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University of Denver Losses Trophy

Friday, March 12th, 2010

denver hockey 300x224 University of Denver Losses TrophyThe Gold Pan-deciding game Saturday night was expected to be a thriller. Instead, it unfolded as unexpectedly as the University of Denver’s loss at home Friday that created the climatic conclusion to the two-game series and regular-season finale.

Befitting of the country’s top-ranked team, the traveling trophy traveled back to Denver after the Pioneers pounded Colorado College 7-3 to win the season series with a 2-1-1 record. A sellout World Arena crowd of 7,746 witnessed DU at its best.

“We were really good,” Denver coach George Gwozdecky said. “Our puck possession, especially in the offensive zone, and our transition game — the guys were very sharp. I think maybe we wanted it a little more.”

In producing its NCAA-high 25th win, DU scored three times within the first 12 minutes and built a 6-0 lead midway through the game.

“When I came to Denver, I never thought it would come down to the last game of the regular season, and at CC, to get the Gold Pan back for us, but it says a lot about our team,” DU senior Tyler Ruegsegger of Lakewood said. “We wanted it bad. I’m so proud of how we came out tonight. We worked hard and deserve that trophy.”

The Pioneers (25-7-4), who previously won the Denver Cup and MacNaughton Cup as Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season champions, took ownership of the Gold Pan for the first time since 2006. They swept the three trophies for the first time since 2005.

“The frustrations that our seniors went through the last three years (with CC) have been enormous,” DU captain Rhett Rakhshani said. “They’d beat us and rub it in our face. We had enough, and we stood our ground. We had the last laugh. You never know what’s going to happen the rest of the season, but as far as the Gold Pan is concerned, we have it.”

DU junior wing Kyle Ostrow had a team-high three points, including the first and fifth goals. Rakhshani, junior center Jesse Martin and sophomore wing Joe Colborne each had a goal and an assist, and Ruegsegger had two helpers.

CC captain Mike Testwuide, who had the game-winning assist in Friday’s 2-1 upset win at Magness Arena, scored his 19th and 20th goals after the game was out of reach.

“They were good,” CC coach Scott Owens said of the WCHA top-seeded Pioneers, who host 10th-seeded Michigan Tech on Friday to begin a three-game league playoff series. “They’re deep. They played hard. They were hungry. We never got our legs going. . . . It was a reversal from (Friday) night, no doubt.”

The Tigers (18-15-3) finish sixth in the WCHA and open the postseason Friday at fifth- seeded Minnesota-Duluth. CC is tied for 21st in the PairWise Rankings and probably has to win the WCHA playoff title to advance to the 16-team NCAA Tournament.

DU is No. 1 in the PairWise and assured of an NCAA berth.

“Now the regular season is over with and the best part of the season is here,” Gwoz- decky said.

Denver 3 3 1 — 7
Colorado College 0 1 2 — 3

First period — 1, Denver, K. Ostrow 14 (Martin, Maiani), 5:50. 2, Denver, Glasser 3 (Dewhurst, Vossberg), 7:00. 3, Denver, Martin 11 (K. Ostrow), 11:53. Penalties — Marciano, CC (hooking), :45; Johnson, CC (tripping), 13:18; Colborne, DU (interference), 13:49; Wiercioch, DU (unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:09; Schwartz, CC (unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:09.

Second period — 4, Denver, Colborne 20 (Rakhshani, Ruegsegger), 1:19. 5, Denver, K. Ostrow 15 (unassisted), 9:39. 6, Denver, Gifford 2 (Colborne), 9:30. 7, Colorado College, Testwuide 19 (Hamburg), 13:25. Penalties — Wiercioch, DU (tripping), 3:37; Brookwell, DU (tripping), 4:04; Donovan, DU (hooking), 18:32.

Third period — 8, Colorado College, Johnson 13 (McMillin, Marciano), 6:59; 9, Colorado College, Testwuide 20 (Fredheim, Schwartz), 15:33. 10, Denver, Rakhshani 20 (Ruegsegger), 16:07 (pp). Penalties — Prosser, CC (contact to head), 15:45; Dewhurst, DU (unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:07; Hall, CC (unsportsmanlike conduct), 16:07.

Shots — DU 8-19-8 — 35. CC 12-11-13 — 36. Power plays — DU 1 of 4. CC 0 of 4. Goalies — DU, Cheverie (22-4-3) 36 shots-33 saves. CC, Howe (16-14-3) 8-5, O’Brien 27-23. A — 7,746.

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New Orleans Saints and thier Trophy

Monday, March 8th, 2010

New Orleans Saints 300x300 New Orleans Saints and thier TrophyIt’s safe to assume now that New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton has had a few weeks to digest the franchise’s Super Bowl title and has returned to work, he has finally let the shiny Lombardi trophy out of his grasp.

The last the public saw of the Lombardi trophy, awarded to the Saints for their 31-17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV, Payton was still clutching the coveted prize during the Orpheus parade.

The big question now is: Where does the Lombardi trophy go next? Will it reside in a trophy case at the team’s Metairie facility? Will it tour the state? Will it be on display somewhere for locals to view?

At the moment, even the Saints aren’t sure.

Following a whirlwind of touring and a little vacation time for several members of the Saints’ front office, the Saints brass hasn’t had much time to contemplate the future of the trophy.

There won’t be a shortage of ideas, however.

Already Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis, in an interview with Sports Illustrated writer Peter King, has suggested that the Saints might take the trophy on a state tour.

Payton also reportedly has said he’d consider doing something like the NHL does with the Stanley Cup, and allow his players to take it for a day.

But that decision will be left up to Saints owner Tom Benson, Loomis said.

Saints spokesman Greg Bensel said a decision could come soon.

If the Saints decide to take the trophy to all 64 parishes in Louisiana, they’ll be following a pattern set by the Colts, who took the Lombardi trophy to nearly 100 towns in Indiana after their victory in Super Bowl XLI.

Colts senior executive vice president Pete Ward said their organization came up with the idea when the team reachedsuperbowltrophy New Orleans Saints and thier Trophy the AFC championship game in 1995, before finally getting to implement the plan when the team won the Super Bowl in 2007.

“Like New Orleans, we are a small market and we need to be a regional team, ” Ward said. “And if we are going to be a regional team then we have to have fans in all corners of the state. And our state has responded.

“It was a basketball state when we moved here; now it’s a football state in every corner. And we felt that it was without question that we needed to take that trophy to all corners of our state and let the fans appreciate it, because it was as much their trophy as it was ours.”

The Colts, however, are one of the few NFL franchises to take such measures.

The Pittsburgh Steelers, who won Super Bowl titles in 2006 and 2009, haven’t displayed their trophies much publicly. All of their NFL-best six Lombardi trophies are displayed at the team’s headquarters, according to a Steelers official.

After the New York Giants won Super Bowl XLII in 2008, the Giants didn’t follow the lead of the Colts and travel with the trophy around the state, a Giants official said. But they did bring the trophy along to many of the organization’s charity events. And the trophy, along with the franchise’s other two championship trophies, is now stored in a glass case in the lobby of the Giants’ front office.

Meanwhile, the Colts’ Lombardi Trophy still hasn’t found a home. Colts officials said rarely does a week go by that the trophy is in the same place. Since winning the award, the Colts have loaned out the Lombardi to many community organizers wishing to allow fans to get an up-close look at the prestigious award.

“We don’t know of any other organization that has done it, ” Ward said. “It’s something that when we did it, it was almost like the second coming of the Beatles in every little town that it went to. It went to nearly 100 towns in Indiana and it was incredibly well-received.

“The feedback that we got back was so exciting I can just imagine in Louisiana you’d need the National Guard for security. I think that would be an awesome thing to do in Louisiana.”

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Jostens Trophy Finalist

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

The Josten Trophy is a national award created by the Rotary Club of Salem, Virginia, to honor the most outstanding men’s Division III basketball player of the year.  The award takes into account three vital parts: basketball ability, academic prowess and community service.  The trophy models the Rotary International motto of “Service above Self” by recognizing those who truly fit the ideal of the well-rounded Division III student-athlete.  This year’s trophy marks the 13th year the ward has been presented.

McKeehan helped lead his team to a 21-7 record and a share of its second straight Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) regular season title.  He played in all 28 games for the Saints, including 26 starts and led the team in scoring with a 15.6 points per game average.  McKeehan also had a team-leading .632 field goal percentage while averaging 4.9 rebounds per game.  A solid all-around player, he also was the team leader with 64 assists and 63 steals.

In the classroom, McKeehan carries a perfect 4.00 grade point average with a double major in Economics and Business Finance.  Last week he was named the College Division ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Men’s Basketball Player of the Year by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

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PBA Brings World Series Trophy to Village Hall

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

worldseriestrophy PBA Brings World Series Trophy to Village HallThe Larchmont Police Benevolent Association is bringing the World Series trophy to Larchmont on Wednesday, February 24 from 3-5 pm – and holding Mayor Liz Feld to her promise of impartiality, at least when it comes to displaying major league baseball trophies in Village Hall.

Larchmont Police Detective James Cristiano an ardent Yankee fan and past president of the Larchmont PBA has orchestrated the trophies display in the courtroom at Village Hall, 120 Larchmont Avenue. He said he was motivated by a Larchmont Gazette article from 2008 which announced the mayor’s effort to bring the 2007 World Series trophy to Larchmont after the Red Sox beat the Mets.

Mayor Feld’s husband works for the Red Sox organization, but in 2008, she told the Gazette, “If the Mets had won, I’d have asked them.”

Since then, though, the trophy has not returned to Larchmont.

Until now – thanks to Detective Cristiano and the PBA.

The detective wrote to an acquaintance with the Yankee organization requesting that the trophy come to Larchmont. In his letter, he explained about the mayor’s pledge of impartiality and how having the trophy come to Village Hall would be a fitting sendoff for the mayor’s last month in office. (Mayor Feld‘s term ends in March and she is not running again.)

Last Friday, Detective Cristiano got the good news from the Yankees.

“Of course, being a former DARE officer, I’ll be going over to the schools to invite the children,” said Detective Cristiano. “Because, of course, that’s what this is all about.”

An honor guard of officers has volunteered to provide security for the trophy during its visit, at no cost to the taxpayers, explained Detective Cristiano.

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28th Lambert Meadowlands Trophy

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

For the record 28th time Penn State has been crowned the top football program in the east by the ECAC and were awarded the Lambert Meadowlands Trophy to mark the occasion. The Lambert Meadowland Trophy is awarded annually to the top FBS college football team in the east by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. According to a Penn State press release no four teams can combine to equal the number of Lambert Meadowlands Trophies won by the Nittany Lions, a testament to the power of Penn State football historically in the east.

The 2009 season marked the second consecutive season in which Penn State was named the top team in the East. It is the third time in the past decade that Penn State won the award, second most only to Miami (2000-2004). The Nittany Lions were named the best in the east five times in the 1990’s and 1980’s. No team has matched Penn State’s five year run from 1971 to 1975 as the winners of the trophy.

In addition to team awards there are individual awards bestowed upon the east’s top players. This year five Penn State players were named ECAC All-Stars at the FBS level. Quarterback Daryll Clark, linebacker Navorro Bowman, tackle Dennis Landolt, center Stefen Wisniewski, and defensive tackle Jared Odrick were the all-stars representing Penn State. Clark was tabbed the ECAC Player of the Year for the FBS level.

The FCS National champion Villanova Wildcats were awarded the FCS equivalent to the Lambert Meadowlands Trophy, the Lambert Cup. This is Villanova’s third Lambert Cup (1992, 2002, 2009). California University of Pennsylvania took the Division 2 Lambert Cup for the second time in three years. Wesley College, from Delaware, won the Division 3 Lambert Cup. Pennsylvania clearly looks to be a football power in the east region.

The FBS program with the second most number of Lambert Trophies is Army, believe it or not. Army though has not received a trophy since 1958, and Pitt and Syracuse are creeping up on the service academy. It remains unlikely that any team will catch Penn State, who has at least a 21 trophy lead on the east rivals. When the Nittany Lions made a jump to the Big Ten it was thought that the Lambert Meadowlands Trophy competition would become more wide open. Though it took a few seasons for that to happen (Penn State won the 1994, 1996, 1997, and 1998 trophies) the teams from the Big East began a run of six straight seasons winning the trophy, highlighted by Miami’s four year run. Before that stretch Penn State had not gone more than two seasons without winning the award since 1961.

Looking ahead I think there is a good chance that Pittsburgh takes the 2010 Lambert Trophy, as I expect a bit of a down season with young talent leading the way for Penn State. Pitt also has a good nucleus that could lead to a Big East championship run in 2010, which could put them in the lead for the Lambert Trophy next season. But in 2011 Penn State could easily be back in front.

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Arsenal has pride but no trophies

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Arsene Wenger in an interview with Arsenal’s official magazine has told the fans that they should be very proud of the club and what they have achieved.

The only problem is that they have heard it all before and if they end up yet another season without a trophy then the fans may not be as proud as what he hopes they will be.

Comparing the finances with Chelsea and Man Utd Wenger spoke up Arsenals position saying

“There are three clubs in the fight for the championship – when you see how much money the others have invested, we have not to be ashamed,”

“There are two main trophies in our job – the Champions League and the Premier League; today, we can still win them both.

“In addition, the club is in a healthy situation and we have a fantastic young side.”

Wenger though forgets that he has been saying they have a fantastic young side for years without any tangible success.

He also dismissed what other people are say

“What other people think is less important – what happens here is the deciding factor, along with how much belief we put into our game,” he said.

“We are in a fantastic position and it is now about how we turn it our way.

“In the position we are in, we do not need to calculate – the best way is to win one game, and then win the next one.

“I believe Arsenal fans can be very proud of their club, and that is at least what we try to give them – pride.”
Pride is a good thing and Wenger has done a tremendous job and is rightly classed as an elite manager but you know what? Even the patient Arsenal fans want a trophy now and one can be forgiven for thinking that they wont accept too many more excuses if they end trophy-less again.

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English trio

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Three English Premier League sides face tough away tests in the second leg of their Europa League round-of-32 matches this week as they look to protect precarious single-goal leads.

Liverpool, Everton and Fulham are all one goal up following the first matches of the competition’s knockout phase and for the two Merseyside clubs this remains the last chance of winning silverware this season.

Rafael Benitez’s side take a 1-0 lead to Romanian champions Unirea Urziceni, David Moyes’s men are 2-1 up as they play away at Sporting Lisbon and Roy Hodgson’s Fulham meet the winners of the last ever UEFA Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, with the London side also taking a 2-1 lead to Ukraine.

The Europa League is the rebranded successor to the trophy won by the Ukrainian side last year.

It would be something of a consolation prize for Liverpool after their group-stage elimination from the Champions League, but Reds manager Benitez knows he needs to win a trophy to quell growing supporter unrest as his side trail 16 points behind Chelsea in the Premier League.

“When you win a European competition it is always very important,” the Spaniard said.

“If you cannot be in the Champions League, you have to do your best in this tournament and we would love to give a trophy to our fans. We want to do something important.”

Liverpool’s bitter rivals Everton are enjoying a mini-revival of late after beating domestic title challengers Chelsea and Manchester United in recent weeks.

Toffees captain Phil Neville told Sky Sports that, while Everton’s main priority is to qualify for Europe, the players want to win what would be the club’s first honour since their 1995 FA Cup triumph.

“We’d love to win a trophy,” Neville said.

“At the start of every season we look to win a trophy and for a club that’s progressing like ours it’s always the next step — this team’s got to be winning trophies.”

In the pick of the other matches, Juventus will hope to protect a 2-1 lead at home to Dutch giants Ajax, while PSV Eindhoven bid to overturn a 1-0 deficit at home to Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s new club, Hamburg.

Claudio Ranieri’s Roma saw their 20-match unbeaten run come to an end when they lost their first-leg match against Greece’s Panathinaikos 3-2.

Roma’s on-loan Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni is set to miss the game in the Italian capital with a calf problem.

One-time European champions Marseille could rest a number of key players in their game against FC Copenhagen ahead of Sunday’s ‘Le Clasico’ showdown with bitter rivals Paris Saint-Germain.

Didier Deschamps’s side are on the brink of a place in the last 16 after comprehensively beating the Danish champions 3-1 away in the first leg.

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Wheelers present their trophies

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Members of the North Norfolk Wheelers Cycling Club and their partners met at the Links Hotel in West Runton to celebrate the successes of the 2009 cycling season at their annual presentation dinner.

Trophies were presented by the chairman, C J Knowles, and guest-of-honour Kathy Griffiths.

Will Dorsett scooped five of the 16 trophies. He is the most successful rider in the club and has been a regular winner of club events over the past few years.

Close behind was Guy Thorold, who won four trophies in his first trophy-winning year and it will be tough for him to match his successes in 2010 as the competition is already gearing up.

Other winners were Paul Bailey, Graham Davison, Jason Spencer and Andrew Knowles.

The Clubman of Year for 2009 was Bruce Williams who has committed a lot of time to marshalling local events and fulfilling the club’s commitment to marshal national events.

The David Killingback Trophy for most improved rider, presented by his widow Janet, went to Guy Thorold.

The Chairman’s Trophy, introduced this year, went to Nick Rivett for outstanding performance.

Keith Crane, life president of the Wheelers, organised a collection during the evening for Craig Wood, a young man who lost his limbs in Afghanistan.

Club members generously raised £120 which will be sent to help Craig with his rehabilitation.

If you are interested in joining any of the club runs or events or want to find out more about training sessions visit the website at www.nnwheelers.co.uk

Trophy winners: 10×10 mile time trials: Will Dorsett; 10×10 mile time trials (handicap): Guy Thorold; Zak Carr Trophy 10m time trial (handicap): Jason Spencer; 15 mile handicap: Andrew Knowles; 18.5 mile Hilly): Will Dorsett; 18.5 Hilly (handicap): Paul Bailey; 25 Miles: Will Dorsett; 25 Mile Vets: Paul Bailey; 50 Miles: Graham Davison.

Hill Climb (Mike Kemp Trophy: Will Dorsett; Hill Climb (handicap): Guy Thorold; Best All-Rounder: Will Dorsett; Best All-Rounder (handicap): Guy Thorold; Most Improved Rider (David Killingback Trophy): Guy Thorold.

Clubman of the Year: Bruce Williams.

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Trophies History: Brief

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

atrophy Trophies History: BriefAwards and trophies have been used to mark outstanding victories since the ancient times. The English word trophy itself was derived from the French trophée in 1513, “a spoil or prize of war”, from Latin trophaeum meaning ‘monument to victory’.

In ancient Greece, trophies themselves were made on the battlefields of victorious battles from captured arms and standards, and were hung upon a tree or a large stake made to resemble a warrior. These were often inscribed with a story of the battle and dedicated to various gods. Trophies made for naval victories sometimes consisted of entire ships (or what remained of them) laid out on the beach. To destroy a trophy was considered a sacrilege and an unforgivable crime.

The ancient Romans however kept their trophies much closer to home. They built magnificent trophies in Rome, including columns and arches atop great foundations. Unfortunately most of the stone trophies that once adorned huge stone memorials in Rome have been long since stolen.

Moving on to the Middle Ages, chalices were often given to winners of sporting events at least as early as the very late 1600s. For example the Kyp Cup (made by silversmith Jesse Kyp), a small two-handled sterling cup in the Henry Ford Museum, was given to the winner of a horse race between two towns in New England in about 1699. Chalices, particularly, are associated with sporting events, and were traditionally made in silver. Winners of horse races, and later boating and early automobile races, were the typical recipients of these trophies. The Davis Cup, Stanley Cup, and numerous World Cups are all now famous cup-shaped trophies given to sports winners.

Today, trophies are much less expensive, and thus much more pervasive, thanks to mass-produced plastic trophies. If you’re looking for quality however, there are many specialist companies that deal with creating an extensive range of crystal awards and glass trophies, bespoke awards, desk items, key rings, paperweights, and promotional gifts.

Trophies can take the shape of two-handled cups, bowls, or mugs (all usually engraved); statues of people, animals, and architecture while displaying words, numbers or images. Many different styles are available, and it is completely up to the customer which style and design they prefer for their ceremony. Styles include the dome tower, steeple, tapered portrait, cube and monochrome.

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You Can Touch the Trophy

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Wyoming Cowboys head football coach Dave Christensen will be in Casper tonight, and he’s bringing hardware with him.

Christensen and his staff will be at the Parkway Plaza Hotel for a free reception from 6 to 8 p.m., and all Cowboy fans are welcome. There will be complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.

The staff is bringing both the Bronze Boot and New Mexico Bowl trophies, which the Cowboys won after beating Fresno State 35-28 in double overtime in the first of the NCAA’s 34 post-season bowl games on December 19.

The staff will also review the 2010 recruiting class, and discuss the 2010 season.

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