Photo Friday #7
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Norm Cender (blue shirt, back turned) instructs the 6th grade boys basketball team during a timeout at Milford in this December 13, 2007 photo. (Bleeding Bruin Blue file photo)
Trivia Thursday #7
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Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday combine to make one set of trivia. At the end of July's questions, whoever has accumulated the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. To submit answers, shoot me an e-mail at senorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com, with "trivia" in the subject line.
Remember that both Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday are part of the same contest, so this is the seventh question of July and the fourteenth overall.
The seventh Trivia Thursday question is:
Of the incoming senior class, two athletes played an IHSAA-sanctioned varsity sport in the winter of their freshman year (2006-07). Name them.
1. (June 11) During the 2008-09 basketball season, Seth Kauffman dunked on four different occasions. Before Kauffman, who was the last Bruin to dunk in a game?
2. (June 18) Who was the first coach of Bethany's boys tennis team?
3. (June 25) How many wins does volleyball coach Lois Mast need to become the all-time winningest coach in Bethany volleyball history (by number of wins, not percentage)?
4. (July 2) In the event of a forfeited basketball game, what is the final score?
5. (July 9) When Argos traveled to Bethany for the de facto Northern Indiana Soccer Conference championship game Oct. 6, 2007, what Bruin player had his head stepped on?
6. (July 16) Tonight's post, which I write at 11:10 p.m., is a bit late. Against whom did Bethany play a quadruple-overtime boys basketball game? There are two possible correct answers; either one will work. (Hint: look below the "Bleeding Bruin Blue is on Facebook" ad on the right side.)
Updated Summer Schedule
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With a little bit short of two weeks until fall sports starts, Bleeding Bruin Blue is going to take this week off to get some behind-the-scenes things worked on. We'll see you next Wednesday.
With a little bit short of two weeks until fall sports starts, Bleeding Bruin Blue is going to take this week off to get some behind-the-scenes things worked on. We'll see you next Wednesday.
Goshen Signs Bruin Scorer Weaver
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GOSHEN — Four-time Bethany boys soccer letterwinner and 2009 offensive MVP Jordan Weaver has signed a national letter of intent to continue his academic and soccer careers at Goshen (Ind.) College, Bleeding Bruin Blue has learned. Weaver will join Lewis Caskey and Martin Brubaker as former Bruins at Goshen in 2009. The Maple Leafs, coached by Tavi Mounsithiraj, went 9-8-2 in 2008 after advancing to the NAIA national championships in 2007.
Weaver will join Caskey, Hannah Grieser (volleyball), Luke Slagel (baseball), Alita Yoder and Nick Handrich (cross country) along with two seniors who have not yet signed as Bethany graduates at Goshen in 2009-10, while Jodi Stutzman will continue her softball career at Hesston (Kan.) College, and several more athletes have not yet signed at various schools.
GOSHEN — Four-time Bethany boys soccer letterwinner and 2009 offensive MVP Jordan Weaver has signed a national letter of intent to continue his academic and soccer careers at Goshen (Ind.) College, Bleeding Bruin Blue has learned. Weaver will join Lewis Caskey and Martin Brubaker as former Bruins at Goshen in 2009. The Maple Leafs, coached by Tavi Mounsithiraj, went 9-8-2 in 2008 after advancing to the NAIA national championships in 2007.
Weaver will join Caskey, Hannah Grieser (volleyball), Luke Slagel (baseball), Alita Yoder and Nick Handrich (cross country) along with two seniors who have not yet signed as Bethany graduates at Goshen in 2009-10, while Jodi Stutzman will continue her softball career at Hesston (Kan.) College, and several more athletes have not yet signed at various schools.
Monday Minutiae #7
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Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday combine to make one set of trivia. At the end of June's questions and again after July's, whoever has accumulated the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. To submit answers, shoot me an e-mail at senorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com, with "trivia" in the subject line.
Remember that both Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday are part of the same contest, so this is the 13th total question and not just the seventh.
The seventh Monday Minutia is:
Outside of two-time state participant Ali Hochstetler, who ran the fastest 5K time in 2008 for Bethany's cross country team?
6. (July 13) Today is the day before Major League Baseball's all-star game, which means it is the day of the home run hitting contest. Who is Bethany's career leader in home runs (baseball or softball)?
5. (July 6) Since their last World Series win in 1908, the Chicago Cubs have gained a reputation as lovable losers. But this has not always been the case. Who was president the last time the Cubs had a home game with attendance lower than the seating capacity of the Menno Lands? (Doubleheaders not included. Hint: The Menno Lands didn't exist, but Bethany did.)
4. (June 29) Since its inception last August, the Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week award has been given 39 times. What are the two surnames to receive the award in consecutive weeks?
3. (June 22) During the 1983-84 boys basketball season, one player made exactly 14 field goals in a game on three different occasions. Who was he?
2. (June 15) Who has the most doubles in the history of Bethany's softball program?
1. (June 8) Name the two players in Bethany baseball history with a batting average of .500 or better in a season (minimum 40 at bats).
Photo Friday #6
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The girls basketball team huddles before its game with Westview at the Menno Lands Jan. 24, 2007. (Bleeding Bruin Blue file photo)
The girls basketball team huddles before its game with Westview at the Menno Lands Jan. 24, 2007. (Bleeding Bruin Blue file photo)
Have a photo you'd like to see? Let me know.
Trivia Thursday #6
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Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday combine to make one set of trivia. At the end of June's questions, whoever has accumulated the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. To submit answers, shoot me an e-mail at senorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com, with "trivia" in the subject line.
Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday combine to make one set of trivia. At the end of June's questions, whoever has accumulated the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. To submit answers, shoot me an e-mail at senorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com, with "trivia" in the subject line.
Remember that both Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday are part of the same contest, so this is the fifth question of July and the twelfth overall.
The sixth Trivia Thursday question is:
5. (July 9) When Argos traveled to Bethany for the de facto Northern Indiana Soccer Conference championship game Oct. 6, 2007, what Bruin player had his head stepped on?
The sixth Trivia Thursday question is:
Tonight's post, which I write at 11:10 p.m., is a bit late. Against whom did Bethany play a quadruple-overtime boys basketball game? There are two possible correct answers; either one will work. (Hint: look below the "Bleeding Bruin Blue is on Facebook" ad on the right side.)
1. (June 11) During the 2008-09 basketball season, Seth Kauffman dunked on four different occasions. Before Kauffman, who was the last Bruin to dunk in a game?
2. (June 18) Who was the first coach of Bethany's boys tennis team?
3. (June 25) How many wins does volleyball coach Lois Mast need to become the all-time winningest coach in Bethany volleyball history (by number of wins, not percentage)?
4. (July 2) In the event of a forfeited basketball game, what is the final score?
The Season In A Blink: Styx
(As in Greek mythological river, not the band.)
NOMINATE FOR MENNO LANDS MEMORIESWhen did life start? For Bishop Ussher, it was October, 4004 BC. Some geologists put it 4.5 billion years ago. Bleeding Bruin Blue, being slightly younger than the Earth, should have a more easily distinguishable date of origin, which is true to an extent. But what date is it: August 6, when I wrote the introduction post; August 8, when the team previews came out while you were all watching the Olympics; or even August 19, the first game report? In keeping with established BBB procedure, I will eschew covering practice and stick to on-field performance.
And on-court performance.
And on-track performance. And…you get the idea.
On August 19, the world seemed pretty open. All of our teams were unbeaten entering play (one of them hadn’t lost since 1954). We had sophomores coming back from major deficits in their first varsity matches as the tennis team gave Northridge probably our closest match ever against them. The volleyball team scored 22 or more points in three different games against Jimtown, whom I previously remembered for sending their entire baseball lineup twice in one inning. The middle school boys soccer team even won by five goals—on the third day of school. But even these victories, some real and some only moral, couldn’t mask the fact that Bethany’s composite record stood at 2-3, a full ten percentage points off the break-even mark and 30 from an “outstanding team” plaque in the lobby.
The reverse inferiority complex of Bruin invincibility did pretty well over the rest of the week, adding a 12-3 mark to the inauspicious beginning and forming a 14-6 overall mark, right at the plaque threshold. The football team contributed an extra victory, but was cut later that evening in a fit attributed alternately to the budget or a burning desire for journalistic credibility.
Monday, August 25 began the final week of August, which picked up where the previous week stopped. If girls soccer is removed from the equation, the Bruins went 10-3 that Monday and Tuesday, though the credibility of our goalkeeping may have been diminished on Thursday when boys soccer knocked Lakeland Christian by a 2-1 score. Lakeland Christian has no girls soccer program, and their goal was scored by a player whose cells contained two X chromosomes; one point on the scoreboard, innumerably more in the memory banks. With this incident in mind, however, the Bruins continued to dominate.
Tune in this weekend for more Bruin victories on The Season In A Blink.
Monday Minutiae #6
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Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday combine to make one set of trivia. At the end of June's questions and again after July's, whoever has accumulated the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. To submit answers, shoot me an e-mail at senorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com, with "trivia" in the subject line.
Remember that both Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday are part of the same contest, so this is the eleventh total question and not just the sixth.
The sixth question of Monday Minutiae is:
Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday combine to make one set of trivia. At the end of June's questions and again after July's, whoever has accumulated the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. To submit answers, shoot me an e-mail at senorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com, with "trivia" in the subject line.
The sixth question of Monday Minutiae is:
Today is the day before Major League Baseball's all-star game, which means it is the day of the home run hitting contest. Who is Bethany's career leader in home runs (baseball or softball)?
5. (July 6) Since their last World Series win in 1908, the Chicago Cubs have gained a reputation as lovable losers. But this has not always been the case. Who was president the last time the Cubs had a home game with attendance lower than the seating capacity of the Menno Lands? (Doubleheaders not included. Hint: The Menno Lands didn't exist, but Bethany did.)
4. (June 29) Since its inception last August, the Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week award has been given 39 times. What are the two surnames to receive the award in consecutive weeks?
3. (June 22) During the 1983-84 boys basketball season, one player made exactly 14 field goals in a game on three different occasions. Who was he?
2. (June 15) Who has the most doubles in the history of Bethany's softball program?
1. (June 8) Name the two players in Bethany baseball history with a batting average of .500 or better in a season (minimum 40 at bats).
Photo Friday #5
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The Goodyear blimp flies over the Menno Lands during a girls soccer game September 22, 2007. (Bleeding Bruin Blue file photo)
The Goodyear blimp flies over the Menno Lands during a girls soccer game September 22, 2007. (Bleeding Bruin Blue file photo)
Trivia Thursday #5
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Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday combine to make one set of trivia. At the end of June's questions, whoever has accumulated the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. To submit answers, shoot me an e-mail at senorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com, with "trivia" in the subject line.
Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday combine to make one set of trivia. At the end of June's questions, whoever has accumulated the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. To submit answers, shoot me an e-mail at senorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com, with "trivia" in the subject line.
Remember that both Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday are part of the same contest, so this is the third question of July and the tenth overall. The trivia winner for the month of June is 1988 alumnus Scott Bodiker.
The fifth Trivia Thursday question is:
The fifth Trivia Thursday question is:
When Argos traveled to Bethany for the de facto Northern Indiana Soccer Conference championship game Oct. 6, 2007, what Bruin player had his head stepped on?
1. (June 11) During the 2008-09 basketball season, Seth Kauffman dunked on four different occasions. Before Kauffman, who was the last Bruin to dunk in a game?
2. (June 18) Who was the first coach of Bethany's boys tennis team?
3. (June 25) How many wins does volleyball coach Lois Mast need to become the all-time winningest coach in Bethany volleyball history (by number of wins, not percentage)?
4. (July 2) In the event of a forfeited basketball game, what is the final score?
Handrich Signs with Goshen
NOMINATE FOR MENNO LANDS MEMORIESGOSHEN — Four-year cross country letterwinner Nick Handrich has signed a national letter of intent to continue his athletic and running careers at Goshen (Ind.) College, that institution announced yesterday. Handrich was named MVP of Bethany's 2008 team and won three varsity letters in baseball in addition to his cross country career. He is one of nine freshmen signed by Goshen coach Doug Yoder for the 2009 season, joining a maximum of seven returning underclassmen. The Maple Leafs compete in the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics and the Mid-Central College Conference, where they finished seventh in last season's conference meet.
Handrich will join Hannah Grieser (volleyball), Luke Slagel (baseball), Alita Yoder (cross country), and Lewis Caskey (soccer) as Bethany graduates at Goshen in 2009-10, while Jodi Stutzman will continue her softball career at Hesston (Kan.) College and several more athletes have not yet signed at various schools.
Monday Minutiae #5
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Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday combine to make one set of trivia. At the end of June's questions and again after July's, whoever has accumulated the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. To submit answers, shoot me an e-mail atsenorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com, with "trivia" in the subject line.
Remember that both Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday are part of the same contest, so this is the ninth total question and not just the fifth. Thanks to a slight auto-posting problem, several posts last week did not appear correctly. Therefore, the deadline for June's questions is moved back to Tuesday, July 7 at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
The fifth question of Monday Minutiae is:
Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday combine to make one set of trivia. At the end of June's questions and again after July's, whoever has accumulated the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. To submit answers, shoot me an e-mail atsenorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com, with "trivia" in the subject line.
The fifth question of Monday Minutiae is:
Since their last World Series win in 1908, the Chicago Cubs have gained a reputation as lovable losers. But this has not always been the case. Who was president the last time the Cubs had a home game with attendance lower than the seating capacity of the Menno Lands? (Doubleheaders not included. Hint: The Menno Lands didn't exist, but Bethany did.)
4. (June 29) Since its inception last August, the Bleeding Bruin Blue Athlete of the Week award has been given 39 times. What are the two surnames to receive the award in consecutive weeks?
3. (June 22) During the 1983-84 boys basketball season, one player made exactly 14 field goals in a game on three different occasions. Who was he?
2. (June 15) Who has the most doubles in the history of Bethany's softball program?
1. (June 8) Name the two players in Bethany baseball history with a batting average of .500 or better in a season (minimum 40 at bats).
Photo Friday #4
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Jesse Bontreger runs in a middle school cross country meet against Jimtown and Stanley Clark at Bodiker Field, Sept. 13, 2007. (Bleeding Bruin Blue file photo)
Have a photo you'd like to see? Let me know at senorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com.
Have a photo you'd like to see? Let me know at senorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com.
Trivia Thursday #4
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Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday combine to make one set of trivia. At the end of June's questions, whoever has accumulated the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. To submit answers, shoot me an e-mail at senorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com, with "trivia" in the subject line.
Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday combine to make one set of trivia. At the end of June's questions, whoever has accumulated the most correct answers will win a pair of tickets to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle. To submit answers, shoot me an e-mail at senorloco1908 (at) gmail (dot) com, with "trivia" in the subject line.
Remember that both Monday Minutiae and Trivia Thursday are part of the same contest, so this is the first question of July and the eighth overall. The deadline for June's questions is Monday, July 6 at noon Eastern Daylight Time.
The fourth Trivia Thursday question is:
In the event of a forfeited basketball game, what is the final score?
The fourth Trivia Thursday question is:
In the event of a forfeited basketball game, what is the final score?
1. (June 11) During the 2008-09 basketball season, Seth Kauffman dunked on four different occasions. Before Kauffman, who was the last Bruin to dunk in a game?
2. (June 18) Who was the first coach of Bethany's boys tennis team?
3 (June 25) How many wins does volleyball coach Lois Mast need to become the all-time winningest coach in Bethany volleyball history (by number of wins, not percentage)?
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