GARY, Ind. (AP) — Evan Campbell hit a three-run home run and Kent State held off a Kentucky rally to defeat the Wildcats 3-2 on Sunday night.
The victory gave the Golden Flashes (44-17) their first NCAA regional crown in school history. Kent State will travel to Oregon for the Super Regionals.
Campbell's three-run blast was the first home run in more than 64 innings of play at the U.S. Steel Yard over the weekend.
The championship game was defined by strong starting pitching from both team as Kentucky's Chandler Shepherd and Kent State's Tyler Skulina kept the opposition scoreless through the first seven innings.
The Wildcats (45-18) answered Campbell's three-run home run with two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, but were unable to complete the rally.
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Jubilee pageant recreated in miniature in Goudhurst - BBC News
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant has been recreated in miniature form on a Kent village pond.
School children placed 300 individually decorated boats on the pond in front of a 30ft-long (9m) floating replica of the Houses of Parliament in Goudhurst.
The plywood structure, which includes a 14ft (4.3m) high Big Ben bell tower, was created over a four-week period.
A replica of the Houses of Parliament was floated on the pond to mark the Queen's Coronation in 1953.
'Jubilee superb achievement'Chairman of the Goudhurst Diamond Jubilee Committee, Richard Hillier, said: "We're British, so we are used to the rain. It doesn't bother us.
"Everyone is going to have a great time and have a bank holiday to remember. We had a fantastic 50s themed night the evening before where everyone had a fantastic time and we continue today."
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Steve Fox, 43, who lives in Tunbridge Wells, said: "It's a superb community event. Everyone is in a good mood and has got a smile on their face, and it's nice to see.
"I'm not much of a royalist but I think it's right we mark the jubilee. It's a superb achievement, both for the Queen and for our country. Things wouldn't be same in this country without her."
Peter Hoskins, 56, said: "I've never seen anything like it. It's just so life-like. It's a brilliant bit of work."
See all the latest Diamond Jubilee news and features at bbc.co.uk/diamondjubilee
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kent State One Win Away from Super Regionals - Waiting For Next Year
A surprising story continues to unfold over in Gary, Ind. The Kent State Golden Flashes, the No. 3 seed in the region, played in a historic 21-inning game in their first matchup. The Flashes won that battle 7-6 over No. 2 seed Kentucky to advance to the winner’s side.
From there, KSU just defeated No. 1 Purdue to bring its winning streak to 19 games. Here’s more from the Plain Dealer’s Elton Alexander:
A five-run second inning was the catalyst for Kent (43-17). The rally started with a two-out, two-strike single from Alex Miklos and did not end until after KSU had brought nine players to the plate.
“It was just one of those nights,” Purdue coach Doug Schreiber said. “They bunched hits together with two outs. Give them credit. They’re definitely a good offensive team.” Kent finished the game with 13 hits and three walks, while limiting strikeouts to just five.
Later today, KSU will play the winner of Kentucky and Purdue. Kent State will have the advantage of just needing to win one out of a possible two games, because of the usual double elimination format, in order to advance to the 16-team Super Regionals. The eight winners of best-of-three Super Regional series then advance to the College World Series in Omaha.
The Flashes are the only Ohio team remaining in NCAA contention. The Dayton Flyers, a No. 4 out in College Station, Texas, were eliminated with a 28-12 loss yesterday to TCU.
Source: www.waitingfornextyear.com
Kent State eliminates Bat Cats from NCAA tournament - Lexington Herald-Leader
GARY, Ind. — Evan Campbell broke up a scoreless tie with a three-run homer in the eighth inning as Kent State defeated Kentucky 3-2 Sunday night to win the NCAA regional title at U.S. Steel Yard.
The Golden Flashes (44-17) extended the longest winning streak in the nation to 20 games, completing a three-game sweep in the tournament.
Kent State edged Kentucky 7-6 in Friday's opener — at 21 innings, the second-longest game in NCAA tourney history.
The Flashes knocked off Purdue on Saturday, then got to watch as Kentucky beat Purdue in an elimination game earlier Sunday.
UK (45-18) won that game, but needed to beat Kent State in order to force another game in the double-elimination tourney.
So Kent State, making its fourth consecutive NCAA appearance, advanced to next weekend's Super Regional play at Eugene, Ore., to meet the Oregon Ducks.
UK Coach Gary Henderson said before the game that he'd use his pitching staff similar to the way he did when the Cats met Arizona in a 2008 second-game-of-the-day finale in the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Regional. He used eight pitchers in that game, which Arizona won.
Chandler Shepherd had other ideas, though.
The freshman right-hander, who picked up his first collegiate save Saturday against Valparaiso, merely came out and fired 51⁄3 innings of perfect ball — 16 up, 16 down.
Kent State's No. 8 hitter, Joe Koch, broke the perfecto with a line single to left field.
Including Saturday's save, Shepherd retired 19 in a row.
Koch was erased on a fielder's choice, with Derek Toadvine barely beating the double-play relay to first.
Henderson argued the safe call at first, and replays appeared to show the UK coach was correct.
No matter, though, as Shepherd struck out Evan Campbell.
Shepherd worked 72⁄3 innings, gave up four hits and a walk, striking out four.
He left with the game scoreless, but with runners on the corners.
Alex Phillips came in, and Campbell drove the first pitch to the railing above the right-field wall.
It was the only home run of the tournament.
Kent State righty Tyler Skulina was on his game as well.
Blanking the Cats on three hits through seven innings, he finally got chased when J.T. Riddle led off the eighth with a single and pinch-hitter Jeff Boehm drove an RBI double off the center-field wall.
That knocked out Skulina.
UK added another run on Thomas McCarthy's sacrifice fly, but couldn't push another run across against Casey Wilson.
Both teams finished with six hits. Riddle was the only player from either team with more than one, a pair of singles.
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Source: www.kentucky.com
Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrated in Kent - BBC News
Thousands of people in towns and villages across Kent have taken part in street parties to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
In Dover, visitors joined in the Big Lunch and watched events in London on the BBC's big screen.
More than a dozen Kent boats - including World War II supply ship Vic96 - have been among the hundreds of vessels in London's Jubilee Pageant.
Skipper Derek Gransden said: "It's all very exciting."
His vessel was part of the Avenue of Sail which features boats that are too tall to travel under bridges and stretches from London Bridge to Wapping.
Before the event started, he said: "We're just between Tower Bridge and London Bridge opposite the Belfast, we're lined up with lots of Thames barges.
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"Believe it or not the banks have been jam-packed with people since about six o'clock this morning despite the fact that it's been pouring with rain.
"We get the luxury of watching it [the pageant] all go up, as it has done this morning to get on station, and then watching them come back this afternoon."
Floating parliamentA replica of the Houses of Parliament has also been unveiled in Goudhurst.
The 30ft-long (9m) plywood structure, which includes a 14ft (4.3m) high Big Ben bell tower, was created over four weeks and is now floating in the village pond.
Hundreds of small wooden boats made by local schoolchildren were placed in the water on Sunday at 15:00 BST to recreate the pageant taking place in London.
A replica of the Houses of Parliament was floated on the pond to mark the Queen's Coronation in 1953.
In Tunbridge Wells, young and old braved the weather to enjoy a picnic and slices of Jubilee cake.
Barbara Macnab, 44, of Ticehurst, said: "We came down because we wanted to join in the celebration of the Jubilee and there wasn't anything in our village.
Bruce Forsyth's daughter Julie was among the hundreds of people dancing on Ramsgate seafront
"It's a big thing for the children because they won't see anything like this again. I want them to remember it and be able to tell their grandchildren. It's nice to see everybody getting involved and celebrating - united."
She added: "The Queen's done a marvellous job considering how young she was when she started."
A tea party and mass zumba dance challenge involving 1,000 people was held in Ramsgate.
Meanwhile people in Gillingham were invited to dress up as as a famous personality from the past 60 years to mark the Queen' Diamond Jubilee at the town's Big Lunch event.
See all the latest Diamond Jubilee news and features at bbc.co.uk/diamondjubilee
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Stores' own brands taste just as good-and could save families a fortune - Daily Record
Jun 3 2012 By Jane Barrie
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WITH the recession continuing to bite, savvy shoppers are going back to basics in search of big savings.
Marks & Spencer are the latest retail giants to launch their own budget food range under-cutting the big brands.
Consumer experts estimate canny shoppers can save up to £800 a year by switching to own label bargain brands, without compromising on taste or quality.
But which products are worth trading down to and which are not? We asked Sunday Mail chef Michael Kilkie to give five shopping basket staples the once-over.
He compared budget ranges from Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Tesco and M&S, rating bread, baked beans, teabags, cornflakes and milk chocolate digestive biscuits for taste and value.
And while the packaging was cheaper and more difficult to open, the products were often as good as their big-brand equivalents.
Michael, executive chef at The Cricklewood, The Byre and The Waverley Tea Room in Glasgow, gave M&S the thumbs-up for tea and baked beans.
That’s despite their Simply M&S range being up to four times the price of the other stores’ value ranges.
Morrisons’ Savers bread, at just 47p, won hands down as did Tesco Everyday Value cornflakes, at 31p.
And Sainsbury’s basics chocolate digestives, 41p, were great for dunking.
Michael said: “They’ve scrimped on packaging. Some of the cornflakes come in bags, not boxes, and the biscuits don’t have a tear strip so are difficult to open. But these are all things that keep costs down.
“Some basics are better than others but I’d have no qualms about trading down.
“You have to pay a premium for decent tea, for example, and you can’t really compromise too much on baked beans.
“That said, the basics tea bags from Sainsbury’s almost match the M&S £1.35 ones on taste but are a quarter of the price.
“The winning bread from Morrisons impressed me as did the cornflakes from Tesco.
“And you’d be hard-pushed to spot the difference in quality in the cheap chocolate digestives.”
Martin Lewis, of consumer website moneysavingexpert.com, backs Michael’s theory.
He said: “Our research shows downshifting can cut 15 per cent off a family’s shop, saving more than £800 a year without noticing any difference.
“But I’m not about to argue that you should buy no-frills everything. The aim is to down-shift only where you can’t tell the difference.
“If you don’t like the lower brand level, switch back. Yet you’ll be surprised in how few things you notice the change.
“Taste with your mouth, not with your eyes, as the packaging and look of a product has a big psychological effect. Years of retail hypnosis means that because we know something is more expensive, we assume it’s better.
“And don’t assume down-shifting is worse nutritionally as often lower- cost products can be better as there are fewer flavourings, colourings and chemicals.”
Bread Best Buy: Morrisons Savers-47p
Appealing, really soft and the crust is a bit lighter in colour than the rest. Great value.
Biscuits Best Buy: Sainsbury's Basics-24p
Twenty-four per cent chocolate but smaller biscuit so feels like more. Good value.
Cornflakes: Tesco Everyday Value-31p
Substantial, crunchy and slightly sweeter than the rest. Most like a mainstream brand.
Tea: Sainsbury's Basics-27p
One hundred per cent Fairtrade. Good cuppa if you allow the bag to diffuse.
Beans: Simply M&S-41p
Forty-nine per cent beans, 32 per cent tomato. Beans slightly bigger than rest with good flavour.
Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk
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