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Turnpike Tussle turns into overtime thriller
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Thursday, 24 February 2011 09:17
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Emporia State’s defense held with 6.1 remaining as round two of the Turnpike Tussle turned into a charity stripe scuffle

Senior Alli Volkens takes a layup against Washburn Wednesday night at Topeka. The Hornets won in overtime 61-59.

Senior Alli Volkens takes a layup against Washburn Wednesday night at Topeka. The Hornets won in overtime 61-59.

 before eventually going into overtime and ending in a 61-59 Hornet victory. With 6.1 seconds left to go and ESU up by one, the Hornets kept Washburn from attempting a shot to get the overtime victory.

            “It was awesome,” said Senior Forward Alli Volkens. “We needed to finish the season strong. To come in here and get a win was huge for us. Senior year, beat ‘em here. Can’t get any better.”

            The Hornets opened the first half with a two-headed attack as Volkens and Freshman Forward Kelsey Balcom combined for 24 of the Hornet’s 31 first half points. Volkens scored 15 of her 23 total points in the first half.

            The game saw momentum shift back and forth as early on it went to the Hornets who opened up with a 19-9 lead. The Lady Blues countered with a 10-0 run to tie the game before ESU responded themselves going on their own 10-0 run to reclaim a 10 point lead.

The half ended in Washburn’s favor after a 7-2 run ending in a buzzer beater by Washburn guard Alyssa Mullen cut the Hornet lead to five points.

“Any ESU-Washburn game is going to have a lot of runs,” said Sophomore Guard Jocelyn Cummings. “Washburn had their runs. We had ours. We ended up punching it out in the end.”

The Lady Blues carried their momentum from the first half into the second as they went on a 7-0 run to take their first lead of the game.

ESU fought back with an 11-0 run behind three pointers from Cummings and Balcom as well as and-one from freshman guard Rheanna Egli.

The game would come down to free throw shooting after Washburn cut the lead to single digits in the final minutes. With both teams in the double-bonus, it came down to two big free throws from Alli Volkens with 1:44 remaining to give ESU a 55-53 lead. After free throws from Washburn, ESU would hold the Lady Blues to a difficult last second shot attempt to force overtime. 

“We played great defense,” Volkens said. “We had a few mental lapses in which we’d foul the jump shooter, but I think down the stretch we really made them make some tough shots.”

Volkens finished what she had started in the first half as she scored four decisive points as well as grabbed a big rebound with 36.0 left in the game. With a 61-59 lead, the Hornets would run the clock down to six seconds after a shot clock violation. After a Washburn timeout, the Hornets defense didn’t allow the Lady Blues to get a shot off, securing the victory.

“Nothing about this team discourages me,” said Head Coach Jory Collins. “We’re young and inexperienced. I’m inexperienced. But we’re fighting hard together and I’m proud of them today.”

The Hornets – 17-8 overall and 14-7 in the MIAA – will look to continue their success at 5:30 p.m. Saturday as they take on Ft. Hays State in what is the final game at White Auditorium.

Brandon Schneeberger

 
Lady Hornets lose second straight
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Friday, 28 January 2011 10:51
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The #14 Emporia State women’s basketball team suffered their second straight loss Wednesday against Missouri Western State University, 78-71. The Lady Hornets were in the lead after halftime and ran out to a 16 point second half lead until a 30-5 Missouri Western run put the Griffons in the lead for good. ESU shot only 20 percent in the second half.

Top players for the Hornets were Ali Volkens with her 14th double-double of the season – 24 points, 16 rebounds –  which moves her into the top ten in ESU career rebounds and 21st in career scoring. Rheanna Egli scored12 points and Jocelyn Cummings added 11 for the Lady Hornets. This is the Lady Hornets first two game losing streak since last February and drops their record to 12-5 overall and 9-4 in the MIAA. The Lady Hornets will face Truman at home on Sunday.

Chris Dvorak

 
Q&A with Jory Collins
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Thursday, 02 December 2010 14:23
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What are your thoughts about the team after the first couple of games?

I like the level of intensity that our team has shown through the first couple of games. We are far from a finished product, but it’s nice to win games while trying to get better.

What adjustments have you had to make from being an assistant coach to a new head coach?

The preparation for practice or a game is much more detail oriented. It’s a much faster pace when you are the one trying to decide what to do for two and a half hours.

What do you think your team’s strengths are this early in the season?

So far we have been a balanced team. We have six juniors and seniors that know how to lead and win ball games, and they have played well early this year. Just as important though, we have been fortunate to have some of our underclassmen step as well. We have players that on any given day can step up and be leaders. This team really doesn’t have an ego or care who gets the attention as long as we are playing well.

Who are the main leaders of this year’s team?

Certainly Alli Volkens as she has been a big part of the program for a couple of years now. Ashley Ferrell is a leader by example rather than being a vocal leader. Rachel Hanf and Jocelyn Cummings have filled in nicely for some of the players that left last year. Each practice and game we might see a different leader.

What do you see as being a weakness for this team this year?

We don’t have a lot of game experience as a team. There are only two players with one full year of game experience. There is a certain feel for situations which you just can’t simulate in practice.

How do you and the team stay focused with such high expectations such as defending national champion and a #6 ranking in the polls?

This program has been good for awhile now, and we realize that we are going to get everyone’s best shot all season long. Our players understand they were recruited to win every night, and those expectations don’t bother them. They expect to do well all the time.

What are your expectations for the MIAA this season in women’s basketball? Who do you see being the major competitors this season?

It’s the toughest league in the country, no doubt. If we don’t play well, the bottom three teams of the conference are capable of beating us. Missouri Western, Washburn, and Southwest Missouri are always really tough, and I expect it will be those three plus us battling for a conference title.

Chris Hopkins

U.S. AIR FORCE DOES “BARREL ROLL” ON INSOURCING.

States News Service October 7, 2011 ARLINGTON, Va. — The following information was released by the Lexington Institute:

The barrel roll is a basic fighter maneuver in which a pilot responds to a sharp turn by a hostile aircraft seeking to evade pursuit by doing a combination of a turn and an up-and-over move. It is a well-established maneuver that allows a pilot to reverse course and place his aircraft in level flight behind the target, on the enemy’s “six.” The U.S. Air Force seems to have performed a barrel roll on insourcing, the practice of taking activities performed by the private sector and bringing them into the public sector. For more than two years the Department of Defense has been on a campaign to insource anything and everything it could. The Air Force was an enthusiastic proponent of insourcing, applying it to a wide range of activities from the maintenance and overhaul of aircraft to the modernization of major weapons systems and management of supply chains. The Air Force claimed that it could save money and improve performance by assuming management of these types of activities, eliminating some of the fees charged by private contractors and giving a larger fraction of the day-to-day work to the government employees at its three air logistics centers. The Air Force claimed that its business cases analyses demonstrated that insourcing would save money with no loss in efficiencies.

One of the first programs the Air Force sought to insource was the C-17 III Global Sustainment Program (GSP) which was being performed by a team led by Boeing and including Pratt and Whitney and the Warner-Robbins air logistics center. At its inception, almost ten years earlier, the C-17 GSP contract was one of the first to employ the concept of performance-based logistics (PBL) under which the Boeing-led team committed to achieving specific levels of performance (such as the percentage of the total C-17 available to the Air Force on a daily basis) for a given price. In fact, the C-17 GSP achieved one of the lowest dollars per flight hour sustainment rates of any Air Force program. U.S. Air Force data showed that between 2004 and 2009, the GSP program reduced C-17 dollars per flight hour by 28 percent. This cost reduction was achieved while maintaining the best mission capable rates of any airlift platform. barrelrollgoogle.com barrel roll google

Although the C-17 GSP met all its contractual commitments and was reducing costs year-on-year, the Air Force conducted a business case analysis which concluded the Air Force could save money by terminating the program, assuming overall management of the effort itself and insourcing the work to Warner-Robbins. Boeing was retained as a traditional part supplier. in our site barrel roll google

This week the Air Force reversed direction, performing a barrel roll on C-17 sustainment. The Air Force awarded the Boeing team a 10-year, $11.75 billion PBL contract. Under the new C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program (GISP), Boeing will continue to manage C-17 sustainment activities including the global supply chain, depot maintenance support, aircraft repair and field support.

What explains this 180 degree course change? Apparently, many of the “savings” assumptions in the Air Force’s business analysis proved elusive. The analysis undervalued the way a PBL model incentivizes the private contractor to invest its own money in techniques, tools, facilities and training to improve affordability and increase delivered capability. The Air Force also failed to recognize the value of operating a single, integrated global supply chain that can minimize the accumulation of parts and ensure timely delivery. Using the PBL approach, the Boeing team was able to demonstrate significant additional savings over time while improving program performance.

Were the C-17 GISP the sole example of how the private sector saves the government money, the Air Force’s decision could be dismissed as an exception, possibly one unique to the character of the platform. However, Boeing is currently operating under almost two dozen similar contracts for a wide range of platforms and systems. Nor is Boeing alone in achieving success with the PBL model. Lockheed Martin has an equally impressive record of saving the Pentagon hundreds of millions of dollars on its PBL-based sustainment contracts while improving performance. Contractor-based sustainment, particularly when performed using a PBL model, succeeds.

So when will the entire Air Force get the memo? Even as it was making the decision to turn C-17 sustainment, including supply chain management, back over to Boeing, the Air Force was planning to insource management of the global supply chain for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Let me see if I have this right; the Air Force, which lacked the wherewithal to successfully manage the supply chain for a relatively mature platform, with only a small fleet of aircraft operated largely by one service, is now going to take over the global supply chain for an aircraft that has not even entered full rate production, will be deployed in the thousands and be operated by the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the Marine Corps and at least eight foreign countries. This means there will be two supply chains, one run by Lockheed Martin for the F-35′s production line and one to support deployed aircraft, and two supply chain managers. How could this possibly save money and improve performance?

From its inception, the F-35 program was planned on the basis of a single, integrated global supply chain designed to save on sustainment costs. If the Air Force could not manage global sustainment for its own fleet of C-17s, why should the Navy and Marine Corps trust it to do it for the F-35? Seems like it is time for the Air Force corporately to do a barrel roll on insourcing, kind of like its precision flying team, the Thunderbirds, at an air show.

Daniel Goure, Ph.D.

 
ESU runs away with home opener
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Saturday, 20 November 2010 19:44
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The 2010 National Champions returned home to White Auditorium this Saturday in their home opener against the Golden Bears of Concordia St. Paul. The Hornets were able to control the paint and won the game 70-52.

“It was a tale of two halves,” said Head Coach Jory Collins. “I think the big tale was we missed a lot of layups in the first half. We had some gimmes that we normally are going to make, and that any college athlete ought to make that we just didn’t tonight.”

Emporia State was met with a challenge in the first half as Concordia St. Paul hung close throughout. The Hornets held the lead for the majority of the half until the Golden Bears tied the game at 18 with 6:32 remaining. Two layups by Freshman Guard Rheanna Egli sparked the Hornets as they closed the half on an 11-3 run.

Sophomore Guard Jocelyn Cummings led all scorers in the first half with eight points, three of them coming in the late first half run.

“I think definitely our defense really helped create us some offensive fast break points, just (getting the ball) down the floor to Rachel (Hanf) or just whoever getting us going, making some layups,” Cummings said.

The Hornets carried that late first half momentum into the second behind Senior Forward Alli Volkens and Cummings. The Hornets were able to push the lead to 20 at the 14:10 mark as Volkens added eight points in the run.

Emporia State continued to control the game as well as the paint as they went on to win easily 70-52. The Hornets outscored the Golden Bears 52 to 28 inside as well as outrebounding them 45 to 32.

“(Controlling the paint) was going to be our goal,” Collins said. “Concordia St. Paul lost I think three or four of their front court players, and they had some young ones playing tonight. For the most part, you control the paint with rebounding, shot blocking, and I thought we were really good in there.”

Erica Gress of Concordia St. Paul led all scorers in the game with 18 points and five rebounds.

For Emporia State, Jocelyn Cummings had 15 points along with seven rebounds, four of which were offensive. Volkens, Egli and Kelsey Balcom all ended the night scoring in double figures. Volkens led the team in rebounds with nine and added five blocks on the night.

Emporia State travels to Colorado Springs, Col. next week to play at the UCCS Invitational. Their first game will be at 2 p.m. Nov. 26.

Brandon Schneeberger

Pulaski celebrates its black history: It’s important not to forget what’s behind us, one speaker told about 100 people at the event.

The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA) February 18, 2007 Byline: Paul Dellinger Feb. 18–PULASKI — It was 1961, and George Penn was among a group of black students integrating for the first time what was then Pulaski High School.

“Those were tough days,” Penn, now a funeral home director in Pulaski, recalled Saturday night at a celebration of black history in the town.

Penn remembered a white student who “came up and greeted me and welcomed me into Pulaski High School. That wasn’t a popular thing to do then, but John did it.” That was John White, who later became a college president and is now economic development director for the town of Pulaski. go to website pulaski high school

“Sometimes it’s important not to forget what’s behind,” White told the nearly 100 people attending the black history event in the First Baptist Church. He said the gathering was to come together but not mask reality.

If he wanted to study the history of the town when he was a student, he said, he would not have found it complete in the existing texts. “It was about white men doing what white men did,” he said.

But black people were active in Pulaski’s history, too.

Dr. P.C. Corbin was Pulaski’s first black doctor and, when an influenza epidemic gave all doctors everything they could handle and more, he ended up treating white patients as well as black. Chauncey Harmon, principal of what was then Calfee Training School in 1938, exerted an influence on black education. pulaskihighschool.net pulaski high school

Marilyn Harmon, his granddaughter, thanked the people in the church for remembering the two families. Her own father, she recalled, told her, “Sometimes you have to lose to win.” She did not understand that as a girl, but she does now.

“It may cost you your job, your friends, your income,” she said, to do the right thing, especially in the days before integration.

Corbin’s daughter, Jacqueline Corbin Pleasants, 91, also attended.

Penn introduced Art Meadows, who had been Pulaski’s first black town councilman, and Joe Reed, a Pulaski County school principal, as examples “to see the transition from then until now.” He spoke of the Jamestown celebration. “Jamestown, some of it has some bitter memories. But you can’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been,” he said.

The Rev. Gary Hash, from the Jubilee Christian Center in Radford, was the program’s main speaker and urged blacks to involve themselves in the community, including owning businesses.

“We don’t get up on Monday morning and meet the man” going to work, he said. “I’m talking about getting up on Monday morning and being the man.” He said entrepreneurship and owning businesses is important in a town where nearly a quarter of the population is black. Lack of vision is the biggest obstacle that population needs to overcome, he said.

Hash said black parents also must face up to responsibilities of providing landmarks for their children and getting them out of a “hip-hop culture that has hurt this generation.” “We’ve got to accept responsibility for our communities,” Hash said. “We’ve got to get the dreamers talking.” The collection during the program, which was followed by a potluck supper, went to benefit the T.G. Howard Community Center, which Penn said has been allowed to deteriorate. He said it is the only town building the black community really owns, and it needs to be salvaged.

Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News.

 
Hornets open home conference play with win over UCM, 72-66
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Guard Brittney Miller works for an opening against a UCM defender Saturday night at White Auditorium. The Hornets beat the Mules 72-66.

Guard Brittney Miller works for an opening against a UCM defender Saturday night at White Auditorium. The Hornets beat the Jennies 72-66. Kellen Jenkins/ The Bulletin

The Emporia State women’s basketball team, coming off a 1-1 conference road trip, opened home play Saturday with a win against Central Missouri, 72-66.

The Hornets started the game down early, 13-7 with 15:48 left in the first half. The Jennies would increase their lead to nine at the first media timeout, leading the Hornets 16-7. Central Missouri extended their lead even more, this time leading the Hornets by 10 at 23-13 with 10:33 left in the half – ESU would call timeout.

After the timeout, the Hornets would battle back to within seven, with key efforts from senior guard Cassondra Boston, freshman guard Rachel Hanf and a big-time block from sophomore guard Brittney Miller.

Freshman Kelsey Newman would hit a three in the corner to get the Hornets within four, taking the score to 28-24 in favor of the Jennies. The presence of sophomore forward Allie Volkens continued to be a frustration point for Central Missouri – she would nail two free throws to narrow the Jennies lead to two before a UCM timeout. Volkens would be the one to tie the game for the Hornets at 28-all with a nice spin move on the low block, however, Central Missouri would answer with a bucket of their own to take the lead again at 30-28.

Once again, Volkens hit another low block basket to tie the game at 30 with 4:30 left in the first half. Forward Ashley Ferrell would be the one to give the Hornets the edge this time, coming off a free throw point on foul called on a slashing move to the basket.

Forward Ashley Ferrell takes a lay up Satuday night at White Auditorium against the UCM Jennies.

Forward Ashley Ferrell takes a lay up Satuday night at White Auditorium against the UCM Jennies. Kellen Jenkins/ The Bulletin

With 1:12 left in the half, the score was tied at 33. Junior center Negesti Taylor scored on the low block with 24.3 seconds left, making the traditional three point play that gave the Hornets the lead, 36-33. The Jennies would answer on their own low block with a bucket, closing the half with the Hornets leading by one, 36-35.

Boston said that there was an emphasis put on feeding the low post throughout the first half.

“We started out taking a lot of jump shots, then we started running plays to get inside,” Boston said.” “Alli was scoring, so we kept going to her. We got in the bonus early so we knew we had to take it to them on the inside and score inside.”

Volkens commented on what her expectations were for the game.

“Brandon (Schneider) talked to me in shoot around, and he said that he just wanted me to come off the bench and be a spark for the team,” Volkens said. “We got down early so I just tried to come in and play hard.”

The Jennies would score the first five points of the second half, followed by a three-pointer by Jamie Augustyn to cut the UCM lead to one at 40-39. Augustyn would answer with another three to take the lead for the Hornets, which was followed by a slashing bucket by the Jennies to tie the game at 42 with 17:00 left in the half.

Volkens would continue her reign of dominance on the low block offensively, netting another bucket, giving her 12 points on the night at the time. A timeout on the floor saw a break in the action with the Jennies leading the Hornets

Forward Alli Volkens shoots over a UCM defender Saturday night at White Auditorium.

Forward Alli Volkens shoots over a UCM defender Saturday night at White Auditorium. Kellen Jenkins/ The Bulletin

50-46 with 14:00 minutes to go in the contest.

The Hornets would pick it up on offense, with senior guard Lacy Corker driving to the basket for a deuce and Volkens once again hitting a low block shot, leading to a traditional three pointer that put the Hornets on top, 54-52 with 10:30 left to go in the half.

After a timeout on the floor, Boston would lead the way for the Hornets, converting on a traditional three point play to give the Hornets the lead at 57-53 with 8:45 to go. Boston would score again, this time giving the Hornets three from beyond the arc, forcing Central Missouri to call timeout.

ESU stepped it up on the offensive side of the ball once more with the help of two consecutive Boston three point plays, putting the Hornets ahead of the Jennies 63-55 with 4:38 left in the contest.

With 1:13 to go, Emporia State called timeout with a six point lead at 67-61. Miller hit a nice basket down low, which was followed by a UCM timeout after a Jennies three-pointer – the Hornets held on to a five point lead.

Full-court pressure on the ESU inbounds play saw a Boston turnover, which converted to two Jennies points, cutting the Hornets lead to three at 69-66.

Forward Jocelyn Cummings looks for an open teammate Saturday night at White Auditorium as ESU faced UCM.

Forward Jocelyn Cummings looks for an open teammate Saturday night at White Auditorium as ESU faced UCM. Kellen Jenkins/ The Bulletin

In clutch fashion, Corker hit a three-pointer with 8.0 seconds left, sealing the deal for the Hornets and giving them the close victory, 72-66.

“I missed a few threes earlier in the game and Boston, they’re always going to come in on Boston when she drives, and when she drove she dished it out and saw us open,” Corker said. “I happened to be the open one, and I made it.”

Volkens led all scorers with 20 points in addition to seven rebounds. Boston added 16 points for the Hornets along with eight assists.

Boston attributed the team’s play to a solid week of practice.

“I think this week (in practice) we really got a lot accomplished,” Boston said. “We had really productive practices this week, and I think it definitely paid off and showed in this game.”

After a short break, the Hornets will be back in action on the road on Dec. 21 against California State University-East Bay in Hayward, Calif.

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Hornets buzz past Eastern New Mexico in first round of Tip-Off Classic, 82-50
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009 21:56
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The Emporia State women’s basketball team defeated the Eastern New Mexico Zias 82-50  last Friday, the first day of ESU’s annual Tip-Off Classic. ESU (2-0), the MIAA Champs a season ago, is still undefeated during the regular season.

The Hornets started the game strong on both offense and defense. The team went on a 10-0 scoring run with inside baskets and a couple of three point shots. They did not allow any points to ENMU for the first 3:54.

A strong performance on the low block was key for ESU. The Hornets pulled down 16 offensive rebounds in the first half, and scored 13 points off of second chances. The team pushed hard for an up-tempo game with strong defensive rebounds and regular rotations of many players.

Junior forward Ashley Ferrell was dominant in the low post – coming off the bench Ferrell had a double-double with 11 points and ten rebounds.

“I played better coming off the bench,” Ferrell said. “I feel very comfortable. Rebounding and playing defense is my role.”

Head Coach Brandon Schneider was very satisfied with his forwards Ferrell and freshman Jocelyn Cummings.

“I think Ferrell is a lot more comfortable coming off the bench,” Schneider said. “Rebounding the ball and playing good defensively translates to good offense. I am happy for the bench players.”

The only problem for ESU was outside shooting. The Hornets tried 13 three point shots but made just three in the first half. Senior guard Cassondra Boston made just one three point shot while she tried five times. ESU led at the end of the first half, 38-21.

The Zias stepped up their play in the second half, going on an 11-5 run for first 6:12 to start the half. However, the comeback effort was thwarted by freshman guard Kelsey Newman and Cummings, who combined for 14 points in the second half.

“I feel pretty good,” Newman said. “Offensively, I just got some open chances.”

Schneider was impressed by the freshmen performances.

“That is encouraging,” Schneider said. “We talked over and over about this freshman class and how they are ready. We thought they would come in and play and contribute. They take advantage of their opportunities.”

The Hornets finished the game with a victory, 82-50, and earned their second win of the season. Even though the team won by 32 points, Schneider was not satisfied with all aspects of the Hornets’ performance – ESU shot only 27.3 percent from beyond the three point line and committed 13 turnovers.

“Right now the rhythm, timing and execution of shots this year is not very good,” Schneider said. “I think it will improve when the players can make better decision, what are good shots and bad shots.”

The Hornets have loads of confidence going towards the ultimate goal of another MIAA Championship.

“We were a really good team last year,” Boston said. “But we have never had the potential that we have this year. We are a really good team. We just want to put it together. We’ll try to figure it out as a team.”

-JungHwan Seo/The Bulletin

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