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Atlantic Head Volleyball Coach Emma Walker is starting to feel like it’s her program. The young coach is heading into her second season as Head Coach and thinks some improvement is on the horizon for her team. “I think it’s hard to take over a program, especially when there has been little to no consistency in the last six or seven years. I think in the four years that the Seniors last year competed, they had 3 different coaches. This year I’m really taking ownership of the program and the girls are taking ownership, it’s just a really different atmosphere in the gym. A lot of hard work and more competitiveness, so I think things are definitely heading in the right direction.”
Coach Walker has also been impressed by the level of commitment her girls have shown to the game. She said every one of her expected starters were involved in winter club volleyball and they all were in for every summer camp and open gym they held. “I feel really confident in their determination and desire to better themselves.”
Atlantic hopes to improve on a 2 win season last year and Coach Walker believes they have what it takes to take a big step forward. Atlantic opens the season tonight with a triangular with AC-GC and Earlham at Guthrie Center High School. Coach Walker has been really impressed with their recent play and workouts and hopes that carries over into the start of the season. She thinks some early play will also help the team gain valuable experience.
The Trojans continue play this Saturday at the AHSTW tournament.
Listen to more from Coach Walker on our Saturday morning coaches show at 8:30am.
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA Development League will begin its 16th season on Nov. 11. The league announced its schedule on Monday. This season features 22 teams, including three NBA-owned expansion teams. The Long Island Nets and Windy City Bulls will make their league debuts on opening night against each other in Chicago. The Greensboro Swarm, owned by the Charlotte Hornets, is the other new franchise.
The Northern Arizona Suns and Salt Lake City Stars have both relocated to the homes of their parent clubs. The league champion Sioux Falls Skyforce will open the season on Nov. 12 at home against the Stars. Canton plays Grand Rapids, Maine will play Oklahoma City and Iowa will visit Los Angeles in the other games on opening day.
Each team will play 50 games.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bijan Rademacher homered and doubled, scoring two runs as the Iowa Cubs beat the Memphis Redbirds 7-2 on Monday. Tim Federowicz homered and singled with two RBIs for Iowa. Iowa went up 2-0 in the fifth after Munenori Kawasaki hit an RBI triple, driving in John Andreoli.
The Cubs later added four runs in the sixth and one in the eighth. In the sixth, Federowicz hit a two-run home run, while Rademacher hit a solo home run in the eighth. Armando Rivero (4-3) got the win with two innings of scoreless relief while Memphis starter Kurt Heyer (2-3) took the loss in the Pacific Coast League game.
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Spencer Newman was 4 for 5 with four RBIs and Bowling Green, Kentucky scored 11 runs in the seventh inning for a 14-4 victory over Johnston, Iowa on Monday night in the Little League World Series. Kentucky had the bases loaded in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.
With the bases full in the seventh, Patrick Forbes and Devin Obee were both walked and Tate Hanks crossed home plate on a wild pitch for a 6-3 lead. Newman drilled a two-run double and Turner Nottmeier hit a RBI double to right to make it 9-3.
Iowa loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the seventh but was held to one run on Josh Larson’s RBI single. Iowa starter Kaiden Dinh left with an apparent injury to his throwing arm in the top of the third. Kentucky will play New York on Wednesday night. Iowa faces Rhode Island in an elimination game today (Tuesday).
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs took pass rusher Tamba Hali off the physically unable to perform list Monday, though the team said he will practice on a limited basis. Hali had surgery in the offseason on his balky knees, which forced him to miss nearly every practice late last season. He was still able to play in games but hardly looked 100 percent.
Hali has spent training camp working out with trainers, but his removal from the PUP list means he can begin working out with the rest of the team. Still, it is unlikely he will play in the Chiefs’ remaining preseason games against Chicago and Green Bay.
The 32-year-old Hali played in 15 games and had 6 1/2 sacks last season.
Atlantic Senior Basketball player Garrett Franken made a verbal commitment on Sunday to play his college basketball at the University of North Dakota. Franken made the announcement after spending some time with the team on a visit this past weekend. He received an offer from the Division 1 program back in early July. “I have been talking to their coaches since I was a Sophomore. I wanted to wait until I visited campus to commit and I just loved everything about the school.”, Franken said.
Franken just completed his Junior season with Atlantic in which the Trojans went 18-5 and only lost to three teams. The 6’7″ Franken averaged 16 points per game on 43% shooting for the season. He also collected 125 rebounds, had 89 assists, and 39 steals while primarily playing the Point Guard position.
Franken said he also received offers from Sioux Falls and Dordt (where his brother Dalton plays) but ultimately liked the fit with North Dakota. He also said he wanted to get a decision made now, “I wanted to make my decision before my Senior year so I didn’t have to worry about it and could just go out and play during the season.”
The North Dakota Fighting Hawks are located in Grand Forks, North Dakota and play in the Big Sky Conference. The Fighting Hawks went 17-16 overall last season and 10-8 in conference play.
Listen to the full interview with Garrett’s reaction below.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Mike Leake pitched seven strong innings and hit a two-run single and the St. Louis Cardinals homered four times Sunday to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-0. Jedd Gyorko, Stephen Piscotty, Brandon Moss and Jeremy Hazelbaker went deep. The Cardinals had hit multiple home runs in nine straight games, tying a major league record, before failing to connect Saturday night in a 4-2 loss.
Jhonny Peralta added three hits as the Cardinals finished a 6-3 road trip. They remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Miami for the final wild-card spot in the National League.
The Cardinals got six extra-base hits to set a club record of 14 straight games with at least three extra-base hits. Leake (9-9) gave up seven hits and struck out eight. Philadelphia had homered in 14 straight games before getting blanked by Leake and two relievers. Vince Velasquez (8-6) fell to 0-4 with a 6.23 ERA in his last seven starts.
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