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Softball season ends after loss to Barberton in semifinal game

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By: Lindsey Houck

The Stow-Munroe Falls softball team’s season came to a close after losing to Barberton 8-5 in a Division I district semifinal game May 21 at the Barberton Sports Complex.

With the win, the Lady Magics improved to 19-9 and reached their first district title game in school history. The Lady Bulldogs finished 24-6.

At one point, Stow had a 5-1 lead, but that advantage quickly ended in the sixth and seventh innings. Barberton scored seven runs in the final two innings. Alyssa Ingram had seven strikeouts in the first four innings, but things changed after the Lady Bulldogs built a 5-1 lead in the fifth.

In the sixth inning, Barberton scored four runs to tie the game. After a walk, and then a double by Lady Magics’ third baseman Kayla Rorrer, second baseman Makayla Okolish reached on an error.

Barberton then got its biggest hit of the game from its number eight hitter after having a bomb hit to the outfield player before. Barberton’s shortstop blasted a three-run homer over the fence in left field to tie the game.

Barberton then added a solo home run later in the inning for the final run. Ingram, despite pitching with the hip injury, went all seven innings. She allowed 13 hits and finished with eight strikeouts and one walk.

Stow tied the game again in the bottom of the third.

Ingram got the first of her two doubles and senior center fielder Erin Kolke added a run-scoring single. Sophomore Lindsey Houck, the courtesy runner for Ingram, scored on Kolke’s hit.

The Lady Bulldogs made the game 5-1 off Kaisk with four runs in the fifth.

Ingram led off the inning with a double and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by freshman shortstop Brittany Hoopingarner. Kolke followed with a run-scoring infield single and junior second baseman Bekah Jones added a single. Then, senior first baseman Chrissie Vaughan reached on an infield error and junior catcher Landry Slider drew a walk which set up the biggest blow of the inning. Left fielder Kayla Esterle ripped a two-run single to make it 5-1.

Barberton’s pitcher got the win in the circle as she scattered nine hits in seven innings. She walked two batters and struck out one. Ingram finished with three hits and Slider reached base three times.

Stow lost the game 8-5, but finished the season with their heads up.

News, Sports

FIFA involved in soccer scandal

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FIFA is a brand known by many and has recently been involved in a huge scandal. On May 27, in Zurich, Switzerland. Swiss police, on Wednesday, raided a Zurich hotel to detain top FIFA football officials as part of a US investigation into possible corruption the Simpsons may have predicted.

By: Ryan Stone

In Zurich, some police officers went into a massive hotel which was the site of this week’s annual meeting of FIFA, soccer’s global governing body. The officers got room numbers from the front desk, headed upstairs, and arrested six FIFA executives.

The Justice Department’s announcement primarily cites deals between FIFA, sports marketing groups and broadcast corporations for the television rights to air the World Cup and other international soccer tournaments.

This goes back to 1991; the indictment those involved conspired to receive bribes from marketing firms in exchange for exclusive television contracts to the cumulative tune of more than $150 million.

The Attorney General Loretta Lynch said, “It spans at least two generations of soccer officials who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.”

All of this could bring big issues to the soccer world and more than likely everyone involved will be brought to justice. 

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Cornerstone Market and Deli suffers damage due to fire

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By: Morgan Walko

The Cornerstone Market and Deli suffered immense damage due to a fire. The store burned to the ground on Wed., May 27.

The market closed at 7 p.m. and all employees left. The fire department received a call about the incident at 10:19 p.m. The building was empty, so there were no injuries.

The cause of the fire is still unknown and firefighters believe it may be awhile until they know what really happened. All of the employees had left; therefore, no one saw what happened.

Hardly anything remains of the store. The building and everything inside of it is considered a total loss.

A customer of the store decided to start an online fundraiser campaign for the owners of the store. Many people have donated already.

The damage done to the store will take a large amount of money to fix. The owners will have to rebuild the market and buy more supplies. They hope to be back in business as soon as they can put together the money.

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Stow Police raises awareness for Click It or Ticket campaign

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The Stow Police are working with the State of Ohio to raise awareness for the national Click It or Ticket mobilization which is running from May 18 to the 31.

The Click IIMG_3438t or Ticket campaign is to encourage and remind people the importance to wear their seat belts. Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among those aged 1-54 in the U.S. The Click It or Ticket campaign is an effort to decrease the deaths caused by the crashes.

Though the campaign is being enforced both day and night, the mobilization is being enforced more on the night time violators between the hours of 6 p.m. and 5:59 a.m. The night enforcement is due to the lack of clicking it less during the night and more during the day. More crashes and violators are found during the night due to the lack of light and ignorance of officers on the road during the late hours.

According to CDC.gov, during the 2015 campaign, law enforcement agencies across the nation will conduct intensive, high visibility enforcement of seatbelt laws during both daytime and nighttime hours. Using seat belts can save lives as using a regular seat belt can reduce fatal injury by 50 %.

Though not wearing a seat belt is not a primary offense, officers are able to ticket someone pulled over for another offense for not wearing a seatbelt. During the campaign, officers will be on higher alert for violators not wearing their seatbelt, and it will continue after the effort ends.

Officer Smith said, “There is a big gain from a simple three second action, we always assume it’s not going to happen to us, but crashes happen every day in the state of Ohio, the assumption should always be made that it might happen to you, it only takes a short amount of time to snap your seatbelt. It becomes a habit.”

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