New Housing Policy Requires Campus Residency

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Rio WBB Takes Part in
Initiative — Page 16
Signals
Rio Appoints Sax
as New Provost
and VP Academic
Affairs
— Page 2
University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College
Rio Grande, Ohio
March 2014
Rio Graduate
Robert Gordon
Named To MLK
Holiday Commission
— Page 7
Number 7
New Housing Policy Requires Campus Residency
By DANIEL FRASER
Signals Staff Writer
The University of Rio Grande has
adopted a new housing plan for incoming freshman for the Fall 2014
semester. The policy applies to incoming freshmen who live more than
50 miles from campus.
Dean of Students Aaron Quinn said
the new plan will be as follows: With
some exceptions, all full-time students under the age of 23 will live in
an on-campus housing unit for a total
of four semesters.
Exceptions to this new plan include:
Married Students;
Single Parent (with custody of
child);
 Establish permanent residency
within 50 road miles of campus.
Quinn said, “An apartment is a rental and not a permanent address. The
home must be purchased or owned by
the student’s family.
Any ‘extenuating circumstances’ (i.e. veterans) will be reviewed on a case by case basis by my
office… ”
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Thomas Mansmester.
Exceptions to this
perger, Director
If on-campus apartof Admissions,
were built, the
new policy include: ments
says “I believe
requirements could
 Married Students;
that this change
parallel other institu Over the age of 23;
will be a great
tions which require a
 Single Parent (with custoimprovement for
longer stay on campus.
dy of child);
campus life and
The new plan will not
 Established permanent
retention.” Mansaffect current students
residency within 50 road
perger also said
and the housing cost
miles of campus.
that the new
will not be any differhousing plan has
ent than usual; the cost
shown no negative impact on the
is voted on annually by the Board of
number of applicants for the fall seTrustees.
Rio Enactus Team Prepares For Nationals Exposition
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By BECCA STEINER
The Rio Grande Enactus Team is in
the midst of preparing for the Nationals Competition which is to be held
April 1-3 in Cincinnati. They have
been working on their projects since
late August and have completed the
goals that were set for them.
Mrs. Carol Smith, Director of the
Loren M. Berry Center, leads the
group and projects. So far this year,
the Enactus team has collected 9,342
pounds (and counting) of nonperishable food for Vinton Baptist
Food Pantry,. Enactus is finishing up
its main project Campbell’s “Let’s
CAN Hunger”, along with other projects such as the American Free Enterprise and Leadership Conference
(held the third week of June for all
Ohio high school students) and local
food drives done here on campus and
at local
elementary
schools.
Smith
says, "We
have had a
very successful year. We
received a
small grant
from the
Campbell's
corporation
to assist with local food drives to assist the Vinton Baptist Food Pantry.
We have donated 9,342 pounds of
food which amounts to approximately
21% of the food donated to the food
pantry. We have just begun preparations for the Enactus National Exposition in Cincinnati, Apr. 1, 2, 3. It is
a very busy but exciting time for our
team!"
Enactus is currently in a partnership
with SODEXO and the Pure American Girl Pageant system.
The team currently has 11 members, but we are always recruiting
anyone who would be interested in
See Related Story on Page 3
joining, said Smith.
To read more about the Campbell’s ENACTUS TEAM MEMBERS unloading a van after a successful food
Let’s CAN Hunger Project visit:
drive at a local elementary school. Members, left to right: Matt Akers,
http://www.letscanhunger.com/
Stephanie Cartmell, Brooke Wolni, and Paris Morris.
University Adopts New Policy for Incomplete Grades
Compiled By BECCA STEINER
The University of Rio Grande Faculty Assembly has approved a new
policy regarding incomplete grades;
it was adopted and went into effect
on February 12.
The new university policy establishes a more comprehensive procedure for both requesting an incomplete and having the incomplete become a letter grade.
The new policy is as follows:
Policies:
 Incompletes will only be granted
for extenuating circumstances, such
as illness, accident, etc. which will
prevent the student from completing
the course; an incomplete grade can-
not be given to avoid a failing grade
in the course.
 Appropriate documentation (i.e.
medical) must accompany the Incomplete Grade Request.
 Students must have completed at
least 75 percent of the course with a
passing grade when requesting an
incomplete.
 The student must request an incomplete from the instructor. It is the
responsibility of the student to make
up incomplete work.
 The instructor must complete the
Incomplete Grade Request form and
submit to the Registrar’s Office.
 Requests must include a valid
reason why the work cannot be completed, a list of assignments to com-
plete, a schedule for when the work
will be completed, and the grade to
be assigned if the work is not completed.
 Assignments should be completed
as soon as possible, preferably within
a few weeks.
 An incomplete grade is not part
of a student’s GPA, nor is it a passing
grade to be considered for academic
standing, federal financial aid eligibility, academic eligibility, or other
purposes.
 Students cannot move on in a
course sequence if a prerequisite has
an incomplete grade (i.e. students
cannot move on to ENG 11203 with
an incomplete in ENG 11103).
 The faculty member, in consulta-
tion with the Registrar, can make an
exception to the incomplete grade
request process if extenuating circumstances warrant such an exception.
Fee: $65; An academic Dean or
the Registrar can choose to waive the
incomplete grade fee.
Instructions For Students
 Take the appropriate form to the
instructor.
 Submit one form for each incomplete requested.
If the student is requesting multiple
incompletes from one instructor, he/
she may put all the requests for that
instructor on one form.
Courses taught by a different instructor will require additional forms.
Rio Grande, Ohio
March 2014; Number 7
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Campus News
Rio Offers Full Tuition Chemistry Scholarship
Compiled By DANIEL FRASER
High school students looking to pursue a degree in chemistry have the
opportunity to earn the Rio Grande
Chemistry Academic Excellence
Award, a four-year, full tuition scholarship. Rio’s chemistry scholarship is
open to any student enrolling for the
fall of 2014 who plans to major in
chemistry.
Applications must include a 200-
word essay, letters of recommendation, and high school transcripts. The
deadline to apply is March 1.
The Chemistry Scholarship Committee reviews all applications and
extends requests for interviews to
finalists.
First place is a four-year, full-tuition
scholarship to major in Chemistry at
Rio Grande. Second and third place
earns a four-year, partial-tuition
scholarship.
Why choose chemistry? Firstly, the
STEM fields (fields that study science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics) are very popular in today’s society. The University of Rio
Grande/Rio Grande Community College’s commitment to STEM is evident throughout its curriculum.
“The field of chemistry offers a
wide range of career options after
graduation, including immediate employment, graduate school, pharmacy
school or medical school,” said Dr.
John Means, an assistant professor in
the Rio Grande School of Sciences.
“The chance to win a full-tuition
scholarship to help a student launch
into one of these career paths is a fantastic opportunity.”
According to the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics, the annual salary for
a chemist ranges from $41,080 to
$120,600 with a median salary of
$71,770.
Sax Appointed As Provost & VP Academic Affairs
institution’s mission,”
the statement continues. “Reporting to the
Provost are the acachief academic ofdemic deans of the
ficer. He currently
three colleges, the
serves as Dean of InDean of Students and
struction and Chief Acmultiple department
ademic Officer at the
heads. The Provost
University of New
will provide vital, creaMexico-Valencia Camtive,
and adaptable viDR. RICHARD SAX
pus in Los Lunas, New has been appointed Prov- sion and leadership for
Mexico.”
ost and Vice President of all academic divisions,
According to the
Academic Affairs at the departments, and prostatement released by
grams and services that
University of Rio
Nourse, Sax received a Grande/Rio Grande
support them.”
Bachelor of Arts in
“Dr. Danley is excitCommunity College.
English from Haverford
ed to welcome Dr. Sax
College, a Master of
within her senior leadArts in English Language & Litera- ership team and expresses her gratiture and a Doctorate of Philosophy in tude to the search committee and all
English Language& Literature from members of the college community
the University of Michigan.
for their cooperation and support
“In his role as Provost and Vice
throughout the search process,” the
President of Academic Affairs, Sax
statement concludes.
will provide leadership in the development, assessment,
budgeting and oversight of all academic
initiatives, and vision,
coordination, accountability, and advocacy
for the academic division in support of the
Appointment Effective On July 1
From University E-mail Statement proven commitment to intellectual
Dr. Richard Sax has been appoint- pursuits in both the private liberal
ed Provost and Vice President of Ac- arts education and public community
ademic Affairs at
college settings
the University of
“In his role as Provost made him a strong
Rio Grande/Rio
fit for the position.”
and Vice President of
Grande Communi“This, coupled
ty College. The
extremely proAcademic Affairs, Sax with
appointment was
ductive reports from
announced Februwill provide leadership those he worked
ary 24 in a statewith at other instituin
the
development,
asment released by J.
tions, helped make
Chris Nourse, Rio sessment, budgeting and the decision final,”
Grande’s Director
the statement continoversight
of
all
academic
of Human Reued.
sources.
He will officially
initiatives, and vision,
“Dr. Sax was
begin the position
selected after an
coordination, accounta- effective July 1,
extensive national
2014.
search that includ- bility, and advocacy for
“Dr. Sax comes to
ed a rigorous vet- the academic division in Rio with a proven
ting and interview
record of academic
support
of
the
instituprocess by internal
leadership experiand external stakeence having served
tion’s mission.”
holders of the Uniin positions of inversity,” the statement, written on
creasing responsibility and complexibehalf of President Barbara Gellman- ty over a course of nearly 25 years,”
Danley, said.
the statement added. “This includes
“In the end, Sax’s genuine enthusi- serving as Honors Program Director,
asm for Rio, strong record of acaEnglish Department Chair, twice as
demic leadership experience, and
an academic dean, and twice as a
Signals
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through course instructor Larry Ewing.
Rio Grande, Ohio
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Rio Enactus Students Fight Hunger In Southeastern Ohio
The number of
Shannon Johnson,
families and inMichael Memory,
dividuals in need
Austin Short, Becca
of food assisSteiner, Skylar
tance has inThompson, Brooke
creased signifiWolni and President
cantly throughand Project Leader
out southeastern
Paris Morris. Carol
Ohio within in
Smith, director of
the last year.
the Loren M. Berry
At the Vinton
Center for Economic
Baptist Food
Education at Rio
Pantry in Gallia
Grande, is the EnacCounty, 8,130
tus advisor.
people were
Since 2008, the
served in 2013
Rio Grande chapter
with 43,980
of Enactus has orgapounds of food.
nized an annual food
Up from 6,000
drive to benefit local
served in 2012,
pantries. Enactus
the pantry relies
partnered with
THE VINTON BAPTIST FOOD PANTRY, located at 11818 State
entirely on volCampbell’s in 2009
Road 16 in Vinton, is open Mondays from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
unteerism and
for the Let’s Can
donations.
Hunger campaign,
While numerous donations and vol- we do,” West said. “It would just be and has continued to do so each year
unteers contribute, Vinton Baptist
impossible.”
since.
Food Pantry Director David West
Enactus, formerly known as SIFE,
This year’s campaign began in Ocinsisted the efforts would not be pos- is an international collegiate organi- tober and has raised 9,342 pounds of
sible without the support of Enactus zation that applies business concepts food to date for the Vinton Baptist
students from the University of Rio to develop community outreach pro- Food Pantry. The program, which
Grande/ Rio Grande Community
jects transforms lives and shape a
runs through March, consists of
College.
better, more sustainable world.
drives on the Rio Grande Campus,
“If it weren’t for the students there
Rio Grande Enactus members inRio Grande Elementary, Vinton Eleand throughout the county, we
clude Matt Akers, Cody Bennett,
mentary and the Miss Heart of
wouldn’t be able to do a lot of what Stephanie Cartmell, Aryn Gritter,
Christmas pageant. SODEXO Food
Campus Dates Of Note…
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Spring Break will be held from Monday, March 10, through Friday
March 14.
Second 8-week classes begin on Monday, March 17.
Midterm Grades Available on Student Space Thursday March 20.
Registration for Summer and Fall terms begins Monday, April 7.
Good Friday! Campus is Closed Friday, April 18.
Last Day to Drop or Withdraw from a class is Friday, April 25.
Last Day of Regular Classes is Friday, May 2.
Final Exam Week will be held Monday, May 5, through Thursday,
May 8.
Last Day to Remove an Incomplete for Fall ’03 is Thursday, May 8.
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Service also supports the food drive
by offering one free pizza party at
each elementary for the classroom
that raises the most donations.
“The URG Enactus team promotes
awareness of food insecurity in our
community and helps stock the
shelves of our local food pantry so
that people in need can obtain food
for their families,” Smith said. “We
also provide information and workshops to empower people in need to
break the cycle of hunger.”
The Vinton Baptist Food Pantry,
located at 11818 State Road 16 in
Vinton, is open Mondays from 5 to
6:30 p.m.
“We have had a very successful year. We received a small
grant from the Campbell's corporation to assist with local
food drives to assist the Vinton
Baptist Food Pantry. We have
donated 9,342 pounds of food
which amounts to approximately 21% of the food donated to the food pantry."
—Carol Smith, Director
of the Berry Center
Commencement, Saturday, May 10, at 1:00 p.m.
Summer I and 10-Week Terms Begins Monday, June 2.
Last Day to Add/Drop/Withdraw with a Refund for Summer I and
10-Week is Tuesday, June 3.
Last Day to Drop or Withdraw for Summer I is Thursday, June 19.
Summer I Term Ends Thursday, July 3.
Summer II Term Begins Monday, July 7.
Last Day to Add/Drop/Withdraw with a Refund for Summer II
Term is Tuesday, July 8.
Last Day to Drop or Withdraw for Summer 10-Week and Summer
II is Thursday, July 24.
End of Summer 10-Week and Summer II on August 7.
Upcoming Welsh Events and News
Rio Grande Enactus Team Looking
Annual St. David’s Day Luncheon-Saturday, March 1, 2014
for New Members!
— Mark the date now for this annual event to honor the patron saint
of Wales, Dewi Sant. Welsh author Eirian Jones will be our featured
speaker this year. Eirian has recently completed a book on Mynydd
Bach-It’s History, which will be particularly interesting since many of
the Welsh who settled in southeastern Ohio came from this area of
Wales. The book was launched at Blaenpennal Chapel recently and
has received wonderful reviews. More information will be coming out
later on this event.
Meetings are Fridays at 11:30 AM in the Meeting Room
of the Berry Center (Up the stairs and to the right).
Advisor is Mrs. Carol Smith,
who is also the Director of the
Berry Center.
en•act•us
Welsh Heritage Days — May 17 & 18, 2014 at Bob Evans FarmWork continues between the Madog Center and Bob Evans Farm on
the revival of Welsh Heritage Days for spring 2014. The central focus
will be on an Eisteddfod and the guidebook for competitions will be
available in January. Contact the Madog Center at 800-282-7201, ext.
7186 for more information.
A community of student, academic
and business leaders committed to
using the power of entrepreneurial action to transform lives and
shape a better more sustainable world.
entrepreneurial—having the perspective to see an opportunity
and the talent to create value from that opportunity;
action—the willingness to do something and the commitment to
see it through even when the outcome is not guaranteed;
us—a group of people who see themselves connected in some
important way; individuals that are part of a greater whole.
Feel free to stop by for a meeting any Friday at 11:30 in the
Meeting Room of the Berry Center
Rio Grande, Ohio
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Registrar Announces Fall Merit And Dean's Lists
RIO GRANDE, Ohio – The Office of the Registrar has released the University of Rio Grande/Rio
Grande Community College fall semester 2013
Merit List and Dean's List.
Students named to Rio Grande’s Merit List
must be enrolled full time, complete all courses
with a minimum of 12 credit hours and earn a
3.5-3.74 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0
scale.
Rio Merit List honorees include Caleb Acord,
Abigail Adams, Bailey Adkins, Harley Adler,
Taylor Allen, Sharday Baines, Chelsea Barnes,
Jeremy Bartley, Patrece Beegle, Amber Beidleman, Andrew Bennett, Tyler Black, Joshua Bock,
Amanda Boster, Danielle Brannon, Hannah Brindle, Chelsea Brown, Ginger Brown, Kayla
Browning, Stephen Brumfield, Lauren Burke, Jessica Burns, Bruno Casci, Cindy Conley, Tami
Conrad, Chase Cook, Carrie Coriell, Tina Corwin,
Cody Crawford, Jenna Crawford, Jaymee
Cremeens, Larissa Cunningham, Rachelle Current, Natalie Davis, Rebecca Davis, Scarlet Denney, Jonathan Dodson, Jacob Dotson, Kayla Dowell, Megan Dunfee, Kristen Eblin, Steven Elliott,
Cydnie Few, Joy Finley, Carlos Flores Alvarado,
Eric Ford, Morgan Foster, Kody Fox, Karla Garn,
Jocelyn George, Megan Giffin, Katie Glover,
Lindsay Golden, Samantha Graham, Heather
Graman, Kelsey Griffith, Erin Hale, Kelsey Hamilton, Rachel Hannon, Brooklyn Harless, Heidi
Hemming, Jennifer Herzog, Max Hill, Leanne
Hittle, Garry Huddleston, Caroline Hudson, Amber Huntzinger, Jordan Jenkins, Cassandra Johnson, Maria Johnson, Timothy Jones, Andrea Journey, Ernest Karikari, Jason Kelley, Emily Kinnan,
Derek Klein, Cody Lee, Evan Legg, Kirstin Leonard, Hope Leopold, Riley Lightle, Rebecca Lipscomb, Taylor Long, Lesa Lookado, Jaclyn Lowe,
Floyd Lowry, Myrriah Mace, Shelby Malone, Cody Mattox, Sheyan McGrath, Amy McKay, Carolyn Meek, Cailin Michael, Amanda Miller, Paul
Miller, Leslie Mitchell, April Montgomery, Venessa Montgomery, Sara Moon, Paris Morris,
Ethan Moss, Macyn Nance, Darian Napier, Chloe
Nared, Jacquelyn Nitz, Brian Northup, Jessica
Northup, Nicole Ogg, Kathryn Oshel, Mikhayla
Oshel, Elizabeth Ours, Maria Ovalle, Michael
Parcell, Courtney Parsons, William Paulino, Jayne
Peck, Sylvia Perry, Jordan Pickens, Julie Polcyn,
Cheyenne Potter, Shaina Prince, Karen Proffitt,
Silas Pulliam, James Raynard, Megan Raynard,
Kendra Reed, Clark Rice, Cody Riffle, Matthew
Rinehart, Caitlin Roach, Tracy Roberts, Kimberly
Rollins, Faith Rushing, Kayla Sanders, Shelby
Sanders, Jessica Saunders, Merrit Scott, Nicholas
Sharp, Tammy Sharp, Robin Shaw, Michelle
Sheets, Jessica Shelton, Shane Shepherd, Allie
Short, Blair Simpson, Madeline Smith, Taylor
Smith, Igor Souza de Freitas, Katrina Sowers,
Christopher Spurlock, David Steele Jr., Elizabeth
Tackett, Luke Taylor, Morgan Van Bibber, Brianna Wachs, Mykah Walter, Breeanna Warner,
Jeffrey Wells, Jennifer Williams, Justin Williams,
Michael Williams, Molly Williams, Jessica Willis,
Elisabeth Wolfe, Jesse Woodyard, Luke Workman, Sharon Wright, Stephen Yoczik, Kyle
Young and Connor Zingarelli.
Students named to the Dean’s List must be enrolled full time, complete all courses with a minimum of 12 credit hours and earn at least a 3.75
GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Rio Dean’s List honorees include Sonya Adams, Halley Alberts, Michael Anderson, Velma
Anderson, Isaac Andrews, Patricio Arce Aviles,
Charlene Arrowood, Kevin Arroyo, Abigail Atkins, David Bakenhaster, Tiffany Barnes, Charles
Barrett, Melinda Barry, Henry Baxter, Wendelyn
Belcher, Brittany Beman, Cody Bennett, Jerri
Bentley, Joseph Bevens, Darsha Bitanga, Logan
Black, Matthew Blair, Sarah Blodgett, Natalie
Boggs, Olivia Boone, Kimberly Bowman, Jordan
Brewer, Megan Broderick, Destiny Brown, Christopher Brumfield, Daniel Buckley, Emily Ann
Burnham, Jessica Butcher, Cody Call, Stephanie
Campbell, Kelcie Carter, Alfred Caudill, Garnet
Chapman, Noah Chasteen, Nathanael Chilcote,
Danni Christman, Maggie Clagg, Audra Clark,
Tonya Clark, Paige Cline, Kimberly Coey, Becky
Cogar, Rebecca Conley, Brian Conn, Lisa Copley,
McKenzie Coriell, Lisa Cox, Kali Cunningham,
Shelbie Davies, Alexandria Davis, Michael Davis,
Renee Davis, Kassandra Day, Ludovic Delapeyre,
Jessica Delong, Ashli Dexter, Melissa Dickerson,
Cheyenne Doczi, Amanda Dowell, Erica Dowell,
Seleena Dowell, Austin Drewyor, Crystal Duncan,
Tayler Duncan, Tyler Duncan, Cheyene Dunn,
Andrea Edelmann, Alexandria Ellis, Thaddaeus
Ellis, Kimberly Faro, Kacy Fink, Delilah Fish,
Jazzman Fish, Katelyn Fisher, Hayden Flinner,
Thomas Foust, Erika Fox, Harley Fox, Daniel Fraser, Katelyn Fuller, Morgan Gilliland, Joseph Gilliland Jr., Gaitlin Gilmore, Bonita Glasgow, Katie
Godeaux, Joshua Goodall, Travis Graf, Breanna
Grahame, Danielle Gruber, Lane Hagar, Jonna
Haislop, Miranda Hammond, Samantha Hammond, Alina Hamner, Katelyn Haney, Dayton
Hardway, Jalen Harris, Jamie Harrison, Taylor
Hartley, Erin Heil, Dawn Helton, Carli Henman,
Philip Hertz, Elizabeth Herzog, Rachel Hoffman,
Adam Hollingshead, Talisha Holloway, Kyra
Howell, Kimberly Hurt, Rebecca Hutchinson,
Shannon Hutchinson, Cody Hysell, Hannah
Hysell, Andrea Iannarelli, Shane Ingles, Luis
Jimenez Alvarado, Adam Johnson, Amanda Johnson, Auroarah Johnson, Jonna Johnson, Lisa Johnson, Adam Jones, Jason Jones, Amelia King, Kristopher Kleski, Alexandria Kuhn, Amber Lambert,
Emilie Lance, Derek Lawhorn, Colby Lee, Stephanie Legg, Summer Lehew, Hristian Lenkov,
Katelynn Leonard, Austin Little, Kayla Love, Emma Lyles, Michael MacKnight, Marcus Makuch,
Kevin Malone, Alyxandra Manring, Elizabeth
Massie, Carrie Mathes, Dale Mattox, Ranjit Mavi,
Bridget McCarley, Caleb McClanahan, Gwendolyn McCoy, Tanisha McKinney, Carmen
McTurner, Michelle Meeks, Molly Meeks,
Brittney Meldau, Jack Mercer, Dava Mershon,
Grant Millard, Andrew Moffett, Kathleen Moore,
Ashley Morgan, Melissa Morris, Edward Mussi,
Halee Myers, Marren Newsom, Kaitlyn Noll, Aaron Oehler, Madison Oiler, Kiana Osborne, Tina
Parsons, Kaleb Patten, Laura Patton, Kyle Phillips, Tyler Phillips, Brittany Piccone, Shelby Pickens, John Polycn, Kelsea Porter, Carley Potter,
Tiffany Qualls, Callyn Ratcliff, Kathy Raynard,
Rachael Reynolds, Sean Riley, Jose Roberts, Kristen Rollins, Kyle Rollins, Gwendolyn Rose,
Clifford Roseberry, Renee Roseberry, Stephanie
Roush, Tracy Russell, Elizabeth Rutter, Garrison
Salisbury, Benjamin Schlater, Mary Schramm,
Aaron Scott, Kyle Scott, Joseph Sebastian, Whitney Shain, Varun Sharma, Maria Sharp, Loretta
Shepherd, Emilie Sigler, Heather Simpkins, John
Sipple, Ana Smith, Crystal Smith, Racquel Smith,
Madison Spohn, Sara Stacy, Becca Steiner, Hanna
Stitt, Kelsey Strang, Taryn Strawser, Erin Sturgill,
Jon Summers, Kyrie Swann, Sarah Sydnor, Romain Terzian, Heather Thacker, Megan Thomas,
Braxton Thorla, Grant Trimble, Kent Trout, Josi
Vanmeter, Emma Waits, Brittany Walk, Kaylee
Walk, Jessica Walker, James Wallace, Tia Wallace, James Ward, Keyana Ward, Robert Warner,
Timothy Warner, Alexandrea Warren, Mary
Waugh, Whitney Weddle, Roberta White, Renee
Whitley, Michelle Willard, Christopher Williams,
Kaitlyn Williams, Zachary Williams, Austin Wilson, Andrea Wines, Kelli Wolfe, Victoria Wolfe,
Jillian Wooldridge, Erin Wright, Courtney Young,
Tiffany Zahran and Ashley Zielinski.
Rio Grande Hosts Annual High School Art Exhibit
Exhibition Provides Showcase For HS Juniors, Seniors
RIO GRANDE, Ohio – The Fourth
annual High School Juried Art Exhibition hosted by the University of Rio
Grande/Rio Grande Community College closed Thursday at the Esther
Allen Greer Museum.
The exhibition provided a showcase
for high school juniors and seniors
within 150 miles of Rio Grande. Each
art teacher from public and private
schools was allowed to submit up to
10 pieces for consideration.
Thirty-two total pieces were exhibited representing six regional high
schools: Fairland High School, Jackson High School, Oak Hill High
School, Ravenswood (W.V.) High
School, River Valley High School
and South Webster High School.
“Each year I walk away from this
exhibit very impressed with the
“Each year I walk away from this
exhibit very impressed with the artistic artistic talents produced throughout
talents produced throughout our reour region,” Greer
gion … The talent on display is truly
Museum Director
inspirational.”
Greer Museum James Allen said.
Director James Allen “The talent on display is truly inspi-
rational. It’s always a joy for
the Fine Arts Department at
Rio Grande to host this exhibit and celebrate our future.”
Best In Show honors went
to a pair of high school seniors, with each awarded a
$500 Rio Grande scholarship.
Jackson High’s Rachel
Green won for her pencil/
GREER MUSEUM guests view "
Petal Excolored pencil work titled
plosion,"one of two Best In Show honorees
“Art From the Heart,” while at the fourth annual High School Juried Art
South Webster High’s Taylor Exhibition hosted by Rio Grande. South
Schonkwiler won for her
Webster High School senior Taylor Schonkmixed media work titled
wiler was the artist.
“Petal Explosion.”
For more information about
the High School Juried Art Exhibitact Allen at jallen@rio.edu or 740tion, including next year’s event, con- 709-6214.
Rio Grande, Ohio
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Rio Alum Serves As Executive Director Gallia Chamber Of Commerce
Source: Tower Times
RIO GRANDE – From small business owner to now executive director
of the Gallia County Chamber of
Commerce, Michelle Miller is determined to see our community’s business landscape flourish and continue
to blossom new opportunities for
growth.
Since she took on her new chamber
role in November, Miller has been
busy finalizing standing plans with
the chamber board, including the
rollout of a new tiered membership
structure aimed at better catering to
all businesses types — from smallest
to largest, with small spending budgets to large ones.
“Having owned my business, I
know the very unique challenges
small business owners face,” said
Miller, who earned degrees from the
University of Rio Grande in theater
and English and studied business.
“We kind of lost an understanding,
that by helping local business, it
helps an ecosystem.”
In October 2011, the Alpha Mu Beta sorority alumnae founded and
launched galliaherald.com, an online
news site known as the Gallia
Hometown Herald.
While her local news outlet quickly
rose to success, her growth as a business leader has been years in the
making, both in the professional and
educational settings.
Earlier that year, while working as
an administrative assistant at the
chamber for then executive director
Lorie Neal, Miller felt an urge to re-
turn to the University of Rio Grande parts of the country.
for a third time. Having worked
Through the program and with the
closely with businesses in that posi- guidance of professors, Miller says
tion for two years and with the cham- she was able to “pick apart” her idea
ber’s support, she decided to pursue to determine if it was viable. She was
her Master’s in Business Administra- then empowered to take a website she
tion.
had started in her
“Michelle is an excellent home and provide valIt became apparent
during her studies at example of the impact a Rio uable information to
Grande education can
Rio that, while she
the community, even
have,” said Annette Ward, reaching readers as far
eventually wanted to
director of Alumni Rela- away as Florida and
start a business, it
was her business pro- tions. “She has been able to California.
ject idea that was des- navigate and find success in Miller forged strong
personal and professional business relationships
tined to become a rearenas
due, in part, to her locally, and before
ality.
“It was one of those studies here as an under- being appointed as the
moments to try it and graduate and graduate stu- chamber’s executive
dent. Alumni of Rio Grande, director in November,
do it,” said Miller,
who stopped short of like Michelle, are well posi- sold her news site to
tioned to meet their goals Carrie Gloeckner,
completing her deand dreams.”
gree to fully invest
owner and founder of
her time in both the
the Meigs IndependGallia Hometown Herald and tend to ent Press. Gloeckner, also an alumna
her young family’s needs. “I had
of the Rio, plans to keep the publicaserved as a reporter for the local
tions separate entities.
newspaper for a couple of years, and
“Michelle is an excellent example
I liked that world, that job. It was a
of the impact a Rio Grande education
skill set that I already somewhat
can have,” said Annette Ward, direchad.”
tor of Alumni Relations. “She has
Miller readily acknowledges how
been able to navigate and find sucvaluable Rio’s MBA program was in cess in personal and professional areher journey to achieve business suc- nas due, in part, to her studies here as
cess.
an undergraduate and graduate stu“If it wasn’t for that program, I
dent. Alumni of Rio Grande, like
would have never started it,” Miller Michelle, are well positioned to meet
said of galliaherald.com, which under their goals and dreams.”
her watch, averaged 5,000 views a
Kyla Carpenter, the chamber
day from local readers, as well as
board’s immediate past president, is
from many people who once lived
confident in the board’s decision to
locally and moved away to different appoint Miller to what is viewed as a
crucial position in the
community.
“Her experience as
a small
business
owner will
serve our
members
well,
providing
valuable
insight into
“HAVING OWNED
the unique
MY BUSINESS, I
needs of
know the very unique
our business com- challenges small business owners face,” said
munity,”
Carpenter Michelle Miller, who
said. “We earned degrees from
are excited the University of Rio
Grande in theater and
to learn
English and studied
about
Michelle’s business.
innovative
ideas to enrich the chamber’s value
for our membership.”
Lorie Neal, also a Rio alumna,
served as chamber executive director
for 12 years before she unexpectedly
passed away at the age of 40 in September.
Miller, née Morris, is a native of
Jackson County, Ohio. She earned
her associate’s in Technical Theater
and bachelor’s in English Literature
in 1998 and 2006, respectively. Her
husband Tim Miller works for Gallia
County. They have two children, son
Trent, 15, and daughter Sydney, 11.
THE JANUARY/FEBRUARY EDITION of “Tower Times” is now available at the University’s main webpage (www.rio.edu). In edition to the President’s update of campus events, the online publication features articles on RedStorm Athletics and Campus Life. The publication also features an
“Alumni Update” (see above).
Rio Grande, Ohio
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Signals Special Report
Rio Music Offers Full Slate Of Entertainment Spring Semester
Compiled By Emily Rorrer
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
March 28-29
A musical revue, written by Jason Robert Brown
will be performed at the University of Rio Grande
on March 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. in the fine arts auditorium.
 General admission $10
 Students and senior citizens $5
The project is funded through the ImagineArts
grant and will involve voice students from the
John Berry School of Fine and Performing Arts as
well as high school students that study privately
with URG’s Adjunct voice professor, Valerie
Tanner.
The evening will consist of solos, duets and ensemble selections. URG students include: Aryn
Gritter, Andy Knipp, Ally Waddell, Brooke
Wolni and Stephanie Cartmell. High School singers will include: Makenzie Moorman (Piketon),
Katelyn Beaver (Ohio Valley Christian), Michael
Hambrick, Jennifer Prewitt and Rachel McCambridge (Waverly)
This event is a collection of songs that focus on
a theme of overcoming challenges that change the
course of everyday life. This is a family friendly
show with many different styles of music.
RIO GRANDE CONCERTS often combine the Symphonic Band and Masterworks Chorale in a
larger work that features both vocal and instrumental soloist, as well as the combined ensemble.
20TH ANNIVERSARY JAZZENSEMBLE
REUNION CONCERT -- April 22
April 22 at 8p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium,
the School of Fine Arts will celebrate the 20th
Anniversary of the founding of the University of
Rio Grande Jazz Ensemble.
 The concert is free and open to the public.
Dr. Chris Kenney started the ensemble in the
fall of 1993.
Many of those
former students
will reunite,
along with current Rio student's, for an
evening of memories and Jazz.
Dr. Kenney has
selected some of
the favorite songs
that the Ensemble
has performed
over the last two
decades and arCHRISTOPHER KENNEY,
ranged them for
Associate Professor of Music
a large jazz ensemble. The show will open with members of that
first ensemble from 1993 performing the very
first song that was played on that first concert.
SYMPHONIC BAND CONCERT -- April 17
The University of Rio Grande Symphonic Band
will perform their Annual Spring Concert April
17 at 8 p.m. at the John W. Berry Fine and Performing Arts Center.
The Symphonic Band is made up of several area
community members as well as instrumental music majors at the University. Approximately forty
five performers will take part in this semester’s
concert.
This year’s concert will feature the music of
Mr. Samuel Hazo and will include many styles
and genres of contemporary band literature.
Mr. Hazo became the first composer in history
to be awarded the winner of both composition
contests sponsored by the National Band Association (William D. Revelli in 2003 and Merrill
Jones in 2001).
His compositions range from contemporary fast
moving rhythmical pieces to slower ballads in
many multicultural styles. This concert will feature one of his newest compositions entitled
ROCK ENSEMBLE CONCERT-- April 25
“Today is the Gift.”
April 25 at 8: p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium,
Many percussion instruments will be featured
Tyler James Phillips, Ally Waddell, Skyler
on this African tribal piece.
Thompson, Andy Milliken, Brooke
Wolni, Jeremy
Martin, Terry
Byers and Dr.
Chris Kenney take
the stage to perform a mix of their
favorite songs.
 The concert is
free and open to
the public.
Music inspired
by the Foo Fighters, Stealers
Wheel, Asking
Alexandria, Bread,
3 Doors Down,
Traffic, the Violent Femmes, Bill
Withers, Heart,
GARY STEWART, Symphonic Band Director
and Modest Mouse.
MASTERWORKS CHORALE
SPRING CONCERT -- April 27
April 27 at 3 p.m. at the Berry Fine and Performing Arts Center Alphus Christensen Theatre
the Masterworks Chorale will be partnering with
the Steel Drum Band from West Union High
School to perform Glenn McClure's St. Francis in
the Americas: A Caribbean Mass.
This major work is for chorus, steel drum ensemble, percussion, and vocal soloists.
For the percussion and vocal soloists, the Masterworks Chorale is also collaborating with the
University of Rio Grande's percussion studio, led
by Levi Billiter, and voice studio, instructed by
Valerie Tanner.
The musical work features lively, Latin
rhythms, combined with the traditional mass texts
and original Spanish poetry by St. Francis of Assisi.
GRANDE CHORALE SPRING
CONCERT -- May 2
May 2 at 8 p.m. at the Berry Fine and Performing Arts Center Alphus Christensen Theatre the
Grande Chorale will perform a selection of vocal
jazz works.
A variety of jazz styles will be featured, including swing, salsa, bossa nova, and ballads.
Audience members may know some familiar
tunes such as "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From
Me," "Moon River," and "I've Got the World on a
String."
Grande Chorale – Spring 2014
Rio Grande, Ohio
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Black History Month: A Celebration Of Achievement
Compiled By The Signals Staff
Primary Source: http://www.history.com/topics/black-history-month
Black History Month, or National African American History Month, is
an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time
for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history.
The event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted
historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission
Rio Graduate Receives
Gubernatorial Appointment
Gordon Serves On Ohio
Martin Luther King Jr.
Holiday Commission
violence and annually honors Ohio’s
Compiled by the Signals Staff
citizens who work to promote diverA Rio Grande graduate will be
sity and eliminate discrimination
working throughout this year and
next to help carry on Dr. Martin Lu- through nonviolent methods. Each
year, the commisther King’s work in
sion presents
Ohio to secure equal
awards to Ohioans
rights for all Amerito celebrate the life
cans through nonvioof Dr. King, whose
lent actions.
teachings encourIn January, Gov.
age nonviolent acJohn Kasich antions to secure
nounced the appointequal rights for all
ment of Robert GorAmericans.
don, of Gallipolis, to
“It is indeed an
the Martin Luther
honor to be chosen
King Jr. Holiday
on the Ohio Martin
Commission. GorLuther King Jr.
don will serve on the
Holiday Commiscommission for the
sion,” Gordon said.
term that began Jan.
“I am humbled to
7 and ends Dec. 30,
“It
is
indeed
an
honor
to
be
represent this re2015.
chosen on the Ohio Martin gion as the only
Gordon holds a
member from
Luther King Jr. Holiday
bachelor's degree in
Communications
Commission … I am humbled southeastern Ohio.
with an emphasis on to represent this region as the I additionally rePublic Relations
only member from southeast- spect the opporfrom the University
ern Ohio. I additionally re- tunity to recognize
of Rio Grande. He is spect the opportunity to rec- residents throughout Ohio who work
also a Certified Pubognize residents throughout
to keep Dr. King’s
lic Manager (CPM).
Ohio who work to keep Dr. dream vibrant and
Gordon has been
with the Voinovich King’s dream vibrant and fos- foster his philosoter his philosophy of nonvio- phy of nonviolent
School of Leaderlent social change.”
social change.”
ship and Public AfRobert Gordon In addition to
fairs at Ohio Univerparticipating in the
sity since 2005. He
commission’s annual ceremony that
provides technical and operational
assistance to various public and non- was held this year on Jan. 16 in
downtown Columbus, Gordon recentprofit projects through the effective
use of data, research and facilitation ly contributed to the Gallia County
skills. Gordon also assists with pro- Martin Luther King Jr. Day Program
sponsored by the Southeastern Ohio
ject development on behalf of the
Voinovich School through the Gover- Branch of the NAACP.
Gordon is an avid collector of Afrinor's Office of Appalachia.
can American memorabilia. In celeGordon previously served as the
Southeast Regional Site Manager for bration of Black History Month, he
will exhibit his collection at the
the Ohio Certified Public Manager
French Art Colony. He titled the exProgram through the Voinovich
hibit “Footsteps through Heritage.”
School.
The Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King Gordon also will be the “Lest We
Forget” speaker on the last Saturday
Jr. Holiday Commission was estabof February for the Gallia County
lished in 1985 by executive order.
The commission is a statewide advo- Black History Month Program at
cate of Dr. King’s principles of non- Paint Creek Baptist Church.
The Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission
was established in 1985 by Executive Order. Today the Equal Opportunity Division provides administrative support to the commission.
The commission is a statewide advocate of Dr. King's principles of
nonviolence and annually honors Ohio's citizens who work to promote
diversity and eliminate discrimination through nonviolent methods.
Each year, the Commission presents awards to Ohioans to celebrate the
life of Dr. King, whose teachings encourage nonviolent actions to secure
equal rights for all Americans. The commemorative celebration held
each January in downtown Columbus.
The Commission strives to carry our Dr. King's dream of service to
others throughout the entire year through various events.
Robert Gordon said it was
with respect that he asked
Gallia County Commissioner Harold Montgomery to
execute his oath last month
as Montgomery was on the
county commission when
Gordon previously served
as executive director of the
Gallia-Jackson-Meigs
TASC program.
Gordon further noted that Martin
Luther King Jr. will also be one of
the featured scholar presentations
during the Ohio Humanities Council
Chautauqua to be held this year from
July 17-21 in Gallipolis.
“My history with social service and
public service within the region has
conditioned my awareness for preserving the past accomplishments and
striving to overcome the remaining
challenges,” Gordon said. “We are all
called to serve.”
Gordon is believed to be the first
commission member from Gallia
County. He said Gallia County has a
significant history of recognizing the
legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
through its annual community-wide
program sponsored each year by the
Southeastern Ohio Branch of the
NAACP.
Gordon said it was with respect that
he asked Gallia County Commissioner Harold Montgomery to execute his
oath last month as Montgomery was
on the county commission when Gor-
don previously served as executive
director of the Gallia-Jackson-Meigs
TASC program. He was sworn in later in the month on the state level at
the February Ohio Commission meeting.
Locally, Gordon has also held positions with Woodland Centers Inc. and
the city of Gallipolis as city manager.
He has been privileged to represent
the communities of Appalachian
Ohio on various civic and professional boards/committees, most recently
the Ohio Humanities board of directors, where he currently serves as finance chair. Gordon’s maternal family’s “Journey Story” will be featured
in an upcoming issue of the Ohio Humanities Pathways magazine.
In the past, Gordon also served as
president of the annual Emancipation
Day Celebration Inc. He also cofounded the Emancipation Proclamation Scholarship Fund that continues
to enhance educational attainment by
area youth of African American heritage.
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Black History Month: A Celebration Of Achievement
Multicultural Affairs Coordinator: Black
History Month Is For All Americans
The Coordinator of Multicultural
Affairs at the University of Rio
Grande has been issuing a number of
email profiles of individuals who have
played a role in starting and preserving
Black History Month.
“We would like to
recognize several individuals who participated in the history of
America,” Meau
Jones said in a stateMeau Jones ment accompanying
the profiles. “We
would also like to take this opportunity to share that Black history
month, is not only for African Americans; but for all ‘AMERICANS’.”
“These same Americans shared
blood, sweat, and tears in the pursuit
of happiness and equality that we
strive to keep in our daily lives,”
Jones added.
“This month I would like to take
time to share some important individuals. Each of these individuals
played a role in starting and preserving Black History Month. I’m going
to identify some that I hope you will
recognize and enjoy.”
Zora Neale Hurston
Born in Alabama on January 7, 1891,
Zora Neale Hurston spent her early
adulthood studying at various universities and collecting folklore from the
South, the
Caribbean
and Latin
America. She
published her
findings in
Mules and
Men.
Hurston was
a fixture of
Zora Neale Hurston
the Harlem
Renaissance, rubbing shoulders with
many of its famous writers. In 1937,
she published her masterwork of fiction, Their Eyes Were Watching
God. Hurston died in Florida in
1960. Living in Harlem in the 1920s,
Hurston befriended the likes of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen,
among several others. Her apartment,
according to some accounts, was a
popular spot for social gatherings.
Around this time, Hurston experienced a few early literary successes,
including placing in short-story and
playwriting contests in Opportunity
magazine. Hurston released her first
novel, Jonah's Gourd Vine, in 1934.
Two years later, she received a Guggenheim fellowship, which allowed
her to work on what would become
her most famous work: Their Eyes
Were Watching God (1937). She
wrote the novel while traveling in
Reconstruction era. Williams
Haiti, where she also studied local
set up his own practice in
voodoo practices.
Chicago’s Southside and
taught anatomy at his alma
Granville T. Woods
Granville T. Woods was born in Co- mater, also becoming the
lumbus, Ohio, on April 23, 1856, to first African-American phyfree African-Americans. He held var- sician to work for the city’s
“We would like to recognize several
ious engineering and industrial jobs street railway system. Wilbefore establishing a company to de- liams—who was called Dr. individuals who participated in the
velop elecDan by pahistory of America,”
trical appatients—also
“We would also like to take this opratus..
adopted steriliportunity to share that Black history
Known as
zation proce"Black Eddures for his of- month, is not only for African Ameriison," he
fice informed by cans; but for all ‘AMERICANS’.”
registered
the recent findnearly 60
ings on germ
Meau Jones
patents in
transmission and
Coordinator of
his lifeprevention from
Multicultural Affairs
time, inLouis Pasteur
Granville T. Woods
cluding a
and Joseph Listelephone transmitter, a trolley wheel ter. Due to the discrimination of the she became one of the first black
and the multiplex telegraph (over
day, African-American citizens were members of the Nurses Associated
which he defeated a lawsuit by
still barred from being admitted to
Alumnae of the United States and
Thomas Edison). Woods died in
hospitals and black doctors were re- Canada (later
1910. Living in Cincinnati, Woods
fused staff positions. Firmly believ- renamed the
eventually set up his own company
ing this needed to change, in May
American
to develop, manufacture and sell
1891; Williams opened Provident
Nurses Assoelectrical apparatus, and in 1889, he Hospital and Training School for
ciation), as
filed his first patent for an improved Nurses, the nation’s first hospital
well as a
steam boiler furnace. His later pawith a nursing and intern program
member of
tents were mainly for electrical dethat had a racially integrated staff.
the newly
vices, including his second invention, The facility, where Williams worked founded Naan improved telephone transmitter.
as a surgeon, was publicly champitional AssociMary Mahoney
The patent for his device, which
oned by famed abolitionist and writer ation of Colcombined the telephone and teleFrederick Douglass. In 1893, Wilored Graduate Nurses.
graph, was bought by Alexander Gra- liams continued to make history
Percy Julian
ham Bell, and the payment freed
when he operated on James Cornish, Born to former slaves in Alabama in
Woods to devote himself to his own a man with a severe stab wound to
1899, pioneering chemist Percy Julresearch. One of his most important his chest who was brought to Provi- ian was not allowed to attend high
inventions was the "troller," a
dent. Without the benefits of a blood school but went on to earn his Ph.D.
grooved metal wheel that allowed
transfusion or modern surgical proce- His research at academic and corpostreet cars (later known as "trolleys") dures, Williams successfully sutured rate institutions led to the chemical
to collect electric power from over- Cornish’s pericardium (the membra- synthesis of drugs to treat glaucoma
head wires. Woods's next most imnous sac enclosing the heart), becom- and arthritis, and although his race
portant invention was the power pick ing the first person to perform open- presented challenges at every turn, he
-up device in 1901, which is the basis heart surgery.
is regarded as one of the most influof the so-called "third rail" currently
ential chemists in
Mary Mahoney
used by electric-powered transit sys- Mary Mahoney was born on May 7, American history.
tems. From 1902 to 1905, he re1845 (some sources say April 16), in After college, Julian
ceived patents for an improved airBoston, Massachusetts. She was ad- accepted a position
brake system.
mitted to the nursing school of the
as a chemistry inNew England Hospital for Women
structor at Fisk UniDaniel Hale Williams
Daniel Hale Williams III was born on and Children, and became the first
versity. He left in
January 18, 1856, in Hollidaysburg, black woman to complete nurse's
1923 when he rePercy Julian
Pennsylvania, to Sarah Price Wiltraining in 1879. She was also one of ceived a scholarship
liams and Daniel Hale Williams II.
the first black members of the Ameri- to attend Harvard
The couple had several children, with can Nurses Association, and has been University to finish his master’s dethe elder
credited as one of the first women to gree, though the university would not
Daniel H.
register to vote in Boston following allow him to pursue his doctorate. He
Williams inthe ratification of the 19th Amendtraveled for several years, teaching at
heriting a barment in 1920. Mahoney was inducted black colleges, before obtaining his
ber business.
into the Nursing Hall of Fame in
Ph.D. at the University of Vienna in
He also
1976 and received induction into the Austria in 1931. With his doctorate
worked with
National Women's Hall of Fame in
in hand, he returned to DePauw to
the Equal
1993. She died in Boston on January continue his research. In 1935 he
Rights
4, 1926, at the age of 80. Mary Ma- earned international acclaim by synLeague, a
honey made history when she bethesizing physostigmine from the
Daniel
Hale
Williams
black civil
came the first black woman to com- calabar bean to create a drug treatrights organization active during the plete nurse's training. Subsequently, ment for glaucoma.
Rio Grande, Ohio
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Entertainment
A Classic Film For Black History Month
‘Lilies of the Field’: Sidney Poitier’s Best Actor
Award Remains A Moment In Cinematic History
“Lilies of the Field,” released in 1963, is the type of film the movie
trade papers used to call “heartwarming”: A wandering ex-G.I.
stops by a farm being run by five German nuns and agrees to help
them out with various and sundry tasks and chores. At their insistence, he stays on to build a chapel for them, and the nuns are sure
that he is a miracle sent from God.
By CYDNIE FEW
“Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they toil not, neither
do they spin. And yet I say unto you
that even Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these.”
“Lilies of the Field” was released in
1963; it was produced and directed by
Ralph Nelson. This classic film stars
Sidney Poitier and Lilia Skala. Sidney
Poitier became the first African
American to win an Academy Award
for best actor in this film. Lilia Skala,
was nominated for best supporting
actress. The film gets its title from
Matthew
6:27-33,
which is part
of the Sermon on the
Mount. This
film is very
powerful and
is a great representation of
black history
month.
Sidney PoiCinema
tier plays
Homer
By Cydnie
Smith; he is a
wanderer; a
man with no apparent home or family
connections; he happens to be a very
good carpenter/handyman. On his
way through the Arizona dessert, he
stops to get water for his overheated
car. While getting water, he sees sev-
eral women who look like nuns,
working on a fence. The women introduce themselves and we find out
they are German refugees who escaped Nazi Germany by walking
across Europe.
Lilia Skala plays the part of the
mother superior of the small convent
of nuns; she is called Mother Maria.
She can
Truly a labor of love of speak only
director/producer/actor a little
Ralph Nelson, “Lilies” English.
squeaked by on a budg- The nuns
et of $450,000, a shoot- convince
ing schedule of four- him to fix
teen days, and some the roof of
serious salary negotia- their rustic
tions with the film's and ram
star. But what a payoff: shackled
it was nominated for dwelling;
four Academy Awards, he enthuincluding Best Picture. siastically
Moreover, “Lilies of the does so.
Field” achieved motion He spends
picture history as Sid- the night
ney Poitier was award- sleeping
ed the Best Actor Os- outside
car, marking the first the isolattime in history an Acad- ed conemy Award was award- vent ased to a black man. suming he
will be
paid in the
morning.
In the morning after breakfast,
Homer tries to convince the head nun
that he should be paid for his effort
by using a quote from Luke 10:7,
which says "The laborer is worthy of
his hire." Mother Maria asks him to
read a Bible verse from the Sermon
on the Mount:
“Consider the lilies of
the field, how they
grow; they toil not,
neither do they spin.
And yet I say unto
you that even Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like
one of these.”
Out of the kindness
of his heart he stays
another day to help
the nuns with other
small tasks. When
Homer shows off his
handyman skills, the
nuns begin to think he
is a gift from God to
build a chapel for
their religious community. On Sunday,
mother Maria has
Homer drive her and
the nuns to the Catholic Mass held at a
mobile church and
conducted by a traveling priest. As they
walk to the altar,
which is a homemade
dais set on the back
of a truck, Homer
decides not to go because he is Baptist.
Instead he goes into a
small restaurant for
breakfast. There he
learns about the hardships the nuns have
suffered; they are refugees who have settled in America after
the devastation of
World War II.
AS THE FILM PROGRESSES, Homer takes both the nuns and the
Homer stays, gets a
construction of the chapel into his heart – the chapel becomes his project; part-time job with
(Continued
one he wants to complete by himself.
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DUELING BIBLICAL PASSAGES — Homer
tries to convince the Mother Superior that he
should be paid for his effort by using a quote from
Luke 10:7, which reads, “The laborer is worthy of
his hire.” Mother Maria counters by asking him to
read a Bible verse from the Sermon on the Mount:
“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they
toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you
that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these.”
Scenes From “Lilies of the Field”
Rio Grande, Ohio
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Entertainment
A Classic Film For Black History Month
‘Lilies of the Field’: Sidney Poitier’s Best Actor
Award Remains A Moment In Cinematic History
AT THEIR LAST ENGLISH
LESSON, Homer tricks Mother
Maria into saying “Thank You.”
He quietly leaves while leading the
nuns in singing the song, “Amen.”
We hear his car start; Mother
Maria’s face goes blank; Homer
drives away into the night.
Sidney Poitier: A Filmography
A native of Cat Island, The Bahamas, (though
born in Miami during a mainland visit by his parents), Poitier grew up in poverty as the son of a
dirt farmer. He had little formal education and at
the age of 15 was sent to Miami to live with his
brother, in order to forestall a growing tendency
toward delinquency.
A determination to find and create opportunities
for African Americans was born in him because of
the poor treatment he received on the streets of
Miami. At 18, he went to New York, did menial
jobs and slept in a bus terminal toilet. A brief stint
in the Army as a worker at a veteran's hospital was
followed by more menial jobs in Harlem.
An impulsive audition at the American Negro
Theatre was rejected so forcefully that Poitier dedicated the next six months to overcoming his accent and performance ineptness. On his second try,
he was accepted. He was spotted in a rehearsal and
given a bit part in a Broadway production of
"Lysistrata," for which he got excellent reviews.
By the end of 1949, he was having to choose between leading roles on stage and an offer to work
for Darryl F. Zanuck in the film “No Way
Out” (1950).
COMPLETE FILMOGRAPHY*
Cast (feature film)
10. Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You
(2013)
11. Sing Your Song (2011)
12. Tell Them Who You Are (2004) as Cast.
13. Last Brickmaker in America, The (2001) as
Henry Cobb.
14. Simple Life of Noah Dearborn, The (1999)
as Noah Dearborn.
15. Free of Eden (1999) as Will Cleamons.
16. David and Lisa (1998) as Dr Jack Miller.
17. Jackal, The (1997) as Carter Preston--Fbi
(Continued From Page 8)
IN THE 1963 BEST ACTOR OSCAR
a construction business, and be- RACE, Sidney Poitier did not think he
gins building the chapel. While
would win, and did
working the job and building the
not prepare an acchapel, he still has time to help
ceptance speech,
the nuns learn English. The nuns
but rather, focused
start to write letters asking for
his efforts on
money and supplies; sadly all
maintaining a
the requests are denied.
graceful loser’s
As the film progresses, Homer
expression when
takes both the nuns and the conthe cameras invaristruction of the chapel into his
ably turned upon
heart – the chapel becomes his him for his reaction. When presenter
project; one he wants to comAnne Bancroft announced Poitier as the
plete by himself.
winner, the actor flew up to the stage in
To help him and the nuns,
hysterical exhilaration, and in a daze,
however, people from around
began an impromptu speech he had
the community begin donating whimsically thought up just moments
building materials and try to
before: “It has been a long journey to
help with the building. At first
this moment . . ."
Homer wants no help, but as the
work continues, he gradually comes building; he knows his job is done.
to accept the idea that the chapel be- At their last English lesson, Homer
longs to the community and the nuns. tricks Mother Maria into saying
Homer becomes what he has always “Thank You.” He quietly leaves
wanted to be: a contractor directing
while leading the nuns in singing the
the construction of an important
song, “Amen.” We hear his car start;
building.
Mother Maria’s face goes blank, but
Finally, the chapel is completed.
she continues to sing. Homer drives
Homer puts the final touches on the away into the night.
Deputy Director.
18. Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
as Nelson Mandela.
19. To Sir With Love II (1996) as
Mark Thackeray.
20. Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995) as Himself.
21. Century Of Cinema, A (1994)
22. World Beat (1993)
23. Sneakers (1992) as Crease.
24. Shoot To Kill (1988) as Warren Stantin.
25. Little Nikita (1988) as Roy Parmenter.
26. The Spencer Tracy Legacy
(1987)
27. Piece Of The Action, A (1977)
as Manny Durrell.
28. Let's Do It Again (1975) as
Clyde Williams.
29. The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
as Shack Twala.
30. Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
as Steve Jackson.
31. Warm December, A (1973) as Dr Younger.
32. Buck and the Preacher (1972) as Buck .
33. The Organization (1971) as
[Lt.] Virgil Tibbs .
34. Brother John (1971) as John
Kane .
35. They Call Me MISTER Tibbs
(1970) as Virgil Tibbs .
36. King: A Filmed Record ...
Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as .
37. The Lost Man (1969) as Jason Higgs .
38. For Love of Ivy (1968) as Jack Parks .
39. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) as
John Prentice .
40. In the Heat of the Night (1967) as Virgil
Tibbs .
41. To Sir, With Love (1967) as Mark Thacker-
ay .
42. Duel at Diablo (1966) as Toller .
43. A Patch of Blue (1965) as Gordon Ralfe .
44. The Bedford Incident (1965)
as Ben Munceford .
45. The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965) as Simon of Cyrene .
46. The Slender Thread (1965) as Alan Newell .
47. The Long Ships (1964) as El Mansuh .
48. Lilies of the Field (1963) as Homer Smith .
49. Pressure Point (1962) as Doctor .
50. A Raisin in the Sun (1961) as Walter Lee
Younger .
51. Paris Blues (1961) as Eddie Cook .
52. All the Young Men (1960) as [Sgt. Eddie]
Towler .
53. Virgin Island (1960) as Marcus.
54. Porgy and Bess (1959) as Porgy .
55. The Defiant Ones (1958) as
Noah Cullen .
56. The Mark of the Hawk (1958)
as Obam .
57. Band of Angels (1957) as RauRu .
58. Edge of the City (1957) as
Tommy Tyler .
59. Something of Value (1957) as
Kimani .
60. Good-Bye, My Lady (1956) as Gates .
61. Blackboard Jungle (1955) as Gregory W.
Miller .
62. Go Man Go (1954) as Inman Jackson .
63. Red Ball Express (1952) as [Corp. Andrew]
Robertson .
64. Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)
65. No Way Out (1950) as Dr. Luther Brooks .
(1993)
*Does Not Include nine films directed by Poitier.
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Entertainment
Walking Weekly
SPOILER ALERT: This
article may contain spoilers for readers who have
not watched the most recent season.
By Taryn Strawser, Signals Staff Writer
WD Returns With More Bangs … And Lots Of Whimpers
Characters Face Life After Prison
The tagline for the second half of Season Four of
AMC’s The Walking Dead may be “Don’t look
back,” but the first two episodes after the half season premiere prove that looking forward into the
season will provide the normal gamut of excitement, action, and questions left unanswered.
When Season Four left off, the group, led by
Rick Grimes, made up of a few survivors from the
“Atlanta Group,” Greene farm
folk, survivors from Woodbury,
and various other ragtag survivors
By Taryn Strawser who had
Signals Staff Writer been
picked up,
was in disarray. Phillip Blake, aka
The Governor had stormed up to
the prison gates with guns blazing — literarily.
The patriarch of the group, loving and kind
Hershel Green, suffered at the hands of Blake, receiving a slice to the neck via Michonne’s katana
before being beheaded. An all-out war ensued and
the group split, leaving viewers wondering who
had died and who had made it out.
The first episode of the season, “After” focused
on fan favorites, Michonne, Rick, and his son Carl.
Michonne hid close by the prison and the opening
scene shows her walking among its ruins. Mimicking a Walker herself, due to shock and grief, she
stumbles upon two remains. Her enemy Phillip
Blake is seen dead after being stabbed by her, then
shot in the head by girlfriend Lily Caul. In a scene
that upset many viewers, Michonne finds
Hershel’s reanimated Walker head — the eyes
glassy, the mouth agape and searching for a fresh
kill. Michonne quickly runs the head through, ending Hershel’s plight once and for all.
The scene switches to main character Rick and
his son Carl. Rick, after a life threatening fight
with Blake, is severely injured, hobbling around,
speaking with a voice that sounds like his mouth is viewers were happy to see the infant alive after
full of cotton (interestingly enough a behind the
seeing a questionable amount of blood left in her
scenes interview revealed the actor who plays Rick car seat.
was fitted with a bite plate to stuff his jaw and
Although viewers were excited about Baby Judy
simulate swollen trauma).
(also known as Lil A**kicker) being alive, Lizzy
Carl, after years of being taken
MICHONNE FINDS Hershel’s reanimated Walker
care of by his dad, switches to the
head — the eyes
caretaker. Carl helps his dad by
killing Walkers and finding Tortilla glassy, the mouth
chips and various other foods. The agape and searching
duo finally stumbles into an aban- for a fresh kill. Midoned house where Rick, succumb- chonne quickly runs
ing to his injuries, passes out cold the head through,
on the couch.
Hormonal Carl yells at his uncon- ending Hershel’s
scious father, discussing how Rick plight once and for all.
took Shane from him, didn’t help
save his mother and baby sister. Carl finally ven- seemed to be hateful towards the little one. Lizzy
tures out on his own, taking on three Walkers who is truly a nutcase, she mutilated a trio of baby bunend up in a dead pile on him. He finds solace in
nies found in a log, shows anger and aggression
another abandoned house where he is confronted, towards her younger sister, and begins to suffocate
and almost bitten, by a rogue Walker.
Baby Judy because she is crying while Walkers are
Giving the Walker his shoe, Carl escapes, and
near and Tyreese is away helping another group.
celebrates his triumph by eating 112 ounces of
Lucky for the baby, one of the members of the
pudding on the roof of the house.
other group is Carol. In a moment awkward for
Meanwhile,
knowing viewers, Ty
Michonne sleeps
grabs Carol up in a large
and enters a
hug not realizing that she
dream sequences
has confessed to killing
where viewers
his friend Karen. The
finally get a
group meeting back up
glimpse into her
leads to a lot of quespast life. She had
tions: Will Ty find out
a baby son, and
what Carol did and will
her two “pets”
he forgive her? Will Lizwere her lover
zy finally lose it and risk
Mike and his
the safety of the group?
friend. Although
Comic book readers may
CARL ESCAPES A Zombie attack, and celebrates his notice that the Lizzy/
the sequence is a
triumph by eating 112 ounces of pudding on the roof of Mikka characters closely
little odd, the
a house.
general idea is
mimic twins Ben and Bilthat something
ly from the graphic novhappened in which Michonne survived while all of el. A very controversial issue arises between the
those around her died. She awakes with a start as twins in the comics, leaving readers turned viewers
her son vanishes from her arms and Mike and his questioning if the television show will dare to venfriend take on their former pet forms.
ture down the dark path Kirkman laid out in the
Michonne, clearly shaken by the dream, ends up graphic novels.
slaughtering a small passel of Walkers, including
Bob, Sasha, and Maggie Greene are found; they
one that looks like her. She eventually tracks and seem to be getting along but Maggie is adamant
meets up with Carl and Rick. Carl comes back to about searching for her husband Glenn. Glenn was
their new haven, believes Rick has died and turned last seen on a bus. When the trio finds the bus,
into a Walker based on his awakening moans, and they open it and kill all the Walkers inside —
prepares to shoot him. Going back on his rant, Carl wondering if they will find Glenn among the dead.
collapses into sobs as he realizes he would rather
Meanwhile, Glenn is very much alive and finds
be devoured by his father then forced to shoot him former Blake follower Tara. Tara seems remorselike he had to shoot his mother. Carl and Rick
ful about siding unknowingly with a killer, and
make up, he confesses to the pudding binge, and
Glenn learns about his father-in-law’s death. Tired
Rick answers Michonne’s knock on the door, tell- and still ill, Glenn passes out and leaves the Walking Carl, “It’s for you.”
er killing to Tara. She’s not alone however, as an
The next episode, “Inmates” helped viewers an- army jeep joins her. It contains three characters,
swer a lot of unsolved questions. Viewers find out new to the show but favorites in the comics: EuALTHOUGH VIEWERS were excited about
gene Porter, Rosita Espinosia, and Sargent AbraBaby Judy (also known as Lil A**kicker) being that Beth Greene and Darryl Dixon are roaming
through the woods together. The two seem at odds ham Ford. How these three play into everything
alive, Lizzy seemed to be hateful towards the
little one. Lizzy is truly a nutcase: she mutilated — Beth an optimist and Darryl a pessimist. How- will be interesting to see.
a trio of baby bunnies found in a log, shows an- ever, viewers can’t help but wonder if a romance is Overall, the two newest episodes are chalk-full
ger and aggression towards her younger sister, going to brew between the two. The next group to of information but as always, Season Four will be
full of awesomeness, suspense, and of course,
and begins to suffocate Baby Judy because she show are sisters Lizzy and Mikka who have met
up with Tyreese and Baby Judith Grimes. Most
Walkers.
is crying while Walkers are near.
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Signals Sports/Athletics
Rio Baseball Splits Season-Opening Double-Header
Rio Grande Sports Information
MOBILE, Ala. - The University of Rio Grande
baseball team rallied for three runs in the seventh
and final inning of game two and salvaged a split
of its season-opening double-header against Martin Methodist (Tenn.), Saturday, Feb. 1, at Spring
Hill College's Stan Galle Field.
The RedStorm coughed up a fourth inning lead
in the opener, dropping a 4-3 decision, but used
their three-run uprising to post a 5-2 win in the
nightcap.
Junior Kevin Arroyo (Toa Baja, Puerto Rico)
and sophomore Chris Ford (Athens, OH) collected
three hits in the twinbill, while juniors Grant Tamane (Pickering, Ontario, Canada), Kyle Findley
(Cincinnati, OH) and Anthony Knittel
(Portsmouth, OH) and freshman Luis Jimenez
(Salinas, P.R.) all had two hits each on the day.
Knittel started and took the loss in the opener,
while senior Mike Deitsch (Cincinnat, OH) earned
the win and senior David Steele (Kettering, OH)
notched a save in game two.
In the game two victory, Rio Grande jumped to
a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a run-scoring single by Findley and - after the Redhawks tied the
game in the home second - the RedStorm regained
a one-run advantage thanks to a leadoff home run
by Jimenez in the fifth.
Martin Methodist (2-2) tied the game again in
the bottom of the fifth, but Rio mounted what
proved to be its game-winning rally in the top of
the seventh.
Knittel and Jimenez began the inning with con-
secutive singles and junior Luke Taylor (Pedro,
OH) bunted both runners into scoring position,
setting the stage for a two-run single to left by
sophomore Austin Hall (Wheelersburg, OH).
Arroyo accounted for the final run of the frame
with a two-out double to deep right when scored
sophomore Tyler Noel (Portsmouth, OH), who
came on to run for Hall.
Deitsch, who scattered five hits and a walk
while striking out five over the first six innings,
gave way to Steele, who closed the door on the
Redhawks in the seventh by retiring the side in
order, including the final two outs of the day by
strikeout.
Arroyo finished 3-for-4, while Jimenez had two
hits and scored twice in the victory.
Brodie Jeffery had two hits, while Caleb Lindsey doubled and Blake Truett drove home a run in
the loss for Martin Methodist. Clay Brown started
and took the loss for the RedHawks, allowing nine
of Rio's 10 hits and all five runs in 6-1/3 innings.
Rio Grande also grabbed an early lead in game
one thanks to a two-out first inning home run by
Ford.
After MMC tied the game in the third, the RedStorm regained the lead in the home fourth when
Tamane opened the inning with a single to left and
eventually rode home on a two-out double by
Knittel.
The Redhawks took control, though, with three
runs in the fifth and never looked back.
Rio did draw to within a run in the sixth when
Ford and Findley reached on one-out singles and a
two-out throwing error
allowed Ford to score.
The RedStorm also
threatened in the seventh when Taylor led
off with a single and
moved to third thanks to
a throwing error on a
sacrifice bunt attempt
by Hall.
However, one out
later, Taylor was thrown
out at the plate trying to
SOPHOMORE
score on a bunt by ArCHRIS FORD had three
royo as Noel - who was
hits, including a home
running for Hall - adrun, in Rio's doublevanced into scoring poheader split on Satursition, but Tamane flied
day, Feb. 1.
out to right-center to
end the game.
Ford had two hits and scored twice in the loss,
while Knittel suffered the setback on the hill after
allowing three hits, five walks and all four runs in
4-2/3 innings. Jeffery had two hits and two RBI
for MMC, while Blake Beavers allowed six hits
and a pair of walks while fanning six in a complete
game victory.
"Overall, I thought our guys played pretty well
considering we'd only been outside two times prior
to today," said Rio Grande head coach Brad
Warnimont. "We did a decent job at the plate, our
pitchers threw the ball well, we only made one error in two games - I really couldn't complain."
Rio Grande RedStorm Women Upend No. 21 Cumberland
By KERRY GIBBS
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - The longawaited upset of the 2013-14 season
for head coach David Smalley and
the University of Rio Grande women's basketball came to fruition on
Saturday, Feb. 1, as the RedStorm
defeated No.21 Cumberlands, 88-81,
in Mid-South Conference action at
the Newt Oliver Arena.
The win snapped a four-game losing streak for Rio, which improved to
15-8 overall and 4-7 in league play.
The victory also marked the first win
in six tries against ranked opponents
this season.
"We had the upset against
Georgetown and let it slip through
our hands," Smalley said, referring to
Thursday's five-point loss to the No.
6 Tigers - a game in which the RedStorm blew a 21-point halftime lead.
"I think we took another big step tonight as a squad.
“We really stepped up the intensity
down the stretch and manage the ball
well on offense. Cumberlands is a
very powerful and explosive team
and we just kept matching up with
them and knocking down buckets
when we needed them.
“””We needed something like the
Georgetown loss to make us mature a
bit and I think that really helped us
tonight."
Cumberlands jumped out to its
largest lead of the game at 19-13 with
just under 12
minutes remaining in the
first half, but
the RedStorm
would counter
with an 11-4
run in a span
of just over 31/2 minutes
thanks to scoring efforts
SOPHOMORE
SARAH BONAR had from five dif19 points and seven ferent players.
The remainrebounds in the Febder
of the half
ruary 1 victory.
would go back
and forth and
eventually end with the Patriots owning a 46-42 advantage at the intermission.
Rio Grande, which had won just
three times in the previous nine
games when it trailed at halftime,
emerged from the lockerroom with
energy and embarked on a 17-6 run
over the first 7-1/2 minutes to take a
59-52 lead.
While the run proved to be an impressive offensive output, it was the
Rio Grande defense that buckled
down and allowed just one Cumberlands field goal over the course of the
first eight minutes of the second half.
"Cumberlands really just came out
in the second half and turned the ball
over," Smalley said. "Some were unforced, but I'd like to think our de-
fense played a part in that. I don't
know if Cumberlands expended too
much energy against Shawnee State
on Thursday night or not, but our defense just blanketed them in the second half. I can't say enough about
how proud I am of this team right
now."
Cumberlands did not go away quietly down the stretch of the game,
though, as they pulled within one
field goal five different times. The
RedStorm responded each time,
though, with a bucket of their own
and relied on their interior play, as
freshman forward Alexis Payne
(Deep Water, WV) recorded eight of
her 14 points in the final 7-1/2
minutes of the contest.
Leading 78-75 with two minutes
remaining, the RedStorm administered a dagger to the Patriots in the
form of a 7-0 run which produced an
85-75 lead with just over a minute
left and allowed Smalley to breathe a
sigh of relief.
"We all took big steps tonight,"
Smalley said. "It was really just a
great team win over a great basketball
team. Sarah Bonar, who didn't feel
the greatest for the second consecutive game, really came up big for us."
Shooting-wise, the RedStorm connected on 49 percent of its tries from
the field overall (30 of 61), 35 percent from beyond the three-point arc
(6 of 17) and 68 percent from the free
throw stripe (22 of 32).
Cumberlands, which slipped to 147 overall and 8-3 in the MSC, shot 34
percent overall (24 of 69), 34 percent
from three-point range (8 of 23) and
86 percent (25 of 29) from the free
throw line.
Rio Grande was able to hold the
Patriots to just 28 percent from the
field in the second half, including a
stone-cold 14 percent from threepoint range.
The RedStorm also enjoyed a 4541 edge in rebounding and committed
one less turnover (16) than their
guests.
Junior guard Brianna Thomas
(Maplewood, NJ) fell one point short
of her career-high by finishing with
32 points, nine assists and five rebounds, while sophomore forward
Sarah Bonar (Hartford, OH) contributed with a 19-point, seven-rebound
effort.
Payne finished with 14 points,
while freshman forward Brooke Marcum (Vinton, OH) grabbed a teamhigh nine rebounds and sophomore
forward Harley Adler (Burton, OH)
swatted away six shots.
Leading Cumberlands was a quartet of double-digit scorers led by Jill
Herman with 24 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
Jackie Alexander netted 18 points,
while Julie Haye and Brooke Forsythe rounded out the double-digit
scoring with 16 and 14 points, respectively.
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Rio Grande Men Outlast Patriots In Overtime At Home
Rio men outlast Patriots in OT
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Junior forward Josh Reagan had a team-high
35 points and nine rebounds to lead
the University of Rio Grande past the
University of the Cumberlands, 9996 in overtime, Saturday, Feb. 1, in
Mid-South Conference men's basketball action at the Newt Oliver Arena.
The RedStorm, who are ranked
No. 14 at that time in the latest NAIA
Division I coaches poll, improved to
15-7 overall and 8-3 in the MSC with
the win - their third straight against
the Patriots over the past two seasons.
The victory also secured Rio
Grande's first winning season since
the 2008-09 campaign when it finished 20-11 in the now-defunct
NAIA Division II America Mideast
Conference. Cumberlands dropped to
13-8 overall and 5-6 in league play
with the loss.
Freshman forward Bilal Young
(Cleveland, OH) added 17 points in
the winning effort for Rio Grande,
while senior guard Jermaine Warmack (Orange, N.J.) and sophomore
guard D.D. Joiner (Columbus, OH)
finished with 11 points apiece. Warmack also had a team-high five assists.
The Patriots were led in the loss by
R.J. Scott, who had a game-high 36
points and seven rebounds to go
along with a team-high eight rebounds.
Tony Bradley had 15 points and
Shaquille Lowery finished with 14
points and seven assists in a losing
cause for UC, while Steve Goins
chipped in with 11 points.
After the previous two meetings in
the series were decided in double
overtime and on a free throw with no
time remaining, Saturday's get together produced 11 ties and nine lead
changes. Rio Grande led by as many
as 13 points with just over two
minutes remaining in the first half,
Thomas named MSC
Player of the Week
but the Patriots
closed the gap
to eight by
halftime and
finished the
comeback
when a threepointer by
Scott with
6:30 remaining in regulation
gave the
FRESHMAN BILAL YOUNG had 17 visitors a 68points and seven re- 66 advantage.
A back-andbounds in the Februforth
exchange
ary 1 overtime victoensued down
the home
stretch, with five of the 11 ties and
four of the nine lead changes taking
place in the final 5:29.
Rio led by as many as four points
as late as 1:42 left to play, but a three
-pointer by UC's Michael Dow with
1:27 remaining and a jumper in the
lane by Taylor Gover with 52 sec-
onds showing sent the Patriots back
in front, 80-79.
The RedStorm regained the advantage on a pair of free throws by
Joiner with 34 seconds left, but a
three-pointer by Scott with eight seconds remaining gave UC an 83-81
edge. Warmack sent the game to
overtime by going coast-to-coast following Scott's go-ahead trifecta and
scoring on a layup with two seconds
left to knot the tally at 83-all.
Scott canned one of two free
throws just 15 seconds into the extra
session to give the Patriots a onepoint lead, but Reagan - a native of
Cleveland, Ohio - scored on a layup
just 19 seconds later to give Rio
Grande a lead it would never relinquish.
The RedStorm twice led by as
many as five points in the overtime
and UC closed to within a point on
three occasions, but the Patriots never
managed to re-tie the game or get the
lead back.
Baseball Swept By Crusaders
DAYTON, Tenn. - The University of Rio Grande baseball team wrapped
COLUMBIA, Ky. - University of Rio Grande junup a tough weekend road trip on Saturday, Feb. 8, dropping a doubleheader
ior Brianna Thomas is the Mid-South Conference
to Madonna (Mich.) University at Bryan College's Lions Field.
Women's Basketball Player of the Week, conference
The RedStorm slipped to 2-6 on the young season after falling 7-1 to the
officials announced on Monday, Feb. 3.
Crusaders in the opening game of the twinbill and 4-3 in the nightcap.
The weekly award was Thomas' second this season.
Madonna improved to 3-1 with the sweep.
She also earned the award on Jan. 13.
Rio Grande managed just two hits in the opening game loss, as the CruThe Maplewood, N.J., guard averaged 25.5 points,
saders bolted to a four-run first inning lead and never looked back.
3.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists while helping Rio
In game two, the RedStorm erased an early 2-0 deficit with two runs in the
Grande to a 1-1 record during the week against a pair Brianna Thomas
first inning and a go-ahead marker in the second inning, but Madonna scored
of nationally ranked teams.
twice in the third inning to regain the advantage and held on the rest of the
Thomas scored 19 points, dished out four assists and recorded six steals in way.
a 78-73 loss to No. 6 Georgetown (Ky.) on Thursday. She connected on
Junior left-hander Anthony Knittel (West Portsmouth, OH) started and
eight of her 15 shots from the field, including 2-for-5 from beyond the 3took the loss in game one, suffering his second setback in as many decisions
point arc in the near upset - Georgetown overcame a 21-point halftime defi- this season.
cit to claim the win.
Sophomore southpaw Kyle Miller (Wilmington, OH) took the loss in game
On February 1, Thomas led the RedStorm to an 88-81 upset of No. 21two, also dropping to 0-2 on the season after finishing 9-1 on the hill as a
ranked Cumberlands (Ky.). She finished the game with 32 points, five refreshman.
bounds and nine assists. Thomas hit 11 of her 17 shots, including 4-for-8
Junior Grant Tamane (Pickering, Ontario, Canada) had three hits in the
from 3-point range in the win. She was also a perfect 6-for-6 from the chari- doubleheader, including two in game two, while junior Luke Taylor (Pedro,
ty line.
OH) also had two hits - including double - and drove in a run in game two.
Rio Baseball Swept By Spring Hill In Season-Opening Road Trip
MOBILE, Ala. - The University of Rio Grande
baseball team saw their season-opening weekend
road trip to the deep south end in disappointing
fashion on Sunday, Feb.
2, as the RedStorm
dropped both ends of a
doubleheader to Spring
Hill College at historic
Stan Galle Field.
The Badgers got a
two-run, walk-off home
run to post a 6-4 win in
the opener and cruised
to a 7-1 win in the
nightcap.
The sweep saw Rio
JUNIOR ANTHONY
Grande finish the weekKNITTEL had two hits, end at 1-3.
including a double, and
Juniors Grant Tamane
an RBI in February 2
(Pickering, Ontario,
losses to Spring Hill.
Canada) and Anthony
Knittel (Portsmouth,
OH) had two hits and a run batted in each in the
game one loss, while freshman Luis Jimenez
(Salinas, Puerto Rico) also had two hits in three
times at the plate.
No other RedStorm player managed more than
one hit in the twinbill.
Sophomore left-hander Kyle Miller
(Wilmington, OH) started and took the loss in the
opener, while senior Eric Ford (Chagrin Falls, OH)
– making his debut after missing all of the 2013
campaign as a result of injury – suffered the setback in game two.
Spring Hill (3-1) jumped to a 4-0 lead after
three innings in game one, but Rio came off the
mat to tie the game with single runs in the fourth
and fifth innings and two runs in the sixth.
The RedStorm's fourth inning run was the result
of a one-out walk to sophomore Chris Ford
(Athens, OH) and a two-out double to right by
Knittel, while the fifth inning marker came about
when junior Kevin Arroyo (Toa Baja, P.R.)
reached on a two-out error, stole second and rode
home on a single to center by Tamane.
Rio completed the comeback in the top of the
sixth. Junior Kyle Findley (Cincinnati, OH) was
hit by a pitch to open the inning before consecutive singles by Knittel and Jimenez loaded the bases. Sophomore Kirk Yates (Chillicothe, OH) was
then hit by a pitch to force home freshman Dominic Tiberi (Dublin, OH), who was running for
Findley. One out later, Knittel scored the tying run
on a throwing error, but the inning ended moments
later when Arroyo bounced into a 5-2-3 doubleplay.
The Badgers ended things in their final at bat in
the seventh, though, when Willie Floros – who
committed the error that allowed Rio to score the
tying run in the sixth – was hit by a pitch with one
out and Roy Moulder followed by hammering the
first pitch he saw over the fence in left for a gamewinning home run.
Miller allowed nine hits and all five earned runs
in the complete game loss. He also walked one and
struck out two while surrendering two wild pitches
and hitting three batters.
Moulder finished with three RBIs for the Badgers, while Mykol Sostarich, Kyle Freeman and
Andy Robbins all had two hits each in the win.
Keller Douglas, the third of three pitchers for
Spring Hill, picked up the win.
In the nightcap, Spring Hill scored twice in the
third inning and four times in the fifth en route to
an easy victory.
Rio Grande was limited to just three singles in
the loss and scored its only run when sophomore
Jonathan Schob (Decatur, OH) was hit by a pitch
with one out and the bases loaded in the top of the
sixth.
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Rio RedStorm Women End Losing Slide
ST. CATHARINE, Ky. - Led by
Brianna Thomas, a quartet of doubledigit scorers paced the University of
Rio Grande women's basketball team
to a 92-80 victory against St. Catharine College, Saturday, Feb. 16, in
Mid-South Conference action at
Lourdes Hall.
The win was the first road triumph
for the RedStorm in Mid-South Conference play since an 80-69 triumph
at Pikeville on February 16, 2012.
The victory also improved Rio's
record to 16-10 on the season and 5-9
in conference play, while the Patriots
dropped to 4-18 overall and 1-14 in
the MSC. The win also kept Rio
Grande in contention for a spot in the
upcoming conference tournament,
although the RedStorm failed to gain
any ground in the MSC standings
thanks to wins by Shawnee State,
Pikeville and Bluefield.
"The gorilla on our back had become King Kong on steroids," said
Rio Grande head coach David
Smalley. "We hadn't gotten a road
win in this league in almost two full
seasons and finally got that done
against a scrappy and hungry St.
Catharine squad. We played well and
executed throughout. We did a very
smart thing and our players understood we had to pound the ball inside
and that was the big difference in the
game."
St. Catharine's only lead of the
game came after guard Heather
Sandlin buried a three-pointer to get
the scoring started for both teams on
the afternoon. The RedStorm responded by rattling off eight consecutive points, including back-to-back
three-pointers from freshman guard
Kaylyn Gambill (Ashland, KY).
The Rio advantage hovered around
10 points for most of the first half
until the combination of the bench
play from sophomore forwards Ciara
Herring (Cleveland, OH) and Harley
Adler (Burton, OH) contributed to a 6
-0 RedStorm run which ballooned the
lead to 38-24 with 1:31 left in the
half.
The scrappy Patriots scored six of
the final eight points of the half to
pull within 40-30 at the intermission,
but the RedStorm parlayed Thomas'
quickness in transition and their
height advantage into a 15-4 run to
open the second half.
Rio Grande's bigs were the story of
the rest of the afternoon, as freshmen
Alexis Payne (Deep Water, WV) and
Brooke Marcum (Vinton, OH) converted on nearly everything they
threw toward the basket on the inside
and, if there was a missed basket to
collect, created second chances by
owning the offensive glass.
Although some timely threepointers by St. Catherine would keep
the Patriots within shouting distance,
they never got any closer than 12
points.
St. Catharine Patriots Pull Away, Top RedStorm
ST. CATHARINE, Ky. - Host St. Catharine
College nearly coughed up a 15-point second half
lead, but pulled away down the stretch to defeat
the University of Rio Grande, 78-63, Saturday,
Feb. 15, in Mid-South Conference men's basketball action at Lourdes Hall.
The Patriots improved to 16-9 overall and 9-6
in the MSC, avenging an earlier loss to the RedStorm and pulling to within a half-game of Rio
Grande and Georgetown in the league standings.
Rio, ranked No. 15 in the most recent NAIA
Division I coaches poll, suffered its first winless
weekend of the season in conference play, dropping to 16-9 overall and 9-5 in the league.
St. Catharine opened up a 46-31 advantage with
15:44 left to play on a pair of free throws by William Tolefree and appeared headed toward an easy
win, but Rio Grande refused to go away quietly
and methodically chipped away at the defict, pull-
ing as close as 62-60 after a three-pointer by sophomore guard D.D. Joiner (Columbus, OH) with
2:52 remaining.
The Patriots survived, though, by scoring the
next seven points and, after a three-pointer by Rio
sophomore forward Phillip Hertz (Rungsted Kyst,
Denmark) with 1:10 left made it 69-63, closed the
contest on a 9-0 run.
Omar Skinner scored a game-high 24 points to
lead St. Catharine.
Campbellsville Tigers Rally, Upend RedStorm Men
Rio Grande
Sports Information
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. Campbellsville University's Darius
Clement scored 13 of his team-high
23 points during a 16-0 run, as the
host Tigers erased a 14-point second
half deficit and knocked off 15thranked University of Rio Grande, 8380, Thursday, Feb. 14, in Mid-South
Conference men's basketball action at
the Powell Athletic Center.
Campbellsville (13-10 overall, 8-6
MSC), which also received votes in
this week's NAIA Division I coaches'
poll, won for the fifth straight time
and the sixth time in seven outings.
Rio Grande slipped to 16-8 overall
and 9-4 in league play with the loss.
"A team in their building - you
give them open looks like that and
they get hot, then they get some confidence," Rio Grande head coach Ken
French said of the Tigers. "I told the
guys in a timeout that they were coming. The same thing happened when
we played them at our place. But we
didn't play with any poise or composure down the stretch."
The RedStorm appeared to have
things well in hand, using a 17-5 run
to open up a 68-54 advantage following a bucket by freshman forward
Jalen Harris with 7:19 left in the
game. But the Tigers roared back behind Clement, who had scored just
two points in the opening half. The
Bowling Green, Ky. junior nailed a
quartet of field goals - including a
three-pointer - and was 4-for-4 at the
free throw line over the next four
minutes as CU reeled off 16 consecutive points to take their first lead
since 21-19 at the 10:46 mark of the
opening half.
Jordan Meyers' three-pointer was
the only basket not scored by Clement during the game-changing run,
but it was a jumper from the free
throw line by Clement with 3:27 left
in the game which put the Tigers in
front, 70-68.
As things turned out, it was a lead
they would never relinquish.
Rio Grande tied the game three
more times - at 70-, 73- and 75-all but never managed to regain the ad-
vantage.
After Rio's final tie of 75-75 following a pair of free throws by sophomore guard D.D. Joiner (Columbus,
OH) with 1:16 remaining, Clement
canned another jumper with 56 seconds left to send CU in front to stay.
The RedStorm pulled to within one
point three different times in the final
34 seconds, but Clement hit two free
throws with 2.2 seconds left to make
it 83-80 and Rio junior forward Josh
Reagan (Cleveland, OH) missed on
off-balance, would-be game-tying
three-pointer as time expired to wrap
things up.
"He played well," French said of
Clement, who also handed out six
assists and had two steals.
Campbellsville Tigers Maul Rio RedStorm Women
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - The
University of Rio Grande women's
basketball team suffered a crushing
defeat on the road Thursday, Feb. 13,
as No. 4 Campbellsville University
cruised by the RedStorm, 83-47, at
the Powell Athletic Center.
The loss dropped Rio Grande to 15
-10 on the season and 4-9 in MidSouth Conference play, while the Tigers improved to 23-2 overall and 131 in the conference.
"I thought both teams came out a
little flat, but then we had that stretch
where we couldn't score and it got
away from us," said Rio Grande head
coach David Smalley.
"Their length gave us some problems, even after we brought some
bigger guys into practice this week to
try and simulate their zone, but when
you get in the heat of the moment you
sometime forget what you worked on.
We floated some passes, we took
some bad shots, we couldn't shoot
free throws - they beat us in every
phase."
The RedStorm actually enjoyed a 9
-6 lead with 14:45 left in the first half
courtesy of a three-pointer by freshman guard Kaylyn Gambill (Ashland,
KY), but it turned out to be the punch
in the face that would wake the Tigers up.
Head coach Ginger Colvin's team
fired off a 20-0 run over the next nine
minutes to take a 26-9 advantage and
never looked back.
Campbellsville eventually settled
for a 44-21 lead at the half and things
got no better for the RedStorm after
the break.
The Tigers flexed their muscles
throughout the final 20 minutes and
provided full-court pressure up until
the waning minutes to cause havoc
against the inexperienced guard play
of the RedStorm.
The 36-point final margin was
Rio's largest deficit of the night.
The RedStorm finished the contest
shooting a season-low 28 percent
from the field (17 of 61), 23 percent
from beyond the arc (3 of 13) and a
season-low 42 percent from the foul
line (10 of 24).
The 47 points also represented a
season-low for URG.
Campbellsville, which shot 45 percent (30 of 67) overall, 36-percent (5
of 14) from three-point range and 67
percent (18 of 27) from the free
throw line, also forced Rio Grande
into a season-high 31 turnovers.
"We couldn't throw the ball in the
ocean tonight and it didn't matter
where we were shooting it from,"
said Smalley. "We didn't answer the
call. Campbellsville can make you
look bad, though. They can lock you
up, they're deep - I think, by far, that
they're the best team in our league."
Owning one of the best defenses in
the nation, the Tigers forced Rio
Grande to commit a season-high 31
turnovers compared to 17 of their
own. Campbellsville recorded 19
steals in the victory and allowed just
five Rio Grande assists to occur.
Perhaps the only bright spot for
Smalley's squad was a 48-46 edge in
rebounding, including 19 offensive
rebounds.
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Rio Baseball Divides Pair With Bryan College Lions
DAYTON, TN - The University of Rio Grande baseball team saw its second
lengthy road trip south in as
many weekends finish in a
split on Friday, Feb. 7, as the
RedStorm dropped the first
game of a doubleheader
against Bryan College, but
managed to take the second
one from the Lions at Senter
Field.
The Lions used a three-run
sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie
and take the opening game 41, while the RedStorm plated
three runs in the first inning
of the nightcap en route to a 4
-2 victory.
The split moved Rio
Grande's record to 2-4 on the
season, while Bryan's record
now stands at 2-3.
Senior right-hander Michael Deitsch (Cincinnati,
OH) suffered the loss in game
one, while senior righthander David Steele
(Kettering, OH) picked up the
victory in game two.
Senior Marcus Makuch
(Baltimore, OH) and junior
Anthony Knittel (Portsmouth,
OH) picked up four hits and
one RBI apiece in the twin
bill, while junior Grant Tamane (Pickering, Ontario,
Canada) collected two hits
and scored a run.
No other RedStorm player
had more than one hit.
Batting in the leadoff spot
for the RedStorm, Makuch
belted the fourth pitch thrown
in game one out of the yard
for his first career homerun in
his first career at-bat for Rio
Grande.
Immediately following the
solo shot, Tamane and Knittel hit back to back singles to
put the heat on the Lion
pitching in the early going.
The Lions would quickly
cool off the Rio bats by forcing a fielder's choice in the
next at-bat, then striking out
and grounding out the heart
of the RedStorm lineup to kill
the threat and leave the bases
loaded.
The Rio lead would be
short-lived when Bryan second baseman Cody Rhinehart
would blast a solo homer of
his own on a 1-2 count in the
bottom of the second to knot
things up at 1-1.
The game would stay dead
Bears Hold Off RedStorm Women
PORTSMOUTH, OH - The University
of Rio Grande women's basketball team
suffered a tough road loss on Saturday,
Feb. 8, falling to arch-rival Shawnee
State, 76-70, at the Frank and Janis Waller Gymnasium.
The RedStorm dropped to 15-9 on the
year and 4-8 in Mid-South Conference
play, while the Bears improved to 12-11
overall and 5-7 in conference play.
With a Bluefield victory on Saturday
afternoon, Rio Grande currently finds
itself on the outside looking in for an invite to the conference tournament as they
sit in the ninth spot in the standings.
"We had absolutely no leadership tonight," Rio head coach David Smalley
said.
“It was really stagnant out there on offense tonight and we were soft in the
paint tonight. There's really no other way
to put it. When you're on the road, you
have to have the energy and leadership to
prevail."
The first eight minutes of the contest
was a back-and-forth affair with the lead
changing hands six times. The RedStorm
gained a 12-11 advantage at the 11:55
mark after a basket from junior guard
Brianna Thomas (Maplewood, NJ).
Shawnee State reeled off 20 of the
next 28 points to take a 31-20 lead with
5:42 left in the half, but Rio Grande
gained only one point on that advantage
by intermission and went to the break
down 39-29.
Perhaps the story of the first half was
the Bears' owning a 29-14 rebounding
advantage at the intermission, including
12 offensive rebounds as a team. Compounding with the rebounding margin
was Rio Grande's inability to hit free
throws in the first half (8 of 15).
Rio Finishes Sweep Of Shawnee
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio - The University of Rio Grande used a
second half scoring spurt to pull away from rival Shawnee State and
the RedStorm held on down the stretch to post a 73-63 win over the
Bears, Saturday, Feb. 8, in Mid-South Conference men's basketball
action at Waller Gymnasium.
Rio Grande, ranked 19th in the latest NAIA Division I coaches
poll, won for the ninth time in 11 games and improved to 16-7 overall and 9-3 in league play.
The RedStorm also won for the third consecutive time against
Shawnee State, completing the regular season sweep of the Bears.
Phillip Hertz
Shawnee fell to 8-15 overall and 2-10 in the MSC with the loss.
Rio led just 51-48 following a three-pointer by Shawnee's Andrew Bendolph with
9:14 left in the contest, but the RedStorm proceeded to reel off 13 of the game's next
18 points over the next five minutes to take an 11-point advantage.
The RedStorm's game-changing second half surge came on the heels of a roughand-tumble opening stanza that ended in a 29-29 deadlock.
Rio shot just 28 percent from the field (7-for-25) in the first half and didn't reach
double-digits in scoring until nearly 13 minutes were gone. By that time, Shawnee
State had built an eight-point lead.
The RedStorm methodically chipped away at the deficit, though, and eventually
tied the game at 25-25 on a bucket by junior guard Evan Legg (Piketon, OH) with
3:05 left before the intermission.
Shawnee State opened the second half strong and took a 37-32 lead on a Mark
Bryant three-pointer with 17:54 remaining in the game, but Rio responded with a 10
-2 run of its own and took its first lead of the day - 42-39 - on a three-pointer by senior guard Ricky Tisdale (Bolivar, TN) with 13:27 left to play.
It was a lead the RedStorm never relinquished.
-locked until
the bottom of
the sixth inning
when the Lions
reached base
the first two
times to the
plate courtesy
of a single and
a double and
MARCUS
then scored on
the third batter
MAKUCH
of the inning
due in part to a sacrifice fly.
Bryan tacked on two more
runs in the inning before retiring the RedStorm in order
in the seventh to nail down
the victory.
Deitsch gave up four
earned runs on eight hits and
notched a strikeout in six innings of work.
The Lions saw four different players record an RBI,
while pitcher LJ Rowden
went the distance on the
mound, allowing just six hits
and one earned run.
In the nightcap game, Rio
Grande saw its first three batters - Makuch, Tamane, and
Knittel - reach base thanks to
two walks and a hit batsman.
Sophomore Chris Ford
(Athens, OH) came to the
dish and reached second base
next thanks in part to a
throwing error on the shortstop, as Makuch and Tamane
both scored and Knittel advanced to third. Moments
later, a groundout by freshman Luis Jimenez (Salinas,
Puerto Rico) scored Knittel to
make it 3-0.
Rio Trio Takes
First At Cedarville
CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Lauren Rhoads took top honors in the
women's weight throw, while Issac Andrews and Kyle Sanborn
placed first in the men's shot put and 800meter at the February 7 and 8 Cedarville University Invitational hosted by Cedarville University.
Rhoads, a sophomore from Waverly, Ohio,
recorded a throw of 14.54 meters to earn first
place in the event. Andrews, a freshman from
Nelsonville, Ohio, tossed 13.76 meters to finish at the top in his event, while Sanborn, a
sophomore from Dover, Ohio, ran 800 meters
in 1:58.13.
The RedStorm had nine other top-five finishes at the event: freshman Lauren Stacy
(Bethel, OH), who placed second in the womLAUREN
en's weight throw with a toss of 14.07 metersRHOADS
-less than half a meter behind her teammate
Rhoads--and 3rd in the women's shot put with
a throw of 11.38 meters; senior Kaleb Kimber (Salisbury, NC),
who finished third in the men's high jump with a leap of 1.89 meters; freshman Nate Kosnich (Pickerington, OH), who finished
third in the men's 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.96; freshman
Chantal Higgin (Delaware, OH), who finished third in the women's
200-meter fourth in both the women's shot put with a throw of
11.25 meters and the women's weight throw with a toss of 13 meters; freshman Clarrisa Johnson (Hillsboro, OH), who finished
fourth in the women's 400-meter dash with a time of 63.69; and
freshman Charlie Ronan (Cincinnati, OH), who placed fifth in the
men's 200-meter dash with a time of 23.51.
Other finishers for Rio Grande included freshman Austin Moore
(Swedesboro, NJ), who finished sixth in the men's 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.43 and seventh in the men's 400-meter dash
with a time of 53.65; freshman Alex Nichols (Pickerington, OH),
who finished sixth in the men's weight throw with a toss of 11.15
meters; freshman Alex Ellis (Ona, WV), who was seventh in the
women's 800-meter run with a time of 2:34.24; freshman Katie
Glover (Ashville, OH), who placed eighth in the women's 800meter run with a time of 2:36.74; senior Joe Taranto (Pickerington,
OH), who finished ninth in the men's 800-meter run with a time of
2:02.21; junior Brittany Piccone (Crooksville, OH), who finished
10th in the women's 3000-meter run with a time of 11:53.19; and
freshman McKenzie Coriell (Lucasville, OH), who finished 10th in
the women's long jump with a leap of 4.41 meters.
Both the RedStorm women and men placed sixth out of 11
teams. Cedarville, Lindsey Wilson and Campbellsville filled the
top three spots in the women's team standings, while Cedarville,
Wilmington and the University of the Cumberlands took top honors on the men's side.
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RedStorm Women Knock Off Bluefield Rams
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Sarah Bonar poured in 30 points, while teammate Brianna Thomas added 21
points of her own to lead the University of Rio Grande past Bluefield
(Va.) College, 93-79, Thursday, Feb.
20, in Mid-South Conference women's basketball action.
The RedStorm improved to 17-10
overall and 6-9 in league play, forging a three-way tie for sixth place in
the MSC standings with Bluefield
and the University of Pikeville in the
process.
The Rams slipped to 12-12 overall
and 6-9 in the MSC with the loss.
Freshman forward Alexis Payne
(Deep Water, WV) also added 16
points in the winning effort for Rio,
while freshman forward Brooke Marcum (Vinton, OH) netted 10 points.
The RedStorm trailed by as many
as six points with 12:26 remaining in
the first half and were still staring at a
26-25 deficit following a pair of free
throws by Bluefield's Janee Simmons
with 6:08 left before the intermission
when Thomas and Bonar lit the fire
on a game-changing run.
Thomas, a junior guard from
Maplewood, NJ, had nine points and
Bonar - a sophomore forward from
Hartford, Ohio - tallied six points of
her own in a 22-3 Rio run over the
next 5-1/2 minutes as the RedStorm
built an 18-point advantage.
Rio's lead twice reached as many
as 22 points in the second half, although Bluefield methodically
chipped away at the deficit and
pulled as close as 10 points, 82-72,
following a pair of Alexis Grant free
throws with 3:16 remaining. But
that's as close as the Rams would get.
Asia Wheeler, who had 18 points
and a game-high nine rebounds in a
losing cause for BC, fouled out just
seven seconds later and was assessed
a technical foul while leaving the
floor and Rio responded with six
straight points - four by Bonar and
two by Payne and all from the free
throw line - to put the win on ice.
The Rams got no closer than 13
points the rest of the way.
The two teams were whistled for
62 combined fouls and teamed to
shoot a staggering 92 free throws - 53
of which were attempted by the Red-
Storm.
Marcum and freshman guard
Sharday Baines (East Cleveland, OH)
had five rebounds each to lead Rio
Grande, which shot 62.5 percent in
the second half (10-for-16) and 55.3
percent for the game (26-for-47).
Baines also had four assists and
Thomas finished with a team-high
four steals.
In addition to Wheeler, the Rams
had three other players reach double
figures. Teqa McNeal had a teamhigh 23 points, while Grant finished
with 12 and Monique Robson netted
10.
BC outrebounded Rio, 34-30, and
shot 45.1 percent from the floor (23for-51), but hurt its own cause with
23 turnovers.
Bluefield Rallies Late, Nips Rio RedStorm Men
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Alex Lubsey and Andrew Wilson spearheaded a 12-3 game-ending run
as Bluefield (Va.) College rallied in the final three
minutes to post a 78-73 win over the University of
Rio Grande, Thursday, Feb. 20, in Mid-South
Conference men's basketball action at the Newt
Oliver Arena.
The Rams, who avenged an earlier loss to the
RedStorm, improved to 13-10 overall and 6-9 in
the MSC.
Rio Grande, which was ranked 19th in the latest
NAIA Division I coaches poll, suffered its third
straight loss in falling to 16-10 overall and 9-6 in
the league.
The RedStorm also failed to capitalize on an
opportunity to move into second place after
Georgetown suffered a loss to Lindsey Wilson,
sliding to fourth place instead based on St. Catharine's triple overtime win over Campbellsville.
Rio Grande, which had trailed just twice - for all
of 24 seconds - appeared to be zeroing on a victory
when junior forward Josh Reagan (Cleveland, OH)
canned a pair of free throws with 3:09 remaining
to give the RedStorm a 70-66 advantage.
The Rams responded by scoring 12 of the
game's final 15 points, with Lubsey accounting for
half of BC's points during the spurt, including a
breakaway two-handed dunk with 1:28 remaining
which gave Bluefield the lead for good, 72-70.
Lubsey finished with a team-high 19 points.
Wilson had five of the remaining six points in
the spurt, including a three-pointer that followed
Lubsey's go-ahead dunk with 35.9 seconds left and
gave BC what proved to be its largest lead of the
night, 75-70.
Wilson finished with 16 points.
Rio Grande senior guard Ricky Tisdale
(Bolivar, TN) countered Wilson's trifecta with one
of his own with 28.2 seconds left, but Lubsey
scored again with 18.2 seconds left to make it a
two-possession game and Josh Nesbit hit one of
two free throws with 8.4 seconds left to set the final score.
Nesbit also netted 16 points - 13 of which came
in the second half - and Kearsten Marion added 10
points for Bluefield. Both
also had three steals.
Devin Page added 11 rebounds for the Rams, who
shot 51.5 percent in the second half (17-for-33) and 50.8
percent for the game (31-for61), while committing just
nine turnovers.
Reagan had a game-high
24 points in the loss for Rio,
while sophomore forward
Phillip Hertz (Rungsted
Kyst, Denmark) had 19
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points and a team-best six
rebounds. Senior guard Jer- REAGAN had a
game-high 24
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eight assists in the loss.
The RedStorm shot a very to Bluefield.
respectable 46.3 percent (25for-54) for the game, but committed 17 turnovers
and was outrebounded, 36-27.
Rio WBB Takes Part In "Play 4Kay" Initiative
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - The University of Rio Grande women's basketball program will participated in
the "Play 4Kay" Breast Cancer
Awareness initiative on Thursday
night, Feb. 20, when the RedStorm
entertained Bluefield (Va.) College in
a key Mid-South Conference matchup.
Tipoff was at 6 p.m. at the Newt
Oliver Arena.
The "Play 4Kay" initiative, formerly known as WBCA Pink Zone, is an
opportunity for a nation of coaches to
raise breast cancer awareness and
funds for research on the court,
across campuses, in communities and
beyond. Since its inception in 2007,
the Play 4Kay initiative has raised
over $2.8 million to support women's
cancer research.
The event was re-named to honor
the memory of Kay Yow, former
North Carolina State University head
women's basketball coach, who was
first diagnosed with breast cancer in
1987, and passed away on January
24, 2009, after facing her third bout
with the disease.
Rio Grande ElIn conjunction Since its inception in 2007, the
ementary School
with the initiais also participatPlay 4Kay
tive, staff and
ing in its own
initiative
faculty at the
"Penny War,"
University of Rio has raised
with the winning
Grande particiclassroom earning
over $2.8
pated in a "Penny million to
free admission to
War" during the
the game.
support
week leading up
A number of
women's cancer research.
to the game.
area businesses,
Pennies count
individuals, civic
as one positive point each, but silver organizations and athletic teams
coins and paper money count
served as participating sponsors for
AGAINST the office, which is where the event.
the competition begins. Participants
The list includes:
can "bomb" their competitors' jar by
* Zeta Theta Chi sold handmade
placing silver coins and paper money pink ribbons for $1 and decorated the
into it. For example, if an office ap- gym;
pears to have accumulated a large
* Rio Grande Bookstore donated
number of pennies, a participant can 20 shirts which sold for $10 a piece
"bomb" that jar by putting a quarter at the game;
into the jar and the office's points will
* Rio Grande Women's Basketball
decrease by 25, a dollar will reduce
raffled off a pink and white baskettheir points by 100, etc.
ball signed by all of the RedStorm
The office with the most points
players;
will be the winner and will receive
* Sodexo donated pink desserts
two free pizzas from Zack and Scot- sold at the game;
ty's.
* Phyllis Mason and Carolyn Ber-
ry donated money to sponsor luminaries which were sold for $5 each in
honor of someone or in remembrance
of someone.
* Zack and Scotty's donated coupons for two free pizzas which went
to the winner of the Penny War held
at the university;
* Subway donated four coupons
for a free six-inch sub raffled off at
the game;
* Ohio Valley Bank donated $50
to the fundraiser;
* Honey Creek BBQ donated a tshirt which was raffled off;
* Rio Grande Softball donated
their half of the 50/50 sale normally
conducted at every Rio basketball
game.
* Bob Evans Restaurant donated
15 percent of its sales from 11 a.m.-9
p.m. on Thursday, Feb.20, at its Rio
Grande location to the fundraiser.
In addition, the Rio Grande athletic
department donated half of the gate
receipts to the cause.
All proceeds from the event will
benefit Holzer Center for Cancer
Care in Gallipolis.
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Rio's Harley Adler Sets Record In Win Over UPike
Records 11 Blocks During Parent Appreciation Day Game
in Lebanon, Tenn.
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - Shattering
"We didn't play very well in the
two school records which had stood first half and I really think both teams
for over 23 years and tying another, missed golden opportunities to pull
Harley Adler recorded 11 blocks to
away," said Rio Grande head coach
go along with her 11 points and a
David Smalley. "I really shouldn't be
team-high eight rebounds as the Uni- surprised, I guess, due to this Thursversity of Rio Grande women's bas- day-Saturday format the conference
ketball team posted a thrilling 81-78 has laid out for us. I'm so proud of
Parent Appreciation Day win over
my team for not giving up, though,
the University of Pikeville, Saturday, and holding their composure. Maybe
Feb.22, at Newt Oliver Arena.
we got lucky or maybe it's because
Adler, a sophomore forward from we were playing at home, but it
Burton, Ohio, swatted her way into
doesn't matter to me. We got the win
the record books by breaking Ann
and we deserved the win."
Barnitz' record of seven blocks in a
The RedStorm jumped out to a 6-3
single game which was set on Janu- lead at the 16:05 mark in the opening
ary 31, 1991, against Wilmington
half after back-to-back buckets from
College.
freshman forward Alexis Payne
Adler now has 54 blocks this sea- (Deep Water, WV) but saw their lead
son, tying her
quickly evapwith Barnitz for
“We didn't play very well in the orate as the
the most in a
first half and I really think both Bears ensued
single season in
teams missed golden opportunities on a 10-0 run
program histocapped off by
to
pull
away
…
I
really
shouldn't
be
ry.
buckets from
surprised, I guess, due to this
More imCallisha JohnThursday-Saturday format the con- son and Khaportantly,
though, the vic- ference has laid out for us. I'm so lilah Quigley
tory - coupled
proud of my team for not giving up, to take a 13-6
with a Bluefield
though, and holding their compo- advantage of
College loss to
their own
Shawnee State - sure. Maybe we got lucky or maybe with 13:42
it's because we were playing at
allowed the
left in the first
home, but it doesn't matter to me. half.
RedStorm (1810 overall, 7-9 We got the win and we deserved the
Rio Grande
Mid-South Conbattled
win."
ference) to
Rio Grande throughout
stand alone in
head coach the remainder
sixth place in
David Smalley of the half to
the MSC standtake the lead
ings.
back, using a 16-4 run late in the
Pikeville (12-16 overall, 6-10
stanza to take a 34-29 cushion with
MSC) fell into a tie for seventh place 3:37 left until halftime.
with Bluefield with the defeat.
Sophomore forward Sarah Bonar
The top eight teams qualify for the (Hartford, OH) provided most of the
MSC tournament, which begins in
firepower through the run, scoring
two weeks at Cumberland University nine of the 16 points Rio used to
seize the lead.
Pikeville would not lay down,
however, and used a couple of
Quigley baskets inside the final minute of the half to send both teams to
the locker room deadlocked at 39-39.
The second half started out much
like a prize fight, with Rio Grande
going on a 7-0 run after an opening
Pikeville three-pointer to take a 4639 advantage with 17:39 left in the
contest.
The Bears would answer back with
a 9-0 run over the next 3-1/2 minutes
and regained the lead at 51-46 with
15:32 remaining.
Rio rebounded, though, and went
in front, 60-58, after a bucket by junior guard Brianna Thomas
(Maplewood, NJ) with 10:26 left in
the game, but the Bears refused to go
away quietly and remained within
five points of a tie going into the
waning minutes of the game.
UPike eventually did regain the
lead - twice, in fact - at 72-71 on a
three-pointer by Johnson with 5:00
remaining and 74-73 on a Johnson
jumper just over a minute later, but a
runner in the lane by Thomas with
3:42 left put Rio Grande back in
front, 75-74.
It was a lead that the RedStorm
wouldn't surrender.
The Bears twice got back to within
a point, but a pair of baskets by Bonar and two free throws by Thomas
with 9.1 seconds remaining sealed
the win.
Pikeville missed a would-be gametying three-pointer by Johnson as
time expired.
"We're still in control of our destiny," Smalley said. "We have a tough
road trip coming up in which anything could happen. There's so many
scenarios that could play out but
that's the furthest thing from my
HARLEY ADLER, a sophomore forward from
Burton,
Ohio, swatted her way
into the record books by
breaking
Ann Barnitz'
record of seven blocks in a single game which was set on January 31, 1991, against Wilmington College.
mind right now. The focus for us
needs to be taking care of business
one game at a time on this upcoming
road trip."
Shooting-wise, Rio Grande finished hitting 48 percent of shots from
the field (30 of 63), 50 percent from
three-point range (2 of 4) and 68 percent from the free throw line (19 of
28).
Pikeville shot just 35 percent from
the floor overall (25 of 71), 40 percent from distance (8 of 20) and 65
percent (20 of 31) at the charity
stripe.
In addition to Adler, four other
RedStorm players reached the double
-digit plateau in scoring.
Bonar led all scorers with 21
points to go along with five rebounds
and four steals, while Thomas had 20
points, seven steals and a team-high
four assists. Freshmen Brooked Marcum (Vinton, OH) and Sharday
Baines (East Cleveland, OH) rounded
out the scoring with 10 points apiece.
The Bears were led by Johnson's
19 points, while Quigley netted 18
points and recorded team-highs in
both rebounds (10) and assists (4).
Pikeville Bears Extend RedStorm's Basketball Woes
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - The University of Pikeville bolted to a 24point halftime lead and never looked
back, cruising to a 111-91 win over
the University of Rio Grande and
spoiling Senior Day activities, Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Newt Oliver Arena.
The second-ranked Bears, who
have already clinched the Mid-South
Conference regular season championship, improved to 25-2 overall and 15
-1 in the MSC.
Rio Grande, which was ranked
19th this week, suffered its fourth
consecutive setback in slipping to 1611 overall and 9-7 in league play.
The RedStorm trailed just 33-28
following a bucket by freshman forward Bilal Young (Cleveland, OH)
with 8:12 left in the first half, but
UPike reeled off 22 of the game's
next 25 points over the next 6-1/2
minutes to blow the game open.
The Bears extended their gaudy
advantage at the intermission to as
many as 34 points, 73-39, after a conventional three-point play by Bruce
Reed with 16:37 remaining in the
contest and Rio Grande got no closer
than 19 points the rest of the way.
A physical - and oft-times adversarial- affair, the game included three
technical fouls, two intentional fouls
and the ejections of two its highprofile standouts - Pikeville's Chris
Cantino and Rio Grande's Josh Regan.
Cantino was tossed with 8:45 remaining in the first half when he
shoved Reagan in the back of the
head after the two teams had been
warned to control their emotions just
moments earlier.
Ironically, the Bears began their
game-changing run less than a minute
after Cantino's depature.
Reagan, who was assessed a technical foul a little over a minute before
Cantino was ejected, got his own
ticket for an early exit when he received a second
technical foul as
the teams were
leaving the floor
at halftime.
Pikeville shot
55.8 percent for
the game (43-for77), including a
sizzling 60 percent (24-for-40)
SENIOR RICKY in the first half.
TISDALE scored The Bears also
a career-high 20 enjoyed a whoppoints in the Feb- ping 52-29 edge
ruary 22 111-91 in rebounding.
Rio Grande
loss to Pikeville.
connected on 11
three-point goals and shot nearly 55
percent from the floor in the second
half (17-for-31), but the outcome had
been decided by that point.
Josh Whitaker had game-high 26
points - 13 in each half - to go along
with six assists for UPike, while
Keala King added 21 points and Reed
finished with 19.
Kenny Manigault (11 pts.) and Elisha Justice (10 pts.) also reached double figures for the Bears, while Justice also had a game-high seven assists and Michael Eneh added a game
-high nine rebounds in a reserve role.
Sophomore guard D.D. Joiner
(Columbus, OH) topped a trio of double-digit scorers for Rio with 21
points, while senior guard Ricky Tisdale (Bolivar, TN) netted a careerhigh 20 points and Young finished
with 14 points.
Senior guard Jermaine Warmack
(Orange, NJ), who along with Tisdale
was honored in pre-game ceremonies,
had a team-high five assists and three
steals in a losing cause for the RedStorm and junior center Sterling
Smoak (San Antonio, TX) pulled
down a team-high four rebounds.
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RedStorm Baseball Divides Pair With Harriers
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - The University of Rio
Grande rallied from a pair of early deficits, scoring
13 unanswered runs to post a 14-6 game two win
over Miami-Hamilton and earning a doubleheader
split with the Harriers, Friday, Feb. 21, at VA Memorial Stadium.
The victory snapped a three-game losing streak
for the RedStorm (3-7), who suffered a 7-1 loss in
the opening game.
Freshman Luis Jimenez (Salinas, Puerto Rico)
had three hits and two runs batted in off the bench
in the nightcap, while senior Marcus Makuch
(Baltimore, OH) had two hits and two RBIs and
sophomore Kirk Yates (Chillicothe, OH) drove in
a pair of runs.
Freshman Daryin Lewis (Circleville, OH) and
sophomore Austin Hall (Wheelersburg, OH) also
had two hits apiece in the winning effort.
Senior Michael Deitsch (Cincinnati, OH) survived a rocky first inning to earn his second win in
three decisions. After allowing five hits and as
many runs in the opening frame, the right-hander
checked the Harriers (1-1) on one run and three
hits over the next five innings.
Deitsch, whose only walk came in the five-run
first, also finished with 10 strikeouts.
In the opening game of the twinbill, MiamiHamilton scored twice in the opening inning and
added single markers in the second and third innings en route to an easy victory.
Hall had two of the RedStorm's four hits in the
loss, while Makuch added a double and junior
Grant Tamane (Pickering, Ontario, Canada) drove
in the only run of the contest for Rio.
Senior right-hander David Steele (Kettering,
OH) started and took the loss for the RedStorm,
allowing four runs and six hits in just 2-2/3 innings
on the hill.
Miami-Hamilton grabbed its first inning lead
thanks to a two-out, two-run triple by Tyler Burdine and extended the lead to 4-0 on an RBI single
by Ryan Griffis in the second inning and an errant
pickoff throw in the third.
Rio Grande, which failed to score despite three
errors by the Harriers in the second inning, did get
on the scoreboard in the third when Hall led off
with a single, junior courtesy runner Luke Taylor
(Pedro, OH) moved to third on a groundout and a
passed ball and scored on a groundout to short by
Tamane.
The RedStorm failed to dent the plate the rest of
the way, although they did manage to put a runner
in scoring position with two outs in each of the
final four innings.
Miami-Hamilton got the run back in the fifth off
junior reliever Ryan Christophel (Cincinnati, OH)
thanks to an RBI double by Jon Lasota and closed
out the scoring in the seventh on a two-run home
run by Mitch Durbin.
The Harriers also started well in game two with
the five-run first against Deitsch. Cody Liming's
two-run double highlighted the outburst, while
Durbin and Braden Burdine added RBI singles.
Rio Grande erased the deficit in the second inning, though, parlaying four hits and three MU-H
errors into five runs - all of which were scored
with two outs.
Lewis got the inning going with a one-out triple
to right-center and Hall brought him home with a
groundout to third.
Taylor then reached on an error, stole second
and scored on single to center by Makuch to make
it 5-2. Makuch, who advanced to second on the
throw home, scored moments later when Tamane's
routine fly to right was dropped for an error.
Junior Anthony Knittel (Portmouth, OH) plated
Tamane with a double and then scored the tying
run himself when junior Kyle Findley's
(Cincinnati, OH) flyball to center was dropped.
Miami-Hamilton regained the lead in the third
when Liming doubled with two outs, Jake Wagner
reached on an error and Braden Burdine had a runscoring single, but the RedStorm closed with nine
unanswered markers to win going away.
An RBI double by Tamane and another error
brought home to runs in the bottom of the third,
while a sacrifice fly by Finley and Yates' two-run
triple highlighted a four-run fifth inning to make it
11-6.
The final three Rio runs came in the eighth on a
two-run double by Jimenez and a Makuch sacrifice
fly.
Johnson sets new Rio women's indoor record;
Sanborn Takes Top Honors In 800-meter Run
BEXLEY, Ohio - Clarissa Johnson
rewrote the Rio Grande record books
and Kyle Sanborn took top honors in
the men's 800-meter run, as the RedStorm track and field team put together an impressive showing at the Capital Classic hosted by Capital University on Saturday,
Feb. 22.
Johnson, a freshman from Hillsboro, Ohio,
placed second in
the women's 500meter run with a
time of 1:21.16,
breaking the previous school indoor record of
1:22.49 set by
Clarissa Johnson Leslie Bales in
1998.
Sanborn, a sophomore from Dover,
OH, registered a time of 1:57.66 en
route to his top honor.
One other first place finish was accomplished for the RedStorm, as the
freshman quartet of Austin Wilson
(Gallipolis, OH), Charlie Ronan
(Cincinnati, OH), Austin Moore
(Swedesboro, NJ) and Nate Kosnich
(Pickerington, OH) took top honors in
the men's 4x200-meter relay with a
time of 1:33.69.
Team races seemed to be Rio's specialty on Saturday, as the men finished second in both the 4x400-meter
relay and the distance medley with
times of 3:32.01 and 11:10.63, respectively.
The 4x400 team was a combination
of Moore, Sanborn, senior Joe Taranto (Pickerington, OH) and freshman
Floyd Lowry (St. Paris, OH), while
the distance medley team consisted of
Lowry, Taranto, freshman Dallas Guy
(Buffalo, OH) and sophomore Jerrele
Lyles (Dublin, OH).
Rio Grande had eight other top-
Team races seemed to be Rio's specialty on
February 22, as the men finished second in both
the 4x400-meter relay and the distance medley
with times of 3:32.01 and 11:10.63, respectively.
five finishes at
the event: Taranto, who fin- The Rio
ished second in Grande men
the men's 1000 finished the day
-meter run with
at second place
a time of
out of 13 teams,
2:35.95; Ronan, who
finishing just
placed third in 13 points bethe men's 200hind winner
meter dash
with a time of Wilmington
23.22; senior
College.
Kaleb Kimber The RedStorm
(Salisbury,
women finished
NC), who finsihed third in the eighth out of 14
men's high
teams.
jump with a
leap of 1.88
meters; freshman Lauren Stacey
(Bethel, OH), who placed third in the
women's weight throw with a toss of
13.7 meters; sophomore Lauren
Rhoads (Waverly, OH), who finished
fourth in the women's weight throw
with a toss of 13.50 meters; Wilson,
who placed fourth in the men's 60meter dash with a time of 7.1 second.
Wilson also finished fifth in the men's
200-meter dash with a time of 23.45;
and sophomore Carrie Coriell
(Lucasville, OH), who placed fifth in
the women's shot put with a toss of
11.19 meters.
Other notable finishes for Rio
Grandes included Stacey also placed
sixth in the women's shot put with a
throw of 10.98 meters; Moore, who
placed sixth in the men's 400-meter
dash with a time
of 52.58; freshman
Nate Goodhart
(Kent, OH), who
finished sixth in
the men's 5000meter run with a
time of 16:26.48;
Guy, who placed
seventh in the
men's one-mile
run with a time of
9:25.25; freshman Blake Freed
Kyle Sanborn
(Uhrichsville,
OH), who finished seventh in the
men's 5000-meter run with a time of
16:27.65; and freshman McKenzie
Coriell (Lucasville, OH), who placed
seventh in the women's long jump
with a jump of 4.73 meters.
The Rio Grande men finished the
day at second place out of 13 teams,
finishing just 13 points behind winner
Wilmington College.
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RedStorm Baseball Rallies To Upend Golden Knights
BECKLEY, W.Va. - Anthony Knittel collected
two hits at the plate and struck out six in three innings of work from the mound, as the University
of Rio Grande notched a 6-5 come-from-behind
victory over Gannon (Pa.) University, February
25, in non-conference baseball action at Linda K.
Epling Stadium.
The RedStorm improved to 4-7 with the win,
while Gannon - which defeated West Virginia
University Tech, 3-0, earlier in the day - slipped to
1-1.
"I thought our pitching staff threw the ball very
well today," said Rio Grande assistant coach Zach
Dumler, who was part of the three-man coach-bycommittee filling in for Rio head coach Brad
Warnimont, who became ill prior to game and didn't make the trip. "We were really pounding the
zone out there and allowing the defense to work.
The hitters seemed to be a little more aggressive
and really kept the momentum going later in the
ballgame when we needed them."
Ryan Chapman, another member of Rio's trio of
coaches, said it was refreshing to receive quality
innings out of the litany of hurlers that the RedStorm sent to the hill.
"We were trying to get everybody worked in
today on the mound considering we are supposed
to open up conference play this Friday," said
Chapman. "I was pleased with the way the ball
was delivered off the mound and feel confident
going into the Shawnee State series."
Knittel, a junior left-hander and designated hitter from Portsmouth, Ohio, walked just one in
those three innings of work and was charged with
just one earned run. Five of the first six outs Knittel recorded were via strikeout.
Junior first baseman Kyle Findley (Cincinnati,
OH) was the only other Rio player to record two
hits and also produced what proved to be the game
-winning run batted in.
Freshman third baseman Luis Jimenez added a
two-run triple to the winning effort, while sophomore Chris Ford (Athens, OH) also drove in a run.
Ryan Christophel, a junior lefty from Cincinnati, Ohio, picked up the win for Rio in his first
decision of the season, while senior right-hander
Eric Ford (Chagrin Falls, OH) recorded his second
save of the season after closing the door on the
Golden Knights in the ninth inning.
Gannon starter Matt Tobin was tabbed with the
loss in his season debut.
The Golden Knights enjoyed a commanding 4-0
lead entering the home half of the fourth inning
and Tobin had retired the first nine Rio batters he
faced in order.
But things changed quickly, when senior center
fielder Marcus Makuch (Baltimore, OH) smacked
a single to shallow right to start off the inning, junior second baseman Grant Tamane (Pickering, Ontario, Canada) followed with an infield single and
Knittel moved both runners into scoring position
with a flyball to deep center.
Makuch stole home as part of a delayed doublesteal attempt and, after a single by Findley, Tamane scored on a base hit by Chris Ford to make it
4-2.
Sophomore catcher Austin Hall (Wheelersburg,
OH) then forced Ford with a grounder to second,
but Jimenez followed with a game-tying triple to
left-center which knotted the score at 4-4.
Findley tacked on his go-ahead single in the
bottom of the fifth to give the RedStorm the lead
for good, as Rio rode the scoreless relief work of
junior Landon Hutchison (Baltimore, OH), freshmen Trent Downs (Chillicothe, OH) and Brandon
Stevens (Louisa, KY) and Ford to nail down the
victory.
Blue Raiders Roll Past RedStorm Ladies Basketball
COLUMBIA, Ky. - Host Lindsey
Wilson College bolted to a 22-point
first half lead and never looked back,
cruising to a 110-80 win over the
University of Rio Grande, Thursday,
Feb. 27, in Mid-South Conference
women's basketball action at the Biggers Sports Center.
The 110 points represented a season-high for the Blue Raiders (19-10
overall, 9-8 MSC), who had six players finish in double figures and another tally nine points.
Lindsey Wilson also nailed down
no worse than the No. 5 seed in next
week's MSC Tournament and can
earn the No. 4 seed with a win over
Shawnee State in Saturday's regular
season finale.
Despite the loss, Rio Grande (1811, 7-10 MSC) secured a berth in the
tourney as well as a result of Shawnee State's 77-74 win over Cumberland University on Thursday night.
The RedStorm can claim the No. 6
seed with a win at Cumberland University on Saturday afternoon. A loss
would likely mean a fall to the seventh seed and a meeting with No. 2
seed Georgetown College.
Rio Grande trailed just 16-11 following a bucket by freshman forward
Audra Clark (St. Marys, WV) with
11:48 left in the first half, but the
Blue Raiders went on a 24-7 run over
the next 5-1/2 minutes and bolted to a
40-18 after a three-pointer by Tara
Arnold with 6:09 remaining before
the break.
Lindsey Wilson settled for a 16point halftime lead and watched its
lead hover between 16 and 21 points
over the course of the first seven
minutes of the second half, but the
RedStorm appeared poised to make
things interesting when a threepointer by freshman guard Sharday
Baines (East Cleveland, OH) with
11:07 left to play pulled Rio within
12 points at 71-59.
However, that's as close as the
RedStorm
would get.
The Blue
Raiders reeled
off 11 straight
points in a
span of just
over three
minutes to
push the lead
back to 23
points and any
FRESHMAN
hopes of a Rio
BROOKE MARcomeback
CUM had eight
were officially
points, seven relaid to rest.
bounds and two
The 30blocked shots in the
point margin
February 27 loss to
of victory
Lindsey Wilson.
matched Lindsey Wilson's
largest lead of the contest.
Arnold scored a career-high 25
points to lead the Blue Raiders, who
shot 65.2 percent in the second half
(15-for-23) and 56.9 percent for the
game (33-for-58). She also had seven
rebounds and shared team honors
with three steals.
Bre Elder had 18 points and a
game-high four assists, while Chanel
Roberts and Candance Foster had 14
points each and Jamie Cummings
finished with 12 points and a gamehigh eight rebounds.
Keosha Wisener also netted 11
points for LWC, which hit 10 threepointers and 34 of its 41 free throw
attempts while enjoying a 40-31 edge
in rebounding.
Sophomore forward Sarah Bonar
(Hartford, OH) had 17 points and
was the only double-digit scorer for
Rio Grande, which finished 5-for-27
from three-point range (18.5%) and
committed 17 turnovers.
Bonar also had a team-high three
assists, while freshman center Brooke
Marcum (Vinton, OH) had eight
points to go along with her team-high
seven rebounds, two blocked shots
and two steals.
Lindsey Wilson Takes Down Rio Men In Conference Play
COLUMBIA, Ky. - Daronte' Clark scored 10 of
his team-high 16 points in a 13-0 first half scoring
spurt which sparked Lindsey Wilson College to
what became a 91-75 win over the University of
Rio Grande, February 27, in Mid-South Conference men's basketball action at the Biggers Sports
Center.
The Blue Raiders, who won for the third time in
four games on the heels of a five-game losing
streak, improved to 15-14 overall and 6-11 in
league play with the victory.
Head coach Paul Peck's club also secured a spot
next week's MSC Tournament with the win regardless of the outcome of Saturday's regular season finale against Shawnee State.
Rio Grande, which saw its losing streak reach a
season-high five games, slipped to 16-12 overall
and 9-8 inside the conference.
The RedStorm, who dropped out of the NAIA
Division I Top 25 earlier this week for the first
time in more than a month, can finish no lower
than the No. 6 seed.
However, the RedStorm could also end up as
part of a complicated four-way tie for third place
with a win over Cumberland University on Saturday, coupled with a Campbellsville win over Bluefield and a St. Catharine loss to Pikeville.
Behind a quick start by sophomore guard D.D.
Joiner (Columbus, OH), who scored all of Rio
Grande's first 13 points, the RedStorm enjoyed a
one-point lead with 13:31 left in the first half, but
Clark nailed consecutive three-pointers to kickstart
the game-changing run and give Lindsey Wilson a
lead it would never relinquish.
Rio twice closed to within seven points inside
the final six minutes of the opening stanza, but the
Blue Raiders eventually enjoyed an 18-point
halftime lead and extended their cushion to as
many as 23 points inside the opening minute of the
second half.
A 9-0 run by the RedStorm sliced the deficit to
50-36 after freshman forward Bilal Young
(Cleveland, OH) hit one of two free throws with
16:32 left to play, but that's as close as they got the
rest of the night.
Tyrie Orosco led five other Lindsey Wilson
players in double figures with 15 points and a
game-high nine rebounds, while D'on Hall added
14 points. Both players also had three steals.
The Blue Raiders also got 12 points from Tony
Horne and a 10-point, eight-assist, seven-rebound
performance from Keshaun Mayfield. Rio
Grande, which is playing both ends of the road
swing without the services of its leading scorer,
junior forward Josh Reagan (Cleveland, OH), following his ejection from last Saturday's loss to
Pikeville, equaled a season-high with 12 threepoint goals.
However, the RedStorm were an uncharacteristic 13-of-20 from the free throw line, while also
being outrebounded 42-29 and committing 20
turnovers.
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RedStorm Softball Earns Opening Day Split
RIO GRANDE, Ohio - The University of Rio
Grande softball team began its 2014 campaign by
earning a split of its February 28 doubleheader at
Rio Softball Park against Mid-South Conference
foe Cumberland University.
The RedStorm bounced back from a 4-1 open-
RIO'S CHEYENNE HAMAKER had three
hits and two RBIs in the February 28 doubleheader split.
Bears Rally
To Nip
RedStorm
Rio Grande
Sports Information
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio Daniel Katayama's one-out
single in the bottom of the
10th inning plated teammate Brady Page with the
winning run and lifted
Shawnee State University to
a 3-2 win over the University of Rio Grande, Friday,
Feb. 28, in Mid-South Conference baseball action at
Branch Rickey Park in
Portsmouth.
Katayama's gamewinning hit capped the
Bears' rally from a 2-0 first
inning deficit and gave
Shawnee State (8-7 overall,
1-0 MSC) the victory in the
conference opener for both
teams.
Rio Grande, which had a
two-game winning streak
snapped, slipped to 4-8
overall and 0-1 in league
play with the loss.
Brady Hightchew opened
the home 10th by reaching
on an error, but was quickly
forced out at second on
Brady Page's fielder's
choice grounder to third.
Dalton Tinsley followed
with a single to right which
moved to third and, on the
same play, advanced into
scoring position on the
throw to third.
Katayama, Shawnee's
leading hitter average-wise
this season, then hit a 1-0
pitch from Rio Grande senior reliever Eric Ford
(Chagrin Falls, OH) into
shallow right field to score
Page with the winning run.
ing game loss by posting a 4-3 win in game two.
Head coach Kristen Bradshaw sent two freshmen arms to the pitcher's circle on the afternoon
and, in return, received two seven-inning performances.
Jenna Jones (Lancaster, OH) limited the
Birddawgs to just one run over the first six innings
of the opener, but surrendered three runs in the
seventh en route to being tagged with the loss.
She surrendered nine hits and struck out two
batters in her complete game effort and three of
the four runs allowed were earned.
Tiffany Bise (Circleville, OH) managed to hold
on for the win in game two, allowing three runs on
five hits and walking just one batter in a complete
game effort.
Freshman shortstop Cheyenne Hamaker
(Hilliard, OH) led the offensive charge for Rio on
the afternoon by collecting three hits in six at-bats
and driving in a pair of runs. She also scored two
runs and swiped the only two bases on the day for
the RedStorm.
Sophomore first baseman Ariel Roder (Parma
Heights, OH) plated a run in the doubleheader and
was the only other Rio player to collect more than
one hit on the day.
Shanea Long, a freshman third baseman from
Wellston, Ohio, recorded the only extra-base hit
for the RedStorm with a double in game two.
Cumberland took a 1-0 first inning lead in the
opener on an RBI hit by Jessica Roper, but Rio
Grande countered with equalizer on a run-scoring
single by Roder in the home half of the fourth.
The Birddawgs went in front to stay, however,
with three runs in the top of the seventh courtesy
of pair of singles and a sacrifice fly. Rio Grande
went down in order in the bottom of the seventh.
The Birddawgs also struck first in the opening
inning of game two, but Rio answered the score a
bit quicker when Jones delivered a two-out, gametying RBI single in the bottom half of the frame.
The two teams exchanged runs again in third
inning before the RedStorm moved in front to stay
thanks to a two-out, two-run single by Hamaker.
Cumberland (8-2, 1-1 MSC) did push across a
sixth inning marker to slice the deficit in half, but
Bise retired the side in order in the seventh to nail
down Rio's first win of the season.
Reuse, Reduce and Recycle
With the concern for green house gases, climate change, energy prices, overflowing landfills and the overall wellbeing of our planet; Rio Grande is working diligently to help reduce our footprint upon this planet. The Rio Goes
Green program has been developing ideas and implementing local programs that can change and will better serve
present & future generations of our campus community.
Of course we need your help in this endeavor. Here are
ways in which you can help:

Participate in recycling by properly disposing of both
paper & plastics. Find the nearest bins and pitch in.
Always keep in mind that recycling is the
last step in the loop of the 3 R’s (Reuse,
Reduce and Recycling); so always try to
implement the first two steps before recycling.
Turn off lights & electronics in rooms which are unoccuHere are some of the ways in which the
pied. Energy isSpring
wastedBreaks
whenever
its used
and no
one is10, 2014
Begins:
Monday,
March
Go Green program has been contribthere to benefit.
Friday, March 14, 2014
uting:
 Adjust the heating & cooling on weekends and holiday
Don’t forget this is the week! To take a Break!
 Recycling Program
periods. Especially, turning off computers in labs will
contribute two ways: once for the electricity saved on the  Energy Management Program
unused computer and secondly for saving on the cooling
 Trayeless Food Services (Sodexo)
costs.
 Four Day Summer Work Week
 Unplug chargers and electronics which have a

"vampire" draw on current even when not being turned  Bike Racks
on.
Plastic Recycling Facts: Two and half million plastic bottles are used every hour in the US with just a quarter of
them being recycled. A plastic bag that is not biodegradable can take up to 400 years to be broken down. In the US
every year 25 million of Styrofoam cups are thrown away with the majority not being recycled. Glass Recycling
Facts: Glass can keep getting recycled for 40 centuries before it starts to be broken down and the US only recycles
a third of the glass bottles yearly. Paper Recycling Facts: When a tree is cut down only a quarter of it (25%) will
actually turn into it paper the rest will be used for other purposes. The average paper consumption for Americans is
about 700 pounds each year which is more than 6 times the global average (it is estimated at 110 pounds.) If we want
convert the annual consumption of Americans to a lifetime consumption of trees then that would translate to an average of 465 trees. If we all recycle our share of paper we will save around 100 million tons of wood and if all the
newspapers that would translate into 250 million of trees a year. Aluminum Recycling Facts: Around 80 billion of
aluminum beverage cans are used each year which is the most common use of aluminum. When an aluminum can is
thrown it will not break down even after 500 years. The amount of aluminum thrown away each year is enough to
rebuild our commercial airplane fleet by four times.. More than half of the aluminum cans that are produce get recycled.. The value of an empty aluminum can is one cent.
Rio Grande, Ohio
Page 21
Cumberland Deals Rio Men Sixth Straight Loss
LEBANON, Tenn. - The University of Rio Grande men's basketball
team fell behind 9-0 in the opening 41/2 minutes and never recovered,
dropping a 73-66 decision to Cumberland University in the regular season finale for both teams, Saturday
March 1, in Mid-South Conference
action at the Dallas Floyd Recreation
Center.
The Bulldogs, who had lost eight
straight games prior to a win over
Shawnee State on Thursday night,
finished 14-13 overall and 6-12 in the
MSC while completing a season
sweep of the RedStorm in the process.
Rio Grande slipped to 16-13 overall and 9-9 in league play with its
sixth straight setback.
The RedStorm finished in a tie for
fifth place with Campbellsville and
received the No. 5 seed in the upcoming MSC Tournament based on the
league's tiebreaker procedure.
Head coach Ken French's squad
will return to Cumberland University
to meet No. 4 seed St. Catharine in
the quarterfinal round on Thursday, at
5 p.m. EST.
In Saturday's loss to the Bulldogs,
Rio went scoreless until a jumper by
sophomore forward Phillip Hertz
(Rungsted Kyst, Denmark) just over
seven minutes into the contest.
Cumberland led by no less than
seven points at any stage of the first
half and enjoyed a 14-point cushion
at the intermission.
The Bulldogs opened up their largest lead of the day at 16 points, 53-
37, after Moritz
Dern hit one of
two free throw
attempts with
10:13 left in
the contest and
maintained a
double-digit
advantage until
a layup by Rio
senior Jermaine
Warmack
SENIOR JER(Orange, NJ)
MAINE WARgot the RedMACK had 26
Storm within
points and three
steals in the March eight, 62-54,
with 4:11 re1 loss to Cumbermaining.
land
Rio Grande
kept things interesting the rest of the
way, even pulling as close as five
points, 71-66, after a three-pointer by
Warmack with 37.9 seconds left, but
the RedStorm couldn't finish off the
comeback.
Lester Gude, one of Cumberland's
five senior starters playing their final
collegiate contest, scored a careerhigh 23 points to lead the Bulldogs in
the win.
Josh Wilkerson added 16 points
and Lamar Brinkley finished with 12
points and a game-high 14 rebounds
for CU, which shot 58 percent in the
first half (14-for-24) and 51.9 percent
(27-for-52) for the game.
Warmack scored a game-high 26
points and had a game-high three
steals for Rio Grande, while sophomore guard D.D. Joiner (Columbus,
OH) tallied 12 points and a team-best
six rebounds.
RedStorm Women Fall To Bulldogs In Regular Season Finale
Rio Grande
Sports Information
LEBANON, Tenn. - Seniors TaCouya Allen and Casie
Cowan closed out their collegiate careers in grand style by
scoring 33 points each and
leading Cumberland University to an 84-66 Senior Day
win over the University of
Rio Grande, March 1, in MidSouth Conference women's
basketball action at the Dallas
Floyd Recreation Center.
The Bulldogs finished their
season at 10-16 overall and 612 in conference play. Two of
their six conference wins
came at the expense of Rio
Grande.
The RedStorm, who suffered their second straight
loss, closed out regular season play at 18-12 overall and
7-11 in the league.
The loss left Rio Grande in
a three-way tie for sixth place
in the final league standings.
After the league's tiebreaker
procedure was applied, the
RedStorm received the No. 7
seed in the next week's MSC
Tournament, which will also
take place at Cumberland
University.
Allen, who finished 11-for14 from the field and a perfect 8-for-8 from the free
throw line, also had a teamand game-high 13 rebounds
to go along with five assists
and three steals.
Cowan had four threepointers among her 12 field
goals and also had a gamehigh five steals to go along
with three assists.
Calamity Jane Coley added
12 points in the win for Cumberland, which shot 50 percent from the field overall (30
-for-60), while also outrebounding the RedStorm, 3938, and serving as the beneficiary of 18 Rio turnovers.
Rio Grande led just twice
in the contest - both times
inside the game's first 3-1/2
minutes.
The game's turning point
came after Rio had tied the
game at 12-12 on a jumper by
freshman forward Audra
Clark (St. Marys, WV) with
13:13 remaining in the first
half.
The RedStorm proceeded
to go scoreless over the next
five minutes, while the Bulldogs reeled off 12 consecutive points to take a lead they
would never relinquish.
Cumberland, which outscored its guest 40-16 in the
paint and 27-17 off of turnovers, led by 14 points at the
half and extended its advantage to as many as 22
points with just under 15
minutes to play in their home
game.
Rio Grande refused to go
away quietly, though, and
twice pulled to within nine
points - the second of which
came at 70-61 after a bucket
by freshman forward Brooke
Marcum (Vinton, OH) with
4:16 remaining.
However, the Bulldogs
reeled off nine straight points
over the next 2-1/2 minutes to
push the lead back out to 18
points and seal the victory
over the RedStorms.
Rio Grande had two players reach double figures in
scoring. Junior guard Brianna
Thomas (Maplewood, NJ)
had 16 points to go along
with seven assists and a pair
of steals, while Marcum had
11 points and tied Allen for
game-high honors with 13
rebounds.
Thomas and Marcum were
a combined 9-for-18 from the
field, while the remainder of
the RedStorm were a combined 14-for-45.
Shawnee State Bears Complete Sweep Of Rio Baseball
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio - The University of Rio Grande baseball team
finished up a disappointing weekend
in Portsmouth, as they dropped both
games of March 1 doubleheader
against Shawnee State at Branch
Rickey Park.
Shawnee took the opening game 53 and posted a 5-4 triumph in the
nightcap. After taking game one 3-2
in 10 innings on Friday, Feb. 28, the
doubleheader sweep gave the Bears a
series sweep over the RedStorm.
Rio Grande now begins 0-3 in Mid
-South Conference play and falls to 4
-10 overall on the season, while
Shawnee State improves to 10-7
overall and 3-0 in MSC action.
Sophomore right fielder Chris Ford
(Athens, OH) led Rio Grande from
the plate on the day compiling three
hits and an RBI over the two games.
Credited with the loss in game one
was senior right-hander David Steele
(Kettering, OH), who fell to 1-2 on
the young season after going 6-2/3
innings and giving up five runs on
nine hits while striking out seven.
The game two loss was tagged one
junior lefty Anthony Knittel
take a commanding 5-1 advantage.
(Portsmouth, OH), who surrendered
Rio would tack on one run in the
one hit and one run
final two innings,
in one inning of
Shawnee took the open- but the deficit
work.
ing game 5-3 and posted a 5 proved to be too
Rio saw just one
much as the Bears
baserunner and no -4 triumph in the nightcap. were able to close
hits through 4-2/3
the door in the top
innings in game one before Ford
of the ninth.
notched a two-out single. The success
The RedStorm also found themwould be short-lived, however, as
selves in a 2-0 hole in game two
Ford would be caught stealing just
heading into the top of the fourth inthree pitches into the following atning after watching Shawnee State
bat, ensuring Shawnee's 1-0 lead
plate runs in the first and third inwould stay entact for at least another nings.
inning.
Following a pair of one-out singles
The Bears maintained that same
by Ford and junior first baseman
lead entering the top of the seventh
Kyle Findley (Cincinnati, OH), a
inning as senior center fielder Marcus wild pitch by Shawnee's Cody StrayMakuch (Baltimore, OH) stepped up er would advance both RedStorm
to the plate. On a 2-2 count, Makuch players 90 feet. Freshman third basewould drive the pitch over the right
man Carlos Flores (Guayanilla, Puerfield wall to knot things up at one
to Rico) would then hit a sacrifice fly
apiece and represent one of just two to plate Findley followed by a single
extra base hits Rio would record on
down the left field line by freshman
the day.
shortstop Kevin Arroyo (Toa Baja,
Once again, though, the Rio sucPuerto Rico) which scored Findley to
cess would be short-lived after the
tie the game up at two runs apiece.
Bears would respond with four runs
The Bears would once again turn
in the bottom half of the inning to
up the heat on the RedStorm and
score two runs in the sixth inning and
leaving Rio Grande in a two-run hole
going into their last at-bat.
With one out, sophomore catcher
Austin Hall (Wheelersburg, OH)
would reach base via a hit by pitch.
After a Flores base hit, a single to
right field by junior second baseman
Grant Tamane (Pickering, Ontario,
Canada) scored Hall from second
base to cut the Shawnee lead in half.
Two batters later, with the bases
loaded and still just one out, Kyle
Findley would single home the gametying run in Flores and nearly the goahead run, but the Bears were able to
throw pinch-runner Tyler Noel, a
sophomore from Portsmouth, Ohio, at
the plate for the second out of the inning. Ford would ground out in the
next at-bat to end the inning for Rio
with the score tied at four apiece.
For the second time in as many
days, however, the Bears were able to
win in walkoff fashion - this time on
a bases-load hit by Daniel Katayama
- to dash the RedStorm's hopes of
picking up a game in the series and
leaving them headed back to the
Farm empty-handed.

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