Senior Encounters: Covering all her bases
Whether it's pitching or playing in the field, Spehar means everything to T.O. rpotkey@VenturaCountyStar.com Megan Spehar can still hear his voice from the sideline.When the umpire isn't calling her curveball for a strike, his objections come through loud and clear.When Spehar digs a ball out of the dirt at first base, his cheering stands out above the crowd.And when the Thousand Oaks High senior encounters trouble at the plate, he offers a few...
Senior Encounters: South Wales Echo: Herbert did not deserve to be treated so harshly
RUTHLESS is a word that often crops up in the professional environment.But there is a fine line between ruthlessness and unfairness. And I would suggest that the decision to force Peter Herbert out of the Welsh set-up falls into the latter category.And forced out he most certainly has been.When new national coach Steve Hansen 'invited' Herbert to re-apply for his own job as the national squad's fitness coach, he might as well have summarily...
Senior Encounters: Celtics and Eagles in cage final
The St. David Celtics of Waterloo and the St. Mary's Eagles of Kitchener will renew a championship rivalry they first started last year when the District 8 Athletic Association decides its senior boys basketball playoff winner Monday. The defending-champion Celtics earned their second straight berth in a D-8 title game first on Wednesday afternoon, whipping the fourth-place Monsignor Doyle Mustangs of Cambridge 48-29 at the Wilfrid Laurier University field house in one half of the...
Senior Encounters: Wopa wallops United
WOPA Mix walloped Ward 4 United 6-4 to maintain its lead in Popondetta touch competition. It took both sides about 20 minutes to register the first points because of solid defence. United scored first when stylish Duga Aireba set up Frank Kane to cross the line.But Wopa replied almost immediately through two-try hero Boiofu Atume after a good passage of play involving Benson Kijini, Mobie Gaigobi, Paul David, Bernard Kijini and Lawrence Aaron to equalise. Atume crossed the line for his...
Senior Encounters: Daily Post (Liverpool): Football: Joy and the pain: Rats on the derby
THEY don't appear on the roll-call of the 199 meetings between Everton and Liverpool and most of the games are long forgotten, the results and the stories behind them locked away in dusty record books.But these games were once a vital and vibrant part of derby day for the two Merseyside teams, when not so long ago, derby day would begin with teams of young men clad in blue and red clashing in the early morning light. It would not be laid to rest until the events of the...