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Los Angeles Times
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Huntington Beach girls' lacrosse bows out in CIF semifinals
The Huntington Beach High girls' lacrosse team had to deal with a lot of adversity this year, and it started a month before the season even began. Kelly Reid, a junior who played lacrosse, flag football and soccer at the school, died with her father in a plane crash in early January. 'She would have been a huge part of our team,' said Oilers coach Brian Eisenberg, knowing that Reid still played a major role, as 'For Kelly' became the team chant. Huntington Beach battled its way to the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs, but top-seeded El Segundo earned a 13-10 win Friday night at Cap Sheue Field to end the Oilers' season. Huntington Beach (8-12) jumped on El Segundo (16-6) early, opening up by scoring five unanswered goals in the first quarter. As the match went on, however, the visiting Eagles did a better job of controlling the draws and fighting back. El Segundo freshman Riley Clinton led everyone with four goals scored, while fellow freshman Contessa Tipton also scored and played a key role. 'They've just jumped right in from the start, and we're so lucky to have them,' El Segundo coach Shea MacDonald said. 'It's really special to have such young leaders, to have that opportunity. A lot of times, players have to wait until their junior or senior years to have leadership roles, but they really stepped into it on their own and the team has been better than ever because of it.' El Segundo pulled within a goal twice during the second quarter, before a late eight-meter goal from Huntington Beach senior captain Lolo Pilkington gave the hosts a 7-5 halftime advantage. But the visitors, who will play St. Margaret's on Friday in the Division 2 title match, scored three unanswered goals in the third quarter. They took their first lead at 8-7 on a quick shot by senior Arrow Koester. Huntington Beach junior Elle Tran gained control near the left sideline midway through the fourth quarter and sped toward the goal in front of several opponents. Her strike tied the score at 9-9 with 7:37 remaining, before El Segundo scored three straight goals. Ella Jones and Pilkington led the Oilers with three goals each, while Summer Vandergrift added a pair of goals. Tatum Viezbicke also scored for Huntington Beach, with Pilkington leading with four draw controls. 'Just to see them fight through everything and fight through that last game; the kids are amazing,' Eisenberg said. 'I can't say that enough. It sucks when you lose, but I'm so inspired by them. Truly inspired.' Huntington Beach, which won the Division 3 title in its inaugural varsity season in 2023, was trying to make its second CIF final in three years. The Oilers lost Vandergrift for several games early in the season, after she suffered a concussion against this same El Segundo team in a match that Huntington Beach lost in overtime. Senior goalkeeper Bella Verdone also missed the entire season with a knee injury. Francesca Thong stepped up as a replacement for much of the season, and fellow junior Bleu Thomas, a recruit from softball, made five saves Friday. Playing a tough schedule, the team lost seven of eight games heading into Sunset League play, all by double digits. The Oilers were close to the league title, losing by a goal to both league champion Edison and Corona del Mar, but continued to fight all the way to the final whistle. Entering the playoffs, Huntington Beach earned consecutive one-goal wins over Royal and Palos Verdes to earn its semifinal berth. 'Just watching us grow together and bond as a team has been really special,' Pilkington said. 'I'm super grateful for the time I've had here.' Losing Reid before the season even began undoubtedly left its mark as well, she said, adding that the tragedy brought the team closer together in some ways. 'We were able to practice more as a team,' Pilkington said. 'We were able to bond in our sorrow, just able to share emotions. We can't change what happened, but that's why now we play for Kelly no matter what.'
Scoop
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Folk Bitch Trio Announce Debut Album, Now Would Be A Good Time, Out July 25th Via Jagjaguwar
Folk Bitch Trio — the Melbourne/Naarm-based band of Gracie Sinclair (she/her), Jeanie Pilkington (she/her) and Heide Peverelle (they/them) — announce their debut album, Now Would Be A Good Time, out July 25th via Jagjaguwar, and release the single/video, ' Cathode Ray.' Now Would Be A Good Time tells vivid, visceral stories. Their music sounds familiar, built on a foundation of the music they've loved throughout their lives–gnarled Americana, classic rock, piquant, and clear-eyed balladry. Yet the songs are modern and youthful, with the trio singing acutely through dissociative daydreams, galling breakups, sexual fantasies and media overload— all the petty resentments and minor humiliations of being in your early twenties in the 2020s. Listening to Folk Bitch Trio, it's clear this is a band of three distinct points of view. Pilkington grew up with two musician parents and brings formative memories of watching them perform, of listening to Gillian Welch and Lucinda Williams, and of her own imagined path as a career musician. Peverelle spends their spare time making art and furniture; those hobbies, as well as their love of pop music old and new, articulate a love for the tactile, the home-grown and the hand-made. Sinclair is the self-proclaimed jester of the group, but her taste skews dark, gothic, baroque and dramatic, expressed as a love of opera and ballet as well as musicians as wide-ranging as Patti Smith, Nirvana and Tchaikovsky. They've known each other since high school, and as soon as they started singing together five years ago, 'the chemistry of being inspired by each other was evident from the get-go,' says Sinclair. Following the 'acidic and gorgeous' (Beats Per Minute) lead single The Actor, dubbed a 'Song You Need to Know' by Rolling Stone, today's single, Cathode Ray, opens with caution, its first harmonies arriving in big, looping sighs. It's vulnerable but a little menacing, with a wide open chorus and a spacious, airy beat anchoring everything. Lyrically, the song is about bodily, deeply human anxieties. 'It expresses a feeling of being trapped in myself, and wanting to break out of that so violently that I'm literally talking about opening up a body viscerally,' Sinclair explains. 'It's about frustration, and knowing there's no cheap thrill that's going to fix that.' The songs on Now Would Be A Good Time were workshopped on tour and written specifically with their shared connection in mind. Recording in Auckland with Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, Marlon Williams) during winter 2024, the band built out these songs with minimalist, idiosyncratic arrangements, and, with voices and guitar taking center stage, recorded to tape as the final missing thread in bringing the album to life. The strongest link between the trio, aside from friendship, is music. 'We all talked about loving music when we were growing up, and knowing we wanted music to be a big part of our lives,' says Pilkington. 'But for me at least, when I looked into the future, it was this relatively mysterious thing.' Joining forces as a group demystified that future. That feeling—of music as an innate calling, as opposed to hobby or folly—was justified. Folk Bitch Trio have already toured across Australia, Europe and the US, supporting bands as disparate as King Gizzard, Alex G and Julia Jacklin. They've signed with Jagjaguwar, a home for singular icons and iconoclasts, and found their first fans with their dazzling harmonies and acerbic lyricism that transcend genre expectations and audience lines. Folk Bitch Trio announce their debut album release tour of New Zealand, playing headline shows in Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch. Tickets available from Moshtix from Friday, May 16.
Scoop
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Folk Bitch Trio Announce Debut Album, Now Would Be A Good Time, Out July 25th Via Jagjaguwar
Folk Bitch Trio — the Melbourne/Naarm-based band of Gracie Sinclair (she/her), Jeanie Pilkington (she/her) and Heide Peverelle (they/them) — announce their debut album, Now Would Be A Good Time, out July 25th via Jagjaguwar, and release the single/video, ' Cathode Ray.' Now Would Be A Good Time tells vivid, visceral stories. Their music sounds familiar, built on a foundation of the music they've loved throughout their lives–gnarled Americana, classic rock, piquant, and clear-eyed balladry. Yet the songs are modern and youthful, with the trio singing acutely through dissociative daydreams, galling breakups, sexual fantasies and media overload— all the petty resentments and minor humiliations of being in your early twenties in the 2020s. Listening to Folk Bitch Trio, it's clear this is a band of three distinct points of view. Pilkington grew up with two musician parents and brings formative memories of watching them perform, of listening to Gillian Welch and Lucinda Williams, and of her own imagined path as a career musician. Peverelle spends their spare time making art and furniture; those hobbies, as well as their love of pop music old and new, articulate a love for the tactile, the home-grown and the hand-made. Sinclair is the self-proclaimed jester of the group, but her taste skews dark, gothic, baroque and dramatic, expressed as a love of opera and ballet as well as musicians as wide-ranging as Patti Smith, Nirvana and Tchaikovsky. They've known each other since high school, and as soon as they started singing together five years ago, 'the chemistry of being inspired by each other was evident from the get-go,' says Sinclair. Following the 'acidic and gorgeous' (Beats Per Minute) lead single The Actor, dubbed a 'Song You Need to Know' by Rolling Stone, today's single, Cathode Ray, opens with caution, its first harmonies arriving in big, looping sighs. It's vulnerable but a little menacing, with a wide open chorus and a spacious, airy beat anchoring everything. Lyrically, the song is about bodily, deeply human anxieties. 'It expresses a feeling of being trapped in myself, and wanting to break out of that so violently that I'm literally talking about opening up a body viscerally,' Sinclair explains. 'It's about frustration, and knowing there's no cheap thrill that's going to fix that.' The songs on Now Would Be A Good Time were workshopped on tour and written specifically with their shared connection in mind. Recording in Auckland with Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, Marlon Williams) during winter 2024, the band built out these songs with minimalist, idiosyncratic arrangements, and, with voices and guitar taking center stage, recorded to tape as the final missing thread in bringing the album to life. The strongest link between the trio, aside from friendship, is music. 'We all talked about loving music when we were growing up, and knowing we wanted music to be a big part of our lives,' says Pilkington. 'But for me at least, when I looked into the future, it was this relatively mysterious thing.' Joining forces as a group demystified that future. That feeling—of music as an innate calling, as opposed to hobby or folly—was justified. Folk Bitch Trio have already toured across Australia, Europe and the US, supporting bands as disparate as King Gizzard, Alex G and Julia Jacklin. They've signed with Jagjaguwar, a home for singular icons and iconoclasts, and found their first fans with their dazzling harmonies and acerbic lyricism that transcend genre expectations and audience lines. Folk Bitch Trio announce their debut album release tour of New Zealand, playing headline shows in Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch. Tickets available from Moshtix from Friday, May 16.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Men complete six 'brutal' ultramarathons in six days
Two friends have completed six "brutal" ultramarathons in six days to raise money for charity. Simon Pilkington, from Bristol, covered about 180 miles (289.6km) along with Rob Dowling, from West Sussex. The men were raising money for the Oliver's Wish Foundation, set up after Mr Dowling's two-year-old son died in 2015 from Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC). Mr Pilkington said the challenge had been "amazing, yet incredibly and brutally tough". The men started with the London Marathon on 27 April - and spent the next five days running about 30 miles (48km) per day during a heatwave. "The added heat was just something else. It absolutely sapped every part of our energy," said Mr Pilkington. More news stories for Bristol Watch the latest Points West Listen to the latest news for Bristol With the support of friends - who joined them during certain points of the route - the pair managed to raise more than £51,000 for Oliver's Wish, which helps charities supporting babies, children and young people. Mr Pilkington said he spent six months training for the challenge, building his aerobic fitness through boxing and long distance running. His training regime included waking up at 05:00 in the middle of winter to go running and taking ice baths for recovery. He said building this discipline helped him to stay focused during the challenge. Initially, Mr Dowling had only signed up for The London Marathon, but later decided to join Mr Pilkington - who he met at a previous fundraising event - for the full challenge. After completing the London Marathon the pair collected their medals and continued running for another five miles (8km) up to Paddington. They spent the next five days running 30miles (48km) each day, following the canal paths back home to Bristol. Mr Pilkington said the biggest struggle was to wake up each day and resume running again, but that motivation came from seeing the donations coming in. "One day we saw another grand come in, another day another five grand, until we got to £51,000," he said. A crowd of family, friends and neighbours greeted them when they finally arrived in Westbury-on-Trym at about 18:30 BST on Friday. "It was an amazing reception coming into Westbury," said Mr Pilkington. "There was 40 children and their parents up on The Downs giving us a guard of honour. "I'm proud of us as a group for managing to do it." The money raised through the challenge will allow Oliver's Wish to help fund charity research into the cause of sudden unexplained death in children. The funds will be donated to SUDC UK, Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice and the The Cystic Fibrosis Trust. "The charities we support desperately need the funds," said Mr Dowling. "We know that the money is going to be put specifically to medical research, which we hope will one day make this awful mystery of a diagnosis a thing of the past." Follow BBC Bristol on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. Man 'excited' for six ultra marathons in six days Fundraiser aiming for ultra marathon glory at 87 Man with cystic fibrosis to run London Marathon Oliver's Wish
BBC News
03-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Men complete 'brutal' six ultramarathons in six days
Two friends have completed six "brutal" ultramarathons in six days to raise money for charity. Simon Pilkington, from Bristol, covered about 180 miles (289.6km) along with Rob Dowling, from West men were raising money for the Oliver's Wish Foundation, set up after Mr Dowling's two-year-old son died in 2015 from Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC). Mr Pilkington said the challenge had been "amazing, yet incredibly and brutally tough". The men started with the London Marathon on 27 April - and spent the next five days running about 30 miles (48km) per day during a heatwave. "The added heat was just something else. It absolutely sapped every part of our energy," said Mr Pilkington. With the support of friends - who joined them during certain points of the route - the pair managed to raise more than £51,000 for Oliver's Wish, which helps charities supporting babies, children and young Pilkington said he spent six months training for the challenge, building his aerobic fitness through boxing and long distance training regime included waking up at 05:00 in the middle of winter to go running and taking ice baths for said building this discipline helped him to stay focused during the challenge. Initially, Mr Dowling had only signed up for The London Marathon, but later decided to join Mr Pilkington - who he met at a previous fundraising event - for the full completing the London Marathon the pair collected their medals and continued running for another five miles (8km) up to spent the next five days running 30miles (48km) each day, following the canal paths back home to Pilkington said the biggest struggle was to wake up each day and resume running again, but that motivation came from seeing the donations coming in."One day we saw another grand come in, another day another five grand, until we got to £51,000," he said. A crowd of family, friends and neighbours greeted them when they finally arrived in Westbury-on-Trym at about 18:30 BST on Friday."It was an amazing reception coming into Westbury," said Mr Pilkington."There was 40 children and their parents up on The Downs giving us a guard of honour."I'm proud of us as a group for managing to do it."The money raised through the challenge will allow Oliver's Wish to help fund charity research into the cause of sudden unexplained death in funds will be donated to SUDC UK, Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice and the The Cystic Fibrosis Trust."The charities we support desperately need the funds," said Mr Dowling."We know that the money is going to be put specifically to medical research, which we hope will one day make this awful mystery of a diagnosis a thing of the past."
