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Hall of Fame induction a happy homecoming for Valley, North Carolina wrestling standout | Trib HSSN
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Saturday, April 29, 2023 | 11:01 AM
Joe Galli didn’t lose many matches whereas wrestling at Valley Excessive Faculty within the mid-Nineteen Seventies. However when he did, the individuals round New Kensington took discover.
Whatever the time of day or climate, Galli responded to a setback on the mat by embarking on a seven-mile run up and down a few of the hilliest streets in his hometown.
“Folks would see me working in horizontal winds with ice pelting and snow,” he recalled. “They might name my mother and say, ‘Your son is working. Is Joey OK? Is he out of his thoughts?’”
Galli relied on these grueling runs as a motivational instrument.
“I did it as a psychological factor, like, ‘I’m higher than this.’ However I additionally thought I needed to do extra (bodily) to recover from the hump,” he mentioned.
Galli did greater than recover from the hump. He turned the primary Valley wrestler to advance to a WPIAL championship match and compete within the PIAA event. He went on to the College of North Carolina, the place he was a four-year letterman, workforce captain and ACC champion.
For his wrestling prowess, Galli is amongst these scheduled for induction into the Alle-Kiski Sports activities Corridor of Fame on Could 20 on the Pittsburgh Shrine Heart in Harmar.
Galli, who lives in Florida, was inducted into the Nationwide Wrestling Corridor of Fame & Museum in 2016. He described his emotions about moving into the 2 halls as “drastically completely different.”
“The nationwide corridor of fame is prestigious, however nobody there is aware of you personally,” he mentioned. “I grew up in New Kensington and discovered methods to wrestle there. That’s dwelling.”
Galli credit Moe Guin, the legendary New Kensington YMCA youth wrestling coach, with recruiting him to the game. A 2011 A-Okay Sports activities Corridor of Fame inductee, Guin spied Galli in a gymnastics class as a sixth grader and satisfied him to maneuver to the wrestling program.
“Moe was my hero and mentor, and adjusted my life,” Galli mentioned. “I used to be little in highschool. I wrestled at 91 kilos as a junior and I used to be a 105-pounder as a senior. With out wrestling, I wouldn’t have had a sport.”
A 1976 Valley graduate, Galli compiled a 21-2 document as a senior, along with his solely losses coming within the WPIAL last (by one level) and within the PIAA tourney’s second spherical. He was chosen for the Dapper Dan Wrestling Basic, the place he upset a three-time Ohio state champion.
That efficiency caught the attention of then North Carolina wrestling coach Invoice Lam. After the match, he provided Galli a scholarship to wrestle for the Tar Heels.
As a school freshman, Galli grew 5 inches. He developed right into a four-year starter in varied weight lessons, capturing the ACC title at 142 kilos as a senior.
“My first three years I misplaced within the semifinals and took third within the ACC,” he mentioned. “Lastly, I received the entire thing my senior yr. It was an effective way to complete up.”
Galli’s last faculty match got here with some further stress. The Tar Heels wanted him to document a pin to clinch the ACC workforce crown. He responded with a first-period fall over a nationally ranked wrestler.
“I achieved my particular person aim, however it was 5 instances extra highly effective as a result of my workforce received the ACC,” he mentioned.
Since graduating from UNC in 1980, Galli has utilized the teachings discovered in wrestling to assist attain appreciable success within the enterprise world. He presently is the chief government officer at Techtronic Industries, which had $13.3 billion in gross sales in 2002 with 44,000 workers. Thought-about a worldwide chief within the energy instruments business, TTI’s manufacturers embrace Milwaukee, Ryobi and Hoover.
“I’ve labored onerous to present again to the game of wrestling,” he mentioned. “Proper now, now we have 27 former Division I wrestlers working for us, together with two Olympians and 6 nationwide champions.
“I’m not doing it to be gratuitous. I’m doing it as a result of a wrestler who develops the basic success components – the grit and dedication, the power to get knocked down and get again up, the need to win – might be superb in a company atmosphere.”
Whereas Galli’s profession has taken him away from dwelling, he nonetheless seems to get again to the Pittsburgh space as a lot as attainable.
“I like Pittsburgh – and I like the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins,” Galli mentioned. “I’ve been everywhere in the world and a few individuals simply don’t perceive it. They have a look at Pittsburgh as a smoke stack and metal mill metropolis. However whenever you come via the tunnels and see these rivers at evening, there’s nothing higher.”
If you happen to go
52nd A-Okay Valley Sports activities Corridor of Fame induction
When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Could 20
The place: Pittsburgh Shrine Heart, Harmar
Tickets: $40. There will probably be no tickets bought on the door.
Contact: Larry Lutz, 724-822-3695; Fred Soilis, 412-736-1809; Invoice Heasley, 724-882-3079
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People gather for NC Museum of History's annual American Indian Heritage Celebration in Raleigh
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — November is Native American Heritage Month, and it’s a time to celebrate the traditions and cultures of the many Native American communities across North Carolina.
On Friday and Saturday, the North Carolina Museum of History held its annual American Indian Heritage Celebration. People learned about Native American history through live performances, food, art, storytelling and more.
Since the history museum is closed for renovation, the celebration was held at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
“Our songs, our dances, our stories, our language–it’s all medicine to us,” Community Programs Coordinator of NC Museum of History Kaya Littleturtle said at last year’s celebration. “Medicine is anything that makes you well be it physical, spiritual, emotional, all those things are medicine. We hope is that people come out here and they learn about those things, to help uplift us as a people. We hope that it inspires them to go get engaged with things to help uplift them as a people.
This was the 29th year of the celebration.
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Eli Pancol helps Duke football beat Virginia Tech, keep spot as North Carolina’s top team
Duke hasn’t played pretty football at times, but the Blue Devils have consistently proven to be the top team in North Carolina.
After beating UNC (6-5, 3-4) and N.C. State (5-6, 2-5) earlier this year, Duke (8-3, 4-3 ACC) will go for the Tobacco Road sweep in the regular-season finale at Wake Forest (4-7, 2-5) on Nov. 30 (Noon, ACC Network).
Because of their consistently dominant defense and the ability to handle in-game adversity, the Blue Devils are in position to win double-digit games for just the second time in program history.
That’s quite a debut for first-year coach Manny Diaz, who has helped the Blue Devils win five of their six one-score games this season, including a 31-28 victory against Virginia Tech on Saturday in the home finale at Wallace Wade Stadium.
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Eli Pancol, Duke’s sixth-year wide receiver who missed the 2023 season with an injury, capped his comeback with an incredible performance in the final home game of his career.
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Finishing with five catches for 188 yards and three touchdowns, Pancol did most of that damage on two of the first four plays when he had an 86-yard catch-and-run touchdown, followed by a 77-yard catch-and-run TD. In his final two games at Wallace Wade Stadium, Pancol combined for 16 catches for 326 yards and four touchdowns.
Ozzie Nicholas, Cam Bergeron, Kendy Charles shine for Duke football defense
Pancol wasn’t the only senior to shine Saturday night against the Hokies. Duke’s top three tacklers were seniors, combining for 31 tackles, including three for loss. Princeton graduate transfer Ozzie Nicholas, Duke’s leading tackler, led the way again with 11 tackles. Fellow linebacker Cam Bergeron and defensive tackle Kendy Charles each had 10 tackles.
Overall, Duke had 14 tackles for loss, including eight sacks. The Blue Devils have consistently been among the top five teams in the nation at creating havoc for offenses as a steady presence in the backfield. It’s the main reason Duke is in position to reach 10 wins this season.
Manny Diaz keeps proving he was right hire for Blue Devils
Duke has won 10 games once since 1922, getting it done in 2013 under former coach David Cutcliffe, who helped resurrect a struggling program. Following Cutcliffe’s departure, Mike Elko won nine games in his first season and eight in his second before bolting to Texas A&M.
After a successful stint as a defensive coordinator at Penn State, Diaz got a second head-coaching opportunity when Duke hired him in December 2023. In three seasons as the head coach at Miami, Diaz had one year with eight wins. He accomplished that in his debut year at Duke, putting the program in position to join an exclusive club if the Devils can win their final two games.
Rodd Baxley covers Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State for The Fayetteville Observer as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his ACC coverage on X/Twitter or Bluesky: @RoddBaxley. Got questions regarding those teams? Send them to rbaxley@fayobserver.com.
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Live Updates: Ball State vs No. 16 North Carolina At Battle 4 Atlantis 2024 – FloHoops
No. 16 North Carolina and MAC favorite Ball State face-off in the Bahamas for a special one to kick off two weeks full of holiday college basketball tournaments coming live to FloHoops. The game begins at 6:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 23 and is the second of many in the 2024 Battle 4 Atlantis Women’s College Basketball tournament.
The Paradise Island, Bahamas-based tournament hosts eight teams including No. 18 Baylor, Indiana, and Texas A&M.
No. 16 North Carolina is 3-1, coming off of a close loss a week ago to No. 2 UConn, falling 58-69 to the Huskies. They hold wins this season against NC A&T, UNC-Wilmington, and Charleston Southern.
Currently undefeated, Ball State will be hoping to upset North Carolina to add an important win to their resume en route to a potential at-large bid to the NCAA tournament at the end of the season. They have defeated Northern Iowa, IUPUI, Memphis, and Old Dominion so far this season.
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Earlier Today On FloHoops: Baylor Puts Up 15 Threes, Hits Triple Digits vs Southern Miss
After four great quarters of basketball between Southern Miss and Baylor—the Lady Bears come out on top of game one of the Battle 4 Atlantis Women’s tournament.
Five Baylor players had more than 14 points today against the Lady Eagles and were 44% (15-34) from behind the three-point line, making that the most threes for them this season. Fontleroy and Andrews both tallied four.
For Southern Miss, Grayson and Evans led the points with 12, despite Grayson fouling out.
Despite their quick start, the Eagles were unable to keep up with Baylor and will be looking for redemption against the loser of Columbia vs Indiana. Baylor will play the winner.
Read the full game recap.
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