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Chicago Tribune
04-04-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
The first pitch takes Shepard freshman Carly Edmiston by complete surprise. But now? ‘Able to figure it out.'
The first time that freshman Carly Edmiston caught a pitch from DePaul recruit Kailey Selvage was during tryouts. And Shepard coach Bridget McDermott remembers it well. 'It was like, 'All right, let's see the freshman catching the senior,' and that first pitch, she kind of like jerked back a little bit,' McDermott said of Edmiston. 'That first one took her by surprise. 'But from there, she was able to figure it out and get used to it.' That was evident Thursday. Edmiston made her second start behind the plate and Selvage struck out 18 for a 7-1 win over Tinley Park in a South Suburban Conference crossover in Palos Heights. The left-handed-hitting Edmiston, who shares duties at catcher and third base on a game-by-game basis with Madison Scapardine, came up with a hit and three walks with two RBIs for the Astros (4-1, 1-0). Scapardine added three hits and scored two runs. Leah Cruz led Tinley Park (3-3, 0-1) with two hits. The Titans scored their only run when Loyola commit Megan Piotrowski singled home Aubrey Spilde in the fourth inning in a game that was scheduled to take place in Tinley Park but was switched because the Titans' fields were too wet. Selvage, meanwhile, has the luxury of throwing to two quality catchers. She opened the season with a perfect game in a 7-0 win over Homewood-Flossmoor with Scapardine behind the plate. But having a catcher three years younger than her is working out well, too. 'I'm sure that being a freshman up here can be scary,' Selvage said. 'When we had our first practices in the offseason in the gym, we were like, 'Who is this girl?' 'Just to see her come out and bring it right away is super cool. And as a freshman, it's important because she's only going to grow.' Growing up in Alsip, Edmiston started playing the softball when she was 4 years old and vowed to be better than her sister. Emily, by the way, is 10 years older than Carly. Carly attended Emily's games at Shepard but wasn't always watching her older sister. 'I would be playing around,' Carly said. 'I didn't pay attention.' Despite the significant age gap, Carly said she learned a lot from Emily but doesn't get to see her much anymore because her sister lives in South Carolina. 'We stay in contact,' Carly said. 'She's happy for me.' The Astros also are happy with their red-hot start to the season, which included the aforementioned 7-0 victory over H-F and a nice 10-0 win over Providence. Their only loss is a 4-0 setback to Andrew, with a big test coming up Monday against Marist. Edmiston is having fun with the success, which comes on the heels of her playing with the Chicago Cheetahs 16U team and taking second in the nation at the USSSA Tournament in Florida. Next up came the high school season, playing varsity and now occasionally catching Selvage. 'I went into that first game and I was scared,' Edmiston said. 'I knew I would be catching a D-I commit. But right at the start of warming her up, I could tell we clicked as a pitcher-catcher duo. 'When we got in the game, it was going well.' Edmiston took to being a left-handed hitter as soon as she started playing softball. 'I just went up to the plate and went to the lefty batter's box,' she said. 'I throw righty … I don't know.' She did bat right-handed once in her career, however. 'When I was 10, my coach told me to bat right-handed, so I did,' Edmiston said. 'I did get a hit, but it was a terrible swing.'
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Yahoo
Kendrick penalty phase delayed by positive COVID-19 tests
SOMERSET, Pa. – A penalty phase proceeding has been rescheduled in the trial of a former SCI- Somerset inmate convicted of fatally beating a corrections sergeant in 2018. One 'crucial' participant in the trial has contracted COVID-19 and another participant's spouse has also tested positive, prompting court officials to delay the proceeding by one week, Somerset County Court Administrator Tammy Escalera said. The capital sentencing phase for Paul Jawon Kendrick, which is now set to begin next Monday, is anticipated to take several days to complete, attorneys have said. Jurors were notified through the county's automated alert system about the change, Escalera said. The county switched to a new system earlier this year that enables group notification by email and text messages. Kendrick is the first person in Somerset County in decades facing the possibility of a death sentence. He was convicted of first-degree murder and four assault-related charges Friday following four days of trial. Jurors issued a verdict after nearly three hours of deliberation, convicting him for intentionally killing Sgt. Mark J. Baserman, who was 60. A jury of nine women and three men who sat for last week's trial will return next week to consider whether Kendrick should face the death penalty or life in prison without parole as punishment for the crime. Attorneys in the case and Senior Judge Patrick Kiniry spent five days selecting a panel of jurors willing to listen to both sides' arguments. By law, 'aggravating' circumstances – including the fact that Kendrick was convicted of killing another person in 2014 – and 'mitigating' circumstances that might lessen culpability for the crime must be weighed by jurors before rendering a decision. The fact Kendrick has also now been convicted of killing a law enforcement official is another aggravating factor jurors will be able to consider. Under Pennsylvania law, all 12 jurors would have to decide in favor of the death penalty for the verdict to be issued. Death row listJust one person is on death row for a crime committed in Somerset or Cambria counties. Stephen Rex Edmiston was sentenced in 1989 for the rape and murder of a 2-year-old child. Edmiston, now in his mid-60s, was sentenced to death after jurors found that Edmiston took the toddler from Clearfield County and left her body in Reade Township. The last person to be executed in Pennsylvania was Gary Heidnik, remembered as the 'House of Horrors' killer who raped and murdered women in his Philadelphia basement in the 1980s. He was executed in 1999. Over the past decade, Pennsylvania has had a moratorium on executions, but 95 people are currently on death row, according to a state execution list.
