Archive for December 23, 2007

UNC 105 — UCSB 70

Posted in Tarheel Basketball by John E. Pannell on December 23rd, 2007 at 7:15 am

Old WellIf UNC were to win a National Championship this year, would Occoneechee lodge issue a flap for it?

UNC showed the UCSB Gauchos why they’re the number one team in the country yesterday with a decisive home victory.   I guess they wanted to keep this webmaster, saw this game from the nosebleed zone, happy. 

Fans stayed in their seats until the last few seconds to see when Carolina would break the century mark… again.    The Carolina team, whose three point shooting was poor enough to make me groan whenever they took a shot broke the century make on one of their few successful 3 point goals. 

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"When you control the ball, you control the score. "
Pele


The Christmas Scout

Posted in Scouting News by John E. Pannell on December 23rd, 2007 at 6:00 am
THE CHRISTMAS SCOUT

by Sam Bogan

In spite of the fun and laughter, 13-year old Frank Wilson was not happy. It was true he had received all the presents he wanted. And he enjoyed the traditional Christmas Eve reunions with relatives for the purpose of exchanging gifts and good wishes.

But, Frank was not happy because this was his first Christmas without his brother, Steve, who during the year, had been killed by a reckless driver. Frank missed his brother and the close companionship they had together.

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"There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome-to be got over. "
Arthur Schopenhauer