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For those whose ears are still ringing with stadium-filling cheers of euphoria and Bill Baker’s breathless shouts of “Huskies win! Huskies win!” on the radio, Intercollegiate Athletics has some wonderful news. Season ticket sales for the 2012 football campaign begin next week! To celebrate, Athletics and University Relations are inviting all fans to pose for professionally photographed pictures with five of the fall season’s trophies at the Wednesday, Feb. 15, men’s basketball game inside... Read Full Story

Talented cheerleaders flew the flag for Hartlepool by winning an incredible 58 trophies at a national event. The youngsters who make up the Hartlepool Hawks cheerleading academy swooped to success in Blackpool at the annual International Championships. The team won every single category they entered, and left the seaside resort with an impressive 15 national titles. Children as young as four were joined by the more experienced Hawks aged up to 19 at the elite competition held at Norbreck... Read Full Story

In the six years leading up to the state cheerleading finals Saturday, the south suburbs garnered championship trophies in every season. This year was no different, reaffirming the area as a competitive cheerleading authority with two state champions and eight top-10 finishers spread over three divisions. Sandburg, coming off a fourth-place finish last season, claimed its third title in the large-team category. Rich Central secured its first in the coed division. “Every state title is a... Read Full Story

Michael Epps received four awards during the recent 750 Motor Club Awards Evening in recognition of his sensational 2011 Formula Vee campaign. At the awards ceremony in Stratford Upon Avon, the Hertfordshire teenager was awarded a host of trophie s in front of a crowd of over 200 people, including Motorsport legends, media and fellow racers. Epps picked up his trophy for finishing runner-up in the Vee Championship, as well as the Top Rookie award, two separate trophies as he was won the... Read Full Story

A new trophy case at Berkley High School that holds once moth-balled testaments to past sports triumphs is an achievement in itself. Built by senior Nathan Vertel, 17, with $2,000 he raised from bottle drives, 500-man hours went into the three sets of oak shelves for his Eagle Scout project. Also an athlete, Nathan said he was surprised to learn teams had won dozens of trophies that couldn’t be displayed because there wasn’t enough room. That gave him an idea for a community service project... Read Full Story

Having clinched the Bay Cities Racing Association Dirt championship prior to the final BCRA Dirt race — becoming the first female to win a major Midget championship, Shannon McQueen collected her championship accolades and trophies at the BCRA awards banquet in Stockton, CA on January 28.??In addition to decisively claiming the BCRA Dirt driver and Dirt car owner’s titles, McQueen also claimed fourth overall in driver’s points and sixth overall in owner’s points, as well as receiving the best... Read Full Story

Several students under the direction of Robert and Kristine Oberst, owners and directors of the Back Mountain Dance Studio, Dallas, recently attended the ‘Stars on the Rise’ talent competition at the Chateau Resort at Camelback, Tannersville. Three students were named Best Overall Solo in their age division. Gabrielle Sabatini was the overall solo winner in the 7-9 age division. She also won first-place trophies in solo tap, hip hop and open and second place in the jazz category. Gabrielle... Read Full Story

The National Theater emerged triumphant at the U.K.’s Critic’s Circle Drama Awards, taking five of nine available trophies . In a show of strength, the venue’s haul was spread across four productions. Benedict Cumberbatch took the actor kudo for Danny Boyle’s production of “Frankenstein,” which also garnered the design nod for set designer Mark Tildesley. Richard Bean’s Gotham-bound “One Man, Two Guvnors” won for new play, while Mike Leigh took the director trophy for his own play “Grief... Read Full Story

What began as a simple gesture of goodwill, through Facebook, exploded into a viral mechanism of community empowerment.  Soon after a former King George High School student posted the statement “You must be from King George/Dahlgren if (fill in the blank)” Facebook entries grew from former students remembering teachers to posting old photos of the old KGHS, currently called old King George Elementary School. To determine the current condition of the old school a tour was formed to revisit... Read Full Story

Each month throughout the 2011-2012 school year, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office honors the positive actions of the community’s students through the “Do The Right Thing” Student Recognition Program. The goal of the program is to reinforce positive behavior among youths and to establish students as role models for their peers. “Do The Right Thing” partners law enforcement, local government, the business and Lee County educational community together in an effort to make a lasting positive... Read Full Story