When David Ruffer walked offthe practice fields Tuesday after-noon, two loyal autograph seek-ers quickly approached him andasked for his signature.Unsurprisingly, the senior walk-on kicker signed away — some-thing he never thought he wouldbe in a position to do.“It’s cool I guess,” Ruffer said a

few seconds after putting the capback on the provided Sharpie. “Inever really thought of myself assomebody one day who would besigning autographs, but I’ll takewhat I can get. It’s neat to be inthat position.”Then again, Ruffer never really

thought of him-self as some-body whowould be NotreDame’s startingplace kicker,having nevermissed a com-petitive fieldgoal, even split-ting theuprights from50 yards away.In fact, the onlyaspect ofRuffer’s currentlife he couldhave anticipat-ed is the one aspect he initiallyhad denied him — being a stu-dent at Notre Dame.

Denial serves its purposeRuffer’s father and grandfather

graduated from Notre Dame, asdid a few of his uncles and hisolder sister, but when Rufferreceived a response to his appli-cation, it was not the responseanybody in the family had hopedfor.“I grew up loving Notre Dame.

I just wanted to be a student firstof all,” Ruffer said. “I didn’t getin as a freshman, and that wasprobably the best thing that everhappened to me. It made merealize you have to work reallyhard for the things you want.”Ruffer then turned his eyes to

William & Mary for a year,

where, after four years of playingvarsity golf in high school, hetook up kicking field goals. Aftera tryout, Ruffer walked-on to theTribe football team.“I walked on there kicking,” he

said. “and it’s worked out eversince.”

A field goal and a tryoutOnce he transferred to Notre

Dame, Ruffer joined the Siegfriedinterhall football team, and aftertwo games, in which he kickedone field goal and a couple ofextra points, attempted to walkon with the Irish.“It was more of when I would

go out and practice [that Iimpressed people],” Ruffer said.The tryout process was three-

fold — one night with only teesand the then-special teamscoach BrianPolian, onenight with asnapper andholder andPolian, and afinal night infront of then-Irish coachCharlie Weis.“I was really

nervous. Theseguys weregoing to seeme for about15 or 20 min-

utes, and if I don’t do really well,they will probably not want tosee me again,” he said. “I justhoped I would perform to thebest of my ability. I would haveobviously been upset with myselfif I came out here and didn’t dothe best that I know I couldhave.”Impress them he surely did, as

Ruffer does not remember miss-ing a single kick in the three try-out sessions.

The rest is historyRuffer only took one kick in a

game in 2008, a point-afterattempt that clanked off theupright. In 2009, Ruffer tookover place kicking duties afterincumbent Nick Tausch injuredhis foot, and Ruffer connected onnine of his 10 point-after

attempts, and all five field goalattempts.This season, he has made all

11 of his field goal attempts,bringing his Irish career total to16-of-16. Including his one fieldgoal as a Rambler, Ruffer hasnever missed a field goal attemptin competition.By making kick after kick,

Ruffer has raised the NotreDame standard for place kickers.His 16 consecutive made fieldgoals bested Tausch’s schoolrecord of 14, as well as the previ-ous record for most consecutivemade field goals to open acareer, which was previously 13.“I try not to think about [the

streak],” he said. “Right now I’mzero-for-zero with WesternMichigan coming up, and that ishow I approach every game.”Ruffer’s 50-yard kick against

Pittsburgh tied the sixth-longestfield goal in Notre Dame history.The longest in school history waskicked in 1976 by Dave Reeve, a53-yarder. Reeve should notcount his record safe as long asRuffer is kicking, according tospecial teams coach Mike Elston.“I see the kid kick 52 or 53

yarders every day,” Elston said.“We were well in front of histhreshold [on the 50-yard fieldgoal] which is really about the35-yard line.”

‘Kickers are head-cases’After the Pittsburgh game, in

which Ruffer also connected on32- and 31-yard field goals, heattributed much of his success tojunior holder Ryan Kavanagh,also a walk-on.“Ryan Kavanagh is one of my

best friends and he will saysomething to keep me calm,”Ruffer said. “But then from whenthe ball is snapped to when I kickit I don’t know what happens.”Tuesday Kavanagh said he

knows he needs to keep a closeeye on Ruffer, if for no other rea-son than the position he plays.“Kickers are head-cases,”

Kavanagh said. “You have tomake sure they’re honed in onthe ball.“I just give him a couple

reminders, take it easy, makesure he takes a deep breath ... I

just make sure he’s just focusedon the kick.”Elston said he has seen the

“head-case” in kickers thatKavanagh refers to, but in Rufferit is more of an even demeanorthat Elston sees.“The kickers that I’ve been

around that are good athletes,that have a good demeanor, thataren’t just specialists as kickersand have done other things intheir athletic career, they typical-ly tend to be more competitiveand more even-keeled when theytake the field in pressure situa-tions,” Elston said. “Because theyare used to being in it.”Whatever reasoning Kavanagh

and Elston have for his successthis season, Ruffer thinks he hasfound a groove simply becausehe has relaxed, in all areas of hislife.“I still work really hard [in

school], but before I was really aperfectionist. Now I have grownup to a point where I realizethings won’t always go yourway,” Ruffer said. “That little bitof a laid-back attitude has helpedmy focus a little bit.”At some point, things on the

football field won’t necessarily goRuffer’s way. He may miss a fieldgoal — believe it or not, he doesmiss them in practice. When theSaturday afternoon comes thatone goes awry, Ruffer said he isready to deal with that setback.“You can only learn from mis-

takes,” he said. “You can’t makeevery single one, so it will hap-pen eventually. The trick will behow I bounce back from that. Itwill happen, but I feel like I havea pretty strong head, so I’ll beokay.”

‘Not For Long’If Ruffer keeps making each

and every one of his field goals,

questions concerning the NFLare bound to come his way.Ruffer qickly dismisses thosethoughts.“I don’t plan on playing football

forever,” he said. “It’s probablygoing to end after this seasonand I’ll need to get started on thenext chapter of my life.“NFL stands for Not For Long,

right? I would give it a shot, butif there is something else thatgives me more of a sense of ful-fillment, I’ll do that instead.”Amid all of his success on the

field, the primary reason Rufferis at Notre Dame hasn’t changed— the same reason he wanted tocome to the University in the firstplace.“It’s been difficult, but I still

think of myself as a studentfirst,” he said. “That’s why I’mgoing through the interviewprocess right now, and just tryingto get that Notre Dame degree.”Ruffer, an Economics major,

interned in the accountingdepartment of Gurley Leep overthe summer, and has not decidedwhat he will do after graduation,nor has he ruled much out.“I could go and be a house hus-

band,” he said. “If my wife is thebread winner, maybe I’ll justtake care of the kids.”He may not know what the

future holds, but Ruffer did notexpect any of what the presentholds either, as he continues tomove past his wildest dreams,field goal after field goal.“I never thought this was going

to happen. Obviously I thoughtit’d be something cool, but neverto this magnitude. I can’t say it’sa dream come true, because Inever really dreamed of thismuch.”

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Senior kicker David Ruffer sends his first kickoff of the season down-field during Notre Dame’s 23-12 victory over Purdue on Sept. 4.

“I try not to think about[the streak]. Right nowI’m zero-for-zero withWestern Michigan

coming up, and that ishow I approach every

game.”

David Ruffersenior kicker

TOM YOUNG/The Observer

Senior kicker David Ruffer converts one of his 11 field goals this season — this one during NotreDame’s 37-14 loss against Stanford. Ruffer has made all 16 of his field goals in his career.

tried to sneak home. He waseasily thrown out.

The Dodgers took a 2-0lead in the bottom half of theinning on Matt Kemp’s 21sthome run of the season.

Alberto Callaspo scoreda run for the Angels in thesecond inning, but barely —he touched home plate an in-stant before Jeff Mathis wasthrown out at third base forthe final out. Earlier in theinning, Mark Trumbo waspicked off at first base bycatcher Dioner Navarro.

In the second, third andfourth innings, the Dodgershad men on third base withfewer than two outs. None ofthem scored.

Tony Gwynn Jr. was 90feet from the plate in the sec-ond inning — he pinch ranfor Marcus Thames, whoexited the game with a calfstrain — but was thrown outat home when Jamey Carrollhit a grounder to short.

The Dodgers had thebases loaded in the thirdwith one out, but Gwynnstruck out, and Navarrogrounded out to first.

Carroll led off the fourthinning with a double andreached third on a sacrificebunt by starting pitcherRubby De La Rosa. He madea run for the plate on agrounder by Dee Gordonbut was thrown out.

The Dodgers finished thenight two for 12 with men inscoring position. They lefteight men on base.

“We were trying to

scratch runs,” Mattinglysaid. “We just couldn’t do it.”

With the lineup unable toadd to the Dodgers’ 2-1 lead,De La Rosa finally buckledin the fifth inning. Maicer Iz-turis drove in Jeff Mathisfrom first base to tie thescore. Erick Aybar, who waspicked off in the third inning,homered in the next at-batto put the Angels ahead, 4-2.

The Dodgers announcedtheir attendance at 43,640fans.

The figure was of thenumber of tickets sold, not ofthe actual number of fans inthe stands. Still, the numberwas the lowest for a FreewaySeries game at Dodger Sta-dium since 2001.

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SOLO SHOT: Howie Kendrick gets high-fives after giving the Angels a 5-3 lead in the sixth inning.

Sloppy opener to series

ANOTHER LONG BALL: Matt Kemp begins his home run trot in the first in-ning. The Angels had home runs from Erick Aybar and Howie Kendrick.

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Caucus declinesto interveneFrank McCourt has someLatino allies, but Congres-sional Hispanic Caucus saysit will not stand with him inhis battle against Bud Selig.

Sidelined shortstopRafael Furcal could returnfrom the disabled list as asecond baseman so rookieDee Gordon can remain inthe lineup, Manager DonMattingly said.

Mattingly said he andGeneral Manager Ned Col-letti have discussed the pos-sibility of a position changefor Furcal, who has playedonly 34 of his 1,414 careergames at second base. Fur-cal has played second basein the Dominican winterleague but hasn’t played theposition in the majorleagues since 2004.

Mattingly and Collettihave not yet approachedFurcal with the idea, but thetwo-time All-Star said Fri-day that he would be open toit.

“If I have to do it to helpthe team, I’ll do it,” Furcalsaid.

Furcal could start a mi-nor league rehabilitationwith Class-A Rancho Cuca-monga as early as Sunday.

Furcal, who has been onthe disabled list since June 4because of a strained sidemuscle, said he has enjoyedwatching Gordon becausehe reminds him of a short-stop he knows well.

“He reminds me of me,when I started my career,”Furcal said. “He’s been tre-mendous. He’s demonstrat-ed that he can play here. Heplays good defense. He’s hitwell. He has his own style ofplay. He might be young, buthe recognizes how to play hisgame.”

In the last week, Mat-tingly has tried to downplayexpectations for Gordon,warning that opposingpitchers would be adjustingto him.

Gordon was one for hislast 13 heading into Friday,which dropped his seasonaverage to .268. He hadstolen four bases.

However much enjoy-ment he has derived fromwatching Gordon play, Fur-cal said not being able toplay has been difficult forhim. Furcal also missed fiveweeks earlier in the seasonbecause of a broken thumb.

“The entire year has beendifficult,” he said. “I workhard to maintain health. Butthere are things I can’t con-trol. God is the only one whoknows what’s in store foryou.”

But Furcal said hewouldn’t change his aggres-sive style of play.

“I can’t change the way Iplay for the sake of stayinghealthy,” he said. “I can’tchange now. This is the stylethat got me to the majorleagues.”

Next for BroxtonJonathan Broxton

struck out the side for tri-ple-A Albuquerque onThursday in the secondgame of his minor league re-habilitation.

But the average velocityof his fastball Thursday was93 mph, down from 95 mphtwo days earlier.

Broxton will take a cou-ple of days off and resumehis rehabilitation assign-ment with Class-A RanchoCucamonga, perhaps asearly as Sunday.

Short hopsDouble-A Chattanooga

outfielder Alfredo Silveriowill represent the Dodgersat the All-Star FuturesGame. Silverio, 24, went intoFriday batting .323 with 22doubles and 40 runs battedin. … Utilityman AaronMiles went into Friday witha .423 average in June, bestamong National Leagueplayers who had 50 or moreplate appearances. … Mat-tingly appeared on “LopezTonight” on Thursday andwas asked by host GeorgeLopez, “Can I get a DodgerDog with a food stamp?”

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DODGERS FYI

Furcal mightcome back atsecond baseDylan Hernandez

Outfielder Torii Hunterhad appeared in all 76 of theAngels’ games until sittingout Friday against theDodgers after he suffered arib bruise Wednesday.

Manager Mike Sciosciasaid Hunter, who leftWednesday’s game at Flori-da in the fifth inning aftercrashing into the right-fieldwall as he made a catch,probably will miss a coupleof days.

Hunter is listed as day-to-day after X-rays takenThursday came back nega-tive.

Scioscia also said relieverFernando Rodney, who waseligible to come off the dis-abled list Friday, needs moretime before returning fromupper-back tightness thathas sidelined him since June9.

The right-hander wasscheduled to play catch Fri-day and Scioscia said theyhope to have him throwingoff the mound early nextweek. He is 2-3 with a 4.09earned-run average in 26games.

Mosiello resignsBill Mosiello, manager of

the Angels’ double-A team inArkansas, has resigned tobecome an assistant coachat the University of Tennes-see, the Angels said.

Mosiello stepped downafter a game Thursday tojoin the Volunteers, who re-cently hired former CalState Fullerton coach DaveSerrano as head coach. Thetwo worked together at Cer-ritos College in the late 1980s.Mosiello coached at Tennes-see in 1994.

Todd Takayoshi, a minorleague hitting coordinator,will take over the Angels’double-A club until July 31when Bobby Mitchell, a rov-ing outfield, baserunningand bunting coordinator,will become manager.

Cron close to dealA team spokesman con-

firmed the Angels are “veryclose” to coming to termswith first-round pick C.J.Cron, the University of Utahfirst baseman selected 17thoverall in the June 6 draft.

Cron tweeted Thursdaynight, “Off to AnaheimMonday to sign the con-tract! I’m going to be an An-gel.”

The 6-foot-4, 230-poundCron is expected to receive abonus in the $1.7-millionrange and is not expected toplay for an Angels minorleague affiliate this season.

Trout is selectedOutfielder Mike Trout,

the Angels’ top prospect,has been selected to play inthe MLB Futures game forthe second consecutiveyear.

The game will be heldJuly 10 at Chase Field inPhoenix as part of All-Starweekend.

Trout, 19, who played inthe game last year at AngelStadium, will get a chanceto play in the outfield along-side fellow top prospectBryce Harper of the Wash-ington Nationals.

Before Friday, Trout wasbatting .324 through 65games with double-A Ar-kansas this season.

Abreu’s milestoneBobby Abreu recently

passed Andres Galarragaon the career hits list forVenezuelan players, a mile-stone that garnered front-page coverage in his homecountry.

Abreu, 37, has 2,334 hits,third among major leaguersfrom Venezuela behind LuisAparicio (2,677) and OmarVizquel (2,826).

baxter.holmes@latimes.comtwitter.com/baxterholmesTimes staff writer MikeDiGiovanna contributed tothis report.

ANGELS FYI

Hunter sits outfor the first timeBaxter Holmes

Among the many adjust-ments Angels rookie firstbaseman Mark Trumbo hasmade this year, there is onechange he does not mind. Infact, he downright enjoys it.

When he sits at his lockerbefore a game, taping thehandles of a batch of newbats, he isn’t fine-tuning hismost recent $65 purchase.After six seasons in the mi-nors, buying bat after batfrom the Trinity Bat Co. inFullerton, Trumbo no longerhas to purchase his pre-ferred piece of lumber, theT-271model.

“It’s really nice,” saidTrumbo, who estimated hehas already broken 10 batsthis season. “It takes a bur-den off of me. It’s one of theluxuries of getting up here,working your way up. It’s oneof the perks.”

That perk resulted inTrumbo going one for fourFriday night, with one run

scored.Trumbo first tasted the

major leagues in Septemberand made the Angels’ open-ing-day roster this season asa placeholder until KendrysMorales returned from his2010 ankle injury. When Mo-rales underwent season-ending surgery in May,Trumbo became an every-day player.

At the start, Trumbostruggled, batting .239 withtwo walks and 21 strikeoutsthrough April 30.

“For me, I always startslow and get better as theseason goes on, at whateverlevel I’ve been at,” he said.“As far as the pitchers go, I’mgoing to have to adjust atsome point anyways. Rightnow I’m battling, doing thebest I can, and that’s part ofthe process.”

That battling has raisedTrumbo’s batting average to.262 with 12 home runs and 31RBIs heading into this week-end’s series against theDodgers.

“He is definitely [pro-

gressing] at the plate,” An-gels Manager Mike Sciosciasaid. “You see him makingadjustments, and he is reallyimpressing in the batter’sbox.”

Those adjustments haveled to a .279 batting averagethis month, before Friday’sgame.Trumbo said the mostdifficult adjustment he hashad to make is to learn thatnot every pitch he can hit isone he should swing at.

“It’s plate discipline, andI’m not doing as well as I’dlike to at that,” the rookiesaid. “I’m doing better attaking some of the pitches Ican put in play but I can’tput in play with authority.For me, that’s a big thing,just being able to take thoseand wait for one that I canhandle.”

Friday night he struggledlaying off those pitches hecan hit, but not hit well. Aftera second-inning single toright, Trumbo grounded outin his next two at-bats. In hisfourth at-bat, he reached onan error and stole second.

Fortunately, just a fewlocker stalls away sits Angelsright fielder Bobby Abreu.Over his 16-year career,Abreu’s .296 average hasbeen largely the result of hisselectiveness at the plate.

“I’ve really been watchingBobby,” Trumbo said. “Itdoesn’t get much betterthan that. It’s been a pleas-ure watching how he ap-proaches situation andpitchers.”

For his part, Abreu hasdone what he can to help theSouthern California nativealong.

“We talk a bit, about fun-damentals and how to goabout it,” Abreu said. “Be-sides that, he’s watchingwhat I’m doing while I’m atthe plate, and picking outthe good things about it.

“He likes to learn every-day. I like the approach heuses.”

Just like Trumbo likesthose new bats.

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ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT: Mark Trumbo stayson his knees in the second inning after being pickedoff first base. In the ninth inning, he stole second.

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Total Industries closes■ 45 peoplelose their jobs.By JIM MEENANTribune Staff Writer

SOUTH BEND ––Total In-dustries International of SouthBend closed Friday, an ownerconfirmed Monday afternoon.

Lynn Long said the companywas shut down by a bank Fri-day, and he expects the bank toliquidate the company.

That means the 45 employ-ees there are out of work, heconfirmed, as he sat outside thebusiness in his vehicle.

Total Industries, which is located just north of the SouthBend Regional Airport at 3333West Lathrop Drive, is a plantthat produced aluminum and

steel molds and tooling.“I have worked here since

1986; it was a sad weekend,”Long said. “We are one of themanufacturing sites decimatedby the recession. It had a lot todo with it.”

He said banks are not willingto do much for smaller compa-nies struggling with their credit.

Long did say that reports thatpeople who worked there hadlost their pensions are not true.

The 45,000-square-foot plantonce employed 65 people, andwas founded in 1984, accordingto the company’s website.

The company touted its sin-gle-source planning, communi-cation and control on the site.

Jeff Gibney, director of thedepartment of community andeconomic development forSouth Bend, said the company

did not contact his departmentfor help.

However, that departmentdoes offer companies help, tak-ing the second position onloans after checking their cred-it background.

Such loans first require a pri-mary lender.

“We manage an industrial re-volving loan fund that is low in-

terest,” Gibney said. “We don’thave zillions of dollars, but wehave money. It’s a revolvingloan fund; terms are reason-able.We take a second positionon all loans, which is attractiveto some people that can’t bor-row the full amount they needfrom a traditional lender.”

A company might need$500,000, Gibney said, and canonly get a loan for $300,000.His department might thenloan the additional $200,000.

“So we will come in and makeup a potential gap or completethe financing that they need,and put ourselves in a secondposition, which makes the pri-mary lender more comfortable.”

The lack of contact with hisdepartment might indicate thatTotal Industries Internationalwas beyond that point.

Congressdebating‘swipe’card fees■ Financial overhaulcould set limits onwhat banks, creditcompanies can chargemerchants.By JIM KUHNHENNAssociated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — Swipe yourdebit card at the supermarket andyou’ve placed yourself at the heart ofa contentious congressional debate.

On one side are banks like JPMor-gan Chase and Bank of America andcredit card networks like Visa andMasterCard. On the other are retail-ers, including giants like Wal-Martand Target.

At issue: The “swipe” fees bankscharge merchants for one of today’smost commonplace conveniences.Atstake: up to $20 billion in potentialbank losses and merchant gains.

For consumers, it could mean low-er prices at the local store or restau-rant, or it could result in higher bankcharges, fewer “rewards” for creditcard users or even the imposition ofan annual debit card fee.

The fight over plastic has beenraging for years — a federal appealscourt once called it “a clash of com-mercial titans.” Now it’s landed inthe middle of a massive financial reg-ulatory bill primarily aimed at re-straining Wall Street.

Both sides have unleashed potent,well-heeled lobbying operations.Their efforts will converge on twoweeks or more of negotiations be-tween House and Senate lawmakerswho are working to blend two sepa-rate financial overhaul bills into one.

The Senate bill contains a measurethat would require the Federal Re-serve to set limits on what fees banksand credit card networks can chargemerchants for a debit card payment.The House bill has no such provision.

First, a quick lesson in shopping. Adebit card payment taps directly into acustomer’s bank account and, as such,is akin to writing a check.A credit cardpayment, on the other hand, is in effecta loan from the bank.One carries morerisk than the other. As a result, banksand credit card networks generallycharge merchants up to 3 percent forcredit card use. For debit card use, thecharge to merchants is one-fourth toone-half as much.

Merchants maintain that the feecharged for debit cards, also called an“interchange” fee, is too high. Banksand Visa and MasterCard say the feetakes into account the cost of settingup and maintaining a secure and so-phisticated debit payment system.

Last year, $1.21 trillion in pur-chases were paid with debit cardsprocessed through the Visa and Mas-terCard networks, generating in$19.7 billion in fees paid by mer-chants, according to data from TheNilson Report, a trade publication.Most of the fees went to banks thatissue debit cards.

Residents escape tornadoBy DOUGLAS FARMERTribune Staff Writer

DOWAGIAC — When hisgarage service door blew openSaturday night, Mitch Hes-singer instinctively tried to closeit. Doing so may have saved hislife as a tornado tore his garagedown around him seconds later.

“I was just working in thegarage, basically just watchingthe storm because it was yourgarden variety storm, somelightning and thunder, not evenmuch wind,” Hessinger said ofthe storm that hit betweenDowagiac and Cassopolisaround midnight.

In the midst of the storm“Next thing I know, my ser-

vice door blew open, so I wentover to it and tried to close it,and it was blowing so hard Icouldn’t even close the doorwith all my strength.”

As he struggled with the ser-vice door, the overhead doorstarted to crack, and secondslater, Hessinger stood tallerthan his garage.

“The place basically just ex-ploded and fell down on top ofme,” he said. “It was like thecartoons. Since I was holdingthe service door shut, the wallcame down, and I stood in thedoor frame, with the doorknobstill in my hand.”

Meanwhile, Hessinger’s 78-year-old mother, Nancy Hes-singer, and his sister, KathyHessinger, had just raced to thebasement of the house beforethe tornado struck.

It was an EF-1 tornado,bringing winds between 86-110mph, according to the NationalWeather Service.

Kathy and her mother wereabout to head to bed whenKathy heard the tornado makewhat she called “that trainsound.”

Public meetings set to discuss possible LaSalle closureBy MARGARET FOSMOETribune Staff Writer

SOUTH BEND — Two meet-ings have been set for local resi-dents to discuss the possibleclosing of the St. Joseph CountyPublic Library’s LaSalleBranch.

A committee of the SouthBend Common Council willmeet at 6 p.m. Thursday at theLaSalle Branch, 3232 W. Ard-more Trail.

The meeting was called bycouncil member Henry DavisJr., D-2nd, chair of the commu-nity relations committee. Themeeting is open to the publicand will include an opportunityfor public comment, Davis said.

The Community Forum for

Economic Development willhold a meeting at 7 p.m. June15 at the LaSalle Branch. Li-brary director Donald Napolihas been invited and plans toattend. The possible closing ofthe branch will be among thetopics discussed.

Library administrators saidrecently that financial concernsand a continuing circulationdrop at the LaSalle Branchmight result in a recommenda-tion later this year that the near-northwest side branch be per-manently closed.The branch re-opened last year after a $1.2 mil-lion renovation and expansion.

Library administrators onMonday released more data re-garding public use of the branch.

The LaSalle Branch opened

in 1982, when neighboringLaSalle Square Shopping Plazawas a busy retail center. LaSallehit a peak annual circulation of186,851 items loaned in 1991,and circulation has been de-clining steadily ever since.

The branch loaned 17,490items in the first quarter of thisyear, putting it on track for aprojection circulation of about70,000 for 2010, Napoli said.

In order to avoid a closure rec-ommendation, LaSalle wouldhave to reach an annual circula-tion close to that of the WesternBranch — which is expected tobe 115,000 to 120,000 itemsthis year, Napoli said. “And itwould have to be sustainable.

In BusinessOpen Range RV isexpanding in Shipshewana,but Pace American ofMiddlebury has notified theIndiana Department ofWorkforce Development ofits possible closure.

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The St. Joseph County Public Library’s LaSalle Branch was largelyvacant at midday Wednesday.

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Mitch Hessinger surveys the damage of his leveled garage on Michigan 62 betweenCassopolis and Dowagiac Monday. Hessinger was working in his garage Saturday night whena tornado tore the garage down. Hessinger was standing in the doorway, pictured at left,when the garage collapsed.

Greg Roberts andTom Cagney ofLaGrange Townshipnear Dowagiacsurvey damage to ametal barn that wasleveled during aSaturday nighttornado. The soleremaining wall, builtby Cagney, wastoppled during thetornado, butremained intact andwas propped up byCagney’s workbenches Monday.Tribune PhotoDOUGLAS FARMER

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As they made it into thebasement, most of the win-dows in the house shat-tered because of the wind.Fortunately, Kathy had lefta couch beneath one ofthose windows only a fewminutes earlier.

“The couches are cov-ered in glass, including theone I had I just been sittingin watching TV,” Kathysaid. “Thank goodness ‘Sat-urday Night Live’ was soterrible that night. I decid-ed it wasn’t worth me stay-ing up.”

Once Mitch realizedwhat had just happenedaround him, his thoughtsturned to his family.

“I came to and got thedebris off me,” he said. “Ithought my house wasgone, my mom was dead,my sister was dead. I can’tbelieve I’m not dead.”

He managed to get intothe house, and startedyelling out the names of hissister and mother. Secondslater Mitch was overcomewith relief when he couldhear them yelling from thebasement.

“I know what bothershim,” Nancy said of herson. “By the time he got upand climbed into the house,we had run down to thebasement, so he couldn’tfind us. He thought wewere both dead.”

After regrouping, Mitchmet with some of his neigh-bors out on the streetwhere a roll-call of sortswas taken as the group ex-

changed stories and dam-age reports. It becamequickly apparent that thedamage was concentratedin about a three-quartermile area, stretchingthrough the neighborhood,just north of LaGrangeTownship, from the north-west to the southeast alongMichigan 62.

Concentrated damage“Nobody can believe it,”

Mitch said. “You go half amile down the street andthere is no damage. Theguy across the street, youcan’t even tell the storm hithim.”

But the neighbors nextto Mitch’s nine acres cer-tainly felt the damage.Tomand Mary Cagney live threelots south of the Hes-singers, and their two

garages, a 100-year-oldwooden barn and a newermetal barn, were both com-pletely flattened by thestorm.

An easily recognizablepainted Mail Pouch Tobac-co sign adorned the wood-en barn, but now is lost ina pile of hand-hewn beamsand paneling with exposednails, while the metal barnbecame an assortment oftwisted sheets of metal intrees, extending as farsouth to Van Riper Ceme-tery three-quarters of amile away.

“Just about 30 secondsbefore it hit, we were stand-ing in the doorway,” MaryCagney said. “I was tryingto get the cat to come intothe house, and he wouldn’tcome in. My husband wasyelling, ‘leave him, get into

the basement.’æ”The only trees still stand-

ing on the front half of theCagneys’ lot are the twotrees that tower above thehouse.

“Looking at how we gotmissed, that tree didn’tcome down,” Mary said. “Ihave no idea how the twomost unhealthy threes onthe lot didn’t come down,and if they did, they wouldhave taken out the house.”

Instead, the house wasstill standing, so Sundaynight a certain cat was ableto return home.

“He showed up lastnight, all crusty and knot-ted up. He couldn’t meow,and now he is just hidingfrom everything.”

Rethinking lifeMitch Hessinger is still a

little startled himself. TheSaturday-night experiencemade him think things hehad never before consid-ered, he said.

“I did five years of ser-vice in the military. I’m al-most 50 years old, and I’venever thought I was goingto die. I thought I was go-ing to die Saturday night,”he said. “I figured theywould find me in ThreeRivers in pieces.”

Instead, both the Hes-singers and the Cagneyshave flattened trees, garagesand barns to clean up, butthey remain grateful.

“I’ve cried about (thedamages) too,” MaryCagney said. “But the thingis, we’re all here.”

Staff writer Douglas Farmer:dfarmer@sbtinfo.com

Tribune Photo/MARCUS MARTER

A headstone remains intact at the base of an uprooted tree following a Saturday night tornado at Van RiperCemetery on Twin Lakes Road between Cassopolis and Dowagiac.

Frankly, I don’t think it’ssustainable at LaSalle,” hesaid.

The library staff is com-piling additional dataabout LaSalle, includingnumber of visitors, numberof library cards requestedthere and number of refer-ence questions answered atthe branch. “My experi-ence has been, if circula-tion is high, so is every-thing else,” Napoli said.

If the library board de-cides that LaSalle must re-

main open, it likely willmean recommending morehour and staffing cuts at li-brary locations sys-temwide, the director said.

During the past 18months, the county libraryhas cut $1.2 million fromits operating expenses,mostly the result of re-duced property tax sup-port because of Indiana’stax cap law. Hours, staff,

services and purchaseshave been reduced.

For more data and addi-tional information aboutthe possible closing, visitthe library’s website:www.libraryforlife.org.

Staff writer MargaretFosmoe:mfosmoe@sbtinfo.com(574) 235-6329

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While the largest banksand the largest retailershave the most dollars rid-ing on the congressionaloutcome, the two combat-ants have cast the debatein terms of hurting smallcommunity banks andcredit unions on one sideor small businesses on theother.

The Senate proposal,written by Sen. DickDurbin, D-Ill., would re-quire the Federal Reserveto set “swipe” fees for deb-it cards that are “reason-able and proportional” tothe cost of processing the

transaction. To win votesfor it, Durbin exemptsbanks that have assets of$10 billion or less.

But small banks andcredit unions argue theywould still be hurt, sayingthey, too, would have tolower their fees to remaincompetitive with larger in-stitutions whose fees wouldbe lowered by the Fed.

“Currently, the smallestcredit union and thelargest bank in the worldreceive the same inter-change fee when their re-spective customer usestheir debit card,” FredBecker, president and CEOof the National Associationof Federal Credit Unions,wrote last week to FedChairman Ben Bernanke.“The interchange amend-ment, however, destroysthis equal footing.”

Durbin’s success in theSenate stunned banks andtheir lobbyists.Years of lob-bying by retailers for limitson credit or debit cards had

failed to generate a singleHouse or Senate vote. Butbanks aren’t popular thesedays and the pressure fromhome-state retailers tiltedthe scale. Of the 64 sena-tors who voted for Durbin’sproposal, 17 were Republi-cans — a strong bipartisansignal to lawmakers blend-ing the larger financial reg-ulations bill.

Both sides claim thatplacing limits on the feeswill have direct conse-quences for consumers —banks, Visa and Master-Card say it will be for theworse; merchants say itwill be for the better.

Australia cut credit anddebit card fees on mer-chants by half and debitcard holders particularlybenefited from the change,according to the ReserveBank of Australia. Butcredit card holders saw anincrease in their bank feesand a reduction in card-holder rewards, such asfewer points or airline

miles. Merchants alsostarted imposing sur-charges on some creditcard transactions.

Banks and credit cardnetworks warn of similar illeffects in the United States,ranging from higher fees oncredit cards to service feeson charge accounts. “Weare convinced that fees toconsumers would go upand services would be re-duced,” William Sheedy,group president of theAmericas for Visa Inc., saidin an interview.

Retailers dismiss thatclaim as a cynical attemptto sway lawmakers.

“Their response to beingtold that they’re doingsomething wrong is to say,‘OK, if you keep us fromdoing something wrong tothis person, we’re going togo do something wrong tosomebody else,’ ” said J.Craig Shearman, vice pres-ident for government af-fairs at the National RetailFederation.

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LUXEMBOURG (AP)— Europe’s economic pic-ture darkened further Mon-day as Britain’s prime min-ister declared the nation’sfinances to be worse thanfeared — requiring sacri-fices that will affect “ourvery way of life” — and theeuro slid further towardparity with the dollar.

From small EU nationslike Hungary and Greeceto big ones like Germany,which on Monday an-nounced its own harshausterity measures, thecontinent’s economic andfiscal crisis is showing nosign of letting up.

Germany, Europe’s eco-nomic powerhouse,promised a raft of spend-ing cuts, vowing to “set anexample” for heavily in-

debted Greece, Spain andPortugal, which are buck-ling under their debt loadsand threaten to drag Eu-rope’s currency uniondown with them.

With even an unprece-dented multi-billion dollarrescue package failing tofully convince investors,Eu-ropean nations are scram-bling to regain credibilityand shore up market confi-dence by proving they canget their houses in order.

There is no doubt thecuts will be painful, andgovernment leaders arepreparing their citizens forthe blow.

German Chancellor An-gela Merkel says Germanyneeds to save euro80 bil-lion ($96 billion) through2014 by reducing hand-

outs to parents, cutting15,000 government jobsand delaying projects suchas construction of a replicaof a Prussian palace inBerlin.

British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron warned ina speech of painful cut-backs that may shape thenation for an entire gener-ation and are necessary be-cause “the overall scale ofthe problem is even worsethan we thought.”

“How we deal with thesethings will affect our econo-my, our society — indeedour whole way of life,” hesaid. “The decisions wemake will affect every singleperson in our country. Andthe effects of those decisionswill stay with us for years,perhaps decades to come.”

Cameron’s governmentwill announce cuts at aJune 22 emergency budget,less than two months aftercoming to power at thehead of Conservative-Liber-al Democrat coalition. OnMonday,he remained vagueon details of how his gov-ernment plans to close itsrecord deficit, whichreached 152.8 billionpounds ($221.5 billion) or10.9 percent of economicoutput in the last fiscal year.

German and British ef-forts to close their budgetdeficits — or the yearly gapin government spendingand revenue — come afterSpain and Portugal wereordered to toughen auster-ity programs to keep themfrom needing a bailout likeGreece.

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By Douglas FarmerPittsburgh Post-Gazette

BridgerBuchewas tending thecashregisterJuly19athisfather’stextbook store in Lansing, Mich.Thursday, the 300-pound offen-sive lineman was back behindthat register. Seemingly betweencustomers,he triedout for, signedwith, practiced with and was cutby the Steelers, all in two weeks’work.Today, instead of making

change for a $20, hewill work outfor theMinnesotaVikings.Buche wasn’t on the roster the

Steelers initially released. With-out a rule change byNFLownersraising the offseason roster sizefrom 80 to 90, Buche might neverhave spent any time in Latrobe.The change, instituted the daybefore the 2012 draft, allowed 320more players to vie for spots onthe53-manrosters.“It gets guys like me a chance,

and,comingfromasmallerschoollikeEasternMichigan, that’s all Ireally wanted,” Buche said afterpractice Friday. “Just a chance tocome into a camp and showwhatI could do, so I’m glad they’re giv-ingme thisopportunity.”That opportunity did not last

long because Buche was cutbefore practice Tuesday. The cutbrought an end to a two-weekroller-coaster ride posing as avacation from the cash register.Buche’s phone rang July 20, fivedays before camp opened. Aftera quick flight and workout, hesigned with the Steelers July 23and first saw the playbook twodays later. In four days of prac-tice, while Buche may not havedigested the entire playbook, helearnedquiteabit.“The speed of the game is a

lot faster,” he said. “Just a couplesteps up from college football tothe NFL, and I got a taste of that.It’sahumblingexperience,but it’sgood toknowwhat Ineed.”After being cut, Buche headed

home toPortland,Mich., forwhatturned out to be a short visit. TheVikings called him Wednesday.Meanwhile, other undraftedrookie free agents have hung onwith the Steelers a bit longer, tak-ing full advantage of the 10 extraroster spots.Three days after the rule

change, defensive end Jake Stol-ler’s phone rang within minutesof the draft ending April 28. TheSteelers were on the other end,quickly easing the disappoint-ment of going undrafted with aninvitation to trainingcamp.“If it helped me get here, then

obviously I’m a fan,” Stoller saidof the rule. “On top of that, I’m afanof competition.”One of only two current NFL

players from Yale — the otherbeingKansasCityChiefs fullbackShane Bannon, a 2011 seventh-round pick — Stoller certainlyhad other, more secure optionsthan fighting for an outsidechanceata roster spot.The political science major

never considered any other field,though, insteadthinkingperhapshe could earn a spot on the prac-tice squad.“Football has definitely been

my goal all along,” he said. “Iwant to take this as far as it cango.Whenthenextstepcomes, I’vebeen lucky enough to go to a goodschool, graduated and know a lotof greatpeople.”Stoller and the other remain-

ing undrafted rookies at campwillhaveuntil after the thirdpre-season game, Aug. 25 at Buffalo,to make enough impact to avoidthe first roundof roster cuts.

Undraftedplayerslike newroster rule

By Gerry DulacPittsburgh Post-Gazette

Offensive coordinator ToddHaley does not seem worriedabout beginning the regularseason without running backRashard Mendenhall, who ison the physically-unable-to-per-form list while he recovers fromsurgery to repair a torn anteriorcruciate ligament.In fact, Haley said he is

“excited”about thegroupof run-ning backs he has behind Men-denhall, including Isaac Red-man, whowill be the starter.“I’m not just talking …we

got a wide range of body typesand skill sets, and that’s good,”Haley said.“You got some big, strong

guys like [Redman], where youcan hump it up in there whenneeded. But you also got some ofthe sports car-type bodies thatoffer some different weapons.It’s a good mix, a good group ofguys.”The latter reference was to

rookieChris Rainey, the team’sfifth-round pick from Floridawho is not very big (5 feet 8, 178

pounds) but makes up for hislack of size with 4.3 speed andelusivemoves.“He’s going to be awesome,”

said centerMaurkice Pouncey,whoalsoplayedatFlorida. “He’sa smaller guy, but he’s beendealing with that his whole life.

We can use him like DarrenSproles.”The Steelers averaged 4.4

yards per rush in 2011, theirbest average since ’01. But theystalled too many times in shortyardage and at the goal line, oneof the reasons they finished 21stin the league in scoring.“That’s the name of the

game offensively, being able toget yards on the ground whenthe defense knows you’re run-ning wherever that falls in thegame,” Haley said. “Same goeswith throwing. If you can besuccessful in those situations,you can be pretty good.”

Hampton praises McLendonThe Steelers drafted nose

tackle Alameda Ta’amu in thefourth round with the idea heeventually might replace five-time Pro Bowler Casey Hamp-ton, who likely is in his finalyearwith the team.But Hampton, on the PUP list

after having ACL surgery inlate January, thinks theSteelersalready had his replacement onthe roster— Steve McLendon.“He’s a beast man,” Hampton

saidofMcLendon,who is 6-4 andlisted at 280 pounds but actuallyweights 325. “Everybody thinkshe’s a little dude — he’s not alittle dude, he’s a big, strong guy.He can be dominant, so I’m look-ing forward to seeing what hecan do.”McLendon was an undrafted

rookie in ’09 who has been start-ing at nose tacklewithHamptonon the sideline.It has been a long road to that

spot for McLendon, who wasreleased in the final cut of train-ing camp in ’09 and spent thenext two seasons being signedthree times and cut three timesby the Steelers.But he played in 14 of 16

games last season and eventu-ally passed longtime backupnose tackle Chris Hoke on thedepth chart.“He’sdefinitelyagoodplayer,”

Hampton said. “He has a chanceto be a really, really good player.“I’m one of those who really

wants to see what he can do,week in and week out, becausehe’s progressed a whole lot. Ijust really want to see what he’sgoing to do.”

New officials struggleReplacement officials were

used for the first time at theafternoon practice, and noteverythingwent smoothly.After one of the officials

unknowingly blew a kickoffdrill dead because the ball wentthrough the end zone, CoachMike Tomlin screamed fromthe other end of the field, “Putyour damnwhistles away, we’reworking.”The NFL and their regu-

lar officials have not reachedagreement on a new contract,forcing the league to usereplacements.

New task for TimmonsLarry Foote has started at

both inside linebacker posi-tions in the Steelers defense,but Lawrence Timmons isgetting his first taste of playingthe “buck” linebacker — theposition James Farrior hadmanned since ’02.The Steelers flip-flopped

Foote and Timmons this weekbecause they want Timmons,who plays the “mack” position,to get comfortable calling defen-

sive signals and setting the frontseven.“It’s a flexibility issue in case

injuries happen,” Timmonssaid.. “I’m getting the calls andgetting everyone set. I’m look-ing forward to getting it down.I’m practicing it now and tryingtomake the best of it.”Timmons was the team’s

leading tackler two years ago,but his production dropped lastseason when he started fourgames and played portions ofthree others at outside line-backer because of injuries.“I’m always a guy willing

to help the defense,” said Tim-mons. “Wherever they needme,that’s what I’m going to do.”

Woodley due back tonightOutside linebacker LaMarr

Woodley didnot practice for thesecond day in a row, but Tomlinwould not say if he was injured.All he said was Woodley wouldreturn to practice tonight atLatrobe’sMemorial Stadium.

GerryDulac: gdulac@post-gazette.com andTwitter@ger-rydulac.

Haley happy with variety of running backsSTEELERS NOTEBOOK

Steelers offensivecoordinator Todd Haley is“excited” about the runningbacks he has behind injuredRashard Mendenhall.

From local and wire dispatches

Here’s one to make Clevelandfans shake their heads: A partialownerof thehatedSteelers isbuy-ing theBrowns.Randy Lerner reached a deal

tosell theclubtoTennesseetruck-stop magnate Jimmy HaslamIII — a minority stockholder intherivalSteelers.Lerner reportedly will sell 70

percent of the Browns to Haslamnow, with the other 30 percentreverting to him four years afterthe closing date, but details havenotofficiallybeenannounced.“Thisisaveryexcitingtimefor

my family and me,” Haslam saidthrough the team.“To own such a storied fran-

chise as the Cleveland Browns,with its rich tradition and his-tory, isadreamcometrue.Wearecommitted tokeeping the teaminCleveland and seeing it get backto the elite of the NFL — some-thing all Browns fans want anddeserve.”Haslam scheduled a news con-

ference at Browns headquartersfor today.Steelers owner Dan Rooney

had praise for Haslam, even if heisbuyingadivisionrival.“He was a great partner, a

good man. He’ll be very good forthe league. He knows football,”Rooneysaid.As forbuyingadivisionrival?“Hey, you have to be ready to

play,”Rooneysaid.While the papers have been

signed,theNFLstillmustapprovethe sale. Getting the nod from 24of the 32 teams is required, andno date has been set for a votebecause the salehasnot beenpre-sented to the leagueyet.Approvalis expected by the end of Septem-ber.ESPN reported the sale price

was more than $1 billion. Forcomparison, theMiami Dolphinssold at a value ofmore than $1 bil-lion in2009.The Browns were valued at

$977million a year ago by Forbesmagazine, 20th in theNFL.Lerner, whose family has

owned the franchise since itreturned to the NFL in 1999, firstannouncedhewasinnegotiationsto sell the club last week. The lateAl Lerner, Randy’s father, pur-chased the franchise from theNFL in 1998 for $530million afterthe original Browns moved toBaltimore in1996andbecametheRavens. The elder Lerner died in2002.RandyLerneralsoistheowner

of Aston Villa, a club in the Eng-lishPremierLeague.TheexpansionBrownsentered

the NFL in 1999 and have madethe playoffs just once, a 2002 first-roundloss to theSteelers.They’vehad only two winning records in13 seasons and are 68-140 sincetheyreturned.

PanthersThe Jeff Otah era is over in

Carolina. Panthers general man-agerMarty Hurney announcedthe team had terminated thecontract of the offensive tackle, aformerfirst-rounddraftpickfromPitt, after he failed a physical.Otah’sagent saidhisclient is“onethousand percent” committed toplayingagain this seasonandhasno plans to retire. Otah plans toattend LeCharles Bentley’s Offen-siveLineAcademyinClevelandtocontinue to strengthen this kneeand work on his conditioning sohecancontinueplaying.

EaglesPhiladelphia traded lineback-

ers Moise Fokou and GregLloyd to the Indianapolis Coltsfor cornerback Kevin Thomasand a conditional seven-roundpick in the2013draft.

LionsNFL commissioner Roger

Goodell said the league has metwith the players union and teamsabout what can be done after aseries of offseason arrests. Good-ell was in Detroit Thursday, vis-iting the Lions. He said he maydiscipline defensive tackle NickFairley, who is charged withmarijuana possession and a DUIintwoseparatecasesinAlabama,before thecourtshave their say.

BillsBuffalo signed undrafted

rookie free-agent running backZach Brown a week into train-ing camp. Brown completed hiscollege career at Pitt last season,and had 357 yards rushing andfive touchdowns in 11 games. Hespent the 2007-10 seasons at Wis-consin, where he had 1,152 yardsrushing and 11 touchdowns in 36games.

BroncosDefensivetackleMitchUnrein

is setting his alarm for the weehours Saturday morning eventhough Denver’s stadium scrim-mage isn’t until mid-afternoon.Unrein is hoping to watch hisgirlfriend, Olympic trap shooterCorey Cogdell, strike gold inLondon.“Hopefully I’ll be really excited

because she won gold and I’ll goout there and have a good scrim-mage,”hesaid.

Steelers minorityowner buys Browns

NFL NOTEBOOK

JimmyHalsam IIISteelersminorityowner buysClevelandBrowns.

camp show the move to be agood one.“Moving Willie to guard, I

think, is great because he’s justa mauler in there, he’s so physi-cal,” Roethlisberger said. “Youput him in a phone booth, andhe’s just and animal.”His performance at left guard

through the first week of prac-tices has been nothing short ofsensational and he got off witha bang. In the first practice inpads Saturday, he flattened line-backer Lawrence Timmons, ablock that prompted a brief scuf-fle on the ground.“OhmyGod.He’sadog,man,”

center Maurkice Pouncey said.“He’s a big dude in there,man—amonster in there, actually.”The Steelers list him at 315.

Colon says he weighs 345, sameas last season only leaner thisyear after working out twicedaily in the offseason for thefirst time.“I was never really against

the change,” Colon protestedduring a lunchbreakat trainingcamp. “I just wanted to have afair shot to really work at it andreallymake itmine. I’ve been inthis business long enough to see

guys play tackle forever and thesecond week of camp, ‘We wantyou to be a guard.’“It’s a hard transition, you

have to be able to really have thetime to get it, get it in your headand own it. They respected thatrequest of mine, and I’m justtaking it slowly.”Others see a rather fast tran-

sition, like Larry Foote, whohas had to try to fend of Colon’sblocks at inside linebacker.“I’m getting acquainted with

him early in camp at guard,”Foote said. “We’vebeenhavingacouple of run-ins. He looks goodat it. Real strong. Ask guys abuthim, and the first thing they’llsay is once he gets his hands onyou, he’s going to get you. That’swhat you need at guard.”Count 6-8 Max Starks among

those who thought Colon wouldbe a good fit at guard as soon ashe sawhim.“Whenhecame inasa rookie.

I thought he would be an excep-tional guard when he got theopportunity, and now, six yearslater, he’s getting the opportu-nity; he looks really good, reallystrong,” Starks said.So what makes Colon a better

fit at guard than tackle?“He has one of those bodies,”

Starks said. “He’s a big, strongsolid dude, very powerful, veryexplosive. That’s all the thingsyou want in an exceptionalguard.”“He’s strong, got really good,

strong hands,” said Foote. “He’sa good athlete, that’s why heplayed tackle for so many years,but his body structure fits themold of a guard.”Instead of blocking sleeker,

often quicker pass-rushing endsand outside linebackers, Colonwill go against bigger tacklesand try at times to get to thenextline to block inside linebackers.“It will be interesting to see

him in the middle, banging itout with [Baltimore’s Haloti]Ngata and those types of guys,”Foote said.Roethlisberger believes he

knows the result.“I told him this before and

I hope it comes true, I think hecanbe aProBowl guard. I reallydo. He has all the potential to doit.”

Formore on theSteelers, readtheblog,EdBouchette on theSteelers atwww.post-gazette.com/plus.EdBouchette: ebouchette@post-gazette.comandTwitter@EdBouchette.

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Touchdowns are worth sixpoints, and only six points. Themythical seventh comes, orfails to come, on the extrapoint.

SouthOakCliff will not takethat extra point for granted fora long while, as missing one inovertime ended the Golden

Bears’ season in a 17-16 loss toLincoln.

Down a touchdown in over-time, South Oak Cliff neededtwo plays to cover 25 yards— a19-yard pass from quarterbackKenneth Authur to receiverFonzale Davis followed by a 6-yard fade route toAnjeus Jonesfor what should have been thetying touchdown.

It would have been the tyingtouchdown, if not for that fate-ful missed kick, ruined fromthe outsetwhen the snap rolledto the holder, rather than shot

through the air.“Snaps have bothered us the

last five games,” Golden Bearscoach Emmett Jones said aftersnaps of all sorts led to fumbles

and turnovers against Lincoln.“It just bit us tough thisweek.”

High snaps forced Authurto chase after the ball. Lowsnaps led to failed running

plays.Abotched snaponapuntled to a turnover ondowns.

Lincoln forced the overtimeby finding the end zone for thefirst time with only 55.7 sec-onds remaining in regulation.

The Tigers defense stoppedSouth Oak Cliff on a fourth-and-1 on the Bears’ 49-yardline with 1:36 left. Three playslater, quarterback Erick Nealran for a 6-yard touchdown.

A successful point-after at-tempt later and the extra peri-odwas needed.

“We wanted the ball back in

our hands to try and tie it up,”Lincoln coach James Argentisaid. “Then we went into thattwo-minute offense and myquarterback made some playstonight.”

Lincoln running backMon-terric Surrell took an optionpitch for 25 yards for the Ti-gers’ overtime score.

South Oak Cliff kicker AbelLuviano missed a game-win-ning 43-yard field goal attemptat the end of regulation. Luvia-no made a 21-yard field goal inthe first quarter.

LINCOLN 17, SOUTHOAK CLIFF 16 (OT)

SOC falls to Lincoln in overtimeBotched snaps leadto missed extra point,fumbles, failed plays

By DOUGLAS FARMERSpecial Contributor

South Oak Cliff ............... 3 0 0 7 6 — 16Lincoln........................... 0 3 0 7 7 — 17SO—Abel Luviano 21FGLC—WilliamMosqueda 30 FGSO—DevinWilliams1 run (Abel Luviano kick)LC— Erick Neal 6 run (WilliamMosqueda kick)LC—Monterric Surrell 25 run (WilliamMosquedakick)

SO—Anjeus Jones 4 pass from Kenneth Arthur II(Abel Luviano kick failed)

SO LCFirst Downs......................................9 16Rushing Yards ......................... 32-108 31-183Passing Yards............................... 152 92Passing.................................. 16-24-0 10-16-0Punts-Avg ..............................4-37.50 3-36.33

Penalties .................................... 7-70 1-5Fumbles-Lost ................................4-0 2-2INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing— LC: Monterric Surrell 11-78, Erick Neal16-62, Rodney Allen 2-30, Derrick Neal 2-13, SO:DevinWilliams 22-108, Kenneth Arthur II 9-1,Anthony Smith1-1.

Passing— LC: Erick Neal 9-14-0-88, Derrick Neal1-2-0-4, SO: Kenneth Arthur II 16-23-0-152,Richard Franklin 0-1-0-0.

Receiving— LC: Derrick Neal 2-33, Javien Jones1-31,Brenson Davis1-17, Rodney Allen 4-7, Erick Neal1-4, Monterric Surrell 1-0, SO: Fonzale Davis11-135, Anjeus Jones 2-12, Anthony Smith1-4,Melvinson Hartfield 2-1.

FORNEY — Freshmanquarterback Bowman Sellscompleted 17 of 23 passes for297 yards and one touchdownto lead Lovejoy (11-0) to a con-vincing 40-13 victory overHallsville in a Class 4A Divi-sion II bi-district game at CityBankStadiumonFriday.

Daniel Sefcik caught sixpasses for 156 yards, includinga screen pass that he took 45yards for a score. Sefcik addedarushing touchdown.

After trailing, 7-3, at the endof the first quarter, Lovejoyscored 37 straight points, in-cluding Thomas Kotecki’s 52-yard interception return for ascore with 1:26 left in the firsthalf thatmade it 24-7.

Lovejoy meets Lancaster at7:30 p.m. Friday at Richard-son’s Eagle-Mustang Stadiu-min the area round.Lovejoy............................. 3 21 13 3 — 40Hallsville .......................... 7 0 0 6 — 13LJ—Mick Ellis 23 FGHA — Coby Bradford 11 pass from Macailyn Wilder(Paden Brown kick)

LJ— Zach Saffle 2 run (Mick Ellis kick)LJ— Daniel Sefcik 2 run (Mick Ellis kick)LJ — Thomas Kotecki 52 interception return (Mick El-lis kick)

LJ— Cullon Oldham-Greene 3 run (Mick Ellis kick)LJ — Daniel Sefcik 45 pass from Bowman Sells (passfailed)

LJ—Mick Ellis 33 FGHA— Thaddeus Fagan 36 run (kick failed)

LJ HAFirst Downs.................................... 23 16Rushing Yards ......................... 43-180 37-189Passing Yards............................... 297 112Passing.................................. 17-24-1 10-26-1Punts-Avg ..............................2-40.50 6-39.17Penalties .................................... 4-20 4-25Fumbles-Lost ................................0-0 2-1INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing — HA: Thaddeus Fagan 17-111, Austin Toney10-43, Macailyn Wilder 10-35, LJ: Cullon Oldham-Greene12-76, Hunter Pfaff 5-37, Daniel Sefcik 8-27,Chase Tucker 7-25, Bowman Sells 8-21, Zach Saffle2-3, Austin Kruzich1— 9.

Passing—HA: Austin Toney 9-23-1-101,MacailynWil-der 1-3-0-11, LJ: Bowman Sells 17-23-1-297, ZachSaffle 0-1-0-0.

Receiving—HA: Jamil Young1-32, Thaddeus Fagan 3-31, Coby Bradford 2-26, Jaylon Kerby 1-14, MacailynWilder 3-9, LJ: Daniel Sefcik 6-156, Zach Saffle 4-56,Justice Luce 2-45, ZachWilkins 2-22, Aaron Fuller1-10, Cullon Oldham-Greene 2-8.

Denton Guyer 42Saginaw 14

JUSTIN — Jerrod Heardaccounted for 353 total yardsand three touchdowns to helpDenton Guyer pull away for avictory over Saginaw in a Class4A Division I bi-district gameatNorthwest ISDStadium.

Denton Guyer, the No. 1team in SportsDay’s Class 4Aarea rankings, quickly built a14-0 lead as Heard and run-ning backNateMaki scored onapair of short touchdown runs.Saginaw trimmed the deficit to14-7 midway through the sec-ond quarter on Russell Mur-phy’s 89-yard touchdown run,but that’s as close as Saginawgot.

Guyer (9-2) built its lead to21-7 at halftime, and RichardWhitaker and Heard addedtouchdowns in the third andfourthquarters toput the gameaway.

Guyer faces Aledo in the ar-ea round.Saginaw............................ 0 7 0 7 — 14Denton Guyer .................... 7 14 7 14 — 42DG— Jerrod Heard 2 run (Brad Grems kick)DG—NateMaki 8 run (Brad Grems kick)SW—Russell Murphy 89 run (Arnulfo Ibarra kick)DG — Ellis Jefferson 12 pass from Jerrod Heard (BradGrems kick)

DG—RichardWhitaker13 run (Brad Grems kick)DG— Jerrod Heard 3 run (Brad Grems kick)

SW — Anthony Malloy 34 pass from Dalton Wachel(Arnulfo Ibarra kick)

DG—D.J. Breedlove12 run (Brad Grems kick)SW DG

First Downs......................................8 29Rushing Yards ......................... 23-154 46-308Passing Yards................................. 81 245Passing.................................... 4-12-1 20-32-1Punts-Avg ..............................5-36.80 1-43.00Penalties .................................... 4-23 2-15Fumbles-Lost ................................2-2 2-2INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing—DG: D.J. Breedlove13-113, Jerrod Heard18-108, Richard Whitaker 14-79, Nate Maki 1-8, SW:Russell Murphy 15-125, Dalton Wachel 3-16, LewisBlackwell 3-7, Jacob Ramirez 2-6.

Passing — DG: Jerrod Heard 20-31-1-245, Ellis Jeffer-son 0-1-0-0, SW: DaltonWachel 4-12-1-81.

Receiving—DG: Ellis Jefferson 8-78, JoshHarris 4-54,Nate Maki 2-42, Adam Scott 1-26, Preston Thrailkil2-24, Jonathan Pershall 1-9, D.J. Breedlove 1-8,Richard Whitaker 1-4, SW: Cameron Atkinson 3-47,AnthonyMalloy1-34.

Tyler John Tyler 77Waxahachie 20

GARLAND — Greg Wardpassed for 352 yards and fourtouchdowns to lead Tyler JohnTyler (10-1) to a thumping ofWaxahachie (6-5) in a Class 4ADivision I bi-district game atHomerB. JohnsonStadium.

Ward, who also rushed for80 yards and a touchdown,hooked up with Fred Ross ontouchdowns of 87 and 33 yardsin the second quarter as Tylerbuilt a 35-20halftime lead.

Ward then ran for a 49-yardtouchdown on the third play ofthe second half, the first of Ty-ler’s six unanswered scores.Waxahachie....................... 7 13 0 0 — 20Tyler John Tyler ............... 14 21 21 21 — 77JT—DeQuanteWoods 8 run (Porfiri Benitez kick)WX—Quinn Sargent 38 pass from Jake Villarreal (Dy-lanMcLain kick)

JT — Darion Flowers 18 pass from Greg Ward (PorfiriBenitez kick)

JT—DeQuanteWoods1 run (Porfiri Benitez kick)WX — Treyvon Hughes 35 pass from Jake Villarreal(run failed)

JT — Fred Ross 87 pass from Greg Ward (Porfiri Beni-tez kick)

JT — Fred Ross 33 pass from Greg Ward (Porfiri Beni-tez kick)

WX—Quinn Sargent13 pass from Jake Villarreal (Dy-lanMcLain kick)

JT— GregWard 49 run (Porfiri Benitez kick)JT— Justice Liggins 3 run (Porfiri Benitez kick)JT— Reggie Gipson1 run (Porfiri Benitez kick)JT — Justice Liggins 21 pass from Greg Ward (PorfiriBenitez kick)

JT— Reggie Gipson 42 run (Porfiri Benitez kick)JT — Jaylon Reese 42 fumble return (Porfiri Benitezkick)

WX JTFirst Downs.................................... 22 27Rushing Yards ......................... 42-278 32-347Passing Yards............................... 208 352Passing.................................. 12-31-3 16-23-0Punts-Avg ..............................3-36.33 2-35.00Penalties .................................... 3-30 2-30Fumbles-Lost ................................4-2 0-0INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing — JT: DeQuante Woods 7-150, Greg Ward 9-80, Reggie Gipson 3-45, Jeremy Wilson 5-29, Ro-drick Smith 4-27, Darion Flowers 1-12, Justice Lig-gins 3-4,WX: Treyvon Hughes 20-195, Trevon Smith8-44, Paul Debase 2-21, Kriss Woods 4-15, PaytonStewart 4-9, Bryce Barrett 1-6, Kenneth Washing-ton1—1, Jake Villarreal 2—11.

Passing — JT: Greg Ward 16-23-0-352, WX: Jake Vil-larreal 11-30-3-205, Payton Stewart1-1-0-3.

Receiving — JT: Fred Ross 6-181, Darion Flowers 4-85,Justice Liggins 4-47, DeQuante Woods 1-24, ReggieGipson 1-15, WX: Quinn Sargent 6-143, TreyvonHughes 2-38, Tracy Morrison 2-13, Braden Henry 1-10, Isiah Parrish1-4.

Carter 19WoodrowWilson 7

Jermiah Brown caught a35-yard touchdown pass fromChrisHenry in the fourthquar-ter, and Corey Avery added atouchdown run as Carter beatWoodrowWilson in a Class 4ADivision II bi-district game atFranklin Field.

Woodrow (5-6) had taken a7-6 lead in the second quarteron Colin Spencer’s 42-yardscoring run on a reverse. Woo-drow’s defense came up withfour interceptions and a fum-ble recovery but couldn’t add tothe lead.

Carter (9-2) advances toplay Prosper at 2 p.m. Saturdayat Grand Prairie’s Gopher-Warrior Bowl.WoodrowWilson ............... 0 7 0 0 — 7Carter ............................... 6 0 0 13 — 19CA — Kenneth Gray 60 run (Francisco Hernandez kickfailed)

WW—Colin Spencer 42 run (Jonah Guedea kick)CA — Jermiah Brown 35 pass from Chris Henry (passfailed)

CA— Corey Avery 8 run (Francisco Hernandez kick)WW CA

First Downs.................................... 12 13Rushing Yards ......................... 37-125 29-157Passing Yards................................. 13 136Passing.................................... 6-26-2 10-26-4Punts-Avg ..............................6-31.00 4-30.00Penalties .................................. 10-60 10-99Fumbles-Lost ................................3-2 1-1INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing — CA: Corey Avery 12-82, Kenneth Gray 10-73, Ja’CoreyWynn 2-10, Kenneth Spencer 1-2, Josh-ua Dennis 2—1, Chris Henry 2—9,WW: Colin Spen-cer 7-70, Jeremy Fulcher 17-50, Tracey James 2-5,Sam Keeter10-0, Desmond Handy1-0.

Passing — CA: Chris Henry 7-19-1-99, Kenneth Spen-cer 3-7-3-37,WW: SamKeeter 5-24-2-11, Ace Felder1-2-0-2.

Receiving — CA: Nigeria Rushing1-37, Jermiah Brown1-35, Ja’Corey Wynn 3-28, Corey Avery 2-27, Corda-rius Hayslette 2-5, Kenneth Gray 1-4, WW: ChanceHouston1-7, DesmondHandy 3-4, Colin Spencer1-2,Jeremy Fulcher1-0.

Wylie 45Mount Pleasant 21

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more Carsen Cook passed for198 yards and three touch-downs, and the Wylie defenseforced six turnovers in a Class4ADivision I bi-district playoffvictory over Mount Pleasant atRoyseCity ISDStadium.

Wylie led, 20-14, at the halfbut pulled away in the secondhalf with all three of Cook’sscoring passes to Alex Wesley,Kalen Winkler, and FreddyGibbs.

Wylie (5-6), which openedthe season 0-5, advances to thearea round against Tyler JohnTyler.Wylie.............................. 12 8 15 10 — 45Mount Pleasant ................. 0 14 7 0 — 21WL—Charles Okpoko 5 run (Christian Salas kick)WL— Christian Salas 33 FGWL— 0 safety, ball carrier tackled in endzoneWL—Dontae Slay 2 run (KalenWinkler pass from Ka-meron Kelly)

MP—Montravious James 3 run (Juan Buitron kick)MP—Montravious James1 run (Juan Buitron kick)WL — Alex Wesley 17 pass from Carsen Cook (KalenWinkler pass from Carsen Cook)

MP— Terrance Taylor1 run (Juan Buitron kick)WL — Kalen Winkler 3 pass from Carsen Cook (Chris-tian Salas kick)

WL— Christian Salas 25 FGWL — Freddy Gibbs 31 pass from Carsen Cook (Chris-tian Salas kick)

WL MPFirst Downs.................................... 21 18Rushing Yards ......................... 39-107 26-104Passing Yards............................... 297 137Passing.................................. 30-37-0 18-31-2Punts-Avg ..............................4-42.75 3-39.33Penalties .................................... 4-50 3-21Fumbles-Lost ................................0-0 4-4INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing — MP: Montravious James 18-57, TerranceTaylor 7-53, Kaderius Cannon1—6,WL: Charles Ok-poko 9-32, Dontae Slay 7-28, Kameron Kelly 8-26,Carsen Cook 7-18, Leland Dotson 3-12, Zach Collins1-1, Alex Wesley 1 — 1, Kalen Winkler 2 — 4, StatTeam1— 5.

Passing — MP: Montravious James 18-31-2-137, WL:Carsen Cook 20-27-0-198, Kameron Kelly 10-10-0-99.

Receiving —MP: Kaderius Cannon 8-81, Andrew Flan-agan 2-20, Terrance Taylor 6-20, Ty Wilkerson 1-11,Jaquille Rodgers 1-5, WL: Kalen Winkler 7-88, Le-land Dotson 10-71, Freddy Gibbs 2-65, Alex Wesley9-44, Alex Pina-Rhoden1-19, Dontae Slay1-10.

Wylie East 70Sulphur Springs 33

McKINNEY — GarrettMcCain was 20-of-24 for 384yards and a season-high seventouchdowns as Wylie East(9-2) cruised past SulpherSprings (8-3) in a Class 4A Di-vision II bi-district game.

Marcell Ateman eclipsedhis season bests in receptions(11) and touchdowns (five) andtotaled 197 yards. Senior Quan

Jones added a pair of receivingscores.

Wylie East advances to playWhitehouse in the area round.Wylie East ...................... 35 21 14 0 — 70Sulphur Springs ............... 14 0 7 12 — 33WE—Quan Jones 20 pass fromGarrettMcCain (DylanCook kick)

SU—Alex Burney15 pass fromBradMacek (Tony Bra-vo kick)

WE — Marcell Ateman 47 pass from Garrett McCain(Dylan Cook kick)

SU — Alex Burney 22 pass from Brad Macek (TonyBravo kick)

WE — Marcell Ateman 10 pass from Garrett McCain(Dylan Cook kick)

WE—Garrett McCain13 run (Dylan Cook kick)WE — Marcell Ateman 33 pass from Garrett McCain(Dylan Cook kick)

WE—Quan Jones 65 pass fromGarrettMcCain (DylanCook kick)

WE— Jabari Anderson 25 run (Dylan Cook kick)WE — Marcell Ateman 21 pass from Garrett McCain(Dylan Cook kick)

SU—Alex Burney10 pass fromBradMacek (Tony Bra-vo kick)

WE— Jabari Anderson 9 run (Dylan Cook kick)WE — Marcell Ateman 24 pass from Garrett McCain(Dylan Cook kick)

SU — Willy Ivery 29 pass from Brad Macek (passfailed)

SU— Cole Hill 33 pass from BradMacek (pass failed)WE SU

First Downs.................................... 31 30Rushing Yards ......................... 42-277 36-169Passing Yards............................... 384 363Passing.................................. 20-25-0 24-38-2Punts-Avg ............................... 0-0.00 1-48.00Penalties .................................... 6-35 6-52Fumbles-Lost ................................2-0 4-2INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing — SU: Buddy Ivery 21-127, Brad Macek 7-23,Willy Ivery 6-20, Derick Ingram 2 — 1, WE: JabariAnderson 14-149, Garrett McCain 8-64, CameronCollins13-59, KevonMack 2-9, Stat Team 5— 4.

Passing—SU: BradMacek 23-35-1-359, Derick Ingram1-3-1-4, WE: Garrett McCain 20-24-0-384, JabariAnderson 0-1-0-0.

Receiving — SU: Willy Ivery 5-108, Cole Hill 6-96, AlexBurney 4-51, Colton Wise 4-47, Buddy Ivery 3-39,Jordan Jackson 1-11, Isaiah Lacy 1-11, WE: MarcellAteman11-197, Quan Jones 7-157, Jesse Brubaker1-22, Jabari Anderson1-8.

Samuell 35Adamson 14

Lathan Quentrel rushed fortwo touchdowns to lead Sam-uell (7-4) over Adamson (6-5)in a Class 4A Division I bi-dis-trict game atWilmer-HutchinsStadium.

Michael Sheffield scored ona 23-yard pass from KamronJones in the second quarter togive Samuell the lead for good.Sheffield then returned theopening kickoff of the secondhalf 86 yards for a score.

Samuell advances to take onFrisco in the area round.Adamson .......................... 7 0 0 7 — 14Samuell ............................ 7 7 14 7 — 35AD—Keith Jackson1 run (Jose Ibarra kick)SL— Tra’VeonWilliams 24 run (JesusMercado kick)SL — Michael Sheffield 23 pass from Kamron Jones(JesusMercado kick)

SL — Michael Sheffield 86 kickoff return (Jesus Mer-cado kick)

SL—Quentrel Lathan 2 run (JesusMercado kick)SL—Quentrel Lathan 50 run (JesusMercado kick)AD — Julian Baeza 22 pass from Keith Jackson (JoseIbarra kick)

AD SLFirst Downs.................................... 14 8Rushing Yards ......................... 41-167 30-213Passing Yards................................. 58 45Passing.................................... 4-11-1 4-8-0Punts-Avg ..............................5-15.20 2-40.00Penalties .................................... 4-30 9-67Fumbles-Lost ................................2-2 3-2INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing — AD: Keith Bryant 20-124, Chris Gonzalez13-37, Braylon Smith 4-5, Keith Jackson 3-1, FidelLopez 1-0, SL: Quentrel Lathan 8-91, Tra’Veon Wil-liams 6-65, Keith Hill 2-55, Devontrae Smith 4-8,Michael Sheffield 1-8, Kamron Jones 3-3, JavontaJones 2— 5, John Galvan1— 5, Stat Team 3— 7.

Passing — AD: Keith Jackson 4-11-1-58, SL: KamronJones 4-8-0-45.

Receiving — AD: Julian Baeza 1-22, Christian Conde 1-19, Keith Bryant 2-17, SL: Michael Sheffield 2-39,Quentrel Lathan 2-6.

RedOak 58Corsicana 20

MIDLOTHIAN — AustinVan Hove passed for 212 yardsand three touchdowns as RedOak (8-3) beat Corsicana (4-7)in a Class 4A Division I bi-dis-trict game.Corsicana .......................... 0 0 7 13 — 20Red Oak .......................... 14 20 14 10 — 58RO—Casey Nichols fumble recovery in end zone (JoseFlores kick)

RO— Tyler Scott 22 pass from Austin Van Hove (JoseFlores kick)

RO—Cameron Bausley 21run (Jose Flores kick failed)RO — Travier Jackson 39 pass from Austin Van Hove(Jose Flores kick)

RO — Kendrick Garrett 30 pass from Austin Van Hove(Jose Flores kick)

RO— Jeremiah Gaines1 run (Jose Flores kick)RO— Cameron Bausley 82 run (Jose Flores kick)CI — Bobby Wallace 12 pass from Zachary Rash (RyanCondley kick)

RO— Jose Flores 38 FGCI — BobbyWallace 2 run (Ryan Condley kick failed)RO—Abass Fofanah11 run (Koby Simon kick)CI — Ronnie Devearux 2 run (Ryan Condley kick)

CI ROFirst Downs.................................... 18 19Rushing Yards ......................... 53-331 36-318Passing Yards................................. 22 212Passing.................................... 3-10-0 6-9-0Punts-Avg ..............................4-32.75 1-49.00Penalties .................................... 6-30 9-85Fumbles-Lost ................................4-1 1-0INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing—CI: Ronnie Devearux 26-192, BobbyWallace19-121, Earnest Lewis 5-19, Tygarius Sheffield 1-5,Zachary Rash 2 — 6, RO: Cameron Bausley 14-183,Tyler Scott 7-50, Jeremiah Gaines 4-33, Austin Van-Hove 2-24, Abass Fofanah 4-15, Deonte Williams 2-11, Zach Jackson 2-4, Stat Team1— 2.

Passing — CI: Zachary Rash 3-10-0-22, RO: AustinVanHove 6-9-0-212.

Receiving — CI: Bobby Wallace 2-22, Ashton New-some 1-0, RO: Travier Jackson 2-117, JeremiahGaines1-36, Kendrick Garrett 1-30, Tyler Scott 1-22,Shedrick Collins1-7.

Whitehouse 42Ennis 32

MESQUITE — BrannonBeaton returned a fumble byEnnis quarterback BrandonAdams 70 yards for a touch-down in the final seconds asWhitehouse (10-1) escapedwith a victory in a Class 4ADi-vision II bi-district game.Ennis .............................. 13 13 6 0 — 32Whitehouse .................... 14 14 0 14 — 42WH — Vincent Dunning 21 pass from Patrick Ma-homes (DestinWilkins kick)

EN— Jahshawn Johnson 66 run (Alex Sanchez kick)WH — Dylan Cantrell 11 pass from Patrick Mahomes(DestinWilkins kick)

EN— TerenceWilliams 53 run (run failed)EN—Nick Gabriel 1 run (pass failed)WH—Dominique Hollie 3 run (DestinWilkins kick)EN— Cshamari Reed 2 pass from Brandon Adams (Al-ex Sanchez kick)

WH — Dylan Cantrell 51 pass from Patrick Mahomes(DestinWilkins kick)

EN—Malik Jenkins 43 fumble return (run failed)WH — Jaylon Dews 3 pass from Patrick Mahomes(DestinWilkins kick)

WH— Brannon Beaton 70 fumble return (Destin Wil-kins kick)

EN WHFirst Downs.................................... 19 29Rushing Yards ......................... 54-353 32-145Passing Yards................................. 61 330Passing.................................... 9-14-0 23-39-1Punts-Avg ..............................2-37.00 3-33.00Penalties .................................... 7-50 2-7Fumbles-Lost ................................2-1 2-1INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing — EN: Terence Williams 26-194, Nick Gabriel17-82, Jahshawn Johnson 1-66, Brandon Adams 6-24, Marcellus Hill 1-5, Devin Smith 1-3, MarcusDaggs 1 — 8, Stat Team 1 — 13, WH: Vincent Dun-ning13-107, Patrick Mahomes 9-14, Dominique Hol-lie 5-12, Colby Campbell 3-8, Isaiah Burton 1-4, RoyLeeWhite1-0.

Passing— EN: Brandon Adams 9-14-0-61, WH: PatrickMahomes 23-39-1-330.

Receiving—EN: Devin Smith 2-19,Marcus Daggs1-15,Terence Williams 3-10, Hunter Isom 1-8, DontaThompson 1-7, Cshamari Reed 1-2, WH: Dylan Can-trell 9-152, Jake Parker 5-68, Coleman Patterson 3-63, Vincent Dunning 2-33, Jaylon Dews 3-17, RyanCheatham1— 3.

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By Douglas FarmerPittsburgh Post-Gazette

Drive down to Station Squareand take a look at the large park-ing lot just to the west of the Gate-way Clipper Fleet.

It is a torn-up parking lot,its landscape dotted by a fewmachines and piles of rock. Afew holes, as well.

But look closer at one of thefences bordering a sidewalkcutting through the construc-tion zone. There hangs a bannerannouncing “Highmark Sta-dium.”

Though a few months behindschedule, the Riverhounds’ newstadium will appear piece-by-

piece at the siteand should beready for playsometime thisfall, perhapsas soon as lateS e p t e m b e r.The stadiumwill becomea reality after

six years of planning from thesoccer club’s ownership.

“There were many times Iwas walking it, and would think,‘How is this going to work?’ ” Riv-erhounds midfielder and chiefexecutive Jason Kutney said.

“I’d be standing near the riverthinkingaboutacornerkick,andI would hit a car from there.”

The stadium was firstannounced in January and theexpected completion date ofthe site along the MonongahelaRiver was this summer. But asthe torn-up parking lot, con-struction equipment and piles ofrock indicate, that date was a bitambitious.

“The timing of everything,obviously, you don’t know,” Kut-ney said.

“It looked like if we could clickthese things into place, we’dbe able to start construction inMarch, coming out of the win-ter, with a five-month window oftime, weather-dependent, wherewe’d be able to potentially beopen for late summer.

“Then reality sets in. You hitsome snags. Some things hereand some things there take alittle longer for approval, thissignage variance or what haveyou.”

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By Mark DentPittsburgh Post-Gazette

CHICAGO — His email inboxfilled up quickly, as did the listof missed calls on his cell phone.Penn State linebacker MichaelMauti is all of a sudden a very

popular man.He loves the emails. They’ve

come from strangers wishinghim and the team success. Thephone calls … not so much.

He’s gotten as many as 10 callsa day in the past four days. Whilesome of the calls are also fromwell-wishers, he also has hadsome less-welcome calls. Fortyschools, he said, have contactedhim about transferring.

It’s been that kind of week forPenn State players. On one hand,alumni and fans have providedthe kindest, strongest support

they could imagine, makingthem wonder why they’d everleave. On the other, there’s thetemptation to transfer. Plentyof Division I schools are call-ing, schools that can competefor national championships andplay in bowl games, unlike PennState.

Mauti, John Urschel and Jor-dan Hill, Penn State’s playercontingent at the Big Ten mediadays, have all said they wouldstay. Coach Bill O’Brien said noplayers have yet made the deci-sion to leave. The three players

and their coach add that a strong“core” has joined their pledge.

That “core” is made up of50-plus players who have saidthey would stay at Penn State,O’Brien said. He declined tocomment on whether star run-ning back Silas Redd was one ofthem. Mauti said the projectedstarting defense has commit-ted to stay even though they areplaying for nothing besides aregular season.

“I’m not going to sugarcoatit, but I have brothers here whoare going to stick it out with me,”

Mauti said.Mauti and Urschel said the

decision to stay was not dif-ficult, nor has it been tough topress the ignore button on theircell phones. They’ve lived andbreathed Penn State for years.

On Monday, the team gatheredat the Lasch football building towatch the NCAA news confer-ence. The seniors affirmed theirloyalty immediately after. Con-versations between underclass-men differed.

SEE PENN STATE, PAGE C-7

Mauti balances support, offers to transferNittany Lionstry to focus onupcoming season

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COOKBet you anything thereisn’t one Steelers playerwho holds it againstMike Wallace for not

being at training camp. Playersknow better than anyone thatthe NFL is a cold, cruel, uglybusiness. Wallace’s contractissue today could be theirs nextJuly. They want to see Wallaceget every dollar he can. They’regoing to want theirs when the

time comes.But that doesn’t mean that

one of Wallace’s teammates— that would be you, Big Ben

SEE COOK, PAGE C-2

Big Benshould talkto holdout

By Ed BouchettePittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mike Wallace has an agentnamed Bus Cook, who has somehigh-profile NFL clients includ-ing Cam Newton and formergreat Brett Favre.

What he does not have inMike Wallace, however, is hisear, apparently. According tosources, Wallace is driving thebus on this one. It is the wide

receiver’s idea to hold out oftraining camp and, because of it,his relationship with the Steel-ers has taken a new turn.

Kevin Colbert confirmed a

story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Thursday that the Steel-ers have suspended negotiationswith Wallace and his agent for amultiple-year contract, and thattheir last, best offer is off thetable.

“We’ve chosen to not progresswith negotiations at this point,”Colbert said Thursday. “Once wemade that decision, now we’re ina different mode. We’ll have toaddress any new negotiations if

we get to that point.”Colbert said Wallace will

have to sign the one-year tenderof $2.7 million before they willresume negotiations on a multi-ple-year deal.

“Him not being here, reallywe have to focus on what we cancontrol because we can’t controlthat. Again, every negotiation isunique, you put your best foot

SEE STEELERS, PAGE C-2

Wallace, not agent, calls shotsColbert confirms decision to suspend contract negotiations with wide receiver

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A STARLINGBEGINNING

PIRATES 5, ASTROS 3

By Michael SanserinoPittsburgh Post-Gazette

HOUSTON — The Pirateswaited and waited and waitedfor the right time to call up Star-ling Marte, their prized outfieldprospect. Marte didn’t wait longto make his mark.

First pitch. First swing. Firsthome run.

Marte led off the game — andhis career — with a first-pitchhome run, sparking the Piratesto a 5-3 victory against the Hous-ton Astros Thursday night atMinute Maid Park.

“This is a dream come truefor me,” Marte said before thegame, as interpreted by first-base coach Luis Silverio.

It could be a wish come truefor the Pirates, who have beenlooking for an impact bat formonths while Marte pounded20 homers in Class AAA India-napolis.

“I’m pretty humble, fromwhere I’m coming from,” Martesaid. “I’m from a very low-income family, and I’m veryexcited to be here in the bigleagues. I’m just looking forwardto whatever I can do.”

As he stepped to the plate forhis first career at-bat — withconcerns about how he wouldhandle major league pitchingand the pressure of a pennantrace — Marte tapped Astroscatcher Carlos Corporan on theshin-guards, a common greet-ing, and dug in against Houstonstarter Dallas Keuchel.

Keuchel fired with an 86-mphcut fastball that he left up in thezone. Marte cranked it to left-center for the Pirates’ secondleadoff home run this season.

“I got goosebumps when he hitit,” manager Clint Hurdle said.

SEE PIRATES, PAGE C-5

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8/7 Diamondbacks 7:05 Root

8/8 Diamondbacks 7:05 Root

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! Minor league reportWednesday’s results

INDIANAPOLIS (65-41) lost toPawtucket, 4-2. RHP Rick Vanden-

Hurk (9-3, 3.55) took the loss, allow-ing four runs, three earned, on eighthits in six innings. SS Chase d’Arnaud

(.228) went 2 for 4.ALTOONA (51-52) lost to Read-

ing, 6-1. RHP Gerrit Cole (2-4, 4.85)took the loss, allowing five runs, threeearned, on six hits in five innings. SSBrock Holt (.317) went 2 for 4.

BRADENTON (47-55) lost to St.Lucie, 6-5. RHP Jameson Taillon (5-7,4.37) allowed four runs on eight hits.3B Kirk Singer (.265) went 1 for 3with a double.

WEST VIRGINIA (41-62) defeatedGreensboro, 4-2. LHP Zack Dodson

(5-6, 5.07) earned the win, allowingtwo hits in five scoreless innings. 2BDan Gamache (.273) went 2 for 4with a double and a home run.

STATE COLLEGE (21-16) defeatedConnecticut, 2-0. RHP Clay Holmes

(4-1, 0.80) earned the win, allowingthree hits in five scoreless innings.C Jacob Stallings (.291) went 2 for 4with a double.

GCL PIRATES (20-13) lost to theTigers, 4-2. RHP Tyler Glasnow (0-3, 2.84) took the loss, allowing oneunearned run on three hits in four in-nings. C Wyatt Mathisen (.308) went1 for 3.

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! Thursday’s game

Pirates 5, Astros 3Pirates ab r h bi bb so avg.S.Marte lf ........4 1 2 1 0 0 .500Walker 2b ........3 0 1 0 1 0 .293A.McCutchen cf4 1 1 0 0 1 .368G.Jones rf .......4 1 1 2 0 0 .264Presley rf.........0 0 0 0 0 0 .231McGehee 1b ....4 0 0 0 0 1 .233P.Alvarez 3b .....4 0 1 0 0 0 .228Barajas c .........3 1 0 0 1 1 .206Barmes ss.......4 1 1 2 0 0 .206A.J.Burnett p....3 0 1 0 0 1 .094Lincoln p .........0 0 0 0 0 0 .200c-Sutton ph ......1 0 0 0 0 0 .250Hanrahan p......0 0 0 0 0 0 —Totals............34 5 8 5 2 4Houston ab r h bi bb so avg.Altuve 2b.........4 0 0 0 0 2 .296Ma.Gonzalez ss4 0 0 0 0 0 .265Maxwell cf .......4 0 0 0 0 0 .218S.Moore 1b .....3 1 1 0 1 1 .227J.D.Martinez lf .4 0 0 0 0 1 .241C.Johnson 3b...3 1 2 2 1 1 .276Bogusevic rf ....4 0 0 0 0 1 .215Corporan c.......3 1 2 1 0 1 .389Keuchel p ........0 0 0 0 0 0 .000a-Schafer ph ....1 0 0 0 0 0 .224Del Rosario p...0 0 0 0 0 0 —X.Cedeno p......0 0 0 0 0 0 .000b-M.Downs ph..0 0 0 0 1 0 .200R.Cruz p ..........0 0 0 0 0 0 —Totals............30 3 5 3 3 7

Pirates 320 000 000— 5 8 0Houston 000 000 021— 3 5 0

a-grounded out for Keuchel in the 6th. b-walked for X.Cedeno in the 8th. c-lined out forLincoln in the 9th.

LOB—Pirates 4, Houston 4. HR—S.Marte(1), off Keuchel; G.Jones (15), off Keuchel;Barmes (5), off Keuchel; C.Johnson (7), offA.J.Burnett; Corporan (2), off A.J.Burnett.RBIs—S.Marte (1), G.Jones 2 (47), Barmes 2(27), C.Johnson 2 (40), Corporan (5). CS—S.Marte (1). S—Keuchel.

Runners left in scoring position—Houston2 (Altuve, Bogusevic). RISP—Pirates 0 for 1;Houston 1 for 4.

GIDP—J.D.Martinez.DP—Pirates 1 (Walker, Barmes, McGehee).

Pirates ip h r er bb so np eraBurntt W,12-3 71/3 4 2 2 1 5 103 3.52Lincoln ........... 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 16 2.78Hanrahn S,30-331 1 1 1 1 2 21 2.23Houston ip h r er bb so np eraKeuchel L, 1-3 ..6 5 5 5 2 2 88 4.63Del Rosario... 11/3 2 0 0 0 1 14 7.80X.Cedeno........ 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 8 2.70R.Cruz ..............1 1 0 0 0 0 18 6.88

Inherited runners-scored—X.Cedeno 1-0.WP—Hanrahan 2.

Umpires—Home, Derryl Cousins; First, AlanPorter; Second, David Rackley; Third, JimWolf.

T—2:49. A—19,926 (40,981).

! How they scoredPirates first. S.Marte homered to center on

a 0-0 count. Walker flied out to center fielderMaxwell. McCutchen singled to left. G.Joneshomered to right on a 1-0 count, McCutchenscored. McGehee flied out to center fielderMaxwell. P.Alvarez grounded out, first base-man S.Moore to pitcher Keuchel. 3 runs, 3hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Pirates 3, Astros 0.

Pirates second. Barajas walked on a fullcount. Barmes homered to left on a 2-1count, Barajas scored. A.J.Burnett struck out.S.Marte flied out to center fielder Maxwell.Walker flied out to center fielder Maxwell. 2runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Pirates 5, As-tros 0.

Astros eighth. Presley in as right fielder.C.Johnson homered to left on a 1-0 count. Bo-gusevic grounded out, first baseman McGeheeto pitcher A.J.Burnett. Corporan homered toright on a full count. M.Downs pinch-hitting forX.Cedeno. Lincoln pitching. M.Downs walked

Sat. at Astros, 7:05Wandy Rodriguez (7-9)

vs. TBA (7-9)Root/KDKA-FM (93.7)

Sun. at Astros, 2:05James McDonald (10-4)

vs. Lucas Harrell (7-7)Root/KDKA-FM (93.7)

Mon. at Cubs, 8:05Erik Bedard (5-11)

vs. TBARoot/KDKA-FM (93.7)

! On deck

! TodayGame: Pirates at Astros, 8:05 p.m., Minute Maid Park,Houston.TV, Radio: Root Sports, KDKA-FM (93.7).Probables: RHP Jeff Karstens (3-2, 3.52) vs. RHP Jor-

dan Lyles (2-7, 5.50)Key matchup: In two career starts vs. the Pirates, Lyles has a 9.31

ERA and allowed seven earned runs in four innings against themearlier this season.

Hidden stat: In nine career appearances — eight starts, Karstens hasa 2.83 ERA against the Astros.

Home games in bold

By Michael SanserinoPittsburgh Post-Gazette

HOUSTON — Wandy Rodri-guez took a familiar driveThursday afternoon. Walkedthrough familiar doors. Sawfamiliar faces.

But, at one point, he took adifferent turn in the tunnels ofMinute Maid Park. Walked intoa different clubhouse. Pitchedoff a different bullpen mound.Same stadium. New team.Worlds apart.

“It’s a hard situation for me,but I understand everything,”Rodriguez, the Pirates newestpitcher, said Thursday, his firstday with the organization afterthe Pirates acquired him from

the Houston Astros for threeminor leaguers Tuesday night.

He remained in Houston untilthe Pirates arrived and met hisnew teammates and managerThursday. Rodriguez left ateam that was 31 games under.500 heading into Thursday fora team aiming for its first win-ning season and playoff appear-ance in the past 20 years. Andhis first start in black and goldwill be on the same mound hehas called home for his eightmajor league seasons.

Rodriguez’s debut as a Piratewill come Saturday, with origi-

nally scheduled starter ErikBedard moving to Monday.

“I told him he doesn’t haveto be the ace in this staff,” man-ager Clint Hurdle said. “I thinkit was very important he under-stood that. He’s one of five in therotation.”

In Houston, he was the ace of ayoung staff — and a young teamall around. With the Pirates,there are more veterans in thestarting rotation than on theAstros’ roster.

“I’ll try to help this team,playing really good right now,”Rodriguez said. “I’ll try to helpbecause we need to make theplayoffs. I’ll try to make it thebest I can every time I have theopportunity.”

Correia to bullpenTo make room for Rodri-

guez in the rotation, the Piratesmoved Kevin Correia to thebullpen. The move was disap-pointing to the veteran pitcher,who had won his past six starts.

“Usually you don’t win sixstarts in a row and then gettaken out of the rotation,” hesaid. “But that’s a decision theymade, and it’s just somethingI’m going to have to live with fornow.”

Correia was the opening daystarter in 2011 and was 8-6 thisseason with a 4.24 ERA.

“This is one of the harderdecisions we’ve had to make,”Hurdle said. “First time in yourcareer you win six straight

games, you get moved to thebullpen. I’m wrestling with thatone.”

In the bullpen, Correia willpitch in long-relief situations,which will allow Brad Lincolnto move into a late-innings role.

“Starting pitching is what Iwant to do,” Correia said. “That’show I think I best help the team.I’m not happy about it, but it iswhat it is. If I need to pitch out ofthe bullpen to help us win, thenI’ll do that.”

The Pirates likely will try totrade Correia before the non-waiver trade deadline nextweek.

Gone and mostly forgotten

Thursday was the one-year

anniversary of the 19-inningmarathon game that endedwhen home plate umpire JerryMeals called Julio Lugo safe athome plate as the Pirates lost tothe Braves. To the Pirates, thememory is much more distantthan 366 days.

“That’s long gone,” GarrettJones said. “That’s long in thepast. That’s last year stuff, andlast year’s over.”

Catcher Michael McKenry,who applied the tag Meals saidmissed Lugo’s leg, remembersthe night but never thinks aboutit, adding, “After that night, Iremember Hurdle saying, ‘Hey,way to battle. Great job today.Lost a tough one,’ ” McKenrysaid. “We moved on as a team.”

Rodriguez embraces new team, new rolePIRATESNOTEBOOK

on a full count. Altuve flied out to center fielderMcCutchen. Ma.Gonzalez grounded out, firstbaseman McGehee to pitcher Lincoln. 2 runs,2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Pirates 5, Astros 2.

Astros ninth. Hanrahan pitching. Maxwellwas out bunting, third baseman P.Alvarez tofirst baseman McGehee. S.Moore walkedon four pitches. On Hanrahan’s wild pitch,S.Moore to second. J.D.Martinez struck out.C.Johnson singled to center, S.Moore scored.On Hanrahan’s wild pitch, C.Johnson to sec-ond. Bogusevic struck out. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 er-rors, 1 left on. Pirates 5, Astros 3.

The Station Square site nowmay be far from resembling astadium, but much of the pri-vately-financed $10.2 millionproject will be assembled off-site. Kutney hopes to have thefield, seating, lights and score-board ready for use this fall forhigh school football games andother events. Offices, restau-rants and suites would be com-pleted before the Riverhoundsopen their United SoccerLeague season next spring.

The stadium site, wedgedbetween Mount Washingtonand the Monongahela Rivernear the Fort Pitt Bridge, pre-sented little physical room forthe imaginations at ThenDe-sign Architecture to roam, sothe architects capitalized onthe benefits of the tight fit.

“It’s not an existing build-ing, or surrounding any exist-ing buildings. We had a niceclean site, kind of an easier siteto work through,” said ChrisSmith, a partner in ThenDe-sign. “One of the views we hadwas, from the corner of the sta-dium, looking back up at the[Downtown] skyline, knowinghow beautiful that was goingto be.”

Followingtheprecedentssetat PNC Park and Heinz Field,the majority of the 3,500 seatsat Highmark Stadium willface the downtown skyline. Abuilding on the western side ofthe stadium will house River-hounds offices, locker rooms,suite seating, a restaurant anda bar.

“Every stadium of thissize is a little different,” saidSmith, whose Ohio-based firmhas designed numerous sportsand recreation facilities. “This

one had the emphasis on thefan experience and the playerexperience.”

Kutney, a former player forDuquesne, understands theplayer experience. Before com-ing to the Riverhounds, Kut-ney spent two seasons with theCharleston Battery, a fellowUSL Pro team. In Charleston,Kutney played at BlackbaudStadium, the first privatelyfunded soccer-specific sta-dium in the United States.

Kutney and the River-hounds play their games atChartiers Valley High School,on a football field with a trackcircling its perimeter.

“Playing [in Charleston],and then when I came to Pitts-burgh … it was tough,” hesaid. “To move from there to ahigh school with football lines,a track around the field, andmetal bleachers, no beer forthe fans, even tougher.

“You show up at thesegames and it’s harder to get upfor the games.”

Thus, when the River-hounds were about to be dis-banded in 2006 and Kutneyand his partners at the Green-tree SportsPlex purchased theorganization, one of the firstideas he put on the table wasa new stadium. Their pursuitof a suitable site brought themfrom alongside Route 51 nearNeville Township to behind anIHOP in Robinson Town Cen-ter to, finally, Station Square.

“Really, bringing soccerto at least a professional levelin a city like Pittsburgh, youhave to be downtown,” Kut-ney said. “You have to be inthe mix with the other teams.And if you’re not, then you’renot real. So that’s one thing wesaid years ago.”

With that goal nearly real-ized after six years, a fewmonths past an estimateddeadline hardly fazes Kutney.

“The first time it reallyhit me, honestly, was when Idrove, very recently. It wasthe first day our constructioncrews were going to be there.I was driving over the bridgeand I saw the first vehiclethere.”

Usually a vehicle in a park-ing lot is far from noteworthy.A stadium standing where aparking lot used to sit quali-fies as a bit more so.

In a few months, drive downto Station Square. Take a lookjust to the west of the GatewayClipper Fleet.

Highmark Stadium will notbe hard to spot.

Douglas Farmer: dfarmer@post-gazette.com and Twitter@D_Farmer.

Riverhounds set sights onstadium completion in fallSTADIUM, FROM PAGE C-1

ThenDesign Architecture

A view of the future Highmark Stadium in Station Square. The stadium should be readyfor play sometime this fall.

“Really, bringingsoccer to at least aprofessional level ina city like Pittsburgh,you have to bedowntown. You haveto be in the mix withthe other teams. Andif you’re not, thenyou’re not real. Sothat’s one thing wesaid years ago.”

—Jason Kutney, Riverhounds

midfielder and chief executive

Marte said he planned to givethe home run ball to his grand-mother, who helped raise him.

He made his major leaguedebut with confidence, not ner-vousness. He can credit thatpartly to a strong spring train-ing in which he hit .520 withthree home runs in 12 games. Atthe time, Hurdle told the 23-year-old he wanted him to focus onhaving fun — and not on thepressure to produce.

“This has more meaningnow,” Hurdle said. “He under-stands where we are in ourseason because he’s been watch-ing it. He understands thathe doesn’t have to do it all. Hedoesn’t have to be the guy. He’sour left fielder who’s battingleadoff tonight.”

That message was reiter-ated Thursday afternoon beforeMarte’s first swing.

“Respect everything and fearnothing,” Hurdle told him. “It isa bigger arena, but it’s the samegame.”

He became the third Pirateto homer in his first career at-bat — and the first since DonLeppert did it June 18, 1961. In afour-year career, Leppert hit 15home runs. Marte hopes he canstick around a few years longer.

“Quince o veinte,” he said.That means 15 or 20.

Marte finished 2 for 4. He wascaught stealing home in the fifthafter Andrew McCutchen wascaught between first and secondon a pickoff move.

Pirates starter A.J. Burnettallowed two earned runs on fourhits in 71 ⁄3 innings.

“He spotted the ball very welland had a dynamite curveball togo with it as well,” Hurdle said.

Burnett credited catchersRod Barajas, who caught Bur-nett Thursday, and MichaelMcKenry for the success of hiscurve. He lost his shutout bid inthe eighth, when he allowed apair of solo home runs to ChrisJohnson and Corporan.

Keuchel lasted six innings,allowing five earned runs andfive hits. He walked two andstruck out two. But he surren-dered three costly home runs —all before he recorded his fourthout of the night.

Three batters after Marte’shomer, Garrett Jones sent aKeuchel fastball into the right-field seats for his 15th homer, atwo-run blast that made it 3-0. Itwas his second homer against aleft-handed pitcher this season.

In his first at-bat at MinuteMaid Park since signing a two-year deal with the Pirates, for-mer Astro Clint Barmes hit hisown two-run homer in the sec-ond to make it 5-0.

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ndsmcobserver.com | page 3The Observer u IRISH INSIDERFriday, October 21, 2011

Hit the lightsBy DOUGLAS FARMEREditor-in-Chief

When Rick Mirer found Adri-an Jarrell in the end zone for the winning score over Michi-gan on Sept. 15, 1990, nobody thought Notre Dame would wait 21 years, one month and seven days to host another night game.

In fact, the majority of cur-rent under-g r a d u a t e s were born after Mirer’s fourth quar-ter heroics under the lights in his first start.

The wait is over.

T o m o r -row night Notre Dame will take the field at Notre Dame Sta-dium to add another chapter to its rivalry with Southern California, just as the Irish did in 2005, 2007 and 2009.

This time, there will just hap-pen to be lights on from before the warm-ups to after the post-game Alma Mater, just as there were for Mirer.

“Honestly, it’s kind of hard to believe … it’s been that long,” Mirer said. “Under the lights is just kind of a bigger stage. I think a lot of guys would agree.”

When the Irish, led by their sopho-more quarter-back and his s o p h o m o r e target, Jar-rell, took the field 21 years ago, playing a night game was not all that out-of-the-ordinary.

“It wasn’t a big deal,” said Mirer, who finished the 28-24 victory with 165 yards and one touchdown. “We played at night at other places.”

Even the players who, like Mirer, had not yet played much in their careers had played un-der the lights before in high school, a sentiment even more true of this year’s team.

“It kind of takes you back to your high school days,” said Reggie Brooks, a sophomore in 1990, when he intercepted

Michigan quarterback Elvis Grbac’s final pass attempt. “You always played Friday nights around 7:00. It had a high school feel to it to some degree, but there was a different vibe from an atmosphere standpoint playing under the lights.

“It was kind of like playing ‘Monday Night Football’ at the professional level. There was certainly a little more to it than

just another game.”

Mirer and the Irish of-fense started strong against the Wolver-ines that long-ago evening, but Michigan held a 24-21 lead with only 4:33 remain-ing when Notre Dame took over at its own 24. Nine plays, 76 yards and 2:53

later, the Mirer-to-Jarrell pass provided the winning margin.

“When they turn the lights on the field in sports, it kind of adds excitement,” Jarrell said. “Football is already exciting, and Notre Dame football is al-ready exciting, but playing at night creates an extra aura. Everybody gets a little extra-

hyped for the game.”

In 1990, Notre Dame’s next three home games all began at noon, a full nine hours earlier than the Michi-gan encoun-ter. The lack of activ-ity throughout the afternoon and evening led to some anxiety in the

team hotel, Jarrell said.“You go stir-crazy sitting in

the hotel,” he said. “Instead of checking out first thing in the morning, you’re there all day … You try not to watch too many games of other teams playing, but you have to peek at them. Nervous energy can make you tired. You’re going to be watching those games for eight hours.”

While today’s Irish are ac-customed to 3:30 p.m. kick-offs, the four-and-a-half hour wait will still pose many of the same challenges Jarrell’s and

Brooks’ nine-hour wait did.“It takes a little bit of an ad-

justment,” Brooks said. “There is some level of discomfort you could say, not having played at that time. Most athletes are creatures of habit, so it throws your scheduling off more than anything else.”

Even if schedules are thrown off and habits disrupted, the consensus among the last 20 years of Irish players is they would have loved to enjoy the night game atmosphere.

“I’m jealous,” said Golden Tate, Irish receiver from 2007-09. “I’m jealous they get to playat night against SC. It sucks that I didn’t get to experience that. I wish I could have played in it.”

Tate’s former teammates feel the same way. Tom Zbikowski (2003-07) was a pivotal player in the 2005 encounter with USC, returning a punt for a touchdown shortly before half-time.

“It should be fun,” Zbikowski said of the return to the prime-time hour. “We’ve been look-ing for a night game at Notre Dame for quite some time. It’s a good audience, a good stage for a university to be on Saturday night.”

Even Irish senior captain and safety Harrison Smith — the same Harrison Smith who sealed last year’s victory over USC with an interception in the closing seconds a la Brooks in 1990 against Michigan — didn’t hide his excitement for the first night game in more than two decades.

“It’s the kind of an environ-ment that you never see at Notre Dame, a night game,” Smith said at a Wednesday press confer-ence. “[The fans] are going to be, I don’t know, pretty rowdy I think.”

Sitting next to Smith was junior line-backer Manti Te’o. Four years ago, Te’o was expected to sign with USC. Te’o himself expected to sign with USC. But when National Signing Day came around, Te’o changed his mind that morning and committed to Notre Dame instead.

“I told the story a lot of times,” Te’o said. “I was going to go to USC. I prayed about it. I was directed here. I think that

More than two decades later, dramatic echoes of its last night game still ring in Notre Dame Stadium

Fans reenter Notre Dame Stadium as the Irish warm up after a two-and-a-half hour weather delay at halftime of Notre Dame’s 23-20 loss to South Florida on Sept. 3. The contest would be later interrupted by another weather delay in the fourth quarter.

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was the only thing that could persuade me to come here. I was all sold on USC. I grew up a

USC fan.”But now,

Te’o will take the field under the lights to face the Trojans for the third time in his career.

“It’s some-thing new,” he said. “It’s s o m e t h i n g that I’m looking for-

ward to. It’s something all the guys are looking forward to.”

Perhaps the fresh nature of the night game is why the play-ers, past and present, are so excited about the opportunity.

“Clearly our players are look-ing forward to being that one game at night at Notre Dame Stadium,” Irish coach Brian

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Saturday’s contest will mark the first time Notre Dame Stadium hosts a night game since Sept. 15, 1990.

“It was kind of like playing ‘Monday

Night Football’ at the professional level.”

Reggie Brooksformer Irish cornerback

“It’s the kind of an environment that you

never see at Notre Dame, a night game.”

Harrison Smithsenior safety

“Football is already exciting, and Notre

Dame football is already excitiing, but

playing at night creates an extra aura.”

Adrian Jarrellformer Irish receiver

Kelly said. “They haven’t ex-perienced anything, so this is a first-time experience. You know, like anybody else, they love those first-time experi-ences.”

As usual, NBC will air the home game, but even the broad-caster is not treating the occa-sion as a normal one. An NBC spokesman said there will be about 20 cameras at the game, including a blimp, three slow-motion cameras and one in the student section.

The camera in the student section should have some inter-esting shots if Mirer’s expecta-tions are correct.

“For the fans, the gameday activities and preparation and all that, that affects the fans a lot more than it does the play-ers,” Mirer said. “There is more of a buzz, more of a buildup, thanks to the length of the day.”

Contact Douglas Farmer at dfarmer1@nd.edu

14C Sunday, November 25, 2012 II SportsDayDFW.com The Dallas Morning News

FWISD COCA-COLA CLASSICIrving MacArthur ......... 23 13 5 15 — 56FW Trimble Tech............ 8 11 3 20 — 42MAC:Kevin Booze16, Tavarius Shine14,MichaelFletcher12, Donny Belcher 9, Channing Starks 2,K. Cooper 2, Jonathan Bulaba1.TT: Chasten King 14, Jordan Gales 7, QuavonParks 6, Franklin 6, Clark 4, Treyan Randolph 3,Ravyon Parks 2.FW Arl. Heights........... 15 13 13 10 — 51FW Paschal ................... 6 15 13 14 — 48AHTS: Damontre McFarland 19, Justin Hemphill17, Leevelle 6, Mendenhall 4, Nolley 3, Avant 2.PAS: Xavier Mayes 16, John Ray 14, Da’MonSmith 10, C. Hendricks 3, James 2, Studey 2, D.Clay 1.

NIKE THANKSGIVING HOOPFESTTriple A Acad............... 11 13 18 23 — 65Rockwall..................... 14 14 12 12 — 52AAA (3-1): King McClure 25, Tyler Singleton 13,Jeremiah Jefferson 11, Gary Breaux 6, DaylanMumphrey 6, Harrison Henderson 4.ROCK: Elijah Thomas 25, Austin Grandstaff 12,Skyler Simmons 9, Aaron Maxwell 4, DavidBroach 2.Grand Prairie............... 18 10 12 21 — 61TC-Cedar Hill ............... 14 16 8 18 — 56GP (3-1): Jarron Boles 17, Jaylen Fails 12, JordanJones 12, Jourdan Tyous 10, Juzri Linzy 4, ChrisCheatham 4, Ahmad Stark 2.TCCH: Kevin Beasley 11, Kaelen Malone 11, Gar-rick Williams 9, Charles Williams 9, DerrickStrong 8, Albert Owens 5, Isaiah Hartwell 3.Lincoln ....................... 60 0 0 0 — 60Bishop Dunne.............. 52 0 0 0 — 52LINC: Derrick Neal 17, Mark Johnson 17, ErickNeal 10, King Easley 9, Rodney Allen 3, TravonDonnell 2, Juan’ye Edmun 2.BD: Lasani Johnson 26, Bobby Griffin 10, ScottieAllen 8, Jaughn Meshack 4, Brandon Moore 4.

TEXAS JAMBOREE (HOUSTON)Houston Episcopal ....... 13 13 9 22 — 57Kimball......................... 9 12 14 9 — 44Hou Epi: Ken Williams 24, Brandon Williams 12,Jonathan Rutherford11, JamalWilliams 7, Cam-eronWilliams 3.KIM: Jordon Adams 14, Gabe Lilly 11, D’AngeloAllen 8, Trent Brinkley 7, Randelle Jones 2, Cor-del Finley 2.

UT-TYLER’S BURGER KING CLASSICMP Chapel Hill............... 6 7 19 20 — 52Canton ......................... 4 8 8 16 — 36MPC: A. Nunn 11, D. Neuber 11, G Gaplan 11, BRogers 9, A. Mercer 7, L. Millsap 3.CAN: Ryan Anderson 13, Jared Grace 8, ReeseFrosch 5, Brad Wiggins 4, Kelby Nixon 2, SaxonAdams 2, Ty Gebauer 2.

GIRLSBASKETBALL

SATURDAY’S RESULTSNONDISTRICT

Frisco Lone Star........... 18 15 10 18 — 61Arl. Martin.................... 9 15 7 11 — 42LSTAR:Deja Snell 22, B’riaWagner12, ZoieMill-er 10, Whitney Apari 8, Taylor Gaffney 5, BriaGreene 2, Raquel Ross 2.MART:Mary King 15, Emily Slagle 7, Bailey Car-penter 5, Karickhoff 5, Rachel Hitt 4, Kayla Car-son 2, Bell 2, Nix 2.Allen .......................... 22 17 17 16 — 72Rich. Pearce .................. 0 3 2 2 — 7ALL (8-2): McKenzie Martin 22, Anna Horowitz14, Tammara Turner 7, Ericka May 6, AmandaBrown 6, Kelsey Paul 5, Briana Mitchell 5, Ra-chel Piles 4, Kayla Bise 3.PEA: Jada Propes 2, Chanel Cooper 2, MichelleKreditor 2, Katie Kring1.Mansfield ................... 17 6 20 14 — 57Coppell ....................... 13 12 17 9 — 51MANS: Sydnee Worlds 17, Cecilee Cook 12, LorinOwens 11, Delana Lopez 10, Ki’Asha Harris 5,Briana Thomas 2.COP: Jaidyn Phillips15, KaraWilliamson 9, Adai-wu Nwaiwu 8, Caitie Galvin 6, Elena Grijalva 6,Kalah Jiggets 5, Carina Zhao 2.Celina......................... 15 26 10 15 — 66Gar. Lakeview................ 8 6 13 7 — 34CEL: Sarah Cantu 18, KJ Stastny 16, Kynese Da-vis 11, Callie Wells 9, Alex Jones 8, MacKenzieTeague 4.LAK: Daja Chase 10, Cathy Okwilagwe 8, Bre-’Osha Scott 6, Briana Mahoe 5, . Buckner 3, .Brown 2.

TOURNAMENTHARDWOOD SHOOTOUT

Lub. Trinity Chr............ 22 8 13 11 — 54Madison ..................... 13 9 17 7 — 46LTC: Breklyn Wentz 18, Ashtyn Thorne 13, Sha-nae Ammons13, Christine Turner 8, Shadden 2.MAD: Breanna Hayden 25, Brianna Dye10, Alex-is White 5, Char’risse Miller 3, Karnesha Mull-ings 3.KENNEDALE THANKSGIVING TOURNAMENT

Kennedale .................. 24 12 26 26 — 88Waco La Vega.............. 14 12 10 5 — 41KEN: McKinley Bostad 29, Travanti Downes 18,Tahnia McDaniel 15, Autummn Williams 9, Sa-die Fleschner 8, Erin Washington 7, Nia Watson2.LAV: DeGrate 17, Calveion Landrum 11, Evans 8,Kobi Gill 3, Roddy 2.FWWyatt ................... 13 4 19 16 — 52Prime Prep.................... 5 10 4 12 — 31WYA: K. Lane 19, C. Sumberlin 10, A. Boone 9, K.Shed 6, R. Garrett 4, A. Wade 2, B. Patterson 2.PP: Datavia Daniel 13, Morgan Wright 7, TasiaKetchuns 7, McCloud 2, Keiara Lewis 2.

NORTH EAST ISD INVITATIONALSA Johnson................. 12 16 10 25 — 63Lincoln ....................... 10 19 14 11 — 54SAJ: Tiara Davenport 25, Erica Sanders16, GabbiBowie12, Brie Foresman 8, Morgan Stearns 2.LINC (7-2): Alisha Washington 23, Jade Colbert16, Dariel Johnson 7, Nicoria Denman 3, KelseyCriner 3, Jasmine Cooper 2.Lincoln ....................... 57 0 0 0 — 57San Antonio Churchill... 25 0 0 0 — 25LINC: Alisha Washington 22, Kelsey Criner 11,Jasmine Cooper 8, Jade Colbert 4, J Walton 4,Dariel Johnson 3, Shatavies Reed 3, NicoriaDenman 2.SACH: Dori Villarreal 8, Guerra 6, CourtneySmith 3,M Flores 2, Rachel Rios 2, Llily Longoria2, Narah Ramirez 2.

ROOSEVELT SHOOTOUTWoodrowWilson ........... 8 14 15 9 — 46Samuell ........................ 6 11 13 12 — 42WW: Ashley Pride 16, Alycia LouAllen 7, La-cresha Weaver 6, Jekesha Smith 6, JaylonBrown 5, Kristina Robinson 4, Gabby Hernandez2.SML: Vishonda Sims 10, Shakeria Burns 10, Ah-nia McAfee 8, S Brown 8, Curtesha Jenkins 2,McMillian 2, Ose Oghakpor 2.WoodrowWilson ......... 17 14 4 11 — 46Roosevelt ..................... 7 11 10 12 — 40WW: Ashley Pride 20, Braylon Allen 14, KristinaRobinson 6, Jekesha Smith 4, Lacresha Weaver2.ROOS: Krystal Ochuls 13, Jamica Wright 12, Tio-na Owens 7, Shantinesha Wilson 4, BriannaWright 2, Imogene Mosley 2.Bryan Adams .............. 23 24 22 18 — 87Seagoville..................... 4 5 10 4 — 23BA: Allexxus Gilbert 25, Keya Gibson 20, JadaNixon15, Jerice Fears 8, Chauncie Hayes 8, Mar-kie Ishmael 5, Jasmine Summers 4, . Barber 2.SEA: K. Johnson12, Olivia White 11.Bryan Adams .............. 20 10 15 21 — 66FW Eastern Hills............ 8 9 7 2 — 26BA: Jerice Fears 21, Allexxus Gilbert 12, JasmineSummers 10, Chauncie Hayes 10, Keya Gibson 9,Jada Nixon 4.FWEH: Armani Allen 10, L. Tarkingten 8, Kyni-quea Henry 3, D. Rainey 3, Amber Elems 2.Roosevelt ................... 11 13 23 8 — 55Conrad........................ 14 13 17 8 — 52ROOS: Tiona Owens 15, Jamica Wright 10, Shan-tinesha Wilson 10, Yaharia Walker 9, CourtneyBrown 5, BriannaWright 3, Krystal Ochuls 3.CON: Kassidy Evans 26, Lasandra Brown 13,Jaszmin Brown 6, Chelsi Hubbard 4, La’ShanaJohnson 3.Conrad........................ 12 16 18 11 — 57FW Eastern Hills.......... 14 13 9 19 — 55CON: Kassidy Evans 33, Jaszmin Brown 11, La-sandra Brown 6, La’Shana Johnson 4, KailaunaMiller 3.FWEH: L. Tarkingten 23, Armani Allen16, Manns7, Amber Elems 4, Kyniquea Henry 3, D. Rainey2.

BOYSBASKETBALL

SATURDAY’S RESULTSDISTRICT 4-5A

Keller Tim. Creek ......... 14 14 12 23 — 63Denison ........................ 6 9 16 17 — 48KTC (1-2): Ray Munson 24, Dare Brazeal 22, .Millet 8, Jon Hatcher 5, DeVante’ McDonald 4.DENI (0-2): Carlton Hines 15, Keondrick Golston14, McShaneWyatt 7, Jaleel Dade 4, Josh Henry3, Yan Sosnovskiy 3, Daniel Batey 2.

NONDISTRICTJohn Paul II ................. 18 14 22 23 — 77Greenhill ...................... 7 10 7 14 — 38JP II (6-1): Chandler Malone 21, Jackson Forbes20, Bola Alade12, JasonMartin 7, Colton Shear-er 6, Brendan Baker 5, Conrad Polkosnik 4, Don-ovan McNair 2.GHL: Auston Evans 12, Regis Johnson 11, JalenSharp 4, Jake Goldberg 3, Cooper Raiff 3, Chan-dler Notley 2, Dylan Roberts 2, Alex Weinberg1.Gar. Lakeview.............. 19 26 15 17 — 77Terrell .......................... 6 7 12 16 — 41LAK (2-1): Charles Beauregard 21, Termir Sut-ton-Durham 12, Cameron Hardy 11, Elbert Rob-inson 8, Andrew Reyna 7, Michael Thomas-Vaughan 6, Montell Scott 4, Richard Pegues 3,Dameion Mundine 2, Marvin Levingston 2, Adri-an Atos1.TER: E Lewis 15, I Pickens 8, Wyatt 5, Ashby 5, SWilliams 4, M. Johnson 3, R. Brown1.Arl. Bowie................... 13 16 24 16 — 69Coppell ....................... 18 19 11 8 — 56ABOW:Malcolm Hughes 18, Chavlovich 17, Sen-glin13, Hall 8, Kevin Hervey 8, Galvan 3,WilliamAnthony 2.COP: Josh Feitl 14, Simi Socks 12, Landon Goes-ling 11, Cody Carver 10, Calvin Michaelis 5, Pat-rick Barden 2, Chad Kaiser 2.Paris .......................... 14 16 14 25 — 69Greenville ................... 12 17 10 22 — 61PAR (1-1): K.D. Moore 31, S. Johnson13, M. Baw-cum10, R. Bell 7, Jay Milton 6, T. Barry 2.GRE (1-3): Dartanon Wilson 15, Darion Neal 13,Marquis Taylor 9, Collen Wilburn 8, Brady Mul-key 8, Marlon Mack Jr. 6, Jerry Dickeson 2.Bishop Lynch............... 16 23 18 20 — 77Hou. St. Pius ............... 17 12 10 20 — 59BL (4-1): Lupe Alba 26, Drew Bodensteiner 16,Chris Adams14, Ryan Dooley 8, Andrew Grado 8,Jaimie Skarzenski 3, Colton Paradowski 2.STP (5-6): Jackson 17, Griffin 15, - Coleman 11, -Udenenwu 9, - Ray 6, - Brown1.Argyle ........................ 11 11 8 8 — 38Pollok Central................ 4 11 10 9 — 34ARG: Zack Dickerson 19, Spencer McCloud 11,Jonathan Davis 6, Carson Cline 2.CTRL:Metts 14, Jackson 9, Ponson 8, Jones 3.Prosper ...................... 11 21 12 32 — 76Thomas Jefferson.......... 8 15 15 22 — 60PRO (2-1):Gatlin Parr19, Chase Schupp15, Bran-don Grudzielanek 8, Cameron Barnes 7, ArmannCharaniya 7, Robert Mott 4, Riley Davis 3, TylerOpfar 3, Stephen Reilly 2, Ryan Cleary 2.TJ (0-4): Tashaun Beavers 25, Kadeem Mays 13,HaVaria Preston 7, Damingo Dahn 7, Quadre Es-pada 5, Maliik Redrick 3.Samuell ...................... 15 27 20 17 — 79Sunset ....................... 11 25 7 15 — 58SML: Keshun James 18, Samuel Pritchett 16,Kelvin Campbell 15, Caleb Quinney 8, A. Richard-son 7, Davontae Brandon 6, Walton 4, Carey 3,Riley 2.SUN (1-5): Jacob Huerta 19, Jose Mendoza 14,Michael Lira 10, Rene Mendiola 5, Joe Castillo 3,Alphonso Sanchez 3, Carmello Johnson 2, KeelinGlowney 2.Richardson.................. 14 25 18 21 — 78North Dallas.................. 6 8 16 1 — 31RICHA (3-1): Brandon Scott 15, Josh King 11, Ja-cob Duncan 9, Nylan Yancy 9, Jordan Walker 8,Jake Moore 7, Clark Randall 6, Devin Young 5,Ben Nakwaasah 4, Jakory Clark 2, Josh Ford 2.ND (0-3): Jaylen Donahue 12, Kris Magee 8, Jer-emiah Gantt 4, Medina 4, Larry Horn 2, WilbertWiggins 1.Cedar Hill.................... 17 19 8 11 — 55Crowley ...................... 11 7 10 10 — 38CH (3-1): Jalen Jones 20, Charles Wesley 10,Clayborn 8, C. Hill 8, Kendrick Hanes 6, CharlieMiddleton 2, J. Webb1.CRO:DionMalone17, KyleWilson 9, DaneazMo-ses 6, Deandre Adams 2, K. Harper 2, WyattBeene 2.FMMarcus.................. 17 15 9 11 — 52Denton ....................... 12 14 11 7 — 44MARC: Aaron Steele 16, Michael Mayhew 16,Jack Holden 8, Sean Campbell 5, MichaelWheel-er 2, Elliot 2, Smith 2, Alexander 1.DENT: Greg Helt 12, Manny Patterson 11, RyanDaniels 7, Michael Jackson 6, Chavis Johnson 5,Deamonte Hughes 3.North Garland ............... 8 8 15 17 — 48Lake Highlands............ 18 8 5 16 — 47NG: Aaron Williams 11, Beniam Debebe 9, SeancChristian 7, Michale Allen 6, Rodarius Mosely 5,Esmael Ahmed 5, Sebastian Bermea 3, Jon’TrellBoldene 2.LH:Nick Thurman16, MaxMueller12, NateWel-ty 7, Jacob Woo 4, E. Faris 4, Kevin Thrower 2,Chris Guerrero 2.Sanger ......................... 8 20 12 14 — 54Ponder ....................... 18 11 11 12 — 52SANG (3-1): Tyler Roelofs 12, Tanner Thomas 11,Drew Lyons 10, Brennan Bloom 9, Jake Stastny6, Wilding Smith 4, Wyatt Broxson 2.POND: Clay Morgan 21, Josh Peterson 14, BradyAnderson 8, Copp 4, Micah Broadstreet 3, Sand-ers 1, - James1.Denton Ryan ................. 9 12 7 12 — 40Decatur ........................ 4 4 9 17 — 34RYAN: Gilbert Jackson 14, Montarius Banks 10,Quincy Jones 7, Jeremy Lenoire 7, Allen Grant 1.DEC: .

TOURNAMENTARL. MARTIN SPRING CREEK THANKSGIVING

CLASSICMcKinney Boyd............ 27 17 14 16 — 74Keller ......................... 14 13 19 14 — 60McK BOYD:Mikel Parish 13, Taber McFadden 12,Daylon Markham 10, Chris Stanton 9, Tre’VonBoles 6, Zach Rubel 6, Cooper Welch 6, MartezButler 6, Manney Collins 3, J. Barrio 3.KEL: Austyn Kennedy 20, Andy Opolski 10, KyleTanner 8, Brock Anders 6, Alec Ingraham 5, No-lan Taylor 5, Blake Stewart 4, Erik Frederiksen2.Mansfield ................. 12 12 10 12 12 — 58FWWyatt ...................6 23 11 6 5 — 51MANS: Johnson 14, Littlejohn 12, Mitchell 10,Eason 6, Derrick Anderson 5, Porter 5, Kuyken-dall 3, Funk 3.WYA: Deon Daniels 13, Kendrick Salone 11, An-drew Nunley 10, Byron Smith 6, Washington 6,Trae Dary 2, Mills 2, Polk 1.Arl. Martin.................. 15 12 22 20 — 69Carr. Ranchview............. 6 6 15 12 — 39MART (5-1): Nick Babb 16, Andrew Dotson 12,Patrick Burke 11, Swearingin 8, C Butson 5, Kor-dell Eilts 4, Jordan Smith 4, C Shannon 4, LBlamton 3, Shawn Hammler 2.CRVW: Donavan Minter 14, Eric Washington 9,Dequcelan Bagsby 6, Charles Venters 3, S Shan-kar 3, Parker Terry 2, R Hinkle 2.FW Southwest ............ 31 14 14 32 — 91Waxahachie ................ 19 21 23 21 — 84FWSW: B. Hawkins 30, Victor Holmes19, F. Nor-man 16, A Williams 11, Joseph Collier 6, WilliamLuke 5, Gordon Dean 4.WAX: Sargent 33, Qua-Darrious Waters 21, LeeWheaton 10, Antoine Taylor 9, Sammy Overton6, Lonnie Johnson 5.

FANTASY OF LIGHTS TOURNAMENTEpiscopal Dallas .......... 15 19 22 14 — 70Ama. Tascosa .............. 12 11 14 10 — 47ESD (4-2): Gordon Gehan 15, Grant Trout 12, Co-rey Henderson, Jr 10, Christian Albright 8, BrockAnglin 6, Hamid-Khani 6, O’Neal Galbraith 6,William Butter 4, Jason Goolsby 2, JonathanPage1.TAS: . Smith 12, . Shoels 10, . Thompson 7, . Da-vidson 6, . Elvins 4, . Marshall 3, . Pitner 3, . Wil-liams 2.

FORTWORTH COCA COLA CLASSICFW Dunbar.................. 15 21 16 23 — 75Mans. Lake Ridge........... 8 22 18 18 — 66DBR: DeLante Brooks 26, Dennis Jones 23, Lo-gan Ray 8, Anthony Ashley 6, Byron Felder 4,Dan Harris 2, Jonathan Graves 2, Zachery Evans2, Quinton Brigham 2.MLR: Oti 19, Woolridge 12, Vann 11, Taylor 8,Harris 5, Onilogbo 5, Rowe 2, T Robinson 2, BTucker 2.

RESULTS

DUNCANVILLE—Play-ing with a “Junior Varsity”moniker but looking like aVarsity squad, Prime PrepAcademy sent Scotlandvilleback to Louisiana with a 63-50 defeat Saturday duringDuncanville’s fourth annualThanksgivingHoopfest.

Prime Prep junior Em-manuel Mudiay and seniorsJordan Mickey and KarvairShepherd all started, thoughall have also been ruled ineli-gible by either theUIL’s stateexecutive committee or theDistrict 11-3A district execu-tive committee. By playing asa JV squad, the players wereable to contribute 15, 22 andfour points, respectively, tothe victory.

“They make life a littleeasier,” Prime Prep coachRay Forsett said. “We didn’tplay defensively like weshould.We have to get betterwith defensive reboundingand taking care of the ball.”

Defense leads Triple A:TripleAAcademy coachTreyWashington knew his Stal-lions — who were trailing byfour points at halftime —needed to find a way to gen-erate some offense, so heturned to his defense.

A mixture of full-courtpress and half-court trapsthroughout the second-halfallowed Triple A to outscoreRockwall by 13 over the final16 minutes and cruise to vic-tory.

“We had to pick up thepressure defensively,” Wash-ington said. “We use thathalf-court trap sometimes toget back in our rhythm.”

That defensive intensitylimited Rockwall 6-foot-9sophomoreElijahThomas toonly eight second-halfpoints, compared with his 18in the first half.

Sophomore King Mc-Clure led Triple A with 22points, while sophomore Ty-ler Singleton and junior Jer-

emiah Jefferson chipped in 11each.

Briefly: Plano got the dayoff to a quick start with a 77-45 victory over TC-CedarHill, nearly outscoring TC-Cedar Hill’s total with a 39-point first half. … Lincolnneeded 17-point efforts fromboth Tafari Witter and Der-rick Neal to survive 26 pointsfrom Bishop Dunne’s LasaniJohnson. Lincoln prevailed60-52. … Richardson Berk-ner cruised to an 80-63 vic-tory over Louisiana’s CarrollHigh School, despite RobertPratt’s 23 points. … DeSotosqueezed past Madison Prep,also from Louisiana, 63-59,largely thanks to Matt Jones’28 points.

Scotlandville fallsto Prime Prep

THANKSGIVING HOOPFEST

Playing as JV squad,Academy scores win,63-50, at annual event

By DOUGLAS FARMERSpecial Contributor

Steve Hamm/Special Contributor

Prime Prep’sShirmaneThomas (1)goes overthe top asteammateEmmanuelMudiay (0)combines tosandwichScotland-ville playerBrianBridgewater(5).

Basketball

With thewintermeetingsap-proaching, the market is begin-ning to take shape for upper-echelon free agents such ascatcher-first basemanMike Na-poli, who spent the last two sea-sonswith theRangers.

According to several reports,Napoli and his representative,

Brian Grieper,are meetingwith theBostonRed Sox thisweek. They arescheduled tohave a similarsessionwith theSeattle Mari-ners before thewinter meet-

ings beginDec. 3 inNashville.Grieper did not respond to a

request for comment.Rangers general manager

Jon Daniels said the “lines ofcommunication remain open”withNapoli.

As is the case with outfielderJosh Hamilton, another of theirhigh-profile free agents, theRangers are letting Napoli ex-plore the market before havingdefinitive talks with him. Thesides are likely to get togetherduring thewintermeetings.

Boston and Seattle envisionNapoli as a first baseman-desig-nated hitter with some time atcatcher rather than a full-timereceiver. Napoli’s right-handedpower appeals to both clubs.

The Rangers currently havethree catchers on the majorleague roster: Luis Martinez,Geovany Soto and KonradSchmidt.

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By Phil AxelrodPittsburgh Post-Gazette

Akeem Moore could be the answer for a Duquesne team that has a huge question mark at the wide receiver position.

But there is a question Moore has been asked often the past nine months: “How are you feeling?”

Moore, a fifth-year senior who graduated from Brentwood High School, shrugged and grinned widely before he repeated the words he’s said so many times:, “Yes, I’m good … my fingers are crossed.”

Moore, who has missed most of two sea-sons with injuries, underwent knee sur-gery on his left knee in November and sat out this spring and is participating only in non-contact drills at fall camp.

If he’s healthy, Moore is a fleet wideout who could provide the Dukes with a much-needed deep threat. Although his playing time has been severely limited because of injuries, he still is Duquesne’s top return-ing receiver with 29 career catches for 425 yards and two touchdowns.

After starting at defensive back as a freshman, Moore switched to receiver as a sophomore but suffered internal injuries

on the third play against Nicholls State in the season’s second game and was lost for the remainder of the season.

He came back as a junior and had 22 catches for 322 yards and two touchdowns despite missing three games with injuries. He played just three games as a redshirt junior in 2011 before a season-ending knee injury.

“I never let myself get down [after each injury],” said Moore, who is on course to earn a degree in sports management in December. “Doubts? I never … never had them. I knew it wasn’t the end of the world and I knew I had to work hard to get back. It’s been a rocky road, with a lot of ups and downs. It’s been a wild ride so far.”

Moore said he started his college career on defense when the coaches asked him to play there, but offense always has been his first love.

“I knew I was going back to offense,” said Moore, a 6-foot-1, 205-pounder. “My running, cutting and jumping are back to where I left off, but I haven’t taken a hit since the surgery.”

Asked if he still catches the ball like always, Moore grinned broadly and said, “You don’t lose the hands. They have

always been there … they always will be.”Moore hasn’t set a timetable for his

return to full-scale practice, but he said, “My first goal is to start hitting game week and play in the opener. I’m anxious, but I’m more excited. It was hard last year watch-ing your team be successful without you being out there with them.”

The Dukes, who return a solid nucleus of starters from a 9-2 team that was co-champion of the Northeast Conference, were picked to finish second in a preseason poll of the league’s nine coaches.

Moore displayed the scars on his left knee and talked about the strenuous reha-bilitation he’s done over the summer to prepare for the 2012 season.

“I believe in it,” he said. “After the first two months following the surgery I was in a lot of pain and on crutches, but then I started to walk again and that gave me hope. I’m not worried about staying healthy. I’ve gained some weight and put on a couple pounds, great pounds of more meat to sustain my knees.

“I just want to let loose and stay healthy week by week.”

If he can do that, the question about his health will finally stop.

Brentwood grad couldbe answer for Dukes

Duquesne University

Duquesne senior wide receiver Akeem Moore, a Brentwood High School alumnus, has missed most of two seasons with injuries and underwent knee surgery in November.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

By Douglas FarmerPittsburgh Post-Gazette

In his time at Thomas Jeffer-son High School, Rich Costanzo made a habit of scoring goal after goal, followed by a few more goals, and then he would add another few while he was at it.

“He’s the best player I’ve ever coached, ever, and I mean I’ve had some good players,” Thomas Jefferson coach Dr. Mike Kulish said matter-of-factly.

By the end of his four years, Costanzo notched 107 scores, a school record, including seven goals in only three games dur-ing an injury-limited sophomore season. Since his 2004 gradua-tion from TJ, he has added the 2008 NCAA Championship and two try-outs with MLS clubs to his list of accolades, which also includes a spot on the 2004 Under-18 U.S. National Team.

“This will be my 20th sea-son at [Thomas Jefferson], and I’ve had a lot of good athletes,” Kulish continued. “But he far exceeds in the ability level and the enthusiasm with which he plays the game and the desire with which he plays it.”

Costanzo returned to Pitts-burgh this season, starting 18 of the Riverhounds’ 23 games. With one game left this season Saturday at the Rochester (N.Y.) Rhinos, Costanzo is already pondering where he may be next season. The Riverhounds are currently in 10th place in the 11-team USL Pro. It’s not the top level of professional soccer in the United States.

“That’s still my goal, to play at the highest level if a good oppor-tunity comes up,” he said. “[The Riverhounds] know that here.”

Costanzo began his college career at Penn State, but trans-ferred after his sophomore sea-son, and proceeded to win the NCAA College Cup in 2008 at Maryland. After graduating the following spring, he tried out with the New York Red Bull, but was cut shortly before the sea-son began.

“One reason I transferred out was I wanted to play profes-sional,” Costanzo said. “I had seen at Penn State not many were going to play professional, but at Maryland they were put-ting four or five guys in the pros every year.”

The following year, Costanzo tried out with the Kansas City Wizards, now known as Sport-ing Kansas City. Again released shortly before the season, Costanzo still hopes to break through to the MLS ranks soon, as ankle surgeries have limited his chances recently, including

forcing him to turn down calls from Kansas City.

“The last two seasons I’ve had ankle surgery in both pre-seasons, so I’ve missed some opportunities when the timing wasn’t right,” he said. “If some-thing comes along with a better opportunity at a higher level, that’s what I’m striving for.

“If you’re here and you’re con-tent with just being here, it’s not the best thing for the program.”

Former teammates expect high-reaching ambitions from Costanzo. On the U.S. U-18 National Team, he played along-side current National Team mainstay Michael Bradley, and at Maryland he patrolled the backline with current Los Ange-les Galaxy defenders Omar Gon-zalez and A.J. DeLaGarza, the latter serving as a tri-captain with Costanzo and current West Point assistant coach Michael Marchiano.

“[Costanzo] wanted to get on the field wherever he could, and he found a spot at right back, and he did really well with that,” DeLaGarza said. “He was one of the best passers on our team. He was one of those guys you could always count on.”

DeLaGarza and Costanzo still speak regularly, including trad-ing barbs whenever one is inter-viewed about the other, and DeL-aGarza said he expects Costanzo to continue moving upward and forward.

“Rich always fought hard,” the defending MLS champion said. “He’s a competitor, so he wants to get on the field, no mat-ter where.”

For now, Costanzo is on the field in Pittsburgh, the same city where he once tallied 106 points in a mere 28 games.

“They are doing a lot of great things here,” he said. “Being from Pittsburgh, it seemed a good time and a good place to be.”

Next year, the Riverhounds will have a new home. They are departing Chartiers Valley High School, where they closed out their home schedule with a 3-0 loss to the Charlotte Eagles last Saturday, to play in their own facility, Highmark Stadium at Station Square

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By Ken WunderleyTri-State Sports & News Service

Washington & Jefferson Col-lege football coach Mike Siri-anni is cautiously optimistic as the Presidents prepare for the 2012 season.

Sirianni has the most tal-ented group of skilled players returning in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference, but real-izes that group must improve for the Presidents to claim their first conference title since 2007.

“We have to eliminate the mental mistakes, especially turnovers and penalties,” said Sirianni. “We stressed the importance of taking care of the football during spring prac-tice.

“I think close to half of our turnovers last year came in the red zone and that was the dif-ference in the close games we lost. That’s on us as a coaching staff and we are determined to change that. Our goals have never changed, but last year was a wakeup call to all of us.”

The Presidents finished eighth in last year’s nine-team conference in turnover margin (24 turnovers lost, 17 caused).

Washington & Jefferson posted a 6-4 record last year. Three of the Presidents four losses were by three points or fewer.

“We clearly have the best group of returning skilled play-ers in the conference,” said Sirianni, who also serves as the Presidents offensive coordina-tor.

It’s not often that a team has its quarterback, top three run-ning backs and three of its top four receivers coming back. Add to that three experienced linemen returning.

Matt Bliss (5-11, 195, Jr.), a Bethel Park High School gradu-ate, returns at quarterback after completing 193 of 303 passes for 2,153 yards and 15 touchdowns. He also rushed for 313 yards and three touchdowns, but was intercepted 10 times.

“Matt is a good leader. He loves the game and he has

worked hard to get better,” Siri-anni said. “His scrambling abil-ity gives us an added dimension, but he has to be careful with the football in those moments.”

Bliss is joined in the back-field by Tim McNerney (5-10, 200, Sr.), a Knoch High School grad who has rushed for 1,875 yards and 26 touchdowns over the past two seasons.

“Timmy is the best back in the conference, but he needs to take better care of the ball, too,” Sirianni said.

The Presidents have a sta-ble full of talented receivers returning, led by preseason All-America selection Alex Baroffio (5-10, 185, Sr.). Baroffio, another Bethel Park gradu-ate, is the first player in school history to catch 100 passes dur-ing his first two seasons. Last season, Baroffio accounted for 70 catches, 1,102 yards and 10 touchdowns.

“Alex has been fantastic his first two years,” Sirianni said. “We hope to utilize him in dif-ferent ways by moving him around.”

Other targets returning for Bliss are Hunter Creel (6-2, 200, Sr.) and Max Creighan (5-10, 180, Jr.). Creel, a Western Beaver graduate, had a break-out season with 43 catches, 394 yards and four touchdowns. Creighan, a North Hills grad, had 20 catches for 175 yards.

“We have a number of great receivers who can make plays.” Sirianni said.

The Presidents also have three linemen returning, left guard Mike Mastellino (6-1, 275, Sr.), right guard Andrew Pingitore (6-1, 295, Jr.) and right tackle Zach Wildey (6-2, 280, Jr.). Mastellino is a North Hills graduate, and Wildey is from Connellsville.

“As we do every year, we want to develop the best five linemen no matter what posi-tion they play,” Sirianni said. “I am excited about these return-ees and I think we did our best job recruiting this position. We

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By Ken WunderleyTri-State Sports & News Service

A new era of California Uni-versity football begins Aug. 30.

The Vulcans play host to Michigan’s Hillsdale College in a game that marks the debut of Mike Kellar as head coach.

Kellar has the challenging task of replacing a coaching legend, John Luckhardt, who retired during the past offsea-son due to heath concerns.

“It’s an honor to be chosen to replace a coaching legend, some-body who means as much to me as John,” Kellar said.

Luckhardt compiled an astounding 137-37-2 record in his 17 seasons with the Vulcans and that came after a successful run at Washington & Jefferson.

There may be a new man at the helm, but don’t expect many changes with the Vulcans.

“I’m doing some tweaking to put my stamp on the program, but 95 percent of what we were doing hasn’t changed,” said Kel-lar, who served as Luckhardt’s

offensive coordinator six of the past eight years in two different stints. “We were very success-ful under this setup, so there’s no reason to fix something that isn’t broke.”

“Our goal remains the same,” Kellar said. “We want to win the [Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference] title and make a return trip to the NCAA [Divi-sion II] playoffs.”

California finshed with a 10-3 record last season after tying with Slippery Rock for the PSAC West title. The Vulcans advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs before dropping a 35-28 decision to Winston Salem.

“I like our talent level,” said Kellar, who will continue to call

the offensive plays. “I just wish we had more depth. But then every coach wishes he had more depth.”

Kellar has six starters return-ing from a potent offense that averaged 31.5 points and 429.6 yards yards per game, includ-ing a trio of skilled players who have received preseason All-American honors.

Quarterback Peter Lalich (6-6, 245, Sr.) returns with a deeper understanding of the Vulcans offense after a record-setting junior season. Lalich set a single-season school record and led the PSAC with 3,725 yards passing. He completed 63 percent of his passes and threw for 31 touchdowns.

Tailback Lamont Smith (5-10,

185, Sr.), a Central Catholic grad-uate, gives the Vulcans a good 1-2 punch. He rushed for 1,113 yards and five touchdowns on 200 carries. Smith also caught 33 passes for 275 yards and three touchdowns.

“It’s huge to have that quar-terback/running back tandem coming back, especially when you have two players of their caliber,” said Kellar, referring to Lalich and Smith. “Add Blake Williamson (6-3, 230, Sr.) to the picture and we have three [offensive] players who have been recognized on preseason All-America teams.”

Williamson, a Chartiers-Houston graduate, is a four-year starter at tight end who has 63 career receptions, 777 yards, and eight touchdowns.

The biggest concern on offense is replacing the Vulcans top three receivers, who gradu-ated. The top returnee is Mike Williams (5-11, 185, Jr.), who had only 15 catches last season. Trey

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“I’m doing some tweaking to put my stamp on the program, but 95 percent of what we were doing hasn’t changed.”

—Mike Kellar, California University coach

Saint Mary’s continues its sec-ond round of MIAA Conferenceplay when it faces Olivet tonight at7:30.The Belles (12-6, 5-4) are look-ing to rebound from a 74-60 roadloss to Calvin over the weekend.They defeated Olivet (6-11, 5-4)once already during the 2010-11season, a 72-67 victory awayfrom home. The winner oftonight’s game will move into solepossession of fourth place in con-ference standings, behind onlyCalvin (9-0), Hope (8-1), andAlbion (6-2).Belles Coach Jenn Henley saidshe liked parts of what she saw inher team against Calvin, even ifthe outcome was a loss.“We got good looks in ouroffense against Calvin in the firsthalf,” Henley said. “Our shots just

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Elementary school gymnasi-ums are often filled with dullactivities; square dancing, gym-nastics and dodge ball areamong the pastimes dreaded byyoung students. For freshmanfencer Ariel DeSmet, however,his elementary school gymnasi-um was where his future pas-sion would be identified. “A local fencing coach came to

my grade school back in 1999and offered a few classes,”DeSmet said. “When he sawthat I did well he offered to giveme free lessons and free stuff,and from there I really got intoit.” While DeSmet did not fence

for his school, he refined hisskills at the Northwest FencingCenter in Beaverton, Ore. Underthe tutelage of top coaches,DeSmet excelled on the juniorcircuit, competing for the UnitedStates team at world competi-

tions on four occasions. Many of these tournaments

were hosted in different coun-tries, an aspect of the sport thatDeSmet truly enjoys. “Fencing is a pretty unique

sport in that it allows you totravel all over the world;Europe, China, Japan,” DeSmetsaid. “Turkey was my favorite. Igot to spend three weeks righton the Mediterranean coast.”When it came time to choose a

school, DeSmet’s decision waseasy. Notre Dame’s combination

of competitive dominance andtop coaching was too good topass up. “Notre Dame [is] the power-

house of my weapon, the foil,”DeSmet said. “The coach here[Gia Kvaratskhelia], is one of thebest, nicest, and most amazingcoaches in the country. Also,because everyone on the teamfenced at such a high levelbefore coming here, I’m familiarwith so many of them. It’s funto be teammates with formerrivals who I have known for

years.”Notre Dame’s prominence inthe foil has provided DeSmetwith many mentors and rolemodels on the team. “Our team captain (senior)Zach Schirtz has been reallyhelpful, and the upperclassmenhave helped me manage balanc-ing fencing and travel withschool,” DeSmet said. DeSmet is also learning to bal-ance fencing for Notre Dame

Nearly half of Notre Dame’sfield goals came from behindthe 3-point arc Monday night.Nonetheless, the No. 14 Irishtoppled second-rankedPittsburgh 56-51. Why the lowscores despite the hot shoot-ing? One word: Burn.Irish coach Mike Brey firstinstituted the burn offense latelast season. Since then, when-ever Notre Dame (17-4, 6-3 BigEast) breaks out the burn, ittests the patience of the play-ers, its opponent and its fans.“It is a drastic style of play,”Brey said Tuesday afternoon.“Everybody gets less shots,everybody touches the ball less.The mental concentration andsacrifice of reps on the offen-sive end I think is underratedand it tells you how this groupreally believes.”

As a freshman, swimmerFrank Dyer is making animpact both in the lanes andin the locker room. Thefreestyle specialist holds thetop times for the Notre Dameteam in four events this year,and has become a key mem-ber of a strong Irish squad.When Notre Dame (5-3)hosts the ShamrockInvitat ional this weekend,Dyer will be one of the swim-mers to watch. Having swumthe 50-, 100-, 200-, 500- and1,000-yard freesty les th isyear, Dyer can c la im theteam’s best t ime for theevents in all but the 50-yard

As a little girl growing upin the suburbs of Chicago,Rebecca Tracy would keep ajar filled with little pieces ofpaper, detailing her latestaspiration. Unraveled, theyspelled out dreams like soc-cer player, interior designerand paleontologist, amongmany more. At that young age,

nowhere in the jar did shescribble college runner, letalone second fastest miler inthe NCAA. Ten years later,the sophomore d is tancerunner finds herself surpris-ing everyone who sees her

run, as well as herself.“[I’m] thrilled,” Tracy saidabout her personal recordmile time this past Saturday.“Every t ime that I [ set apersonal record] I am utter-ly surprised. Coach tells meto just run to win the raceand the t imes come. So Ijust ran.”By jus t running, Tracyposted the second fastestmile time in the NCAA witha 4:42.14 at the Notre DameInvitational. Not only didshe set a personal best, butTracy a lso beat outMichigan State senior andNCAA finals veteran EmilyMacLeod by a mere 0 .61

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Fourth-year forward Tim Abromaitis holds the ball during Notre Dame’s 80-75 victory over MarquetteSaturday. Abromaitis and the Irish routinely let the shot clock dwindle in their burn offense.

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Freshman freestyler Frank Dyer heads toward the wall duringthe Dennis Stark Relays at Notre Dame Oct. 8.

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Miler rises to secondin NCAA with 4:42.14

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Prior to the road upset, everytime Notre Dame scored lessthan 60 points in a game, itstumbled to that low totalthanks to abysmal shooting.The Irish shot a disappointing18.8 percent from 3-pointrange in a 22-point trouncing toMarquette, 20percent fromdeep in a lossto St. John’s,and a 7.7 per-cent perform-ance from deepin the secondhalf againstKentucky.At Pittsburgh,the Irish shot9-of-18 frombehind the arcand took just39 total shots.The vast major-ity of thoseshots came with only secondsleft on the shot clock — neitherteam scored a single fast-breakpoint.“We knew going in that wewanted to work [the shot clock]down,” senior guard ScottMartin said. “We were justhappy to be hitting those shotswhen we had those opportuni-ties.”Martin opened Notre Dame’sscoring with two 3-pointers inthe opening minutes. In the sec-ond half, senior forwardCarleton Scott hit multiple 3s,ending the night five-of-sixfrom deep. Even when the Irishtook their first lead since lead-ing 8-5, it was on a 3-pointercourtesy of senior guard BenHansbrough, giving NotreDame a 42-41 lead.“I just felt like I was in thezone last night,” Scott said.“[Martin] started out in thezone, and I guess he passed iton, and I passed it on to Ben.That’s the great thing about ourteam, anybody can start feelingit at any moment.”In the burn offense, NotreDame works the shot clockdown to 10 seconds before

looking to attack the hoop, onevery possession, to the extentthat on some possessions NotreDame endures a shot clock vio-lation, and thus a turnover,rather than give the ball backto its opponent quickly.“We are still just as aggres-

sive as we normally are, it justtakes us longer to get to it,”Martin said. “We don’t stoplooking to score, we just waitfor it, wait for it, let the clock

burn down alittle bit, thenwe have oura g g r e s s i v emindset therest of the shotclock.”Thus, the

Irish force theiropponent toplay defense for30 seconds at atime, ratherthan the usual15 to 20.“I felt it was

definitely frus-t r a t i n g

[Pittsburgh] a little bit,” Martinsaid. “When you have to playdefense for 30 seconds everytime down the floor, it gets old.I could tell they were getting alittle frustrated.”As Pittsburgh’s frustration

grew Monday night, its deepbench stewed, not having anopportunity to create a differ-ence in the game. Notre Dameavoided foul trouble, and itsstarters controlled the pacethroughout the slow-paced,close match. This storm result-ed in a Notre Dame upset thatBrey said may be the biggest ofhis career.Now, the Irish head into a

nine-day break before headingto DePaul on Feb. 3 for the sec-ond half of its Big East season.With the break, the NCAA tour-nament will be on Notre Dame’smind, an invitation to whichcould come as a result of theburn, just as it did last season.“If it wouldn’t be for [the

burn], we wouldn’t have gottena bid last year,” Brey said. “Soyou have a great selling point.”

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“We knew going in thatwe wanted to work [theshot clock] down. Wewere just happy to behitting those shotswhen we had those

opportunities.”

Scott Martinsenior guard

weren’t falling.” Henley said she feels confidentin her squad entering tonight’sgame.“Last time we played Olivet, wedid a good jobforcing them intot u r n o v e r s , ”Henley said.“Unfortunately,we hadturnovers aswell, which keptit a close game.As we prepare toplay them tomor-row, we need tocut down ourturnovers. Weneed to do a bet-ter job of defend-ing the driveagainst Olivet and limit the num-ber of points they get in the paint.”Junior forward Kelley Murphyled a balanced attack for theBelles with 24 points the last timethey faced Olivet. Three otherplayers reached double-figures in

scoring during the contest, andthe four together combined for allbut nine of Saint Mary’s points. “We have a pretty balanced

attack on offense, so I can’t reallypick out one person in particular[to lead us offensively],” Henleysaid. “We as a team need to stepup our defense if we want to besuccessful. Tomorrow is all about

defense. It hasreally been afocus of ours allseason long.”H e n l e y

expects thegame to beclose, andknows what herteam has to doin order toachieve the out-come they arelooking for.“Olivet always

plays us tough,”she said. “They

do a nice job of attacking the paintin their offense. We really need tofocus on that and keep them offthe foul line.”

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“Last time we playedOlivet, we did a good job

forcing them intoturnovers.

Unfortunately, we hadturnovers as well, whichkept it a close game.”

Jenn HenleyBelles coach