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UE men in 9th after day one in Bloomington
Final round to take place on Sunday
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – With two rounds completed at the Hoosier Invitational, the University of Evansville men’s golf team stands in 9th place at the IU Golf Course.
Evansville posted 583 strokes through 36 holes. They are one behind Western Illinois, who is in 8th place. Charlotte paces the team list with a score of 556. They rank seven shots ahead of Bradley (563) and ten in front of Drake (566), who is in third.
Pacing the Purple Aces in day one was Wil Pahud. He sits in a tie for 6th place after finishing the day at two under par. He carded an even 71 to open the day before firing off a 2-under 69 in round two. Tyler Gray is also near the top of the leaderboard. He shot identical rounds of 71 and is tied for 12th place.
Next up for UE was Matthew Ladd. Scores of 73 and 76 have him in a tie for 53rd place with a total of 149. Five behind him was Zac Turi. His 2-round total stands at 154 and is tied for 69th. Jon Pick completed the team with a day one tally of 156.
Peter Webb of Valparaiso leads the individuals by five shots. Webb checked in with rounds of 65 and 68 to finish the day at 9 under. His 133 is ahead of second-place Seth Gandy of Charlotte.
The teams play one final round on Sunday at 9 a.m. ET.
Home runs fly as Aces play DH at UNI
Evansville plays final game of series on Sunday
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Three home runs flew in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader as the University of Evansville softball team took on UNI in Missouri Valley Conference action.
The Panthers (17-13, 5-3 MVC) were victorious in both games, taking the first by a 12-4 final before sweeping the doubleheader against the Purple Aces (12-18, 4-4 MVC) with a 9-0 win.
Four Panther runs crossed the plate in the first inning of game one. Evansville got two quick outs, but UNI took advantage of an error to score four times. In the top of the second, the Aces used the long ball to get right back into it. Hayli Scott led off with a solo home run. Following a Chandra Parr walk, Morgan Lambert connected on the second homer of the frame to make it a 4-3 game.
From there, it was all UNI as they scored six unanswered runs on their way to a 12-4 win. Brittany Hay homered in the top of the sixth before the Panthers added two more in the bottom half of the inning on a Bunch 2-run shot.
In game two, Panthers pitcher Alyssa Buchanan was the story. She threw a no-hitter while striking out ten batters and walking one. Pinch hitter Hayli Scott earned the walk for UE.
Aces starter Samantha Fleming was steady through three innings, allowing four runs, but UNI came back in the fourth with five runs to put the game away.
On Sunday, the series will be completed with an 11 a.m. contest.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: For Indiana, It’s a Tale of Two Fired-Coaches
For Indiana, It’s a Tale of Two Fired-Coaches
by Bryan Fox
“I ain’t never gonna stop praying for him.” Former Indiana head basketball coach Tom Crean on the man who fired him.
“I hope they’re all dead.” Former Indiana head basketball coach Bob Knight on the people who fired him
For IU fans, we’ve been down this path before. A path that involves chasing a ghost of glories past. The glory days IU hasn’t seen the likes of for over 20 years. A kind of past the older generation is starting to refer to as the good ole days. The days where IU was a consistent national contender and no even dare bad mouth The General. A man whose name is in Hoosier folklore along with Ernie Pyle and Red Skelton. No one can deny the legend that is Coach Bob Knight.
So when Knight was fired 17 years ago, the entire state of Indiana was in an uproar. You CAN’T fire our coach! He wins! His players graduate! He runs a clean program! The fact that during Knight’s last six seasons his teams failed to win a Big 10 championship (while Purdue won three) nor make it past the NCAA’s second round failed to enter people’s minds at that moment.
People held animosity for the university and its administrators for years after the firing. When Knight ended up at Texas Tech a couple years later, he still had followers. In fact, people didn’t blame him for having resentment for IU at that time. As time wore on, and he resigned from Texas Tech and he went into television working for ESPN, people started seeing him and hearing his voice more often. He hardly uttered the words Indiana. Instead, he would refer to Indiana as when he “coached in the midwest.” When he would reference a former IU player, he would often only refer to the player’s name without, once again, mentioning Indiana.
When Indiana hired Tom Crean to take over the storied program in 2008, he welcomed Knight back with open arms. When there was celebrations during Crean’s tenure for the anniversaries of Knight’s three championship teams, Knight refused to come. When A.J. Guyton, Knight’s last standout at IU was inducted into the Indiana sports hall of fame a few years ago, he sent Knight an open invitation to attend his induction ceremony, Knight refused to make an appearance.
Last year, Knight went on the campaign trail with Donald Trump. While in Michigan, Knight taunted the Michigan crowd saying, “We whooped you a** every time we played you.” No, Knight wasn’t referencing his 30 years coaching at Indiana. He was referring to his 4 years as a basketball player at Ohio State.
Finally, as a way to take one last swipe at a university that made him a sports icon, Knight goes on The Dan Patrick Show and says he hopes all the people who terminated him are dead. A pretty morbid statement considering two of them are already dead. That would be former president Myles Brand (died of cancer) and former player Neil Reed (heart cancer) who accused Knight of chocking him. Even for the ardent Knight supporters, this was hard to defend.
The point of this story: Knight holds grudges. Knight doesn’t forgiv, e. Knight is a cranky old man. Over the years, its been reported that Knight has had falling outs with former players, sports reporters, and opposing coaches. It’s no wonder he hasn’t died of a heart attack with having so much anger against so many people. Indiana fired Knight 17 years ago, the people who fired him are no longer at the university, and he’s still holding a grudge.
Contract Knight to Crean. Crean was hired after former coach Kelvin Sampson tarnished the program with NCAA infractions. Crean got fired for being “too inconsistent” in the words of AD Fred Glass. Glass’s point is valid. When a team goes from winning the Big 10 championship to not making the tournament 2 different times in a five-year span, people start pointing fingers at the coach. However, in the past 6 years, one can argue that Crean’s last 6 years at IU was better than Knights. Crean made to 3 sweet 16 appearances and 2 Big 10 championships. I bring this up not to imply Crean’s firing was unjustified, but to compare him to the legend that is Knight and you’ll see there is not a significant difference during the latter part of each coaches tenure.
Crean has never shied away from his faith. His teams prayed every game day and has referenced his Christian faith at press conferences. If there was going to be any bitterness for Crean, it was going to be now while the firing is still new. Instead, Crean invoked his faith on a recent radio show. “I ain’t gonna stop praying for him.” says Crean of his former boss AD Glass. Crean obviously is taking the advice of Jesus who, from his Sermon on the Mount, says “pray for you enemies.” Crean also has shown he has a forgiving heart and holds no grudges (unlike Knight) when referring to his firing at IU.
At Indiana, there appears to be a tale of two fired-coaches. One who has held a grudge for 17 years after his firing and will surely do so to his grave. Then there’s another coach who was fired within the past two weeks and is praying for the man who fired him and was also seen at an Indiana women’s basketball game after the university fired him. The contrasts are striking. Maybe we should all start praying for Knight to have a softer heart.
FOOTNOTE: Todays “Readers Poll” question is: Â Do feel that the taxpayers of Evansville should cover the financial losses generated by the Thunderbolts?
This letter was posted without editing, bias or opinon.
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Notre Dame Law Students Slated To Argue Before Military Appellate Court
Notre Dame Law Students Slated To Argue Before Military Appellate Court
IL for www.theindianalawyer.com
Two Notre Dame Law School students will get the opportunity to argue before an international appellate court when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces hosts oral arguments at the school next week.
The court, which has worldwide appellate jurisdiction over members of the armed forces on active duty and others subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, will hear arguments in the case of United States v. Edward Mitchell on April 4. Notre Dame 2L Sean Flynn will argue for the United States, the appellant, while 2L Dominic Barceleau will argue for Edward Mitchell, the appellee.
In the case, Mitchell, a sergeant in the Army, was charged before a general court-martial at Fort Hood, Texas, with numerous offenses involving the sexual assault and harassment of his ex-wife. Mitchell was ordered not to contact his ex-wife, but he continued to communicate with her through smartphone apps.
A military judge granted Mitchell’s motion to suppress the contents of his phone, which he had unlocked and handed over to an investigator. The case turns on issues of the Fifth Amendment’s self-incrimination clause and the Edwards Rule, which holds that police must stop interrogating a suspect after he invokes the Fifth Amendment right to counsel, as Mitchell did.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the U.S. Air Force have each filed amicus briefs in the case, as have Flynn, Barceleau and Notre Dame 3L Alyssa Hughes. Professors Jimmy Gurule, Marah McLeod and Stephen Smith will serve as the students’ supervising attorneys as they present oral arguments to the appellate court.
“It’s extremely valuable for our students to see courts in action – especially a court as prestigious as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces,†Robert L. Jones, clinical professor of law and associate dean for experiential programs, said in a statement. “It’s a chance to see how judges think and how lawyers present arguments to a high-level court. The chance to argue at a court of this level in a real case is very unusual.â€
The oral arguments are open to the public and are scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. April 4 in the Patrick F. McCartan Courtroom in the Eck Hall of Law.
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Increased Enforcement Scheduled for April Distracted Driving Awareness Month
- Throughout April the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office and the Evansville Police Department will be participating in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
- “Driving while distracted represents at least as serious of a threat to public safety as impaire driving. Like drunk driivng, distracted driving is a completely preventable cause of serious injury and death,” said Sheriff Dave Wedding. “By conducting enforcement as well as education, we hope to change driver behavior and as a result prevent highway fatalities.â€
Indiana law prohibits drivers from typing, transmitting or reading a text or email message while operating a motor vehicle. Throughout April sheriff’s deputies and police officers will not only be looking for texting violations, but will be watching for moving violations that are indicative of distracted driving.
“Every death or serious injury that occurs because of distracted driving is a preventable tragedy,” said Evansville Police Chief Billy Bolin. “Texting, emailing, searching, browsing, reading, posting… whatever you choose to call the behavior, using a mobile device while driving it not just irresponsible, it is deadly.” Chief Bolin added, “Sheriff Wedding and I are asking all motorists to put away their their phones and help us save lives.â€
According to NHTSA, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or manipulating electronic devices while driving at any given moment during the day. Nationally, in 2014 alone, motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers claimed 3,179 lives and injured 431,000 people. Additional research shows that 10 percent of drivers under the age of 20 involved in fatal crashes were reported as being distracted at the time of the crash.
Increased enforcement of distracted driving related traffic laws will take place throughout April. Enforcement funding is provided by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) through a grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.