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Women’s hockey goes 1-1 against Plattsburgh
The women’s hockey team suffered their first lost of the season against Plattsburgh on Saturday. The Lakers lost 7-1. The Cardinals almost had a shutout until Kendall Applebaum scored in the third period.
On Sunday though, the women would get their first win against Plattsburgh since the women’s hockey program got restarted in the 2006-2007 season. Plattsburgh got the first two goals on the board but then the Lakers took over. Jacquelin White got the scoring started for the Lakers in the second period. In the third, Eryn Stewart would get her first goal of the year to tie the game for the Lakers. Just 21 seconds later, Olivia Ellis would score what ended up being the game-winning goal. Mariah Madrigal stopped a career-high 48 shots.
With the win and loss, the Lakers move to 7-1 overall and 5-1 in conference. The women will travel to Massachusetts and take on Williams in non-conference action on Saturday and Sunday.
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Virginia officer killed in line of duty
Prince William, Virginia — Prince William County Police Department in Virginia is mourning the loss of an officer today.
Ashley Guindon was killed in the line of duty on her first day. Guidon was sworn in on Friday and was answering a domestic violence house call when she was shot.
Ronald Williams Hamilton shot and killed Guindon and injured two other officers. Hamilton’s wife, Crystal Hamilton, was already dead when police arrived. Hamilton surrendered to back up officers who arrived after he shot the original three officers.
Hamilton is charged with one count of first-degree murder, two counts of malicious wounding of a police officer, one count of capital murder of a police officer, and two counts of use of a firearm in commission of a felony.
Hamilton’s arraignment is scheduled for Monday and he is currently being held without bond.
Written By: Kirby Socker
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New York Assembly to vote on Common Core tests
Syracuse Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli is one of 27 co-sponsors of a bill that would postpone the impact of the state’s tough new tests on New York’s students and teachers for two years.
The bill, sponsored by Assembly Education Chair Catherine Nolan, would prohibit the use of the Common Core-aligned three- through eighth-grade state exams from being included on students’ permanent records or transcripts.
The bill would also prohibit the state from providing student data to in Bloom and other data management companies until July 1, 2015. And it would give parents the option of refusing to allow their children’s personally identifiable data to be provided to in Bloom or other vendors.
If the bill passes the Assembly, it would still have to be taken up and approved by the state Senate and be signed by Cuomo
