Second national title gives BCC softball validation
BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Brookdale Community College’s softball team wore its No. 1 ranking well. The Jersey Blues, who were No. 1 in the preseason national polls and remained there throughout the season, completed their conquest of junior college Division III softball Saturday by winning their second national championship, beating Broome (N.Y.), 3-0, in the final played in Horseheads, N.Y. Coach Bo Scannapieco marveled at the way his team held up under the yearlong pressure. “Carrying No. 1 from the preseason right to the end was tough on the girls,” he said. “It was a heck of a burden on them. But it was an incentive for us. The girls saw teams celebrate during the season when they beat us, and it made them want it [the national championship] more.” There wasn’t a lot of celebrating by opposing teams as the Blues finished the season 49-8, including a perfect 9-0 in tournament play. “We played like No. 1,” Scannapieco said of his team’s nearly perfect performance at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Championship. “Give all the credit to the girls. They were hungry, smart and aggressive. They wanted it.” It would be hard to find anything the Blues did wrong last weekend in Horseheads. They made it seem easier than it was, marching through the tournament without a loss. They were the complete team they’ve been all year, excelling on the mound, defensively and with the bat. But the pitching was something to brag about. Cherise Maltais (Manalapan) and Elyse Papaianni (Manasquan) were more like Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale, holding teams to a combined two runs in four games. “They were dominant and we played great defense behind them,” Scannapieco said. “They were up for it. I think they benefited from last year’s experience [when BCC was sixth at the national tournament]. They pitched well then too.” Maltais gave a preview for what Jersey Blues’ opponents were up against in the first game of the tournament of May 19. She one-hit Dawson College (Mont.), striking out six and walking no one as Brookdale won, 5-0. Lynn Olender (Sayreville) was 4-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs. Erin Covell (Notre Dame) was 2-for-4 with an RBI. In the second game of the day, Papaianni and Brookdale beat Broome and Michelle Forsburg, the top pitcher in the country, 4-1, striking for three runs the top of the seventh. Jessica Williams (Central Regional) snapped the 1-1 tie in the top of the seventh with an RBI single. Kara Hertzke (Raritan) contributed an RBI ground out, and the third run scored on a wild pitch. Olender, the Blues’s lead-off hitter, was 3-for-4 and scored twice in the night-cap. She was 6-for-7 on the opening day and well on her way to winning her tournament Most Valuable Player award. Papaianni more than matched Forsburg, holding Broome to just three hits. Friday, Brookdale advanced to the national finals by beating the College of DuPage (Ill), 2-1, in the winner’s bracket final. Maltais was on the top of her game again, improving to 18-2 as she shut DuPage down on four hits while striking out seven. Olender started things off for BCC by smacking a lead-off home run in the last of the first. Before the inning was over Brookdale, extended the lead to 2-0 as Allyson Weinkofsky (Ocean) scored on Covell’s RBI grounder. Weinkofsky had reached base on a bunt single. Maltais made the two runs stand up as Brookdale was off to the final for the fourth time in eight years. By getting to Saturday undefeated in the double-elimination tournament, the Blues were in a great position. Broome had to play earlier in the day (beating DuPage) to advance to the final via the loser’s bracket. Broome then needed to beat Brookdale twice in order to win the national title in the double-elimination format. The Blues had Papaianni up in the first game with the security of Maltais on deck if a second game was needed. Broome had 32-game winner Forsburg and no one else. Papaianni matched Forsburg again. Although Forsburg was on the top of her game, holding Brookdale to just four hits, the Blues pushed three runs across the plate in the fourth inning when opportunity knocked. Two errors set the table for Brookdale. Forsburg was able to get two outs, but as has been the case all year, the Blues came up with the big hit. Sarah Flannery (Ocean) delivered a two-RBI single that platted Christen Cirello (Manalapan) and Leah Minnick (Middletown South), who had reached on errors. Olender brought home the third run of the inning on a single. “We had a lot of clutch hitting in the tournament,” Scannapieco said. “I had 17 players on the roster and all of the kids contributed.” Papaianni, who pitched a three-hitter, kept Broome off the scoreboard in the final three innings, picking up her 18th win of the season, and Brookdale had a second national title to go with its 2002 championship team. Scannapieco said two things stood out about the tournament. One, was beating Forsburg twice. The Blues followed the same script in both wins, having Papaianni keep the team in the game and striking when they had a chance. “We stayed close and when we got an opportunity, we took advantage of it,” he said. Second, Brookdale’s path to the championship was lined with the best teams in Horseheads. In their bracket, were three of the top four teams in the tournament, runner-up Broom and DuPage. For Scannapieco, the second national title will take Brookdale to another level. “When you win it a second time, it really validates your program nationally,” he said. From the time he first got a look at his team last fall, Scannapieco had a very good feeling about it. “We always have competitive teams here, and once in awhile you have one that is slightly better than normal,” he said. “We had balance. We had three pitchers, were good defensively and were balanced on offense with power and speed, and we had experience. All of that translates into a very fine team.” The finest in the land. Blues beat New York 
Businessman Gopaul Onkar Tiwari, of Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was on Tuesday jailed for 18 months by Magistrate Judy Latchman when he reappeared in court on charges of fraudulent conversion, false pretence, and conspiracy to commit a felony.The 48-year-old Tiwari decided to change his not-guilty pleas to guilty for three of the charges. The first charge stated on May 28, 2015, at Georgetown, being solely entrusted by Ghardarie Sewnarine with the sum of $10.4 million to pay the Deeds Registry, he fraudulently converted the sum to his own use and benefit.The second charge alleged that on the same day, at Georgetown with intent to defraud, he uttered to Sewnarine a false transport. While the third charge alleged that Tiwari conspired with persons known and unknown to forge a transport purporting to show same was issued by the Guyana Deeds Registry.Tiwari had earlier pleaded not guilty to the three charges and was granted $100,000 bail per charge. The 18-month sentence for each of these charges will run concurrently.He was also charged with unlawfully and maliciously discharging a loaded firearm at two Police Constables, with the intent to resist or prevent unlawful apprehension, on May 9, at Diamond, EBD. He was placed on $500,000 bail for each of these charges.
German rookie Folger produced a stunning ride for Yamaha’s satellite team to claim his maiden podium finish, as Marquez’s Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa came home in third.Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso went into the race at the top of the standings, but finished down in eighth place to slip to third overall.Marquez, who was fourth going into the day, now leads the championship by five points from Maverick Vinales, with Dovizioso a point further back in third.“I knew before the weekend that this was an important moment in the championship and that the Sachsenring was an important circuit for us,” Marquez said.“It was the place to take a risk if necessary and to try to win. So I’m happy we took these 25 points and the lead in the championship before the summer break.”Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi showed good form to back up his first win of the season last time out in Assen by finishing fifth behind Vinales, but the Italian still dropped to fourth overall.L-R: Yamaha’s Jonas Folger, Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez and Repsol Honda Team’s Dani Pedrosa celebrate on the podium at the Sachsenring Circuit on July 2, 2017 © AFP / Robert MICHAELFolger thrilled the home crowd in the opening stages by passing Pedrosa and Marquez to take a shock lead on his Yamaha Tech3 after qualifying in third.He maintained the lead for a few laps before Marquez retook control.The 24-year-old was made to work hard by Folger, but pulled away in the last two laps to win by 3.310 seconds.“I don’t know what to say. I never expected this. I was really strong and could follow Marc,” said Folger.“I burned the tyre. I couldn’t match him at the end. I thought I could beat him but two laps at the end the tyre was gone. I’m so happy.”Marquez, having taken his eighth straight Sachsenring pole on Saturday, has now won eight races in a row at the circuit across the three classes.With the season at its halfway stage, the five-time world champion is poised to claim his fourth MotoGP crown in just five years.But this is one of the tightest title races in history, with just 10 points separating leader Marquez from fourth-placed Rossi.Yamaha’s Rossi did well to make up four places having started from ninth on the grid, although he couldn’t find a way past his team-mate Vinales.“It was a difficult weekend, because we suffered a lot, like we had done at other tracks this year, but fortunately we were able to work better,” the 38-year-old said.“But still this fifth place is quite good, these are good points for the championship.”Ducati, who went five years without a podium finish in Germany until Dovizioso came third last season, struggled again and Dovizioso had to dig deep to hold off last year’s Moto2 champion Johann Zarco for eighth.0Shares0000(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) 0Shares0000Honda rider Marc Marquez celebrates after winning the German MotoGP at the Sachsenring circuit in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, on July 2, 2017 © AFP / ROBERT MICHAELHohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany, Jul 2 – Reigning world MotoGP champion Marc Marquez stormed to his eighth consecutive German Grand Prix win on Sunday to snatch the overall championship lead.The Spaniard held off a spirited challenge from home favourite Jonas Folger to claim his second win of the season after starting from pole position.
0Shares0000LONDON, April 19- Sunderland condemned Chelsea to their first home Premier League defeat under Jose Mourinho with a stunning 2-1 victory on Saturday that took Liverpool a step closer to the title.Chelsea were bidding to take over from Liverpool at the summit, but their loss to the league’s bottom club means that Brendan Rodgers’s side can now open up a five-point lead if they win at Norwich City on Sunday. Samuel Eto’o put Chelsea ahead after only 12 minutes, but Sunderland equalised quickly through Connor Wickham and claimed victory thanks to an 82nd-minute penalty from on-loan Liverpool striker Fabio Borini.Having held third-placed Manchester City to a 2-2 draw in midweek, Sunderland have emerged as this season’s kingmakers, and victory at Stamford Bridge gave their chances of avoiding relegation a sizeable boost.Gus Poyet’s side, who had previously gone nine games without a win, finished the day three points from safety and also have a game in hand to play.Chelsea took the lead in the 12th minute, Eto’o volleying in from Willian’s left-wing corner, but it took Sunderland only six minutes to draw level.Mark Schwarzer, deputising in goal for the unwell Petr Cech, spilled a long-range shot from Marcos Alonso and Wickham pounced to clip home the rebound.Chelsea’s response was not slow in coming and visiting goalkeeper Vito Mannone had to produce smart saves to thwart Branislav Ivanovic, Nemanja Matic, Mohamed Salah and Willian before half-time.Chelsea’s frustrations told when Ramires lashed out at Sebastian Larsson with his arm, catching the Sunderland midfielder in the face, but referee Mike Dean appeared not to see the incident.The Chelsea onslaught continued in the second half, with Eto’o curling just wide and substitute Demba Ba miscuing from Willian’s cut-back, but the goal would not come and there was worse to follow.In the 81st minute, Cesar Azpilicueta was penalised for sliding in on Jozy Altidore and Borini, a former Chelsea striker, calmly beat Schwarzer from the spot.It may prove to be the goal that delivers the title to Anfield and Chelsea’s anger was clear, with assistant coach Rui Faria needing to be restrained as he berated Dean.– Spurs halt Fulham charge –Earlier, Fulham squandered an opportunity to escape the Premier League relegation zone after going down 3-1 at London rivals Tottenham Hotspur.Felix Magath’s improving side had won their two previous games and they reacted impressively after falling behind to a close-range Paulinho strike in the 35th minute, with Steve Sidwell equalising almost immediately.However, second-half goals from Harry Kane and Younes Kaboul secured victory for Tim Sherwood’s Spurs, with Sidwell seeing a late penalty saved by Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.“If we had got any points here, it would have been an extra point for us,” said Fulham manager Magath, whose side ended the day two points from safety.“We have to win our home games and I think we can manage it.”Fulham slipped one place to 19th after Cardiff City moved above them on goal difference by drawing 1-1 at home to Stoke City.Marko Arnautovic gave Stoke the lead from the penalty spot in first-half injury time, but Peter Whittingham earned Cardiff a draw with a penalty of his own after Steven Nzonzi tripped Fraizer Campbell.Cardiff manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was unhappy about Stoke’s penalty, which was awarded for a foul on Peter Odemwingie by Kim Bo-kyung.“Stoke’s was not a penalty,” said the Norwegian. “All the players were incensed, but it was important we kept cool and tried to do the right things.”Elsewhere, an ice-cool stoppage-time penalty by Wilfried Bony gave Swansea City a 2-1 victory at Newcastle United that took the Welsh club six points clear of the relegation zone.Aston Villa spurned a chance to put clear daylight between themselves and the bottom three in a 0-0 draw at home to Southampton, while a 59th-minute Mile Jedinak penalty saw Crystal Palace win 1-0 at West Ham United.0Shares0000(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today)
West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic has revealed he is worries about his team and defensive displays after a 4-2 defeat to West Brom.The Hammers were blown away as ex-Tottenham Hotspur star Nacer Chadli claimed two goals and two assists in a superb performance at the Hawthorns.And even though Michail Antonio and Manuel Lanzini reduced the arrears in the Midlands, conceding another four goals has left the Croatian boss concerned.“I am worried about West Ham,” the despondent Bilic admitted.“If we continue to play like this defensively it’s going to be hard for us to win many games. It’s a problem.“It’s defending as a team. If you add individual mistakes it’s too much. We’ve conceded 13 goals from the start of the season.“I was angry and disappointed. I didn’t give up but I had all sorts of emotions.”
20 20 10 = Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough) has scored three goals – Alvaro Negredo is Boro’s highest scorer with five goals. 10 = Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) has scored three goals – Michail Antonio is the Hammers’ highest scorer with seven goals. 20 20 8 = Nacer Chadli (West Bromwich Albion) has scored four goals. – Salomon Rondon is the Baggies’ highest scorer with seven goals. 19 = Jeff Hendrick and Ashley Barnes (Burnley) have scored two goals each – scroll through the gallery to see who every Premier League club’s second highest scorer this season is – Sam Voles is the Clarets’ highest scorer with four goals. 10 = Troy Deeney (Watford) has scored three goals – Etienne Capoue is the Hornets’ highest scorer with five goals. 20 20 10 = Junior Stanislas and Nathan Ake (Bournemouth) have scored three goals each – Callum Wilson is the Cherries’ highest scorer with five goals. 20 20 10 = Nathan Redmond and Jay Rodriguez (Southampton) have scored three goals each – Charlie Austin is the Saints’ highest scorer with six goals. 8 = Islam Slimani (Leicester City) has scored four goals – Jamie Vardy is the Foxes’ highest scorer with five goals. 3. Adam Lallana (Liverpool) has scored six goals – Sadio Mane is the Reds’ highest scorer with eight goals. 20 4 = Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) has scored five goals – Sergio Aguero is City’s highest scorer with 10 goals. 20 4 = Gylfi Sigurdsson and Fernando Llorente (Swansea City) have scored five goals each – Leroy Fer is the Swans’ highest scorer with six goals. 19 = Adam Diomande and Michael Dawson (Hull City) have scored two goals each – Robert Snodgrass is the Tigers’ highest scorer with five goals. 10 = Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba and Juan Mata (Manchester United) have scored three goals each – Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the Red Devils’ highest scorer with 11 goals. 20 20 Joint 1st. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) has scored eight goals – Diego Costa is the Blues’ highest scorer with 13 goals. 20 20 20 20 4 = Christian Eriksen and Son Heung-min (Tottenham) have scored five goals each – Harry Kane is Spurs’ highest scorer with seven goals. 10 = Xherdan Shaqiri and Bojan (Stoke City) have scored three goals each – Joe Allen is the Potters’ highest scorer with five goals. 4 = James McArthur (Crystal Palace) has scored five goals – Christian Benteke is the Eagles’ highest scorer with eight goals. 20 10 = Victor Anichebe and Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland) have scored three goals each – Jermain Defoe is the Black Cats’ highest scorer with eight goals. Every great team needs more than just their star striker delivering the goods in the final third.Zlatan Ibrahimovic, for instance, has been the main man in attack for Manchester United this season; without his goals the Red Devils might already be out of the race to finish in the top four.But which teams have a solid balance of players producing goals?talkSPORT looks at each Premier League club’s second highest goal scorer this season. See the players in the gallery above.All stats are correct as of 22/12/16 20 Joint 1st. Theo Walcott (Chelsea) has scored eight goals – Alexis Sanchez is the Gunners’ highest scorer with 12 goals. 20 10 = Seamus Coleman (Everton) has scored three goals – Romelu Lukaku is the Toffees’ highest scorer with nine goals. 20
It would seem that opposites attracted when it came to Richard and Carmen Russo, an Arcadia couple whose 14-year marriage ended in tragedy when police say the successful stockbroker gunned down his wife in their home. While friends of Carmen Russo describe her as enthusiastic, outgoing and friendly, a colleague of Richard Russo – better known as “Rick” – calls him quiet, introverted and private about his business. “There was something magical about the way he transacted business because he got so much volume,” said Fred Maaskamp, a colleague of Rick Russo’s at Smith Barney in Pasadena for 14 years. Russo was a senior vice president at the time of the slaying. “He was like the crown prince – everything was given to him on a golden platter.” Authorities say Russo shot his 42-year-old wife to death then barricaded himself and the couple’s two sleeping children, then 6 and 10, in their home in the early morning hours of Aug.30. The now-51-year-old man then kept police at bay for more than seven hours, police said. The couple lived in Arcadia’s exclusive Santa Anita Oaks neighborhood. AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MOREFrumpy Middle-aged Mom: My realistic 2020 New Year’s resolutions. Some involve doughnuts.Russo is charged with murder and two counts of child abuse and is being held without bail. If convicted, he faces about 50 years to life in prison with the possibility of parole. “He was extremely aloof,” Maaskamp recalled. “He had very few friends in the office … He was crazy about his privacy and about how he conducted business.” But Maaskamp said despite Russo’s reputation of being standoffish, Maaskamp would go out of his way to talk to Russo at work parties. “He was very nice to you,” he said of speaking with Russo at work functions. ” He was always cordial and polite, but always aloof. He wasn’t a friendly person, he was cool.” Seeing the couple at parties over the years, Maaskamp noted that Richard and Carmen Russo would almost never interact. He described Carmen Russo as “very attractive.” “She was more effervescent and he was just quiet,” Maaskamp said. But some of those who loved Carmen Russo didn’t necessarily like her husband. Lifelong friend Ramona Podlech said she would avoid being in Rick Russo’s presence whenever possible. Podlech, who had been close with Carmen Russo since grammar school, said she could “count on one hand” the number of times she saw her friend’s spouse. “He was just a selfish egomaniac, only into his image,” she said. Podlech said Carmen Russo would have dinner with Podlech in Santa Monica, where Podlech lives, and the two would chat about the couple’s children and other things, hardly ever mentioning Rick Russo. Podlech noted that her childhood friend led a somewhat sheltered life, going to Catholic school as a child. She described her as “the most generous, loving person” she’s ever known, a “wonderful mother who cared so much about her kids.” “When she walked in a room, you knew it because she just brought joy with her,” said Podlech. molly.okeon@sgvn.com (626) 578-6300, Ext. 4496160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set!
Kate Winslet finds the glamorization of ultra-thin models and actresses disturbing and says she keeps magazines featuring such women away from her 6-year-old daughter. “It’s only a matter of time before she becomes aware of it, and it frightens the life out of me,” Winslet said of her daughter, Mia. Winslet, who is married to director Sam Mendes, said girls are so impressionable from age 11 up to 20. “They’re trying to figure out who they are, and they want to be loved, and what I resent is that there is an image of perfection that is getting thinner and thinner, and it’s truly upsetting to me,” Winslet told British Broadcasting Corp. television’s “Sunday AM” program. Of course, she wants to direct Not yet 13, Dakota Fanning is already thinking about what she’ll do when she grows up. And like other actors, she wants to direct. “I would love to direct someday,” Fanning told Time magazine for editions on newsstands today. “I’ve learned a lot from watching directors I’ve worked with, like Steven Spielberg and Gary Winick, whom I worked with on `Charlotte’s Web.’ I would love to have that relationship with another actor.” “Charlotte’s Web” will be in theaters this week. – Associated Press160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MORESurfer attacked by shark near Channel Islands calls rescue a ‘Christmas miracle’ – Associated Press Prince to perform at Super Bowl Prince, winner of six Grammy Awards and nominated for five more this year, will play at the Super Bowl in Miami Feb. 4 on CBS. The Rolling Stones headlined the halftime show last January, and two years ago it was Paul McCartney. – Associated Press 
Brendan Rodgers is WRONG to leave Celtic and become the new manager of Leicester City at this stage of the season, according to talkSPORT pundit Simon Jordan.The former Celtic boss has been confirmed as the new manager of the Foxes on a contract until 2022, replacing Claude Puel, who was sacked on Sunday. “Celtic afforded Brendan an opportunity when his stock wasn’t that high and I think he’s done a great job.“I know that ultimately Brendan should have an opportunity to advance his career, and I’m all for people doing that, but you’re two months away from the end of the season.“I think he should finish this season and Celtic and Leicester should work out a deal that enables him to do that.” Ronaldo warned Lukaku how hard scoring goals in Serie A would be before Inter move The Northern Irishman’s first game in charge of his new club is for their trip to Watford on Sunday, who Rodgers managed briefly in the 2008/09 season.But while Leicester are floating around in mid-table, Celtic are aiming to make history this season with a ‘treble-treble’ still to play for. Brendan Rodgers is in line to take over at Leicester City REVEALED Forbes list reveals how much Mayweather, Ronaldo and Messi earned this decade Where Ancelotti ranks with every Premier League boss for trophies won Oxlade-Chamberlain suffers another setback as Klopp confirms serious injury BEST OF REVEALED LATEST FOOTBALL NEWS RANKED ADVICE 
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Dons now 9-0-2 this seasonBy Paul LeckerSports ReporterMARSHFIELD — Calvin Brown and Nadim Torbey each scored twice to lift the Marshfield Columbus Catholic soccer team to a 10-1 rout of Northland Lutheran on Monday at Griese Park.Ryan Dieringer, Nick Malovrh, Farid Torbey, Tyler Fuerlinger, and Alexandra Hutchison each added goals for the Dons, who improve to 9-0-2 overall and 6-0-2 in the Mid-State Soccer Conference. The Dons also scored on an own goal by Northland Lutheran.Bailey Keffer had two saves in goal for Columbus.Evan Dieringer, Farid Torbey, Fuerlinger, Matt Olson, Noah Hansen, and Ryan Dieringer each had an assist, and Charles Payant had two assists for the Dons.The Dons play at Stevens Point Pacelli on Thursday at 7 p.m.(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)