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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Marshwood's Charlie Hudson, STA's Reece Anderson are Seacoast high school Athletes of Week
The Seacoast high school Athletes of the Week winners for April 21-26 are Marshwood High School baseball player Charlie Hudson and St. Thomas Aquinas girls lacrosse player Reece Anderson. Hudson joins previous boys winners this spring in St. Thomas Aquinas' Finley De Tolla, and Anderson joins previous girls winners this spring in Portsmouth High School's Raegan Lawton. York County College presents the Seacoast high school Athletes of the Week. The weekly polls run each Monday through midnight Thursday, and can be found at and The honors are presented by York County Community College. More on boys winner Charlie Hudson of Marshwood High School Charlie Hudson Hudson received 709 votes, little more than 36 percent, to win boys athlete of the week. Dover tennis player Diego Lopez was second with 663 votes. Advertisement Exeter baseball player Kyle Morgado (234), York lacrosse player Brendan Dowling (200) and Winnacunnet baseball player Connor Fowler (130) placed third through fifth, respectively. Hudson struck out 12 batters across five innings to lead Marshwood to a 9-3 Class A win over Massabesic. "(Hudson) has had an incredible work ethic in his career at Marshwood, and he deserves the recognition by his peers and community like this," Marshwood head coach Eric Wells said. "We're lucky to have him in our program." More on girls winner Reece Anderson of St. Thomas Aquinas Reece Anderson Anderson received 480 votes, little more than 38 percent, to win girls athlete of the week. York softball player Hannah Cleary was second with 465 votes. Advertisement Winnacunnet lacrosse player Sky Mace (171), Traip Academy lacrosse player Keira Alessi (76) and Dover softball player Sonya Castonguay (65) placed third through fifth, respectively. Anderson scored three goals, and reached the career 100-point milestone in STA's 22-3 win over Laconia. "She might be one of the most dependable players we have had the privilege coaching over the years," St. Thomas Aquinas head coach Jill Carroll said. "Reece never had on off day, she's always scrappy, always gives 110 percent, she's smart on the field and is a phenomenal leader. So well deserved to be athlete of the week." This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Here are Seacoast high school boys, girls athletes of the Week
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
JCC's Athlete of the Week ending April 27
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) – Jefferson Community College's Athlete of the Week for the Week Ending April 27, 2025, Sophomore Catcher/Infielder, Katie Call, of the softball team. JCC's Athletes of the Week ending April 13 Call, a 2023 graduate of Indian River Central School, is majoring in Physical Education. Call this past week, averaged 500 with 8 hits in just 16 at-bats and scored eight runs. With her consistent offensive output and relentless pressure on the opposition defenses, Call's play was crucial to the team's victory. The Cannoneers' next game will be Baseball today at noon at SUNY Broome Community College. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Chicago Tribune
20-04-2025
- Business
- Chicago Tribune
Malik Murray, Ariel exec and former St. Ignatius and Blue Demon basketball player, dies at 50
Chicago native Malik T. Murray was a longtime executive at Chicago-based Ariel Investments. He served on the board of trustees of DePaul University, where he had played Division I basketball, and he was on the board of directors for St. Ignatius College Prep. Murray oversaw Ariel's fundraising efforts for its investment strategies as the company's head of business development. 'Everyone just loved Malik. He was extremely generous,' said Ariel's founder, chairman and co-CEO John W. Rogers Jr. 'He always had time for everyone, and was never too busy to talk to a friend in need or a young person who needed mentorship, or someone who was going through a difficult time — Malik was always there for them. It didn't matter their titles.' Murray, 50, died of an apparent heart attack on Saturday at his home, said his sister, Nubia Murray Davis. He had recently become a West Town resident. Born and raised in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood, Murray was the son of Cook County Circuit Judge Leonard Murray and Linda Diane Gray Murray, who had been a longtime teacher and assistant principal at Hyde Park Academy until her death in 2021. Murray attended St. Philip Neri Elementary School and then enrolled at St. Ignatius College Prep, where he was a standout basketball player. In December 1991, the 6-foot-8-inch Murray was named one of the Tribune's Athletes of the Week after sinking 40 points and making 30 rebounds in two narrow St. Ignatius victories in one week, over St. Rita and Providence. Seen as a finesse player who alternated between guard and forward, Murray averaged 20.1 points and 9.5 rebounds per game for St. Ignatius. After graduating from St. Ignatius in 1992, Murray was recruited by DePaul, where he was a four-year letter winner on the men's basketball team under then-head coach Joey Meyer, as well as being the team's seventh man his senior year. After earning a bachelor's degree in finance from DePaul in 1996, Murray took a job with Bank One Brokerage, where he worked for eight years, eventually serving as a broker for its international exchange-traded products. He earned an MBA in finance from DePaul's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business in 2004. In December 2004, Murray joined Ariel, eventually rising to become its senior vice president and head of business development and institutional marketing. Ariel's former executive vice president of institutional marketing, Peter Q. Thompson, who hired Murray, noted that Murray was 'fiercely competitive, but didn't need to let anybody know that.' 'His demeanor was mild, but his passion for achievement — especially on the basketball court and at Ariel — was anything but mild,' Thompson said. 'I was out with Malik and John Rogers for dinner just last week and had a great conversation about life and work — and how much he loved and respected being part of the Ariel culture. He personified the Jesuit maxim instilled in him at St. Ignatius College Prep: 'Men and Women for Others.'' 'The entire Ariel family is in a state of shock over the passing of our beloved friend, Malik Murray,' Ariel Investments said in a statement. 'Malik was the ultimate teammate who always put clients and colleagues first. A fiercely competitive, yet abundantly kind spirit — he inspired excellence in everyone who had the privilege of working with him. He was a true gentle giant — big in stature, energy and heart. The only comfort to this devastating loss is 20 years of wonderful shared memories.' In 2022, Murray delivered the commencement address for DePaul's Driehaus College of Business. That same year, he established an endowed scholarship at the school for excellence in basketball and finance. In 2023, Murray joined DePaul University's board of trustees, and he was serving on the university's finance and investment committees at the time of his death. From 2017 until 2023, Murray served on the executive committee of the board of directors of St. Ignatius College Prep, where he was the founding chair of the School Culture DEI Committee. St. Ignatius President John Chandler recalled Murray 'mentoring scores of our players, coaches and students into this year,' and called him a 'gentle giant' among the school's alumni. 'As the Ignatian prayer for generosity states, he 'toiled and asked for no reward,'' Chandler said. 'Malik lived with deep purpose (and) led with love, lifted others and built lasting community wherever he went. He lived by his words and his personal example of the way he loved his life, and lit the way for all of us to follow. With grit, grace and love, he made us better. How humbled I and our community are to have called him a partner and friend.' In 2021, Murray established a financial aid endowment for students at St. Ignatius, the Linda Diane Gray Murray Excellence Through Education, Equity and Inclusion Endowment. Rogers noted Murray's 'immense loyalty' to Chicago and the institutions that had formed him. 'He was so incredibly loyal to those institutions,' Rogers said. 'He truly just felt lucky to be part of the St. Ignatius family and the DePaul family and what came through so clearly was that whichever board he was on, he made a difference. He would roll up his sleeves and make a difference for everyone, and that sense of being a great teammate of the organizations that he loved is something that's really rare and unique. Whether you were around DePaul or Ignatius people, they just so embraced Malik. This is going to be such a loss for the city.' During his finance career, Murray worked for a time as a referee for the NBA Development League, now known as the G League. Outside of work, Murray was an avid golfer, and he enjoyed traveling, his sister said. Art Reliford, a Hyde Park native and friend since the two were about 12 years old, called Murray 'a selfless individual who would give you the shirt off his back.' 'Malik was my guy, man. He'd do anything for you. He was very accomplished, but as high as he got, he would never knock anybody else down, and that was one of Malik's best attributes,' Reliford said. 'He was always a cheerleader for everybody.' Former Illinois and Chicago Bulls player Kendall Gill, who during the COVID-19 pandemic formed the 60/40 Club — consisting of certain intense workouts — to keep Chicagoans fit, was also a close friend. 'He was a big part of my 60/40 workout and he's a big part of the reason my children go to St. Ignatius,' Gill said. 'After my retirement from the NBA, I played basketball with Malik in different leagues, on the same team. He was a big part of my life, and he and his girlfriend, Liz, were great friends with my wife and me and my sons. This is just a very sad day for my family, for the Chicago basketball community, for St. Ignatius, for Ariel and for our 60/40 Club.' In addition to his sister, Murray is survived by his father, Leonard; another sister, Kai Murray; and a brother, noted tennis coach Kamau Murray. Services are pending.
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Meet the nominees for Press-Citizen's Athletes of the Week, April 7-13
Meet the nominees for Press-Citizen's Athletes of the Week, April 7-13 The Iowa high school tennis season got underway this past week while soccer and track and field also headlined a full week of action. Here are the nominees for the Iowa City Press-Citizen's high school Athletes of the Week for April 7-13. readers vote to decide this week's winners. Voting closes at 8 p.m. Thursday. Advertisement Athletes are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Girls Caitlyn Bell, Jr., Iowa City Regina Bell helped Regina soccer pick up its second win of the season with a 2-1 victory over Northeast on April 7. She scored a goal against the Rebels. Stella Demarest, Soph., Iowa City High Demarest scored for the first time this season during Iowa City High soccer's 4-4 tie with Solon on April 10. The second-year Little Hawk scored two goals against the Spartans. Kate Shafer, Sr., Solon Shafer earned a pair of top-five finishes at the Williamsburg Co-Ed Invitational on April 8. The thrower placed second with a personal record in discus (123 feet, nine inches). She placed fourth in the shot put (36 feet, 4.50 inches). Marie Stier, Sr., Iowa City West Stier earned a hard-fought singles win during the Iowa City West tennis team's 7-2 win over Dubuque Hempstead on April 8. Advertisement Stier dropped the first set, 4-6, and clinched the second set, 6-3. She then secured the third set (1-0 (10-3)). Stier also earned a doubles victory with teammate Sasha Postnikov. Erin Quinn, Sr., Iowa City Liberty Quinn recorded her first varsity goal during Liberty's 3-1 win over North Scott on April 10. She received a pass from teammate Callie Stanley to score Liberty's second goal of the night. Boys Solon senior Caleb Bock is a nominee for boys Athlete of the Week. Caleb Bock, Sr., Solon Bock earned a first-place finish for Solon track and field at the Clear Creek Amana boys invitational on April 10. Bock placed first in the long jump (20 feet, 5.5 inches). Joey Dains, Sr., Clear Creek Amana Dains won gold at the Clear Creek Amana boys invitational. Advertisement The fourth-year Clipper placed first in the 200 meters with a time of 22.33. Harel Gameti, Sr., Iowa City West Gameti earned a pair of top-three finishes at the Clear Creek Amana boys invitational. He placed first in the 100 meters (11.22) and third in the 200 meters (22.85). Bernard Grant, Sr., Iowa City High Grant earned gold for Iowa City High track and field at the Cedar Falls Co-ed meet on April 10. He placed first in the high jump with a leap of six feet, two inches. Collin Weis, Jr., Iowa City Liberty Weis found the back of the net during Iowa City Liberty soccer's 3-0 shutout over Iowa City West on April 10. Advertisement It was his first goal of the season. Marc Ray is the high school sports reporter for the Iowa City Press-Citizen. He can be reached at MARay@ , and on X, formerly Twitter, at @themarcszn. This article originally appeared on Iowa City Press-Citizen: Vote: Iowa City Press-Citizen's Athletes of the Week, April 7-13
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Yahoo
Watertown PD addresses social media rumors regarding Canadian vehicles
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) – The Watertown Police Department released a statement on Tuesday afternoon regarding social media rumors regarding Canadian cars being vandalized. In a press release from the department, they 'responded to numerous posts on social media within the last few days alleging that vandalism has been occurring at shopping locations in Watertown.' The posts alleged that vehicles with Canadian license plates were specifically targeted. Watertown Police added that they have been unable to locate reports of any such incidents from their own records, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office records, or the New York State Police records for Jefferson County or the city of Watertown specifically. People are asked to report any crimes to the Jefferson County Emergency Management 911 Center. Group calls for investigation into Ms. Rachel over posts about Gaza children Fort Drum offering community tour on April 29 89th Masters Tournament | Wednesday updates JCC's Athletes of the Week ending April 6 North country sports scoreboard: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
