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North Carolina Rallies in 4th Quarter, Hands Virginia Women’s Basketball First Home Loss
Dealing with a 3rd ranked opponent in a row, it appeared just like the Virginia ladies’s basketball workforce was on its solution to knocking off No. 22 North Carolina, because the Cavaliers outscored the Tar Heels 24-12 within the third quarter to seize a nine-point lead coming into the ultimate body. Nonetheless, the workforce couldn’t deal with the basketball within the fourth quarter, permitting the Heels to run away with the sport in a brutal sequence that led to a 28-8 fourth quarter.
The primary three quarters featured many shiny spots, however the sloppy remaining interval left a foul style within the mouth of Cavalier gamers, coaches, and followers. In the long run, North Carolina escaped with a 70-59 win over Virginia on Thursday evening at John Paul Jones Area.
Early within the sport, Taylor Valladay was a catalyst for the Cavaliers, orchestrating a private 8-0 run to offer her workforce a 10-4 lead, and scoring ten-straight factors for Virginia. She was an ideal 4/4 from the sphere and a pair of/2 from three, whereas the remainder of her workforce was simply 1/12. Valladay additionally added three rebounds in simply 5 minutes of courtroom time within the opening interval.
Deja Kelly made a three-pointer to convey UNC inside one level, however Alexia Smith drained a easy pull up jumper within the remaining seconds of the quarter to offer Virginia a 15-12 lead on the finish of the primary quarter. Smith began rather than Mir McLean, who suffered a season-ending knee harm towards NC State on Sunday. Though the Cavaliers had been with out their greatest rebounder in McLean, they are going to gained the rebounding battle 48-37, collected 16 offensive rebounds, and scored 14 second likelihood factors.
The Tar Heels held the Cavaliers scoreless for the primary three minutes of the second quarter, however then Sam Brunelle checked into the sport and promptly drilled a three-pointer. With 5 minutes remaining within the second quarter, Deja Kelly made a three-pointer within the nook via contact to offer UNC a 21-20 lead, however then missed the free throw.
Brunelle added a second triple to her tally, however UNC put collectively a 7-2 rally to take a 28-26 lead. On the finish of the primary half, the Tar Heels led 30-27 after outscoring UVA 18-12 within the second interval. Sam Brunelle had six factors and three rebounds to tempo her workforce.
After the primary half, UVA was 4/16 (25%) from past the arc. Of Virginia’s 31 complete pictures, over half of the pictures got here from deep, as Taylor Valladay was the one Cavalier persistently driving into the paint. With out Mir McLean, and with the Tar Heels walling up inside with 4 blocks, there was a noticeable lack of offensive presence down low.
Within the third quarter, the Hoos jumped out to a 7-0 run to take a 34-30 lead. Sam Brunelle was 2/2 from past the arc within the early minutes, and Camryn Taylor had 5 factors to propel Virginia. UNC made a 3 pointer to halt a 15-4 Cavalier run, so midway via the quarter, UVA led 42-37.
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London Clarkson and Alexia Smith made free throws within the third quarter as Virginia continued to get to the road. After taking pictures 5/10 (50%) from the road within the first half, the workforce was 5/6 within the third quarter alone. Carole Miller added a 3 pointer with lower than a minute remaining to cap one other 7-0 Cavalier run. On the finish of the third quarter, UVA led 51-42.
The third quarter has been extraordinarily fruitful for Virginia all season and that pattern continued on this sport because the Cavaliers outscored the Tar Heels 24-12 within the third quarter to show a halftime deficit right into a nine-point lead.
UNC and UVA traded factors early within the fourth quarter, with the Tar Heels making quick pictures and a few free throws, and Sam Brunelle and Carole Miller making threes. With six minutes remaining, the Cavaliers held a seven-point lead.
Impulsively, UNC made a three-pointer to make the UVA lead simply 57-55, forcing Coach Mox to name a timeout. Only one minute later, Coach Mox burned one other timeout after UNC made two straightforward layups to take a 59-57 lead. This stretch made up an 11-0 run for the Tar Heels, erasing all the onerous work the Cavaliers did within the third quarter to construct a lead.
UNC switched into 1-2-2 half courtroom press that that ruined any offensive momentum the Cavaliers had. A Camryn Taylor layup was the one time the Hoos may break it, and UNC continued to overwhelm UVA to the tune of a 22-2 run. In the long run, UNC outscored UVA 28-8 within the fourth quarter to earn the 70-59 win.
In a sport that regarded just like the Hoos would win for many of it, turnovers destroyed Virginia’s hopes of successful. The workforce had eight turnovers within the fourth quarter alone, resulting in 12 Tar Heel factors. The UNC protection was suffocating, because the Tar Heels swarmed over the Cavalier ball-handlers with out selecting up a single foul within the fourth quarter. Virginia was whistled for twenty-four fouls as in comparison with 15 for North Carolina and the Tar Heels shot 26 free throws to only 16 for the Cavaliers. It felt just like the wind was knocked out of the Wahoos within the remaining six minutes of the sport.
Taylor Valladay had 16 factors and 5 rebounds earlier than fouling out and Sam Brunelle had 15 factors on 5 three-pointers and 9 rebounds, simply lacking a double double. For UNC, Deja Kelly and Kennedy Todd-Williams each had 21 factors, and Alyssa Utsby had 15.
Virginia falls to 13-4 total and 2-4 within the ACC after a third-consecutive loss to a ranked workforce. The Cavaliers will look to proper the ship towards Boston Faculty on Sunday afternoon at John Paul Jones Area.
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I woke up in the shelter around 6 am but took some time getting out of my bed. I slept pretty badly last night and it felt like I had been awake half the night. Baby Feet told us that at some point last night he startled a mouse getting into Islan’s stuff and it ran right behind my pad to the corner by Honey and Moonie. As long as stuff like that happens when I’m asleep, I don’t care, it doesn’t exist to me! If I was awake I don’t know if I’d be able to fall back asleep.
I had a pretty ambitious plan for today to cross the border into North Carolina and do my first 15 mile day. The weather seemed like it would be pretty bad so I wasn’t sure if I could do it. As usual, everyone left the shelter before me. I was ready to go at 8:30, but I decided to stop at the privy last minute since it was pouring. Digging a cathole in the pouring rain didn’t seem like a fun idea. The rain continued in earnest and I moved as fast as I could. The side trail to get back to the AT was quite long and all uphill, and the rain made it a bit harder to navigate.
Once back on trail, I met a section hiker who told me the rest of the guys were just a little further down. There was a gradual climb to start with but it didn’t feel too hard and I kept a decent pace in the rain. Halfway up the climb I ran into Arwen who was heading south on another slack pack to try to finish out the section. We chatted for a minute but quickly got going again as the rain picked up.
Once the trail switched to downhill it was rocky and muddy, but I moved as fast as I could, paying attention to my footing and slowing down in sketchier sections. I passed Tortuga and John, then caught up with Islan. I could see Baby Feet ahead, but he kept his pace up. Islan and I talked about what his presidential ticket would be.
We got to dicks creek and Bill from the green dragon hostel was there to pick up all the guys. I was pleased to see it was only 10:30, which means I had made great time in the rain. I told Bill I was thinking of crossing the border and he was encouraging. Islan also decided to continue on, and I decided to evaluate once I got to the next shelter that was 5 miles away. We got moving again at 11. Islan and I started off hiking together, but I pulled ahead eventually as the rain spurred me to move faster. The trail turned into a stream and there was no point in trying to avoid it.
I ran into three section hikers who said there were some women ahead on trail. I saw Bullseye who was slackpacking south. I finally made it to the shelter at 1:30 ish and saw Mariel, Anna, who I camped with the first night at Springer mountain, and an older hiker I hadn’t met yet named Fire Marshal. I tried to eat quickly and was still deciding what to do, but something inside me just really wanted to continue on. It was early enough and I knew I could do this challenge.
Islan showed up and decided to stay in the shelter so I was on my own. It was too cold to sit for long in wet clothes so I knew I needed to move quickly. I got water, and Fire Marshal offered to filter it for me. I ended up leaving later than I wanted to close to 3 pm and had to climb the .3 side trail back to AT.
As I left the rain started to slow down and then completely stopped and I felt good about my decision. About two miles away I saw my first bear! It was bit bigger than a cub but seemed too small to be full grown. He saw me before I saw him, and was scrambling so hard to get out of the tree he was in that he fell a few feet, and then bolted off into the woods. It all happened so fast that I couldn’t even get a picture. It was a cool experience and felt like another sign that I should be doing this. I clicked my poles and sang loudly for the next few minutes in case any other bears were hanging around.
A few minutes later I crossed through my first burn area on the AT. I’m not sure if it was a wildfire or prescribed burn, but it smelled recent. I continued along through the burn for a while before crossing back into a denser forest.
It was hard to capture the burn area
Before I knew it I was at the border crossing! It was an exciting moment and felt pretty cool that I walked for 8 days to enter North Carolina for the first time. All the states until Maryland will be new for me. After the border crossing there were a few cool waterfalls and streams before a gradual climb began.
Never been so excited to see a sign!
The clouds cleared up a bit and revealed some blue skies and sun, which felt like another sign that this push was right for me. As I continued along I heard a loud squawk which startled me. After a second I realized that a grouse was right along the trail and it wasn’t happy to see me. It flew a little further up and was very dramatic when I continued up the trail towards it.
The sun peeking through the trees as I entered NC
Once the trees switched over to denser rhododendrons and mountain Laurel I knew I was closer to the top, and made it to the peak shortly after. I started descending, feeling like I was moving at a good pace but didn’t check. At 6:45 I knew I was close but felt extremely tired and hungry. My first instinct is always to just try to push on and not want to take breaks, but there was no point in forcing myself to continue if I would be dragging the entire time. I sat down right on trail and rested for a few minutes. My entire body was buzzing and I felt extremely weak. I drank some water and ate a bunch of nuts and other snacks and felt much better. I got going again and was able to move quickly with a new energy. It’s amazing what a difference just taking care of your body makes. Finally, about 40 minutes later I made it to the shelter and felt really accomplished. It feels really good to set a challenging goal and meet it. The trail miles were only 15.4 miles but with all the .3 mile side trails to and from the shelters today my total mileage was 16, which is the longest I’ve ever hiked in a day.
An exciting patch of blue skies
I had the shelter to myself and I took my time collecting water and making some ramen for dinner. When I was still getting my stuff organized before bed, I saw a little mouse dart out from the side of the shelter towards the picnic table. It ran for cover as soon as it saw my light. I made sure to put any and all attractants super far from myself so the mice would have no reason to come near me, and then cozied up in my quilt to the sound of the rain falling outside the shelter.
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More than 100 dogs were rescued from an apparent puppy mill in North Carolina where they were kept in “egregious conditions”, an animal shelter said.
The SPCA of Wake county on Wednesday removed 101 dogs from a home that appeared to have been functioning as a puppy mill. In a statement online, the shelter said that the dogs had been “surrounded by their own waste, packed 5 or 6 to a cage and stacked floor to ceiling, or free roaming in cramped quarters and filth”.
The shelter, working alongside Raleigh animal control, also said that there had been numerous mother dogs with very young nursing puppies, adding that 19 of those dogs were now in SPCA Wake’s care.
“These events unfolded very quickly. Within an hour of receiving this call for help, we were on the property ready to take as many pets as possible,” the shelter said.
Pictures posted online showed puppies of various breeds in cages and with matted fur as they were being cared for by shelter employees. Speaking to CBS 17, SPCA Wake spokesperson Samantha Ranlet said that many of the dogs were toy poodle mixes, pomeranians, chihuahuas, yorkies and other small “doodle” mixes.
In a follow-up post on Friday, the shelter said that its medical team had been treating each dog’s individual needs, adding that many of them were suffering from skin and dental issues.
“The matted dirty fur is coming off in heaps,” the shelter said.
Additional pictures posted online showed clumps of matted fur being trimmed from dogs of varying sizes.
“We’re seeing a lot of smiles from these guys. This is the biggest moment in these dogs’ lives, and we are feeling so grateful to be a part of their healing. Thank you to everyone who has donated or reached out in support of these efforts. This rescue is a big undertaking, and we can’t do it without you,” the shelter said.
In addition to the 101 dogs, the homeowner, who police said was “cooperative”, also surrendered 21 chickens.
Speaking to CBS 17, Ranlet said: “The dogs in our care are being medically evaluated and some moved into foster homes … They will be placed up for adoption once they have received veterinary care and recuperated. We need to make sure they are healthy and rehabilitated so they can start fresh as somebody’s family members.”
It remains unclear whether the homeowner will face charges. The Guardian has reached out to the Raleigh police department for comment.
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