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His much-anticipated album isn't due in stores untiil August 21st, but Keepin' It Country fave JT Hodges released the track listing this morning via Instagram. The self-titled album is his debut with a major record label, and we can't wait to get our hands on it!
Here's the track-listing:
Rather Be Wrong Than Lonely
Sleepy Little Town
Hunt You Down
Give It One More Night
When I Stop Crying
Goodbyes Made You Mine
Leaving Me Later
Right About Now
Rhythm Of The Radio
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Anyone who has a kid spends an enormous amount of his or her reading time with children's books. This can be painful…The thing is, I love reading to my son, and there is almost nothing that thrills me more than when he begs me for just one more chapter. That he loves books is one of my greatest satisfactions. I just don't always love his books. That's why, when we first started The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo, I hesitated.
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The Spokane Police Department has identified the four officers involved in the shooting that took place on January 17th near Truth Ministries in east Spokane. The press release issued by Monique Cotton from the Spokane Police Department stated that the four officers have more than 30 years of combined experience with the department and all four currently work on Patrol. The names and commendations of the officers involved are listed below. Cotton said that not all of the officers listed fired shots. Ofc. Holton Widhalm: 6 year SPD veteran and Field Training Officer (FTO) · Received the Lifesaving Award in 2009 for his quick response and work to get a suicidal woman down from the Monroe Street Bridge. · Received the Lifesaving Award in 2011 for his quick response and work to resuscitate a person who had attempted to commit suicide. · Received the Employee of the Month Award in 2011 for his work on Patrol. · Received Commendations in 2008, 2009 and 2011 for assisting in the location of a stolen vehicle, his response to an armed suspect on the Gonzaga Campus, and his assistance in Possession of Stolen Property, Forgery, and Theft investigation. · Served as an Eastern Washington University police officer from 2002 – 2007.Ofc. Michael Schneider: 6 year SPD veteran and member of Tactical Team (TAC) · Received Commendations in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 for his prompt and professional response to a Burglary incident, his assistance during a citizen ride-along, his assistance in aiding the family of a Spokane Valley murder victim, his assistance in providing testimony in a court case, his response and teamwork in a homicide investigation, and his calm and prompt response to a citizen report of a male making threats. · Graduated from the Spokane Police Academy in 2004. Worked as a law enforcement officer for the Washington State Gambling Commission from 2004 – 2007.Ofc. Christopher Conrath: 3 year SPD veteran and member of Tactical Team (TAC) · Received Commendations in 2010, 2011 and 2013 for his detailed report writing and assistance to the Prosecutor's Office, his response and work to de-escalate a potentially violent citizen dispute, and for his professional and compassionate response to a DUI incident involving injuries to four children. · Served as SPD Reserve Officer from May 2008 – June 2010. He is currently a mentor for our Reserve, Co-op and Explorer volunteer programs.Sgt. Terry Preuninger: 21 year SPD veteran and member of SWAT · Received the Lifesaving Award in 2011 for his communication with and ultimate rescue of a suicidal female on the Monroe Street Bridge. · Received the Medal of Merit in 2010 for his dedication to a number of SPD programs (SWAT, Reserves, Co-Ops, Workplace Violence Prevention Training, etc.). · Received the Chief's Citation Award in 2004 for his work on the SWAT Team. · Received Commendations in 1994 (x4), 1995, 1996, 1997 (x3), 1998, 1999 (x2), 2000, 2001 (x2), 2002 (x3), 2003 (x2), 2004 (x4), 2006 (x3), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (x4), 2011 (x2) for excellence in SWAT, TAC and Workplace Violence Prevention Training, His assistance in the execution of a search warrant in a fraud investigation, his quick response to a pharmacy robbery incident, his de-escalation of a hostile burglary suspect, his assistance in the arrest of a Minnesota fugitive, his professionalism in responding to a call with a barricaded subject, his assistance in the peaceful execution of a high risk search warrant, his kindness and empathy in responding to a murder/suicide incident, his response and subsequent arrest of a suspect in a burglary in progress call, his assistance in the arrest of a felon in possession of a firearm suspect, his professional and compassionate response to a shooting incident, and his professional and strategic response to a report of a man with a gun who was making threats to kill. · Sgt. Preuninger has been involved in one other Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) incident in 1994, involving a domestic violence call, with a female armed with a gun. When she aimed at officers, officers fired shots. After an investigation into this incident, the use of deadly force was determined to be justified by the Spokane County Prosecutor's Office.


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The mother of an Albany man charged with a double murder here makes an emotional plea asking police to continue to investigate the crime.
"I just want them to let my son come home. I just want them to let my son come home because he didn't do anything wrong. He didn't do anything wrong," cried Enchantra Warren.
Enchantra Warren is the mother of 18-year-old Desmond Warren, who is charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in connection with the March drive by shooting on Willard Avenue that killed 20-year-olds Desmond Williams and William Davis.
Warren and three other men are in jail charged with the murders. "I'm not going to sit around and let them do this to my son because I love my son and he didn't do anything," said Warren.
Now, relatives are speaking out for their loved one. Warren's uncle says his nephew was at home at the time of the crime and couldn't possibly have been involved.
"Desmond came home between 7:30 pm and 8 pm and he didn't go anywhere until about 1 or 2 o'clock that afternoon the next day. He was sitting back here watching TV in the backroom," said Rufus Jackson.
APD officials told us by phone this evening that the case is still ongoing and active case, but they say they would not have charged Warren if they didn't have sufficient evidence.
Still this mother is convinced that her son is wrongly accused and is praying for the person who did commit the crime.
"I know my son didn't do anything. I know he's innocent, so whoever thinking that he did it, baby all I can do is pray for you. God knows who did it and I pray to God they catch whoever did it, but it is not my son," cried Warren.
She says the truth will reveal itself.
Albany Police are still looking into this case. They ask anyone who has information about what happened to call Crimestoppers at 436-TIPS.
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Missa Bay, LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of Ready Pac Foods, Inc., of Swedesboro, NJ has issued a voluntary recall of nearly 300,000 individual units of fruit, vegetable, and sandwich products containing apples, because the apples may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. No illnesses have been reported in association with this voluntary recall.
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Research Description
How does the visual cortex learn to see and interpret visual information from the outside world? How is information stored in the brain? After all, the brain has no central processing unit to control actions and no memory storage banks to keep track of information. There is only a vast network of interconnected neurons.
Today, there is good evidence supporting the notion that learning and memory occur at least in part at the synaptic connections that exist between neurons of the brain. The idea is that events in the outside world cause particular patterns of activity in subpopulations of neurons in the cortex. In turn, these activity patterns bring about changes in connective strengths among these neurons. Such changes, which are known as synaptic plasticity, are a means of storing information in neuronal circuits, and the particulars of the activity patterns that determine synaptic plasticity are known as cellular learning rules. The storage of information via changes in connective strength thus result in re-wiring of cortical sub-networks, in turn leading to particular connectivity motifs that subserve certain computational features and that in effect store specific bits of information. Consequently, there exist close links between spatio-temporal activity patterns in neuronal assemblies, connectivity motifs, and the cortical computatations that bring about detection and recall.
To understand how the brain works, it is therefore essential to know the properties and the mechanistic underpinnings of cellular learning rules, as well as their functional impact in the intact brain. In addition, we need to know the connectivity patterns that ensue from particular learning rules and how these are shaped by stimuli in the outside world. Only then can the impact on brain functioning of drugs such as marijuana, or pathology such as epilepsy, be fully appreciated.
Our starting point is Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity (STDP) in visual cortical microcircuits. In the STDP learning paradigm, whether synaptic strengthening and weakening is brought about depends critically on the relative millisecond timing of spiking activity in connected pairs of cells. Although the precise outcome depends on the brain region that is investigated, typically pre before postsynaptic spiking activity repeated within a couple of tens of milliseconds results in synaptic strengthening, whereas the opposite temporal order evokes weakening of synaptic connections. Because spikes are in some sense the atoms of neuronal activity, the STDP paradigm provides exquisite experimental control, which is a first critical step toward dissecting the complexities of neocortical learning rules. However, our research is not limited to the mechanisms and impact of STDP; indeed, several forms of plasticity depend critically on local dendritic spikes in the absence of the more global action potentials that underlie STDP.
To understand synaptic plasticity in visual cortical circuits, my lab employs several state-of-the-art approaches: quadruple whole-cell recordings, two-photon laser scanning microscopy, two-photon glutamate uncaging, and computer simulations.
Research Activities
The impact of cellular learning rules on information storage and on the organization of functional connectivity in neocortical circuits
experience-dependent cortical plasticity, circuits underlying sensory processing and behaviour
Education Description
UCL Collaborators
Prof Angus Silver; Dr Thomas Mrsic-Flogel; Prof Michael Hausser
External Collaborators
- Blackman AV, Grabuschnig S, Legenstein R, Sjöström PJ (2014). A comparison of manual neuronal reconstruction from biocytin histology or 2-photon imaging: morphometry and computer modeling.. Front Neuroanat, 8, 65 - . doi:10.3389/fnana.2014.00065
- Blackman AV, Abrahamsson T, Costa RP, Lalanne T, Sjöström PJ (2013). Target-cell-specific short-term plasticity in local circuits.. Front Synaptic Neurosci, 5, 11 - . doi:10.3389/fnsyn.2013.00011
- Costa RP, Sjöström PJ, van Rossum MC (2013). Probabilistic inference of short-term synaptic plasticity in neocortical microcircuits.. Front Comput Neurosci, 7, 75 - . doi:10.3389/fncom.2013.00075
- Costa RP, Watt AJ, Sjöström PJ (2013). How to train a neuron.. Elife, 2, e00491 - . doi:10.7554/eLife.00491
- Buchanan KA, Blackman AV, Moreau AW, Elgar D, Costa RP, Lalanne T, Tudor Jones AA, Oyrer J, Sjostrom PJ (2012). Target-Specific Expression of Presynaptic NMDA Receptors in Neocortical Microcircuits. Neuron, 75, 451 - 466. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2012.06.017
- Markram H, Gerstner W, Sjöström PJ (2011). A history of spike-timing-dependent plasticity.. Front Synaptic Neurosci, 3, 4 - . doi:10.3389/fnsyn.2011.00004
- Ko H, Hofer SB, Pichler B, Buchanan KA, Sjöström PJ, Mrsic-Flogel TD (2011). Functional specificity of local synaptic connections in neocortical networks.. Nature, 473(7345), 87 - 91. doi:10.1038/nature09880
- Costa RP, Sjöström PJ (2011). One cell to rule them all, and in the dendrites bind them.. Front Synaptic Neurosci, 3, 5 - . doi:10.3389/fnsyn.2011.00005
- Watt AJ, Cuntz H, Mori M, Nusser Z, Sjostrom PJ, Hausser M (2010). Traveling waves in developing cerebellar cortex mediated by asymmetrical Purkinje cell connectivity. NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH, 68, E37 - E37. doi:10.1016/j.neures.2010.07.408
- Buchanan KA, Sjöström PJ (2009). A piece of the neocortical puzzle: the pyramid-Martinotti cell reciprocating principle.. J Physiol, 587(Pt 22), 5301 - 5302. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2009.182980
- Watt AJ, Cuntz H, Mori M, Nusser Z, Sjostrom PJ, Hausser M (2009). Traveling waves in developing cerebellar cortex mediated by asymmetrical Purkinje cell connectivity. Nature Neuroscience, 12(4), 463 - 473.
- Sjöström PJ, Rancz EA, Roth A, Häusser M (2008). Dendritic Excitability and Synaptic Plasticity. Physiological Reviews, 88, 769 - 840. doi:10.1152/physrev.00016.2007
- Sjostrom PJ, Turrigiano GG, Nelson SB (2007). Multiple forms of long-term plasticity at unitary neocortical layer 5 synapses (vol 52, pg 176, 2007). NEUROPHARMACOLOGY, 52(4), 1197 - 1197. doi:10.1016/j.neuropharm.2006.12.006
- Sjostrom PT, G G Nelson SB (2007). Multiple forms of long-term plasticity at unitary neocortical layer 5 synapses. Neuropharmacology, 52, 176 - 184.
- Varshney LR, Sjostrom PJ, Chklovskii DB (2006). Optimal Information Storage in Noisy Synapses under Resource Constraints. Neuron, 52(3), 409 - 423. doi:10.1016/jneuron.2006.10.017
- Varshney LR, Sjöström PJ, Chklovskii DB (2006). Optimal information storage in noisy synapses under resource constraints.. Neuron, 52(3), 409 - 423. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2006.10.017
- Sjostrom PJ, Hausser M (2006). A cooperative switch determines the sign of synaptic plasticity in distal dendrites of neocortical pyramidal neurons. Neuron, 51(2), 227 - 238. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2006.06.017
- Duguid I, Sjostrom PJ (2006). Novel presynaptic mechanisms for coincidence detection in synaptic plasticity. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 16(3), 312 - 322.
- Song S, Sjostrom PJ, Reigl M, Nelson S, Chklovskii DB (2005). Highly nonrandom features of synaptic connectivity in local cortical circuits (vol 3, pg e68, 2005). PLOS BIOL, 3(10), 1838 - 1838. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030350
- Song S, Sjostrom PJ, Reigl M, Nelson S, Chklovskii DB (2005). Highly nonrandom features of synaptic connectivity in local cortical circuits. PLoS Biology, 3(3), e68 - .
- Watt AJ, Sjostrom PJ, Häusser M, Nelson SB, Turrigiano GG (2004). A proportional but slower NMDA potentiation follows AMPA potentiation in LTP.. Nature Neuroscience, 7(5), 518 - 524.
- Sjostrom PJ, Turrigiano GG, Nelson SB (2004). Endocannabinoid-dependent neocortical layer-5 LTD in the absence of postsynaptic spiking. Journal of Neurophysiology, 92(6), 3338 - 3343.
- Sjostrom PJ, Turrigiano GG, Nelson SB (2003). Neocortical LTD via coincident activation of presynaptic NMDA and cannabinoid receptors. Neuron, 39(4), 641 - 654. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00476-8
- Sjostrom P, Nelson SB, Turrigiano GG (2002). Rate and timing in cortical synaptic plasticity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 357(1428), 1851 - 1857.
- Sjostrom PJ, Nelson SB (2002). Spike timing, calcium signals and synaptic plasticity. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 12(3), 305 - 314.
- Sjostrom PJ, Turrigiano GG, Nelson SB (2001). Rate, timing, and cooperativity jointly determine cortical synaptic plasticity. Neuron, 32(6), 1149 - 1164. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(01)00542-6
- Sjostrom PJ, Frydel BR, Wahlberg LU (1999). Artificial neural network-aided image analysis system for cell counting. Cytometry Part A, 36(1), 18 - 26.


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"The workshop was amazing! I can't wait for the next round, I have learned so much. Such an amazing experience." Stephanie Carlisle, Toronto Actress
"A brilliant one-day intensive. I learned a lot in such a brief amount of time. I'm looking forward to the next gathering to continue applying what was learned! It was brilliant working with everyone there!" ~ Jordan Stal, Toronto Actor
"Brads One Day Intensive Acting Workshop workshop was absolutely amazing! He helped me overcome so many fears and was very encouraging! I also learned great techniques to help me in the future. I would definitely recommend him to anyone that is interested in acting."
Saffara Kaefer, Toronto Actress
"Brad is an amazing instructor. I learned so much from his classes and continue to use "Perge." He brings out the best actor/actress in you. Thank you Brad and team!!" Lisa Valdez, Texas Actress
"Brad is a great teacher and coach. I took his two-day workshop just for the hell of it. I thought I might learn something that would be useful to me in business, but the reason I signed up was that it sounded like an interesting way to spend a weekend. It was totally worth the money, and I'm going to take more of his workshops." Travis Lippert, Texas Filmmaker Actor
"As I have told you before, if it hadn't been for your acting classes and mentoring of Sydney, she would have never gotten into CalArts!" Pam McDonald (Milne Studio Alumni, Sydney McDonald's mom)
"It was an absolute pleasure working and learning from you this evening- you're a master!"
Emma Moody, Actress Denver Acting Workshop
"Brad coached Nicholas today for 3 hours and did the self-tape audition for two characters with him. He is truly gifted at getting the best out of the actor. Nicholas loved working with him and learned so much in a gentle and caring environment which helped bring Nicholas to the next level."
Kerry-Lee Finkle (Milne Studio Student, Nicholas Finkle's mom)
I used some of the wonderful advice you gave us for a callback today, and I just wanted to say thank you again for the great words of wisdom.
Gyana Bandy, Actress – Denver Acting Workshop
"I enjoyed the workshop a lot. I took some great notes and will definitely incorporate them into my actor's toolbox! Thanks, Brad."
Jennifer Wilde, Actress – Denver Acting Workshop
"San Antonio has long needed a good acting coach. Brad Milne has proven to take his students to a new level and his students have booked principal roles in Hollywood based feature films". Tory Christopher, Tory Christopher International (TCI – former Hollywood producer)
"I strongly recommend Brad. Your acting skills will improve. I am going to have my daughter train with him." Linda Alcazar, Condra Artista Talent Agency
"Brad, I want to take a moment to express my profound gratitude for your training. I told my agent, 'I could not thank her enough for referring me to your class. My craft transcended because of your direction.' You are an amazing soul and such a great coach, that my future success will be because of you. Thank You." Adam Alcazar, Actor
"Brad Milne is more than an acting coach; he is a life coach and a friend. From the moment he meets you, he believes in you and when you work with him, you can't help but shine."
Rachel Pineda, Actress/Sports Television Professional, ESPN
"Brad is an energetic and insightful acting coach who is extremely challenging, yet supportive. Through an impressive array of techniques and exercises, he helps us meld the physical and the cerebral, so each actor can find his or her core and fearlessly embrace any role, with brio and authenticity."
June Griffin García, Actress
"Brad Milne is more than an acting coach; he's a motivator, friend, mentor, counselor, and innovator. He's a genius when it comes to assessing what his students bring to the acting table–he then uses that assessment in pushing the right buttons to bring to surface the artist within each of us. He takes his craft very seriously, yet he knows how to have fun in the process. He is a coach among coaches. If you're serious about acting, and want to not only get better at your acting craft but want to master it, then Brad's San Antonio Film Academy is the place for you."
Michael J Rodriguez, Actor, CFP®, CPM®, CRPC, FLMI
"I can't praise for Brad enough and his teachings and techniques. As a professional working in this business for 25 years, in Mexico as well as the US, I'm always looking for improvement. But after so many years working in Radio, Voice Dubbing, TV and commercials, on and off camera, I felt as if something was missing, a sensitivity that I had when I started in theater back in 1982, and I was looking for a way to retrieve that, but I couldn't. Now, it is said that when the student is ready, the Master appears. And boy did he appear! With Brad I have been able to reach deep down into my soul and find the essence that made me fall in love with acting and become an actor when I was very young, it was always there, but I needed someone with his amazing talent and expertise to see it and help me reach it and go places within myself I couldn't have imagined. Brad, I can´t thank you enough buddy for helping me rediscover my "old self" and bring it back, a bit dusted and rusty but ready to learn and improve as it was 28 years ago. Thank you so much for reminding me that, in the end, deep inside, we are still kids who love to play pretend…even if we need to get a bit serious from time to time."
Alejandro Vargas Lugo, Actor, Voice Over Artist
"Brad may very well be one of the most passionate and knowledgeable acting teacher to ever offer his incite in the Movie Industry….. If your really "serious" about doing film take his class!"
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"Being inside the classroom with a handful of gifted actors, including Brad Milne himself, is like traveling to an entirely separate world. Nothing matters but the events that take place inside of you. Brad makes sure each actor goes home with something they didn't bring with them." Mason Schuler, Actor
"I was looking for a coach to help me with my professional business development. I have always been shy and uncertain in front of large groups of people, and no amount of corporate training and book reading was helping the problem. At last, I was fortunate to find Brad Milne – a terrific, passionate, dedicated and patient teacher – who is helping me to discover what it really means to communicate effectively. My first business presentation under his coaching was very successful, and I am looking forward to learning more from Brad. This is the best investment I made in myself. I am on a very exciting journey to discovering my true potential. You should try it – you wont' be able to go back to your old self."
Jenia S. Director at USAA
"Brad Milne's unique coaching style has provided my two children with valuable advanced acting techniques they can use for both audition and performance in film and theatre. His personal attention and professional guidance to train and enhance each of their individual acting styles has made a profound difference in their abilities as young actors. Their approach to new material, the audition process and performance on a film set has greatly improved since working with Brad. His passion for theatre training is inspiring and it is exciting to witness children and even adults thriving in such a motivated and caring environment." Tracey Maurer, Producer
"San Antonio, Texas–based actor Kristopher Thomas has taken workshops with local teachers Brad Milne and Nikki Young. He remembers one improvisation exercise with Milne in which students were asked to identify their first behavioral impulse and then do the exact opposite. Thomas' character in the scene was having a fight with his girlfriend. Instead of blaming her, Thomas reversed course: He had the character blame himself. The exercise may sound as though it's intended to curb an actor's intuition, but Thomas found that it instead opened him to new possibilities. When "you do any activity and it becomes habit," he says, "sometimes you can get into a repetitive nature and you don't really explore anymore."
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"Brad Milne's passion for the art of acting makes him one of the most outstanding acting coaches in Texas! I heartily recommend his classes and feel we are most fortunate to have an acting coach of his caliber!" Diana Sneckner, Avant Agency
"Brad Milne is one of the most dynamic teachers I've seen in my twenty years in the business"
Priscilla Condra, Condra Artista Agency
"With Brad's expertise we are successfully building and deploying a video library that helps us educate, brand, market, sell, recruit, train and update our customer base, field reps and dealers around the globe" Steve Villoira, CEO of MediaPOINTE
"We're excited to be working with Brad as we expand the MediaPOINTE video library with updates and a planned slate of assorted infomercials, training and technical videos through 2010. Our overall response to the video series from venue owners, dealers, independent reps and customers has been outstanding." Bill Warnick, MediaPOINTE Marketing Director
"Brad is one of the most consummate and professional actors I've worked with. His character focus is outstanding, it drives the movie." Bob Carter, Writer-Director, "Dead in the Head"
"The first thing the campers said to me was 'you gotta use him next year'. I find your passion evident in your enthusiastic lessons and after the buzz from the campers."
Nichelle Rodriguez, Director, UCLA Actors Camp
"I don't think I would have gotten any acting job without Brad's training." Bob Perrill, Actor
"His tips and advice were wonderful." "Outstanding!"
Texas Nonprofit Theatres Annual Youth Conference
"On the toughest of days during the tightest of scheduling Brad was always there for us. He is a dedicated professional and tireless worker who always brought a stellar performance to the scene. I look forward to working with Brad on the next one. And the next." Jay Lee, Writer-Director, "The Slaughter" and Sony Pictures "Zombie Strippers!
"Brad came in to do a cameo role and brought so much professionalism, he elevated the entire project. He's our ace in the hole." Dominic Ross, Director, R.E.M.
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Girls' volleyball loses to Meridian in fifth game
Published on Wed, Oct 10, 2012 by
Russell Paris
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The Blaine girls' volleyball team earned a split in the first four games only to have the wheels come off in their final performance. Meridian Trojans beat the Borderites 3-2 on Tuesday, October 2.
Game one
The Borderites used a five-point run when the score was tied at seven to take a 12-7 command. They played hard and never relinquished the lead, winning 25-22.
Game two
Borderites showed fresh confidence from their first-game win and took a seven-point advantage early in the contest. Then, in a prelude of things to come, they let the Trojans steal the game away from them, 25-21.
Game three
The Borderites played their best game of the season, winning 25-12 to take their lead to 2-1.
Game four
The Borderites could have won the match by taking this game and getting to three wins in this best-of-five series. Both teams put a lot of effort into this game – Blaine for the win and Meridian knowing they could lose the match.
The game was evenly played and was tied 23-all. On the next serve, the ball was volleyed several times and, on a blocked shot, balanced itself on top of the net, suspending itself for a few seconds before dropping to the Blaine side, giving the Trojans the point. Meridian scored the next point over the Borderites for the win, 25-23.
Game five
After game four, an in-shock Blaine was no match for Meridian and the team's senior striker, Sydney Wasilewski, who helped the Trojans dominate. The final score was 15-5 Meridian.
A trio of Borderites had standout nights. Sophmore Makenna Wade had 15 digs and 23 assists, junior Malie Laolagi had eight kills and sophomore Elle Moore had eight blocks, seven kills and five serving aces.


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