Soccer Aces Blank Harrisburg

The MCHS Soccer Aces traveled to Harrisburg for their first match since the St Anthony tournament, beating the Bulldogs 7-0. Brady Decker scored the first goal in the 5th minute on an assist from Beau Stipp. Rayce Loudermilk scored 4 minutes later, assisted by Ethan Belt. Belt then scored 1 minute later on a hustle play, blocking a clearance attempt from the Harrisburg goalkeeper & then gathering the rebound & putting the ball in the net. Stipp then scored 3 goals in between the 16th & 26th minutes, on 2 assists from Loudermilk & 1 from Decker, giving the Aces the 6-0 halftime lead. Kaleb Johnson scored the final goal on a penalty kick 2 minutes in to the 2nd half for a 7 goal lead, which cut the remaining game-time in half. The Aces took 29 shots, 15 on frame, created 12 additional scoring chances, had 6 interceptions & 4 ball recoveries. Goalkeeper Tye Kanipe had 2 saves. Harrisburg took 1 shot on goal, which was on frame.

There was some good and bad in this one. To hit on the good first, we came out aggressively, which is a mindset we've been talking about starting out with for awhile now, especially against teams we feel we should perform well against. That allowed us to take a quick lead & gave us more flexibility in our decisions. We also did a good job of using Tye's feet to shut down attacks & keep possession, which is something we're getting better at doing as a team. As to the bad, we had an injury in the last minute of the game to Reese Linson, who's been playing well and giving us a lot of quality minutes. We're hoping it's not major, but we don't know for sure yet. In the meantime, that's going to be a lot of minutes that other players will need to step up and fill for us. That's something we feel the guys can do, but no doubt it'll hurt us if we lose him for an extended period. Play-wise, there were too many times where we resorted to just kicking the ball long upfield and that won't work much against the stronger teams, which we starting facing off against in our next match. Lastly, our finishing was the sloppiest we've had so far. We've been pretty good about keeping our shots on-frame this year, but in this one we were basically 50-50 in that regard. We've had a great start to the season, outperforming teams that, honestly, we feel we should be able to. It's important that we continue to do that, but now we'll start to see how we look against some stronger teams, which is something we really need to be tested with right now. Whatever this next stretch of games holds, this team is young & has shown us enough potential to raise our expectations for them.

The Aces currently stand at 4 - 0 (0 - 0) on the season. They'll open Big Eight play with their next match when they host Mt Vernon IN at 5:30 pm on Tuesday September 4th at the WVC field.
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Jackets Fall Below .500 With Loss To Cisne

 

On Thursday, August 30th, Yellow Jackets baseball traveled to Cisne for its final WEAA Conference game of the 2018 campaign.  Cisne defeated the Yellow Jackets 18-3 in 4 innings.  Cisne scored one run in the bottom of the first inning, then added 10 runs in the bottom of the second inning with some well placed hits and a few miscues by the Yellow Jackets.  Down 11-0 in the top of the third inning, the Yellow Jackets got on the board with a one-out double by JD Bowser scoring Blake Strine.  Cisne added another run in the bottom of the third inning to take a 12-1 lead.  In the top of the fourth inning, Brendan Bowser led off with a walk followed by a walk to Kasen Dulgar.  Trenton Potts walked to load the bases for the Yellow Jackets, then Michael Smith walked to plate the first run in the inning and Jesse Brogan hit into a fielders choice to plate the second run.  Going into the bottom of the fourth inning, the Yellow Jackets trailed 12-3.  Cisne plated 6 runs in the fourth inning to win by the mercy rule.  

Yellow Jackets -   0   0   1   2   -   3

Cisne               -  1  10   1   6   -   18

Yellow Jackets Hitting:

Blake Strine       0-2 with a run scored, 1 BB

Jesse Brogan     1-3, RBI

JD Bowser         1-3, RBI

Chase Gher        1-2

Wyatt Gher         0-2

Brendan Bowser  0-1 with a run scored, BB

Kasen Dulgar      0-1 with a run scored, BB

Tristan Bray        0-1

     Trenton Potts 0-0, BB

Michael Smith     0-0, 2 BB, RBI

Yellow Jackets Pitching:

Brendan Bowser - 3.1 innings, 4 BB, 15 hits, 16 runs

Blake Strine       - 0.1 innings, 2 BB, 2 hits, HBP, 2 runs

Yellow Jackets are now 3-4 on the season and finish 3-3 in WEAA Conference play.  Next up - at Wayne City on Thursday, September 6th at 4:30 pm.

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Yellow Jackets Get Walk-Off Win Over Clay City To Move Above .500

On Monday, August 27th, Yellow Jackets baseball hosted Clay City in a rescheduled WEAA Conference game.  The Yellow Jackets won the game 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning to increase their winning streak to three games.  Clay City scored four runs in the top of the first inning with two outs, a bases loaded single, and 3 errors on the same play allowed the bases to clear.  These would prove to be the only runs Clay City would score in the game.  In the bottom of the second inning, the Yellow Jackets scored two runs on an RBI walk by Blake Strine and an RBI single by Jesse Brogan.  In the bottom of the fourth inning, Blake Strine scored on an RBI single by Chase Gher to bring it to within a one run game.  Then in the bottom of the sixth inning, Jesse Brogan scored on a fielder's choice by Brendan Bowser.  Then in the bottom of the seventh inning, with one out and Michael Smith on second base and Jesse Brogan on first base, JD Bowser smoked a double to left-center field to plate Smith for the winning run.  On the mound, Brendan Bowser started and pitched well through the defensive miscues in the first inning.  He was relieved by JD Bowser in the third inning due to pitch count and JD got the final two outs of the third inning.  Jesse Brogan came in to pitch the final four frames and threw scoreless ball to get the win.  

Clay City         -   4  0  0  0  0  0  0  -  4

Yellow Jackets -   0  2  0  1  0  1  1  -  5

Yellow Jackets Hitting:

Blake Strine       0-3 with a run scored, 2 BB, 1 RBI

Jesse Brogan     1-2 with a run scored, 3 BB, 1 RBI

JD Bowser         3-5, 2 doubles, 1 RBI

Chase Gher        1-4, 1 RBI

Brendan Bowser  0-2, 2 BB, 1 RBI, SB

Wyatt Gher         1-3 with a run scored, HBP, SB

Kasen Dulgar      0-1 with a run scored, 3 BB

Trenton Potts      0-2

     Tristan Bray   0-1, BB

Michael Smith     0-2 with a run scored, 2 BB

Yellow Jackets Pitching:

Brendan Bowser - 2.1 innings, 3 K, 3 BB, 2 hits, 4 runs, 1 HBP

JD Bowser         - 0.2 innings, 2 K, 1 BB

Jesse Brogan     - 4.0 innings, 11 K, 4 BB, 3 hits, 1 HBP

Yellow Jackets are now 3-2 on the season.  Next up - home against Red Hill on Tuesday, August 28th at 4:30 pm.

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Jackets Even Record By Routing West Salem

On Thursday, August 23rd, Yellow Jackets Baseball traveled to West Salem for WEAA Conference action.  The Yellow Jackets won the game 13-3 to move to the .500 mark in the season for the first time since the program started back up five years ago.  In the top of the first, Jesse Brogan got a one out hit followed by an RBI double by JD Bowser.  Chase Gher walked, stole second, and JD Bowser stole home on the play.  Wyat Gher followed up with a two out RBI single to close the scoring in the first inning.  West Salem scored a run in the bottom of the first inning to trail 3-1 to the Yellow Jackets.  In the third inning, Chase Gher reached on an error and later scored by stealing home to give the Yellow Jackets a 4-1 lead.  West Salem also scored a run in the bottom of the third inning to make the score 4-2 in favor of the Yellow Jackets heading into the 4th inning.  The Yellow Jackets plated three runs in the top of the fourth inning on an RBI double by JD Bowser and a 2 RBI single by Chase Gher to take a 7-2 lead.  In the top of the fifth inning, JD Bowser had a double plating two runs and Jesse Brogan stole home to take the lead up to 10-2.  In the bottom of the 6th inning, West Salem plated a run to bring the score within 10-3, but the Yellow Jackets would score three more times in the top of the 7th inning.  Jesse Brogan had an RBI single, JD Bowser had an RBI triple, and Chase Gher had an RBI single.  This brought the final score to 13-3.  Brendan Bowser was the starting pitcher for the Yellow Jackets and Jesse Brogan relieved him to shut the door.  These two young players, a fifth grader and sixth grader respectively, pitched an outstanding ballgame.  Very happy for this group, as the Yellow Jackets have their first winning streak in the five years the program has been a co-op between Allendale and St. Mary's.

Yellow Jackets -   3  0  1  3  3  0  3  -  13

West Salem     -   1  0  1  0  0  1  0  -  3

Yellow Jackets Hitting:

Blake Strine       0-3 with 2 runs scored, 2BB, SB

Jesse Brogan     5-5 with 4 runs scored, 1 RBI, 2 SB

JD Bowser         5-5 with 3 doubles, a triple, 3 runs scored, 5 RBI, SB

Chase Gher        2-4 with 2 runs scored, BB, 3 RBI, 2 SB

Brendan Bowser  0-5

Wyatt Gher         2-5, RBI, 2 SB

Kasen Dulgar      0-3, BB

Trenton Potts      0-3 with a run scored, BB

Michael Smith     0-1 with a run scored, BB

     Tristan Bray   0-2

Yellow Jackets Pitching:

Brendan Bowser - 3.2 innings, 6 K, 3 BB, 2 hits, 2 runs, 1 HBP

Jesse Brogan -     3.1 innings, 10 K, 1 BB, 1 hit, 1 run, 1 HBP

Yellow Jackets are now 2-2 on the season.  Next up - home against Clay City in WEAA Conference play on Monday, August 27th at 4:30 pm.

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Allendale Blasts Grayville For 1st Win Of Year

On Monday, August 20th, Yellow Jackets Baseball hosted Grayville in WEAA Conference play.  The Yellow Jackets got their first victory of the season by winning 22-7 in four innings.  Grayville struck first with a run in the top of the first inning, but the Yellow Jackets bats came alive in the bottom of the first inning to take a 3-1 behind an RBI by Brendan Bowser and 2 RBI's on a single by Wyatt Gher.  In the top of the second inning, Grayville plated another run to scratch within one run.  The bottom of the second inning made the difference for the Yellow Jackets, as they jumped out to a 9-2 lead behind a three run double by Jesse Brogan and an RBI single by Brendan Bowser.  Grayville came back out in the top of the third inning and plated two more runs, but the Yellow Jackets put together a big inning behind a three run triple by JD Bowser.  After three innings, the Yellow Jackets led 20-4.  In the top of the fourth inning, Grayville plated 3 runs, but the Yellow Jackets came back in the bottom of the inning to plate 2 runs to win in four innings.  JD Bowser started pitching for the Yellow Jackets and Jesse Brogan got the final two outs to shut the door on the victory.  

Grayville -            1  1  2  3 - 7

Yellow Jackets -   3  6 11  2 - 22

Yellow Jackets Hitting:

Blake Strine       0-1 with 3 runs scored, 4 BB, 1 RBI

Jesse Brogan     2-2 with 4 runs scored, 3 BB, 5 RBI

JD Bowser         2-2 with 4 runs scored, 2 BB, 4 RBI, SB

Chase Gher        0-3 with 2 runs scored, BB, 2 RBI

Brendan Bowser  1-2 with 3 runs scored, 2 BB, 3 RBI

Wyatt Gher         2-4 with a run scored, 2 RBI

Kasen Dulgar      0-1 with a run scored, 3 BB, 2 RBI

Trenton Potts      0-2 with a run scored, 1 BB

   Michael Smith  0-1

Tristan Bray        0-1 with 3 runs scored, 3 BB, 1 RBI

 

Yellow Jackets Pitching:

JD Bowser - 3.1 innings, 7 K, 3 BB, 5 hits, 6 runs, 1 HBP

Jesse Brogan - 0.2 innings, 1 K, 3 hits, 1 run

Yellow Jackets are now 1-2 on the season.  Next up - at West Salem in WEAA Conference play on Thursday, August 23rd at 4:30 pm.

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Allendale Falls To New Hope

On Monday, August 13th, Yellow Jackets Baseball traveled to Fairfield to take on WEAA Conference foe New Hope.  New Hope jumped out to a 1-0 lead after one inning, then expanded the lead to 4-0 and 7-0 in the second and third innings respectively.  New Hope added three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 10-0 lead.  The Yellow Jackets didn't give up, as they scored six runs in the top of the fifth inning to now trail 10-6.  New Hope then scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to win the game by the final score of 17-6.  One rare feat in baseball was accomplished by the Yellow Jackets in the fourth inning, as JD Bowser turned an unassisted triple play.  With the bases loaded, JD caught a line-drive at shortstop, then stepped on second to double off one runner and ran down the runner from first base to record all three outs on one play.

Yellow Jackets - 0 0 0 0 6  = 6

New Hope        - 1 3 3 3 7  = 17

Yellow Jackets Hitting:

Blake Strine       0-2 with a run scored, BB

Jesse Brogan     1-2 with a run scored, SB, RBI, BB

JD Bowser         0-0 with a run scored, 2 BB, HBP, SB, RBI

Chase Gher        1-3 with a run scored, BB, RBI, SB

Brendan Bowser  0-2 with a BB

Wyatt Gher         0-2 with a BB, RBI

Kasen Dulgar      0-1 with a run scored, RBI

Trenton Potts      0-1

   Michael Smith  0-1 with a run scored, SB

Tristan Bray        0-3

Yellow Jackets Pitching:

Jesse Brogan  1.2 inn, 14 BF, 5 K, 8 BB, 1 HBP, 4 runs

JD Bowser      1.1 inn, 8 BF, 4 K, 3 BB, 1 Hit, 3 runs

Kasen Dulgar     0 inn, 5 BF, 2 BB, 2 Hits, 3 runs

Blake Strine     1.2 inn, 12 BF, 8 BB, 2 Hits, 7 runs

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Scheidecker Resigns As Lady Warrior Coach To Take DI Job

After one of the most successful two year runs in the NJCAA ranks, Wabash Valley College Lady Warrior basketball coach Luke Scheidecker has announced his resignation to accept a Division I assistant coaching job.

Scheidecker informed WVC officials of his resignation on Friday. Scott Allen reported on today's ATA Report on WSJD that it's believed an announcement will come Monday that Scheidecker is joining the staff at Indiana State in Terre Haute. ISU is a Division I program playing in the Missouri Valley Conference.

In his two years at WVC, Scheidecker took his teams to the NJCAA National Tournament both years compiling a 64-5 record. Before coming to Wabash Valley, Scheidecker led Shawnee to a 30 win season in his only season there.

Scheidecker took the WVC job in May of 2016 after Zach Loll resigned to take over the womens' program at Dodge City, Kansas.

The search process for Scheidecker's successor has already begun as the IECC District has the position posted on their website. 

www.iecc.edu/files_user/EMPL/Position_Announcements/Womens_BB_Coach_WVC_818.pdf

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SIU Picked to Finish 8th In 2018 Missouri Valley Football

North Dakota State has been tabbed as the Missouri Valley Football Conference pre-season favorite in a poll conducted by league coaches, media and sports information directors. NDSU has been picked first in the pre-season poll for seven-straight seasons.

North Dakota State has earned the league title for seven-straight years, four times sharing it with another league school. This year, NDSU was a unanimous choice, receiving all 39 first-place tallies and a total of 390 points. It marks just the second time in league history that a team received all of the first-place votes in the MVFC pre-season poll (NDSU also did it in 2013.) South Dakota State earned the second spot in the poll, finishing with 340 total points, followed by UNI (270), Youngstown State (258), Illinois State (248) and South Dakota (206). The league is coming off a season in which five teams represented the conference in the playoffs.

The MVFC has had four or more playoff teams in four-straight seasons (earning five each in 2014, 2015 and last year). Western Illinois was one of the league's five playoff teams a year ago, and the Leathernecks -- with new head coach Jared Elliott at the helm -- are picked seventh with 163 total points. Western is followed by Southern Illinois (139), Missouri State (90) and Indiana State (41) in the voting.

A pre-season favorite has claimed the league crown 20 times (in 32 previous polls). North Dakota State was picked to win the league last season, and the Bison earned both the league title and the national title (following a 17-13 win over previously unbeaten James Madison in the NCAA Division I Football Championship game in Frisco, Texas).

Valley Football is celebrating its 34th season in 2018. In its first 33 seasons the league owns eight national crowns. MVFC teams combined for an 8-4 record in last year's playoffs, while North Dakota State and South Dakota State both reached the semifinals. That marks the third time in the past four years in which two league teams played in the semis. North Dakota State, meanwhile, represented the league in the title game, marking the 7th-straight year at least one MVFC team has reached the championship game -- an FCS record. Notably, MVFC teams have combined for a 52-23 record in the playoffs this decade.

Only one other league has as many as 20 wins since 2010 (CAA Football is next best with 37.) The 2018 season begins Thursday, Aug. 30, with four league teams in action. Nine non-conference games feature road matchups against FBS opponents. An MVFC school has recorded a win against an FBS school in each of the past eight seasons, setting a league record in 2016 with four that year. Conference play begins Thursday, Sept. 27, as Indiana State hosts UNI in the first league tilt of the season.

The MVFC will announce its pre-season all-conference teams this week (Tuesday-Offense; Wednesday-Defense). North Dakota State tops the league with 11 total selections, including a league-best eight on the first-team unit. South Dakota State, meanwhile, has the second-most selections, with eight total honorees. Youngstown State has five firstteam selections, meanwhile, which is second-best to NDSU.

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Wabash Mission 05 Wins Father's Day Tourney

Wabash Mission 05 provided their Dads with a real nice treat this past weekend going 7-1 on the weekend, winning the 12U division of the USSSA Father’s Day tournament.  Mission played very well in their two pool-play games on Saturday winning 5-3 over the Southern Indiana Hotshots and 11-4 over the HERricanes to claim the #1 seed in the 7 team tournament.  A night of rest and an early 8 a.m. start did not fare well for the Mission girls as they came out flat, losing their first-round bracket game 4-3. A first round loss in the double elimination tournament meant a long road back to the championship, with heat indices soaring about the century mark. The loss must have woken the Mission girls and their bats up as they went on to outscore their next three opponents 40-0, including a 15-0 win over Kentucky Lightening, a 15-0 win over 12U Triple Threat, and a 10-0 win over the Southern Indiana Hotshots.  The third win of the day put Wabash Mission in the championship to face the HERricanes who provided Mission’s only loss of the weekend earlier that morning. Kadie Simmons took to the circle in the first championship game tossing a complete game, allowing 0 runs on 1 hit, striking out 4 and walking only 1 batter. The team belted out 13 hits with Carli Merritt having 3 hits (1 RBI), Libby Horton 2 hits (3 RBI), Mack Sanders 2 hits (1 RBI), Kadie Simmons 2 hits (2 RBI), Piper Belt 2 hits, Rachel Gill 1 hit (1 RBI), and Kathryn Blake 1 hit (1 RBI). Mission scored 12 runs on those 13 hits with the HERricanes recording 3 errors in the field.  Final score of the first championship game was 12-0.

The two teams had to turn around and play a three-inning game to decide the champion as each team had only suffered one loss in the double elimination bracket play. Rachel Gill was given the ball in the second championship game and came out dealing well, holding the HERricanes scoreless for the first two innings while Mission managed to scrap out a run in the first frame and a run in the second frame taking a 2-0 lead into what looked to be the final inning of the weekend.  That is when things became very interesting.  The HERricanes managed to squeak out two runs on a walk, two singles and error in the third inning, tying the game but leaving the home team an opportunity to walk it off and head home as champions. Three well struck balls all managed to record outs for Mission, resulting in an extra inning, international tie-breaker. The tie breaker started each inning with a runner on 2nd and 3rd and one out in the books.  The HERricanes managed to score 3 runs in the top of the fourth inning on an infield single followed by two throwing errors.  Wabash Mission decided that the game wasn’t quite over with Carli Merritt, Mackenzie Sanders, and Kadie Simmons all scoring on a single and fielder’s choice to tie the game once again at 5-5.  Gill walked her first batter to load the bases in the top of the fifth inning but received some great defensive help when Piper Belt caught a line drive and tossed to Selby Patberg at second base to record the third out of that inning. Mission came to the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning, once again starting with a runner on second and third with one out; Piper Belt drew a walk loading the bases. Kathryn Blake came to the plate and lined to center for the second out but was shallow enough that Mission was unable to score the run from third. Selby Patberg popped out to the third baseman to end the fifth inning. Kadie Simmons returned to pitch the top of the sixth inning for Wabash Mission and shut down the HERricanes receiving a grounder back to the pitcher and then managed to strike out the three-hole batter swinging in three pitches. Kathryn Blake was placed on second base and Selby Patberg on third base to begin the tie-breaker in the bottom of the sixth with Rachel Gill up to bat. Gill wasted no time ending the game, belting the first pitch she saw over the centerfielders head with Selby Patberg sliding head first into home plate in a walk-it-off fashion. The win provided Wabash Mission with some much needed USSSA points as they will be traveling to Gulf Shores, Alabama in July to play for a week in the USSSA National Championships. Mission 05 will take to the diamond again this weekend in Louisville, Kentucky to compete in the USSSA Kentucky State Championships.  They will be hosting their Third Annual Mission Smash on the Wabash in Mt. Carmel on July 7th and 8th.

Front row left to right: Hannah Parr, Selby Patberg, Emma Adams, Carli MerrittBack row left to right: Piper Belt, Mackenzie Sanders, Rachel Gill, Kadie Simmons, Libby Horton, Brianna Hiatt, Kathryn Blake

Front row left to right: Hannah Parr, Selby Patberg, Emma Adams, Carli Merritt

Back row left to right: Piper Belt, Mackenzie Sanders, Rachel Gill, Kadie Simmons, Libby Horton, Brianna Hiatt, Kathryn Blake

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Ella Banks Signs To Play Softball At McKendree

Family, friends, coaches, and well-wishers gathered this evening in the MCHS Gym as Ella Banks, Senior at Mount Carmel High School, signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball for McKendree University, Lebanon, IL. Ella is receiving both Athletic and Academic scholarships. 

Among her many accomplishments, Ella was named 3rd team All-State in Class 2A and was an All Big 8 Conference selection.

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VOLLEYBALL CAMP OFFERED AT WVC

Calling all volleyball enthusiasts! Wabash Valley College will be offering a Volleyball Camp for girls this summer on July 9-12 in the Spencer Sports Center. Session I will be offered from 9:00 a.m. – 11 a.m. for grades 5-6-7-8, with Session II offered from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. for grades 9-10-11-12. The cost is $90 for the 4-day camp.

Registration may be done online at www.wvcwarriorathletics.com; payment and registration may be sent to: Wabash Valley College Volleyball, 2200 College Drive, Mt. Carmel, IL 62863. Phone: 618-262-8641, ext. 3320. For any questions, contact Mark Colvin at 618-263-2918. Registration deadline for T-shirt is July 1. The concession stand will be open for campers for drinks and snacks.

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Carpenter Announces Transfer From SEMO TO WVC

A press conference was held this morning to announce that former Mt. Carmel All-Stater Justin Carpenter is transferring from Southeast Missouri to Wabash Valley College. 

During the press conference, Carpenter said there were no issues at SEMO, just that WVC is a better fit...

Last year at Division I SEMO, Carpenter finished with these stats:

Games played: 30
Minutes/game: 21.4
Points/game: 8.5
FG Pct: 52.4
3FG Pct: 27.3
FT Pct: 67.1

Rebounds/game: 4.7
Assists/game: 0.7
Turnovers/game: 1.2
Assist/turnover ratio: 0.6
Steals/game: 0.4
Blocks/game: 0.4
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