https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/ea3e86c35038342679e7cdc0b1e7defd.pdf 23760b1b8d30432d5079999bc3f176af PDF Text Text A take on taxes Celebrating holiday cheer Southern holds off Eagles EDITORIAL s 4A ALONG THE RIVER s 6A SPORTS s 1B Breaking news at mydailytribune.com Issue 1, Volume 52 Sheriff requests Meigs jail levy return in May Sunday, January 7, 2018 s $2 Winter on the river By Erin Perkins eperkins@aimmediamidwest.com POMEROY — Sheriff Keith Wood has asked the Meigs County Commissioners to consider placing the jail levy back on the ballot for the May 8 primary election. Wood attended the regularly scheduled commissioners meeting on Thursday to present the commissioners with a letter of consideration for the upcoming primary election and to discuss with them a letter he received from the Ohio Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (OPBA). Wood presented the commissioners with a letter of consideration pertaining to the jail levy that he requests be put on the ballot for the primary election on May 8. He expressed there have been no changes to the proposal since he last presented it to the commissioners for the last election. Wood then commented on a letter he received from OPBA Attorney Mark Volcheck, reﬂecting the physical condition of the Sheriff’s ofﬁce. “It is requested that an environmental site assessment be conducted by an independent contractor for both the building and land of the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce,” stated Volcheck in his letter to Wood. The commissioners referred the aforementioned letter to be reviewed by Prosecutor James Stanley and they will discuss the letter’s content at a later date. Commissioner Tim Ihle presented fellow commissioners Mike Bartrum and Randy Smith with a wording issue in the Meigs County Policy Manuel regarding vacation leave. After discussion on the Morgan McKinniss|OVP The Ohio River finally gave in to the cold Friday, freezing on its’ surface enough for this gaggle of geese to take a break. Freezing temperatures result in ice on shoreline By Morgan McKinniss See SHERIFF | 5A Charges pending after alleged drugs seized in Long Bottom Staff Report LONG BOTTOM — Drugs were allegedly seized following the execution of a search warrant at home on Bashan Road. Sheriff Keith Wood announced in a joint effort, the Meigs County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce and the Major Crimes Task Force of Gallia-Meigs Counties, executed a search warrant at a residence located on Bashan Road, Long Bottom, on Wednesday evening. The Major Crimes Task Force, with the assistance of Meigs County Prosecutor James Stanley, secured the search warrant for the residence. Task Force Agents, with the assistance of Meigs County Deputies, searched the residence and seized several items including suspected methamphetamines, scales, cell phones and cash. Charges are pending after chemical testing is completed of the suspected narcotics. The Major Crimes Task Force of Gallia-Meigs is a state task force under the jurisdiction of the Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission which is part of the Ohio Attorney General’s Ofﬁce. The task force was formed in 2013 and consists of the Meigs and Gallia County Sheriff’s Ofﬁces, Ohio Bureau of Investigations, the Gallipolis and Middleport Police Departments and both the Meigs and Gallia County Prosecutors Ofﬁces. A NEWS Obituaries: 2A Editorial: 4A Along the River: 6A Television: 7A Weather: 8A B SPORTS Sports: 1B-4B, 6B-8B Comics: 5B Classifieds: 7B mmckinniss@aimmediamidwest. com OHIO VALLEY — The tri-county region is experiencing prolonged cold, resulting in the Ohio River freezing in some places. Life and work on the river keeps on even if there is ice covering the surface. According to Mike Zwier, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Charleston W.Va., the area has had temperatures below the average for more than a week. “The cold spell started about Christmas Day. In Huntington the temperature has been below the average from then until now, almost ten days below normal temperatures that help freeze the river,” said See RIVER | 5A Hemmerick named Rio Fire Operations Officer By Dean Wright deanwright@aimmediamidwest. com RIO GRANDE — Rio Grande Village Council recently voted to make Tim Hemmerick its ﬁre department’s new ofﬁcer of operations. The council voted unanimously. “They want me to provide a training program for ﬁreﬁghters in cooperation with other governmental agencies,” said Hemmerick. “I won’t be doing the training but help steer them in that direction. There’s a big push. Ohio is one of a handful of states that has a basic 36 hours (of ﬁreﬁghter training). The state is trying to get away from that. (Ohio) put in ﬁve training academies around the state to better train volunteers. They’re trying to move towards what is nationally-recognized as ﬁreﬁghter 1 and ﬁreﬁghter 2. So, I’m going to try and steer as many people to those levels as I can.” According to Hemmerick, among his other proposed duties would be to oversee the maintenance of Rio Grande’s ﬁreﬁghting equipment and assist with the department’s Dean Wright | OVP Tim Hemmerick discusses a previous residential address number concern with the Rio Grande Village Council in 2017 and how it would affect first responder reactions. budget and ﬁreﬁghting runs. “We’re going to try and update things by trying to get more grants,” said Hemmerick. Hemmerick said he spent almost 28 years as a Dayton ﬁreﬁghter, some of those as an assistant ﬁre chief. He focused in HAZMAT practices as well as communications. Hemmerick started with the Rio Grande Volunteer Fire Department in May 2015 and left Dayton in July 2002. He and his wife moved to Gallia County in 2003. Hemmerick previously assisted in gathering grant money for both Centerville and See HEMMERICK | 5A Gallia Chamber Awards and Banquet announced Staff Report JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailytribune.com or www.mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. is by invitation only with a networking event and dinner to follow at the GALLIPOLIS — The Gallia County Chamber of Colony Club. The event has also long served to Commerce will be holdacknowledge the Chaming its 81st meeting and ber’s heroes of economic awards ceremony Jan. development. 25 at 6 p.m. at Bossard Awardees to be recogMemorial Library, folnize include the Gallipolis lowed by dinner and musical entertainment at Railroad Freight Museum for the Chamber’s Beauthe Colony Club. The doors will open at tiﬁcation Award. Bossard Memorial Library will 5:30 p.m. at the library recognized with the as the Chamber’s new Community Involvement board president will be inducted and 2017 award Award. The Sudden Impact Award will be prerecipients will be recogsented to Field of Hope’s nized with light refreshments served. The event Hope House. The Small Business of the Year Award will be presented to Guinther’s Custom Cuts. Rockets over Rio will be receive the Committee of the Year Award. Other awards have been presented to individuals as well during the event. The Bud and Donna McGhee Community Service Award is traditionally kept a secret until the night of the ceremony every year. The award is meant to honor an individual known throughout the community for lifetime exemplary leadership, volunteer service to the community and continued success in making the region a better place to live. Among those to receive the award previously include the late Jessie Payne, Kevin Dennis and the late Ray McKinniss. The award has often been considered the Chamber’s highest honor. For more information on tickets and how to register to attend, contact Elisha Orsbon at the Chamber by phone at 740-446-0596, or text at 740-339-9290, or email at eorsbon@galliacounty. org. �OBITUARIES/LOCAL 2A Sunday, January 7, 2018 Sunday Times-Sentinel OBITUARIES MARJORIE GREEN DENNIS DE’ANGELO GALLIPOLIS — Dennis Patrick D’Angelo, 44, of Gallipolis, passed away at Riverside Methodist Hospital on Sunday December 31, 2017. Born July 20, 1973 in Warren, Pa., he was the son of Sharyn (Oscar) Bastiani and Richard (Nancy) D’Angelo. In addition to his parents, Dennis is survived by his wife, Mendy D’Angelo, two children, Nicholas D’Angelo and Chancey Odom, sisters, Karen (Casey) Tautfest and Vicki (John) Schettler, several aunts, uncles, and cousins and his lifelong friend, Bill Brady of Alabama. Dennis graduated from Riverside High School in Ellwood City, Pa., and entered the US Navy. He then became a welder and eventually became a member of Boilermakers Local 105. Dennis was an avid Pittsburgh Steelers, Pirates, and Penguins fan. Before becoming disabled, he loved to hunt and ﬁsh. Services will be private and at the convenience of the family. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Nicholas D’Angelo in care of Waugh-Halley-Wood Funeral Home 810 2nd. Ave. Gallipolis, OH. 45631 to help cover funeral expenses. An online guest registry is available at waugh-halley-wood. com. ADDIE RAE BUCK CANAL WINCHESTER — Addie Rae Buck, 92, of Canal Winchester, passed away on January 4, 2018. She was born on March 1, 1925, in Chauncey, daughter of the late William and Mary Matson. She is survived by her children, Gloria (Bruce) Wallace of Canal Winchester and Jon (Tami) Buck of Chillicothe; grandchildren, Buck (Andria) Wallace, Natalie (Adam) Parker, Trevor (Rachael) Buck and Jordan Buck; greatgrandchildren, Sara Parker, Paige Parker, Brooke Wallace, Aubrey Wallace, Gabriella Wallace and Garrett Buck; brother, Robert (Mary) Matson of Charlottes- ville, Va.; sister, Jeanne (John) Blair of Chillicothe; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Addie was preceded in death by her husband, Gail Buck; her granddaughter, Rebekah Faith Wallace; sister, Maxine Matson and brother, John Matson. Funeral services will be held at Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 1 p.m. with Pastor Andy Amos ofﬁciating. Burial will follow at Rocksprings Cemetery. Visitation is on Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. at the funeral home. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel. com. AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-446-2342 A companion publication of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune and Times Daily Sentinel. Published Sunday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. CONTACT US PUBLISHER Bud Hunt, Ext. 2109 bhunt@aimmediamidwest.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Derrick Morrison, Ext. 2097 dmorrison@aimmediamidwest.com EDITOR Beth Sergent, Ext. 2102, bsergent@aimmediamidwest.com SPORTS EDITOR Bryan Walters, Ext. 2101 bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com CROWN CITY — Marjorie Green, 100, went home peacefully to be with her Lord on Friday, January 4, 2018 at her home. She was born on February 25, 1917 in Gallia County, daughter of the late Albert and Maria Waterson Gooldin. Marjorie was formerly employed at the Holzer Medical Center. She enjoyed Bible reading, puzzle books and her pet Dachshund dog Penny Jo. She was a member of the Wesleyan Holiness Church. She was known to many by Mom or Granny. Marjorie was married to Charley Green and he preceded her in death in 1993. She was also preceded in death by children, Elizabeth June Green, Shirley Fern Robinson, Denver Lee Green, Farrell Green, and Charles Curtis Green; several grandchildren preceded her as well as sisters Sarah Halley, Mary Kemper and Grace Galloway, and brothers, Tom, Walter, John and Jim Gooldin. Marjorie is survived by children, Rosetta Barcus, Anna (Carl) Fillinger, and Nan (Galen) Scarberry, Dorman (Mae) Green, Oyer Green, and Darrell Green, all of Crown City; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren also survive, nephews Lee Halley and Walter Gooldin and caregivers Dianna Smith, Lori Green, and Debbie Halley. Services will be 1 p.m. Monday, January 8, 2018 at Kings Chapel Church with Pastors Charles Turley and Clyde Ferrell. Friends may call at Willis Funeral Home on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Willis Funeral Home from 2-4 p.m. Please visit www.willisfuneralhome.com to send e-mail condolences. DEATH NOTICES RIPPEY GALLIPOLIS — Dorothy L. Rippey, 92, Gallipolis, died Thursday, January 4, 2018. Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday, January 12, 2017 in the McCoy-Moore Funeral Home, Wetherholt Chapel, Gallipolis, with Pastor Cheryl Johnson ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in Pine Street Cemetery. Friends and family may call at the funeral home Thursday 6-8 p.m. Columbus graduates new police recruits as violence continues COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s largest MAYES city graduated its latest ASHTON, W.Va. — Dwayne Randall Mayes, 55, of class of police recruits Ashton, passed away January 5, 2018 at his home. Friday at a time of soaring Funeral services will be held on January 9, 20189 at street violence, a point the Balls Chapel church Ashton. Friends may visit the underscored by reports of family from 11 to 1 p.m. at the church on Tuesday. a double homicide as the The Deal Funeral Home is serving the family. ceremony got underway. Columbus recorded BUFKIN 143 killings last year, four GALLIPOLIS — Betty L. Cox Bufkin, 81, of Gallimore than the number polis, died on Friday, January 5, 2018 at Holzer Medi- of people slain in 1991 cal Center. Services will be 7 p.m., January 9, 2018. during the crack cocaine Friends may call on Tuesday, prior to the funeral from epidemic. At least four 5 to 7 p.m. Burial will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Ful- people have died this year, ton Cemetery. including the two on Friday, when police respondLAMBERT ing to a report of a shootPATRIOT — Cecil Lambert, 86, of Patriot died ing found a woman and on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018, at Holzer Medical Cenher 4-year-old daughter ter. Arrangements will be announced later by Willis dead outside their home. Funeral Home. Police said later in a Facebook post that the woman COCHRAN and child were stabbed. TIFFIN — Betty Kathryn Cochran, 59, Tifﬁn, died Mayor Andrew Ginther, January 4, 2018. Funeral services will be conducted 1 a Democrat, noted the p.m Tuesday, January 9, 2018 in the Morgan Center challenges facing ofﬁcers Holiness Church, Vinton, with Pastor Ted Russell as he addressed the new ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery, graduates. Vinton. Friends and family may call at the church “Policing has always Tuesday noon to 1 p.m. The McCoy-Moore Funeral been a difﬁcult profesHome, Vinton Chapel, is assisting the family. sion, but these ofﬁcers are entering it at a time SMITH in history both nationGALLIPOLIS, Ohio — Daisy Smith, 79, of Galally and locally when the lipolis, died at Holzer Medical Center, Friday January challenges may be greater 5, 2018. At her request, there will be no visitation. than any other time,” Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Deal Ginther said. Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, W.Va., is serving the The record number of family. homicides has drawn attention to the police departPOLK (HILL) ment’s stafﬁng levels. The HURON — Betty Jo Polk (Hill), age 87, died on 33 ofﬁcers who graduated January 2, 2018. Polk is a former Gallipolis resident. Friday brings the total A Memorial Service will be held at Foster Funeral number of Columbus Home and Crematory, 410 Main St., Huron, on Satur- ofﬁcers to about 1,880, day, January 13, 2018 at 11 a.m. said spokesman Sgt. Dean Worthington. The head of the union representing Columbus ofﬁcers said the department needs at least 200 more ofﬁcers. Police Chief Kim Jacobs agrees more are needed but won’t give a speciﬁc number, saying instead the department should grow with Columbus, which continues to add population. “I believe more ofﬁcers on the street will help us better serve our community,” Jacobs said after the graduation. The opioid epidemic, numerous illegal guns and gang violence are among the reasons for the city’s high killing rate. Last month, a member of the Deuce Deuce Bloods gang was charged with the deaths of four people in three separate 2017 killings. Also in December, the Franklin County coroner said the county that includes Columbus saw 383 overdose deaths through September, higher than all of 2016. Most were attributed to opioids like heroin and painkillers. Adding a minimum of 200 additional ofﬁcers would allow full stafﬁng of the patrol division and bolstering narcotics, gang, gun crimes, assaults and homicide squads, said Jason Pappas, president of the local police ofﬁcers’ union. GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY EVENTS Card showers Tuesday, Jan. 9 Samuel Bossard Memorial Library Board of Trustees will have its MIDDLEPORT — organizational meeting at Maxine Little celebrated her 90th birthday on Jan. RIO GRANDE — The 5 p.m. at Bossard Library. 6, cards can be mailed to Gallia-Vinton Educational The regular monthly 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631 meeting will follow imme38069 Zuspan Hollow Rd Service Center (ESC) Periodical postage paid at Gallipolis, OH diately after. Middleport, Ohio 45760. Governing Board will POSTMASTER: Send address changes to POMEROY — The POMEROY — Elizahold the 2018 organizaSunday Times-Sentinel, 825 Third Ave., Gallipolis, OH, 45631. beth Duffy will celebrate tional and regular month- Meigs County Tea Party GALLIPOLIS — meeting will feature State Citizens for Prevention ly meeting on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 5 p.m. Representative Andy and Recovery of Drug Application for Dog/Kennel License Thompson, Marietta, at the University of Rio Addiction will meet at DEADLINE FOR PURCHASE OF 2018 DOG LICENSE IS JANUARY 31, 2018 noon in the French 500 Grande, Wood Hall, Room attending for Mary Taylor, 131. Call (740) 245-0593 Lt. 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Naturally it begins with the signature phrase, “If I only had a …” Before you think about it too much, decide what word comes next. What is the “it” you believe will make you complete? Gina What is your ineffable “it”? Barreca What object, connection, accomContributing plishment, physical attribute, percolumnist sonality trait or guarantee would make you feel as though the Wizard had heard your request? If you clicked your ruby slippers together, what’s the one thing that you’d make sure happened to you? No “world peace,” by the way. This one has to be entirely personal even if it might have global implications. It can be a wish to be a mathematical genius allowing you to work on projects leading to treatments for disease or disaster, but you have to want something personally. Writer Bonnie Jean Feldkamp wants an agent; Dartmouth friend Philip Odence wants an answer; my friend from the Erma Bombeck Writers Conference, Amy Hartl Sherman, wants a calmer mind. Desires range from the practical to the fanciful: My Facebook friend Martha Hardcastle Guthrie needs “a break in Obamacare, which went to more When we moved from than $700 a month,” and pal Hope from Brooklyn to Long Connecticut wants a Island, I left all my pony but is steeling friends behind, as if herself for yet “another year of disappointthey’d been packed ment.” in box we forgot to I never wanted a bring with us. When I pony. But there was was about 7, during a one lonely moment in long silent walk with my childhood when I was desperate for my equally solitary an unsuitable plastic mother, I became parrot. fixated on a plastic When we moved parrot sitting askew from Brooklyn to Long Island, I left all on a branch in the window arrangement my friends behind, as if they’d been packed of a florist’s shop. in box we forgot to bring with us. When I was about 7, during a long silent walk with my equally solitary mother, I became ﬁxated on a plastic parrot sitting askew on a branch in the window arrangement of a ﬂorist’s shop. This was no toy. Blood red and army green, ﬁtted with marbles for eyes, it stood about three feet tall and was made of some tough, scratched and unforgiving material. No doubt it had been passed from ﬂower shop to ﬂower shop for years. But in a ﬂash, I was absolutely certain that if I owned that thing, I’d never be lonesome again. If I could only have that huge, awful and ugly object in my room, my life would suddenly be rich and wonderful. It would be as if I had a friend to whom I could always tell my secrets. For two weeks, I did extra household chores. I counted all the change in my bank. I walked the neighbor’s dachshund — even when it wanted to stay inside. I don’t know how I ﬁnally convinced my shy mother to talk to the man behind the counter but do I remember his reply. After a long pause, he said, “Ma’am, that bird is for display only.” And I remember that he looked at both of us as if we were nuts. I started to cry. “Please, I have ﬁve dollars.” That was a lot of cash and the guy was no fool. Mom and I went home with the plastic parrot. And my life did not change. Eventually my circumstances did, but it wasn’t because of what I imagined. You always remain you — and the plastic parrot of success often turns out to be a prop, and a pretty shabby one at that, as you realize once you get it home. You probably overpaid and you might have talked yourself into believing it would magically transform your universe when all you needed was to look more carefully at the real world. Like Dorothy, many of us already possess what we need to be content. But for those who are ﬁnancially insecure, who worry about their health and who never found true friends, the need for security, safety and community are real. Perhaps the mathematical genius can help. And maybe the rest of us can not only click our heels together but also put our heads together and make compassion, not magic, part of our “If I only … .” Gina Barreca is an English professor at the University of Connecticut and the author of “If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?” and eight other books. She can be reached at www. ginabarreca.com. THEIR VIEW Take time when it comes to taxes A recent request to help pinpoint why some local tax proposals failed at the polls last November prompted some thought about attitudes toward levies on income that go beyond distaste toward sharing your hard-earned dollars with government. There is support for the services that keep us free of risk and help the value of property you own, such as for ﬁre departments, emergency response and telecommunications. In Ohio, many of these local levies come up for renewal every few years and as seen by the examples set in Gallia and Meigs counties, voters tend to give them their support or provide a winning majority when ballots are counted. Other tax issues that didn’t ﬂy may come back before voters, some of them in the next election. Special elections can be arranged for such purposes, but tend to be costly. could to publicize In Ohio, the next and illustrate countywide electhe need for the tion won’t be seen additional money. until May 8 when Other supporters local issues and may have to take candidates appear the time to re-think on the ballot with their campaigns to federal/statewide Kevin develop new strateparty nominations gies to win more or ballot questions. Kelly Contributing votes. That’s still ﬁve columnist And some other months away, but factors need to be if possible, proponents of a second try at a recognized and reckoned levy may be well-advised with to understand what to give it more time, even motivates voter support for some taxes, or select a year, before putting the “against” or “no” their issue before the option. people again. Appalachian counties’ Why? Some recent elections have seen tax issues continuing struggle with lack of jobs and high that failed in the preceding vote lose by as much unemployment is a major factor for consideration. or even larger margins. Even with changes to the For November, when Ohioans cast their votes, levy proposal’s purpose Meigs County’s jobless and ballot language, rate was the second largnot enough voters have est in the state. That fact been convinced the tax only recently came to increase is necessary, light, since employment let alone affordable. It’s data from Ohio tends to a frustrating fact for the run a couple of months levy’s backers who have done all they believe they behind. But it can be argued that this fact was apparent to most people when they went to their voting locations on Nov. 7. While Meigs’ unemployment rate has been historically higher and reached double digits, the 6.8 percent rate it logged for November was large enough and no doubt affected the failure of ballot issues to build a new county jail and a replacement levy for support of Rio Grande Community College. Joblessness in Gallia was 5.5 percent for November and contributed to mixed results that saw the levy for the operation of the Guiding Hand School and local ﬁre/emergency options emerge victorious, a narrow defeat for the RGCC question, which would have affected property taxes, and a negative See KELLY | 5A THEIR VIEW How much is your eyesight worth to you? This editorial recently appeared in The Chicago Tribune. Spark Therapeutics recently launched a pioneering new drug that can improve the vision of patients with a rare hereditary form of vision loss. That’s not the only thing that is pioneering about this drug, called Luxturna. Its price is, too. Spark announced this week that treatment will cost $850,000 a patient. “We believe that price reﬂects the type of life-altering value we’re seeing with Luxturna in clinical trials and will allow us to build on revolutionary science,” Spark Chief Executive Jeff Marrazzo told The Wall Street Journal. The company reportedly had considered setting the price even higher, at $1 million. Cue the usual howls from politicians and activists who rail against the high price of modern drugs and other treatments. No doubt hoping to mute that chorus of critics, Spark says it will offer alternative payment arrangements to health insurers, including partial refunds if the drug doesn’t work as advertised. The market of potential patients isn’t huge: An estimated 1,000 to 2,000 Americans stand to beneﬁt from this treatment, the company says. But imagine you are one of those patients today. Imagine what Luxturna could mean to your life. We’re not here to celebrate nosebleed prices. But we do celebrate the genius that drives the development of such powerhouse drugs. And the free markets that allow companies to set prices so they reap proﬁts from blockbuster drugs. Today’s proﬁts, of course, become the seed money for tomorrow’s research on … more new, perhaps miraculous, drugs. The trouble with such medical miracles: They’re not cheap. They never will be. Developing drugs takes immense investments in time and money. Spark won’t say how much it cost to develop Luxturna. But a 2014 report from Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development pegged the average cost of developing a new drug at $2.6 billion. Many promising drugs ﬁzzle without ever reaching the pharmacy shelf. In recent years, U.S. spending on prescription drugs has rocketed. One reason: Drug companies continue to launch novel medicines that bring breakthrough therapies to treat an array of illnesses, from multiple sclerosis to several forms of cancer. Luxturna shares a dubious distinction with some of those drugs: Its price tag approaches $1 million. But remember, prescription drug makers face not only the failure of new products, but also ﬁerce competition. They have a limited time to sell new products before lower-cost generic ver- sions are allowed. In 2016, President Barack Obama named Vice President Joe Biden to command an American “moon shot” to cure cancer. Obama didn’t say how long it would take or how much it would cost. Some of the latest prescription drug weapons in that war now reach similar stratospheric prices as Luxturna. But who wants to tell the drug companies to stop because the cost of a cure is too high? The price of drugs is fair game for debate, in Congress, among insurers, and over the kitchen table of every American. What’s fair? What’s gouging? We don’t know. Nor do politicians. Ofﬁcials and activists may exert pressure to drive better bargains. But as long as the market largely decides prices, researchers will continue to ﬁnd these medical miracles. The next one may vastly improve life for several thousand people. Or several million. �EDITORIAL/LOCAL Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, January 7, 2018 5A Sheriff From page 1A Beth Sergent | OVP A portrait depicting the upcoming Silver Bridge mural which will be painted on the flood wall at 6th Street. Mural to bring the Silver Bridge back to 6th Street By Beth Sergent “It’s right here in the heart of the community, it’s basically a blank billboard that I’m going to be standing at for weeks. I’ll put my heart OHIO VALLEY — A and soul into it for a community that has new mural will appear in their heartstrings tied to it.” downtown Point Pleas- bsergent@aimmediammidwest. com ant, W.Va. this year, depicting the Silver Bridge. The mural will be painted on the section of ﬂood wall where the bridge entered Point Pleasant at 6th Street. The mural’s commission was announced at the observance for the 50th anniversary of the bridge collapse with the idea originating from the West Virginia Department of Highways. WVDOH ofﬁcials contacted Jesse Corlis from Braxton County, W.Va. about coming up with the design, while ofﬁcials with the City of Point Pleasant and Mason County Commission approached the public and collected donations of — Jesse Corlis, Designer $8,000 needed to bring the mural to life this spring. Mayor Brain Billings and Commissioner Tracy Doolittle were on the committee both to help with the observance and raise the mural funds. Corlis’ design consists of a 1928 Ford and 1967 GMC pickup passing each other in opposite lanes on the bridge. The 1928 vehicle was chosen to represent the year the bridge was dedicated and the 1967 truck chosen to represent the year it collapsed. In essence, it represents when the structure began and ended, but in a subtle way. River ice will recede for the time being. “Most of next week will be mild, it’s hard to From page 1A say more long term. The next couple of weeks Zwier. “Parkersburg will remain relatively hasn’t been above cold, but not as cold as freezing since it has been,” said Zwier. (December) 24.” In order for large bod- “Some lows below zero, but more sporadic. ies of water to freeze, There will definitely be particularly rivers that more cold weather comare constantly flowing, ing in.” the temperatures have Jack Fowler with the to remain cold enough Point Pleasant River long enough. Zwier explained looking ahead Museum and Learnthat the cold will remain ing Center remembers when the river froze until Sunday or Moncompletely during the day when it will finally 1970’s while he worked reach above freezing, with some rain possible at Kaiser Aluminum. as well. With those days The last time the river froze completely and warming the ground stopped traffic on the and air, the snow and Kelly From page 4A result for Gallipolis’s latest attempt to increase the municipal income tax for police operations. It also didn’t help matters that in September, M&G Polymers announced it would close its Mason County plant and eliminate 140 jobs held by local folks before the close of 2017. Such news prompted voters to make their decisions with their wallets in mind. Meanwhile, West Vir- ginians’ overwhelming support for the sale of bonds to ﬁnance highway and infrastructure improvement, with an eye toward safety, economic development and new jobs, spoke to the desire to see all of those goals come true. Mountain State ofﬁcials said unemployment in Mason County topped 7 percent in November as residents and the rest of the state await the fruits of the October special election that made the bond sale possible. The conclusion is that a healthy jobs picture Corlis attended the recent observance and was introduced during the portion of the program dealing with the mural. “Of course, I’d heard about it (Silver Bridge), but didn’t know all the details and all the community events surrounding it…what I thought I’d gotten to know, I come here (to the observance) and experience this and realize, I barely breached the surface. This (the ceremony and community support) is awesome,” he said. Corlis explained, his favorite part of the mural was the opportunity to create it, both on CAPTURING THE PAST The mural design consists of a 1928 Ford and 1967 GMC pickup passing each other in opposite lanes on The Silver Bridge. The 1928 vehicle was chosen to represent the year the bridge was dedicated and the 1967 truck chosen to represent the year it collapsed. paper and this year, on the ﬂood wall. “It’s right here in the heart of the community, it’s basically a blank billboard that I’m going to be standing at for weeks,” he said. “I’ll put my heart and soul into it for a community that has their heartstrings tied to it.” There’s also been talk of adding some sort of 3D effect to the mural, by possibly placing simulated bridge lights on top of the ﬂood wall. Corlis said he hasn’t received conﬁrmation yet on what the parameters will be but the plan is to do some sort of extension of the mural. “Lights will be ideal,” he said. “Something to break he plane and a little marker helps it to break out of the concrete mold.” Though Corlis said he didn’t grow up in Point Pleasant, he was still not too far away in Braxton County. “I didn’t grow up with it, it wasn’t my bridge so I want to give it the utmost respect that I can,” he said. “I just want to respect the heritage of it, get the details about it correct, and just make sure this town likes it and it’s something they can be proud of.” Beth Sergent is editor of Ohio Valley Publishing. from service while the river is icing over in order to keep them in — Cpt. Butch Leport, service. “It’s really hard on AEP River Operations older equipment, older barges, the ice slices right into them,” said Leport. “It’s sharp, it he explained that the river was the winter of slices and cuts the barg1977, although traffic is amount of river operaes. It’s crazy.” still moving on the Ohio tions traffic affects the The Army Corps of ice, with barges breakcurrently. Engineers operates the ing up the ice. “There was a big Robert C. Byrd Locks “Ice builds from the freeze…it stayed below shoreline out, it’s called and Dam and has to regfreezing for 20 some ularly run a “slushing” anchor ice. Anchor ice days back then. We ice operation on the locks. skated on the river back is necessary to build They do this through then out,” said Leport. then,” said Fowler. operating the different The major difﬁculty Cpt. Butch Leport gates to create a waterthat river barges and with AEP River Operaworkers face is the added fall affect that flushes tions knows what it stress on the equipment out the ice. is like working on and river workers. Lepthe river in sub-zero Reach Morgan McKinniss at 740ort explained that they temperatures. As a 446-2342. pulled some older barges captain on the river, “It’s really hard on older equipment, older barges, the ice slices right into them.” in our three counties may help get local levies approved and prompt a lot of good things to happen, but it’s a goal that remains a work in progress. An educated workforce is one of the arguments offered for improving the tri-county job scene. One objection heard about the RGCC proposal, which would have aided its branch campuses at Rock Springs, McArthur and Jackson, is that they should be closed if the institution cannot afford to operate them. The reasons behind that thinking appear to be living within your budget, and if anyone wants to attend the community college, then travel to and take classes at Rio Grande. Many people do operate on a budget, as with other major considerations in their lives. That’s just a fact. But gas prices haven’t moderated and commuting becomes less attractive to prospective students from the counties served by RGCC. The branch campuses offer a means of obtaining a twoyear degree or starting a path of study in higher education. They should be encouraged for bringing college-level instruction to the immediate area, but also for what they add to the counties in which they are located. Still, backers of a levy should think long and hard about getting such beneﬁts over to voters before putting the question to them again. The decision to take another chance at the polls as soon as possible is entirely up to those folks who really believe they have a shot at reversing the result of the previous election. But giving it time to develop that new best way to reword a line on page 54 of the manual that states when eligible vacation hours increase, Ihle made a motion to change the wording to, “15 through less than 25,” rather then, “15 through less than 24,” and the commissioners agreed. Bartrum presented a letter from Stanley regarding a request to deposit $10,000 from the 2018 Furtherance of Justice account to his outside FOJ account at Farmer’s Bank. Smith made a motion to approve the deposit and the commissioners agreed. Bartrum presented a letter from Sara Walpole regarding a resolution for the Force Account which states the Board of Meigs County Commissioners authorize a Meigs County engineer to use the existing county employee forces and proceed by Force Account as they determine necessary for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of Meigs County’s roads, bridges, and culverts. Smith made a motion to the approve the Force Account resolution and the commissioners agreed. On Jan. 8 at 11 a.m. the commissioners will hold their organizational meeting for the new year. Erin Perkins is a staff writer Ohio Valley Publishing. Hemmerick From page 1A Rio Grande ﬁreﬁghting equipment needs. He also assisted the village in seeking solutions with addressing concerns in 2017. “We’re happy to welcome Tim and his wealth of experience,” said Rio Grande Mayor Matt Easter. “His knowledge of grants has brought, just to our county alone, hundreds of thousands of dollars not just to Rio Grande but by teaming with other departments. Getting someone with (Dayton’s ﬁreﬁghting knowledge) will beneﬁt the community greatly.” According to Easter, the next village meeting will shore up Hemmerick’s responsibilities in a written format whereas the previous meeting discussed a ”word of mouth” description of his proposed duties. Dean Wright can be reached at 740-446-2342 or at the Gallipolis Daily Tribune Facebook page. campaign, sell people on the idea and win new supporters is as critical and perhaps more advantageous than following the old adage of striking when the iron is hot. In these times, a little caution and reﬂection can go a long way. Know and understand what’s happening in the region with jobs, costs, needs and public attitudes before seeking approval from the electorate. Just saying. Kevin Kelly, who was affiliated with Ohio Valley Publishing for 21 years, resides in Vinton, Ohio. �Along the River 6A Sunday, January 7, 2018 Sunday Times-Sentinel Mike Hendrickson | Courtesy Jim and Janice Warner at their festively decorated home on 752 South Second Avenue in Middleport. Middleport’s Home for the Holidays Residents get festive, take pride in their village By Erin Perkins eperkins@aimmediamidwest.com MIDDLEPORT — During the month of December anonymous judges took in the festively decorated homes throughout the the village of Middleport and selected ﬁve winners for a holiday contest. Building Inspector Mike Hendrickson said the Home for the Holidays contest started at the beginning of December and lasted for ﬁve weeks ending on Jan. 2. Hendrickson expressed that during these weeks one winner was chosen each week by anonymously selected judges who were not from the village as to make the contest as unbiased as possible. He aided in the contest by visiting each winning home, taking the homeowners’ photo, and getting a comment from the homeowners so to be shared with the community. Hendrickson said this was the ﬁrst year the village held a holiday contest such as this, but they would like to continue this for years to come because the community received it very well and most importantly the community was excited to participate. “I think it will be infectious,” said Hendrickson. He expressed that he feels this holiday contest could potentially spread throughout many other local communities because of the way the Middleport Village responded. Hendrickson shared that the winners of the contest were proud of their homes and were excited to have them showcased. He added how glad he was the contest received only positive feedback through online media sources as well. “Middleport is a nice small community and it is getting better,” said Hendrickson. Hendrickson shared that with being the building inspector for nine years, he was plagued with primarily noticing the negative side of Middleport. However, during this contest his eyes opened to the beauty of Middleport and he noticed what nice homes are throughout the village. He added that he got to witness and feel the local pride from the people who decorated their homes. Hendrickson shared that the ﬁrst home he visited with Mayor Sandy Iannarelli to present the Home for Holiday’s Award belonged to Henry Clatworthy. He said that Clatworthy told them one his displays in his side yard, a Santa with his reindeer, was painted by him and his late wife. Hendrickson said that Clatworthy displays this every year for the community. Clatworthy shared with Hendrickson and Iannerelli that he has lived in Middleport all of his life. The second home Hendrickson and Iannarelli visited belonged to Larry Smith and Fona Smith. Hendrickson shared that the couple expressed their love for decorating during the holidays and that they have been decorating their home for many years. He added that the display in their yard was the most spectacular during night time hours when it was lit. Hendrickson said people can tell this couple spent several hours putting up their decorations for the holiday season. The third home Hendrickson and Iannarelli visited belonged to Jim Warner and Janice Warner. Hendrickson shared that the couple has always decorated their home for the holiday season, but this year he noticed many new displays in their yard. Jim Warner told Hendrickson that their decorations will take a total of Henry Clatworthy, a long time Middleport resident, in front of his festive home located on 764 South Third Avenue. Larry and Fona Smith in front of their home’s Christmas display in Middleport. Marjorie and John Blake’s wreath clad home located on 424 South Second Avenue in Middleport. 4 days to be taken down, checked out, and then stored away. The fourth home Hendrickson and Iannarelli visited belonged to Megan Andrews and Ray Andrews. Hendrickson shared the house is located up a long driveway and can still be seen throughout the village at night. He added that the Andrews’ home is always nicely decorated during the holiday season. The ﬁfth home Hendrickson and Iannarelli visited belonged to Marjorie Blake and John Blake. Hendrickson said the Blake’s display helped lift the community’s Christmas spirit and brought cheer to the holiday season. He Megan and Ray Andrew’s holiday themed home located on 784 Chestnut Street in Middleport. expressed the home was festively decorated with pine wreaths, red bows, and standing ﬁgures. Hendrickson shared how glad he was to be involved with this contest and believes in years to come the contest will gain popularity and more residents’ homes will be decorated during the holiday season to delight in this festive competition. Erin Perkins is a staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. �LOCAL/TELEVISION Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, January 7, 2018 7A GALLIA, MEIGS COMMUNITY BRIEFS Rio Grande police chief issues clarification New Rio Grande Police Chief Josh Davies and former Police Chief Chris Dodson want to issue a clariﬁcation regarding the nature of Dodson’s resignation from the role. At RGPD, Dodson served as chief as a part time employee while continuing to work full time for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. ODNR recently changed their policy regarding ofﬁcers with more than one commission, limiting them to a single commission. Because of this policy change, Dodson elected to step down from his role with RGPD as a commissioned ofﬁcer. Immunization clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct an Immunization Clinic on Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Please bring child(ren)’s shot records. Children must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian. A $15 donation is appreciated for immunization administration; however, no one will be denied services because of an inability to pay an administration fee for state-funded childhood vaccines. Please bring medical cards and/or commercial insurance cards, if applicable. Zostavax (shingles); pneumonia and inﬂuenza vaccines are also available. Call for eligibility determination and availability or visit our website at www.meigs-health.com to see a list of accepted commercial insurances and Medicaid for adults. Courtesy Pictured are Laura Grueser and Laura Cleand with the Meigs County Health Department. MEIGS HEALTH MATTERS It’s healthy to give The holidays can be a sad time for many of our older Meigs county residents. A lot of them are empty-nesters and many are dealing with sickness, including diabetes. While everyone is enjoying the dinners loaded with carbohydrates and the sweet deserts and candies, the diabetic has to be mindful of everything they eat. This can cause feelings of isolation and loneliness. As a Community Health Worker who helps educate high risk diabetes patients, my job can be full of heart ache for these special people. But, this past December, I was privileged to spread some holiday cheer, with the help of some very giving elves. Cadot-Blessing Camp meeting set RIO GRANDE — The local Cadot-Blessing Camp #126 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will hold its next meeting on Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Bob Evans Farms Craftbarn. The SUVCW is the legal heir to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) which was the nation’s ﬁrst Veterans Organization organized in 1866. The purpose of the SUVCW is educational, patriotic and historic preservation of those “Who wore the Blue” and preserved the Union of the United States of America. Any male with Civil War ancestors is invited to attend. GALLIA, MEIGS CHURCH CALENDAR Sunday, Jan. 7 HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Dickey Chapel will hold Service at 6 p.m. GALLIPOLIS — Coffee Klatch at 9:45 AM; Sunday School at 10 a.m., AM worship service at 10:30 a.m.; Pastor Bob Hood; Bulaville Christian Church, 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd.; 740-446-7495 or 740-709-6107. Everyone is welcome GALLIPOLIS — First Light Worship Service in the Family Life Center, 9 a.m.; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship Service, 10:45 a.m.; Youth “The Resistance” in the FLC, 6 p.m.; Evening Worship, 6 p.m.; First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. with Pastor Douglas Downs ADDISON — Addison Freewill Baptist Church will hold Sunday School at 10 a.m. and evening service at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10 HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Dickey Chapel service at 7 p.m. GALLIPOLIS — Children’s Ministry, 6:45 p.m.; , Choir Practice, 6:45 p.m.; Youth “REFUEL” in the FLC, 7 p.m.; Prayer & Praise in the Harmon Chapel, 7 p.m.; First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. ADDISON — Prayer meeting 7 p.m., Addison Freewill Baptist Church. Friday, Jan. 12 Sunday, Jan. 14 HARRISON TOWNSHIP —Dickey Chapel service at 6 p.m. GALLIPOLIS — Coffee Klatch at 9:45 AM; Sunday School at 10 a.m., AM worship service at 10:30 a.m.; Pastor Bob Hood; Bulaville Christian Church, 2337 Johnson Ridge Rd.; 740-446-7495 or 740-709-6107. Everyone is welcome. GALLIPOLIS — First Light Worship Service in the Family Life Center, 9 a.m.; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Worship Service, 10:45 a.m.; Youth “The Resistance” in the FLC, 6 p.m.; Evening Worship, 6 p.m.; First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. with Pastor Douglas Downs. MIDDLEPORT — Ash Street Church, 398 Ash Street, Middleport, will be showing the movie, “Case For Christ” at 6 p.m. Everyone invited. ADDISON — Addison Freewill Baptist Church Sunday School at 10 a.m. and evening service at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16 GALLIPOLIS — Christian Care Circle Ladies Meeting, 10:30 a.m. Bob Evans Rio Grande, studying women of the Old Testament. All women welcome. Wednesday, Jan. 17 HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Dickey Chapel service at 7 p.m. ADDISON — Addison Freewill Baptist Church, business meeting and Bible Study at 7 p.m. patient has made so many strides toward a healthy lifestyle, including the cessation of eating deep fried foods on a daily basis. Because of South Bethel Community Church, he was able to open a new Air Fryer, so that he can continue to make healthy food choices. I tell people that I have no pride when it comes to helping my patients ﬁnd ways to make their lives easier. I’m so thankful to know people who are willing to help those in our community, who are in need. South Bethel Community Church is just one of many churches in our area who are willing to bless people by ﬁlling their needs. I am honored to live here. LIVESTOCK REPORT GALLIPOLIS — United Producers Inc., livestock report of sales from Jan. 3. Total headage is 133. Total hogs, 2. Total cattle, 124. Total Lambs, 1. Goats, 6. Feeder Cattle Yearling Steers, 700-800 pounds, $95-$100; Yearling Heifers, 600-700 pounds, $60-$123.50; 700-800 pounds, $92.50-$104. Steer calves: 300-400 pounds, $100-$107.50; 400-500 pounds, $110-$137. Heifer Calves: 300-400 pounds, $80-$133; 400-500 pounds, $85-$133; 500-600 pounds, $125.50-$130.50. Holstein Steers, 500-600 pounds, $62.50. Feeder bulls: 250-400 pounds, $90-$143; 400-600 pounds, $127-$133; 600-800 pounds, $106-$121. Cows Comm & Utility, low to high dressing, $75-$55; Canner/Cutter, low to high dressing, $50-$54. Bred cows Low to high, $675-$1,075. Bulls Low dressing, low to high dressing, $76-$79.50. More Market Results Roasters, 40-85 pounds, $100. Aged goats, $10-$90. Hogs, heavy, $61-$71. Market Comments Graded feeder sale at 10 a.m., Jan. 10. SUNDAY EVENING BROADCAST 3 (WSAZ) 4 (WTAP) 6 (WSYX) 7 (WOUB) 8 (WCHS) 10 (WBNS) 11 (WVAH) 12 (WVPB) GALLIPOLIS — Prayer Force meeting in Harmon Chapel, 10 a.m.; First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. able to enjoy a I was approached Laura Christmas dinby members of ner, with all the the South Bethel Grueser Contributing ﬁxings. She was Community touched by the Church. They and columnist thoughtfulness of their pastor, South Bethel and Linda Damewood, thanked us many times, wanted to help some of citing that there hadn’t my patients with gifts and food, for Christmas. been Christmas gifts in her home for many Because of their generyears. osity, I was able to purOur next family to chase several gifts and a full Christmas dinner for receive gifts and a dinner are especially importwo families. tant to me, in that the On Dec. 22, 2017, Laura Cleland, Creating gentleman is my very ﬁrst patient admitted in Healthy Communities to the ARC Power Grant Grant Coordinator, and Community Health myself delivered sevWorker Program. As eral gifts, including an electric pressure cooker, Laura and I carried gifts into their home, he set to our ﬁrst recipient. Now, she can easily cook their small table-top tree on top of them, stating healthy meals, that are that they now had gifts diabetic friendly. She and her family were also under their tree. 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TV14 10 PM 10:30 Why Him? (2016, Comedy) Bryan Cranston, Zoey Deutch, James Franco. TV14 (:15) ++ War Dogs (2016, Comedy) Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, Jonah Hill. TV14 The Chi "Pilot" An event connects the lives of a handful of locals. (P) (N) �LOCAL/WEATHER 8A Sunday, January 7, 2018 Sunday Times-Sentinel Garden club makes Christmas wreaths ‘Owl Prowl’ planned MCARTHUR — Everyone’s invited to the annual Raccoon Creek Partnership Owl Prowl. This year’s owl celebration will be held on Thursday, Feb. 1 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Lake Hope Lodge in McArthur. There will be activities in the banquet room located in the downstairs portion of the lodge. The evening will kick off with hot chocolate with marshmallows and a special presentation from Hocking Hills State Park Naturalist, Pat Quackenbush. There will be opportunities to do owl pellet dissection and make owl crafts. Most importantly, guests be heading out on a hike in search of the region’s most stealthy predator, the owl. Visitors will also be joined by Lake Hope Naturalist Kaylin Callander. Bring a ﬂashlight and dress for the weather. Please leave pets at home, silence is key to the night’s success. This event is entirely free of cost. For questions, email the partnership at raccooncreekpartnership@gmail.com or visit www.raccooncreek.org. Courtesy Following a Christmas dinner, Gallipolis Garden Club members, under the instruction and direction of Carolyn Berry, club member, made Christmas wreaths at their December meeting. The wreaths were made from foam, Grapevine, steel and included silk flowers, Christmas Balls and tufts of net fabric. Pictured with their creations are Maxie Oliver, Lily Holley, Remy Simon, Susie Williams, Phyllis Mason and Soshanna Magee. If you are interested in attending a meeting or becoming a member of the club, contact President Susie Williams. Republican Ohio treasurer drops out of US Senate race CINCINNATI (AP) — Republican Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel announced Friday he is dropping his second bid to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, citing his wife’s health. Mandel’s decision came in an open letter to friends and family and leaves Cleveland banker Mike Gibbons for now as the leading Republican candidate. Brown, who defeated Mandel in 2012, is seeking a third term in a swing state race likely to be crucial to Democratic hopes of regaining a Senate majority in TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 2° 24° 25° Cloudy today. A little snow early tonight, then an icy mix. High 33° / Low 24° HEALTH TODAY AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. 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Kasich is term-limited from seeking a third term as governor this year, but a Kasich strategist, John Weaver, said in a Tweet on Friday that Kasich had “bigger ﬁsh to fry.” A steadfast critic of Trump, Kasich could run for president again in 2020. Mandel, 40, said he will ﬁnish his second term as treasurer. A former legislator and Marine veteran of the Iraq war, he was re-elected in 2014. NATIONAL CITIES McArthur 30/22 South Shore Greenup 34/25 31/25 54 Logan 29/23 THURSDAY 54° 45° Low clouds breaking for some sun Adelphi 29/24 Chillicothe 29/25 WEDNESDAY 44° 30° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 0 A: The Cascade Mountains in Washington. Precipitation TUESDAY 39° 35° Statistics for Friday 20°/9° 42°/25° 70° in 1939 -3° in 1981 MONDAY decision to be with his family in a time of need” and offered thoughts and prayers. “Our focus is, and will continue to be, on electing Republicans statewide and continuing to make Ohio stronger,” Timken said in a statement. U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi was among Ohio Republicans who had considered running in the Senate race before deciding against it. A Tiberi spokesman, Rob Nichols, said Friday that Tiberi is continuing with his earlier announced plans to leave Congress later this month to take the hoping for the best. Gibbons also called on Republicans to unite behind him to defeat Brown, although Mandel’s departure could lure other Republicans into the race. “As a conservative outsider, no one is better positioned to end career-politician Sherrod Brown’s career than I am,” Gibbons said. There’s still a month left before the ﬁling deadline for the May 8 primary. Ohio Republican Party Chairwoman Jane Timken praised Mandel for making “an honorable EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low last year’s Republican presidential primaries, irritating supporters of Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Mandel has since become a supporter of President Donald Trump. Trump carried Ohio handily in 2016, and Mandel has echoed him on policies such as immigration. Mandel was the frontrunner for the GOP nomination but had his critics. Last month, the Franklin County Republican Party endorsed Gibbons, a political novice, over Mandel. In a statement, Gibbons said he’s sending prayers for the Mandel family and November’s elections. Mandel stated in his letter that his wife, Ilana, has a health issue that will require him being there for her and their three children. He calls the decision “difﬁcult … but it’s the right one.” He didn’t offer details on her condition, but wrote: “Understanding and dealing with this issue is more important to me than any political campaign.” A message seeking comment was left Friday for Mandel. Although he initially endorsed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in Charleston 37/25 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 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By Bryan Walters ,A+6>/<=Ľ+377/.3+73.A/=>L-97 Bryan Walters|OVP Sports CENTENARY, Ohio — There was some rust, but it wasn’t anything a little defense couldn’t polish off. After an 18-day layoff, the Gallia Academy boys basketball team shined up its record by holding visiting Coal Grove to just 20 percent from the ﬁeld en route to a 59-37 victory on Friday night in an Ohio Valley Conference contest in Gallia County. The Blue Devils (7-1, 3-1 OVC) led wire-to-wire and held the Hornets (6-3, 1-2) without a ﬁeld goal in the opening “We’ve stressed defense from day one, and holding Coal Grove to two points in the first quarter was really great to see after such a long layoff.” — Gary Harrison, ��#�-9+-2 quarter as the hosts scored the ﬁrst six points and led 11-2 through eight minutes of play. CGHS — which missed its ﬁrst 10 shot attempts — started the second canto with a small 5-1 run to close to within 12-7 with 5:55 remaining, but the Blue and White answered with a 15-8 charge over the next four-plus minutes as Logan See LOVEDAY | 2B Marauders knock off Alexander By Alex Hawley +2+A6/CĽ+377/.3+73.A/=>L-97 ALBANY, Ohio — From winless to a winning streak. After beginning the season with nine straight setbacks, the Meigs boys basketball team has now won back-to-back games, with the Marauders topping Alexander by a 58-47 tally on Friday night in Athens County. Meigs (2-9, 1-4 TVC Ohio) — which earned its ﬁrst win of the year over by four points Wood County Christian on Dec. 29 in Marietta — wasted no time on Friday, charging out to an 18-7 lead through eight minutes of play. The Spartans (5-4, 4-2) — who’ve now dropped three straight decisions — held pace with MHS in the second quarter, as the Marauders took a 32-21 lead into the half. Meigs added two points to its advantage in the third quarter, outscoring AHS by a 10-8 count to make the margin 42-29 with eight minutes to play. Alexander saved its best for last, scoring 18 points in the fourth quarter, but Meigs sealed the 58-47 win with a 16-point period. The Marauders knocked down 22-of-39 (56.4 percent) ﬁeld goal attempts, including 5-of-12 (41.7 percent) from beyond the arc. Alexander shot 14-of-51 (27.5 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 6-of-25 (24 percent) from three-point range. Both teams missed two free throws, MHS shooting 9-of-11 (81.8 percent) and AHS going 13-of-15 (86.7 percent). Meigs claimed a 32-to-25 rebounding edge, but committed 14 turnovers, six more than Alexander. Both teams blocked two shots, and the Marauders earned advantages of 14-to-11 in assists and 8-to-7 in steals. MHS junior Cooper Darst — who marked a team-best eight rebounds — led the Marauders with 15 points, nine of which came from long range. Meigs senior Christian Mattox scored 13 points and dished out a team-best four assists, while Weston Baer and Zach Bartrum each hit a three-pointer and ﬁnished with 11 points apiece. Wyatt Hoover and Bobby Musser rounded out the MHS scoring column with six and two points See MARAUDERS | 2B OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Monday, Jan. 8 Boys Basketball Hannan at Covenant Christian, 7:30 Girls Basketball River Valley at Southern, 7:30 Portsmouth at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Parkersburg at Eastern, 7:30 Wahama at Wirt County, 7:30 Hannan at Covenant Christian, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9 Boys Basketball Eastern at Wahama, 7:30 Point Pleasant at River Valley, 7:30 Waterford at South Gallia, 7:30 Wood County Christian at Ohio Valley Christian, 7 p.m. Gallia Academy at South Point, 7:30 Girls Basketball Wood County Christian at Ohio Valley Christian, 5:30 Photos by Alex Hawley|OVP Sports Southern junior Brayden Cunningham (32) blocks a Sharp Facemyer (left) shot attempt in front of SHS sophomore Trey McNickle (14), during the first half of the Tornadoes’ six-point win on Friday in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. Southern holds off Eagles By Alex Hawley 32 (50 percent) free throws in the game, including 13-of-26 (50 percent) in the ﬁnal quarTUPPERS PLAINS, ter. Eastern shot 15-of-19 Ohio — In the end, what (78.9 percent) from the mattered most was the charity stripe in the setbeginning. back. The Southern boys “One thing that was basketball team never key in the ﬁrst half, trailed in Friday night’s was that they only had Tri-Valley Conference one offensive rebound,” Hocking Division showCaldwell said. “We didn’t down at ‘The Nest’, as do as good of a job in the the Tornadoes led by as second half obviously, but many as 15 points in both I thought in the ﬁrst half halves and held on for a our defense was good. 60-54 victory over their I thought in the third rival and host Eastern. quarter our defense was After ties at 2-2 and pretty good too, we were 4-4, the Tornadoes (6-4, doing a pretty good job 4-2 TVC Hocking) — helping on (Kaleb) Hill who entered play on a inside. I know both teams three-game skid — ended are going to get better. the ﬁrst quarter with a Eastern junior Isaiah Fish drives to the basket during the first half This is a really good win 9-0 run and a 13-4 lead. of the Tornadoes’ 60-54 win on Friday in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. for us, we’ll take it and The Eagles (3-5, 1-4) get ready for next week.” cut the deﬁcit to ﬁve After just eight (40.4 percent) ﬁeld goal Tornadoes claimed the points, at 15-10, midrebounds in the ﬁrst half, tries, including 1-of-8 60-54 win. way through the second the Eagles wound up win(12.5 percent) three“Eastern has a really period, but the Tornadoes ning the rebounding batscored the next 10 points nice team this year,” SHS point attempts. tle by a 31-to-20 count, “We came out ﬂat in head coach Jeff Caldwell and led 25-10 with 2:45 including 11-to-8 on the the ﬁrst quarter and a said. “I know it wasn’t to play in the ﬁrst half. lot of the kids had a deer offensive end. Both teams Eastern ended the half pretty down the stretch, turned the ball over 16 in the headlights look,” but it’s a road win at on an 8-to-4 run, howtimes, but the Tornadoes Eastern head coach JerEastern, so we’re going ever, trimming the Torclaimed advantages of to be happy with that. We emy Hill said. “Some of nado advantage to 29-18 10-to-7 in assists, 8-to-6 still started off slow offen- the credit might need to by halftime. Southern in steals and 3-to-1 in stretched its lead as high sively, but I thought both go to Southern for that, blocked shots. as 15 in the third quarter, teams were playing good, but we were out of sync, “Southern was in conhard defense to start the we were lost at times. but settled for a 42-31 trol of the game,” said The ﬁrst quarter was game, so it was tough to advantage at the concluCoach Hill. “When you score early. Eastern made a big difference in the sion of the period. have a 10-to-12 point ball game. Our halftime their runs, but when we The Eagles scored the lead, you can get a little needed to make shots, we adjustment was just ﬁrst seven points of the sloppy. We had to ﬁght challenging them, we fourth quarter, but South- did.” and make sure every challenged them to quit For the game, the ern was back up by 10 possession counted, we being soft and to get in points, at 52-42 with 1:45 Tornadoes shot 20-of-41 weren’t allowed to be the basketball game. We to play. Over the remain- (48.8 percent) from the sloppy. Hats’ off to Southwere playing not to lose der of the game, Eastern ﬁeld, including 4-of-12 ern, they have a very nice instead of playing to (33.3 percent) from outscored its guest by a win.” beyond the arc. The 12-to-6 count, but it was See SOUTHERN | 2B Southern made 16-ofEagles made 19-of-47 too little, too late, as the +2+A6/CĽ+377/.3+73.A/=>L-97 �SPORTS 2B Sunday, January 7, 2018 Sunday Times-Sentinel Southern From page 1B Photos by Alex Hawley|OVP Sports Eastern senior Kaitlyn Hawk (14) passes to junior Alyson Bailey (24) to start the fast break, in the first half of the Lady Eagles’ 49-21 victory on Thursday in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. Eastern tops Lady Tornadoes, 49-21 By Alex Hawley “It’s always good to get a win against Southern, the rivalry is definitely there. I don’t know if it’s as aggressive as it was in the past — I can remember when I was playing, the Southern rivalry was a pretty big deal — but it’s still there. It’s a good win for us.” ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com TUPPERS PLAINS, Ohio — Defensive dominance. The Eastern girls basketball team forced 23 turnovers and held Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division guest Southern under 10 percent from the ﬁeld on Thursday night at ‘The Nest’, as the Lady Eagles soared to a 49-21 victory. The Lady Eagles (7-3, 6-1 TVC Hocking) scored the opening point of the game 23 seconds into play and led the rest of the way. Eastern outscored the Lady Tornadoes (2-7, 1-6) by a 15-4 clip in the ﬁrst quarter, with EHS hitting seven ﬁeld goals and SHS making two. Southern was held to just two free throws in the second quarter, as the Lady Eagles extended their lead to 27-6 by the break, combining four ﬁeld goals with four free throws in the period. The hosts went on a 9-to-5 third quarter run, holding the guests without a ﬁeld goal for the second straight stanza. Both teams scored two points over the ﬁrst 1:30 of the fourth quarter and with 6:29 left in the game, Southern ended a 18:26 ﬁeld goal drought with a Paige VanMeter three-pointer, the only triple hit by either team in the game. After that, Loveday — Jacob Parker, Eastern coach 4 in steals and 4-to-2 in blocked shots. The Lady Eagles gave the ball away 10 times in the game, while Southern committed 23 turnovers. “We wanted to apply a lot of ball pressure,” Coach Parker said. “We wanted for force a lot Southern sophomore Shelby Cleland (30) tries a two-point shot, during the second half of of turnovers and hopeThursday’s TVC Hocking girls basketball game in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. fully capitalize on those turnovers, because truthfully, we’re not shooting ﬁeld in the win, missing ing to learn how to corEastern closed out the all that great. We have ral that and cut it off at all-9 of its three-point 49-21 win with a 10-5 to get easy buckets and the pass, but tonight it tries. Southern was just run. we can create that off of kind of got away from “It’s always good to get 4-of-42 (9.5 percent) our defense. If we want from the ﬁeld, including us.” a win against Southern, to compete, it has to be Both teams struggled 1-of-9 (11.1 percent) the rivalry is deﬁnitely from the free throw line, on the defensive end of from deep. there,” Eastern head the ﬂoor. We’re going SHS shooting 12-of-25 “We were rushing coach Jacob Parker said. to keep building on our (48 percent) and EHS around on offense a “I don’t know if it’s as little bit,” said SHS head going 11-of-23 (47.8 per- ball pressure, forcing aggressive as it was in teams to make mistakes. the past — I can remem- coach David Kight. “For cent). Eastern outrebounded Another thing to build the most part we got ber when I was playing, off of is our transition. I the Southern rivalry was good shots and got good the Lady Tornadoes by thought we transitioned looks, they just didn’t go a narrow 38-35 count, a pretty big deal — but including 15-to-14 on the pretty well tonight and it’s still there. It’s a good down. When it doesn’t limited the turnovers.” go down, and they start offensive end. EHS also win for us.” Eastern was led by to score a little bit, panic claimed advantages of Eastern shot 19-of-56 13-to-2 in assists, 11-tostarts to set in. I’m try(33.9 percent) from the See EASTERN | 3B with 19 seconds left — giving the Blue Devils a commanding 42-25 advantage. From page 1B Coal Grove got a Blouir’s basket with 1:11 single free throw from remaining gave the hosts Jeb Jones with just two seconds left, which led to their largest lead of the a 42-26 contest headed ﬁrst half at 27-15. into the ﬁnale. The Red and Black, Payton Smith scored however, received a ﬁve straight points at the pair of free throws from Aaron Music six seconds start of the fourth, cutting the deﬁcit down to later, and neither team 11 with 6:13 left to go. scored the rest of the way — allowing the Blue Gallia Academy, howevDevils to take a comfort- er, answered with eight straight points and evenable 27-17 cushion into tually closed the ﬁnal six the break. minutes on a 17-6 surge The Hornets — who to wrap up the 22-point netted only 4-of-23 ﬁeld triumph — the Devils’ goal attempts in the largest lead of the night. opening 16 minutes — After a 5-of-13 effort got a trifecta from Music from the ﬁeld in the 38 seconds into the opening frame, the hosts second half, trimming the deﬁcit down to seven followed by connectpoints. The guests, how- ing on 21-of-41 shot attempts the rest of the ever, were never closer way en route to a 26-ofthe rest of the way. Zach Loveday capped 54 performance for 48 a 6-0 run with a thunder- percent. Gallia Academy also ous alley-oop dunk at the committed only six of 4:08 mark for a 33-20 its 11 turnovers through edge, then Loveday three quarters of play capped a 9-5 spurt with and claimed a 38-23 another alley-oop slam overall advantage on the boards, including an 11-6 edge on the offensive glass. Loveday — Gallia Academy’s 7-foot-1 center — also provided some really big sparks after coming up one block shy of a tripledouble performance. The sophomore produced only one rebound in the fourth and still ﬁnished the night with 18 points, 12 rebounds and nine blocked shots — all game-highs. Afterwards, GAHS coach Gary Harrison was pleased with the defensive intensity after holding a potent Coal Grove squad under 40 points — one of its lowest offensive outputs all year long. “We’ve stressed defense from day one, and holding Coal Grove to two points in the ﬁrst quarter was really great to see after such a long layoff,” Harrison said. “We take a pride in our defense and we have all year. We did a really good job on the boards and (Zach) Loveday had a lot of blocks, so I feel that we are going to be really good defensively the rest of the way. “It was good to be back out on the ﬂoor and I think that our offense will be more efﬁcient now that we are back in the swing of things, but I was really proud of the way our guys played tonight on the defensive end of the ﬂoor.” Gallia Academy went just 2-of-11 from threepoint range for 18 percent and also netted 5-of12 free throw attempts for 42 percent. Evan Wiseman followed Loveday with 15 points and Caleb Henry tacked on 11 markers. Kaden Thomas and Cory Call were next with ﬁve points apiece, while Blouir and Blaine Carter completed the winning tally with respective efforts of three and two points. Henry followed Loveday with nine rebounds and Justin McClelland also hauled in ﬁve caroms for the victors. The Hornets went 10-of-50 from the ﬂoor and also made 4-of-18 shots behind the arc for 22 percent. The guests were 13-of-18 at the charity stripe for 72 percent. Music paced CGHS with 14 points, followed by Smith with seven points and Jones with ﬁve markers. Sam Angelo and Evan Gannon each contributed four points, while Elijah Roman and Cory Borders completed things with respective tallies of two points and one point. The Hornets — who committed eight of their 14 turnovers in the ﬁrst half — were led by Music and Jones with six rebounds apiece. Gallia Academy played at Point Pleasant on Saturday night and returns to action Tuesday when it travels to South Point for an OVC contest at 7 p.m. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. ball club, a well-coached ball club, and I think our boys may have underestimated them a little bit tonight.” Southern was led by Weston Thorla with 19 points, nine of which came from beyond the arc. Brayden Cunningham posted 13 points and a team-best seven rebounds, while Dylan Smith hit one three-pointer and ﬁnished with 11 markers. Austin Baker, Trey McNickle and Coltin Parker had ﬁve points apiece for the Tornadoes, with McNickle dishing out a game-high four assists. Austin Vancooney rounded out the SHS total with two points in the win. Smith led the Purple and Gold on defense with three steals, while Cunningham blocked two shots. Eastern was led by Isaiah Fish with 18 points, 16 of which came after halftime. Garrett Barringer ﬁnished with a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds, while Colton Reynolds had 13 points, including the Eagles’ only three-pointer. Sharp Facemyer scored four points, while Kaleb Hill ﬁnished with two for the hosts. Blaise Facemyer and Kaleb Hill each dished out a pair of assists, Fish led the EHS defense with three steals, while Kaleb Hill was responsible for the team’s lone rejection. These teams will rematch again on Feb. 9 in Racine. Both teams return to action at Wahama, with the Eagles return visiting on Tuesday and the Tornadoes traveling to Mason on Friday. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2100. Marauders From page 1B respectively. The Marauder defense was led by Baer with two steals and Musser with two blocks. Kam Riley led the Spartans with 15 points, including six from threepoint range. Ryan Davidson hit a trio of threepointers and ﬁnished with 11 points, while Caleb Terry recorded 10 points and eight rebounds in the setback. Matt Brown contributed six points to the AHS cause, while Luke Kish hit one triple and chipped in with ﬁve points and ﬁve assists. Brown and Dylan Mecum led the Spartan defense with two steals apiece, while Terry blocked two shots. The Maroon and Gold will look to sweep Alexander when these teams meet in Rocksprings on Feb. 6. Meigs will go for its third straight win on Friday when Nelsonville-York invades Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2100. For more local sports coverage, visit MyDaily Sentinel.com or MyDaily Tribune.com �SPORTS Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, January 7, 2018 3B Blue Angels fall to Fairland, 59-35 Copley scores 12 points in losing effort By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com Bryan Walters|OVP Sports Meigs seniot Devin Humphreys (40) releases a shot attempt over a Jackson defender during the second half of Thursday night’s girls basketball contest in Jackson, Ohio. Meigs hammers Ironladies, 48-26 By Bryan Walters break. JHS made a small 3-2 run to close to within 29-15 with 6:31 left in the third period, JACKSON, Ohio — Thorbut the hosts were never ough, from start to ﬁnish. closer the rest of the way. The Meigs girls basketball team shot 40 percent from the Meigs — which went without a turnover in the third quarﬁeld, committed only three ter — closed the ﬁnal 6:13 on turnovers and never trailed a 7-2 charge to that resulted on Thursday night during a in a 40-20 edge headed into 48-26 victory over host Jackthe ﬁnale. son in a non-conference conBetzing — who scored four test in the Apple City. The Lady Marauders (7-5) straight points to cap a 6-0 picked up their third straight run — gave the guests their win as the guests broke away largest lead of the night at from an early four-all tie with 46-22 with 4:15 left in regulation. The Ironladies ended a 14-3 charge over the ﬁnal the game with a small 4-2 four minutes of the opening run to complete the 22-point canto, which led to an 18-7 outcome. cushion. With Jackson’s top overall From there, the Maroon player — Rebekah Green — and Gold methodically out for the season with a torn extended their lead as the ACL, the Ironladies were Ironladies (5-7) were never within single digits the rest of making their ﬁrst outing with a new approach. the night. JHS tried to feed the ball Meigs opened the second inside to Marley Haynes early canto with a 7-2 surge for and often, which did allow a 25-8 cushion at the 3:25 the hosts to draw some fouls mark — its largest lead of while keeping things close in the ﬁrst half — but the Red the opening three minutes of and White answered with regulation. four straight points from Meigs, however, changed Elizabeth Fout to cut the tactics by applying more deﬁcit down to 25-12 with full-court pressure — which 1:37 left until halftime. yielded plenty of positive Kassidy Betzing, however, results. The Ironladies ﬁncapped an 11-point ﬁrst half ished the game with 10 turnperformance with a basket overs, with ﬁve coming in with 75 seconds remaining, allowing the guests to secure each half. Afterwards, MHS coach a 27-12 advantage at the bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Jarrod Kasun was pleased with the overall performance — especially given the fact that his troops are in the middle of a seven-game road trip that includes three straight triumphs. “Their big girl hurt us there early on, so we went up-tempo with our press and really tried to make their guards work so that it wasn’t so easy for them to get the ball in to Haynes,” Kasun said. “We were able to get some points off of some turnovers, but we were also a little impatient on some shots from the outside. We were able to take the ball to the hoop a little more as the game progressed. “We played well and it was nice to come down here and get a win. Anytime you are on the road and get a win, we’re happy with that. It was deﬁnitely a team effort and hopefully we can keep that going forward.” The Lady Marauders outrebounded the hosts by a 29-22 overall margin, including a 13-7 edge on the offensive glass. The Maroon and Gold also never committed more than one turnover in any period of play. Meigs made 20-of-51 ﬁeld goal attempts, including a 4-of-15 effort from three-point range for 27 percent. The guests were also 4-of-5 from three free throw line for 80 percent. Betzing led MHS with a game-high 21 points, followed by Madison Fields with eight points and Marissa Noble with seven markers. Madison Hendricks was next with six points, while Devin Humphreys and Taylor Swartz respectively completed the winning tally with four and two markers. Fields led Meigs with a game-high nine rebounds, while Betzing and Becca Pullins respectively hauled in six and four boards. Jackson netted 9-of-35 shot attempts for 26 percent, including a 1-of-11 effort from behind the arc for nine percent. The hosts were also 7-of-15 at the free throw line for 47 percent. Fout paced Jackson with nine points, followed by Raylene Hammond with eight points and Haynes with seven markers. Mariah Ridgeway completed the JHS tally with two points. Haynes grabbed eight caroms for the Red and White, while Fout and Hammond respectively added six and three rebounds in the setback. Meigs returns to action on Thursday when it travels to Nelsonville-York for a TVC Ohio contest at 7 p.m. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2101. Ohio Valley Christian freshman Lauren Ragan (5) fires a pass to a teammate during the second half of Friday night’s girls basketball contest against Ironton Saint Joseph in Gallipolis, Ohio. OVCS falls to Lady Flyers, 31-21 By Scott Jones 11 three-pointers en route to a 31-21 setback. The Lady Defenders (2-8) GALLIPOLIS, Ohio – The ended the ﬁrst half of play trailing the Lady Flyers (3-6) Lady Defenders took to the by a score of 19-13. court for the ﬁrst time in Ironton St. Joseph estab2018 as they played host to the visiting Ironton St. Joseph lished its early lead on the heels of Alyson Johnson’s 13 Lady Flyers on Friday night, with both teams searching for ﬁrst half points. Johnson led all scorers in the game as she their third overall win of the ﬁnished with 17 points. season. For the game, OVCS shot Unfortunately, the Ohio Val8-of-17 from the free throw ley Christian girls basketball line for 47 percent. In conteam shot just 5-of-30 from trast, Ironton St. Joseph shot the ﬁeld and made only 1-of- sjones@aimmediamidwest.com Eastern From page 2B senior Elizabeth Collins with 18 points and nine rebounds. EHS junior Jess Parker scored 14 points in the win, while Alyson Bailey had 12 points and a game-best ﬁve assists. Kelsey Casto and Kaitlyn Hawk marked two points apiece for the victors, while Kennadi Rockhold chipped in with one point. Jess Parker led the EHS defense with four steals, while Collins rejected three shots. VanMeter and Phoenix Scott Jones|OVP Sports 5-of-15 from the charity stripe for 33 percent. The Lady Defenders pulled down a total of 23 rebounds. The Lady Defenders were led in scoring by senior Cori Hutchison and Emily Cleland led Southern with ﬁve points apiece, followed by Lauren Lavender and Baylee Wolfe with four each. The SHS scoring column was rounded out by Josie Cundiff with two points and Shelbi Dailey with one. Jaiden Roberts led the Purple and Gold on the Childers, as each scored seven points in the contest. Following the game, OVCS girls varsity head coach Chris Burnett assessed his team’s glass with 10 rebounds, while VanMeter and Lavender each earned an assist. Phoenix Cleland led Southern’s defensive effort with two steals and one blocked shot. “We’re not bad defensively and I’m happy with it for the most part, but it’s not football, you can’t shut anybody out,” See OVCS | 4B PROCTORVILLE, Ohio — The middle made the difference. The Gallia Academy girls basketball team fell to Ohio Valley Conference host Fairland by a 59-35 count on Thursday in Lawrence County, with the Lady Dragons outscoring their guest by a combined 23 points in the second and third periods. Gallia Academy (6-5, 1-4 OVC) trailed by just four points, at 14-10, eight minutes into play, but Fairland (8-3, 5-0) went on a 21-7 run in the second quarter and took a 35-17 lead into the half. FHS carried the momentum through the break and outscored GAHS by a 17-8 clip in the third quarter, giving the hosts a 52-25 lead with eight minutes to play. In the ﬁnale, Gallia Academy outscored the Lady Dragons by a 10-7 count, but it was too little, too late, as FHS sealed the 59-35 victory. For the game, GAHS shot 12-of-40 (30 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 5-of-18 (27.8 percent) from three-point range. The Lady Dragons combined to shoot 20-of-49 (40.8 percent) from the ﬁeld, including 9-of-27 (33.3 percent) from beyond the arc. The Blue Angels shot 6-of-12 (50 percent) from the charity stripe, where Fairland shot 10-of13 (76.9 percent). FHS claimed a narrow 28-to-25 edge on the glass, with an 8-to-7 advantage in offensive rebounds. Fairland also earned advantages of 16-to-3 in assists and 18-to-4 in steals, while GAHS accounted for all-3 of the game’s blocked shots. The Blue and White committed 22 turnovers, ﬁve more than Fairland. Gallia Academy junior Hunter Copley led the guests with 12 points on a two triples, a pair of two-pointers and a 2-of-2 mark at the line. Abby Cremeans and Ryelee Sipple both scored six points, with Cremeans hitting two trifectas and Sipple pulling in a game-high eight rebounds. Alex Barnes and Ashton Webb scored four points apiece, while Macey Siders drained a threepointer to round out the GAHS scoring column. Webb and Barnes led the Blue Angel defense with three blocks and two steals respectively. Emily Chapman and Allie Marshall paced the hosts with 16 points apiece, with Chapman dishing out a game-best seven assists. Alesha Simpson — who led the FHS defense with six steals — recorded 10 points and six rebounds, while Taylar Wilson and Harley Lyons scored ﬁve points apiece, with Lyons also grabbing six rebounds. Jenna Stone contributed three points to the winning cause, while Kirsten Orsbon and Kelsie Warnock chipped in with two points apiece. GAHS will look to avenge this loss when the Lady Dragons travel to Centenary on Feb. 1. The Blue Angels are back in action on their home court against Portsmouth on Monday. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Kight said. “We did create some chaos and some turnovers, but what killed us is when they’d leak out and get in transition. When we did force them into a bad shot, we couldn’t keep them off the offensive glass.” These teams are set to rematch on Feb. 5 in Racine. After the Lady Tornadoes visit Clay on Saturday, they’ll host River Valley on Monday. The Lady Eagles travel to Oak Hill on Saturday, then they’ll return home to face Parkersburg on Monday. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2100. �SPORTS 4B Sunday, January 7, 2018 Sunday Times-Sentinel Flyers zip past OVCS, 66-27 By Scott Jones sjones@aimmediamidwest.com GALLIPOLIS, Ohio – The arrival of 2018 has not started the way the Defenders had hoped for. In its second game of the new year, the Ohio Valley Christian boys basketball team was defeated by a ﬁnal score of 66-27 by the visiting Ironton St. Joseph Flyers. The Defenders (3-10) fell behind early in the contest – as the Flyers (8-2) soared to what proved to be an insurmountable lead by way of an 11-0 run. OVC scored only once in the ﬁrst quarter, as Justin Beaver’s three-pointer at the 4:37 mark provided its only offensive tally. The Flyers surged to a 21-3 advantage in the ﬁrst by way of a 11-for-17 shooting performance. In contrast, OVC shot just 1-for-11 from the ﬁeld. OVC increased its offensive output in the second quarter. However, St. Joseph continued to generate scoring as well, extending the deﬁcit to 36-13 at halftime. For the ﬁrst half, the Flyers shot 16-for-30 for a total of 53 percent. Meanwhile, the Defenders shot just 4-for22 for a total of 18 percent. Ironton St. Joseph broke the game open with a 16-10 run for a 52-23 lead at the end of the third quarter. The Flyers also dominated rebounding in the third period, as they collected 10 rebounds in comparison to two by the Defenders. The Flyers out rebounded the Defenders 41-14 in the game. The Defenders were held to just four points as a team in the fourth quarter, as the Flyers utilized a 14-4 run to close out their eighth win of the season. Scott Jones|OVP Sports Ohio Valley Christian junior Miciah Swab defends an Ironton Saint Joseph player during the first half of Friday night’s boys basketball contest in Gallipolis, Ohio. OVC boys basketball head coach Steve Rice assessed his team’s performance. “We came out ﬂat,” he said. “We didn’t have a lot of energy to begin the game. The Flyers moved the ball really well and are well coached. They got a lot of good looks in the ﬁrst quarter and we didn’t play good defense.” Coach Rice also highlight- ed what could be learned by his team’s performance. “A couple of our young guys came in and gave us some minutes. They played strong, good defense, and were aggressive,” Rice said. “I’m just looking for guys that want to step up and give me energy off the bench, play hard, and give me a lot of effort.” Justin Beaver lead the Defenders in scoring with 12 points. Andrew Dubs provided eight points in the loss. Jeremiah Swab and Micah Swab each had ﬁve points and two points respectively. Chase Walters paced ISJHS with 16 points and Joey McDavid chipped in 11 markers. Scott Jones can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2106. Belpre tops Lady Falcons, 61-43 By Bryan Walters Harley Roush was next with ﬁve points and Gracie VanMeter added three markers, while Elizabeth MulBELPRE, Ohio — The lins and Victoria VanMatre streak is over. completed the tally with two The Wahama girls basketpoints apiece. ball team had its two-game Belpre netted 25 total winning streak snapped on ﬁeld goals — including four Thursday night following a three-pointers — and also 61-43 setback to host Belpre went 7-of-18 at the charity in a Tri-Valley Conference stripe for 39 percent. Hocking Division contest in Kyna Waderker paced the Washington County. hosts with a game-high 19 The Lady Falcons (3-6, points, followed by Abbey 1-6 TVC Hocking) dug LaFatch with 13 points themselves an early hole and Curstin Grifﬁn with 11 that they ultimately never points. Sydney Spencer also got out of as the guests fell reach double digits in the behind 24-5 after eight minvictory with 10 markers. utes of play. Bryan Walters|OVP Sports Kyanna Ray was next with The Lady Eagles (7-4, Wahama sophomore Gracie VanMeter drives to the basket for a layup 5-2) were outscored the rest during a Dec. 29, 2017, girls basketball contest against Hannan at Gary three points, while Jaylynn Linton and Hannah Deems of the way, but the Orange Clark Court in Mason, W.Va. each contributed two points. and Black also led by at least 16 total ﬁeld goals — includ- Lakin Hupp completed the ing minute of the fourth, three possessions over the winning score with a single ing two trifectas — and but then lost Emma Gibbs remainder of the contest. also went 9-of-20 at the free point. The Red and White made after the freshman was Wahama returns to action a 14-9 second quarter run to inadvertently hit in the nose throw line for 45 percent. Monday when it travels to Gibbs and Hannah Rose during a scramble. Gibbs close to within 33-19 at the Wirt County for a non-conboth led the guests with 16 break, then went on a 14-10 never returned, and BHS ference matchup at 7 p.m. closed regulation on an 18-7 points apiece, with Gibbs charge to enter the ﬁnale charge that wrapped up the also recording a doublefacing a 43-33 deﬁcit. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740double with a team-best 18 18-point outcome. WHS closed the gap 446-2342, ext. 2101. rebounds. The Lady Falcons made down to 43-36 in the open- bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com OVP SPORTS BRIEFS Youth basketball tournaments in Rutland Chieftain Classic boys tournament March 2-4 tournament T-shirts will be available. Entry fee is $125 per team, with a registration deadline of Sunday, Feb. 18. 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Fans will make a counter-clockwise “no victory” lap around FirstEnergy Stadium to form a zero to match the team’s win total. “There’s no turning back now,” said McNeil, who has been condemned and praised leading up to the parade. A season-ticket holder, McNeil never wanted the parade to happen. The Browns, though, turned an intended joke into reality by becoming the second team in NFL history to lose 16 games in a season. In joining the 2008 Detroit Lions, Cleveland’s team has found a new low in nearly two decades of disgrace since returning as an expansion franchise in 1999. The Browns were stumbling toward a 1-15 record in 2016 under ﬁrst-year coach Hue Jackson. McNeil, who like other fans was basking in the aftermath of the Cavaliers winning the NBA title to end the city’s 52-year championship drought, posted a sarcastic message on Twitter about the Browns: “This team deserves a parade.” The sentiment created a stir on social media. Soon McNeil, better known as @Reﬂog_18 on Twitter, was obtaining a permit from the city to hold a parade. But it was canceled when the Browns ﬁnally won on Christmas Eve after 14 straight losses. McNeil gave money raised to hold the event to the Cleveland Food Bank, a gift that reached nearly $50,000 after Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam doubled the donation. McNeil never considered the possibility of another parade, but when the Browns lost in Pittsburgh last Sunday, it became ofﬁcial. He’s organized on the ﬂy, hiring security, taking out insurance and renting portable bathrooms. McNeil set up a GoFundMe account to help cover expenses. Excedrin donated nearly $8,000, saying Browns fans didn’t need another headache after what they’ve endured. As of Friday morning, the event’s Facebook page says 6,300 people have committed to attend and 20,000 more are interested. McNeil knows of fans ﬂying from California. Area hotels have informed him that guests intend to attend the parade despite a weather forecast better suited for penguins and polar bears. OVCS From page 3B performance. “We cut the lead to four points with ﬁve minutes to go. I thought our girls did a good job in the third quarter and early part of the fourth quarter defensively and moving the ball on offense,” Burnett said. “We had too many turnovers, mistakes we shouldn’t be making and that got us in the end. I learned a lot about our team tonight.” Kristen Durst followed both Hutchison and Childers with four points, while Yuyan Sun and Olivia Neal completed the Lady Defender tally with two points and one point, respectively. Ashley Bartram, Emma Whaley and Faith Mahlmeister followed Johnson with four points apiece, while Emilee Blankenship completed the winning tally with two markers. OVCS will return to the hardwood on Tuesday as it faces Wood County Christian. 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Call your classified department to schedule your ad today! �SPORTS 6B Sunday, January 7, 2018 Sunday Times-Sentinel GAHS lands 5 on All-OVC volleyball list By Alex Hawley ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com A total of a six people represented the Blue Angels on the the 2017 All-Ohio Valley Conference volleyball team, as voted on by the coaches within the eight-team league. Gallia Academy went unbeaten (14-0) in the conference for a second straight year, picking up its third OVC title in a row. Portsmouth was second in the league standings at 11-3. GAHS head coach Janice Rosier was named league Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season. Gallia Academy junior Ashton Webb was named to the All-OVC ﬁrst team for a second straight campaign, after earning a honorable mention spot as a freshman. Joining Webb on the ﬁrst team, are sophomores Alex Barnes and Peri Martin, both ﬁrst time representatives. Gallia Academy’s hon- orable mention selection was senior Grace Martin, a West Virginia State University signee who was a ﬁrst team All-OVC selection as a sophomore and a junior. 2017 All-OVC Volleyball Teams First Team GALLIA ACADEMY: Ashton Webb, Alex Barnes, Peri Martin. PORTSMOUTH: Aiden Fields, Allison Douthat. IRONTON: Lexi Wise, Mc’Kenzie Creemens. CHESAPEAKE: Natalee Hall, Karli Davis. FAIRLAND: Emily Chapman, Kelsie Warnock. SOUTH POINT: Rachel Wheeler. COAL GROVE: Kasey Murphy. ROCK HILL: Samantha Stamper. Alex Hawley|OVP Sports Honorable Mention Gallia Academy sophomore Alex Barnes (5) attempts a spike in front of teammates Peri Martin (second from left), and Ashton Webb (11), GALLIA ACADEMY: during the Blue Angels’ victory over Vinton County on Oct. 18, 2017 in Centenary, Ohio. Grace Martin. PORTSMOUTH: Anne CHESAPEAKE: Rachel Roland. COAL GROVE: Lauren Rosier, Gallia Academy. Marie Raies. SOUTH POINT: Holly Meyer. IRONTON: Samantha Pratt. Coach of the Year: Janice Alex Hawley can be reached at 740LaFon. FAIRLAND: Bailey Ramey. 446-2342, ext. 2100. QB Jackson leaving Louisville for NFL draft By Gary B. Graves but also threw four interceptions in Louisville’s 31-27 loss to No. 24 Mississippi State. Lamar Jackson is leavFox Sports NFL ing Louisville to enter analyst Charles Davis the NFL draft, one seabelieves Jackson can play son after becoming the at the next level because youngest Heisman Troof improved decisionphy winner. making, along with his The 20-year-old junior mobility. quarterback tweeted “If we went back to Friday that he talked 2016, I admit that I was with his family before not as bullish on his announcing the decision, prospects as an NFL which was conﬁrmed by quarterback as I am the school. now,” Davis said recentHis decision was somely. “What I saw in the what expected after he last year reminds me of compiled some statistics (Dallas Cowboys quarterthat were better than back) Dak Prescott as a those from his Heismanjunior — minus the size winning numbers as a because Dak is a bigger, sophomore. He ﬁnished thicker guy, and there’s third in this year’s vote. Alex Hawley|OVP Sports Jackson thanked Louisville’s Lamar Jackson (8) drops back to pass during the Cardinals’ victory over Marshall at Joan no getting around that. “A lot of his big plays Cardinals coach Bobby C. Edwards Stadium on Sept. 24, 2016 in Huntington, W.Va. before occurred because Petrino, teammates and of the run. This year I fans on Twitter. “It has saw a better pocket presled the Cardinals to in which he surpassed been nothing short of an player but it’s uncertain ence, I saw better accuhonor to be a member of how high he’ll be drafted 1,500 yards rushing and three consecutive bowl racy, better delivery. I’ve games, though they lost 3,500 passing — questhis spring. Despite (hash)CardsNation and seen that improvement, their last two. Jackson tions remain about his accounting for 5,261 to play for this univerthat growth.” totaled 329 yards and accuracy and size. offensive yards and 45 sity.” Louisville moves on three touchdowns in last The native of Pomtouchdowns — his secJackson, 6-foot-3 and without its ﬁrst Heisman week’s TaxSlayer Bowl pano Beach, Florida, 212 pounds, is a dynamic ond consecutive season Associated Press winner, whose resume is ﬁlled with highlights. Jackson’s deﬁnitive moment was hurdling a Syracuse defender into the end zone in 2016 en route to 610 yards and ﬁve TDs. He accounted for ﬁve TDs and 362 yards in a 63-20 pummeling of highly ranked Florida State the following week, a performance that established him as the Heisman favorite. Jackson also had Louisville in consideration for the 2016 College Football Playoff before a lateseason slide. A midseason slump — including a second consecutive loss to Clemson in another marquee matchup — dimmed some of the spotlight before he rallied the Cardinals with three straight wins to earn another New York trip for the Heisman presentation. “My time in Louisville has produced some of the best memories of my life,” Jackson tweeted. Lazor gets chance to resurrect league-worst offense CINCINNATI (AP) — When Bill Lazor looks at the Bengals’ playbook, he sees the imprint of three coordinators. He’s getting a chance to try to pull it all together and resurrect the NFL’s least-productive offense — a shocking statistic for a talented unit. Coach Marvin Lewis’ ﬁrst big decision after getting another contract extension was offering Lazor the chance to stay as coordinator and give the offense a major overhaul. The Bengals ﬁnished last in the league in offense and had the worst running game in their history, averaging only 85 yards. Andy Dalton and A.J. Green will be back, along with running backs Joe Mixon and Giovani Bernard. The playbook could be noticeably different — Lazor said some things need to be done “totally differently.” “There are times when each of us, in order to grow, need to be pushed and need to be made uncomfortable,” Lazor said. “Andy wants to be great, so he’ll accept that challenge if we make him uncomfortable at times.” Dalton has worked with four offensive coordinators during his seven seasons in Cincinnati. Jay Gruden helped Dalton and Green get grounded as rookies in 2011, the start of ﬁve straight postseason appearances and ﬁrstround losses. When Gruden left after the 2013 season, Hue Jackson replaced him, brought a different creativity to the game plan, and led Dalton to his best season — he led the AFC in passer rating in 2015. Ken Zampese was elevated when Jackson went to the Browns after the 2015 season, and he took the West Coast offense in some different directions. It didn’t work — he was ﬁred after the Bengals failed to score a touchdown in their ﬁrst two games into this season. Lazor took over but was conﬁned to working from Zampese’s playbook for the rest of the season and tweaking things gradually. Now Lazor gets to analyze the offense, overhaul it, and put his imprint on it. “If I look at the call sheet of what the plays are called here, I’d probably see things that were brought from three different coordinators,” he said. His biggest challenge will be restoring a comfort level on the offense. The Bengals would play well for a few series or a half, then totally collapse and go long stretches without as much as a ﬁrst down. “We just have to be consistent,” Dalton said. “Everybody’s got to be on the same page. That’s what the offseason will be for, to look at everything.” Much of the focus will be on the line, which lost left tackle Andrew Whitworth and right guard Kevin Zeitler in free agency a year ago. John Minchillo | AP Cincinnati Bengals NFL football offensive coordinator Bill Lazor, right, speaks alongside head coach Marvin Lewis during a news conference in Cincinnati following an announcement Wednesday that they will remain in their positions for an additional two seasons. The Bengals offense was the worst in the league in 2017. They were replaced with inexperienced tackles who struggled — the running backs found few holes and Dalton was running to avoid the rush much of the time. Line coach Paul Alexander was let go on Wednesday. Getting the line ﬁxed is the top priority. Until the running backs get more room and Dalton gets more time, the offense will remain stuck in place. “We have an amazing group of threats at wide receiver, and we have to capitalize on that,” Lewis said. “We have to get our quarterback to be the guy we expect him to be day-in and day-out, and lead the football team that way. That means we have to keep him from getting jostled around.” �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS Sunday Times-Sentinel Sunday, January 7, 2018 7B Bates-Diop leads Ohio State in win over Iowa place.” Ohio State looked like a big-time Big Ten team in jumping all over the Hawkeyes (9-8, 0-4) at the outset, grabbing a 17-point lead late in the ﬁrst half. Iowa went on a 12-0 run to climb within ﬁve early in the second half, but the Buckeyes’ lead was back up to 15 after a 10-0 run keyed by BatesDiop. “I give our older guys a lot of credit for being able to stem the tide,” Holtmann said. “Our bench was really important for us as well.” Tyler Cook scored 21 points with nine boards and Jordan Bohannon had 15 points with 10 assists to lead Iowa, which has dropped two straight. “It’s problematic at both ends,” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. from Pemsl on a free throw. The numbers Iowa freshman Luka Garza, who was reinserted into the starting lineup, ﬁnished with 15 points and six rebounds. …Ohio State eventually cooled off from 3-point range, ﬁnishing 7 of 20. …Bates-Diop was 10 of 17 from the ﬂoor. …C.J. Jackson had 12 for Ohio State. …Bohannon’s double-double was the fourth of his career. He said it “We’ve got some guys that are struggling right now. And we are young. But we have enough experience, in my opinion, to Charlie Neibergall | AP Ohio State forward Jae’Sean Tate (1) drives up court ahead of Iowa’s Jack Nunge, left, and Luka Garza, be playing better than we’re playing,” McCaffery right, during the first half Thursday in Iowa City, Iowa. The Buckeyes won 92-81. said. “I don’t want to use less than eight minutes that as an excuse, because Micah Potter had six Iowa’s rotation those sophomores played points and ﬁve rebounds in. 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Please email cover letter, resume and references to Julia Schultz E-mail address: jschultz@aimmediamidwest.com �SPORTS 8B Sunday, January 7, 2018 Sunday Times-Sentinel NFL PLAYOFFS Plenty of teams with not-so-Super pedigrees FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons’ claim to fame is the crushing way they lost a Super Bowl. They’re hardly alone in these playoffs. Seven of the 12 teams still alive have never celebrated in the big game, matching the largest group of playoff-bound squads with not-so-Super pedigrees since the 1999 season. Will that lack of championship-winning experience prove costly? If you’re on a team that hasn’t won a ring, it’s only natural to just shrug it off as a meaningless anomaly. “It’s right here, right now,” Falcons defensive end Adrian Clayborn said Thursday. “What’s in the past doesn’t matter.” But there’s no denying that six-time champion Pittsburgh and ﬁve-time winner New England — the defending champ, as well — are the only true blue bloods in this ﬁeld. The Falcons have lost both of their Super Bowl appearances, including last season’s 34-28 overtime defeat in which Tom Brady and the Patriots stunningly rallied from a 25-point deﬁcit in the second half . The NFC’s top seed, the Philadelphia Eagles, is also 0-2 in the Super Bowl, as are the Carolina Panthers. Buffalo and Minnesota are the only franchises to lose four times in the big game without a title, and a 12-team postseason format in 1990, the largest group of playoff teams without a Super Bowl title on their resume came 18 seasons ago. Kurt Warner and the high-ﬂying Rams were among eight squads that had never won the championship until they held off Tennessee in the title game, memorably stopping the Titans’ ﬁnal play at the 1-yard line. The only other times that the current playoff structure included as many as seven non-Super Bowl-winning teams were 2008 and 1996. When it comes to postseason neophytes, the Bills are drawing much of the attention after reaching the playoffs for Curtis Compton | Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, file Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan reacts after losing Super Bowl 51 in January 2017 as the the ﬁrst time since 1999 screen flashes New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and confetti flies in Houston. Seven of , snapping the longest the 12 teams that are in the NFL playoffs have never won the big game, matching the largest group of dry spell in any of the playoff-bound squads with not-so-Super pedigrees since the 1999 season. four major professional sports. But Buffalo it still known for that unprecwinning it all in 1970, that broke long playoff the Bills, of course, are edented four-year run of but they haven’t been droughts this season. the lone team to suffer futility in the Super Bowl, back since. The Saints “Could you imagine that fate in four straight which began in 1991 with the hottest ticket in foot- won their lone Super years. The Tennessee Titans (who began their ball is right here, selling Bowl appearance during Scott Norwood missing a potential game-winning the 2009 season. existence as the Houston for ﬁve, six times face ﬁeld goal in the ﬁnal sec“Once you get in, it’s Oilers) came up short in value?” Khan said. “Our wide open for anybody,” onds and was followed cheapest ticket is 300 their lone Super Bowl by three straight doubleinsisted Tennessee linebucks, standing room. try. Jacksonville has digit blowouts. backer Brian Orakpo, a Could you believe that never been to the title “It’s time to create nine-year veteran who happening in freaking game at all . some other memories will play his ﬁrst playoff Jacksonville?” Jaguars owner Shad of the Bills,” Thurman game Saturday against Kansas City, New Khan said it’s good to Thomas, the Hall of Fame the Chiefs. “Yeah, the Orleans and the Los have a bunch of teams running back on those chasing their ﬁrst crown. Angeles Rams have only Patriots and Steelers Super Bowl-losing teams, have a lot of pedigree, one title apiece, though He noted the huge told The Associated a lot of tradition, and the latter’s came during demand for tickets in Press. “It’s not the squad you’ve got some young their two-decade-long attendance-challenged that went to the four up-and-comers like ourstint in St. Louis. The Jacksonville, where the straight Super Bowls. It’s Jags are hosting the Bills Chiefs reached two of the selves that are hungry.” Since the NFL went to somebody else.” ﬁrst four Super Bowls, in a matchup of teams Georgia coach guarding against emotional drain on players ATLANTA (AP) — It took two overtimes for Georgia to ﬁnally beat Oklahoma and claim its spot in the national championship game. Each extra second added more drama — and more reason for coach Kirby Smart to worry about the needle on his players’ collective emotional tank. Factor in the drain of the cross-country ﬂight back to Athens from Pasadena, California and the fact players returned to classes this week following the Christmas break, and Smart believed there was reason to worry about the preparation for Monday night’s game against Alabama for the national title. As soon as last week’s Rose Bowl semiﬁnal playoff win was over, Smart began addressing those concerns with his players. “A very emotional game … which concerns me, and I talked to the players immediately afterward about not burning any more energy or emotion on that game and moving on,” Smart said earlier this week. Smart and two players, running back Sony Michel and linebacker Roquan Smith, participated in a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday. Otherwise, Smart has shielded his players from interviews before Saturday’s media day at Philips Arena. Smart, the former longtime defensive coordinator under Alabama coach Nick Saban, said players may not realize how the demands of the week can cut into time he wants to devote to preparing for the game. “I want to make sure these players understand that, because a lot of them don’t,” Smart said. “They don’t understand that 20 minutes with the media, 45 minutes waiting on a bus or two hours waiting in trafﬁc, those all add up. … That’s what’s important to me is to lead these young men the right direction so they have the best opportunity at success as they can have.” Both Georgia and Alabama are expected to arrive in Atlanta on Friday night. Michel and Smith say the Bulldogs won’t have any difﬁculty moving past the emotions of the dramatic 54-48 Rose Bowl win over Oklahoma. After all, this is the opportunity to play for No. 3 Georgia’s ﬁrst national championship since 1980. “We’ve won games around here, so we know how to handle situations like this,” said Michel, who scored the gamewinning touchdown on a direct snap. “We know our task at hand. We’ve just got to move forward. We’ve got a big, a good opponent we’re about to face, so I’m sure this team, this coaching staff knows what we’ve got to focus on from here on.” Smith, named the defensive player of the game in the Rose Bowl , said players understand the win was only a step to the team’s ultimate goal. “We just have to shift our focus back because the main thing is to win the national championship, and we know that if we’re not honed in and doing everything we can in our power to prepare ourselves for that game, then we know we’ll be shorting ourselves,” Smith said. “… I think we’ll be 100 percent, though, for sure.” The matchup of Southeastern Conference rivals will cap an emotionpacked week for Smart. He coached with Saban at LSU, the Miami Dolphins and for nine years with Alabama, the last eight as defensive coordinator. Smart coached on four national championship teams at Alabama, but those titles belong to Saban. Saban is 11-0 when coaching against his former assistants. Smart is trying to beat his former boss as well as end Georgia’s 38-year national championship drought. Asked about his emo- The Vikings were the ﬁrst franchise to lose four Super Bowls, accomplishing that ignominious feat in an eight-year span that ended in 1976. They haven’t gotten that far again, losing ﬁve times in the NFC championship game, most recently during the 2000 season. Coach Mike Zimmer said it’s important to take advantage of a season such as this, when the Vikings deﬁed expectations by claiming a ﬁrst-round bye behind a dominant defense journeyman quarterback Case Keenum . “A lot of young guys come in and they expect it’s going to happen every single year,” Zimmer said. “Really, you never know. The last time I won the Super Bowl was 1995 (as a Dallas assistant coach), so it’s been awhile.” Receiver Adam Thielen isn’t fretting over all those Super Bowls the Vikings lost so many years ago. He’s only concerned with the next one, which will be held at Minnesota’s home stadium. “We’re not really focusing on what’s happened in the past,” Thielen said. “Every year is a totally different situation: different team, different types of players. 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You can coach a long time and not get opportunities like this, and I’ve 3DVV 30.4% Rush 273 69.6% 625 $3 been blessed to be part of games of this magnitude and nature before,” Smart said before adding “Obviously never as a head coach, but I know that every minute and every second counts, and that’s what’s important to me.” USC quarterback Sam Darnold will enter NFL draft LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California quarterback Sam Darnold will skip his ﬁnal two seasons of eligibility to enter the NFL draft. Darnold made the expected announcement in an Instagram video Wednesday. “I’ve been blessed that my life has been full of memorable moments and wonderful people,” Darnold said. About 25 minutes before Darnold’s announcement, UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen also announced he will enter the draft, bringing an end to a two-year era of remarkable quarterback play at two schools about 12 miles apart in Los Angeles. Both local products are expected to be high ﬁrst-round selections in April. Darnold took over as the Trojans’ starting quarterback four games into last season as a redshirt freshman and immediate- ly became one of the most exciting players in college football. He won nine consecutive games as a starter last season, including a thrilling 52-49 Rose Bowl victory over Penn State with a record 453-yard, ﬁve-touchdown performance. Although he struggled with fumbles and interceptions this season, he still led the Trojans to their ﬁrst Pac-12 championship since 2008. Ohio State beat USC 24-7 in the Cotton Bowl last week in a quiet farewell for Darnold, who passed for 356 yards but also lost two fumbles to give him an FBS-leading 22 turnovers this season. Darnold passed for 7,229 yards with 57 touchdown passes and 22 interceptions in just 27 games behind center for the Trojans, going 20-4 as a starter. In his announcement video, the quarterback praised USC coach Clay Helton, who was the Trojans’ quarterbacks coach when Darnold arrived on campus in 2015 before taking over as head coach during that redshirt season. Helton promoted Darnold to the starting job over touted recruit Max Browne early last season. “I cannot thank you enough for believing in a kid from San Clemente High School with such little game tape, and for giving me the opportunity and chance to start at such an incredible university,” Darnold said. Darnold and Rosen grew up on opposite sides of the Los Angeles area’s sprawling suburbs, and now they’ll be linked as top quarterback prospects in the same draft. Darnold’s Trojans beat Rosen’s Bruins 28-23 for the Victory Bell on Nov. 18 in the local products’ only collegiate game against each other. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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