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Danville’s Luke Callahan scores against Cascade.
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hristmas time trivia... In much earlier times a winter festival was traditionally the most popular festival of the year in many cultures, in part because there was less agricultural work to be done during the winter. From a Christian perspective, Easter was the most significant feast in the church calendar. Christmas was considered less significant, and the early church opposed the celebration of birthdays of church members. The prominence of Christmas in modern times may reflect the continuing influence of the winter festival tradition. The Romans held a festival on December 25 called Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, “the birthday of the unconquered sun.” The use of the title Sol Invictus allowed several solar deities to be worshipped collectively, including Elah-Gabal, a Syrian sun god; Sol, the god of Emperor Aurelian (AD 270-274); and Mithras, a soldiers’ god of Persian origin. Emperor Elagabalus (218-222) introduced
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the festival, and it reached the height of its popularity under Aurelian, who promoted it as an empire-wide holiday. December 25 was also considered to be the date of the winter solstice, which the Romans called bruma. It was therefore the day the Sun proved itself to be “unconquered” despite the shortening of daylight hours. (When Julius Caesar introduced the Julian Calendar in 45 BC, December 25 was approximately the date of the solstice. In modern times, the solstice falls on December 21 or 22.) The Sol Invictus festival has a “strong claim on the responsibility” for the date of Christmas, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia. Solar symbolism was popular with early
Christian writers as Jesus was considered to be the “sun of righteousness.” Pagan Scandinavia and England celebrated a winter festival called Yule in the late December to early January period on a date determined by a lunar calendar. With the coming of Christianity and the adoption of the Julian calendar, Christmas was placed
on December 25 in order to correspond with Yule. Christmas, a minor Christian festival in the Early Middle Ages, owes much of its popularity and character to Yule. The twelve-day celebration characteristic of Medieval Christmas may have originated with the twelve-day Yule celebration. Pagan Yule traditions survive in the form of the Yule log. In England, Yule was the common name for Christmas in Medieval times. Jul (Jol) is still the common name for the holiday in Scandinavia. It is unknown exactly when or how December 25 became associated with Jesus’ birth. The
New Testament does not give a specific date. Several scholars have suggested that Sextus Julius Africanus gave this date in Chronografiai, a now lost reference book for Christians written in AD 221. This date is nine months after the traditional date of the Incarnation (March 25), now celebrated as the Feast of the Annunciation. March 25 was also considered to be the date of the vernal equinox and therefore the creation of Adam. Early Christians believed March 25 was also the date Jesus was crucified. The Christian idea that Jesus was conceived on the same date that he died on the cross is consistent with a Jewish belief that a prophet lived an integral number of years.+++ The identification of the birthdate of Jesus did not at first inspire feasting or celebration. Tertullian does not mention it as a major feast day in the Church of Roman Africa. In 245, the theologian Origen de-
nounced the idea of celebrating Jesus’ birthday “as if he were a king pharaoh.” He contended that only sinners, not saints, celebrated their birthdays. The earliest reference to the celebration of Christmas is in the Calendar of Filocalus, an illuminated manuscript compiled in Rome in 354. In the east, meanwhile, Christians celebrated the birth of Jesus as part of Epiphany (January 6), although this festival focused on the baptism of Jesus. Christmas was promoted in the east as part of the revival of Catholicism following the death of the pro-Arian Emperor Valens at the Battle of Adrianople in 378. The feast was introduced to Constantinople in 379, to Antioch in about 380, and to Alexandria in about 430. Christmas was especially controversial in 4th century Constantinople, being the “fortress of Arianism,” as Edward Gibbon described it. The feast disappeared after Gregory of Nazianzus resigned as bishop in 381, although it was reintroduced by John Chrysostom in about 400. BTW - It is a good thing running for president is not an IQ test, per Rick Perry - He would fail.
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Swimming/ Divng Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Danville’s Isabelle Mitchell swims the Breaststroke portion of the 200 Medley Relay versus Cascade.
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Cascade’s Alexis Brown swims the backstroke portion of the 200 Medley Relay at Danville.
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Cascade’s Caleb Needham swims the butterfly portion of the 200 Medley Relay at Danville.
Cascade’s Hayley Rosales swims the backstroke portion of the 200 Individual Medley at Danville.
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Danville’s Heather Carman swims the 200 Freestyle versus Cascade.
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Danville’s Deveon Berg makes the turn for the last leg of the 100 Butterfly versus Cascade.
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Danville’s Sydney Elliot swims th
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he 100 Butterfly versus Cascade.
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Cascade’s Griffin Crum swims the 200 Freestyle at Danville.
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Danville’s Zach Saito swims the breaststroke portion of the 200 Medley Relay versus Cascade.
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Wrestling Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Brownsburg’s CJ Damler defeated Avon’s Anthony Pedroza, 6 - 2 at 152#.
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Avon’s Bailey Chatterton defeated Brownsburg’s Ryan Bigelow, 2 - 1 at 126#.
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Brownsburg’s Brayton Lee defeated Avon’s Caleb Loman by fall at 132#.
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Avon’s Quinton Harris defeated Brownsburg’s Sevon Canto, 8 - 6 at 138#.
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Danville’s Hannah Newby spells defense ...S-W-A-T... versus Southmont.
Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Girls Basketball
Danville’s Maleha Motter leads the fast break versus Southmont.
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Danville’s Allie Lake versus Southmont.
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Danville’s Nicki Keifer makes a steal versus Southmont.
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Danville’s Addie Collier versus Southmont.
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Tri-West’s Matt Wilson versus Frankfort.
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Tri-West’s Austin Brown versus Frankfort.
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Tri-West’s Trevor Waite versus Frankfort.
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Tri-West’s Connor Miller versus Frankfort.
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Danville’s Jacob Fulton at Cascade.
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Cascade’s Dalton Dubois versus Dannville.
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County Results Basketball - Girls
Putnam, 56 - 38.. Dalton Dubois led the Cadet scoring with 16 points, including 4-of-4 from outside of the arc. Teammate Schuyler Hart also scored in double figures with 12 points. Danville - Defeated Southmont, 84 - 26. Luke Callahan tallied a game-high 21 points. Defeated Cascade, 63 - 35.. Plainfield - Lost to Martinsville, 58 - 36. Quaker Nathan Mills scored a team-high 15 points. Lost to Batesville, 54 - 26. Tri-West - Defeated Frankfort, 80 - 55. Bruin Trevor Waite scored a game-high 22 points. Defeated Cardinal Ritter, 92 - 72. Trevor Waite paced the Bruin scoring with 25 points.
Avon - Lost to Hamilton SE, 42 - 25. Brownsburg - Defeated Carmel, 56 - 51 (2OT). Lady Bulldog Reiley Olmstead tallied 18 points on the night. Teammate Zhane Roper counted 14 markers. Aliyah Walker amassed 26 rebounds, 23 defensive and three offensive. Cascade - Defeated South Putnam, 61 - 49. Danville - Defeated Southmont, 66 - 25. Lady Warrior Maleha Motter recorded a Swimming/ double-double with a gameDiving high 24 points and 12 rebounds.. Teammate Allie Lake counted Brownsburg - Girls - Lost to 16 points, including three of five Westfield, 118 - 67.: Boys lost to Westfield, 110 - 76. from outside of the arc. Plainfield - Defeated Batesville, 65 - 55. Wrestling Avon - Defeated Brownsburg, Basketball - Boys 28 - 26. Match results are: Brownsburg - Defeated Leba- 106: Mason Miranda (AHS) denon, 62 - 56. KJ Walton Led feated Ty Mills (BHS) (Decision the Bulldog scoring with 17 3-0). 113: Nick Weaver (BHS) defeatpoints. Cascade - Defeated South ed Nick Boodt (AHS) (Technical Fall 22-6 1:25).
120: Jacob Skaggs (AHS) defeated Blake Mulkey (BHS) (Decision 9-6). 126: Bailey Chatterton (AHS) defeated Ryan Bigelow (BHS) (TB-1 2-1). 132: Brayton Lee (BHS) defeated Caleb Loman (AHS) (Fall 0:17) 138: Quinn Harris (AHS) defeated Sevon Canto (BHS) (Decision 8-6). 145: Troy Owen (BHS) defeated Keaton Fainter (AHS) (Decision 7-6). 152: CJ Damler (BHS) defeated Anthony Pedroza (AHS) (Decision 6-2). 160: Brandon Gay (BHS) defeated Marcus Miranda (AHS) (Decision 6-2). 170: Brendon Helm (AHS) defeated Nathan Walton (BHS) (Fall 0:53). 182: Evan Elmore (AHS) defeated Seth Bronger (BHS) (Decision 11-4). 195: Isaac McCormick (BHS) defeated Levi Hawk (AHS) (Fall 1:03). 220: Gunnar Larson (AHS) defeated Riley Peterson (BHS) (Major Decision 12-1). 285: Brett Henson (AHS) defeated Zach Harlan (BHS) (Decision 1-0). Brownsburg - Won the Eagle Invitational (Zionsville Tourney).
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Danville’s Ryan Clonc at Cascade.
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Danville’s Jake Elliot at Cascade.
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Cascade’s AJ Parsons versus Danville.
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Danville’s Jason Stone at the foul line at Cascade.
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