On this day in 1989, a food chemist from Illinois named Clark Wilhelm Griswold put down a $7,500 deposit for installation of an in-ground swimming pool while assuming his upcoming Christmas bonus would cover the rest.
This has to be stopped! Money should never be the reason to get rid of programs that benefit kids. Iβm encouraging @DelmarvaSports to run a story on your news programs to get this out there & hopefully come to a resolution. Love me or Hate Meβ¦please RT this for the kids.
Everyone knows how important sports are to kids. But, the @DelStateFair has looked past that and decided that profit is more important. Hundreds of families are devastated right now. Please share. Maybe we can change their mind and keep moments like this going!
@smyrnahs has done, beating @UAwilmington 3-1 to become the first Downstate state champ in girls' volleyball. They won the last set, 25-14. @TheStateNews
DIAA VB Semis on Monday
4 Ursuline vs. 9 Tower Hill
2 Smyrna vs. 3 CR
First time a Henlopen Conference team will play for a state title.
Last time a traditional public high school won a VB crown? 1992 Concord.
Last time one was a finalist? 1996 Christiana.
Worth a read and share. We need to be better with background checks when hiring coaches- old colleges shouldnβt cover up reasons for firing. Athletes suffer as a result.
At least six women's volleyball players at Kutztown University quit last year, giving up scholarships or moving schools so they could get away.
Several of these athletes say they were escaping the toxic environment created by their coach.
phillyburbs.com/story/news/eβ¦
At least six women's volleyball players at Kutztown University quit last year, giving up scholarships or moving schools so they could get away.
Several of these athletes say they were escaping the toxic environment created by their coach.
phillyburbs.com/story/news/eβ¦