The Press-Dispatch
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Sports Tidbits From the Mini Mac By Mike Johansen Columbine) occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students and 1 teacher. They also injured 21 other students directly, and three people were injured while attempting to escape. The pair then committed suicide. It is the fourth-deadliest school massacre in United States history, after the 1927 Bath School disaster, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre, and the 1966 University of Texas mas- sacre, and the deadliest for an American high school. T he Columbine High School massacre (often known simply as VIDEO B-1 Click to see the E-Mail Sports Items to: sports@pressdispatch.net This was a tragic day and one that needs to be remembered. Thanks to Melissa Horrall for sending this on to me. I do not have where this actually came from other than it is being passed around on the Internet. "Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Col- umbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado, was invited to address the House Judiciary Com- mittee's subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful. "They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every psychologist, and every so-called expert! These coura- geous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent this man as a voice crying in the wilderness. The following is a portion of the transcript: there has been both good and evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kind- ness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for answers. "The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used. Neither was it the NCA, the Na- tional Club Association. The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's heart. "Since the dawn of creation "In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA— because I don't believe that they are responsible for my daughter's death. Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be their strongest opponent. I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy—it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best. Your laws ignore our deepest needs, You've outlawed simple prayer. Now gunshots fill our classrooms, Your words are empty air. You've stripped away our heritage, part beings. We all consist of body, mind, and spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up, we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and ha- tred to rush in and wreak havoc. Spiritual presences were present within our educational systems for most of our nation's history. Many of our major colleges began as theological seminaries. This is a historical fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused Continued on Page B4 And ask the question "Why?" You regulate restrictive laws, Through legislative creed. And yet you fail to understand, That God is what we need! "Men and women are three- And precious children die. You seek for answers everywhere, Little League getting ready New dugouts, fences and new playground League Park. Saturday Perry Miller brings another piece of roofing for the dugout as Chet Williams, on the ladder, and Duane Rickard put on another piece of roofing. The dugouts are being rebuilt this spring. Petersburg Little League baseball and softball programs is just over three weeks away, but that does not mean there is a not a lot of ac- tivity at the American Legion Little League Park. Anyone interested in seeing The start of the season for the By Mike Johansen what is going on can go down any night of the week and see some- thing happening. The fields are in use several nights and some days with Little League teams practic- ing for both the baseball and soft- ball leagues. The sign-ups are over and the teams have been chosen for the upcoming season. They are now preparing for their opener. The Opening Day is Saturday, May 5. The day begins with the an- nual Petersburg Little League Pa- rade down Main Street and down Fifth Street to the Little League Park. Teams will one up on the street in front of the Old Peters- burg Gym at 9:30 a.m. The Peters- burg Fire Department will lead the parade down Main Street and to the park starting at 10 a.m. One of the biggest changes at New dugouts are part of the renovation working going on at the big baseball field at the Petersburg American Legion Little ing the big baseball field at the Petersburg American Legion Little League Park on Saturday. There were putting up the new fence around the refurbished baseball field as part of the sev- eral projects underway to brighten up the clean up of the Little League Park before the season begins the last weekend in April. Dirk Hunt, Cody Zimmerman and Brandon Schultheis work on the new fence surround- the boys age 11-12 league season. It will be used during tournament season for both boys and girls soft- ball games. There is new five foot fencing the Little League Park is work at the former Senior Field. They are changing it to a 200 foot field for around the field which is going up now. There are also two brand new dugouts under construction. The roofs and any siding are going on at the current time to get them ready for the new season. There is also new fencing go- ing around the older boys 200 foot field and new fencing around the boys 7-8 field. There are also new dugouts at the girls 200 foot field. The old playground equipment The league has 600 tons of rock for the parking lots. The age 5-6 leagues will also has been torn out of the park area and a new and larger set of play- ground equipment will be coming in soon to be installed. There are also piles of rock around at several of the parking venues and that will be spread out. have a new pitching machine for use. work and making several improve- ments to the Little League Park this spring. We want to give a big thanks to all our sponsors," said Little League Association Presi- dent Chad Whitehead. "The league is doing a lot of Charger boys win two more the Pike Central Charger boys track team with three wins in three, three team meets to push their record to 7-0 for the season. The Chargers started the week The week was a good one for By Mike Johansen put with a toss of 45-4 with Carroll second for the Chargers at 42-9 fol- lowed by Sandy of Vincennes Lin- coln at 39-8. Aldridge won the long jump for with one of their wins defeating the Washington Hatchets and Vincennes Lincoln Alices winning seven of the 16 events. Pike Cen- tral scored 75 points, Vincennes Lincoln 57 and Washington 33. The Chargers picked up one the Chargers with a best of 18-0, Lee was second at 16-5 and Mor- gan Petty took third at 15-8. Arney won the high jump for Washington with a best of 5-10, Aldridge was second for the Chargers clearing 5-8 and Waltz and Corlett tied for third for PC clearing 5-6. win in the relay events. The 3, 2300 meter relay team of Chantz Par- son, Tanner Gray, Cain Parker and Christian Wilson took first with a time of 8 minutes 41.19 seconds with Lincoln second at 9:34.13 and Washington third at 10:37.41. Washington won the 400 meter relay with a time of 46.80 just edg- ing out Pike Central at 46.81 and Lincoln was third at 47.12. Run- ning for PC were J.J. Howald, Jus- tin Stieneker, Kegan Aldridge and Eric McCord. In the 1,600 relay Lincoln took Eric McCord won both hurdle events for the Chargers. McCord won the 110 meter high hurdles clocked at 16.34 sec- onds; Bouchie of Washington was second at 17.37 and Howald was third for the Chargers at 19.56. McCord won the 300 hurdles with a time of 43.77 to beat Serrano of Washington at 45.75 with Aldridge third for the Chargers with a time of 46.44. Chantz Parson won the 800 me- ter run with a time of 2:05.90 with Mercer-Saenz of Lincoln second at 2:14.03. Fourth for the Chargers was Wilson at 2:19.00 and fifth went to Gray at 2:20.84. Cain Parker won two events for the Chargers. He finished first in the 1,600 meter run clocked at 4:54.16 with Mercer-Saenz of Lincoln second at 4:55.78. Wilson was sixth clocked at 5:11. Parker also won the 3,200 meter run with a time of 10:47 with Heller of Washington second at 10:54. Elijah Punturi finished fourth with a time of 11:43, 48 seconds ahead of the fifth place finisher. Sandy won the 100 meter dash for the Alices with a time of 11.31 seconds with Joyce of Lincoln second at 11.50. Stieneker was fourth for the Chargers in 12.03. In the 200 Mercer of Lincoln was first at 23.33 with Joyce second at 23.38. Stieneker finished third for the Chargers clocked at 24.54 and Petty was sixth at 26.78. Sandy won the 400 meter dash first in 3:41.39, Pike Central was second at 3:45.25 with Dexter Waltz, Parson, Austin Bolin and Dakota Lee running. Washington was third at 3:51. In the pole vault Lathem of Washington won the event with a jump of 12 feet-6 inches, Colton Corlett took second for the Char- gers clearing 10-6; Dakota Dicker- son was fourth at 8-6, Austin Bolin cleared 706 and C.J. Popp cleared 7-6. won the discus event with a best of 131-8 with Blane Gress of Pike Central second at 110-4.5 and Joey Carroll fourth with a best toss of 103-11. Stutzman of Vincennes Lincoln Stutzman also won the shot dles event during a recent home meet. He won the event with ease. Eric McCord clears a hurdle during the 300 meter hur- for Lincoln at 54.25 with Waltz sec- ond for the Chargers with a time of 55.20. Bolin was fourth for PC at 58.45. The second meet of the week was on the road with the Chargers meeting South Knox and Sullivan and coming out with a win. Pike Central had 68 points and won six events; South Knox 53 points win- ning five events and Sullivan 46 with five event wins. The Chargers picked up a first place finish in the 400 relay while taking second in the 3,200. The Charger team of Howald, McCord, Stieneker and Aldridge had a time of 48.05 and Sullivan was second at 48-81. South Knox won the 3,200 relay in 8:45.28 and PC was Continued on Page B4