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Charles City, Iowa Over the last couple of years, the Charles City Comets have lost three students who were part the running community. The cross-country season is starting up soon and they will do their part in honoring them.

TJ Houdek, Logan Luft, and Trent Smith all had ties with the cross-country team before their lives were taken. Smith was a state qualifier multiple times, Houdek was considered to be what a cross country athlete and teammate should be, and Luft helped his team win the 7th grade, class 3A state title.

The Comets wore a black band on their uniforms in honor Smith and Houdek last season, but now Luft will be honored as well.

On August 31st, Charles City will host their annual middle school and high school invite at Wildwood Municipal Park. The high school race will be called the TJ Houdek Memorial Run, with the middle school race being called the Logan Luft Memorial Race. These two races are part of the Trent Smith Invitational.

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The Comets have made another addition to their operations department ahead of the upcoming season.

Curtis Sanford, who played 15 years of professional hockey has been named Player Development Goaltending Consultant.

"We're excited to have Curtis (Sanford) join our team," general manager Ryan Johnson said. "He brings 15 years of experience as a pro and has played at every level of the game. He's a Canucks alumni, having played two years with the team, who brings passion and knowledge to the role."

Sanford played for Vancouver from 2007-2009, appearing in 44 games, but spent the bulk of his career in the AHL. He last played for the KHL's Locomotiv Yaroslavl in 2015.

"I'm grateful for the opportunity and I'm looking forward to working with everyone in the organization," Sanford said. "The Canucks have a talented group of goaltenders that I'm thrilled to meet and work with. I'm extremely proud to be a part of the Vancouver Canucks organization."

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State Trooper Tony Slocum is looking forward to his first season as the Caston head football coach.

Hes got a small but mighty group to work with in Year 1.

A small group of kids, smaller than what were used to, about 18 kids as of right now and hopefully well pick up some when school starts which we usually pick up one or two. But well play a game before then so were going to go with what we got, Slocum said. Nobodys going to feel sorry for us so were going to practice as hard as we can in preparation to win football games. When the parents and community members pay their $6 to watch the Comets theyre going to see a hard-nosed football team that at least plays hard. We hope that translates into wins. Were preparing to win games, thats why we play them.

With a lack of numbers, the Comet players will have to be prepared to play both ways. Slocum noted that is usually the case every year, although this is a smaller group than usual.

But he said the players who are on the team can play.

This is a good group of kids. Theyve been together for obviously four years but most of them have played together since third or fourth grade. So they know each other, theyre a tight group, and when you have a small group youve got to have the right kids in the right positions. You have to have linemen, you have to have running backs and receivers and we have enough at the various positions to compete with anybody in our conference, Slocum said.

I equate us to being a MAC school, like a MAC school playing a Big Ten school, our top 11 is as good as anybody and as long as we avoid the injury bug, well compete very well, and thats our goal.

Slocum, who is running a double wing offense and is calling the plays, is moving his returning talent around. Hes moved senior Tayt Cowell (5-11, 177) to quarterback.

He was just voted as one of the captains of the team, Slocum said. This is his first year as a starting quarterback, he has played the backup role before. Hes one of those versatile kids who can play anywhere on the football field.

Senior Kasey Ault (5-11, 182), last years leading rusher and tackler, is moving from fullback to wingback this season.

Senior Brady Hartman (5-11, 186) is moving from quarterback to fullback. The other wingbacks are senior Colton Welker (6-0, 188) and junior Blake Albright (5-10, 171).

Brady Hartman, who was our starting quarterback the last couple years, a big kid who runs very hard, hes going to start at the fullback position, Slocum said. Colton Welker, whos a senior, pretty fast kid coming back from a couple knee injuries, two years in a row hes pulled on an ACL on the different knees, but hes been working hard and hes looking good and hes got some of his speed back so were counting on him to help spread that load out this year with Kasey Ault. Then we have another wing, Blake Albright, and those three hopefully we can share the load with four different backs and not have to rely so heavily on Kasey Ault as we did last year. But obviously when you have a dynamic player such as Kasey, you still want to get the ball in his hands as much as you can.

When the Comets do spread out and utilize wide receivers, it will be the halfbacks who split out.

The starting tight ends are sophomore Gavin Hickle (5-11, 183) and junior Chris Smith (6-0, 192), a veteran starter on the offensive line who is moving to tight end for this season.

The offensive line consists of senior Payton Hedrick (6-2, 309), who is moving from tackle to center, seniors Brandon Kinser (6-0, 194) and Dillion Tabler (6-0, 204) at guards and senior Seth Johnson (6-2, 253) and sophomore Hunter Schanlaub (6-4, 220) at tackle.

Hedrick and Tabler are veteran starters.

Seth Johnson missed out on football the last couple years but hes come back. Hes a pretty big kid and hes doing well for us, Slocum said. Brandon Kinser had an accident last summer, didnt get to play football, were obviously very happy to have him back.

Hunter Schanlaub, hes a versatile kid, a tight end in past, hes doing a good job also.

The Comets are going to a 4-2-5 look on defense.

Our base defense is going to be a 4-2-5 to utilize the limited linemen we have and use the speed that we do have in the backfield with those backs, Slocum said.

Hedrick and Johnson will start at defensive tackle and Smith and Schanlaub will start at defensive end. Ault and Kinser are the inside linebackers and Hickle and Hartman are the outside linebackers. Welker will start at safety with Cowell and Albright as the cornerbacks.

The Comets are coming off a 2-8 season where their two wins were against Triton and West Central. Theyre hosting West Central to open the season on Friday night. West Central left the Hoosier North Athletic Conference for the newly reformed Midwest Conference starting this school year, leaving the HNAC with eight schools. The other MWC schools are Frontier, North Newton, North White and Tri-County.

Theyre probably going to be a little upset because we beat them last year but were going to try our best to be ready for them, Slocum said. I welcome them to the Comet Crater and I hope people come out to watch these new Comets and see what we can do.

Im excited about what weve got and these kids play hard. Obviously we have to do our best to put them in a position to win and try to keep them away from injury. If we do that I think well be successful this year.

CASTON FOOTBALL

COACH: Tony Slocum (0-0 in 1st season)

CONFERENCE: Hoosier North.

SECTIONAL: Class A, Sectional 41.

SECTIONAL OPPONENTS: Culver, LaVille, North Judson, South Central (Union Mills), Triton, West Central, Winamac.

COMETS SCHEDULE

All games start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Friday West Central

Aug. 25 at North Judson, 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 1 at Triton

Sept. 8 Pioneer

Sept. 15 LaVille

Sept. 22 at North Miami

Sept. 29 Culver

Oct. 6 at Winamac

Oct. 13 Knox, 7:30 p.m.

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There have been two rounds of play in Piedmont District golf and Halifax County High School has finished as the runner-up in both rounds.

The Comets finished in a tie for second place with Patrick County High School in Tuesdays district round at Forest Park Country Club in Martinsville, trailing winner Franklin County High School by 17 shots in a contest that was reduced to a nine-hole contest due to weather.

It was the second straight win for Franklin County High School in Piedmont District competition.

Kassidy Irby and Khalil Richardson led the Comets, with both golfers carding a round of 40. Lance Chappell was next in line for the Comets with a round of 41 and Willoughby Gasperinis round of 44 was the final score to be counted toward the Comets team total.

Will Abdi and Henry Morrison also competed for the Comets in Tuesdays contest, with both carding a round of 46. The four best scores from among six players are counted toward the team total.

It was a very good effort by all of our players on a not so good weather day, said Comets Head Coach David Graham.

The team played consistent and steady. We were led by the steady play of Kassidy Irby, and a good round by Khalil Richardson. Lance Chappell was in good form with a round of 41, followed by Willoughby Gasperini with a 44. Except for a few by holes by each player, we are making improvements.

Graham said players are continuing to work on shoring up various aspects of their game.

The players are working hard on some things in practice, Graham pointed out, and I can see some improvement on the course. We will continue to improve as the season goes on. We will be playing a district match at home next week (at Greens Folly Golf Course), and the team is looking forward to playing here.

Franklin County 148, Halifax County 165, Patrick County 165, Tunstall High School 170, Magna Vista High School 180, Bassett High School 197.

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The past four seasons have been ones of unparalleled success for the North Stanly football program in the schools 55 years of competition.

From 2013-16, the Comets have a 33-16 overall record, including 18-7 with former coach Ralph Jackson, and current head coach Scott Crisco finishing above the .500 mark for four years in a row, a first in the programs history.

Entering his third year, Crisco is only the fifth North coach in school history to have a coaching mark of .500 or better through the first two years of his tenure.

Through two seasons, Crisco is 15-9 overall, the first time since John Herlocker was 13-7 for the 1983 and 1984 seasons.

North graduated seven players last season, but it has close to 60 players out for football this season and returns a number of starters from last years team that finished third in the YadkinValley Conference.

Crisco said one of the positives from last years 7-5 squad was having a number of young players that started on both sides of the ball.

From the middle of the season on out, we probably had four or five sophomores starting on both sides, Crisco said.

Eight juniors started on the team as well, so the Comets enter 2017 with a great deal of experienced players.

North finished second in the county standings, which Crisco said is a point of motivation for the team due to the last-second loss in 2016 at West Stanly.

OFFENSE

One of the reasons the past four seasons have been successful for the Comets has been the teams offensive outputs.

From 2013 to last year, North has posted the four-highest point totals for a season in the teams history, including last seasons 421 points, second all-time and slightly above 2015s mark of 400, third-best.

North also has the highest active streak in the county in terms of avoiding shutouts. The Comets have not been shut out in a game since losing 41-0 to Albemarle on Oct. 25, 2013.

The Comets will be a team that still wants to run the ball well, but Crisco said much attention in the 7-on-7 scrimmages and the offseason has been to improve the teams aerial assault.

Norths focus on the passing game came in large in the Comets 51-42 playoff loss last season at Swain County. They may play more spread offense this season.

Quarterbacks

With a renewed sense of purpose of throwing the football and taking some of the pressure off the ground game comes a focus on the teams starting quarterback.

This season the job goes to Avery Merritt, a senior who threw for 317 yards last season in just nine games.

Avery is a different person, a different player than he has been the last three years, Crisco said. He has been a team leader and really embraced our offense and taken ownership of it.

Merritts backup is a question mark in the preseason, but Crisco said the job may go to Kolby Lamp.

Running Backs

The backfield loses one 1,000-yard rusher but returns another for his junior season.

Playing in his first season in 2016 without current Ohio State running back Antonio Williams, Cameron Davis benefitted from playing by Albemarle transfer Jacobi Emery, who graduated last season after rushing for 1,399 yards and a team-high 26 touchdowns.

Davis led the team in yardage (1,573 yards) and scored 24 touchdowns and is the focal point this season for the Comets running game.

This offseason, Davis has worked hard in the weight room and is one of the teams leaders in terms of strength, according to Crisco.

Davis attended several offseason camps and is being recruited to play at the next level, running the 40 in 4.62 seconds.

He has added some bulk this offseason, hits the hole well and can hide behind the linemen, Crisco said, adding he also has good hands.

The backup for Davis will likely be by juniors Colby Russell, Carter Terry and Jalen Cole.

Wide Receivers

With the focus on the passing game also comes the need for strong play at wideout.

Kolby Lamp is one of the leaders of the corps, has great hands and is not afraid to go across the middle to catch passes, Crisco said.

North also has L.J. Rush returning this season as he missed much of 2016 due to injury, and he gives the Comets pure breakaway speed, Crisco said.

Wes Reynolds will also see time at wide receiver.

At tight end, Rylei Smith will start, with Taylor Chandler seeing time on the field as well.

Offensive Line

The offense lost center Trey Pope to graduation, but it returns the left side of the line including left tackle Logan Chandler and left guard MikeRager.

Matt Harris returns for North and moves into the center position.

Three linemen are still competing for the two starting spots on the right side of the line, including Garrett Clark, Drew Aldridge and Zack Cooper.

Most of the members of the offensive front five have played together since their freshman seasons and are consistent.

DEFENSE

North allowed more points last season than in 2015, giving up 327 points in 12 games last year compared to 276 two years ago.

In 2016, North also posted two defensive shutouts, marking the fourth straight season the Comets have shut out two different opponents in the same year.

The defense will stay with the 4-3 alignment as the Comets return nine starters on defense.

Defensive Line

The front four for North may be one of the strongest units the Comets have had in a number of seasons, according to Crisco.

C.J. Clark returns for his junior season at defensive tackle, tipping the scales at 305 pounds while standing 6-foot, 5-inches tall.

Josh McCorkle also returns for the Comets in the middle of the line.

The Comets return both defensive ends from last season in Taylor Chandler and Wes Reynolds.

Linebackers

North returns two players into the middle of the teams defense.

Drew Little returns for North and will play in the middle, while Carter Terry moves up from JV and will be on the outside.

A player returning for North at linebacker after not playing last season is Elijah Clark, who moves well for his 250-pound frame.

Defensive Backfield

In contrast to last years preseason, where the Comets had questions in the defensive backfield, North is more stable this season in the unit.

L.J. Rush will start at one cornerback position while the other cornerback slot may be filled by either Cameron Davis or Jalen Cole.

A pair of players with nearly matching first names will start for North at safety. Kolby Lamp will be the free safety for North, while Colby Russell will play at strong safety.

As a unit, the backfield has more varsity playing experience this season as well as more depth.

SPECIAL TEAMS

The Comets have several solid returners on special teams.

Both the punting and place kicking game will benefit from highly touted college prospect long snapper Drew Little, who has verbally committed to N.C. State.

Daniel Brabaw took over the place kicking duties last season and was solid, converting 54-of-56 on extra points and 1-of-2 on field goals. The senior returns for North this season.

L.J. Rush, Cameron Davis and Wes Reynolds will return kicks and punts this season, giving North good speed on special teams.

One spot that is a question mark is who will be the teams regular punter. Brabaw may do some punting for North, backed up by Taylor Chandler.

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Gary Agnew's career in hockey is long and winding. He has had stints in the NHL, AHL and at the junior level.

UTICA Gary Agnew wants to coach for as long as someone lets him.

Agnews career in hockey is long and winding. He has had stints in the NHL (Columbus, St. Louis and mostly recently, Pittsburgh), the AHL (six seasons leading Syracuse in the early 2000s) and at the junior level. Hes been a head coach as well as assistant.

His varied experience has provided the perspective for what is needed to be successful. His role as a well-traveled teacher is something he relishes, especially after sitting on a beach in Florida last season.

I love the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, said Agnew, whose previous job was with Pittsburgh in 2015-16. I love the opportunity to help people achieve their goals. Its the competition. Its all those things combined into one with the camaraderie of the locker room.

Agnewhas the opportunity to experience that as the Utica Comets new associate coach. Agnew joins new head coach Trent Cull and assistant Jason King.

Its energizing and its invigorating, Agnew said this week at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. This is a great move for me personally. Its fun to be with(Cull and King)and help them out and hopefully not hinder them.

The good-natured Agnew coached Cull for two seasons in Syracuse. That experience helped make for a smooth transition, Agnew said.

He told me to make sure I brought him the right coffee. So, thats always fun when youre bantering back and forth, said Agnew, who acknowledged he was impressed with Cull when he coached against him in juniors. For me, (Cull) is an enthusiastic, energetic, upbeat guy. Thats who you want to associate with.

While Agnew will coach the Comets defensemen and penalty kill unit, he said it will be a collaborative effort. He continues to adjust his style and philosophy, he said.

Its like any other job. If youre not learning, youre falling behind, Agnew said. In the old days, if you were a 6-foot-4, 230-pound player, typically you were kind of a cumbersome guy. Now theyre skilled and fast. So, youve got to adjust to that. In the old days, you could tell the player to run through the wall and hed run through the wall. Now, he wants to know whats on the other side of the wall. ... Youve got to adjust. Theyve got the answers. Theres no more making stuff up. ... So, they make us better."

Agnewwill be among many new faceswhen the team returns to Utica next month. More than a few players from last seasons squad have moved on. Through trades, free agency and the draft, the parent Vancouver Canucks have a logjam of forwards and defensemen.

Agnew will meet many of the players when the Comets staff travels to British Columbia for the Canucks Young Stars event in early September and then main training camp.

Part of coaching and the coach-player relationship is the ability to give your message and then for the player to accept the message. So, guysI like working with are guys that (are) open to all that," he said."Its nothing personal. Im trying to get you to where you need to be, so heres what I think you should be doing. ... You build relationships. To say theres any one guy Im looking forward to coaching, not really. Im looking forward to coaching with all of them. But, as time goes on, there are probably guys who are taking what you say and doing it. Those are the guys I like working with.

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Believe it or not, the high school football season has arrived for a handful of South Dakota teams. Many take the field Friday night, but Thursday, Jones County/White River made the trip down I-90 to take on Rapid City Christian.

OUt to the Hart Ranch and a rainy Thursday as the Wolverines try to set an early tone. ---------- First possession for Jones County/White River, Izaiah Sorace takes the pitch, but it's a slick ball and he'll cough it up as Zane Schlabach recovers for the Comets. --------- The drive goes nowhere as the Wolverines get the turnover on downs, but once against Jones County/White River loses the handle. This time Nick Sayler gives it up, the Comets recover, but again, the ensuing drive comes up empty. -------- Onto the 2nd quarter, Schlabach rolls out and lets it fly, but Austin Olson steps in front of it and gets the interception. ---------- Little rough in the first game of the season as Schlabach has his pass tipped and Jake Dowling reels it in for the Wolverine's second interception of the day. ---------- Approaching halftime and the Comets finally knock on the door. Schlabach keeps it himself and finds his way into the end zone for the 7-nothing lead at the half.

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A Sungrazer cometrecorded bythe SOHO spacecraft'sLarge Angle Spectrometric COronagraph(LASCO)

When the sun disappears during a total solar eclipse across the United States on Aug. 21, the stars and a few planets should become visible for a moment. But that may not be all you'll be able to see during the odd period of daytime darkness.

There's a slim chance you could spot a so-called "sungrazer" comet next to the darkened disc of our star during the eclipse.

While there's no official definition of what makes a comet a sungrazer, the basic concept is that they make their pass around the sun at a relatively close distance, which can make them hard to see in the process as the intense brightness of our star drowns everything else out.

To spot sungrazers, astronomers use a type of telescope called a coronagraph. It essentially creates a false eclipse by staring directly at the sun while blocking its blinding light with a solid disc that makes it possible to see the more faint objects around it.

"What this means for us is that for a few brief minutes during the eclipse totality, observers on Earth will be seeing more or less exactly what our telescopes are seeing in spaceand that might include a comet!" said Karl Battams, astrophysicist and principal investigator for the NASA-fundedSungrazer Project, in a blog post.

Unfortunately, Battams says August is not a great month for spotting sungrazers due to the viewing geometry involved. He estimates there's about a five percent chance of a comet being near the sun during the eclipse.

Still, Battams and colleagues plan to keep watch.

"If we're really lucky, (we'll) get maybe a day's advance notice that one will be near the Sun during the eclipse."

So he plans to scour images from the big coronagraphic telescopes like the US Naval Research Laboratory'sLarge Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) telescopefor comets in the days leading up to Aug. 21. If there's a chance of seeing a comet, he'll post all the details to his Twitter account a few hours before the eclipse on Monday.

"I will give clear instruction on whether a comet is known to be near the Sun, how bright that object might be, and how/where you might be able to see it," Battams writes. "Our odds truly are slim, but the payoff would be awesome!"

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If West Carter fans were worried about the state of the Comet football team due to the talent it lost to graduation over the last two years, Thursday nights Eastern Kentucky Conference Grid-o-rama scrimmage proved there is little need to be concerned. Coach Kevin Brown has a bevy of young talent which is capable and ready to step in and replace the graduates.

And that is exactly what the group did on in the teams 31-6 victory over host Lewis County on Thursday.

We had seven guys who had never started a game out there (as starters) on offense, Brown said. With Leetavious (Cline), we knew what we were getting. We have a young offensive line and if the Jordan twins (Ethan and Tristen) play hard, well be in good shape.

Yet, the team is more than just freshmen and sophomores. Brown still has his nephew, Peyton, among others, in the fold.

Peyton Brown ran for touchdowns of 61, 21 and 10 yards as part of the seniors five-carry 108-yard night.

Part of the credit for the the teams success running the ball goes to the offensive line, which is a very young group.

I was happy with how the line moved, coach Brown said. We are going to have to rely on speed and aggressiveness (to win games) and thats what we did.

Malic Cline opened the scoring when he picked off a pass and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown at the 4:12 mark of the first quarter. Brown added the extra point, and after a Lion fumble, scored seven plays later on a 10yard run with 1:57 to play in the quarter.

The Comets extended their lead to 25-0 at halftime after Browns 64-yard and 21-yard touchdown runs, respectively, with 8:55 and 5:45 remaining in the half. However, both extra point attempts were unsuccessful.

West Carter had another long drive near the end of the half, but was stopped just short of the goal line on a Brayden Caudill interception.

Lewis County was the only team to score in the third period. The Lions primarily moved the ball downfield behind the running game of Justin Howard and the passing attack of Zach Lehn. On the hosts second drive of the quarter, Howard punched the ball over the goal line for a 1-yard touchdown with 2.5 seconds remaining.

West Carter continued to have success with its running game during the JV portion of the night. After stopping a Lewis County drive in four plays, the Comets needed just one down to get into the end zone. It came courtesy of freshman Brian Robinsons 33-yard touchdown run. However, the 2-point conversion attempt was unsuccessful.

The Lions moved the ball effectively on their second drive of the quarter, but were stopped after freshman Orly Perry intercepted the ball on the games final play.

I was pleased with our hard work, coach Brown said. The boys played hard and were aggressive and that was the No. 1 thing I wanted to see. If we can do that (during the season), well be a good team.

The Comets finished the night with 257 yards of offense, including 207 on the ground. In addition to Peyton Browns rushing, Christian Rivers carried the ball eight times for 30 yards, Dustin Martin had three rushes for 32 yards and freshman Brian Robinson added one carry for 32 yards.

Rivers completed 4-of-9 pass attempts for 50 yards, highlighted by Malic Clines 35-yard reception.

The Comets defense was also effective. Lewis Countys top gainer was Justin Howard, who ran the ball 14 times for 62 yards.

Defensively, I was happy to see us swarm to the football, coach Brown concluded.

West Carter has one more tuneup before it opens the regular season. Next Saturday the Comets will join Bath County, Boyd County, Fleming County and Rockcastle County for an evening scrimmage in Catlettsburg.

West Carter will host Powell County on Friday, Aug. 25 at 7:30 p.m. to kick off the regular season.

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The 2016 football season was not easy for Rapid City Christian. The team's head coach left before the season started, and a team of mostly sophomores had to compete against a varsity schedule. Those ingredients led to a 0-8 record.

No one would know the Comets finished winless last season by watching them practice ahead of their Thursday night opener against Jones County/ White River.

"Were a heck of a lot better than we were last year. Weve got a lot more experience, were jelling as a team," senior running back/cornerback Carson Udager said after practice Tuesday. "Last year a lot of us were new and had never played before. We have a big junior class and they have a lot of experience, theyre going to do really well."

Udager is one of four seniors that, along with a large group of juniors, were promised by coach Ron McLaughlin that if they stuck with him, 2017 would be different than 2016.

"Im pretty honest with these kids as far as what we expect from them, but I also told them last year that we were going to get it handed to us a few times," he said. "I said hang with us, our sophomores are better than their sophomores. Now our sophomores are juniors, we have four seniors. I was promising them this year, last year.

"I believe we can win some football games this year. You can only go up from 0-8; you can only get out of a pit."

The pit of last season was deep. Mclaughlin had been coaching for the middle school team for seven seasons when he was asked to take over the varsity roster.

He admitted he had to do some on-the-job learning, but he said most of his players did to. This season he believes the Comets will benefit most from the experience they gained.

"I didnt discipline enough or condition hard enough because you dont condition middle-schoolers like you do high-schoolers," he said. "We had a lot of injuries, but we also had a lot of sophomores playing football last year, so experience is the main (improvement), and speed. With experience comes speed. Theyre much more comfortable getting to where they need to get to, which will be a huge asset for us this year."

Another huge asset will be junior quarterback Zane Schlabach. Most of the teams on Christian's schedule won't feature an air-dominant attack, but McLaughlin said with Schlabach's arm, that might not be the case for the Comets.

"I have a really good quarterback, and our kids are getting better at catching the ball. I think we can throw the ball," he said. "I would normally be a runner. As a coach, I like to run the football, but the ability to throw it is going to be huge for us this year; throw it and catch it."

McLaughlin said he hopes to make Christian a nightmare for defenses to prepare for. Although the Comets won't run many plays, they will run them out of roughly 11 different formations.

This is designed to not let the defense know exactly what they are going to be seeing based on one formation.

"Theyre a smart football team, with experience comes some smartness, theyve learned my language, our language," he said. "Theyre in the right spot. Were not doing plays over because the kids are in the wrong spot, they arent missing their assignments anymore, so they know where to go."

Defense was what has been stressed the most by McLaughlin and his staff during practice, because that was one of Christian's weakness last season.

Extended drives plagued the Comets and McLaughlin said he hopes more experience will lead to more stops.

"Last year we never had the football, and you cant score if you dont have the football," he said. "People scored a lot of points against us because we were on the field all the time, so we put our best kids on defense. We told them if they get a rest its going to be on offense not defense."

The Comets will run a 3-3 defense that will look more like a 3-5 against teams like Lyman, Philip and New Underwood that are expected to run a double-wing formation most of the time.

Christian doesn't have a lot of time to prepare for Jones County/White River, but McLaughlin said it seems like there never is enough time to prepare for an opponent.

That short amount of time could be offset by the work the Comets did in the offseason. They went to the Black Hills State University football camp and participated in a passing league with St. Thomas More.

Senior center and linebacker Jacob Schneller said he thinks Christian is ready.

"It works both ways. We have a short amount of time to practice, they also have a short amount of time to practice, so its just going to come down to who can do their jobs the best," he said. "Who can play with the most intensity and who can play the hardest."

Schneller and fellow senior right guard/ defensive end Zeb Palmer have played football together since fourth grade. Udager started in sixth grade.

All three have seen highs and lows in their football careers, and Palmer said he hopes to leave the Comet program with a good foundation. He hopes future players won't have to go through an 0-8 season like he did.

"After our sophomore year, our other coach left for another school and we hit an all-time low," he said. "As seniors, I think we want to leave the team at an all-time high. When you lose a coach, it can ruin a team, and thats kind of what happened last year. But us seniors want to start getting our records back."

Christian will be playing in Region 4 of Class 9AA this season. Kickoff between Christian and Jones County/ White River is set for 6 p.m. at Hart Ranch.

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Utica Comets fans will soon have another place to peruse team merchandise in the area.

The Comets Team Store is set to open Tuesday in Sangertown Square Mall in New Hartford, the American Hockey League announced Wednesday.

The store, which will remain open through Jan. 31, is located in the mall's main food court area near new restaurant Cafe Wasabi and the Lids hat store.

The Comets said some of the items that will be available include: backpacks, lunch boxes and notebooks.

During the 2016-17 season, the Comets had a kiosk in the mall selling merchandise. The team also had player appearances during the season at the kiosk. No information has been released on possible player appearances at the store.

The team also has a store which is open during Comets games at the Utica Memorial Auditorium, which is currently undergoing construction.

The Comets open the 2017-18 season against the North Division rival Toronto Marlies with a pair of games on Saturday, Oct. 7 and Sunday, Oct. 8.

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A lot has changed for the Comets since they played their final regular season game on April 15th, but one thing that hasn't changed is Jason King being back on the bench as an assistant coach.

King joined Travis Green's coaching staff prior to last season, and as he gets set to begin his second season in Utica, is now the longest-tenured coach the team has.

"It's a little different, obviously," King said. "Gary (Agnew) and Trent (Cull) have a ton of experience, but from the city side of it you want to try to make sure those guys are comfortable and get used to the atmosphere around here."

King has been working closely with Cull after he was hired on June 28th to replace Green as the second coach in team history, and feels the transition has gone by without a hitch.

"Guys seem to gel really quickly when it comes to hockey," King said. "It's been that way even in the short time I've gotten to know Trent (Cull) and Gary (Agnew). Everybody's on the same page and you need to be to get to the ultimate goal in the end."

During his introductory press conference, Cull stressed the importance of playing fast, a philosophy he and King agree with.

"The type of atmosphere in this rink means we need to play at a high tempo," King said. "It's a tough building to play in. Opponents don't want to come here so we want to play that style. We're putting together a great game plan to make sure that it's exciting hockey."

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The countdown starts today for the Halifax County High School football teams first test under fire. Comets Head Coach Grayson Throckmorton and his varsity team have four days left to prepare for the teams first test the annual Virginia High School League Benefit Game against Buckingham County High School to be held Friday at 7 p.m. at Tuck Dillard Memorial Stadium.

The Comets JV team also faces its first test Friday with a scrimmage against the Buckingham County High School JV squad at 6 p.m. at Halifax County High School.

As far as past pre-season preparations have gone, the norm had been a scrimmage with the benefit game set a week later. However, with a twist in this seasons schedule that has the Comets getting their open date on the first play week of the regular season, the Comets will face the benefit game as their first pre-season test.

Throckmorton said the way things have worked out make Friday nights benefit game a tough task for his team to face.

Its going to be a formidable task because its a benefit game, which is not optimal for your first scrimmage because you have to have some special teams things in as well as other things, Throckmorton pointed out.

Normally, youd like to have a regular scrimmage first, and then the benefit game.

With Friday nights benefit game being his teams first live test against an outside opponent, Throckmorton said he and his coaching staff are going to keep things as simple as possible for the players.

Its a benefit game, and yes, we want to win all of our games, but were going to stick to our guns, Throckmorton pointed out.

Its a glorified practice. Even though we want to win it, its really our first glorified practice where we can get a measure of exactly where we are.

Throckmorton said he and the coaching staff are going to stick with the installation process they have outlined throughout this week and in Friday nights benefit game.

Were going to be running our base stuff offensively and defensively, he noted.

Were not going to game-plan or anything. Its just going to be basic things.

Friday nights benefit game will serve chiefly as an evaluation tool for Throckmorton and his coaching staff, a tool to help define the areas that need the most work.

Its part of a growing and learning process, Throckmorton said of the benefit game.

Were going to evaluate personnel and see what we do well and what we dont do so well. If we can hold onto the ball and play some decent defense, we will be okay. Thats what were going to work on doing right off the bat.

After Friday nights benefit game, the Comets will have the following week to prepare for their final pre-season test, a scrimmage against Colonial Heights on Thursday, Aug. 23.

We will go into more of a game situation against Colonial Heights to prepare ourselves for the ultimate test, our first real game against E.C. Glass on Sept. 1, Throckmorton concluded.

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You could call them the Golden Girls. But given how young they are, players on the Cole Harbour Comets U-13 softball team will never be confused with the stars of the hit TV sitcom, older women in their golden years in sunny Miami.

And they wont remember the show.

But fresh from winning gold at the provincials in Stellarton in late July, the Comets have earned their way to the Eastern Canadian Softball Championships in balmy Cobourg, Ont., which take place Aug. 24-27.

The Comets, who regularly compete in the U-14 bracket (despite seven of their 12 players still being eligible to play U-12 softball), have been on a roll this year, routinely winning gold or silver at every tournament theyve played while constantly being up against older competition.

The rep team from the Cole Harbour Comets Association won gold at the East Coast Games in Saint John, N.B. They also won gold at the Bulldog tournament at Waterville, Maine, becoming the first Canadian team to win the prestigious tourney. The previous year, in 2016, the Comets won gold at the Blue Demon Dash, also the first Maple Leaf team to win that Waterville tourney.

Most recently, at provincials this year, the youngest team on the diamond went undefeated, pounding the Comet Angels a team from their own association 9-2 in the final and outscoring all rivals 56-6.

The girls showed their dominance, both in defence and in offence, said Cheryl Tanner, team manager, who also praised the pitching staff.

These girls are fierce, said Tanner, whose daughter Hailey is the team captain and whose husband Art is assistant coach. They just go up there and get the job done. Comets players all love the game, their manager said. Their drive to succeed is incredible.

Among the individual accolades won at various tournaments, player of the tournament awards went to Jenaiya Fraser at provincials and Taylor Nickerson at the East Coast Games, with Temma Parsons-Hudson earning the top pitcher nod at the May Madness Tournament.

Yes, they won gold there too.

In the provincials Game 4 semi-final against Cape Breton, an 11-0 whitewash, pitchers Callie Dearman and Dakota Donovan threw a no-hitter. In Games 1 (8-0 laugher against Eastern Shore) and 2 (17-0 romp over Stellarton), Donovan and Dearman combined with Jordan Bruce and Emily Martin to pitch shutouts.

In Game 3 (11-4 pounding of Sackville) Bruce and Sammie Balfour each drove in two runs. In the championship fifth game, Tanner, Fraser and Parsons-Hudson each had multiple hits, as the Comets cruised.

Hailey, 13, who began playing ball at the tender age of four, credits the Comets coaches, including head coach Shawn Fuller for the teams success.

Our coaches put a lot of dedication and work into it, the things they teach us, she said, also noting the girls closeness as friends, who are always willing to help each other.

They are a great group of girls, Art Tanner said. They all want to get better. They dont care how old they are or how old the other team is. They just want to beat them.

Looking ahead to the Eastern Canadians, he hopes the Comets can make it to the finals, even though theyll be facing some traditionally strong Ontario and Quebec teams.

Still, he feels that the ever-improving Comets squad can contend. The competition is tougher than before, he believes, but then, so are the Comets.

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Eastern wants to take another step forward as a program this season: That means its time to put together a winning season.

The Comets feel they have the pieces in place to do so, but maybe more if everything falls in place.

Eastern graduated just four seniors off its 4-6 team from last year. So, if everyone stays healthy a problem in recent seasons the team could be in position for just the programs third winning season in 17 years.

We want to improve on last year, so we want to get to that winning record, Eastern coach Josh Edwards said. Thats where we want to get to this year. I think we can do more than that with this group. We only graduated four seniors from last year, so we feel pretty good. We feel like we can do some positive things if we stay healthy, which has been a struggle for us.

The Comets will be led at quarterback by junior Garrett Hetzner, who brings a fullback mentality to the position. Nolan Grubb will be the backup. Scott Mullenix was injured in Week 5 last season and Hetzner took over the starting role to finish the season, so he has experience at the position.

Hetzners leadership and toughness will not be a concern, Edwards said. If anything, he might need to be reeled in at times. They want him to be physical and tough, but to be smart and pick his spots.

Hed rather run you over than throw the ball, Edwards said, noting that attitude was on display in a recent practice. He wanted to lower his shoulder and run over a guy on one of the running plays. You like that mentality in the game, but at the same time you have to be smart about things. Were trying to get that under reins because hes going to give you 150 percent.

Easterns offensive line has two attributes that Edwards is excited about: physicality and intelligence. The offensive lines grade point average is probably the highest in recent years for that unit, which is translating to their ability to make adjustments from one play to the next.

Those playing on the offensive line will consist of Otis Smith, Isaac Mauer, Jake Nelson, Elijah Moon, Spencer Williams, Tyler Hurson and Blaine Kolb.

You can show 1,000 pictures in the film room and the white board, but as soon as the picture changes on the field, how are they capable of adjusting to that? Thats been our problem in recent years. Weve had very strong, physical kids, but weve had trouble adjusting to the changing picture on the field, Edwards said. Now, thats changing due to the work from the players and coaches. These kids are making the adjustments on their own. Theyre very sharp and making adjustments at a very high rate.

Eastern will still run a spread offense, but with some new wrinkles due to the group of running backs on the field this season. Braden Sparks, an all-Hoosier Heartland Conference wide receiver last season, will run from the F position in single running back formations. Junior Dontae Nolder, another all-conference receiver, junior Dakota Spencer and Tytus Morrisett will all be key contributors.

Were pretty blessed because we have four guys that are going to play there and really, the way were looking at it right now, were hoping each one of those guys can get 8 to 10 carries per game, Edwards said.

The group of running backs will offer some varying looks that will expand the offensive possibilities for the Comets.

A couple of those kids are more downhill runners, straight ahead, Edwards said. We want to be more physical with the running game this year. Ive got some guys that want to run downhill. Ive got some kids that are more of our zone scheme, then will take it and maybe wait, and then cut against the grain.

Eastern will likely play six wide receivers each game, along with tight end Luke Monize. The Comets will play anything from 2- to 5-wide receiver sets out of their spread looks.

Nolder and Sparks will continue to play wide receiver this season, along with getting carries as a running back. Tyler Gilbert, Eli Elkins, Logan McNeil, and Greg Black will fill out the rotation at receiver. Jake Cooper would also be getting reps, but will miss quite a bit of time after having a knee surgery.

The defense will be physical and aggressive. Theres a trend thats noticeable when Edwards talks about that side of the ball.

Theyre hitters, Edwards said. This group likes to hit. They hit. Thats something where you can coach it, you can preach it and you can push it all you want but a little bit of that is engrained in the brain. These kids have a very aggressive mentality.

Otis Smith, Tyler Hurston, Alford and Gilbert are the defensive linemen. Asher Walden and Monize are the middle linebackers, while Spencer and Hetzner are the outside linebackers. Morrisett and Caleb Price are backup outside linebackers.

Nolder and Cory Robinson are the safeties, while Elkins and Black will work at the cornerback positions, with Kayden McPhillips and McNeil serving as backups.

Easterns youth leagues have played games inside of Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the NFLs Indianapolis Colts. Now, the varsity will get its chance when the Comets meet Carroll on Sept. 16.

Its once-in-a-lifetime because you never know when you might get back there, Edwards said. You hope and pray you have a team that makes it there, but thats pretty rare for anybody. This is once-in-a-lifetime for the coaches and the kids.

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COVENTRY TWP. Theres a lot to be said for knowing what you have.

After tryouts early last week, Anna Kimevski and the rest of the Coventry volleyball team finally know what their roster will look like and who will be playing alongside them this fall. Tryouts took place Aug. 1 and the start of practices followed the next day, launching the Comets into what they hope will be a second consecutive winning campaign.

The first couple of days were really focused on getting our conditioning in and being in shape for the season, Kimevski said. We work our conditioning into drills so we keep our skills getting better for games.

One of the faces helping head coach Breanna Caslow and her staff get the Comets in top shape is Devon McAfee, who coaches football, boys basketball and track at the school, but is also working with the volleyball team before the season on conditioning.

McAfee, who serves as the high schools teacher in charge of students who are serving in-school suspensions, was a known face for Kimevski - not for ever having any kind of disciplinary issues, she noted with a laugh - but not for many other volleyball players.

Through his work with the team and the drills and sprints through which Caslow and her assistant coaches have put the team, it quickly became clear who had done their work and kept in shape during the offseason and who hadnt put in the time, according to Kimevski.

You can tell whos been to open gym, whos been doing the workouts when he gave to us and whos been pushing themselves, Kimevski said.

With tryouts in the rearview mirror, the senior hitter is excited to be able to focus on learning a new position and gelling with teammates old and new. Part of the teams conditioning program is running the mile in under eight minutes, which Kimevski admits is one of her least favorite parts of the process.

Anyone who doesnt make the eight-minute mark for tryouts has to keep running the mile on the schools track until they can reach that standard. Doing sprints in the gym is another way to boost cardiovascular conditioning and the first 20-30 minutes of each practice session so far have been devoted to running, sweating and repeating, all in the name of not getting tired when games start and the Comets find themselves needing to dig deep for a win in the fifth set of a close match.

Kimevski is also excited about a change in position after playing the libero - defensive specialist - role as a junior. Not long ago, the coaching staff confirmed that she would get to move to a new position, one to which shes been aspiring for a while now.

Im focused on settling in as a hitter after being a libero last year and now I can focus on a totally different position, Kimevski said. Ive known I was going to be a hitter for almost a month and I was happy about it because Ive wanted to be a hitter for a while, but Im really short so I knew I might not get to do it.

Height aside, her experience and court savvy should provided Kimevski with a chance to succeed in her new role. An offseason of work is winding down, classes will begin soon and it will be back to the normal schedule of classes followed by games or practices.

Now that the roster is mostly set, its a time to turn the focus to working with the pieces in place and developing the cohesion and chemistry it will take to repeat the winning mark of last season and chase an even high win total this time around. If knowledge truly is power, then Kimevski and her teammates have an added boost as they make the turn and head down the homestretch of the offseason.

Games will begin soon enough and when they do, knowledge will have to meet execution in order to keep the ball rolling.

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The Marburg Mercenaries are looking to improve their record to 8-3 when they face the 3-7 Allgu Comets Sunday at Georg-Gassman Stadium in Marburg in German Football League action.

The Mercenaries sit third in the GFL South but have lost two of their last three games while Allgu are coming off two straights wins. This is the first game in a back-to-back series between the two.

Nevertheless, the Mercenaries have to be considered favorites entering this one. They have only lost one game this season at home while the Comets have lost four of five of their away games.

This could be a game won in the air. Marburg quarterback Chad Jeffries is the fourth leading passer in Germany after only playing six games. He has thrown for 1,516 yards and 14 touchdowns, averaging 253 yards per game. Allgu has one of the most porous pass defenses in the league giving up an average of 242 yards per game.

The Comets will have to keep an eye on Marburg receiver Robert Johnson who leads the team with 635 yards in receptions. Versatile running backAndreus Lindley leads the Mercenaries in rushing with 493 yards while also catching 25 passes for 440 yards.

However, Comets quarterback Cedric Townsends offensive numbers are impressive. He has thrown for 1,657 and 19 touchdowns in eight games and rushed for 327 and four touchdowns. In other words, he has accounted for 23 of Allgus 31.touchdowns this year.

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The cosmic magic of the annual Perseid Meteor shower is one of the heavens most dependable light shows.

Each summer, as the earth passes through a stream of debris left in the wake of the Swift-Tuttle comet, the night skies are lit up by as many as 150 shooting stars streaking overhead per hour.

The celestial spectacle is forecast to be especially dazzling this weekend, in particular on the night of 12-13 August, when the Earth passes through a particularly dense patch of the comets trailing fragments.

The Swift-Tuttle comet orbits the sun every 135 years, but unlike the planets it has an almost vertical orbit.

Each year as the Earth completes its orbit, it ploughs through a tail of dust and ice left behind by the comet.

The meteors themselves are usually no larger than a grain of sand, but when they crash into the Earths atmosphere they are travelling at over one hundred thousand miles per hour, or 60 kilometres per second.

As they burn up they can appear green, white and orange.

The Perseids are so named because from Earth they appear to originate from the constellation Perseus, which is in the north east of the night sky.

But observers are advised to look in the opposite direction for maximum viewing pleasure, where they will see the zooming space rubble flying for longer, away from the bright light of the waning gibbous moon.

Provided conditions are favourable, most people with a patch of dark sky available should be able to witness the shower.

There is no need for binoculars or expensive telescopes as the best way to spot a shooting star is to maintain as wide a field of vision over the sky as possible.

For the clearest view of the whooshing sparkle dust, find a dark site away from artificial light, and with as large a view of the sky as possible.

Robin Scagell, vice president of the Society for Popular Astronomy, told the Press Association: There was one rogue report that said it was going to be the most impressive display for 96 years or some other rubbish.

But the numbers are going to be quite good. We can look forward to a decent display, even though they aren't going to be raining down from the sky.

The Perseids can be very bright and often quite spectacular. Some meteor showers are slow, but we are moving into the Perseid stream so they are coming at us quite swiftly.

I think under good conditions you might see one or two a minute, probably more towards Sunday morning rather than Saturday.

He added: You could see none at all for a few minutes and then two or three. You might be lucky or unlucky. That's the way with meteors.

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POOLE Comets suffered a dramatic 88-87 defeat in an incident-packed clash against Newport at the Harbourside Racetrack.

With the South Wales outfit bolstered by the inclusion of international stars Ben Mould, Mark Carmichael and Jack Harrold, the chances of a home win looked slim.

Newport dominated the early races to lead 37-32 after seven races, but Comets then turned the contest around with Matty Ganczarek and Dean Hook racing home to win heat eight and Ben Tinsdale and Ben Donahue repeating the feat in heat nine to open a slender 46-42 lead in Pooles favour at the interval.

Comets kept the pressure on early in the second half to extend their advantage to 11 points, but heat 13 was to prove unlucky for the Poole side with Wil Bristowe earning a hotly-contested exclusion to let Newport back into the match.

Two shared heats moved the score to 76-70 in favour of the hosts before the most controversial flashpoint of the incident packed afternoon.

Newports Adam Bennett came to grief in an all-out tussle with Fraser Garnett, and in a fit of displeasure, threw his crash helmet into the crowd and walked across the track in front of oncoming riders.

He failed to collect a point and was fortunate not to receive a red card from match referee Mike Legge.

With only two races remaining, Poole looked to be heading for a surprise victory, but the visitors were far from finished with Harrold holding off Comets skipper Dean Hook, to allow his partner Dan Bock through for a 7-3 win.

Ben Mould then pulled the same trick on Ganczarek on the final lap of the match to allow his partner Carmichael through for a maximum heat win, which sent the Welsh side into raptures.

POOLE 87: Jay Briggs 14, Fraser Garnett 13, Maciej Ganczarek 17, Dean Hook 12, Ben Tinsdale 12, Wil Bristow 9, Ben Donohue 7, Callum Smith 3.

NEWPORT 88: Chris Davies 10, Mark Carmichael 15, Jack Harrold 10, Adam Bennett 11, Ben Mould 18, Dan Bock 10, Joe Lewis 9, Dale Clark 5.

Long-time Poole Comets supporter Sue Bradford presented a cheque for 223 to the club of behalf of Community Matters - a fund-raising project at Waitrose in Parkstone.

Accepting the cheque, Colin Rowles said: We would like to thank Sue for her help and support of the club. Without people like Sue and the staff at Waitrose, this club would not be the success it is.

The money will be put towards clubroom and track circuit upgrading during the close season.

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GRAND LEDGE, Mich (WLNS) Our fifth stop of this week takes us to Grand Ledge High School a program that is not exactly laying in the weeds.

Coach Matt Bird has a perennial power at the Ledge the Comets are the defending CAAC Blue champions and they are stocked with talent and numbers, 57 players on varsity this year.

Grand Ledge has lost just four games in two years with a tough schedule.

No different this year, the first two games are against Hudsonville and DeWitt.

Matt Bird has dinner with his quarterback every night because his quarterback is his son, Nolan Bird, one of the top players in the area and now a senior.

Im very excited, learned a lot from last year. I was trying to perfect everything but this year Im just having fun and I think the 2 classes realize that this year and the off-season was fun and Im just excited to get started now.

Long time coming, it always feels like the summer moves a little too fast but everything up to that point you know youre just kind of waiting and waiting and this group has been a fun group to be around so theyve uh created a different type of energy for us as a staff and with each other and its been a lot of fun. The Comets have a little more motivation to look forward to the season opener August 24th against Hudsonville. They are getting a new look to the football stadium and this week the new turf is being installed. Grand Ledge has revamped its stadium and this is the field turf they are going to after playing on a grass field for years. Its been in the talking stage for about 5 years and now the dream is reality.

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