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TALIA RAYFORD OF THE GILA MONSTERS NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to Women’s Basketball player Talia Rayford for being named Player of the Week for Eastern Arizona College. Talia averaged 20 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2 assists in two games last week. The freshman comes to Eastern from Inglewood, California.
And one of the perks of being covered by Balladeer’s Blog is getting your Official Balladeer’s Blog Nickname. So as of now, allow me to dub this outstanding student athlete Talia “The Hoops Monster” Rayford. I thought about spelling it “Goops Monster” like in Gila Monster, but I didn’t want bombarded with e-mails from people telling me they didn’t get it.
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THE LEADER BOARD STRIKES AGAIN!
Let’s take a look at who the number one college basketball teams are in the Divisions Balladeer’s Blog covers.
NAIA – FIRST DIVISION – MEN – LSU-SHREVEPORT PILOTS
NAIA – FIRST DIVISION- WOMEN – UNION (TN) LADY BULLDOGS
NAIA – SECOND DIVISION – MEN – WALSH CAVALIERS
NAIA – SECOND DIVISION – WOMEN – DAVENPORT PANTHERS
NCAA DIVISION 3 – MEN – WOOSTER SCOTS
NCAA DIVISION 3 – WOMEN – HOPE COLLEGE FLYING DUTCH
NCAA DIVISION 2 – MEN – WEST LIBERTY HILLTOPPERS
NCAA DIVISION 2- WOMEN – LANDER BEARCATS
NJCAA – MEN – CONNORS STATE COLLEGE COWBOYS
NJCAA – WOMEN – PENSACOLA STATE PIRATES
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RED LIONS OVERCOME THE ARCHERS IN OVERTIME
LINCOLN, IL The Lincoln Christian University Red Lions Men’s Basketball team registered their fifth straight victory with an overtime defeat of Moody Bible Institute 72-61 Tuesday evening. The 12-4 Red Continue reading
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LYNX STING BEES
CONCORD — The NHTI, Concord’s Community College men’s basketball team defeated Bristol Community College 59-55.
Leading NHTI in the win was Besfort Syla (Manchester) as he netted 14 points, pulled in nine rebounds, added four assists and three steals. Jay Pimentel (Lawrence, MA) added 11 points and two steals, Jackson Riel (Pembroke) scored 10 points, and Marv Leveille (Hamden, CT) netted 10 points, pulled in seven boards and added four blocks.
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THE 32 MOST UNIQUE TEAM NAMES IN DIVISION 1 COLLEGE SPORTS
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Before any of my regular readers get upset let me point out right off the bat that I am NOT going to start covering Division 1 sports on a regular basis. This will simply be a quick list of the most unique nicknames for D1 teams outside of the 120 schools that count as 1A (FBS for you spineless conformists) for football. There’s no contest this time and I won’t bother with pertinent details about the schools. I’ll just feature the logos and my pithy comments. Since this is the only time I’ll deal with Division 1 I’m doing more than 20 to get all the unique names in. And by unique I mean a name not shared by a team in one of the divisions I cover, hence no UTSA Roadrunners or Campbell Camels, etc.
FOR MY LOOK AT THE MANY FAULTS OF ESPN’s BROADCASTERS CLICK HERE: https://glitternight.com/2012/04/29/evaluating-espns-on-air-personalities/
FOR MY LOOK AT THE COOLEST HELMETS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL CLICK HERE: https://glitternight.com/2012/08/11/the-coolest-helmets-in-ncaa-division-2-college-football/
32. SAINT FRANCIS (PA) RED FLASH – CONFERENCE AFFILIATION – THE NORTHEAST CONFERENCE – The name and logo can’t help but make you think of the superhero The Flash from DC Comics which lends the nickname a certain kind of Neo-Nerd Chic. Sort of like the Blue Streaks from a few divisions down in the college sports world. Plus this school plays football, always a plus with me. Continue reading
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IUS GRENADIERS ANNOUNCE INAUGURAL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S HONOR ROLL
NEW ALBANY, Ind. – The Indiana University Southeast Athletic Department is pleased to announce the inaugural group of recipients of the IU Southeast Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
The Athletic Director’s Honor Roll recognizes the outstanding academic accomplishments of IU Southeast student-athletes. To earn recognition student-athletes must achieve at least a 3.0 Continue reading
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REIVERS RUN, THROUGH EVE AND ADAM (WITH APOLOGIES TO JAMES JOYCE)
Women’s Basketball – The Lady Reiver’s now 14-1 moved into the NJCAA Poll ranked #23 in the nation. The Reiver’s topped Three Rivers (MO) last week 68-52. The game for Saturday night was cancelled by the visiting team due to weather. The ladies play at home on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. vs. Concordia College and play on the road on Saturday Continue reading
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GRENADIER WOMEN’S HOOPS TRIUMPHANT OVER THE UNION BULLDOGS
NEW ALBANY, Ind. – The IU Southeast women’s basketball team defeated Union College 89-74 Saturday afternoon (Dec. 11) in the Southeast Activities Building.
The Grenadiers beat the visiting Bulldogs with their ability to attack the defense and get easy lay-up opportunities. The Grenadiers shot very well from the Continue reading
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THE 20 COOLEST-NAMED USCAA AND NCCAA SPORTS TEAMS
Once again it’s time for another Top 20 contest. This time we’ll be looking at the coolest-named sports teams in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association and the National Christian College Athletic Association. As usual readers will have the next 20 days to e-mail me with their votes for which team they feel has the coolest name. I can be reached at Thtcom15@aol.com .
20. OHIO STATE-MARION SCARLET WAVE
Location: Marion, OH
Comment: The Scarlet Wave is a nickname every bit as cool as The Crimson Tide and The Green Wave. You can’t go wrong with names like this for sports teams as far as I’m concerned and I’ve been saying for years that when Syracuse changed their team’s names from The Orangemen to The Orange that they’d have been better off going with Continue reading
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