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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wittenberg to host Pink Zone event on Saturday
From Wittenberg women’s basketball coach Sarah Jurewicz’s blog:
On Saturday, February 14, we will be hosting our Pink Zone event during our game against Wooster. The Pink Zone event is sponsored by the WBCA and is celebrated nationwide by a variety of colleges and high schools.
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TweetCU women’s squad ready to make run at NAIA tournament
CEDARVILLE — Cedarville University women’s basketball coach Kirk Martin loves the energy his team showing through 23 games this season.
“I noticed in practice yesterday there was a lot of smiling and giggling. A lot of energy going on,” Martin said today, Feb. 12. “We were happy to get through the doldrums of January and into February.”
The Yellow Jackets, ranked 18th in NAIA Division II, are 16-7 and 7-3 in the American Mideast Conference. They’re hoping to earn a bid into the NAIA D-II tournament by either finishing in the top two in the AMC regular season, or winning the AMC postseason tournament.
Shawnee State (25-0, 11-0 AMC) is the favorite to win the AMC regular season title with four games to play.
Walsh (17-9, 10-2) is second in the league with two games to play. Daemen (18-6, 8-3) is one-game back with four games to play, including games with both Shawnee State and Walsh.
The Yellow Jackets will need to win its five remaining conference games and hope Walsh and Daemen can each drop two of its final games to earn one of the conference’s two regular season automatic berths. If not, they can play their way into the tournament by winning the AMC postseason tournament.
But they’ll have to win on the road to grab the second automatic bid. They host Carlow and Point Park on Friday and Saturday, before traveling to Ursuline (Ohio), Houghton (NY) and Roberts Wesleyan (NY) next week.
“That’s going to be extremely challenging, especially for a young team,” Martin said.
But he feels good about the direction his team is headed.
“We have a lot at stake and we seem to have a clear understanding of roles and responsibilities,” Martin said. “We’re poised to finish strong. I feel good about us, which some coaches will tell you sometimes that’s not a good feeling, but I like where we are.
For more on the Cedarville women’s team, check out the Lady Jacket basketball blog of sophomore Stefanie Rodgers.
The games are also available to both watch or listen online here.
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TweetBizarre finish in California boys basketball game disputed
From the Sacramento Bee:
In the final seconds and with a five-point lead, No. 7 Bella Vista appeared to be headed for another Capital Athletic League boys basketball victory Friday night at Rio Americano High School.
Then all hell broke loose with 12.3 seconds to play.
The result: The Raiders walked away with a 68-62 win after Rio’s Zach Nathanson made 17 of 18 foul shots. Those shots came moments after a Rio Americano player fouled a Bella Vista player and was ejected.
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TweetCedarville men’s coach treats team to ice cream
From junior guard Haddon Anderson’s blog on Cedarville University’s Web site:
“After losing two in row, we were able to rebound this past week with two road wins. We did have an interesting start to the week as we didn’t really practice on Monday. After our consecutive losses, Coach Estepp decided that we weren’t going to fix our struggles in one day and he just held a team meeting.
However, it was no ordinary meeting. Upon his arrival, he carried in ice cream and Hershey’s syrup. Everyone looked around at each other wondering if this was really happening. Laughter began circulating throughout the room and Coach told us to enjoy. So, we ate ice cream and talked about how we can make our team better, and then watched highlights from the season.”
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TweetWitt’s streak of winning seasons in jeopardy
North Carolina, Kentucky, UCLA … Wittenberg?
You wouldn’t think a Division III school would have much to brag about when compared to the titans of college basketball, but Wittenberg currently holds a rather remarkable record. It has the longest active streak of winning (40 years) and non-losing seasons (52) in all divisions of NCAA basketball.
Wittenberg coach Bill Brown said he hasn’t focused on keeping those streaks alive. He said he has mentioned it to the team three times this season. His more important goals have to do with this season and this season only.
Still he conceded that the streaks are “pretty spectacular.”
And both of those streaks are in danger this season.
“We just try not to dwell on that stuff,” Wittenberg’s lone senior Kevin Murray said. “We try to dwell on getting better every day.”
The Tigers are 11-10 with four regular-season games and at least one tournament game to play. Their remaining schedule includes some big hurdles, starting with Wooster (16-6) on Saturday. They host Indiana University-East (21-7) on Monday and finish with two NCAC games against teams they have already beaten: Wabash (9-12) and Kenyon (14-8).
At this point, it looks as if the Tigers would play Kenyon again in the first round of the NCAC tournament.
If the Tigers can post another winning season or at least a .500 record, they will keep alive the possibility of surpassing UCLA’s streak of 54 straight winning seasons (1949-2002) and Kentucky’s streak of 60 straight non-losing seasons (1928-52, 1954-88).
The longest active streak of winning seasons (38) and non-losing seasons (39) in Division I belongs to Syracuse. In Division II, Norfolk State owns the record for most consecutive winning and non-losing seasons (35 from 1963-97).
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TweetMechanicsburg AD Dingey resigns
MECHANICSBURG — After two years at Mechanicsburg, Dave Dingey has resigned as athletic director.
Dingey said not spending enough time with his family as the main reason for his departure.
The resignation will be effective June 30, Mechanicsburg superintendent Mike Nutter said. They’ll likely hire a replacement in July or August.
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TweetWesleyan, Wooster still on top of NCAC
On Wednesday, Wooster survived a scare, and Ohio Wesleyan proved its first victory this season over Wittenberg wasn’t a fluke.
From The Daily Record in Wooster:
WOOSTER — That huge sigh of relief heard Wednesday was that of the College of Wooster men’s basketball team.
Trailing by five points with under a minute to go in regulation, the Fighting Scots hit a pair of key shots to force overtime and had enough energy to outlast Denison in a pair of extra sessions en route to a 102-92 North Coast Athletic Conference win at Timken Gymnasium.
From the Delaware Gazette:
Mike DeWitt admitted he was concerned with his Battling Bishop squad going into last night’s key North Coast Athletic Conference matchup with longtime rival Wittenberg.
Not to worry.
Ohio Wesleyan hit nine of its first 12 shots as the Battling Bishops raced out to a 22-0 lead on senior wing Kyle Holliday’s three-point basket eight minutes into the second half en route to an 83-59 victory over the Tigers in front of 1,020 fans at Branch Rickey Arena.
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TweetGraham’s Taylor could have ended up at Moeller
From JJ Huddle.com
You know those emails you don’t read and throw in the trash? Might want to double-check them. Had Cincinnati Moeller’s wrestling coaches done so, Graham standout senior David Taylor might be a Crusader today.
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TweetOn this date in area sports history …
Fifteen years ago on this date, Feb. 12, 1994, the Southeastern girls basketball team clinched its seventh straight Kenton Trace Conference crown and won its 64th straight regular-season game.
Complete story on the jump.
SOUTHEASTERN TOPS GREENEVIEW TO CLINCH ANOTHER KTC CROWN
Staff Reports
JAMESTOWN - Southeastern clinched its seventh straight Kenton Trace Conference title with a 37-31 victory over Greeneview Saturday afternoon.
The Trojans, 18-0 and 13-0 in the KTC, have been undefeated in the league for seven straight years. They have won 64 straight and 137 out of their last 138 regular-season games.
“This is one that’s really important after you stop and think of what we graduated and after losing Amanda Stewart,” said Southeastern Coach Kirk Martin, in his eighth season. “I think this particular title just speaks for the tenacity of this group. They never cease to amaze me.
“We trailed at the end of the first three quarters and shot a season low 27 percent from the field,” Martin continued. “I believe this was the first time in seven years that we didn’t score 40 points in a game. But, these girls still had enough fire in them to pull together when they needed to. They played an outstanding second half and I’m as proud of this group and this title as any title we’ve won so far. Greeneview has a fine club.”
The game was close all the way until the final quarter. Southeastern’s offense and defense stepped it up a notch and outscored the Rams 13-6 to seal the win.
Kacey Gordin led the team in scoring with 13 points and Sarah Luginbill had 10 steals.
Greeneview is 17-2 and 11-2 in the KTC, with both of its losses to Southeastern. The Trojans won 47-31 on Dec. 9 in South Charleston.
The Rams were led by Kelly Swearingen’s 13 points.
SOUTHEASTERN (37) - Stewart 2 4-6 8, McKee 1 2-3 4, Luginbill 2 2-3 6, South 2 0-1 4, Gordin 5 0-0 13, Kennedy 1 0-0 2. Totals: 13 8-13 37.
GREENEVIEW (31) - Finch 1 3-5 5, Payton 1 1-2 3, Staup 2 0-2 4, Polk 0 0-1 0, Reed 3 0-0 6, Swearingen 5 2-4 13. Totals: 12 6-14 31.
Southeastern 12 16 24 37 Greeneview 14 18 25 31 Three-point goals: Southeastern 3 (Gordin) Greeneview 1 (Swearingen)
Records: Southeastern 18-0, 13-0 KTC; Greeneview 17-2, 11-2
Reserves: Greeneview, 26-19
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