
Senior forward and center Troy Pierce fights against several Ichabod defenders for a layup last night at White Auditorium. The Hornets fell to the Bods, 60-68. Yo Han Kim/The Bulletin
The Hornets basketball team hosted the Washburn Ichabods on senior night in the annual Turnpike Tussle at White Auditorium last night but lost, 60-68. Jim Fraley had his number 14 jersey retired. Tola Lawal, Troy Pierce, Antonio DiMaria and Christian Simmons are the seniors on the squad. To open the game, junior Chris Sights drained a three-point shot from the corner to jump out to an early lead. Both teams flexed their muscles as neither team could get open looks at the basket. Midway through the half, the score was 11-7, Washburn.
Simmons provided energy to the Hornets lineup as he scored four straight points to help pull within nine, 11-20. He then added two assists to fellow senior Troy Pierce for two straight baskets to narrow the lead 15-20 with four minutes left. The Ichabods followed the 8-0 Emporia run with a 6-0 run of their own. They would continue to stretch the lead, 19-33, to end the half.
“We have a never give up mentality,” Pierce said. “It has to be our mentality for the rest of the season.”
The Hornets came out fired up as senior Antonio DiMario hit a three-pointer to cap a 5-0 run. This closed the gap, 24-33. Lawal tried to pump up the team as he hit a jumper from 15 feet away to pull the game within 11 points, 33-44, with nine minutes left.
“We started getting the ball inside,” Simmons said. “When we get the ball inside, it opens up the outside shooters. We made some shots to make it close.”
The senior leadership on the team continued to push for energy and hustle. Seniors Lawal and Pierce refused to quit. They crashed the boards and continued to play aggressive defense. The Hornets would pull within six points with two minutes remaining in the game, but that would be as close as they would get to victory.
“Right now we need to work on not spotting teams leads,” said head coach Shawn Vandiver. “I have to do a better job of time management and not letting leads get out of hand.”
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SWA Group Wins Design Competition for Major Redevelopment in Nanjing, China.
Health & Beauty Close-Up June 16, 2010 SWA Group said that its competition entry for a transformative 7-kilometer swath of Yangtze River waterfront of the Hexi New Town in Nanjing, China, was selected from among the four finalist teams and will begin detailed design in July toward anticipated initial construction in 2011.
“Nanjing is one of China’s most ancient metropolitan centers, and Hexi New Town will accommodate Nanjing’s continued growth as the capital of Jiangsu Province and the largest commercial center in the region, while further attracting global investors and international clients,” said Scott Slaney, Houston-based principal of SWA and lead designer on the project. lagunabeachcanow.com laguna beach ca
As described by the Company, Nanjing Hexi will include:
– a 75-hectare (185 acre) Yangtze EcoPark at the convergence of the Yangtze, Jiajiang and Qinhuaixin Rivers that will include a major mixed-use development with eco-hotel, shopping, housing and office space;
– a 25-hectare (62.5 acre) Art Park featuring an international art museum from a world-class architect to attract 3 million annual visitors, and would include associated museum lofts.
– a 5 hectare (12.5 acre) site to include a Yangtze River Anthropology Museum;
– a 64-hectare (160 acre) Hexi Plaza which will be the cultural epicenter of Hexi Riverfront Park including a performing arts center and other entertainment, retail, residential, office and waterfront uses;
– a 17-hectare (42.5 acre) Waterworks Park featuring family-entertainment, urban agriculture, tea follies, tourism and educational aspects.
“Nanjing Hexi has the opportunity to become one of the world’s great urban riverfronts by attracting people to it as an amenity of beauty, recreation, culture and commerce,” said Slaney. “The plan also addresses regional and national objectives including natural resource preservation, environmental regeneration, economic vitality and social equity while maintaining flood protection and celebrating the beauty and history of the Yangtze River.” A former brownfield site, Nanjing Hexi utilizes environmental originality including manmade wetlands along the waterfront to help cleanse the river, which has high levels of suspended solids and chemicals. To kick-start the growth of wetlands and speed up the water-polishing process, thousands of strips of man-made bio-film will be “planted” along the water’s edge and in small islands. this web site laguna beach ca
Nanjing Hexi aims to gain prominence on the global stage with a fine arts museum at the heart of the Art Park in the dramatic bend of the Jiajiang River. This International Museum of Fine Art, China’s first international fine arts museum, is planned to be designed by an architect for housing contemporary pieces from China and also art exhibits from around the world.
Nanjing Hexi will also feature a Museum of Anthropology with exhibits to teach the history of human settlement along the Yangtze; an “eco hotel” with traditional rooms and rooms within the wetland park accessed by boat or from a boardwalk; and expansive waterfront promenades to maintain a human, walkable scale to the development.
SWA Group is an international landscape architecture, planning and urban design firm. SWA has offices in Sausalito, CA, Los Angeles, Laguna Beach, CA, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Shanghai and Dubai.
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