Brighton will have to replace players who made first-team all-state twice when it chases a fourth straight state championship in girls lacrosse next spring The Bulldogs won’t exactly be starting from scratch as they’ll return five players who received recognition in voting by the Michigan Women’s Lacrosse Coaches’ Association Senior goalie Gabi Buckenberger and senior midfielder Cece Mainhardt were the only Livingston County players chosen to the all-state first team Brighton had only four two-time all-staters before Buckenberger and Mainhardt were honored the last two years She will continue her lacrosse career at Grand Valley State University was unbelievable,” Brighton coach Ashton Peters said it’s not just as a lacrosse player; she’s a fantastic leader on and off the field She was great at communicating with coaches and making sure the team and coaches were on the same page Mainhardt helped Brighton win a state championship her sophomore year playing defense before moving into the midfield “She was a kid who was always for the team,” Peters said ‘What am I doing to help the team accomplish the team goals?’” Buckenberger showed off her full range of skills to win her third state championship as a starting goalie Not only did she made eight saves while holding Rockford to its lowest goal total every in a state tournament game but she caused two turnovers and picked up two ground balls to halt threats by the Rams “Gabi was the type of goalie who was willing to take risk that often times scared me “That’s something you don’t always find in the confidence of a high school goalie That’s very evident in her caused turnovers all those smaller stats goalies don’t always get Gabi was able to because of the risks she was able to take.” Buckenberger first made an impression two years ago on interim coach Ryan Skomial and assistant coach Jeff Street when Peters took the season off for personal reasons she was thrilled that the goaltending position was one she wouldn’t have to worry about while Buckenberger wore the orange and black “Coach Sko and my dad (Street) noticed her and said ‘We need this sophomore in goal constantly,’” Peters said The other impact senior Brighton will be losing is attack Georgia Gill, who made the second team. Gill had a five-goal, three assist performance against Bloomfield Hills in the state semifinals before scoring twice against Rockford “I don’t know if I’ve seen a work ethic like hers in a very long time,” Peters said “She would focus on tiny things not all athletes would focus on; that would propel her to the next level.” Gill will play for the University of Massachusetts-Lowell Returning next year for Brighton will be three junior second-teamers in defenders Mya Nemecek and Keelin Ehman and attack Ella Toth. Also back will be third-team attack Sophia Heady Sophomore Abby Kissel received honorable mention Five of the six Hartland players honored in all-state voting are seniors the lone exception being sophomore third-team goalie Claire Pielack Samantha Mollard and Ezra Moore the honorable mention list Sophomore midfielder Janie Mitter is the first Howell player to receive all-state recognition Ball control was the name of the game Friday as Brighton won its third straight Division 1 girls lacrosse championship with a 7-4 victory over Rockford in the first-ever MHSAA final hosted by the University of Michigan making their sixth straight finals appearance avenged a 10-5 regular-season setback to the Rams (13-8) by playing airtight defense and capitalizing offensively by using a methodical attack which secured its fourth state title in school history also got a sterling effort in goal by senior Gabi Buckenberger AWARD SEASON: Donovan Peoples-Jones to be featured speaker at Detroit High School Sports Awards simply could not cash in on its scoring opportunities and went 0-for-2 on the power play Turnovers (14) were also an issue for the Rams Brighton put it away on successive goals in the fourth by senior midfielder Cecilia Mainhardt (on an assist from Sophia Heady) and senior attack Georgia Gill “We just wanted to hold the ball and have possession as much as we possibly could,” Mainhardt said only when we knew 100% it was going to be the back of the net.” Mainhardt ends her Brighton career with three state titles and will join her older sister Gabby at Grand Valley State next season her only loss in the title game came her freshman year this game was a low scoring affair between the two perennial state powers “With talented teams like this it’s always going to be low scoring,” Mainhardt said Rockford got a fourth-period goal from senior attack Aubree Frazier “It think it was a little bit of the nerves and I think the girls were having a little bit of a hard time getting going getting the adrenaline,” third-year Rockford coach Mark Neumen said “They were not picking their spots like they normally do shooting to shoot instead of getting shots off like they normally do That really seemed to be the struggle that we had And when it seemed the Rams were poised for some offensive momentum Buckenberger has been a big part of the Brighton threepeat the feeling that we get as the clock is ticking down and knowing we’ve won it,” the Kent State signee said I think this is probably the best state game I’ve ever had They saved the game more than I saved the game.” called Buckenberger’s performance “incredible.” she’s awesome and I just love her,” the Brighton captain said “I don’t know how to explain it — almost like a passive She’s one of my favorites teammates that I’ve ever had.” It was 1-1 after one period as Brighton took the opening faceoff and blasted five shots on its first possession Ella Toth broke the deadlock with an unassisted goal with 5:05 left Rockford countered with a goal by Brooke Gordon with 2:22 left Frazier then rang successive shots off the crossbar and post with just over a minute left Brighton gained separation to go up 4-1 at halftime on a pair of goals by Mainhardt with 9:43 (unassisted) and 1.8 seconds left (from Maggie Burchfield) along with another from Heady with 9:24 remaining off a helper from Mainhardt Brighton outshot Rockford 16-4 as Rockford goalie Gracelyn Hosford made six first-half saves “What you saw today is what we’ve been trying to get them to do all season,” sixth-year Brighton coach Ashton Peters said That’s one of our strategies is that once we get up by a few Rockford ended the drought 43 seconds into the third period on Ashley Palmer’s unassisted goal to cut the deficit to 4-2 Brighton’s Gill answered with an unassisted goal with 8:52 left but Frazier scored unassisted 73 seconds later to make it 5-3 after three periods Brighton was able to fight off a 2-minute Rockford man advantage at the end of the period to stay up by two goals said her team’s chemistry is what made this state championship run special “They all love each other,” the Brighton coach said it’s hard to get the girls to not have competition against one another They wanted to win for each other and for their team They stepped up and made the impacts that their team needed them to do to win.” Rockford played well enough on the back end in its bid for a 10th state championship “I thought my defense played really good today,” Neumen said “I thought they did a really good job of holding them Holding them to seven goals was kind of better than I expected.” 1/36See photos as Brighton defeats Rockford in the division 1 girls lacrosse championship.st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Matthew Ehler | mehler@mlive.comANN ARBOR MI – It’s always nice to have a few tricks up your sleeve but with key players in street clothes during a regular season loss to Rockford the Bulldogs knew they had some hidden aces in Friday’s rematch with the Rams they were the tricks to a Bulldog three-peat Brighton fully introduced both Cecilia Mainhardt and Ella Toth – a pair of all-staters – and an unforgivable defensive prowess that stymied Rockford and sealed the Bulldogs’ third straight Division 1 state championship in a 7-4 victory from the University of Michigan’s Lacrosse Stadium on Friday but we knew some of the things that they did but they didn’t know everything we could do and we used that to our advantage,” Brighton lacrosse coach Ashton Peters said It wasn’t just the Bulldogs’ third straight state title it was the first time ever they’d beaten Rockford –– an added special element to Brighton’s latest state championship “It feels really good to do it against this team and close that gap,” Peters said “The girls have believed in that vision that we’ve set out since 2018 and it’s unbelievable of what we’ve been able to do as long as we’re there at the end and we know how to finish it and that’s what’s really making the difference.” extended offensive possessions and cashed in when necessary –– all while holding the Rams to just four first-half shots But the game’s key sequence came at the start of crunch time –– and it came courtesy of Mainhardt The Grand Valley State commit sling shotted a goal home while falling away kickstarting a two-goal Brighton scoring surge capped by Georgia Gill’s goal just a few minutes later to balloon a once two-goal lead to 7-3 “We knew it was going to be a hard game but we just had to bring it and be the best version of ourselves,” said Mainhardt “We did everything in our power to take home the win.” That sequence allowed Brighton goalkeeper Gabi Buckenberger and her defense to settle in as the senior stonewalled a trio of Rockford shots in the final five minutes and allowed just one final goal from the Rams’ Aubreee Frazier with 3:36 remaining to preserve victory “I trust the defense with my life and thy put so much effort in to getting where we are,” said Buckenberger “They sat low and kept their hands in today and I’m just so proud of them which helps me just focus on the next stop.” Peters said the Bulldogs brought in a new defensive coordinator three years ago which has elevated their team to new heights and she’s changed the way our girls play defense,” she said it’s like at a collegiate level and it’s a defense that’s truly unforgivable.” Toth opened the scoring with a goal at the 5-minute mark of the first quarter while Rockford’s Brooke Gordon made the score 1-all entering the second quarter after rebounding a shot home at the 2:22 mark Brighton dominated the middle periods and used a three-goal second quarter highlighted by a pair of Mainhardt goals and another by Sophia Heady to build a 4-1 halftime advantage Mainhardt’s second goal came with just 1.8 seconds left before the break she steps up and does everything we need,” Peters said of Mainhardt who missed the first game against Rockford with a concussion she’s there for the groundballs and she’s there for the redefend along with her shot placement and she’s going to be greatly missed next year.” Rockford then picked up some steam out of halftime using goals by Ashley Palmer and Aubree Frazier but Gill’s goal kept Brighton ahead 5-3 entering the final quarter he says his team felt a bit out of sorts on the big stage “Our girls weren’t picking their spots like they normally do,” Neumen said “That seemed to be the struggle we were having because we were getting good looks offensively and I’m super proud of this senior group for making it a special year.” but feel strongly that they can run it back a fourth time next season And perhaps build on Brighton’s already large lacrosse empire “I thought last year was going to be a building year and we walked off with a title,” Peters said Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy 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Ashton Peters said She’s out of the goal going for ground balls When I took in her interceptions and caused turnover stats it wasn’t comparable to other players; they are unreal She always steps up her game when we really need her Only once in the last eight games did Brighton allow double-digit goals Toth was a significant reason for the Bulldogs’ air-tight defense particularly in the state final against a high-scoring Forest Hills Northern-Eastern team had 34 ground balls and made four interceptions this season She is the one communicating with everybody making sure everybody is where they need to be I believe she’s a huge reason they meshed so well to form such a strong force this year.” She caused 17 turnovers and picked up 35 ground balls knowing we graduated a ton of extremely strong girls on attack and on midfield,” Peters said “She knew she had to help fill those roles That’s something she’s always understood — ‘wherever the team needs me is where I’ll be.’ ” Brighton sophomore attack Ella Toth made the second team Third-team honors went to Brighton junior attack Georgia Gill Hartland senior midfielder Madeline Turcotte and Hartland freshman goalie Claire Pielack Hartland junior defender Maddy Klamo received honorable mention BRIGHTON — Maybe facing a different opponent will result in a better outcome for Brighton in the Division 1 girls lacrosse state championship game The Bulldogs have been beaten by Rockford in the past three state finals but will face first-time finalist Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern at 2 p.m Saturday at Rockford for the Division 1 crown Brighton earned another trip to the championship game Wednesday with a 14-7 victory over Bloomfield Hills in the state semifinals we’re all so hungry for the win,” Brighton senior Abbey Burchfield said “It’s so exciting to go for the third time again and hopefully this year we’ll bring it home “It’s a lot different this year We’re going in with just a blank slate It’s going to be a fresh start.” Brighton and Forest Hills Northern have never met for a state championship but they are quite familiar with one another the Huskies established themselves as the favorite after ending Rockford’s eight-year run as state champion with a 7-6 victory in the regional final Northern reached the championship game with a 13-2 victory over Hartland in the other semifinal “They’ve always had mutual respect for our program as well,” Brighton coach Ryan Skomial said “We said at the beginning of the season ‘We’ll see you at the end of the year.’ They’re a solid program but I think our girls really have a good chance to compete.” Brighton has four players who have lost in two state championship games in Burchfield After vowing to one day write a happier ending they get one final chance to earn the Bulldogs’ second state title Brighton was the Division 1 champion in 2011 we’ve decided enough is enough,” Mainhardt said I think we’ve got a good shot this year Brighton beat Bloomfield Hills in the state semifinal for the second year in a row overcoming two first-half surges by the BlackHawks Goals by Boose and Mainhardt gave Brighton a quick 2-0 lead but Bloomfield Hills responded with goals by Ilana Watson and Marlee Watson to tie the game with 20:03 left in the first half taking a 9-2 lead when Georgia Gill scored her second straight goal with 5:24 remaining in the first half Bloomfield Hills countered with three straight goals cutting the lead to 9-5 with 21.1 seconds left Burchfield dashed the BlackHawks’ momentum by scoring with 10.1 seconds to go in the half Brighton broke open the game by scoring the first five goals of the second half extending its lead to 14-5 on a goal by Granader with 20:45 to go “The momentum shift hurt,” Bloomfield Hills coach Christina Arens said “It honestly had less to do with them They’ve got great offensive firepower We just kind of stopped taking care of the ball Not to take anything away from their team; we beat ourselves in a few moments of the game not taking care of the ball the way we should have.” The Bulldogs would not attempt a shot on goal in the final 20 minutes until getting a chance from free position with less than a minute left playing an extended game of keep-away to kill the clock Bloomfield Hills had less than 30 seconds of offensive zone time the rest of the way getting the game’s final goal with 4:06 to go The BlackHawks didn’t possess the ball again after that “It’s something we’ve worked on all season just having more patience with the ball and cherishing a lead when we have it,” Skomial said to want to go to the goal when you have that lead you have to protect it at any costs.” Mainhardt and Granader had three goals each for Brighton Bloomfield Hills lost for only the second time the other being an 18-8 decision to Hartland Arens looked at Wednesday’s outcome as progress after losing 16-2 and 18-5 to Brighton last season “We had a great core of 10 seniors that we’re definitely going to be missing next year A lot of our best players on the team are currently sophomores We’re really looking forward to the future and they’re not even upperclassmen yet I can’t really complain about making it to the state semifinals.” Contact Bill Khan at wkhan@gannett.com.  Follow him on Twitter @BillKhan NOVI — Rockford won’t win state girls lacrosse championships forever even though that’s hard to envision at the moment When the Rams’ run as queens of Division 1 does eventually ends Brighton plans to be the team stealing their crown Brighton got its third straight shot at dethroning Rockford Saturday in what was by far the most competitive game between the teams with the Rams winning their eighth straight championship “The gap is closing and the gap will continue to close until we’re on top and I know we will get there,” Brighton coach Ashton Peters said The last two state finals between the teams were blowouts with Rockford winning 25-5 in 2018 and 21-6 in 2019 Last season was lost to COVID-19 restrictions The Rams have won 42 straight games in the state tournament with only five decided by three goals or less Their last postseason loss was to Birmingham Seaholm in the 2012 semifinals “They’re getting better,” Rockford coach Mike Emery said of the Bulldogs “Ashton’s a great coach and she now has 2 1/2 seasons with the program She’s been able to develop and get that program headed in the right direction I went over during the award ceremony and talked to No The other thing she said is how much respect she has for our team and our players who scored five goals in her second appearance in a state final “This is a really special group of girls,” Mainhardt said “I really think it just came down to believing we could It was really just the mental side of it and giving it our all We’ve been thinking about this game since our first practice on the field Rockford scored the first three goals of the game in the first 4 minutes and 20 seconds The Bulldogs played catch-up the entire game getting within 6-3 by the middle of the first half and 11-7 at halftime After Brighton’s Amanda Granader scored the first goal of the second half the Rams opened up their biggest lead of the game at 18-10 on a goal by Isabelle Osborn with 10:14 left in the game and six of the last seven to get within three goals by the end of the game “The eight-point lead was their biggest lead of the game,” Peters said “We knew we needed to tell the girls we know what to do in these situations.’ We called timeout That’s when they started to fight back The fight back just came a little bit too late.” and Granader and Whitby had two goals each for Brighton while Osborn had five goals and two assists for Rockford Brighton wasn’t intimidated by Hartland’s record or discouraged by its own have made a habit of defeating Hartland girls lacrosse teams who have entered their rivalry matchup with gaudy records A Brighton team that came in with a .500 record beat Hartland both of its losses coming in close games against the last two Division 1 champs Brighton has beaten Hartland teams that came in with records of 11-0 in 2017 The Bulldogs have won five straight matchups with the Eagles and have an all-time record of 23-11 in the rivalry Cece Mainhardt and Lauren Zaccagni each scored three goals and added one assist for the Bulldogs who are 9-8-1 overall playing a tough nonleague schedule and Ella Toth one goal and two assists for Brighton Ryan Tedesco four and Marshall Chambers three for Howell (11-4) Thomas Haataja had a goal and three assists for the Highlanders Pinckney wrapped up the outright SEC White championship winning on a goal by Claire Denton with one minute remaining The goal was set up by goaltender Peyton Delongchamp who made a save then kicked the ball down the field to Denton The Pirates are 9-0 in the division with one game remaining Tecumseh (5-3) was mathematically alive for a title share entering the game Pinckney has won four straight SEC White championships and is unbeaten in its last 37 division games since losing 4-1 at Chelsea on April 30 its only loss being to a Rochester team that’s ranked No The Pirates are ranked seventh in Division 2 Pinckney’s Abby Rauser allowed only four hits and didn’t issue a walk Alli Novick was 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Violet McWhinnie was 3-for-4 for the Pirates (15-4-1) Both Brighton runs in the doubleheader were produced by solo home runs Sydney Scoggins went 3-for-3 and homered in the seventh inning to avert a shutout in the first game Melanie Buzo was 2-for-3 and homered to give Brighton a 1-0 lead in the top of the first in the second game struck out 11 and didn’t allow a walk for Hartland Michael Zielinski and Oscar Pace drove in two runs each for the Eagles (12-7) Tecumseh scored eight runs in the bottom of the fifth inning Ethan Putnam and Zach Welch each had two hits for Pinckney (8-12) Matt Doyle and Winston Lerch shot par 35s and Andrew Daily shot 38 for Brighton 7-5; Makenzie Knight-Brittany Miller (C) d The World Bank has vowed to be a leader in the global fight against climate change but it continues to favor fossil fuels over renewable energy when it comes to lending The World Bank has vowed to lead in the global fight against climate change using its loans and its influence to steer developing nations toward a clean energy future But even as the bank is touting investments in solar parks and other climate-friendly projects it has continued to finance oil and gas exploration pipelines and refineries that contribute to the problem the bank has declared it wants to solve said that while the bank has been doing more in recent years to support renewable energy the analysis shows it has yet to meaningfully shift away from fossil fuels they are not turning the corner,” Mainhardt said “The entrée is fossil fuels with a side of renewables.” Urgewald shared its findings with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in advance of the report’s publication a bank spokesperson said Urgewald’s report reflects an outdated view of the bank’s activities The World Bank has ended its support for coal-fired power plants and has committed to stop almost all funding for oil and gas production by the end of 2019 The bank also disputed Urgewald’s contention that it currently invests significantly more on oil and gas projects than renewables It said that Urgewald failed to include energy efficiency projects in its calculations efforts to distribute millions of LED light bulbs to businesses and consumers in India The bank did not provide directly comparable figures to those produced by the Urgewald analysis Urgewald shared its findings with ICIJ media partners including the outlets Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) Süddeutsche Zeitung and Deutsche Welle in Germany Jornal Verdade in Mozambique and the Premium Times in Nigeria Local partners reviewed projects and government programs funded by the bank and their implications for climate change and sustainable energy A 2015 investigation by ICIJ found that the World Bank was funding projects around the globe that violated the bank’s policies intended to prevent displacement of local people from their land and jobs World Bank investments are not always tied to specific projects The bank also makes what are called development policy loans to governments which govern the country’s coal mining sector The loan included language that encouraged Mozambique to provide favorable tax treatment for coal production in order to stimulate investment David Ryfisch, the team leader on International Climate Policy at the environmental nonprofit GermanWatch said that development policy loans deserve close scrutiny because of their capacity to shape future energy practices “Those have the potential to truly transform countries so if those go wrong and end up supporting fossil fuels that is very problematic,” Ryfisch said The bank said it is currently supporting renewable energy in Mozambique through its “Mozambique: Energy for All” project approved in March that includes financing for off-grid renewable energy The bank also made investments that benefited the oil industry in Nigeria financed nine banks that in turn provided loans or other financial support to the multinational conglomerate Dangote Industries to build an oil refinery near the megacity of Lagos widely reported to be Africa’s richest man the company is building the refinery in an industrial complex alongside a fertilizer plant the IFC lent $150 million directly to Dangote Industries in 2016 to support the fertilizer plant which Urgewald maintains is effectively supporting the oil refinery because they are part of the same complex a community leader in the zone where the refinery is being built fears significant environmental damage once it begins operating “I know the suffering Niger Delta communities face due to oil exploration and refining,” Babatunde told ICIJ’s partners at the Premium Times “We don’t want what happened in the Niger Delta to happen here.” The World Bank Group emphasized that the IFC’s direct loan to Dangote Industries was directed to the fertilizer plant and not the refinery It added that the fertilizer plant will use significant amounts of gas that might otherwise have been flared from the refinery thus avoiding potential carbon dioxide emissions The bank also detailed various clean energy projects that it has launched in recent years including a $1 billion battery storage initiative massive solar parks in Egypt and India and off-grid solar programs in Bangladesh meant to bring clean energy to millions of households A crucial test for the World Bank’s energy policies will take place this December when representatives from more than 195 countries gather in Santiago for the next round of global climate negotiations the World Bank and other development banks will present their plans for living up to the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement The World Bank is expected to play a leading role in shaping the agenda for development banks said the World Bank had made important strides on clean energy in the last few years but now needed to bring its lending portfolio in line with its commitments “There should be a more pronounced shift going forward,” Ryfisch said “They should make clear that they will fully decarbonize their energy portfolio on a clear timeline.” BRIGHTON TWP. — A hockey and figure skating ice house near Brighton has a new owner and a new name Black Bear Sports Group purchased Kensington Valley Ice House in Brighton Township in early February and granted naming rights to Biggby Coffee The three-rink ice house is now called Biggby Coffee Ice Cube Brighton said the change will bring more events and building improvements "What Black Bear really brings us is a national presence," Mainhardt told The Daily adding there'll be more tournaments of all ages and skill levels and an influx of teams from across the country "I think it will really highlight the Brighton area as a hockey hotbed," he said The ice house will remain the home of the Kensington Valley Hockey Association Walled Lake Western Hockey and Livingston United Girls Varsity Hockey It's used by Ice House Skating Academy — and hosts public events Black Bear is planning facility and equipment upgrades He said they'll wait until the off-season for improvements that would otherwise disrupt operations and operates ice arenas across multiple states Subscribe: Get all your breaking news and unlimited access to our local coverage “Hockey is a way of life in Brighton and the surrounding communities and we look forward to providing customers with a first-class facility for many years to come," Black Bear Founder and CEO Murry Gunty wrote in a release — Contact reporter Jennifer Eberbach at jeberbach@livingstondaily.com NOVI — After nearly every state championship game there couldn’t be a greater contrast between the reactions of the winners and the losers Even the losing team in a Michigan High School Athletic Association title game receives a trophy but the recipients usually accept the hardware grudgingly as if they’ve just received a lump of coal for Christmas Ashton Peters wasn’t going to allow her Brighton girls lacrosse team to come off like participants in a wake when they received the state Division 1 runner-up trophy for the second straight year After accepting the trophy following a 21-6 loss to Rockford Saturday at Novi Peters held it high over her head in jubilation as she took it to her players “I remember back in the day that we accepted a second-place trophy and the girls were mad,” said Peters who played on Brighton’s 2010 state runner-up and 2011 state championship teams “I will not let my team accept a second-place trophy like that You should be proud of yourselves; you made it to states I told them at the last timeout of the game ‘There are two teams in the state of Michigan playing lacrosse right now we are going to accept that trophy with pride.’ And they should be proud of themselves for that.” leaving the field with smiles on their faces after another great season that ended with a loss to the state’s premier girls lacrosse powerhouse “We’re the two teams still playing right now beside the Division 2 teams that just played,” Brighton sophomore Sophie Mondro said there is no shame in losing a state championship game to any team It was the seventh consecutive state title for the Rams and eighth in the last 10 seasons Brighton lost to Rockford in last year’s title game “There absolutely is a big gap between them and us but that gap is closing,” Peters said we all could’ve given them a great game because we really do want to close that gap as a whole.” The Bulldogs were more confident heading into their rematch with the Rams so much so that they made comments such as the Rams “don’t know what’s coming for them” after beating Hartland Wednesday in the state semifinals Such comments didn’t go unnoticed on the west side of the state “We kind of have some rules regarding that,” Rockford coach Mike Emery said we do our work with our stick and on the field.’ We’re not going to engage in that kind of shenanigans We have quite a culture and the girls all buy into it there’s something coming for them on the other side.’ They had some steely determination.” Brighton (16-8-1) was competitive in the first nine minutes Rockford then scored four straight goals to begin breaking open the game Cat Kopchia’s second goal of the game got Brighton within 8-4 with 7:08 left in the first half but she got the first of two penalties just six seconds later When she was called for slashing with three seconds left in the first half the Bulldogs’ leading scorer was automatically ejected from the game Two goals in the final 29 seconds gave Rockford a 12-5 halftime lead “Cat’s a great leader on and off the field ‘You have two minutes to figure this out then we need you to cheer on the sidelines.’ I know I have a deep bench That’s something not many teams in the state have so I knew when she came off I have plenty of girls I can put in and we’ll be fine.” Rockford (15-5-1) scored nine straight goals from the final minute of the first half until 12 minutes left in the game Mondro’s fourth goal of the game was Brighton’s only score in the second half “We stayed cheering on our team and stuff,” Mondro said Rockford’s Isabelle Holmes scored the first two goals of the game finishing with three goals and four assists Katie Rodriguez scored four goals for the Rams ► Cheerleader for 2018 softball finals run provides spark to keep top-ranked Hartland alive ► Howell wins regional softball title as Molly Carney outduels Michigan recruit ► Hartland golfers finish fifth in state tournament ► Fowlerville baseball, softball have state tourney runs halted in regional ► Fowlerville grad qualifies for U.S. world wrestling team, wins half marathon ► Brighton's Maddie Brown persevered through injuries to set Livingston County 800 record ► Miami 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Follow him on Twitter @BillKhan The World Bank has repeatedly and fully pointed out that it will adopt the Paris goals and contribute to reducing greenhouse gases the analyses of the Urgewald Senior Advisor Heike Mainhardt show a different picture: For the last five financial years World Bank financing for fossil energies has been more than twice as high (12 billion US dollars) as for renewable energies (5 billion US dollars) African continent: Fossil financing four times as high the result is even more alarming: In the World Bank's current portfolio the financing of fossil fuels (USD 10 billion) is even four times higher than that of renewable energies (USD 2.5 billion)  As long as the World Bank continues to promote fossil energies the many efforts made by the World Bank Group to promote alternative energy models will not suffice to achieve the 1.5 degree target the Bank's support and assistance for the expansion of fossil energies contributes to further global warming even radical change of course must now be initiated We provide the necessary transparency and publish here the data on which the results of our two studies by Heike Meinhardt are based The data have been taken from the World Bank Group's website and have been merged The Ultimate Firearms Destination for the Gun Lifestyle Home » Guns » The Gyrojet: In This Case In the late 20th century (I feel old just typing that) Americans had been involved in multiple world wars and conflicts and were looking for a new frontier looked quite different from the days of the Old West Americans landed on the moon in 1969 and even though not everyone could travel to space it’s no surprise that the space race would impact other industries both military and civilian manufacturers were trying to develop more durable firearms with less weight and recoil The most well-known and popular firearm from this time period was originally manufactured by Armalite — a subsidiary of Fairchild an aeronautics manufacturer for sky and space And while some manufacturers focused on the firearm construction itself David Dardick patented a triangular round or “tround,” which was essentially a projectile encased in a triangular polymer shell He built a firearm for this type of ammunition the tround ultimately was a misfire.  with a history of working on the Manhattan Project tried their hand at firearms technology Robert Mainhardt and Arthur Biehl formed MB Associates (MBA) While the company was involved in many industries they developed a particularly fascinating space-agey weapon — a handheld rocket the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) was created to facilitate R&D projects for the military Several people working for the Agency were former colleagues of Mainhardt and Biehl MBA was formed and shortly after they worked to apply a pre-Gyrojet concept to DARPA the Agency was looking for a cheap and disposable firearm that could be used by the Vietnamese against the Vietcong — a similar concept to the Liberator Pistol from World War II MBA submitted the idea of a handgun that could fire tiny rockets It was a fin-stabilized .12-caliber rocket less than 2 inches in length So bad that when firing a salvo of 24 rockets at a time these finjets only had a 50/50 chance of one rocket hitting an 18-inch circle at 100 yards — not great odds if you’re a betting man MBA was undeterred however and tried to create a larger rocket .25 caliber and 6 inches long with an explosive charge known as a “Lancejet.” This was meant for clearing mine fields it was plagued by accuracy issues as well.  MBA began working on the first concept of a Gyrojet The biggest design difference was devising a way to utilize rocket exhaust in a way that would spin the rocket in flight like the stabilizing effect of rifling on a normal projectile.  A Historian’s Attempt at Describing Rocket Science I read several descriptions of how the Gyrojets operate and from those works by people smarter than I The rocket has a hollow metallic cartridge case filled with propellant and a primer in the center of the base the base had angled openings so that when fired the projectile can rotate and accelerate — without the need of rifling used in traditional barrels these are propelled by thrust generated by a burning propellant The rocket burns for approximately 1/10 of a second and reaches a velocity of 1,500 feet per second at about 60 feet from the muzzle Since there’s no pressure buildup inside the weapon the firing sequence doesn’t produce a bang MBA decided on a .49-caliber rocket initially after testing for “accuracy” or as much as they could achieve The original sketch from one of their engineers paired the ammunition with a single-stack the hammer hits the front of the rocket and pushes it into a firing pin holding it in place long enough to build up thrust An interesting component to the early design was that it lacked a barrel the earliest guns didn’t technically need it it was found a smoothbore barrel aided accuracy.  The first production gyrojet was the Model 137 in .49 caliber They quickly moved on to the Mark 1 Model A This pistol was chambered in 13 mm (.51 caliber) and was considered more accurate than its predecessor While MBA had hopes for large government contracts the inaccuracy of the firearms coupled with their novelty made the engineers think the Gyrojet would have better luck on the collector market They marked them experimental and created wooden cases They made about 100 Mark 1 Model A pistols.  The main difference with this version was that a slide was put over the loading area rather than a hinge The market for these guns was both collectors and shooters the Model B saw several variations in carbines which were basically the pistols with longer barrels and wooden stocks The first Mark 1 Model A carbine was made to look like an M16 And the Mark 1 Model B carbines both came in a sporter and military-style versions After the Gun Control Act of 1968 initially ruled the .51-caliber smoothbore Gyrojets as “destructive devices” — they later changed that designation — MBA reverted back to the .49 caliber and created a useless light rifling to make the Bureau of Alcohol the only successful Gyrojets were flares developed to be used in the Mark 1 Model B “Survivor” pistol and these versions are still in use today.  sometimes they seem much cooler on the big screen The Gyrojet appeared in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice It also appeared in Life Magazine as a story on the “Deadly Zip Gun for the Missile Age.” Unfortunately not everything you read and see is true.  It was true though that the Gyrojet was ingenious but it was the only project MBA was involved in that wasn’t profitable Like many experiments from the time period theGyrojet is a retro space-age reminder of firearms development over the past 70 years at least collectors got a jump on that market right from the start Caliber: 13mmLength: 9.875 inchesBarrel Length: 6.75 inchesRate of 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Save my name & email in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" North Queensland cricket enthusiasts have reason to celebrate as the inaugural T20 Indigenous Series kicks off on Saturday the 11th of November in Cairns The historic tournament promises to be a thrilling display of cricketing talent and a celebration of Indigenous heritage which marks a significant milestone in Queensland Cricket's reconciliation action plan is named after the esteemed first-class player Michael "Ducko" Mainhardt and is proudly supported by Lords Taverners Queensland who have committed to a three-year partnership The T20 Indigenous Series will see an exciting clash between two impressive teams with players hailing from different regions of Queensland The North Queensland team comprises players from Central Queensland all the way to the far north of the state and will take on their southern counterparts in a three-game series The tournament pays tribute to the legacy of Michael "Ducko" Mainhardt a proud first nations man and a former first-class player for Queensland The sides will play off for the Michael Mainhardt shield which showcases the enormous contributions to the sport and his commitment to advancing Indigenous representation in the game Kieren Gibbs spoke highly of Michael’s contribution to indigenous cricket “Ducko has been a great mentor and role model to so many indigenous cricketers coming through the pathway so there was no one better to have their name on the inaugural shield” he said The T20 Indigenous Series enjoys the unwavering support of Lords Taverners Queensland This continues a long history of the organisation’s support across a range of diversity and inclusion pillars Their commitment to fostering talent and promoting inclusivity in cricket is a testament to the organisation's dedication to the sport's growth and development Queensland’s Community Operations Manager thanked the Lords Taverners for their ongoing support towards indigenous cricket opportunities were pioneering programs like the Eddie Gilbert talent identification programs for many years,’’ he said He continued “While there is still a lot of work to do it’s promising that these programs continue to grow and evolve so we are highly appreciative of the charity organisation’s support to enable this.” The first match is scheduled to commence at 11:00 AM with Queensland Cricket conducting an Eddie Gilbert Indigenous talent identification program between 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM promises an electrifying evening from 6:00 PM The final game will kick off on Sunday morning at 9:00 AM In a move that further highlights the tournament's commitment to reconciliation and inclusivity Cricket far North has designated the weekend as the annual reconciliation round This special occasion provides an opportunity for cricket fans to come together and celebrate Indigenous culture and connection with the sport they love the Royal Flying Doctor Service are activating various community activities alongside the Saturday fixtures These activities offer a chance for the community to engage with the event and support its broader goals of fostering unity The inaugural T20 Indigenous Series stands as a shining example of how Queensland’s Indigenous talent pathway continues to expand particularly off the back of the Queensland Indigenous Women’s team claiming their first ever National Indigenous Cricket Championship title earlier this year With an exciting format and the enthusiastic participation of players from North and South Queensland this series promises to be a remarkable showcase of talent and culture We acknowledge and pay respect to our First Nations people and Traditional Custodians of the land and waters where we are privileged to live We recognise and celebrate their spiritual and ongoing connection to culture and country We respectfully acknowledge all elders past present and emerging as we continue to cherish shared wisdom and grow with their guidance as we walk together toward a connected country Queensland Cricket's indigenous artwork was collaboratively designed by Queensland Fire player and proud Kunja woman Mikayla Hinkley and Brisbane Indigenous artist alongside other water holes which used to be near the ground 87 black strokes on red earth represent the wickets taken by Aboriginal great Eddie Gilbert who played 23 games for Queensland Queensland Cricket has bolstered its Indigenous cricket programs with the announcement that seven Queensland players have been selected for Cricket Australia’s National Indigenous Training Camp Part of Cricket Australia’s partnership with the MCC Foundation the camp supports increased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation in cricket and is scheduled to run in Melbourne from November 18 to November 22 The Queensland representatives include five female and two male players with newcomers Carys Underwood (Kaomu/Sunshine Coast Cricket Club) and (Kameryn Bray Wiradjuri/Wynnum District Cricket Club) among them Representing the female squad are Clodagh Ryall (Kaurareg/Wynnum Manly Cricket Club) Grace Abdy (Waanyi & Ganggalida/Valleys District Cricket Club) Christina Coulson (Kaurareg/Valley District Cricket Club) while Cruz Baker (Dharug/Norths District Cricket Club) and Dylan McLachlan (Wiradjuri/Valley District Cricket Club) represent the men captain of Queensland’s Women’s Indigenous team commented on the growth of Indigenous cricket at a recent gala day event for the Eddie Gilbert Program held at Allan Border Field in collaboration with Deadly Choices "We’ve had a core group of players that have been around the squad for a number of years however we are now uncovering more and more talent with the increased exposure of Queensland Cricket's Indigenous programs” Coulson said The gala day marks just one in a series of initiatives aimed at expanding QC’s Indigenous cricket pathway QC’s Reconciliation Action Plan has supported a busy schedule of upcoming events designed to increase Indigenous participation in cricket These initiatives underscore QC’s continued efforts to strengthen Indigenous participation in cricket, aligning with Cricket Australia’s objectives to foster inclusivity and provide meaningful pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players. For more information, or to get involved with Queensland Cricket’s Indigenous programs, contact Kieren Gibbs at Kieren.Gibbs@qldcricket.com.au Eddie Gilbert who played 23 games for Queensland.