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I THINK AT SOME POINT every boy imagines hes an athlete. Maybe its when hes dunking Super-man briefs into a laundry basket; maybe its his first base hit in tee-ball; maybe its after juggling a soccer ball five times consecutively. For oth-ers it may occur routinely; it may be something they experience through-out their entire lives. Me? I think I probably peaked as a pre-teen.

My last great athletic moment happened in Little League. I remember knocking a home run over the snack bar at Great Valley Little League and trotting round the bases like a conquering hero. We could well have been losing that game; I couldnt have cared less. But, after failing to make the middle school baseball team, and riding the bench through seventh and eighth-grade football at Fugett, my hopes kinda puttered out. I found moderate success in club rugby at East (there wasnt much competition for a starting position), and enjoyed four years full of massive concussions and dislocated joints. After earning the nickname papier-mch man, I decided it was time to leave the athletic endeavors behind.

But this issues not about people like me; its about people whove dedicated their lives to a singular desire achieved through strength, coordination and intelligence. Its about continental champions, international stars and leaders whove reached the pinnacle of their profession, and they all have one thing in common: West Chester.

Theres the pan-American wrestling champion and Olympic hopeful training at WCU who just so happens to be a woman. There are three skaters who got their break with a sponsorship from Fair-mans, whove gone on to lead impressive professional careers. Theres the WCU junior whos a professionally ranked trick-shot pool player with more than a million viral views to his credit. And, of course, theres Matt Schaub, the Pro-Bowl MVP and West Chester East grad.

Im not generally a sports enthusiast. I couldnt tell you the Fly-ers first line or even begin to guess the Sixers record. Still, I find this issue exciting; its a small-town magazine with world-class talent, and not for the first time. What is a first for The WC Press is that Im only minimally responsible for the finished product. Publishing this issues been just as much a team sport as any athletic endeavor. With-out the help of Tom Boyd, thered be no Matt Schaub interview. Without Luke Darigan, thered be no pro skate photos. Without my high school friends Andrew Van and Chris Palmer, Id have no one to author our two feature stories. Really, producing this issue has left me feeling like a 90s-era Phil JacksonIve surrounded myself with talented players and have learned to trust them to accomplish their objectives.

I suppose the easy ending here would be declaring this issue a home run, suggesting the stories are a slam dunk or that we knocked this one out of the park, but I cant find a way to reference sports without it seeming an awful clich. So, Ill say this: I remember feeling pretty pleased with myself as I rounded the bases after that booming, 250-foot homer I crushed as a 12-year-old, and while my athletic career went downhill from there, the production of this maga-zine has left me with a remarkably familiar feeling. Dan Mathers

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Devin Toner was absent-mindedly slicing fruit and prepping for his shift when we walked in at 4pm and put him on the spot for a chat about music, whiskey and Alibis

How long have you been bartending? Ten years.And how long have you been here? Since it opened.Where else have you bartended? Conshohocken. North Caro-

lina. The Main Line.Do you live in West Chester now? No.Well then, what brought you here? My general manager.Whos that? Steve SperaAnd howd he get you here? I worked with him before. He asked

me to come here.Where was that? MixxAnd where is Mixx? In VillanovaDo you like it better here. Yeah.And whys that? Shiiiiiit. Good people?This is going to be an boring-ass interview if you dont start

elaborating. I know. Im just not a big talker. Just say. Just say the vibe, the entertainment, my regulars and the clientele in general.

Whats good about the clientele? Well, theyre not the type to order fancy drinks. Here Im just pouring straight liquor, whereas at all the other bars where Ive worked it was all martinis.

See, youre getting the hang of this. Well, I had just called Steve [Spera] when you guys showed up, and thats when I found out Id be doing this. I was like, Im bartender of the month? Great. Id have gone tanning if somebody had told me!

Tanning, huh? Yeah. Gotta look good. Oh, and can you run at least one normal picture of me so the ladies dont think Im crazy?

Sure, but back to the interview. Whats the most common or-der here? For the girls, its vodka and something. You know, vodka and cranberry, vodka and soda. For the guys its PBR and pickle backs.

Really? Why? You got me bro. Im all about whiskey as much as the next guy, but Jesus

Well, what do you drink? Amstel Light and Fireball. If Im feel-ing a little frisky, a slightly dirty Ketel on the rocks.

Guess you missed out on the craft beer movement. Honestly, I dont want flavor in my beer. I just want easy drinking to chase what-ever straight shot Im taking.

At least you admit its flavorless. Oh, yeah. Its the European Miller Lite. But, we do have lots of seasonal and craft beers here.

You said you liked the entertainment, right? Yeah. I work Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, and we have live music on Thursday and Saturday. We get some great bands coming through.

Whos your favorite? I dont want to hurt anybodys feelings.Ah, cmon. Im sure they can handle it. Fine. Probably Hot-D

and Lost in Paris.Two pretty good names. Alibis is all about live music? We have

great music, but its also an awesome sports bar.Want to talk about sports? Finally, something I know.Ok. Lets talk sports, but, like, in terms of Alibis. Alright. Well,

we have different specials for all Phillies games, and, depending on the night, well show the game on our 12-foot HD screen. Plus, we put all the different games on all the other TVs.

In conclusion, where do you see yourself in five years? On a beach on an island somewhere making cheesesteaks and cheeseburg-ers and renting jet skis and snorkels out of the same bodega.

Thats the first question you didnt hesitate to answer. Oh, and I almost forgot: Ill be selling delicious beverages, too.

Ill see you there. WCP

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As owner of West Chester Sports and Social Club, its Tim Horans job to ensure youre having fun and staying active

Whats your best sport? Baseball and softball are my best sports. I went to Phillies Phantasy Camp in 2009 and hit a single to left field off former Phillies pitcher Dickie Noles!

Whats your worst sport? Cmon! Im 54! Do you have to ask? Basketball, of course.

How many sports leagues do you host each year? We currently offer leagues for softball, volleyball, and cornhole.

Whats the busiest league? Softball is our strongest sport, with more than 70 teams. We offer both coed and mens leagues.

How did you get into this job? In the fall of 1998 I registered as an individual player for coed touch football in Fairmount Park with the Philadelphia Sport and Social Club. As soon as I set foot on the field the first time, I immediately fell in love with the business. Within a few weeks I began working for the PSSC as a part-timer. In 2004 I was hired by the PSSC as its full-time director, and I bought the com-pany with my business partner Dan Feeney in 2008. We created the West Chester Sport and Social Club in the spring of 2009.

Why West Chester? I grew up in West Chester. After my father died in 2008, my wife Kelly and I purchased my childhood home on Country Lane in West Whiteland. Expanding our business to my hometown was a no-brainer!

Whos the best athlete to ever come through your leagues? Blaze Wasserleben! Blaze is Cheyney Universitys QB and plays out-field in our mens softball league. Hes ridiculously fast and plays every

game like its the seventh game of the World Series! Hes an absolutely fantastic athlete and a better person!

Any standouts this year? Ill go with teams here. Prestige World-wide has won a few mens softball league championships in a row. It may be three or four now. Theyll be good again, but a lot of teams want to knock them off.

Do you do this full-time? I get asked this question, along with Whats your real job? all the time. Dan and I are 50/50 partners in the WCSSC and PSSC. We also own clubs in Lancaster, Allentown, and South Jersey. With more than 2,000 teams and 17,000 partici-pants, theres no way we could run our clubs part-time.

Whats the average age of your competitors? Most of our play-ers are 26-36 years old. However, we have some players who are right out of high school and college. We have some old dogs like me, too. Ill be 45 in May.

Do you play in any of your own leagues? I still play in our mens softball league. I pitch, not so well, for the Wings team.

How many WCSSC T-shirts do you currently own? You had to ask about T-shirts! We purchase more than 20,000 T-shirts a year for our leagues. I have a dozen or so WCSSC shirts and probably close to 100 sport and social club T-shirts. I keep them for historical purposes.

Are there any leagues I can sign up for now? Registration for spring softball is open now at playwcsports.com. Registration for late spring/summer grass volleyball will be available online soon as well.

You have the opportunity to play a pick-up game with any one sports figure, dead or alive. Who will it be? My dad! He was my absolute best friend and golf partner. One more round with my Pop would be pretty great to say the least. WCP

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I RECENTLY READ AN ARTICLE in The Quad, the WCU newspaper, about the new quiet signs that are going to be posted around West Ches-ter. In the story, a student was quoted as saying, The quiet signs will make me want to scream even louder. Its going to take more than a sign and a fine to shut me up. It really made me wonder

if these signs were such a good decision.Id be willing to bet that most people have heard something about

the quiet signs, even if its just whispers. For those who dont know what the big issue is, here are the facts: there are going to be 240 signs posted throughout West Chester serving as a notification that quiet hours for the borough are between 9pm and 7am, and lawbreakers will be paying $250, minimum.

Despite being a student, I can see both sides. It must be infuriating to get up early for work on Friday after having found it impossible to sleep because too many raucous 20-somethings were out celebrating yet another Thirsty Thursday. Borough Council member John Man-ion actually referred to it as a quality of life issue, and I get that; Im miserable when I dont get nine hours. And, its not just about beauty sleep, because the quiet hours begin at 9pm. Clearly West Chester residents are looking for some peace during their waking hours, too. I cant hold that against them either. Nothing makes me happier than just laying around in my dorm when Im done for the day.

That being said, some of the opposition to the signs is equally understandable. I talked to my roommate and another friend about it, and we all agreed that the quiet hours start too early. I realize that party people are often loud and annoying, particularly so when theyre keeping me awake, but a lot of people still havent even finished with their dinner reservations by 9pm. I think it would be more realistic if the quiet hours started at midnight instead, or even 11pm, because the residents who live near the business district surely expect a certain level of noise until that time in a college town anyway.

Additionally, theyre taking a huge slice out of the yearly sign bud-get. The signs are going to be placed along 60 blocks of the most trafficked areas in West Chester and will cost more than $4,000, labor not included. To put that in perspective, the boroughs annual budget for signage is only $6,000. I hope we dont need too much other sign work throughout the year.

In all honesty, Im afraid the quiet signs are going to end up a waste of money. Nothings more likely to make a rebellious student scream louder than an impossibly difficult to enforce sign telling them to shush. Moreover, I read on Facebook in WCU Confes-sionsa page where students anonymously post secrets related to WCUthat a guy has every intention of stealing as many of the signs as possible. I wont be surprised if the signs do little to hush the party crowd but rather leave our sign budget more exhausted than a homeowner on Price Street. [email protected]

For more on what residents are thinking, check out the first epi-sode of WCTV at thewcpress.com/wctv.

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Did you expect to become an NFL quarterback when you were at West Chester East? I did not expect to be an NFL QB. Yes, it was a dream, and it was something I aspired to be, but it wasnt until my junior year at the University of Virginia that it seemed that dream might become a reality.

What is the most stereotypically Texan thing youve done since moving to Houston? Of course I have a few pair of boots, and a hat. I go to the rodeo here in town every year, which is three weeks of concerts, rodeo events, carnivals, all kinds of things for families to do. Its a blast.

Whos a better coach: Coach Carroll (West Chester East) or Gary Kubiak (Houston Texans)? Thats a tough one. Both are equally great. Its just that, as far as high school goes, having a man like Joe Carroll as your coach means you learn so much more than football. You learn discipline, accountability and what it takes to be a man through football, as well as what it takes to be a good human beingso many of the things that lay the foundation for you to be successful as an adult. And I carried all those things with me into the NFL. Gary Kubiak does those same things, but once youre in the NFL it is expected of you to act and be a profes-sional. You do not have time to develop into that, especially at the QB position. But to be around a coach that has the track record of Coach Kubiak is awesome. As a former player, he respects so

much of what we do and demands a lot out of us, but as players you love that. He is the type of coach you want to go to war for.

Who gets made fun of more in the locker room: kickers or punters? Or, are we just way out in left field with this guess? They both do equally. They are in the same category!

Who is the best athlete youve ever seen on a football field? Being in the NFL now for 10 years, I have seen a ton of incred-ible athletes, some of the best in the world across all sports. To see some lineman at 330lbs move so easily and fluidly is unique. To see DBs backpedal and change directions to run with wide receiv-ers, without knowing where their routes are going, is amazing. But I would have to say in his prime, in Atlanta, when I backed up Michael Vick, he was the most athletic, because he made it look so easy. He never seemed to be going 100%, but he would make people miss and run away from guys so easily.

Whats the biggest difference between Eagles fans and Tex-ans fans? They are two very passionate fan basesthey love their football. So, there arent too many differences, other than Texans fans wont be throwing anything at players on the field!

Whats your favorite part about coming back to West Chester? Seeing my sister, Lindsay, and visiting friends. Also, to see how much the town has changed since 1999 when I gradu-ated from East. WCP

Odds of being struck by lightning? 1:6,250 Odds of dating a super model? 1:89,000 Odds of a Royal Flush? 1:649,349Odds youll be a starting quarterback in the NFL? 1:1,269,765 Odds youll become an NFL star and still be humble enough to consent to an interview with your hometown magazine? In the case of Houston Texans captain Matt Schaub, pretty darn good.

Taking Charge: Schaub calls an audible against Buffalo Rivals & Friends: (L-R) Rich Boyd, Matt Schaub and Anthony Verde Best of the Best: Schaub hoists the 2009 Pro Bowl MVP trophy


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ALL NEW RELATIONSHIPS ARE like the start of a new sports teams sea-son. Think about it. The most impor-tant thing anyone can do in a relation-ship is communicatewhich for about 90% of sports can help you win or lose a game.

So thats why when I started dat-ing my new boyfriend I thought it was

so important we talked every day, and talked a LOT every day. I mean, Im the kind of girlfriend that wants to know the play-by-play without actually asking. I want to have my boyfriend just tell me these things. Luckily, this guy does. Still, there was one moment this past month when, just when I thought we were safely in for a win, everything turned south.

I can be pretty jealous. I have been since my very first middle school relationship, where my boyfriend left me for one of my best friends. I think thats where my complex about dating men who cheated on me or left me almost immediately for another girl began. Luckily, I managed to leave that trend in the past.

But then my current boyfriend told me that he was attempt-ing to remain friends with a girl he dated more than two years ago. My first thought was, Sure, go for it! For the most part, no matter how wronged I have been, I almost always mend my past relationships and remain friends with my exes. I didnt think there was anything weird about him being friends with his ex.

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My boyfriends a nice guy. He doesnt even have to know a person, let alone care about them, in order for him to be nice to themespecially if theyre not doing so hot. I guess his nice-ness was taken the wrong way, because soon enough message after message started coming in about how she missed him and wanted to be with him.

I doubt youll find me unreasonable when I say thats where I drew the line. It was that make-or-break moment of the game where some might sit back and let the situation unfold, but a winner wants the ball in their hands. I was ready to LeBron James this situation.

I put my foot down. I made my voice heard so we could push ahead in our relationship and continue to sink shots instead of letting someone else come from behind and take my lead. Being jealous isnt something Im proud of, but this was a moment where I wanted to take a victory lap around the gym and just brag about the trophy I get to come home to every night.

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TAKE ONE LAST LOOK AT MYSELF in the mirror wearing my new brown shirt before lying down on the bench. The music blaring through my headphones pumps me up for my first set. My fin-gers wrap around the bar, and I take a deep breath.One, two. I whisper the rep count to myself.Three, four. My heart rate picks up.Five, Six. I begin to struggle as the strength evap-

orates from my body.Seven, Eight. Set complete. Im out of gas and breathing harder now as I re-rack the bar,

but before I can even sit up, someone stands over me with a puzzled expression. As I take my headphones off he says, Dude, your shirt is glowing. I sit up to take look in the mirror, and hes right. My pecs and triceps are glowing bright, neon orange. No, Im not radioactive, Im wearing a shirt from Radiate Athletics.

tried to get back that glow. This was my first experience with earning my colors.

Its a cool concept: the shirt senses body heat and will change color as your temperature rises. When at rest, the shirt keeps its base color, but as you start working and your body temperature rises, the shirt takes on its neon color. Its incredibly useful when in the gym, because that color change is localized to the muscle groups youre working out. So, when I picked up a pair of dumb-bells and started to curl, my biceps went from a brown to neon orange. After I had a prolonged rest, the neon color around my biceps faded back to brown.

The color-change technology isnt just for style (although I found I liked myself better in neon orange than brown); it serves a purpose to help you through your workout. My shirt was acting as a personal trainer. Obviously it didnt tell me which exercises to do, and it didnt set up a nutrition plan, but when you take a look at yourself in the mirror, youll know how hard youve been working and what muscle groups youre neglecting. When youre active, the shirt lights up like its saying, Keep it up, keep up the effort! And, when that neon fades and your shirt returns to its base color, you can hear it scream-ing, Stop slacking off!

I found myself constantly pushing to retain that neon glow. It was a challenge I couldnt resist and a goal I had to achieve. Thats the whole pointthe shirt was motivating me throughout my entire workout. Its easy to tell yourself that youre working hard enough or that its okay to slack a little because youre tired, but the colors dont lie. Radiate Athletics is that honest friend telling you to suck it up and pushing you when youre not feeling motivated.

I consider myself a fairly reserved individual, so it was initial-ly unsettling to have people looking at me in the gym. I couldnt blame them for the curiosity. I suppose many of those on-lookers were just like me; they had never seen a shirt change colors. During my first session with the shirt, I must have been wearing an inviting expression because I received a number of questions, most of which I couldnt answer: How does it work?; What colors are available?

The problem was that whenever I stopped to answer a question, the neon slowly faded from my shirt. I wasnt working hard, and my bodys heat signature was dropping. It was my cue to get back to work, so I put on my best angry face to deter further questions and

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The shirt itself had the same feel of other workout shirts, like those from Under Armour or Nike. It still wicks away sweat, dries quickly, keeps you cool, and feels incredibly comfortable. The sizing is very comfortable and available in styles for both men and women, be-cause the shirts are designed to fit the contour of your body for a better feel than a regular shirt. Its also the best way to monitor the heat your muscles are giving off.

The color-change technology found in the shirt uses eco-friendly dyes developed by NASA. When heated, the dyes light up, allowing the wearer to see his or her bodys heat signature. Its accurate enough that it wont heat up when youre just wearing it around and only gives off its distinctive glow when youre training. A higher heat sig-nature means youre working hard and burning calories.

Really, its a pretty advanced piece of tech, which led me to be-lieve that Radiate Athletics had been founded by some nerds out of MIT or Stanford. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the co-founders, Kenneth Crockett Jr and Jared Casey, are both West Chester University Business major alums. Theyre also the only two people running Radiate Athletics.

So far Radiate Athletics has been incredibly popular for the two-man operation of Crockett Jr. and Casey, so theyre struggling to keep up with the demand. But that doesnt stop them from thinking about the future. Theyve already got plans for expanding their product line with new designs and cold-weather gear, but as Radiate Athletics con-tinues to grow, theyre committed to the town where it all started.

Crocket Jr. and Casey are both from the area, and they founded the company in the same town where they attended college. They have a deep belief that its not only important to keep the root of this company in America, but in West Chester as well. Its nice to know that all the printing and dying is done here and as the company grows, they will continue to hire locally. Since the technology is patent-pend-ing, it stays with Radiate Athletics, and the growth potential for the company is tremendous.

After wearing the shirt for about a week, I can say theres really nothing not to like about it. It has the same feel of common work-out shirts, but gives you the extra feature of changing colors to let you know your body is heating up, burning calories, and keeping you motivated. Its also a hometown product. Honestly, my only negative experience was the added attention I garnered from strangers inter-rupting my workout. So I guess my hope is that, one day Radiate Athletics will be a common enough name that explaining my color-changing shirt will be as necessary as explaining the swoosh on my sneakers. Until then Ill have to keep working on my angry face. WCP

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Two on the near end, three in the center, and two on the far end. Each was placed with delicate precision on a particular spot of the bright green felt.

Markle then stood behind the table and explained the shot: except for the cue ball, which was in the center of the mid-table cluster, each ball would enter a pocket in a particular order.

He leaned over and fired. Five balls fell where they were sup-posed to. The cue ball rattled around the tabletop, as expected. But one ball missed.

Markle was not pleased. He walked around the table, grab-bing four more balls from the repository underneath. It was time for redemption with a different shot.

Again, Markle placed the balls with care, this time in a line next to a side pocket. He gently maneuvered them to make sure

they were in the correct location. Then he moved around the table and lined up the cue ball.

This time, he said, one strike of the cue would knock all four balls into different pockets. He leaned over, aimed and ripped. Three went in. One missed.

Im one ball off today, he said, a hint of unease in his voice as he circled the table again to reload.

Steve Markle isnt usually one ball off. While most 21-year olds would be satisfied knocking pool balls around in a bar while downing Coors Light, Markle, a West Chester University senior, is a professionally-ranked trick-shot player. Hes been competing in pro events since he was 16 years old, and after placing third in the US Artistic Pool Open over the summer, he moved up to number nine in the world.

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Hes recorded a series of YouTube clips that display some of his showiest tricks: in one shot, the cue ball swerves around his 95-pound chocolate lab, who is panting and laying on the table. In another, after smashing the ball off a rail and having it leap back toward him, he calmly bounces the flying ball off of his knee, then kicks it back onto the table, pocketing a ball sitting near a corner. He blasts ten balls into the same pocket in less than five seconds, and generally makes everything on the table look as if its controlled by mag-netic force.

Hes traveled the world, playing tourna-ments in places like Chi-na and Las Vegas. Hes been helicoptered into private parties for demon-strations, played in front of 2,000 people at Arch-bishop Ryan (his alma mater), and been asked to appear on TV shows like Bar Rescue (a scheduling conflict prevented him from attending, he said).

But the first two shots he demonstrated for me, at the West Chester Bil-liards Club on Gay Street, fell one ball short. This did not sit well with him.

Man, this is get-ting embarrassing, he lamented, as he reached under the table to reload for another shot.

Markle never imag-ined his trick-shot habit growing to professional heights. The obsession began when he was 13 years old at the Irish Rover Bar and Grill in Penndel, Bucks County. Playing pool with his dad, Markle missed a long bank shot, and one of his dads friends came over and showed him how to make it, he said. He was mesmerized.

Soon afterwards, he began hanging out at his friend Jordans house nearly every day after school, practicing shots and learning the basics of how to contort the balls on the table. His life consisted of school, homework and pool, and soon, the two friends began looking up grainy trick-shot videos on YouTube, attempting to mimic what they witnessed online.

We were hardcore into it, he said.Eventually, he convinced his parents to buy a pool table for

their own house, but it wasnt exactly a classic: the table he got for Christmas in 2007 was from K-Mart.

But he kept practicing, and eventually, in 2008, at age 16, he entered his first trick-shot tournament, an open event in Parsip-

pany, NJ. He had perfected a variety of shots by then, but he said he was not at all prepared to pull them off in front of a crowd.

I was like, What the hell am I doing? he recalls thinking at the time. Im a 16-year old from Bensalem; what am I doing here?

He placed 9th out of 10 at the tournament.He went back to his basement to resume practicing, reloading

balls onto the table over and over again. His parents eventually up-graded from the K-Mart table, and Markle con-tinued trying to improve his shots, taking routines he had perfected and then adding on to make them more difficult.

This methodical, disciplined approach was evident after Markle missed the first two shots he showed me. Following a few more unsuccessful attempts, he lined up an-other shot and explained how he would correct himself if he missed.

First he placed three balls against a side rail, aligning them next to a marker on the side of the table.

Then he took the cue ball, and placed that on another rail, lining it up in relation to a marker as well.

Finally, he aimed his cue using the mark-ers along the tableside, not the placement of the balls. That was the key to the shot, he said.

He crouched down and let rip. The three balls were supposed to careen into pockets, but one missed. So he collected the balls, set them up again, and this time, moved his cue a few inches to the left.

He missed again.After another quick set-up, he re-calibrated

slightly, pulled back and released. All three balls flew into their desired pockets. Bingo.

He lined the shot up again and fired, aiming at the same spot. Success again. Thats what it takes, he explained. Constant refinement until you cant miss.

Pool is all about position play, he said. It might take me 25 times to get it, but once I get it, its going to go in.

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he said.Hes come a long way since that first tournament in Parsip-

pany. As a top-10 player in the world, he hopes to perform well enough on the summer circuit to be asked to play for the United States in this years World Cup of Trick-shots, televised on ESPN. His YouTube clips have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. And while trick-shot pool probably isnt lucrative enough to become a full-time career after graduation, it can become a nice side business for him, he said.

His next pro event is the Masters Trick-shot Championship in Edison, NJ, in early April, and Markle says hes been devising a game plan to walk away with a victory. In addition to hours of practice, he has a shot book, with diagrams of different shots and scouting reports of some of the worlds other top players.

Ive never been more driven to be good, he said.

By the end of our interview, Markles early-session rust had worn off; now he couldnt miss. He set up shot after shot, making each on his first attempt. He made it look easy. I asked whether he still got excited when he got on a roll like this. He shrugged.

I dont really get pumped up, he said. At this point Im just used to making it.

One of his last shots of the afternoon was one of the most difficult: the cue had to smash into three balls and pocket them, then curl around a wall of balls and knock another one into a different pocket. No one could blame him for missing; hed been dealing with me all afternoon, rather than concentrating on pool, and this was an exceedingly difficult shot.

But on his first attempt, Markle lined up, fired, and made it. So much for being one ball off. WCP

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SPORTS, AS DEFINED BY Wiktionary, are all forms of competi-tive physical activity which, through casual or organized participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and provide enter-tainment to participants. Sport helps to promote commitment, discipline, self-worth, achievement, and with

many sports, a team mentality that will serve a young man or woman the rest of their lives.

As a college swimmer, I learned that at the very core of sport is an idea that physical activity promotes better performance. I pushed myself to succeed by working out harder than ever before. I swam competitively to reach a goal, to win that next race and to beat my personal best times. Looking back now I succeeded, not by setting personal best times in all my races and earning a varsity letter, but by improving my quality of life. I learned that in sports, exercise will allow you to maintain a degree of physical fit-ness that will make you more competitive but also more capable in the world outside athletics.

Every day I reach out to help people of all ages and levels of physical ability. My goal with every individual is simply to help them, through exercise, to be able to do a little more today than the day before. Some people have office jobs that primarily have them sitting all day at a desk and others have jobs, such as a state trooper, whereby their own safety and their effectiveness on the job relies on their fitness level. The trooper may be able to bench press 225lbs fifteen times and run a five-minute mile. The busi-ness person stuck behind a desk all day may only be able to lift 95 lbs fifteen times and would rather take the bus than to try to run a mile. However, they both may have the same underlying goal: to be more fit and healthy today than yesterday, because improving fitness is crucial to a healthy lifestyle.

To maintain a performance level, to run faster, to get stronger, to look better, to lose a few pounds: these are all goals based in the same training principles found in sports. The top athletes exercise to become more competitive in their respective sport. Pushing yourself with effective, consistent cardiovascular and weight-bear-ing exercises allows you to start the process of becoming healthier. Both you and the top sporting athletes goals really are the same: to become physically stronger and improve on everyday perfor-mance and health levels.

So whether youve been a competitive athlete at any level or even if youre just someone whos sat on the sidelines and watched, it should be clear that when an athlete pushes themselves to com-pete they are attempting to win by being a healthier individual than their opponent. It takes a commitment to physical activity, prac-tice, consistency and a desire to better yourself to become a health-ier person. So get up off your butt, start exercising, and compete to win in what is undoubtedly the most important sporting event youve already entered... Life. [email protected]

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First up is Andrew Cannon who graduated from West Chester East High School in 2004 and headed off to Arizona State University where he attained a bachelors degree in education. After graduation, Cannon returned to skating full-time, and hes now also the event announc-er for Dew Tours and the color commentator for contests across the country. He is currently sponsored by World Industries, Theeve Trucks, Heavy Wheels, and Dakine in addition to Fairmans, who have sponsored him since he was a teenager. Photo Luke Darigan

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LEGGINGS. EVERYONE LOVES LEGGINGS! On those days we are feeling extra pudgy, we dont turn to our boyfriends for comfortwe turn to leggings. But this season,were doing away with plain black and adding color, print and whimsy to our favorite item in the closet.

The high-waisted galaxy print leggings featured on our model Rian add the right amount of awesome to the black button-down, layered over a lace bustier top. While the black helps to tone down the vibrant print, its still a sexy and out-of-this-world look!

But what if you dont want to tone it down? How about some Aztec print leggings paired with a one-of-a-kind DIY tee, made with love by the girls from Nich. Add a pair of crochet TOMS and shades, and tada! A casual and cool spring look perfect for a music festival out in the sun!

Were not saying do away with your black leggings, but we are saying give printed leggings a shot. Stay safe or go bold on top to show off how edgy and fun you really are. Even on those chubby days, we dont have to forgo fashion for the comfort of leggings. We can have it all. WCP

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ITS WITH A SIGH OF RELIEF that I bid adieu to Old Man Win-ter. He may not have dumped much snow on us, but Im not going to miss those icy gusts of wind that seemed to rip me in half as I walked to my car through the frigid, early morning darkness.

Now that warmer weathers upon us, Im looking forward to getting back into a regular running routine. I used to have one, you know, but this little thing called pregnancy had the nerve to cut into my 10Ks. And, after a com-pletely natural childbirth, I had enough of an adrenaline high to last a few months. By the time that wore off, autumn was long gone, and I do NOT run in the cold.

I mentioned in my first column that I had just moved out of the borough. That was a year ago. While I enjoy our new home, one of the things I miss dearly is training in the borough. Living in town for almost twenty years, I developed running routes for specific purposes or moods.

I called my all-purpose run The Donut Loop. Wherever I happened to be living at the time, Id run the entirety of Market and Gay Streets from one end to the other. It was easy to aug-ment, depending upon my energy level and time constraints, and it never got boring, because Id always look forward to checking out the vibe of the people in town. Plus the smells of the food kept me motivated: garlic, steak, fried chicken and Dunkin.

When I was in the mood for some ruthless self-punishment, Id hit my hill course. Meandering around, hither and yon, Id work in some of the boroughs steepest: East Ashbridge, a little piece of North Everhart by the Colonial Mews, and North New, beyond the golf course.

And then there was the fallback planrunning around the university. It wasnt the most dynamic of runs, but it was a mind-less square with some nice inclines. Four times around is about a 5K. The best part about it was the safety factor: heavily popu-lated, well-lit, with a strong public safety presence in the middle of the campusperfect for a lone female runner.

You may have noticed that my past three paragraphs have been in past tense, but I plan to change that.

It seems my daughter has picked up her mothers penchant for pavement, and she begs me to take her along whenever I suit up. Weve been on school tracks many times, but I think shes ready to train on the open road this season. I plan to make it some of our girl time together. Well get into the car, drive into town and decide what loop well discover together. Shes eight, so Im going to start simplemaybe Marshall Square. Its not too overwhelming, both in size and difficulty, and if we need to break it up, theres the playground.

So if you see us getting into our spring training routine, be sure to yell out, Go, Iris! Itll give us something to talk about on our drive back home. [email protected]

Children In TowJennifer Ozgur is a mother, wife and teacher who still finds time to get out and about with the family


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Get to know Kim Spiegel, the four-time national champion and Olympic hopeful on the WCU wrestling team

What can you tell us about yourself as a wrestler? I have been wrestling for the past six years. So far I have four national titles, and Ive won medals at the cadet Pan-Am [combined North, South and Central American U-16 tournament]. Ive traveled to Austria, the Czech Republic and one of the Olympic training centers in Mar-quette, Michigan to train. Ive traveled to Canada, Brazil and Nica-ragua to compete. Currently I compete with the West Chester Uni-versity Wrestling Clubits a part of the National Collegiate Wrestling Association. Im part of the team, and I represent the team when I travel, but I cant wrestle in the same tournaments as they do, mainly due to the lack of women in other clubs.

Initially, what got you into wrestling? I wasnt good at basket-ball [laughs]. My brother wrestled, and I had always had an interest, so I finally went for it in my freshmen year of high school.

What challenges have you faced while competing as a wres-tler? When I was on the mens team in high school, I wasnt as strong or as quick as the rest of them. It made me feel really insignificant when I didnt win, especially if I needed to win for team points. I felt like I wasnt doing my part to be on everyone elses level. But it just pushed me to work harder, and when I started wrestling women I had win, after win, after win. In the womens scene, you end up wrestling a lot of your best friends. When you think about it, its kind of heart-breaking, but I may have to wrestle and beat my friends for an Olym-pic spot or if national titles are on the line. But its what Ive got to do.

What would you say it takes to be a female wrestler? A little

bit of insanity? A lot of hope, a lot of drive, a lot of courage; its rough. Especially in the higher levels, you just have to have that drive.

Where do you find that drive in yourself? Everybody goes through their own slumps in the sport. Ive been through some pretty major ones. You just have to go out there and compete, and for me that drive is winning. For a lot of people its winning. But where wres-tling has taken me and who Ive met because of it, thats what really motivates me to do better. Its kind of like wanting to level upno matter where you are, its never good enough.

How far have you come as a wrestler? Ive gone far. Unfortu-nately there were a series of injuries that took me out for about two years. I had shoulder surgery and three concussions, so Im not as far along as I would like to be. But I certainly did not have four national titles when I started out, so I think Ive come pretty far.

Whats it like meeting and competing with wrestlers in for-eign countries? Its kind of cool, actually. The first time I traveled to Europe I was rooming with another American girl and two girls from the Czech Republic. One of them didnt speak English well, but all four of us became close, and we still speak today, or at least try to speak [laughs]. It taught me how to communicate with other people.

What are some things that youve taken away from wrestling? Its taught me about travel, and its taught me more about the world, whats really out there. Its not just the grindits taking everything else in. Its taught me to communicate and get along with other peo-ple. Wrestlings given me a sense of perseverance, and that translates to schoolwork too, getting through assignments.

What are some upcoming events for West Chester University Wrestling? In April we will be at the US Open, which is in Las Vegas. In May I have a shot at winning the Junior World Team Trials, and Ive only ever placed second there. This year Id like to win. WCP

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BASEBALL METAPHORS HAVE been in usage since the 1930s as a way to discreetly refer to sexual activ-ity. Mostly everyone agrees that first base is a euphemism for kissing, and a home run is going all the way, or sexual intercourse. In time the mean-ings have evolved and can be com-pletely different not only between

generations, but also between geographical areas. Its as if every school has their own version.

Thats whats dangerous about euphemismsthe definitions havent been codified and agreed on. So if Sally says, Tommy and I went behind the gym after school and got to third base, no one can be sure what that means. And if Sally and Tommy have different defi-nitions of third base, it gets extra dicey. But such cultural variation in meaning between generations and parts of the country is what makes this topic so interesting for linguists (and sexologists!) to study.

Outside the standard Rounding the Bases metaphor, here are some other interesting applications:

Going To Batmaking an attempt at a sexual encounterInside the Park Home Runorgasm without intercourseGame Called On Account of Raininterrupted by parentsThrown Out At Home Platepremature ejaculationStrike Outnot getting anywhere, but not for a lack of tryingLine Driveone night standPlaying For the Other Teamhe or she is gayPlaying Catchholding handsForgot the Catchers Mittneglected to bring protection.ErrorCondom breaks during sexPine TarLubeRelief PitchervibratorRookievirgin

Clearly there is much this model lacks, so a colleague of mine, Al Vernacchio, proposed we retire the baseball metaphor for sex and replace it with a new one: pizza. To paraphrase him closely, he argues that in baseball, you have two opposing teams, an offense and a defense. Were not playing with each other but rather against each other, and there is no talking about it because everyone knows the rules of baseball. You just get in there and play.

But pizza night starts with a conversation. How do you feel about an anchovy pizza from Marios? No, I dont like anchovies; lets do half mushroom from Joes. Its my favorite place. And even if youve been eating pizza with someone for years, you dont automati-cally order it for themyou ask them what kind they want.

Baseball is goal oriented. Everyone wants to get to home and score, every time. No one gets to second base and says, I really enjoy it here, I think Ill stay. With pizza there is no order or regimen. You can eat it a million different ways, and its all based on what you like.

In baseball there is always a winner. That means there always has to be a loser. With pizza, there is no winning or losing. Every-one gets to enjoy it. [email protected]

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EMILYS HAIR WAS STRESSED, damaged and over-processed. So before we started, we had to strip the hair with non-ammonia bleach, all the way down to the scalp, to remove any residue from previous colors. That gave us a good base to work from.

Opaque colors are very in right now, es-pecially shades of lavender, so we started at the bottom and applied an opaque purple. The top half, on her blonde hair, we filled with a clear coat.

For the cut, we cut off all the dead ends to clean up the hair. Then we went for an

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Pump Up MusicDJ Romeo curates a list of songs that will get you fired up for any sporting event

EVERYONE MY AGE OWNED A Jock Jams album, so we all know how some songs just go hand-in-hand with sports. Music can get fans fired up dur-ing a game. Without a doubt, one of the most important jobs at any sport-ing event is the DJ. The right music played at the right time over the house system inspires fans to clap, stomp and fist-pump their way to victory. Played

at the right time, the following sports anthems are guaranteed to el-evate any fans blood pressure.

QueenWe Will Rock You & We Are the ChampionsOzzy OsbourneCrazy TrainEuropeFinal CoutdownRolling StonesStart me upAC/DCHells Bells & ThunderstruckSurvivorEye of the TigerBlurSong 2White StripesSeven Nation ArmyThe Alan Parsons ProjectSiriusRamonesBlitzkrieg BopMetallicaEnter SandmanDarudeSandstormEminemLose Yourself Zombie NationKernkraft 4002 UnlimitedGet Ready for ThisScooterMaria (I Like it Loud)House of PainJump AroundRepublicaReady to GoStyxRenegadeGary GlitterRock and Roll (Part 2) [email protected]

This ones for you, Caroline.


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Its baseball season! Can you spot seven differences in this photo of the WCU Golden Rams?


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