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...efforts finally paid off. Freshman Katherine Sheeleigh corralled a long pass from the midfield, and after beating her defender, she set up sophomore Devon Sherman at the top of the box. Sherman threaded a beautiful ball into the left side of the box that Wideroff was able to finish off with a sprawling slide that beat the keeper to the ball, burying it in the back of the net.It proved to the game-winner, the second in a row for the first-year rising star.“I thought the keeper was going to come...
...bearing is upright and proud. On stage, though, they speak haltingly. One chokes up: "I was in Anbar, when it was bad. I lost some good friends there," he says, "But I'd shave my head and go back for this guy." Says the other: "I just want to finish it, to get it done." There's cheering and a woman next to me wipes her eyes...
...than the entire population of Iowa. Now the bad news: nearly half of lower-income students in the top tier in reading fall out of it by fifth grade. As economically disadvantaged brainiacs get older, 25% of them drop ranks in math in high school, and 41% don't finish college. "We're losing them at every stage in education," says Joshua Wyner, executive vice president of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, which wrote the report with public-policy development firm Civic Enterprises...
Rebuilding requires patience, and thanks to depth of its sophomore talent, the Harvard men’s golf team finally saw a payoff for last season’s rebuilding with a strong finish at the season-opening Mid-Pines Intercollegiate.Competing in a crowded thirteen-team field in Southern Pines, N.C., the Crimson managed a fourth-place finish by posting a three-round team score of 870. Harvard teed off at the Mid Pines Inn and Golf Club looking to build on a strong finish last season as the then-freshmen gained valuable playing experience.Though East Carolina took...
...carry over next weekend when we play the defending Northern champions [St. Francis]. We really have a lot of potential this year and I feel we can keep going as the season progresses and keep getting better.”HARVARD 13, YALE 5In an appropriate finish to a stellar weekend, Harvard captured its fourth win of the weekend against the visiting Yalies.Having held leads of 8-1 at the half and 12-4 at the end of three quarters, the Crimson dominated possession throughout the match, once again relying on its defense to spark its deadly counter-attacks. Sophomore...