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| Track Teams Rack up Top-10 Finishes at IWU Meet |
| Posted on Sunday, February 08 @ 00:01:31 PST (11 reads) | |
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Mens track & field 2/7/2026 8:22:00 pm nathan baliva track teams rack up top-10 finishes at iwu meet the monmouth college mens and womens track and field teams competed among more than 20 teams at the keck select hosted by illinois wesleyan on saturday. The scots posted 17 top-10 finishes and seven personal bests. Women jillian toth (el paso, illinois) took second in the weight throw with a season-best 16.11m. Kayla braun (evansville, illinois) was third at 14.60m and brynn hogan (galena, missouri) placed sixth at 14.07m. Braun finished second in the shot put with a season-best 12.89m while toth was fourth at 10.96m and hogan was ninth at 10.50m. Maddie rusk (annawan, illinois) was eighth in the long jump at 5.23m. Men blake orwig (wyoming, illinois) took second in the weight throw at 16.28m with michael moreno (galesburg, illinois) in third at 16.05m. Gunner bryant (curryville, missouri) placed eighth at 15.20m bryant was fifth in the shot put at 14.84m. Landon erxleben (pekin, illinois) took sixth at 14.09m with orwig in seventh at 13.94m. Kaden foglesong (ipava, illinois) finished seventh in the 60m hurdles in 8.96 seconds after running a pr 8.91 in the qualifying round. Logan morse (yates city, illinois) placed fifth in the high jump at 1.85m. Johnny york (elmwood, illinois) was eighth in the long jump at 6.37m. The mens 4x400m relay team of davon patterson (ponte vedra, florida), morse, andrew peterson (galesburg, illinois), adrian outlaw (galesburg, illinois) and jerry reed (danville, illinois).Finished eighth in a season-best 3:30.36. Next up: the scots return home to host the roger haynes invitational next saturday at 10:45 a.M. Ncaa division iii national rankings (as of 8:00 p.M. On 2/7/26) 32 - jillian toth - weight throw - 16.11m 38 - kayla braun - shot put - 12.89m 45 - kaden foglesong - heptathlon - 4275 pts 49 - blake orwig - weight throw - 17.20m career highs for indoor meets (does not include those participating in an event for the first time) competitor - event - new career high (old career high) gunner bryant - shot put - 14.89m (14.23m) landon erxleben - weight throw - 14.24m (14.08m) kaden foglesong - 60m hurdles - 8.91 (8.99) erin jay - weight throw - 11.37m (10.59m) sophia kern - long jump - 4.66m (4.55m) andrew peterson - 800m - 2:00.75 (2:01.51) dame thioubou - weight throw - 14.17m (12.21m) print friendly version players mentioned gunner bryant junior michael moreno junior logan morse junior blake orwig senior adrian outlaw senior davon patterson junior johnny york senior kayla braun senior brynn hogan senior jillian toth senior players mentioned gunner bryant junior michael moreno junior logan morse junior blake orwig senior adrian outlaw senior davon patterson junior johnny york senior kayla braun senior brynn hogan senior jillian toth senior |
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| College basketball: DC men fall in final seconds against UNOH |
| Posted on Sunday, February 08 @ 00:01:31 PST (9 reads) | |
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Defiance college welcomed the university of northwest ohio to the weaner center for a basketball doubleheader, seeing a late lead falter in a crucial contest for the men while the women battled but ultimately fell as well. ...
defiance college welcomed the university of northwest ohio to the weaner center for a basketball doubleheader, seeing a late lead falter in a crucial contest for the men while the women battled but ultimately fell as well. ... |
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| B-CS comes together to raise funds for CSISD during annual 50 Men Who Can Cook e |
| Posted on Sunday, February 08 @ 00:01:31 PST (15 reads) | |
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The college station isd education foundation held its 18th annual 50 men who can cook event feb. 6 at the brazos county expo to raise money through serving a variety of food.
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| Live Blog: Florida Gators vs. Texas A&M Aggies |
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Live blog: florida gators vs. Texas a&m aggies
first place in the sec is on the line saturday night as no. 17 florida gators (16-6, 7-2 sec) face texas a&m (17-5, 7-2 sec) in college station. Uf defeated the aggies 89-70 in gainesville last season.
both teams faced alabama in their last game. Florida blew out the crimson tide 100-77 in the o’dome last sunday before a midweek bye, while texas a&m lost at alabama 100-97 on wednesday.
here are live updates from florida vs. Texas a&m:
florida vs. Texas a&m live blog
half: florida 30, texas a&m 19 
urban klavzar leads the gators off the bench with 9 points on 3-for-5 from 3. The aggies, who missed 23 straight shots, are the first sec team to be held under 20 points in a half this season.
uf is getting outrebounded 26-24, including 12-6 on the offensive glass, but has outscored texas a&m 16-8 in the paint. The aggies, who lead the sec in 3-point shooting, are 1-for-14 so far.
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score update: florida 26, texas a&m 12 (3:50 1h)
the gators have made their last four shots, including urban klavzar’s second 3-pointer of the game. The aggies ended their drought from downtown after starting 0-for-12.
way to finish it zay‚ĺÔ?è
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score update: florida 13, texas a&m 3 (7:52 1h)
the gators are up by double digits but haven’t pulled away due to turnovers. The aggies are stone cold from the floor, missing 23 straight field goals (1-27 overall) and starting 0-12 from 3.
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score update: florida 11, texas a&m 2 (11:41 1h)
the gators have their first kill shot with a 10-0 run but haven’t scored in the last 3:25 with three turnovers. The aggies have missed 14 in a row and they’re 1-18 from the floor (0-10 from 3).
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score update: florida 8, texas a&m 2 (15:55 1h)
the gators have jumped out to a 7-0 run behind 60% shooting from the floor to start the game. The aggies are 0-for-5 beyond the arc and 1-for-9 overall (11%).
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| The Quiet Power of Female Friendships in the New Year |
| Posted on Sunday, February 08 @ 00:01:31 PST (11 reads) | |
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As the new year rolls in faster than any of us expect, a different kind of season comes into focus. It’s cold out, classes change, and new opportunities appear. We meet new people, and we keep some old ones. There’s something quietly special about the people we choose to keep close, whether we realize we’re choosing them or not.
the start of a new year is symbolic. It shows us what we want to carry forward and what we’re ready to leave behind. January becomes a time for goals, hopes, reflection, and, if we pay attention, the acknowledgment of who matters in our lives. This year, that feeling hit me harder than ever. There were people, situations, and habits i knew i needed to release. There were goals i was excited to chase — personal, academic, career, and creative. But for the first time, i felt completely certain about my closest friendships. They didn’t just fit into my life; they added to it. They made me better.
as i welcomed the new year, i found myself reflecting on my female friendships, which have quietly become such a defining part of my life. I’ve always valued companionship, but entering college, far from home and family, shifted something. Those friendships became a second family. That’s when i finally understood their importance. Growing up, there were times when i felt like i didn’t quite fit in, unsure of which crowd felt like mine. In these friendships, i felt something different: relief, belonging, and the comfort of being seen.
so, as we move through the new year and into the season of love, i want to reflect on the importance of female friendships and how they’ve shaped me over time.
what female friendships have taught me
i’ve always had friends of all genders, and i’ve never believed that friendship should be divided by gender. I enjoy the company of men as much as i do women, and my male friends bring a different kind of joy into my life: playful, unserious, and freeing, like a brief pause from everything else. But there’s something uniquely powerful about female friendships. No matter how much fun i have with my guy friends, that depth and emotional closeness is never quite the same. With my girls, i feel safe as if we’ve built an invisible string between us over time. As we form these friendships in adulthood, we begin to realize how irreplaceable they really are.
one of the biggest things female friendships have taught me is loyalty. You can feel when someone genuinely has your back — when they care for you without hesitation or doubt. There’s no jealousy, no competition, no hidden malice. Instead, you feel supported, seen, and built up. As i grew older, i realized my friendships shifted from quantity to quality. As a teenager, big groups and large social circles were what mattered to me. Now, everything feels more intimate and intentional. Since college takes us far from home, those deeper friendships matter even more. In many ways, we only have each other, and that makes these bonds feel irreplaceable.
another thing female friendships have taught me is how deeply women encourage each other to grow. In the moments when i’ve doubted myself, my friends have been the ones pushing me forward. They understood what i was going through while studying for my hardest classes, comforted me when i felt stressed or stuck, celebrated my wins, and supported me through my losses, reminding me that rejection is just redirection. It made me realize that after my family, the first people to truly celebrate my success and be proud of me were my female friends.
lastly, a small thing is the way it feels to simply be around them. I don’t think i’ve ever felt so excited to see my female friends. It’s coming home after a long day of classes, meetings, and studying to find my roommates sitting on the kitchen counter, cooking and laughing. It’s seeing my two best friends a few times a week when our schedules finally align, and feeling like i’m genuinely with family. It’s running into my wider circle at outings and feeling instantly lighter. It’s going back home and seeing the few girls with whom i stayed close, even after we all took different paths. That rush of joy, that feeling of not wanting to be anywhere else but in that moment. And that, to me, is one of the most beautiful things female friendship has taught me.
a new year, reframed
as the new year settles in, i’ve realized that the most meaningful changes in my life haven’t come from resolutions or reinvention; they come from the people standing beside me. Female friendships have taught me loyalty, depth, encouragement, and belonging in ways i didn’t know i needed. They’ve changed how i see myself and how i move through the world. And as i carry these relationships into another year, i’m reminded that becoming isn’t something we do alone. It happens in kitchens and bedrooms and coffee shops, in study rooms and on long drives home, in late-night conversations and quiet moments of understanding. Walking into the new year reminded me that friendship is its own love story, which is quiet, loyal, and endlessly transformative. With valentine’s day around the corner, i can’t help but think about how beautiful it is to love and be loved by our female friends. |
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| Mens Basketball Wayne CCC vs Jackson College, 2-7-26 | Photo Gallery | JTV |
| Posted on Sunday, February 08 @ 00:01:31 PST (9 reads) | |
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Final: wayne ccc 80, jackson college 78 mens basketball wayne ccc at jackson college, 2-7-2026. Photos by maddie vieau, jtv sports. Final: wayne ccc 80, jackson college 78 mens basketball wayne ccc at jackson college, 2-7-2026. Photos by maddie vieau, jtv sports. Latest galleries february 7, 2026 adam bragenzer jackson college |
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| This one football team helped define my football roots |
| Posted on Sunday, February 08 @ 00:01:31 PST (8 reads) | |
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San francisco — the salt air was my first breath. The murmuring tide of the oakland estuary, my first lullaby. I entered the world not with a cry, but with the deep, rolling whisper of the bay itself – a sound of constant, graceful collision.
my genesis was pure east bay: a military hospital bed at the now-ghostly oak knoll naval hospital, my mothers laney college textbooks stacked nearby, the scent of yeast from the old bakeries mingling with the diesel of port trucks and the polished leather of my fathers military boots.
my family tree was rooted in resistance, in black panther boldness that spoke of a people, a place, fiercely devoted to its own.
i came into a world where resistance was breathing, where the bay area wasnt just a place but a posture—a way of standing against the wind and demanding it move.
this was my inheritance.
not money, not land, but atmosphere. Culture.
the bay.
the way the summer fog, a great gray blanket, would smother the golden gate. How the hills of san francisco didnt just sit there; they rolled, majestic and muscle-bound, across the horizon.
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the golden gate bridge as seen from fort point in san francisco on aug. 9, 2018.
i fell in love with football the way you fall in love with anything that matters: suddenly, completely, without consent.
to me, the san francisco 49ers arent just a team; they are a birthright.
they were the dynasty that rose as i learned to walk, that dominated as i learned to read, that became mythology as i learned to believe in things larger than myself.
my childhood was soundtracked by a different kind of collision. The crack of shoulder pads, the roar of a kingdom called candlestick parkpark.
my first football memories were not of plays, but of mythology in the making. I was baptized into the faith just as the dynasty was born.
i learned my alphabet not with apples and balls, but with names that rang like cathedral bells: montana. Rice. Lott. Young. Walsh.
these werent just players. They were knights. And their king was a young, fiery ohioan named eddie j debartolo, jr.
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san francisco 49ers owner eddie debartolo jr. On the filed prior to a game against the tampa bay buccaneers at tampa stadium.
for years, the legend of that time felt like a family heirloom, polished by nostalgia.
i didnt know then what i know now—that what i was witnessing was the construction of something that would never happen again.
debartolo didnt just own a football team; he crafted a kingdom. And in the center of it all, standing beside him like a knight at the round table, was carmen policy.
i just fell in love with the whole city, policy told arash markazi in an exclusive interview on the amc four-part docuseries rise of the 49ers, where he pulled back the curtain on the creation myth. I just couldnt wait to go back.
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policy, the architect beside the king, made it all visceral, intimate, real. As debartolos personal attorney from youngstown, ohio—a place as far and culturally different from san francisco as taipei is to texas—policy accompanied eddie d when he purchased the 49ers in 1977, and together they constructed something that bill walsh would later call camelot.
policy spoke of debartolo, not as a distant owner, but as a force of nature.
his passion can be very, very animated. And at times, very intense, policy said.
he described the mission with elegant simplicity: eddie would give the players everything they needed to succeed, and in return, he demanded their all.
he carried a family attitude, policy explained. His approach was, im going to give you what you need to succeed. I want loyalty and commitment from you in the process, and commitment means youre gonna play your heart out.
that was the covenant.
that was the magic.
eddie didnt just pay players—he loved them. He flew them first class. He put them in the finest hotels.
he remembered their birthdays, their childrens names, their mothers ailments.
he treated football players like family, and in return, they played like warriors.
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san francisco 49ers owner eddie debartolo jr. Talks with running back tom rathman (44) on the sidelines against the denver broncos during super bowl xxiv at the superdome. The 49ers defeated the broncos 55-10.
he felt they were being honest to themselves… and he owed them something back in return, policy said.
policys description of their origin story cements the eras magic.
in a restaurant bar in youngstown in 1977, a frenetic debartolo waves him over.
he looks at me, and he says, i just bought a football team, policy said.
policy, baffled, assumes its the cleveland browns.
ed says, so i didnt buy the cleveland browns, i bought the san francisco 49ers.
to two ohio boys, san francisco was singapore. It was mars.
it was, as policy recalled with a chuckle, a little, shall we say, out there.
and why buy them? Because its for sale, policy recounts.
that was the first spark. From that whimsical, almost absurd purchase, a camelot was built.
policy and debartolo, the legal mind and the boundless heart, became stewards of something that transcended sport.
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san francisco 49ers owner eddie debartolo jr. (Right) and general manager carmen policy (left) on the filed prior to a game against the tampa bay buccaneers at tampa stadium
they didnt just build a team; they curated a culture of fierce loyalty and family.
players werent assets. They were brothers.
bill walsh was the genius. Joe montana was the general. But the dynasty was built on more than two men.
it was built on ronnie lotts violence, jerry rices precision, steve youngs desperation, charles haleys fury and roger craigs versatility.
roger craig.
the name still makes my chest tight.
the running back who could do everything—run between the tackles, catch passes out of the backfield, block like a lineman, score from anywhere.
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roger craig celebrates his third quarter touchdown during super bowl xix against the miami dolphins. The 49ers defeated the dolphins 38-16. Craig set a super bowl record of three touchdowns in the game.
he was the first player in nfl history to have 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in the same season. He won three super bowls. He made the pro bowl four times.
he was marshall faulk, ladainian tomlinson and christian mccaffrey before any of them donned a helmet.
and he waited. And waited. And waited.
for years, craig watched lesser players enter the hall of fame while he remained outside, his contributions somehow forgotten, his greatness somehow overlooked.
it was a crime against football, a sin against history, a reminder that the voters in canton sometimes forget what greatness looks like.
but finally, this week, as san francisco hosts the super bowl, the call came.
and when it did, two of his teammates, his brothers—lott and haley—greeted him, welcoming him home.
roger was the heart of our offense, lott said. He did things no one had done before. He deserved this.
haley, the fierce pass rusher who battled his own demons, nodded in agreement.
we built something special, haley said. Roger was a huge part of that.
that truth echoed decades later, punctuated not by a trophy, but by a long-overdue coronation.
their presence was a testament to the bond policy described, a bond that outlasted careers, that defied time. It was the final, living proof of the family eddie d. Built.
from 1981 to 1995, the 49ers won five super bowls.
they revolutionized the sport. They turned the west coast offense into a religion and the nfl into a spectacle.
they became cultural unifiers in a region that was transforming—silicon valley rising, the earthquake of 89 shaking, the lgbt movement marching, the wine country blooming.
i witnessed portions of it; the others, my father ensured i watched vhs recordings to understand the significance of the dynasty i grew up under.
i remember watching my father playing, the catch—dwight clarks fingers grazing the sky against dallas in 82, the play that started it all —until the recorder started to singe the tape.
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the 1982 image the catch, dwight clark, san francisco, california is featured in the perfect shot: walter iooss jr. And the art of sports photography thursday, march 3, 2022. The retrospective, which includes 85 photographs spanning 50 years of iooss career, is on exhibit at the oklahoma city museum of art through sept. 4.
i remember super bowl xix, when montana outdueled dan marino, and the 49ers proved they were more than a one-year wonder.
i remember the devastation of 87, when they lost to minnesota in the divisional round, and the redemption of 88, when walsh won his third title and walked away.
i remember the transitions—walsh to seifert and joe to steve, the montana loyalists screaming betrayal, the young believers preaching patience.
i remember the two nfc championship losses to dallas, the heartbreak of watching jimmy johnsons cowboys bully the team i loved.
policy remembers eddies promise after that second loss: cant have this happen again. I wont let it happen again.
and i remember the last hurrah—1994, the free-agent spending spree, deion sanders for one glorious season, young finally escaping joes shadow with six touchdown passes against san diego in super bowl xxix.
for over two scores, i have remained faithful; faithful i will forever be.
walsh called it camelot; he named it himself.
king arthurs legendary castle typified an idyllic kingdom of chivalry and happiness, but it also symbolizes any utopian place or time, and, like all camelots, its sunset was ordained. By definition, camelot cannot last.
the league, as policy explained with poignant irony, literally created the salary cap to tear down what the 49ers had built.
everything they did was designed to tear down the 49ers, policy said.
the magic couldnt last. It was too pure, too potent. The nfl made sure of that.
debartolo was forced out by scandal.
the dynasty crumbled. The dark ages arrived.
ever since, the franchise has fallen short of reclaiming its once-golden standard of excellence and dominance.
the nfl isnt built that way any longer, the docuseries admits. Then-owner eddie debartolo treated the 49ers as if they were the current dodgers, outspending everyone else to the point where salary caps were instituted to level the playing field.
the younger generation of 49ers fans knows only disappointment—three lost super bowls, two to kansas city, one to baltimore.
they know kyle shanahans brilliance and his heartbreaks.
they know mccaffreys injuries and the santa clara substation jokes.
but i know camelot.
i know what it felt like for my team to be invincible, to believe that the 49ers would always win, that eddie d would always take care of his players, that bill walshs genius would never fade.
covering the super bowl in the bay area allows me to again breathe that salt air, still watch the fog roll in and envelop the bridge like a blessing.
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culver city news correspondent eric lambkins ii at super bowl lx press conference at the san jose convention center.
this week, ive passed by the ghost of candlestick park, headed towards levis stadium, still believing that someday—maybe someday—camelot will be rebuilt.
but i know it wont.
i know that what policy and debartolo built was a miracle of time and place and personality, a confluence of genius and generosity that the modern nfl, with its salary caps and its analytics, cannot replicate.
craig is now in the hall of fame.
lott is there. Haley is there. Montana, rice, sanders, young—theyre all there, bronze busts watching in eternal silence.
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and when i visit canton, when i walk through those halls, i dont just see football players. I see my childhood. I see my connection with my father. I see the origins of my love of the game of football.
i see the bay area in its golden age.
i see a family of black panthers and football fans, of revolutionaries and champions, of people who understood that greatness is built on love as much as talent.
sports have an uncanny way of unifying people across religions, political affiliations, socio-economic and immigration status, identity and expression, and the confluence of other arbitrary wedge issues that divide us.
the 49ers became a cultural unifier.
and they did. For me, for my family, for everyone who ever smelled that salt air and believed in something larger than themselves.
the bay area fog still rolls in. The waves still crash. The golden gate bridge still stands, majestic and eternal, with the clear, blue california sky still serving as a backdrop.
and somewhere, in the halls of canton, roger craigs bust will smile—finally home, finally recognized, finally eternal.
camelot lives.
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san francisco 49ers head coach bill walsh (bottom left) and eddie debartolo jr. (Bottom right) pose with quarter backs and receivers including with steve young (8), joe montana (16), john taylor (82), jerry rice (80), and assistant coach mike holmgren (center)during super bowl xxiii media day at joe robbie stadium.
not in the standings, not in the salary cap era, not in the modern nfls cold calculus.
but in memory. In the stories we tell. In the love we carry for a team, a time, a place that will never come again.
so now i hold those memories close. Ive tried to pass on the gravity to my sons.
they are as much a part of my bay area as the salt on my lips, the panther history in my blood, the fog on the bridge, the nighttime majesty, as the light of the city flickers over the waters.
the dynasty wasnt just football. It was the spirit of this place – innovative, resilient, beautiful, brutal – captured in a game.
it was debartolos passionate promise, walshs genius, policys steady hand.
it was ronnies hits, jerrys grace, joes cool.
it was craig, finally taking his rightful place, surrounded by his brothers.
it was a fleeting, perfect kingdom by the bay.
and i was there.
i was born into the bay areas majesty. I grew up in the 49ers dynasty.
and i will die believing that football, at its best, is not just a game. Its a family. Its a revolution.
its camelot, and camelot, forever, is golden. |
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| Pity the College Kids |
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pity the college kids
topic: children and family
source: the brownstone institute
former centers for disease control and prevention director james redfield said in the summer of 2020 that far more teens and young people were dying of suicide and drug overdoses than from covid. Doctors and epidemiologists who authored and published the great barrington declaration in october 2020 advised against school closings, calling them a “grave injustice;” advocated for protection of very old and sick people; and advised that young and healthy people should continue normal life because they were at little risk from the virus. Since then, many scientists have agreed that panic, fear, and severe restrictions in young people’s lives during the covid period were mistakes and caused grave harms. Many others have remained silent.
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ifeminist newsletter november 29, 2011 #157
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| The Blogs: The Beauty of a Mechitza | Golda Daphna | The Times of Israel |
| Posted on Sunday, February 08 @ 00:01:31 PST (7 reads) | |
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When i was 20, orthodox judaism affixed a scarlet “a” to my chest. Or at least that’s what i told myself when i published an article after walking into the yu beit midrash. I wore the scorn with pride and derision. Because there’s a certain narcissism to victim mentality. A personality carved from pain. And pain was all i knew. Facetiously posing as a rising columbia sophomore in front of the yu library after my article about suing the institution became #1 on the times of israel blogs.
this past shabbat, i spoke about that pain to current and future jewish world leaders. This is how i began, “my story is for the men in this room. The future rabbinical leaders. Because all the women here already are familiar with its pain.”
pain is a funny thing. My bais yaakov ethics teacher once used the familiar analogy about the carrot, egg, and coffee. When under stress, one can become soft, hard, or sweet. But pain just made me angry. The boy who sexually assaulted me as a teenager told me that only he was able to learn in the yu beit midrash. “You can’t even look inside, golda.”
the person who made me feel most impure told me only he had access to holiness. The hypocrisy enraged me. And i directed it to a system that wasn’t truly at fault.
i learned this lesson during my senior year in college. When i went through the unimaginable. When a police investigation and title ix followed. When my orthodox jewish friends left minyan when the perpetrator entered the room. When the pickle-eating, yiddish speaking, open-toed shoe-wearing, “halachically” egalitarian spaces welcomed him with open arms. Senior year at the yu seforim sale with my halachically-stringent, mechitza-upholding, velvet kippa-wearing orthodox columbia friends, who held spontaneous farbrengens whenever i got triggered.
when i was a senior, i realized that the men who prayed proudly behind a mechitza three times a day would run six blocks in five minutes as soon as i told them i was triggered. I learned the men who frequented musical hippie egalitarian kabbalat shabbats would call them and threaten them into silence.
these same egalitarian men argue that halacha and over two thousand years of traditions should be subverted to protect women. Include women. They’re allies ! Because women are only equal if they’re seen through their eyes. The lens of the patriarchy. The secular. Doing everything a man does. Forced into obligations halacha had already determined they would not have the time to fulfill, and consequently did not burden them with its demands.
i’ve been learning in mizrachi’s lapidot program for almost three months, and we just finished the sugya of ????. The halachot of a person in mourning required to bury a dead body. He is not obligated in mitzvot and consequently cannot be ???? Others. Halacha viewed his predicament with empathy and thus removed the burden of his obligation. Halacha saw motherhood the same. There is something almost abusive about men negating its role in a woman’s life and obligating her in that which she can not always perform.
the girl filled with pain. Scorn. Derision. The girl who walked into the yu beit midrash. That girl would never have imagined that she would one day share her story on a mizrachi leadership shabbaton. That she’d direct it to men who met the queen of england. That these same men. Men with black hats, peyos , and m16s. These men would come up to her and ask, “how do we highlight women?” “How do we believe them?” “How do we use social media to empower the youth against the prison of victim mentality?” Learning halacha at lapidot mizrachi, where torah study is driven solely by a genuine love for continuing our mesorah.
the girl full of pain would have never imagined that the direction of her anguish would become her greatest healing. Pain is hard to let go of. It can give purpose. Direction. Drive. But pain without torah burns. True torah believes in protecting women. True halacha believes in preserving dignity. True allies believe in highlighting women.
i hope my story inspires future jewish educators to never fault the girl in pain. To never ostracize her. Affix her with a scarlet “a.” To see beyond the rebelliousness and into the little girl who just wants to be heard. I hope my story inspires everyone to keep halacha. True halacha. The halacha of dovid hamelech that changed an entire system to protect his daughter.
i hope any girl who has been through what i have can one day have hope. That men in black hats. Men in peyos . Men in m16s. And some with all three. Will one day ask her how to create a world where she is heard and believed. Because ????? ???? ??????? ????? And the laws which begot moshiach never deemed her impure or unholy. |
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| Tradition Prep boys basketball wins first district title |
| Posted on Sunday, February 08 @ 00:01:31 PST (11 reads) | |
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Tradition prep boys basketball makes history with first district championship
- the tradition prep boys basketball team won its first-ever district championship.
- the pirates defeated avon park 71-31 to claim the class 3a-district 9 title.
- coach terry fields credits the teams success to a strong focus on defense.
- this was the teams first season in the district after previously playing as an independent.
fort pierce – terry fields conducted the waves of people posing for photos like a maestro.
after all, a team can win its first district championship only once.
so fields, the coach of the tradition prep boys basketball team, made sure everyone who wanted to mug for a photo with his squad had the opportunity.
the top-seeded pirates mauled second-seed and undermanned avon park high, 71-31, saturday afternoon for the class 3a-district 9 crown at the havert l. Fenn center.
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“it’s a family,” fields said. “It’s not just one person. It’s not just the coaches. It’s a family. All these parents, these moms and dads sacrifice their time, get off from work and come to see their children play. But it wouldn’t be possible for us right now if it wasn’t for the parents, if it wasn’t for the school and the staff. Everybody has bought in, not just the basketball team. So i want all of them to be a part of this.
“also for these young men, it’s the first time. When they have their kids and their grandchildren, they can say, ‘hey, i was district champion.’ It’s important for them to have this memory.”
after a year as an independent and two years in the sunshine independent circuit, the pirates landed in 3a-9 for the first time this season and took no prisoners. They won their three district contests by an average of 42 points and the district championship by nearly the same margin.
“it means a lot,” said junior aydan fields, son of coach terry fields. “It helps us put our names out there. Tradition prep is not big on hoops or any type of sports. This year we are proving something to everybody.”
it starts on defense
growing up in headland, alabama, coach fields knew his time on the court would be predicated on how well he played defense.
“it was all about defense for me,” he said. “I feel like defense wins championships. Anybody can get a bucket any day, but it’s the griminess and grittiness of defending. That’s what i try to pride my guys on sitting down and guarding and defending. Doing the right things.
“this is what led us to a district championship and being 22-2 right now.”It has been drilled in aydan fields from the start.
“you can play defense on your own, but if you want steals and blocks, you have to play defense as a team and talk on defense,” aydan fields said. “If there’s no communication, the offense is going to score.”
the long 6-foot-7, 177-pound junior is everywhere when it comes to defense.
“i can’t really even call them out right now, but i would say aydan fields,” coach fields said when asked who is the best pirates’ defender. “He can guard one through 5. That’s what he’s prided himself on is playing defense.”
aydan fields’ example has led to the others buying in.
“guys have bought into that: taking charges, diving on the floor for loose balls, all the practices, me screaming and yelling at them,” coach fields said.
the majority of the pirates’ practices are defensive oriented with man-on-man, four-on-0 drills and 4-on-3 scramble drills.
“defensive slides, one-on-one defense, defense behind the back, defense full court. All that,” aydan fields said. “We practice defense at least an hour to an hour-and-a-half a day.”
during its current 11-game winning streak, tradition prep has permitted just more than 43 points per game and just more than 45 during the entire season.
“a lot of scramble drills, always closing out to the basketball, always closing out with our hands high, always seeing the guys on the sideline and baseline,” coach fields said. “We don’t want anybody to get middle. If they get middle, they have options. The baseline and sideline is a defender for us as well.”
after headland high, coach fields went on to play at the college of southern idaho, university of texas at san antonio and then in germany, india, china and mexico. It was his defense that kept him in the game.
“i’ve played at all the levels these kids want to play in except the nba,” coach fields said. “I went from being that kid ranked high coming out of high school and going to college realizing i’ve got to do something other than scoring buckets in order for me to play.
“i realized i had to sit down and play defense, take charges, battle for loose balls. It got me more minutes and more time as a player. That’s what i want these guys to understand. When you go to college, you’ve got to figure out a way for you to be able to play. You’re not going to be that guy to go to college and average 40 points. That’s not going to happen. You’ve got to be that guy you weren’t in high school. If you buy in right now, you could be that guy. I want them to understand that right now.”
tradition prep’s offense plays off the defense
top-seeded tradition prep scored the first nine points of the game, 20 of the first 22 and led 27-7 after the first quarter. When senior daniel boule canned a 3-pointer with 6 minutes, 17 seconds left in regulation, it gave the pirates a 64-29 lead and started a running clock because of the 35-point mercy rule.
junior kaiden seebarath and sharp-shooting senior nick dunphy each scored 16 points to lead the way. Senior ethan chevres was right behind with 14 points. Aydan fields also reached double figures in scoring with 11, as eight pirates found the scoring column.
it wasn’t a picture-perfect performance, since the pirates missed a couple of dunks, gave up offensive rebounds and at times didn’t look pretty on offense against 9-15 avon park, which dressed seven players and lost one due to an injury during the game.
but no one is going to remember that years from now, just that tradition prep won its first boys basketball district title.
“it says a lot about the program,” coach fields said. “The boys have bought in. It says we are here as a team. This group is very special. It took four years to get to where we are. That’s the good thing about this is coming out to do what we needed to do for the school and for the culture at tradition prep.
“it’s very, very important for the program. I’m building a program here. I want kids, even after i leave, to come here and want to play the game of basketball and play it the right way. It’s big for our school as well. We’re starting to put tradition prep on the map.”
the pirates (22-2) are ranked fourth in 3a-region 3 behind fort lauderdale calvary christian academy, the top team in the state in all classifications, coconut creek north broward prep and boca raton st. Andrew’s. All those teams are in the same district. Tradition preps lone two losses are back-to-back to davie western and st. Lucie west centennial by a combined nine points.
“if we play as a team, we can go to states,” aydan fields said. “Once we get to regionals it will prove something.”
tradition prep will get a home game in the regional quarterfinals on feb. 14. But the game will not be on campus.
the district games were played at the fenn center since the pirates’ home gym does not hold the required 500 spectators.
“our school and staff did a really great job of setting this venue up,” coach fields said. “Our school is small. Our gym is supposed to have 500 seats. We only have 300. So we would have to host at someone else’s gym. Home court is an advantage, a plus.”
coach fields hopes the title resonates with not just the basketball team or the sports programs, but the entire student body.
“we’re going to get more and more kids to come to the school, not just for basketball, but for academics as well,” he said.
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