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Quick and easy and perfect for summer! Throw in a tablespoonful of cassis or chambord to jazz up the fruit. Barbara Jo Harrickflag if inappropriate
Was coming back for this recipe yet again, and saw no one had sung its praises recently. It's an easy and fabulous show-stopper of a dessert, and the world's best breakfast if there's anything left over in the morning. Good for guests who may be on different eating plans, because it can be served as just fruit, fruit and (unbelievably scrumptious, and gluten-free) cream, or all the way, as a generous slice of cake. Make sure to drizzle the cake with the fruit sauce. Vary the fruits to use what's seasonal, but the earthier taste of plums and peaches works well with the cream, which does have unexpected flavor due to the mascarpone.flag if inappropriate
I love this recipe! Super easy and it doesn't get much easier than this, but both times I've made it, I didn't even bother with the shortcakes. I think it's pretty wonderful with just the fruit topped with the mascarpone.flag if inappropriate
Surprisingly easy, this was a yummy summer treat. When I couldn't find fresh strawberries, I was happy to follow the rasberry, peach and plum mix suggested here and it was super. We didn't bother with the cooling and chilling, we just attacked it out of the oven, the warm shortcake providing a nice contrast to the cool fruits and cream.flag if inappropriate
does anyone recall seeing a similar recipt to this one - also two layers of cake (i think shortbread) with plain whipped cream and berries inside. It was one of my favorites and I lost the paer recipt and now can't find it on the site. Any help would be sooo appreciated.flag if inappropriate
Tested this recipe as I was planning for a guest I didn't want to try something new with. The test batch I did half quantities, made individual shortcakes and it was delicious, very easy (used strawberries, frozen raspberries and fresh peaches) - I also added a dash of brandy to the mascarpone mix, and to the fruit ;-) Second time with full recipe, everything going well - then disaster: I ran out of gas for the oven. So my guest got served the fruit and cream - and had seconds! Never told them about the shortcakes and they didn't miss them!flag if inappropriate
Beautiful and so simple! I substituted plain yogurt when I realized I didn't have buttermilk and it was still lovely. My family raved about it.flag if inappropriate
This is the third time I have made this desert. Everyone asks for it for special occasions.I like it best with fresh strawberries and raspberries. This time I substituted almond extract for the vanilla in the shortcake and added a little Amaretto into the whippedcream/mascarpone. The Amaretto into the whipped cream was too much but the almond extract in the cake was great. As you can tell this is what I make when the fresh fruit is availableflag if inappropriate
I love the way this looks, very simple and elegant. I did have trouble getting the cake to cook thoroughly, but a cover of foil and additional cooking time seemed to help. I ended up making two cakes (had additional company call this morning to say they were coming) and had plenty of mascarpone and fruit. Relatively quick, disgustingly easy and so professional looking! This will become a standard in my kitchen!flag if inappropriate
A great summer dessert and EASY to make. I used cream cheese and thought it was fine although I would recommend beating it well before adding the cream ... mine had a few lumps. Would make it again, maybe trying some different fruits.flag if inappropriate


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|Número de solicitud
|Fecha de publicación
|9 Dic 1997
|Fecha de presentación
|31 May 1995
|Fecha de prioridad
|31 May 1995
|Número de publicación
|Troy Lee Cline, Scott Harlan Isensee, Frederic Ira Parke, Ricky Lee Poston, Gregory Scott Rogers, Jon Harald Werner
|Cesionario original
|International Business Machines Corporation
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|Citas de patentes (13), Otras citas (2), Citada por (39), Clasificaciones (12), Eventos legales (5)
|Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesión de USPTO, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to improvements in audio/voice transmission and, more particularly, but without limitation, to improvements in voice transmission via reduction in communication channel bandwidth.
2. Background Information and Description of the Related Art
The spoken word plays a major role in human communications and in human-to-machine and machine-to-human communications. For example, voice mail systems, help systems, and video conferencing systems have incorporated human speech. Speech processing activities lie in three main areas: speech coding, speech synthesis, and speech recognition. Speech synthesizers convert text into speech, while speech recognition systems "listen to" and understand human speech. Speech coding techniques compress digitized speech to decrease transmission bandwidth and storage requirements.
A conventional speech coding system, such as a voice mail system, captures, digitizes, compresses, and transmits speech to another remote voice mail system. The speech coding system includes speech compression schemes which, in turn, include waveform coders or analysis-resynthesis techniques. A waveform coder samples the speech waveform at a given rate, for example, 8 KHz using pulse code modulation (PCM). A sampling rate of about 64 Kbit/s is needed for acceptable voice quality PCM audio transmission and storage. Therefore, recording approximately 125 seconds of speech requires approximately 1M byte of memory, which is a substantial amount of storage for such a small amount of speech. For combined voice and data transmission over common telephone transmission lines, the available bandwidth, 28.8 Kb/s using current technology, must be partitioned between voice and data. In such situations, transmission of voice as digital audio signals is impracticable because it requires more bandwidth than is available.
Therefore, there is great demand for a system that provides high quality audio transmission, while reducing the required communication channel bandwidth and storage.
An apparatus and computer-implemented method transmit audio (e.g., speech) from a first data processing system to a second data processing system using minimum bandwidth. The method includes the step of transforming audio (e.g. a speech sample) into text. The next step includes converting a voice sample of the speaker into a set of voice characteristics, whereby the voice characteristics are stored in a voice database in a second system. Alternatively, voice characteristics can be determined by the originating system (i.e., first system) and sent to the receiving system (i.e., second system). The final step includes transmitting the text to the second system, whereby the second system converts the text into audio by synthesizing the voice of the speaker using the voice characteristics from the voice sample.
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved voice transmission system that lessens the transmission bandwidth.
It is a further object to provide an improved voice transmission system that converts audio into text before transmission, thereby reducing the transmission bandwidth and storage requirements significantly.
It is yet another object to provide an improved voice transmission system that transmits a voice sample of the speaker such that the synthesized speech playback of the text resembles the voice of the speaker.
These and other objects, advantages, and features will become even more apparent in light of the following drawings and detailed description.
FIG. 1 illustrates A block diagram of a representative hardware environment in accordance with the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of an improved voice transmission system in accordance with the present invention.
The preferred embodiment includes a computer-implemented method and apparatus for transmitting text, wherein a smart speech synthesizer plays back the text as speech representative of the speaker's voice.
The preferred embodiment is practiced in a laptop computer or, alternatively, in the workstation illustrated in FIG. 1. Workstation 100 includes central processing unit (CPU) 10, such as IBM's™ PowerPC™ 601 or Intel's™ 486 microprocessor for processing cache 15, random access memory (RAM) 14, read only memory 16, and non-volatile RAM (NVRAM) 32. One or more disks 20, controlled by I/O adapter 18, provide long term storage. A variety of other storage media may be employed, including tapes, CD-ROM, and WORM drives. Removable storage media may also be provided to store data or computer process instructions.
Instructions and data from the desktop of any suitable operating system, such as Sun Solaris™, Microsoft Windows NT™, IBM 0S/2™, or Apple MAC OS™, control CPU 10 from RAM 14. However, one skilled in the art readily recognizes that other hardware platforms and operating systems may be utilized to implement the present invention.
Users communicate with workstation 100 through I/O devices (i.e., user controls) controlled by user interface adapter 22. Display 38 displays information to the user, while keyboard 24, pointing device 26, microphone 30, and speaker 28 allow the user to direct the computer system. Alternatively, additional types of user controls may be employed, such as a joy stick, touch screen, or virtual reality headset (not shown). Communications adapter 34 controls communications between this computer system and other processing units connected to a network by a network adapter (not shown). Display adapter 36 controls communications between this computer system and display 38.
FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of improved voice transmission system 290 in accordance with the present invention. Transmission system 290 includes workstation 200 and workstation 250. Workstations 200 and 250 may include the components of workstation 100 (see FIG. 1). In addition, workstation 200 includes a conventional speech recognition system 202. Speech recognition system 202 includes any suitable dictation product for converting speech into text, such as, for example, the IBM Voicetype Dictation™ product. Therefore, in the preferred embodiment, the user speaks into microphone 206 and A/D subsystem 204 converts that analog speech into digital speech. Speech recognition system 202 converts that digital speech into a text file. Illustratively, 125 seconds of speech produces about 2K byte (i.e., 2 pages) of text. This has a bandwidth requirement of 132 bits/sec (2K/125 sec) compared to the 64000 bits/sac bandwidth and 1 MB of storage space needed to transmit 125 seconds of digitized audio.
Workstation 200 inserts a speaker identification code to the front of the text file and transmits that text file and code via network adapters 240 and 254 to text-to-speech synthesizer 252. The text file may include abbreviations, dates, times, formulas, and punctuation marks. Furthermore, if the user desires to add appropriate intonation and prosodic characteristics to the audio playback of the text, the user adds "tags" to the text file. For example, if the user would like a particular sentence to be annunciated louder and with more emphasis, the user adds a tag (e-g., underline) to that sentence. If the user would like the pitch to increase at the end of a sentence, such as when asking a question, the user dictates a question mark at the end of that sentence. In response, text-to-speech synthesizer 252 interprets those tags and any standard punctuation marks, such as commas and exclamation marks, and appropriately adjusts the intonation and prosodic characteristics of the playback.
Workstations 200 and 250 include any suitable conventional A/D and D/A subsystem 204 or 256, respectively, such as a IBM MACPA (i.e., Multimedia Audio Capture and Playback Adapter), Creative Labs Sound Blaster audio card or single chip solution. Subsystem 204 samples, digitizes and compresses a voice sample of the speaker. In the preferred embodiment, the voice sample includes a small number (e.g., approximately 30) of carefully structured sentences that capture sufficient voice characteristics of the speaker. Voice characteristics include the prosody of the voice--cadence, pitch, inflection, and speed.
Workstation 200 inserts a speaker identification code at the front of the digitized voice sample and transmits that digitized voice sample file via network adapters 240 and 254 to workstation 250. In the preferred embodiment, workstation 200 transmits the voice sample file once per speaker, even though the speaker may subsequently transmit hundreds of text files. In essence, a single set of voice characteristics is transmitted and thereafter multiple text files are transmitted and converted at workstation 250 into audio utilizing the single set of voice characteristics such that a synthesized voice representation of a particular speaker may be transmitted utilizing minimum bandwidth. Alternatively, the voice sample file may be transmitted with the text file. Voice characteristic extractor 257 processes the digitized voice sample file to isolate the audio samples for each diphone segment and to determine characteristic prosody curves. This is achieved using well known digital signal processing techniques, such as hidden Markov models. This data is stored in voice database 258 along with the speaker identification code.
Text-to-speech synthesizer 252 includes any suitable conventional synthesizer, such as the First Byte™ synthesizer. Synthesizer 252 examines the speaker identification code of a text file received from network adapter 254 and searches voice database 258 for that speaker identification code and corresponding voice characteristics. Synthesizer 252 parses each input sentence of the text file to determine sentence structure and selects the characteristic prosody curves from voice database 258 for that type of sentence (e.g., question or exclamation sentence). Synthesizer 252 converts each word into one or more phonemes and then converts each phoneme into diphones. Synthesizer 252 modifies the diphones to account for coarticulation, for example, by merging adjacent identical diphones.
Synthesizer 252 extracts digital audio samples from voice database 258 for each diphone and concatenates them to form the basic digital audio wave for each sentence in the text file. This is done according to the techniques known as Pitch Synchronous Overlap and Add (PSOLA). The PSOLA techniques are well known to those skilled in the speech synthesis art. If the basic audio wave were output at this time, the audio would sound somewhat like the original speaker speaking in a very monotonous manner. Therefore, synthesizer 252 modifies the pitch and tempo of the digital audio waveform according to the characteristic prosody curves found in the voice database 258. For instance, the characteristic prosody curve for a question might indicate a raise in pitch near the end of the sentence. Techniques for pitch and tempo changes are well known to those skilled in the art. Finally, D/A--A/D) subsystem 256 converts the digital audio waveform from synthesizer 252 into an analog waveform, which plays through speaker 260.
While the invention has been shown and described with reference to particular embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing and other changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which is defined only by the following claims.
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After Gainesville wrapped up its state semifinal sweep of Jones County last week, athletic director Wayne Vickery leaned back against the rail on the steps overlooking Ivey-Watson Field, where he won five state titles as the school's baseball coach.
ROSWELL - For the first time in program history, the Jefferson Dragons' baseball team played for a state championship on Saturday at Blessed Trinity. The problem was, they were playing the defending Class AAA state champions, the Blessed Trinity Titans.
FAYETTEVILLE - Buford baseball coach Tony Wolfe got the icewater bath when it was all said and done Saturday night. At the same time, Wolves catcher Joey Bart was crouched down, holding tight to his team's shiny state championship trophy.
The top-ranked Buford baseball program will play for the Class AAAA state championship against Whitewater, starting with a doubleheader in the best-of-three championship series at 5 p.m. Saturday in Fayetteville.
Gregg Hartsuff took out a screwdriver as he worked on a trophy in the bed of his truck, carefully putting the cup back together after disassembling it for the long drive down from Ann Arbor, Mich. It's a labor of love for the University of Michigan men's rowing coach, who has led his team to seven straight American Collegiate Rowing Association (ACRA) national championships, including four since the tournament moved to Gainesville.
East Hall junior Triston Cooper shot a 77 during the Class AAA state golf championship on Monday at the Brookfield Country Club in Roswell.
ATLANTA - After dropping Game 2 of the Class AAA state semifinals to the Westminster Wildcats, Jefferson coach Tommy Knight said his team would "be better" in a pressure-packed, season-deciding Game 3.
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The East Hall volleyball team is back-to-back Region 7-AAA champions, after wins Thursday night over Lumpkin County (25-20, 25-17) and West Hall (25-21, 25-21) in ...
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The Banks County softball team lost to Franklin County 6-4 Wednesday night.
The Dawson County softball team reserved its place in the Class AAA state tournament Tuesday with a 5-4 win in the Region 7-AAA tournament against ...
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The North Hall boys cross country team took second place in the Runners Fit Mountain Invitational at Unicoi State Park on Thursday in Helen. North ...
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Gainesville High's volleyball squad dropped Area 8-AAAAA matches against Winder-Barrow (25-18, 24-26, 27-25) and Apalachee (21-25, 25-23, 25-21) on Wednesday.
The Gainesville High volleyball team defeated Clarke Central (25-17, 25-17) and Heritage (25-15, 25-7) Tuesday night in Athens.
An appeal to simplicity allowed the North Hall volleyball team to earn its second straight Hall County gold bracket championship Saturday afternoon at West Hall.
The Lakeview Academy girls cross country team finished fourth Saturday in the Heroes Invitational at Tallulah Falls.
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CLINTON - Anderson County Mayor Rex Lynch has been turned down in his quest to win a new job, and he said today he now plans to run for another four-year stint in the job he has.
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That position is becoming vacant with the retirement at year's end of longtime director Gordon Acuff.
Lynch said he received word today that the post is being offered to another applicant, ETHRA Transportation Director Gary Holloway.
ETHRA is based in Knoxville and provides a variety of services and programs to elderly and low-income residents in a 16-county area.
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Elena: You should've brought me with you. Well first you should've told me Bonnie was alive and then you should've brought me with you.
Damon: Well Ric had more frequent flyer miles...and Ric didn't deliberately forget our entire relationship.
Just cause I hate you doesn't mean I want you to starve to death.Caroline [to Stefan]
Magic doesn't work in Mystic Falls. So if your coven wants to find you they'll have to do it the old fashioned way. They'll have to go through me.Tyler [to Liv]
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Stefan: Huh.
Elena: Can you two just kiss and make up? It's getting weird.
Stefan: You're just mad nobody knew how to carve the turkey.
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Whoop, be careful. You just sounded generally concerned for my brother.Stefan [to Elena]
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Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm
3627 reviews
66% would repurchase
Package Quality: 3.9
Price: $$
Package Quality: 3.9
Price: $$
Not tested on animals
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INGREDIENTSbeeswax, coconut oil, sunflower seed oil, peppermint oil, lanolin, tocopherol, rosemary leaf extract, soybean oil, canola oil.
on 2/5/2007 5:35:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I have used Burt's Bees products for a long time and while I do like a lot of their products, this one takes the cake. Good taste, great tingle, and it absolutely awesome at smoothing and soothing my chapped lips. The only way I could commend it more is if it had a little Lo-Jack on it so I could quit losing them when I buy them :)
on 2/5/2007 1:16:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I really wanted to like this! I loved the cool minty tingling and it felt smooth on my lips, but after a while it started make my lips VERY dry:(
on 2/3/2007 11:36:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm
Hair: Black, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I LOVE this. It is quite a bit more than chapstick, cost wise, but SOOOO worth. Even after "wearing off" my lips still feel moist from this balm. Yummy.
on 2/1/2007 3:13:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
My lips react the same to this as they do to Carmex. It makes them dry, and, I'm sure, cracked if I continued use. There are plenty of products that are much, much, better than this one.
on 1/30/2007 2:02:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Acne-prone, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
It moisturized nicely and had a cool tingly feel. However, it made me break out around my mouth :(. meh.
on 1/29/2007 9:02:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I love this chapstick. The yellow tube packaging is cute too. The minty feel is nice, I apply this one my lips constantly during the day and it gives them a smooth dewy finish. I bought this chapstick a few years ago and it would dry out my lips but I've been buying it again and it works. The best!
on 1/29/2007 7:48:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
It chapped my lips over an extended period of use. The only thing I absolutely adore about this lip balm is the cooling minty feel right after you put it on. I love to put this on and then right away give my bf a big kiss! He always get surprised by the minty tingle! ^-^
on 1/28/2007 5:35:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Olive, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I have the tin version of this lip balm. It has a nice minty tingle to it although it was a bit much (5 dollars). Its soothing,tastes pretty good and its not too waxy. It's a nice lip balm, although there are cheaper ones that are similar. Sometimes the tin is hard to open, so I suggest buying the tube.
on 1/27/2007 5:40:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Dry, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
My favorite thing about this lip balm is the tingling. The downside to Burt's Bees lipbalms are they make your lips chapped when used a lot. Also, when it is in the pot it is hard to apply, you have to swirl your finger i nthere for awhile to get enough to cover all of your lips.
on 1/26/2007 10:53:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
This is one of my favorite lip balms. It seals moisture in and gives your lips a nice, soothing, cooling sensation. Doesn't get gloppy after awhile, either. Will surely buy again.
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Eighteen Fredericksburg High School varsity track and field athletes have qualified for the Regional IV Track and Field Meet, Friday and Saturday, May 1-2, at Texas A&M University in Kingsville. Qualifiers are, bottom row, from left, Clarissa Sanchez, 1,600 meters; Emily Myers, 4x200 relay and 4x400 relay; Me-gan Daley, 4x400 relay; Abbey Eckhardt, relays; Madison Trousdale, 4x100 and 4x200 relays and 200 meter run; Jessica Cadena, shot put and discus; Aylin Neri, 4x100 relay and 200 meter run; Sam Stu-debaker, 800 meter run; top row, Lauren Smith, pole vault; Chase Whiting, 100 and 300 meter hurdles, 4x400 relay, triple jump and long jump; Katherine McManigle, relays; Alyssa Hohn, high jump and long jump; Abby Spurgin, shot put; Kyle Grona, 110 meter hurdles; Rachel Rothermel, relays; Paxten Keyser, 4x100 and 4x200 relays; Shelbi Schneider, 4x100 re-lay, 100 meter hurdles and long jump; and Ashley Penick, 4x200 and 4x400 relays. — Standard-Radio Post/Richard Zowie
After finishing in the top four at the Area 29-4A/30-4A Track Meet on Thursday in Poteet, a group of Fredericksburg High School athletes are now focusing their attention on the Region IV Track and Field Meet on Friday and Saturday, May 1-2 at Texas A&M University — Kingsville.
Top finishers at the regional meet qualify for the State Track Meet at Myers Stadium on the University of Texas campus in Austin on Friday and Saturday, May 15-16.
In Kingsville on Friday, the 3200 meter run starts at 9 a.m., the running prelims begin at 10 a.m. and the field events are at 3:30 p.m.
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Sitman Wainwright volleys the ball at practice in prep-aration for the state tennis tournament. Wainwright and his partner Parker Phil-lips — the 4A Region IV boys' doubles champions — have qualified for state for a second consecutive year.
By Joshua McKinney
Fredericksburg High School varsity tennis won three regional championships in the 4A-Region IV tennis tournament at the HEB Tennis Center in Corpus Christi last Tuesday and Wednesday.
Girls' singles player Hannah Boubel, girls' doubles partners Grace Igarta/Myra Powell and the boys' doubles duo of Parker Phillips/Sitman Wainwright all won their respective brackets to qualify for the University Interscholastic League in College Station on May 12-13. All but Boubel are juniors; Boubel is in her sophomore year.
Coach Randall King thought all seven of his regional qualifiers played strong in the tournament.
Fredericksburg High School's boys' varsity bas-ketball team won the Dis-trict 29-4A championship and went as far as the re-gional semifinals this sea-son. Receiving All-District honors were FHS players, front row, from left, Luke Prado, honorable mention; Cole Bourgeois, first team; Kyle Reeh, District 29-4A Co-MVP; Blake Moffett, honorable mention; back row, Mark Rodriguez, first team; Kyle Grona, honora-ble mention; Brian Watson, first team, and Mason Maxcey, second team. — Photo courtesy Campus Comet
A District 29-4A title and a playoff run that lasted until the regional finals landed eight Fredericksburg High School boys' basketball players on the all-district team.
Kyle Reeh was named District 29-4A Co-Most Valuable player as a junior. Bandera's Ty Neff was the other Co-Most Valuable Player.
Defensive MVP Noah Nelson (Bandera) and Newcomer of the Year James Hunter (Boerne) also won district awards.
FHS' Tiffany Adair attempts to score during the Billies' 9-7 win over Devine last Tuesday. FHS softball fin-ished the season fifth in the district with a 4-6 record. — Standard-Radio Post/Matt Ward
Fredericksburg High School varsity softball beat Devine, 9-7, last Tuesday in its home finale to wrap up the season.
FHS finished in fifth place with a 4-6 record in District 29-4A, one game behind third and four place finishers, Lytle and Devine. Both teams finished with 5-5 records.
Boerne won the district crown with an 8-2 record and Bandera finished in third at 7-3.
By Danny Hirt
Not letting weather-related schedule changes impact its rhythm, the Harper High School varsity softball team picked up three more victories over the past week, topping host Medina, 20-0, on Tuesday, April 21; blasting Center Point on the road Thursday, 22-6, and blanking Sabinal at home Monday night, 5-0.
The Ladyhorns, which has already wrapped up the District 27-2A regular season championship, entertained Sabinal last night, Tuesday, April 28, in the league finale for both schools, but results were not known by this week's press deadline.
HHS head coach Scott Vasquez indicated there may be a playoff warm-up contest, but details have not been finalized.
Although the 2015 baseball regular season came to an end for the Harper High School varsity baseball team last night, hopes remain high for a post-season playoff berth.
The results of last night's home game with Mason on "Senior Night" will help decide if the Longhorns extend their season.
Results from that game were not known by this week's press deadline.
HHS split its two other games during the past week, first topping Menard, 3-2, in a home game that lasted eight innings, then dropping a 6-3 decision at Ozona on Friday.
The Heritage School boys' and girls' tennis teams completed a double championship drive at the recent TAPPS 1A state finals held in Waco. The members of both squads are, in front from left, Sean O'Leary, David Watterson, Lane Sawtelle, Jack Wynne-Smith, Simon Fischer, Alec Sawtelle, Daniel Meek, Joel Harper and (in back) Natalie Cook, Dylan Eggleston, Molly Platt, Hope Stephens, Coach Diane Asper, Jamie Khuc, Sydney Richburg, Christina Harpold, Emily Basse, Caroline Cone, Amy Lucas and athletic director Trey Graham. — Submitted photo
Heritage School had a "Cloud Nine" type of experience at the TAPPS State 1A Tennis Championships, taking home both the girls' and boys' titles.
The tournament, held April 14-16 in Waco, saw Heritage seniors Sydney Richburg and Christina Harpold capture their fourth consecutive girls' doubles championship while the boys' doubles team of Lane Sawtelle and David Watterson finished as state runners-up.
Richburg and Harpold captured their title by defeating Lauren Brooks and Madison Bates from San Angelo Cornerstone Christian School, 6-0, 6-3, in the finals.
They helped the overall Heritage girls' team nail down its third state title in the past three years.
Fredericksburg High School track teams won three of four divisions at the District 29-4A Track and Field Meet in Devine last week and qualified a group athletes for the Area 29-4A/30-4A Track and Field Meet tomorrow, Thursday, April 23, at Poteet Aggie Stadium.
Advancing to the area track meet on Thursday in Poteet will be:
•Chase Whiting — 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, long jump, triple jump and 4x400.
•Shelbi Schneider — 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, 4x100 and long jump.
•Madison Trousdale — 200, 4x100 and 4x200.
•Alyssa Hohn — high jump and long jump.
•Aylin Neri — 100, 200 and 4x100.
•Clarissa Sanchez — 1600.
•Jessica Cadena — discus and shot put.
•Abby Spurgin — shot put.
•Megan Daley — 400, 4x400 and high jump.
•Emily Myers — 4x200 and 4x400.
•Ashley Penick — 4x200 and 4x400.
•Lauren Smith — pole vault.
•Paxten Keyser — 200, 4x100 and 4x200.
Fredericksburg High School varsity tennis began its run in the Region IV-4A tennis tournament Tuesday at the HEB Tennis Center in Corpus Christi. Opponents were only identified by last name in brackets.
Defending state champion Hannah Boubel advanced to the girls' singles finals by winning 6-0, 6-0 in all three rounds. Boubel will face Boerne's Rice in the finals.
Parker Phillips/Sitman Wainwright and Grace Igarta/Myra Powell won in three sets to advance to the regional finals. Phillips/Wainwright were to have played Rockport's Krupa/Nguyen and Igarta/Powell were to have played Boerne's Kindred/Olson in the finals this morning.
Brant Crenwelge/James Drury fell in the semifinals but were to have played for third place and a possible playback match this morning. Crenwelge/Drury were to have played Taylor's Smerek/Wilson in the third-place match.
Fredericksburg High School varsity baseball split two District 29-4A road games last week.
The Billies lost to Boerne, 10-0, last Tuesday but beat Lytle, 11-3, Monday.
FHS played again Tuesday night in a home game against Devine but results were not available as of press time.
The Billies play again on Friday in the final home game of the season against Bandera and wrap up the district season with a Tuesday night road game against Hondo. Both games start at 7 p.m.
FHS 11, Lytle 3
The Billies beat Lytle, 11-3, Monday night in Lytle.
Kyle Guynes pitched 2 1/3 innings in relief and struck out three batters to earn the win. Guynes also helped FHS in the batter's box by 2-for-2 at the plate with a run and a RBI.
Blake Moffett scored two runs and hit two batters in.
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