field, led by senior designated hitter Jaylen Quarles‘ .455 average. Junior shortstop Sam Griggs drove in a team-best 14 RBIs against the tournament field, followed closely by junior leftfielder Drake McNamara and junior rightfielder Nick Gobert with 13 and 10 RBIs, respectively.
On the mound, senior right-hander Justin Watts leads the hurlers with a 0.73 ERA, while senior right-hander Lucas Barnett has a team-high three wins.
Eagles all-time versus the regional field and in NCAA II Tournament. USI is 294-230 all-time, 4-2 in NCAA II Tournament action, versus the NCAA II Midwest Regional field (vs. Saint Joseph’s: 45-42 all-time, 0-0 NCAA II Tournament; vs. Quincy: 36-40 all-time, 1-0 NCAA II Tournament; vs. Wayne State: 7-3 all-time, 2-1 NCAA II Tournament; vs. Bellarmine: 79-70 all-time, 0-0 NCAA II Tournament; vs. Drury: 21-9 all-time, 1-1 NCAA II Tournament; vs. Kentucky Wesleyan: 97-64 all-time; 0-0 NCAA II Tournament; and vs. Northwood: 9-2 all-time; 0-0 NCAA II Tournament).
USI history in the NCAA II Tournament. The Screaming Eagles are making their seventh appearance in the Midwest Regional in the last 11 seasons and their 13th appearance overall in the NCAA II Tournament. USI has won the Midwest Regional four times (2007, 2010, 2014, 2016) and the NCAA II National Championship twice (2010, 2014).
USI in national polls. The Screaming Eagles climbed to 19th in final the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 25 of 2017. USI fell out of the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Top 30 poll after going 0-2 in the GLVC Tournament.
The difference of a month. The Eagles went 21-7 in May and April with the team hitting .290 and posting a 2.72 ERA, compared to 11-12 in February and March with a team batting average of .259 and a 3.88 ERA. Senior designated hitter Jaylen Quarles has seen the biggest turn around amongst the players, going from .154 (3-19) in nine games during February/March to .378 (28-74) in 24 of the 28 games during April and May. On the mound, junior right-hander Kyle Griffin went from 2-3 with a 5.25 ERA to start the year to 4-0 with a 1.64 ERA in the last six weeks.
Season hitting leaders. Junior designated hitter/leftfielder Drake McNamara (.367) and senior designated hitter Jaylen Quarles (.333) are the Eagles hitting over .300  this season. McNamara leads USI with a team-best seven home runs and 43 RBIs.
Season pitching leaders. Senior right-hander Lucas Barnett has the Eagles’ best ERA among the starting pitchers with a 2.64 ERA in 13 games, 12 starts, and 75.0 innings of work. Barnett, senior right-hander Colin Nowak, and junior right-hander Kyle Griffin all have six victories, while Griffin recorded a team-high 86 strikeouts in 12 games.
Griffin posts single-game high; season record. Junior right-hander Kyle Griffin struck out a season-high 12 batters versus Saint Joseph’s and set a USI single-season record with 86 strikeouts this season. Griffin broke the record of 84 set by Jonathon Wandling during USI’s run to the national championship in 2014.
Archuleta at USI. USI Head Coach Tracy Archuleta is USI’s all-time winningest coach with a record of 410-211 (.660) in nine-plus seasons and is 558-335 (.625) in 14-plus seasons all-time as a head coach. He has been named the ABCA Division II Coach of the Year twice (2010 and 2014) after leading the Screaming Eagles to a pair of national championships and the ABCA Division II Midwest Region Coach of the Year after leading USI to the regional crown in 2016. Archuleta also has earned a pair of GLVC Coach of the Year awards (2011 and 2014) at USI.
NCBWAÂ Top 25 Poll
Rank Team -First Place Votes-
1. Mount Olive (N.C.) -8-
2. Chico State (Calif.) -1-
3. Mercyhurst (Pa.) -6-
4. Delta State (Miss.) -1-
5. Angelo State (Texas) -1-
6. Southern New Hampshire
7. Minnesota State
8. Northwood (Mich.)
9. North Georgia
10. Tampa (Fla.)
11. Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
12. Colorado Mesa
Emporia State (Kan.)
14. West Chester (Pa.)
15. USC Aiken
16. Dixie State (Utah)
17. Nova Southeastern (Fla.)
18. West Texas A&M
19. Southern Indiana
20. St. Cloud State (Minn.)
21. New Haven (Conn.)
22. Catawba College (N.C.)
23. UC San Diego (Calif.)
24. Florida Southern
25. Lubbock Christian (Texas)
Police continue to investigate Tuesday shooting on N Main St
Evansville Police continue to investigate a Monday shooting that left one person injured.
Police were dispatched to the 1015 N Main St at 1:00pm for a report of a person with a gun. Before officers arrived, the situation escalated into a shooting. Police believe the victim and the suspect were arguing prior to the shooting. It is not clear if the two knew each other prior to the incident.
Officers arrived and found 27 year old Thendis Compton at the scene. Compton had multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment. His injuries are not considered life threatening at this time.
The suspect left the scene in a small silver car before officers arrived. Investigators are working to identify him.He was described as a light skinned black male with long hair on top.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call EPD at 1-812-436-7979 or WeTip at 1-800-78-CRIME.
VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Jeffrey Eugene Canary: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony), Possession of paraphernalia (Class C misdemeanor)
Christian William Wells: Carrying a handgun without a license (Level 5 Felony), Possession of a synthetic drug or synthetic drug lookalike substance (Class A misdemeanor), Criminal mischief (Class B misdemeanor)
Bethany Lynn Weeks: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony)
David Charles Lawrence: Theft (Level 6 Felony)
Descry Jarnaize Hackner: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Resisting law enforcement (Class A misdemeanor)
IS IT TRUE MAY 16, 2017
IS IT TRUE that the City County Observer has spent considerable time and effort over the last several months in trying to get someone to provide us and the taxpayers of Evansville with the answer to two questions about the operation of Ford Center?…both questions have easy short answers and thus far we have met nothing but resistance to releasing these simple answers?…resistance takes many forms but the most common ones in this case are ignoring the questions and the second is to attempt to marginalize the questions by providing long and complicated statements that dance around the answers?…those days have come to an end as the CCO has it on good authority that Scott Schoenike of VenuWorks has provided the answers to pastor and monthly newspaper publisher Steve Ary that we have been seeking?
IS IT TRUE we are puzzled why the above information wasn’t provided to pastor Ary, City County Observer  and the general public by Council President Missy Mosby (D), Finance Chairman Dan McGinn (R), Mayor Lloyd Winnecke (R), City Controller Russ Lloyd Jr or DMD Director Kelly Course long ago?  …could it be that this is a political hot potato that they all want to run and hide from? …we are pleased to tell you they won’t be able to hide from this budgetary bombshell?  …we also predict that the Thunderbolt/Venueworks and the City of Evansville backroom Thunderbolts hockey acquisition and Ford Center utilities deals will cause some Council members major re-election problems?
IS IT TRUE that the first question we sought the answer to was, “how much are the utility bills for Ford Center and who is responsible for paying them”?…The answer to the question is that the taxpayers of Evansville are contractually obligated to pay all the Ford Center utility bills? …the tab for the utility bills is well over $600,000 per year?  …let that sink in folks, you are paying the utility bills for the Ford Center which is a defacto handout for any activity that is not paying market rate to use the facility?…the market rate rent per hockey event was determined back in 2011 at $11,000 per home game for the Evansville Icemen?…with the establishment of the Evansville Thunderbolts at a paltry $1,000 per home game rental fee the utility bills associated with hockey are now considered a hockey subsidy?
IS IT TRUE that the other simple question was, “do the taxpayers of Evansville cover the losses for the Evansville Thunderbolts hockey team”?...the answer to this simple question is YES?…remember you heard it first from the CCO that the taxpayers of Evansville are totally responsible for the losses associated with having this hockey team? …we would like to know how much money did the Thunderbolts loss during the 2016-2017 hockey season? …we are told by reliable sources that this figure could between $500,000 to $700,000 dollars? …if you are outraged to learn this,  you need to let your council members know how you think about this?
IS IT TRUE several of the current council members were serving on City Council when the utilities deal was made but some weren’t?…individuals not on Council when the Ford Center utilities contract were approved are Council members: Justin Elpers (R), Â Jim Brinkmeyer (D), Anna Hargis-CPA (R) and Michelle Mercer (R)?…we encourage these newcomers to use their skills to unwind these insane agreements and make this work for the benefit of people of Evansville?…it is about time that Councilwoman Hargis used the CPA degree that she boasted so much about during her campaign?…Councilman Elpers just needs to keep up his persistence to find answers?…we are sure he is being subjected to all sorts of pressure to look the other way and let the good old boys keep their insane ways of doing business stay intact?…we encourage Councilman Elpers to stay strong and do the right thing even if no one else including CPA Anna Hargis does?
IS IT TRUE it is time this City Council realized that there are 120,000 people in this town and a little more than a 1,000 of them are willing to pay $10 to see a taxpayers subsidized hockey game?…when one looks at it from this perspective, subsidized hockey is nothing more than penalizing the 119,000 citizens to entertain around a 1,000 or more hockey fans?
IS IT TRUE that we would like to thank Scott Schoenike of VenuWorks for publicly announcing what we consider to be a couple of financially irresponsible deals that the City of Evansville made with his company?…the CCO will be publishing an editorial with supporting documents toward the end of the week? Â … stay turned because we can guarantee it shall be a good read?
IS IT TRUE we wonder if our friends with the local main stream media will inform their readers and viewers that the taxpayers of Evansville are responsible for all theThunderbolts financial losses for the 2016-2017 hockey season?…we also wonder if they will report that the Evansville taxpayers are paying all the utilities bills at the Ford Center?  …we predict they won’t touch this story because they will consider this to be “FAKE NEWS”!
FOOTNOTE: todays “READERS POLL” question is :Do you feel that the majority of our elected officials knowingly withheld information about who is paying the utilities bills at the Ford Center?
CHANNEL 44 NEWS: Komen Evansville’s Pink Sunday
Komen Evansville’s Pink Sunday
Komen Evansville is celebrating Mother’s Day weekend with “Pink Sunday.” The event at Dove Chapel Church is designed to inform the community of good breast health practices. Organizers say Pink Sunday is a grassroots effort between Komen…