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In its first year of existence, the Gateway Environmental K-8 Cross Country team is already making great strides. Comprised of just sixth graders, both the girls and boys teams quickly earning recognition throughout the county. Last week, the teams competed in the Miami Dade County Fair Invitational at Larry and Penny Thompson Park. The girls team finished the meet in second place, just four points behind Ammons Middle School. Antravia Snow led the team with a seventh place finish, as she ran the 2.1-
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Failing to reach a new agreement, the NBA canceled two more weeks of games. The latest cancellation totals at least 102 games and run through November 28. This marks the third time commissioner David Stern has postponed games as the league's lockout continues. Previously, the NBA cancelled its preseason and the first two weeks of the regular season, which was set to begin on Nov. 1. Last week, the NBA player's union and owners met for 30 hours over three days with a federal mediator. Negotiations fell apart when union officials were told they must commit to a 50-50 split of revenues before a salary cap system would be discussed. The two sides spoke this week, but have yet to reach a new agreement. Spence named ACC Linebacker of the Week For the third-consecutive week, University of Miami senior Sean Spence was named the ACC Linebacker of the Week on Monday. Spence was again the Canes leader on defense. The prolific linebacker played in the middle against the Yellow Jackets and racked up 10 tackles to lead all Miami players. The Miami native had six solo stops and a tackle for a loss of two yards. As the defensive captain, Spence helped hold Georgia Tech - one of the nations most potent offenses - to a season-low seven points, 35.9 off of its average. Spence has been the anchor of the defense all season and has amassed 65 total tackles (10th nationally), 9.5 tackles for loss (seventh nationally) for 35 yards, three sacks for 23 yards and a forced fumble. No other player at a BCS school has won defensive player of the week honors for their conference three times. Former Bronco Shines Former Homestead High standout JoJo Nicolas had a big game defensively for Miami against Georgia Tech last week. The senior safety, had a key interception late in the game, his second of the season. Nicolas biggest contribution of the game came when he recovered a fumble in the end zone for the first touchdown of his collegiate career. T.O. offered Arena Football Contract While no NFL teams showed up to watch Terrell Owens work out on Tuesday, T.O. still maintained confidence that some team would be interested in his services, and as it turns out, he was right. It just might not be the team he had in mind. The team is Chicago Rush of the Arena Football League.
Gateway Environmental cross-country team finishes second at Youth Fair meet
mile course in 15:48. Shaton Hansen and Deavion Velez finished with times of 16:06 and 16:10 respectively. The Gateway Environmental boys team finished in tenth place out of 24 teams. Quinton Clark finished in sixth place with a time of 13:43. Sergio Gomez and David Aldamirn finished The Gateway Environmental K-8 girls and boys cross-country teams have been cruising past with a time of 14:10 and 15:31 their competition in their first year. Pictured above from left are: (back row) Coach Griselda Perez, David Aldamirn, Jonathan DeJesus, Sergio Gomez, Steven Gutierrez and Quinton Clark. respectively. Front row: Kayla Hanna, Shaton Hansen, Yeysy Valesquez, Deavion Velez, Antravia Snow and Jocelyn Oliva.
Bucs get big district win over Palmetto FIU sneaks past SBC
Running back, Torry Clayton, carried South Dade to its first district win of the season, as the Bucs outlasted Palmetto 24-22 at Harris Field. Clayton finished the game with 141 yards on the ground and two scores as the Bucs amassed 209 rushing yards on the Panthers. Clayton got the Bucs on the scoreboard first in early in the game with a four-yard run up the middle. Palmetto came back in the second quarter, scoring two quick touchdowns to take a 13-10 lead at halftime. South Dade retook the lead in the third quarter when William Cortes took a handoff into the end zone from one yard out. Clayton scored his second touchdown of the game in the fourth quarter on a seven yard run. With just more than two minutes left to play, Palmetto scored a touchdown to cut the Bucs lead to 24-22. Attempting a two-point conversion, the South Dade defense made a big stop when it counted the most, keeping the Panthers out of the end zone. South Dade had trouble getting their passing game going, as Gavin Blatch threw for just 46 yards and was intercepted twice. But the Bucs defense held Palmetto to just 153 yards of total offense. After facing Southridge last night at Harris Field, South Dade will not be in action
foe Troy in overtime
Jack Griffin nailed a 22yard field goal in overtime to give the FIU Panthers a 23-20 victory over Troy, Tuesday night in Miami. The game went to overtime after Griffin tied the game with a field goal that split the uprights with 3:31 left in regulation. Griffin finished the contest a perfect three-of-three on field goals. Running back Kedrick Rhodes led the way for the Panthers with a career-high 172 rushing yards. Wayne Times also set a career-high in receiving yards, as he finished with a game-high six catches for 97 yards and one score. T.Y. Hilton, who was well covered most of the game, finished with four receptions for 62 yards, while Jacob Younger added a touchdown on 52 receiving yards. Quarterback Wes Carroll completed 20-of-37 passes for 285 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. After giving up a touchdown early in the first quarter, the FIU defense shut down Troy for the remainder of the first half. Troy got on the board first when D.J. Taylor turned the corner on the FIU defense and rushed for a 15-yard score, giving the Trojans a 7-0 lead with 5:24 to go in the first quarter. FIU cut into the Troy lead with 11:10 left in the first half when Griffin connected on a 32-yard attempt. FIUs drive ended in the red zone, as three false start penalties forced a third and long situation the Panthers couldnt convert. Penalties plagued the Panthers all night, as most came deep in Troy territory. FIU finally got into the end zone early in the third quarter when Carroll found Times, who outran the Troy defense down the sideline for a 76-yard touchdown. The touchdown gave FIU its first lead of the game, a 10-7 advantage with 10:42 to go in the third quarter. The 76-yard reception was the longest of Times career. On FIUs next possession, the Panthers put up seven more points through the air when Carroll hooked up with Younger for a 43-yard touchdown. Carroll scrambled out of the pocket and found Younger wide open at the 10-yard line. Younger trotted into the end zone from there. The score capped off a 71-yard drive that included a 30-yard rush by Darriet Perry. The touchdown put FIU up 17-7 with 6:31 remaining in the third quarter. FIUs defense came up with a big stop on the next drive when Corey Robinson tried to throw a deep pass, but FIUs Sam Miller was there to intercept it and give the ball back to FIU. The FIU offense couldnt carry the momentum and was forced to punt. The Trojans capitalized, scoring a touchdown on their next drive. The score came at the 2:22 mark when Shawn Southward took a hand-off into the end zone from three yards out to cut the FIU lead to 17-13 Troy took the lead off an FIU miscue, when a fumble by Glenn Coleman was returned 30 yards by Troys Tony Davis for a touchdown, giving the Trojans a 20-17 lead with 1:29 to go in the third quarter. Halfway through the fourth quarter, FIU was threatening to score as they had a first down inside Troys 20-yard line. However, another fumble, this one by Perry, ended FIUs threat. See FIU, 8B
Torry Clayton takes a hand-off in for a score from 7-yards out.
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Local cheerleader earns world ranking
By MIKE DILL At the age of eight, Megan Glisson challenged herself to be the best cheerleader. Now, just eight years later, Glisson has been named one of the Top 21 Cheerleaders in the World. The junior at South Dade High has been a member of Top Gun Cheerleading since she was nine. She has been on teams that have won numerous National Titles and a team that won the World Championship. At first I wanted to get into gymnastics, Glisson said. But the gym moved away. So I went to Top Gun and have been there ever since. Glisson has been able to show her athletic ability through her tumbling and stunts around the world through her involvement with Top Gun Cheerleading. The team recently traveled to compete in Australia and is a fixture at national competitions in Orlando. Along with being featured on ESPN, Glisson has also appeared on the big screen as a member of the Pink Flamingos in Bring it On: All or Nothing. Cheerleading has given me juggling a full schedule. While she is a member of Top Gun, she is also a varsity cheerleader for South Dade and is on the Bucs JV volleyball team. Glisson says all her coaches are understanding when it comes to participating on other teams. Between going to school, cheer practice and volleyball Im busy for about 17 hours a day, Glisson said. With a tough schedule you learn to overcome difficulties and make better choices. Just as she excels in her athletics, Glisson is also an Honors student with a 3.5 grade point average. Her goal is to obtain a cheerleading scholarship to the University of Hawaii. She has already received offers from some schools, and even spoke to coaches at the University of Miami to join the diving team. In college, Glisson plans to study medicine and wants to become a Cardiologist.
the chance to meet new people and to see how happy everyone gets when we perform, Glisson said. One of the biggest challenges for Glisson is
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