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FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Pastor Tom Cabral still tells people to meet him at “the bar,” even though it’s his church now.

Locals best remember his worn building as a former sports bar where a 19-year-old once walked in and shot three suspected rival crack dealers.

Eight years later, the mirrored walls, parquet dance floor and bar remain. But the worst trouble may be found around the Sunday school table, where kids try to heed a handwritten list of rules including: “We will walk indoors, not run.” See

It’s been a magical season for the Troy Christian boys basketball team.

Unfortunately, magic can only get a team so far.

Playing in their firstever state tournament game, the Eagles ran into Cleveland Villa-Angela St. Joseph — the only team in Ohio history to reach the

COLUMBUS state tournament in all four divisions. And while Troy Christian hung tough for two-and-a-half quarters, the Vikings eventually wore the Eagles down and landed a knockout punch with a 22-1 run to finish off a 67-36 victory in the Division IV state semifinal round Friday at Value City Arena at the Schottenstein Center.

“We knew VASJ was talented and would be preSTAFF PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER pared, but I thought our kids came out ready to Troy Christian High School boys varsity basketball players are met by coaches while coming off the court Friday morning at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus.

• See EAGLES on 2 The Eagles lost 67–36 against Villa-Angela St. Joseph.

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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools officials ended months of speculation when they released the list of 54 schools the city plans to close, but the pushback against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief is likely just starting to ramp up. See Page 9.

BY MELANIE YINGST Staff Writer myingst@civitasmedia.com

Obama warns of ‘enclave for extremism’ AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — President Barack Obama warned Friday that an “enclave for extremism” could fill a leadership void in war-torn Syria, a chilling scenario for an already tumultuous region, especially for Jordan, Syria’s neighbor and a nation at the crossroads of the struggle for stability in the Middle East. See Page

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The 3 Weird Sisters Studio owner Beth Kerber arranges a display Tuesday at the store in downtown Troy.

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“Unique, chic, art and antiques” is the perfect way to describe the newly opened retail store The 3 Weird Sisters Studio, says its owner Beth Kerber.

Last weekend, the Troy resident hosted the grand opening of her vintage revival shop at 5 E. Main St., between the Savvy Squirrel and Olive Oasis.

Architectural salvage, porcelain pieces, fireplace mantles, neon signs and ornate fixtures are only a few of the items available, which she hand-picks from auctions and friends.

In addition to Kerber’s extensive collection of unique items, merchandise also will be sold by her friends, with the store divided in sections.

“We’re not really competing; it’s more of a co-op,” Kerber said, adding that they will take turns managing the location. “I have four

Avery Kerber, 3, reaches for a scale inside The 3 Weird Sisters Studio, 5 E. Main St. in downtown Troy. little girls, so I can’t be tied to the store.” A line of humorous cards also are for sale, and jewelry and consignment art will be introduced later. The 3 Weird Sisters is housed in the purple building that previously was occupied by Pinky Scout.

Troy Planning Commission approved a new window sign as well as slight changes to the existing awning during its

March 13 meeting.

Kerber has considered offering items on loan that she says would be perfect for weddings, including 13foot-tall church windows and an altar. “If you’re looking for an altar for a shabby chic wedding, that would be awesome,” Kerber said.

Though all space is currently filled, she is accepting applications now for the future, in the event space

opens up.

Store hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, though she plans to stay open later for big downtown events.

• For more information on the shop, call (937) 3391333, send an email to The3Weirdsistersstudio@ya hoo.com or visit The 3 Weird Sisters Facebook page.

Despite the chill of winter still lingering in Troy, the United Way of Troy’s campaign thermometer once again exceeded its 2012 goal.

According Richard Bender, United Way of Troy’ executive director, the 2012 campaign raised $885,528, exceeding the organization’s original goal of $790,000.

“We’re just thrilled how the campaign went this year — everybody came together to benefit our community and our agencies,” Bender said Friday.

“This is such a great community and we are thrilled we get to be a part of it.”

Bender said 2012’s campaign collection took a little bit longer, but was reassured that the trend is due to the presidential election.

“It’s funny because during presidential election years, people will be focused on that and our donations will come in a little slower than normal,” Bender said. “But as soon as it’s over in November, they start picking up again.”

By exceeding its goal, Bender said the United Way of Troy will fund several Impact grants to help agencies and other organizations with capital improvement projects, such as painting, restoration and permanent improvements.

“We’re always looking for things to do,” Bender said. “We enjoy helping organizations create new opportunities through our Impact grants and give them an opportunity to help in areas that need it.”

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Senate Democrats work to pass budget WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats neared approval of their first budget proposal in four years on Friday, calling for almost $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade while sheltering safety net programs targeted by House Republicans.

The Democrats also would reverse automatic spending cuts that are beginning to strike both the Pentagon and domestic programs.

The nonbinding but politically symbolic measure caters to party stalwarts on the liberal edge of the spectrum just as the House GOP measure is crafted to appeal to more recent tea party arrivals.

Approval of the Senate version was expected to come long after dark after dozens of votes on amendments, many of which were

offered in hopes of inflicting political damage on Democratic senators up for re-election in GOP-leaning states like Alaska and Louisiana.

Some $1 trillion in new revenue would flow to the government over the coming decade on top of more than $600 billion in taxes on upper-income earners approved in January and would be coupled with a net $875 billion in spending cuts. Those reductions would be generated by modest cuts to federal health care programs, domestic agencies and the Pentagon and reduced government borrowing costs. The budget proposes $100 billion in new spending for infrastructure projects and job training programs.

The president will reveal his own overdue tax-and-

compete,” Troy Christian coach Ray Zawadzki said.

“The kids gave us everything we could have asked for from them. We just ran into tired legs in the second half.”

Tired from keeping a fast, athletic and ready-torun Viking team that averages 77.3 points per game in check on the defensive end. The Eagles trailed 30-26 early in the third and 34-29 at the four-minute mark, but VASJ closed the quarter on a 9-1 run and scored the first 13 points of the fourth to put the game

Thursday night, with five Republicans joining every Democratic senator in opposition.

Republicans countered with a move by Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., putting Democrats on record in opposition to balancing the budget by the end of the decade. It failed on a near party-line vote.

Additional votes on Friday could feature forays into off-topics like supersized soft drinks, domestic drone strikes, handguns and abortion in addition to the more traditional subjects of taxes, spending and debt.

Such tallies give lawmakers the chance to test support for their ideas in the modern Senate, where there are far fewer opportunities to offer amendments and obtain votes. Such votes

are nonbinding. Seventeen Democrats joined Republicans to endorse the Keystone XL pipeline that is to carry oil from Canada to Texas oil refineries. And after a bipartisan 75-24 test vote, the Senate endorsed an amendment by Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. backed by the powerful retailer lobby that would allow states to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases made out of state.

It all concerned a largely symbolic measure known as a budget resolution, not binding legislation that could be sent to the president to become law. The Senate budget measure and the starkly different version passed by the House on Thursday seek to set parameters for follow-up legislation on taxes and spending.

impact people living in our community.”

Bill Barney and Greg Taylor served as campaign chairs for the 2012 campaign.

“Both Bill and Greg are longtime supporters of the United Way of Troy and we’re thankful that they chose to team up with us for this past campaign. We feel that they really made a difference in the outcome and they have our sincerest thanks,” Bender said.

The United Way of Troy addresses key issues in the community, engages volunteers, provides referrals and brings people and organizations together.

“We believe that through the collective strength of our donors, volunteers, and our nonprofit partners, the United Way can support a better future for our children, families and individuals. I’m committed to that and so are all the board members,” Bender said.

The 2012 campaign is complete, but work already has begun to get the thermometer moving for campaign 2013.

Contributions should be mailed to United Way of Troy at P.O. Box 36, Troy, OH 45373 or visit the web site at www.unitedwayoftroy.org

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spending plan in two weeks, a plan that will be judged in part by whether it offers new, more politically risky proposals that could form the foundation for a bipartisan agreement between the two houses.

Senators braced for dozens of votes during a marathon session running late on Friday, with some predicting a final vote on the Democratic plan in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday. In early voting Friday morning, Democrats rejected the latest attempt to repeal Obama’s landmark health care law by a strictly party-line vote.

The Senate has already taken several politically freighted votes, including a move by Democrats to force a vote on the Paul Ryan House budget, which was rejected by a 59-40 vote

away.

But even the lopsided loss — which broke an 18game winning streak — couldn’t take away from everything else the Eagles accomplished this season.

“We trailed nine times at the half this year, and we won six of those games,” Zawadzki said.

“These kids have persevered through many tough situations. They trust each other, the trust the Lord and they trust their coaches. When you put those three things together, magical things can happen.”

Like the Eagles’ run to state.

■ CONTINUED FROM 1 be officially closed, Bender still has plenty of work to do and is gearing up for the challenge of the 2013 campaign.

“To be honest, every year there’s nervous excitement as that thermometer you see downtown climbs toward 100 percent,” Bender said in a news release. “But there are a lot of really great people who make that thermometer move and some great people working to see that it happens. No matter how much we raise, we want to make sure that our efforts positively

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TODAY • EGG HUNT: The Ludlow Falls Fire Department will offers it annual Easter egg hunt at 1 p.m. at the firehouse, 10 Greenville Ave., Ludlow Falls. Children from newborn to 12 years old may participate For more information, call (937) 6983318.

• FUNDRAISER: The 25th annual Special Olympics benefit fundraiser will be from 6-11 p.m. at the VFW Post 8211, 7874 State Route 48, West Milton. The event will include door prizes, raffles, games, gambling, a clown, cloggers and a DJ. For more information, call (937) 832-3349.

• OPEN HOUSE: The Downtown Troy Spring Open House will begin at 9 a.m. at the Market on the Miami at Tin Roof Restaurant, and continue in downtown where more than 30 businesses will offer sales, promotions and more. For more information, email ShopDowntownTroy@gmail .com, or call Debbie at (937) 305-3406.

• EGG HUNT: The TroyMiami County Public Library will host a library egg hunt from 10:30 a.m. to noon inside the library at 419 W. Main St., Troy.

Participants will decorate a bag and then hunt for eggs hidden all around the library. Children must be ages 2-10. Participants may come anytime between 10:30 a.m. and noon. Registration is required by calling 3390502.

• STEAK FRY: The Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a T-Bone steak dinner with salad, baked potato and a roll for $11 from 5-8 p.m.

• BLOOD DRIVES: A blood drive will be from 9 a.m. to noon at Grace Family Worship, 1477 S. Market St., Troy. A charcoal grey “Blood Donor — Keep Calm and Carry On — Saving Lives” T-shirt is free to everyone who registers to donate. Schedule an appointment at www.DonorTime.com or visit www.GivingBlood.org for more information.

• KARAOKE OFFERED: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will offer for singing and dancing with entertainment by Papa D’s Pony Express Karaoke from 7 p.m. to close for free.

• MARKET ON THE MIAMI: Market on the Miami, a collaboration of local vendors who produce locally grown, homemade cottage foods and artisan items, will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon at the Tin Roof Restaurant, 439 N. Elm St., Troy, at Treasure Island Park. For more information, visit www.MarketOnTheMiami. com, on Facebook at “Market On The Miami,” call (937) 216-0949 or email MarketOnTheMiami@gmail .com.

• FIELD OF TUNES: Aullwood’s Field of Tunes — Moovin’ and Groovin’ will feature Chicago’s rock star Michael Howard from 7:30-10 p.m. at the Charity A. Krueger Farm Discovery Center.

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Come learn what a day in the life of a rehabilitation organization is like, meet a wildlife ambassador that once was a part of the rehab program and enjoy refreshments. Tours will take place from 2-4 p.m. with groups leaving every 15 minutes. Admission to this event is a donation from the wildlife rehab wish list, which can be viewed at bruknernaturecenter.com at Amazon.com, user name: info@bruknernaturecenter.com.

• FREE DINNER: A free community dinner, sponsored by the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ in Troy, will be offered from noon to 3 p.m. at the Lincoln Center, Troy.

Serving will begin at 12:30 p.m. and the menu will include ham, pork loin, turkey, green beans, scalloped potatoes, potato salad, macaroni and cheese, rolls and a drink.

For more information, call 503-4089.

• BREAKFAST SET: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will have an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 8-11 a.m. for $6.

Items available will be eggs, bacon, sausage, sausage gravy, biscuits, toast hash browns, waffles, french toast, pancakes, cinnamon rolls, fruit and juices.

MONDAY • BUDDY READING: Buddy reading at the Milton-Union Public Library will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

The program for elementary-aged students is designed to help increase reading skills and comprehension. An adult or teenage volunteer will be available to aid students with their reading goals.

• CRAFTY LISTENERS: The Crafty Listeners, a group of women who get together on Mondays from 1-2:30 p.m. at the MiltonUnion Public Library, to listen to an audio book and work on projects, will meet.

It may be needlework, making greeting cards or another hobby.

• BOOK LOVERS: Book Lovers Anonymous will meet at 6 p.m. at the Troy-

Miami County Library.

Participants will be reading and discussing “Salvage the Bones,” by Jesmyn Ward. Refreshments will be provided.

• DINE TO DONATE: Brukner Nature Center will have “Dine to Donate” event at Culver’s in Troy from 5-8 p.m. Culver’s will donate 10 percent of customers’ bills to help support BNC’s cause when they present a flier. Dine-in or carry out only at this location. Fliers can be found at www. bruknernaturecenter.com, at the Interpretive Building and also in the GrayFox Gazette newsletter. For more information, call (937) 698-6493 or by email at info@bruknernaturecenter. com.

• TENDERLOINS: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will offer tenderloin sandwich and fries for $5 from 6-7:30 p.m.

Civic agendas • Tipp City Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. at the board office, 90 S. Tippecanoe Drive. Call 667-8444 for more information.

• Covington Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall.

• The Covington Street Committee will meet following the regular council meeting.

• Brown Township Board of Trustees will meet at 8 p.m. in the Township Building in Conover.

• The Union Township Trustees will meet at 1:30 p.m. in the Township Building, 9497 Markley Road, P.O. Box E, Laura.

Call 698-4480 for more information.

TUESDAY • BOOK DISCUSSION: The Milton-Union Public Library book discussion group will meet at 3 p.m. to discuss “No! I Don’t Want to Join a Book Club: Diary of a Sixtieth Year,” by Virginia Ironside. For more information, call (937) 6985515.

• PERI MEETING: Reservations are due today for the the Miami County Chapter of the Ohio Public Employee Retirees meeting set for 11:30 a.m April 3 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 248 Wood St., Piqua.

Lunch is $10, payable at the door. Call Beth at 3352771 for reservations. The speaker will be Miami County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Eric Harnish speaking on “Safety for Seniors.”

The meeting is open to any current or retired Ohio public employee.

• BOARD MEETING: The Miami County Park District board meeting will be at 9 a.m. at Lost Creek Reserve Cabin, 2645 E. State Route 41, east of Troy. For more information, contact the Miami County Park District at 335-6273.

Civic agendas • The village of West Milton Council will have its workshop meeting at 7 p.m. in the council chambers.

Save more than $150,000 over 2012 For the Troy Daily News The 2013 Monroe Township Permanent Appropriations were passed at the trustees’ March 18 meeting and totaled $1,624,100. These appropriations, which are $154,500 less than 2012 appropriations, cannot exceed estimated resources.

After adopting the permanent appropriations as presented by the township fiscal officer, the board agreed to pay bills totaling $65,514.20.

The trustees also heard a presentation by Jim Baas and Dustin Nealeigh of Titan LED of Dayton

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The men noted a savings when converting to the LED lighting of 60 percent to 80 percent annually and that these types of lights are 95 percent recyclable.

The board members stated they would review the company brochures and consider the options available.

In reports, it was noted there were eight burials at Maple Hill Cemetery in

February and so far in March there have been seven.

These figures are much lower than in January 2013 when there was a record-breaking 16 burials.

Area residents are reminded spring and holiday floral arrangements may be placed at the township cemeteries beginning Sunday, since the maintenance staff will have completed the annual spring cleanup at township cemeteries.

The next trustees’ board meeting will be at 7 p.m. April 1 and the board also will host the April 29 Tri-Agency meeting.

Students honored for their art work The Miami Valley Career Technology Center Graphic Commercial Art program had four students selected as finalists in the 2013 Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition.

According to the Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition website, the competition “is dedicated to the educational and artistic advancement of our talented young people in the state of Ohio. The exhibition is open to all of Ohio’s high schools, both public and private, chartered by the State of Ohio Department of

Each student will be awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the School of Education.”

Advertising Art in MVCTC Graphic Arts Kettering, $1,000 from the students Kayla Hill Columbus College of Art (Vandalia), Jesse Pirrung and Design and various (Milton-Union), Emily other scholarships Toney (Vandalia) and depending on which colBrayden Jarrell (Tipp leges they selected on City) had art selected to their entry forms. be a part of the 2013 state The exhibit opens with exhibition. The art select- an awards ceremony April ed for the state exhibition 14 and will continue until is narrowed down from May 16, weekdays from 8 12,000 regional entries, to a.m. to 5 p.m. at the 2,500 in the state judging, James A. Rhodes State and of these 300 are Office Tower in Columbus. selected for the actual For more information, exhibition. visit http://www.govart.org/.

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Hayner plans Earth Day event Children and their families are invited to visit the Cultural Troy-Hayner Center, 301 W. Main St., Troy, from 1-4 p.m. April 20 to celebrate Earth Day. Brukner Nature Center will bring a few critters and their hands-on table that includes things from

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Ranger Chris Rowlands will entertain with his puppets and songs about animals.

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PERSPECTIVE

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

— First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

AS I SEE IT

State Rep Richard Adams Troy Daily News Guest Columnist

Transparency remains integral to democracy A democracy is defined as a “government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.”

To me it seems that the United States was built upon the idea that the people and government are interlinked to form a great, free nation.

This means the government should be held accountable and also should be transparent. I’m happy to say, as representative of the 80th House District, that Ohio’s legislature is taking inventive strides forward to continue its progress towards more transparency.

In February, when the 130th General Assembly began to work on pieces of legislation, the House of Representatives was receptive to the news that the Finance Committee, of which I am a member, would be recorded live and streamed on the Ohio Government Television website.

This is a great endeavor for the House and I’m looking forward to having Ohioans be able to witness the proceedings of this committee. Hopefully in the future, we can open live stream access to all committees.

As a member of the Finance and Appropriations Committee, I know that the next few months will be very busy with issues that directly affect our citizens. The budget bill, which was introduced by the governor last month, will be studied and discussed in this committee and voted upon by the whole House. It will then be sent over to the Senate. It’s a long, involved process as it works to outline how the state’s money is allocated in 2015 and 2016.

Another technological change is the introduction of iPads during the Finance and Appropriations Committee instead of viewing bills and amendments on paper. It has saved the state government, and your tax dollars, a lot in paper, ink and toner.

You can view live streaming of the Finance and Appropriations Committee, as well as streaming of sessions in the House of Representatives, on http://www.ohiochannel.org/ and OhioHouse.gov.

Videos are archived as well on these websites, along with witness testimony, to be viewed at any time. I encourage constituents in my district to check out the committee process online. It’s important and exciting to see how democracy is working for you.

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W. Va., on rules for tamper-resistant drugs: Attorneys general from 48 U.S. states and territories made it clear this week that they support the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to make drug manufacturers more accountable for preventing abuse of powerful opioid drugs.

But the coalition also pointed out a potential gap in the FDA’s efforts and asked that the federal agency takes steps to plug it. The FDA should listen.

In its letter, the National Association of Attorneys General praised the FDA’s plan to adopt rules encouraging manufacturers to develop opioids that are difficult to crush or dissolve — two steps often used by abusers of the drugs.

Early this year, the FDA released draft guidelines which suggested studies drug compa-

nies would have to conduct to show that their opioid products actually deterred abuse.

However, the attorneys general noted, those draft guidelines did not include how the developing standards would apply to generic versions of painkillers. They said they were concerned that if generic painkillers are approved without the same tamper-resistant features, abusers of the drugs will shift to the generic versions so they can more easily be abused.

In announcing his participation in the request to the FDA, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey noted the extent of the prescription drug abuse problem in the Mountain State. He cited a study from the Centers for Disease Control that found West Virginia had one of the highest drug overdose death rates in the country. About 25 of every 100,000 people in the

state died from an overdose in 2008. Morrisey’s counterparts in Ohio and Kentucky also signed the letter. …

Both manufacturers of brand-name drugs and makers of the generic formulations have their own perspectives on the issue, and both no doubt will raise questions that could stall implementation of the tamper-resistant rules.

Despite the respective issues put forth by the brandname and generic drug manufacturers, the FDA should move forward with a plan to require both segments to produce abuse-deterrent formulations.

It’s been a slow process to get the brand-name manufacturers to take greater accountability for the prescriptiondrug abuse problem. There shouldn’t be any backsliding on that progress, and generic manufacturers should be held to the same standards.

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Where is Jack Kemp when Republicans need him?

The harsh assessment of the RNC "autopsy" committee would be that it talked to 2,600 people, yet one of its top proposals is reviving a minority inclusion council from the 1990s. It takes months of research to come up with this stuff?

But that would be too harsh.

The autopsy is a good-faith effort to stare the Republican predicament straight in the face.

It's just that there are inherent limits to any such exercise. The party is not going to be saved by committee. The autopsy inevitably reflects the lowest common denominator of establishment Republican thinking on policy, recommending comprehensive immigration reform and hinting at surrender on gay marriage.

It is more interesting and useful when suggesting process changes, especially fewer primary debates.

There were more than 20 of them last time. Can't every Republican agree that two debates moderated

by ABC's Diane Sawyer are two debates too many?

The RNC autopsy has stirred up another round in an intraparty debate that is yeasty and entertaining, and will surely prove largely irrelevant to the Republican future.

One facet of that ongoing debate is the fight between the

Rich Lowry Troy Daily News Columnist grass roots and the establishment over Senate primaries, which has been raging for months and got more fuel when speakers at the annual conservative gathering, the Conservative Political Action Conference, savaged the Republican consultant class.

Rarely has so much heat been generated with so little light.

Some of the same grass-roots conservative leaders banging on the consultants believed that Christine O'Donnell would sweep to victory in the Delaware Senate race in 2010. Every time they are about to congratulate themselves on their electoral acuity, they should have to listen to three hours of floor speeches by Delaware's senator for life, Democrat Chris Coons.

On the other hand, the establishment was eager to deliver a Florida Senate seat to Charlie

Crist, who is as real as a spray-on tan and as appealing as a cheesy billboard for legal services (which he appeared on after Marco Rubio unceremoniously dispatched him back to legal practice).

The important question isn't so much establishment or grass roots as it is who and where. Mike Lee isn't Christine O'Donnell, and Utah isn't Delaware.

So he actually won his 2010 Senate race.

Consider Ted Cruz of Texas, whose smarts and fearlessness are making him the most dangerous man in the U.S. Senate. He proves that you can be anti-establishment — he ran a grass-roots insurgency in his Republican primary — and yet talented and electable.

So much depends on political horseflesh. Mitt Romney may have been wounded by the 20-odd debates, but he agreed to so many of them in the first place because he was a weak front-runner fearful of crossing primary voters. If Romney had been granted the Republican nomination with no competition whatsoever, he still would have been a politically inartful former management consultant.

And so much depends on substance. No "rebranding" will make a difference if Republican policy is not relevant to people's lives. What

the party desperately needs more than different marketing or new consultants are a few Jack Kemps, political entrepreneurs willing to ignore orthodoxies and evangelize for new ideas.

Kemp did his most important work as a backbencher in the House. Where is his equivalent today? Two possible Republican contenders in 2016 have demonstrated some of his entrepreneurial spirit. No committee ever would have come up with the idea for Rand Paul's filibuster. It showed gumption and creativity, and it caught people's imagination. But it was in a cause — preventing drone attacks on U.S. citizens — that is not pertinent to the everyday life of anyone not on the run in Yemen.

For his part, Rubio has begun to talk about college affordability, an issue that should be part of a new conservative agenda aimed at concrete middle-class concerns. All the action, though, is around Rubio's other cause of comprehensive immigration reform.

The Republican Party can study itself to death, but without some Jack Kemps, it will remain in its current stasis for the duration.

Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com

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MARILYN C. MILLER MINSTER — Marilyn C. Miller, 77, formerly of Garfield Street, Minster, Ohio, died at 6:22 p.m. Thursday, March 21, 2013, at Heartland of Piqua.

She was born Oct. 19, 1936, in Maria Stein, Ohio, to the late Henry and Matilda (Heitkamp) Thobe.

She married Dale Miller on Nov. 3, 1956, in St. Johns Catholic Church, Maria Stein. He preceded her in death Sept. 22, 2012.

She is survived by children Kristine and Mike Gorman of Piqua and Tony and Amy Miller of Fort Wayne, Ind.; grandchildren, Matthew, Audrey, Olivia Gorman and A.J. Miller; and seven step-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Alice Varno of Sidney, Delbert “Jiggs” and Velma Thobe of Maria Stein, Mary C. Mescher of Coldwater, Martha and Thomas Warner of New Bremen, Donald and Patty Thobe of Maria Stein, Roland “Brownie” and Shirley Thobe of Maria Stein, Marjorie and David Moeller of Maria Stein, David ”Dutch” and Jean Thobe of Minster, Lois and Jay Hogenkamp of Carthagena and Larry and Sandy Thobe of St. Marys; and sisters-in-law,

Mary Thobe of Maria Stein and Ginny Thobe of Maria Stein.

She was preceded in death by four brothers, Virgil “Butch” and Mary Thobe, Werner “Barney” Thobe, Harold “Whitey” Thobe and Elton “Buck” and Norma Thobe; and brothers-in-law and sister-in-law, Leonard Varno, John Mescher and Linda Thobe.

She was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church, Minster, Ohio.

She had worked for Minster schools, The Mr. Shoppe and the Tasty Treat, Minster.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Minster, with the Rev. Rick Nieberding celebrant. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m.

Monday, March 25, 2013, at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster, and from 9-9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Burial will take place in St. Augustine Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to Wilson Hospice.

Condolences may be made at www.hogenkampfh.com.

PAULINE N. HARMON BRADFORD — Pauline N. Harmon, 98, of Bradford, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013, at Country View Sunbury.

Pauline was born in Ft. Jefferson on Feb. 17, 1915, to the late Grover C. and Mary Margaret (Longfellow) Bayless.

She was a graduate of Bradford High School, class of 1933.

She had previously worked as custodian at Bradford Schools.

She was a member of the Bradford Church of the Brethren where she did Dial-A-Devotion for 18 years and taught Sunday school for 31 years.

Mrs. Harmon was preceded in death by her parents; husband, John R. Harmon in 2006; son, Richard L. Harmon in 2008; brother, Robert

Bayless; and sister, Ruth Reed.

Pauline is survived by her two grandchildren, Lee Harmon of Covington and Shari Lingo of Bradford; three greatgrandchildren, Faydra Harmon, Zack Lingo and Luke Lingo; great-greatgrandchildren; brother, Marion Bayless of Bradford; sister, Dorothy Rhoades of Versailles; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.

Tuesday at Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home, Bradford, with Pastor John Shelton officiating. Interment will be in Harris Creek Cemetery, Bradford. The family will receive friends from noon until time of service at the funeral home.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.stockerfraley.com.

EMMA JEAN PHELPS TROY — Emma Jean Phelps, 87, of Troy, Ohio, passed away at 8:20 p.m.

Thursday, March 21, 2013, at Koester Pavilion, Troy.

She was born June 22, 1925, in Troy, to the late Floyd and Frances (Clifton) Belden.

She was married to Hanson E. Phelps; and he preceded her in death in August 2009.

She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Dennis and Pam Phelps of Tipp City, Ohio; two daughters and a son-in-law, Nancy Kuehne of Sidney, Ohio, and Merry and Terry Unger of Piqua, Ohio; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Mrs. Phelps was preceded in death by two sons, David Phelps Sr. and Donald Phelps; son-in-law, Elliot Kuehne; and four brothers: Floyd, Robert, Richard

and Larry Belden.

She was a graduate of Troy High School.

Mrs. Phelps was a member of the Skyview Wesleyan Church in Tipp City, Ohio.

She was a former member and past president of the Trojan Grandmothers Club and served as a volunteer for many years at Van Cleve School.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Baird Funeral Home, Troy. Interment will follow in Miami Memorial Park, Covington, Ohio.

Friends may call from 10-11 a.m.

Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373.

Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com.

FUNERAL DIRECTORY • Helen L. Houser PIQUA — Helen L. Houser, age 91, of Piqua, died at 9:07 a.m. Friday, March 22, 2013, at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy. Arrangements are pending at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua.

OBITUARY POLICY In respect for friends and family, the Troy Daily News prints a funeral directory free of charge. Families who would like photographs

and more detailed obituary information published in the Troy Daily News, should contact their local funeral home for pricing details.

DEATHS OF NATIONAL INTEREST native country.

Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident, died at age 82 in Boston on Thursday after a brief illness. He lived through and helped define traumatic change in Nigeria, from independence to dictatorship to the disastrous war between Nigeria and the breakaway country of Biafra in the late 1960s. He knew both the prestige of serving on government commissions and the fear of being declared an enemy of the state. He spent much of his adult life in the United States but never stopped calling for democracy in Nigeria or

resisting literary honors from a government he refused to accept.

• Bebo Valdes MADRID — Renowned Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes, a composer and bandleader who recorded with Nat “King” Cole, was musical director at Havana’s legendary Tropicana Club and a key participant in the golden age of Cuban music, has died in Sweden at age 94.

The news of his death was confirmed by Cincy Byram, the agent of Valdes’ son Chuco Valdes, who is a wellknown musician in his own right. A cause of death was not given.

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Ohio marks centennial of devastating flood Uses anniversary to warn of dangers COLUMBUS (AP) — State officials are using the 100th anniversary of a devastating and deadly flood to encourage Ohioans to prepare for potential high water emergencies by reviewing their response plans and insurance coverage.

On the heels of the state and national Flood Safety Awareness Week, today marks the centennial of the 1913 storms that rolled through the Midwest and hung over the Ohio Valley for several days, creating the state’s worst weather disaster.

Several days of rain flooded all of Ohio’s rivers and streams and more than 35,000 homes and left at least 400 people dead in the state, or perhaps 600 by some estimates. It washed away or damaged docks, bridges, railroads and trains, wreaking havoc from Cincinnati to Portsmouth to Cleveland and hindering efforts to get aid to damaged areas. Levees broke, drenching various cities and leaving parts of Dayton and Columbus with 10 feet of water or more.

“There’s nothing to prevent a storm like this from occurring again,” said Sarah Jamison, a hydrologist with National Weather Service. “Mother Nature has her own way of dealing with things, so it’s our role to try to be prepared and react appropriately to that.”

The system, which led to significant flooding in more than a dozen states, from Illinois through Connecticut, stands out not just because of how much rain fell but also because it encompassed such a large geographic area, said Jamison, who studied the flood and found many Ohioans know little about it.

“It’s really fascinating to think, ‘How did the collective mindset really not remember this event?’ It’s an answer I don’t have,” said Jamison, part of the Ohio Silver Jackets, a group of local, state and federal representatives

ONLINE: • More on the flood: http://www.1913flood.com • Ohio Silver Jackets: http://ema.ohio.gov/OhioSilverJackets.aspx • Miami Conservancy District: http://miamiconservancy.org • National Flood Insurance Program: http://floodsmart.gov focused on flood control.

In hard-hit southwest Ohio, the disaster spurred a regional pursuit of solutions to area flood problems and eventually led to the Miami Conservancy District, which focuses on flood protection, water quality and promoting recreation along waterways in the Great Miami River Watershed. The area’s flood protection system was designed to protect against flooding even more severe than what happened in 1913.

Angela Manuszak, the district’s special projects coordinator, calls it a tale of resilience and sacrifice for the benefit of the larger community and says many families in the area have passed down stories about the flood. She has one, too a tidbit about how her grandfather helped with the cleanup as part of the Ohio National Guard out of Toledo and later kept in his home a “very uncomfortable Victorian chair” supposedly taken from the floodwaters.

The district, historical organizations, libraries and other groups are commemorating the centennial with a variety of events, some hopeful, others more somber. In Dayton, an exhibit about the flood is being unveiled today at Carillon Historical Park.

Members of the Silver Jackets acknowledge the conditions that led to the 1913 flood are rare but say it’s important to remember the possibility of similar rainfall still exists, albeit in an environment with greatly improved measures to prevent flooding, protect property and warn residents.

Some of those improvements began with the public outcry over the 1913 flood, which started a larger-scale conversation about flood mitigation, Jamison said.

That conversation continues as state officials use the anniversary to bring up that topic.

“Whether 100 years ago or today, flooding can be devastating on a personal and material level,” Department of Insurance Director and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor said in a statement urging Ohioans to re-evaluate whether they might need flood insurance, which is not part of traditional homeowner’s or renter’s insurance.

The annual cost of residential flood insurance policies, which are purchased through private insurers but administered the government’s by National Flood Insurance Program, can range from less than $200 to $500 or more depending on the extent of the coverage, up to $250,000. Such insurance is available in communities that participate in the program and meet certain guidelines, such as agreeing to adopt measures that reduce flooding risks.

About 42,000 Ohio households have insurance through the federal program, according to government data, and about 1,500 claims totaling $29.6 million were closed in Ohio in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. The mapped flood plain areas in Ohio include about 280,000 structures, and about 10 percent of those are covered by flood insurance, according to the government.

Obama to designate national monuments WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is designating five new national monuments, using executive authority to protect historic or ecologically significant sites including one in Delaware sought by Vice President Joe Biden.

The White House said Obama would make the designations Monday, using the century-old Antiquities Act to protect unique natural and historic landmarks.

The sites are Rio Grande del Norte National

Monument in New Mexico; First State National Monument in Delaware; Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument in Maryland; Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument in Ohio; and San Juan Islands National Monument in Washington state.

The Delaware monument, commemorating the state’s history and preserving about 1,100 acres near Wilmington, is the first step

toward creating a national park in Delaware, the only state not included in the national park system. The project is a longtime priority for Biden, a former senator from Delaware.

The Charles Young monument, near Xenia, recognizes and celebrates Col. Charles Young, a West Point graduate who was the first black national park superintendent. Young was the highest-ranking black officer in the U.S. Army until his death in 1922.

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• Chinua Achebe NEW YORK (AP) — The opening sentence was as simple, declarative and revolutionary as a line out of Hemingway: “Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond,” Chinua Achebe wrote in “Things Fall Apart.”

Africans, the Nigerian author announced more than 50 years ago, had their own history, their own celebrities and reputations. Centuries of being defined by the West were about to end, a transformation led by Achebe, who continued for decades to rewrite and reclaim the history of his

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New bishop announced

Bound,” with sacred art p.m. in the church sanctu- church website at projections. ary. The church is located www.troyfumc.org.

Light refreshments will one block south and west be served following the of the Troy traffic circle.

Easter cantata performance.

“The Twelve Seats at offered the Table,” which lasts about one hour, brings to International to community life the disciples as they sit with Christ at the last children’s choir HUBER HEIGHTS — meal they will ever share An 80-member choir of to perform with him before his cruci- The Church of Jesus fixion. The representation Christ of Latter-day TIPP CITY — The is based on the DaVinci Saints will present its Children of the World painting of the Last fifth annual program of International Children’s Supper and explores their Easter music at 7 p.m.

Choir will perform at 6 devotion to Jesus despite Friday at the Dayton, p.m. March 31 at the Tipp Easter events their fears and doubts.

Ohio, East Stake Center, City Church of the set at church “At His Feet,” is a pow- 5750 Shull Road.

Nazarene, 1221 W. Main erful 40 minutes that The concert is free to St., Tipp City.

FLETCHER — Easter the public.

Admission is free and a events have been planned takes the audience to the foot of the cross with the The program will open free will offering will be at Fletcher United women who waited with with David Naylor’s “This accepted.

Methodist Church.

Jesus as he was dying.

Garden Is a Healing For more information, A children’s Easter Their love for this man Place,” which depicts call (937) 667-6586 or visit vacation Bible school will scenes from the Garden of welcome@TCNaz.com. be offered from 10 a.m. to goes beyond their sorrow 1 p.m. today for pre-school- and fear, and they will not Gethsemane and the leave his side.

Savior’s final hours. This ers through sixth-grade Easter services Sixteen men and seven fully narrated cantata students. The day will women from the Troy First includes a flute solo. at First Brethren include games, crafts, congregation will portray The program continues singing and lunch.

PLEASANT HILL — all the roles. Both plays with a select group of Palm Sunday services Easter services will be were written by Tipp City choir members performing will be at 8:15 and 10:45 offered at the First “Eli.” Arranged by Tracy a.m. Sunday, and a healing residents Susan Furlong Brethren Church, 210 N. and Marilee Lake. “The Sandburg, the music by service will follow at 6 Church St. Seats at the Table,” Twelve Samuel Barber is based on p.m.

The day, March 31, will was published by Eldridge his “Adagio for Strings.”

A Maundy Thursday begin with a 9 a.m. contiPublishing and has been The concert concludes and includes service will be at 7 p.m. nental breakfast of doughpresented at many churchwith the full choir perParenting members Thursday and will include nuts, coffee and juice. At es across the country. forming several numbers from the seder and foot washing.

9:30 a.m., a community seminar set Admission is free and including “Amazing northern A Good Friday commutime with small groups for child care will be provided Grace,” accompanied by portion of nity service will be at 7 TROY — First Baptist all ages will be offered.

For more information, bagpipe and snare drum, Miami p.m. Friday.

Church, 53 S. Norwich SATO call the church office at and the choir’s signature County, On March 31, a sunrise Road, Troy, will offer a par335-2826 or visit the • CONTINUED on 8 number, “Homeward including Piqua and service will be at 7 a.m., enting seminar, Sidney in Shelby County followed by breakfast at 8 “Instructing a Child’s and surrounding areas. a.m. There also will be a Heart,” with Dr. Tedd Piqua Ward Sunday servic- Tripp. combined service at 9:30 es begin at 9 a.m. a.m. Communion will be The seminar will be Jensen was born and offered from 8:30 a.m. to 1 served at both services. raised in Corvallis, Ore., p.m. today. and works as an audit The focus of Presentation set manager at Wright“Instructing a Child’s Patterson Air Force Base. Heart” will be on planting for Sunday He and his wife, Carmen, within children’s hearts PLEASANT HILL — have five children ranging those things they need to Lamp & Light in age from six to 17 years understand in order to live Productions, sponsored by old. The family spent five wisely in the world God Pleasant Hill Brethren in years in Japan while has created.

Christ Church, will presJensen worked as an audiTripp is known around ent “John’s Gospel: So tor in the Pacific Area the world for his best-sell- That You May Believe,” at Audit Office. ing child rearing book, 7 p.m. Sunday in the McKinney and his wife “Shepherding a Child’s Newton School cafeteria, have four children and Heart.”

201 N. Long St., Pleasant three grandchildren. He is For more information, Hill. the PLM Leadership call the church at 339The one-hour dramatic Practice Manager at 3602 or visit fbcpresentation is free and CIMdata. Sato and his troy@aol.com. child care will not be prowife have three children vided. and two grandchildren. He Spaghetti, For more information, is originally from Japan. call the church office at The leader of a congre- lasagna offered (937) 676-5455 or email gation in The Church of pleasanthillbic@live.com, ELIZABETH TOWNJesus Christ of Latter-day SHIP — Cove Spring or visit lampandlightproSaints is called a bishop. ductions.com.

Church will offer a His administrative spaghetti or lasagna din“parish” is called a ward. A ner from 5-7 p.m. today at Free community group of wards forms a the Elizabeth Township stake, and the leader of a dinner offered Center, sponsored by the stake is a stake president. Cove Spring Friendship TROY — A free commu“Stake” is not a term found Circle class. nity dinner, sponsored by in the New Testament, but Free will donations will the Apostolic Church of is taken from Old be accepted.

Jesus Christ in Troy, will Testament tent imagery in For more information, be offered from noon to 3 which the “tent,” or call 339-0347. p.m.

Sunday at the Lincoln church, is held up by supSUNDAY Center, Troy. porting stakes.

The Living Word 9:30 am Worship Egg hunt Serving will begin at Stake presidents and 11 am InHouse Classes 12:30 p.m. and the menu 6 pm Small Groups in homes bishops are the leaders Fellowship Center scheduled will include ham, pork most commonly encounWEDNESDAY 947 North Market St., Troy loin, turkey, green beans, PLEASANT HILL — tered by the broad mem6:30 pm Adult Bible Study scalloped potatoes, potato Toddlers through fourth bership of the church.

SATURDAY Pastors Gilbert and salad, macaroni and grade are invited to an These leaders are non9 am Men's Bible Study cheese, rolls and a drink.

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For more information, today at Pleasant Hill icant amount of local Troy Church of call 503-4089.

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SUNDAY the Nazarene 210 N. Church St. The substantial time 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, 1200 Barnhart Road, Troy The event will include a Easter dramas and effort required to Corner of W. Rt. 55 & Barnhart Rd. 10:45 a.m. Worship administer a stake or ward story, craft and egg hunt.

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United Methodist Church call the church at (937) Most members are asked at 110 W. Franklin St., will 676-2802. by local leaders to concelebrate Easter with the tribute in specific capacipresentation of two draties. Duties include local Holy Week mas for Holy Week. “The administrative, teaching or Twelve Seats at the Table,” service-oriented positions. events set a dramatic portrayal of the These responsibilities are Last Supper, will be preTIPP CITY — Zion rotated from time to time. Lutheran Church, corner sented Thursday. “At His Bishops typically serve for of Third and Main streets, Feet,” the women at the about five years and stake has scheduled Holy Week foot of the cross, will be presidents for about nine. events at the church, and presented Friday. Both Thursday, and will include hand washing, Holy Communion and traditional stripping of the altar.

PIQUA — William T. Good Friday will be Jensen of Tipp City, has been named the new bish- observed at 7 p.m. Friday with the Service of the op of the Piqua Ward of Nails, scripture readings The Church of Jesus and meditation. Easter Christ of Latter-day Saints. His counselors are Sunday, March 31, will be celebrated at both the 8 Jim McKinney and Yuji and 10:30 a.m. services Sato, both of Troy. with exclusive licensed The Piqua Ward (congregation) meetinghouse is video clips from the TV mini-series “The Bible” at 475 W. (seen on the History Loy Road, Channel), produced by Piqua, and Emmy Award-Winning includes husband-wife team Mark members Burnett (“The Voice,” from Tipp “Survivor”) and Roma City, Troy, Downey (“Touched By An south Piqua Angel”) and final unique and the surJENSEN sermon series “Journey rounding From Darkness to Light.” areas. It is Special music and Holy one of nine Communion also will be units in the offered.

Dayton, An Easter breakfast Ohio, East will be from 9:15 to 10 Stake of the a.m. with activities and an church, egg hunt for chilEaster including MCKINNEY dren age 3 through fifth the Sidney grade from 9:30-10 a.m.

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Southern Baptists expand north with church plants

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Pastor Tom Cabral, of the Redemption Fellowship of Fall River, Mass., talks to a driver waiting for the traffic light to turn green as he tries to gain support for his church at an intersection in Fall River Feb. 26. The church is one dozens of churches the Southern Baptist Convention has planted around New England in the last decade.

Since 2002, the Southern Baptists have spent roughly $5 million to plant churches around the region, and have another $800,000 committed for this year, said Jim Wideman, executive director of the Baptist Convention of New England, the Southern Baptist’s regional churchplanting arm.

They’ve started 133 new churches in that time, a nearly 70 percent increase that brings their regional total to 325.

No denomination is investing as much in New England church planting, though Hartford Seminary

professor Scott Thumma notes that attendance isn’t growing as fast as the number of churches.

Thumma said the roughly 30,500 members the denomination had in New England 2010 is a 20 percent increase from a decade ago, according to the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. That growth is about the same as another religiously conservative group, the Assemblies of God, which hasn’t emphasized church planting.

Thumma said Southern Baptists are drawing immigrants and new residents, but there’s little proof

they’ve reaching area lifers, including the large Roman Catholic population and increasing numbers of secularists.

“I don’t see a third Great Awakening happening at the moment,” Thumma said.

A Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life study last year found that since 2007, the Northeast had the largest percentage increase nationwide of people who describe themselves as religiously unaffiliated. Meanwhile, a 2012 Gallup poll indicates the six-state New England region hosts the country’s five least religious states (Connecticut is No. 11).

Southern Baptists, the nation’s largest Protestant group with about 16 million members, have been trying since the late 1950s to build a northern presence. But their vigorous, recent church-planting is part of a broader, denominationwide emphasis at a time when overall membership is declining.

Wideman said research indicates that the unchurched are far more likely to be drawn to a new church than one that already exists. And multiple church plants in neighurban borhood-centric areas, though unlikely to draw huge numbers, aim to create enduring Southern Baptist communities, he

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TROY — The Troy Abundant Life Church, 6661 N. County Road 25A, Troy, will off an Easter egg hunt from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 31.

The event also will include children’s activities, such as cookie decorating, face painting and balloons. The egg hunt will begin around noon.

For more information, call 339-4769.

PLEASANT HILL — A spaghetti feast will be from 4:30-7 p.m. April 6 at First Brethren Church, Pleasant Hill. The meal include spaghetti, bread sticks, salad, dessert and a drink. Meals will be $5 for adults, $3 for children 12 and younger and free for those 5 and younger, up a maximum of $20 per family. Proceeds will go for children to attend church camp.

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PIQUA — Bethel United Methodist Church will host a chicken and noodle dinner from 4:30-7 p.m. April 6 at the church, 2505 E. Loy Road, Piqua.

The menu will include chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, salad, choice of pie or cake and beverage.

Donations will be $7 for adults, $3 for children 5-10 and free for those

TROY — The First United Church of Christ in Troy is planning a trip to Lancaster, Pa., to see “Noah,” May 16-18.

The price will be $329 per person based on double occupancy and will include a deluxe motor coach, two nights lodging, five meals and a ticket to see “Noah.” For more information, call 335-6831.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago-area black clergy amped up opposition to a measure that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois, airing radio ads and “robo-calling” residents urging them to ask their representatives to vote against the bill.

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the local community is more important.

Many New Englanders have zero familiarity with the Bible, so you can’t just throw open the doors of a new church and expect people to come in, he said.

Instead, his group reached out with novel approaches like offering water and a diaper-changing station at a town-wide tag sale. In Norwich, Conn., Pastor Shaun Pillay’s group volunteers for various tasks, from filling sand bags to snow shoveling. It creates a foothold and trust in the community, if not converts, he said.

“They say, ‘We like what you do, but we don’t like your God,’” Pillay said.

Persistence is critical, said Pillay and Warren, who emphasize showing up at the same place, at the same times, with the same Christian message, like Cabral with his cross at the Fall River intersection.

Cabral’s consistency paid off with Angelique Vargas, who was so drunk she didn’t remember the first three times she met her future pastor. But on a sober day, the 39-year-old was surprised when a stranger called her by name as she crossed the street. She listened to his message, Vargas said, “for the simple fact that he remembered me on my darkest day.”

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said.

A similarity among the New England church plants is that none of their names include the words “Southern Baptist.”

Thumma said it’s a clear effort to avoid some of the stereotypes about Southerners, such as negative perceptions of their racial views or reputed “damn-us-all-to-hell” fundamentalism. It’s not malicious, he said, but “they’re church-planting by stealth.”

Wideman said they never deny they’re Southern Baptist, but if it’s a barrier to sharing the faith, why broadcast it? The Southern Baptist Convention itself has acknowledged this problem by approving an optional alternative name last summer: Great Commission Baptists.

The main concern, Wideman said, is that Northerners will see the churches as excluding them. And he has a question for Southern friends who complain about the tactic: “How well do you think First Yankee Baptist Church would go over in Alabama?”

With a thick North Carolina accent, Lyandon Warren can’t hide his roots.

But in seven years planting churches in West Pawlet and Poultney, Vt., he finds showing a commitment to

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(AP) — Pastor Tom Cabral still tells people to meet him at “the bar,” even though it’s his church now.

Locals best remember his worn building as a former sports bar where a 19-yearold once walked in and shot three suspected rival crack dealers.

Eight years later, the mirrored walls, parquet dance floor and bar remain.

But the worst trouble may be found around the Sunday school table, where kids try to heed a handwritten list of rules including: “We will walk indoors, not run.”

Redemption Fellowship of Fall River is one of dozens of churches the Southern Baptist Convention has planted around New England in the last decade with a multimillion dollar push into territory skeptical of the South and increasingly indifferent to religion.

Cabral seems unfazed.

He’s “indigenous,” he explains, a native of nearby Somerset. He’s so eager to share his faith that he regularly carries a wood cross asking, “Are You Ready?” to a traffic island in this southeastern Massachusetts city and evangelizes to anyone who rolls down their window.

“I really believe that God wants to change this city,” he said.

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Parents, union to fight Chicago school closings CHICAGO (AP) Chicago Public Schools officials ended months of speculation when they released the list of 54 schools the city plans to close, but the pushback against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief is likely just starting to ramp up.

As word of the schools on the long-awaited closings list trickled out Thursday, parents, teachers and community members some furious, some in tears vowed to fight the closings. One group took a bus of people to protest in front of the homes of school board members, and some parents spoke of a lawsuit.

The Chicago Teachers Union already had scheduled a mass protest march through downtown for next week.

“We are the City of Big Shoulders and so we intend to put up a fight,” union President Karen Lewis said. “We don’t know if we can win, but if you don’t fight, you will never win at all.”

Emanuel and schools Barbara ByrdCEO Bennett say the closures are necessary because too many Chicago Public School buildings are halfempty, with 403,000 students in a system that has seats for more than 500,000. But opponents say the closures will further erode troubled neighborhoods and endanger students who may have to cross gang boundaries to attend school. The schools slated for closure are all elementary schools and are overwhelmingly black and in low-income neighborhoods.

About 30,000 students will be affected by the plan,

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Parents of students at the Dumas Technology Academy Elementary School protest outside the school, the proposed closing of the Southside facility Friday in Chicago. Chicago Public Schools officials ended months of speculation when they released the list of 54 schools the city plans to close, but the pushback against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief is likely just starting to ramp up. with about half that number moving into new schools.

CPS officials say money being spent to keep underused schools open could be better used to educate students elsewhere as the district deals with a $1 billion budget deficit. The district says it will invest money to improve schools that are welcoming new students.

The funds will be used to add better technology, air conditioning, tutoring services, increased security and other services. CPS says it also will ensure every school has a library and that students no longer are

learning in dilapidated buildings.

“We know this is going to be difficult, but we believe it’s the right thing to do,” said CPS spokeswoman Becky Carroll. “I’m sure any parent would stand up and say they want a better education for their child. And in order for that to happen, we have to do this and move on.”

Carroll said public hearings will be scheduled over the next two months, and CPS officials will meet oneon-one and in small groups with parents to make sure they understand what’s happening.

Chicago officials have moved to close schools in the past, but never anywhere near the number designated at one time by the Emanuel administration.

Former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s administration spread school closings over a number of years. CPS, the nation’s third-largest school district, now has 681 schools.

Chicago is among several major U.S. cities, including Philadelphia, Washington and Detroit, to use mass school closures to reduce costs and offset declining enrollment.

Detroit has closed more

than 130 schools since 2005, including more than 40 in 2010 alone.

The issue has again pitted Emanuel against the Chicago Teachers Union, whose 26,000 members went on strike early in the school year, idling students for seven days. Chicago aldermen and other lawmakers also have blasted the plan.

Among the critics is Eular Hatchett, who lives in the violence-plagued neighborhood of North Lawndale and walks her 13-year-old nephew DaVontay Horace to school.

“Our parents know

about this area,” she said.

“They don’t know about those other areas. If they send him way north or way south, I’m not going to do that. It’s too dangerous.”

Because some schools have more than one building, a total of 61 structures will be closed. In addition to the closures, students at 11 other schools will be “colocated” with existing schools. Six schools have been targeted for academic interventions known as “turnaround.”

The vast majority of the 54 schools are in overwhelmingly black neighborhoods that have lost residents in recent years.

The city’s black population dropped 17 percent in the last census as AfricanAmericans moved out to the suburbs and elsewhere.

The other few schools are majority Hispanic or mixed black and Hispanic.

Overall, 91 percent of Chicago public school students are minorities.

CPS says the plan will save the district $560 million over 10 years in capital costs and an additional $43 million per year in operating costs.

District officials said they couldn’t calculate how many teachers will be laid off as a result of the cuts because school leaders will make decisions about their own budgets.

Rosemary Maurello, a teacher at Lafayette Elementary, said she’s worried about where her students will end up after that school closes. As a tenured teacher, the contract allows her to follow her students to their new school, but she wonders whether some of them will opt to go to other schools instead.

Three dead in Marine base shooting Around 10:30 p.m. authorities Thursday, found one Marine dead in the Taylor Hall barracks, base commander Col. David W. Maxwell said. A second victim and the gunman were also located in Taylor Hall, a red brick building that can house about 110 Marines.

Only Marines who work at the school live in Taylor Hall. The candidates for officer live elsewhere on the base.

It wasn’t immediately clear how much time passed between the killings or how far apart the bodies were.

After the first shooting, Marines and their fami-

lies were told to stay inside over a loudspeaker known as the “giant voice.” The lockdown was lifted about 2:30 a.m.

Friday.

Base spokesman Lt. Agustin Solivan said everyone else was safe, including the officer candidates.

Officials did not say what the three Marines did at the school, which is known for its grueling 10week program that evaluates candidates on physical stamina, intelligence and leadership. The candidates must complete obstacle courses, hikes of up to 12 miles in full combat gear and take classes

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The three Marines two men and a woman were part of the staff at the officer candidates school on the sprawling Marine Corps Base Quantico in northern Virginia. Their relationship and whether they knew one another was not clear, though military officials described the shootings as “isolated.” They did not release a motive or the identities of those slain.

on navigation and tactics that help them lead in the field, according to the school’s website.

Some are sent home.

Those that do graduate become second lieutenants.

Along with the U.S. Naval Academy, the school is the way most Marines become officers.

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It’s one of several antiabortion measures to pass the Legislature. Most are awaiting the signature of Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple, who hasn’t yet indicated whether he supports the laws. Even if he were to veto them, some could have the support for the Legislature to override him.

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legislation foes describe as blatantly unconstitutional.

“It had to happen some place,” said Sen. John Andrist, a Crosby Republican.

“I’m from the group who hates voting on abortion issues and who don’t like to play God,” said Andrist, who describes himself as “moderately pro-life” and has voted for some but not all of the restrictions North Dakota has taken up this year. “But we have some strong-willed people in this state who do.”

Lawmakers on Friday took a step toward outlawing abortion altogether in the state by passing a so-

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It happened by accident, after a legislative caucus that once vetted abortion bills languished, leaving lawmakers to propose a flurry of measures — some cribbed from Wikipedia — without roadblocks.

Long dismissed as cold and inconsequential, North Dakota is now trying to enact the toughest abortion restrictions in the nation. The newly oil-rich red state may soon find itself in a costly battle over

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America's News HQ Fox Report Weekend Huckabee Justice JudgeJeanine Fox Report Weekend Journal E. Fox News Justice JudgeJeanine (FNC) (4:00) News HQ Rest. "La Stanza" (R) Stakeout (R) Rest. "Frankie's" (R) Diners (R) Diners (R) Iron Chef America (R) Rest. "Frankie's" (R) (FOOD) Iron Chef America (R) WorstCooks (R) Access (R) Paint (R) Shots (R) Pre-game Hockey NHL Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Nashville Predators (L) Post-game Shots (R) Paint (R) Hockey NHL (R) (FOXSP) Dodgeball (R)

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Dear Annie: I've been married for 36 years. The first 20 were loving, but the past 16 have deteriorated to the point of despair.

My husband, "John," is now 68.

Though once athletic and active, John is now frail and weak. He complains of chronic headaches and a host of other physical ailments, and worst of all, he suffers from major bouts of severe depression. He's suicidal, and chances are good that he'll take his life if I leave him.

John is taking medication for his depression. I've stuck by him because he's a decent man and I care for him, but I know things won't get better. If this is what the rest of my life looks like, I'm afraid for my own future.

What's also upsetting is that John's entire life revolves around me. I've encouraged him to establish personal interests and hobbies, but he won't. He's a chore to be with — negative and difficult to converse with. And no matter what direction I take with him when we discuss his "problems," he ends up crying — a victim, like his mother and sister. We seldom go out with friends. Traveling is out of the question. I go alone when I can, but he's hard to leave beyond a week or two.

Five years ago, I saw a therapist who advised me to leave John.

I wanted to and still do, but I don't know whether I can handle the guilt of turning my back on him.

We cannot afford to put him in a long-term care facility, but he needs serious help. Our sons live out of state with their own families. They offer emotional support, but aren't in any position to care for him.

I stay busy with friends, activities and a part-time job. It helps some, but I see my own happiness slipping away. I am trapped in a life with a man I no longer love but feel obligated to care for because he's sick. What should I do? — N.N. Dear N.N.: Depression is an illness, not a choice. Please talk to John's doctor about different medication. His current treatment isn't doing the job. Then contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline (nami.org) at 1800-950-NAMI and the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (dbsalliance.org), and ask what help is available for you, including respite care. You desperately need a break.

Dear Annie: I am 30 years old and decided to go back to college. I have made good grades. The problem is two supposedly grown women in one of my classes. It started when one of them broke up with my cousin. She blames me.

These women talk about me behind my back, scream in my face, threaten me and throw things at me. I have tried to be the bigger person and ignore them or walk away, but it hasn't stopped. I also went to the dean and the teacher and got no results.

I am getting tired of the harassment, and I still have six more months in this class. What can I do? — Fuming in College Dear Fuming: If these women are threatening you, the school should take action. Go back to the dean and say you will have to notify the police if the university won't deal with the situation.

Then do it.

Dear Annie: This is in response to "Concerned," who objected to his granddaughter having a photograph of her late grandmother at her wedding.

In the past few years, I have attended some weddings of people whose beloved family members had passed away. One niece had a display of both sets of parents and all of her grandparents, including those who had died. Another niece put flowers on her father's grave the day she got married. I attended a garden wedding where there were three chairs in the front row with ribbons on the back and a rose on the seat for the deceased parents of the groom and the deceased mother of the bride. I thought all of these were wonderful tributes. — L. in Florida Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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What is the real life span of chicken salad?

Dear Heloise: A friend works as a home chef and makes meals for many families.

She usually makes me chicken salad once a month or so. It is so delicious, I asked her to make me extra, and I would have it for longer instead of a couple of days.

She said that chicken salad wouldn’t keep that long in the fridge.

I think it will, so I was hoping you could answer this pressing question. Thanks so much! — Sara in Texas How lucky for you that your friend makes this delicious dish for you. After checking with the United States Department of

Hints from Heloise Columnist Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, here is what they had to say: For best quality, chicken (as well as egg, ham, tuna and macaroni) salads should be kept only three to five days in the refrigerator (stored at 40 degrees or lower).

Also, chicken salad can be frozen; however, when thawed,

it won’t be the same as fresh. It can become runny and not taste as good.

It isn’t a safety issue, but a personal preference. So, have your friend make enough for only a few days, and you will be fine. Thanks for writing, and hope this helps. — Heloise PET PAL Dear Readers: Elena Amico, via email, sent a photo of her 12-year-old beagle, Pattycake, wearing a cute blue top hat.

Elena says, “I found Pattycake on the street along with another beagle, Baci, which my friend adopted.

“We live in Staten Island (N.Y.) and were flooded during

Hurricane Sandy. Pattycake and I were rescued by boat.

She was not thrilled. We are still rebuilding.”

To see Pattycake wearing her hat, visit my website, www.Heloise.com, and click on “Pets.” — Heloise CRUSHED EGGSHELLS Dear Heloise: Dried eggshells can be easily crushed for recycling calcium for houseplants, as well as for needed nutrients for gardens.

I have crushed 1 quart and will broadcast this over my small garden prior to tilling.

Calcium is expensive at garden centers. — A Reader in Indiana

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BY FRANCES DRAKE For Sunday, March 24, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a day of possible mental confusion and disorientation. Because of this, be careful about your decisionmaking. Don’t take anything too seriously. Be gentle with others.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) In all kinds of group situations today, misunderstandings will be rife. It’s as if people cannot hear each other clearly. Tread carefully!

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is a poor day for important discussions with parents, bosses, teachers and authority figures, including the police. Misconception and misunderstandings are everywhere. Don’t react quickly to anything.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Confusion with travel plans or anything having to do with higher education might cause delays today.

Double-check all details pertaining to your plans.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) Confusion and even deceit might occur in discussions about shared property, inheritances or anything you own jointly with others. Or you might be confused about your own banking.

(Yikes!)

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Problems with partners and close friends, especially related to guilt or confusion, might arise today. Don’t judge anyone too harshly. There really is confusion in the air.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) You might want to help a co-worker today, but you doubt whether you should do this. Just be careful that this person isn’t crying crocodile tears.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) You could be disappointed by a romantic partner today because your expectations were unrealistic. Alcohol and drugs can lend further confusion to relationships today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Do not take umbrage with a family member if you think you’ve been insulted. Communication is very confusing today. It’s best to cut others some slack.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You might spend the day daydreaming or slipping away into fantasies, because it’s hard to concentrate. That’s OK. A lot of people feel this way today.

Be very careful if you have to do precise, detailed work.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) This is a poor day for any kind of important financial decision, because deception, errors and confusion are prevalent. Postpone that kind of business for another day.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Relationships are confusing today.

Just accept this fact, and don’t act on it. Sometimes you can’t know everything. It’s almost as if you have Vaseline on your lens and cannot see clearly. Conversations are like two ships passing in the night.

YOU BORN TODAY You’re spontaneous, even impulsive. You’re direct and definitely a straight shooter.

You’re brave and determined, but you appear quiet and sometimes even shy.

Although you are modest, you won’t back down from a fight. You are loyal, affectionate and genuinely caring about what matters to you. A lively, social year ahead awaits you, one that will enhance all your relationships.

Birthdate of: David Suzuki, environmentalist; Jessica Chastain, actress; Steve McQueen, actor. (c) 2013 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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University sets up online history archive DENTON, Texas (AP) — A trip back in time is only a click away at the University of North Texas.

The school operates the Portal to Texas History, a researcher’s paradise where historians, genealogists, students anyone with a computer can browse thousands of books, maps, photographs anåd newspapers for an endless stream of information, whether an ad showing the price of milk in

1920 or clues about their grandmother’s ancestry.

Texas newspapers are among the most popular archived items in the portal and last month the millionth newspaper page was digitized and added to the collection. There are currently 127,604 issues of newspapers in the portal, mostly from small towns.

About half the newspapers are publications printed before 1923 with some

printed as early as the 1820s.

“Newspapers are the archaeological records of a town or city,” said Ana Krahmer, supervisor of the digital newspaper unit at UNT Libraries. “A loss of one day one issue is a loss of that history.”

Using the portal, people can click on a file and view or download it even “share” the information on Facebook.

Obama warns of ‘enclave for extremism’ in Syria AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — President Barack Obama warned Friday that an “enclave for extremism” could fill a leadership void in war-torn Syria, a chilling scenario for an already tumultuous region, especially for Jordan, Syria’s neighbor and a nation at the crossroads of the struggle for stability in the Middle East.

In a significant step toward easing regional tensions, Obama also brokered a phone call between leaders from Israel and Turkey that resulted in an extraordinary apology from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a deadly 2010 raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish flotilla. The call marked a diplomatic victory for the president and a crucial realignment in the region, given Israel’s and Turkey’s shared interests, in particular the fear that Syria’s civil war could spill over their respective borders.

Obama said he remains confident that embattled Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s government will ultimately collapse. But he warned that when that happens, Syria would not be “put back together perfectly,” and he said he fears the

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President Barack Obama and Jordan’s King Abdullah II participate in a joint news conference Friday in Amman, Jordan. nation could become a hotbed for extremists.

“I am very concerned about Syria becoming an enclave for extremism, because extremists thrive in chaos,” Obama said during a joint news conference with Jordan’s King Abdullah II. “They thrive in failed states, they thrive in power vacuums.”

More than 70,000 people have been killed during the two-year conflict in Syria, making it by far the deadliest of the Arab Spring uprisings that have roiled

the region since 2011.

Longtime autocrats in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and Libya have been ousted, ushering in new governments that are sometimes at odds with the Obama administration and its Mideast allies.

Obama’s 24-hour stop in Jordan marked his first visit to an Arab nation since the 2011 Mideast protests began. Jordan’s monarchy has clung to power in part by enacting political reforms, including parliamentary elections and sig-

nificant revisions to the country’s 60-year-old constitution. Still, tensions continue to simmer, with the restive population questioning the speed and seriousness of the changes.

Protecting Abdullah is paramount to U.S. interests.

The 51-year-old king is perhaps Obama’s strongest Arab ally and a key player in efforts to jumpstart peace talks between Palestinians and Israel. Jordan has a peace treaty with Israel, and that agreement has become even more signifi-

cant given the rise of Islamist leaders in Egypt, which was the first Arab country to ink a treaty with the Jewish state, in the 1970s.

Egypt’s new leaders have so far pledged to uphold the treaty, though there are strong concerns in Israel and the U.S. about whether that will hold.

By virtue of geography, Jordan’s future is particularly vulnerable to the turmoil in the Middle East. It shares borders with Iraq, Israel and the West Bank, in addition to Syria. More than 460,000 Syrians have flowed across the Jordanian border seeking refuge since the civil war began, seeking an escape from the violence.

The flood of refugees has overwhelmed the country of 6 million people, straining Jordan’s resources, including health care and education, and pushing the budget deficit to a record high $3 billion last year. Abdullah also fears the half-million refugees could create a regional base for extremists and terrorists, saying recently that such elements were already “establishing firm footholds in some areas.”

Obama announced that his administration planned

to work with Congress to allocate $200 million to Jordan to help ease the financial burden.

Despite the influx, Abdullah firmly declared Jordan would not close its borders to the refugees, many women and children.

“This is something that we just can’t do,” he said.

“It’s not the Jordanian way.

We have historically opened our arms to many of our neighbors through many decades of Jordan’s history.”

Obama had come to Jordan from Israel, where he spent three days coaxing Netanyahu to apologize to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Israel’s role in the deaths of nine Turkish activists during a naval raid on a Gazabound international flotilla.

The 20-minute phone call took place just before Obama departed, in a trailer on the airport tarmac near a waiting Air Force One, and resulted in the restoration of normal diplomatic relations between the two countries.

“The timing was good for that conversation to take place,” Obama said, adding that the phone call was the first step in rebuilding trust between Israel and Turkey.

President’s appeal to Israeli public carries risk of Netanyahu’s ire JERUSALEM (AP) In a landmark speech to young Israelis this week, the visiting U.S. President Barack Obama delivered an unorthodox appeal couched behind warm words of affinity for their country: Urge your leaders to change their ways and take bold new steps to reach peace with the Palestinians.

The message, potentially risking the ire of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, marked a gamble by the U.S. leader as he searches for ways to restart long-stalled Mideast peace efforts. With no breakthroughs coming out of the

visit on the Palestinian front, Obama must now hope that the power of the presidency, combined with the goodwill he accumulated during the 48-hour visit, can persuade a still-skeptical Israeli leadership to abandon some deeply entrenched views and get negotiations moving again.

After a first term plagued by repeated runins with Netanyahu and perceptions among Israelis that he was cool to their cause and perhaps even hostile to their prime minister, Obama certainly succeeded in his goal of resetting the relationship. He

was treated like a rock star in meetings with Israeli leaders and everyday people, and his every moment was followed by a fawning Israeli media.

“Israel is in Love,” Yediot Ahronot, Israel’s largest daily, wrote in a headline Friday.

Obama and Netanyahu, who have appeared uncomfortable together in the past, smiled, joked and exchanged pleasant small talk throughout the visit, with much of the conversation caught on live microphones permitted to join them. Netanyahu seemed almost giddy at times.

But hidden behind the public displays of affection, Obama delivered a powerful message. In the keynote address to Israeli young adults, he implored the gathering to press their leaders to take risks for peace.

He also had some tough words for his audience, criticizing Israeli settlements as “counterproductive” and speaking movingly of Palestinians suffering under Israeli military occupation.

“Let me say this as a politician. I can promise you this. Political leaders will never take risks if the peo-

ple do not push them to take some risks,” he said.

“Ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things.”

While addressed at the Israeli public, the nationally broadcast speech was also aimed at Netanyahu.

On the most public of stages, Obama embraced the key argument of Israel’s left wing: that the status quo, in which Israel controls millions of disenfranchised Palestinians, is unsustainable and that making concessions for peace is good not only for the Palestinians, but vitally needed for Israel itself to be

able to survive.

Obama’s speech, even the lines most critical of Israel, was repeatedly interrupted by applause from the preselected audience largely comprised of university students. Perhaps the loudest ovation came when he called for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

“The speech gave young people a new spirit to push for a two-state solution,” said Isaac Shickman, a 24year-old Jerusalem university student who was in the audience. “It made me think of what I can do to promote peace and change in the country and the region.”

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ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN/ GENERAL MAINTENANCE

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PIQUA, Colonial Terrace Apartments. Water, sewer, trash, hot water, refrigerator, range included. 2 bedroom: $480, 1 bedroom: $450. W/D on site.

Pets welcome. No application fee. 6 or 12 month lease. (937)773-1952

TROY, 1 & 2 Bedrooms, appliances, CA, water, trash paid, $425 & $525 monthly. $200 Deposit Special!

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WEST MILTON Townhouse. 2 Bedroom 1.5 bath. $495 monthly, (937)216-4233

310 Commercial/Industrial

OFFICE/BEAUTY SALON/RETAIL space for rent. Appox 1200sqft.

Central air. Call for more i n f o r m a t i o n . ( 9 3 7 ) 7 7 3 - 5 3 5 8 (937)214-0558

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577 Miscellaneous

BY OWNER, 3 Bedroom, new roof, windows, furnace, siding, ca, fireplace, basement, fenced yard, (937)308-7538

CEMETERY PLOT, Garden of Love, Forest Hill, $1075 (937)308-0421

CRIB, Toddler bed, changing table, pack-nplay, doorway swing, walker, gate, high chair, booster chair, travel bassinet, clothes, blankets, snuggli, more (937)339-4233

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EASTER BUNNIES, Dolls, Cabbage Patch, Real Babies, Bratz, Barbies, Collectible dolls, Boyd, Care Bears, Ty buddies, Beanies, Videos, More, (937)339-4233

535 Farm Supplies/Equipment

320 Houses for Rent

2 BEDROOM home, 2 living rooms, 1.5 baths, no pets, appliances not furnished! $675 + deposit, (937)499-0544.

2 BEDROOM house in country, 2 car garage, Bethel Township, No pets! $700 monthly plus deposit, 6395 Studebaker Road, (937)667-4144 for appointment to see

2 BEDROOM, Piqua, fenced yard, $595, available 3/1, (937)778-9303 days, (937)604-5417 evenings.

TROY, updated 2 bedroom ranch in Westbrook, 1 year lease, possible land contract, $815 (937)308-0679

330 Office Space

OFFICE BUILDING, 700 sq ft, plenty of parking, 2 rooms, bathroom, 1271 Wapak Rd, Sidney, (937)492-2443, (937)726-2304

400 - Real Estate For Sale

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RAINBOW CLEANER, Spring cleaning time! Bet you need one! I have one that can fit your needs.

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1989 JOHN Deere, 970, 4wd, 1374 Hrs, 6ft John Deere finish mower, 6 foot woods blade, $8900, (937)638-4683

SHOPSMITH, table saw, band saw, lathe, drill press and sanding head.

Good shape! $1200, (937)238-2417.

560 Home Furnishings

BABY FURNITURE, Pottery Barn, crib to toddler bed with all assembly items and waterproof mattress, changing table with topper, floor and table lamp and wall shelf. Antique white. $675 wjeff89@yahoo.com.

(937)778-9376.

TELEVISION, 57" Hitachi HD with UltraVision, excellent picture, great sound, with SRS, $300, (937)778-8816.

WALKER, seated walker, Tub shower/ transfer benches, commode chair, toilet riser, grab bars, canes, Mickey phone, More, (937)339-4233

575 Live Stock

WOOD CHIPPER, DR Pro model, 16.5HP, electric start, new knife and battery, 4.5" diameter limb capacity. Works good, $1600, (937)238-2417.

ANGUS BULLS for sale, performance tested. Call (937)209-0911 or (937)246-6374.

577 Miscellaneous

CEMETERY PLOT for (2) with vault, Peace section of Forest Hills Memorial Gardens, asking $1500, out of state (256)566-0166, (937)854-5140

583 Pets and Supplies

IGUANA, with large hutch, heating lamp, all accessories, $40, adult inquires only, (937)441-8094

KITTENS, Free, adorable ragamuffins, 7 weeks old, looking for loving, lifelong families to adopt, (937)626-8577

586 Sports and Recreation

AMMO, 223 Tulammo, 55 grain. Steel case, 500 rounds, $300, (937)538-0675 after 5pm

RIFLE, Ruger 10-22, blue steel, wood, unfired with box, Tasco 3x9 scope, 600 rounds ammo, 25 round magazine. $400, (937)726-1246

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RIFLES, 2 AR15s, (1) Bushmaster, (1) Colt.

Both brand new - still in box, $1700 each OBO, (937)638-8465 leave message.

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Hamlin Wins Pole Denny Hamlin has won the pole for the second straight year at Fontana, turning a lap of 187.451 mph in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

Greg Biffle finished second and Brad Keselowski was third in Friday’s qualifying session, but they’ll start at the back after engine changes.

Hamlin earned his first pole of the season and the 13th of his career. He won three last year, and has won the pole three times at Auto Club Speedway.

Biffle was right behind at 187.217 mph in his Roush Fenway Racing Ford.

Keselowski was third, beating Kyle Busch’s 187.130 mph in fourth place.

But Biffle and Keselowski both had engine issues in practice.

Defending champion Tony Stewart qualified eighth.

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Auto Club 400 Site: Fontana, Calif.

Schedule: Saturday, practice (Fox Sports Speed, 12:30-1:30 p.m.; 3:30-4:30 p.m.); Sunday, race, 3 p.m.

(FOX, 2:30-6 p.m.).

Track: Auto Club Speedway (oval, 2.0 miles).

Last year: Tony Stewart raced to the second of his three 2012 victories, beating Kyle Busch in the rain-shortened event.

Royal Purple 300 Site: Fontana, Calif.

Schedule: Saturday, qualifying (Fox Sports Speed, 1:30-3:30 p.m.), race, 5 (ESPN, 4:30-7:30 p.m.).

Track: Auto Club Speedway (oval, 2.0 miles).

Last year: Joey Logano held off Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for the first of his series-high nine victories in his final season with Joe Gibbs Racing.

Last race: Johnny Sauter won the opener at Daytona on Feb. 22, taking advantage of a last-lap crash that brought out a caution and prevented Kyle Busch from making a move.

Next race: Kroger 250, April 6, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va.

Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Site: St. Petersburg, Fla. Schedule: Saturday, practice, qualifying (NBC Sports Network, 2:30-3:30 p.m.); Sunday, race, 12:30 p.m. (NBC Sports Network, noon-3 p.m.).

Track: Streets of St. Petersburg (street course, 1.81 miles).

Last year: Penske Racing’s Helio Castroneves won the season-opening race for his first victory since September 2010.

Malaysian Grand Prix Site: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Schedule: Saturday, practice, qualifying (NBCSN, 4-5:30 a.m.); Sunday, race, 4 a.m.

(NBC Sports Network, 3:30-6 a.m., 3-6 p.m., 10:30 p.m.-1 a.m.).

Track: Sepang International Circuit (road course, 3.44 miles).

Last year: Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso raced to the first of his three 2012 victories.

Getting his edge back

Kanaan Cuts Deal Tony Kanaan has landed a nine-race sponsorship deal with Hydroxycut just in time for the IndyCar season opener at St. Petersburg.

The deal between KV Racing Technology-SH and the weight-loss supplement company helps the team replace longtime sponsor Geico, which gave the organization little notice it was pulling out of IndyCar. “We’re really stoked to bring a new sponsor into IndyCar, especially at the 11th hour to replace the Geico situation,” said team co-owner Jimmy Vasser.

Bowyer Sued NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer has asked a South Dakota judge to dismiss a motorcycle company’s lawsuit against him that alleges he didn’t pay for $31,000 of custom work it did on his Harley-Davidson.

Klock Werks Kustom Cycles in Mitchell says it did the work on Bowyer’s motorcycle about four years ago. The company is seeking the money plus 18 percent annual interest, along with attorney and court fees.

Bowyer, 33, who was the runner-up in NASCAR’s top-tier Sprint Cup series in 2012, says he repaid the debt through promotional services, The Daily Republic reported.

TOP 10 RACERS: Sprint Cup 1. Brad Keselowski 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3. Jimmie Johnson 4. Clint Bowyer 5. Greg Biffle 6. Denny Hamlin 7. Kasey Kahne 8. Carl Edwards 9. Paul Menard 10. Kyle Busch

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Nationwide Series 1. Sam Hornish Jr. 2. Justin Allgaier 3. Brian Scott 4. Regan Smith 5. Brian Vickers 6. Austin Dillon 7. Trevor Bayne 8. Alex Bowman 9. Kyle Larson 10. Elliott Sadler

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Camping World Truck Series 1. Johnny Sauter 47 2. Ron Hornaday Jr. 41 3. Justin Lofton 41 4. Ty Dillon 40 5. Jeb Burton 39 6. Miguel Paludo 37 7. Ryan Blaney 36 8. Matt Crafton 35 9. Ryan Sieg 34 10. Todd Bodine 34

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. talks with a crew member during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup series Auto Club 400 in Fontana, Calif. Friday.

NASCAR-ology Earnhardt Jr. modest about fast start FONTANA, Calif. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. had never filled out an NCAA tournament bracket before this year, even though he’s a hoops fan.

He would have done it earlier, but he doesn’t like to lose.

“I didn’t really know if brackets were even that fun to do,” he said Friday. “I hate making the wrong pick, but what are you going to do?

There’s a lot of games.”

NASCAR’s most popular driver seems to be getting a whole lot closer to some more important victories during his outstanding start to the year. With two top-five finishes already, Earnhardt is second in the standings through four races, trailing Brad Keselowski by nine points heading into Sunday’s race at Fontana.

After his second straight second-place finish at the Daytona 500, Earnhardt followed up with three solid races, coming in fifth at Phoenix, seventh in Las Vegas and sixth last weekend at Bristol despite a rough day. Earnhardt has been driving too long to get excited a mere month into the season, even if his fans don’t share his caution.

“When I hear people talking about the fast start, I just feel like you’ve got to take a lot of different factors into the equation,” he said.

“We’ve had good fortune. We’ve got

real lucky. … We’ve ran well. We’ve had good cars, too. We also had real good fortunes on where we were restarting, what lane we were in, and just having good opportunities to get positions for various reasons at the end of these races.”

His teammates realize it’s more than luck that’s keeping Earnhardt up front. He’s already comfortable in NASCAR’s new Gen-6 car, which suits his driving skills well.

“Junior Nation, as we all know, is very vocal and large,” Jimmie Johnson said. “Any time he wins, it’s a nice reprieve from the pressure that’s associated with that. It would mean a lot to him on many levels, and for his team. They’ve been getting so much stronger year after year, week after week, and I think they’ll be winning on a regular basis here before long.”

There’s a good reason Earnhardt always brings discussions about his early steadiness back around to the importance of finishing first. He has made a tradition of getting off to strong starts most notably in 2004, when he won at Daytona and Atlanta early only to cool off late in the season.

Earnhardt has been fairly consistent in recent seasons, yet has still won only four races in the last eight years. His victory at

Michigan last August was his first win since 2008.

Yet his current start is his best yet: Earnhardt had never put up an average finish of better than 10.25 in the first four races of the Sprint Cup series. He’s just one of five drivers to complete all 1,283 laps this season, and nobody has spent more time on the lead lap 99.53 percent, or all but six laps.

“It’s a long year, and we’re going to have some bad luck,” he said.

“It’s bound to happen. Nobody runs the whole season perfectly, and I’m just trying to get as many points as we can early, so when that bad luck comes, it doesn’t hit us as hard as it hits some of these guys early.”

Earnhardt saw the importance of early points up close last season, when Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kasey Kahne and Jeff Gordon got off to slow starts and spent all summer playing catch-up.

After two straight trips to the Chase, Earnhardt has proved he knows plenty about consistency.

While other drivers whine about the new Gen-6 car’s quirks and worry about its development during its first four races, Earnhardt has been a vocal supporter from the start, and his comfort is showing up on the track. Earnhardt’s Chevy SS is lighter and more suited to his driving style.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch left little doubt his confidence is just fine during pre-race introductions at Bristol Motor Speedway, where the track allows drivers to say whatever they want to the crowd.

Most drivers play it safe by stating their name and hometowns, while others add a greeting to the crowd and maybe a little bit of personality.

Busch went all out beginning with the Nationwide Series race on Saturday when he grabbed the microphone and simply stated, “You know who I am.”

Arrogant? Sure. But he backed it up by grabbing his fifth Nationwide victory at Bristol, which tied him with Kevin Harvick for most in the series. Busch, by the way, has a series-record 53 wins, and two in the last four weeks after going winless last season.

He was even brasher the next day before the main event Sprint Cup race.

Grinning as he strutted down Bristol’s version of the red carpet, Busch namedropped the track’s all-time winner: “I may not be no Darrell Waltrip, but I sure as heck don’t need no introduction,” before dropping the mic and walking off.

He came up short in his bid to sweep the weekend, but staged a wicked battle in the closing laps of the race to snag second-place from Brad Keselowski. He left Bristol with a win, a runner-up finish and a track record in Sprint Cup qualifying.

Not a bad day’s work for a guy coming off the worst season of his career.

So what’s changed? It could be something as simple as driving Joe Gibbs Racing cars again in the Nationwide Series.

“As far as last year goes, there was plenty of opportunities to win that just didn’t come,” Busch said. “For whatever reason, it was just a terrible year whether its luck related or whatever.

This year driving JGR cars on Saturday and on Sunday, I think that’s a benefit.”

It sure looks that way through the first month of the season.

A year ago, when Busch went winless in Nationwide for the first time since his 2003 debut, he drove all 22 races for his own Kyle Busch Motorsports. He came close to Victory Lane many times, but never made it all the way there.

IndyCar season about to begin, sans rivalries ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — If only the rest of the world could have seen how Bobby Rahal looked at a picture of Michael Andretti during his daily workouts and realized how emotionally charged their rivalry used to be.

Tense adversaries on the track, Rahal stayed motivated by hanging that picture in the gym to push him the extra little bit in his training.

The IndyCar Series sure could use some of that venom these days.

A week after NASCAR got another round of off-track

drama with a Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano feud, the IndyCar Series heads into Sunday’s season opener with a glaring hole in the rivalry department.

“So much is expected of us to be so PC and I’m not one to go on my Twitter and fire at people,” Marco Andretti said.

“We have a certain amount of mutual respect for each other in IndyCar, and the difference from NASCAR is we are open-wheel and we know the consequences. But I’m sure if we had fenders, we’d have a lot more rivals because we’d have a lot more bumping.”

Although the IndyCar product is considered to be one of the best forms of racing, its lack of drama may be its biggest problem. Sure, tight title races are interesting and exciting, but that’s not the stuff that sells to a mainstream audience anymore.

“We all know that drama sells in this country, how the Kardashians are so popular is proof,” Graham Rahal said.

Remember, IndyCar’s 2011 season peaked during the late summer when Will Power and Dario Franchitti sparred on the track at

Toronto and it carried over onto Twitter after the race.

Power lost his temper with Alex Tagliani in the same event, and Power was caught making an obscene gesture toward race control on live television at New Hampshire.

Helio Castroneves went on an angry Twitter rant about race control after Japan.

All of this brought attention to the series, created tension between Power and Franchitti during their championship battle and gave IndyCar some muchneeded momentum.

And then it fizzled out.

Why? Because every good rivalry needs a villain, and IndyCar is missing a bad guy.

“You mean like Kyle Busch?” asked Marco Andretti of NASCAR’s polarizing star. “I guess I should get out and punch somebody in the face after the next race because in Kyle’s case, people can be all over his case, but at least they are talking about him. Obviously, he’s got a huge fan base, too. So I guess it’s easier to keep the buzz going when you have a villain.”

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Troy Christian guard Grant Zawadzki (52) goes up for a layup during a Division IV state

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semifinal game Friday at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus.

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UPCOMING

Consider Cleveland VillaAngela St. Joseph coach Babe Kwasniak a fan of Troy Christian point guard Grant Zawadzki.

In the postgame press conference after the Vikings’ 67-36 victory in the Division IV state semifinal Friday, Kwasniak spoke highly of Zawadzki, despite the fact it wasn’t the sophomore’s best shooting day.

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Troy Christian’s Spencer Thomas drives to the hole with Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph’s Carlton Bragg defending during a Division IV state semifinal game Friday at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus.

Out of magic VASJ wears down Eagles in state semi

BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@civitasmedia.com

Creighton eliminates Cincy from NCAA With Cincinnati unable to get to the free-throw line, Shaquille Thomas took a trip the hard way.

Creighton’s Doug McDermott was double-teamed in the corner and swung his left elbow into Thomas’ face to break free with 53 seconds left. McDermott was whistled for a flagrant foul and Thomas went to the line. See Page 18.

Going against the tallest and quickest defense he faced all season, Zawadzki’s speed was contained and his driving lanes were cut off. He finished the game with eight points on 3 of 11 shooting and added three assists.

“We knew he (Zawadzki) was good, but I was like, ‘The kid’s not Steve Nash,’” said Kwasniak, a former captain in the Army.

“Then the first three or four passes he threw were just like Steve

■ See GAME NOTES on 20

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Mentor upsets unbeaten Northland

When Ray Zawadzki took over the Troy Christian boys basketball program four years ago, he had very specific plans.

“I can still remember coming in that first day with the kids and parents there,” Zawadzki said. “I told them all thank you for trusting me with your child. I’m going to help them move from young boys to authentic manhood.

And I’ve watched this group of seniors make that COLUMBUS move.

“When I came to Troy Christian, I came to be a blessing to those around me. But I’m the one that’s been blessed. The community has supported me so much, and I’m so proud of these kids. The other night, my wife said I should write a book about it, it’s been that magical.”

And while the Eagles have accomplished so many firsts this season — including the program’s first sectional, district and regional titles — the magic had to run out sometime.

Sometimes, it turns out, Goliath gets the better of David.

Cleveland Villa-Angela St. Joseph — the only school in the state of Ohio to qualify for

COLUMBUS (AP) — Jeff Foreman led four Mentor players in double figures with 20 points as the Cardinals upset topranked and unbeaten Columbus Northland 80-69 in the opening Division I semifinal at the boys state tournament at Ohio State’s Value City Arena on Friday.

Mentor (24-5) seeks its first title at 8:30 p.m. Saturday against the Cincinnati Walnut Hills-Toledo Rogers winner.

The score was tied 13 times and there were 14 lead changes.

Troy Christian senior Nathan Kirkpatrick passes ■ See EAGLES on 20 to a teammate Friday in Columbus.

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Thomas leads Buckeyes in rout of Iona Rose keeps nose in front at Bay Hill Bill Haas wanted to atone for the way he finished his opening round. He did that and more Friday and was tied for the lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

That sure wasn’t the case for Tiger Woods. See Page 18.

DAYTON (AP) — Sam Thompson had career highs with 20 points and 10 rebounds on Friday night, part of a dominating performance by Ohio State’s front line, and the Buckeyes ran away to a 95-70 victory over Iona in the second round of the West Regional.

The second-seeded Buckeyes (27-7) are in prime March form with nine straight wins, including their last five games of the regular season and a run to the Big Ten tournament title.

Forward Deshaun Thomas has led them in scoring during

the streak, averaging 17.6 points per game. He had 24 points as the Buckeyes’ fast breaks led to dunks and a season high in points, thrilling the large Ohio State contingent.

Aaron Craft had a seasonhigh six steals and seven assists for the Buckeyes. Shannon Scott tied his career high with 10 assists.

Ohio State plays either Notre Dame or Iowa State on Sunday, one win away from a fourth straight trip to the round of 16.

“We have a lot of confidence,” Thompson said. “We know that if

we come out and do the things we’re supposed to do on both sides of the ball, we could beat any team in the country.”

Iona (20-14) returned to the court where it suffered the biggest meltdown in NCAA tournament history last year, blowing a 25-point lead. The Gaels are 1-9 all-time in the tournament with their only win over Holy Cross in 1980 later vacated because of NCAA violations.

Tavon Sledge scored 20 points for Iona, which had 19 turnovers that led to 29 of the Buckeyes’ points.

Buckeyes coach Thad Matta had his best moment yes, singular as a college player at University of Dayton Arena, hitting a game-winning shot for Butler. His visits as Ohio State’s coach haven’t been so pleasant.

The Buckeyes failed to make it out of Dayton intact in their two previous NCAA appearances, going 1-2 overall.

No late drama in this one.

The Gaels used their recordsetting 78-72 loss to BYU last year as motivation to return and

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Harvard’s 1st NCAA win brings ‘unexpected pride’ CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

(AP) — Michael Lesley crisscrossed Harvard Yard, looking up from his copy of David Hume’s “The Natural History of Religion” only to avoid the tourists that shuffled through the snow-covered quadrangle.

Did he bother to watch Harvard’s victory over No. 10 New Mexico on Thursday night, the first NCAA tournament win in school history?

No. Will Lesley, a fourth-

year doctoral student in religion, tune in when the Crimson play Arizona for a spot in the Sweet 16 on Saturday?

“Absolutely. Are you kidding me?” he said on Friday afternoon, a day after the Ivy League champions upset the third-seeded and heavily favored Lobos 6862 in Salt Lake City.

“I think the attitude was, ‘We’ll see what happens,’” said Lesley, who followed the reaction to the game on Facebook. “To see everyone light up, it is

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exciting.”

Harvard undergraduates are on spring break this week, so the dorm windows ringing the Yard were absent of the banners that usually herald, say, a big football game against Yale or a particularly avantgarde student production of a Samuel Beckett play. A day after the Crimson’s unprecedented NCAA win, the centuries-old quad was bustling with guided tours in English, Japanese and Spanish but largely absent of students on their way to

class.

That didn’t stop the Harvard community from celebrating the victory.

“They did a good job, man, I’m happy for them,” Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin, the biggest basketball star to come out of Harvard, said after the NBA team’s shootaround on Friday morning. “It’s a great win.

They made history.”

Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust was in Seoul giving a speech during the game, but a

spokesman said she followed the second half closely and called coach Tommy Amaker to congratulate the team and wish them luck in the next round.

Senior Molly Stansik, who was flagged down in her dormitory courtyard, said she missed the game because she flying back from a spring break trip to Puerto Rico on Thursday night. But there were eight or nine other Harvard students on the plane, and one of them was able to stream the basketball game on his

computer.

“I could hear him across the plane,” Stansik said.

“Everyone was screaming and reacting accordingly.”

Although the campus was quiet, Lesley watched as the students bonded over social media.

“Everyone’s rather thrilled,” he said.

“At a place like this, people are talking about the first win in 377 years, as if basketball has been around as long,” Lesley said with a chuckle. “There’s just a lot of unexpected pride.”

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Rose keeps nose in front at Bay Hill ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Bill Haas wanted to atone for the way he finished his opening round.

He did that and more Friday and was tied for the lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

That sure wasn’t the case for Tiger Woods.

One shot out of the lead with three holes to play, Woods closed with three sloppy bogeys to fall four shots behind going into the weekend.

That makes the chore a little more difficult in his bid to defend his title at Bay Hill and return to No. 1 in the world.

“The good news is we’ve got 36 holes to go,” Woods said. “We’ve got a long way to go. And certainly four shots can be made up.”

Haas not only kept bogeys off his card, his longest putt for par was no more than 4 feet in a clean round of 6-under 66. He was tied with Justin Rose, who was poised to take the outright lead until he was fooled by the speed of the greens after late afternoon showers and finished with a three-putt bogey for a 70.

They were at 9-under 135, one shot ahead of John Huh, who had a 69.

The finishing holes have proved pivotal in the opening two rounds.

Haas was challenging for the lead on Thursday when he flew his tee shot into the back bunker on the par-3 17th and had to two-putt from 40 feet for bogey. Then, he threeputted from 8 feet on the 18th hole for bogey to ruin his day.

“So to leave, basically giving two away, my goal today was try to get those two back and go from there,” Haas said.

“That was kind of my mindset today, and then I was able to keep it going.”

Rose went eaglebirdie on the 16th and 17th holes that sent him on his way to an opening 65, and he regained the lead Friday with a 4-iron just off the fringe for a simple birdie on the 16th. But after a burst of rain, he thought the green might be slower than it was on his 25-foot birdie try. He ran it 5 feet by the hole, and missed it

coming back.

“But that was the only thing that hampered the day, really,” Rose said.

“All in all, exciting day and I’m in a good position.”

Woods hit the ball better in the second round and had to settle for a higher score, all because of his finish.

He had about 210 yards from a fairway bunker on the par-5 16th and caught it heavy, slamming the sand with the back of his club even before the ball took one hop and tumbled into the creek short of the green.

He pitched up to 25 feet and took bogey. Then, he turned over his tee shot on the 17th and wound up in the rough well behind the green, and his chip went all the way through the green.

Woods followed that with a tee shot into the right rough that forced him to play short of the water, and he hit a poor chip to about 30 feet. He missed that for a 70.

“I’ve made my share of mistakes on the last few holes the last couple of days, and I need to clean that up,” said Woods, who made bogeys on the 17th and 18th holes on Thursday in the middle of his round.

That closing stretch wasn’t the only thing that held him back.

Woods missed a birdie putt inside 3 feet on the par-3 second hole. He missed a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-4 fourth hole and he tried to jam in a 3-foot birdie putt on the 12th that caught the lip and stayed out.

“He’s normally a fast finisher, and you can expect him to probably finish fast on the weekend,” Rose said. “He did a lot of hard work today.

He actually played really well. I thought he was probably a couple of shots away from shooting 64 today at times. I’m sure he was very disappointed because he actually played some great golf today.”

Sixteen players were separated by five shots going into the weekend, and the question was how much fire the downpour at the conclusion of Friday would take out of Bay Hill.

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Cincinnati’s Cashmere Wright, left, goes up for a shot as Creighton’s Gregory Echenique defends during the second half of a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Philadelphia.

Creighton won 67-63.

All on the line Bearcats miss chances in loss to Bluejays PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With Cincinnati unable to get to the free-throw line, Shaquille Thomas took a trip the hard way.

Creighton’s Doug McDermott was doubleteamed in the corner and swung his left elbow into Thomas’ face to break free with 53 seconds left.

McDermott was whistled for a flagrant foul and Thomas went to the line.

Make both, and the Bearcats would trail by one.

He clanked two instead.

McDermott had 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Gregory Echenique scored 13 points to help Creighton hold on to beat Cincinnati 67-63 on Friday in the second round of the NCAA tournament’s Midwest Regional.

“They would have made a huge difference if he made both but he missed both,” Bearcats coach Mick Cronin said. “It would have been a whole different ball game.”

The misses stung because Cashmere Wright buried a 3 on the ensuing possession to make it 60-57.

Cincinnati just couldn’t get to the line.

Led by McDermott’s 11 of 11 effort, the Bluejays made 22 of 25 free throws.

The Bearcats made only 4 of 9, and that doomed them down the stretch.

“The foul line let us down at the end of the day,” Cronin said.

The loss was Cincinnati’s farewell to the Big East. Cincinnati is

staying behind in the football-based, soon-to-beformer Big East.

The Bluejays (28-7) moved on to the third round for the second straight season. They were eliminated last year by North Carolina at that point. Now, the ACC stands in their way again.

• South Region Fla. Gulf Coast 78, Georgetown 68 PHILADELPHIA — Sherwood Brown scored 24 points and Bernard Thompson had 23 to lead Florida Gulf Coast to an incredible NCAA tournament debut, a 78-68 win over second-seeded Georgetown.

The Eagles, in their second season of being eligible for Division I postseason, became just the seventh No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2.

UNC 78, Villanova 71 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — P.J. Hairston scored 23 points, James Michael McAdoo added 17 and North Carolina unleashed a flurry of 3-pointers to subdue gritty Villanova.

The never-say-die Wildcats (20-14) erased a 20-point deficit that North Carolina built in the first half and then nearly climbed out of a nine-point hole in the final minutes after the Tar Heels hit three consecutive 3s and once again appeared to take control.

Florida 79, NW State 47 AUSTIN, Texas — Erik Murphy had 18 points to

lead four Florida players in double figures and the Gators shut down the NCAA’s highest-scoring team.

No. 3 seed Florida turned this one into a rout with a 19-1 run in the second half and held the 14thseeded Demons (23-9) to their fewest points this season 34 below their average.

• East Region Indiana 83, James Madison 62 DAYTON — Freshman Yogi Ferrell scored 14 points in the first six minutes as top-seeded Indiana slam dunked its way past James Madison.

Temple 76, NC State 72 DAYTON — Khalif Wyatt scored 31 points, finishing the game with an injured left thumb that had him grimacing before his clinching free throws, and Temple broke with its oneand-done NCAA tournament trend.

Miami 78, Pacific 49 AUSTIN, Texas — Durand Scott had 21 points and Miami had a triumphant return to the NCAA tournament.

The Hurricanes (28-6), who may be even better than their No. 2 seed in the East Regional would indicate, put the game out of reach with a 14-0 run midway through the first half of their first NCAA tourney game in five years.

Illinois 57, Colorado 49 AUSTIN, Texas —

Brandon Paul and D.J. Richardson made consecutive 3-pointers to give Illinois back the lead with 6 minutes left and the seventh-seeded Illini pulled out a tough win over Colorado.

• Midwest Regional Duke 73, Albany 61 PHILADELPHIA — Seth Curry scored 26 points, Mason Plumlee had 23 and second-seeded Duke beat Albany.

The Blue Devils (28-5) will meet seventh-seeded Creighton in the third round Sunday.

Duke shot 58.7 percent (27 of 46), just off its season-beat 60.8 percent against Florida State.

Kilpatrick scored 19 points, and Cashmere Wright had 15 for the 10thseeded Bearcats (22-12) in their camouflage-patterned shorts.

• West Regional Ole Miss 57, Wisconsin 46 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Marshall Henderson shook out of a shooting slump and scored 17 points in the second half, giving the Rebels their first NCAA tournament win since 2002.

For the cold-shooting Badgers (23-12), the upset loss snaps a string of six straight first-game victories. Ole Miss (27-8) trailed 25-22 at halftime and Henderson, who led the Southeastern Conference with 20 points a game, had only two points on 1-for-11 shooting.

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■ CONTINUED FROM 17 give a better showing. They were back, but fared no better against a much better team.

The Gaels got the game’s first lead, pulling ahead 4-0 on baskets by Taaj Ridley and David Laury. Ohio State led only 7-6 heading into the first timeout.

Then, it all came apart.

Ohio State turned up the intensity behind Craft,

who made a diving save on a loose ball that started an emphatic fast break. The Buckeyes swatted away the Gaels’ shots and stormed the rim for dunks during a 15-0 run over the next 4 minutes.

The Gaels were only 4of-21 with six turnovers while Ohio State extended its lead to 27-8 midway through the opening half.

Even when Iona did something impressive, it back-

fired. Thomas got one of his shots blocked right back to him, then put it up again and got fouled, resulting in a pair of free throws.

The Gaels aren’t used to getting roughed up like that. They were second in the nation with 80.7 points per game and 15th nationally with 8.4 3-pointers per game. Ohio State brought their offense to a standstill.

They finally got their

fast-break offense going and wiped away most of that 18-point deficit. Sean Armand hit a 3-pointer he set a school record for 3s this season and a pair of free throws during a 13-3 spurt that cut it to 37-33.

Ohio State ended the comeback with the game’s most sensational play, Thompson reached behind his body with his right arm to snag Scott’s alley-oop pass for a dunk.

COLUMBUS (AP) — Nick Foligno scored twice in a club-record 51 seconds and the Columbus Blue Jackets scored three goals in a 1:15 span of the second period to beat the Calgary Flames 5-1 on Friday night, extending their franchise-record points streak to 12 games.

Artem Anisimov, Colton Gillies and Jared Boll also had goals and

Sergei Bobrovsky continued his strong play with 24 saves as the Blue Jackets, last in the NHL on Feb. 24, ran their record to 8-0-4 in their hot streak.

R.J. Umberger and Derek MacKenzie each had two assists.

The two goals by Foligno and one by Anisimov in 75 seconds also were the fastest three goals by the Blue Jackets.

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BASEBALL Spring Training Glance All Times EST AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct 19 6 .760 Kansas City Baltimore 16 6 .727 17 8 .680 Seattle 15 9 .625 Cleveland 15 11 .577 Detroit 14 12 .538 Tampa Bay Chicago 11 10 .524 14 13 .519 Boston Texas 13 13 .500 12 13 .480 Minnesota Houston 11 13 .458 10 12 .455 Oakland 11 14 .440 Toronto New York 11 16 .407 6 15 .286 Los Angeles NATIONAL LEAGUE L Pct W Atlanta 16 12 .571 13 11 .542 Colorado St. Louis 12 12 .500 14 15 .483 Chicago 13 14 .481 San Diego Arizona 12 13 .480 12 13 .480 Philadelphia San Francisco 11 12 .478 11 13 .458 Washington Miami 10 12 .455 9 11 .450 New York Pittsburgh 11 14 .440 10 15 .400 Los Angeles 9 14 .391 Milwaukee Cincinnati 9 15 .375 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

Friday's Games Detroit 4, Washington 3 Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay (ss) 4 N.Y.Yankees 9, Minnesota 7 Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay (ss) 3 Toronto 1, Boston 0 Houston 3, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 7, Atlanta 6 Colorado (ss) 14, Texas 9 Cincinnati 6, L.A. Dodgers 5 Kansas City 13, L.A. Angels 9 Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 1 San Francisco 11, Colorado (ss) 6 N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 10:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

Saturday's Games Houston vs. Atlanta (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Philadelphia vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta (ss) vs.Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m.

Washington vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:35 p.m.

L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. L.A. Angels (ss) at Tempe, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Texas vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 10:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 10:10 p.m.

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 32 24 8 0 48114 83 New Jersey 31 14 11 6 34 78 85 N.Y. Rangers 30 15 13 2 32 71 73 N.Y. Islanders 31 13 15 3 29 90105 Philadelphia 30 13 16 1 27 81 92 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 30 20 5 5 45 97 75 Boston 29 20 6 3 43 84 61 31 16 9 6 38 78 67 Ottawa 31 16 12 3 35 94 90 Toronto Buffalo 31 12 15 4 28 84 99 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Winnipeg 32 16 14 2 34 81 96 Carolina 30 15 13 2 32 85 86 Washington 31 14 16 1 29 89 88 Tampa Bay 30 13 16 1 27 98 90 Florida 31 9 16 6 24 77111 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 30 24 3 3 51102 66 St. Louis 29 16 11 2 34 87 83 Detroit 30 14 11 5 33 80 79 Columbus 31 13 12 6 32 73 80 Nashville 31 12 13 6 30 75 84 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 29 17 10 2 36 77 71 Vancouver 30 15 9 6 36 83 83 Edmonton 29 11 11 7 29 72 85 Calgary 29 11 14 4 26 82101 Colorado 29 11 14 4 26 75 92 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 29 22 3 4 48 99 71 Los Angeles 30 17 11 2 36 88 75 San Jose 29 13 10 6 32 71 77 Dallas 30 14 13 3 31 78 88 Phoenix 31 13 14 4 30 80 87 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday's Games Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Columbus 5, Calgary 1 Washington 6, Winnipeg 1 Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Saturday's Games Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 2 p.m.

San Jose at Minnesota, 2 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Florida at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Dallas, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

AUTO RACING NASCAR-Sprint Cup-Auto Club 400 Lineup After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Auto Club Speedway Fontana, Calif.

Lap length: 2 miles (Car number in parentheses)

1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 187.451.

2. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 187.217.

3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 187.149.

4. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 187.13.

5. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 186.688.

6. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 186.514.

7. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 186.273.

8. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 185.864.

9. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 185.792.

10. (78) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 185.677.

11. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 185.157.

12. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 185.085.

13. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 184.876.

14. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 184.715.

15. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 184.625.

16. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 184.374.

17. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 184.233.

18. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 184.044.

19. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 184.011.

20. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 183.988.

21. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 183.852.

22. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 183.702.

23. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 183.697.

24. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 183.57.

25. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 183.248.

26. (51) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 183.113.

27. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 183.02.

28. (83) David Reutimann, Toyota, 182.825.

29. (7) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 182.658.

30. (35) Josh Wise, Ford, 182.639.

31. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 182.519.

32. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 182.473.

33. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 182.44.

34. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 181.493.

35. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 181.087.

36. (33) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 181.087.

37. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

38. (44) Scott Riggs, Ford, Owner Points.

39. (32) Timmy Hill, Ford, Owner Points.

40. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

41. (19) Mike Bliss, Toyota, Owner Points.

42. (34) David Ragan, Ford, Owner Points.

43. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, Owner Points.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pct GB W L 41 26 .612 — x-New York 40 28 .588 1½ x-Brooklyn 36 31 .537 5 Boston 26 42 .382 15½ Philadelphia 26 43 .377 16 Toronto Southeast Division Pct GB W L 54 14 .794 — y-Miami 38 31 .551 16½ Atlanta 24 43 .358 29½ Washington 18 52 .257 37 Orlando 16 52 .235 38 Charlotte Central Division W L Pct GB x-Indiana 43 26 .623 — Chicago 36 31 .537 6 34 34 .500 8½ Milwaukee 23 47 .329 20½ Detroit 22 46 .324 20½ Cleveland WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB x-San Antonio 52 16 .765 — Memphis 46 21 .687 5½ Houston 37 31 .544 15 32 36 .471 20 Dallas 23 46 .333 29½ New Orleans Northwest Division Pct GB W L x-Oklahoma City 51 19 .729 — x-Denver 48 22 .686 3 Utah 34 34 .500 16 Portland 33 36 .478 17½ Minnesota 23 43 .348 26 Pacific Division Pct GB W L 47 22 .681 — L.A. Clippers 39 31 .557 8½ Golden State L.A. Lakers 36 33 .522 11 Sacramento 25 44 .362 22 Phoenix 23 46 .333 24 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Friday's Games New York 99, Toronto 94 Indiana 102, Milwaukee 78 Oklahoma City 97, Orlando 89 Portland 104, Atlanta 93 Miami 103, Detroit 89 Cleveland at Houston, 8 p.m.

Memphis at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Boston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Utah at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Boston at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m.

Washington at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

NCAA Tournament Glance All Times EDT EAST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 21 At Rupp Arena Lexington, Ky. Butler 68, Bucknell 56 Marquette 59, Davidson 58 At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif.

California 64, UNLV 61 Syracuse 81, Montana 34 Friday, March 22 At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Temple 76, N.C. State 72 Indiana 83, James Madison 62 At The Frank Erwin Center Austin,Texas Miami 78, Pacific 49 Illinois 57, Colorado 49 Third Round Saturday, March 23 At Rupp Arena Lexington, Ky. Marquette (24-8) vs. Butler (27-8), 30 minutes following At HP Pavilion

SCOREBOARD

Scores AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY AUTO RACING 12:30 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Auto Club 400, at Fontana, Calif.

1:30 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Royal Purple 300, at Fontana, Calif.

2:30 p.m. NBCSN — IRL, IndyCar, pole qualifying for Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, at St. Petersburg, Fla. 3:30 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, "Happy Hour Series," final practice for Auto Club 400, at Fontana, Calif.

5 p.m. ESPN — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Royal Purple 300, at Fontana, Calif.

3:30 a.m. NBCSN — Formula One, Malaysia Grand Prix, at Sepang, Malaysia COLLEGE WRESTLING 8 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Division I Championships, final match, schools TBA, at Des Moines, Iowa GOLF 9 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Malaysian Open, third round, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (same-day tape) 12:30 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Arnold Palmer Invitational, third round, at Orlando, Fla. 2:30 p.m. NBC — PGA Tour, Arnold Palmer Invitational, third round, at Orlando, Fla. 5 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, second round, at Saucier, Miss.

7 p.m. TGC — LPGA, Kia Classic, third round, at Carlsbad, Calif.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 4 p.m.WGN — Preseason, Chicago Cubs vs. L.A. Angels, at Mesa, Ariz.

MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 11 a.m. ESPN — ESPN — NIT, second round, Stanford at Alabama 12:15 p.m. CBS — NCAA Division I tournament, third round, VCU vs. Michigan at Auburn Hills, Mich.

2:30 p.m. CBS — NCAA Division I tournament, third round, Memphis vs. Michigan St. at Auburn Hills, Mich.

5:15 p.m. CBS — NCAA Division I tournament, third round, Colorado St. vs. Louisville at Lexington, Ky. 6:10 p.m.TNT — NCAA Division I tournament, third round, Harvard vs. Arizona at Salt Lake City 7:10 p.m. TBS — NCAA Division I tournament, third round, Oregon vs. Saint Louis at San Jose, Calif.

7:30 p.m. CBS — NCAA Division I tournament, third round, Butler vs. Marquette at Lexington, Ky. 8:40 p.m. TNT — NCAA Division I tournament, third round, Wichita vs. Gonzaga at Salt Lake City 9:40 p.m. TBS — NCAA Division I tournament, third round, California vs. Syracuse at San Jose, Calif.

MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY 7 p.m. NBCSN — Hockey East tournament, championship, teams TBA, at Boston MOTORSPORTS 7:30 p.m. SPEED — Supercross, at Toronto NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. WGN — Indiana at Chicago SOCCER 3:30 p.m. NBCSN — MLS, Columbus at DC United WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 11 a.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I tournament, first round, teams and site TBA 1:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I tournament, first round, teams and site TBA 4 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I tournament, first round, teams and site TBA 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Division I tournament, first round, teams and site TBA San Jose, Calif.

Syracuse (27-9) vs. California (21-11), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 24 At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Indiana (28-6) vs.Temple (24-9) At The Frank Erwin Center Austin,Texas Miami (28-6) vs. Illinois (23-12) Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 28 At The Verizon Center Washington Indiana-Temple winner vs. SyracuseCalifornia winner Miami-Illinois winner vs. MarquetteButler winner Regional Championship Saturday, March 30 Semifinal winners SOUTH REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 21 At The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, Mich.

Michigan 71, South Dakota State 56 VCU 88, Akron 42 Friday, March 22 At Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia Florida Gulf Coast 78, Georgetown 68 San Diego State (22-10) vs. Oklahoma (20-11), 30 minutes following At The Sprint Center Kansas City, Mo. North Carolina 78, Villanova 71 Kansas (29-5) vs. Western Kentucky (20-15), 30 minutes following At The Frank Erwin Center Austin,Texas Florida 79, Northwestern State 47 UCLA (25-9) vs. Minnesota (20-12), 30 minutes following Third Round Saturday, March 23 At The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, Mich.

Michigan (27-7) vs. VCU (27-8), 12:15 p.m.

Sunday, March 24 At Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia Florida Gulf Coast (25-10) vs. San Diego State-Oklahoma winner At The Sprint Center Kansas City, Mo. Kansas-Western Kentucky winner vs.

North Carolina (25-10) At The Frank Erwin Center Austin,Texas Florida (27-7) vs. UCLA-Minnesota winner Regional Semifinals Friday, March 29 At Cowboys Stadium Arlington,Texas Kansas-Western Kentucky_North Carolina winner vs. Michigan-VCU winner Florida Gulf Coast_San Diego StateOklahoma winner vs. Florida_UCLAMinnesota winner Regional Championship Sunday, March 31 Semifinal winners MIDWEST REGIONAL

Second Round Thursday, March 21 At Rupp Arena Lexington, Ky. Louisville 79, N.C. A&T 48 Colorado State 84, Missouri 72 At The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, Mich.

Michigan State 65, Valparaiso 54 Memphis 54, Saint Mary's (Cal) 52 At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif.

Saint Louis 64, New Mexico State 44 Oregon 68, Oklahoma State 55 Friday, March 22 At Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia Duke 73, Albany (N.Y.) 61 Creighton 67, Cincinnati 63 Third Round Saturday, March 23 At Rupp Arena Lexington, Ky. Louisville (30-5) vs. Colorado State (268), 5:15 p.m.

At The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, Mich.

Michigan State (26-8) vs. Memphis (314), 30 minutes following At HP Pavilion San Jose, Calif.

Saint Louis (28-6) vs. Oregon (27-8), 7:10 p.m.

Sunday, March 24 At Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia Duke (28-5) vs. Creighton (28-7) Regional Semifinals Friday, March 29 At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis Louisville-Colorado State winner vs.

Saint Louis-Oregon winner Duke-Creighton winner vs. Michigan State-Memphis winner Regional Championship Sunday, March 31 Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL Second Round Thursday, March 21 At EnergySolutions Arena Salt Lake City Wichita State 73, Pittsburgh 55 Gonzaga 64, Southern 58 Arizona 81, Belmont 64 Harvard 68, New Mexico 62 Friday, March 22 At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Ohio State 95, Iona 70 Notre Dame (25-9) vs. Iowa State (2211), 30 minutes following At The Sprint Center Kansas City, Mo. Mississippi 57, Wisconsin 46 La Salle 63, Kansas State 61 Third Round Saturday, March 23 At EnergySolutions Arena Salt Lake City Harvard (20-9) vs. Arizona (26-7), 6:10 p.m.

Gonzaga (32-2) vs. Wichita State (278), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 24

Saturday, March 23, 2013 At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Ohio State (27-7) vs. Notre Dame-Iowa State winner At The Sprint Center Kansas City, Mo. La Salle (23-9) vs. Mississippi (27-8) Regional Semifinals Thursday, March 28 At The Staples Center Los Angeles Gonzaga-Wichita State winner vs. La Salle-Mississippi winner Harvard-Arizona winner vs. Ohio State_Notre Dame-Iowa State winner Regional Championship Saturday, March 30 Semifinal winners FINAL FOUR At The Georgia Dome Atlanta National Semifinals Saturday, April 6 Midwest champion vs. West champion, 6 or 8:30 p.m.

South champion vs. East champion, 6 or 8:30 p.m.

National Championship Monday, April 8 Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.

NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Glance All Times EDT OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 23 Columbus, Ohio Oklahoma (22-10) vs. Central Michigan (21-11), 12:10 p.m.

UCLA (25-7) vs. Stetson (24-8), 30 minutes following Knoxville,Tenn.

Syracuse (24-7) vs. Creighton (24-7), 11:20 a.m.

Tennessee (24-7) vs. Oral Roberts (1812), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 24 Waco,Texas Florida State (22-9) vs. Princeton (226), 5:10 p.m.

Baylor (32-1) vs. Prairie View (17-14), 30 minutes following Louisville, Ky. Purdue (24-8) vs. Liberty (27-6), 12:10 p.m.

Louisville (24-8) vs. Middle Tennessee (25-7), 30 minutes following Second Round Monday, March 25 Columbus, Ohio Oklahoma-Central Michigan winner vs.

UCLA-Stetson winner, TBA Knoxville,Tenn.

Syracuse-Creighton winner vs.

Tennessee-Oral Roberts winnere, TBA Tuesday, March 26 Waco,Texas Florida St.-Princeton winner vs. BaylorPrairie View winner, TBA Louisville, Ky. Purdue-Liberty winner vs. LouisvilleMiddle Tennessee winner, TBA Regional Semifinals Oklahoma City Sunday, March 31 Florida St.-Princeton-Baylor-Prairie View winner vs. Purdue-Liberty-LouisvilleMiddle Tennessee winner, TBA Oklahoma-Central Michigan-UCLAStetson winner, vs. Syracuse-CreightonTennessee-Oral Roberts winnere, TBA Tuesday, April 2 Regional Championship Semifinal winners, TBA SPOKANE REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 23 Spokane,Wash.

Iowa State (23-8) vs. Gonzaga (27-5), 4:15 p.m.

Georgia (25-6) vs. Montana (23-7), 30 minutes following Lubbock,Texas California (28-3) vs. Fresno State (248), 4:30 p.m.

Texas Tech (21-10) vs. South Florida (21-10), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 24 Stanford, Calif.

Stanford (31-2) vs. Tulsa (16-16), 5:20 p.m.

Michigan (21-10) vs. Villanova (21-10), 30 minutes following Baton Rouge, La. Penn State (25-5) vs. Cal Poly (21-10), 5:10 p.m.

LSU (20-11) vs. Green Bay (29-2), 30 minutes following Second Round Monday, March 25 Spokane,Wash.

Iowa State-Gonzaga winner vs.

Georgia-Montana winner, TBA Lubbock,Texas California-Fresno State winner vs.Texas Tech-South Florida winner, TBA Tuesday, March 26 Stanford, Calif.

Stanford-Tulsa winner vs. MichiganVillanova winner, TBA Baton Rouge, La. Penn State-Cal Poly winner vs. LSUGreen Bay winner, TBA Regional Semifinals Spokane,Wash.

Saturday, March 30 Stanford-Tulsa-Michigan-Villanova winner vs. Iowa State-Gonzaga-GeorgiaMontana winner, TBA California-Fresno State-Texas TechSouth Florida winner vs. Penn State-Cal Poly winner vs. LSU-Green Bay winner, TBA Regional Championship Monday, April 1 Semifinal winners, TBA NORFOLK REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 23 Boulder, Colo.

South Carolina (24-7) vs. South Dakota State (25-7), 4:10 p.m.

Colorado (25-6) vs. Kansas (18-13), 30 minutes following College Station,Texas Texas A&M (24-9) vs.Wichita State (249), 4:05 p.m.

Nebraska (23-8) vs. Chattanooga (293), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 24 Iowa City Notre Dame (31-1) vs. UT-Martin (1914), 5:05 p.m.

Miami (21-10) vs. Iowa (20-12), 30 minutes following Durham, N.C. Duke (30-2) vs. Hampton (28-5), 12:05 p.m.

Oklahoma State (21-10) vs. DePaul (21-11), 30 minutes following Second Round Monday, March 25 Boulder, Colo.

South Carolina-South Dakota State winner vs. Colorado-Kansas winner, TBA College Station,Texas Texas A&M-Wichita State winner vs.

Nebraska-Chattanooga winner, TBA Tuesday, March 26 Iowa City Notre Dame-UT-Martin winner vs.

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Miami-Iowa winner, TBA Durham, N.C. Duke-Hampton winner vs. Oklahoma State-DePaul winner, TBA Regional Semifinals Norfolk,Va. Sunday, March 31 Notre Dame-UT Martin-Miami-Iowa winner vs. South Carolina-South Dakota State-Colorado-Kansas winner, TBA StateDuke-Hampton-Oklahoma DePaul winner vs. Texas A&M-Wichita State-Nebraska-Chattanooga winner, TBA Regional Championship Tuesday, April 2 Semifinal winners, TBA BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL First Round Saturday, March 23 Storrs, Conn.

Vanderbilt (20-11) vs. Saint Joseph's (23-8), 11:05 a.m.

Connecticut (29-4) vs.Idaho (17-15), 30 minutes following College Park, Md. Maryland (24-7) vs. Quinnipiac (30-2), 11:15 a.m.

Michigan State (24-8) vs. Marist (26-6), 30 minutes following Sunday, March 24 Newark, Del. Delaware (30-3) vs. West Virginia (1713), 12:15 p.m.

North Carolina (28-6) vs. Albany (NY) (27-3), 30 minutes following Queens, N.Y. Kentucky (27-5) vs. Navy (21-11), 12:05 p.m.

Dayton (27-2) vs. St. John's (18-12), 30 minutes following Second Round Monday, March 25 Storrs, Conn.

Vanderbilt-Saint Joseph's winner vs.

Connecticut-Idaho winner, TBA College Park, Md. Maryland-Quinnipiac winner vs.

Michigan State-Marist winner, TBA Tuesday, March 26 Newark, Del. Delaware-West Virginia winner vs.

North Carolina-Albany (NY) winner, TBA Queens, N.Y. Kentucky-Navy winner vs. Dayton-St. John's winner, TBA Regional Semifinals Bridgeport, Conn.

Saturday, March 30 Vanderbilt-Saint Joseph's-ConnecticutIdaho winner vs. Maryland-QuinnipiacMichigan State-Marist winner, TBA Delaware-West Virginia-North CarolinaAlbany (NY) winner vs. Kentucky-NavyDayton-St. John's winner, TBA Regional Championship Monday, April 1 Semifinal winners, TBA FINAL FOUR At New Orleans Arena New Orleans National Semifinals Sunday, April 7 Oklahoma City champion vs. Spokane champion, 5:30 or 8 p.m.

Norfolk champion vs. Bridgeport champion, 5:30 or 8 p.m.

National Championship Tuesday, April 9 Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.

2013 Ohio Boys State Basketball Tournament Schedule All games will be played at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus Thursday, March 21 Semifinals Division III Ottawa-Glandorf 61, Ironton 60, OT Versailles 63, Leavittsburg LaBrae 52 Division II Akr. SVSM 70, Vincent Warren 51 Cols. Watterson 53, Kettering Alter 42 Friday, March 22 Semifinals Division IV Cle.VASJ 67, Troy Christian 36 Leipsic 61, Fairfield Christian 58 Division I Mentor 80, Cols. Northland 69 Tol. Rogers 58, Cin. Walnut Hills 51 Saturday, March 23 - Championship Finals Division III Versailles vs. Ottawa-Glandorf (10:30 a.m.)

Division II Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary vs.

Columbus Bishop Watterson (1:30 p.m.)

Division IV Cleveland Villa-Angela St. Joseph vs.

Leipsic (4:30 p.m.)

Division I Toledo Rogers vs. Mentor (8:30 p.m.)

GOLF PGA-Bay Hill Scores Friday At Bay Hill Club and Lodge Orlando, Fla. Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,419; Par: 72 (36-36) (a-amateur) Second Round Bill Haas .............................69-66—135 Justin Rose.........................65-70—135 John Huh............................67-69—136 Ken Duke............................70-68—138 J.J. Henry............................71-67—138 Jimmy Walker.....................69-69—138 Mark Wilson........................71-68—139 Vijay Singh..........................71-68—139 Tiger Woods.......................69-70—139 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano .....69-71—140 Luke Guthrie.......................73-67—140 Brad Fritsch ........................68-72—140 Bob Estes...........................71-69—140 John Rollins........................68-72—140 Rickie Fowler......................73-67—140 Sang-Moon Bae.................71-69—140 Hunter Mahan ....................71-70—141 Sergio Garcia .....................72-69—141 Matt Jones..........................71-70—141 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Scores Friday At Fallen Oak Saucier, Miss.

Purse: $1.6 million Yardage: 7,119; Par: 72 (36-36) Hal Sutton.............................34-35—69 Steve Elkington ....................33-36—69 Corey Pavin ..........................32-37—69 Roger Chapman ..................36-33—69 Joe Daley..............................36-34—70 Michael Allen........................33-37—70 Fred Funk .............................34-36—70 David Frost ...........................37-33—70 Mark O'Meara ......................33-37—70 Olin Browne..........................36-34—70 Gene Sauers........................36-35—71 Andrew Magee.....................37-34—71 Peter Senior..........................35-36—71 Steve Lowery........................35-36—71 Mike Goodes........................39-32—71 Neal Lancaster.....................35-36—71 Chien Soon Lu .....................36-35—71 Duffy Waldorf........................35-36—71 David Eger............................36-35—71 Rod Spittle............................34-37—71

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Sunday, March 23, 2013

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■ CONTINUED FROM 17 Nash. He made some European passes in the first quarter. His vision is unbelievable. He just made some unbelievable passes.

“I tell you what, I’m going to get on the phone tonight probably and tell the military academy if they don’t recruit this kid right now, they’re crazy.”

That, however, probably won’t be the only college that sparks an interest in Zawadzki in the upcoming years.

This season, he averaged 16 points a game and was named Metro Buckeye Conference Player of The Year and special mention All-Ohio. Zawadzki also hit the game-winning free throws in the regional final.

Not bad for just a sophomore.

• Size Hurts Days before the game, Troy Christian coach Ray Zawadzki said it would be crucial for his team to have more assists than turnovers against VASJ. He believed if his team could do that, they may have a shot.

But it was another area that was costly in the loss Friday.

The Eagles ended the day with a 7-15 assist-toturnover ratio, but St. Joseph outrebounded them 34-16 — 10 of which were offensive rebounds.

The Vikings’ size was the main reason why, as they have three players on their roster over 6-foot-7 and a 6-5 freshman in Jacob Stauffer.

And it didn’t matter what kind of inside position the Eagles had, the Viking bigs were going over top for the rebound.

“We were working our butts off,” said senior Christian Salazar, the alltime leading rebounder at Troy Christian. “We were boxing out,but they were just so long and they were just getting up over us.

“We all played our hardest. That’s the bottom line.

We tried our best.”

• Team On A Mission Cleveland Villa-Angela St. Joseph is a team on a mission.

Vikings are The arguably the best team in the state, with two Division I college signees in the 6-

foot-8 Demonte Flannigan (Cleveland State) and 6-3 guard Duane Gibson Jr. (Evansville).

Flannigan has played varsity since his freshman year and Gibson Jr. has started since a sophomore, but they haven’t won a state title during that time.

It was apparent Friday that this team is hungry for a state title.

Coach Kwasniak knew his team possessed a ton of talent and athletic ability across the board. But it was getting every player to buy in that’s made the most difference this season.

“A talented player without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates,” Kwasniak said.

If anyone knows discipline, it’s Kwasniak. Aside from his Army roots, he played college basketball and starred on three St. Joseph teams in the 1990s, helping the Vikings to three state appearances.

That discipline showed Friday, and it will likely get them their fifth state title in school history today.

The Vikings play Leipsic in the final at 4:30 p.m.

• Side Notes — There were 8,986 fans in attendance to watch the Troy Christian and St. Joseph game Friday morning.

— 3-point field goals kept Troy Christian going early on. The Eagles made four 3s in the first quarter and were 6 for 11 at the half. That shooting didn’t carry over in the second half as the Eagles finished the game 8 for 26 from long range. For the game, TC was 13 of 40 on field goal attempts. St. Joseph went 28 for 48 from the floor and made nine out of 11 free throw attempts.

– St. Joseph is 9-3 all time in state semifinal games. The school is the first in Ohio High School Athletic Association history to appear at the state basketball tournament in four different divisions.

— Versailles sophomore Kyle Ahrens is in the national spotlight after a huge dunk Thursday in the Tigers 64-52 win over LaBrae in the Division III semifinal. Ahrens’ dunk was named the No. 2 play on ESPN’s Top 10 Thursday night.

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State ■ CONTINUED FROM 17 But Mentor closed out the game by making seven of nine free throws after Northland (28-1), trailing 66-63, made only one field goal during the final minutes.

Brody Nelson and Connor Krizancic had 17 points and Brandon Fritts 12 for Mentor.

Toledo Rogers 58, Walnut Hills 51 COLUMBUS — Devonte Pratt’s jumper with 52.8 seconds left broke a 50-50 tie as Toledo Rogers beat Cincinnati Walnut

Hills 58-51 in a Division I semifinal at the boys state tournament at Ohio State’s Value City Arena on Friday.

The Rams (21-7) play Mentor at 8:30 p.m.

Saturday as both schools seek a first state title.

Leipsic 61, Fairfield Christian 58 COLUMBUS — Zach Kuhlman scored 24 points to lead Leipsic to a 61-58 victory against Lancaster Fairfield Christian in a Division IV semifinal at the boys state tournament at Ohio State’s Value City Arena on Friday.

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the state tournament in all four divisions — dropped down to Division IV and ended Troy Christian’s first-ever trip to state in the semifinal round, wearing down the Eagles throughout the game and finishing things off in convincing fashion in the second half in a 6736 victory Friday at Value City Arena at the Schottenstein Center.

The Vikings (24-4), who finished the regular season underrated as the No. 2 team in the state in D-IV, boasted a lineup with three All-Ohio selections, three players taller than 6-foot-7, a host of Division I college signees … and the fact that they were making their 12th appearance at the state tournament in program history.

In the end, all of that proved to be too much to overcome.

“We did some things in practice, added some extra players and went 5on-7 knowing that they would press, but when you haven’t played anyone all season that goes 6-foot-9, 6-8, 6-7, and we haven’t played a guard as talented as (Duane) Gibson (Jr.) at this point,” Zawadzki said. “And it isn’t just players, either. They’re very well-coached. (VASJ coach Babe Kwasniak) knew our sets, he knew what we were trying to do.

You combine all that, and that’s why they are very good. Take nothing away from them. They are a very good basketball team and they deserve to be where they are.”

In the state title game?

No doubt. But in D-IV? VASJ won a D-I state title in 1991, won three DII state titles in 1992, ‘94 and ‘95 and was runnerup in D-III in 1997 and 2006. The last time the Vikings reached the state semifinal level was in 2008 in D-III, where they will in all likelihood go back up to next season.

The Vikings only played two D-IV teams during the course of the regular season before the tournament — where their average margin of victory coming into Friday’s game was 41.4 points. They also own a victory over Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary — which will be playing in the D-II state title game today.

“We can’t control what division we’re in. We had 105 boys enrolled this year,” Kwasniak said. “We don’t hide from anybody.

With the schedule we play, it prepares us for anyone. It’s not like our kids haven’t been in close games all year. Troy Christian was a very good basketball team. They’re as good a D-IV team as we’ve played all year.”

But Troy Christian (263) showed early that it wasn’t intimidated.

Grant Zawadzki hit a 3 on the Eagles’ first shot of the game, one of four firstquarter 3s by four different Troy Christian players. A 3 by senior Nathan Kirkpatrick tied the game at 6-6, another by fellow senior Christian Salazar gave the Eagles their second lead at 9-8 — which Spencer Thomas promptly turned into a four-point

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Troy Christian’s Christian Salazar (35) goes up for a jumper during a Division IV state semifinal game Friday at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus.

edge with another triple.

“It didn’t really hit us until we were warming up. ‘Hey, this is state,’” Salazar said.

“Once the game got started, we were just playing basketball like we always have,” Kirkpatrick said.

“The gameplan we had in place was working initially,” Ray Zawadzki said.

“We created some threeon-twos and pulled them out of their full-court press, and we made four 3s in the first quarter.”

But Demonte Flannigan (game-high 26 points and five rebounds) hit a 3 and Gibson Jr. (14 points) scored on a fast break to give the edge back to the Vikings — and they’d never trail again.

Still, the Eagles fought to keep the game close, trailing 29-22 at the half and cutting the lead to as few as four in the third quarter.

“At halftime, we were still excited,” Ray Zawadzki said. “We were still in a close ballgame with a team that talented.”

Trailing 34-29 with four minutes left in the third, though, Goliath put his foot down.

After spending all of their energy holding VASJ’s high-octane transition offense in check for so long, the Eagles simply couldn’t mount a counterattack — and the Vikings made them pay. The Vikings closed the quarter on a 9-1 run and scored the first 13 of the fourth quarter, capitalizing Troy Christian’s weariness with a 22-1 run that made the score 56-30 and put the game well out of reach.

“In the second half, we just ran into tired legs,” Zawadzki said. “All of our 3s were missing short, and we just couldn’t get back on defense anymore.

And they converted absolutely every transition bucket. That lead grew quick.”

All told, the Eagles were 8 for 26 in the game

Troy Christian coach Ray Zawadzki in action during the Division IV state semifinal game.

— 2 for 15 in the second half — from 3-point range after hitting four of their first five. Troy Christian was 5 for 23 (21.7 percent) from the field in the second half after shooting 47.1 percent in the first half, while VASJ shot an astounding 68.2 percent in the second half and 58.3 percent for the game.

No Troy Christian player had more than two rebounds in the game as VASJ dominated the glass 34-16. Ten of those Viking rebounds came on the offensive end, too, forcing the Eagles to burn that much more energy trying to get stops.

Thomas led the Eagles with nine points, Grant Zawadzki added eight points and eight assists, Kirkpatrick scored eight and Holden Varvel scored seven.

And while it was the final game in the careers of Salazar, Kirkpatrick, Matthew Coots, Scotty Scott and Justin Lewis — who was on a mission trip — their legacy was already defined before

they took the court on Friday.

“I couldn’t have drawn up better seniors to come in with me,” Ray Zawadzki said. “It has been an honor to coach and serve these great kids. I’m so proud of them.”

Villa-Angela St. Joseph — 67 Brian Parker 4-0-8, Patrick Mastalski 0-0-0, Duane Gibson Jr. 7-0-14, Carlton Bragg 1-2-4, Demonte Flannigan 9-7-26, Kevin Roberts 1-0-2, Tre’Von Williams 0-0-0, Simon Texidor IV 2-0-4, Vaughn Johnson 1-0-3, Sherman Dean 0-0-0, Jeff Grudzinski 0-0-0, Deandre Forte 0-0-0, Dererk Pardon 3-0-6, Jacob Stauffer 0-0-0. Totals: 289-67.

Troy Christian — 36 Holden Varvel 3-0-7, Spencer Thomas 3-1-9, Nathan Kirkpatrick 3-0-8, Christian Salazar 1-0-3, Grant Zawadzki 30-8, Matthew Coots 0-1-1, Aaron Horn 0-0-0, Logan George 0-0-0, Travis Sloan 0-0-0, Nathanael Boone 0-0-0, Scotty Scott 0-0-0.

Totals: 13-2-36.

Score By Quarters VASJ ......... 15 29 43 67 TC .......... 12 22 30 36 3-point goals: VASJ — Flannigan, Johnson.

Troy Christian — Varvel, Thomas 2, Kirkpatrick 2, Salazar, Zawadzki 2.

Records: VASJ 24-4. Troy Christian 26-3.