Kenny Chesney will be honored with the BMI President’s Award during the 64th annual BMI Country Awards in Nashville on November 1. The BMI President’s Award is presented to songwriters who have had a profound influence on the entertainment industry. Some of the award’s past honorees include Willie Nelson, Brooks & Dunn, P!nk, Pitbull and Toni Braxton.
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Garth Brooks Earns His Seventh Diamond Album
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Garth Brooks has become the first artist in history to have seven albums certified Diamond by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Brooks earned the historic achievement last week when his 2007 album The Ultimate Hits earned a Diamond certification, signifying sales of 10 million copies. Garth toasted the milestone with a champagne celebration at his tour stop in Fresno, California, which was highlighted in his weekly Facebook Live chat on Monday (9/26).
· Brooks’ other six albums that have gone Diamond are: 1989’s Garth Brooks, 1990’s No Fences, 1991’s Ropin’ the Wind, 1994’s The Hits, 1997’s Sevens and 1998’s Double Live.
Chase Moves To Dover
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The 2016 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup rolls on from New England to the Mid-Atlantic region for Sunday’s Citizen Soldier 400 at Dover International Speedway. It’s the final race in the opening round. Four of the sixteen competitors on The Chase Grid will be dropped from title contention before the series heads to Charlotte for the October 8th Bank of America 500. Drivers currently occupying positions thirteen through sixteen are Jamie McMurray, Austin Dillon, three-time champion Tony Stewart and rookie Chris Buescher. Kyle Larson holds the final provisional spot to transfer into the Round of Twelve, five points clear of the cutoff … Stewart is the only one of those five drivers with a win on “The Monster Mile.” In fact, he has three victories there, winning in 2013 and sweeping both races in 2000. Larson finished second (to Matt Kenseth) in this year’s first stop at Dover back on May 15th. Buescher was eighteenth, McMurray twenty-first and Dillon placed thirty-third … Martin Truex Junior of Furniture Row Racing and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick have locked themselves into the twelve-man field for the next round with victories in the two opening races of this year’s post-season Chase.
September 27th: On This Day
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On this day in 2015, Thomas Rhett’s “Crash and Burn” was sitting on top of the country charts. The song was written By Chris Stapleton and was the lead single for Rhett’s second studio album, Tangled Up.
The song was certified Platinum by the RIAA in September of 2015.
Aaron Lewis’ New Album Has A Big Debut
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Aaron Lewis’ new album, Sinner, has debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart as well as the all-genre Top 200 Albums chart. The album also tops Billboard’s Top Digital Albums Chart and comes in fourth place on the Top 200 Consumption Chart. Lewis scores his big debut as the album’s lead single, “That Ain’t Country,” hits airwaves and sparks a conversation about what’s currently being played on country radio.
· Lewis has never been shy of sharing his opinion about the current state of country music and does so in the song. He says, “I grew up listening to Merle, Waylon, Willie, Charlie Daniels and more on the radio. So when I listen to what is being played today, I barely recognize it as Country music. So that is where the song originated.”
Gonzalez, Boma Collect Weekly Accolades
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Oskaloosa–Jamal Boma (Sr., Des Moines, Iowa, Business Management and Physical Education) and Guadalupe Gonzalez (Jr., Houston, Texas, Exercise Science) posted two of the best finishes in their respective program’s histories and they were rewarded for those exceptional outings by being named Heart of America Athletic Conference Cross Country Runners of the Week Monday.
Boma, now a two-time winner (back-to-back weeks), finished fourth out of 292 competitors at the Brissman/Lundeen Invitational last Friday. His time is the eight-fastest 8K in school history and the fastest since 2003.
Gonzalez also earned her second career honor (won once last year) by placing 23rd out of 226 women on the 6K course at 25:17.1. Her time is the seventh-best ever at WPU (since 2001).
WPU has now claimed three weekly awards this fall (two men, one women)
Story provided by Wade Steinlage
E.B.F.H.S Marching Band Wins At Pella
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The Eddyville Blakesburg Fremont Marching Band had a great day in Pella Saturday as they outscored a total of 10 other bands at the Marching Dutch Invitational. The band placed 1st in class 2A with a score of 66.4 seven points ahead of the closest 2A band. EBF also won the Outstanding Color Guard Award.
PCM won the Outstanding Drumline Award in class 2A. Eddyville Blakesburg Fremont outscored the bands from Belle Plaine, PCM, Carlisle, South Tama, North Polk, Knoxville, Williamsburg, Humboldt, Bondurant-Farrar, and Ottumwa.
The E.B.F.H.S. Marching Band has 73 members this year. The soloists for this year’s show are Teri Jo Lane, Claire Jager, Katie Fisher, Maggie Voyles, Delanee Van Zante, Adlynn Eveland, and Briana Ver Steegh. The Drum Majors are Claire Jager and Grace Manternach. The band is directed by Joe Overton, Dezirae Fairchild, and Color Guard instructor Paige Ver Steegh.
This Saturday, the band travels to Urbandale for the Urbandale Marching Invitational Contest. They perform at 5:30 in class 2A competition. The band competes at Valleyfest in West Des Moines on October 8th. On October 15th the band competes at State Marching Band Contest in Pella and then at the Mid-Iowa Band Championships in Ankeny that evening. As always, friends and supporters of the band are encouraged to attend and lend your vocal support.
Story provided by Joe Overton
Harvick Takes The Bad Boy Off Road 300
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Kevin Harvick was masterful on the day’s final restart Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, roaring past race leader Matt Kenseth to claim victory and advance to the next round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Harvick started nineteenth and led just eight laps all afternoon. But after dispatching Kenseth on the decisive restart, he kept his Number-4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet in front over the final six circuits to notch his third victory of the season and at the same time, deny Kenseth his third straight win on “The Magic Mile.” Harvick, the Number-4 seed, now joins Martin Truex Junior in the Round of Twelve that opens October 8th in Concord, North Carolina. Kenseth took second place on Sunday, a half-second behind Harvick. Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and Kurt Busch completed the top five. Chase drivers filled the top eight spots in the final running order with Kasey Kahne the highest-finishing non-title contender, in ninth place … Carl Edwards started from the pole, led the first thirty laps and finished sixth. Truex dominated the first half of the race, leading 141 of the first 178 laps en route to a seventh-place finish … Keselowski’s fourth-place finish was enough to lift him into the post-season points lead, by one over Truex and two over Kyle Busch … Toyota drivers dominated the day by leading all but twenty of the laps run on the one-mile oval … Sunday’s race included fourteen lead changes among eight drivers.
September 26th: On This Day
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On this day in 1978, Waylon Jennings’ album I’ve Always Been Crazy was Certified Gold. The album featured a medley of Buddy Holly hits, including “Well All Right” “It’s So Easy” “Maybe Baby” & “Peggy sue”, as well as a cover of Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line.
The album was Jennings’ way to sum up his negative feelings towards the music industry, and how he felt about people who criticized his “Outlaw” lifestyle.
William Penn Breaks Scoreless Streak, Takes Down Avila In 2OT
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Oskaloosa–The Statesmen women’s soccer team knocked a big monkey off its shoulder as it slipped past Heart of America Athletic Conference foe Avila 1-0 in double overtime Saturday.
After playing scoreless with the Eagles (2-5-1, 0-2 Heart) for 107 minutes, Camila Parra (Jr., Brisbane, Australia, Exercise Science) and the navy and gold finally broke through. Bre Johnson (Jr., Arvada, Colo., Information Technology) sent a ball into the box and Alyce Correia (Sr., Perth, Australia, Elementary Education) had a touch on it before Parra put it in the back of the net for her first goal of the season at the 107:58 mark.
Parra’s goal snaps a four-game scoreless stretch for William Penn (3-5, 1-2 Heart). The Statesmen dominated much of Saturday’s action with a 17-4 edge in shots, including four each from Parra and AnnaMarie Urps (So., Wilton, Calif., Physical Education).
Adriana Borjon (Sr., Willits, Calif., Exercise Science) came up with three saves for her first shutout of the fall.
“We got tonight’s result because we did not give up on each other and finally made the pressure count,” Head Coach Willie McGowan said. “I am really happy for the team. We have been in that position a few times this year and came out on the losing end, but tonight they kept believing in themselves and it worked.”
“We have shown a few times this year how good we can be and how far we have come as a program in the last few years,” McGowan added. “We just have not hit the back of the net enough this season and hopefully this result can spur us on a bit and give us the confidence to take the chances when they arrive.”
Next Up: William Penn remains in Oskaloosa Wednesday to host Grand View in Heart action at 5 p.m.
Story provided by Wade Steinlage
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