News
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Plenty of excitement at inaugural Girl Scout Field Day
Rose Emerson, of Girls Scouts at West Point Troop #00186, times a race among the participants of the inaugural Field Day May 3 at the West Point Middle School Sports Field. Photo by Laura CrossA whopping 130 participants attended Girl Scouts at West Point’s inaugural Field Day May 3 at the West Point Middle School Sports Field. Contestants participated in a total of six entertaining games—a horseshoe toss, long jump, mafecking, health trivia, beanbag toss and a pentathlon. Additionally, participants were dazzled by the effervescence of the event: a beautiful, sunny day in a grassy, fresh field with excited children running about.
Volunteers from Girl Scouts at West Point, Service Unit #222, and the West Point Middle School’s National Junior Honor Society were in charge of each station.
All students who aided during the event learned responsibility, trust and leadership, and NJHS members earned service hours.
When participants arrived at the event, they were greeted by Crystal Nelson, one of the Cadette Girl Scouts, and signed in at the main center, or “Command Central.”
After receiving a stamp card at “Command Central,” children reported to their team leader (assigned by the color of their card) and then the extravaganza began. Read More
Posted on May 23rd, 2013 4:40 pm
Sports
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Houston rallies to defeat Army at Regionals
Senior second baseman Alex Reynolds catches a ball from freshman third baseman Kasey McCravey during Army’s 7-5 loss to Houston at the 2013 NCAA Austin Regional May 18.Haley Outon’s leadoff home run in the top of the fifth ignited a four-run rally as Houston erased a one-run deficit, and Bailey Watts threw shutout ball to record the save in a 7-5 defeat of Army (35-26) in an elimination game at the 2013 NCAA Austin Regional Tournament hosted by Texas at McCombs Field May 18.
The Cougars (41-19) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on Holly Anderson’s RBI double chasing home leadoff batter Katie St. Pierre, who was hit by a pitch.
After stranding a runner at third base in the second inning, sophomore pitcher Morgan Lashley (29-14) was touched for a pair of runs as Houston padded its lead to 3-0 in the third inning after capitalizing on two hits, a pair of walks and a sacrifice fly. Read More
Posted on May 23rd, 2013 4:41 pm
Leisure
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Command Channel 8/23
Army Newswatch
Thursday, Friday and Monday
through May 30
8:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7 p. Read More
Posted on May 23rd, 2013 8:00 am
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