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FROM SPORTS TO STAMPS
USPS honors Pat Summitt and Willie Mays in 2027
HEATHER BURNS USA Today
Women's basketball coaching legend Pat Summitt and baseball icon Willie Mays will be featured on stamps in 2027, the U.S. Postal service announced on Nov. 9.
Summitt, who died in 2016 of early onset dementia, coached the Tennessee women's basketball team for 38 years, leading the Lady Vols to eight national championships.
She was the first college coach, men's or women's, to reach 1,000 wins, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000. Summitt did tireless work to make sure Title IX, the federal civil rights law against sex-based discrimination in schools, was enforced to get equal funding and facilities for female athletes.
"Mom would be like, 'Oh, let's make sure this isn't about me,'" her son, Tyler Summitt, told 24/7 sports. "But I think it'll make so many people happy to see her recognized in such a way. It kind of reminds me when she got the Presidential Medal of Freedom because it's something so beyond basketball."
Mays, known as the Say Hey Kid, died in 2024 at age 93. He was a 24-time All-Star, 12-time Gold Glove winner and two-time National League Most Valuable Player.
His stamp is designed to look like a baseball card, with a portrait of Mays as a New York Giant and a photo of Mays making his famous over-the-shoulder catch. The play from Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, known as "The Catch," led to a New York Giants' win.
The stamp's orange background is a reference to the color that followed Mays through his career, from the New York and San Francisco Giants to the New York Mets. It also includes Mays' autograph along the bottom.
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Lenoir-Rhyne triathlete wins second consecutive NCAA national title; Bears take 2nd as team
jason.koon
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The Lenoir-Rhyne triathlon team celebrates a second-place finish
at the NCAA national championships over the weekend.
Submitted, Lenoir-Rhyne
Zoila Sicilia is the individual NCAA Division II national triathlon champion again.
She closed out her historic career with her second consecutive title, defeating the runner-up by over a minute. The senior added another piece of hardware to her shelf that includes the 2025 national championship, 2024 bronze medal and 2023 freshman of the year.
As a team, the Bears came in second, behind rival Wingate. The Bears and Bulldogs have now split the previous four national championships.
Sicilia won the race with a time of 1:02:23.9. Her time was good enough for 15th among all competitors in the event, which also includes NCAA Division I schools. The highlight of Sicilia's race was the closing 5K, where she ran an 18:23.1.
Junior Isis Gaskin joined her on the podium. Gaskin took third with a time of 1:03:30.5. Sitting in fourth with 100 meters left, she blew by Colorado Mesa's Rosa Schmidt-Moll to earn the highest placing of her career. The final All-America first team honoree was Agathe Claude, who crossed the line in 1:03:55.6. Claude was the fourth-fastest DII cyclist with a time of 34:21.9.
Heading up the B wave was Emilia Dabadie, who took 24th in 1:10:26.3. The final scorer for the Bears was senior Alex Linden, who took 26th in 1:10:31.6. Ana Brown, who also competed in this event last year, rounded out Lenoir-Rhyne's finishers with a 1:12:41.2. Emma Leary suffered an unfortunate end to her first championships when she fell victim to a flat tire on the bike course.
This is the second consecutive year the Bears have placed two individuals on the podium and earned three All-America first-team honors.
Jason Koon is the Sports Editor for the Hickory Record and can be reached at jason.koon@lee.net.
LR football closes home season with 21-7 win
Bears are 5-5 ahead of season finale at Catawba this weekend
JASON KOON
The Lenoir-Rhyne football team improved to 5-5 on the season with a 21-7 win over Tusculum on Saturday.
It was the final home game of the season for the Bears ahead of their season finale at Catawba on Nov. 14.
Shermon Davis was the offensive spark for the Bears, tallying both a rushing and receiving touchdown to go along with his 121 yards of total offense.
Quarterback Wells Bettenhausen bounced back after an off week against Emory & Henry the previous week. He completed 16-of-21 passes for 237 yards and two touchdowns.
That moved Bettenhausen into 10th all-time with 2,107 passing yards in a single season.
The defense was the star of the show, though. Nine tackles for loss, three sacks, an interception and a fumble limited Tusculum to just seven points on 211 yards of total offense.
"Love the WIN for our seniors," head coach Doug Socha said. "Thought the defense was outstanding defending all the option. Quarterback play bounced back and was elite. Love the preparation and execution from our guys today."
The Bears got on the board early in the second quarter when Davis scored on an eightyard run. After that, Keaton Stigall and Daylon Johnson combined for a third-down sack to set up the Bears with good field position. Lenoir-Rhyne took advantage, marching up the field and taking a 14-0 lead when Bettenhausen hit Mikel McClellan for a 14-yard touchdown reception.
Wide receiver Shamil Saadiq Jr. set a new career high with 79 receiving yards, and Latavius Moore had a career-best 13 tackles, including two for a loss.
The Bears will conclude the season next week on the road at Catawba. The Catawba Indians are 5-5, 4-4 in South Atlantic Conference play, after picking up a 41-31 win over UVA Wise last weekend. Kickoff for next week's contest is scheduled for 6 p.m.
Jason Koon is the sports editor for the hickory record and can be reached at jason.koon@lee.net.
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