Lander Girls Basketball Team Surges to 4th Place at State Tourney

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After four straight years of not making the state tournament, the Lander girls now have earned a trip to Casper for 3 straight years. The Tigers went 17-6 this past season and finished 4th at the 3A state tournament. Lander did have one all-state selection and that was junior Demi Stauffenberg who averaged 13 points and 10 rebounds per game. Pint guard Ryan Bell was an all-conference pick and she averaged 7 points a game, Megan Winfield also threw in 7 per game.

At the state tournament, Lander’s quarterfinal round opponent was Newcastle with the Tigers prevailing 40-36. Lander led by as many as 14 in the game but outscored the Dogies by 4 in the 4th quarter. Winfield went 5-10 from the field and led the Tigers with 15 points with Stauffenberg adding 9 points and 10 rebounds.

In the 3A semi-finals, Lander ran into eventual state champion Douglas and the Tigers didn’t have much of an answer for Bearcat center Allyson Fertig. She poured in 33 as Lander lost 74-35. The Tigers got 9 points from Bell and 7 from Stauffenberg. In the 3rd and 4th place contest, Lander fell to Worland 45-36 as Stauffenberg had a solid game with 20 points.

Looking ahead to 2021-22, the core of this team returns so Lander will be very, very competitive. Check out our short video of the Tigers in the state tournament. Enjoy!

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Kevin Smith fans, Clerks III is on!

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In 1994 a very young Jeff Deminski and a very young Bill Doyle invited a very young Kevin Smith on their show on NJ101.5. It was our first year of our first run and Smith had just enjoyed the theatrical release of ‘Clerks’.

We talked about the fact he maxed out every credit card he had to make his low budget indie film about the Quick Stop in Leonardo, a place he actually worked. It won awards at Sundance and Cannes. We talked about the crisp writing. We were fans.

A decade and much success later Kevin Smith joined us in studio for a full hour in Detroit and had become one of the best storytellers you can imagine. A genuinely nice, intelligent, amazingly talented guy.

He told us a story about J Lo coming to his house upset after the breakup with Ben Affleck and using his bathroom. Let’s just say he realized after she fled in a weird, anxious meltdown that he had no toilet paper in the bathroom she had used and…well…a towel was missing. It was one of the funniest Hollywood stories I ever heard.

Hollywood was given a ‘Clerks II’ back in 2006. It’s where Mooby’s comes from; the fictitious fast food joint that later became a popup restaurant.

But Smith always wanted another ‘Clerks’ that would be shot in New Jersey back at the Quick Stop where it all began. He promised it for years. There were scripts and plans and ideas and nothing saw the light of day.

Well it’s finally happening.

A very Socratic Kevin Smith is over the moon. I think for him this is life (and the shadow of death, with the movie’s heart attack theme) coming full circle. With this much love and passion for this project I can’t see it not being great.

For all of us so young when we sat in theaters watching ‘Clerks’ in the 90’s and rooting for the success of one of our own Gen-Xers, this will be like a high school reunion. Seeing Dante and Randal again and what’s become of them. Not to mention Silent Bob, Jay, Veronica (in a row???!), and all the rest.

In fact I think I’m going to see this one at Princeton MarketFair, the very same place I saw ‘Clerks’ in 1994.

Because, you know, full circle.

The post above reflects the thoughts and observations of New Jersey 101.5 talk show host Jeff Deminski. Any opinions expressed are Jeff Deminski’s own.

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Minneapolis Child Shot Inside Home

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police say a 3-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was shot inside a home in north Minneapolis.

Police spokesman John Elder says other people were in the house at the time of the Friday morning shooting. But details on what led up to the shooting were not immediately available.

Minneapolis police continue to investigate other shootings in recent months that have left children dead or wounded. In those cases the children were shot while playing outside, or riding in a car.