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Lopsided wins for Comets I, IT&E

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Comets I and IT&E remained at the top half of the team standings in the Major division of the 2014 Saipan Little League Baseball League after blowing out separate foes in make-up games last week.

Comets I clobbered the Jets, 23-0, earning the lopsided victory after only three and a half innings. With the win, Comets I retained its perfect record (6-0, pending results of last Saturdays game against IT&E) for second place in the 15-team field behind the defending champions Falcons (6-0).

The Jets remained winless in five games, suffering another big loss after struggling against Comets Is two pitchers. Clarence Camacho started out for Comets I and allowed only one run, while striking out five and walking one in two innings. Sebastian Saures took over in the third inning and also recorded five strikeouts and had a no-hitter.

With Camacho and Saures holding strong on the mound, the Jets made it to scoring position only once. Eldon Rife advanced to third in the second inning off a Comets I error at centerfield with two outs and runner on first, however he was left stranded, as Clarence Camacho struck out Audrey Camacho.

Clarence Camacho returned to the dugout for Saures, who finished off the Jets with a 1-3 putout play and two quick strikeouts in the third and three straight Ks in the fourth and last inning.

While the Jets failed to nail even a single run in the shortened match, Comets I had no problem with its offense. Runs came early with Comets I racking up 11 in the first inning to set up the blowout. Glenn Taro led the Comets Is well-oiled offense, as he went 3-for-3 at bat, scored three runs and three RBIs. Jesse Taitano was also perfect at the plate, going 4-for-4 and drilling four runs, while Camacho was 3-for-4 and also notched four runs and chipped in two RBIs.

IT&E 18, Twins 1

In the other make-up match last week, IT&E (6-2) nearly blanked the Twins (0-5).

Kyle Kapileo threw a one-hitter to power IT&E to the easy win. He struck out nine batters before reaching his pitching limit and was relieved by Philip Kapileo, who quickly got the third and final out to wrap up the match after three and a half innings.

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Comets Aim for Second Straight Championship Berth

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March 10, 2014 - Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Missouri Comets INDEPENDENCE, Mis. (March 10, 2014) - The Missouri Comets look to earn their second straight trip to the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Championship Series with a win tonight at 7:00p.m. CT against the Milwaukee Wave in Game Two of the MISL Playoffs at U.S. Cellular Arena. The Comets hold a 1-0 lead in the series after defeating the Wave 20-6 at home on Sunday afternoon.

Leo Gibson, the MISL's Regular Season Scoring Champion, lit up the scoreboard in Game One of the series. His five goals and eleven points are a modern-era Comets playoff record. Newcomer, Max Touloute chipped in with five points of his own in the victory.

The key to Sunday's victory for the Comets was the defense. Goalkeeper Danny Waltman was on top of his game, making 21 saves and posting a shutout through three and a half quarters. In the rare case Waltman was unable to get to a Wave shot, his defense was right there for him. The team recorded a season-high 11 blocks on the night.

The Comets will once again have to play at their best tonight to keep Milwaukee at bay. Led by Ian Bennett who won the MISL's Golden Boot, the Wave were the second-highest scoring team in the MISL this season. In fact, the Wave were only held under 10 points in only five games this season, four of them losses to the Comets.

The Wave excel in working as a team to produce goals and holding possession away from their opponents. The Comets were successful in breaking the Wave possession and forcing many odd-man breaks in all five of their wins against Milwaukee this season.

This is the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams. The Comets won the 2013 series one year ago today. A win in Game Two would send the Comets to their second straight Championship Series. Should the Wave win Game Two, an immediate 15 minute 'Mini-Game' would be played to decide the series.

Comets fans are invited to join Comets Nation Fan Club at Coach's Bar & Grille on 103rd & Wornall for the team's Official Watch Party. The game can also be viewed online at CometsIndoorSoccer.com/Live-Feed, kickoff from Milwaukee is scheduled for 7:00p.m. CT.

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Galactic gas caused by colliding comets suggests mystery 'shepherd' exoplanet

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Astronomers exploring the disk of debris around the young star Beta Pictoris have discovered a compact cloud of carbon monoxide located about 8 billion miles (13 billion kilometers) from the star. This concentration of poisonous gas - usually destroyed by starlight - is being constantly replenished by ongoing rapid-fire collisions among a swarm of icy, comet-like bodies.

In fact, to offset the destruction of carbon monoxide (CO) molecules around the star, a large comet must be getting completely destroyed every five minutes, say researchers.

They suggest the comet swarm is most likely frozen debris trapped and concentrated by the gravity of an as-yet-unseen exoplanet.

This mystery 'shepherd' exoplanet - so-called for its capacity to corral the swarms of comets through its gravitational pull, like Jupiter in our own solar system - is likely to be about the size of Saturn.

"Detailed dynamical studies are now under way, but at the moment we think this shepherding planet would be around Saturn's mass and positioned near the inner edge of the CO belt," said Mark Wyatt, from Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy, who proposed the shepherd model - currently the favoured hypothesis because it explains so many puzzling features of the Beta Pictoris disk.

"We think the Beta Pictoris comet swarms formed when the hypothetical planet migrated outward, sweeping icy bodies into resonant orbits."

Paradoxically, the presence of carbon monoxide - so harmful to humans on Earth - could indicate that the Beta Pictoris planetary system may eventually be a good habitat for life. If there is CO in the comets, then there is likely also water ice - meaning that the cometary bombardment this system's planets are probably undergoing could also be providing them with life-giving water.

The clump was discovered when an international team of astronomers, led by ALMA-based ESO astronomer Bill Dent, along with Wyatt, used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to map the millimeter-wavelength light from dust and carbon monoxide molecules in the disk surrounding Beta Pictoris, a star located about 63 light-years away and only 20 million years old.

Beta Pictoris is considered one of the best examples of a typical young solar system, and hosts one of the closest and brightest debris disks known - making it an ideal laboratory for studying the early development of planetary systems. The latest findings could help us understand what conditions were like during the formation of our own solar system.

Much of the carbon monoxide is concentrated in a single clump located about 8 billion miles (13 billion kilometers) from the star, or nearly three times the distance between the planet Neptune and the sun. The total amount of the gas observed exceeds 200 million billion tons - equivalent to about one-sixth the mass of Earth's oceans, say researchers.

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Comets run away from Bluejays

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After a tight first quarter, Abington Heights put together a 20-0 run over the final 5:44 of the first half and rolled to a 70-42 win over Central Columbia in the first round of the PIAA Class AAA boys basketball playoffs at Lackawanna College March 7.

Abington Heights (27-1) will play Archbishop Carroll (24-4) in the second round on Tuesday at a time and date to be determined.

Central Columbia guard Kevin Krause hit a 3-pointer to pull the Bluejays to within 13-10 at the end of the first quarter. Two free throws by Payton Aucker, who led Central Columbia with 15 points, cut the lead to two with 6:02 left in the second quarter.

We gave up too many easy baskets on backdoor cuts, Abington Heights head coach Ken Bianchi said. We knew they were going to try to control the tempo of the game, so we wanted to pressure them into shooting, but not give them layups. I wasnt pleased with our defense at all, but I give a lot of credit to them. They were scrappy, they got a lot of loose balls.

Then, Abington Heights picked up its intensity on both ends of the floor.

Six-foot-10 center Evan Maxwell, who scored 20 points, scored nine during the Comets spurt.

We just played better defense, Bianchi said, that was the difference. Instead of giving up layups, we were getting deflections.

Bianchi has been pleased with the development of Maxwell, a Liberty recruit, as this season has progressed, but believes he still has room to improve.

This is his first year of starting, Bianchi said. He has to get more aggressive with the ball. We work on his inside moves every day. He looks to dunk, but he has an array of inside moves and doesnt use them enough.

The Comets got a boost from their bench after one starter, forward Tim Toro, picked up two early fouls and others struggled to find their game early on.

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Comets Get Big Win in Game One of MISL Semi-Finals

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March 9, 2014 - Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Missouri Comets INDEPENDENCE, Mis. (March 9, 2014) - The Missouri Comets started off the 2014 Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Playoffs with a magnificent 20-6 win over the Milwaukee Wave in front of 4,774 excited fans at the Independence Events Center. Leo Gibson set a Comets playoff record with 11 points in the game. The Wave were held scoreless until late in the fourth quarter as the Comets claimed victory by the score of 20-6. Missouri now leads the MISL Semi-Finals series 1-0.

Missouri set the tone in this match early. Max Touloute scored just over four minutes into play on a great pass from Brian Harris. Gibson followed with his first goal not even a minute later. Stefan St. Louis notched the only goal of the second quarter after Lucas Rodriguez brought the ball the length of the field and drew the defense to him at the top of the arc. A wide open St. Louis easily tapped home the score, giving the Comets a 6-0 halftime lead

In the second half, a chaotic scrum in front of the Milwaukee net led to Gibson's second goal. John Sosa was credited with the other goal when Ramone Palmer stole the ball from the Wave defense at midfield and found him for the score.

The fourth quarter saw the most action on the scoreboard. Milwaukee's goalkeeper, Marcel Feenstra, began to push well up into the midfield to try and boost his team's struggling offense. Noticing this, Gibson launched a ling arcing shot from his own yellow line that bounced past Feenstra for the first three-point goal, and his third score of the night. Nearly three minutes later, Gibson again took advantage of the Wave's high-pressured attack, taking a clearance from Bryan Perez the length of the field and beating Feenstra 1-on-1.

Milwaukee finally netted a goal from Philip Suprise in the seventh minute of the final frame, then Hewerton and Pablo would add two more in the final two minutes, but in-between, the Comets got a goal from Touloute and Gibson's fifth goal of the night. Missouri's high-powered attack was just too much for the Wave and the Comets rolled to a Game One victory, 20-6.

Game Two of the MISL Semi-Finals moves to Milwaukee's U.S. Cellular Arena tomorrow night. A win would earn the Comets their second straight trip to the MISL Championship. Should the Wave win, a 15-minute mini game is played directly after Game Two to decide series.

Comets fans are invited to join Comets Nation Fan Club at Coach's Bar & Grille on 103rd & Wornall for the team's Official Watch Party. The game can also be viewed online at CometsIndoorSoccer.com/Live-Feed, kickoff from Milwaukee is scheduled for 7:00p.m. CT.

For group tickets and information call 855.4KC.GOAL or email tickets@kcproscoccer.com.

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