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Rutgers’ new OC Ciarrocca comes from Minnesota
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — For the second straight yr, Rutgers coach Greg Schiano has gone to Minnesota to discover a coordinator.
Kirk Ciarrocca was named the Scarlet Knights’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Saturday, which is similar place he held final season with the Golden Gophers.
A yr in the past, Rutgers tapped Joe Harasymiak to be their defensive coordinator after he had spent 4 seasons on the Minnesota employees as co-defensive coordinator.
Ciarrocca is returning to Rutgers to work for head coach Greg Schiano a second time. He was on the employees for 3 seasons from 2008-10, successful two bowl video games.
Ciarrocca has greater than 30 years of teaching expertise, together with 19 as an offensive coordinator. He has been within the Huge Ten 5 of the final six years, most just lately serving to Minnesota to a nine-win season and a victory within the Pinstripe Bowl.
“He’s a confirmed chief of males, a wonderful soccer coach and understands what it takes to achieve success within the Huge Ten,” mentioned Schiano, who fired offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson throughout the 2022 4-8 season.
Throughout his first stint at Rutgers, Ciarrocca took over as offensive coordinator in 2009 and developed quarterback Tom Savage, offensive lineman Anthony Davis (first spherical NFL) and large receiver Mohamed Sanu (third spherical).
Ciarrocca has additionally coached at West Virginia, Penn State, Western Michigan, Richmond, Delaware (the place he labored with Joe Flacco), Temple, Western Connecticut State, Delaware Valley School, Princeton and Penn.
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Minnesota Wild regular season schedule released
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On Tuesday, the National Hockey League released its schedules for the upcoming season.
The Minnesota Wild will start the season at home on Oct. 10, taking on the Columbus Blue Jackets. They will then play another home game against Seattle on Oct. 12. After two back-to-back games at home, the Wild will be all over the place for the next three weeks, playing seven away matches before returning to the land of 10,000 lakes.
That will be the Wild’s longest stretch away from home for the entire regular season. The rest of the Wild’s 2024-25 season can be found below:
The 82-game season will conclude for the Wild on Tuesday, April 15, before postseason play begins.
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Minnesota passes new law allowing motorcyclists to split lanes
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The day’s local, regional and national news, detailed events and late-breaking stories are presented by the ABC 6 News Team, along with the latest sports, weather updates including the extended forecast.
(ABC 6 News) — A new law has passed in Minnesota allowing motorcyclists to split lanes, but it won’t go into effect until next July.
The law is similar to those in other states that allow motorcyclists to ride slowly between lanes in stopped or bumper-to-bumper traffic.
When the law does go into effect, Minnesota will be among at least half a dozen states allowing lane splitting.
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Teen vaping nicotine dependence increasing in Minnesota: Survey data
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Vaping trial: Ellison says Juul, Altria ‘hooked a generation of Minnesota kids on e-cigarettes’
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison laid out his case against vaping company Juul in his lawsuit over teen use of vapes.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – Minnesota teenagers have increasingly found themselves dependent on nicotine, thanks in part to the rise in popularity of vaping, a new study has found.
According to data from the Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey, 70% of students who vape say they want to quit, and nearly two-thirds have tried to quit in the past.
Meanwhile, 79.6% of surveyed students who use e-cigarettes, or vapes, reported suffering dependence on the devices, which can provide high levels of nicotine and lead to stronger withdrawal symptoms such as mood fluctuations, stress, anxiety and depression.
“It’s a dire situation that so many of our teens are struggling with the health harms of nicotine dependence,” Minnesota Commissioner of Health Dr. Brooke Cunningham said in a statement accompanying the data. “Many teens may smoke or vape because they think it helps them relieve stress or anxiety, but the nicotine can actually worsen those feelings. We want teens to know that we understand the mental health challenges they may be facing and how hard it is to quit, and that free help is out there to support them.”
The Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey data show that among students who vaped in the past 30 days, 49.5% vaped at least 20 in the past 30 days – a 47% increase since 2020, and a 165% increase since 2017.
Until age 25, nicotine can negatively affect learning, attention and memory. It also increases risk for addiction to other substances, the study says.
A majority of teens surveyed – 76.3% – reported their first tobacco product was flavored. In 2023, 93.3% of students who vape used a flavored vape in the past 30 days.
However, data show that overall vaping usage numbers could be declining.
In 2023, 13.9% of high school students reported vaping in the past 30 days – a decline from 19.3% in 2020.
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) offers the My Life, My Quit program to support teens in quitting commercial tobacco use, including vaping, by texting “Start My Quit” to 36072.
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