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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
39 years later: Girard prepares for Lake Catholic in regionals
GIRARD, Ohio (WKBN) — For the first time since 1986, Girard baseball will compete in the Regional Semifinals against top-seeded Lake Catholic on Tuesday following its 4-1 victory over Ursuline for the district crown. 'It's a great accomplishment,' said coach Aaron Alejars. 'We have a cohesive group with an [unyielding] mentality. It's been a long struggle but credit those who are here now and who've been with the program in year's past. We're all one big Girard family. The hope is that this will open the eyes to future [classes], 'If they could do it – why not us?' I'm so very proud of these kids.' The path to June baseball wasn't an easy process. The Indians owned a 13-8 record on May 13. Then, within a 5-day span, Girard closed out its regular season slate with four consecutive setbacks to finish fourth in the Northeast 8 standings. Limping into the postseason, Girard was matched against last year's state Division II champion West Branch. In the bottom of the seventh, Zach Ward belted a game-tying single to center to send the contest to extra innings. With the bases loaded in the eighth, Dom Phillips was hit by a pitch to score the winning run as Girard advanced to the districts, 5-4. A 6-run sixth lifted the Indians past Perry 7-4 to move onto the district finals. Cam Herrick tossed seven innings to earn the win on the mound. Four Indians finished with multiple hits – Phillips (3), Will Hynes (2), Ward (2) and Kaiden Clare (2). In the district championship game from Skeeles Field on the campus of The University of Akron, the Indians trailed Ursuline 1-0 before scoring three runs in the fifth frame to post the eventual 4-1 win over the Fighting Irish. Dominick Tolone hurled a complete game, 4-hitter as No. 7 also struck out nine batters. Offensively, the Indians closed out the afternoon with 9 hits – led by Joey Alejars, Ja'den Royal and Herrick, who each had two hits apiece. 'From the get-go, I knew we had the potential and experience returning – eight seniors, five of which are 4-year letter winners – everyone on this team has an important role,' Alejars said. Hynes, a 2-time All-League First-Team recipient, has compiled 74 hits – 22 for extra bases – and 63 runs scored over the past two seasons. This year, he leads Girard in hitting with a .408 average and 34 stolen bases. Ward, who had a pair of walk off hits against Lakeview and Poland during the regular season, accumulated 8 doubles and 28 RBIs while hitting .337 (31-92). A pair of juniors are near the top of the team's leaderboard with Royal – nicknamed Moose – and Herrick, are batting .400 and .356, respectively. The pitching staff features three hurlers who've logged an ERA of 3.21-or less while throwing at least 23 innings – Herrick (3.21 in 56 2/3 IP), Tolone (2.14 in 36 IP) and Royal (1.83 in 23 IP). A year ago, Lake Catholic finished 12-12. With eight seniors returning, the Cougars had high hopes entering the 2025 season. 'We have a great senior group that we've leaned on this year,' said coach Brian LeRoy. 'Watching them work over the winter, I kind of knew what they were capable of with their maturity level [and talent] returning.' Following its playoff run that saw the Cougars defeat three opponents by a combined score of 40-1, Lake Catholic has arrived in the regionals for the first in fourteen years with a record of 22-4. 'We harp on playing Cougar baseball – that means throwing strikes, playing clean and putting the ball in play,' LeRoy said. Four-year starter and two-time league MVP AJ Trobenter, the team's catcher, leads the Cougars in batting average (.449), extra base hits (18), homers (5) and RBIs (26). On the corners in the infield are a pair of juniors – Brayden Mann (.391 BA, 7 2Bs, 21 RBIs) and Micah Nytrae (.380 BA, 13 2Bs, 15 RBIs). Lake Catholic's pitching staff has been electric; amassing a team ERA of 1.64 over the course of 175 innings. Three hurlers stand out in seniors Patrick Radigan (6-1, 87 Ks, 1.25 ERA), Shea Sievers (5-1, 32 Ks, 1.46 ERA) and all-state quarterback Frankie Trinetti (6-2, 43 Ks, 2.45 ERA). LeRoy considers Radigan, 'the best pitcher in Division 4'. The Ashland commit set the school mark for the most strikeouts in a single season. Radigan also became the first pitcher to toss an immaculate inning – 9 pitches and 3 strikeouts – in program history. Regarding their regional opponent (Girard), LeRoy says, 'Any team who's left at this point must be [challenging]– we don't have a common opponent. Looking at them from afar, they have a couple quality pitchers, they do a great job of putting the ball in play and they run the bases really well.' Girard has successfully stolen 106 bases this year. 'Speed kills,' Alejars said. 'This could be one of those games where runs could be hard to come by. You can't teach speed, if we can steal a couple bases – that could be a huge advantage for us.' 'We must control their run game,' LeRoy said. 'That's part of our preparation for the game. In the end, we believe we can hang with anyone.' The Indians (16-12) will face Lake Catholic (22-4) in the Regional Semifinals from Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium in Canton on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Alejars says of the Cougars, 'They're the No. 1 seed, the team to beat. They should be the favorite; however, just like in a boxing match – we have a puncher's chance. This team has this mentality of never giving up – that was instilled in me, at a young age, by my father and by my coaches. It makes me proud to see they have it, too.' 2025 Girard IndiansCoach: Aaron AlejarsRecord: 16-12 ResultsIndians 4 Ursuline 1*Indians 7 Perry 6*Indians 5 West Branch 4*Hubbard 6 Indians 0Fitch 8 Indians 6Poland 8 Indians 0South Range 3 Indians 2Indians 7 Struthers 4Indians 7 Struthers 1East Palestine 4 Indians 2South Range 4 Indians 2Indians 4 Poland 3Hubbard 8 Indians 6Indians 8 Anderson County 2Anderson County 13 Indians 2Carter 6 Indians 3Indians 6 Chaney 4Indians 13 Springfield 3Indians 8 Harding 0Indians 11 Salem 6Indians 9 Columbiana 2Lakeview 3 Indians 2Indians 6 Lakeview 5Indians 3 Jefferson 1McDonald 8 Indians 5Indians 5 Niles 0Indians 12 Niles 1West Branch 2 Indians 1 Team StatsBatting Average: .291Earned Run Average: 3.29 Individual Statistical LeadersBatting AverageWill Hynes – .408 (42-103)Ja'den Royal – .400 (34-85)Cam Herrick – .356 (26-73)Zach Ward – .337 (31-92)Dom Phillips – .289 (22-76) Runs ScoredWill Hynes – 37Dom Phillips – 22Ja'den Royal – 21Joe Marsco – 16Zach Ward – 12 DoublesWill Hynes – 13Zach Ward – 8Dom Phillips – 6Cam Herrick – 5Joe Marsco – 4 TriplesWill Hynes – 2Cam Herrick – 1 Home RunsZach Ward – 1 Runs Batted InZach Ward – 28Ja'den Royal – 23Will Hynes – 11Joe Marsco – 10 Stolen BasesWill Hynes – 34Joe Marsco – 16Dom Phillips – 15Zach Ward – 10Ja'den Royal – 10Joey Alejars – 9 Earned Run AverageJa'den Royal – 1.83Dominick Tolone – 2.14Cam Herrick – 3.21 Pitching WinsCam Herrick – 4Ja'den Royal – 4Ricky Plant – 4Dominick Tolone – 3 Strike OutsCam Herrick – 60Dominick Tolone – 43Ja'den Royal – 29Ricky Plant – 21 Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
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Trump Bill Advances as Team Owner and College Tax Breaks in Peril
The omnibus 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' passed by the House of Representatives Thursday morning takes aim at team owners' coveted ability to write off most of the purchase price of a sports team, with a clause that would remove billions of dollars from being deducted on taxes. 'The bill itself, vis-a-vis sports teams ownership, isn't really a great thing,' Irwin Kishner, a partner at the law firm of Herrick, Feinstein, said on a phone call. 'You could argue the valuations of sports teams would be less than they were prior to that tax treatment.' More from Baseball America the Latest to Be Target of 'Bork Bill' Congress May Have to Settle NCAA Athlete Eligibility Issue Coffey Talk: Donn Davis on PFL's Rise and Sports 'Ego Money' The bill, now numbered H.R. 1, covers a multitude of spending priorities including border security, defense and taxation, among others. The legislation also takes a hatchet to amortization, which is the depreciation of non-tangible assets often termed goodwill. Typically, 90% or more of a team's purchase price is goodwill, which excludes physical assets a team might possess, such as its stadium and weight room equipment. 'Team owners were allowed to deduct 100% of the purchase price over 15 years, and now they're only allowed to deduct 50% over 15 years, if it comes to law,' Robert Raiola, director of the sports and entertainment group at PKF O'Connor Davies accounting firm, said on a phone call. Amortization is an accounting principle meant to assess a decline in value over time, like its cousin depreciation, which is meant to account for physical assets wearing out, such as machinery. In sports, values don't typically decline. The 1973 New York Yankees sale to George Steinbrenner is believed to be the last time a franchise from the big four U.S. leagues traded hands at a loss. The amortization of team values is an under-the-radar tax benefit that is a key part of the calculus used in the decision to buy a U.S. sports franchise—and it plays a role in the skyrocketing prices paid for franchises in recent years. For example, under existing law, a team owner paying $1.6 billion for a franchise where $1.5 billion is intangible goodwill could deduct that $1.5 billion over 15 years. That $100 million annual deduction of taxable income probably saves the average team owner $40 million in actual taxes, assuming a 40% blended federal and state tax rate. Those deductions do raise the taxable income if and when the team is sold—all $1.5 billion would be a gain to be taxed—but not paying taxes today is preferable to paying them in the distant future. The proposed law, which now moves to the Senate, means team owners would still get a $20 million annual tax savings under the example above. As drafted, it would cover all professional sports teams, and specifies football, hockey, soccer, baseball and basketball as examples. The amortization reduction applies only to new purchases after the bill becomes law, so any revenue bump to the federal government would be muted by the fact current team owners will be exempt under the proposal. 'The general public doesn't really feel sorry for these people either way, but for the owners themselves, it has a huge impact,' Kevin Thorne, managing partner of tax-focused Thorne Law Group, said on a phone call. 'I think it's going to be changed by the time it goes fully through [the Senate and reconciliation process]. A lot of people are going to be getting phone calls on The Hill.' Two years ago Congress eliminated the ability of team owners to immediately depreciate the value of tangible assets of their franchises. Tax benefits 'are a big part of the calculus' of buying a team, Kishner said. 'But it's still a regulated asset in that supply is less than demand and people have historically done very well owning these franchises.' H.R. 1 also seeks to tax college athletic department licensing revenue. Typically, all nonprofits must pay income tax on revenue from activities not central to their tax-exempt status to avoid giving charities a competitive advantage over for-profit businesses. Yet under current law, income from the sale or licensing by a college of its name and logo is exempt from unrelated business income taxation. This money can be significant: Ohio State University's athletic department for example, made $34.1 million in licensing and advertising revenue in the latest reported year, according to the Sportico College Sports Finances Database. Athletic department logos of seemingly every college in the U.S. are widely licensed for apparel and other goods. That money would now be subject to the 21% corporate tax rate—at the same time the NCAA is proposing expanded scholarship limits and direct payments to athletes. Another clause in the budget as passed would allow health savings account money to be used to pay for gym membership, capped at $500 a year per person and $1,000 per family. Publicly traded gym operators Planet Fitness (PLNT) and Life Time Group Holdings (LTH) were up modestly in trading today, outpacing the broader market. H.R. 1 passed the full House by a vote of 215-214 with one abstention, and it will likely see changes in the Senate, despite the Republicans' six-seat advantage. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has set a July 4 target date to pass the legislation. The bill, weighing in at more than 1,100 pages, will now be referred to the Senate finance and budget committees, which may propose amendments that will need to be reconciled with the House version. Both bodies will need to approve by majority vote a final version before it can be sent to President Trump to be signed into law. With assistance from Michael McCann Best of Most Expensive Sports Memorabilia and Collectibles in History The 100 Most Valuable Sports Teams in the World NFL Private Equity Ownership Rules: PE Can Now Own Stakes in Teams Sign in to access your portfolio
BBC News
05-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Church bells to ring out for swifts return to Derby
A celebration is planned to "welcome back" swifts to Derby from their winter migration to southern will ring out at St Luke's Church on Monday and Derby Cathedral on Tuesday to mark their return and to "celebrate nature in communities".Derby Nature Collective also wants to raise awareness of the declining swift population - which it said was mainly down to a loss of nesting sites - with the Bells for Birds Herrick, from the group, said: "We can all really start to help the swift population come back to its former glory." Swifts resemble the shape of a boomerang, with long and pointed wings carving arcs across the sky, making them recognisable from other often fly around in large groups calling to each other with loud high-pitched screaming calls, said Derby Nature Collective. Swifts mostly nest in cracks and crevices in residential properties and live almost their entire lives in flight - eating, drinking, sleeping, even mating on the wing. They migrate thousands of miles every year, from sub-Saharan Africa back to the UK, relying on the same nesting sites generation after generation. Derby Nature Collective said while the events were a celebration of the return of the swifts, they would also raise awareness of their group said as old buildings were renovated or demolished, the tiny spaces the birds need to nest in vanished while modern buildings "often offer no alternatives".Swift numbers are down 60% over the last 25 years, it Herrick said: "It is a dramatic drop but we have seen other species start to recover and we're really optimistic."We need to recognise and protect any resting sites because it's now becoming tricky for the swifts and we also need to protect those insect friendly spaces so that might be rewilding projects and letting grass grow a bit longer in warms months... supporting their food source."By stepping in and raising awareness in order to protect them and to educate others while celebrating them which we're doing here - we can all really start to help the swift population come back to its former glory."The first event takes place at St Luke's Church on Parliament Street between 09:30 and 10:20 BST on Monday and the second event at Derby Cathedral on Tuesday will go on from 19:00 until 21:00.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Politics
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Clerk: For first time in city's history, Dearborn won't have a primary election
For the first time in its 96-year history, the city of Dearborn will not have an August primary election for citywide races, because there are not enough candidates running, the clerk said. There will only be a November general election for voters to chose their mayor, clerk and seven-member city council, City Clerk George Darany announced in an April 29 statement. There are two candidates for mayor, two candidates for city clerk and 13 council candidates for seven council seats who are qualified to be on the ballot, according to Darany. The deadline to file to run was April 22 and the deadline to withdraw was April 25. Under Michigan election law, a nonpartisan primary election must have more than twice as many candidates as the seats they are running for. That means a city needs more than two candidates running for mayor and clerk, and more than 14 candidates running for a seven-member city council. "For a primary election to have been required, there would have needed to be more than two candidates for mayor, two for clerk and 14 for city council," the statement from Darany said. "This is certainly a surprise," Darany said. "Over the years, there have always been plenty of residents who would seek City office and require a primary ballot in each election." Darany did not provide a list of the candidates on the ballot. According to Wayne County campaign records, the race for mayor will probably be between Dearborn Mayor Abudllah Hammoud, a Democrat seeking his second four-year term, and challenger Nagi Almudhegi, a 50-year-old IT manager who backed President Donald Trump. Two other potential mayoral candidates, Hassan Aoun, a Republican activist, and Gus Tarraf were disqualified. Darany said earlier that Aoun's three felony convictions disqualifies him for elected office, according to city charter rules. Wayne County Chief Judge Patricia Fresard on April 11 also ruled against Aoun, denying his motion for injunctive relief to get on the ballot. The race for clerk will probably be between Darany and Sami Elhady. Elhady told the Free Press he qualified to be on the ballot. "Our candidacy really is under one banner, and that's one Dearborn, to provide the most optimized services possible for city residents and city guests at the clerk's office," Elhady said. "The city of Dearborn is just a wonderful city. It's an amazing city. It is so multicultural, multi layered ... It's like a big city, but ... has small town characteristics as well. It's just a wonderful place to raise a family ... I want to be part of that legacy." One of the incumbent city council members, City Council President Pro Tem Leslie Herrick, was planning to run for reelection, but was disqualified from the ballot by Darany over not paying $800 in outstanding fees from a previous campaign in 2017. Herrick, the only woman on the council, appealed to Wayne County, but appears to have lost her attempts to get reinstated. A letter from Darany to Herrick on April 2 said that Herrick had signed an affidavit saying she has paid all late fees, but she had not. On April 17, Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett sent a letter to Herrick that told her "the time for reconsideration or reassessment has lapsed and I am without authority to retroactively void or reassess a late filing fee that has been acknowledged and paid." Garrett said her office did receive $800 from Herrick on April 2 for the outstanding fees. "The payment of the late filing fee in some form acknowledges that the (Herrick campaign) committee owed the outstanding late filing fees," Garrett wrote to Herrick. Herrick told the Free Press that she is now "evaluating the logistics of a write-in campaign and will announce a decision in the coming weeks." She explained that "in 2017, a clerical error in which we put an incorrect date on a campaign report resulted in a fee being assessed by Wayne County. Despite believing that this was resolved long ago, it was recently brought to my attention that the fee was still outstanding." Herrick said she then immediately paid the fee, but was then told by Wayne County that her "name will not be on the 2025 pre-printed election ballot." More: Detroit mayoral, city candidates submit petitions to run for office in 2025 election Darany explained that some candidates who were initially thinking of running either failed to qualify or withdrew. Darany said "four candidates had filed petitions to run for mayor and 16 for city council, but two were disqualified for each of those offices due to insufficient petitions, charter or campaign finance qualifications. Another candidate for city council withdrew from the ballot after filing petitions." According to city and county records and a city official, the 13 council candidates are: six council incumbents; Devon O'Reilly, a son of former mayor John O'Reilly Jr. who was arrested and charged in 2016 in a drunk driving case that drew attention over allegations of special treatment, which the former mayor denied; Ahmad Othman, a businessman; Shadi Mawari, an administrative assistant; Mark Andrew, a firefighter; Othman Alaansi, a software engineer; Sharon Dulmage, a former Dearborn school board member and former charter commissioner; and Mubarek Hamed, a merchant Marine. Over the past 40 years, there has been a decease in the number of people running for city office in Dearborn, Darany said. "I recall when there would be about 30 candidates in city council primaries in the 1980s," he said. Herrick said the "record low number of candidates" in Dearborn is "disheartening to me because this seems to indicate people are burned out on politics, and don't want to become involved." She said she has "worked to make sure that our local government is a place of hope where ... people can make positive change in our community." In 2009 and 2013, there were more than 20 candidates for city council, Darany said. In 2017, five candidates ran for mayor and in 2021, there were seven running to be mayor. Hammoud won in November 2021 with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Gary Woronchak, a former state House representative and former Wayne County commissioner. Hammoud this year faces a challenge from Almudhegi, who has the support of Republicans and conservatives who have expressed concerns about crime and LGBTQ+ books in schools. Contact Niraj Warikoo: nwarikoo@ or X @nwarikoo This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Dearborn will not have a primary election due to lack of candidates
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Gov. Hochul directs flags to half staff in honor of retired Investigator Herrick
NEW YORK (ABC22/FOX44) – Governor Kathy Hochul has reportedly directed all flags to be half-staff at state government buildings in honor of a retired NYSP investigator. Thomas K. Herrick passed away on April 12 this year. Hochul's office wrote that he died from an illness connected to his World Trade Center area assignment following the events of September 11, 2001. Herrick retired from the NYSP on August 19, 2009, after 26 years. He has survived by his three children and wife. 'Investigator Herrick served New York State with distinction – making the ultimate sacrifice for his fellow New Yorkers in our greatest time of need. We are so grateful to Investigator Herrick for his contributions to keeping New York safe, and I send my deepest condolences to his family in their time of great sorrow,' Governor Kathy Hochul said Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
