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Saturday, October 12, 2024---USC Beach Volleyball's 4th Consecutive Ring Ceremony

Trojan Candy and my husband Jim were invited to the Beach Volleyball’s 4th Consecutive Ring Ceremony. We arrived at the Bashor Lounge of Heritage Hall for the event. I started taking pictures of the guests as soon as I could.

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Coach Dain Blanton was the first person I saw.
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Six young ladies in the patio posed for this picture. They were ?, Kyra Zaengle, Bella Satterwhite, ?, and Adeline and Gabby Walker.
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Nearby, Trojan Candy took a picture of Grace Hong with her father Jason.
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Kaylee Young posed with her Mom Karen and sister Kinsley at the door.
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A few more pictures of guests sitting outside. Janine and John Colich smiled for me.
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Inside at the podium, Trojan Candy took this picture of friend Jeremy Wu.
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Olivia Bakos, Gabby Walker, and Ashley Pater.
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Friends Larry and Wandy Jung smiled for me next. My husband Jim stood behind them and was ready to video the ceremony.
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Outside, friend Bill Bau showed me his “Fight On”.
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Nearby, Trojan Candy took this picture of more Beach Volleyball teammates.
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Back inside, this 2024 championship picture was on the screen.
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In the lobby were three Beach Volleyball staff members who checked in the guests.
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Coach’s son Caid and I were looking at the boxes of Championship rings. Then he smiled for this picture.
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Trojan Candy was so happy to see the Nourse twins at the door. I was lucky to interview both of them when they were freshmen. Here is Audrey’s interview. And here is Nicole’s interview.
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At the podium, three Beach Volleyball employees posed with Jeremy Wu.
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Teammates Delaney Karl, Mabyn Thomas, and Kaylee Young posed for me.
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Then, the program began. Director of Athletics Jennifer Cohen spoke first to the audience. Then President Carol Folt followed next.
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After their talks, a group picture was taken.

Coach Blanton presented the first 2024 Championship ring to Carol Folt. Then he presented one to Jennifer Cohen.

Then Coach Blanton presented rings to his team and staff.

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He began with Molly Phillips (absent), Ainsley Radell (absent), Emily Fitzner, Zoey Mitchell, and Bailey Showalter.
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Grace Hong, Delaney Karl, Gabby Walker, Olivia Bakos, Mabyn Thomas, Kaylee Young, Ashley Pater, Madison Goellner, and Maddi Kriz.
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Maddi Kriz, Grace Seits, Maddy White, Delaynie Maple (absent), Megan Kraft (absent), and Audrey and Nicole Nourse.
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Nicole Nourse, Jeremy Wu, Jake Bird, Jake Labres?, Robin Scholefield, Madison Peele, Lauren Crawford, Emily Hansen, and Denise Kwok.
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Denise Kwok, Gustavo Rocha, Maeve McCaffrey, and Caid.
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Here are pictures of the team showing their rings. Nicole and Audrey Nourse and Maddy White.
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Maddy White, Grace Seits, and Maddi Kriz.
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Madison Goellner, Ashley Pater, and Kaylee Young.
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Kaylee Young and Mabyn Thomas.
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Olivia Bakos and Gabby Walker.
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Coach Blanton points out a feature to Delaney Karl, Grace Hong, and Bailey Showalter with Zoey Mitchell and Emily Fitzner in the background.
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Olivia Bakos and Gabby Walker show their four and two rings respectively.
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Nicole and Audrey posed with their brother Garrett.

What an exciting Beach Volleyball Ring Ceremony!

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Additionally, at the USC – Penn State football game at the Coliseum, our Women of Troy Beach Volleyball Team was honored on the Coliseum field!

Congratulations Again!

Tuesday, October 1, 2024---Town and Gown Meeting

video 2917At the first Town and Gown meeting of the 2024-2025 school year, there were three speakers. The first two speakers were twins Audrey (2/21/2020) and Nicole Nourse (2/21/2020) who are Town and Gown Scholars. Audrey and Nicole won four NCAA titles in Beach Volleyball at USC! Here is Trojan Candy’s video of Audrey and Nicole’s speech.

The third Town and Gown speaker was USC Charles Griffin Cale Director of Athletics Jennifer Cohen.

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Town and Gown’s Lisa Up De Graff introduced Jennifer.
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Jennifer’s speech continued in this video.
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Jennifer fielded questions from the audience.

Such an interesting first Town and Gown meeting for the school year!

Saturday, September 7, 2024---USC Football vs Utah State

Today is the first home game for the USC football team! Our opponents were the Utah State Aggies.

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Trojan Candy arrived early at the Coliseum and took this video of the USC football players arriving on three buses.
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I took pictures of the two Heisman Trophy banners that were added in the end zone. See the new numbers #5 and #13! Congratulations, Reggie Bush and Caleb Williams!
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Now it was time for our USC Team to come out to warm up.
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The pLAce to be!
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Video prior to entrance of football team
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USC Football Alumnus Quarterback Matt Barkley led the team out of the tunnel.
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Zachariah Branch returned the opening kick off, Woody Marks ran the ball downfield, and Michael Lantz kicked a field goal.
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USC led 3-0.
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The Spirit of Troy was in the East stands.
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In the second period our team moved the ball toward the east end of the Coliseum. Trojan Candy took these videos of our drive ending in a touchdown.
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That made the score USC 17 Utah State 0.
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Trojans picked in the 2024 NFL draft
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At a break in the second period, our USC Spirit Leaders and Song Girls performed in the East End Zone.
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In the third quarter the championships of the Beach Volleyball team were shown on the video board.
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Here is the final scoreboard.

KEEP FIGHTING ON, our USC Trojans!

Friday, September 6, 2024---First 2024 USC Football Home Game Rally

My husband Jim and I arrived at the Spirit of Troy band practice at Loker Stadium at 4:00 pm. It was sunny and hot, but the band kept practicing for Saturday's football game with Utah State.

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Enjoy the Spirit of Troy!
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Hear the Spirit of Troy practicing another time.
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The 2024 USC Song Girls, Football Team, and Spirit Leaders entered Loker Stadium.
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This is another view of the Song Girls, Football Team, and Spirit Leaders entering Loker Stadium.
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Here is the USC Football Rally! Standing on the platform with USC Band Director Jake Vogel was Redshirt Junior #10 Wide Receiver Kyron Hudson. He was chosen to hold up the Trojan Sword during "Tusk."
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As the football team walked out of the stadium, Jim took this video of them.
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Then, Trojan Candy was able to take this picture of our USC Song Girls.

BEAT Utah State on Saturday!

KEEP FIGHTING ON, USC Football!