March 2023

By Tim Glon
www.onusports.com

No. 16-ranked Ohio Northern saw its NCAA III Women's Basketball Tournament run end in the third round on Friday night, March 10, with a 67-43 loss at No. 2 Transylvania (Ky.) at the Beck Center.

The Polar Bears end their season with a 25-5 record, while the Pioneers (30-0) advanced to the Sectional finals to play No. 6 New York U. on Saturday night. (Transy beat NYU 79-63).

"I am so proud of what our team has accomplished," ONU head coach Mark Huelsman said. "We accomplished so much for our campus community this year. The team put us back on the map at a national level in Division III. We had an impact on this campus that would not have happened without our tournament run."

Transy made five first quarter three-pointers en route to a 23-11 lead after 10 minutes of play.

TU then opened the second period on an 11-2 run to go up 34-13 with 7:37 left in the half.

Northern went on a 9-0 run, capped by a three from senior Brynn Serbin (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny), to claw back within 38-27 with 1:39 left in the period. But the hosts would score the final five points of the half to lead 43-27 at intermission.

The Pioneers would then score the first 12 points of the third period to cap a 17-0 run and extend their lead to 55-27 with 4:11 left in the third quarter.

LUNAFEST®, a fundraising film festival dedicated to amplifying stories by women and gender nonconforming filmmakers, and bringing people together in their communities, will be hosted by Soroptimist International of Kenton/Hardin County at Kenton 3 Theater in Kenton on April 1, 2023.  

Scouting is approaching its 116th anniversary since our founding in England in 1907 and this past February 8 was the 113th birthday of the Boy Scouts of America. The founder of Scouting, Lord Baden Powell, called Scouting a game with a purpose.   

The founding of Scouting was somewhat of an accident.  While Lord Baden Powell was a General for the British Army prior to the turn of the century, serving during wars in Africa and India, he wrote a book for military scouts called Aids to Scouting.  Much to his surprise when he returned to England, adolescent boys were acquiring his book that he had written for adults. 

On his return from Africa in 1903, Baden-Powell found his military training manual, Aids to Scouting, had become a best-seller, and was being used by teachers and youth organizations. Baden-Powell decided to re-write Aids to Scouting to suit a youth readership. In August 1907, he held an encampment on Brownsea Island to test out his ideas with approximately 20 boys.

After his observations on Brownsea Island, Baden Powell wrote Scouting for Boys from his findings and experiences. The Scouting movement exploded all over England.