FRIDAY MAY 4, 2018 THE NEW STAMFORD AMERICAN VOL. 10, ISSUE 50 STAMFORD AMERICAN VOLUME 97, ISSUE 55 STAMFORD LEADER VOLUME 115, ISSUE 56
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SHS Girls Headed to State Mariah Fletcher, Honesty Spotwood, Adreanna Ortiz and Brooklyn Woodard in the 4 x 100m relay, and Laramie Terrell in the 400m run will represent Stamford at the State Track Meet on May 12. (Photo courtesy of Coach Edwards)
It’s Baseball, Y’all BY ALLISON BIGBIE The Stamford Bulldogs were originally scheduled to play the Anson Tigers on Tuesday, April 24th. At 2-0 in our favor, the game was cut short due to the sirens going off for dangerous lightning that was too close to home so it was pushed to resume play on Wednesday, if weather permits, right? Well, it didn’t, of
course, so on to Thursday, the 26th. At 3:30 on that Thursday afternoon, since the game was past the 5th inning on Tuesday, the game picked up where it was cut off. Anson was up to bat with one on first base. The Tiger got a hit. SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 16
James Washington Picked by Pittsburgh Steelers in NFL Draft BY WILL MCCLURE It seemed like all of Stamford, let alone the Big Country, was glued to the 2018 NFL Draft last Friday evening as Oklahoma State University’s and Stamford’s own James Washington patiently waited for his name to be called. After nearly two and a half hours into the second day and nearing the end of the second round, the pick was in as the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Washington as the 60th overall pick for the evening. Shortly before the official announcement, Washington received the call that he had been waiting for as he was surrounded by friends and family at the draft party event held at the Roundup Hall in Stamford. On the other end of the line was none other than Steeler Head Coach Mike Tomlin who gave Washington his words of endorsement and first welcome into the Steeler family, which the Steelers would share to their fans on social media. SEE WASHINGTON, PAGE 15