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The Caitlin Clark Rules

There was a way, for a while, to beat Michael Jordan: by beating him up. The Detroit Pistons did it year after year, deploying a defensive scheme that involved trapping him over and over, shoving him through screens, bullying him through picks, sending two or three bodies on him, and knocking him off balance, off his shot, off his cool. They called their strategy the Jordan Rules.

It was smart. Jordan was unquestionably the best player in the league, unstoppable on his own terms, but the Pistons eliminated the Chicago Bulls from the playoffs three years in a row. There was a personal edge to the strategy, too. Jordan was a talent of historic proportions, and the most popular player in the game. But he was also human, with his share (and more) of foibles and appetites, and he pissed off a lot of people—partly by his actions, and partly just by being Michael Jordan. Isiah Thomas, the Pistons’ leader, reportedly organized a plan to keep the ball away from Jordan during the 1985 All-Star Game, when Jordan was a rookie, because the veterans were jealous of all the attention that Jordan was already getting, and wanted to send a message that he had to wait his turn. The Freeze-Out Game, as it came to be known, was probably more of a media concoction than the full truth—Thomas had always denied it—but there’s no question that Jordan used such slights, or his perception of them, as fuel.

The N.B.A. back then was a niche entertainment—beloved by some, but financially tenuous, at times moribund. A few players and rivalries had broken through into the popular consciousness—particularly Magic Johnson and Larry Bird—but, as late as 1986, playoff games were shown on tape delay rather than aired live. Jordan changed everything. By the time the sportswriter Sam Smith published a book about the Bulls’ 1990-91 season, in which Jordan and the Bulls finally broke the Pistons’ stranglehold on the Eastern Conference, Jordan was one of the most famous men on the planet. Smith called his book “The Jordan Rules.” The title alluded not only to the way the Pistons defended him but also to the accommodations that the Bulls made for their star, on account of the special status he had in the league. He was a phenomenon, as unique a cultural figure as the sport has seen. But he couldn’t have done it alone. The Jordan Rules weren’t Jordan’s rules. He didn’t write them.

On Tuesday night, Caitlin Clark was poked in the eye by the Connecticut Sun guard Jacy Sheldon, who crowded Clark as she reeled; she pushed Sheldon, and then was rammed to the ground by Sheldon’s teammate Marina Mabrey. Clark had been shoved and grabbed all night, and had done a little shoving herself; much of it had escaped the censure of the refs, which set the scene for the scrums that followed. By the end of the night, there had been five technical fouls and two flagrant fouls issued, and three players had been ejected. (One of the five technicals was later upgraded to a flagrant foul.) Everyone agreed that the referees should have kept tighter control of the game. The low quality of officiating has been an ongoing problem for the W.N.B.A. But that’s not what triggered the news alerts that followed. It was seeing Clark get pushed around, again.

The image of Clark burying absurd three-pointers off the dribble and on the run—as she did in that game against the Sun, and as she had done three days before in a win against the defending champions, the New York Liberty, who had previously been undefeated—is one of the most inspiring things in all of sports. And the media and online chatter that surrounds Clark is one of the most depressing. A lot of that discussion (a polite word for it) centers on whether Clark is overly targeted by her opponents, and why. Social media is flooded with compilations of her being whacked and hitting the deck.

For longtime fans of the league, and, it seems, for more than a few people in and around it, the context of all that contact is important. The league is “very physical,” these tenured fans explain to the new ones (or “casuals”). Players, especially rookies, get this treatment all the time. And Clark is a very good player—a great one—but she’s not on the level of A’ja Wilson, or Breanna Stewart, or Napheesa Collier, at least not yet. Failing to recognize this context, these fans suggest, is a kind of erasure: it diminishes the history of a league that has long been full of great players, most of them Black and many of them queer.

Even some of Clark’s biggest supporters are careful to consider her as a key figure in the long progression of the sport, rather than as a sui-generis phenomenon. The sports journalist Howard Megdal, founder of the Next, an online outlet that focusses on women’s basketball, recently wrote a book about Clark that goes deep on the history of basketball in Iowa, where she’s from. In Megdal’s telling, Clark—with her charisma, her all-American backstory, her reasonable handling of such fraught circumstances, and yes, her race—is helping to supercharge a surge of interest in women’s basketball that was already well under way. And there’s plenty of evidence to back that view. W.N.B.A. ratings have been rising for years. The sport was succeeding and finding new audiences despite egregious underinvestment. Although Clark is clearly the league’s biggest draw, ratings have been breaking records even when she doesn’t play. The owners of the Golden State Warriors paid a fifty-million-dollar expansion fee to join the league in 2023 before Clark had joined the pros. Just a few years earlier, teams were selling for about a fifth of that. The Golden State Valkyries’ valuation now is projected to be nearly ten times that—in some part because of the attention Clark has brought to the sport, but not because she fills the stands at the Chase Center, in San Francisco, every night. The Valkyries are projected to bring in fifty-five million dollars in revenue from sponsorships and ticket sales this year alone, far more than Clark’s team, the Indiana Fever, raked in last year. They are succeeding because they are resourced and marketed like an actual professional sports team.

To others, any effort to downplay Clark’s individual appeal is preposterous. “As the most promising day in the history of the WNBA arrives, the American cultural spotlight shines brighter than it ever has on a female athlete in a team sport, and on the possibility she brings to lift basketball and all women’s sports to a place they have never been,” the USA Today columnist Christine Brennan wrote, ahead of Clark’s league début. “But the glare of that bright and sometimes harsh light hasn’t fixed on the magical Caitlin Clark alone. Over the past couple of weeks, it has focused on the players who have come before her, some of whom strangely appear to be having trouble accepting and dealing with her fame, even as they will benefit greatly from it.” Brennan, whose book about Clark, “On Her Game,” will be published in early July, believes that the W.N.B.A. is fumbling the ball by not more aggressively promoting Clark. After the scuffles between the Fever and the Sun on Tuesday, Brennan suggested that the W.N.B.A. needed to protect its most popular player. “This happened last night to the most important audience magnet and TV and corporate draw in the history of a business (WNBA) that is desperately trying to advance and succeed in a very crowded, male-dominated sports marketplace,” she wrote on X, quote-tweeting a video of the altercation captioned “This league treats her like a punching bag.”

Brennan has been writing about women’s sports for decades, and, like Megdal, she tries to place Clark’s ascendance in context. But her history highlights the success of Title IX and of the U.S. women’s soccer team, along with Iowa, and her argument is that Clark is a singular figure. In this view, Clark is a living revolution, a rupture in the history of women’s basketball and maybe in all of women’s sports. And there’s evidence to support this view, too. Twice as many people watched the W.N.B.A. draft last year, when Clark was drafted, compared with this year, for instance. Ratings and attendance when Clark plays are significantly higher than when she does not. (Her games averaged more than a million viewers last season; the league’s other games averaged less than half that.) No other player in the history of women’s basketball comes remotely close to her celebrity. It’s hard to think of an analogue who drives such a high percentage of interest in attention in any other team sport. “When will these ladies realize, accept, and appreciate @CaitlinClark22 is the best thing that ever happened to women’s basketball,” the tennis legend Chris Evert wrote on X, quoting one of Brennan’s tweets.

“Yeah, she gets targeted,” the former Celtics player and N.B.A. Hall of Famer Paul Pierce said, on Kevin Garnett’s podcast, after the matchup between the Fever and the Sun. “It’s like Jordan got targeted,” he went on. “The ‘Jordan Rules.’ They had the ‘Jordan Rules.’ When you’re so good, yeah, you’re gonna get targeted. It just is what it is.”

It’s an obvious comp, even if Clark hasn’t yet achieved the kind of success that Jordan eventually achieved. And the comparison can be extended, giving us another way to think about Clark. Was Jordan inevitable, or was he sui generis? Does he deserve the credit for the explosion of interest in the N.B.A. around the world, or was he a talented player in the right place at the right time? It’s an interesting question, but it’s one that, thirty years later—and in the wake of reports that the Los Angeles Lakers are being sold at a valuation of ten billion dollars, months after the Boston Celtics sold for six billion, which had been a high-water mark for any team sale in the United States—seems very much beside the point. The league became a juggernaut. No star could quite match Jordan, but that hardly mattered. They burned bright enough. And the idea that the Pistons, or any of his opponents, should have thanked Jordan at the time is more than ridiculous. For one thing, Jordan wouldn’t have become Jordan without their spite.

Clark has lately been bulking up, as Jordan once did. She spent the off-season in the weight room, doing single-leg plyometrics so that she couldn’t be knocked off balance as easily. Her arms are jacked now. She knows the game plan against her. Her own coach, Stephanie White, helped to write it—she coached the Sun last year, when the team knocked the Fever out of the playoffs, before coming to the Fever in the off-season.

There is a Midwestern wholesomeness to Clark; it’s part of her broad appeal. But she can be ornery and just as competitive as Jordan was (even if the stories about her compulsions—so far, at least—involve Halloween candy rather than gambling). Along with those videos of Clark getting mauled on the court, there are popular online clips decoding her trash talk. We don’t yet know if the animus that Clark faces—whether it’s professional or personal, whether it’s race-related or not—will activate her. All that bumping and bruising puts her at a higher risk of injury and exhaustion. Playing against the Valkyries, on Thursday night, two days after the Sun game, she was held to two points in the first half, and missed all seven of her three-point-shot attempts. But she has also shown an electric ability to turn defeat, and doubt, into motivation. After Clark was left off the U.S. Olympic team—an omission that Brennan holds up as evidence that the old guard is out to get her—her scoring and playmaking exploded, and she dragged the Fever, which had lost nine of its first eleven games, into the playoffs. As Megdal writes, when U.S.A. Basketball left Clark off the team, “The best possible thing happened for Clark and the Fever.” She seems to take special pleasure not only in scoring but in making a show of her dominance, and of proving herself.

One of the themes of Smith’s “Jordan Rules” is that Jordan needed his teammates to win. The Bulls needed to exploit the space that all the attention on Jordan left open. But Jordan also needed the Pistons; he needed the doubters to drive him, and he needed the bumps to make him strong. I wouldn’t be surprised if we ended up saying the same of Clark. They are both, as the former N.B.A. commissioner David Stern said of Jordan, “at once credible and incredible,” both tied to this earth and seemingly transcending it, part of history and engaged, thrillingly, in its disruption. ♦

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U.S. Women Fend off Five Match Points to Defeat Canada at 2025 VNL

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 12, 2025) – The U.S. Women’s National Team clinched a spot in the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) finals with a thrilling 3-2 (26-24, 23-25, 20-25, 25-21, 19-17) win over North American rival Canada on Friday night at the UT Arlington College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. The U.S. (7-4) is now in […]

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 12, 2025) – The U.S. Women’s National Team clinched a spot in the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) finals with a thrilling 3-2 (26-24, 23-25, 20-25, 25-21, 19-17) win over North American rival Canada on Friday night at the UT Arlington College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.

The U.S. (7-4) is now in seventh place and seeks to finish undefeated in the final week of VNL play tomorrow, Sunday, July 13, at 5 p.m. PT against China.

“I thought we had moments of better volleyball tonight than we did the first two nights. We still have some letdowns that kind of get away from us, so I’d like to clean those up and address those. I feel like we are getting up three or four points in a set and then giving those points back in maybe not the greatest fashion,” U.S. head coach Erik Sullivan said. “I thought in the fourth set and fifth sets, while we still did that a little bit, we did it in a better emotional state. We were battling and not getting defeated by those moments. I really like the way we competed in those two sets at the end.”

The 69-58 U.S. edge in kills was just enough to offset the 24-16 deficit in blocks. Both teams served three aces.

MATCH STATISTICS

“We are still kind of learning about each other a little bit trying to figure out what buttons to push and how we respond,” Sullivan commented. “We try to give them a little more emotional support when things not necessarily just don’t go our way but when we just don’t have quality touches and you can see we are a little frustrated. Our staff was giving more of a pump-up vibe and I thought that helped a little bit. Our goal this summer was to give some players opportunities. We will shuffle around and continue to do that. I don’t want to abandon that just because we qualified.”

Outside hitter Avery Skinner put together another tremendous match, totaling 21 points on 20 kills, including six in the final set, and a block. She also led team in digs with 14 and added 11 successful receptions. Opposite Madi Skinner (16 kills, one block, two aces) and outside Logan Eggleston (17 kills and two blocks) each scored 19 points.

Setter Jordyn Poulter finished with 63 assists, six digs and two blocks.

“We just tried to remind ourselves to take it one point, one play at a time. We’ve been challenged in every match in tis VNL tournament and we will continue to be challenged every match this summer, so we are working our hardest to try to be steady and consistent and play some good volleyball,” said Poulter, who ran the offense in which five players recorded at least seven kills. “We can’t spread it out unless we are passing well so I will give that credit to our passers fighting off some really tough serves.”

Libero Lexi Rodriguez led all players with 14 successful receptions and added nine digs. Middle blocker Tia Jimerson took over in the fourth set, scoring half of her 14 points, to keep the U.S. in the match. She finished with eight kills and shared match-high honors with six blocks. Middle Dana Rettke also reached double digits with 10 points on seven kills and three blocks.

Trailing 13-9 in the first set, Canada scored five consecutive points to take a 14-13 lead. Neither team led by more than two points the rest of the set, which was tied at 24 when the U.S. was able to score back-to-back points to take the set. Avery Skinner scored to set up the second U.S. set point. Opposite Taylor Mims made her 2025 VNL debut from the service line and Canada’s hitting error ended the set. Madi Skinner led all players with five kills and Avery Skinner added four points on three kills and a block.

A Jimerson block put the U.S. up 19-18 in the second set and her kill made it 20-19, but it would be the U.S. squad’s last lead of the set. Down 24-21, the U.S. defended two set points on a Madi Skinner kill off hands and an Avery Skinner back row attack, but Canada secured the final point. Madi Skinner (five kills and an ace) and Eggleston (four kills and two blocks) each scored six points in the set.

Canada led most of the third set. The U.S. did use a 5-0 run thanks to strong serving from Brionne Butler to take a 14-13 lead but Canada responded with an 8-3 run to retake a four-point lead. Madi Skinner paced the U.S. with five points on three kills, a block and an ace.

Jimerson recorded a kill and block on consecutive plays to give the U.S. a 12-7 lead in the fourth set. Canada responded with a 7-2 run, tying the set at 14 on an ace, and then took its last lead at 16-15. An Avery Skinner kill off hands and another Jimerson kill gave the U.S. the lead for good, 17-16.

A Jimerson block extended the lead to four points, 22-18. Rettke and Avery Skinner scored the final points of the set to send the match to a decisive fifth set. Jimerson led the U.S. in the set with seven points on four kills and a trio of blocks.

Another Jimerson block gave the U.S. a 9-5 lead in the fifth set but Canada scored the next four points, the last two on blocks, to even the set. Jimerson recorded a kill for a 10-9 lead and then her two digs on the next point led to an Avery Skinner kill that put the U.S. up 11-9.

After Canada tied the set at 11, Eggleston scored on a kill over the block for a 12-11 U.S. lead. Two U.S. errors and Canada’s 24th block of the match gave the underdogs two match points. Eggleston scored off the block and Rettke followed with a block to tie the set at 14.

Canada earned three more match points. A service error that was well long tied the set at 15 and two Avery Skinner kills helped the U.S. fight off a fourth and fifth match point. Avery Skinner gave the U.S. its first match point on a back row attack and Eggleston ended the match on a kill off a pass from Rodriguez. Skinner finished the set with six kills and Eggleston added four.

U.S. Women’s Week Three Roster for 2025 VNL

No. Name (Pos., Ht., Hometown, College, USAV Region)
2 Jordyn Poulter (S, 6-2, Aurora, Colo., Illinois, Rocky Mountain)
3 Avery Skinner (OH, 6-1, Katy, Texas, Kentucky, Lone Star)
6 Morgan Hentz (L, 5-9, Lakeside Park, Ky., Stanford Univ., Pioneer)
7 Lexi Rodriguez (L, 5-5, Sterling, Ill., Univ. of Nebraska Great Lakes)
8 Brionne Butler (MB, 6-4, Kendleton, Texas, Univ. of Texas, Lone Star)
9 Madisen Skinner (OH, 6-2, Katy, Texas, Univ. of Kentucky and Univ. of Texas, Lone Star)
11 Taylor Mims (Opp, 6-3, Billings, Mont., Washington St., Evergreen)
15 Rachel Fairbanks (S, 6-0, Tustin, Calif., Pitt, Southern California)
16 Dana Rettke (MB, 6-8, Riverside, Ill., Univ. of Wisconsin, Great Lakes)
18 Asjia O’Neal (MB, 6-3, Southlake, Texas, Texas, North Texas)
20 Danielle Cuttino (Opp, 6-4, Indianapolis, Ind., Purdue, Hoosier)
21 Roni Jones-Perry (OH, 6-0, West Jordan, Utah, BYU, Intermountain)
22 Sarah Franklin (OH, 6-4, Lake Worth, Fla., Univ. of Wisconsin, Florida)
25 Tia Jimerson (MB, 6-3, Sugar Hill, Ga., Univ. of Ohio, Southern)
33 Logan Eggleston (OH, 6-2, Brentwood, Tenn., Univ. of Texas, Southern)
34 Stephanie Samedy (Opp, 6-2, Clermont, Fla., Minnesota, Florida)

Coaches
Head Coach: Erik Sullivan
Assistant Coach: Mike Wall
Second Assistant Coach: Brandon Taliaferro
Second Assistant Coach: Tayyiba Haneef-Park
Second Assistant Coach: Joe Trinsey
Team Manager: Rob Browning
Team Doctors: William Briner, James Suchy, Chris Lee, Andrew Gregory
Physiotherapist: Kara Kessans
Physical Trainers: Shawn Hueglin, Shannon Boone
Mental Performance Coach: Andrea Becker, Katy Stanfill
Performance Analyst: Virginia Pham

Week 3 Schedule: Arlington, Texas (all times PDT)
Matches will be shown on VBTV, Big Ten Network and/or CBS Sports Network. Please check listings for BTN and CBSN.

July 9 USA def. Thailand, 3-1 (28-26, 21-25, 27-25, 25-15)
July 10 USA def. Dominican Republic, 3-1 (23-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-20)
July 12 USA def. Canada, 3-2 (26-24, 23-25, 20-25, 25-21, 19-17)
July 13 at 5:00 p.m. USA vs. China

Week 1 Results: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 4 Italy def. USA, 3-0 (25-13, 25-13, 30-28)
June 5 Brazil def. USA, 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-19)
June 6 Czechia def. USA, 3-2 (23-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-20, 27-25)
June 8 USA def Korea, 3-0 (25-13, 28-26, 25-17)

Week 2 Results: Belgrade, Serbia
June 18 USA def. Serbia, 3-2 (25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 22-25, 15-11)
June 19 Poland def. USA, 3-1 (20-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-18)
June 21 USA def. Netherlands, 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-19)
June 22 USA def. France, 3-2 (25-22, 26-24, 20-25, 21-25, 15-13)



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Eagle-Tribune All-Time Boys Track and Field Leaders | Massachusetts

Michael Muldoon compiled the area boys and girls all-time track leaders from 1988-2021. David Willis has compiled leaders since 2023. E-mail corrections to dwillis@eagletribune.com. SHOT PUT Matt Battistini, Haverhill, 60-5, 1978; Ethan Philpott, Phillips/North Andover, 59-2.5, 1993; Ryan Mihalko, Pinkerton, 58-7, 1987; Ray Pizzaro, Andover, 57-11.5, 1974; Cory Murray, Methuen, 57-10, 2006; Dave Colizzi, Methuen, […]

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Michael Muldoon compiled the area boys and girls all-time track leaders from 1988-2021. David Willis has compiled leaders since 2023. E-mail corrections to dwillis@eagletribune.com.

SHOT PUT

Matt Battistini, Haverhill, 60-5, 1978; Ethan Philpott, Phillips/North Andover, 59-2.5, 1993; Ryan Mihalko, Pinkerton, 58-7, 1987; Ray Pizzaro, Andover, 57-11.5, 1974; Cory Murray, Methuen, 57-10, 2006; Dave Colizzi, Methuen, 57-2, 1983; Bill Fournier, North Andover, 56-5.5, 1967; Mike Kostiew, Salem, 56-5, 1975; Ian Dowe, Andover, 56-1, 1984; Ned Finneran, Central, 55-10i, 1996; Mark Bardwell, Methuen, 55-7.75, 1981;

Al Sherrerd, Andover, 55-2, 1975; Joe Soucie, Lawrence, 55-1.5i, 1980; Carmine Loconte, Haverhill, 55-0.5, 1980; Emilio Williams, Haverhill, 54-11, 2003; Bill Hitchmoth, Methuen, 54-11, 1989; Rick Fredette, North Andover, 54-9, 1986; Zac Borrelli, Central, 54-8, 2010; Kalvin Guillermo, Central, 54-5i, 2018; Kevin McDermott, Central, 54-4.5, 1976; Eric Uliano, Haverhill, 54-3.75, 1999; Cam Lyle, Timberlane, 54-2.5, 2009; Dennis Ordway, Timberlane, 54-0.5, 1976

JAVELIN (2003-present)

Charles Franks, Pinkerton, 201-5, 2025; Kyle Faucher, Timberlane, 196-1, 2016; Drew Alsup, Central Catholic, 195-9; Mark Zavrl, Andover, 193-8, 2013; J.J. King, Pinkerton, 190-5, 2018; Andrew Firger, Haverhill, 186-0, 2003; Shaun Howard, Sanborn, 183-1, 2014; Francis Schaufenbil, Central, 179-11, 2009; Matt Wessel, North Andover, 179-4; Zachery Sullivan, Pinkerton, 179-0, 2016; Jack Pettis, Haverhill, 178-1, 2016; Tyler Yeastedt, Central, 177-0, 2011; Steve Lattari, Andover, 176-11, 2008

JAVELIN (pre-2003)

Sean Furey, Methuen, 227-3, 2000; Ryan Mihalko, Pinkerton, 225-11, 1987; Dave Shaw, Methuen, 217-0, 1981; Paul Derby, Andover, 203-7, 1977; Owen Smith, Pinkerton, 202-1, 1968; Derek Vater, Haverhill, 201-7, 1998; Dan Bresnahan, Central, 201-3, 1997; Adam Patten, Pentucket, 200-1, 2000;

Michael Jozokos, Methuen, 198-10, 1981; Louis Marcoux, Methuen, 196-10, 1997; Michael Halligan, Salem, 195-7, 1975; John McLellan, Andover, 195-6, 1983; Mark Jozokos, Methuen, 192-1, 1985; Brian David, Timberlane, 191-9, 1985; James Alord, Haverhill, 190-8, 1975

DISCUS

Argenis Luciano, Lawrence, 171-2, 2025; Matt McDermott, Andover, 170-0, 2018; Steve Pendak, Pinkerton, 168-9, 1977; Ethan Philpott, Phillips/North Andover, 168-4, 1993; Zac Borrelli, Central, 164-8, 2010; Richard Bagley, Haverhill, 163-9, 1976; Mike Kostiew, Salem, 161-0.5, 1974; Mark Murray, Methuen, 160-10, 1982; Bill Hitchmoth, Methuen, 160-0, 1989; Matt Battistini, Haverhill, 159-11, 1978;

Zack Lattrell, Central, 159-11, 2010; Noah Malhi, Pentucket, 158-11, 2016; Joe LaRosa, Lawrence, 158-7, 1978; Bryan Campbell, Salem, 158-6, 1987; Dale Powell, Greater Lawrence, 158-4.5, 1975; Scott Petrie, Methuen, 156-3, 1987; Mark Huebner, Salem, 155-10, 1992; David Stone, North Andover, 155-1, 1977

LONG JUMP

Taylor Smith, Timberlane, 23-5.25, 1998; Dominic Tritto, Central, 23-4, 2021; Suuna Kalemera, Central Catholic, 23-3.5, 2025; Josh Adams, Methuen, 22-11, 2009; Peter Cameron, Pentucket, 22-10.25, 1991; Chris Pendleton, Whittier, 22-10.25, 2008; Zack Apgar, Andover, 22-10, 1984; Caleb Agbor, North Andover, 22-9.5. 2023; Steve Dise, Phillips/North Andover, 22-9.25, 1997; Kevin Cheam, Pelham, 22-9.5, 2013; Francis Nova, Lawrence, 22-8.75, 2010; Matt Manteiga, North Andover, 22-7.25, 2017; Leon Sharpe, Andover, 22-7, 1970;

Eric Diaz, Lawrence, 22-6, 2004; Andy Thompson, Andover, 22-5.5, 1985; Jon Cooperstein, North Andover, 22-4.5; Terry Brooks, Greater Lawrence, 22-4, 1976; Tyler Glendon, North Andover, 22-3.75, 2018; Richard Camuso, Central, 22-3.5, 1958; Harvey Lys, Andover, 22-2.5, 2024; Rob Gomez, North Andover, 22-3, 1991; Steve Shepard, Andover, 22-3, 1992; Eddie Gonzalez, Lawrence, 22-2.25, 2020; Branden Tsetsilas, Pinkerton, 22-2, 1989; Sam Brunt, Salem, 22-2, 1997; Santi Costello, Andover, 22-2, 2008

TRIPLE JUMP

Duane Carlisle, Haverhill, 47-0, 1983; Mark Grasso, Methuen, 46-11.5, 1978; Paul Farnham, Andover, 46-6.5, 1979; Leon Sharpe, Andover, 46-2, 1970; Steve Shepard, Andover, 45-9.5, 1993; Asael Cespedes, Lawrence, 45-7, 1996; Adam Westaway, Andover, 45-6.5, 1996; Shaun Sullivan, Timberlane, 45-5, 1992

HIGH JUMP

Andy Hirsch, Pentucket, 7-0.25, 1987; Paul Keefe, Andover, 6-9, 1978; Lance Washington, Salem, 6-8, 1992; Paul Neal, Greater Lawrence, 6-8, 1987; Derek Webley, Methuen, 6-8, 1999;

Mike Corry, Andover, 6-7, 1966; Bruce Slade, Timberlane, 6-7, 1977; Bob Wilkins, Andover, 6-7i, 1980; Dana Burbank, North Andover, 6-7i, 2003; Matt Dionne, Timberlane, 6-7, 2011

POLE VAULT

Erick Duffy, North Andover, 17-1, 2017; Jake Radzevich, Pinkerton, 15-8, 2002; Mark Vetere, Andover, 15-6, 2010; Peter Ellis, Andover, 14-6, 1997; Cam Walsh, Central, 14-6, 2011; Dan Kfoury, Central, 14-3, 2012; Peter Martel, North Andover, 14-0, 2021;

Andy Carleton, Andover, 14-0, 1991; Jamison Whiting, Central, 14-0, 1995; Dave Wholley, Salem, 14-0, 1988; Adam Vetere, Andover, 14-0, 2010; Ryan Swenson, Andover, 14-0, 2023; Chris DiBenedetto, Methuen, 13-9, 1985; Ron Stahley, Andover, 13-8, 1973; Matt Moccia, Central, 13-8, 2001; Joe Vetere, Andover, 13-7, 2015; Nathan Miller, Pinkerton, 13-7, 2018

110-METER HIGH HURDLES

Jeff Baker, Methuen, 13.87, 1985; Jordan Volquez, Lawrence, 13.94, 2021; Erick Duffy, North Andover, 14.10, 2017; Colby Crear, Pelham, 14.12, 2025; Sebastian Silveira, Andover, 14.21, 2015; Elizardo Melenciano, Gr. Lawrence, 14.26, 2025; Adam Spencer, Pinkerton, 14.26, 2019; A.J. Caggianelli, Central, 14.30, 2019; Cody Kretschmer, Pinkerton, 14.35, 2002; Sean Caveney, Andover, 14.41, 2015; Dimetri Morris, Central, 14.41, 2019; Nate Jacques, North Andover, 14.84, 2023; Dom Armano, Central, 14.60, 1991; Jason McCue, Andover, 14.62, 1992; Jack Clohisy, Pentucket, 14.64, 2018;

Bob Liekweg, Salem, 14.70, 2005; Tim Harrington, Methuen, 14.70, 1996; Ryan Demers, Central, 14.73, 2025; Chris Chu, Andover, 14.74, 2010; Alex Jonson, Windham, 14.75, 2016; Niall Murphy, Central, 14.77, 1999; Mike Marshall, Salem, 14.77, 2009; Alec Pascoe, Andover, 14.78, 2019; Joshua Torres, Lawrence, 14.81, 2002; D’Andre Drummond-Mayrie, Central, 14.85, 2014; John Ryan, Central, 14.86, 2025; Patrick Allardi, Andover, 14.86,2024; Steve DeMarco, Salem, 14.89, 2000; Andy Cignoni, Pinkerton, 14.94, 1991

HAND-TIMED: Jeff Baker, Methuen, 13.6, 1985; Niall Murphy, Central, 14.0, 1999; David Jorgenson, Andover, 14.2, 1994; Jason McCue, Andover, 14.3, 1992; Van DeBose, Andover, 14.3, 1973; Steve Schultz, Salem, 14.3, 1976

300-METER INTERMEDIATE HURDLES

Colby Crear, Pelham, 38.01, 2025; Niall Murphy, Central, 38.21, 1998; Sean Caveney, Andover, 38.64, 2015; Rob Crane, North Andover, 38.68, 1991; Kevin Verge, Timberlane, 38.70, 1999; Steve Shepard, Andover, 39.05, 1992; Erik DeMarco, Andover, 39.09, 1996; Jim Giarrusso, Methuen, 39.25, 2000; Adam Spencer, Pinkerton, 39.26, 2019; Conor Seleny, Pinkerton, 39.49, 2019;

Andy Cignoni, Pinkerton, 39.55, 1992; Bob Liekweg, Salem, 39.61, 2005; John Elie, Pelham, 39.66, 2019; Alec Pascoe, Andover, 39.85, 2018; Fabian Tineo, Lawrence, 39.89, 2016; Zac Camacho, Central, 39.90, 2006; Chris Cole, Andover, 39.90, 2005; Cody Kretschmer, Pinkerton, 39.90, 2001

HAND-TIMED: Dave Ramirez, Methuen, 38.1, 1985; Peter Comeau, Andover, 38.6, 1984; Steve Shepard, Andover, 38.8, 1992

330-YARD LOW HURDLES

HAND-TIMED::Peter Comeau, Andover, 38.0 (37.8 300 meters), 1983; Dave Ramirez, Methuen, 38.1, 1985; Dave Pienta, Greater Lawrence, 38.5, 1978

400-METER HURDLES

Dave Ramirez, Methuen, 53.68, 1985; Roan Marcano, Methuen, 53.96, 2019; Sean Caveney, Andover, 54.33, 2015; Alec Pascoe, Andover, 54.48, 2018; Colby Crear, Pelham, 55.00, 2024;Joey Howshan, Central, 55.25, 2019; Sebastian Silveira, Andover, 55.37, 2014; Mike Milano, Central, 55.39, 2015; Greg Desrosiers, Central, 55.47, 2018; Fabian Tineo, Lawrence, 55.61. 2016; John Ryan, Central, 55.68, 2025; Aden Pemble, North Andover, 55.85, 2022; Elizardo Melenciano, Gr. Lawrence, 56.58, 2024;Alex Dehullu, Central, 56.03, 2013; Brad Donahue, Central, 56.36, 2011; Connor Donovan, Methuen, 56.39, 2015; Jack Clohisy, Pentucket, 56.41, 2019; Alex Suarez, Lawrence, 57.01, 2019; Erick Duffy, North Andover, 57.04, 2017; Aidan McGarry, North Andover, 57.04, 2025; Kevin Feliz, Lawrence, 57.31, 2024; Adam Spencer, Pinkerton, 57.34, 2018; Conor Seleny, Pinkerton, 57.38, 2019; Elizardo Melenciano, Gr. Lawrence, 57.57, 2025; Jim Giarrusso, Methuen, 57.68, 2000

100 METERS

Darwin Jimenez, Methuen, 10.61, 2023; Jason DeJesus, Andover, 10.69, 2024; Josh Kwakye, Methuen, 10.71, 2024; Jerimil German, Lawrence, 10.74, 2019; Christopher McConnell, Andover, 10.75, 2010; Taylor Smith, Timberlane, 10.84, 1998; Travis Cavallo, Pinkerton, 10.85, 2025; Gustavo Varela, Gr. Lawrence, 10.86, 2025; Kevin Brooks, Windham, 10.87, 2024; Johan Rafael, Lawrence, 10.87, 2005; Ajani Muzasadila, North Andover, 10.89, 2024; Larry Elizalde, North Andover, 10.90, 1991; Jadyn Ruimwijk, Pinkerton, 10.92, 2017; Hector Payano, Greater Lawrence, 10.92, 2012; Sean Glass, Haverhill, 10.93, 2019; Winston George, Pinkerton, 10.93, 2025; Enrique Cuesta, Lawrence, 10.94, 2004; Francis Nova, Lawrence, 10.94, 2010;

Patrick Farnham, Andover, 10.94, 2011; Jerickson Fedrick, Salem, 10.95, 2012; Alex Mayhew, Haverhill, 10.95, 2013; Caden Michaud, Pinkerton, 10.95, 2023; Kevin Verge, Timberlane, 10.97, 1999; Ray Gorzela, Andover, 10.98, 2016; Kelvin Severino, Lawrence, 11.01, 2011; Peter Martel, North Andover, 11.02, 2021; Bryan Morales, Lawrence, 11.02, 2014; Sam Jones, Salem, 11.02, 2023; Jacob Spezzaferri, Pinkerton, 11.02, 2022; Eduardo Fernandez, Pinkerton, 11.04, 2017; Joe Hicks, Haverhill, 11.04, 2010; Natanael Vigo Catala, Haverhill, 11.04, 2023; Jayson Martin, Central, 11.05, 2010

HAND-TIMED: Bob Bateman, Lawrence, 10.15, (9.3y), 1963; Kevin Tarr, Methuen, 10.45, (9.6y), 1979; Johan Rafael, Lawrence, 10.5, 2004; Larry Elizalde, North Andover, 10.5, 1991; Jon Lemire, Central, 10.6, 1997; Ian Dowe, Andover, 10.7, 1984; Bruce Brown, Andover, 10.7, 2002; Rob O’Regan, Timberlane, 10.75, (9.9y), 1979; Melvin Berger, Andover, 10.75, (9.9y), 1980

200 METERS

Jordany Volquez, Lawrence, 21.18, 2022; Cristian Reinoso, Lawrence, 21.66, 2025; Darwin Jimenez, Methuen, 21.69, 2023; Natanael Vigo Catala, Haverhill, 21.70, 2024; Alex Mayhew, Haverhill, 21.71, 2013; Francesco Cuesta, Lawrence, 21.74, 2009; Sean Glass, Haverhill, 21.88, 2019; Peter Martel, North Andover, 21.92, 2021; Jose Adames, Lawrence, 21.95, 2014; Enrique Cuesta, Lawrence, 21.97, 2004; Jadyn Ruimwijk, Pinkerton, 21.98, 2017; Ethan Pater, Central, 21.98, 2022; Bruce Brown, Andover, 21.98, 2001; Jason DeJesus, Andover, 22.00, 2024; Ray Gorzela, Andover, 22.06, 2016; Patrick Farnham, Andover, 22.09, 2011; Jerickson Fedrick, Salem, 22.16, 2012; Hector Payano, Greater Lawrence, 22.17, 2012; Andy Alsup, Haverhill, 22.18, 1996;

Josh Kwakye, Methuen, 22.21, 2025; Greg Lutz, Pinkerton, 22.23, 1999; Taylor Smith, Timberlane, 22.24, 1998; Jamie Isaac, Pinkerton, 22.24, 2025; Zach Cicio, Pinkerton, 22.25, 2014; Quinn Cerami, Windham, 22.26, 2021; Elizardo Melenciano, Gr. Lawrence, 22.26, 2025; Christopher McConnell, Andover, 22.28, 2010; Jordany Volquez, Lawrence, 22.30, 2021; Kevin Brooks, Windham, 22.33; Hamza Naveed, Andover, 22.31, 2015; Aidan McDonald, Salem, 22.32, 2022; Winston George, Pinkerton, 22.33, 2025; Conor Seleny, Pinkerton, 22.36, 2019; Gustavo Varela, Gr. Lawrence, 22.36, 2025; Johan Rafael, Lawrence, 22.37, 2005

HAND-TIMED: Bob Bateman, Lawrence, 20.8, (20.9y), 1963; Bob Weber, Lawrence, 21.3, (21.4y), 1960; Carnell Cooper, Andover, 21.4, (21.5y), 1973; Kevin Tarr, Methuen, 21.6, 1979; Dave Hixon, Andover, 21.8, (21.9y), 1970; Andy Alsup, Haverhill, 21.8, 1996; Richard Camuso, Central, 21.8, (21.9y), 1958; Richard Cavan, Central, 21.8, (21.9y), 1962; Jon Lemire, Central, 21.8, 1997

400 METERS

Natanael Vigo Catala, Haverhill, 47.82, 2024; Noah Woodman, Pinkerton, 48.07, 2017; Brian Lemieux, Central, 48.63, 1999; Cristian Reinoso, Lawrence, 48.67, 2025; Andy Alsup, Haverhill, 48.74, 1997; Kevin Brooks, Windham, 48.93, 2024; Eric Tahtamoni, Salem, 49.00, 2012; Mark Vetere, Andover, 49.02, 2010; Neil Chowdhury, Andover, 49.05, 2023; Stanley Hanci, Methuen, 49.20, 2019; Andrew Grange, Central, 49.23, 2005; Hamza Naveed, Andover, 49.26, 2015; Connor Kwiecien, Pinkerton, 49.30, 2013; Patrick Farnham, Andover, 49.31, 2011; Matt Woelfel, Haverhill, 49.32, 1992;

Nick Krippendorf, Central, 49.42, 1994; Kaiden Nobrega, Central, 49.44, 2022; Peter Martel, North Andover, 49.50, 2021; Corey Gobbi, Haverhill, 49.55, 2006; Hayden Makarow, Haverhill, 49.60, 2019; George Papoulis, Haverhill, 49.66, 2016; Mike Howell, Haverhill, 49.79, 1998; Brett Perron, Central, 49.86, 2003; Peter Crapsey, Haverhill, 49.88i, 1999; Chris Poggi, Pinkerton, 49.93, 2013; Trevor Nassar, North Andover, 49.99, 2019

HAND-TIMED: Andy Alsup, Haverhill, 48.4, 1997; Andrew Grange, Central, 48.9, 2005; Matt Woelfel, Haverhill, 48.9, 1992; Carnell Cooper, Andover, 48.9, (49.2y), 1973; Rick Collins, Andover, 49.0, (49.3y), 1978; Dave Ramirez, Methuen, 49.1, (49.4y), 1985; Kevin Tarr, Methuen, 49.2, (49.5y), 1976; Erick Colon, Methuen, 49.4, 2001; Gene DiMariano, Central, 49.5, (49.8y), 1976; Tom Kelly, Salem, 49.6, (49.9y), 1975; Mike Howell, Haverhill, 49.6, 1998

800 METERS

Alex Fleury, Phillips/North Andover, 1:52.43, 2019; Tam Gavenas, Phillips Academy/Andover, 1:53.25, 2025; Ryan Connolly, North Andover, 1:53.38, 2023; Colin Kirn, Andover, 1:53.82, 2023; Devin Connell, Andover, 1:53.96, 2017; George Papoulis, Haverhill, 1:54.22, 2016; Bob Strout, Haverhill, 1:54.4, (1:55.0y), 1974; Erick Colon, Methuen, 1:54.9, 2001; Jack Determan, North Andover, 1:54.70, 2022; Mike Janowski, Methuen, 1:55.0, (1:55.6y), 1976; Adderly Gonzalez, Lawrence, 1:55.10, 2009; Stephen Connolly, Pinkerton, 1:55.14, 2021; Chris Poggi, Pinkerton, 1:55.25, 2012; Mike O’Donnell, Methuen, 1:55.25i, 2012; Matt Downin, Pinkerton, 1:55.3, 1995; Craig MacPherson, Pinkerton, 1:55.53, 2007; Kevin Moschella, Salem, 1:55.57, 1999; Danny Wang, Haverhill, 1:55.58, 2007;

Brock James, Salem, 1:53.25, 2025; John St. Hilaire, Methuen, 1:55.59, 2015; Pete McLennan, Salem, 1:55.5, (1:56.1y), 1975; Spenser Sawyer, Windham, 1:55.64, 2018; Jim Kent, Lawrence, 1:55.6, (1:56.2y), 1971; Zach Plaza, Pinkerton, 1:55.78, 2019; Joe Poggi, Pinkerton, 1:55.78, 2014

MILE

Alex Fleury, Phillips/North Andover, 4:05.57, 2020; Tam Gavenas, Phillips/Andover, 4:09.15, 2024; Jason Vanderhoof, Timberlane, 4:09.40, (3:50.99, 1,500), 1996; Liam Kimball, Timberlane, 4:12.11, 2016; Mike Walukevich, Haverhill, 4:12.15, (4:10.70, 1,600), 1979; Ryan Connolly, North Andover, 4:13.34, 2023; Kyle Haskell, Andover 4:13.84, 2025; Mike O’Donnell, Methuen, 4:14.88i, 2013; Jim Kent, Lawrence, 4:16.0, 1971; Phil Shaw, Andover, 4:16.27, 2003; Pat Fullerton, Haverhill, 4:16.45i, 2006; Ben Pare, Methuen, 4:17.36, 2010; George Itz, Andover, 4:17.4, 1974;

Darryl Varney, North Andover, 4:17.79, 2010; Peter Lopata, Pentucket, 4:18.01, 2019; Tom Hinds, Haverhill, 4:18.2, 1981; Rohan Rai, Windham, 4:18.55 (4:17.05, 1,600), 2021; Steve Bouchard, Haverhill, 4:18.5, 1983; Danny Wang, Haverhill, 4:18.95, 2007; Matt Downin, Pinkerton, 4:18.9, (4:17.4, 1,600) 1995; Simon Voorhees, Andover, 4:19.03i, 2011; Eric McDonald, Pentucket, 4:19:06, 2008; John Stanley, Pinkerton, 4:19.07, (4:17.57, 1,600), 1994; Freddy Coleman, Methuen, 4:19.83, 2022

2-MILE

Tam Gavenas, Phillips/Andover, 8:53.71, 2025; Dean Kimball, Timberlane, 9:07.3, 1977; Matt Downin, Pinkerton, 9:10.83, (8:30.17, 3,000) 1995; Mark Kimball, Timberlane, 9:10.9, 1978; Alex Fleury, Phillips/North Andover, 9:13.22 (8:32.24, 3,000), 2019; Greg Kent, Lawrence, 9:15.2, 1965; Patrick Moulton, Pelham, 9:16.24 (9:13.03, 3,200), 2001; Mike Walukevich, Haverhill, 9:16.3, 1980; Ryan Connolly, North Andover, 4:19.22, 2022; Alex Kramer, North Andover, 9:17.11, 2009; Jared Reddy, Methuen, 9:19.95, 2010; Mike Buckley, Central, 9:19, 1972; Nico Sevilla, Pinkerton, 9:20.13 (9:16.90, 3,200), 2016; Freddy Coleman, Methuen, 9:20.30, 2022



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NEWBERRY — Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance David Scorzelli announced the promotion of Sylvester Aremendriz from graduate assistant to Assistant Sports Performance Coach. “We are excited to have Sylvester step into the role of assistant director of sports performance,” said Scorzelli.” “He has become an integral part of the program over the past […]

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NEWBERRY — Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance David Scorzelli announced the promotion of Sylvester Aremendriz from graduate assistant to Assistant Sports Performance Coach.

“We are excited to have Sylvester step into the role of assistant director of sports performance,” said Scorzelli.” “He has become an integral part of the program over the past few years. The Newberry Sports Performance Department strives to put athletes at the forefront of our mission and Sylvester is a big part of that.”

Coach Armendariz assisted with the design and implementation of football strength and conditioning sessions, under the direction of David Scorzelli, offering guidance and supervision during workouts to maximize player development and injury prevention.

He also ran entire lifting sessions independently with the Football team, providing guidance, instruction, and supervision during workouts to maximize player development.

He also developed and implemented strength and conditioning programs for Women’s Soccer, Women’s Volleyball, Track and Field teams, and Men’s and Women’s Tennis teams. He also assisted in the design and execution of strength training, conditioning, and injury prevention protocols tailored to the specific needs of each sport.

Before coming to Newberry, Armendariz served as a Football Strength and Conditioning Intern at the University of Southern California.

He aided in the development of student – athletes athletic performance under the direction of Bennie Wylie.

Armendariz began his career at St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, Calif. as a Football Strength and Conditioning Intern.

He received his undergraduate degree from California State Los Angeles and his master’s degree from Newberry College.



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An Overland Park track and field runner, now attending Louisiana State University, is combining his interests to build a strong athletic community in his hometown. 20-year-old Trenton Sandler has taken it upon himself to bring the running community in the Kansas City metro together to bridge the gap between hobby-joggers and professional athletes. Advertisement While […]

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20-year-old Trenton Sandler has taken it upon himself to bring the running community in the Kansas City metro together to bridge the gap between hobby-joggers and professional athletes.

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While Sandler played soccer as a kid, his special knack for running took off when he joined his high school track and field team.

“I didn’t really get into running until I was like 15 or so, right after the pandemic,” said Sandler. “I realized I had a calling for it when I ran good times my junior year of high school and started getting college offers.”

Trenton Sandler at a track and field meet, Louisiana State University.

Trenton Sandler at a track and field meet, Louisiana State University.

While his interest in running came later in his youth, Sandler says that videography has been a passion of his since his early childhood.

“I’ve been obsessed with making videos since I was a kid, when my parents put a little camcorder in my hand for the first time,” said Sandler. “I took a formal videography class in high school, which got me really interested in the statistical side of cameras and how to compose good shots and make cinematic videos.”

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With the rise of influencers, Sandler saw an opportunity to be a voice for amateur athletes. Now, Sandler has curated over 80,000 followers across his social media platforms.

“I combined all those interests into trying to make a running YouTube channel that non-runners could relate to and to try to get past the stigmas around runners,” said Sandler.

“I wanted to try to be a normal voice in the community and make videos that are personable so that even people who don’t run can enjoy them,” he said.

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For Sandler, the biggest issue in the community is the discrepency between the number of people who run as a hobby compared with the number of people who actively follow the professional running scene.

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That increase in runners but decrease in professional running fans puts weight on running influencers, according to Sandler.

“Professional runners often aren’t personable and don’t put themselves out there,” Sandler told the Star.

“I think it then falls into the influencers hands to try to be more personable, so the general hobby-jogging community can watch a runner that is also an influencer,” he said. “That runner can then promote the sport of running and the competitions that are just trying to bridge that gap between professional and amateur.”

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For the second year in a row, Sandler is hosting a run club for all runners in the metro.

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Held at Roe Park in Overland Park on Saturday, July 12, the long distance run will begin with a meet-up at 7:30 am at 10400 Roe.

Sandler hopes to draw in a crowd of about 100 and to secure food truck vendors for following years.





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ALPENA — The access driveway for Mich-e-ke-wis Park will be closed to all vehicular traffic while improvements to the park, including the installation of the new volleyball courts, are being completed. Access to this area will be limited for the duration of the construction of the volleyball courts. Also, the Alpena Municipal […]

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ALPENA — The access driveway for Mich-e-ke-wis Park will be closed to all vehicular traffic while improvements to the park, including the installation of the new volleyball courts, are being completed.

Access to this area will be limited for the duration of the construction of the volleyball courts.

Also, the Alpena Municipal Council will vote at its next meeting on Tuesday to move forward with other proposed improvements at the park, which would include a new parking area, and a rain garden storm-water drainage, as well as pedestrian trials.

This closure will also allow for the removal of the existing gravel drive within Mich-e-ke-wis, but the park will remain open throughout the construction process, however, access to areas of the park under construction will be limited.

Construction of the volleyball courts will be completed through volunteer work provided by the Alpena Mixed Volleyball League, and as such, work will not be performed every day. The project is anticipated to take up to a month to complete.

The overall project includes a new paved parking lot and rain garden which will be installed tentatively in September as work is completed on the new clear well project at the water treatment plant.

This delay will eliminate overlapping construction operations which could damage the new road and parking area. The project is being funded through a Michigan Passport Grant, donations acquired by the Alpena Mixed Volleyball League, and the City of Alpena General Fund for a total project cost of $301,200.

Steve Schulwitz can be reached at 989-358-5689 or sschulwitz@TheAlpenaNews.com. Follow him on X @ss_alpenanews.com.



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