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Well, let's start with the obvious this week. It is
World Series time. I think we all know this. My
HEM Harry Bonds is in his prime and we all know
hint, too Sooner or later this piece will get to the
unknown, but 1 want to talk about what we already
know first.
I am writing this on Tuesday which means that
much more could have happened
in the World Series by the time
Ilikpoc. to print. In fact the series
might he over. (My prediction
was Giants in six games so,
hopefully, there is still one more
game to play tomorrow). Still,
there ha% e been some incredible
leak by people we are familiar
ith and personally, people I
keep iooline. for.
Barn,' Bonds has always been
one of my favorite baseball
players. even though he left my
beloved Pirates for greener
pastures in San Francisco. He
(lid take the Pirates a long way
in the playoffs and now I can
only wi , ll that he makes the
iiants a \,‘ inner
I lc does not cease to amaze us
Bonds hit many more balls into McCovey Cove this
year and hopefully there are more to come. Perhaps
his most impressive at-bat of the year came in the
ninth inning of game two of the Series against Troy
I'rrcival. Bonds crushed a fastball approximately
Busy Lions competing in many tournaments as season wraps up
By Lauren Packer
staff writer
Like the Energizer bunny, the men's water polo
team keeps going and going and going. In the past
two weeks, the team has traveled to MIT, Grove
it y. and Slippery Rock, playing nine games total.
At the I n NAsion 111 Eastern Championships at
Ml'l , the lions' first action of the weekend was
against the Merchant Marine Academy. Behrend
!t”.t the game 20-3. In the second game the Lions
took on Connecticut and lost 12-3.
I tchrend had a tough time adjusting to the size of
the pool at Ml]'. It was the first time the Lions
(mulcted in a pool 30 meters by 20 meters.
type of pool is always the great equalizer,"
sa id head coach Josh Heynes. - It makes great teams
good and good teams bad. It is hard to adjust to a
pool of that site when you train in a much smaller
pool
filo following weekend Behrend packed up for
any het tournament at Grove City. There, the Lions
played a grueling schedule of five games in two
with
coupon
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Douglas Smith
485-feet into the right-centerfield bleachers.
After the Angels had captured the victory,
Percival said that he figured with two outs he was
just going to throw the ball as hard as he could and
let him (Bonds) hit it. That is sure what Barry Bonds
did. Bonds had six postseason homers following
game two.
We all might as well have
some fun with it while we can. Still Bonds isn't
the only player standing in the spotlight this
postseason as we move on to someone not as well
know.
That someone is Angels' second baseman Adam
The first contest of the weekend put Behrend
against host and long time rival Grove City College.
Behrend has yet to beat Grove City this year and
the losing streak continued as the Lions lost to
Grove City 12-6.
The Lions then faced the Presidents of
Washington & Jefferson College in game two.
Washington & Jefferson continued its domination
over Behrend this season, beating the Lions 10-2.
However, 10 goals were the fewest that Behrend
has allowed Washington & Jefferson this season.
In the third game, Behrend faced Division I
Bucknell for the first time in history and lost 15-4.
The fourth game matched the Lions against Grove
City for the second time in the tournament. The
Lions lost to Grove City 12-8 and are now 0-4
against the Wolverines this season.
Finally, in the last game of the tournament
Behrend was able to post a victory against
Mercyhurst 12-2. With the victory, the Lions were
able to snap a nine game losing streak.
"We played more as a team the entire weekend
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I think it would be a
thing of beauty if the Giants
were to clinch on a late-inning
home run by Barry Bonds. If
he retired after doing that I
could not be mad at him.
Angels' player Tim
Salmon was caught mouthing,
"That was the farthest ball I
have ever seen hit." This was
right after the devastating
crack of the bat from Bonds.
His slugging percentage
through two games was
1.600.
ESPN.com has even started
something called a, Barr-o-
meter. This measures
the degree to which Angels'
pitchers challenge Bonds.
Kennedy. His salary this year was only $375,000.
I say only because we know how much players like
A-Rod are being paid. So Kennedy went 0-4 in the
game two win, but he still has a slugging percentage
in the .833 range for the postseason. He had four
homers in the postseason as of Tuesday. Kennedy
had seven runs batted in all season for the Angels.
Those that follow baseball know that Troy Glaus
and Tim Salmon are the big RBI producers for the
Angels. However, Kennedy has four RBIs in the
postseason. He is well above what was expected
of him. In the World Series teams usually need
role players to step up. Maybe that is Kennedy's
position to fill this time around.
Maybe it isn't Kennedy's turn, though. It could
be someone else. It could be someone is regularly
on the bench for one of the teams. Maybe it will be
a pitcher that comes in to pinch run.
Who knows? Of course another thing no one
knows is that we can find some pretty outstanding
feats in other sports beside baseball, basketball,
football, and hockey. Now it is time to get to the
unknown.
A few of you may have been bored one day and
noticed that a jump rope competition was on ESPN
on Oct. 16. I know you stopped and watched it for
a minute or two
Isn't this stuff fascinating? I can swing the rope
almost three times before landing, but I am no match
for these kids who have become famous in their
respective small hometowns for setting records with
a jump rope.
Another great thing is that is sound of the rope
and we just wanted to hold our place standing for
the championship in two weeks. We were
experimenting with a new offense this past weekend
to add more dynamics to our team profile," said
Heynes about his team's performance at Inter-
Regionals.
After the grueling weekend and on only two days
rest, the men packed up once again to play two more
games at Slippery Rock University Tuesday night.
The Lions went up against Slippery Rock in the
first game of the night and lost 17-4. In the second
game of the evening, Behrend again beat up on
Mercyhurst for an 11-7 victory.
The stats from Inter-Regionals and Tuesday night
showed that Heynes was right about his team
coming together. A trio of freshmen led the way
for Behrend at Grove City. J.R. DeLorenzo racked
up 11 goals, two assists, and 12 steals, while Carl
Ward continued his standout play with nine goals,
seven assists, and 18 steals.
Steve Schleicher, who has showed improvement
over the course of the season, contributed two goals,
two assists, and 27 steals for the Lions.
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and the cheers from the competitors make it the
most rhythmic sport around. Many times you can
find yourself bouncing along to the beat of the rope,
the stomping of feet, and the clapping of hands.
Now I must tell you that it can be exciting too and
that I will now call it by its real name, rope skipping.
There is a European Rope Skipping Federation
along with the U.S. Amateur Jump Rope Federation.
There is even an American Double Dutch league.
You should see these folks go. One team, the
Forces, has captured 56 world titles and 175 state
championships in double Dutch. That is
domination. The Forces were only started in 1985.
Imagine the traveling this team has to do and they
come home victorious most of the time.
Let me tell you a little bit about Nicholas Forgue.
He holds the speed record for male single rope speed
at the 11 and under age group as well as the 12-14
group. His speed keeps increasing. He also holds
the record at those same age group for the male
three minute single.
Unfortunately there are only about two or three
teams that compete in the national competitions that
have web pages or easily accessible information.
Still it looks like the Lincoln Lions have a good
one on their team in Forgue.
OK so maybe this was a little obscure, but if you
watched jump rope or rope skipping or double
Dutch competitions you would probably be
chanting along or moving to the beat. You may be,
in just as much awe as watching a Barry Bonds
home run travel 485 feet.
Senior Ben Atkins also turned up his level of play
and caught the attention of Heynes. "Ben Atkins
really came alive this past weekend. His defense
and aggressive offense helped spark this team," said
Heynes.
With the end of the season fast approaching, the
Lions have several bright spots to look forward to
in an otherwise mediocre season. Many players
are close to breaking into the top five statistical
categories for both the season and career records.
The Lions have a bumpy road ahead of them
when they head to Princeton for championships but
the team is very optimistic.
"We have been working very hard," said J.R.
DeLorenzo.
Carl Ward also agrees and says that the team plays
off each other And that when they do well if is
because everyone elevates their level of play.
As for the Lions' catalyst Ben Atkins, he says, "The
potential is there. We just have to play to win."
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