Squeals of excitement about Florida and the NCAA Division II Championships rang loud and clear, as ice cold water was dumped on Head Coach Gerry Lucey as the No. 2 West Chester Golden Rams celebrated their 2-1 victory over the No. 6 Franklin Pierce Ravens during Saturday's NCAA Division II Quarterfinals match-up.
Sophomore Brittany Yetter has not only returned to the classroom wiser, but she has also returned to the field wiser, making no foul moves on the field this season. Since she was four years old, Yetter has always been surrounded by soccer. Soccer was a Yetter family tradition-with parents acting as coaches and siblings as players-Yetter has pretty much been around soccer fields her entire life.
Idle Thoughts as I search for civilization in Western Pennsylvania... - West Chester's win over Slippery Rock marks its first win at The Rock in 70 years. - The Golden Rams playoff appearance marks the first time in school history it has made the post season in three consecutive seasons.
Slippery Rock, PA- With a NCAA division II playoff berth on the line, the Golden Rams made the five hour trek to Northwestern Pennsylvania to take on Slippery Rock in the most important game of the season. It is fitting that these two squads battled it out with a playoff spot on the line as both schools have proud football traditions in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.
With the free-agent deadline just around the corner, every team in baseball is trying to budget their payroll, balance the team's checkbook, trying to scrape those extra few dollars to bring in that one missing cog to propel their team into the post-season.
The honeymoon on the 06-07 season was over more quickly then a Hollywood marriage. Quality wins over Orlando and Miami dissipated into a half-court defenseless night as the 76ers dropped their third game in a row to the winless Denver Nuggets. This was the Kenyon Martin-less Nuggets as well, his injury forced George Karl to play Eduardo Najera 27 minutes.
Never in the Flyers' 40 year history have they began a season as terrible as this one. At 3-11-1, the Flyers are sitting dead last in the Eastern Conference and showing no signs of life or improvement. Despite major changes in management, the losing has continued, which is sending the frantic Flyers into the trade market looking for a new way to improve.