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All Love in Lindale: Eagles headed to first state championship game with game-winning field goal – Tyler Morning Telegraph

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HUMBLE Landon Love has envisioned one of his kicks leading his team to a championship game.

On Friday night, thats exactly what happened.

Loves 18-yard field goal with no time left on the clock punched the Lindale Eagles to their first ticket to the state championship game in program history with a 31-28 win over Austin LBJ at George Turner Stadium.

This has been my dream since I cant tell you how long, as a little boy, just to grow up and kick the game-winning field goal to go to state, Love said.

Our goal all week was to dominate the kicking game, Lindale head coach Chris Cochran said. On August 3rd, the first day of fall camp, we worked on special teams. We knew it would be the difference in ball games. We didnt know it would be in the state semis!

Hes been clutch for us in kickoffs, our kickoff team has so much confidence because of the kicker. We are going to play special teams very, very well and we have to dominate the kicking game and I am so proud of Landon, what an awesome moment for him.

Down 28-7 at halftime, Lindales offense was unable to get anything going, and the LBJ offense was coming up with big play after big play. The Jaguars had 370 yards in the first half 277 on the ground and Lindales only score came on a 69-yard kickoff return by Airik Williams.

Even early in the second half, Lindale couldnt generate offense against LBJ. The Jaguars forced a quick three-and-out and Lindale had to punt. After rain poured down during halftime, the Jaguars were unable to field the punt cleanly, and the ball rolled into the end zone. Lindales Evan Alford was able to recover the ball just before it rolled through the back of the end zone for an Eagle touchdown to cut the score to 28-14.

LBJ came back with a 74-yard run by Phazzon Washington to get deep into Lindale territory, but the Lindale defense answered the call and stopped the Jaguars on fourth down.

Lindale got into LBJ territory before losing its third fumble of the night. However, the Eagles forced the Jaguars to fumble the ball right back, and Keiston Ross recovered for Lindale.

With 42 seconds left in the third quarter, Lindale got its first offensive touchdown of the game as Jordan Jenkins broke free for a 60-yard run to cut the score to 28-21.

With the ball at its own 37 and 6:09 remaining, Lindale needed just four plays to find the end zone as Jenkins closed the drive with runs of 40 and 16 yards to tie the score at 28 with 4:40 to play.

The Jaguars went for it on fourth down in their own territory, and Colton Widemon got the stop. Lindale also turned it over on downs with 1:56 to play, but it was at the LBJ 26.

LBJ went for it on fourth down on its own end of the field once again, and again Widemon made the stop to give the Eagles the ball at the LBJ 35 with 50 seconds to play.

After two rushing attempts by Sam Peterson and a completion from Peterson to Daniel Franke, Jenkins took it 18 yards to the LBJ 8 with 19 seconds on the clock.

Lindale gave it to Jenkins one more time, and he carried the ball to the 2-yard line before a Lindale timeout with 12 seconds to play.

The Eagles lined up for a field goal that was blocked by LBJ, and Clemson commit Andrew Mukuba returned it to the end zone with no time remaining. The Jaguars were offsides, though, allowing Lindale to attempt another kick. After two more offsides penalties on the Jaguars, Love was finally able to get the kick off and nailed the 18-yarder for the win despite taking a hard hit from the defense.

My goal is just to knock it through like I do in practice, Love said. I remember getting to the ball and either No. 2 or No. 1 smoked me. Im on the ground, and I just heard everybody cheering, so I assumed it went in. We got it done, and now were going to Jerrys World.

The win sends Lindale (13-2) to the Class 4A Division I championship against perennial power Argyle at 7 p.m. Dec. 18 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

After rushing for 78 yards on 10 carries in the first half, the Baylor-bound Jenkins carried the ball 18 times in the second half for 200 yards and two touchdowns. Jenkins finished with 278 yards on 28 attempts for Lindale, which had 298 yards of offense.

Offensively, we started staying on our blocks better and as you know, it just takes a little crease for Jordan and he had that little crease, Cochran said. Hes our guy, hes our leader. Him and Jaymond, when they take over, the rest of the guys respond.

LBJ (9-3) compiled 530 yards 416 on the ground. Daqwon Donaldson finished with 218 yards on 27 carries, including a 79-yard touchdown run in the first half. Washington had 115 yards on eight carries. Sedrick Alexander finished with 81 yards and three touchdowns all 1-yarders in the first half.

Widemon, Jaymond Jackson, Corey Sanders, Williams, Christian King and others helped the Lindale defense shut out the Jaguars in the second half.

I just pretty much told the team that were going to finish and not give up, Jackson said. Were going to play our game of football, and thats what we did and why we got the job done. We are some fighters.

We made a few adjustments here and there, we had to get Airik Williams where they were running the ball and he knew he had to play better, Cochran said. To be honest with you, I took the captains out back and challenged them. I knew our leaders were going to lead. And I knew they were going to show up when they had to show up, they did it last week, they did it previous weeks. They handled it like I knew they would because they are champions and they are warriors.

Lindale 31, Austin LBJ 28

LBJ Sedrick Alexander 1 run (Kick failed), 9:51

LBJ Alexander 1 run (Daqwon Donaldson run), 11:27

LBJ Donaldson 79 run (Alexander run), 3:44

LIN Airik Williams 69 kickoff return (Landon Love kick), 3:33

LBJ Alexander 1 run (Pass failed), :04

LIN Evan Alford fumble recovery in end zone (Love kick), 10:19

LIN Jordan Jenkins 60 run (Love kick), :31

LIN Jenkins 16 run (Love kick), 4:40

Rushes-Yards 66-416 3 7-279

Comp.-Att-Int. 8-20-0 5-15-0

Penalties-Yards 19-136 2-10

RUSHING LBJ, Daqwon Donaldson 27-218, Phazzon Washington 8-115, Sedrick Alexander 18-81, Andrew Mukuba 2-19, Danny Davis 2-1, Oscar Gordon 9-(-18). Lindale, Jordan Jenkins 28-278, Sam Peterson 8-1, Jacob Seekford 1-0.

PASSING LBJ, Oscar Gordon 8-20-0 114. Lindale, Sam Peterson 5-15-0 19.

RECEIVING LBJ, Latrell McCutchin 3-14, Danny Davis 2-27, Daqwon Donaldson 1-33, Sedrick Alexander 1-30, Andrew Mukuba 1-10. Lindale, Jordan Jenkins 3-10, Daniel Franke 1-9, Jacob Seekford 1-0.

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The Real Appeal of Jordan Peterson – Merion West

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Peterson is a man of conviction in an oasis of compromise; therefore, he is perfectly poised to fill the gap in a world crying out for certainty.

Jordan Peterson is the intellectual renegade of our age. People are both mesmerized and repulsed by his ideas. He is adored by fans yet viciously mocked by critics. Interestingly, detractors and admirers alike seem to be unaware of his true appeal. However, Jordan Peterson is only popular because we are living in an intellectually banal era. Academic culture has become so emasculated that an uncontroversial thinker like Jordan Peterson is characterized as a revolutionary. Deep introspection will reveal that Peterson is not a revolutionary; instead, he is injecting common sense into public discourse. Unlike many of his colleagues in academia, Peterson has a realistic understanding of history and human nature.

Contrary to past eras, the zeitgeist of the present epoch is one of dullness. Aggression of any sort is viewed as intolerable since we must ensure that marginal groups are insulated from emotional harm. Therefore, speech is tantamount to violence because, apparently, controversial ideas can be used to justify racism and sexism. Evidently, advocates of political correctness are oblivious to the fact that we have the propensity to assess outlandish ideas for ourselves. So even if a position is invoked to enable racism, we are smart enough to refute said position. Politically correct thinkers want to minimize disruption, but Peterson is reminding them that life is inherently chaotic. As such, all ideas must contend in the marketplace of ideas, even when they offend certain segments of the population. Contempt for Jordan Peterson stems from his reassertion of values reflecting a more masculine age.

Until recently, Western culture was remarkably masculine. In academia, refusing to engage ones opponent was simply construed as weak. The late David Landes, for example, was often ridiculed for daring to imply that Western culture was superior to all others. Despite the intensity of criticisms leveled at him, Landes confronted his opponents. Interestingly, those who disagreed with his theorieslike James Blaut and Andre Gunder Frankwrote their own tomes. Today, scholars avoid debate, preferring instead to denounce their critics as problematic. Soothing the egos of ones followers on Twitter might produce a therapeutic effect, but it fails to increase the body of knowledge. Recently, for instance, two gender studies professors, Alison Howell and Melanie Richter-Montpetit, published a paper smearing securitization theory as racist. In response, Barry Buzan and Ole Wver, two important proponents of the theory, penned a rigorous response. As expected, feminists launched a petition to cancel Buzan and Wver, asserting that their response constitutes bullying. In other words, any interrogation of ideas expressed by women is an act of sexism perpetuated by the patriarchy.

Consistent with his masculine spirit, Peterson has ignored such inane shibboleths. Although among intellectuals it might be quite fashionable to deny gender differences, Jordan Peterson refuses to go along. In numerous pieces, he articulates the reality of gender differences,to the chagrin of many. Insults cannot deter him from defending the truth. The tenacity of Petersons potent masculinity is his real strength. Despite the grumblings of critics, Peterson is not pandering to right-wing extremists; they just happen to revere him because he does not waver in defending his beliefs. The masculine spirit cares about being right, and it resists the desire to be pampered.

Furthermore, in contrast to the prevailing orthodoxy, Peterson posits that equality is not a virtue. Contemporary progressives find inequality among different groups contemptible. Peterson, on the other hand, opines that, in several cases, inequality is a result of hierarchies of competence. Therefore, evidence of inequality is overwhelmingly positive because it indicates that people are rewarded for their efforts. In the long run, the productivity of the super-talented enriches society. Economist Donald J. Boudreaux citing the research of William Nordhaus masterfully illuminates this point: Only a minuscule fraction of the social returns from technological advances over the 1948-2001 period was captured by producers, indicating that most of the benefits of technological change are passed on to consumers rather than captured by producers.

Boudreaux also offers examples to bolster his argument: Specifically, producers, on average, capture a mere 2.2 percent of the total benefits of their successful introduction into markets of technological advancesA handful of these entrepreneurs, like Bezos, are famous, but the vast majority are unknown. Do you know the name of the inventor of the shipping container that dramatically reduced the cost of shipping cargo? Ill tell you: Malcom McLeanwho, when he died in 2001, was worth $330 million. McLean, therefore, likely increased humanitys collective well-being to the tune of about $15 billion, or by just about $2 for every person alive today.

Petersonin his wisdomacknowledges that most of us do not envision a society in which we were all equal, considering that this environment would be the epitome of mediocrity. If we are objective, then we have no option other than to admit that average people should be thanking the talented for providing them with a superior quality of life. Clearly, the demands of radical egalitarians can only be achieved by using the force of the state to infringe individual rights. For example, years ago, the late Walter E. Williams eloquently crafted a definition of social justice to caution progressives from making excessive requests: Let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to youand why?

Moreover, Peterson never projects present political notions onto history. Over the past few months, several historical figures have been canceled due to the inconsistency of their ideas with contemporary sensibilities. The latest example of hysteria in intellectual circles is to denounce dead figures for their opinions. Such a jaundiced perspective is indeed unfortunate. History chronicles a vivid story of brutal conquests and eccentric personalities. Great men are rarely good men, as Peterson admits. So, for example, Genghis Khan was a horrible man, yet his leadership skills were formidable. Historical characters, therefore, ought to be judged based on their ability to achieve the political goals of a particular era.

Petersons realism is too bitter for the weak-willed and their fellow travelers. When genuflecting to the mob is a virtue, an iconoclast like Peterson who refuses to comprise will be deemed a revolutionary. By challenging the procrustean mentality of an unimaginative intelligentsia, Jordan Peterson displays an authentically masculine spirit, fearless in its quest for truth. Peterson is a man of conviction in an oasis of compromise; therefore, he is perfectly poised to fill the gap in a world crying out for certainty. Compared to truly controversial thinkers like Anthony Ludovici and Albert Jay Nock, Peterson is boring; however, measured by the standards of his time, he is a rebel. In short, Jordan Peterson is a masculine spirit revolting against the feminine sentimentalism of the contemporary world, and this explains his seductive appeal.

Lipton Matthews is a Jamaican writer. He has recently also contributed to Mises WireandThe Federalist. He can be reached by email at lo_matthews@yahoo.com

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Why Jordan Peterson’s Message on Gratitude Is More Important Than Ever | Jon Miltimore – Foundation for Economic Education

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Around Thanksgiving, many of us try to pause and reflect on the things we are grateful for in our lives.

Gratitude doesnt come easy for humans, but on the fourth Thursday in November many of us do our best to try to be grateful, at least for this one day of the year.

There are many things for which Im grateful. We live during a time noteworthy for its peace and plenty, both of which are remarkable compared to any other period in human history. Im grateful for the good health I enjoy today and the relative lack of suffering Ive had to endure in more than four decades on this earth. In my personal life, Im thankful for the friends and family who have given me so much, and for a devoted wife who has given me three healthy children, and much more.

Its good to be grateful for such things, I think, but last night it occurred to me I was also missing something. My daughter had just finally fallen asleep, and I was re-reading Jordan Petersons book 12 Rules for Life on the floor. (We read books together at bedtime.)

Someone had remarked to me recently that Peterson talks about gratitude in the books second chapter, Treat Yourself Like Someone You Are Responsible for Helping. Sure enough, near the end of the chapter Peterson mentions a miracle of life he feels a profound, dumbfounded gratitude for: the persistence of humans in severe pain to continue bearing lifes burdens.

It is they, Peterson argues, who hold society together through little more than grit and tenacious spirit.

Most individuals are dealing with one or more serious health problems while going productively about their business, Peterson writes.

If anyone is fortunate enough to be in a rare period of grace and health, personally, then he or she typically has at least one close family member in crisis, he continues. Yet people prevail and continue to do difficult and effortless tasks to hold themselves and their families and society together.

Its easy to forget the number of people in pain in this world. By the nature of his profession, Peterson, a clinical psychologist, is more aware than most of the pain humans endure.

What shocks Peterson, and makes him profoundly grateful, is the masses of suffering people who do not give in to despairbut instead continue to bear responsibility despite the slings and arrows of life.

People are so tortured by the limitations and constraints of Being that I am amazed they ever act properly or look beyond themselves at all, Peterson writes. But enough do so that we have central heat and running water and infinite computational power and electricity and enough for everyone to eat and even the capacity to contemplate the fate of broader society and nature, terrible nature, itself.

"All that complex machinery that protects us from freezing and starving and dying from lack of water tends unceasingly towards malfunction through entropy, and it is only the constant attention of careful people that keeps it working so unbelievably well, he continues. Some people degenerate into the hell of resentment and the hatred of Being, but most refuse to do so, despite their suffering and disappointments and losses and inadequacies and ugliness, and again that is a miracle for those with the eyes to see it.

In a sense, this is the flip side of Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rands popular 1957 magnum opus on individualism and capitalism. Rand saw the Atlases of the world as the productive entrepreneurs who worked tirelessly to create value despite looters seeking to steal the fruits of their labor.

The Atlases of the world, as Peterson sees it, are the millions and millions of faceless people who persevere in the face of adversity and suffering that would drive so many to despair.

This is why people must treat themselves like someone they are responsible for helping. We must care for ourselves so we can bear the burden and suffering that life will inevitably inflict upon us, Peterson argues.

You need to consider the future and think, 'What might my life look like if I were caring for myself properly? What career would challenge me and render me productive and helpful, so that I could shoulder my share of the load, and enjoy the consequences? What should I be doing, when I have some freedom, to improve my health, expand my knowledge, and strengthen my body?'

Heaven, Peterson explains, will not arrive on its own. And if we fail to strengthen ourselves, we may find its opposite here on earth.

So this Thanksgiving, I can only express my deepest thanks to all the people who continue to persevere despite the chaos and pain, who refuse to succumb to despair, resentment, envy, and cruelty.

You, too, are the Atlases of this worldparticularly during this season of despair and suffering.

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A round with Patrick Peterson: Golf with Michael Jordan, Passionfruit Truly and an idea for The Match – usatoday.com

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Over the last decade Patrick Peterson has made a name for himself as one of the best defenders in the NFL.

Since he was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in 2011, Peterson has been selected to eight Pro Bowls, is a three-time First-team All-Pro and was featured on the NFLs All-Decade Team of the 2010s.

The 30-year-old picked up golf around the same time as joining the league, and now boasts a 4 handicap when hes grinding daily in the offseason.

During the season, me and (teammate Larry Fitzgerald), our nicknames are the Trunk Slammers because all we do is get our clubs, slam our trunks and go straight to the tee box because we dont have as much time to work on our game because were focused on our profession.

Below is the first installment in Golfweeks new series, where well take you on a virtual round with your favorite celebrity golfers.

Celebrity handicaps: Just how good are these athletes and entertainers?

Golfweek: I read you became interested in golf during the 2011 NFL lockout, is that right? Whats your history and story with the game?

Patrick Peterson: I was fortunate enough to have cousins and relatives that played in the league and they told me in the offseason, thats when most guys get in trouble. You want to find something that gives you something competitive to do when you have all this downtime My first club I ever hit was a 7-iron because 7s my favorite number, and I flushed it and was like, Man this game is that easy? It cant be that easy. Ill never forget after that I went and literally started buying clubs. Thats how I got into the game.

GW: Youve become friends with Michael Jordan. Any good golf stories with MJ?

PP: I went down to play with him at Floridian and I had one of my buddies with me and hed never met Jordan. As you know, Jordan likes to gamble or at least put something on the line when hes playing golf. My buddy was like, Man were playing with MJ, and I said, Man stop acting goddamn star struck act like youve been here before. So now hes all shook and nervous as hell. We get up to the tee box and Jordans handling everything, separating groups, and he looks over at my friend and says Hey, whats your name? You want to play for something? And my friend says Man I aint got your type of money, and Jordan went So tell me this, what would make it hurt? My friend goes, What do you mean make it hurt? Ive got like $2 in my pocket. Jordan said, Bet it.

PP: Now, my first time playing with him was at his event. (Denise L. White, founder EAG Sports Management) knew how much I loved golf, I dont know how the hell she made it happen but I was in the final group. I was like, Woah, Im with MJ? Youve gotta be shing me. I ended up playing with him, but the crazy thing about it was I was playing against him. Me and Ken Griffey Jr., were on a team vs. him and Dwight Freeney. So heres the thing on the tee box, him and Dwight Freeney are on teams, but hes telling Dwight, I like P-Twice over you right now. I was like, Thats your teammate!

GW: Athletes like Stephen Curry and Tony Romo have played in professional golf events. Do you have any interest in that, maybe after football?

PP: I would love to because Id have the time to hone in on my game. Those guys are playing golf and practicing every single day. If I felt my game has reached that point or I feel like Im playing good enough golf, no doubt Id love to try that. Denise always teases me saying thatll be my second career anyway.

GW: On the course do you drive for show or putt for dough?

PP: Putt for dough.

GW: Your nickname, PP, is obviously for your initials. On the course is it perfect putter or poor putter?

PP: (laughs) Lets go with perfect putter.

GW: Youre in the fairway on a borderline-reachable par 5. Go for the green and risk trouble or lay up?

PP: For the most part Im going for it.

GW: Whats the go-to drink at the 19th hole?

PP: Casa Azul on the rocks. As far as drinks on the course, I like to drink Trulys. The Passionfruits a banger for me.

GW: Whats your favorite club in the bag?

PP: My 60. I feel I can get up-and-down from anywhere around the greens.

GW: I feel like everyone has a go-to line on the golf course to mess with your friends. Whats yours?

PP: If a match is getting close, right before they hit Ill go, Make sure you dont hook it. It always gets in one of my guys heads. Itll come down to 18 and Ill press him and hell say, Im not gonna hook it.

GW: The best golfer on the Arizona Cardinals is ________

PP: (Punter) Andy Lee. Andy can play, hes a legit scratch. Ive played with him a bunch of times and he can strike the ball.

GW: Are you better than future Hall of Fame teammate Larry Fitzgerald?

PP: Oh yeah Im better than Fitz. Im the second best golfer on the team.

GW: Whats your dream golf foursome?

PP: I know (Kobe Bryant) didnt play golf but Kobe. Barack Obama. And probably Stephen A. Smith. Id like to hear Stephen A. on the course and I wanna see him hit some bad shots.

GW: Youd be in his ear all 18 holes, wouldnt you?

PP: No doubt about it (laughing).

GW: Do you talk more trash on the golf course or on the football field?

PP: Definitely on the golf course because its not worth it in football. You have to see whats going on with personnel and you might not see him again. In golf, youre with that person for four hours, there aint no running away!

GW: Word on the street is you have an idea for the next made-for-TV golf event along the lines of The Match?

PP: What they need to do is, take whatever pro golfers you want and make them captains. Put together a pool full of athletes and let them pick and have a Ryder Cup-style match. Six holes would be alternate shot, next six are a scramble, final six are singles. I dont care when Im getting picked, as long as Im on the squad.

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Dr. Barbara Horney, Professor, Clinical Pathology (retired) Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College University of Prince Edward Island

Re: Lets have a reset to competition in schools, Matthew Lau, Dec. 2

Yes, its time to revive the dreaded V word vouchers. Dreaded by the education establishment, but not by consumers the families and taxpayers.

Here are some of the reasons school vouchers make sense:

Support from The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Students with special needs, talents or interests can find schools that fit.

Families are strengthened by committing to a school of their choice.

Students at risk of being left behind due to pandemic disruptions can find private tutoring to meet shortfalls.

Voucher systems are appreciably less costly than government monopoly systems.

There are dozens more good reasons. Hopefully both public and politicians can embrace this sensible approach.

Tunya Audain, West Vancouver

Re: Read Petersons books, kids, Marjorie Gann, Letter to the editor, Nov. 28, and A pathetic display by an anti-Jordan Peterson woke mob, Rex Murphy, Nov. 25

I was impressed and delighted by Marjorie Ganns letter, in which she weighed in against some Penguin Random House staff in the controversy over publishing Jordan Petersons next book. It was one of those I wish Id written that moments. But admiration grew to adulation when I realized the potential cost to an author speaking out against a publisher. If only more Canadians had the courage of their convictions

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Randall L. Hull reveals his solutions for the United States in Political Malpractice in America

HOUSTON, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Randall L. Hull explains his steps on how to keep working to form a more perfect union and fight political hypocrisy with the insights and ideas in Political Malpractice in America: Republic at Risk (published by Archway Publishing).

The author explains how the United States is the richest in the world yet the distribution of economic gains increasingly goes to a smaller and smaller segment of society. Hull describes how the nation has created, in effect, a new aristocracy with little or no control over how this group buys a government that works for them at the expense of the common good. The author then goes on to not only convey how the United States got into their current situation by analyzing political and economic decisions of the past 40 years in America, but also how the country might begin to work their way out of it.

Our country is more divided then at any time since the Civil War and our political leaders are failing to confront these challenges. Our 244-year-old Republic is in peril, Hull says. Hopefully readers will take on a sense of urgency to demand that their political and business leaders collaborate to solve the challenges that increasingly threaten the future of our democracy.

Political Malpractice in America is available for purchase online at: https://www.archwaypublishing.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/803625-political-malpractice-in-america.

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Prep roundup: Columbus goes 2-1 on the mat – Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

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AGWSR 42, COLUMBUS 39

106 Mason Burr (Col) pinned Jaedrek Bowles, 1:13, 113 Gavin Reed (Col) pinned Coltan Richtsmeier, 2:40, 120 Kaden Abbas (AGWSR) won by forfeit, 126 Noah Clikeman (AGWSR) won by forfeit, 132 Bo Gerbracht (AGWSR) pinned Joseph Kowfie, 1:44, 138 Sam Hackett (Col) pinned Zach Johnson, 1:47, 145 Jayden Bowles (AGWSR) pinned Henry Erie, 1:52, 152 Trinity Rotgers (AGWSR) won by forfeit, 160 Max Magayna (Col) pinned Ben Puente, :48, 170 Carson Hartz (Col) dec. Jacob Haley, 6-3, 182 Kylie Willems (AGWSR) won by forfeit, 195 Mason Knipp (Col) pinned Aiden Heitland, 1:19, 220 Connor Knudtson (Col) pinned Jared Granzow, :52, 285 Tate Miller (AGWSR) won by forfeit.

COLUMBUS 45, BAXTER 18

106 Burr (Col) pinned Kailee Conradi, :31, 113 no match, 120 Reed (Col) pinned Cole Smith, 1:57, 126 Ashton Kerwin (Bax) won by forfeit, 132 Curtis Gliem (Bax) pinned Kowfie, 3:20, 138 Hackett (Col) pinned Kolton Hill, :59, 145 Erie (Col) dec. Brad Matthews, 7-5, 152 no match, 160 Magayna (Col) pinned Callyn Bishop, :37, 170 Hartz (Col) pinned Jacob Hiemstra, :42, 182 no match, 195 Knipp (Col) won by forfeit, 220 Knudtson (Col) won by forfeit, 285 Micah Kearns (Bax) won by forfeit.

COLUMBUS 41, NORTH TAMA 30

106 Case Monat (NT) pinned Burr, 1:24, 113 Reed (Col) pinned Christian Dronebarger, 1:07, 120 no match, 126 Cale Bradley (NT) won by forfeit, 132 Drake Podhajsky (NT) pinned Ella Anderson, :41, 138 Kowfie (Col) won by forfeit, 145 Hackett (Col) pinned Nathan Kucera, 1:34, 152 Logan Rausch (NT) pinned Erie, :37, 160 Magayna (Col) pinned Ashton Bradley, :50, 170 no match, 182 Hartz (Col) won by forfeit, 195 Knipp (Col) won by forfeit, 220 -- Knudtson (Col) won by forfeit, 285 Xander Bradley (NT) won by forfeit.

EAST 58, SENIOR 18

106 Kellen Willis (DS) pinned Elijah Edmondson, 1:55, 113 Ethan Krall (East) pinned Jordan Quinn, 15-7, 120 Jessie Small (East) pinned Jaxon Roling, 4:48, 126 Ryan Strong (East) dec. Seth Connolly, 11-9, 132 Hannah Reel (DS) won by forfeit, 138 John Sailor (East) pinned Frankie Cretsinger, 2:45, 145 Adrian Doyle (East) pinned Easton Stakis, 1:28, 152 Cadin Herrmann (East) pinned Beau Healey, 1:52, 160 Luke Busch (DS) pinned Brayden Peters, :33, 170 Matthew Cary (East) pinned Jack Smith, 2:45, 182 Eli Sallis (East) pinned Ethan Scott, 5:45, 195 Lawrence Taylor III (East) won by fall, 220 Lorenzo Forristall (East) dec. Ethan Manders, 8-3, 285 Kjuan Owens (East) dec. Cohen Pfohl, 1:25.

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DON BOSCO 82, APLINGTON-PARKERSBURG 0

285 Mack Ortner (DB) pinned Trent Greiner, :13, 106 Caleb Coffin (DB) won by forfeit, 113 Cole Frost (DB) won by forfeit, 120 Andrew Kimball (DB) won by forfeit, 126 Garrett Funk (DB) pinned Conner Kellum, 1:12, 132 Kaiden Knaack (DB) dec. Justin Knaack, 11-0, 138 Cody Brown (DB) pinned Carter Mackie, 1:30, 145 Cael Rahnavardi (DB) pinned Clay Saak, 1:19, 152 Fox Youngblut (DB) won by forfeit, 160 Jacob Thiry (DB) pinned Stuart Whitehill, 3:07, 170 Cade Tenold (DB) pinned Nick Johnson, :33, 182 Carson Tenold (DB) pinned Drew Ogle, 3:57, 195 Charlie Hogan (DB) pinned Nile Petersen, 1:28, 220 Jarod Thiry (DB) pinned Carson Troyna, 2:54.

DON BOSCO 53, DENVER 24

106 Coffin (DB) tech. fall over Rhett Bonnette, 15-0, 5:44, 113 Frost (DB) pinned Max Schwandt , 1:11, 120 Joe Ebaugh (Den) tech. fall over Kimball, 15-0, 3:36, 126 Funk (DB) pinned Josh Terrill, 3:00, 132 Brooks Meyer (Den) dec. Knaack, 13-3, 138 Isaac Schimmels (Den) pinned Brown, 1:11 , 145 Rahnavardi (DB) pinned Alex Krabbenhoft, 2:26, 152 Ben Foelske (Den) pinned Youngblut, 3:35, 160 Cole Miller (Den) dec. Jac. Thiry, 5-1, 170 Cade Tenold (DB) pinned Cooper South, 1:15, 182 Carson Tenold (DB) pinned Brennen Graber, 5:00, 195 Hogan (DB) won by forfeit, 220 Jar. Thiry (DB) pinned Cade Bonnette, 1:09, 285 Ortner (DB) won by forfeit.

UNION 49, BCLUW-SH 27

106 Chance Cordes (BCLUW) won by forfeit, 113 Ava Mehlert (Union) won by forfeit, 120 Carter Kothoff (BCLUW) dec. Caleb Olson , 9-2, 126 Keegan Ellsworth (Union) pinned Lane Hartwig, 3:08, 132 Dillon Sparks (Union) dec. Javon Darden, 10-8, 138 Kolten Crawford (Union) pinned Sam Garber, :35, 145 Brady Hilmer (Union) won by forfeit, 152 Lincoln Mehlert (Union) dec. Logan Aicher, 10-1, 160 Brock Ruzicka (Union) pinned Tucker Wall, 2:39, 170 Stone Schmitz (Union) pinned Nick Curl, 1:42, 182 Hunter Worthen (Union) pinned Kade Pekarek, 3:55, 195 Zach Bennett (BCLUW) won by forfeit, 220 Caden Steding (BCLUW) won by forfeit, 285 Aiden Farnsworth (BCLUW) won by forfeit.

UNION 42, DIKE-NEW HARTFORD 27

113 Lucas Ragsdale (DNH) pinned A. Mehlert, :09, 120 Ellsworth (U) won by forfeit, 126 Olson (U) dec. Dylan Ohrt, 3-0, 132 Walker Weedman (DNH) dec. Sparks, 6-0, 138 Crawford (U) won by forfeit, 145 Hilmer (U) won by forfeit, 152 L. Mehlert (U) won by forfeit, 160 Ruzicka (U) pinned Gabe Skornia, 3:19, 170 Schmitz (U) dec. Nick Reinicke, 7-5, 182 No match, 195 Cayden Buskohl (DNH) won by forfeit, 220 No match, 285 -- Henry Mussing (DNH) won by forfeit, 106 Wil Textor (DNH) won by forfeit.

CHARLES CITY 47, OELWEIN 24

106 Jordan Young (CC) dec. Kale Berinobis, 12-8, 113 no match, 120 Dylan LaPolice (CC) pinned Aden Yearous, 1:35, 126 Jacob Vais (CC) pinned Gavin Emery, 2:40, 132 Carsen Jeanes (Oel) pinned Nathan Lopez, 3:59, 138 Talan Weber (CC) tech. fall over Nolan Lamphier, 15-0, 3:47, 145 Leighton Patterson (Oel) pinned Kayden Blunt, 4:45, 152 Roush Jaeger (CC) pinned Thyron Mathews, :53, 160 Logan Cockerham (Oel) pinned Colton Crooks, 3:41, 170 Caden Collins (CC) pinned Colton Roete, 2:59, 182 Ethan Peterson (CC) pinned Austin Perry, 1:55, 195 Johnny Buehler (Oel) won by forfeit, 220 Tino Tamayo (CC) won by forfeit, 285 Chase Crooks (CC) dec. Cooper Smock, 4-0.

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The world was on this brink of this fiery hell when Jordan Peterson read Solzhenitsyn and began to turn from despair toward hope.

It was Solzhenitsyn who most crucially made the case that the terrible excesses of Communism could not be conveniently blamed on the corruption of the Soviet leadership, the cult of personality surrounding Stalin, or the failure to put the otherwise stellar and admirable utopian principles of Marxism into proper practice. It was Solzhenitsyn who demonstrated that the death of millions and the devastation of many more were, instead, a direct causal consequence of the philosophy (worse, perhaps: the theology) driving the Communist system. The hypothetically egalitarian, universalist doctrines of Karl Marx contained hidden within them sufficient hatred, resentment, envy and denial of individual culpability and responsibility to produce nothing but poison and death when manifested in the world

An excerpt from Jordan Petersons foreword to the 50th Anniversary edition of Solzhenitsyns The Gulag Archipelago

Make no mistake, thems fightin words. This fierce sermon about the gospel written by one of mankinds greatest uncanonized saints, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, was an impetus for naming my biography of Dr. Peterson Savage Messiah. Under the guise of a mild-mannered college professor, Peterson preached the scripture of the prophets: bloody, accusatory, inflammatory, unflinching writings revolting to non-believers but manna to the faithful.

In Solzhenitsyn, Peterson found an eyewitness to the prophecy that hell on earth would reign in the 20th century as prophesied by Friedrich Nietzsche, another tormented and unsung saint of the Peterson catechism. When Nietzsche proclaimed God is Dead in 1882, he actually wrote:

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us. What water is there for us to clean ourselves?

Nietzsche was not gloating over the death of God as so many atheists celebrated. It was a warning, a curse. His vision accurately foreshadowed the coming 20th centurys depravities of Marxism, Communism, Socialism, Nazism, fascism, nihilism, world wars, race wars, mustard gas, Zyklon B, race lynchings, killing fields, concentration camps and gulags. All of them were creations of the 20th century when hate flourished, when haters found a place to hang their hate. Solzhenitsyn suffered through some of them personally. He survived to see all of them happen in his lifetime and refused to look away.

Solzhenitsyn eventually found solace and redemption in Christianity. He took crucified humanity down from its cross, laid it in a proper grave and carved its headstone. He identified the source of evil for a new generation and proclaimed it as the evil that runs through every human heart. For Nietzsche, the Enlightenment had killed God, supplanting his grace and wisdom with human pride and arrogance. Solzhenitsyn personally paid the price for this.

In Solzhenitsyns footsteps, young Jordan Peterson found the path that led away from the coming, ultimate human folly of the 20th century: mutually assured destruction, nuclear global annihilation. This pinnacle of fatal human arrogance finally revealed that hell was, indeed, now on earthand even admitted in its name that insanity was now official policy.

This terror had tormented young Peterson since grade school in the 1970s. He suffered nightmares of charred bodies, ravenous dogs, and a vaporized world of eternal winter. In 1974, Solzhenitsyns The Gulag Archipelago was published in the West. It had already been circulated hand-to-hand in secret, mimeographed copies, a death warrant if discovered. It corroded the foundations of the tottering Marxist Soviet Union with every new pair of hands that touched it. Eventually, it was instrumental in collapsing the Evil Empire. And like the prophet Jeremiahs Old Testament Book of Lamentations, it showed how Gods people had forsaken him, how they now worshipped idols like Joseph Stalin, and how they were prepared to burn their children in an offering to Moloch, the idol of child sacrifice.

The world was on this brink of this fiery hell when Jordan Peterson read Solzhenitsyn and began to turn from despair toward hope. Peterson had found the true enemy. It was not Russia. It was the inherent evil that ran through every human heart, as Solzhenitsyn said. With the help of Solzhenitsyn, Nietzsche, Carl Jung, child psychologist Jean Piaget and many others, Peterson began to crack the code that revealed the enemys strategy.

Stepping back from his own brink of hellish insanity, Peterson committed his life to healing human hearts and minds that had become infected with evil. He became a psychologist and social scientist. As he grew in his experience with severely mentally ill patients, he found ways of strengthening them against the many types of purposeful and random evil in the world. To university students, he began to teach what he had learned from these great prophets of the human struggle. He started with the ancient archetypes of good and evil that populated mankinds collective unconscious discovered by Carl Jung.

Then, following Solzhenitsyn more closely, Peterson began to use the Jewish and Christian Bible as the library of archetypes from our collective unconscious. He began at the beginning with the Book of Genesis and the logos, the word of God that went out over the waters and created order from chaos. Then, in the Garden of Eden, he saw the warning against the tempting snake of moral corruption, the resulting arrogance before God and its product, the fall of mankind. But, unlike Solzhenitsyn, Peterson continued to maintain his distance from a personal belief in God. In summary, he has said that he did not yet feel he had the personal understanding to believe in God. He just could not accept that God existed based on faith alone. He had not resolved the mystery of God for himself. But he was close.

Perhaps it is the level of suffering that eventually drives one to his knees in submission, in pleading for guidance from God. One suspects that was the case with Solzhenitsyn. New revelations point to the possibility that Peterson may have recently suffered enough to again follow closely in the footsteps of Solzhenitsyn, this time into the mystery of God.

For the past year and some months, Peterson has suffered the horrendous side-effects from the long-term prescribed use of benzodiazepines. Common trade names for this drug began with Librium, later became Valium, then Xanax. Now, there are nearly 100 other names. It is one of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the world and is considered to be a safe, minor tranquilizer. Yet, prescribed benzodiazepines might also be consideredas in Petersons own casean example of the random, inexplicable malevolence of life, like natural disasters, that stalk human beings along with human-generated evil.

Peterson has recently announced on YouTube that he is sufficiently healthy now to return to public life. In that video, he speaks of Gods grace and mercy that allowed him to survive and regain most of his mental and physical abilities. Again, we see that Solzhenitsyn may have been pivotal in leading Peterson away from madness and self-destruction, first as a young man rescued from nihilism and despair in the contemplation of nuclear holocaust and now as a grandfather redeemed from soul-destroying drug addiction.

As was noted at the beginning of this piece, Peterson wrote the foreword to the 50th anniversary authorized and abridged version of The Gulag Archipelago. As perhaps a testament to Petersons lifelong commitment to teaching the text and principles of Solzhenitsyns masterpiece, he received, the greatest honor of my life in being invited to write the foreword. It seems like the evil that runs through every human heart has mysteriously bound these two great minds together. What they have witnessed individuallyfrom the corrupted morality in human evil to the random malevolence extant in the world at-largehas brought them together in their private ways before God. May God and every human heart bless and cherish their lives, their memory, and our future together, thanks in part to them.

Jim Proseris the author of Savage Messiah: How Dr. Jordan Peterson Is Saving Western Civilization and No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy: The Life of General James Mattis.

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Randy Sharer can attest. My longtime colleague at The Pantagraph, Sharer interviewed Loy and saw him in action more than any other media member.

He watched Loy mentor a multitude of all-staters and All-Americans at the high school and club levels, marveling at his ability to connect with swimmers of all ages.

He was one of those guys who was just born to coach, Sharer said. He had that enthusiasm for every single kid. Even with the 12-and-under kids, he knew their times and what was a good time. It was never work to him it didnt seem like. He could just work forever and all of those practices where they get up so early in swimming, that was nothing to him because he loved it.

Its the only way you become the longest tenured coach at BHS. John Szabo, the Purple Raiders retired athletic director, has coached track and cross country at the school for 40 years. He said he ranks second to Loys 41 years as a BHS coach.

He touched a lot of lives in our community, Szabo said. He loved being around kids. He loved them and they always respected him and worked hard for him.

Current BHS athletic director Tony Bauman called Loys death a huge shock for all of us, adding, Trying to comprehend what he meant to everybody is saddening.

He impacted people in such a positive way, Bauman said. For athletes we have swimming now, some of their parents swam for Bob. To hear their stories and the way he impacted them and then to have him coach their kids, it was a meaningful thing for their families.

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WHAT the Meteorettes managed to do on the road at the weekend cannot be overstated.

To even the basketball layman, the numbers paint a compelling picture.

Those are 22 and 28 - the margins of victory over rivals Bundaberg and Gladstone.

Also 623 and 186 - kilometres covered in a bus, just to be there.

It amounted to two wins, from 120 gruelling minutes played, all inside 24 hours.

With just seven players to choose from.

In this era of competition, what Scott McKenzie's team achieved at the weekend should not have been possible.

While their rivals welcomed some temporary imports from the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane to bolster their ranks, the Meteorettes were forced to make do with a skeleton crew.

Their young guns travelled in the opposition direction, to Townsville, for U18 representative duties.

It left the senior Meteorettes with just two on the bench for their toughest road trip on the ConocoPhillips CQ Cup calendar.

And yet somehow, the Meteorettes got through unscathed. Not only that, but they dominated once again.

They defied the odds and expectation to again prove Mackay deserves to be considered one of the best female basketball programs in Queensland.

Jordan Peterson overcame an ankle injury to play a key role in the Meteorettes win over Gladstone on Sunday. Photo: Callum Dick

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"I was extremely nervous. I thought it was going to be a tough weekend for us," McKenzie admitted.

"We knew Bundaberg had brought in a player and Gladstone another couple. We only had seven."

Then Jordan Peterson went over on her ankle on Saturday night and the Meteorettes faced the very real prospect of rotating just one off the bench on Sunday.

"I asked on Sunday 'are you any good?' and she said 'I've strapped it up tight - I'm ready to go'," McKenzie recalled.

"When we were in a bit of a run on Sunday, she came in and made a difference for us.

"I was really proud of her effort this weekend."

Peterson's selfless act was one of a long line of gutsy performances from the seven-strong squad which flew the flag for Mackay at the weekend.

Not only will the winning road double be a big boost to the team's confidence, it should also strike fear in their rivals.

With the deck stacked against them, the Meteorettes proved too good.

It has the group well poised to continue toward its "ultimate goal", which is an inaugural CQ Cup crown and confirmation as the best.

"That's obviously the ultimate goal and we've put ourselves in a position now to do that," McKenzie said.

"Realistically if we come out next week and win at home, we'll sew up top spot. That gives us a home semi - win that, and it's a home grand final. That's always been the goal."

The Meteors and Meteorettes will enjoy a well-deserved bye this weekend, before returning to The Crater on November 7.

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