CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: GAME ONE – The GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE RUSTLERS took on the SANTA ROSA COLLEGE BEAR CUBS. The Rustlers came into the game with 1 loss already hanging over them so they HAD to win just to survive against the undefeated Bear Cubs. A 3-2 Golden West College lead in the 1st Inning became an 8-3 advantage in the 2nd and the shootout was on. In the end the Rustlers forced a second game by defeating Santa Rosa College by a Polo Match score of 12-10. Soren Yarnall pitched for the GWC win. Continue reading
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CCCAA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT CHAMPS
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ANOTHER BASEBALL CHAMP CROWNED AND MORE
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CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The 4 seeds – the LEWIS-CLARK STATE WARRIORS – faced the top seeded FAULKNER UNIVERSITY EAGLES for the NAIA title in college baseball. Runs piled up til it seemed like a Polo Match score as the Warriors and Eagles were tied at 2-2 in the 2nd Inning and 3-3 in the 4th. Faulkner U went on top 7-6 in the 5th Inning but Lewis-Clark State overtook them for a 12-7 advantage in the 6th.
That became just a 12-8 Warriors lead in the 7th Inning and that’s where things stood until the bottom of the 9th when the Eagles pulled to within 12-11 before falling. Pitcher Quin Grogan notched the Win as LCSC picked up its 18th baseball crown. * THE WARRIORS ARE THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS OF NAIA BASEBALL * Continue reading
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LIMPANG-TUNG: GOD OF PEGANA
Gods of Pegana
Lord Dunsany’s 1905 book The Gods of Pegana and its 1906 followup, Time and the Gods, are forgotten masterpieces of comparative mythology which introduced the author’s pantheon of fictional deities. Though neglected today Dunsany’s work inspired authors from H.P. Lovecraft to J.R.R. Tolkein to C.S. Lewis. (But oddly, NOT e.e. cummings, A.A. Milne or J.K. Rowling.)
LIMPANG-TUNG – The god of comedy, drama, music and all the other creative arts. Limpang-Tung thrived on providing humanity with distractions to take their minds off the inevitability of death. The sky was his canvas on which he painted forever-changing patterns of clouds and the events of the world were both a tragedy and a farce depicting the ultimate futility of human endeavor. Continue reading
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NCCAA CHAMPS CROWNED AND MORE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES RESULTS
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CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The last two teams left standing were the top seeds – the OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY BISON – and the 10th seeded BETHESDA (CA) UNIVERSITY FLAMES. Neither team scored until the Bison grabbed a 2-0 lead in the 3rd Inning but the Flames made it 2-2 in the 5th. By the end of the 6th Inning Oklahoma Baptist University led 4-3 with the relentless Cinderella 10 seeds tying it back up at 4-4 in the 8th. That’s where it stood in the bottom of the 9th when OBU’s Hunter Heath hit a Grand Slam Home Run to give his team an 8-4 triumph. Pitcher Carson McPherson got the Win. * THE BISON ARE THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS OF THE NCCAA * Continue reading
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NAIA AND NCCAA WORLD SERIES ACTION & MORE
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DAY ONE: GAME ONE – The 7th seeded STERLING COLLEGE WARRIORS and the 10 seeds – the POINT UNIVERSITY SKYHAWKS – were tied up at 1-1 in the 1st Inning. The Warriors grabbed a 5-3 lead in the 4th Inning and then shut out the Skyhawks from there. The final score was Sterling College 9 Point University 3 with Pitcher James McDonald snagging the win for the Warriors. Continue reading
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COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
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DISTRICT E: CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – The last two teams standing in this District – the CENTURY COLLEGE WOOD DUCKS and the SAINT CLOUD TECH CYCLONES – did battle to see which of them would get their ticket punched to the NJCAA College World Series. When all of the dust had settled in this duel on the diamond the storied Wood Ducks had defeated the Cyclones by a final score of 9-5. * THE WOOD DUCKS ARE CHAMPIONS OF DISTRICT E * Continue reading
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COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS CONTINUE
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HUTCHINSON BRACKET: CHAMPIONSHIP – The top seeded UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ARTS OF OKLAHOMA DROVERS squared off against the 2nd seeded TABOR COLLEGE BLUE JAYS for the Bracket Championship and an automatic bid to the NAIA World Series. Earlier in the day the Blue Jays advanced to the title game by eliminating the (3) WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY PIONEERS. The end result was very non-competitive as the Drovers folded, spindled and mutilated Tabor College EIGHTEEN to TWO! Allan Sanchez pitched for the win. * THE DROVERS ARE CHAMPIONS OF THE HUTCHINSON BRACKET * Continue reading
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NAIA COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS BEGIN
HUTCHINSON BRACKET: DAY ONE – The top seeds – the UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ARTS OF OKLAHOMA DROVERS – took an 8-0 1st Inning lead over the 4th seeded MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE MUSTANGS. The Drovers never looked back and totaled the Mustangs TWENTY-FOUR to ONE! ### Earlier in the day the aforementioned Morningside College defeated the 5th seeded MAYVILLE STATE COMETS in a 6-0 shutout ### And in a 3 seed over 2 seed upset the WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY PIONEERS doubled up on the TABOR COLLEGE BLUE JAYS 4-2. Continue reading
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WAVELENGTH (1983): MICRO-REVIEW
WAVELENGTH (1983) – This is an unjustly neglected science fiction film that stars Robert Carradine, Cherie Currie and Keenan Wynn in a very unconventional love triangle: both Carradine and Currie are fighting over Wynn. (I’m kidding!)
Robert Carradine plays a moody musician suffering a career lull, Cherie Currie portrays a groupie who becomes a bona fide romantic partner for him and Keenan Wynn barks and snarls in his usual “grouch with a heart of gold” manner. Cherie’s sensitive mind is open to alien brain-waves calling to her from a nearby (seemingly) abandoned government installation. Carradine and his neighbor Wynn help her try to find out what’s going on. Continue reading
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COLLEGE HOCKEY CHAMPIONS FOR 2016
Here’s one last round of congratulations to the college hockey champions in the FIVE divisions covered here at Balladeer’s Blog.
NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association)
National Champions – DAKOTA COLLEGE AT BOTTINEAU LUMBERJACKS
Runners-Up – Erie College Kats
2015 Champions – Erie College Kats Continue reading
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