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Wisconsin star scores likely the best women's hockey goal of all time before scoring OT winner to secure NCAA championship
Kirsten Simms delivered what could be the greatest women's hockey goal ever scored before winning Wisconsin its eighth national title in overtime.
The Wisconsin Badgers faced the Ohio State Buckeyes for the third-straight year in the Division I NCAA finals for women's ice hockey on Sunday. Ohio has appeared in the last four championship games, winning in 2022 and 2024 but losing to Wisconsin in 2023.
In the third period, Wisconsin was down 3-2 when one of their star forwards, Kirsten Simms, took a penalty shot with just 18.9 seconds remaining.
The right-handed skater slowly approached the puck before she dangled Ohio State's goalie out of position and scored what must be one of the best women's hockey goals of all time, if not the best.
Simms was not finished there.
Just 2:49 into overtime, Wisconsin's Lacey Eden fired a shot from the right wing that was stopped but bounced directly into Simms' path on the left side, where she slid a shot through a defenseman's legs for the championship goal. The crowd erupted as the team celebrated and threw their equipment into their air over the 4-3 victory.
'It hasn't sunk in yet, it doesn't feel real.'
Simms finished the game with two goals and an assist, while Eden had two assists of her own.
"It hasn't sunk in yet, it doesn't feel real," Simms told ESPN reporter Blake Bolden. "This team went to bat all game, we fought through a ton of adversity and to come out on top is just exactly what we wanted."
"I was so nervous," Simms said about the penalty shot. "Couldn't think while I was going, just had to try to be confident with it, but it worked out."
Wisconsin Badgers forward Kirsten Simms after winning the NCAA title. Photo by Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Simms remarked on the tough battle her team went through and how pleased she was that Wisconsin managed to stick together in crunch time.
"I couldn't be happy enough for us," she added.
Simms was 10th in league scoring with 25 goals in 41 games. Wisconsin's Casey O'Brien scored 26 this season, while teammate Laila Edwards scored a league-leading 35 goals.
Simms had an even more impressive season in her 2023-2024 campaign, when she scored 33 goals and 42 assists in just 39 games.
She is a First-Team All-American, WCHA Player of the Year, WCHA Forward of the Year, and made the 2023 NCAA All-Tournament Team.
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Cut the Zoomers some slack
Every generation loves to give the next one a hard time. Socrates famously called youth lazy, disrespectful, and decadent, starting a tradition that continues today. Although these criticisms sometimes hold truth, elders rarely acknowledge their own role in fostering the conditions that led to spiritual and cultural decline.
Generation Z — or Zoomers — may seem alien to older generations, but they face unique challenges their elders can barely imagine, let alone solve. Issues of identity, spirituality, family, and economics have shifted beneath the feet of this younger cohort. Rather than disparage Zoomers, the right should offer them leadership and solutions.
Conservatives should offer the young a future worth embracing instead of ridicule for the world they inherited.
I am not a Zoomer. I was born only a few years into the Millennial generation, while Gen Z ranges from ages 13 to 28. Many of the problems Zoomers face originated long before they were born.
When young people complain about job prospects and financial stability, the standard response is to work harder and “pull themselves up by their bootstraps.” On an individual level, this advice is sound. No matter how dire one’s circumstances, effort and attitude remain personal choices. At a societal level, however, this stance can be disastrous. As a nation, we have a responsibility to foster an environment where young people can succeed, start families, and invest in a brighter future for their own children.
When Baby Boomers came of age, America was flush with opportunity. Most jobs did not require a college degree, and a store manager could afford a home and support a family on one salary. Grandparents still tell stories of paying for college by working part-time and picking up extra shifts in the summer. Starter homes existed in decent neighborhoods and often cost less than one year’s tuition at many modern universities. Most important, the majority of children came from intact families that modeled stability, and parents felt an obligation to pass wealth and opportunity down to their children.
At 14, I rode my bicycle to work my first job at a Subway in the neighborhood. I believe holding a menial job as a teenager is a critical rite of passage, teaching humility and an ability to connect with average people. However, most employees were high school kids, and every manager or assistant manager was an adult with little ambition. No one there was paying for college, let alone buying a home or supporting a family, just by making sandwiches.
Today, many entry-level positions that would have offered much-needed job experience go to undocumented immigrants willing to work for less without the same labor restrictions. Meanwhile, Zoomers hear that college is the gateway to a middle-class life, but many white males quickly learn they do not meet diversity requirements. Those who make it into university pay tuition that can exceed the down payment on a home, only to land an accounting job their parents once secured through an apprenticeship.
After graduation, many discover that jobs not yet shipped overseas are granted to foreign labor brought in on H-1B visas. The path to financial security that their parents once took seems increasingly out of reach.
For Zoomers, dating and marriage seem bleak. They often come from broken homes, with few positive examples of healthy relationships. Churches — once crucial for moral guidance, meeting potential spouses, and helping couples through marital struggles — have been abandoned. Instead, young people turn to dating apps they find degrading, with low chances of success. Young women, burdened by college debt taken on to secure a job, hesitate to start families because they cannot rely on a husband’s income alone.
The American dream once revolved around becoming middle class. Rather than attaining a certain salary, middle-class status represented independence. Wage workers depended on employers for daily survival. Typically renters, they had little security and lived paycheck to paycheck. Aspiring to join the middle class meant freeing yourself and your children from dependence on the system.
A middle-class family owned its own home, its own car, and often a small business. The capital they accrued allowed for investing, saving for retirement, and creating new opportunities for their children. Civic organizations, fraternities, guilds, clubs, and churches formed a network of social institutions that kept government small while communities prospered. This leisure time and extra capital among the middle class fostered institutions that freed generations of Americans from depending on corporations or government.
Today, the American middle class has been proletarianized. Mortgages have stretched from 15 to 30 years, and that’s for those lucky enough to buy a home in a market where costs keep climbing. Car loans have lengthened as well, with many consumers opting to lease rather than own. Health care, education, housing, and food have all experienced runaway inflation, while wages have failed to keep pace. Even two college-educated parents often need long hours at jobs that compete with foreign labor just to afford a home and raise a child or two. Those children, in turn, are often cared for by strangers and educated by the state. For most workers, “middle class” now means affording both Netflix and Hulu, not a path to prosperity and independence.
Zoomers are not inherently entitled or lazy. They were born into a culture that gutted many key social institutions to boost abstract measures like GDP. Earlier generations forgot that economic growth should improve people’s lives, not just inflate earnings reports. Destroying faith, family, and community for profit invites cynicism among young people who see fewer pathways to success.
This does not excuse Zoomers from personal responsibility, but conservatives should encourage them rather than mock them. Opportunities remain, yet both illegal and legal immigration must be curtailed so American citizens can access those jobs. The college monopoly on credentials must end, and DEI mandates in schools and workplaces should be punished under the strictest legal standards. Conservatives who claim to uphold “family values” need to help rebuild the local institutions that enable families to thrive and mentor the next generation of leaders. They should offer the young a future worth embracing instead of ridicule for the world they inherited.
Biden puts taxpayers on the hook for over 150,000 debtors' student loans before leaving office
President Joe Biden announced Monday that he has decided to once again engage in charity with other people's money, putting American taxpayers on the hook for over 150,000 debtors' federal student loans, thereby "bringing the total number of Americans who have had their student debt canceled by my Administration to over 5 million."
Biden bragged that his administration has "forgiven more student loan debt than any other administration in history." According to the Department of Education, the Biden administration has blown $183.6 billion across 28 debt relief actions since January 2021. These actions have largely been executed by decree, not through Congress.
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona suggested in a statement Monday that this wealth redistribution scheme is part of a broader effort to establish "a system that is affordable and accountable to both students and taxpayers."
The latest debt cancellation, which Investopedia indicated has a price tag of nearly $4.23 billion, consists of four types of discharges. First, the Education Department approved 6,100 debtors for $465 million in relief through Public Service Loan Forgiveness; second, the department approved around 85,000 debtors for $1.26 billion in the event they were found to have attended schools that cheated or defrauded their students; third, the department approved 61,000 debtors suffering total and permanent disabilities; and fourth, the department had other Americans shoulder the debt of 6,100 public service workers.
"People who cannot afford their student loans because they are in public service, have disabilities, were cheated by their college, or who have completed decades of payments are now getting the relief they were promised," said Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal. "These permanent reforms will continue to more and more borrowers every year."
Biden's promise may end up being more empty symbolism, especially if this latest handout is met by the kinds of legal challenges that past debt-cancellation initiatives have faced.
In June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court torpedoed Biden's effort to cancel more than $400 billion in loans. Chief Justice John Roberts noted in the opinion for the court's 6-3 majority that the Biden administration "lacked the authority under the [Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2023] to unilaterally cancel debt and that such sweeping policy changes needed explicit Congressional approval."
A month after the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked more of Biden's student debt-cancellation plan, the Supreme Court denied the Biden administration's emergency request to lift the appeals court's nationwide injunction on the Saving on a Valuable Education Plan.
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Transgender college basketball player flattens multiple women on the court but still claims to be the victim
A female-identifying college basketball player has shocked audiences with dominating performances over women throughout several years in the region.
Harriette Mackenzie is a 6'2'' male basketball player who identifies as a transgender woman, now in his third year of college athletics.
Mackenzie has played for Mount Royal University but is now with Victoria Island University in British Columbia, Canada.
'The opposing team's head coach cornered one of our athletic staff and went on a tirade.'
Footage recently surfaced from a victory over Columbia Bible College in October, during which Mackenzie is seen knocking over at least half a dozen women in a physically dominating display.
Shockingly, VIU has accused the Bible college of harassment and intimidation and subsequently canceled two games against the school in protest.
All players on VIU reportedly signed a letter stating they did not feel safe due to the CBC coach allegedly mistreating the transgender player during their game on October 25, 2024. VIU won that game 69-56 with Mackenzie scoring a game-high 19 points.
"Intimidation, harassment, and discrimination have no place in athletics," VIU wrote in a statement, per Fox News. "VIU stands in full support of our student-athletes and affirms the right of all athletes to compete in an environment that prioritizes their safety and well-being."
The transgender player claimed at the time that CBC coach Taylor Claggett, a woman, "cornered" VIU's athletic staff and complained about Mackenzie's inclusion.
"The opposing team's head coach cornered one of our athletic staff and went on a tirade about how I shouldn't be allowed to play," Mackenzie said, according to Saanich News.
The outlet reported that Mackenzie transitioned genders in kindergarten and allegedly never went through male puberty. The outlet also stated Mackenzie said his testosterone levels are one-tenth that of an actual woman's due to the absence of reproductive organs and as such put him at a disadvantage.
Columbia Bible College issued its own statement, calling the allegations "surprising news."
"CBC stands for safe play for all. Accusations that CBC, its coaches, players, and fans are a safety threat are simply untrue and misinformed."
The school continued, "CBC has a reputation for providing a safe environment, however, out of an abundance of caution, CBC in cooperation with PACWEST, developed an event safety plan specifically for these games. We received input from VIU and the Abbotsford Police Department. This plan included extra security among other measures," the statement read.
The forward has averaged 16.3 points per game in the first three years of his college career, has broken multiple records, and collected countless accolades. This season, he is having a career-best 19.3 points per game through the first 12 games.
Mackenzie took home national MVP honors and was conference player of the year and conference athlete of the year last season, according to reports from Rebel News' Drea Humphrey.
VIU won the 2023 national title with Mackenzie on board, who was first-team CCAA All-Canadian and a first-team PacWest All Star that year, as well.
For the 2022 National Championships, Mackenzie was First Team All-Tournament, with his team placing second overall.
Mackenzie was also reportedly known as the "Record Breaker" at Mount Royal University for breaking records for the following categories:
- Most single-season total rebounds (212)
- Offensive rebounds in a season (86)
- Rebounds per game (10.6)
- Total free throws made in a season (90)
- Playoff points in a single game (22)
- Double-doubles in a season (10)
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4 fraternity members charged after pledge set on fire during party 'skit' and suffers 3rd-degree burns
Four members of a college fraternity in California are facing charges after a pledge was set on fire during a party, according to authorities.
San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan said in a statement released Monday that four members of a San Diego State University fraternity have been criminally charged for an alleged "skit" that resulted in a pledge being set on fire.
San Diego State University put the fraternity on an interim suspension.
Caden Cooper, 22; Lucas Cowling, 20; Christopher Serrano, 20; and Lars Larsen, 19, were all charged with recklessly causing a fire with great bodily injury, conspiracy to commit an act injurious to the public, and violating the social host ordinance. If found guilty of all the charges, the defendants face a maximum sentence of seven years and two months in prison.
The court imposed several conditions on the suspects, including not participating in any fraternity parties, not participating in any recruitment events for the frat, and obeying all laws, especially those related to illegal alcohol consumption.
The San Diego District Attorney's Office said the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity threw a large party at its frat house on the night of Feb. 17, 2024. The fraternity threw the party despite the university having placed the frat on probation for violating policies on alcohol and hazing, according to Fox News.
Cowling, Serrano, and Larsen had "pre-planned a skit during which Serrano would set Larsen on fire," according to the DA.
At some point, the "skit" got out of hand, and Larsen reportedly suffered burns on 16% of his body, primarily on his legs. Larsen spent weeks in the hospital for treatment of third-degree burns.
Cooper was the frat’s president, Cowling was on the pledge board, and Larsen and Serrano were pledges.
Larsen and Serrano were not of legal drinking age at the time of the incident but allegedly drank alcohol before the skit in Cowling's presence.
The district attorney accused Cooper, Cowling, and Larson of making a "concerted effort to thwart law enforcement’s efforts to investigate the incident by lying to law enforcement personnel, deleting evidence on social media, and instructing other fraternity members to delete evidence and not speak to anyone about the incident."
San Diego State University said it received an anonymous tip regarding the incident and then alerted university police.
The school launched an administrative investigation that "addresses both individual student conduct and the conduct of the organization involved."
San Diego State University put the fraternity on an interim suspension, which will temporarily halt all organizational activities while an investigation is conducted.
"The university has taken additional actions, but because of student privacy laws, those actions can not be disclosed," the school said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity on Wednesday did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News.
The defendants are scheduled to appear at a readiness hearing on March 18. A preliminary hearing is set for April 16.
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