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Hunters herd to city lands for deer bow hunting
The city of Athens began its Pilot Controlled Deer Archery Program at the start of the 2024-25 Ohio hunting season. This pilot-controlled archery program is a lottery-style hunting program, allowing licensed hunters who enter the lottery to be selected to hunt on select Athens lands after purchasing a $100 permit. White-tailed deer was the only […]
The city of Athens began its Pilot Controlled Deer Archery Program at the start of the 2024-25 Ohio hunting season. This pilot-controlled archery program is a lottery-style hunting program, allowing licensed hunters who enter the lottery to be selected to hunt on select Athens lands after purchasing a $100 permit.
White-tailed deer was the only breed permitted to be hunted during the 2024-25 pilot controlled archery season from Sept. 28, 2024, to Feb. 2, 2025. The lottery drawing for permits occurred Sept. 4, 2024.
The term “pilot controlled” refers to the first program of its kind within Athens. Controlled refers to the lottery being a controlled hunt, a term used by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
According to the ODNR’s Final 2024-25 Deer Harvest Report, Athens County hunters harvested 3,663 white-tailed deer during the 2024-25 hunting season. In the years 2021-23, hunters harvested 3,265 white-tailed deer.
The three-year average compares the recent year’s numbers, eliminating year-to-year variation due to weather, misaligned season dates, crop harvest and other unavoidable factors.
Of the 3,663 harvested deer in Athens County from the 2024-25 hunting season, five were harvested from the Athens archery program.
Katherine Ann Jordan, director of Athens Arts, Parks & Recreation, described the result of the archery program.
“We had 16 people participate in the hunt, and four of those people, we had one person who got two deer, but four of those people harvested deer,” Jordan said.
Pleasantly surprised, she said there were between 28-29 hunters in the lottery and everyone was awarded a space, but not everyone purchased a permit.
“I think as far as the deer numbers, we’re pretty pleased that four people were able to harvest a deer,” Jordan said.
The city of Athens’ bow hunting program was born out of an issue community members have brought forward in years past.
“There have been a few articles over the past several years highlighting citizens coming to City Council meetings and saying the city needs to do something about the deer population,” Jordan said.
Jordan referenced the Cleveland Metroparks when including other areas with similar hunting measures, such as archery, to reduce deer populations as they affect ecosystems and flora.
Glenn Matlack, a professor of environmental and plant biology, recalls his experience in his field research and the deer population in Athens.
“Two years ago, I set up a trial in which I marked something like 460 individual wildflowers around Strouds Run, and I revisited them every two weeks to watch their development and flowering of seeds and so forth,” Matlack said. “I started with 460, six months later, I was down to 280 plants. Why? Because Bambi had been in there eating my experiment,” Matlack said.
Kim Thompson, an associate professor of environmental and plant biology, described the destruction as a result of the deer population.
“Deer can also serve as vectors for the bacterium that causes Lyme disease,” Thompson wrote in an email.
The behavior of white-tailed deer can be dangerous. The ODNR describes the behavior as hazardous to humans, oftentimes resulting in serious accidents during the breeding season in the fall.
Councilmember Jeff Risner, D-2nd Ward, spoke about the state’s efforts in the deer population. He said city efforts may not be as effective until the state of Ohio can reduce the deer population overall.
“I’m just of the opinion that there’s no crisis, and this is not a major problem, it’s not a big issue,” Risner said. “It’s just a matter of can we coexist peacefully?”
Sam Crowl, Athens City Council president, spoke about the City Council’s role in budgetary items as well as legislation, explaining the archery program to be an administrative decision.
“If there was any legislation that had to be approved for a program like this, then that would have to come through City Council,” Crowl said.
Jordan said the Pilot Controlled Deer Archery Program looks to make improvements in the program prior to the next hunting season, such as lowering the permit cost and, based on the feedback from hunters, removing a couple of lands from the lottery.
“New partnerships coming and definitely a few tweaks to our program,” Jordan said.
Crowl spoke about the ODNR working with Athens Arts, Parks & Recreation to manage the archery program.
“We definitely look to them for their sort of guidance on really tackling the problem at a large scale,” Crowl said.
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Stanford wins 2025 NCAA women’s water polo championship
Share Stanford wins the 2025 NC women’s water polo championship, defeating Southern California to win its 10th NCAA title in program history. See the full results, bracket and championship history below. 2025 NC women’s water polo championship bracket 
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Stanford wins the 2025 NC women’s water polo championship, defeating Southern California to win its 10th NCAA title in program history. See the full results, bracket and championship history below.
2025 NC women’s water polo championship bracket
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2025 NC women’s water polo championship schedule
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NCAA women’s water polo championship history
UCLA won the 2024 NC women’s water polo tournament by knocking off California 7-4.
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| EAR | CHAMPION (RECORD) | COACH | SCORE | RUNNER-UP | SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UCLA | Adam Wright | 7-4 | California | California |
| 2023 | Stanford (24-1) | John Tanner | 11-9 | Southern California | Pacific |
| 2022 | Stanford (25-2) | John Tanner | 10-7 | Southern California | Michigan |
| 2021 | Southern California (22-1) | Marko Pintaric | 18-9 | UCLA | UCLA |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | Stanford (23-2) | John Tanner | 9-8 | Southern California | Stanford |
| 2018 | Southern California (26-1) | Jovan Vavic | 5-4 | Stanford | Southern California |
| 2017 | Stanford (23-3) | John Tanner | 8-7 | UCLA | IUPUI |
| 2016 | Southern California (26-0) | Jovan Vavic | 8-7 | Stanford | UCLA |
| 2015 | Stanford (24-2) | John Tanner | 7-6 | UCLA | Stanford |
| 2014 | Stanford (25-1) | John Tanner | 9-5 | UCLA | USC |
| 2013 | Southern California (27-1) | Jovan Vavic | 10-9 | Stanford | Harvard |
| 2012 | Stanford (26-2) | John Tanner | 6-4 | Southern California | San Diego State |
| 2011 | Stanford (28-1) | John Tanner | 9-5 | California | Michigan |
| 2010 | Southern California (25-3) | Jovan Vavic | 10-9 | Stanford | San Diego State |
| 2009 | UCLA (25-6) | Adam Krikorian | 5-4 | Southern California | Maryland |
| 2008 | UCLA (33-0) | Adam Krikorian | 6-3 | Southern California | Stanford |
| 2007 | UCLA (28-2) | Adam Krikorian | 5-4 | Stanford | Long Beach State |
| 2006 | UCLA (29-4) | Adam Krikorian | 9-8 | Southern California | UC Davis |
| 2005 | UCLA (33-0) | Adam Krikorian | 3-2 | Stanford | Michigan |
| 2004 | Southern California (29-0) | Jovan Vavic | 10-8 | Loyola Marymount | Stanford |
| 2003 | UCLA (23-4) | Adam Krikorian | 4-3 | Stanford | UC San Diego |
| 2002 | Stanford (23-2) | John Tanner | 8-4 | UCLA | Southern California |
| 2001 | UCLA (19-4) | Adam Krikorian | 5-4 | Stanford | Stanford |
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Stanford Tops USC for NCAA Women’s Water Polo Title
Second-Half Surge Carries Stanford Over USC for NCAA Women’s Water Polo Title For the 10th time in school history, Stanford reigns as the champion of the NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament. The top-seeded Cardinal (25-1) wrapped up a dominant season on Sunday by claiming an 11-7 victory over the University of Southern California at the […]
Second-Half Surge Carries Stanford Over USC for NCAA Women’s Water Polo Title
For the 10th time in school history, Stanford reigns as the champion of the NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament.
The top-seeded Cardinal (25-1) wrapped up a dominant season on Sunday by claiming an 11-7 victory over the University of Southern California at the Indiana University Natatorium. Stanford is the only program to have appeared in every NCAA Tournament since its 2001 inception, and its latest championship was its third in four seasons.
Stanford and USC met four times this season and the Trojans placed the only blemish on the Cardinal’s record. However, during the title game in Indianapolis, Stanford had too much. Although USC surged to a 3-1 lead in the opening quarter, Stanford managed to tie the game by halftime, and then outscored the Trojans during the second half, 5-1.
Juliette Dhalluin led the Cardinal with three goals and an assist and Jenna Flynn added two goals and two assists. Kamryn Barone and Serena Brown each packaged two goals and an assist. Stanford also received goals from Ryann Neushul (two assists) and Jewel Roemer. Goalie Christine Carpenter was credited with nine saves.
In addition to capturing 10 championships, Stanford has been the NCAA runnerup on eight occasions.
Third-seeded USC received a pair of goals from Meghan McAninch while Emily Ausmus had a goal and two assists. USC has appeared in 14 NCAA finals, winning six.
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UVA Women's Lacrosse
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The fifth-seeded Virginia women’s lacrosse team (12-6) hosts Duke (13-5) in a second round game of the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship on Sunday (May 11) at 1 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Va. HOW TO WATCH All three games of the Charlottesville Regional will be streamed live on […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The fifth-seeded Virginia women’s lacrosse team (12-6) hosts Duke (13-5) in a second round game of the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship on Sunday (May 11) at 1 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Va.
HOW TO WATCH
- All three games of the Charlottesville Regional will be streamed live on ESPN+ (subscription required)
- Links for the live stats and live stream are available on VirginiaSports.com
TICKET & PARKING INFORMATION
- Tickets are $10 for general admission and $15 for reserved seating, and student tickets are $5. Fans may purchase tickets in advance via UVAtix.com or by calling the Virginia Athletics ticket office (434-924-8821). Fans may also purchase tickets at the Klöckner Stadium box office starting one hour prior to the event.
- Free parking is available in the John Paul Jones South and West Lots
VIRGINIA NOTES
- Virginia and Duke are facing one another for the second time this season at Klöckner Stadium
- In the regular-season meeting, the Cavaliers trailed by as many as seven points in the first half and were down 9-4 at halftime, but outscored the Blue Devils 10-1 in the third quarter to take a 14-10 lead into the final period of play, holding on for the 16-11 victory
- The Cavaliers defeated LIU 20-6 on Friday night to advance to the second round. Duke defeated James Madison 17-10
- Virginia is the No. 5 national seed in the tournament and the top seed in the Charlottesville regional. Duke is the No. 3 seed in the regional
- Virginia is No. 7 in the latest IWLCA rankings. Duke is No. 15
VIRGINIA IN THE NCAA WOMEN’S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP
- Virginia is looking to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2019 and for the 12th time in program history
- The Cavaliers are making their 29th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship
- UVA has played the second-most games in the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship appearing in 74 contests.
- Virginia owns the third-most wins in the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship with 41
- This is UVA’s 37th overall appearance in the NCAA tournament and owns a 41-33 overall record in the tournament
- The winner of the Charlottesville bracket will face the winner of the Gainesville (Florida) bracket in the NCAA Quarterfinals. The game will be played on the home field of the highest remaining seed on Thursday, May 15
- The NCAA Semifinals and Finals will be held May 23-25 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.
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Dhalluin scores 3 goals, Stanford beats USC 11-7 to win NCAA women’s water polo title
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Juliette Dhalluin score three goals on Sunday and the Stanford defense allowed just one second-half goal to help the Cardinal beat Southern California 11-7 to claim its 10th NCAA women’s water polo championship and third in the last four seasons. No. 1 Stanford (25-1) finished the season on a 10-game win streak, […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Juliette Dhalluin score three goals on Sunday and the Stanford defense allowed just one second-half goal to help the Cardinal beat Southern California 11-7 to claim its 10th NCAA women’s water polo championship and third in the last four seasons.
No. 1 Stanford (25-1) finished the season on a 10-game win streak, dating to a 12-11 loss to the Trojans on March 29. The Cardinal beat USC 11-7 on April 27 in the semifinals of the MPSF Championship.
Dhalluin scored with a second left in the first half to make it 6-6 and again with 6:47 left in the third — the only goal of the quarter — gave Stanford the lead for good.
Serena Browne added a goal with 6:04 to play and another with 3:06 remaining to make it 9-6.
Ryann Neushul scored a goal to give her and has 228 — fifth most in program history — in her seven-year career (after winning the 2019 national championship, Neushul stepped away from the Cardinal for two years to train with the U.S. national team) and is the first four-time NCAA team champion in Stanford history.
Christine Carpenter had nine saves for the Cardinal.
Meghan McAninch led USC (29-5) with two goals and Anna Reed finished with 11 saves.
The Cardinal are the all-time leaders in NCAA team championship with 137 and have won at least one team title in each of the past 49 seasons.
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Cubs Sign Tommy Romero To Minor League Deal
The Cubs have signed right-hander Tommy Romero to a minor league deal, according to the transactions tracker on Romero’s MLB.com player page. Romero, 27, was a 15th-round pick by the Mariners back in 2017. He was traded to the Rays shortly thereafter as part of the Alex Colome deal back in 2018 and spent years […]
The Cubs have signed right-hander Tommy Romero to a minor league deal, according to the transactions tracker on Romero’s MLB.com player page.
Romero, 27, was a 15th-round pick by the Mariners back in 2017. He was traded to the Rays shortly thereafter as part of the Alex Colome deal back in 2018 and spent years in the Rays organization before finally making his big league debut in 2022. Unfortunately for Romero, that debut did not go especially well as he was torched to the tune of a 7.71 ERA in 4 2/3 innings for Tampa. He was designated for assignment not long after, and while he was plucked off waivers by the Nationals he fared even more poorly in D.C. with eight runs (six earned) allowed in just 3 2/3 frames. The Nationals kept him on the 40-man roster through the remainder of the 2022 season but non-tendered him that November.
That wasn’t the end of Romero’s time with the organization, however, as they re-signed him to a minor league deal just a few short months later. He pitched as a swingman for the Nationals at the Triple-A level in 2023, but did so with lackluster results as he posted a 5.44 ERA with an untenable 15.2% walk rate. Romero caught on with the Giants last year and pitched much more effectively there, however. In 72 2/3 innings for the club’s Sacramento affiliate, Romero posted a 3.14 ERA with a 22.1% strikeout rate against a 12.4% walk rate. Those numbers are solid enough on paper but become all the more impressive when you consider Romero was pitching in the Pacific Coast League’s inflated offensive environment. That season added to an overall strong body of work for Romero at the minor league level; he has a career 3.08 ERA in the minors, and 2023 was his only season where he posted a figure higher than 3.24 at any level.
Despite that generally strong track record and a solid platform season, Romero did not return to affiliated ball for the start of the 2025 campaign. Instead, he headed for the Mexican League and pitched for the Guerreros de Oaxaca, though he was lit up for a 7.27 ERA across two starts with them. After that brief sojourn to the south, Romero is back in affiliated ball with the Cubs and could theoretically be part of the club’s starting depth going forward. Expecting a minor league journeyman to replace the production of injured front-end arms Justin Steele and Shota Imanaga would be foolish, but the club has also lost depth options like Javier Assad and Brandon Birdsell to the injured list this year who Romero could more plausibly fill in for. What’s more, top prospect Cade Horton and veteran starter Chris Flexen were both recently promoted to the major leagues, creating vacancies in the club’s Triple-A rotation.
Perhaps one of those vacancies will be filled by Romero, who could certainly pitch his way into an opportunity with Chicago if enough injuries crop up. Currently, the club’s rotation options on the big league roster are Jameson Taillon, Matthew Boyd, Ben Brown, Colin Rea, Horton, and Flexen. It’s a group that features a number of veteran arms with lengthy injury histories, as well as two young pitchers who figure to have their innings managed after missing most of last season. That creates plenty of room for depth arms to get play at the big league level for the Cubs, although options like Jordan Wicks and Connor Noland will likely land ahead of Romero on the club’s depth chart.
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