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THUNDERBOLTS ANNOUNCE 2023-24 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER

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Evansville, In.:  The Evansville Thunderbolts and Head Coach/Director of Hockey Operations Jeff Bes are pleased to announce the roster for this year’s training camp, leading up to the 2023-24 Thunderbolts season which begins on Saturday, October 21st at Ford Center as they host the Huntsville Havoc.

Returning players to this year’s camp include forwards Kenny Britton, Mathieu Cloutier, Matt Dorsey, and Brett Radford, along with defenseman Egor Kostiukov, who played for the Thunderbolts in 2021-22.  This year’s training camp roster also includes several familiar players who the Thunderbolts have faced in the past as opponents, including Tommy Stang (Quad City, Pensacola), Gianni Vitali (Vermilion County, Huntsville, Quad City), and Sean Kuhn (Pensacola, Vermilion County, Quad City).  In addition, several veteran players from Europe will compete in camp, including Swedish defenseman Filip Lundqvist, Norwegian defenseman Jonatan Wik, Canadian defenseman Grayson Valente, who played the past two seasons in Slovakia and Belgium, and Canadian goaltender Hayden Lavigne, who played last season in England.

Full Roster:

Forwards: Chiwetin Blacksmith, Kenny Britton, Mathieu Cloutier, Matt Dorsey, Brett Radford, Tommy Stang, George Thurston, Tyler Vanuden, Gianni Vitali, Aiden Wagner, Noah Williams.

Defense: Hayden Ford, Egor Kostiukov, Filip Lundqvist, Cam Shorrock, Jackson Siemens, Grayson Valente, Jonatan Wik

Goaltenders: Hayden Lavigne, Sean Kuhn

Season tickets for the 2023-24 season are now on sale.  Call 812-422-BOLT or visit our website (www.evansvillethunderbolts.com) for details.

USI XC set to co-host Angel Mounds Invitational Friday

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EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s and Women’s Cross Country returns to action Friday when the Screaming Eagles co-host the Angel Mounds Invitational at Angel Mounds.
 
The women’s six-kilometer race is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m., while the men’s 8k is at 10 a.m. Admission for the meet is $5 and is cash only.
 
USI is co-hosting the meet with the University of Evansville and the Evansville Sports Commission. Including USI and UE, the meet features several Division I programs from the Ohio Valley Conference, Missouri Valley Conference, Atlantic Sun and Conference USA. It also features several NAIA teams, including Oakland City University and Brescia University. Vincennes University is the lone junior college competing Saturday.
 
USI’s women are coming off a 23rd-place finish at the Live in Lou Classic two weeks ago. Junior Cameron Hough (Olney, Illinois) and freshmen Zoe Seward (Rochester, Indiana) were 47th and 60th, respectively, to lead the Eagles. Hough completed the 5k race in 17 minutes, 54.6 seconds, while Seward clocked a time of 18:01.2.
 
The Eagles’ men were led by senior Mitchell Hopf (Santa Claus, Indiana), who was 36th in the 378-competitor field. Hopf finished the 8k course in 24:23.0 as the Eagles placed 26th as a team.
 
Following the Angel Mounds Invitational, the Eagles travel to Morehead, Kentucky, to compete in the OVC Championships.

Liu Named Big Ten Diver of the Week

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 BLOOMINGTON – Junior Skyler Liu swept the springboard events in Indiana swimming and diving’s emphatic win over Kentucky a week ago and was named Big Ten Diver of the Week for the first time in her career the conference office announced on Wednesday (Oct. 11).

Liu, an All-American on 3-meter and platform last year in her first season as a collegiate diver, recorded NCAA Zone Qualifying scores in both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions during IU’s season-opening meet. The Hoosier women beat the Wildcats by a score of 218-82, in part thanks to Liu’s dominance on the boards.

Liu started the meet by winning the 1-meter event with a score of 301.88 after executing four dives worth at least 50 points to lead a 1-2-3 finish for the Hoosiers. In the 3-meter event, Liu showed composure to hold off Kentucky’s Abby Devereaux by 6.45 points with a winning total 303.30 points.

EPD DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT

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SENATOR BRAUN: BIDEN MUST VOID $6 BILLION TRANSFER TO IRAN

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WASHINGTON — Senator Mike Braun is calling on the Biden administration to immediately freeze the $6 billion freed up for Iran during their negotiated prisoner swap in September.

The five Americans held in Iran have been released and are back in the United States.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the $6 billion in funds are held in the Qatari central bank in Doha, and have not been disbursed to Iran.

The Biden administration has maintained that the funds are only be used for humanitarian aid, and will only be disbursed by Qatar to vetted vendors of food and medical supplies.

A Wall Street Journal article citing high-level sources in Hamas and Hezbollah reported Sunday that Iran was responsible both for the planning of the Hamas attack on Israel and giving the final go-ahead last week.

Senator Braun released the following statement on his call to block Iran from receiving these funds which will free up further resources to continue funding terrorism against the allies of the United States:

“Iran knew they had $6 billion coming their way, and that windfall freed up resources to plan and execute the heinous terrorist attack from Hamas against our greatest ally in the region, Israel.

“The U.S. should freeze these funds immediately and permanently.

“I don’t care what deal President Biden struck with Iran in his foolish attempt to reconcile with a country that chants ‘Death to America’ in its parliament, but our message should be unambiguous: If you slaughter our ally’s civilians, you are our enemy, and you’re not getting a damn cent out of us.”

Senator Mike Braun