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Sitka girls sink top seed Monroe Catholic with late free throws in 3A semis
The Sitka Wolves celebrate their 33-31 victory over Monroe Catholic Rams at the Alaska Airline Center on Thursday, March 24, 2022, to advance to the 3A Girls state championship game on Saturday. (Bill Roth / ADN) Marina Olney-Miller found herself in an unenviable position on Thursday. The junior on the Sitka girls basketball team had watched from the bench as her teammate, senior Tawny Smith went to the ground grabbing her knee after a foul in the closing minute of their semifinal game. With the game tied 31-31 and 21 seconds remaining, Olney-Miller calmly stepped off the bench and sank a pair of free throws to vault the Wolves past…
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Remember when Marilyn Monroe declared diamonds are a girl’s best friend?
Prepared by Megan C. Hills, CNN Delving into the archives of pop tradition record, “Don’t forget When?” is a sequence featuring a nostalgic glimpse at the celeb outfits that outlined their eras. Observe CNN’s Initial Sequence “Reframed: Marilyn Monroe” Sundays at 9 p.m. ET Remember when showgirl Lorelei Lee left her fiancé dumbstruck as she emerged onstage in a pink satin robe, dripping in diamonds, in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”? Lee, performed by Marilyn Monroe, then launches into a musical range the place she croons “diamonds are a girl’s greatest good friend” — a scene widely imitated in the a long time considering the fact that, from Madonna’s “Content Girl” video…
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Balloon festival returns to benefit Monroe Boys and Girls Club | News
Large crowds collected at The Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in Vonore over Labor Day weekend to take pleasure in the 8th Annual Monroe Everyday living Balloon Festival to profit the Boys and Girls Club of Monroe County. Very clear sunny skies built it doable for spectators to notice and take part in tethered very hot-air balloon rides, dwell enjoyment, food stuff, games, bouncy residences and purchasing with suppliers providing their items. The museum hosted a lot of guests during the two-day celebration. “We were delighted to deliver back again a drop loved ones favored to East Tennessee,” reported Lisa Bingham, publisher of Monroe Lifestyle Magazine and owner of The Bingham Group,…