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Show WEDNESDAY, MARCHli,11 6 - DIXIESUNNEWS.COM ,7 continued from page .. ! , NFL argued there were no viable stadium options in that city, and that the club had to move for its financial well- , I ? ? ? . . , , 's . ' 4., 1. v ., , ,....- -- 4 1 ,' t being. ., "We needed to provide 1 certainty and stability for the Raiders as well as the league," FA,''' 1 NFL Commissioner Roger :t,'J f ",1 . Goodell said after the vote. ...'" .1k,...,,, f Over the last year, the NFL been studying the Las had lat.. Vegas market, along with the "',741 00.4464Qt..., .,' f Raiders' evolving stadium e . i plan, and ultimately warmed .,1 to the idea. A major factor was ' k,,o or 1 A the $750 million that the Ne.4 vada Legislature committed to ,.. I the project in October. ... , ' t .,rL'a' ' The league's discomfort with being formally associated with gambling ' A had evaporated in recent years di ;.: NFL All with the ubiquity of online of the owners 32 month. media last Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio addresses the 31 of vote a with Las Raiders Oakland to Monday. positive teams voted to move the Vegas gambling, and the NFL's in t I , i . It i' I, 1 '.. ' . I -- .,.. -- 1 1 ....- .- t. ' , 4 , .' 11 .1.?'14' , , ' long-standi- SOFTBALL A.,,,,,,, continued from page or need to just pull out a close one." The Trailblazers held on for a 4 win at home against the Thunderbirds in the first game. The Trailblazers took a lead in the bottom of the first inning thanks to an RBI single from junior outfielder Kenzie Sawyer. lead DSU maintained its heading into the fifth inning When a two-Rdouble by basesecond sophomore man Bailey Gaffin. Already up sophomore catcher Jessica Gonzalez homered three pitches later for her 10th home run of the season. The Thunderbirds put two runs on the board in the sixth and seventh innings each, but the Trailblazers held on for a 4 win. Next up was a critical e series with the Cougars. By taking three of four games from APU, DSU now has sole possession of second place in the PacWest. "We would have liked to take all four games from APU , but the weekend overall was a positive for 5-- 1- -0 1- -0 3-- 0, 5-- four-gam- ' I -- 1 Simkins said. "We needed to take at Ipast three this weekend, and now we are going to gear up the games we have left." The first game did not go as planned for DSU. APU took an early 0 lead in the first inning after a two-ru- n home run. DSU answered in the second inning with a sacrifice fly by freshman outfielder Brenna Hinck. APU effectively put the game out of reach with four more unanswered runs over the course of the next three innings leading to a 6 Trailblazers defeat. While the DSU bats were cold in the first game, it certainly was not a problem in the second game. Down 0 entering the third inning, the DSU offense found life. A Sawyer RBI single brought one runner in and left the bases loaded. Next up to bat was sophomore third baseman Dani Bartholf. Bartholf cleared the bases with a double. APU tied the game 5 in the fourth inning after a couple costly DSU errors. A two-Rdouble by Gonzalez and a sacrifice fly 2-- 3-- 2-- 8-- back-to-bac- RBI-single- 11-- e final-gam- Trailblazers. As was the case for every game of the series, APU started the game with the first run of the game. DSU rallied in the fourth inning, and threatened to take the lead after putting runners on the corner with one out before APU made a pitching change. A new pitcher didn't matter, however when Barth lf cleared the bases with a two-Rdouble to deep left center. After consecutive wild pitches, Barth lf scored herself for a 1 Trailblazer lead. The Cougars cut the lead to 2 in the fifth and then tied it in the top of the seventh just after DSU brought in Barkwell. Barkwell miti- RBI-doub- walk-of- f 4-- d." at-b- at, le the wall for a and Gaffin also.noted that there was no pressure on that final especially after Godfrey stole second, "For Bailey, the more slit sees a pitcher, advantage Bailey," Simkins said. "I had no doubt that she was going to deliver for us on at-b- 3 that last victory. "I had been swinging too early all day," said Gaffin, a at-ba- t." Now at 30-- 8 overall and 15-- 5 in PacWest play, DSU will travel to Las Vegas to take on UNLV Wednesday at 7 p.m. business administration major from Glendale, Arizona. "I waited for my pitch, saw -, , e BI t .. , t - t t 7 ',I...., '. , ' ." ,,,,;, ' ' ; '''''--'" 3-- ..!, i if ,l A-- ,: '..It',.. ,.:.::,i 0.,-- 3-- s. , , , i i n ',",,(, 1 ,t,:: t gated any further damage, ,,. and the Trailblazers entered o cw the bottom of the seventh -m tied 3 with the Cougars. o : The first two DSU batters went down before Sawyer ' Z m .. drew a walk. Sophomore Senior shortstop dosey Hartman jumps to catch a fly ball durin outfielder Taylor Godfrey a game against Azusa Pacific University Saturday. The Trailblat then came in to pinch run for Sawyer. Despite it being ers won four of five games against the Cougars and Southern Utah University Thunderbirds and now stand at second place a clear stealing situation, the Pacific West Conference. 6-- 5-- that it was outside drove it as far as 1 Godfrey got a good jump and stole second base. Just like that, DSU was a hit away from winning the game and the series. With Gaffin at the plate, DSU seized its opportunity. On the fifth pitch of the Gaffin blasted the game off winning APU. DSU won the game 2 in only five innings. The of the series proved to be the most dramatic of the week for the by Sawyer gave DSU an 5 lead after five innings. APU again tied the score, once again it was due in part to costly errors by the DSU defense. After a wild pitch and a throwing error by APU, Gaffin was on third with one out. Sawyer drove Gaffin in and then senior outfielder Shelby Yung drove Sawyer in. After all was said and done, DSU held a 12-- 8 lead after six and would go on to win the game by that same score. The first game on Saturday was over almost the moment it began. With nearly the entire football team cheering on the Trailblazers, DSU scored nine runs in the bottom of the first. After a sacrifice fly by Gonzalez, Gaffin and Yung k hit Senior catcher Arista Honey followed them with a three-RB- I double that 1 a DSU lead. A gave couple batters later, Bartholf stepped to the plate and drove two more runs in with a single down the left field line. DSU added two more runs in the second inning, both off of throwing errors by us," head coach Randy 5 I ,,.. . awkward arrangement Inv, a divorced couple living undt, the same roof, the team will remain in its current home for two and possibly three seasons and still go by the Oakland Raiders. Las Vegas does not have a stadium that can play host to NFL garnes, "I wouldn't use the term 'lame duck," said Raiders owner Mark Davis, whose plan calls for the stadium to finished in time for the 2020 season. "We're still the Oak. land Raiders, and we represer the Raider Nation. There's going to be some disappohk fans and angry fans, and it's going to be up to me to tato them and let them know why, how and what has happened," (c) Tribune News Service. 2017: mid-siz- v . growth." The Raiders will not be moving right away. In an sixth-large- st . sigrnficanth e above-averag- industry. "I think the owners' and the league's attitude toward the Las Vegas market has changed over time and their willingness to accept it for what it is, a great entertainment city," said Joe Ellis, president and chief executive of the Denver Broncos. "Yes, it has gambling, but there is less of an emphasis than there used to be on that. I think there is more acceptance perhaps of the city overall." Owners also lost their concerns about a team moving from the San Francisco Bay Area, the nation's media market, to Las Vegas, which ranks 40th. mare Vegas may be a ket now, said Eric Grubman, an NFL executive vice president whose focus is stadiums and markets. But it is "one , . , t 5 - I that is exhibiting fatuation with London, where sports gaming is a massive RAIDERS ''... T) 3-- , En ' .. , , in : ' -, , i , r ', : ' ' - .: , ' 0 41" 0 l', s ', ; ,,,.." Li ,.'- :!'1. ' I ',, '4 ....,- - 4.4,4,: ' c"'.' 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