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Tuesday, May 13, 2014 Numbers game
That’s how many days that veteran quarterback Vince Young was on the Browns roster. Cleveland signed Young for 1-year, $730,000 before drafting Johnny Manziel in the first round.
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Captain seriously needed
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HICAGO – With 15 minutes, 27 seconds left in the third period of a tied, tense game Sunday night at the United Center, it was long past time for the Blackhawks to get serious. Captain Serious, of course. Jonathan Toews detests that nickname, almost as much as he hates losses, and an indigestible one loomed before the Blackhawks captain bailed them out again in a 2-1 victory. Patrick Sharp flung the puck at the net, Wild defenseman Ryan Suter batted it off Marian Hossa, and Toews backhanded it past goalie Ilya Bryzgalov for the game-winner that gave the Hawks a perilous 3-2 series lead. Late Friday night after the Wild beat the Hawks for the second straight game at the Xcel Energy Center and Toews went scoreless in St. Paul, a sarcastic host for KFAN asked his listeners if No. 19 had made the trip. Two long days later, nobody in Minnesota wondered after Toews made his presence felt when and where it mattered most. In the closest thing to a must-win game the Hawks have played this postseason, Toews camped out in front of the net, a spot his team has been too quick to vacate.
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AFC’s Allison Prestegaard spent the winter swatting away shot attempts. She did so at a record pace and has landed in the IHSA record book for blocks in a season (165) and blocks in a game (16).
New girl on block
AFC junior center Prestegaard handles rejections well She also blocked 12 shots in a game twice – against Polo on Jan. 21 and Dakota on Feb. 4. Jones blocked 21 shots in a game twice in School: AFC Class: Junior her career, while Hononegah’s Nicole Smith At some point, you would think some FYI: First-year starter for Raiders in 2013achieved the feat once, in the 2010-11 season. teams would come to the conclusion that 14 basketball season. ... Averaged 8.8 Prestegaard’s height, combined with an enough is enough. points, 8.6 rebounds and 6.9 blocks per 80-inch wingspan and good instincts, make Working the ball inside for high-percentgame. ... Block total was tops in the state. her a perfect storm for rejection. age shots is the way to go for most girls “I’ve definitely been blessed with the basketball squads in the area, but not necheight thing,” said Prestegaard, whose Prestegaard was listed in two categories. essarily when going against AFC. That’s mother, Kathy, stands 5-10, and father, The 165 blocks for a season is the 20thbecause Allison Prestegaard is back there, most in IHSA girls basketball history. Brielle Joel, is 6-3. “There’s instances where they waiting like a human flyswatter. Jones of Deland-Weldon blocked 240 shots just shoot it right into my hands, but someIn 24 games this past season, the 6-foot-3 in the 2007-08 season. times I have to move around and block junior rejected 165 shots, an average of 6.9 shots from behind. That helps a lot. It just In a single game, Prestegaard blocked each game. When the IHSA updated its girls 16 shots against Amboy on Feb. 16, which kind of comes naturally for me.” basketball individual records on May 8, ties her for seventh-most in a single game. BLOCK CONTINUED ON B5
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Clear message received Reuter responds after dismal first set to win match BY PATRICK MASON pmason@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5550
STERLING – Newman’s Brady Reuter had just lost the first set of his No. 2 singles match, and Comets boys tennis coach Ann Propheter had a look on her face that told Reuter he had to play better. “I saw my coach and she was like, ‘What are you doing?’ “ Reuter said. “My parents came, too, so I didn’t want to let anyone down. I just tried to pick myself up and not get discouraged.” What happened next was the best tennis the Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com senior has played all season. He battled Sterling’s Newman’s Brady Reuter returns a shot during his No. 2 singles Jacobs Reynolds, and intense humidity on one match against Sterling’s Jacob Reynolds on Monday at Sterling. of the hottest days of the season, to win in three sets, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2. Reuter rallied from a rough first set to win 1-6, 6-0, 6-2.
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Star of the meet: Jack Nitz, Sterling, earned Golden Warriors’ lone win at No. 1 singles in straight sets Up next: Sterling at United Township, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday; St. Bede at Newman, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday It was Reuter’s first singles match win of his 1-year career, and it helped the Comets to a 5-1 victory over host Sterling on Monday afternoon. He improved his singles record to 1-2, and possibly earned himself a spot on a singles court come the conference and sectional meets in the coming weeks after impressing his coach. MESSAGE CONTINUED ON B4
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