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Readers can submit an obituary or submit a milestone to The Gazette The obituary must be submitted before 1 p.m for publication on thegazette.com at 6 p.m with the exception of obituaries for Sunday publication The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids located at 2121 Bowling Street SW; followed by a time of food and fellowship in The Avacentre the daughter of Don and Delora (Crowfut) Hutton She graduated from Metro High School as well as attending Kirkwood College She then married Lavern Mitchell Winchip on July 1 Garnet worked for many years at Triax Cable and most of all spending time with her family Garnet is survived by her loving husband Vern; her daughter India (Rob) Silver; a granddaughter Breanna Moore; two stepgrandchildren Torey Moore and Dylan Silver; her parents Don and Delora Hutton; her siblings Lauren Hutton Mark (Helen) Hutton; sister-in-law Wanda (Rod) Ashcraft; as well as her nieces and nephews She was preceded in death by her sister Faun Shea Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.broshchapel.com The Gazette has been informing Iowans with in-depth local news coverage and insightful analysis for over 140 years independent journalism with a subscription today © 2025 The Gazette | All Rights Reserved Luke Doty’s touchdown pass to Malik Clark as the first half expired highlighted Garnet’s 10-7 win over Black in South Carolina’s annual Garnet & Black Spring Game presented by Palmetto Shirt Company. The game was played in front of 36,358 fans at Williams-Brice Stadium on Friday night. The defenses dominated most of the game as the teams combined for just 401 yards of offense and 18 first downs while punting 13 times. Returning starting quarterback and Heisman candidate LaNorris Sellers engineered the first two series for Black, completing 4-of-7 passes for 53 yards but was sacked twice, including once on fourth down play after Black had reached the Garnet 28. Garnet drew first blood midway through the second quarter after Myles Norwood intercepted an Air Noland pass and returned it to the Black 40. The drive stalled at the Black 18, but redshirt freshman Mason Love connected on a 36-yard field goal to give Garnet the three-point advantage. Black marched down the field on its next possession to take its lone lead of the game. On the first play from his own 25, true freshman Cutter Woods connected with Vandrevius Jacobs on a 51-yard pass to the Garnet 24, then three plays later hit Brian Rowe Jr. for 23 yards to the one. Woods took it in himself from there to put Black on top 7-3 with 3:16 remaining until intermission. Woods finished the night by completing 6-of-13 passes for a game-high 120 yards with one interception, while Rowe Jr. was the game’s top receiver with five catches for 45 yards. Garnet, led by the veteran Doty, responded with a 75-yard scoring drive of its own. With just 14 seconds on the clock from the Black 40, Doty found Jared Bown for 24 yards, then connected with Clark on a 16-yard scoring pass as time ran out in the half to put Garnet back on top. Doty, an all-purpose performer throughout his career, completed 10-of-12 passes for 85 yards and a touchdown. Neither team was able to put points on the board in the second half with a running clock, and Garnet, coached by Director of Football Operations George Wynn, celebrated the hard-earned victory. 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Pomeroy Foundation and Dr. Martin A. Schmidt Marker of Focus: Garnet Baltimore Devin Lander and Lauren Roberts by the Garnet Baltimore marker Garnet Douglass Baltimore. Image courtesy of the Hart Cluett Museum Pomeroy speaking at the Garnet Douglass marker dedication Kenneth Aaron, “Troy Street Paved with Family Pride,” Albany Times Union RPI Alumni Hall of Fame “Garnet Douglass Baltimore, 1859-1946,” The Cultural Landscape Foundation “Garnet Douglass Baltimore,” Black Past Suzanne Spellen, “Garnet Douglass Baltimore: Troy’s Landscape Master,” New York Almanac “The History of Oakwood Cemetery,” Oakwood Cemetery Hart Cluett Museum, Educator Resources we’re taking you to a brand new historic marker located at one oh 5/8 Street in the city of Troy The sign is located at the top of an elaborate granite staircase known as the approach which connects the city of Troy to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Baltimore first black RPI graduate class of 1881 lifelong Troy resident civil engineer who designed Prospect Park and parts of Oakwood Cemetery Now many of our listeners who are not from the Troy area may have heard of RPI but they probably haven’t heard the name Garnet Baltimore So let’s start off with talking a little bit about who he was and how he came to be the first black graduate at RPI So he was from a very prominent African American Peter was a barber and also very active in community life in the city He was also a member of the Underground Railroad and was an abolitionist and very involved with several of the most prominent abolitionists in the state and nation at the time who was a legendary preacher and an abolitionist based in Troy at the time and also was associated with Frederick Douglass So that’s where we get the name Garnet Douglas Baltimore He’s named after Henry Highland Garnet and Frederick Douglass was born enslaved and sought his freedom as a soldier in the American Revolution He was promised to be free if he had fought on the side of the Americans during the revolution he was denied his freedom by his master or owner at the time which is how the Baltimore family came to the area actually at 160 8th street in 1859 he was born was born into a prominent African American family that really valued education and valued the ability of education to lift up a person and allow them to pursue a career and a life on their own Garnett studied at the William rich school and then went to Troy Academy where he and his brother were the first black students accepted there and because of the family’s connections with prominent people around Troy he was able to gain acceptance into RPI in 1870 seven’s freshman class and that’s how he became the first black graduate in the year 1881 which then led to an amazing career as a civil engineer and he remained in Troy for the rest of his life One of the things about Garnett that we’ve learned is that beyond being the first African American RPI engineering graduate in 1881 was the fact that his career was long and varied and evidence suggests that he received his first job the day after getting his engineering degree from RPI And so that started a career in which he worked on a variety of projects around the area and around the state other types of civil engineering projects like that Now we were fortunate to go to the unveiling ceremony for the garnet Douglas Baltimore marker the research that was done to apply for the marker and to receive a marker from the Pomeroy foundation and we had the opportunity to speak with her after the event I have a PhD from the University of Warwick in Coventry in comparative cultural studies from there I should say I have a master’s degree in African New World Studies from Florida International University down in Miami which is now African and African Diaspora Studies My undergrad is from bachelor’s degree in history So I’ve had quite a bit of experience up and down the East Coast in terms of educational development and then I did a bit of study abroad in the Caribbean at the University of the West Indies I’ve had the privilege of learning and working across the US So I bring a particular perspective that is global to the work that I do right now at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as the Director of Community Relations within the Office of Community Relations and Communications When did you first become aware of Garnett Douglas Baltimore and how did that whole interest that you have start I started at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute back in February of 2022 I was the Director of the Office of Multicultural Programs at the time and everyone was talking about the first African American to graduate from RPI You know most institutions has the first African American just because it’s the first and knowing that RPI has been around for quite some time since 1824 which we just celebrated the Bicentennial so I really wanted to sort of position him within sort of that historical moment and then he graduates in 1881 and I was just like putting the title or the adjective of him being a trailblazer that is just really interesting when you’re thinking about the development of America and and him working in a space that is not heavily filled with African Americans And so that was like the journey he was well connected And I should say that his father was well connected His father was part of the Underground Railroad And so having the opportunity to be around sort of intellectuals but also be very much in the midst of change and creating opportunities for a lot of people is that he was given the name after Reverend Highland Garnet Douglas And so if you think about these two individuals that carry such significance within American history you have to expect for him to be brilliant in whatever he attaches himself to He went on to the William Ridge school for colored children in Troy where he was there for five years with his younger brother And then he was thinking about Harvard University And then he decided to focus on STEM as we call it now but thinking about physically where he was in Troy he was engaging with that academic space very intentionally but also just being a passer by the education institution as it was being built out The suspicion is that there was other African Americans So there might have been one or two other individuals of African descent We would know that they would be male as opposed to female but we don’t have that definitive answer as of yet you know more work is to be done on his life I wanted the marker just to sort of signify but to have that historical date that people can pass by and see constantly that was really important to have it at the approach that really came later But with regards to the foundation and the process I was concerned about what region I was located in Because I was already going into the archives at RPI and looking at the various maps but I didn’t have a sense of what was his story and so there was a lot of conversations that I was having with people that were intimately connected to his journey We had a Juneteenth event back in June of 2022 and it was a localized version that was to celebrate Garnet Baltimore this would be a really good idea to have a historical marker for him What is needed in terms of the primary and secondary sources So I started to do a deeper dive in the archives at RPI and having conversations with Jennifer and Tammy it was everything from his academic records to what was he involved with in school in terms of extracurricular activities Because all of this is being shaped by the fact that he was the first How did he get into this space what was the political connection to the community and the capital region at large And then knowing that his father was an affluent person in terms of but also political connection that played a role There was a lot of newspaper clippings that I was able to come across up and down the country of him visiting Ian There’s quite a bit in black newspapers announcing his visit And then there was just a series of committees and councils that he was a part of in terms of being part of the community and volunteering And then I realized I needed to have his birth certificate and then going down to Troy and getting those records and then looking at the records of where exactly was his house Because originally it wasn’t going to be a marker just for him but it was a marker at the location of where his house was located And then I had a lot of conversations with Christy at the Pomeroy Foundation if there’s not a stone or anything left And so it was a series of brainstorming like so what is the real sort of draw between the campus And so it just seems fitting to have it at the approach and then the history of the approach and the Rubin foundation it was the process of utilizing the skills that I acquired and then also not just looking at the race component How was he instrumental in creating community And he was very much involved in community building and community change and providing access through his work as a as an engineer the beginning and though the end of November I was awarded the Pomeroy historical market grant And then we had to figure out what was the proper wording And so you want to be as concrete in terms of delivery of the words because you know that people are going to see this for a really a long time and this is possibly their first touch point into doing a deeper dive And then it opens up a bigger space to go down a rabbit hole of just knowledge and time and space and so it’s lovely to know that the marker is up at the approach But I’m curious about so some of the logistics stuff with all of this was there a difficulty in placing it where it is now on the approach are we just looking at it from the standpoint of vehicles passing by and so that was the perfect locations you would and where the mark is located is right at the crosswalk And so that allows for not just the individuals that’s standing at the cross walk to cross the street the person’s in the vehicle to then look at the marker themselves because it’s big enough for you to take a peek you can pull over and park safely and get out and read the marker One of the attendees at the unveiling ceremony for the Garnett Baltimore marker was Bill Pomeroy who is the founder of the William G Pomeroy Foundation and also a graduate of RPI from the class of 1966.  He was invited to give remarks about the Garnett Baltimore marker located at his alma mater and I’m excited to be here today to celebrate the life and the legacy of Garnet Douglas Baltimore We’re marking that legacy literally with this new historic marker funded by the foundation I started 20 some years ago many meaningful things came from a deeply personal place My time at RPI from 1962 to 1966 taught me a lot about perseverance but it was a unexpected leukemia diagnosis that gave me clarity on how I wanted to give back I set out to create something that could help others I focused first on expanding the bone marrow registry especially for underrepresented communities The goal give more patients like me a shot at a life saving donor match and I’m proud to say that our work has helped facilitate over 300 bone marrow transplants and our Foundation began helping communities across the country uncover and celebrate their local histories my dad took me on his sales calls and frequently stopped at historic sites to learn more about them and I guess that’s where the bug got planted in my head So when I learned that someone had proposed a marker for Garnett you know the one I remember as an ankle breaker from 1962 Dr Brown for thoroughly documenting the facts for the marker and the back story.  Baltimore lived his whole life right here in Troy The approach physically and symbolically connects the city of Troy to RPI What better place to celebrate someone who embodied both and Garnet Baltimore is not just celebrated here a revolutionary war Patriot is buried in Troy’s Mount Ida cemetery Garnet likely became aware from family lore of patriots buried in both places and we’re currently developing a new marker with the sons of the American Revolution to honor 22 known patriots interned at Oakwood We’re also working on a marker for Mud Lock on the Oswego canal where Baltimore oversaw a challenging expansion project in the mud He’ll be recognized by name when that marker is installed later on this year All of this makes me especially proud to now see a marker here that ties him firmly and forever to RPI and the city of Troy This marker will spark curiosities and passers by pride in the community and the inspiration of future generations who use their talents to make a lasting impact as someone who shares his own whose own story was shaped by this place It’s an honor to share in this moment of pride for your community and I want to thank you for the opportunity much like one of his family’s friends Garnet Douglas Baltimore also married a white woman named Mary Lane but they moved back to Troy to help further his career and keep his career going not only for equality for African American people she talked about how she was able to track down Mary Lane’s family and actually have representation from that family at the unveiling event I reached out back in I want to say it was 2016 if you look on the archival website for RPI there was a thread of discussions that were going on she said that she was a descendant of Garnet Baltimore And so I did a deep dive and Googling and putting in her name in various websites and forums and then even sending a follow up to that thread She’s about 66 and I’ve called three different four different emails were available I presume that they are still members of the family that are alive but I don’t have exact evidence to prove that And I found him through having conversations with several people and then coming across his mother’s announcement of her death And then I did a deeper dive on a Sunday afternoon looking at LinkedIn profiles websites and reading additional articles So I got in contact with several of individuals via email and then I was hoping that somebody was going to reply back but I didn’t know how it was going to be received And then he was telling me that he went to Bennington so he used to pass through the area right to go back down to Long Island and then he reached out to the local librarian And so I met Charles maybe three weeks ago and sort of finalizing the details of this event and talking about RPI and Mary Lane and what information is available And then I reached out further to the librarian down on Long Island and they weren’t aware that she left So they were being introduced to her and to Garnet Douglas Baltimore yesterday But clearly they did a little bit of research prior to our event but this was their introduction to that side of their family but why I’m so excited to be here is because I am a landscape design horticultural person that been doing for 50 years with my wife and later on And I’ve also worked on Prospect Park in Brooklyn Central Park in New York City museum decommissioning Philip Johnson’s Museum of Modern Art about 10 years ago I’ve decommissioned Linden circle and the botanical garden We moved one today to Connecticut with a police escort when I found out about my aunt’s great my great great great aunt’s husband and so proud that he was part of the family Two of the major projects that Garnett worked on in Troy was the laying out of Prospect Park and also laying out parts of Oakwood Cemetery which is a beautiful cemetery that Troy is well known for as part of the unveiling ceremony attendees were treated to a tour of Oakwood Cemetery which included mentions of several prominent people that were buried there but also a tour through the areas that Garnet laid out and also a stop at his grave and that of the grave of his wife where there was a wreath laying ceremony and a local pastor gave some moving remarks about the legacy of Garnett Baltimore and on display were maps from the early 1900s that Garnet Baltimore had actually laid out and signed so it was a real treat to be able to see his actual presence in the cemetery on these maps as part of their archives We’ve talked on this episode about how Garnet Douglas Baltimore was a trailblazer first graduate from other schools in the area and also a very active and prominent Civil Engineer for his whole career working on projects around the state and around the area in local community events and community works beyond his career Garnett was born on Eighth Street and Troy he died in the exact same house he was born in and he was active as an engineer right up until the end of his life So the location of the marker could not be better which has also been renamed Garnett Douglas which is this arched concrete walkway and stairs that connects RPI campus to the city of Troy crosses Eighth Street and goes down the hill into the city itself And no better place could have been picked to honor the legacy of Garnett Douglas Baltimore a connection between the Institute and the city RPI President Martin Schmidt reflected on this connection at the unveiling ceremony a New York state historical marker dedicated to the pioneering spirit and lasting impact of Garnet Douglas Baltimore and it’s made possible by the William G Pomeroy Foundation and I’m deeply grateful that they’re present with us today It’s also special that this marker will be placed at the approach which is a site that’s deeply embedded in the history of both Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute It’s our gateway between the campus and the town I want to extend my deepest gratitude to Mayor Carmela Mantello for joining us today we’re delighted with the partnership that we have with the city on so many fronts and her continued dedication to preserving and celebrating the rich history of Troy is really inspiring I also want to take a moment to recognize and thank the members of the extended family of Gardner Your presence is a meaningful reminder of the lasting connections between history just thanks again for to the Foundation for their incredible work in recognizing and commemorating historic figures who have shaped our community Their mission ensures that we never forget the contributions of individuals like Garnett As the first black graduate of RPI in 1881 I hadn’t realized it was 100 years before I got to graduate from RPI He forged a path in civil engineering that would leave a lasting mark on this city and beyond particularly his contributions to the design and preservation of Oakwood Cemetery remains an enduring testament to his expertise and deep connections to Troy the city where he was born and spent his life Baltimore’s legacy as a civil engineer landscape designer and lifelong Troy resident is a reminder of the importance of recognizing those whose work continues to shape our communities for generations we take great pride in our long and storied history of innovation and leadership in engineering science and technology but our mission extends beyond technical achievements We seek to make an impact in the communities we serve bringing his technical expertise with a profound sense of civic responsibility and the approach The approach is a historic landmark that connects our campus with the city and so in placing the plaque at the top of the approach we’re recognizing the bridge Baltimore created between engineering excellence and community development This unveiling is not just about marking history It is an opportunity for individuals of all ages to explore and appreciate the contributions of those who came before us I hope this historic marker serves as an enduring symbol of Baltimore’s remarkable achievements and inspire future generations of engineers leaders and innovators to follow in his footsteps Now Garnett was such a prominent resident of Troy that when he passed away in 1946 the Troy record ran a front page obituary with a photograph There was a time when he was in the thick of Municipal Affairs He was architectural engineer at Oakwood Cemetery He was probably the greatest surveyor in the city’s history He was as much a part of Troy as the monument there is so much to still uncover about his life and providing a holistic view of who he was we’re getting better at looking at or positioning these puzzle pieces together but there’s just so much that can be discovered and sort of put out there for public consumption And I think when you think about curriculum part of that space that becomes really important when we’re thinking about how young people can feel a connection to their lives and learning environment And this is one example that they can say he was a trailblazer He wasn’t a trailblazer in terms of being at the forefront of various movements or economic development in terms of benchmarking at different periods in time but he was at the forefront of creating change and creating community So I think this would be really important to put into the curriculum on a regular basis That sort of feeds into opening up the space of thinking about STEM and STEAM for younger individuals © Copyright 2021 WAMC Northeast Public Radio Match Recap: Men's Tennis | 4/20/2025 12:23:00 AM | David Adamovage Thanks for visiting Softball Set to Host Garnet and Gold Scrimmage and Fan Day on Sunday1/27/2025 3:55:00 PM | Softball Match Recap: Women's Tennis | 4/26/2025 4:16:00 PM Thanks for visiting Metrics details Oxide ceramic electrolytes for realization of high-energy lithium metal batteries typically require high-temperature processes to achieve the desired phase formation and inter-particle sintering such high-temperature processing can lead to compositional changes or mechanical deformation sintering-free approach to synthesize garnet-type solid electrolyte via the creation of an amorphous matrix followed by a single-step mild heat-treatment The softened mechanical property (yield pressure Py = 359.8 MPa) of disordered base materials enables the facile formation of a dense amorphous matrix and the preserving of inter-particle connectivity during crystallization The formation of the cubic-phase garnet is triggered at a lowered temperature of 350 °C achieving a Li+ ionic conductivity of 1.8 × 10–4 S/cm at 25 °C through a single-step mild heat treatment at 500 °C The disorder-driven garnet solid electrolyte exhibits electrochemical performance comparable to conventional garnet solid electrolyte sintered at >1100 °C These findings will promote the fabrication of uniform which is a significant hurdle in the commercialization of oxide-based lithium metal batteries and demonstrate the untapped capabilities of garnet-type oxide solid electrolytes Although these approaches significantly reduce processing temperature they still necessitate high-temperature sintering (>900 °C) or exhibit limitations in lithium ionic conductivity caused by the imperfect phase formation a new strategy is required to design materials that can significantly lower the processing temperature while maintaining high lithium ionic conductivity without relying on heterogeneous materials we propose a disorder-driven garnet-type (D-garnet) solid electrolytes designed to deliver high ionic conductivity while drastically lowering the process temperature The structural disordering of starting materials achieved via mechano-chemical activation effectively renders mechanical ductility enabling the facile creation of a dense amorphous matrix in which particles are intimately interconnected under uniaxial pressure at ambient temperature The transformation to the cubic phase (starting at the lowered temperature of 350 °C) and the establishment of an inter-particle connection within the amorphous matrix occur concurrently through a single-step mild heat treatment (500 °C) without the use of sintering aids or field-assisted sintering technology High ionic conductivity (σLi+ = 1.8 × 10–4 S/cm at 25 °C) is attained through the single-step heat treatment without compromising the electrochemical performance of conventional garnet-type electrolytes we revealed that the disordered amorphous nature contributes to lowering the phase formation temperature and enabling desirable inter-particle connections Such advancements present a methodology for unleashing the potential of garnet-type oxide solid electrolytes a Schematic of preparation route of conventional garnet (top) and D-garnet (bottom) solid electrolytes b Schematic of mechano-chemical synthesis for preparing a-LLZTO c XRD patterns of high-energy ball-milled precursors with respect to milling time d Compaction profiles of c-LLZTO and a-LLZTO e SEM images of c-LLZTO (left) and a-LLZTO (right) The bright-field TEM image and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) profile of a-LLZTO exhibited a typical feature of the amorphous phase represented by the absence of lattice fringes or diffuse diffraction rings The relative volumes were calculated based on their true densities of 5.38 and 4.53 g/cc The true density of sample powder was measured through gas pycnometer (see Methods section for details) Although c-LLZTO exhibited poor compaction behavior because of its rigid nature a-LLZTO exhibited remarkably enhanced compaction behavior under the same applied pressure (e.g. normalized specific volume of 1.53 and 1.17 for c-LLZTO and a-LLZTO The yield pressures were calculated as 536.5 and 359.8 MPa for c-LLZTO and a-LLZTO underscoring that deformability was significantly enhanced because of the disorder-driven structural flexibility We compared the cross-sectional scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of both materials prepared after applying uniaxial pressure of >1000 MPa (Fig. 1e) to explore their microstructure (see Methods section for details) each particle appears to be well distinguishable with noticeable pores which corresponds to a porosity of 35.1% (relative density of 64.9% measured density = 3.49 g/cc and true density = 5.38 g/cc) These particles are linked through only point-contact critically restricting the ionic conduction pathway a-LLZTO exhibits strong inter-particle cohesion thereby creating a highly connected matrix with a remarkably lower porosity of 11.5% (relative density of 88.5% measured density = 4.01 g/cc and true density = 4.53 g/cc) This feature of a-LLZTO is reminiscent of the microstructure achieved through the conventional high-temperature sintering process and it clearly highlights the beneficial influence of improved deformability in achieving such a dense microstructure a Comparison of XRD patterns of samples prepared from crystalline precursor (bottom) and amorphous precursor (top) depending on the temperature b XRD patterns of amorphous precursor according to the heat-treatment temperature c Contour plots of the XRD patterns of amorphous precursor in the 2θ range of 14–21° during heating d In situ bright-field TEM (top) and SAED (bottom) images of amorphous precursor during heating The temperature of the E-chip was increased in three steps: 25–350 °C (10 °C/s) with a holding time of 10 min for each step to acquire TEM and SAED images e Schematic of reaction coordinate for comparing the crystalline and amorphous precursor system f Rietveld refinement of the XRD pattern for a D-garnet solid electrolyte prepared at 500 °C g 7Li MAS NMR and h Zr K-edge FT-EXAFS spectra of the amorphous precursor (a-LLZTO) the D-garnet solid electrolytes formed at varied temperature and conventional cubic-phase garnet as reference can help achieve facile atomic rearrangements caused by its higher atomic mobility consequently easing the thermal energy requirement for the cubic-phase formation We observed a tendency in which the fitted values became similar to those of the reference cubic-phase garnet when the heat-treatment temperature increased to 600 °C There was a significant discrepancy in some values such as coordination number (2.76 for the Zr–O–La bonding of the D-garnet and 3.49 for that of the reference) and Debye–Waller factor (5.02 × 10–3 Å2 for the Zr–O bonding of the D-garnet and 4.63 × 10–3 Å2 for that of the reference) which implies that the local bonding nature of the D-garnet solid electrolyte formed at 600 °C differs from that of the highly crystalline cubic-phase garnet suggests that the D-garnet solid electrolytes have a certain level of static disorder compared to that of the reference cubic-phase garnet b Arrhenius plots of high-temperature processed conventional C-garnet and D-garnet electrolytes c Galvanostatic Li plating/stripping of lithium symmetric cell and d enlarged voltage profiles using a D-garnet solid electrolyte at 60 °C with a current density of 0.1 mA/cm2 e EIS spectra of pre-densified D-garnet solid electrolyte (top) and post-densified D-garnet solid electrolyte (bottom) Inset figure presents enlarged EIS spectra f Comparison of XRD patterns of the pre-densified D-garnet solid electrolyte (top) and post-densified D-garnet solid electrolyte (bottom) it is imperative to utilize deformability in constructing the matrix to unlock the potential for high ionic conductivity of garnet-type electrolytes at low temperatures We compared the ionic conductivity of the D-garnet solid electrolytes as a function of processing temperature with previously reported garnet-type solid electrolytes in Fig. 4d and Supplementary Note 4 A majority of the garnet-type solid electrolytes were positioned at the top right as high-temperature processing exceeding 1000 °C is mandatory to achieve high ionic conductivity it can be confirmed that the current research trends are shifting toward lowering processing temperatures on the left side as indicated by the recent reports on the garnet-type solid electrolytes certain limitations continue to persist because of the unsatisfactory processing temperature or low ionic conductivity It should be emphasized that the D-garnet solid electrolytes developed in this work successfully achieved both the low processing temperature and high ionic conductivity simultaneously The design strategy presented here will help demonstrate a low-temperature-processed solid electrolyte by detouring the need for conventional sintering and opening up the potentials for widespread large-scale application in the overall cell design A sintering-free garnet was successfully discovered by a simple mechano-chemical reaction accompanying comprehensive structural disordering The sintering-free garnet enhances deformability for the formation of the amorphous matrix and lowers crystallization temperature The amorphous structure exhibited enhanced deformability thereby creating a highly interconnected matrix reminiscent of the microstructure achieved through conventional high-temperature sintering process the amorphous precursor enabled the facile formation of a desired cubic-phase at a notably lower temperatures compared to that of the conventional crystalline precursor The combined in-depth analysis unveiled that the formation of the cubic-phase initiated at 350 °C with the emergence of the nano-sized crystalline particles within the amorphous matrix The nucleation and growth within the compact matrix enabled the D-garnet electrolyte to achieve the ionic conductivity of 0.8 × 10−4 S/cm after a mild heat-treatment of 400 °C for 2 h and this further increased to 3.5 × 10−4 S/cm upon heat-treatment at 600 °C for 15 h The feasibility of the D-garnet solid electrolyte used in lithium metal batteries was verified based on Li plating/stripping in the lithium symmetric cell and stable cycling in hybrid Li-metal cell The current research highlights the strategy for achieving a low processing temperature by introducing a structural disorder in materials and La2O3 (99.9%) (Thermo Fisher Scientific USA) were used as precursors to synthesize a-LLZTO La2O3 was prepared by heat treatment in air at 900 °C for 15 h before use Solid electrolyte powders (>99.9%) and pellets (13 mm diameter and ~500 μm thickness) of LLZTO were purchased from Toshima Manufacturing Co. (Japan) as a reference of the conventional cubic garnet The a-LLZTO was mechano-chemically synthesized by mixing the precursor powders in stoichiometric ratios with 0 80 ml silicon nitride jar and ball to powder ratio of 60:1 were used The powders were dry-ball-milled using a planetary mill under 370 rpm for 15 h without rest using silicon nitride balls (Pulverisette-7 Premium Line The ball-milling jar was sealed in an Ar-filled glove box to minimize air exposure The synthesized a-LLZTOs were pelletized under a uniaxial pressure of 1.3 GPa for 5 min to create the dense amorphous matrix used to prepare the D-garnet solid electrolytes The pellet diameter was 10 mm and the thickness ranged from 400 µm to 600 µm the a-LLZTO pellets were crystalized under various heat-treatment conditions using a box furnace (AJ-SB4 Korea) with heating rate of 10 °C /min and slow cooling under furnace conditions in the air atmosphere the D-garnet solid electrolytes were prepared using a hot-press furnace (Ajeon Furnace Control Korea) at 500 and 600 °C under a pressure of 375 MPa for 2 h in an Ar gas atmosphere with a flow rate of 3 L/min The prepared D-garnet solid electrolytes were treated in a dry room where the dew point was maintained under –60 °C The crystal structure of synthesized materials was investigated using XRD The XRD patterns were collected using a D8 Discover (Bruker Germany) diffractometer with Cu–Kα radiation in the 2θ range of 10–90° at 1°/min An in situ XRD analysis was conducted using an Empyrean (Malvern Panalytical UK) diffractometer equipped with an HTK 1200 N (Anton Paar Austria) high-temperature chamber in aerobic atmosphere Diffraction patterns were recorded every 100 °C up to 1000 °C with a heating rate of 10 °C/min holding the temperature for 10 min before the measurement at each step employing Cu–Kα radiation in the 2θ range of 10–60° with a scan rate of 2.5°/min yield pressure can be calculated from the deformation region assuming that the compaction behavior follows first-order reaction kinetics 0.1 g of sample powder was evenly placed inside the press mold with a diameter of 10 mm The sample powder was compressed under displacement speed of 1 μm s−1 with relaxation until the pressure reaches 50 The true density of the sample powder was determined by averaging 50 measurements obtained using a gas pycnometer (AccuPyc II 1340 SEM images were obtained using an SU-8030 FE-SEM (Hitachi coupled with an EDS and EDS spectrometer (X-max 80 Cross-sectioned samples were prepared using a cross-section polisher (CP) (IB-19520CCP Japan) that polishes using an Ar+ ion beam at 6 kV with 200 μA for 8 h and all sample treatment was held To prevent the contamination from air exposure sample preparation was conducted in an Ar-purged glove box The DSC analysis was performed on a DSC 8000 (PerkinElmer USA) in the temperature range of 25–500 °C at a heating rate of 10 °C/min In situ heating TEM analysis was conducted using an E-chip based Aduro heating holder with AXON system (Protochips Inc. USA) for image recoding and processing in double Cs-corrected Titan3 G2 60-300 microscope (Thermo Fisher Scientific The Raman spectra were generated using an inVia Raman microscope (Renishaw UK) equipped with a 514-nm-excitation-laser source (~1 mW power) Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) was performed using ICPS-8100 (Shimadzu The contents of lithium in the garnet were evaluated by fixing the La contents as 3 per the formula unit of the garnet Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (ToF-SIMS) analysis was performed using a nanoTOF TRIFT V spectrometer (ULVACPHI The primary ion beam was rastered over a 100 μm × 100 μm area and a 5 keV to 50 nA Ar-ion beam was used for sputtering a 300 μm × 300 μm area X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on the core-level was measured using monochromatized Al-Kα excitation (1486.6 eV beam with diameter of 200 μm) For investigating a chemical state of the surface and bulk regions samples were sputtered with an Ar-ion beam for 0 and 60 min at an acceleration voltage of 2 kV (area of 1 × 1 mm2) Rietveld refinement was performed using FullProf software Solid-state MAS NMR experiments were performed on a Bruker Avance HD-III consoles corresponding to a 1H Larmor frequency of 700.52 MHz (B0 field 16.4 T) Commercial Bruker double-resonance 2.5 mm MAS probes that allow spinning frequencies up to 35 kHz were used for all experiments 7Li MAS NMR experiments were performed with a spinning frequency of 25 kHz Zr K-edge XAS were collected on BL10C beam line (using multiple wiggler source) at the Pohang light source (PLS-II) with top-up mode operation under a ring current of 250 mA at 3.0 GeV The monochromatic X-ray beam could be obtained using liquid-nitrogen cooled Si(111) double crystal monochromator (Bruker ASC For Zr K-edge XAFS measurements (absorption edge of 17998 eV) X-ray absorption spectroscopic data were recorded in a transmittance mode using ionization chamners (IC SPEC Higher order harmonic contaminations were eliminated by detuning to reduce the incident X-ray intensity by ~30% Energy calibration has been carried out with reference Zr metal foil In the EXAFS curve fitting process with FEFFIT module which were obtained after EXAFS fitting for metallic Zr metallic phase have been determined within allowed R-factor value which is quality of the fit with {ReΔχk2 + ImΔχk2}/{Re(χkdata)2 + Im(χkdata)2} where χ(k) is EXAFS-function) and Δχ(k) means χ(k)data - χ(k)best-fitted We positioned the positive electrode on the opposite side of the prepared pellet and the hybrid lithium metal cell was constructed following the same procedure as the lithium symmetric cell The cell performance was evaluated without additional external pressure Potentiostatic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (PEIS) measurements were conducted using a frequency response analyzer (SI 1255 FRA USA) in conjunction with a potentiostat (SI 1287 ECI UK) to measure the ionic conductivity of the prepared solid 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Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily. PHILADELPHIA >> Pressure? Perk Valley wasn’t feeling any. Garnet Valley had played an exceptional first half against the two-time defending District 1 6A champions Friday night inside Hagan Arena on Hawk Hill. It would have made sense if the Vikings had gone to their team room with a little trepidation about their chances to make it three straight, but that’s not what this PV team is about. No. 1 Perk Valley put together another suffocating defensive second half, using its power inside on both ends to grind past a very game No. 2 Garnet Valley 43-30 to capture its third straight District 1 6A title.  “I don’t think it was any pressure at all to be honest,” PV’s Grace Galbavy said. “It’s an achievement in itself to win one, you want to win three, but doing it one time is an achievement. If we wanted to raise the bar, we did, but I don’t think it was any pressure on us.” PV senior Grace Galbavy stuffed the stat sheet as the Vikings won their third straight District 1 6A title. (CoBL Photo/Josh Verlin) Quinn Boettinger scored 20 points, the 6-foot-3 center adding six blocks while Galbavy posted 13 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, five blocks and three steals. As a team, PV accumulated 11 blocks, the majority of those coming in the third quarter as GV’s drivers found themselves with not much space to operate. The group that led the way on Friday is by and large the same group that led the way last year and the year before. PV coach John Russo felt his team felt more pressure to win the first one, when this current senior class was sophomores, than it did to win a third just due to the uniquely unparalleled amount of time they’ve spent together. If anything, they were probably more attuned to beating a good Garnet Valley team than focusing on lifting a third trophy. “They are a really good basketball team, I wouldn’t be surprised if they come out of the western side of the bracket,” Russo said. “We were thankful that it was them, we knew it was going to be a good basketball game and we enjoyed it.” Garnet Valley knew it didn’t have any way to match up with PV’s size, specifically Boettinger, but the Jaguars could try to control pace. For a half, they did just that. Possession played out methodically, but with a purpose. GV tried to draw Boettinger out of the lane, the Central League champs took their shots and in the second quarter, made them. Senior Kylie Mulholland splashed a pair of threes in the second frame, the second giving GV a 14-12 lead. The Jefferson recruit, who also played a terrific defensive game against a future college teammate in PV senior Bella Bacani, was in agreement with her teammates that they'd accounted well for themselves. “We gave them a closer game than they’ve had against anyone outside of the national teams, definitely in District 1,” Mulholland said. “I think we scared them a little bit. Now we know we can play with them, keep up with them and hopefully we can see them again.” Haylie Adamski led GV with 12 points, the Lafayette recruit’s five first quarter points pushing her past Emily McAteer to take over as the school’s all-time leading scorer. The 6-foot senior, who spent much of the game matched up on both ends against Galbavy, echoed back to last season’s state playoff run that started with a big comeback against Easton as the basis of this group’s resiliency. They’d seen the scores Perk Valley had been posting and even with the PV student section grilling them during first half warm-ups, the Jaguars knew they would do what they always do, play their hardest and give themselves a chance. “They were like ‘you’re going to get beat by 30,’ and we definitely did not get beat by 30, that’s for sure,” Adamski said. Boettinger scored back-to-back baskets in the second quarter that tied the game 16-16 before the Jaguars scored the last four points of the half to take the 20-16 lead at half. It was senior Savannah Saunders, who’d been denied by Boettinger on a couple drives earlier in the half, slicing past the Navy recruit to beat the halftime buzzer. “I needed that,” Saunders, who will play lacrosse at St. Joe’s next year, said with a smile. At halftime, Russo and his staff hung back outside the locker room for a few minutes. With the team’s six core seniors the only ones that played on Friday, the coaches knew they’d handle anything that needed to be said anyway. “It was just our mindset,” Stein said. “We were letting them dictate to us but in the second half, we all came together and said ‘this is not us, let’s go.’ I had full faith, I knew coming out of halftime it was going to be us.” Senior Grace Miley, who knows better than anyone on the roster how quickly something promising can turn the other way, emphasized that the halftime deficit was a trigger to her and her teammates to take the district title and just just expect it. “It showed us nothing is guaranteed,” Miley, who missed her sophomore year with a knee injury, said. “Being down, it made us have to work harder for it. Going into states, it showed us we can’t just walk in thinking we’re going to win everything. “We have to keep working hard, we have to keep showing we’re the best team and not just thinking it.” Perkiomen Valley holds up three fingers to signify winning its third straight District 1 Class 6A championship Friday night at Hagan Area. (CoBL Photo/Josh Verlin) Perk Valley senior Quinn Boettinger scored 20 points and blocked six shots as the Vikings won their third District 1 6A title in a row (CoBL Photo/Josh Verlin) Once the third quarter started, Perk Valley made an emphasis to go inside. Boettinger scored two baskets to start the half, then answered a Saunders hoop with a straightaway three that gave the Vikings a 23-22 lead they wouldn’t give back. Boettinger added on with a three-point play on the next offensive possession – the center getting T’d up on the play – then it was Galbavy swishing a pull-up three on the right wing and Lena Stein finishing off a 15-3 run. “They got a lot of looks into Quinn and there’s not much you can do against a Division I post player,” Adamski said. “We did our best. They didn’t feed her a lot in the beginning and she’s one of their main players, her and Grace.” Mulholland and Saunders both highlighted PV’s ability to stay with them on the perimeter, something not many teams have done this season during the Jaguar’s 21-game winning streak they brought into the final. That let the Vikings’ bigs stay home and be in position to turn away shots instead of GV generating its prolific catch-and-shoot opportunities. The Vikings could defend that way because they didn’t feel any pressure as individuals. Stein and Bacani could play aggressively up top because they knew Boettinger and Galbavy had their backs while Boettinger and Galbavy could play for blocks because they knew Stein and Bacani wouldn’t let the opposing backcourt run rampant. “That’s just what we’ve worked on all season,” Stein said. “I’m not even thinking about it; it’s just muscle memory. “It’s like what Grace said about no pressure, when you fully trust your teammates to the amount we do – I know on the perimeter that Quinn’s got my back – there is no pressure. I know she’ll be there.” Boettinger, like she would if she were covering defensively on a drive, cleaned up. “It’s the same thing when I go and help, I know someone is going to drop and cover my girl. It’s like a family chemistry we’ve developed that’s unmatched.” GV still wasn’t out of the game. Having endured the wave of interior shots, threes and blocks that PV had thrown at them in the third quarter, the Jaguars opened the fourth with a terrific connecting between Mulholland and Haylie Adamski, then it was Adamski finding her sister Kylie for a three that cut the lead to 33-30 with 6:45 left in the game. “They’re not afraid of any team and that’s because these seniors are such great leaders,” GV coach Joe Woods said. Garnet Valley challenged and Perk Valley answered. After Galbavy split a pair of free throws, Boettinger blocked a second-chance shot, Galbavy pushing it up the floor and winging a pass to Stein in the corner with the West Chester recruit drilling the look to make it 37-30 and starting a 10-0 run that ended the game. Bacani didn’t score on Friday but the senior guard never felt the need to press or try to find her shot, instead focusing on her defense and relying on her teammates that have been there every step. “Senior year, I know all these girls have got my back,” Bacani said. “I’ve been playing with these girls since second grade. It’s just living in the moment and living for every game.” Both teams will get to host opening round PIAA Class 6A playoff games next week as they start the path to Hershey. Garnet Valley was a semifinalist last year, the Jaguars certainly capable of another sustained run this year. For all this PV group has accomplished, the state bracket has been its nemesis. The Vikings have gone down in the quarterfinals, second round and quarterfinals again the last three years. Pressure? They know what’s at stake. “We’re still hungry,” senior Julia Smith said. 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FOLSOM — The biggest shot of her high school career not once but twice saved the Jaguars season with a pair of game tying shots late in overtime Mulholland put on her Superman cape and scored 25 points in a 49-43 double overtime win over Cardinal O’Hara in Friday’s PIAA Class 6A quarterfinal at Ridley High School to send the Jags to the state semifinals for the second year in a row “She’s got nerves of steel and she’s a competitor,” Garnet Valley coach Joe Woods said of Mulholland They’re a tight knit group and they love each other It doesn’t have to be just one player and Kylie came out tonight and was making big shots.” Garnet Valley's Haylie Adamski and Kylie Mulholland celebrate Friday's 2OT win over O'Hara Mulholland’s first attempt to play hero was no good on Friday night She put her team ahead 36-34 on a pair of free throws with 1:14 left in regulation. O’Hara senior Drexel commit Molly Rullo (14 points) tied the game seconds later The Jags held the ball for one minute to take the final shot Mulholland’s midrange jumper couldn’t go and the two teams headed for four more extra minutes of play After Garnet Valley didn’t trail for the last nine minutes of regulation the Jags found themselves down 41-38 with 51 seconds left in the first overtime period when Lions sophomore Leah Hudak drilled a three then a pair of free throws Hudak hit five threes in the game and finished with 17 points Garnet Valley senior Haylie Adamski got a decent look at a tying attempt that didn’t connect but sophomore Kylie Adamski kept the possession alive with an offensive rebound and kicked to Mulholland The Jefferson commit pumped then dribbled left for a pull-up triple that tied the game with about 30 seconds left in overtime we wouldn’t have won if Kylie didn’t make those shots,” Haylie Adamski said “I’m so grateful she’s confident in herself that she’s able to take those shots Everybody else has confidence in her.” Kylie Mulholland ties it 41-41 in OT1 with 30 seconds left.[image or embed] The stage was even more daunting for Mulholland’s second heroic moment Rullo worked her way to the line with 7.3 seconds left in overtime and hit both shots for a 43-41 O’Hara lead.  Haylie Adamski tossed the ball into Mulholand after a timeout.  She sped up the court then used a hesitation move to beat her defender and drive for a game tying layup before the horn sounded “It was just get it in and go,” Mulholland said so I could just go by them and it was open It felt really good to have my teammates come up to me and pump us up for the next overtime.” Kylie Mulholland goes length of court with 7.3 seconds left and sends it to 2OT![image or embed] Cardinal O'Hara's Leah Hudak hit five 3-point shots in the game O’Hara found itself trailing by six with about five minutes left in regulation after Mulholland buried a pair of threes in the third quarter then scored the first points of the fourth Consecutive threes by sophomores Hudak and Brigidanne Donohue Mulholland opened the scoring in overtime two The Lions had three go-ahead looks from deep unable to go down in the extra period who seemed to be in the mix for every loose ball earned O’Hara another possession with a defensive tie up but Haylie Adamski came up with a rebound with 22.9 seconds left and hit a pair of clutch free throws to put the Jags up by four.  Garnet Valley got one more stop and chewed up the clock before a pair of Mulholland free throws with 3.5 seconds left put the final touches on her masterpiece performance “They really left it on the floor and did everything we asked them to do outside of the first quarter,” O’Hara coach Chrissie Doogan said “The first quarter we kind of gave up some threes that we really weren't’ hoping we would give up but after that I felt we really locked in and we contested their shooters And Mulholland just had a really good game.  she’s a senior point guard and she didn’t want to see her career end I don’t think Molly and Brigid wanted their careers to end O’Hara won the Class 5A state title in 2022 The Lions went to the 6A semifinals in 2023 and won the Class 6A championship last season a four-year starter, and MacGillvray were big pieces of the puzzle “Molly and Brigid MacGillvray have left their mark on the program,” Doogan said “They’ve done everything from win championships to be good leaders and I just told them that I hope they feel like they’ll always be part of our program and we look forward to them coming back and being part of the program forever.” Garnet Valley senior Kylie Mulholland scored 25 points in a win over Cardinal O'Hara Garnet Valley ran into Spring-Ford in the semifinal round a season ago and had the Rams end their season presents another challenging foe standing between the Jaguars and a trip to Hershey The District 1 runner-ups will have time to focus on that matchup this coming week Mulholland was happy with the fact that she’d bought her and her teammates at least one more week together “We’re so excited,” Mulholland said but this win feels really amazing to get back to the semifinals “I just love this team,” she added “To have another game is just amazing I want to keep going with them forever and to not have it end tonight feels really good.” Garnet Valley 13 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 6 || 49 Cardinal O’Hara 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 || 43 A few clanks of the rim didn’t dismay Haylie Adamski knows sooner or later her high-arcing jumper will find the bottom of the net “My shot wasn’t falling in the beginning and all good shooters shoot so that’s what I was going to do,” Adamski said Garnet Valley senior Haylie Adamski scored 10 of her 22 points in the fourth Adamski began to heat up in the third quarter and broke through with a pair of backbreaking triples in the fourth to help second-seed Garnet Valley topple third-seed Upper Dublin 46-32 in Wednesday’s District 1 6A semifinal She had 10 of her game-high 22 points in the fourth and added 13 rebounds to send the Jags (26-1) to their first district title game since 2019 where they will face top seed Perkiomen Valley on Friday at St “She always comes through in big games,” GV senior Kylie Mulholland said her team leading 21-14 at the break after Upper Dublin freshman Ella Morris buried a buzzer beater triple She got herself going in the third with six points a midrange jumper helping her find her form though the Cardinals (23-5)  stayed within striking distance Then came Adamski’s first 3-point make of the game on the first possession of the fourth quarter Her second one at the 6:16 mark — a pull-up with a hand in her face — pushed the Jaguars lead to 38-28 “Her and Mulholland are a great 1-2 punch,” Upper Dublin coach Morgan Funsten said “I was kind of OK with the shots she took there in the fourth quarter I thought she did a great job staying in her space and it’s just a great player making great plays.” Garnet Valley senior Savannah Saunders goes up for a shot The Jaguars’ defense made the double-digit deficit feel insurmountable.  Garnet Valley held Upper Dublin to just six points in the fourth after junior Megan Ngo (13 points) and sophomore Tamia Clark (12 points) looked like they were heating up themselves with six points apiece in the third senior Savannah Saunders and sophomores Addison and Kylie Adamski made up the lineup for most of the game with junior Katie Dwyer making the most of her minutes off the bench with a big block in the third “I feel like we played really good D on them and that’s how we got transition buckets and that kind of helped us get our lead and momentum,” Mulholland said five rebounds and a pair of steals. She and Adamski have been the key cogs for the Jaguars since their sophomore seasons They Jaguars made a run to the state semifinals last season but in districts they’ve tapped out twice in the quarters and once in the second round over the last three seasons What’s different in their senior campaign “Our ball movement and our teamwork has gone up a lot,” Mulholland said “Our ball movement’s way better than it was at the beginning of the year we’re running offense more and that’s how we’re winning big games.” Garnet Valley senior Kylie Mulholland shoots over the Upper Dublin defense which is without La Salle commit Emilia Coleman throughout the PIAA postseason due to transfer rules will face CB East in the third place game before eyeing a state run The Cardinals are no stranger to playing shorthanded this time of year losing Ngo before districts last season before making runs to the district quarters and exiting in the first round of states.  “I’ve been proud of the girls’ preparation I’ve been proud of their effort in practice and the message is we gotta just keep fighting,” said Funsten who played his starting five the entire game. “We know this time of year there’s no easy games I’m disappointed because I thought we were close to making a run there in the fourth quarter and then Haylie really kind of put the game away.” Adamski is familiar with the tall task the Jaguars face in two-time defending District 1 champion Perkiomen Valley She teamed with a few different Vikings with the Comets AAU program before spending the last few summers with PV’s Grace Galbavy with the Philly Rise “It’s definitely going to be a dog fight,” she said but we’re willing to give them a game and that’s what we’re going to do.” The Philadelphia Flyers are proud to nominate forward Garnet Hathaway for the 2024-25 King Clancy Memorial Trophy The trophy is awarded annually “to the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in his community.” and across the community has been infectious," said Dan Hilferty CEO and Chairman of Comcast Spectacor and Flyers Governor "What he and his wife Lindsay have done over the past two seasons for our local community specifically the first responders’ community has been truly admirable and the entire organization is extremely proud to call them members of the Flyers family.” "It’s an incredible honor to be recognized for this award but the real reward comes from the connections Lindsay and I have made with first responders and their families,” said Hathaway “Their sacrifices and dedication inspire me every day I hope to continue supporting and giving back to those who serve our community and the incredible fans who have supported these efforts.” recently completed his 10th season in the NHL and second season with the Flyers and platform to support first responders and their families with a focus on financial assistance and their overall well-being Inspired by his great-grandfather and namesake Garnet Melroy Hathaway and his wife Lindsay founded Hath’s Heroes in 2019 while playing for the Washington Capitals and has since expanded its impact in Philadelphia His commitment to honoring first responders has been evident through numerous initiatives including hosting over 35 first responders and their families at Flyers games providing more than 80 tickets as well as inviting them to meet with him postgame in the Flyers locker room Hathaway’s Hits for Hath’s Heroes campaign launched in collaboration with Flyers Charities in October generating funds for first responder organizations with each hit the Flyers deliver on the ice Thanks to the Flyers logging 1,684 hits to date with 242 of them being Hathaway’s alone along with other fundraising opportunities the initiative is on track to raise $30,000 by the end of the 2024-25 regular season including speaking at events such as Families Behind the Badge Children’s Foundation’s Andy Chan Holiday Block Party which hosted hundreds of first responders and raised thousands of dollars for first responder families where he was also honored with the Andy Chan Community Hero Award “We are grateful for Garnet Hathaway's efforts on the ice representing our beloved Philadelphia Flyers his impact off the ice in our community,” said Jack Costello Associate Director of Families Behind the Badge Children’s Foundation Garnet provides recognition and comfort to those who have sacrificed so much.” Hathaway is also committed to expanding access to hockey He partnered with Flyers Charities to present a $200,000 check to support the rebuilding of a local ball hockey rink and actively engaged with the young athletes leading the charge he became one of two Flyers to reach 600 career NHL games this season on March 31 vs The forward recorded his highest point total in three seasons 29 and has totaled 160 points (75g-85a) in his career Hathaway led the Flyers and ranked 11th in the NHL with 242 hits this season His career hit total of 1,914 ranks second among active Flyers skaters The King Clancy Memorial Trophy nominees are selected by their respective NHL teams The winner will be chosen by a committee of senior NHL executives led by Commissioner Gary Bettman and former winners of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy and the historic NHL Foundation Player Award the selection committee will consider the criteria of a nominee’s inspiration and impact to positively benefit his community The nominee with the most votes will be named the winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy and receive a $25,000 donation to benefit a charity or charities of his choice The winner will also be eligible to elect that his Club receive a grant from the NHL to help organize a special activation related to his humanitarian cause The King Clancy Memorial Trophy was presented in 1988 by the NHL’s Board of Governors in honor of Frank “King” Clancy a beloved figure in the League for decades as a player A three-time Stanley Cup Champion and 1958 inductee to the Hockey Hall of Fame Clancy was voted as one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players during the League’s Centennial Celebration in 2017 Water plays an important role in the Earth’s evolution and dynamics and it can be stored and delivered into the Earth’s interior by subducting slabs from the lithosphere Even trace amounts of water incorporation could significantly affect the chemical and physical properties of minerals and thereby the deep mantle The capacity of minerals within subducting slabs to store water under high-pressure and high-temperature (HPHT) conditions of the mantle is crucial for these dynamic processes a member of the garnet mineral group existing in basaltic slabs at depths down to the topmost lower mantle is a prime candidate for transporting water into the deep mantle but its water solubility is poorly constrained The role of pyrope garnet in water transport and storage is a long-standing scientific problem with great implications for the evolution and dynamics of the Earth The research team first developed high-pressure large-volume press techniques and then synthesized large-size single crystals of pyrope garnets up to 100 mm at pressure and temperature conditions of 150-700 km mantle depths “It was indeed challenging but exciting to get these gem-quality pyrope garnets for water analysis using our developed high-pressure techniques (Figure 1a)” Zhaodong Liu from Jilin University in Changchun The team found that the pyrope garnet can retain water up to 0.2 wt.% and potentially dominate the water transport via basaltic slabs into the topmost lower mantle water solubility in pyrope garnet has a strong dependence on pressure and temperature These pyrope garnets can carry 0.2-0.4 wt.% water from the mantle transition zone to the lower mantle (Figure 2) Water solubility in pyrope garnet along cold (blue line) and hot (red line) subducted slabs The shaded regions represent the uncertainties for water solubility.– Credit ©Science China Press “These results highlight the important role of pyrope garnet in the deep mantle hydration It will help understand the water storage and transport from the Earth’s surface to the topmost lower mantle.” Says Prof did these challenging high-pressure experiments and water analysis interrupted several times by the Covid pandemic “It was a difficult time to conduct such experiments and get the results It taught me how to be a good research scientist in future” says Ms Chaowen Xu and Xin Li also synthesized pyrope garnets Kuo Hu analyzed the experimental data for these pyrope garnets All the authors contributed to the writing of the manuscript The Role of Pyrope Garnet in Water Transport into the Topmost Lower Mantle ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran There are currently two ways to get involved in the program: Home / News / History Reopening of shop was truly a community affair Our research for this column often involves following a storyline through the archives of The Gazette and other area newspapers. These resources are available for anyone in the community to use via the community archive found at cedarrapids.advantage-preservation.com The archive project is a partnership of the Cedar Rapids Public Library the Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation if we didn’t mention The History Center’s wealth of physical materials available to those interested in researching Linn County’s past You can learn more at historycenter.org/library.) we use the digital archives to read articles reporting local opinion pieces about the issues of the day we discover something we want to know more about in the ads that ran in the papers we’re perusing The main story on the page bore the headline “Nazi Officers Dispute On Issue Of Hitler Actively Commanding Army In War.” It’s an interesting article especially in light of the fact that Nazi Germany will invade Poland exactly two weeks later on Sept Intimations of grave world events notwithstanding it was the primary ad on the page that really captured our attention The ad dominates the page and trumpets the 10th anniversary of Garnet’s Sandwich Shop which the ad reveals has been completely rebuilt and is newly air conditioned it was not uncommon for a restaurant to advertise itself as the “only” air-conditioned eatery in its town The Garnet’s Sandwich Shop ad doesn’t make that particular claim but it is clear that the air conditioning is a big deal “Delicious Foods For Particular People Served In Air-Conditioned Comfort” reads a prominent line in the ad We take “Particular People” as an effort to signal that Garnet’s is a cut above its competition But it can’t be mistaken for an upscale restaurant the ad describes the shop’s skinless hot dogs at some length in the vernacular: put it in a really fresh bun and apply the chile onions and the rest of the makin’s with a lavish hand The lower half of the ad is made up of 14 smaller ads in which various community businesses congratulate Garnet’s Sandwich Shop on its milestone anniversary while also one of the ads announces that the shop “will serve Hutchinson’s Ice Cream Exclusively.” Hutchinson’s Ice Cream — founded in Sioux City in 1890 — had arrived in Cedar Rapids by 1905 the company was a division of Borden but still operated under its original name Garnet’s would also exclusively serve tea from Benner Tea Company which was located in the 200 block of Third Avenue SW at the time which were presumably available at Garnet’s That business was located at 301 F Avenue NW in the building that until recently housed Cedar River Landing and will soon be the home of CR Midnight Smoker BBQ Those congratulatory ads also note that the air conditioning was installed by the Amana Society Kubias Company on Second Avenue SE (not in the Kubias Building currently found in the 300 block of Third Avenue SE) located in the Dows Building on Second Street SE All of that to say that the reopening of Garnet’s Sandwich Shop was truly a community affair diners in Linn County had something to celebrate It is a fascinating glimpse of the juxtaposition of everyday life in Linn County and world events Jessica Cline is a Leadership & Character Scholar at Wake Forest University. Her dad, Rob Cline, is not a scholar of any kind. They write this monthly column for The History Center. Comments: HistoricalClines@gmail.com GLEN MILLS — Savannah Saunders will be rooting for Rian Dotsey in the fall The two are both headed to Saint Joseph’s next year Saunders has a different job: shut Dotsey down and send her home empty-handed.  Savannah Saunders (above) had a career-high 16 points on Thursday night The Garnet Valley senior wing was one of the key defenders on the Haverford High star in a battle atop the Central League on Thursday night GV knowing it needed to limit Dotsey’s effectiveness to gain revenge on its only loss of the season And with Saunders doing her part in an impressive defensive team effort while also leading the Jaguars in scoring Garnet Valley came away with a key 43-26 win over the Fords leading Garnet Valley in the scoring column for the first time all season normally a defensive specialist for the Jaguars setting her off on a night where she connected six times from the floor and on all three of her foul shots.  “I don’t know [what happened],” she said with a laugh I feel like just let it all go and just (was) confident with the ball.” A midfielder for Garnet’s successful lacrosse squad Saunders is normally the last scoring option in Garnet Valley’s talented starting five Lafayette commit Haylie Adamski and senior point guard Kylie Mulholland are the clear primary bucket-getters; Adamski’s younger sisters sophomore twins Addison Adamski and Kylie Adamski are both talented youngsters who have regularly contributed in double figures.  Saunders’ role is to do everything else: play defense She has especially good chemistry with Mulholland the two meeting as classmates in first grade and having played together everywhere from the Malvern youth league through high school and with the Delco Goats but she’s the glue for the rest of the Jaguars Saunders (above) buried this 3-pointer to start her night “She’s not our ‘scorer’ over the years she doesn’t need to be,” Garnet Valley coach Joe Woods said “She’s a hell of a defensive player and a hell of an athlete There was no doubt her effort Thursday helped her squad keep it rolling as it enters the toughest part of the season the one blemish on an otherwise stellar season for the Jaguars (19-1 including the last 10 Central League games by double digits.  Garnet Valley got a strong game from the oldest Adamski sister grabbed eight rebounds and dished out four assists; Mulholand only scored five points but chipped in five rebounds 12-2) came into the evening two of three one-loss teams in the Central Pioneers head coach AJ Thompson and several of his players were in the gym to take in the action his team playing at Garnet Valley on Saturday and hosting Haverford on Tuesday.  assuming it also beats Ridley in the season finale — the Jaguars beat the Raiders by 26 earlier this month — then it’s the top seed in the Central League playoffs That means an automatic bye into the league semifinals and even more importantly avoids Conestoga and Haverford until the league championship game.  “It’d be nice to be in the top two because you get a first-round bye in the Central League playoffs,” Woods said But it’s always nice to take it one game at a time and each team’s a different team and Conestoga’s a great team.” which had a seven-game win streak overall and eight-game conference win streak snapped in the loss had its worst offensive output of the season The Fords shot 10-of-44 (22.7%) from the floor the Garnet defense finding great success with a 2-3 zone Woods went to in the second quarter Garnet Valley jumped out to a 17-9 lead after one quarter and was up 22-11 after a slow second on both sides; with Saunders scoring nine in the third quarter Garnet Valley opened up a 39-17 lead and then ran a lot of clock to get through a low-scoring fourth picking up her third with two minutes left in the second quarter though she still played a majority of the game She had nine points by the midway point of the third but missed her final seven shots on a night where Haverford went 2-of-19 from deep.  The Garnet defense collapsed on Dotsey (25) every time she got the ball in the paint Every time she touched the ball in the paint she was swarmed by multiple defenders and the Fords’ supporting cast couldn’t do enough to take pressure off her I think it’s as simple as that,” Haverford coach Lauren Pellicane said “Obviously they’ve been paying really well they’re a talented team and they came ready to play But they did everything well — they beat us down the floor which was disappointing to see [...] they beat us to 50/50 balls in every category I thought we were unfortunately outplayed have to go back to practice tomorrow and onto the next game.” The Fords play at Lower Merion on Saturday before traveling to Conestoga in the regular-season finale 6 team in the District 1 rankings coming into the night they’ll likely need to win both to secure a top-eight seed and first-round bye.  as they attempt to better last year’s quarterfinal loss and state semifinal defeat.  so we just really want to go out there and play and win,” Saunders said “It’s probably the last time I’ll play [basketball competitively] so I just really want to go out there and just have fun.” GLEN MILLS — Grayson Golek was mugged by teammates and friends as he walked off the court Tuesday night More than a few told the sweaty 6-foot-5 Garnet Valley sophomore directly The first thing he admits is that he sometimes gets in his own way He knows what he is capable of doing on a basketball court Grayson Golek exploded for a career-best 30 against Bensalem (Photo by Mark Jordan/CoBL) when he dropped a career-high 30 points on Bensalem in Garnet Valley’s 72-54 second-round PIAA District 1 Class 6A playoff game 4-seeded Jaguars (18-6) will advance to quarterfinal round to play No 5 seed Plymouth-Whitemarsh on Friday at 7 p.m. while Bensalem (15-10) will take on Neshaminy in the playback round Golek was simply unstoppable against the smaller Owls He blocked three shots and grabbed eight rebounds in a game he will not forget any time soon is that could and should play like that more often “That’s my fault,” he said “I have been steadily building my confidence but I’m on a team with such great seniors that I want to respect them There was one instance in the waning seconds of the third quarter when Jags’ star senior Jake Sniras handed the ball off to Golek in the corner and told him to shoot who was making it seemed every shot he took and there were a few more seconds left and we were up by 12,” Golek said But this game gives me a big boost of confidence A game like this tells me I can do it again I think the only one who may be in my way could be me I need to tell myself ‘I have to do this more.’” He certainly has a long list of proponents Jags’ coach Mike Brown feels Golek is one of the best kept secrets around who has the defensive versatility to defend a guard out on the perimeter Golek was used more as a help defender sitting inside the lane I mean a great kid who is the type who will do whatever I want him to do,” Brown said “If I tell Grayson he’s not starting tonight He’s a solid kid and he does a lot of our dirty work “The nice thing about him tonight is that he had 30 he won’t care as long as we win.” Brown said Golek’s deference to the seniors comes from respect He’s an Eagle Scout (he actually is) “I think Grayson is a better player than he thinks he is,” Brown said Grayson Golek is an Eagle Scout who once broke his right hand two years ago needing four months of rehab (Photo by Mark Jordan/CoBL) Golek and Brady Krautzel led the way for the Jags combining to score 52 of Garnet Valley’s 72 points “Garnet Valley is a very good basketball team that is big tough and can beat you in a lot of different ways,” Bensalem coach Ron Morris said Their young kid (Golek) gave us a lot of problems and he was even stretching the floor hitting threes “We’re still in the playbacks and we have at least one more game He’s put in the extra work and that showed tonight.” Golek will try to bottle what he achieved Tuesday night He broke his right hand during an AAU game during the summer of 2022 He broke the middle finger of his right hand and it took him four months of rehab to retrain the tendons in his right hand What’s interesting is that on the play he broke his hand He went to the free throw line—with a broken right hand “Beining out makes you appreciate things more,” Golek said about that time Joseph Santoliquito is an award-winning sportswriter based in the Philadelphia area who began writing for CoBL in 2021 and is the president of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He can be followed on BlueSky here Beach Volleyball to Host Garnet and Gold Scrimmage on Saturday2/7/2025 11:46:00 AM | Women's Beach Volleyball TALLAHASSEE –  Fans will have their first opportunity to see the 2025 Florida State beach volleyball team on Saturday  as the Seminoles will host their annual Garnet and Gold Scrimmage at 4:00 p.m The Seminoles are coming off a 31-8 season, securing their seventh CCSA championship and recording a perfect 13-0 home record – the first in program history. Head coach Brooke Niles enters her 10th season with Florida State with a 263-61 record making her the winningest coach in NCAA beach volleyball history Niles won her second CCSA Coach of the Year honor FSU returns three CCSA first-team All-Conference performers in Alexis Durish, Audrey Koenig, and Anna Long Koenig finished 2024 with a 30-8 record primarily on court two Long accumulated a 21-7 record in 2024 as she won 20 consecutive matches across four courts The trio largely contributed to the Seminoles' success that saw another conference title and an appearance in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament Florida State will officially open the 2025 season on February 21 in the Beach Burg Invitational in Hattiesburg For more information on the Florida State beach volleyball program check Seminoles.com and follow us on social media at fsubeachvolleyball (IG) and @FSU_BeachVB (X) 2025 Garnet Apple recipients will be recognized at Oktoberbest: A Symposium on Teaching on Friday Nominations for the 2026 Garnet Apple Award will open in September 2025 Aisha HaynesCenter for Teaching Excellencehaynesa@mailbox.sc.edu803-777-2791 Essex lawmaker drops re-election bid after losing Essex convention; Chigozie Onyema near-certain replacement in 28th Assemblywoman Garnet Hall (D-Maplewood) will not seek re-election to a second term after losing the Essex County Democratic convention on Saturday the Newark West Ward Democratic municipal chairman with nine-term incumbent Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark) finishing second with 120 votes That means Onyema and Tucker will run with the endorsement of the Essex County Democratic organization and may use its slogan on the primary ballot in the 28th legislative district Onyema and Hall won the Union County Democratic screening committee endorsement earlier this week giving them the organization slogan in Hillside Hillside made up about 13.5% of the votes cast in the 2023 primary Hall had slightly less than $17,000 cash-on-hand as of the end of 2024 she lacks the financial resources to mount her own campaign  She also did not have her own campaign team: an outmatched Hall had hired people who worked for her predecessor and they had not been involved in campaigns before the conventional wisdom was that 81-year-old Tucker was in trouble But anticipated higher turnouts due to her ally being on the ballot appears to have saved her for at least another two years which includes Newark’s West and South wards (and one district in the Central) is one of the most Democratic in the state Phil Murphy won it with 83% in 2021; In 2024 that was seven points less than Joe Biden polled four years earlier Hall emerged as the leading candidate just three days after Jasey announced her retirement in 2023   The 65-year-old Maplewood Democrat became deputy county clerk in 2018 after a private sector career She had been the Democratic municipal vice chair With organization lines in place at the time Hall acquired the Assembly seat without the convention process that began this year; she was the pick of party leaders and not the Democratic county committee in Maplewood and South Orange Then-Maplewood Township Committeewoman Jamaine Cripe former Maplewood Mayor Frank McGehee; and former Maplewood Township Committeewoman India Larrier had also been considered for the post after Democrats decided that the open seat in the newly-drawn district should go to Maplewood Hall served on the Assembly Consumer Affairs Environment Natural Resources and Solid Waste   None of her 42 bills have been signed into law The Essex County Clerk’s office has produced several state legislators in the past including Assembly Budget Committee Chair Eliana Pintor Marin (D-Newark) who served from 1978 to 1980 following the death of her husband was a clerk-typist on the staff of legendary County Clerk Nicholas V for ten weeks in 1971 and 1972 after defeating former Essex County Coroner and Newark barber Nicholas LaSpina ran for the Assembly in 1985 but lost to Republican incumbent Bob Franks (R-New Providence) Hall becomes the fifth legislator to not run for re-election this year Everything else about Kylie Mulholland’s basketball game is just big.  Mulholland’s game was fully on display as she recorded her 1,000 point and helped Garnet Valley come back and defeat Notre Dame de Namur Irish 62-57 at the 18th Annual Hoops for Hope Classic at Arcadia University on Jan Kylie Mulholland (above) hit this go-ahead 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter of Monday's win Mulholland was only two points away from scoring her thousandth The game stopped to acknowledge the accomplishment as Mulholland was mobbed by her teammates and coaches She took pictures with the team and her family which included signs made to celebrate the area’s latest 1,000-point scorer.  “It was honestly a relief,” Mulholland said “It really means a lot that I’ve worked this hard and earned this accomplishment To have all my friends and family who supported me through all these years to be there and watch it is really awesome.” Mulholland finished with 18 points and five assists While she is a major part in Garnet’s Valley offense Mulholland takes pride in her defense as well In addition to scoring and assisting teammates for scores of their own grabbed five rebounds and secured four steals against Notre Dame How does Mulholland overcome the height difference she often sees against other teams she mentioned that she has been one of the shorter players on the court most of the time “I think I play taller than I am,” said Mulholland who played for the Delco Goats on the HGSL circuit in the offseasons “I don’t feel short when I am out there I’ve always been this short and just worked around it.” Garnet Valley trailed Notre Dame by 10 points Haylie Adamski kept Garnet Valley in the game enough going into the final eight minutes making six baskets while scoring 16 of Garnet Valley’s 21 third-quarter points The Lafayette commit finished with 23 points earning player of the game; sophomore sister Addison Adamski added 17 of her own and her twin Kylie Adamski added four and three rebounds to round out the scoring Mulholland did what she does best: score the basketball She scored 11 of the team’s 20 points in the fourth quarter including a late three-pointer to reclaim Garnet Valley’s lead then sank six free throws in a row in the final minutes to complete the comeback and give Garnet Valley the win.  The third-year starter said her defense carries through her offense Her rebounding and steals help the team in transition as everyone on Garnet Valley likes to run.  Mulholland was a major contributor to Garnet Valley’s 2022 Central League championship team She led her sophomore season; her first year as a starter She leads by scoring and getting her teammates involved while also going up strong for a rebound or poking a ball loose on defense.  Mulholland (12) poses with her teammates while friends and family hold posters in the stands Mulholland more than doubled her points per game During her junior season she increased her scoring to 11.8 points per game Mulholland’s scoring has increased to over 12 points per game In her 108 games in which Mulholland participated on the varsity team Garnet Valley has a 73% winning percentage Monday’s win improves Garnet Valley to 15-1 this season They are currently 9-1 in the Central League Garnet Valley has ripped off 10 wins in a row Garnet Valley will get another crack at Haverford on Jan While Garnet Valley does not have the deepest unit “We don’t give up and this is a special team,” Garnet Valley head coach Joe Woods said “The game was slipping away on us a little bit While the senior point guard still has a few more weeks left in the season her time at Garnet Valley is coming to a close Mulholland wants to go to school to become a nurse and many basketball programs that reached out to her did not have the nursing program she was looking for.  they did not fit Mulholland’s academic and professional plan.  Jefferson University reached out to Mulholland They were also in attendance to watch Mulholland against Notre Dame.  Mulholland would probably admit it was not her best game shooting her stat line and overall play does not suffer She just finds other ways to get involved and contribute.  it was inside the arc and at the free throw line “Kylie was clutch,” Woods said “Six for six from the free throw line is not easy to do She’s a good free throw shooter but with that pressure games on the line… she swished all six The 2025 Garnet and Black Spring Football Game presented by Palmetto Shirt Company will be held April 18 at 7:30 p.m Admission to the game is free for all fans There will be auctions and experiences that fans can participate in to enhance their spring game through Forever Garnet Memories Fans are able to bid now on auctions which include a VIP Experience for 4 watching warm-ups and 2001 from the field or riding the Cockyboose during the greatest entrance in all of college athletics Check out our auctions and place your bid today Our game day experiences are also now available for purchase and include sideline photos on the field with Cocky watching warm-ups from the visitor sideline watching a quarter from the field or viewing the post game fireworks from the field Purchase your Spring Game Experiences today A fireworks show will occur at the conclusion of the game Gates that will be open for the game will open at 6 p.m Parking in all Gamecock Park and Woodstock lots will be free Quad 1 parking in Gamecock Park will open at 3:30 p.m The two Gamecock Park gates on National Guard Road This year’s game will not be broadcast on linear or digital video but will be carried live on 107.5 The Game in the Midlands Gamecock fans will be able to get a behind-the-scenes look at spring football practice as part of a South Carolina All-Access Practice Show that will air later this spring and summer on the SEC Network and other ESPN platforms ESPN has given SEC member schools the option to either air the spring football game live on the SEC Network or SEC Network+ or provide a 30-minute original spring football show to replace it that would air on ESPN platforms You are using an outdated browser. Upgrade your browser today or install Google Chrome Frame to better experience this site Obituaries Pennsylvania19060DE: (302) 792-8485PA: (610) 485-6200 paganofh@gmail.com The New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus issues this statement today to express our collective outrage and deep disappointment regarding the persistent targeting by David Wildstein of the New Jersey Globe Assemblywoman Hall is a dedicated public servant who answered the call to serve her community with integrity and courage including her tenure on the [Town] School Board and now as a member of the New Jersey Legislature where she has been a tireless advocate for social The relentless attacks and obsessive focus on Assemblywoman Hall are not only inappropriate—they are discriminatory Assemblywoman Hall has every right to seek re-election just as she has every right to reassess that decision if she so chooses harmful tropes historically used to undermine minority leadership This behavior is not isolated; it is part of a broader shameful pattern of disparaging minorities in positions of leadership We stand firmly with Assemblywoman Hall and demand an immediate end to the harassment and disparagement she has endured The record of her leadership speaks for itself Attempts to tarnish it only reveal a troubling bias and a lack of journalistic integrity We call on The New Jersey Globe to course correct and uphold basic standards of fairness and respect We demand that this baseless and malicious campaign against Assemblywoman Garnet Hall cease immediately This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Florida State Displays "Another Level" of Growth at Garnet and Gold2/10/2025 1:45:00 PM | Women's Beach Volleyball Thanks for visiting The Youngstown State softball team (0-5) returns to the Palmetto State for five games at the Winthrop Garnet & Gold Tournament Thanks for visiting Thanks for visiting Game Recap: Baseball | 4/15/2025 7:41:00 PM | Steve Sheridan Assistant Athletic Director for Communications Thanks for visiting – The South Carolina softball team hosts its final tournament of the season with the Garnet & Black  Invitational February 21-23 NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS IS NOTHING NEW FOR SC Carolina hosts tournaments… And wins a lot For the latest on South Carolina Softball, visit GamecocksOnline.com or follow the team’s social media accounts on Twitter @GamecockSoftbll, Facebook /GamecockSoftball, and Instagram @GamecockSoftball By Brittany Siminitz | January 08 and much of that isn’t even its fault it’s the birthstone of January—a strong opener for a new year but unless you have a birthday during this month you’re probably just wishing the month away like the rest of us Forget it—in the shadow of gemstones like emerald My top search result for “red carpet garnet” is a liquor store called Red Carpet Liquors in Gallatin It’s durable as heck: There are remains of garnet dating as far back to the ancient Egyptians—some evidence dates it back even farther—a time when the gemstone was revered as a symbol of protection if you’re into the slightly dark and mysterious few gems can rival garnet for its earthy shade of red that feels both welcoming and a bit eerie (but in a good And on the topic of shades—variations of the gem such as demantoid and tsavorite are among the most alluring stones out there you might be willing January to hurry its way out of here (you’re not the only one) Here are some of the latest garnet jewels to get down on By Rob Bates May 05 By Annie Davidson Watson May 05 By Brittany Siminitz May 05 By Karen Dybis May 05 2025 © RX USA. Use of this website is subject to terms of use. (Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2024-25 season preview coverage. The complete list of schools previewed thus far can be found here.) CONCORD – The open gym was in full swing at Garnet Valley’s 2020 Center and to no one’s surprise the senior guard took the time to introduce that player to the rest of the players in attendance Once drills began Adamski was at the forefront showing the rest of the team how it’s done.   Haylie Adamski (above) and Garnet Valley made the state semifinals last year they take charge and Adamski has been a leader since her freshman year “She’s one of the best overall players not only from a basketball standpoint but also one of the top leaders I’ve ever had,” said Joe Woods who is in his 22nd year at Garnet Valley and 27th overall as a head coach at the high school level She works hard and loves the game and the kids see that.” Adamski’s love of the game is in her blood played at Bishop Hoban (now Holy Redeemer) High School in Wilkes-Barre where she was part of two District 2 championship teams recorded more than 1,250 points and 1,000 rebounds and was the Wyoming Valley Conference Player of the Year as a senior She went on to play at Kutztown and is a member of the Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame also played at Bishop Hoban and helped the Argents reach the Class 2A semifinals as a senior in 1996 They passed their love of the game onto their children starting with Haylie “I’m surrounded by it all the time so I really like it,” said Adamski who was selected as the homecoming queen this past fall “It’s never been a chore to go play basketball I’ve always wanted to be in the gym and my dad always asks if I want to go the gym and I’ll be like Adamski never had far to go to get a workout in “We have two hoops in the driveway,” Adamski said “We’re always shooting out there If we’re not there we’re in the gym here after school (Seth) Brunner (the athletic director at Garnet Valley) is nice enough to let us in the gym so we’re always shooting.” Adamski takes charge whenever she’s on the court “I’m the oldest of five siblings so I’m kind of like a second mom to them and that comes through on the basketball court,” she said The Jaguars will be counting on the leadership of Adamski and fellow seniors Kylie Mulholland and Savannah Saunders as they look to duplicate or better last season’s incredible PIAA tournament run where GV advanced to the Class 6A semifinals before falling to eventual state runner-up Spring-Ford Kylie Mulholland (above) averaged 11.8 ppg and 4.2 rpg as a junior Garnet Valley returns five of its top six scorers from that team that went 25-7 She has averaged at least 13 points a game in every season and ranks second in school history with 1,291 career points Adamski has a shot at the school record of 1,773 points held by Emily McAteer who will serve as an assistant coach this season Adamski has already committed to Lafayette a two-sport standout who helped the soccer team win the Central League title and advance to the PIAA Class 3A tournament 2.7 assists and 2.3 steals per game last season.   The other returning starter is senior Savannah Saunders Also back are Adamski’s younger twin sisters Addison and Kylie Addison was fourth in scoring (5.8 ppg) and also collected 2.1 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game Kylie contributed 2.8 points and 1.0 assists per game Both started on occasion.        Behind Adamski and Mulholland the Jaguars averaged 52.8 points and 10.6 assists per game GV held the opposition to 35 points for less 18 times and went 17-1 in those games They allowed 37.3 points per game and recorded 10.3 steals per outing “We weren’t expected to go far,” Adamski said “We finished third in the Central League and sixth in District 1 and everyone said that we weren’t going to make it past the first round (of the PIAA tournament) ‘I don’t know how this is going to go,’ I said The Jaguars overcame an early 16-2 deficit to beat Easton Area in overtime 58-50.  Garnet Valley went on to beat District 3 champ Central Dauphin (52-46) and North Penn (58-51) before falling in the semifinals It was Garnet Valley’s deepest run since making the state final in 2019 The Jaguars have made the state tournament 10 times in the last 11 years The only year they didn’t make it was in 2021 when the state tournament was limited to district championships because of the COVID-19 pandemic “I think we will be really successful this year,” Mulholland said “I’m really excited to get back on the court with this team because I think we’ll be really good Going as far as we did last year gave us a lot of experience playing really good teams in tough environments We have most of the same girls back so we’re excited for this season.” 2025 at 2:00 pm at the Jennings Funeral Homes Chapel in Jamestown Burial will follow in the Taylor Place Cemetery The family will receive friends on Saturday 2025 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm at Jennings Funeral Homes Chapel in Jamestown Jennings Funeral Homes of Jamestown is in charge of services for Garnet (Fowler) Hill of Indianapolis Fan Day and CWS Team Recognition Highlight Garnet & Gold Game10/31/2024 6:39:00 PM | Baseball Just Garnet and Gold4/10/2025 2:49:00 PM | Women's Beach Volleyball Here was one of the top-rated juniors who had yet to make a commitment a small town in northern California that sits at the intersection of breathtaking bucolic beauty and one of the country's finest beaches but c'mon: How was she supposed to compete with that What Niles and the Florida State beach volleyball team had instead was a group of young women on its team whose pull was stronger even than the Sierras Wolfe so loved to hike and the waves she still loves to surf "I never thought I'd leave California," Wolfe said "I came here with you of course." The you in the sense is in reference to the senior sitting next to her in the Florida State team room They didn't plan to take their official visits together but a small dose of serendipity led to the "fun little surprise," as Wolfe calls it More appealing than the natural beauty surrounding the schools she was considering up and down the coast of California was the team itself the team Niles had assembled for the purpose of winning volleyball matches and now the one who would also clinch the commitments of two of its top recruits "I felt in with the group already," Wolfe said "They brought us in with welcome arms It did help that Madi was also with me." declaring that she would be a Florida State Seminole the next morning at a bagel place that "It was something about coming here that everybody made you feel included," Trusty said "You could tell the girls really cared about volleyball and each other and filling up your cup outside of the sport." With Trusty on board, Wolfe soon followed, adding her commitment a week later to a class that also included a pair of good friends in Madison Binkley and Anna Long "There couldn't be a better case scenario for my freshman class," Trusty said "We didn't make a single friend in our dorm Wolfe will play the final regular season event of her Florida State career at the very location Niles never thought she had a chance of pulling her away from: Cal Poly It speaks to how much Wolfe values her experience in Tallahassee that when she returns home to northern California no longing for the mountains or trails or waves only a deep appreciation both for what she has – a garnet and gold jersey a team she adores – and what she can return to — friends and family "They're both home," Wolfe said of Tallahassee and northern California volleyball keeping me busy was a big thing It was a big shift not having my surfing and hiking side with me Haylie Adamski and the rest of the Garnet Valley seniors got to experience winning the Central League title as freshmen then spent the last three years chasing that feeling.  They lost in the first round of the league playoffs as sophomores and in the semifinals as juniors a 20-point drubbing at the hands of Conestoga that they didn’t forget So when the Jaguars found themselves matched up against the Pioneers in the 2025 Central League championship game that senior class’s last chance to equal its feat from three years ago Haylie Adamski and Kylie Mulholland with the Central League trophy With Mulholland and Adamski making key plays down the stretch — along with Adamski’s twin younger sisters — Garnet Valley recaptured the Central League trophy with a come-from-behind 40-36 win on Monday night at Marple Newtown High School.  “It’s deja vu,” Adamski said afterwards but good teams always find a way to make another championship happen This was our year and I’m really happy it happened.” “It kind of feels like it’s concluding our four years,” Mulholland added standing in the hallway outside the Garnet locker room “Won freshman year and now winning senior year As for the MVP trophy the 5-foot-4 guard was clutching onto…  “It’s amazing,” she said with a laugh “I was kind of surprised but it’s awesome There wasn’t one standout player for the Jaguars (23-1) during their win three assists) both had their hands all over it hit two early 3-pointers as part of her eight points helping the Jaguars out to an early 11-2 advantage.  Conestoga (18-6) battled back to get within 16-13 at the midway point and surged ahead in the third Junior guard Ryann Jennings scored seven of her 13 points coming out of halftime and senior forward Janie Preston (12 points eight rebounds) added six in that period as the Pioneers surged ahead by as many as seven one of Haylie’s twin sophomore sisters hit a 3-pointer to give Garnet some momentum going into the fourth A pair of Saunders foul shots and a Mulholland bucket had it all tied up with six minutes remaining.  Haylie Adamski hit the first go-ahead shot a 3-pointer to make it 33-30 with 4:45 left ‘Stoga senior Ruth Lanouette contributed her three points of the evening in response Then it was Addison Adamski’s turn to play hero her 3-pointer once again putting the Jags up three with 2:57 left.  Garnet Valley didn’t allow Conestoga to score again until Jennings hit a meaningless 3-pointer at the buzzer Kylie Adamski hit two foul shots with 34 seconds left to make it 38-33 Haylie Adamski adding one layup off a beaten press not long thereafter.  “It’s amazing,” Haylie Adamski said of her sisters’ big plays I love seeing that and I’m so proud of them I know they’re going to do great the next two years when I’m not here Just continuing that leadership and stepping up when you need to is going to be great for them.” left searching for its first Central League title since 2010 The Pioneers host Coatesville in the opening round 8 Council Rock South — which is for a spot in the quarterfinals and the state tournament — awaiting the winner “I was proud of them that they battled back after being down pretty much the entire 2-and-a-half quarters,” Conestoga coach A.J “Sometimes the ball doesn’t bounce your way they came up with some big shots when they needed it “They’ve got nothing to hang their heads about they should be proud that they were able to get (to the championship game) again I was proud of them and the way they worked especially fighting to get a lead there in the third when they’ll play a doubleheader with the boys against either No The winner of that game will also earn a berth to the PIAA 6A playoffs extending Garnet’s season into March.  That’s all the seniors are hoping for — well and trying to out-do last year’s run to the district quarters and state semifinals.  they’re all so amazing,” Mulholland said “Honestly that’s better than any win ever just being with them and traveling with them and practicing with them.” “We’re looking to go far in districts and states like we did last year,” Adamski said so leaving it all out there is the most important thing.”