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Cowgirls using weekend struggles as a key lesson for rest of season

pointed in our first 20 minutes,” Carmichael said. “I thought Missouri State came out really hungry and we didn’t match their intensity and we got punished for it.”

Intensity didn’t show up until it was too late, but the young Cowgirl team is using it as a lesson for the rest of the season.

One thing OSU coach Colin Carmichael learned about his team during Sunday’s 2-1 loss at Missouri State is the team needs to push to raise the intensity – something Carmichael said the Cowgirls lacked at the start of the match.

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Missouri State scored early in the match and OSU never was able to push back into the match until it was too late. OSU forward Logan Heasuler scored in the 78th minute, but 12 minutes prior, MSU scored its second goal.

The team was on a high through the weekend after defeating Stephen F. Austin 4-0 on Thursday, but Sunday’s match was more of a wake-up call for the Cowgirls. The team agreed it needs to come out stronger.

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Turtles’ Time to Shine

Mutant Mayhem Rebranded

Rogen’s latest venture as producer, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” a film that takes the iconic franchise to new heights, or rather, depths.

From the murky sewers to the bright lights of Manhattan, Seth Rogen’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” is a shellshocking adventure that brings the ‘teenage’ back to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, complete with a breathtaking animation style and a fresh take on the beloved franchise.

In the heart of New York City, a quartet of unlikely heroes emerges from the shadows of the sewers. And they’re not your typical teenagers.

This is the premise of Seth

The film follows the journey of the turtle brothers, who, after years of living in seclusion of the city’s sewers, decide to venture out into the world above ground. Their goal? To win the hearts of New Yorkers and to be accepted as normal teenagers. It’s a tall order for four mutant turtles, but with their new friend, April O’Neil, by their side, they’re ready to take on the challenge.

Rogen, known for his comedic genius and aptly self-proclaimed

title of “Permanent Teenager,” brings a fresh perspective to the iconic franchise.

The turtles in this adaptation are not just crime-fighting mutants, they’re authentic teenagers, complete with humor, angst and brotherhood that comes with the territory. This emphasis on the ‘teenage’ aspect of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles adds a layer of relatability for children that has been missing from previous iterations of the turtles.

The film’s animation style is nothing short of breathtaking.

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Cowgirl tennis announces 2023 fall schedule

12 semifinals last season and made it to the NCAA Tournament, where they eliminated in the second round. Ayumi Miyamoto, a fifth-year senior is back after making the NCAA Individual Championships in doubles with sophomore Raquel Gonzalez.

The Cowgirls will have new faces on the roster in LSU transfers Anastasiya Komar and Safiya Carrington, both All-SEC players.

2023 Cowgirl tennis fall schedule

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OSU announces 2023 Cowgirl golf schedule

Braden Bush Sports Editor

The two-time defending Big 12 champion Cowgirl golf team’s schedule is set. OSU will play 10 regular season events, beginning with the Carmel Cup in Pebble Beach, California, from Sept. 1-3. “We are very excited about this year’s schedule,” OSU coach

Greg Robertson said. “Our team will have the opportunity to compete from coast to coast on some of the nation’s best golf courses against some of the top teams in college golf.”

The Cowgirls finished 11th in last season’s NCAA Championship and won their 11th Big 12 title. Clemence Martin finished third individually at the conference tournament, and Maddison HinsonTolchard earned the individual title. HinsonTolchard was also a solo fourth-place finisher at nationals.

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2023 Cowgirl golf schedule

Sep. 1-3: Carmel Cup (Pebble Beach, California)

Sep. 23-25: Schooner Fall Classic (Norman)

Oct. 9-10: Illini Women’s Invitational (Medinah, Illinois)

Oct. 22-23: Jim West Challenge (San Marcos, Texas)

Feb. 4-6: Puerto Rico Classic (Rio Grande, Puerto Rico)

Feb. 26-27: ICON Invitational (Humble, Texas)

March 9-10: Valspar Augusta Invitational (Augusta, Georgia)

March 28-30: PING/ASU Invitational (Phoenix, Arizona)

April 8–9: Match Play at the Jimmie (Norman)

April 18-20: Big 12 Championship (Hockley, Texas)

May 6-8: NCAA Regionals (TBA)

May 17-22: NCAA Championship (Carlsbad, California)

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The Cowgirl golf team opens its season Sept. 1 at the Carmel Cup at Pebble Beach.

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“I think seeing how we played was really disappointing,” Heausler said. “I think our fight back was really good. Yes, we should’ve scored more. We should’ve had more chances, but I think if we fought like we did in the second half from the beginning, we would have easily beat them.”

Carmichael welcomed a recenthigh in freshmen and transfers with 13.

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It will take time for these new players to mesh and gel with the returners. These things happen.

Carmichael said the loss showed the team there cannot be any lack of slack during the game because if there is, another loss like Sunday’s will occur.

“The hope is with these young players is that they can learn from is

that travel games are difficult and it doesn’t matter the opponent,” Carmichael said. “And then the fact that you’ve got to get up for every game. If you don’t show up in a division one soccer game for 20 minutes, you get punished. So I’m OK with the result as long as our kids learn from it and get better.”

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OSU forward Logan Heausler said she felt the Cowgirls could’ve won the match if they played more like the ending than the beginning.

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OSU coach Colin Carmichael said he can live with losses and tough games if his young team learns from it and uses it to get better.

Trump’s rivals hope for a breakout moment in first GOP debate

Greg Bluestein The Atlanta JournalConstitution

MILWAUKEE — Some Donald Trump rivals have tiptoed around the former president’s legal peril. Others have been outspoken defenders. A few say his effort to overturn the 2020 election will guarantee a Democratic victory next year.

Trump won’t be on the stage for Wednesday’s debate in Milwaukee, organized by the Republican National Committee and hosted by Fox News. But the two-hour showdown will present his opponents with a moment before millions of viewers to prove they’re the best choice to take on President Joe Biden next year.

The 91 charges leveled against Trump in four jurisdictions, including the sprawling indictment unveiled last week in Fulton County, will be inescapable. Fox anchor Martha MacCallum, a moderator of the debate, said candidates won’t be able to avoid questions about the legal charges.

“It’s a huge story,” MacCallum said. “In any debate environment, you’re always going to make sure you’re hitting the news of the day. It’s really also a deciding factor in voters’ minds.”

Several hopefuls will prefer to talk about anything but the indictments, wary of alienating the former president’s supporters and playing into his narrative of a corrupt justice system bent on stopping his comeback. Others see the felony charges as a crystallizing moment in the campaign.

“If I had his record, I’d be nervous about showing up, too,” former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said in Atlanta this weekend. “By Wednesday, he’s going to be out on bail in four jurisdictions. When are we going to stop thinking that’s normal?”

Trump won’t be out of mind. He’s set to release a prerecorded interview with former Fox host Tucker Carlson as his rivals scrap with one another. And hours after the contenders leave the stage, the former president is set to surrender to authorities at the Fulton County Jail.

He’ll also have supporters in Milwaukee to promote his campaign, including U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome.

Here’s what to watch: DeSantis pile-on

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to prove the primary is a two-man race, even though he’s polling a distant second to Trump, his campaign has endured a string of shakeups, donors are worried and he’s facing increasing pressure from White House wannabes closer to the bottom of the pack.

DeSantis advisers expect the other seven contenders to try to turn the debate into a “dog-pile on Ron” by attacking the governor to generate buzz and attract donors. His campaign indicated he may not punch back but will instead focus on electability and “his vision to beat Joe Biden.”

But that won’t stop lesser-polling candidates such as Christie and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy from trying to make up ground against the Florida governor. Christie said DeSantis should “get the hell out of the race” if he defends Trump. Ramaswamy called him “another career politician.”

The debate could be an inflection point for DeSantis, who is facing pressure from both donors and activists to prove he’s a viable 2024 contender.

The Pence factor

Former Vice President Mike Pence was banking on a face-off with his former political boss to gain traction, telling an audience in Atlanta that he’s “debated Donald Trump a thou-

sand times — just not in front of the cameras.”

Without Trump on stage, Pence must seek other ways to differentiate himself from other conservatives, including some who contend he betrayed the former president when he refused to illegally overturn Biden’s victory on Jan. 6, 2021.

Stuck in single digits in the polls, Pence has recently taken an edgier approach. He seconded Gov. Brian Kemp’s recent rebuke of Trump’s lies about a “rigged” election, saying the 2020 vote “was not stolen.” And he now says Trump is no longer fit for office.

“Anyone who puts themselves over the Constitution should never be president,” he said.

Breakthrough moments?

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott hasn’t successfully wooed great numbers of Republicans to his punchy yet optimistic vision for the GOP future and refusal to mix it up with his rivals. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s attempt to carve out a lane of her own has faltered.

The two South Carolinians have different approaches as they try to rise above the field and convince donors they have a chance to win. Scott has frequently ducked chances to criticize Trump and other opponents, emphasizing the “happy” part of the “happy warrior” label he proudly wears.

He previewed his debate message in Atlanta this weekend, promising to help break the “Potomac fever” while avoiding any mention of Trump or other opponents.

“We elected the wrong guy,” Scott said. “It’s time to fire Joe Biden.”

Haley, meanwhile, may use the spotlight to showcase her foreign policy experience. She offered a hint of that strategy when she assailed Ramaswamy for saying he would roll back U.S. military aid to Israel.

“Vivek Ramaswamy is

completely wrong to call for ending America’s special bond with Israel,” she said. Maybe their one best shot

The little-known contenders are seeking big, splashy moments to keep their campaigns afloat.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum only qualified for the debate because he promised $20 gift cards to donors who helped him meet a crucial threshold.

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson promised supporters he’d take on Trump if he made it to the debate stage.

It’s not lost on either of them that the debate is their first — and perhaps only — chance to make a lasting impression on millions of voters. The RNC plans to impose stricter criteria to qualify for the Sept. 27 debate in California that includes registering at least 3% in key polls.

“We’re in a very different spot than everyone else on the stage because virtually everyone else has got 100% name recognition, and we’re a long

way from that,” Burgum said in a recent Politico podcast. “We’re at the other end of that spectrum.”

How to watch

The debate Wednesday at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee will be moderated by Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum and will be broadcast on Fox News and Fox News Audio from 9-11 p.m. Eastern time Fox Nation and Rumble will also offer a livestream.

Trump, the front-runner who faces criminal charges in four separate cases, including an indictment in Fulton County, has said he will not attend.

The candidates expected to participate, according to the Republican National Committee, include Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former Vice President Mike Pence, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina.

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Advisers to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expect the other seven contenders who will be on the stage at Wednesday night’s GOP debate to “dog-pile on Ron” by attacking him to generate buzz and attract donors.

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Reading is a great alternative as well. In the realm of literature, the possibilities are endless, taking your mind wherever you want it to go.

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gether with the people you love can be as easy as cooking together, playing a board game or even watching a movie. Whether you choose to seek activities through campus, discover new shops in Stillwater, immerse yourself in literature, spend the night in with friends or even ignore this article all together and head to the bars, the decision is yours.

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This 6-year-old boy just won a national mullet contest

Beatrice Forman The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA —

America’s most well-regarded mullet sits on the head of a 6-year-old slugger from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Rory Ehrlich — the soonto-be first grader from West Pottsgrove who asked his parents for permission to compete in the USA Mullet Championships — won the kid’s division this week by nearly 6,900 votes.

Ehrlich, who is referred to as the jorts-loving “Cheddar Whiz” on his mullet profile, earned more than 16,000 votes to clinch the top spot, according to competition founder and Michigan-based barber Kevin Begola. He beat out Ezekiel “Mr. Aloha Mullet” Arita of Hawaii and Luzerne County’s Kamden Cunningham, whose curly mullet was the result of an impromptu haircut from his older brother.

“I feel famous,” Rory told The Inquirer after waking up from a nap on Wednesday. “I’m never going to cut my hair off.”

Begola started the mullet championships in 2020 after watching beard competitions take off. In the kid’s division, Begola said Rory competed against around 900 children over four rounds to become America’s favorite pint-sized mullet.

Contestants are judged on the number of votes they receive, money raised for former Minnesota Viking defensive end Jared Allen’s charity Homes 4 Wounded Warriors, and style points awarded by judges. Fan votes are weighed the most, Begola said.

Rory’s mullet has “great flow,” said Begola, 43, who is part of the juding panel. “If Rory was older I could see him playing for an NFL team and taking off his helmet and whipping around. It’s cool.”

Rory’s mom, Airen Ehrlich, previously told The

Inquirer that her son’s commitment to the “business in the front, party in the back” lifestyle likely comes from his devotion to the Phillies. He asked his parents about the haircut after seeing video of pitchers such as Austin “Big Fudge” Davis and Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams throw strikes (and balls) with long tresses flowing out of their caps.

Ever since, Rory has been going to Sal’s Barbershop in Boyertown to maintain his mullet. When Ehrlich and her son found out they won the contest on Tuesday, they ran around the kitchen screaming, but the news still feels a bit surreal.

“I don’t think it’s really sunk in for us,” Ehrlich, 33, said on Wednesday. “I know

that sounds crazy because we’re talking about a mullet competition.

Begola said the mullet champions win $5,000 dollars and a pair of sunglasses. Many also go on to spend their crowning year making appearances at sporting events. Some winners have gone on to throw out first pitches or receive custom NHL jerseys, according to Begola.

Rory said he hoped to parlay his award-winning tresses into Flyers tickets or a meetand-greet with ultra-bearded Phillie Brandon Marsh.

As for the money, it’s going to an alpaca for his 7-yearold sister Emmaline.

“I’m going to name it Chelsea,” Emmaline said. A mullet for the people

Ehrlich said that Rory’s bid for best mullet on a youngster has rallied the community in unforeseen ways.

“Some people just aren’t open to mullets, so when we pushed out [the news], we were expecting it to be relatively negative,” Ehrlich. “It’s actually been so the opposite.”

The West Pottsgrove School District sent out an announcement about the voting, Ehrlich said, and Rory’s teachers have been excited for him. Philly’s overlapping sports fandoms have also been a surprising source of support, per Ehrlich: When she began posting about Rory’s mullet competition journey in Eagles and Phillies Facebook groups, fans were overwhelmingly receptive.

Since making it to the final round, Ehrlich said Rory has been recognized in public a few times, but his sister has been quick to humble him.

“To be actually famous, you need $2,000 and to know a lot of people,” is Emmaline’s common refrain, according to Ehrlich.

Begola said that Rory would receive an automatic bid to the top 25 if he chooses to defend his title next year, but competition is stiff: 2022 champion Emmitt Bailey came in twelfth.

Rory, however, isn’t too keen on returning. Why?

“I don’t want to do this many interviews again,” he said.

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Rory Ehrlich, beat out Ezekiel “Mr. Aloha Mullet” Arita of Hawaii and Luzerne County’s Kamden Cunningham, whose curly mullet was the result of an impromptu haircut from his older brother.

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the dazzling lights of Times Square. The turtles themselves are a marvel of animation, their movements are fluid and their expressions are emotive. It’s a visual feast that’s sure to captivate audiences.

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Drawing inspiration from the groundbreaking animation of “SpiderMan: Into The Spider-Verse,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” presents a unique visual experience that sets it apart from its predecessors. The cityscape of Manhattan is rendered in vivid detail, from the grimy, graffiti-covered walls of the sewers to

But it’s not all pizza and skateboarding for our heroes.

Mutant Mayhem” is more than just a film about an iconic franchise; it’s a celebration of adolescence, a tribute to friendship and brotherhood and a testament to the enduring appeal of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a franchise. It’s a shell of a good time, filled with laughs, action and plenty of heart.

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The turtles soon find themselves entangled in a battle against a mysterious crime syndicate. The action sequences are thrilling, the stakes are high and the turtles’ martial arts skills are put to the ultimate test.

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:

In the end, the turtles’ quest for acceptance is a journey we can all relate to in a sense. After all, isn’t that what being a teenager is all about? Navigating the complexities of life, finding your place in the world and realizing that it’s okay to be a little different.

And in the case of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a little different means being a pizza-loving, nunchakuswinging crime-fighting mutant. But at the end of the day, they’re just teenagers trying to find their way, one slice of pizza at a time. So, grab a slice, sit back and join the turtles on one of their most exciting adventures yet. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” is a shellshocking, heartwarming and ultimately an utterly unforgettable ride.

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To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most chal lenging.

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Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Creative collaboration thrives. Partnership grows stronger with the Sun in Virgo this month. Rely on each other for mutual benefit. Tackle fierce competition together.

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