On this day in 1993, Liberty released Garth Brooks’ fifth studio album In Pieces. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums chart.
In Pieces produced two number one singles with “Ain’t Going Down (‘Til the Sun Comes Up)” and “American Honky-Tonk Bar Association”.
The album, to date, has been Certified 8x Platinum by the RIAA.
Oskaloosa–The Statesmen men’s soccer team did not pepper the opposing goal with many shots, but the ones that were taken were right on target as William Penn defeated Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) 4-1 in non-conference action Tuesday.
While WPU (1-1) was outshot 23-5, that stat is deceiving as play was quite even throughout. The navy and gold obviously took advantage of those limited opportunities, including a goal just 2:07 into the afternoon.
Anfernee Houston (Fr., Harrisburg, Ill., Kinesiology), who was making his collegiate debut, drove home a pass from Bill Baye (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn., Physical Education) for the day’s first score.
The Trojans (0-1-1) evened things up in the 32nd minute, but just over four minutes later Houston hooked up with Nenad Markovic (So., Belgrade, Serbia) to give the hosts the lead for good.
Houston tacked on another goal (assist to Markovic) in the 49th minute, and Markovic capped the scoring at the 85:04 mark. Jeremy Esparza (Sr., Evergreen Park, Ill., Pre-Law) collected the assist on the fourth goal.
Emannuel Esparza (So., Posen, Ill., Physical Education (K-12)) faced 17 shots in the second half, but most were off-line or blocked by a Statesmen defenseman. The sophomore recorded seven saves in the victory.
“Our guys earned a well-deserved victory today,” Head Coach Jaymee Highcock said. “We looked very fast and powerful on the counter attack and it was good to see what we have been learning in practice has come out in a game. Defensively, we were intense and solid. This team is very capable of scoring goals, so I am looking forward to when everything comes together.”
“Manny played a terrific game in goal and it was good for the subs to make a good impact as well,” Highcock added. “A big thank you to all the sports programs and coaches for coming to support us. We look forward to getting on the road and hopefully bringing back some good results.”
Next Up: William Penn travels to South Bend, Ind. this weekend to compete in the Goshen Tournament. On Friday, the Statesmen face Goshen (Ind.) at 5 p.m., while on Saturday, WPU takes on Holy Cross (Ind.) at 3 p.m.
Story provided by Wade Steinlage
Dolly Parton has a worldwide #1 album to celebrate. Parton’s new release Pure & Simple debuts at #1 not only in the U.S., but, also on the national country charts in Canada, U.K. and Australia. Dolly’s 43rd studio recording achieves #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with first-week sales of 20,000 units. This marks the first time Dolly has topped Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart in the 25-year history of SoundScan.
· The new album lands the #11 slot on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart with a first-week total consumption of 21,000.
· On Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart, the disc debuts at #1. In the UK, Pure & Simple enters the all-genre album sales chart at #2, behind Frank Ocean’s Blonde.
With just two weeks left in the regular season, there are three spots still open on The Chase Grid for non-race winners to fill heading into Sunday night’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. With Kyle Larson’s win two days ago at Michigan International Speedway, thirteen drivers have been victorious thus far in 2016 including Matt Kenseth, Kyle and Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Junior, Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart and Chris Buescher. All are within the requisite top thirty of the standings, which currently leaves a maximum of three post-season spots available based on the point standings. Jamie McMurray, Larson’s teammate at Chip Ganassi Racing, holds a fifteen-point lead over Richard Childress Racing’s Ryan Newman in the fight for what would be the final “playoff” spot … If the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup began today, Austin Dillon and rookie Chase Elliott would hold the two other berths. Any driver who hasn’t yet won but reaches Victory Lane in either of the next two races would qualify for the post-season, provided that driver was among the top thirty in points, and would reduce the number of spots available based on the regular-season standings … With the post-season now right around the corner, the race for the Number-1 seed on The Chase Grid seems to be coming down to a two-man battle between Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski. Each has four wins. Busch has one Cup Series victory at Darlington, in 2008. Keselowski is winless at the track “Too Tough to Tame.” He finished second to Carl Edwards there last summer.
On this day in 2011, Brad Paisley’s duet, “Remind Me,” with Carrie Underwood sat in the top spot on both the Billboard and Country Aircheck country airplay charts. “Remind Me” also won ACA & CMT award for Collaborative Music Video of the Year.
The song would go on to be certified 2× Platinum.
Luke Bryan will be joining Chris Stapleton, Kid Rock, Larry The Cable Guy, and Travis Tritt to celebrate with Charlie Daniels at his 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam on November 30 at Bridgestone Arena. Bryan will join Daniels on stage for what will be remembered as one of the best Volunteer Jams to date. Tickets for the event are on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations and the Bridgestone Arena Box Office. Ticket prices start at $25.00.
Kyle Larson got the best of rookie Chase Elliott on the day’s final restart Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, leading the last ten laps to record his first career Sprint Cup victory. Larson was ready to pounce when the green flag flew for the final time while Elliott briefly spun his tires, opening the door for Larson to drive his Number-42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet straight into Gatorade Victory Lane. The winning margin over Elliott was one-point-four seconds. Brad Keselowski, the only Michigan driver in the forty-car field, finished third. But his Number-2 Team Penske Ford failed post-race inspection, with any penalties likely to be announced at mid-week. Rookie Ryan Blaney grabbed fourth place with Kevin Harvick completing the top five. Pole sitter Joey Logano led twenty-four laps and finished tenth in his bid for a season sweep on the two-mile Irish Hills oval after winning in June … Larson led a race-high forty-one laps in helping to give Chevrolet a one-two sweep. Elliott drove his Number-88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet to second-place finishes in both Sprint Cup Series events at M-I-S in 2016. Larson’s first Cup Series win comes in his ninety-ninth start and gives team owner Chip Ganassi just his second Michigan victory. The first one came fifteen years ago with Sterling Marlin behind the wheel … Larson’s victory capped an historic weekend for NASCAR during which first-time winners celebrated in each of the sanctioning body’s three national series: Brett Moffitt in the Camping World Truck Series, Michael McDowell (X-FINITY) and then Larson on Sunday in Michigan.
On this day in 2001, Alan Jackson’s When Somebody Loves You was Certified Platinum. The album was the ninth studio album released by Jackson, and produced four singles “www.memory”, “When Somebody Loves You”, “It’s Alright to Be a Redneck”, and his number one hit “Where I Come From”.
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