https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/9067a850b21f03596425295eb352ef88.pdf 57307ff06719cb65df48b8556d7daaa0 PDF Text Text Don’t sweat the score Cloudy, frigid, 26/10 Rio continues win streak EDITORIAL s 4 WEATHER s 5 SPORTS s 6 C_ZZb[fehjFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 9, Volume 72 Tuesday, January 16, 2018 s 50¢ NAACP honors MLK Day GPD officer invited to give keynote speech By Dean Wright deanwright@aimmediamidwest.com Dean Wright | Ohio Valley Publishing Gallipolis Police Officer Mark Still addresses the Southeastern Ohio NAACP tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., Monday. GALLIPOLIS — In partnership with RVSP of Ohio Valley, the University of Rio Grande, the Rio Grande Community College and the Southeastern Ohio Branch of the NAACP, Gallipolis Police Patrolman Mark Still presented his thoughts on the importance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day in Paint Creek Regular Missionary Baptist Church, Monday. Elma Johnson served as the mistress of ceremonies while Rev. Calvin Minnis, of Corinth Missionary Baptist Church, led the benediction. A welcoming message was given by URG President Dr. Michelle Johnston, NAACP First VicePresident Kyle Gilliland and an introduction of area dignitaries given by Martha Cosby. Gallipolis Police Chief Jeff Boyer was asked to introduce Still after a reading of a procla- mation by Gallipolis City Commissioner Mike Fulks. Still was awarded the Ofﬁcer of the Year award by Boyer in 2016. Ofﬁcers of the Year are elected by colleague ofﬁcers. Still for that year led fellow ofﬁcers in arrests and received the city’s life-saving award for responding to a structure ﬁre with fellow ofﬁcers that March. Boyer said that Still went into the structure, found the See NAACP | 5 Woman found dead following well-being check Staff Report RACINE — Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood reports that on Sunday, Jan. 14 at approximately 4:34 p.m., the Meigs County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce received a request to do a well-being check at 201 Main Street in Racine. When deputies arrived, there was water running from the residence and carbon monoxide alarms going off inside, according to a statement from Wood’s ofﬁce. Deputies forced entry into the residence and found Lois M. Plotner, 57, deceased inside the residence. The cause of death is unknown at this time and an autopsy has been requested by the coroner. Meigs County EMS units, as well as local ﬁre department units, including ﬁreﬁghters from Racine, were also at the scene to assist. File photo Meigs School Board votes on personnel items Staff Report POMEROY — The Meigs Local School District Board of Education recently met for its organizational meeting, voting on personnel issues. The Meigs Local School District Board members in attendance were Roger Abbott, Heather Hawley, Ryan Mahr, and Todd Snowden. Amy Perrin and members of the Meigs Performing Arts Center Committee distributed folder and discussed goals for performing arts and fundraising campaign. The following motions were approved: Pictured is a scene from a Home National Bank “Dash for Cash” night at Meigs High School during last season. HNB’s Dash for Cash and Family Night returns By Erin Perkins eperkins@aimmediamidwest.com MEIGS COUNTY — Home National Bank has hosted Family Night during the high school basketball season for 23 years. This year is no different. Over the years, numerous fans have picked up handfuls of cash and some bruised knees in the “Dash for Cash.” The annual event is held at four local high schools. John Hoback, Home National Bank executive vice president, said that attendees of the four games have a chance to win money between both the junior varsity and varsity games. Hoback shared this event has continued as a way to give back to the community Home National Bank serves. “It’s a fun way to spend an evening with the family and it’s always a joy to see the kids and adults alike win some money,” said Hoback. Admission to the game is free courtesy of Home National Bank and upon entrance into the game, guests will receive their free admission chance ticket which is how winners are drawn to participate in the night’s activities. The skill shot challenge will commence during halftime of the junior varsity games where four participants will attempt a half-court shot for $100. If no one wins the $100, they progress to the three-point line for $75, then the foul line for $50, then a lay up for $25 until someone wins. Dash for Cash will commence during half- See SCHOOL | 5 INDEX Obituary: 2 News: 3 Opinion: 4 Weather: 5 Sports: 6 Classifieds: 8 Comics: 9 time of the varsity game where $300 is spread out all over the gym ﬂoor and eight participants have 30 seconds to get as much money as can they while on their hands and knees. The ﬁrst event kicks off tonight (Tuesday) at Eastern High School, then on to Meigs High School on Jan. 19, followed by Wahama High School on Jan. 23, and ﬁnally wrapping up at Southern High School on Jan. 26. Erin Perkins is a staff writer for Ohio Valley Publishing. Racine council holds first meeting of 2018 and the Ohio Basic Code. Hill reported to the council that committees would RACINE — Mayor be appointed as needed. Scott Hill recently preAfter a short budget sided over Racine Village Council’s ﬁrst meeting of hearing, the council went into regular session. The 2018. The regularly scheduled minutes of the December meeting was held on Jan. meeting and the temporary appropriations ordi2. Prior to this meeting, Hill administered oaths of nance were approved. The council will review ofﬁce to council members the insurance coverage Robert Beegle, Kevin plan to see where more Dugan, Ashli Peterman, coverage may be needed and Ian Wise. Council Member Chad and a representative of the insurance company Hubbard was elected to will be at the next meetbe president pro temp. ing. The council adopted the Council member Jeff current Rules of Council Staff Report JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. Morris reported there is a state grant for eticket equipment for the village’s cruiser. He shared that Middleport and Syracuse both use the eticket system and the only cost to the village would be for the wireless card. Morris wanted more information from the council to see if he should look into this grant. Hill advised Morris that since the general fund is tight, more information on the exact cost is needed before further action can be taken. The ﬁretruck funds were discussed and the newest truck is 14 years old. Several other items need replaced as well because they do not meet standards. The council authorized the Fiscal Ofﬁcer Janet Krider to contact the county auditor to ascertain the amount of money that would be generated with a one million dollar levy. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 10. Submitted by Councilman Robert Beegle. �OBITUARIES 2 Tuesday, January 16, 2018 OBITUARIES Daily Sentinel MEIGS BRIEFS DELLA COLEMAN REEDSVILLE — Della Coleman, 95, of Reedsville, passed away Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 at her residence. She was born June 3, 1922 in Long Bottom, daughter of the late Everett and Nora Wallace Evans. Della is survived by 2 sons, Jim and Donna Coleman and William and Linda Coleman; 4 grandchildren; 7 greatgrandchildren; one greatgreat-grandchild; 2 sisters, Ruth Ann Long and Janet Luger. In addition to her parents, she was preceded Editor’s Note: Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. in death by her husband, William H. Coleman; 5 brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 at WhiteSchwarzel Funeral Home in Coolville, with Jim Corbitt ofﬁciating. Burial will follow in the Sandhill Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Wednesday, from 6-8 p.m. and from 11 a.m. until time of service on Wednesday. You are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.whiteschwarzelfh. com. Bedford Township appoints leadership CONLIN POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Keith Edward Pearson, 62, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Friday, January 12, 2018, at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va. In honoring Keith’s wishes there will be no public services. Arrangements are under the direction of Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. Immunization clinic Tuesday POMEROY —The Meigs Museum will be hosting their Kid’s Day on Saturday Jan. 20 from 12 p.m. to - 4 p.m. The event is free to the public and light refreshments will be provided. The children will be 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. Tuesday, Jan. 16 POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Health will conduct a special meeting 10 a.m., conference room of the Meigs County Health Department. The purposes of the meeting is to discuss health department senior management evaluation as well as to corporately view on-line Public Health Accreditation Board training. GARDNER GALLIPOLIS FERRY, W.Va. — Johnny Nelson Gardner, 76 of Gallipolis Ferry, W.Va., died Jan. 14, 2018 at his home. At his request there will be no visitation. Burial will be at a later time. The Deal Funeral Home is serving the family. Friday, Jan. 19 RACINE — Meigs County Pomona Grange will meet at the Racine Grange Hall, with dinner at 6:45 p.m. followed by meeting at 7:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. BOWLES Saturday, Jan. 20 POMEROY — The Return Jonathan Meigs Chap- BROADCAST 3 (WSAZ) 4 (WTAP) 6 (WSYX) 7 (WOUB) 8 (WCHS) 10 (WBNS) 12 (WVPB) 13 (WOWK) CABLE 27 (LIFE) 30 (SPIKE) (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Prices are subject to change at any time. CONTACT US Monday, Jan. 22 BEDFORD Twp. — At 7 p.m. at the Bedford Town Hall, Bedford Township Trustees will hold a special meeting to discuss and pass the Bedford Township Appropriation Budget for 2018. Saturday, Jan. 27 CHESTER — The Meigs County Ikes Club will be holding their monthly meeting and will be collecting 2018 dues, 7 p.m., The Meigs County Ikes Clubhouse on Sugar Run Road. 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Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Horeb Cemetery. RACO winter yard sale set Kid’s Day at the Meigs Museum Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel appreciates your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least ﬁve business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@ aimmediamidwest.com. PEARSON PHILLIPS 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. MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS POMEROY — Christine Conlin, of Pomeroy, died Thursday, January 11, 2018 at the Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis. Arrangements are under the direction of the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in a Pomeroy. PATRIOT — Tom J. Lewis, 51, of Patriot, passed away on Friday, January 12, 2018 at the Holzer Medical Center. Funeral services will be 1 p.m., Friday, January 19, 2018 at Willis Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Ridgelawn Cemetery. There will not be any visiting hours in accordance with his wishes. POMEROY — Members of the Pomeroy High School Class of 1959 will be having their third Friday lunch at Fox Pizza, noon, this Friday. Fish fry set for Jan. 27 POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — James Bernard Craddock, 96, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died at Pleasant Valley Hospital, January, 12, 2018. A private family graveside service will be held on Monday, January 15, 2018 in the Kirkland Memorial Gardens, Point Pleasant, with Pastor Richard Purchase ofﬁciating. Burial will follow, with Masonic Graveside services conducted by the Minturn Lodge # 19 A.F. & A.M., Point Pleasant. Deal Funeral Home is assisting the family. LEWIS Class of ’59 to meet BEDFORD Twp. — The Bedford Township Trustees held their reorganization meeting on Jan. 2 at 8 a.m. The following are the trustees and their positions: John Dean, president; Leon Sauters, vice president; Robert Jones, ﬁre protection ofﬁcer. MIDDLEPORT — Fish fry set Meetings will be held the second for 11 a.m. at Middleport Fire Monday each month at 7 p.m. at Department on Saturday, Jan. 27 the town hall. at the ﬁre station. CRADDOCK SOUTHSIDE, W.Va. — F. Manford Bowles, 85, of Southside, W.Va., died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, at Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis. 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The summit is free and open to the public and will feature a variety of two to four hour sessions designed to teach students, faculty, staff, title IX administrators, advisory groups, survivor advocate and support services, and the community effective practices and strategies aimed at ending sexual violence and gender discrimination on college campuses. Chris Nourse, Title IX Coordinator, said Rio is dedicated to enhancing Title IX’s recent work in sexual assault prevention programs and services and hopes this new initiative will continue to further those efforts. “This is something that effects campuses across the country. The summit will allow participants to better understand what steps they can take to prevent sexual assault and violence, as well as what they can do to support survivors. We’ve invited university students and staff from across the state as well as our local support agencies,” Nourse said. “Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. In recent years, Title IX has taken a large focus on sexual assault and violence on college campuses across the country, so our initiative will help us to bring even more awareness to the problem and what we can do to prevent it. Our goal is to promote a campus culture of shared responsibility and mutual respect for all students.” The summit is sponsored by the Ohio Department of Higher Education through the Shared Responsibility Grant, which was awarded last summer to Rio, Ohio University Southern, Shawnee State University and Southern State Community College to promote the See, Hear, and Speak Campaign. Rio took the lead in planning the summit. The sessions will feature discussions on how to train student groups and community partners in ways to prevent sexual assault and share that knowledge with others, as well as have talks with Saundra Schuster, a nationally recognized expert in civil rights law for education and co-founder of the Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA). Dena Warren, Deputy Title IX Coordinator, said she feels it is important for the institutions to come together for the campaign to increase awareness and prevention efforts and to provide the tools for students, staff, faculty, and the community to speak out against offensive behavior, interpersonal violence, and sexual assault. “This is important for us to offer this opportunity of free training to students, faculty, and staff throughout Ohio as well as to our local com- munities. This is our way to show we take this very seriously because the safety of our students and communities is important to us. While this summit is geared toward Title IX, this training can be used to help prevent sexual assault or harassment anywhere,” Warren said. “We’re grateful for the partnership with our neighboring schools in this summit because our campuses are very different, but we are all the same when it comes to this topic. It isn’t just Rio taking care of Rio; it’s each institution reaching out to support each other as well as our communities.” The free two-day summit will include lunch for the registered participants. For more information on Title IX or the summit, contact Chris Nourse at 740-245-7228 or Dena Warren at 740245-7396. To view the agenda and register, please visit: https://rioedu.wufoo. com/forms/title-ix-training-summit-registration/. Brett Coomer | Houston Chronicle via AP A quote from Martin Luther King Jr., is carried during a parade honoring the slain civil rights leader Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Houston. MLK day marked by Trump criticism, pledges to fight racism By Jonathan Landrum Jr. questioned the need Associated Press ATLANTA — Martin Luther King Jr.’s children and the pastor of an Atlanta church where he preached decried disparaging remarks President Donald Trump is said to have made about African countries, while protests between Haitian immigrants and Trump supporters broke out near the president’s Florida resort Monday, the ofﬁcial federal holiday honoring King. At gatherings across the nation, activists, residents and teachers honored the late civil rights leader on what would have been his 89th birthday and ahead of the 50th anniversary of his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. In Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation marked Martin Luther King Jr. Day with events aimed at coming to terms with its own history of slavery and by welcoming descendants of former slaves into the tribe. Trump marked his ﬁrst King holiday as president buffeted by claims that during a meeting with senators on immigration last week, he used a vulgarity to describe African countries and Jessica Patterson is a communications specialist with the University of Rio Grande. Crews struggle to clear highway after mudslides By Christopher Weber Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Crews working around the clock cleared boulders, trees and crushed cars from all lanes of U.S. 101, but California ofﬁcials still weren’t sure Monday when the key coastal highway might reopen after being inundated during mudslides that killed 20 people. Much of the water on the roadway near the devastated town of Montecito had receded by Sunday, allowing workers to use bulldozers and other heavy equipment to push away solid debris that was still several feet deep. “It is not until you can see the damage with your own eyes that you can come to understand the magnitude of the incident, the response that is necessary, but most importantly the impact to the citizens and families of Santa Barbara County,” said Jim Shivers, a spokesman for the California Department of Transportation. Four people remained missing after the mudslides were triggered Jan. 9 by a powerful storm that swept in from the Paciﬁc and dumped a deluge on mountain slopes that had been burned bare by a huge wildﬁre in December. Search and rescue operations ended over the weekend, and authorities transitioned to recovery. The move allows ofﬁcials to release resources that were no longer needed and slow the search to a safer pace, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said. At least 65 homes were destroyed and more than 460 others were damaged. The name of each victim was read aloud during a vigil Sunday night attended by thousands of people. “We all know someone who has been affected by this,” said Bethany Harris, who brought her two young sons to mourn. “We will heal together.” Crews have made it a priority to clear debris basins and creek canals before another rainstorm hits the area. Long-range forecasts gave the crews less than a week before the next chance of rain — and potential new mudslides — although the precipitation was expected to be light. Another storm system could move in two days later. Ofﬁcials hoped to have an estimate Monday about when U.S. 101 would reopen, Shivers said. Meanwhile, Amtrak added additional cars to its route between Santa Barbara and points east as travelers increasingly relied on rail service to get around the closure. With many surface streets also shut down, the only other ground route into the Los Angeles area — located 90 miles (145 kilometers) down the coast — was a series of smaller mountain highways that add more than three hours to the trip. to allow more Haitians into the U.S. He also is said to have asked why the country couldn’t have more immigrants from nations like Norway. In Washington, King’s eldest son, Martin Luther King III, criticized Trump, saying, “When a president insists that our nation needs more citizens from white states like Norway, I don’t even think we need to spend any time even talking about what it says and what it is.” He added, “We got to ﬁnd a way to work on this man’s heart.” In Atlanta, King’s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, told hundreds of people who packed the pews of the Ebenezer Baptist Church that they “cannot allow the nations of the world to embrace the words that come from our president as a reﬂection of the true spirit of America.” “We are one people, one nation, one blood, one destiny. ... All of civilization and humanity originated from the soils of Africa,” Bernice King said. “Our collective voice in this hour must always be louder than the one who sometimes does not reﬂect the legacy of my father.” EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL Adams, Garrett Barringer, Jaymie Basham, Gabrielle Beeler, Haley Blankenship, Shannan Brewer, Chloe Brooks, Kevin Burke, Haley Burton, Brayden Bush, Teddi Casto, Emma Causey, Bradley Kimes, Ethan Kline, Michael Letson, Rylee Haggy, Lexa Hayes, Derrick Metheney, Madelyn Nutter, Bailey Putman, Ronna Robinson, Megan Ross, Kaylee Savoy, Alyssa Smith, Kristyn Stewart; Junior — Primo Averion, Allison Barber, Jacob Barrett, Andrew Brooks, Jacob Creath, Hannah Damewood, Nathen Durst, Isaiah Fish, Caden Goff, Ryan Harbour, Michael Hooper, Kennedy Lantz, Alessandra Martella, Brooke Mays, MacKenzie Smith, Kylee Tolliver; Senior — Wyatt Bissell, Josh Brewer, MacK- enzie Brooks, Emily Bunce, Sarah Bunce, Taylor Carleton, Naomi Hoffman, Brayden Holter, Abigail Litchﬁeld, Courtney Lyons, Allyson Miller, Allison Putman, Issac Tackett. Rates of Taxation 2017 In pursuance of law, I, Peggy S. Yost, Treasurer of Meigs County, Ohio, in compliance with Revised Code No. 323.08 of State of Ohio, do hereby give notice of the Rates of Taxation for the Tax Year of 2017. Rates expressed in dollars and cents of each thousand dollars tax valuation. Townships School Districts and Corporations Townships School T.B. Library Rio Grande Meigs LSD 4.30 2.20 24.45 0.00 1.00 4.30 2.20 20.50 0.00 1.00 Eastern LSD 4.30 5.70 20.50 0.00 1.00 4.30 5.70 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 Alexander LSD 4.30 4.40 36.18 0.00 1.00 1.00 County Voe. Corp. E.M.S. M.R. 169 Brd of Health Sen. Cit. Total Ag & Res Reduciton All Other Reductions Effective Rate Ag & Res Effective Rate Other 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 43.85 0.130608 0.033519 38.122848 42.380211 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 39.90 0.14392.9 0.037702 34.157245 38.395694 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 43.40 0.139562 0.033245 37.343016 41.957195 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 47.35 0.127590 0.029743 41.308619 45.94171 2 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 61.08 0.349652 0.246529 39.723297 46.022048 Bedford Eastern LSD Chester Meigs LSD 1.00 Columbia 3.30 Lebanon Eastern LSD 4.30 5.20 20.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 42.90 0.148599 0.059522 36.525115 40.346517 Southern LSD 4.30 5.20 34.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 56.80 0.235300 0.114240 43.435013 50.311208 Southern LSD 4.30 4.20 34.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 55.80 0.250475 0.105034 41.823510 49.939142 Eastern LSD 4.30 6.20 20.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 43.90 0.154063 0.055543 37.136657 41.461702 Eastern LSD 4.30 5.20 20.50 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 42.90 0.133813 0.036434 37.159449 41.337007 Letart Olive Orange Rutland Meigs LSD 4.30 7.16 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 Village 4.30 5.86 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 48.81 0.146182 0.040174 41.674878 46.849139 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 53.01 0.155591 0.049828 44.762160 50.368645 Meigs LSD 4.30 6.12 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 47.77 0.142403 0.043114 40.967423 45.710486 Meigs LSD 4.30 3.20 24.45 . 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 44.85 0.128848 0.032277 39.071180 43.402394 Village 4.30 0.70 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 14.20 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 56.55 0.1442, 72 0.047798 48.391460 53.847047 Village 4.30 0.70 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 10.60 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 52.95 0.145092 0.041846 45.267381 50.734274 Meigs LSD 4.30 6.20 24.45 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 47.85 0.128391 0.040629 41.706502 45.905919 Southern LSD 4.30 3.60 34.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 55.20 0.231111 0.097430 42.442691 49.821886 Village 4.30 2.10 34.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 9.40 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 63.10 0.211049 0.092115 49.782854 57.287546 Village 4.30 2.10 34.40 0.00 1.00 1.00 11.80 3.00 5.30 1.00 1.60 65.50 .0195826 0.093333 52.673447 59.386745 5.50 Salem Salisbury Middleport Pomerpy Scipio Sutton OH-70024808 Eastern High School has announced its second quarter honor roll for 2017-18 school year. All “A” Honor Roll: Freshman — Isabella Arix-Michael, Jake Barber, Olivia Barber, Matthew Blanchard, Layna Catlett, Alisa Ord; Sophomore — Brandon Baer, Faith Bauerbach, Aubree Lyons, Emily VanMeter; Junior — Ciara Browning, Kelsey Casto, Ally Durst, Emmalea Durst, Blaise Facemyer, Sharp Facemyer, Cera Grueser, Hannah Hill, Madison Keney, Mollie Maxon, Rhiannon Morris, Jessica Parker, Anna Pierce, Garrett Rees; Senior — Jessica Adams, Elayna Bissell, Madison Bissell, Kaitlyn Hawk, Morgain Little, Katelyn Butcher, Madison Kuhn, Sidney Cook. All “A and B” Honor Roll: Freshman — Tia Arix, Hannah Blanchard, Jenna Chadwell, Hunter Cline-Corwin, Whitney Durst, Jonna Epple, Kylie Gheen, Ashton Guthrie, Skylar Honaker, Alysa Howard, Trevor Morrissey, Blake Newland, Brianna Nutter, Tiffany Parker, Kelsey Roberts, Tessa Rockhold, Kaylee Schreckengost; Sophomore — Ivy Racine Syracuse Real estate taxes which have not been paid at the close of each collection carry a penalty. Taxes may be paid at the ofﬁce of the County Treasurer or by mail. Please bring your last tax receipt; and if you pay by mail, be sure to locate your property by taxing district and include your parcel number and enclose a stamped self addressed envelope. Always examine your tax receipt to see that it covers all your property. Ofﬁce hours are 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Monday through Friday. Closed Saturday. Failure to receive tax statements does not avoid any penalty, interest, or charge incurred for such delay. Ohio Revised Code 323.13. Closing date: March 09. 2018 Peggy S. Yost, Meigs County Treasurer �E ditorial 4 Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Daily Sentinel THEIR VIEW Don’t sweat the score, just play the game I exited the interstate knowing I didn’t have time to drop the package at Fed Ex and still do what I really wanted to do which was get out on the walking trail. By trying to squeeze the errand into my schedule I’d driven completely out of my way and created a hectic situation for myself. As I changed lanes, I thanked my guides for putting up with me as I fumble through life. Their answer Michele Z. was instant. Fumbles help us learn how to carry the ball better. Marcum Carrying the ball was a familiar Contributing image for me. Both my boys played columnist football and for most of my life, if the television was running, a game of some sort was playing. Other than tedious golf, any sport with a ball was of interest to the males in the house. With one exception, I’d read while it droned on in the background. The Super Bowl and World Series would capture me because of the hoopla surrounding them. I’d choose my favorite team based on the color I like best, gaining a few eye rolls from the boys. Even though who won or lost seemed frivolous to me, it was more exciting to interact with my family when I cheered for my pick. Fumbles were frowned on. The poor sucker who let the ball pop from his grasp and roll into the hands of an opposing player, was scolded from the sidelines and chided from the living rooms of households across the viewing audience. The important lessons that ensued were overlooked. That hectic day in the car, I made a pact to arrange my afternoon more succinctly, so I could incorporate my daily walk and still get to the store or surrogate errand. I decided to position the ball—my goals—more securely and apply the skill to even my simplest goals such as hiking. I made an oath with myself to cradle and nurse my dreams to life by the right caress. I vow to remember that inspiration strikes when we’re at our lowest—when we’ve toppled over, rolling around as our dreams escape into the arms of those people we perceive as our enemies. I vow to remember that no one can recover what is truly ours even though we sometimes feel that others’ success detracts from ours. Our success is based solely on our ability to ﬁnd our way through the game of life by syncing our heartbeat to that of the unique opportunities we encounter on our individual journeys. When we do this, we win. When we do this, we see there are no enemies and the types of games are as endless as our imaginations. The scoreboard is a reﬂection of our fumbles. Michele Zirkle is a native of Meigs County, author of “Rain No Evil” and host of Life Speaks on AIR radio. Access more at soundcloud. comlifespeaks. TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2018. There are 349 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History On Jan. 16, 1978, NASA named 35 candidates to ﬂy on the space shuttle, including Sally K. Ride, who became America’s ﬁrst woman in space, and Guion S. Bluford Jr., who became America’s ﬁrst black astronaut in space. On this date In 27 B.C., Caesar Augustus was declared the ﬁrst Emperor of the Roman Empire by the Senate. In 1547, Ivan IV of Russia (popularly known as “Ivan the Terrible”) was crowned Czar. In 1865, Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman decreed that 400,000 acres of land in the South would be divided into 40-acre lots and given to former slaves. (The order, later revoked by President Andrew Johnson, is believed to have inspired the expression, “Forty acres and a mule.”) In 1920, Prohibition began in the United States as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution took effect, one year to the day after its ratiﬁcation. (It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.) In 1935, fugitive gangster Fred Barker and his mother, Kate “Ma” Barker, were killed in a shootout with the FBI at Lake Weir, Florida. In 1942, actress Carole Lombard, 33, her mother, Elizabeth, and 20 other people were killed when their plane crashed near Las Vegas, Nevada, while en route to California from a war-bond promotion tour. In 1957, three B-52’s took off from Castle Air Force Base in California on the ﬁrst non-stop, round-the-world ﬂight by jet planes, which lasted 45 hours and 19 minutes. Classical music conductor Arturo Toscanini died in New York at age 89. In 1967, Alan S. Boyd was sworn in as the ﬁrst U.S. secretary of transportation. THEIR VIEW Raw water? That’s hard to swallow The following editorial recently appeared in The Chicago Tribune. One connoisseur described the beverage’s exquisite “vaguely mild sweetness.” He extolled its “nice smooth mouth feel, nothing that overwhelms the flavor profile.” The latest pricey pinot? A fine vintage Bordeaux? No, he was talking about “raw water” — unfiltered, untreated, unsterilized H2O fresh from somewhere other than a treatment plant. Bottling companies in this fast-burbling industry are seeking to cash in on the next fresh thing. Devotees claim their water is better than tap for many reasons. It doesn’t have added fluoride, cavity fighter and bete noire of conspiracy theorists. It doesn’t pass through lead pipes. It doesn’t undergo the “wrong” kind of filtration that removes beneficial minerals and healthful probiotic bacteria. What do we think? We think this is a potentially magnificent revenue stream (sorry) for Chicago. Introducing: Absolutely Raw Lake Michigan Water. It’s clean(ish), except for those occasional oil, chemical, heavy metal and and sewage-laced stormwater releases. Sniff the seaweedy bouquet, with a hint of zebra mussel. Swish it around. Nice sandy finish. And for the truly adventurous, quaff a pungent, spicy glass of All Natural Completely Untouched Chicago River Brewed Water. This is a boutique brand that will command premium dollars because it is guaranteed to produce a memorable experience, should you survive. Sure, we can see how some people freak out when they hear the traces of all the stuff that can be in the water. In 2008, Tribune reporters tested samples of Chicago water and found tiny amounts of an anti-seizure drug, a common painkiller, caffeine and two chemicals used to make Teflon and Scotchgard. Ewwww. But as we reported then, and today remind potential raw water aficionados, this isn’t surprising — or a health risk. Nor is detecting such traces of impurities only a Chicago phenomenon. Authorities nationwide have detected bad stuff in tap water: dozens of prescription and overthe-counter drugs as well as chemicals from personal-care products, food packaging, clothing and household goods. Why? Because much of what goes into people and animals and the ground comes out again … and eventually finds its way into the water. Filtration systems clean drinking water but don’t completely remove every impurity. Important Point 1: These tests do not show that tap water is unsafe. Important Point 2: Water siphoned from a supposedly pristine stream or spring may be tainted. Naturally occurring elements such as arsenic and radon can contaminate groundwater. Runoff from pesticides or other chemicals pose huge risks. “Modern municipal water treatment is one of the all-time greatest public health achievements,” Commissioner Debra Shore of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reminds us. “Many thousands of people — maybe more! — used to die from cholera, typhoid and other waterborne diseases. No longer — at least in the developed world where we have excellent water utilities. It is simply reckless to revert to untreated sources of water because they’ve been pitched as ‘pure’ or ‘raw.’ When I go camping I bring a water filter because even the purest mountain streams can have harmful bacteria. Talk to anybody who’s gotten giardia from drinking water from clear mountain streams.” Something better than Lake Michigan’s (treated) best? Sorry, but that sales pitch doesn’t hold water. THEIR VIEW 38 minutes of fear in Hawaii The following editorial recently appeared in The Chicago Tribune. In 1938, Orson Welles panicked the nation with a false alarm about a Martian invasion in the radio broadcast “The War of the Worlds.” That was far-fetched, of course. But what happened on Saturday, sadly, was not so hard to imagine … or believe. Authorities sent an emergency alert to cellphones in Hawaii: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” The possibility that a missile or missiles would land hung in the air for 38 minutes. That’s 38 long minutes while people sought shelter and reached out to relatives. We imagine some wondered if they’d ever hear the voices of their loved ones again. Thankfully, it was a false alarm. In calmer times, such an alert might have been shrugged off by many people as a relic of the Cold War. Someone pushed the wrong button. No biggie. Many Americans may believe this nation is 50 years past such dire alerts. When a cellphone blares with an alert, people brace for bad weather. A tornado. A thunderstorm. Not a nuclear attack. But a new nuclear threat looms. This time, from a North Korean dictator trading threats and insults with President Donald Trump. What’s real? What’s political theater? What’s empty bluster for domestic audiences? We don’t know. We do know that Hawaiians aren’t the only ones in range of a potential North Korea strike. Washington, D.C., is also likely in range, or soon will be. New York, too. And of course, Chicago. In December, for the ﬁrst time in more than three decades, a warning siren sounded across Hawaii as ofﬁcials tested a system that could alert residents that a nuclear missile launched by North Korea was headed their way. Hawaiians now watch TV ads to prepare them for the worst, warning them to “get inside, stay inside” if an attack seems imminent. Shades of the 1950s-’60s “duck-andcover” drills in American classrooms. Saturday’s false alarm may be quickly forgotten. But a terrible thought lingers: The next warning could be real. �NEWS/WEATHER Daily Sentinel Tuesday, January 16, 2018 5 New signs pirates liked booty — and books By Martha Waggoner being the size of a quarter. The Queen Anne’s Revenge had been a RALEIGH, N.C. — French slave ship when Dead men tell no tales, but there’s new evidence Blackbeard captured it in 1717 and renamed it. that somebody aboard The vessel ran aground the pirate Blackbeard’s ﬂagship harbored books in Beaufort, in what was then the colony of North among the booty. Carolina, in June 1718. In an unusual ﬁnd, Volunteers with the researchers have disRoyal Navy killed Blackcovered shreds of paper beard in Ocracoke Inlet bearing legible printing that same year. that somehow survived Tens of thousands three centuries underof artifacts have been water on the sunken recovered since Floridavessel. And after more based research ﬁrm than a year of research Intersal Inc. located the that ranged as far as Scotland, they managed shipwreck off the North to identify them as frag- Carolina coast in 1996 but few, if any, are as ments of a book about surprising as pieces of nautical voyages published in the early 1700s. paper. To ﬁnd paper in a 300-year-old shipConservators for wreck in warm waters is Blackbeard’s ship the “almost unheard of,” said Queen Anne’s Revenge Erik Farrell, a conservafound the 16 fragments tor at the QAR Conserof paper wedged inside vation Lab in Greenville. the chamber for a Eventually, the conbreech-loading cannon, servators determined with the largest piece that the words “south” and “fathom” were in the text, suggesting a maritime or navigational book. But one word, Hilo, stood out because it was both capitalized and in italics, said Kimberly Kenyon, also a conservator at the lab. They turned to Johanna Green, a specialist in the history of printed text at the University of Glasgow, who pointed them to the Spanish settlement of Ilo — or Hilo — on the coast of Peru. The fragments eventually were determined to be from a 1712 ﬁrst edition of a book by Capt. Edward Cooke titled “A Voyage to the South Seas, and Round the World, Peform’d in the years 1708, 1709, 1710 and 1711.” It’s impossible to say who aboard Blackbeard’s ship would have been reading the voyage narrative — a form popular in England in the 17th and 18th century — or whether it belonged to a pirate or some terriﬁed captive. But some pirates were known to be literate, Kenyon said. For example, Stede Bonnett, the “gentleman pirate” who joined Blackbeard in 1717, had his own library. It’s not known if he brought his books on the Queen Anne’s Revenge. A history of pirates written in 1724 mentions a journal belonging to Blackbeard that was taken when he was killed. And when Blackbeard captured a ship called the Margaret in December 1717, the list of items taken from the ship included books, Farrell said. “They were literate men,” Kenyon said. “People always assume pirates are rufﬁans from bad backgrounds, and that wasn’t always the School NAACP She said you know how you complain that you’re never invited to speak at anything, well, you’re invited today.” “There are several African American men who imparted knowledge and wisdom in me throughout my life,” said Still. “I can’t name them all today but three must be mentioned. That’s my father, Mark Still, Sr., my uncle, Andy English, and my step-father, David Keith Miller…Those poor guys had to put up with me and I had a chip on my shoulder as a kid. They raised me and instilled hard work and that’s where I get my work ethic…I think having strong men in your life is very crucial. I probably wouldn’t have made it as a man without them.” Still noted the importance of Martin Luther King’s message through his several iconic speeches such as “I have a Dream,” “I’ve been to the Mountain Top” and “Let my People Go.” “Dr. King was the best Associated Press crazes.com establish Fund/SCC 019-9210. Accept the resignation of Eugene Samuel From page 1 Morrison, Custodian Approve the ﬁnancial at Meigs Elementary, report for the month of effective Dec. 29, 2017 for retirement purposes. Dec. 2017 as submitAccept the resignated. tion of Sherry Hensler, Approve the bills for payment for the month Title 1 Teacher at Meigs Intermediate, of Dec. 2017. effective May 31, 2018 Approve the Ohio School Boards Associa- for retirement purposes. Abbott moved to tion’s annual membership dues and subscrip- convene to an executive session at 7:51 p.m. for tions for 2018 in the the purpose of considamount of $6, 748. eration of the purchase Waive the ﬁling of of property or sale of Tax Budget and Hearings per ORC 5705.281. property at competitive The Meigs County Bud- bidding and the board get Commission grants approved. Attorney Chris this waiver. Tenoglia was invited Approve obtaininto executive session ing Board President with Abbott, Hawley, Position Bond from Snowden, and Mahr in Reed and Baur Insurattendance. ance. Bond will be for Snowden moved to $20,000. Approve the renewal reconvene from executive session at 7:51 p.m. of membership with and the board approved. Ohio Education Policy The next regular busiInstitute for $1,000 for ness meeting is schedCY2018. Accept a $500 award uled for 6:30 p.m., Jan. 23 at the Meigs Local for the After School Board Ofﬁce. Program from clever- TODAY 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM From page 1 victim in the smoky building and drug her to the front door of the residence before being assisted by fellow ofﬁcers to help save the woman’s life. Still is a 10-year law enforcement veteran. In his current position as a patrolman with the Gallipolis Police Department, he serves as the Gallipolis Police Department’s K-9 handler, a member of the special response team, and is a member of the police department’s honor guard. In addition, he serves on the Buckeye Hills Criminal Justice Advisory Board and is the Commander for the Gallipolis Law Enforcement Explorer program. “I received a call from dispatch one day that said I needed to go see Judy Payne,” Still joked.” I don’t think I would have went if I would have known they were going to ask me to speak today. 24° 23° 17° Times of sun and clouds today. Mostly cloudy and frigid tonight. High 26° / Low 10° HEALTH TODAY Statistics through 3 p.m. yesterday 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. Precipitation 38°/11° 42°/25° 70° in 1950 -4° in 1972 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.02 Month to date/normal 1.76/1.43 Year to date/normal 1.76/1.43 Snowfall (in inches) The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 3 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. Trace Month to date/normal 1.2/3.1 Season to date/normal 1.8/7.7 WEATHER TRIVIA™ SUN & MOON Q: The sun is closet to the Earth during which month, July or January? Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Wed. 7:45 a.m. 5:33 p.m. 8:01 a.m. 6:17 p.m. MOON PHASES New First Full Jan 16 Jan 24 Jan 31 Last Feb 7 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Major 10:51a 11:11a 12:00p 12:55a 1:46a 2:37a 3:27a Minor 4:39a 5:27a 6:16a 7:06a 7:57a 8:48a 9:38a Major 11:15p ---12:28p 1:18p 2:09p 2:59p 3:50p Minor 5:03p 5:50p 6:40p 7:30p 8:20p 9:10p 10:01p WEATHER HISTORY A mass of bitterly cold air surged into the United States on Jan. 16, 1977, dropping temperatures to record lows, including 19 degrees below zero at Chicago, Ill., and 21 below zero at Omaha, Neb. Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme Logan 18/4 Adelphi 17/5 Chillicothe 17/5 Lucasville 22/8 Portsmouth 22/9 representation of protesting with nonviolence,” said Still. “I strongly believe he was a true representation of love, peace, equality and positively. Dr. King said ‘You truly don’t know why you’re alive until you know what you’re willing to die for.’ Dr. King’s message is timeless and still resonates in our lives today.” Still stressed that had King not been alive, he may not have been able to stand before the congregation in his uniform. Still discussed civil rights laws passed which deterred Americans from being discriminated against for their backgrounds and heritage due in large part to protesters’ actions. “I’ve been asked so many times over the years why in the world would I choose a career in law enforcement,” said Still. “That question takes me back to when I was a kid. A lot of kids want to be a ﬁreman or a police ofﬁcer. I guess in that aspect, I was no different. But, it wasn’t until I saw an African American man wearing a uniform, he was a Gallia County Sheriff’s Deputy named Charles Hunter, that’s when I realized that my dream could become a reality.” “If in my lifetime, if I’ve only inﬂuenced one person that it doesn’t matter what their current situation is. (He hopes to have inﬂuenced that person to) dream big, set your goals and work hard until those dreams are your reality, even when you’re told no…Never give up,” said Still. Susan Rogers, director of RSVP of Ohio Valley, announced MLK Jr. Day Essay Contest winners. NAACP Branch President Mabel Tanner offered closing words for the ceremony and the benediction was led by Rev. Harreld Scott, pastor of Paint Creek Regular Missionary Baptist Church. SATURDAY AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER 55° 41° 47° 28° Partly sunny, breezy and not as cold Sun and areas of low clouds and milder Chance for afternoon rain or drizzle Cooler; chance of a little a.m. rain Marietta 25/8 Belpre 25/8 Athens 22/6 St. Marys 27/9 Parkersburg 25/8 Coolville 24/7 Elizabeth 27/9 Spencer 29/9 Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 15.48 25.36 32.48 14.00 17.36 38.44 21.39 41.42 44.64 15.40 43.30 41.50 40.90 24-hr. Chg. +0.58 -5.45 +0.84 +1.33 +0.42 +2.45 +8.99 +3.10 +3.13 +2.92 +2.80 +2.20 +3.70 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Buffalo 28/11 Milton 28/11 Clendenin 30/10 St. Albans 30/12 Huntington 26/9 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 52/42 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 20s 60/50 10s 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 71/54 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front MONDAY NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 26/9 Ashland 27/10 Grayson 25/9 SUNDAY 53° 42° Wilkesville 22/7 POMEROY Jackson 26/9 21/7 Ravenswood Rio Grande 27/10 24/9 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 14/7 GALLIPOLIS 26/10 28/10 26/10 South Shore Greenup 25/9 20/8 27 Dean Wright can be reached at 740446-2342 or at the Gallipolis Daily Tribune Facebook page. 45° 32° Murray City 19/4 McArthur 20/5 Waverly 20/7 haps even more unusual than their existence aboard the pirate vessel. FRIDAY 34° 21° Mostly sunny case.” The survival of the paper fragments is per- A: January Today 7:45 a.m. 5:32 p.m. 7:18 a.m. 5:23 p.m. THURSDAY Cloudy and very cold with ﬂurries 0 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ (in inches) WEDNESDAY 25° 11° ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low EXTENDED FORECAST 8 PM North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources via AP This undated photo shows a piece of paper from books found on board Blackbeard’s ship the Queen Anne’s Revenge. To find paper in the 300-year-old shipwreck in warm waters is “almost unheard of,” said Erik Farrell, a conservator at the QAR Conservation Lab in Greenville. Charleston 31/11 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. 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The game was tied at 14-all CHARLESTON, W.Va. — after the opening stanza, but The University of Rio Grande shook off a slow start, hammer- Rio Grande outscored its host, 41-22, over the next two periing West Virginia UniversityTech over the middle two quar- ods to take control. WVU Tech hit just eight ters and cruising to a 78-61 win over the Golden Bears in River of its 32 ﬁeld goal attempts (25.0 percent) over the middle States Conference women’s two quarters and ﬁnished just basketball action, Saturday 19-for-63 (30.2 percent) from afternoon, at the Charleston the ﬁeld for the game. Catholic Athletic Complex. The Golden Bears scored half The RedStorm improved to 19-1 overall and 7-0 in the RSC of their 32 second half points from the free throw line. with a program-record 17th Rio Grande had four players consecutive victory. reach double ﬁgure scoring The 19 wins also allowed totals in the win. Junior guard head coach David Smalley’s squad to equal its win total for Chelsy Slone (Gallipolis, OH), who was coming off a careereach of the last two seasons. For Ohio Valley Publishing Courtesy photo Rio Grande’s Chelsy Slone led four double-digit scorers with 15 points in the RedStorm’s 78-61 win over West Virginia University-Tech, Saturday afternoon, at the CCHS Athletic Complex in Charleston, W.Va. The win was a program-record 17th straight for Rio Grande. high 19 points in a win at Wilberforce on Tuesday night, led the quartet with 15 points. Senior Alexis Payne (Deep Water, WV), junior Jasmine Smith (Canal Winchester, OH) and freshman Chyna Chambers (Columbus, OH) had 11 points each in the winning effort, while sophomore Sydney Holden (Wheelersburg, OH) pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds. Payne also had eight rebounds and three blocked shots, while Holden added three assists, two blocked shots and a pair of steals. The RedStorm shot 43 percent from the ﬂoor (26-for-60) See REDSTORM | 7 Rio softball tops RSC preseason coaches’ poll By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing NEW ALBANY, Ind. — The University of Rio Grande is predicted as the favorite in the 2018 River States Conference Softball Preseason Coaches’ Poll. The RedStorm, which is coming off a season of 47-10 overall and just a game shy of the NAIA Softball World Series, is picked as the top team in the conference for the third year in a row. Rio Grande garnered seven out of a possible nine ﬁrst-place votes in the preseason poll. The RedStorm earned 79 total votes to take the top spot of 10 teams in the conference. The voting was done by the 10 RSC softball head coaches. The NAIA Softball Top 25 Preseason Coaches’ Poll will be released Tuesday, Jan. 16. Rio Grande has won the last three conference tournament championships, its third one coming after a 17-1 record in conference play last year. The RedStorm went on to reach the ﬁnals of the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round before coming up short versus Davenport (Mich.), a game away from the World Series. IU Southeast, which was 28-23 overall, 12-6 RSC last year, was picked second in the poll. The Grenadiers received three ﬁrst-place votes and 72 total votes. IU Southeast has ﬁnished up runnerup in the conference tournament the last three years and made the NAIA national tournament the last two years. Midway (Ky.) University came in third in the poll with 59 votes. The Eagles were new to the softball conference last year and made a splash ﬁnishing in second place during the regular season at 12-6 RSC. Midway had the second-most wins in the conference at 29-18 overall and made it to the ﬁnal four teams of the conference tournament. Point Park (Pa.) University was close behind in fourth place in the poll with 57 votes. The Pioneers were 21-21 overall, 11-7 RSC last year for fourth place in the standings. Cincinnati Christian University followed closely behind as well with 54 votes for ﬁfth place in the poll. The Eagles were 22-19, 8-10 RSC, and they stayed alive to reach the semiﬁnals of the conference tournament as the No. 6 seed last year. WVU Tech placed sixth in the poll with 44 votes and coming off a 10-8 RSC record a year ago. The next three teams were very close with Brescia (Ky.) University predicted seventh with 25 votes, Carlow (Pa.) University picked eighth with See RSC | 7 OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Tuesday, Jan. 16 Boys Basketball Portsmouth at Gallia Academy, 7:30 Federal Hocking at Eastern, 7:30 Trimble at South Gallia, 7:30 Ripley at Point Pleasant, 7:30 Belpre at Southern, 7:30 Wahama at Waterford, 7:30 Hannan at Calvary Baptist, 7:30 Ohio Valley Christian at Parkersburg Christian, 7:30 Girls Basketball Hannan at Calvary Baptist, 6 p.m. Ohio Valley Christian at Parkersburg Christian, 6 p.m. Wrestling Gallia Academy at Amanda-Clearcreek, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17 Girls Basketball Wahama at Point Pleasant, 7 p.m. Gallia Academy at Symmes Valley, 7:30 Wrestling South Gallia, Waterford, Huntington at Eastern, 6 p.m. Keith Srakocic | AP Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) fumbles as he is sacked by Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle Marcell Dareus, left, and defensive end Yannick Ngakoue, right, during the first half of Sunday’s AFC playoff game in Pittsburgh. The ball was recovered by Jaguars outside linebacker Telvin Smith (50) and returned for a touchdown. Jaguars stun Steelers, 45-42 PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars heard the chatter, read the tweets and Instagram posts. And they got a little confused. Why were the Pittsburgh Steelers talking about the New England Patriots? Didn’t they have to face the Jaguars ﬁrst before reaching a rematch with the Super Bowl champions? “I don’t know if they misread the schedule or didn’t play us this week, but they didn’t acknowledge us at all,” Jacksonville linebacker Myles Jack said. “And we didn’t take that too kindly.” Not at all. That shouldn’t be a problem going forward. The Jaguars, yes the Jaguars, have the NFL’s full attention now. A trip to Foxborough on the horizon, too. Dominant at the start and resilient at the ﬁnish, Jacksonville stunned the Steelers 45-42 on Sunday to advance to the AFC title game for the third time in franchise history and maybe, ﬁnally, earn a bit of respect. Leonard Fournette ran for 109 yards and three scores . Embattled quarterback Blake Bortles added 214 yards passing and a pivotal fourthquarter touchdown as the third-seeded Jaguars (126) beat the second-seeded Steelers (13-4) at Heinz Field for the second time in three months. The victory in October served notice Jacksonville was ready to put a decade of losing ﬁrmly behind. This one sent an even bigger message: overlook the Jaguars at your own peril, something Pittsburgh appeared to do in the run-up. Coach Mike Tomlin hinted at facing the Patriots twice back in December. Running back Le’Veon Bell posted on Twitter about the pair of “round 2s” the Steelers will face in coming weeks. Turns out, one rematch is all the Steelers will get. “We knew we had this team’s number,” Jacksonville safety Barry Church said. “All we did was feed on the fuel that everybody was providing, the media, everybody was talking about how they’re going to run through us, it’s not going to be like last (time). Blake Bortles this. Blake Bortles that. all he did was dominate their defense.” A week removed from an ugly performance in a wild-card round win over Buffalo in which he passed for 87 yards and struggled with the easiest of throws, Bortles went 14 of 26 for a touchdown without an interception. He ran for 35 more and wasn’t sacked by a defense that led the NFL and set a franchise record with 55 during the season. Jacksonville’s 45 points tied the most ever allowed by the Steelers in the playoffs. Not bad for an offense that at times simply appeared along for the ride as the NFL’s top defense carried the load. “Blake Bortles has always been criticized,” Fournette said. “It is different now. He has guys that have his back, especially me.” Certainly looked it as Fournette scored two ﬁrst-quarter touchdowns. The Jaguars built a 21-point lead and responded whenever the Steelers rallied to get within one score. “The guys played with conﬁdence all day long,” Bortles said. “Obviously, what they have on their side of the ball, it’s a good team. We know they got a good offense. We knew we were going to have to be efﬁcient, hold on to the ball for a little bit, so we did it.” Ben Roethlisberger threw for 469 yards and set a franchise record with ﬁve touchdown passes, but was also intercepted once and had a fumble returned for a score. All-Pro Antonio Brown caught seven passes for 132 yards and two touchdowns in his return from a left calf injury. Bell had 155 yards of total offense and two scores. But Pittsburgh’s vaunted “Killer Bs” couldn’t keep pace with Jacksonville, one of four NFL franchises to never make the Super Bowl. “It’s disheartening,” Brown said. “I thought we had the right group of guys.” The Jaguars dominated the Steelers on Oct. 8, winning by three touchdowns in a performance so overwhelming Roethlisberger only halfjokingly wondered aloud whether he still had “it’ after throwing a careerhigh ﬁve picks. Roethlisberger and his teammates left little doubt they hoped for a rematch, though Jacksonville cornerback A.J. Bouye cautioned Pittsburgh to be careful what it wished for. 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AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. (NBC) Tuesday, January 16, 2018 7 Second half rally sends Bears past Rio By Randy Payton For Ohio Valley Publishing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Thomas Collins and Brandon Shingles fueled a key second half run and scored 29 of their combined 35 points after halftime, lifting host West Virginia University Tech to a 94-80 win over the University of Rio Grande, Saturday afternoon, in River States Conference men’s basketball action at the Charleston Catholic Athletic Complex. The Golden Bears snapped a four-game losing slide, improving to 10-8 overall and 4-3 in league play with the victory. Rio Grande suffered a third straight loss - all in conference play - and dropped to 7-12 overall and 2-5 in the RSC. The RedStorm led by as many as nine points in the ﬁrst half before Tech rallied to forge a 38-38 deadlock at the intermission. The game was still tied at 43-all following a bucket by Rio junior Abe Eze (Lagos, Nigeria) with 17:57 left to play, but the Golden Bears reeled off 12 of the game’s next 14 points and never looked back. Collins scored 16 of his teamhigh 22 points in the second half and was responsible for four points in the game-changing spurt. Shingles, who had all of his 13 points after halftime, scored ﬁve points in the run. Rio Grande got no closer than seven points on two occasions the rest of the way - the last of which came at 76-69 following a jumper by sophomore Stanley Christian (Norfolk, VA) with 5:30 remaining - but Tech responded with another 9-1 run over the next two minutes to build a 15-point lead Justyce Stout|Courtesy photo Rio Grande’s Will Hill had a game-high 32 points, six assists and three steals in Saturday afternoon’s 94-80 loss to West Virginia University-Tech. and settle the issue once and for all. The Golden Bears shot a sizzling 63 percent from the ﬁeld in the second half (17-for-27) and were also 17-for-22 at the free throw line (77.3%) after the break. Tech had three other doubledigit scorers in Michael Scott (15), Dominik King (13) and Tamon Scruggs (12). Scott ﬁnished with a game-high eight rebounds and King handed out a team-best four assists. Rio Grande was led by senior Will Hill (Worthington, OH), who had his best performance in his three games since returning from an emergency appendectomy, with a game-high 32 points, six assists and three steals. He connected on seven three-point goals. Sophomore Greg Wallace (Montego Bay, Jamaica) and freshman Jaxon Burgess (Louisville, KY) added 13 and 10 points, respectively, in a losing cause for the RedStorm, while Eze had a teambest six rebounds. Rio Grande shot just 38.6 percent (22-for-57) from the ﬁeld and was out rebounded 39-27. The RedStorm are scheduled to return to action on Tuesday night, hosting Alice Lloyd College in another RSC contest. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. RedStorm Alexandra Combs handed out a game-high four assists in a losing cause From page 6 for the Golden Bears. Rio Grande is schedand out rebounded the Golden Bears, 50-45, but uled to return to action struggled again at the free on Tuesday night when throw line by hitting just RSC West Division leader, Alice Lloyd College, 20 of their 38 attempts visits the Newt Oliver (52.6 percent). Arena for a 5:30 p.m. Alexandria Gray had a tipoff. game-high 17 points off the bench to lead WVU Tech, while Laura Reque- Randy Payton is the Sports Information Director at the na added 10 points and a University of Rio Grande. team-best eight rebounds. Courtesy photo A group photo of the returnees that came out for the 2018 Alumni Dual held Thursday night against Athens at The Dungeon in Point Pleasant, W.Va. RSC From page 6 24 votes and Asbury (Ky.) University chosen ninth with 23 votes. Ohio Christian University rounded out the poll in 10th. The top eight teams Jaguars will qualify for the RSC Softball Tournament to be held May 4-5 at Jackson Memorial Park in Vienna, W.Va. The RSC will qualify two teams to the NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round with the regularseason champ and the RSC Tournament champion guaranteed bids. wide in the ﬁrst quarter and Bell was stuffed for a 4-yard loss. The Jaguars responded immediately From page 6 by going 75 yards in 11 going to disapprove and plays, the ﬁnal one a talk negative or hate or 4-yard sprint by T.J. do whatever they want,” Yeldon that put them up Bortles said. “But we get 21-0. to keep playing and we The Steelers were get an opportunity to play down a touchdown early in Foxborough next week in the fourth quarter and for another week. Just had fourth-and-inches honored to be able to do at the Jacksonville 39. this especially with this Roethlisberger checked group of guys.” at the line of scrimmage, “It’s been an awesome faked a handoff to Bell year. Just want to keep it and instead threw incomgoing.” plete to diving rookie JuJu Smith-Schuster . “It’s been a while since Fourth and woe I’ve run a quarterback Pittsburgh rolled up sneak, I’m for it,” said 545 yards of offense, but Roethlisberger, who it’s 2 yards the Steelers added he will return in didn’t get that helped send them into an offsea- 2018. “That’s kind of over son ﬁlled with questions. my head when it comes to why we don’t do it. Twice Pittsburgh had I’m not going to sit here fourth-and-1 in Jacksonand second guess why we ville territory. Twice the didn’t quarterback sneak. Steelers did something I don’t know how many other than have the years it’s been since we 6-foot-5 Roethlisberger quarterback sneaked.” sneak. Pittsburgh ran Point pounds Bulldogs on Alumni Night By Bryan Walters bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — A good night inside of the friendly conﬁnes of home. The Point Pleasant wrestling team won 10 of the 14 matches on Thursday night and rolled to a 42-16 victory over visiting Athens in an Alumni Night dual at The Dungeon in Mason County. The host Big Blacks, before a large turnout of former PPHS grapplers, claimed decisions in half of their 10 victories and also recorded a pinfall, a technical fall and a major decision to go along with two forfeit wins. The Bulldogs also won half of their four matches by decision to go along with a major decision and a pinfall. Sophomore Juan Marquez scored the lone pinfall win for the Red and Black after a ﬁrst period takedown of Casteel at 195 pounds. Senior Jake Roub earned a 15-0 technical fall over Ellis at 152 pounds, while Mitchell Freeman landed a 12-0 major decision against List at 126 pounds. Christopher Smith and George Smith picked up forfeit wins at 113 and 120 pounds, respectively. Justin Cornell (106), Zac Samson (145), Clayton Hill (182), Nick Ball (220) and Jacob Muncy (285) all scored wins by decision in their respective weight classes. Schuler landed the lone Athens pinfall with a second period takedown of Logan Southall at 160 pounds. Jackson also had a major decision over Riley Oliver at 132 pounds. Wallace defeated Wyatt Wilson by decision at 138 pounds, while Smith beat Jacob Bryant by decision at 170 pounds. Point Pleasant competed at the 2018 Fandetti-Richardson Brawl on Saturday in Johnson City, Tenn. Those results will be available in a later sports edition of the Point Pleasant Register, Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Daily Sentinel. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-4462342, ext. 2101. OVP SPORTS BRIEFS Youth basketball tournaments in Rutland basketball tournament will be held Friday, March 2 through Sunday, March 4, at Logan High School and Logan-Hocking Middle School. All teams are guaranteed three games. School teams only are permitted; no AAU or OYB teams. RUTLAND, Ohio — The Pomeroy and MiddleAwards will be presented to the ﬁrst-place and secport youth leagues will be hosting a boys youth ond-place teams in each division, and concessions basketball tournament for grades 4-6, all separate and tournament T-shirts will be available. divisions, from Friday, Feb. 16, through, Sunday, Entry fee is $125 per team, with a registration Feb. 18, and a girls tournament for grades 4-6, all deadline of Sunday, Feb. 18. Checks should be made separate divisions, from Friday, Feb. 23, through payable to Chieftain Athletic Boosters and mailed to Sunday, Feb. 25, at the Rutland Civic Center. For Logan High School; Attn.: Chieftain Classic; 14470 more information, contact Ken at 740-416-8901 or St. Route 328; Logan, Ohio, 43138. Dave at 740-590-0438. The ﬁrst six teams in each division (sixth grade, ﬁfth grade and fourth grade) with paid entry will be accepted. Contact Keith Myers (kmyers@lhsd.k12.oh.us or via text at 740-503-2102) for more information. Certiﬁed ofﬁcials interested in refereeing should also LOGAN, Ohio — The 2018 Chieftain Classic boys contact Myers. Chieftain Classic boys tournament March 2-4 �SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS 8 Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Daily Sentinel Stunning TD sends Vikings past Saints, 29-24 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As Case Keenum convened the Minnesota huddle with 10 seconds left, the situation staring down the Vikings was as simple as it was daunting. With the go-ahead ﬁeld goal by the New Orleans Saints that silenced this deafening stadium still fresh in the air, the Vikings were well beyond any moment of anxiety. All that was left for Keenum to do on that last snap was to throw the ball up like he used to do in his Texas backyards and hope for the best. Keenum completed his last-ditch heave near the sideline Sunday on the game’s ﬁnal play to Stefon Diggs, who slithered away from the Saints for a 61-yard touchdown to give the Vikings a 29-24 victory and a spot in the NFC championship game at Philadelphia. “At that point, I’m just a kid throwing a football to another big kid,” Keenum said with a smile, “and he just runs and scores.” One more win, against the Eagles, and the Vikings will become the ﬁrst team to play in a Super Bowl on their home turf. Instead of the usual win-or-go-home stakes, they’re in a winand-go-home situation. “It never ends that way,” Diggs said. “Usually, it’s reality. It’s life. So things go and you walk home and worry it about tomorrow.” Instead, Drew Brees and the Saints were the ones trudging off the ﬁeld in defeat. “We’re still a bit shellshocked after what happened there at the end,” said Brees, who steered the Saints in position for Wil Lutz’s 43-yard kick with 25 seconds remain- ing that punctuating a forceful rally from a 17-point deﬁcit that stood until 1:16 was left in the third quarter. The ﬁeld goal was set up by a fourth-and-10 completion by Brees to Willie Snead for 13 yards to the Minnesota 33 with 40 seconds left. Brees connected with Michael Thomas for two of his three touchdown passes in a span of 3:09 that spilled into the fourth quarter. The second score was set up at the Minnesota 40 by an interception by Marcus Williams, when an offbalance throw into trafﬁc by Keenum served as his one costly moment of recklessness, a “bonehead play,” as he put it. Keenum settled back in. He guided the Vikings to two more ﬁeld goals by Kai Forbath, including a 53-yarder with 1:29 left that was his third of the game against his former team and gave them their lead back after a blocked punt by George Johnson had set up the Saints for a touchdown pass by Brees to Alvin Kamara. Then came the play that put Keenum and Diggs in permanent rotation on the NFL’s all-time highlight reels. “We knew there was still a possibility, still some hope,” Keenum said. This wasn’t quite Franco Harris and the Immaculate Reception for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1972 playoffs, but these Vikings are on some kind of special path after turning to Keenum in the second game of the season after original starter Sam Bradford was sidelined by a knee injury. The Vikings were out of timeouts and nearly out of options when Keenum Jim Mone | AP Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Stefon Riggs (14) runs in for a game-winning touchdown against the New Orleans Saints during the second half of Sunday’s divisional playoff game in Minneapolis. The Vikings defeated the Saints 29-24. dropped back from his 39 and threw high into a crowd. Diggs jumped in front of Williams, who rolled awkwardly underneath Diggs during an illfated attempt at making a low tackle. Devastatingly for the Saints, nobody was behind him in the secondary, as Diggs made sure to note right before he made the break on his route during the play the Vikings, believe it or not, call “Seven Heaven.” Diggs kept his balance as he landed, kept his feet in bounds and kept on running untouched into the end zone as the crowd at U.S. Bank Stadium erupted with euphoria. Keenum raced around the ﬁeld, looking for anyone to hug. “I’m shocked. I don’t know what else to say. This is the ﬁrst time ever I’m out of words,” Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen said. Keenum, the undrafted and undersized all-time leading passer in NCAA history who was making his ﬁrst career playoff start and has long looked up to Brees, was having a hard time ﬁnding the words to describe the experience. He ﬁnished with 318 yards, going 25 for 40, with Diggs catching 137 yards on six catches. “A heck of a game, wasn’t it?” head coach Mike Zimmer said. “And the good guys won.” Diggs was still in full uniform when he took the podium for his postgame interview, the ball from the winning catch resting safely in front of him on the lectern. “It’s plays like this that you dream about your whole life,” he said, “and it ﬁnally happens.” Picked off Brees saw his 13th career postseason game end in a crushing ﬁnal moment, his 25-for-40 performance for 294 yards tainted a bit by two interceptions before halftime. One came on a leaping grab by safety Andrew Sendejo , the other off a tip by Griffen that landed in Anthony Barr’s arms at the Minnesota 10-yard line midway through the third quarter. First-half force The Vikings came roaring out of their ﬁrst-round bye, forcing punts by the Saints on their ﬁrst three possessions and moving 55 yards in eight plays for a touchdown run by Jerick McKinnon on their ﬁrst drive. Aided by two pass interference calls on Ken Crawley for 54 yards, the Vikings reached the 1-yard line before settling for a short ﬁeld goal on the next possession. They pushed the lead to 17-0 early in the second quarter when Latavius Murray plowed in from the 1-yard line. “The Vikings had a phenomenal game plan,” Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan said. The only other time the Saints went scoreless in the ﬁrst half of a postseason game was ﬁve years ago. They fell behind 16-0 at Seattle in the divisional round and lost 23-15 to the eventual Super Bowl champions. Travel an extra grind for Division I’s smallest schools But in your mind you try to account for it because it’s a factor for sure.” Northern Arizona’s 26-person contingent — 15 players — started its two-game road trip to Utah and Idaho just before 7 a.m. at Flagstaff Pulliam Airport. A two-hour layover in Phoenix followed, a nearly two-hour ﬂight to Salt Lake City next, a 50-minute bus ride north to Ogden after that. Once at the hotel, players grab room keys from director of basketball operations Bryan Fisher, get a short rest then it’s a ﬁlm session in a conference room and practice at Weber State’s Dee Events Center — 11 hours after leaving home. “You can spend an entire day trying to get where you need to go,” said Mitch Strohman, radio and TV voice of NAU basketball since 1991. “People don’t understand how much energy that sucks out of you. You’re exhausted. That’s a lot to ask the body to do, no matter how young you are.” Buses. So many buses. Low-major players and coaches often feel like they spend more time on buses than at home. Many of the smallest D-I schools are in remote places. Getting there requires multiple connecting ﬂights — often on regional jets or prop planes — and soul-sapping bus rides. A bus trip of an hour or two can be tolerable. Each tacked-on hour seems to add an expo- nential level of misery. The bus-ride Richter Scale. Riding on a bus is a bit like ﬂying coach: The cabin and seats are purportedly made with longrange comfort in mind, yet somehow fail to meet expectations. Try it as a 6-8 basketball player. Long bus rides equal stiff, tired and bored. Among the smaller conferences, the Big South or SWAC don’t have it too bad. A few hours in a bus, in most cases, can get teams where they need to go. The Big Sky could be called the Big Bus Conference. Stretching from Eastern Washington to North Dakota, down to Flagstaff, around to Sac State and Portland State, the Big Sky covers nine states and roughly a third of the United States. Portland State, Sac State and, to a degree, Northern Colorado, are in, or at least near, major metropolitan areas. Everything else is a connecting ﬂight or bus ride away. Want to white knuckle from the back seat of a bus? Try riding from Bozeman to Missoula during a snowstorm. A prop plane in winter can have passengers locating the “sickness bag” in the seat-back pocket in front of them. “Some of these trips can be a nightmare,” said Idaho State coach Bill Evans, who also spent 16 seasons at Southern Utah. “It’s a tough business.” The Lumberjacks arrive at their Salt Lake City hotel around midnight after the dark-andicy ride from Pocatello and shufﬂe to their rooms. Less than ﬁve hours later, they’re in the lobby again, heavy feet dragging in the pre-dawn darkness to the bus. 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That means long security lines and clockwatching gate waits, just for the opportunity to fold into seats barely big enough for averagedsized humans. Six-foot-10 and a middle seat is like 5-9 squeezed into a toddler car seat. “I’m hurting for like two hours and when I get up, my knees ﬁnally get back to normal,” said Isaiah Thomas, NAU’s 6-9 junior forward. “It’s not enjoyable.” Nor is planning. The dilemma: Earlymorning practice before ﬂying out or a presunrise departure to practice later at the destination? For the return, leave early on little sleep and rest later or sleep in and get back later? No matter how coaches work it, the players end up tired. “You have to factor it in,” Sacramento State coach Brian Katz said. “You try to convince your guys, you’re 19 years old, you shouldn’t get tired from anything. 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As he and the Cavaliers prepared Monday to host the defending champion Golden State Warriors, one of 11 games on the NBA’s holiday schedule, James said honoring King’s memory and message is more vital than ever. “For us to stand here even though we’re trying to be divided right now by somebody, today is a great day for people to realize how America was built and how we all have to stand united in order to be one,” he said. “Especially as Americans because we believe, we all know and we all believe, this is the greatest country in the world.” That “somebody” James was referring to is President Trump, whom the Cavaliers star has openly criticized in the past. While not saying Trump’s name, James again made he opposes some of the president’s rhetoric. Trump is marking his ﬁrst King holiday in ofﬁce buffeted by claims he used a vulgarity to describe African countries and questioned the need to allow more Haitians into the U.S. “The state of racism will never die, but what we cannot do is allow it to conquer us as people. We can’t allow it to divide us,” said James, the four-time league MVP. “The guy in control has given people and racism, and negative racism, an opportunity to be out and outspoken without fear. And that’s the fearful thing for us because it’s with you, and it’s around every day. But he’s allowed people to come out and just feel conﬁdent about doing negative things.” Jags-Patriots in AFC, Vikings-Eagles in NFC NEW YORK (AP) — Watch out, New England. Here comes Sacksonville. Get ready, Philly. The Vikings are sailing into town. Tom Brady and the big game-tested Patriots (14-3) square off against the sack-happy Jacksonville Jaguars (12-6) next Sunday in the AFC championship game in Foxborough, Massachusetts — with the winner headed to the Super Bowl. “It’s been an awesome year,” Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles said, “and we want to keep it going.” In the NFC, Nick Foles and the resilient Philadelphia Eagles (14-3) host Case Keenum and the surprising Minnesota Vikings (14-3) — in a matchup of teams that overcame losing their starting quarterbacks. “They count us out all the time,” said Minnesota’s Stefon Diggs, whose 61-yard touchdown catch as time expired Sunday gave the Vikings a stunning 29-24 victory. “Nobody thinking we can do it. This game was over. I don’t stop playing till the clock hit zero. That’s it.” The Vikings open as a 3 ½-point favorite against the Eagles, while the Patriots open favored by 9 1/2 in their game. PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Ohio State opened up the season without much expectation. So, making the Top 25 and leading the Big Ten surely wasn’t anticipated. Now, when the new weekly rankings come out, the Buckeyes will likely have both. “We had talked about it a little bit,” ﬁrst-year coach Chris Holtmann said. “We talked about it a little bit when we beat (No.4) Michigan State because I think that alerted people.” Keita Bates-Diop scored 20 points, grabbed nine rebounds and Ohio State beat Rutgers 68-46 to remain undefeated in Big Ten play this season and tied atop the conference standings. Ohio State (15-4, 6-0) built up a 30-point lead after Kam Williams converted on a 4-point play with 13:47 remaining to make it 48-18. Kaleb Wesson had 10 points and nine rebounds and Williams ﬁnished with 11 points for Ohio State Rutgers led 9-8 after Eugene Omoruyi made a layup at the 10:46 mark. Ohio State closed the half on a 19-6 run to take the 28-15 lead into half. Rutgers was led by guards Geo Baker (14 points) and Corey Sanders (13 points). However, Rutgers was without its third guard and sixth-man, Mike William. The senior captain was sidelined after injuring his leg in practice on Saturday. He sat the game out with his right foot wrapped and was using crutches. “Mike hurt his leg badly. We don’t have the full diagnosis yet, they’re still working on that,” coach Steve Pikiell said. “He’s going to be out, he’s going to be out for a while. But Mike has been a really important player.I feel bad for him. It’s his senior year, but those things happen and other guys have to be ready to step up and take advantage of his minutes. We certainly have to ﬁgure that out quickly here. Having this happen with 10 minutes left in practice yesterday doesn’t give you a lot of time to ﬁgure it out, so now we have a couple of days to ﬁgure it out before Iowa.” So while Rutgers’ season could be at a crossroads, Ohio State’s could continue to surprise. “I keep coming back to the fact that we’ve only played one third of the Big Ten right now, so there’s a lot left to be played,” Holtmann said. “But we will talk about the fact that hey, we’re going to have some people - we’re going to have to play with a different edge. Home, road, doesn’t matter. We’ll see if we’re good enough to manage that.” The Buckeyes return home to take on Northwestern on Wednesday night. Big picture Ohio State: Holtmann is the ﬁrst Big Ten coach to start off 6-0 in conference play since Tom Davis at Iowa in 1986. Meantime, Ohio State is expected to be ranked in the upcoming AP Poll after defeating No. 4 Michigan State by 16 and drubbing Maryland. The Buckeyes received 29 votes in the last poll, which would have ranked them 29th. They are tied for ﬁrst in the Big Ten with No. 5 Purdue. Rutgers: The Scarlet Knights have lost ﬁve of six after starting the season 11-3. With Williams out, a bench that is not known for its depth will come into focus, which will make wins even harder to come by. “We have to play with or without Mike,” Pikiell said, adding, “”Mike has been, from day one, a ﬁghter. But again, with or without Mike, we need to play better basketball. Playing Ohio State and teams like that, but Mike’s a leader. He’s a captain. He grabbed nine rebounds against Michigan State. He’s our leading rebounder at 6-2. He’s an over achiever. Mike is certainly a huge loss for us, but again, we have to play better. Every guy has to step up their game a little more now with Mike not being around.” Ugly shooting Rutgers has had trouble shooting free throws (62 percent) and 3-pointers (29 percent) throughout the season. Against Ohio State, Rutgers struggled shooting, period. The Scarlet Knights hit just 29 percent from the ﬁeld, below their average of 42. They went 6-of-18 from the foul line. Outrebounding Rutgers came into the game ranked ﬁfth in the country in rebounding with 42.44 a game. The Buckeyes made sure they didn’t get beat on the boards, edging Rutgers 46-30 on the glass. Villanova still No. 1, Virginia and Purdue rise By John Marshall They do it together.” Villanova remained at the top spot for the second straight week, Duke was the ACC’s receiving 63 of 65 ﬁrstpreseason favorite and place votes from a media North Carolina the defending national cham- panel. The Wildcats (161, 4-1 Big East) moved pion. The conference leader atop the poll for the and highest-ranked team second time this season after Michigan State’s so far: Virginia. loss to Ohio State last Picked to ﬁnish sixth week and stayed there in the ACC preseason poll, the Cavaliers (15-1, after wins over No. 10 Xavier and St. John’s . 4-0) have been the conPurdue had the other ference’s most consistent No. 1 vote and moved team so far this season behind their still-stiﬂing up two spots to No. 3, its highest ranking since defense. reaching No. 3 in 2009Virginia (16-1, 5-0 10 after extending its ACC) moved up a spot winning streak to 13 to No. 2 and received a ﬁrst-place vote in the AP games with victories Top 25 released on Mon- over Michigan and Minnesota . Matt Painter’s day, its highest ranking Boilermakers (17-2, 6-0 since reaching No. 2 in Big Ten) are off to their the 2014-15 season. The Cavaliers, No. 1 in best start since 1987-88 KenPom.com’s defensive and best in the Big Ten efﬁciency rankings, beat since winning the ﬁrst Syracuse and North Car- eight games of 1989-90. “They’re playing with olina State last week. a great purpose,” Min“They’ve taken care nesota coach Richard of business, so they’re Pitino said. “They coach in this spot,” Virginia Coach Tony Bennett said themselves. Matt’s a terriﬁc coach, but you can of his players. “Our piltell they’re coaching each lar in our program is all other.” about humility. It just Oklahoma and star means knowing who you are. I’ve said this before. freshman Trae Young continued their rise They’re very clear on through the poll, moving how they have to play. AP Basketball Writer up ﬁve spots to No. 4. The Sooners (14-2, 4-1 Big 12) have their highest ranking since reaching No. 1 in 2015-16, when they reached the Final Four. Duke moved up two spots to round out the top 5. West Virginia dropped four spots to No. 6 after losing to No. 8 Texas Tech. ble overtime and by ﬁve to Oklahoma last week. The Horned Frogs (13-4, 1-4) have lost four Big 12 games by a combined 11 points. Rising and falling Oklahoma, No. 15 North Carolina and No. 17 Auburn had the biggest jumps in the poll, moving up ﬁve spots each. TCU had the biggest Wild Big 12 fall, losing eight spots, The Big 12 has the followed by No. 25 best RPI of any conference and eight teams in Miami’s seven-place drop to No. 25 following a the KenPom top 50. Its loss to No. 20 Clemson. teams also have been beating up on each other Arizona State dropped ﬁve spots to No. 16 after since the conference season started just after splitting games against the Pac-12’s Oregon Christmas. schools. West Virginia (15-2, 4-1 Big 12) reached its highest ranking since Moving in 1959 a week ago, only to No. 22 Ohio State is lose to the Red Raiders ranked for the ﬁrst time 72-71 in Lubbock. Texas since reaching No. 12 Tech lost to Oklahoma during the 2014-15 seaon Tuesday, creating a son after victories over logjam at the top of the Maryland and Rutgers Big 12 between those last week. The Buckeyes three teams and No. 10 also knocked Michigan Kansas, which moved up State from the No. 1 ranktwo spots this week fol- ing with an 80-64 victory lowing wins over Iowa on Jan. 7. State and rival Kansas Michigan moved into State. the poll for the ﬁrst time No. 24 TCU remained this season at No. 23 after in the AP Top 25 despite beating Michigan State losing to Texas in douon Saturday. AP SPORTS BRIEFS Litton to skip senior season, enter draft Mike Mularkey on Monday after he revived a team with the NFL’s worst record over two seasons and led them to their ﬁrst playoff victory in 14 years. � �� The Titans announced the move two HUNTINGTON, W.Va. 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