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RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS
vol. 01 Issue 74 05.28.2015 PUBLISHED BY Wilson Photography
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Cover photo: Plainfield players elate in their come from behind sectional championship over Mooresville.
WHAT TO EXPECT
In this issue...
The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching. John Wooden
Ronnie’s Ramblings
Four Boys Track & field Sectional
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Tennis Sectional
Fourteen Baseball
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Correction: Page 12/13 of Issue #73, May 25, 2015 - Brownsburg’s Nassif Kouton is the sectional champion in the 400 M Dash.
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RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS
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by Ronnie Wilson
came across the following editorial reply last week and it voiced sentiments much more eloquently than I. I thought you might appreciate it. By Taylor Batten from the Charlotte Observer. I wrote a light blogpost last month about Mayor Dan Clodfelter proclaiming April 30 “Honesty Day” in Charlotte. Honesty Day, it turned out, is observed on that date nationwide. I noted a Wikipedia explanation of what it’s all about: “On this day, anyone participating may ask any question they choose and the opposing person should give a truthful and straightforward answer.” I invited readers to say what they would ask, and of whom. David Fry of Charlotte was among those who responded. “To: observer editors
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“Question? Why do you support such a liberal agenda? “Remember you’re supposed to answer honestly.” Well, rules are rules, so I suppose you deserve an honest answer for Honesty Day. Here goes: We believe that everyone is created equal. We believe that children should not bear responsibility for the sins of their parents. We believe that prevention is a heck of a lot cheaper than a cure. We believe people should not be treated as lesser citizens, with fewer rights, because of whom they love. We believe a thriving
city, state and nation rests to a great degree in the quality of its public schools, and that every child deserves a dedicated, dynamic teacher, regardless of what ZIP code that child lives in. We believe discrimination is wrong in every instance. We believe in consistency, so
if you are going to drug-test recipients of public assistance, drug-test them all, including the corporate chieftains who are the biggest beneficiaries. We believe that police officers should act professionally, under incredibly difficult circumstances, regardless of a suspect’s race. We believe taxes should be kept as low as possible while still providing a sound safety net for the neediest, a robust
education for all, decent health care for the elderly and the destitute, and other basics. We believe politicians of any party should keep their promises, avoid the appearance of personal gain from the public trust, and look out for the general welfare, not that of any one special interest. We believe there are people of worth beyond our tight circle and there are neighborhoods beyond our own, with different histories, perspectives and needs. We believe offenders have paid their price when their sentence is up and should be helped to assimilate back into society. And that that’s better for the community than neglecting them and watching them commit another crime. We believe there are peace-loving Muslims.
We do not believe President Obama was born in Kenya. We believe in the separation of church and state. We believe Moore Place, built with public and private money, and its housing-first approach is a model for how to help the chronically homeless. We believe Charlotte will need effective mass transit to handle its continually swelling population. We believe if you’re a fan of a politician solely because he has a ‘D’ or an ‘R’ after his name, then you’re not paying attention. We believe we have only one planet, and we should protect it for our grandchildren. If that earns us the label “liberal” in your eyes, Mr. Fry, so be it. We approach the issues of the day with an open mind and guided by those principles, not by blind devotion to any political party. And that’s the honest truth.
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Softball Sectional Photos by Ronnie Wilson
With this swing of the bat, Plainfield’s Abby Jones smashed a home run aga
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ainst Avon in sectional action. (Inset - Plainfield celebrates Jones home run.)
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Avon’s Haylie Foster makes the throw to first for an out against Plainfield in sectional action.
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Plainfield’s Kiah Ferrell strides toward home late to deliver a pitch against Avon in sectional play.
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Avon’s Mackenzi Nyland makes a throw to first in sectional play against Plainfield.
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Plainfield’s Shelby Baker makes a throw from short-stop to first in sectional action against Avon.
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Avon’s Monica Carter positions herself to make the catch for an out against Plainfield in sectional action.
Plainfield’s Makayla Hettich makes a throw to first against Avon during sectional play,
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Brownsburg’s Lindsey Stahl tracts the ball to make a catch for an out in sectional action against Mooresville.
Brownsburg’s Taylor Mendenhall makes a throw to first in sectional play against Mooresville.
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Brownsburg’s Elissa Brown makes a throw to first in sectional action against Mooresville.
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Cascade’s Brenna Sallee made the catch for an out against Monrovia in sectional play.
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Cascade’s Makayla Collier makes a diving catch
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for an out against Monrovia in sectional action.
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Danville’s Haliegh Kelly makes a catch for an out in sectional play against Greencastle.
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Cascade’s Casey Bell makes a leaping catch for an out against Monrovia in sectional action.
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Danville’s Olivia Frye dives back to third base safely under
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pressure from the Greencastle defense in sectional action.
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1 - Danville’s Keara Schroder makes a diving stop, going to her right, of the ball at shortstop...
3 - ...transitions the ball from her glove to her throwing hand...
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5 - ...releases her throw...
2 - ...begins to roll with her momentum...
4 - finds her target at third base...
4 - ...and waits for the results of her efforts in sectional action against Greencastle..
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Tri-West’s Lizzie Meyer makes a catch for an out against Beech Grove in sectional play.
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Tri-West’s Morgan Forrest looks to her coach for the pitch signal to relay to the pitcher in sectional action against Beech Grove.
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Tri-West’s Abigail Hogan dives back safely to thi
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ird base in sectional action against Beech Grove.
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Tri-West’s Kenna Ross set to make a throw to first base for an out against Beech Grove in sectional play.
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Plainfield’s varsity softball team displays both their exuberant and controlled sides.
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Plainfield’s Abby Jones was responsible for both of the Lady Quakers leads during the sectional championship game against Mooresville. A first inning RBI hit and a solo home run in the 10th inning .
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Due to the gusting wind, Plainfield’s Ashton Gibson had to make an last instant adjustment to make this catch for an out in sectional championship play against Mooresville.
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Plainfield’s Kiah Ferrell smacks game tying RBI hit in the top of the seventy inning to send the sectional championship game against Mooresville into possible extra innings.
Plainfield celebrates holding Mooresville scoreless in the bottom of the seventh inning to send the game into extra innings.
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Plainfield’s Shelby Baker makes a throw to first for an out against Moroesville in sectional championship action.
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Plainfield’s Darien Garrigus makes a running back-handed catch for an out in sectional championship play against Moroesville.
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After fielding the bunt, Plainfield’s Ashlee Gibson makes the throw to first for the out against Mooresville in suctional championship action.
Plainfield’s Erica Collyer makes the soft toss to first for an out in sectional championship play against Moroesville.
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Plainfield’s Makayla Hettich has control of the ball and is touching home plate to make the force out and end a potential Mooresville scoring threat in sectional companionship action.
County Results Softball
Tennis
Track & Field
Regional Results Postponed due to weather
Girls Regional Results
Avon - Leads Brebeuf 2 - 0..
Avon - Is the regional cham-
pion. Diamond Mitchell is the Long Jump champion. Teodora Simion and Kaylin Brownsburg - Lost to Taylor Nicholson is the 1600 M Venezia won both of their Mooresville, 7 - 2. matches prior to the postpone- run champion. Cascade - Lost to Monrovia, ment. Brownsburg - Finished 4 - 2. 11th. Danville - Defeated GreenGolf Cascade castle, 6 - 3. Danville -Finished 5th in the Danville Plainfield - Defeated Avon, Sagamore Conference Match. Plainfield - Finished 9th. 3 - 0. Tri-West - Finished 7th Samantha Woodford is the 8-Defeated Terre Haute South, in the Sagamore Conference M run Champion. 5 - 4. Match. Tri-West - Finished 18th. Defeated Mooresville. 3 - 2 in 10 innings for the sectional championship. Tri-West - Defeated Indian Creek, 7 - 0. Defeated Beech Grove, 10 - 0.
Sectional Results
Baseball Sectional Results
Brownsburg - De-
feated Avon, 10 - 9. The winning pitcher was Jackson McGowan.
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PUBLISHED BY Wilson Photography
RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS vol. 01 Issue 74 05.28.2015
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