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SPORTS
After
a close call at home— By Jimmy Chesire “Where have you been?” Cheryl Meyer — Rachel’s mom — asked as we set up for another night of tee-ball. “We missed you,” Margaret Hackett — Aidan’s mom — said. “I missed you guys, too,” I said, quickly explaining my absence Friday night, July 18. I passed out while vacuuming and my wife and best friend, Robin Suits, thought I had had a heart attack. My daughter, Adrienne, called 9-1-1 and Yellow Springs police sergeant Dennis Nipper, former Babe Ruth League coach and tee-ball friend, showed up in a matter of minutes. He was standing over me when I came to. He was a great comfort, warm, friendly, calm. And kept me talking. “That’s what I’m supposed to do,” he said, smiling down at me (I was lying flat on my back on my living room floor). When the squad came rolling in it was tee-ball time in my living room. Tee-ball dad Ted Wasserman — his daughter Dakota Joy’s one of our superstars — and Chris Triplett, a former tee-ball player who is now grown, were there to take care of me. They took me to the emergency room where a ton of tests were run on me: blood tests (to check my electrolytes; to see if my heart enzymes were elevated, a strong indication of a heart attack), a chest X-ray, a CAT scan. And they checked my blood pressure and took my temperature over and over again while a score of people pressed stethoscopes to my chest, asking me to breathe. Two and a half hours later I was feeling fine. All the test results were negative. I was O.K. I did not have a heart attack. They were about to send me home. Adrienne, Robin and I were doing puzzles, (Adrienne had a book of puzzles) and when we came to the one that said “AlphabetGrid” I had the strangest sensation. “I’m having a déjà vu experience,” I said. I felt faint. I was sure I’d been here before. I had the clearest picture of doing this particular puzzle with my daughter. And then I passed out again. Only this time I was on a heart monitor and they saw it. According to my loved ones, my eyes rolled up in my head, remaining open. I turned white, alabaster white. Then yellow. And my heart rate plummeted. Adrienne rushed to get the medical people. When she got back a moment later I had no heart rate. The little squiggly, up and down, jumpetty-jump line that shows your heart rate on the monitor had gone flat. “Yes, there was a little pause,” the nurse said. “For 12–20 seconds,” the doctor said. Which meant I had to stay the night. And at 7 p.m. that night instead of being on a dusty Gaunt Park diamond with 60 amazingly wonderful tee-ball players, I was in surgery at Greene Memorial Hospital getting a pacemaker implanted in my chest. So, I missed a night of tee-ball. I’m sorry. I won’t do it again. I need the sweet, loving miracle of the Yellow Springs Perry League. I need its remarkable children, its wonderful, laughing, affirming, generous parents. I need my tee-ball, so I’ll see ya this Friday night, Aug. 1, and next Friday, Aug. 8, for our final potluck picnic trophy night. Don’t you miss it. Unless, of course, your heart stops. It’s Perry League, Yellow Springs’ unique tee-ball program for girls and boys ages 2 to 9, a program decidedly open to all our children regardless of race, color or creed. So come on out to Gaunt Park, this Friday at 6:30 p.m. Maybe I’ll show you my pacemaker scar.
Sea Dogs end regular season with big splash The Yellow Springs Sea Dogs ended their regular season with two big wins at the Gaunt Park Pool. During the Thursday, July 17, meet against Forest Ridge the Sea Dogs dominated in all age groups, as Mary Lewis, Erika Chick and Lasena Badger each took first in all three of their individual events. In the Tuesday, July 22, meet against Green Acres, the 9–10 and 15–18 year olds led the boys in racking up points. July 17 meet Girls: Sea Dogs,
191, Forest Ridge, 149 Results of the girls events: 6 and under: Logan Chapman, 2nd, 25-meter freestyle, 3rd, 25 backstroke. 8 and under: Mary Lewis, 1st, 25 butterfly, 25 backstroke, 25 freestyle; Rachele Orme, 1st, 25 breaststroke, 2nd, 25 backstroke, 25 freestyle; Erin Grote, 2nd, 25 breaststroke; Mary Triplett, 3rd, 25 breaststroke; Triplett, Orme, Lewis, Grote, 1st, 100 medley relay. 9–10: Erika Chick, 1st, 50 freestyle, 25 butterfly, 100 individual medley; Jade Turner, 1st, 25 breaststroke; Marlee Layh, 2nd, 100 individual medley, 25 freestyle, 3rd, 25 butterfly; Katie Triplett, 1st, 25 backstroke; Jenna Boettcher, 3rd, 25 backstroke. 11–12: Maiya Thornton, 1st, 50 butterfly, 50 breaststroke, 2nd, 100 individual medley; Jamie Paul, 1st, 50 backstroke; Barbara Jewell, 2nd, 100 freestyle, 3rd, 50 backstroke, 100 individual medley; Kasey Koehler, 2nd, 50 freestyle, 3rd, 100 freestyle; Chloe Ramsay, 2nd, 50 breaststroke; Jenny Barnett, 3rd, 50 butterfly; Barnett, Koehler, Thornton, Jewell, 1st 200 medley relay. 13–14: Lasena Badger, 1st, 100 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 100 individual medley; Natalie Sanders, 1st, 50 breaststroke, 2nd, 50 butterfly, 100 individual medley; Erin Turner, 2nd, 50 breaststroke, 3rd, 100 freestyle, 50 backstroke; Miriam Barcus, 2nd, 50 backstroke; Sarah Morrison, 3rd, 50 freestyle; Barcus, Sanders, Badger, Turner, 1st, 200 medley relay, 1st, 200 freestyle relay. 15–18: Katie Lovering, 1st, 50 breaststroke, 3rd, 100 individual medley; Eve GunderKline, 2nd, 100 freestyle, 50 freestyle, 3rd, 50 butterfly; Amanda Bush, 2nd, 50 backstroke, 3rd, 50 freestyle; Julia Swisher, 2nd, 100 individual medley; Elizabeth Dixon, 2nd, 50 breaststroke; Bush, Tina Chen, Emma Robinow, Caite Watson, 1st, 200 free relay. Results for the boys events: 6 and under: Ian Chick, 1st, 25 backstroke, 2nd, 25 freestyle; Alex Kellogg, 2nd, 25 backstroke, 3rd, 25 freestyle. 8 and under: Eli Seitz, 1st, 25 breaststroke, 3rd, 25 backstroke, 25 freestyle; Theron Orme, 2nd, 25 backstroke, 25 freestyle. 9–10: Tyler Qualls, 1st, 50 freestyle, 2nd, 25 butterfly, 25 freestyle; Sam Lovering, 1st, 100 individual medley, 3rd, 25 butterfly; Zeb Reichert, 3rd, 25 backstroke, 25 freestyle; Hollister Fitch, 3rd, 25 breaststroke. 11–12: Kevin Greco, 1st, 50 backstroke, 2nd, 50 breaststroke, 3rd, 50 freestyle; Owen Sanders, 1st, 50 breaststroke, 2nd, 100 individual medley, 50 freestyle, 3rd, 100 freestyle; Jeremy Paul, 1st, 50 freestyle, 2nd, 100 freestyle. 13–14: Kelby Dierking, 2nd, 100 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 2nd, 50 backstroke; Pete Lovering, 2nd, 100 individual medley, 50 breaststroke; Evan Gerthoffer, 2nd, 50 freestyle, 3rd, 50 backstroke; Malcolm Thomas, 3rd, 50 butterfly; Andrew Stratton, 3rd, 50 freestyle; Dierking, Lovering, Gerthoffer, Zane Reichert, 1st, 200 free relay. 15–18: Michael Hosket, 1st, 100 freestyle, 100 individual medley, 2nd, 50 freestyle; Aaron Zagory, 1st, 50 breaststroke, 50 freestyle, 2nd, 100 freestyle; Seth Moore, 1st, 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke, 3rd, 50 freestyle; Spencer Jordan, 2nd, 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke, 100 individual medley; Andy Chen, 2nd, 50 breaststroke; Will McCuddy, 3rd, 100 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke; Kyle McEvoy, 3rd, 100 individual medley, 50 breaststroke; Jordan, Moore, Zagory, Hosket, 1st, 200 medley relay, 100 free relay. July 22 meet Girls: Sea Dogs,
127, Green Acres, 213 Results of the girls events: 6 and under: Olivia Chick, 2nd, 25 backstroke, 3rd, 25 freestyle; Logan Chapman, 2nd, 25 freestyle, 3rd, 25 backstroke. 8 and under: Mary Lewis, 2nd, 25 butterfly, 25 backstroke, 25 freestyle; Rachele Orme, 3rd, 25 breaststroke. 9–10: Erika Chick, 2nd, 50 freestyle, 25 butterfly, 3rd, 100 individual medley; Jade Turner, 2nd, 25 breaststroke; Katie Triplett, 2nd, 25 backstroke; Jenna Boettcher, 2nd, 25 freestyle; Marlee Layh, 3rd, 50 freestyle, 25 butterfly; Aprile Doubt, 3rd, 25 breaststroke; Mary Claire Greco, 3rd, 25 backstroke. 11–12: Maiya Thornton, 2nd, 50 butterfly, 50 breaststroke, 3rd, 100 individual medley; Ryder Comstock, 2nd, 100 individual medley, 50 freestyle, 3rd, 50 butterfly; Claire Triplett, 3rd, 50 backstroke; Kasey Koehler, 3rd, 50 breaststroke. 13–14: Lasena Badger, 1st, 100 freestyle, 50 freestyle, 2nd, 100 individual medley; Natalie Sanders, 1st, 50 breaststroke, 2nd, 100 freestyle, 3rd, 100 individual medley; India Scarver, 1st, 50 backstroke; Erin Turner, 2nd, 50 butterfly, 3rd, 50 breaststroke; Miriam Barcus, 2nd, 50 backstroke; Bethany Traeger, 3rd, 100 freestyle, 50 freestyle; Morgan Butler, 3rd, 50 backstroke; Barcus, Sanders, Badger, Traeger, 1st, 200 medley relay; Sanders, Badger, Turner, Traeger, 1st, 200 free relay. 15–18: Katie Lovering, 1st, 50 breaststroke, 2nd, 100 individual medley; Eve GunderKline, 2nd, 50 butterfly, 50 freestyle; Elizabeth Dixon, 2nd, 50 backstroke, 3rd, 50 breaststroke; Caite Watson, 3rd, 100 freestyle, 50 butterfly; Tina Chen, 3rd, 100 individual medley. Results for the boys events: 6 and under: Ian Chick, 1st, 25 backstroke, 2nd, 25 freestyle; Theron Orme, 1st, 25 freestyle, 2nd, 25 backstroke; Fielding Lewis, 3rd, 25 backstroke. 8 and under: Eli Seitz, 2nd, 25 breaststroke, 3rd, 25 backstroke; Theron Orme, 3rd, 25 breaststroke. 9–10: Sam Lovering, 1st, 25 butterfly, 100 individual medley, 25 breaststroke; Roy Barnett, 1st, 50 freestyle, 25 backstroke, 2nd, individual medley; Zeb Reichert, 1st, 25 freestyle, 2nd, 25 backstroke, 3rd, 25 breaststroke; Jesse Jewell, 2nd, 50 freestyle, 25 butterfly, 25 freestyle; Hollister Fitch, 2nd, 25 breaststroke, 3rd, 25 freestyle; Fitch, Lovering, Barnett, Jewell, 1st, 100 medley relay, 100 free relay. 11–12: Owen Sanders, 1st, 100 freestyle, 50 breaststroke, 3rd, 50 freestyle; Zane Reichert, 1st, 50 backstroke, 2nd, 50 breaststroke; Ethan Brown, 2nd, 50 freestyle; Kevin Greco, 3rd, 50 breaststroke; Reichert, Greco, Sanders, Brown, 1st, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay. 13–14: Kelby Dierking, 1st, 100 individual medley, 50 breaststroke, 50 freestyle; Evan Gerthoffer, 2nd, 100 freestyle, 50 freestyle; Pete Lovering, 2nd, 50 breaststroke, 3rd, 100 freestyle, 100 individual medley; Malcolm Thomas, 2nd, 50 butterfly; Zach Reichert, 2nd, 50 backstroke; Gerthoffer, Lovering, Dierking, Reichert, 1st, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay. 15–18: Seth Moore, 1st, 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke, 3rd, 100 freestyle; Aaron Zagory, 1st, 50 freestyle, 2nd, 50 breaststroke; Michael Hosket, 2nd, 100 freestyle, 100 individual medley, 50 freestyle; Spencer Jordan, 2nd, 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke; Will McCuddy, 3rd, 100 individual medley; Jordan, Zagory, Moore, Hosket, 1st, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay.
The team will begin practicing for the fall season on Monday, Aug. 4, at 4:45 p.m. For more information, call head coach Jerome Crosswhite, 767-7232.
Major
League teams to hold year-end picnic The picnic will include All-Star baseball games, parent-child baseball games, a pool party and the awarding of trophies. For more information, call Bob Morrison at 767-1703.
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