Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:
First Sergeant Charles H. De Puy (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on July 30, 1864 at Petersburg, Virginia. His citation reads:
Being an old artillerist, aided General Bartlett in working the guns of the dismantled fort.
Private John F. De Swan (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on July 1, 1898 at Santiago, Cuba. His citation reads:
Gallantly assisted in the rescue of the wounded from in front of the lines and under heavy fire from the enemy.
Corporal Richard W. De Witt (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on May 22, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. His citation reads:
Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."
Winthrop lost last night in the Big South Tournament to VMI. The Eagles ended the season with 20 losses… something that I don’t believe has happened since I was a freshman at the school. The bad news/good news here is that Winthrop had four seniors in the starting line-up. Bad news because I liked these seniors… good news because, well, they just got done with a 20 loss season. So, maybe next season with a new starting line-up will bring some new results. Many fans want to fire Coach Peele and I understand that… but I’m not big on firing coaches. If it happens, it happens and I will support the new coach. But I still believe Coach Peele can get the program turned back around and heading in the right direction.
The I’m just sayin… Know Your South Carolina Athlete
Today we are going to take a look at arguably the greatest Winthrop Basketball player of all time (Torrell Martin). I say arguably because I could argue this by myself for hours and still not walk away with an answer. But he’s at least in the discussion. Torrell was the best player on the 06-07 team (the best team in Winthrop history)… which is one reason he’s in the discussion. Martin was a 6’5”, 200 pound guard whose only weakness was a bad knee. Torrell was a fan favorite who played from 03-04 through 06-07. In his time, the Eagles won three straight Big South Regular Season and Tournament Championships. He made the Big South All-Freshman Team and was an All-Conference player as a Sophomore, Junior and Senior. Twice he made the Big South All-Tournament Team (and was named Tournament MVP each time). Torrell started 95 out of the 108 games he played; made 495 shots (43.3%), made 225 three-pointers (38.8%), grabbed 525 rebounds, dished 173 assists, blocked 31 shots and had 154 steals. In total he scored 1,387 points for a per-game average of 12.5. Perhaps most important, Torrell was a leader… and a very good one at that. At the time of his graduation, Torrell was #10 on the All-Time Games Started list, #6 on the All-Time Points Scored list, #7 on the Field Goals Made list, #11 on the Rebounds list, #7 on the Steals list. Martin also had a double-double in Winthrop’s 74-64 first round win over Notre Dame which helped the Eagles finish the season ranked #22 in the final AP poll.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Happy March!
Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:
Lance Corporal Emilio A. De La Garza, Jr. (US Marine Corps) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on April 11, 1970 near Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam. His citation reads:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a machine gunner with Company E. Returning with his squad from a night ambush operation, L/Cpl. De La Garza joined his platoon commander and another marine in searching for 2 enemy soldiers who had been observed fleeing for cover toward a small pond. Moments later, he located 1 of the enemy soldiers hiding among the reeds and brush. As the 3 marines attempted to remove the resisting soldier from the pond, L/Cpl. De La Garza observed him pull the pin on a grenade. Shouting a warning, L/Cpl. De La Garza placed himself between the other 2 marines and the ensuing blast from the grenade, thereby saving the lives of his comrades at the sacrifice of his life. By his prompt and decisive action, and his great personal valor in the face of almost certain death, L/Cpl. De La Garza upheld and further enhanced the finest traditions of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service.
First Sergeant Patrick De Lacey (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions during the Civil War. His citation reads:
Running ahead of the line, under a concentrated fire, he shot the color bearer of a Confederate regiment on the works, thus contributing to the success of the attack.
Sergeant Hiram H. De Lavie (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on April 1, 1865 at Five Forks, Virginia. His citation reads:
Capture of flag.
2 down, 10 to go…
It was a sad night in the Horres house last night as news broke that the Steelers are going to release Hines Ward. As I’m sure you know, Hines Ward is The Wife’s favorite football player. What you might not know is that he is also on a very select list of former UGA football players that I like (Former UGA Football Players I Like: Hines Ward - That’s it. That’s the list.). So happy trails, Hines Ward. You might still have some years left in the NFL for some other team… but to The House of Greg, you will always be a Steeler.
Congrats to the Winthrop Men’s Basketball team for their win over Campbell yesterday in their first game in the Big South Tournament.
Thankful Thursday
Speaking of the Eagles, a blog post was brought to my attention about the former play-by-play announcer for Winthrop (Mike Cranston). Cranston left Winthrop after the 05-06 season (right before the greatest WU season ever… talk about bad timing). While I have grown to love the current radio guy, I was a big fan of Cranston and the job he did at Winthrop. If you click on this link and read his post, you’ll see he came close to killing himself. It seems he’s been in one heck of a fight with depression. I’ll be honest, depression isn’t something I fully understand. I get that it’s real… it’s not that I don’t believe it’s an awful disease (because I do), but it’s just hard for me to understand how someone could feel so depressed that they would want to end it all. There have been times when I’ve been in a “funk”… but I guess I’m too conceited to ever want to kill myself. Or maybe I’m too lazy… or maybe I just listened to “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” one too many times as a kid… whatever the reason, I’ve never had to deal with the kind of stuff that Cranston and others have to. So my Thankful Thursday is for all of the people out there who don’t give up. For all the people like Mike who keep fighting depression. If you are one of those people, keep fighting the good fight. I don’t know what you’re going through, but I believe you’ll get through it. You might think you’ve really screwed up… but trust me, I’m sure I’ve done worse. And if I haven’t, it’s just because I haven’t gotten around to it yet (my laziness is a curse… and a blessing).
Lance Corporal Emilio A. De La Garza, Jr. (US Marine Corps) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on April 11, 1970 near Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam. His citation reads:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a machine gunner with Company E. Returning with his squad from a night ambush operation, L/Cpl. De La Garza joined his platoon commander and another marine in searching for 2 enemy soldiers who had been observed fleeing for cover toward a small pond. Moments later, he located 1 of the enemy soldiers hiding among the reeds and brush. As the 3 marines attempted to remove the resisting soldier from the pond, L/Cpl. De La Garza observed him pull the pin on a grenade. Shouting a warning, L/Cpl. De La Garza placed himself between the other 2 marines and the ensuing blast from the grenade, thereby saving the lives of his comrades at the sacrifice of his life. By his prompt and decisive action, and his great personal valor in the face of almost certain death, L/Cpl. De La Garza upheld and further enhanced the finest traditions of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service.
First Sergeant Patrick De Lacey (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions during the Civil War. His citation reads:
Running ahead of the line, under a concentrated fire, he shot the color bearer of a Confederate regiment on the works, thus contributing to the success of the attack.
Sergeant Hiram H. De Lavie (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on April 1, 1865 at Five Forks, Virginia. His citation reads:
Capture of flag.
2 down, 10 to go…
It was a sad night in the Horres house last night as news broke that the Steelers are going to release Hines Ward. As I’m sure you know, Hines Ward is The Wife’s favorite football player. What you might not know is that he is also on a very select list of former UGA football players that I like (Former UGA Football Players I Like: Hines Ward - That’s it. That’s the list.). So happy trails, Hines Ward. You might still have some years left in the NFL for some other team… but to The House of Greg, you will always be a Steeler.
Congrats to the Winthrop Men’s Basketball team for their win over Campbell yesterday in their first game in the Big South Tournament.
Thankful Thursday
Speaking of the Eagles, a blog post was brought to my attention about the former play-by-play announcer for Winthrop (Mike Cranston). Cranston left Winthrop after the 05-06 season (right before the greatest WU season ever… talk about bad timing). While I have grown to love the current radio guy, I was a big fan of Cranston and the job he did at Winthrop. If you click on this link and read his post, you’ll see he came close to killing himself. It seems he’s been in one heck of a fight with depression. I’ll be honest, depression isn’t something I fully understand. I get that it’s real… it’s not that I don’t believe it’s an awful disease (because I do), but it’s just hard for me to understand how someone could feel so depressed that they would want to end it all. There have been times when I’ve been in a “funk”… but I guess I’m too conceited to ever want to kill myself. Or maybe I’m too lazy… or maybe I just listened to “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” one too many times as a kid… whatever the reason, I’ve never had to deal with the kind of stuff that Cranston and others have to. So my Thankful Thursday is for all of the people out there who don’t give up. For all the people like Mike who keep fighting depression. If you are one of those people, keep fighting the good fight. I don’t know what you’re going through, but I believe you’ll get through it. You might think you’ve really screwed up… but trust me, I’m sure I’ve done worse. And if I haven’t, it’s just because I haven’t gotten around to it yet (my laziness is a curse… and a blessing).
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