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Tri-West’s Jake Hendershot powers forward in semi-state championship action against
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by ronnie wilson
read a news story last week that gave me pause. Actually, it irritated me. A federal judge in North Carolina rendered a decision that several locals considered to be erroneous. They spewed their vitriol and disgust by accusing the judge of not applying appropriate Christian beliefs and fundamentals to his ruling. News flash - that is the way secular laws are to be interpreted. Unless, of course, you live in one of the middle east countries where all laws, regulations, behavior and thinking, secular and non-secular, is controlled and mandated by a “omnipotent� clergy and violations can easily be punished by death. If this specific judge, and any others like him regardless of what U.S. Court district they serve, and the judicial decisions that they render, are influenced in any way by religion...then they have no business serving as a judge. The role of a U.S. Judge, regardless of the court they serve, is to fairly and impartially uphold the laws of their given district. There is not a single judge in the U.S. whose job is to interject his/her or any religious dictate or tenet into any of their court decisions. I do not want my government
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making decisions about how I will live my life and interact with others based on religious doctrine. I am not saying religion is a bad thing for some, but it has no business trumping secular law. I am old enough to remember the presidential primary of John Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Kennedy was a Catholic. Much of the uproar from Nixon supporters was that if elected, Kennedy would take his instructions from the Pope. Ultimately, we would be governed/ruled by pontifical fiat not a definite separation of church and state. I wonder where that outrage is now that there is such a loud vehemence toward government action that is not in accord with one or the other religious dictates. From fearing religious control to insisting on it, We are a curious country. I am sitting here trying to find a subject on which to expound, unsuccess-
fully. As is frequently the case, I am playing some music on my large, bulky, antiquated six-CD rotation CD player, with four big-box speakers appropriately distributed around the room. When I increase the volume, I can actually feel the music, OK, the vibrations, but this is the way music is supposed to be experienced. Walking around with multi-millions of songs on a tine electronic device, listening through ear-buds is just wrong. If I were a true purist, I would say the only method to really enjoy music is live. There is some
truth to that. Unrecorded, live music includes nuances unattainable by any recording method, including OLD vinyl pressed records, reel-toreel tape, 8-track tape, cassettes and today’s digital products. Each of those methods has concrete recording limitations, the grooves in the record can be only so deep/wide/ shallow/frequent/infrequent; tape is limited to the amount and quality of the magnetization and digital has very definitive, distinctive and definite boundaries (the recording bit is either a 1 (one) or a 0 (zero), it cannot be 1.5 or 0.3 or anything between 0 and 1. The tonal differences of live music are infinite, recordings are finite. I must concede most of those infinitesimal tonal differences are imperceptible my most humans, but that does not make it any the less superior to recorded music.
This whole music tirade was intended to relate my tremendous infinity for, as Bob Seger would sing, “...I want that old time rock and roll... today’s music ain’t got no soul..” I could not have said it better. I am aware each generation believes its “time” is superior to any previous or and after, but today’s noise, I mean music, is more flash and glitz rather than substance. Before you call and complain about the following, please keep in mind it is a joke. The depiction of the butt of the joke is no worse than many of its ilk seen on television. The joke John and Mary want to determine what the most popular favorite color is of their fellow sophomore classmates. Mary decides to poll 30 of her classmates; John will poll 150 of them. Why does John tell Mary his results will be more accurate? Ans - Because John is male. The following are supposedly the actual questions and creative answers from a student exam. 1 - In which battle did Napoleon die? Ans - His last one. 2 - Where was the Declaration Of Independence signed? Ans - At the bot-
tom of the page. 3 - The river Ravi flows into which state? Ans - Liquid. 4 - What is the main reason for divorce? Ans - Marriage. 5 - What is the main reason for exams? Ans - Failure. 6 - What can you never eat for breakfast? Ans - Lunch and dinner. 7 - What looks like half an apple? Ans - The other half. 8 - If you threw a red stone into the Blue Sea, what would it become? Ans - A wet stone. 9 - How can a man go eight days without sleeping? Ans - Easily, sleep at night. 10 - If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and three apples and four oranges in the other hand, what would you have? Ans - Very large hands. 11 - How can you lift an elephant with one hand? Ans - You can never lift an elephant that has one hand. 12 - If it took eight men 10 hours to build a brick wall, how long would it take four men? Ans - Zero time, the wall was already built. 13 - How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without breaking it? Ans - Any way you want, Because a concrete floor is very hard to crack. It is reported the student received and “A” for creativity and an “F” as recorded grade.
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Football
Photos by Caitlin O’Hara dubois County Herald
Tri-West’s Casey Coll sprints away from a Heritage Hills defender in semi-state championship action.
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Tri-West’s Wesley Cook drives passed and into Heritage Hills defenders in semi-state championship action.
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Tri-West’s Kyle Rose in semi-state championship action against Heritage Hills.
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Basketball Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Danville’s Cami Collins splits Cascade defenders to get to the basket.
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Cascade’s Alexis Gross challenges the Danville defense.
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Danville’s Ashlyn Sims at Cascade.
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County Results
Basketball - Girls
Avon - Defeated Zionsville, 48 - 42.
Brownsburg - Lost to Mooresville, 64 - 53. Devin Tri-West - Defeated Heritage Courtney and Riley Olmstead Hills, 14 - 6. Jake Hendershot led the Lady Bulldogs scoring led the Bruins with 78 yards with 12 points each. rushing on 17 carries. He also Danville - Defeated Cascade, completed 13 of 20 passes (with one interception) for 174 53 - 40. Maleha Motter paced yards. Colton Jobe added 47 the Lady Warriors scoring with yards on the ground on eight 18 points, she also garnered Teammate carries. Wesley Cook aver- nine rebounds. aged just over 6 yards per car- Nicki Kiefer tallied 14 points, ry on six rushes for 37 yards. including three of four from Casey Coll caught five passes behind the 3-point arc. Cami for 65 yards. Jobe had one re- Collins recorded six steals, six ception for 51 yards. Peyton rebounds and a blocked shot. Hendershot caught four aeri- For Cascade, Makayla Collier als for 34 yards. Tri-West fum- led the scoring with 13 points. bled away the ball on its first Teammate Emelia Bryant talpossession, but the defense lied 10 points. held, stopping Heritage Hills Defeated Beech Grove, 66 on the Bruin 31, and the of- 59. Danville’s Maleha Motter fense went to work culminating led all scorers with 22 points a 69 yard drive with a five yard and grabbed 13 rebounds.. AlTD run by Cook. Tri-West’s lie Lake counted 12 markers. second score came in the sec- Nicki Kiefer added 10 points. ond period with a 51-yard TD pass from Jake Hendershot to Plainfield - Defeated RushJobe. The Bruins held Heri- ville, 62 - 45. tage Hills to a paltry 26 yards on the ground on 21 carries. Heritage Hills did not score un- Begins this week. til late in the fourth quarter and the failed PAT all but secured the win for Tri-West. Boys Tri-West will play Andrean Begins this week. November 29 at 3:30 p.m. at Lucas Oil Stadium
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Basketball - Boys
Swimming/Diving
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Danville’s Maleha Motter goes strong to the basket against Cascade.
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Cascade’s Makayla Collier drives to the basket versus Danville.
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Cascade’s Bayleigh Walker takes control of the ball after stripping it from Danville’s Maleha Motter.
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Danville’s Allie Lake releases a long down-court pass against Cascade.
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Danville;’s Nicki Kiefer releases a pass as she tumbles to the floor against Cascade.
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Danville’s Maleha Motter and Cascade’s Makayla Collier battle for a loose ball at Cascade.
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Danville’s Robin Ford releases and connects on a trey against Cascade.
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Cascade’s Casey Bell versus Danville.
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