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RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS
Vol 02 Issue 40 05.02.2016 PUBLISHED BY Wilson Photography
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Cover photo: Avon’s Diamond Mitchell won three individual Girls events at the 2016 Hendricks County Track and field Meet: 100 Meter Dash, 200 Meter Dash and the Long Jump.
WHAT TO EXPECT
In this issue...
Ronnie’s Ramblings
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Golf
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track & Field
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softball
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Irony - thy name is...??
“Charlie Chaplin walk” contest… RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS and came in 20th. “Father of Traffic Safety” dictionary definition of irony William Eno invented the is: a situation or incident that stop sign, crosswalk, traffic is strange or humorous becircle, one-way street, and taxi cause things happen in a way stand—but never learned how that seems the diametrically to drive. of what is expected. When it The Cult Awareness Network comes to finding examples of (CAN), once a leading anti-cult the irony, life can prove to be hotline, is now owned by the stranger than fiction. To wit Church of Scientology. The most shoplifted book in Al Capone’s older brother was America is The Bible. a federal Prohibition agent. The founder of AA asked for The only losing basketball whiskey on his deathbed. coach in University of Kansas McDonalds’ own employee history is James Naismith—the health page warns against man who invented basketball eating McDonald’s burgers and in 1891. fries. Before 2012, the largest purEvery year ABC cuts down, chaser of kale in America was (reduces air time) of “A Charlie Pizza Hut. They used it as garBrown Christmas”; a movie nish around their salad bars. about the over-commercializaThe site where Julius Caesar tion of the holidays; to make was murdered, in 44 BC, is room for more commercials. now a no-kill animal shelter for Charlie Chaplin once entered a homeless cats.
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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, but refused to keep one in his study. He feared it would distract him from his work. According to researchers, duct tape should never be used for sealing ducts. Sweden’s famous Ice Hotel has a smoke detector. The first man to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel died after slipping on an orange peel. The inventor of “Liquid Paper”
was fired from her secretarial job for failing to white-out a mistake. The condition of not being able to pronounce the letter R is called… “Rhoticism.” Q-tips, which are bought primarily to clean inside ears, but are sold in boxes that expressly warn: “Do not insert inside the ear canal.” None of the song lyrics in Alanis Morissette’s song, “Ironic” are examples of irony. As Morissette herself allegedly said, “The irony of ‘Ironic’ is that it’s not an ironic song at all.”
was ,,,binding on Ronnie Wilson Some of you may recall last and their heirs, (I may be large August when I was in an auto enough to be more than one accident. I was rear-ended person, but I am a single entity, and suffered a concussion and I am not plural). Three, there some minor bumps and bruis- were a series of nouns listed es. All of those injuries seem in their plural form, but right to have remedied themselves. in the middle was a singular I mention that because it took noun, which should have been until last week for me to get plural as the others to make a final settlement offer from better sense and be gramthe insurance company of the matically correct. Finally there person who hit me. was a glaring typo; “... induceIt was not a bad offer and ment, or agreement hot herein I planned to accept it; until I expressed...” I believe the received the legal release form word “hot” should have been I was required to sign. I had “not”. When I brought these no problem with the intent of irregularities to the attention the release, but I had a few of the adjuster, his response, concerns on the language. paraphrased, was “That is My first concern was the re- what our legal department has lease statement referenced the approved and that is what we accident and damage to my use, take it or leave it.” vehicle as “alleged”. Alleged I took it. means unproven. There was It would seem to me a legal proof it occurred; the guy who document, which this is, should hit me admitted it, there were be correct and accurate in all several witnesses and the of its facets: apparently not to police documented it. Second, these legal experts. pronoun misusage, the phrase
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Golf Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Tri-West’s Derec Renback tees off at the ninth tee, ver
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rsus Monrovia, while teammate Logan Blake looks-on.
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Tri-West’s Colton Bitting follows the flight of his ball off of the ninth tea versus Monrovia.
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Avon’s Jack Florensic against Brownsburg and Lebanon.
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Brownsburg’s Luke Kelly was the Medalist carding a 73 versus Avon and Lebanon.
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Track & field Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Avon’s Keith Abramson and Zack Kleyn make the 2/3 leg exchange in the Boys 4 x 800 Relay Avon won the event.
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Avon’s Katrinia Hopkins is the 2016 county champion in the discus and the shot put.
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Plainfield’s Sam Olinger and Saige Woodford make the 2/3 leg exchange in the Girls 4 x 800 Relay. Plainfield won the event.
Brownsburg’s Courtney Stull is the county champion in the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles.
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Avon’s Diamond Mitchell is the 2016 Hendricks County champion in
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n the Girls 100 Meter Dash, the 200 Meter Dash and the Long Jump.
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Avon’s Brock King is the Boys Hendricks County Shot Put champion and finished 2nd in the Discus.
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Brownsburg’s Devin Humes is the 2016 Hendricks County Boys Discus champion.
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Brownsburg’s Eli Johnson is the 2016 Hendricks County Boys High Jump champion.
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Cascade’s Isaac Guerendo is the 2016 Hendricks County Boys 100 meter Dash and Long Jump champion.
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Softball Photos by Ronnie Wilson
1 - Danville’s Kaiti Skinner awaits the ball as Tri-West’s Emily Hogan approaches...
2 - ...Skinner rotates to be in position to make the tag and Hogan begins her slide...
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3 - ...Skinner makes the tag for an out as Hogan extends and attempts to get under the tag...
4 ...after making the tag for the out, Skinner looks for another play.
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After going to the dirt to make a defensive stop, Tri-West’s Mackenzie Miller makes a throw to first for an out versus Danville.
Danville’s Cassidy Tewes rips a base hit to left field against Tri-West.
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Danville’s Lyndsie Hasty slides safely around t
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the attempted tag by Tri-West’s Emma Meyer.
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Danville’s Kendall Starzman makes a throw to first for an out
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t against Tri-West as her teammates watch the play develop.
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Tri-West’s Kenna Ross powers a stand-up double to left-center field versus Danville.
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Track & Field
2016 County Tourney Event Champions Girls
Boys
Diamond Mitchell - AHS Diamond Mitchell - AHS Katy Smith - AHS Taylor Nicholson - AHS Taylor Nicholson - AHS Kate Bernicke - AHS Courtney Stull - BHS Saige Woodford - PHS Aleja Culbreath, Diamond Mitchell, Stacie Shelton, Deija Springer - AHS Jordan Adam, Taylor Nicholson, Alyssa Phillips, Katy Smith - AHS Ella Kinninger, Saige Woodford, Sam Olinger, Anna Restivo - PHS Kyara Black - DCHS Diamond Mitchell- AHS Katrinia Hopkins - AHA Katrinia Hopkins - AHS Haley Albright - PHS
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Isaac Guerendo - CHS Tyler Kirtz - BHS Tyler Kirtz - BHS Jazz Briggs - AHS Marcus Fierek - BHS Daniel Gerber - DCHS
Jordan Peterson - AHS Jordan Peterson - AHS Darnell Tolliver, Jaban Carter, Nate Schaecher, Raphael Richardson AHS 4 x 400 Meter Relay - Zach Archer, Josh Brisco, Andrew Zoss, Jake Maple - PHS 4 x 800 Relay Jacob Woodrow, Zach Kleyn, Keith Abramson, Madison King - AHS High Jump Eli Johnson - BHS Long Jump Isaac Guerendo - CHS Shot Put Brock King - BHS Discus Throw Devin Humes - BHS Pole Vault Dillon Richard - AHS
Final Team Standings
Girls AHS - Champs PHS- 2nd
100 Meter Dash 200 Meter Dash 400 Meter Dash 800 Meter Run 1600 Meter Run 3200 Meter Run 100 Hurdles 110 Hurdles 300 Meter Hurdles 4 x 100 Relay -
BHS - 3rd TWHS - 4th
DCHS - 5th CHS - 6th
AHS - Champs BHS - 2nd
PHS - 3rd CHS - 4th
Boys DCHS - 5th TWHS - 6th
County Results Baseball
Brownsburg - Lost to
Brebeuf, 2-1. Lost to Westfield, 4-3, in 11 innings. Cascade - Defeated Cloverdale, 10-1. Plainfield - Defeated Greenwood, 5-0. Noah Lane was the wining ;pitcher, tossing a complete game and allowing only three hits. Jackson Blevins was 3 for 4 at the plate, including two doubles. Defeated Greenwood, 4-3. Ethan Greiner was the winning pitcher. Defeated Lebanon, 11-10. Daylan Nanny was the winning pitcher.
Tennis - Girls
Avon - Defeated Hamilton Southeastern 5-0. Defeated Nobelsville, 5-0. Lost to Jasper, 4-1.
Brownsburg - Defeated Zionsville, 5-0.
Danville - Defeated Southmont, 4-1.
Plainfield - Defeated
Mooresville, 4-1. Defeated Lawrence Central, 4-1.
Golf - Boys
Brownsburg - Defeated
Avon and Lebanon, 315-323-351. Brownsburg’s Luke Kelly was the Medalist, carding a 73 Cascade - Defeated Danville, 169-189. Cascade’s Jackson Franchville was the Medalist, carding a 37. Plainfield - Lost to Center Grove, 157-182.
Track & Field
6th at the Zionsville Invitational. Plainfield - Defeated Greenwood and Martinsville, 76-4942.
Softball
Avon - Defeated Cathedral,
8-1. Amy Mller was the winning pitcher. Paige Eichelberger was 2 for 2 at the plate, including two RBI’S Halle Morgan 2 for 2 at the plate, including three RBI’s. Defeated Fishers, 3-2.
Brownsburg - Lost to
Westfield, 6-3. Cascade - Defeated Cloverdale, 8-2.
County Tourney Results on Danville - Defeated Monrovia, 4-0. facing page.
Defeated Tri-West, 3-0 and 2-1, in a double-header. Avon - Finished 2nd at the Plainfield - Defeated Terre Zionsville Invitational. Haute south, 15-6. Abby Jones Brownsburg - Finished was the wining pitcher. Ashton Slone was 4 for 5 at the 6th at the Zionsville invitaplate. tional. Plainfield - Defeated Green- Defeated Greenwood, 8-5. wood and Martinsville, 96-47- Kiah Ferrell was the wining pitcher. Kendyl Wheeler was 24. 3 for 3 at the plate, including Boys two doubles. Defeated Greenwood, 13-3. Avon - Finished 2nd at the Erica Turpin was the winning Zionsville Invitational. pitcher. Brownsburg - Finished
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