Final

Norton's American Legion Baseball team seems seems to be kicking off the season well winning five of the four games played this season. Last Friday, Josh Fortier started off the game against Taunton pitching with Jake Eberle behind the plate as catcher.

Josh pitched the first five innings and let up four runs. However he made up for it by striking four of the batters from Taunton.

Norton scored 6 runs in the first inning but gradually in the fourth inning Taunton eased back into the game making it a 6-4 game.

At his one and only at-bat that game, Ethan hit a RBI single, sending Jake Eberle, Jack Veglas, and Jack Hansen home. This happened in the fourth inning 

As the sixth inning came around Jake Eberle came to plate and lead the team in a break-away, hitting a tripple. Jack Hansen, Jack Veglas, Jake Dercolie all ran home and scored for the team. This obtrusive play left got the Norton fans out of their seats cheering their team on.

Pitcher and right fielder Ethan Thomasson said in an interview, "Yes, there is good team chemistry and we all get along well."

At the bottom of the seventh inning, relief pitcher Jack Hansen walked the first three batters but took a deep breath, pulled it together and struck the next three out. With the game at its apogee, it was doubtful weather on not Taunton would be able to make a come-back.

These contributions by the Norton boys left put Taunton in hole and they did not score another run for the rest of the game.


Norton ended the game with a final score of 17-4. There is no doubt that the said team chemistry contributed to this win.

Blog Post #11

The general argument made by author John Singleton in his work, Marion Jones 30 for 30 is that Marion was wrong to use PED to better her performance as a track athlete and lie about it to the public. He shows his non-biased view by showing footage and interviews with and about Marion and reveals evidence that her treatment in jail was unjust. Singleton also interviews Marion after she had served her sentence in jail and says he thinks that she is rising up out of the ashes and has become a very good, determined, and influential woman in society.

In my view, Singleton is right because although Marion did make the mistake of using PED, she has pushed past all of the challenges that have risen up and become a better person because of her experience. More specifically, I believe that her work with children and teens is very inspiring and is making a difference in their lives as well as in her own. Therefore I conclude that Marion Jones did indeed  make a mistake, but because she hasn't let that decision to use PED define her, she is a better person today.