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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
IB senior Lexi Brinkman enjoys the rough, vital role of playing catcher
GLASFORD, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — She always wanted to play softball. But Lexi Brinkman didn't have too much say in what position she was going to play. 'I started catching when I was ten. My mom was the coach, she said 'you're going to catch.' Ever since then, I've always enjoyed it,' Brinkman said. Yes, the Illini Bluffs senior actually enjoys playing catcher. It's the position that requires all the equipment, the position where you get dirty, the position where you take foul balls off your body. But also the position that puts you in every play. 'I feel like it keeps me more engaged in the game. You're in every single play,' Brinkman said. 'I feel like it keeps me in the game. I call pitches. It helps me know the batters. I'm behind the plate, I can see the batters better. I can see what they are doing with their hands, where they are in the (batter's) box.' Brinkman has been the Illini Bluffs starting catcher since her first year of high school softball. 'It's a special athlete that wants to be a catch,' said IB softball coach Lindsey Lox. 'And her freshman year, she stepped up when we had an injury and she has been catching us ever since. She has that leadership. A great catcher, a great leader.' Brinkman has signed to play college softball at Illinois State. She and her IB teammates begin the postseason next week. Her goal is to keep her team relaxed as it begins its quest to make it to the state finals for a sixth straight season. 'I like making sure everyone is calm,' said Brinkman. 'They make sure they know if they make a mistake or an error, we can pick them up. I try my best to lead like that and help everyone else.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Yahoo
Search suspended for missing fisherman after 3 killed when boat capsizes near Queens
The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing 52-year-old fisherman who is presumed dead after his boat capsized in the waters off Queens Sunday, killing three of his friends. The search was ended for Bronx resident Vernon Glasford at 6 p.m. Monday, with his body still missing. Glasford was on the 30-foot Grady-White boat fishing boat when it began to take on water near Breezy Point near the entrance to the Ambrose Channel around noon Sunday. 'The decision to suspend a search is always difficult,' said Capt. Jonathan Andrechik, the Coast Guard Sector New York commander. 'Though our active search has ended, our support and sympathy remain with all those impacted by this tragic incident.' Six men were on the boat when it unexpectedly capsized, officials said. Two men survived, three died and Glasford was unaccounted for. Coast Guard crews responding to the capsized boat scoured 842 square miles during a 30-hour search, Coast Guard officials said. The search involved vessels of different sizes, helicopters, and small planes. Survivor Sewchand Maniram, 62, was captaining the boat when it began to take on water, his grandson told the Daily News Monday. 'One of the guys was feeling seasick so my grandfather took over driving to go back,' said Sachin Latchman, 18. 'There were a lot of waves and it seemed unnatural to my grandfather because he owned a boat too.' The men looked back and noticed the engine was already under water, according to Latchman. 'That's when it flipped,' he said. 'It happened all of a sudden. My grandfather climbed onto the bottom of the (upside down) boat.' The boat, which departed from a dock on Cross Bay Blvd. near 162nd Ave. in Howard Beach, began its trip on the Shellbank Basin, a narrow inlet leading to Jamaica Bay. The NYPD, FDNY, and New Jersey State Police assisted the Coast Guard in its search. A Coast Guard boat crew recovered three people from the capsized boat and rushed them to Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, N.J., for treatment. A helicopter rescue crew dispatched from Atlantic City recovered one victim and an NYPD aviation crew found another within a few hours. Glasford was wearing a gray hoodie, blue jeans and black boots when the boat capsized. 'He went fishing Sunday and he didn't come home,' said Jenel Bobb, who lives in the same building as her brother in the University Heights neighborhood of the Bronx. 'He didn't come home. He didn't call. We called and called and he didn't pick up,' said Bobb. 'It didn't add up. And then the Coast Guard called.'
Miami Herald
24-02-2025
- Miami Herald
At least three dead after fishing boat sinks in NY harbor, officials say. One missing
Authorities say they are searching for a 52-year-old fisherman after a boat capsized in a New York harbor, killing at least three and injuring two others. Rescue crews were dispatched after 12 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23 when the New York Coast Guard Sector was notified by emergency operators about a boat sinking near a neighborhood at the tip of Queens' Rockaway peninsula, according to a Feb. 24 U.S. Coast Guard news release. A total of five people were found and taken to hospitals, with four of the five being unresponsive, authorities said. At least three have died as of Feb. 24, WNBC reported. Names of the deceased have not been released. Authorities identified the missing person as Vernon Glasford, who 'was last seen wearing a gray hoodie, blue jeans, and black boots.' Glasford's cousin, David, described him as a frequent fisherman and a 'hardworking father' of three, ABC News reported. 'We don't know what to think. We just know that he's missing,' David Glasford told the outlet. According to the Coast Guard, the 30-foot-long Grady-White vessel left Howard Beach in the morning for a recreational fishing trip with six passengers. The cause of the incident remains under investigation. The water temperature in the search area as of Feb. 24 was about 38 degrees, authorities said.
