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Fall is hands down my favorite season. Not only does the weather begin to cool down, but we get to bust out our favorite jackets and scarves and play around with layers. Creating the perfect fall look is as easy as starting with a great jacket or sweater to which your whole outfit will revolve around. Think of your jacket as the most important fall piece in your wardrobe to dress up or down for any occasion.
As seen in many designers collections, paneled leather is big this year. Think of paneled leather jackets as the little brother to the full on motorcycle jacket, it has the cool factor that a leather jacket has, but with a bit more of a collegiate and everyday look that makes it a go-to staple in the fall months. Gap has constructed this great varsity jacket with leather sleeves and the traditional ribbed collars and hems to recreate this school look. This jacket is light enough to wear in the first few weeks of fall or pair with a scarf to bundle up as the temperatures drop even further approaching winter.
It's hard to not feel stylish wearing a leather jacket, preferably one that is cut in a biker style. This Ferragamo green leather/suede jacket combines two of the biggest trends of the moment. While the traditional black leather jacket has been emulated time and time again, Ferragamo adds their distinctive touch of sophistication by making it in a green hue and adding suede to reinvent the biker style.
Michael Bastian is king of adding edge to the traditional preppy style. This cardigan is the perfect example of how Bastian adds touches to his timeless pieces that make you stand out from the pack. The wolves knit into this cardigan send the message loud and clear, this isn't something gramps would knit and put under your Christmas tree.
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NanoFibre - for sensible generation of iPod playlists
I got a 4GB nano recently – nice, but my 18GB of music doesn't fit no matter how hard you squeeze.
Sure, iTunes can generate a nano-sized playlist for you, but if you happen to want to listen to full albums then you're stuck with manually populating the list. This utterly sucks, and is completely counter to the way the iPod should work.
So, I ended up creating a little app that can generate random album-based playlists. You can specify how big a playlist you want, and optionally install a launch agent daemon that will regenerate a playlist for you every night.
It's very much a needs-based app at the moment – eg I don't need an uninstaller for the launch agent, so there isn't one. I don't need to be able to specify a set of songs that must be included, so you can't. I don't need it to display ripples/smoke/gravity waves around the window while it generates a playlist, so…umm…it doesn't.
I'm including the source with this app in the hope that anyone who does have an uncatered-for need might fix it themselves and send me the changes.
Download it, and let me know how it goes.
Update : Ooops. I uploaded a broken version that effectively just created a random playlist for you, without bothering to make albums out of them. Not so useful…
Try this instead
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Community Living B.C. leaders given second term
Jul 10 2012
The B.C. government has reappointed the chairwoman and four directors of Community Living B.C.'s board less than a year after the agency admitted losing its way.
Social Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux announced the reappointments Friday, saying the incumbent directors will provide needed continuity as CLBC works to improve services for adults with developmental disabilities. She also named one new director.
"I've been working with the board now for nine months and they do understand better than most the challenges that we're dealing with at CLBC," Cadieux said. "I feel confident in their ability to assist us to get the necessary work done, and I think it's important to provide that stability during this time when there is so much change and so much that we're working on doing."
Board members serve three-year terms, and the minister has the option of extending them for three additional years.
Board chairwoman Denise Turner was given a second term on the 10-member board along with Mark Duncan, Norah Flaherty, Ernest Malone and Arn van Iersel.
John McCulloch, former vice-president of the Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports and former president of the Whole Dyslexia Society, was named to the board for the first time.
Community Living B.C. and its board came under heavy fire last year for pushing people out of group homes in an effort to save money and deal with a growing list of people waiting for services. In other cases, young people faced losing needed services once they turned 19 and CLBC took control of their care.
"On some occasions, CLBC lost sight of its core values and created stress and anxiety for individuals and their families," an interim report by the agency stated last November.
The problems prompted several reviews. Cadieux's predecessor was demoted, the former chief executive officer departed, earlier this year the government announced a $40-million boost in the agency's budget and a 12-point plan for renewal.
NDP critic Nicholas Simons questioned the government's commitment to real change when the same directors who oversaw many of the initial problems are given a second term.
"I don't see any real commitment to change other than buzzwords," he said. "It doesn't give me a lot of confidence that exactly the same people are making the same kinds of decisions informed by the same kinds of perspective."
Simons reiterated his party's call for an external review of Community Living B.C., saying that's the only way the public will have confidence that services to people with developmental disabilities will be improved.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Lena Gipson led the Broncos with 15 points and a game-high 10 rebounds as Santa Clara women's basketball fell 50-38 to Portland Saturday afternoon in West Coast Conference action at the Leavey Center. It is Gipson's 13 double-double of the season and third straight.
Elizabeth Doran kept her three-point field goal streak alive as she registered two treys for the Broncos, who dropped to 2-17 on the season and have yet to win a conference game (0-4). She has now tallied at least one three-pointer in 15 straight games. Sara Majors was hot off the boards once again, pulling down eight rebounds.
For Portland (9-8, 2-1 WCC), Tara Cronin led the game with 20 points and five steals. Allyson Sievers added 12 points and both Sievers and Cronin tied for a team-best seven rebounds.
The Pilots took early control of the scoreboard and climbed to a 9-4 lead with 14:08 to play on a layup from Sievers. The Broncos responded with a basket from Kathy Willinsky and a three-pointer from Doran to tie the game, 9-9, with 11:41 remaining. The score was tied one again by the Broncos before Santa Clara took its first lead of the game, 13-11, on a jumper by Maggie Goldenberger. However, Portland tied it back up and created a gap with six minutes to play. The Broncos held strong and cut the score within one point, 16-15, on free throws from Alyssa Shoji. But that was the closest they would get as the Pilots led 20-18 going into the second half.
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1. Raghav and Ritu Bahl's abode in New Delhi is designed with one corner wall in Intense Ocean. Photography by Gaurav and Thiru
2. Joerg Drechsel's living room painted in the blue-turquoise pigment and decorated with art pieces. Photography by Henry Wilson
3. Designer Krsna Mehta's Mumbai apartment displays a colour riot with one wall awashed in Intense Ocean and accentuated with wall arts.
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CVS Health announces that it has partnered with IBM's Watson business unit to begin exploring the use of predictive algorithms on a number of disease management projects. The pair intends to optimize Watson's algorithms to monitor CVS customers and forecast deterioration in health across a wide variety of chronic conditions. Chronic diseases account for an estimated 86 percent of the nation's health spending annually, and are a leading cause of death in the US. CVS will attempt to tackle this problem by monitoring patients that use its Minute Clinics, as well as any patients that it provides care for through its pharmacy benefits platform.
The pair will work to build an analytics platform that analyzes a wide variety of data sources, including: EHR data, pharmacy and medical claims information, wearables data, and environmental data. This information will be supplied to Watson, which will scrub the data sets to discover trends in patients that are declining in health and need to be seen by a doctor. One particularly valuable component of the new dataset is medication refill data, which will, to some degree, allow Watson to monitor medication adherence rates. Mike Rhodin, a senior vice president with IBM Watson, explains "The capabilities of the IBM Watson Health Cloud, when coupled with CVS Health's insights into medication utilization and patient behavior, could prove transformative for the industry."
CVS will take ownership of notifying the patient and their care team should the algorythms identify them as needing early interventions, coordinating earlier care and reducing acute on chronic episodes across a number of high-cost diseases. CVS will market its new service to insurers, health systems, and employers to act as a community liaison between patients and traditional brick and mortar health care providers, ultimately helping reduce the overall cost of care within the community. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed.
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Alexandra: Thank you for that clarification. I've always wondered about that. You said there is an actual infiltration of the Jesuits in the plan of the light forces, in your direct words. Is this like a daily occurrence within the resistance. What point does this infiltration begin to become a thing of the past. Is this ever going to stop even once the event goes down. Like this will never happen again.
Cobra : To clarify things, the Jesuit agents can not infiltrate the resistance, but they can infiltrate the light forces on the surface because they not always aware. It is having it's pique right now. Also the Jesuit agents are very much present in the CIA, which is involved in the mis-information on alternative blogs and alternative web-sites. At the time of the event all those agents will be either arrested or removed from positions of power. They will have no more influence on anything.
Alexandra: OK. Well good. You also said when the banks reopen after the event goes down, "those banks that survive will abide by the new financial system". My question is "those banks that survive" What determines that they survive.
Cobra : All the banks will be checked completely, their balances and books will be checked with their ties with the cabal. After all this is removed from the banking account, if there is any money left the banks will survive if there's no money left they will go bankrupt. Banks with strong ties to the Federal Reserve will be bankrupt because the Federal Reserve and the families which are behind the Fed Reserve and the Jesuits who are behind the families, behind the Federal Reserve will be removed from positions of power. The Fed Reserve was responsible – the Fed Reserve actually created a lot of misery on the planet the last 100 years. This will have to balance somehow. In this process most of those banks with strong ties to the Fed Reserve will have to go bankrupt.
Alexandra: OK. Well that's good news. The time has come hasn't it? (yes) You also mentioned – those who went beyond what is tolerable and acceptable in civilized society will have to answer some tough questions. There will be no witch hunts, but there needs be a fair trials. Will these trials be on a local level or handled more like the Nuremberg trials like there was a prosecution of prominent Political and Military leaders in Nazi germany. Will it be held like that?
Cobra : It will be a global televised event for the main members of the Cabal. For the rest of the people it will be taken locally.
Alexandra: Excellent. Cool. You also mentioned about the official first contact – there will be special individuals sightings and contacts especially between Pleiadians and those that are open to that, then they will go to the mass media and tell their stories. My question to you is: Will they know about the personal contact before time or will it be an instantaneous things. How will they know the contact is occurring? Is it going to be conscious, subconscious, telepathic or what.
Cobra : It will be a gradual process. First will be a general education of humanity by the mass media which will start at the event – about the existence of the ET races. Those people who volunteer for the first contact will be selected for the first contact before the first official contact. I'm speaking about individual experiences. Those individuals will have an actual physical landing with those ships and a physical interaction with those beings. A greeting and exchange of loving energy. In the first phase that's about it. Some of those individuals will be left with a present from the Pleiadians – which will be physical proof of their existence and their advanced technologies. Those beings and those people who will be contacted will go to the mass media share their stories and show the evidence .
Alexandra: Far out. This is getting very exciting Cobra. I was surprised about this. The US was a project of the light forces but it was hijacked by the Cabal. When the Cabal is removed the UN will be restructured in a way that will allow them to be true representatives of humanity. My question is: Has the light infiltrated the UN at this point and if not, why wouldn't they just disband them.?
Cobra : There are some representatives of the light forces in the UN and have been there for sometime working for the time of the first contact, consciously. It's an on-going project for several decades right now.
Alexandra: OK. It would actually be a lot more work if they disbanded.
Cobra : There is no need to disband the UN. It just needs to be re-structured. Most of the old infrastructure needs to be re-structured. The cabal removed. We don't need to destroy everything we just need to change it to a way to suit humanity and not serve the Cabal. This is the main thing we need to do.
Alexandra: That's a good point. It's not necessary that we clean the slate and start all over.
Cobra : No, it's not necessary. Most of that re-set with be spiritual and re-set in perspective. The physical infrastructure will be changed gradually because people need time to adapt to changes.
Alexandra: OK. OK. You did mention the light forces taking control of the mass media -that this was a very important part to help transition the planet through the event and also how it shapes human consciousness very effectively. There was a Dan Rather interview that was released, not quite sure of the date, but it was very timely in the release. It kind of blew my mind because it was coming out of the closet so to speak about the apprehension and fear of the reporters and how they go against the corporation. Is this an indication that the light has infiltrated the mass media a bit at this point.
Cobra : Yes…yes
Alexandra: Awesome. That's good. That's the kind of thing the ground crew loves to hear. To see some actual evidence. You also talked about the brotherhood of the Star. Could you talk a little bit more as to why do you hold them in such high esteem. You spoke very highly of them as a very positive nature light force faction.
Cobra : It is simply because they have reached a very high level of spiritual development. They have gone beyond most of duality in consciousness. They are incorruptible.
Alexandra: Wow, that's awesome. Cool. Where are they are located? You don't have to tell me specifically. In one particular part of the world? or network?
Cobra : No – many locations around the planet.
Alexandra: OK. that's what I figured. You also mentioned that the reason the event has taken so long to occur is because the light forces do not invade, they need to be invited. They have been invited. A lot of the ground crew is wondering: Why isn't conscious contact not being made available to us where we are aware of it, if that invitation has been presented. Is that because we would be in danger. Why?
Cobra : OK. there are many reason why the event has not happened yet. One of the reasons is: there was no formal invitation and now there is a formal invitation has been made many times and many ways. This is not the reason any more why the event has not happened. The main sub reason the event does not happen right at this moment is because that would be dangerous for some of the population. The Cabal still has enough power to do serious damage. This power needs to be reduced further so when the event happens it will not be dangerous for the human population.
Alexandra: OK. so basically contact is another potential element of endangering?
Cobra : I would say, any absolute proof, any absolute contact at this point would be very dangerous for the person being contacted and their loved ones. (wow) This is the main reason for today. There are other reason, but this is the main reason.
Alexandra: That clarifies things for a lot of people out there. You mentioned about the quarantine and how the status has been around 25,000 years. This is some confusion. I am not clear as to what was going down over 400,000 years ago. I thought we were under some sort of quarantine at that point. At what point were we not under control of the Draconian or Orion empire.
Cobra : Absolute control started 25,000 years ago, or one cosmic cycle ago. There was a dynamic balance between the light and dark forces. Both of them were present on the surface of the planet. If you choose the light you didn't want to have any interference from the dark forces. It wasn't a quarantine. Now it is.
Alexandra: What would you say to some of those that have mentioned they feel like they have done this a handful of times before. (Be more specific) They say they remember being at the stage of trying to free humanity before.
Cobra : Well there were attempts before, the last one 2000 years ago and those attempts failed.
Alexandra: OK. How many of those have gone down the last 25000 years.
Cobra : There were just a few of them and none have been successful. Now we are at a point where we are ready to do this.
Alexandra: OK. That makes more sense. Is there anything at all that can stop this at this point.
Cobra : No, No. Of course there could be delays as you have all experienced. It was planned in the year 2000, then it was planned to happen in 2012. Now it's 2014 and it still hasn't happened. There is a possibility of delays. Nothing can stop this. No force in the universe can stop this.
Alexandra: You also talked about the star-gate, the time window being opened from 1975-2025. You said "The transformation needs to be complete". Can you clarify what the transformation means. The event itself, or the full unfolding and cleaning up the planet and healing humanity, etc.
Cobra : The whole transformation including the event and the purification and healing of humanity needs to happen before the end of 2025.
Alexandra: Wow, so we have 11 years. OMG. OK. You also mentioned that when critical mass is achieved – with the mass meditations we would finally reach the point of the event. Are you feeling more successful with the critical mass statistics you are seeing right now with the meditations.
Cobra : Each time we reach a critical mass in activation we make a quantum leap and make a big step forward. (Awesome) Even when we don't reach critical mass it it will take a little longer. We can shorten the time towards the event by participating in the portals and activation's. And especially If more people would do the weekly liberation meditations that would be great. There is not so many people doing that. We're no where near the critical mass.
Alexandra: You guys all heard that. Meditations are religiously set and they are up on Cobra's site. Cobra, you also talked about advisors, teachers and instructors – would be not active but in the back-ground assisting people of the light force, right? (can you clarify this?). You mentioned when I was reading one of your transcripts that: The light forces will not be in the forefront – will be advisors, teachers and instructors and will not have an active role at first. Is it possible that those of us in he ground crew are part of this light force factions or are we definitely part of the light force factions without realizing it.
Cobra : I was speaking about the resistance movement – After the event the resistance movement will not make public appearances. They will not go on TV and start presenting things. They will contact some key individuals, present them with documents evidence and then those people will go on T.V. and start explaining things.
Alexandra: OK I'm open. (Yes, most likely you will be contacted.) Good. You talked about a flash of energy that started a purification process on May 25, 1975. It brought the surface awareness of the Cabal forward. Right? (yes) What do you attribute to realization, surface awareness in the year 2013? What is the number one biggest thing as far as the increase of awareness on the planet.
Cobra : The first one is the Snowden's revelations which increased the awareness of the mass of humanity that something is not right besides the financial system. They are becoming aware of the mass surveillance. This is a very good thing. (excellent) The second thing that happened is the removal of Muslim brotherhood from Egypt. That was actually a rehearsal for the event.
Alexandra: That was huge – that was outstanding. Do you feel that this whole thing going on with Syria and Iran, so much changes in the Middle east. It's been started many times as well as by you that war has been thwarted on a number of occasions by the light factions. Is it true that the boys and girls out on the battle field are shooting guns that they are not operating sometimes. They go back to the base and they function. When they go out on the battle field they stop functioning. Is that correct?
Cobra : There are a few incidences that this is happening.
Alexandra: It's not all across the board, but it's happening in pockets. This is to bring awareness to the military?
Cobra : This is to bring awareness and stop the insane killing as much as possible.
Alexandra: Yes, that's a given. You also talked to me about the nuclear explosions and how the light forces have basically nullified that. I've been getting questions from people asking "Why did this nuclear bomb go off on the east coast of the US". Can you please clarify?
Cobra : I was not referring to nuclear tests or diverted nuclear explosions. I was saying that there will be no human casualties from nuclear explosions. There are still military tests of nuclear devices taking place all over the planet. Not many, but they still happen.
Alexandra: OK. that really clarifies. People are saying "we thought this was done, we thought this was shut down". Apparently something came out of Russia -regarding the Japan nuclear disaster again.
Cobra : There are some empty threats and those things will not happen.
Alexandra: OK. People are really writing in about that. Is there anything else you can tell us about the incredibly major fear porn that is going on out there. Elevated radiation? which by the way is supposedly being proven by scientific software programs out there. Could you shed some light on that.
Cobra : I checked the web-site and these things are coming from 2011. There is a lot of fabrication of data and from some reliable source there is zero increase in california, and zero increase in Japan except close to Fukushima.
Alexandra: Thank you for that – we needed to hear that. Thanks for digging into that. People are saying that some of the things you are saying is in direct conflict or contradiction to some of the things Ben Fulford is saying – especially about the Vatican. He's saying "they're really turning things around. They are being more conscientious about the humans, etc" and you say this is a Jesuit tactic that they just want to play nice-guy and get everybody on board so they can bring in a false ET type thing. What is really, truly going on at this point with the Vatican and the new Pope.
Cobra : I told you already he is a Jesuit Pope promoting the Jesuit agenda. I'm not saying there are not good people in the Vatican. What is mainly happening right now is the Jesuits trying to hijack the financial system and promote their agenda and survive the event. They are master manipulators. Apparently Fulford believes them to a certain degree. He has very good intel sources, some of them, but he's not able to tell which is good and which is not.
Alexandra: This is key isn't it today- discernment.
Cobra : Yes. He has some very good sources.
Alexandra: Yes he does. Please explain to me – This was just mind blowing. There is a town called BB Arkansas – wildlife officials said that over 18M black birds fell to their death over a one mile area at midnight at the strike of New Years eve, going into new years day. Apparently this has happened 4 years in a row at this exact location – midnight new years. What is your suspicion? What is this about?
Cobra : I would need to check the story before I give you an answer. (OK) – send me a credible link to this story.
Alexandra: I will do that. Just so everybody knows – people ask: do you send Cobra these questions in advanced. No way. No way shape or form. Cobra tell them as well. I never provide anything to Cobra in advance. There is some interesting information coming through. A guy that started looking into data about time on earth. He is saying that all planetary orbital data is off by 13.5 days. He is showing it scientifically through the software he's been compiling. He took NASA's own data and noticed it didn't jive – wasn't working out like he's suggesting that it did. It started out to be 5 days off. In a 6 month period it moved from 5.5 to 13.5 days off. It was suggesting to him that the global consciousness and planetary frequency is speeding up and the vibration is becoming faster. What do you think?
Cobra : It's just speculation. If this was really happening we would notice it. There are simple ways to notice it – like with the phase of the moon. If there was such a time difference people would notice it.
Alexandra: Yes. OK. There were a couple little morsels in Fulford's stuff that I need feedback on as did other people. He mentioned that The debt forgiveness which was essential for the countries to being the reconstruction period. He said The cabal has agreed. Do you agree?
Cobra : There were some negotiations and certain factions of the Cabal theoretically agreed the debt forgiveness. This was a negotiation tactic and as you can see the debt forgiveness has not happened yet.
Alexandra: OK. You're not trusting it.
Cobra : No, it's negotiation tactic. I would not trust it. Until I see it happening. From the information I have the Debt forgiveness will happen at the event, as a part of the financial re-set triggered and enforced by the light forces on the surface of the planet when the Eastern Alliance will force banks to become bankrupt because they would like to cash out the bonds. It will be forced to go bankrupt for the astronomical amounts what is written on those bonds. This is not of course the Cabal saying – of course we'll give you the money. It's the other way around.
Alexandra: OK. Wow. Has something really been shaken in the cabal. He also mentioned something about Inner galactic commerce being the next step. How would that play out. How do we see intergalactic commerce being played out after the event.
Cobra : This will happen mostly after the first contact. First this planet needs to become a full member of the Galactic Confederation. There will be a cultural exchange and value exchange everywhere in the galaxy. It will be a natural process.
Alexandra: OK. You also, you probably read this part about the new republic if you recall the last article he put out. It was signed into existence and true when the big boys got the dinar done. They had to sign a gag order and swear allegiance to the new Republic of the US. Most were the people that were the unsung hero's were the US armed forces and agencies. Do you agree with that?
Cobra : I would not agree completely. There are some sources giving dis-information about the whole process.
Alexandra: OK. He mentioned the new currency being metal backed. Is that one and the same with gold back.
Cobra : It is not just gold it's precious metals – includes others, silver, platinum, palladium together with gold.
Alexandra: Make sure we get that clarified. He mentioned the re-set happening in Feb sometime, right after Jan 1. What happened on Jan first that you felt was so positive.
Cobra : There was a certain phase of a certain operation of the light that was complete. (Awesome) This operation has 3 phases. The second phase was complete today and the third will be complete in in about 2 week.
Alexandra: That's fantastic Cobra. Was it financially related, physically, military?
Cobra : I can not say. Certain shifts happening as a consequence of this.
Alexandra: OK. awesome. Thank you. He is also is stating that the Cabal has struck a deal – this deal is to allow the R.V., global re-set and all changes to go forward now, including the F&P and prosperity packages. yes they're all coming out and for the next 2 months everything is allowed to move forward. What do you think about that statement.
Cobra : The way the whole idea is presented is not based on reality. The re-evaluation is not the key element here, the re-set is. (That makes sense) The way things are presented is not based on reality.
Alexandra: There is so much emphasis on the R.V. and the dinar. Is that truly a CIA operation?
Cobra : Yes.
Alexandra: Even now -(YES) wow, that's too bad.
Cobra : It's a distraction tactic – people put so much energy into that.
Alexandra: Yes, that's true. I've been there too. It really slows your life down. You are waiting for a package to arrive. Waiting for money to arrive.
Cobra : I will put it this way: There will be no packages arriving before the event. It's not a wise idea. Do not count on that.
Alexandra: I can second that. During the late 90's when the prosperity programs were going on with Kadowsky and Clyde hood. We saw countless people loosing their homes and loosing health, loosing their cars and jobs because they got so obsessed with waiting for their packages to arrive.
Cobra : Yes, I'm aware of this. All prosperity programs that are Cabal based still going on. They will be doing this until the last moment to keep control of the financial system until the re-set of the computer program that runs the financial system. I 'm not expecting any financial releases to the masses before the event. Unless something unexpected happens which is possible, but unlikely. I will not count on that.
Alexandra: You've been consistent on that. Basically the financial shift will not happen until after the event.
Cobra : At the event – out of the event itself.
Alexandra: Cool – You've mentioned that there are a couple of different Chinese royal families that are involved in this. Some are light and some are not so much of the light. Fulford said that they are buying dinar's from the Americans as a part of the RV as a way to stimulate our economy. Do you agree.
Cobra : I would rather say the Chinese are buying gold as much as possible because they know what is coming.
Alexandra – And that's it, there's nothing more to it than that?.
Cobra : I think that's it. It's enough.
Alexandra: A lot of people are talking of the US in 1871 the act of the US becoming a corporation. A lot of people are always referring to: we've got to get back to the constitution. We've talked about bringing in a new political system that is 'for the for the people people by the people with the people'." Do you or not agree, don't we basically need to go back to the declaration of independence more of the republic rather than the constitution.
Cobra : They are related. It's a gradual process. People need to go through all the phases.
Alexandra: Hmmmm. The constitution basically got hacked because they could have a board meeting that they can vote this down and it's not going to happen. There's a lot of hype right now about the Fed reserve supposedly having their charter ended. The Federal Reserve act was pass passed over the Christmas break. Is it or is it not true on the Dec 23, 2013 the Fed. Reserve became abolished.
Cobra : Not in practice. Even if the charter has expired it can be easily renewed and this is exactly what happened.
Alexandra: I want people to be aware of that. It's under the constitutional law. Correct? (Yes) It's a corporate agreement. It's not for our good and best interest folks. He also mentioned that people are resigning from their offices and undoubtedly will be prosecuted for maneuvering and finagling some of the 32/dollar/hr dinar purchasing. Supposedly there are arrests and prosecutions going down for this. Is it true?
Cobra : Yes it is true.
Alexandra: Yes, Oh good. Is this something that's going to make itself known in the news?
Cobra : It was in the news – alternative media.
Alexandra: I'm talking more about the people that are getting prosecuted and resigning form their position. Is that going to be obvious to us?
Cobra : There are some arrests made in the mid level management. This is not a big fish yet.
Alexandra: OK He (Ben Fulford) also said that this was a big sting operation. Do you agree with that as well. (Referring to?) He's referring to – they were basically set up. Many congressional seat holders and big whigs allowed to IQD holdings to safe keeping receipts – at a various rate of expected exchange – which was substantially below the rumored rate below the 32/rate – the same people were allowed to convert them from SKR to guaranteed fund rates receipts. At the same time they were allowed the 10% the GFR rate. They were allowed with the express promise that this said cash would not be used to purchase more IQD's. We are currently advised that many violated. They're saying thousands violated this. This is how they got them to resign and be prosecuted.
Cobra : I will put it this way. When the whole story about the Iraqi dinar comes out – the whole story which is (massive). This will be a shock to many people. (OMG) I would say to stay out of this. This is not the way to do things.
Alexandra: OK. do you agree that our off world brothers and sisters have diverted many incoming asteroids and comets to prevent damage to the world.
Cobra : Yes, I agree.
Alexandra: Good. OK. Do you agree that the Fed government has "run out of funds to provide US military pensioners" like they're not receiving their pensions any more- as of the 28th.
Cobra : The money has been pipelined into the Cabal – they need more money to survive and keep the matrix running.
Alexandra: OK. Is this truly a case, or are they able to get their pension back or is this propaganda to put people in fear and panic.
Cobra : There is a possibility that situation will be back to normal. There is an increase tension and increase presence, pressure on the whole financial field. This is a side affect of that pressure.
Alexandra: I sure hope that it does work for our veterans. Pope francis came out that they stated that they will start ordaining women as cardinals, bishops and priests. A – Do you believe that is true. B – Is this another tactic to provide a feel-good response from the public about the Vatican.
Cobra : The vatican was considering this as a possibility for a lot of time. We will see what happens. This does not change their basic strategy. The strategy of the Jesuits that I have explained so many time.
Alexandra: Are you familiar with Jamal al Jamal – familiar with? The palestinian foreign minister? (not really) He was trying to open a safe at his home – this last month, and he was blown up with his safe. Because he was an ambassador, if you haven't heard of him you probably don't know what is going on with it. Just curious if you had heard anything. This is interesting – there is some information floating around – that plutonium launched to hit Saturn. Do you agree
Cobra : There was a part of a secret space program. There were some experiments made. Also some launched toward jupiter. Those things are not allowed any more.
Alexandra: Good. Why Saturn. Is it because this is the planet of responsibilities and tasks and lessons and it affect us us on an emotional level. Why would the cabal do that?
Cobra : They did this experiment with all the major planets in the solar system at a certain point, not just with Saturn.
Alexandra: So we were just being in a petri dish to see how we reacted to that?
Cobra : Humanity will not tolerate it. They wanted to have a better understanding how matter behaved under extreme circumstances.
Alexandra: Do you agree (this is another floating around) – do you agree that there are the Reptilian, the Grey's and the Zeta Riticuli. Are the Zeta Riticuli still a problem, are they still considered part of the darker faction.
Cobra : They are not a problem any more. They have crossed over to the light. They have been instructed by the galactic confederation. They are actively assisting in the liberation of the planet.
Alexandra: Interesting. They are saying that a lot of these alien races who have been subservient to the Reptilians – they are kind of playing their games – they are willing to provide information and work with the light factions in order to get the reptilians to be brought down in order for themselves to be brought up to a higher level of hierarchy.
Cobra : No – this is not a hierarchal thing. This is conscious cooperation of the universe. After the Zeta Riticuli received their emotional healing – they began actively cooperating with and started helping the confederation.
Alexandra: That is good news. You've talked many many times that they are not allowing the abductions of humans. Is that correct.
Cobra : This is not happening any more.
Alexandra: Why are people still feeling and experiencing abductions?
Cobra : There are some isolated cases after Feb of last year. There were some remnants of that technology present in a certain way. I didn't hear of any cases happening after Feb of last year
Alexandra : OK. Feb of 2013
Cobra : Feb of 2013 (yes)
Alexandra: I want to read this to you: "from a higher being involved itself from material things, as a kind of falling from higher evolution in this respect Darwin's evolution the concept of man- evolving from monkeys was in reverse of the actualities that mankind in fact lifted monkeys into higher beings that the evolution came from above as the higher forces entered into matter, played with matter and involved the matter to become part of the make up of the higher beings. It's not that the material creation evolved to create higher consciousness but the other way around but that the conscious entered into material energy to give that form and life." What do you think
Cobra : I agree with most of this.
Alexandra: I thought that was very profound and interesting. It's also said that only 1% of Snowden's documents have been released. Why is that?
Cobra : There are many reason. One of the reason's is it's a huge amount of data. The amount of data that needs to be manually processed. Most of that data is not interesting. 2nd part is that some of it is so sensitive it has not been released yet. Don't worry there will be more coming. Don't worry.
Alexandra: OK. I just loved what you said. There is a warning from Russia – they are warning families in the US of an eminent asteroid impact in the Atlantic ocean. Can you talk about that? Is that true?
Cobra : No. There was an asteroid crash in the ocean on new years day crashed in Atlantic – It was a very small object. It was not dangerous.
Alexandra: Do we have any concerns about fallout from Ison.
Cobra : Absolutely zero. That comet has absolutely and completely disintegrated to nothing. It does not exist any more. None.
Alexandra: No fall out (no). What do you think about this quan-o-rito virus – it was suspiciously stollen from Galveston national laboratories. Now there's all this hype about people having very mysterious illnesses and dying. Wondering what you thought of that.
Cobra : This is happening all the time in the past few decades. Viruses get stollen. There is a lot of genetic experimentation on the virus. Illnesses are being created. It goes on and on. Nothing real dangerous will come out of it. It will be prevented.
Alexandra: I wanted to also talk about the chemtrails have been amazingly less as of late. We've gone 4 or 5 days with out a lot of chemtrails. I did have a thought the other day and I wanted to know what you thought. There's a part of So. California where you drive up to a basin and it's incredibly smoggy. It's like a horseshoe of mountains – smog comes in from the ocean and gets trapped there. It's pretty much all year long. I had to drive up there and It was the first time I saw it and I was blown away. I had this realization that not only Chemtrails being cleared up but the cleaning up the skies period – removing the smog, excess metals etc that are floating around. Is that true?
Cobra : Yes, exactly what is happening.
Alexandra: I had a huge Ah ha when I saw that. Not only are they getting rid of the chemtrails but they are cleaning up the air. I just wanted people to think of chemtrails in a different way. There is more intel that came across my desk. There is supposedly Russian, Chinese and German troops on US soil and they are planing on going to DC to make arrests. Is this true?
Cobra : I can not answer this question.
Alexandra: OK. They're also saying that nuclear arsenals in the Middle East are not working. They're Not functioning at all. Do you agree with that
Cobra : Not functioning at certain conditions. There is a certain way light forces can block nuclear weapons from harming human beings.
Alexandra: Also Cobra, you talked about the gathering of the prior and current presidents in Africa – one of the things that was interesting when I put this together was to see the amount that had occurred through the year 2013 in the country of Africa. Is this even more of a hot spot than the mid-east. Is this more of a turning point than the mid-east.
Cobra : No I wouldn't say that. This is just one of the strategic important points for the light forces and for the Cabal.
Alexandra: They're also stating as of Midnight all US dollars became counterfeit. They say don't panic, and blah blah blah. This has been flying all over the place. What is your feeling about the US dollar. There's been a lot of, not panic, but people hearing how China is buying up all the gold and now they're no longer using the dollar for any kind of trade. Where do we stand with our dollars right now. Supposedly they just printed some new hundred dollar bills.
Cobra : It is not in the interest of the light forces to devalue the dollar. At the time of the event there might be a small devaluation of the dollar, but nothing drastic. (OK) There is a plan of the Illuminati to devalue the dollar but they will not be successful in that.
Alexandra: I also want to state, wouldn't this have happened a long time ago if we hadn't had intervention from the light.
Cobra : Without intervention of light this planet would not be habitable at this moment. (I agree). No one would be present here.
Alexandra: Take it a step further – wouldn't the fact that we are having a roof over our head and having an economy still churning, isn't that because of the result of the galactics?
Cobra : Yes, this is possible only because of the many interventions of the light forces.
Alexandra: Restructure the way you are thinking. We are being so assisted. Do you agree that there is too much invested in other planets and civilization – they have as much invested as we do. Do you agree?
Cobra : I don't quite understand your question.
Alexandra: Because the universe is based on sound and we're too immature to have the weapons we already have, which is nuclear and such, the fact that we dropped the bomb in WWII – that affected many many civilizations and races negatively. Isn't this as important to them to help us through this process than it is for us to survive.
Cobra : They would like to help humanity because they love humanity. They would like to have humans as one big happy family. They have reached that state and they would like to share that with the rest of us. This is all.
Alexandra: It has nothing to do with their survival?
Cobra : No, they have everything. They don't need anything from us.
Alexandra: I have read in several articles that because of the fact that the core ingredient in all the universe is sound and that which we have done here has negatively impacted other solar systems and galaxies. Is that not the case
Cobra : Not possible. There is a certain tachyonic membrane around the earth that prevents any harmful energy including sound from propagating beyond this barrier. So humanity, or the Cabal can not affect anything beyond that barrier.
Alexandra: Wow – That's a major heads up for me. At this point is there anything else you want to update us on? for this week? Any updates.
Cobra : I would simply say that there are many people who would like the event to happen now – and I completely understand this. I would like to tell them that the resistance movement is aware of the conditions on the surface of this planet. The resistance movement is aware that many people are not in good conditions. There are many people who need assistance now. They know that triggering the event before the optimal moment could cause more damage than solve problems. The Cabal would do many crazy things that are not prevented in advance.
Alexandra: You've said this many many times. (yes, it's true) It's such a fine line in how aggressive can the light forces be without wiping out pockets of humanity.
Cobra : It's a very delicate hostage situation. The liberation forces would like to set the hostages free without killing them.
Alexandra: It's such a drag, but we are making progress and you do feel like we are making progress and we've begun this year with a bang, literally .
Cobra : Yes, big progress being made especially there are. Some operations that I mentioned before that have been very successful and very critical for the advancement of the light forces.
Alexandra: That's fantastic Cobra. As usual I thank you for all of your information. I tell people all the time, the reason I put a lot of work into this – trust me, it takes a lot of time to get the questions together for Cobra . As you can see Cobra is a very serious guy, he just likes to get down to business. Huh Cobra?
Cobra : Yes – I want this planet to be liberated as soon as possible. This is primary to keep me running right now.
Alexandra: Definitely. I thank you I wish everyone a happy new year. Remember that we are making a difference in how we see and think our reality. Keep up the positive thoughts and the intentions of knowing that we are creating a beautiful world. If any of you have questions about implant removal please go to the top of my daily blog. With that said, Thank you for listening to galacticconnection.com I wish everyone a wonderful rest of the week. Thanks Cobra.
Cobra : thank everyone for listening and victory of the light!
Alexandra: yea, victory of the light. Yea! Bye.
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Until a few years ago, I hadn´t really thought about heaven and hell. I was a Christian because of the benefits it brought me in this life. However I began to ponder what was meant by Jesus being my Saviour. What has he saved me from? At that time I read a book by John Bunyan called ´Visions of Heaven and Hell´. Some argue that John Bunyan couldn´t have written this. Nevertheless it made heaven and hell more real to me. I realised then what Jesus had saved me from. It was hell. I was hungry to know more and read ´A Divine Revelation of Hell´ by Mary Baxter. I also went to a website called ´divinerevelations.info´ and started listening to all sorts of testimonies from people claiming to have had out-of-body experiences in which they were taken to heaven and/or hell.
These testimonies were filled with accounts of dead people (souls) experiencing the most horrendous suffering in hell. Could it be true? For my part, I believed the testimonies and it spurred me on to evangelise more zealously than I had ever done before. Surely, I thought, there is no other message so important to a person than that they avoid this place called hell. I had to warn people about hell and tell them that the only way to escape it was to believe and trust in Jesus. And so now I had a passion! I must try to save as many as possible. The Bible says ´whosoever believes shall not perish´. Therefore the onus is surely on the people to believe. Correct? After all, isn´t this the basic gospel message?
Since this basic gospel message was not being proclaimed at the church I was currently attending, I decided to try another church. So I started attending a Baptist church nearby. Here the gospel message was preached faithfully and regularly. To my mind, perhaps too regularly given the fact that the whole congregation was undoubtedly Christian! This church didn´t have the contemporary style of worship I was accustomed to. Instead, we sang hymns accompanied by a piano. In place of the often wishy-washy lyrics of modern choruses, we had hymns with Bible-based lyrics which had stood the test of time and which often contained a sermon in and of themselves. And the preaching was strongly Bible-grounded. And it was here that I began to learn about something I had only ever heard about in passing. Calvinism.
Calvinism states, amongst other things that God has predestined us to be saved and that salvation is entirely of God. We are so utterly ´depraved´ that we are not even capable of responding to God´s invitation to believe in Jesus such that we might be saved. God has to first of all work in us to enable us to respond to his invitation. Without a doubt, such a statement is based squarely on what the Bible says. It means that a person cannot ever lose their salvation because it has already been predetermined that they will be saved. So it´s a comfort and an assurance to the Christian. But what if a person becomes a Christian but then years down the line, jettisons their faith and denies Jesus. If you ask a Calvinist about such a person they will tell you that the person never actually became a proper Christian and therefore wasn´t actually saved. But of course by the same token, that could equally apply to all of us who think we are Christians. How can we be sure that at some future date, we too might not fall away? What was meant to be assurance for us has become the opposite!
Furthermore, if a person´s eternal condition has already been determined by God, what is the point then in evangelising? I think the only real answer to this is that Jesus mandated us to evangelise. Nevertheless, it´s easier to be motivated to evangelise if you consider that there is no predetermination and that each person has to decide for themselves whether to believe in Jesus or not.
To muddy the waters even more, I continued to visit ´divinerevelations.info´ and read accounts of people who claim to have been taken to hell. Some accounts reveal that there are actually Christians in hell. These Christians believed in Jesus but did not obey him. They trusted in him as their Saviour but harboured bitterness in their hearts, told lies, committed adultery etc. Some accounts even show Christians in hell for not tithing or keeping the Sabbath holy. If these accounts are true (and perhaps they are not), how can any Christian then be certain of their salvation?
So, today I find myself alternating (1) between my previous church (where my wife goes) and the Baptist church (2) between Calvinism and Armenianism thinking and (3) between works-based and grace-based salvation thinking. One totally mixed up Christian! Perhaps this is what Paul was thinking when he wrote ´work out your own salvation with fear and trembling´.


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There's something about Adam Giambrone's last second run for the NDP nomination in Scarborough-Guildwood that really bothers me. In a post that's rightfully received a lot of traction on social media, Audra Williams (@audrawilliams) does the heavy lifting of describing why Giambrone's surprise appearance in Scarborough feels so greasy. Williams spreads a wide net, highlighting Giambrone's personal failings, his ethnicity (or lack thereof) and the failings of the nomination process. But for me, it's all about a process that seems at best to have been gamed, and a worst, rigged.
Zach Paikin, a person who fits both the old (money) and new (sex/race) definitions of privilege wasn't comfortable seeing his Giambrone besmirched in this way and took to the Huffington Post to respond. His response, which I'll pick apart in this post, is an object study in how not to defend someone.
First, why are we talking about Adam Giambrone at all.
A party insider, Giambrone, who was, until his nomination, in charge of finding and vetting candidates for the NDP, sees an opportunity, in the form of the recently called by-elections, to get back into the poltical spotlight. Seeing no particular conflict of interest, Giambrone nominates himself to be a candidate, mobilizes sufficient support and knocks off his competition, Amarjeet Chhabraa, candidate who presumably was also vetted by Giambrone.
Willaims, the aforementioned blogger, go about detailing why this seems to greasy and Zach Paikin, the…whatever he is, takes to HuffPo to offer a vigourous defense of Giambrone.
Paikin begins by assuring us that he'll try to set aside his political feelings (he's a "card-carrying Liberal" — Liberals give out cards?) and be objective about the whole thing, but later discloses that he and Giambrone are old drinking buddies. Not disclosed, but equally relevant, is that Giambrone was a featured speaker at Paikin's laughably poncey Rosedale Club. So, while Paikin may take off his Liberal hat, he's clearly using his position to defend his pal. Fair enough, I suppose. But it's nice to know this kind of thing going in.
Paikin sets out 6 points for refuttation (really 5, he does one point twice) and I will address his comments on those same points. Let's dig in…
1) "Giambrone has zero ties to Scarborough"
To this first point, Paikin replies, "So, what?" Well, I guess if opportunism is your game, then "So, what?" would be an appropriate answer. We're a long way down the "running where you don't live" rabbit hole to get into too much of a twist about this issue, but I can assure you that "HE DOESN'T EVEN LIVE HERE!" is a line all the parties have used at one time or another when the situation suits them.
2) "Giambrone is a "white dude."
Again, it's a "So, what?" asnwer. As I said above, the macro details of this nomination are so shady that one doesn't even need to understand that he butted in front of a woman belonging to a visible minority to get mad about it. Now, he did butt in front of a woman belonging to a visible minority, but the party allowed and supported it. So at whom should we really be directing our anger? A greasy party employee/candidate, or a greasy party?
What's so funny about Paikin's response is that he brings up that Giambrone has a funny last name and is probably the descendant of an immigrant, which makes him a totally rad multi-culti candidate. I guess I shouldn't expect a kid who organized a discussion on native issues and invited Ernie Eves and Jon Kay to be featured speakers to understand why that argument is so silly.
3) "Giambrone 'previously ran for Mayor but then had to quit the race after lying about sex.'"
Paikin suggests the media shouldn't have broken the story about Giambrone's sex life and that he's already "paid the political price." I wonder if young Zach would say the same thing about the reporting on Rob Ford's drug problems. Not that I think a crappy personal life and a drug addiction are parallels, but some people might think they are. That's why it's nice to have the news report on all these things. I don't expect politicians to have perfect home lives, but I do expect to be relatively stand up about it. Giambrone wasn't. That's relevant.
4) "Giambrone 'was co-chair of the Candidate Selection Committee of the NDP'"
OK, I have to print Paikin's response verbatim because he says it all.
"I'm shocked! A person using their official position within a political party to advance their political career! That has never happened before!"
That's your response, Zach? Dirty politics are politics as usual and that makes Giambrone's conduct acceptable? Jesus, I don't want to make jokes about Paikin being a stereotypical Liberal, but sometimes obvious material has to be done because it's just so damned obvious.
What's equally hilarious is that Paikin's response tells us that he also believes Giambrone used his position in the NDP to get ahead. Sheesh, some friend Zach turned out to be! The next time they meet at the pub for pints of champagne it's gonna be awkward.
5) "Giambrone had initialy encouraged his would-be opponent to run for the nomination."
Without citing any evidence, Paikin claims that Giambrone's opponent for the nomination, Amarjeet Chhabraa, didn't sell enough nominations and that's why she lost. Are we to believe that the NDP runs its nominations process like a high school funding drive in which the best seller wins? Of course we know that isn't the case, so what do memberships have to do with anything?
Oh, I get it…Chhabraa didn't sell enough memberships so Giambrone had to sweep in and save the day, is that it? Paikin's position seems to be that his drinking buddy gamed his position within the NDP to win the nomination in Scarborough-Guildwood, but only did so because he had to save a flagging membership drive. Have I got that right? Drivel.
6) "Giambrone is a 'White Guy.'"
The white guy thing again. This really pisses Zach off. After making an attempt at humour (don't quit your day job, Zach), Paikin decides to play Mr. Congeniality, suggesting that we ought to judge people based on their ideas, not their identity.
You hear this a lot from Paikin, usually in defense of his silly "Rosedale Club", a suit-and-tie only, scotch and cigars gabfest organized by Paikin as a way to hobnob with important people, feel important himself, and get writing gigs. To him it's obviously not inappropriate to organize a discussion on native issues and not invite any native people, because white guys have good ideas too. Well, sure, if the bar you're setting is, "ideas, in and of themselves, are enough" then I suppose anyone's ideas on any subject are valid. They're not, of course. If Twitter teaches you anything (those who are paying attention, anyway) it's that there a lot of people who know a hell of a lot more about any particular subject than you do, and you ought to listen to those people.
But forget all that. Paikin's buddy needed defending and young Zach was equal to task. Well, if the goal was to out Giambrone as a political insider who used his position and priviledge to get something he hadn't earned, then it was a job well done.
Like I said…the pub's gonna be some awkward for a while.


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MONTGOMERY – The Alabama High School Athletic Association Central Board of Control approved the financial reports for all fall sports at Wednesday's annual Winter Central Board meeting at the AHSAA Office.
The Board approved reports for the Super 7 football championships, volleyball, cross country and swimming and approved the 2017 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Game financial report as well. The game was played at Hattiesburg (MS) last December.
The Central Board reviewed legislative proposals that were submitted in January by member schools prior to the board meeting. The AHSAA Legislative Council will vote on the proposals at April's Legislative Council meeting. Schools are being surveyed this month for their input.
In other Central Board action:
-- Reviewed a football playoff comparison (for the first four rounds).
-- Approved expenses for the upcoming 2017 State Basketball Tournament.
-- Heard a presentation from St. Paul's Episcopal
-- Was updated concerning NFHS E-Sports
MONTGOMERY — Austin's Asa Martin was named the 36th recipient of the Alabama Sports Writers Association's Mr. Football Award Tuesday at the ASWA's annual Player of the Year Awards luncheon, presented by the Alabama High School Athletic Directors and Coaches Association. The luncheon was held at the Renaissance Hotel at the Convention Center in Montgomery.
Martin, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound senior running back, rushed for 2,228 yards this season on 198 carries with 33 touchdowns, while adding two more scores and 399 yards on 20 receptions. The Black Bears went 12-1 on the year before losing 51-50 in the quarterfinals in overtime to eventual state champion Pinson Valley. Martin also rushed for more than 1,300 yards as a sophomore at Austin, but attended school out of state as a junior. Martin graduated in December and is attending Auburn.
Martin, who was also named the ASWA's Class 6A Back of the Year for 2017, finished with 170 points and 10 first-place votes in ballots cast by the ASWA's prep committee, while Pinson Valley quarterback junior Bo Nix was second with 144 points. Thompson quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa, selected Class 7A Back of the Year, was third with 143. Both Nix and Tagovailoa had one first-place vote, while Central-Phenix City wide receiver Justin Ross — who finished fourth with 111 points — had two firsts. Beaureguard's La'Damian Webb, the 2016 Mr. Football, and 2017 Class 5A Back of the Year, was seventh with 64 points, behind Park Crossing's Tank Jenkins (66) and Thompson's Ahmad Edwards (65). All were named to the ASWA Super 12. Rounding out the Top 12 were offensive lineman Pierce Quick, Hewitt-Trussville; running back Jermaine Brown, St. Luke's Episcopal; offensive lineman Clay Webb, Oxford; quarterback/defensive back Cardavion Myers, Piedmont; and quarterback J.D. Martin, Wetumpka.
In winning the Mr. Football, Martin becomes the fifth running back to win the award in the last seven years and second player from North Alabama in four years, joining Kerryon Johnson of Madison Academy in 2014. He is the first player from the Decatur area to win the award.
ASWA 2017 Back and Lineman of the Year Recipients
Class 7A
Back of the Year: Taulia Tagovailoa, Thompson, quarterback
Lineman of the Year: Pierce Quick, Hewitt-Trussville, offensive lineman
Class 6A
Back of the Year: Asa Martin, Austin, running back
Lineman of the Year: Marcus Jenkins, Park Crossing, defensive lineman
Class 5A
Back of the Year: La'Damian Webb, Beauregard, running back
Lineman of the Year: Malik Langham, Lee-Huntsville, defensive lineman
Class 4A
Back of the Year: Symon Smith, UMS-Wright, running back
Lineman of the Year: Caleb Storie, Rogers, linebacker
Class 3A
Back of the Year: Cardavion Myers, Piedmont, quarterback/defensive back
Lineman of the Year: Andres Fox, Mobile Christian, defensive lineman
Class 2A
Back of the Year: Jermaine Brown, St. Luke's Episcopal, running back/quarterback
Lineman of the Year: Baraskious Dowdell, Lanett, defensive lineman
Class 1A
Back of the Year: Shamar Lewis, Sweet Water, running back
Lineman of the Year: Devin March, Houston County, defensive lineman
Back of the Year: Griffin McKenzie, Monroe Academy, quarterback
Lineman of the Year: Trace Ott, Autauga Academy, offensive lineman
BIRMINGHAM – Arab High School out-pointed Cleburne County 34-30 Saturday afternoon to win the Knights' second straight Class 1A/5A Wrestling Duals tournament championship at the Birmingham CrossPlex's Bill Harris Arena.
Coach Mike Pruitt's Knights (41-1) appeared to break the match open winning the 106 and 113-pound matches. The finals started with the 160-pound match, and after six matches Arab was clinging to a 16-9 lead. That's when Jacob Holland won his match over Anthony Chapman in the 106-pound match with a pin at 37 seconds. Joseph Martin followed in quick fashion to win his match over Brennen Butler even quicker – in 17 seconds. The two falls put the Knights up 28-6.
Cleburne County (17-1), coached by Rusty Mayfield, clawed back quickly, however, with Dylan Turner winning a tough 5-0 decision over Arab's Dakota Martin, 5-0, in the 120-pound match, Mathew Williamson pinned Bronson Jackson in the 126-pound match, followed by pins at 126, 132 and 145 pounds by Mathew Williamson, Shane Beason and Zachary Williams, respectively, to close the gap to 31-30 heading into the final match.
And just like the 6A and 7A finals, the championship came down to the final match between 152-pound competitors Clay Jones of Arab and Zachary Williams of Cleburne County. It turned out to be the most exciting match of the day with Jones holding on for a 5-2 decision to give the Knights the title.
Bob Jones won the Class 7A Duals title over Thompson, 34-29, earlier in the day, and Oxford won the Class 6A Duals title Friday night beating Gardendale 30-23. AHSAA wrestling teams return to regular season action next week, before advancing to the playoffs with Super Sectional meets at Garrett Coliseum (South) in Montgomery and the Bill Harris Arena (North) in two weeks.
Arab (40-1) vs. Cleburne County (17-0)
106 pounds: Jacob Holland, Arab, pinned Anthony Champion, Cleburne County, 0:37.
113 pounds: Joseph Martin, Arab, pinned Brennen Butler, Cleburne County, 0:17.
120 pounds: Dylan Turner, Cleburne County dec. Dakota Martin, Arab, 5-0.
126 pounds: Mathew Williamson, Cleburne County, pinned Bronson Jackson, Arab, 3:44.
132 pounds: Shane Beason, Cleburne County, pinned Caleb Whaley, Arab, 5:16.
138 pounds: Garrett McClendon, Arab, dec. Preston Jarrell, Cleburne County, 11-4.
145 pounds: Zachary Williams, Cleburne County, pinned Jonathan Morgan, Arab, 1:34.
152 pounds: Clay Jones, Arab, dec. Christopher Higgins, Cleburne County, 5-2.
160 pounds: Anthony Camp, Arab, pinned Jason Higgins, Cleburne County, 3:28.
170 pounds: Cade Smith, Cleburne County, dec. Sam Atchley, Arab, 7-5.
182 pounds: Ryan Morelan, Arab, dec. Wes Salter, Cleburne County, 10-3.
195 pounds: Christian Seale, Cleburne County, pinned Jacob McNeal, Arab, 3:00.
220 pounds: Jack Tindall, Arab, dec. Ryan Day, Cleburne County, 5-2.
285 pounds: Gage Mason, Arab, dec. Brandon Rogers, Cleburne County, 3-0.
BIRMINGHAM – Bob Jones High School downed Thompson 34-29 in the finals Saturday to claim the AHSAA Class 7A Wrestling Duals tournament championship at the Birmingham CrossPlex's Bill Harris Arena.
The Patriots of Coach Matt Sweatman went into the final match Saturday nursing a slim 31-29 lead. The title boiled down to the 170-pound battle between Nick Mothersele of Bob Jones and William Browder of Thompson. Neither wrestler disappointed the crowd with the match going down to final seconds before Mothersele emerged with an 11-8 decision and Patriots improved to 22-1 in dual matches this season.
Zaderian Toney (113 pounds) and Seth Dupree (220) won their matches for Bob Jones with pins Saturday, while Thompson's Chandler Akins (126), Gabe Hixenbaugh (132), Jackson Araneta (145) and Seth Whitlock (285) posted pins for the Warriors of Coach Sean Weltzin.
The best match of the finals came in the 138-pound match between Bob Jones' Jordan Whalen and Thompson's Nathan Roberts. Whalen emerged with a 5-3 decision.
Oxford won the Class 6A Duals title Friday night beating Gardendale 30-23. Defending Class 1A/5A Duals champion Arab was scheduled to meet Cleburne County in the 2018 finals Saturday afternoon.
AHSAA Wrestling Duals
Bob Jones (22-1) 34, Thompson 29
106 pounds: Dylan Lesueur, Thompson dec. Jim Wilson, Bob Jones, technical fall, 21-5.
113 pounds: Zaderian Toney, Bob Jones, pinned Harris Mitchell, Thompson, 1:55.
120 pounds: Kevin McGhaw, Bob Jones, dec. Judah Campbell, Thompson, 8-5.
126 pounds: Chandler Akins, Thompson, pinned Zaveon Toney, Bob Jones, 1:10.
132 pounds: Gabe Hixenbaugh, Thompson, pinned Parker Snyder, Bob Jones, 2:51.
138 pounds: Jordan Whalen, Bob Jones, dec. Nathan Roberts, Thompson, 5-3.
145 pounds: Jackson Araneta, Thompson pinned David Onquit, Bob Jones 5:32 .
152 pounds: Cal Francovitch, Bob Jones dec. Ashunti Perry, Thompson, 7-5.
160 pounds: Gabriel Pittman, Bob Jones, dec. Tyler Gilson, Thompson, 5-2.
170 pounds: Nick Mothersele, Bob Jones, dec. William Browder, Thompson, 11-8.
182 pounds: George Frankovitch, Bob Jones, major dec. Alex Ward, Thompson, 14-6.
195 pounds: Harold Gilmore, Bob Jones dec. Isaac McAdams, Thompson, 7-0.
220 pounds: Seth Dupree, Bob Jones, pinned Aubrey Glidewell, Thompson, 1:34.
285 pounds: Seth Whitlock, Thompson, pinned Jordan Aycock, Bob Jones, 4:25.
BIRMINGHAM – Oxford High School junior Clay Webb pinned Gardendale's Dawson in the final match at of the AHSAA Wrestling Duals Class 6A finals at the Birmingham CrossPlex's Bill Harris Arena Friday night at 0:50 to give the defending champs a 30-23 victory.
Coach Matt Hicks' Yellow Jackets led the Rockets (30-8) by a one point, 24-23 heading into the final match after Gardendale's 220-pounder Trevon Tanniehill pinned Oxford's Koby Shumate at 5:12. The Rockets forfeited at 195 pounds, however, and those six points proved critical in the end.
Gardendale's Alex Webb won the 106-pound match to start the contest with a pin over Kaleb Shelton at 3:03 to give the Rockets a quick 6-0 lead. Oxford rebounded to win at 113, 126, 132, 138, 152 and 160 pounds, however.
The 2018 AHSAA Duals Tournament finals continue Saturday with Thompson and Bob Jones squaring off at 1 p.m., at Bill Harris Arena in the Class 7A championship match. Arab and Cleburne County will follow in the 1A/5A finals at 4 p.m.
AHSAA Wrestling Duals
Oxford 30, Gardendale 23
PELHAM – Southside-Gadsden won the AHSAA Girls' State Bowling Championship for the second straight season and Buckhorn captured the boys' state title for the first time in school history as the third annual AHSAA State Boys' and Girls' Bowling Championships concluded at Pelham's Oak Mountain Lanes Friday.
Southside, coached by Zachary Blume, beat Stanhope Elmore in the championship match Friday afternoon by 101 pins, 1,408 to 1,307. The Lady Panthers outscored the Mustangs 918-794 in the traditional round and then overcame a 185-148 deficit in the second Baker format game to close with a 177 to seal the win. Stanhope also posted a 177 but the 124-pin deficit in the traditional game was too much to overcome. Ashlee Hull rolled a 228 in the traditionalgame and Grace Ann Clontz, a 226, for the Panthers. Kacey Marshal had a 210 for Stanhope Elmore.
Stanhope Elmore reached the finals with a 1,302-1,282 win over Sparkman in the semis. Southside used another strong traditional round to beat Auburn 1,302 -1,153 in the other semifinal match. Freshman Jessica Clontz rolled a 194 to pace the Panthers.
Macey Fields of Capitol School bowled a 231 in the first round of the championship bracket Friday for the top individual game for the girls. Thompson, which captured top seed on Thursday, was eliminated by Auburn in the quarterfinals, 1129-1,077.
Buckhorn Beats Vestavia Hills in Finals
The Bucks finished strong in the traditional round of the finals with junior Jackson Stiles rolling three strikes on the final frame to close a big Rebels lead to reduce a 100-pin lead to just 69 on the way to a 1,547-1,493 victory to claim the championship. Coach Brittney Carnell's Bucks rode that momentum into the Baker games winning 233-166 in the first one, 194-189 in the second and 224-173 in the final game. Stiles finished the state tournament with a 1,578 series total for the seven traditional games, best in the meet, and finished with a 212 in the championship match. The Rebels, coached by Todd Evans, were led by Boris Lu, who had a seven-game series of 1,505 – second only to Stiles.
Vestavia Hills, which captured top seed on Thursday, beat Thompson in the semifinals 1,685-1,503 and Buckhorn downed Grissom by just 21 pins 1,477-1,456.
Malcolm Porter of Southside-Gadsden rolled the high traditional game on Friday with a 278 in a first-round loss to Vestavia Hills.
Complete team and individual results and can be found at www.ahsaa.com under the bowling section of in-season sports.
Oak Mountain Lanes, Pelham
Friday's Championship Bracket
Vestavia Hills 1,536, Southside-Gadsden 1.348
Daphne 1,435, James Clemens 1,408
Thompson 1,586, Baker 1,342
Hartselle 1,523, Stanhope Elmore 1,290
Buckhorn 1,622, Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 1,333
East Limestone 1,426, Auburn 1,391
Spain Park 1,519, Hoover 1,490
Grissom 1,462, Gadsden City 1,289
Vestavia Hills 1,583, Daphne 1,464
Thompson 1,502, Hartselle 1,388
Buckhorn 1,581, East Limestone 1,393
Grissom 1,670, Spain Park 1,453
Vestavia Hills 1,685, Thompson 1,503
Buckhorn 1,477, Grissom 1,456
Buckhorn 1,547, Vestavia Hills 1,493 (Buckhorn is state boys' champs)
Thompson 1,239, East Limestone 990
Auburn 1,120, Grissom 1,102
Hartselle 1,157, Daphne 1,048
Southside-Gadsden 1,319, Capitol School 1,103
Sparkman 1,303, Pleasant Grove 985
Etowah 1,102, Pinson Valley 1,031
Beauregard 1,109, Satsuma 1,024
Stanhope Elmore 1,074, Mary Montgomery 946
Auburn 1,129, Thompson 1,077
Southside-Gadsden 1,208, Hartselle 1,034
Sparkman 1,330, Etowah 1,214
Stanhope Elmore 1,199, Beauregard 1,158
Southside-Gadsden 1,302, Auburn 1,153
Stanhope Elmore 1,302, Sparkman 1,282
Southside-Gadsden 1,408, Stanhope Elmore 1,307
Round 1
1,032 Buckhorn
1,004 Vestavia Hills
991 Thompson
Baker Format
246 Thompson
233 Hoover
228 Hoover
992 Thompson
979 Grissom
975 Buckhorn
Baker Format
246 Grissom
235 Buckhorn
223 Grissom
223 Vestavia Hills
1,005 Vestavia Hills
Baker Format
246 Vestavia Hills
230 Vestavia Hills
207 Buckhorn
965 Vestavia Hills
896 Buckhorn
Baker Format
233 Buckhorn
224 Buckhorn
Round 1
849 Sparkman
843 Southside-Gadsden
783 Thompson
Baker Format
189 Southside-Gadsden
166 Stanhope Elmore
164 Hartselle
807 Etowah
796 Sparkman
794 Stanhope Elmore
Baker Format
199 Stanhope Elmore
193 Thompson
186 Sparkman
807 Etowah
796 Sparkman
794 Stanhope Elmore
Baker Format
199 Stanhope Elmore
193 Thompson
186 Sparkman
918 Southside-Gadsden
794 Stanhope Elmore
Baker Format
185 Southside-Gadsden
177 Southside-Gadsden
177 Stanhope Elmore
(7 traditional games, including Thursday)
1,578 Jackson Stiles, Buckhorn
1,505 Boris Lu, Vestavia Hills
1,503 Justin Byrd, Buckhorn
Round 1
278 Malcolm Porter, Southside-Gadsden
257 Jackson Stiles, Buckhorn
245 William Stirling, James Clemens
268 Justin Byrd, Buckhorn
244 Caleb Farmer, Thompson
236 Terrance Kendall, Grissom
241 Jacob Acker, Thompson
237 Mason Maners, Vestavia Hills
223 Boris Lu, Vestavia Hills
247 Boris Lu, Vestavia Hills
224 Peyton Hughes, Buckhorn
212 Beau Reed, Vestavia Hills
Overall Traditional Series
(7 Games including Thursday)
1,282 Kacey Marshal, Stanhope Elmore
1,258 Grace Ann Clontz, Southside-Gadsden
1,255 Jessica Clontz, Southside-Gadsden
First Round
PELHAM – Vestavia Hills High School's boys and Thompson's girls took the early lead after two rounds of three traditional bowling rounds Thursday in the seeding round of the third annual AHSAA State Boys' and Girls" Bowling Championships, which got under way Thursday at Pelham's Oak Mountain Lanes, at 12:30 p.m..
Vestavia Hills rolled 1,027 and 1,010 for a two-game total of 2,037 pins to take a 67-pin lead over Buckhorn, which was second at 1,970 with one round remaining Thursday. Thompson led Stanhope Elmore by a slimmer 34-pin margin after completing two of the three seeding rounds. The Lady Rebels had a two-game 1,730 total and Stanhope Elmore was second at 1,696.
After Thursday's competition, each school will be seeded for Friday's Championship Bracket.
A total of 16 boys' teams and 16 girls' teams are competing in each division with the eight teams qualifying from each of last week's regional qualifying tournaments. Today's round consists of three traditional games by each team (five players) with the total pins for each team deciding Friday's championship bracket head-to-head Baker format bowling. All 16 teams in each division will be seeded based on total pins from today's traditional three-game series bowling. Friday's first round of the championship bracket starts at 8 a.m. The quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will follow with the championship matches for boys and girls scheduled for Friday afternoon.
Cullman High School's NFHS Network School Broadcast Program directed by John Drake will provide the video live-streaming of the finals Friday. The link for the NFHS Network's subscriber-based live video stream is: http://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/ahsaa/85d72a726d
Information on how to sign up can be found at www.nfhsnetwork.com.
Junior Beau Reed was red-hot for Vestavia Hills, coached by Todd Evans, in Thursday's first two rounds. He rolled games of 34 and 247 for a two-game total of 481 to post an 11-pin lead over Nathan Shutt of Hartselle, who had a 202-268—470. Brendan Ferris of East Limestone was third at 469 with a high game of 247. A total of 32 boys bowled 200 or higher in the first round with Jalen Johnson of Spain Park scoring a 279 for the best game. Shutt's 268 led the second round, which listed 24 boys' scores at 200 or better.
Thompson Coach Chris Hollingsworth's Lady Warriors built their early led in large part on the performance of sophomore Gillian Baker. She recorded games of 256 and 264 in the first two traditional rounds to carry a 520 series into Thursday's final round, which was still underway. Both scores bested the current high game (245) in the AHSAA playoffs set by Morgan Mullinax of Pelham in the 2016 South Regional. Meghan Best of Stanhope Elmore was second to Baker Thursday after two solid games of 221 and 208 for a 429 total. Five girls had 200 or better scores in the first round Thursday, and six topped 200 in the second round. The girls' third round was also still underway at 3:30.
Complete team and individual results can be found at www.ahsaa.com under the bowling section of in-season sports.
Oak Mountain Lanes, Pelham
Thursday's Results
Team Scores after 2 of 3 traditional rounds
Vestavia Hills 2,037
Buckhorn 1,970
Grissom 1,965
Hartselle 1,965
Thompson 1,965
Spain Park 1,923
James Clemens 1,878
Hoover 1,873
Auburn 1,851
Daphne 1,845
Stanhope Elmore 1,797
East Limestone 1,760
Baker 1,744
Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 1,620
Southside-Gadsden 1,560
Gadsden City 1,520
Thompson 1,730
Stanhope Elmore 1,696
Sparkman 1,536
Southside-Gadsden 1,529
Auburn 1,506
Hartselle 1,488
Etowah 1,475
Satsuma 1,436
Beauregard 1,376
Grissom 1,374
Pinson Valley 1,360
Daphne 1,289
Capitol School 1,282
Mary Montgomery 1,278
Pleasant Grove 1,251
East Limestone 1,250
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (After 2 rounds)
Beau Reed, Vestavia Hills 234-247—481
Nathan Shutt, Hartselle 202-268—470
Brendan Ferris, East Limestone 247-222—469
Landon Masters, Thompson 223-229—452
Jackson Stiles, Buckhorn 257-294—451
Justin Byrd, Buckhorn 236-209—445
Ian Coleman, Hartselle 236-204—440
Jalen Johnson, Spain Park 279-161—440
Peyton Hughes, Buckhorn 222-216—438
Kenny Ealy, Hoover 245-186—431
Josh Wilson, Stanhope Elmore 245-186—431
Gillian Baker, Thompson 256-264—520
Meghan Best, Stanhope Elmore 221-208—429
Kaitlin Blackmon, Beauregard 164-221—385
Hallie Herring, Grissom 223-154—377
T'Krah Gibbs, Etowah 192-176—368
Jessica Clontz, Southside-Gad. 173-194—367
Jacqueline Beard, Sparkman 172-183—355
Michaela Simon, Satsuma 178-176—354
Macy Fields, Capitol School 214-135—349
Camille Mask, M. Montgomery 133-214—347
The AHSAA was saddened to learn of the recent death of Coach Willie Averett. Mr. Averett, 90, who served 33 of his 35 years in Monroe County as a successful teacher, basketball coach and athletic director at J. F. Shields High School, was inducted into the Alabama High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. Our prayers and condolences go out to the Mr. Averett's family and his extended J.F. Shields High School family.
He guided the 1972 team, led by John Drew, to its first-ever state championship. He also coached Tony Stallworth, the AHSAA's current Associate Executive Director. The highly respected coach was selected to coach in the in the North-South all-star game and received coach-of-the-year honors three times. The school gym is named in his honor. He is a graduate of Georgiana Training High School and Alabama State University.
"Coach Averett was a legend in many ways," said Stallworth. "I can personally give him credit for my career decisions upon leaving high school. He inspired me by the way he approached his physical education classes. He always taught the rules and skills of each activity before the physical aspect. His words were "You can't play a sport if you don't know anything about it." He taught by example, which inspired each one of us to perform to the highest.
"I was also amazed with his coaching and game management during athletic events. Coach was tough and demanding and was a devout Christian man who always put God first. He was my mentor. I credit any successes in my life as a teacher, coach and administrator to him. The last conversation I had with him was an emotional one where he once again told me how proud he was of (former teammate) Jerome Sanders and myself for keeping his dream alive in the coaching profession. We both thanked him for being such a major influence and strong model in our lives. He will be a legend forever."
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, January, 24, at 11 a.m., at Friendship Baptist Church in Georgiana.
MONTGOMERY – Headland High School senior guard Daveon Taylor stands just 5-foot-4. However, in last Friday's 91-77 victory over Rehobeth, Taylor stood taller than all the rest with 37 points, including 11 3-point goals, for the Rams.
Meanwhile, just west of Headland in near-by Samson, senior LaTascya Duff was busy scoring 50 points as the Tigers downed defending Class 2A state girls' champion Geneva County 81-37. The victory was the 400th career win for Duff's coach Chad McKnight. Both performances captured this week's AHSAA Basketball Spotlight.
"Dameon was on fire," said Headland Coach Mike Henry of his floor leader. "It was just a gigantic effort from a great kid."
Taylor finished 11-of-26 from the 3-point arc (42.3%) and the Rams (13-9) finished the game 14 of 44 with teammate Jailan Simpson sinking the other three. Rehobeth (12-10) also made 10 of 36 with both teams combining to attempt 80 3-pointers to tie the AHSAA single-game state record set earlier this month by Plainview and North Sand Mountain.
The 11 treys by Taylor were the most in a game in the AHSAA since Plainview's Koby Tinker sank 11-of-20 attempted in a 93-42 win over DAR last season. He was 17-of-22 in that effort. James Raines of Berry and Chance McCarver of Section also sank 11 treys in a game in 2016 and 2010, respectively, which ranks sixth best in the AHSAA. The record (17), was set by Fred Turner of Wilcox Central in a 96-54 win over Francis Marion in 2011.
Huff scored 42 of her 50 points in the first half as Samson (21-2) beat the Lady Bulldogs (13-9) to improve to 19-0 this season against in-state opponents. The Tigers are 2-2 versus out-of-state competition. Duff, who is averaging over 30 points per game this season, finished with six 3-pointers and was 8-of-8 at the foul line. The 50-point effort was the first in the AHSAA since Brewbaker Tech's Biancha Jackson scored 58 last season in a win over Greenville. Jackson is now a freshman at NCAA Division I defending national champion South Carolina.
The AHSAA girls' single-game record (63) was set in 1991 by Houston Academy's Carlee Bevis in a win over Bayside Academy. Sunshine's Raven Mitchell had 61 in a win over Akron in 1997 and Taurus Pyles of Birmingham-Phillips scored 61 that same season.
Other top performances reported include:
ANNISTON GIRLS' TOURNEY DOMINANCE CONTINUES: The Lady Bulldogs won the Calhoun County Tournament for the 18th time with a 59-55 win over Oxford at Jacksonville State's Pete Mathews Coliseum. The win in the finals was Anniston's fourth in the last five years for Coach Eddie Bullock. Center Toniah Foster earned MVP honors with 20 points and five rebounds in the finals. Allasha Dudley was named best offensive player in the tournament. She finished with 10 points in the championship game.
DIANTE WOOD LEADS SACRED HEART TO TITLE: Scored 22 points to lead the Cardinals past Oxford 66-61 in the finals of the Calhoun County tournament at Jacksonville State. He and became just the second player in the tourney's long history to earn Best Defensive Player, Best Offensive Player and MVP. Len Stafford was the first, winning all three individual awards for Oxford at the 1983 tournament.
STRAUGHN POST KINSAUL'S 400TH WIN: Teammates Allie Kelley and Colby Adams had 18 and 10 points, respectively as the Bulldogs beat Slocomb 47-41 – giving head coach Scott Kinsaul a milestone victory, No. 400 of his prep coaching career.
LIOR BERMAN, MOUNTAIN BROOK: Nailed two free throws with six seconds remaining to lead the defending Class 7A state champs to a 58-56 win over Huffman (21-3). Trendon Watford, Mountain Brook's 6-foot-8 junior, had 24 points and 12 rebounds, including eight points in the fourth period. His bucket with 1:14 to play tied the game at 56-56. Jeremiah Williams had 22 for the Vikings. The Spartans (22-5) and Huffman are now tied at 3-1 in 7A, Area 6.
CURTIS SOWELS, BLOUNT: Sank two free throws with 5.8 seconds remaining to lift the Leopards past LeFlore 49-47. He scored 10 of his 12 points in the fourth period.
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