Mornings on the Hill for February 18, 2022

THE SNOW AND ICE ARE BACK. AFTER YESTERDAY’S SPRING TEASER… WHO EXPECTED MORE SNOW?
MASKING HAS BEEN RELAXED IN MOST PLACES BUT NOT ON CAMPUS. HOW DO STUDENTS FEEL?
SYRACUSE POLICE ARE LEARNING NEW WAYS TO COMBAT STRESS IN THE FIELD
A LOCAL BASKETBALL COACH HAS A SPECIAL WAY OF MOTIVATING HIS TEAM

GOOD MORNING. I’M TOLUWA FAMUYIDE. WELCOME TO MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
AND I’M GABRIEL VEIGA. FIRST THIS MORNING, THE DRASTIC CHANGE IN OUR WEATHER.

AFTER THE WARM RAINY WEATHER YESTERDAY, WE WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO A BIG SURPRISE…FREEZING COLD.
ICY ROADS AND SNOW PLOWS TOO. TODAY THE CITY OF SYRACUSE REMINDED US THAT WE’RE STILL IN WINTER.
IMANI CLEMENT IS LIVE OUTSIDE WITH THE LATEST.

GOOD MORNING GABE AND TOLUWA. WE HAVE OFFICIALLY SAID GOODBYE TO
OUR SPRING-LIKE WEATHER AND HELLO AGAIN TO FREEZING COLD TEMPS AND SNOW. I NOT ONLY HAD TO BRUSH SNOW OFF MY CAR THIS MORNING, BUT AN ENTIRE LAYER OF ICE AS WELL. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THIS SNOW HAS NOT LET UP, AND WILL CONTINUE TO POWER ON THROUGH THE DAY.
NOW LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THE CURRENT WEATHER THIS MORNING.
IT IS CURRENTLY 24 DEGREES AND SNOWING. THE WIND IS MOVING AT ABOUT 24
MILES AN HOUR, AND THE HUMIDITY IS AT 77%. PLEASE STAY WARM OUT THERE EVERYONE! BACK TO YOU ALL IN THE STUDIO.
THANKS IMANI…
I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S FLUCTUATING MORE… THE WEATHER OR THE NEWS ON COVID. GABE, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
LET’S SEE WHAT OUR REPORTER HAS TO SAY. KATIE HOPSICKER IS JOINING US LIVE FROM THE NEWSROOM TO FIND OUT WHEN WE CAN TAKE OUR MASKS OFF.
KATIE?
THANKS GABE. THINGS ARE REALLY UP IN THE AIR REGARDING MANDATES RIGHT NOW.
BACK IN JANUARY, PRE-ARRIVAL TESTING ON CAMPUS CAUGHT 345 POSITIVE CASES. BUT AS OF TODAY, CASES HAVE DROPPED DRASTICALLY TO ONLY 95.
THIS DECREASING TREND IS CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT ONONDAGA COUNTY AND ACROSS THE STATE.
SO WHY HASN’T CAMPUS GONE TO A BLUE LEVEL?
DESPITE CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES IN FULL SWING, CAMPUS IS STILL AT A RED
COVID LEVEL. MASKS MUST BE WORN INSIDE AT ALL TIMES AND OUTDOORS IN
GROUPS. BUT GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL RECENTLY DROPPED THE MASK
MANDATE THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATE. I TALKED TO SOME STUDENTS
AROUND CAMPUS TO GET THEIR OPINON ON MASKS, AND IF CAMPUS SHOULD
DROP FROM A RED TO BLUE LEVEL. FRESHMAN RHYANNA HATCH WORKS AT
SCHINE STUDENT CENTER AND SAYS SHE FEELS SAFE ON CAMPUS ALREADY.
I FEEL SAFE BEING IN MY HALL WITH MY FRIENDS AND NOT WEARING A MASK. I
THINK, EVEN LIKE WHEN WE GO TO OTHER FLOORS WE FEEL FEEL PRETTY
COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER NOT WEARING MASKS. (10 SECS)

AKUL MALLELA SAID HE WAS JUST HAPPY THAT HE COULD COME TO CAMPUS INPERSON TO START HIS COLLEGE EXPERIENCE.
I’M GLAD THAT WE GOT TO COME BACK IN THE FALL AND IN THE SPRING FOR
COLLEGE. IT WAS GREAT, CAUSE I REALLY WANTED TO COME BACK. (8 SECS)
FOR A BLUE LEVEL, MASKS WOULD BE REQUIRED IN CLASSROOMS, BUT ONLY RECOMMEND INDOORS IN OTHER SETTINGS.
IT REALLY SHOULD COME DOWN TO THE PERSON. LIKE WHATEVER EVERYONE’S
REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH. I THINK IF THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WANT TO
WEAR MASKS INDOORS AND JUST NOT OUTDOORS, I THINK THAT WORKS FOR ME.
THE CHANCELLOR RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE STILL REVIEWING REGULATIONS.
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WE LAST HEARD FROM THE UNIVERSITY LAST WEEK WHEN THEY SAID THEY WERE STILLL CONSIDERING CHANGING TO THE BLUE LEVEL.
THERE’S NO NEED TO THROW AWAY YOUR MASK JUST YET.
REPORTING LIVE FROM THE NEWSROOM FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, I’M KATIE HOPSICKER. GABE AND TOLUWA?
A COLLABORATION BETWEEN TRAINERS, SYRACUSE COMMON COUNCIL AND SYRACUSE POLICE HAS RESULTED IN JIU JITSU BECOMING A SIGNIFICANT PART OF NEW POLICE OFFICER TRAINING.
THE COMMON COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
SYRACUSE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HAVEN (HEY-vin) JIU JITSU MARTIAL
ARTS SCHOOL. OUR SYDNI EURE (YOUR) IS LIVE AT CITY HALL TO SHARE WHY THE RESULTS OF THIS TRAINING HAS CAPTURED THE EYE OF THE S-P-D. 
THANKS GABE,
NUMBERS SO GOOD THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL HERE AT CITY HALL SAY YES TO
APPROVE THE JIU JITSU TRAINING WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE. FOR US HERE IN SYRACUSE, ITS SOMETHING NEW — WHEN YOU HEAR SOME OF THE STATISTICS BEHIND IT–IT ALL MIGHT START TO MAKE SENSE.
Ben Tallini has been pushing to make jiu jitsu a more consistent practice in academy training for more than two years.
James Knowl wound up putting together basically like a survey to kind of get our foot in the door with the police department showing how Brazilian jiu jitsu would help with command presence and confidence so that we didn’t have a fear based kind of relationship when officers are going into stressful situations.
But like many plans set to take off during the pandemic.. this one faced a set back… until
The Marietta study in Georgia comes out middle of COVID basically and it is basically opens the door for all of this.
Tallini says data from the internal study showed dramatic reduction in the use of tasers which was down by a quarter, injuries to officers reduced by about 48%, injuries and hospitalizations for citizens was reduced by 53%.
The study also showed that because officer related injuries decreased so did the amount of money spent of workman comp, which as a tax payer is money in your pocket.
And Councilman Joseph Driscoll, who played a large roll in advocating for this program, says the math adds up.
In the first year of implementation Marietta saw a 65-thousand dollar reduction.
Driscoll says that the 25-thousand it’ll take for the training is just a small investment for a large return.
We keep expecting as a society, more and more from police officers and the expectations grow higher and higher but we haven’t increased their training at all.
And if the idea of martial arts and the police doesn’t sit quite right with you, Driscoll and Tallini hope you’ll see the good behind it just as clearly as they do.
Having them be able to be better equipped physically to deal with situations prevents them from having to go to more extreme measures.
Its much better to have them go hands on and their comfortable with their hands. Instead of the next things, taser is what we use or gun is the next thing that we use because that’s what we’re trained in and feel comfortable with.
The training is set to begin at the end of March. Tallini says his end goal is to get more local police departments onboard to make sure they can collect a larger data sample to pull from. He says with the right amount of data, a push to congress can be made to get things moving across the board. Live for Mornings on the Hill, I’m Sydni Eure. FROM THE CAN… TO THE LABEL… TO THE BRAND, SEVERAL PET OWNERS ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGES.
TESSA HOWARD JOINS US NOW WITH STORY.
THAT’S RIGHT TOLUWA, WE ALL STARTED OUT WITH LOW STOCK ON TOILET PAPER…. EVEN HAND SANITIZER.
NOW, A LOCAL PET CAFE IS HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING THEIR HANDS ON WET CAT FOOD.
ALL DUE THE COVID-19 SUPPLY SHORTAGES.
SUPPLY SHORTAGES CONTINUE TO IMPACT AMERICANS, AND OUR PET FOOD IS NOW ADDED TO THE LIST.
We get six cats at once, we get a whole thing of kittens or a whole bunch of strays or what not, we go through a lot of that cat food trying to get them accumulated.
LAST YEAR LOCAN OWNER, JOSH DAVIS CREATED LUNA CAFE, A PET CAFE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN INTERACT WITH CATS WHILE ENJOYING FOOD AND DRINKS.
NOW, JOSH IS BEING LEFT WITH LESS CANS OF FOOD AND PAYING HIGHER SUPPLY PRICES.
ACCORDING TO LOCAL GROCERY STORES THEY SAY THERE IS A SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGE DUE TO COVID-19.
BUT THAT’S NOT STOPPING JOSH FROM GETTING HIS CAT FOOD.
We would be hitting up Wegmans, Walmart, Price Rite, all the different stores until we found the cans that we wanted, It was causing a bit of strain just on time management.
ANIMAL EXPERTS SAY CHANGING FROM WET CAT FOOD TO DRY, CAN THROW OFF A CAT’S DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
You got extra, and you don’t want it, or you had a cat maybe you either had to give up for adoption or something then absolutely we would take it. But, in the meantime what we are doing is going to as many stores as we can.
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BUT DESPITE THE HARDSHIPS, JOSH SAYS HE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO GIVBE BACK TO THOSE WHO HAVE DONATED.
I’m like yeah! Come on over! I’ll give them bubble teas or coffees, anything that I can do to say thank you. Most of them try to turn it down, let me give you some food.
JOSH SAYS HE HOPES THE SHORTAGE WILL DISSIPATE BUT, IN THE MEANTIME, HE WILL CONTIUE TO STOCK UP ON CAT FOOD..
EVEN IF THAT MEANS ONE BUBBLE TEA AT A TIME. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR PETS FOOD STOCK AND PRICES, YOU CAN VISIT PET FOOD INSTITUTE, DOT-ORG. FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, I’M TESSA HOWARD. WE’VE ALL HEARD THE SAYING “LEAVE IT ON THE COURT”…MIKHALAARMSTRONG TELLS US HOW LEAVING IT ON THE COURT FOR SOME ISN’T AN OPTION…THEY’RE TAKING IT WITH THEM. WHEN YOU THINK OF BASKETBALL YOU MAY THINK OF THE CROWD,
MAYBE YOUR FAVORITE PLAYERS OR THE BALL BEING DUNKED INTO THE HOOP.
ONE MAN IS MAKING SURE NEXT TIME YOU’LL THINK OF MENTORSHIP.
IT ONLY TAKES TWO TO START A GAME OF BASKETBALL…
BUT IT TAKES ONE ON THE SIDELINES THAT KEEPS THIS GROUP TOGETHER.
WHEN THE GAME IS OVER THAT IS WHEN THE REAL WORK BEGINS.
I ain’t have a dad so I feel like Nate is kind of that father figure type in a way but he’s always going to be my coach at the end of the day, so I feel like besides my coach, without Nate I don’t think basketball, I don’t think I would be where I am.
PASS DA R.O.C.K IS A ORGANIZATION THAT BLENDS TOGETHER TRAVEL
BASKETBALL,
MENTORSHIP, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
HIS GOAL… PASSING A NEW MESSAGE.
I think it means a lot to have someone in their ear telling them that their valued, their worth something, and if they work hard they can be successful.
ANYONE CAN PICK UP A BALL AND TAKE A SHOT ON THE COURT…
BUT DIRECTOR NATE PEÑA IS FOCUSED ON HELPING KIDS SEE HOW TO TAKE A SHOT THEMSELVES OFF THE COURT.
PLAYER PATRICK FISHER WAS BENCHED AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL GAME BECAUSE OF HIS GRADES
AND RELIED ON PEÑA TO HELP HIM ON A BETTER PATH.
WHAT WE CAN DO, WE CAN TALK TO THE TEACHER GET EXTRA WORK AND THEN AFTER SCHOOL WE JUST BUST IT OUT
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HE IS ONE OF MANY…
WHO SEE PEÑAAS MORE THAN JUST A COACH BUT AS SOMEONE IN THEIR CORNER.
For me what I want to pass on to these guys is that regardless of what you were dealt, you can be successful, you can move forward…
It’s just a matter of not accepting the hand you’ve been dealt. PASS DA R.O.C.K OFFERS A NUMBER OF WAYS TO GET INVOLVED. AS A VOLUNTEER FOR THEIR OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES, AS A DONOR, AND PEÑA SAYS THEY ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE KIDS TO PARTICIPATE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AS TO HOW TO YOU CAN GET INVOLVED GO TO OUR
WEBSITE AT N-C-C NEWS DOT COM
FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, I’M MIKHALAARMSTRONG. 
COMING UP HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL IN WEATHER WE’LL SEE WHAT THIS
WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEKS HOLD FOR US AND THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET A SLICE OF ACROPOLIS PIZZA.
AND A SYRACUSE CAMPUS BAND CAME OUT WITH SOME NEW MUSIC. STAY WITH US FOR THOSE STORIES AND MUCH MORE HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
TIME TO CHECK YOUR WEATHER FOR TODAY.
IMANI CLEMENT IS LIVE OUT ON UNIVERSITY AVE TO TELL US WHAT TO EXPECT.
GOOD MORNING, AND I’M BACK AGAIN WITH YOUR WEATHER UPDATE OF TODAY’S
CURRENT TEMPERATURES. THINGS HAVE GENERALLY REMAINED THE SAME OUTSIDE AS IT IS STILL SNOWING AND VERY, VERY COLD.
IT IS STILL 24 DEGREES OUTSIDE, WITH THE VISIBILITY AND HUMIDITY REMAINING THE SAME AS WELL.
TOMORROW, THE COLD WILL CONTINUE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW AND HIGH TEENS. THE CHANCES OF SNOW WILL ALSO REMAIN HIGH THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE GET A NICE BREAK FROM SNOW ON SUNDAY WITH 35 DEGREE TEMPERATURES AND BEAUTIFUL SUNNY SKIES. THE CLOUDS WILL RETURN
HOWEVER, IN THE DAYS AFTER SUNDAY, WITH RAIN COMING IN ON TUESDAY. FORTUNATELY, THE FORECAST WILL BRING WARMER TEMPERATURES – IT WILL BE 46 DEGREES ON MONDAY, 50 ON TUESDAY AND 45 DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY.
HOPEFULLY YOU ALL WATCHING AT HOME CAN POWER THROUGH THESE NEXT TWO DAYS OF SNOW AND COLD, BECAUSE HONESTLY, I DON’T THINK I CAN.
THAT IS THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO GABE AND TOLUWA. BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

THE POPULAR BAND “NO NEW FRIENDS”… MADE UP OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS… HAS SOME NEW MUSIC ON THE WAY.
ALAINA LOSITO JOINS US NOW WITH AN UPDATE.

THANKS GUYS, YES THE BAND HAD A CONCERT WHERE MANY SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ENJOYED THE MUSIC AND LEFT WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS A SUCCESS. 
IT’S BEEN ALMOST TWO WEEKS SINCE THE BAND “NO NEW FRIENDS” PERFORMED
THEIR DEBUT EXTENDED PLAY AT A CONCERT AT FUNK N’ WAFFLES. THE BAND,
COMPRISED OF FIVE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: ELIZABETH STUART,
JACK HARRINGTON, JACKSON SIPPORIN, PETER GROPPE, AND SCOTT
GREENBLATT. SU STUDENTS ARRIVED AT THE CONCERT TO SEE THE NEW BAND
THE CONCERT TICKETS SOLD OUT BEFORE THE DOORS EVEN OPENED. THE
BAND PERFORMED THEIR DEBUT EXTENDED PLAY TITLED “DO YOU STILL THINK
ABOUT ME?” WHERE CONCERT GOERS DANCED AND SANG ALONG. AT THE END
OF THE CONCERT THE CROWD CHANTED “ONE MORE SONG.”
THIS BAND HAS CREATED A LOT OF BUZZ AMONG SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS. SO, YOU MAY BE WONDERING, WHAT IS THE BAND UP TO NOW? WORD
IS, THE BAND WILL BE COMING OUT WITH NEW MUSIC SOON, SO MAKE SURE TO
KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE BAND BECAUSE YOU MAY BE LSITENING TO MORE NEW
MUSIC FROM THEM SOON. YOU CAN LISTEN TO THEIR SONGS ON SPOTIFY AND KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE BAND ON THEIR INSTAGRAM.
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NOW, WE’RE STILL WAITING ON WHEN THE NEXT CONCERT DATE WILL BE BUT
FANS SAY EVERYONE WILL BE EXCITED TO HEAR THAT NEW MUSIC IS ON THE WAY. I KNOW I AM.
FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL, I’M ALAINA LOSITO. 

A WELL KNOWN RESTAURANT ON MARSHALL STREET IS CLOSING AFTER 40 YEARS IN BUSINESS.
OUR REPORTER IYEE JAGNE JOINS US LIVE. IYEE? 

THANKS TOLUWA. THE OWNER OF ACROPOLIS PIZZA SAYS IT’S TIME TO CLOSE UP SHOP. SYRACUSE STUDENTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS COMING NEXT. 

YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN ACROPOLIS PIZZA IT’S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRIP. THE OWNER SAYS AFTER 40 YEARS IT’S TIME TO RETIRE.
ACROPOLIS HAS BEEN SERVING PIZZA AND GREEK FOOD BUT NOW WORD IS NATIONAL FAST-FOOD CHAIN POPEYES IS TAKING OVER.

POPEYES IS PLANNING TO OPEN THIS SUMMER OR FALL BY THE LATEST REPORTING LIVE, I’M IYEE JAGNE FOR MORNINGS ON THE HILL. 
COMING UP IN SPORTS… SYRACUSE LACROSSE WILL ANNOUNCE THE RETIREMENT OF MULTIPLE JERSEY….
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SUFFERED A BLOWOUT LAST NIGHT…
AND WE GOT A PREVIEW OF TOMORROW’S MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME.
ALL THAT AND MORE AFTER THE BREAK.
STAY WITH US.
GOOD MORNING I’M JACK WALLACE WITH YOUR ORANGE SPORTS UPDATE HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE HILL.
WE TRAVEL FIRST TO THE CARRIER DOME… WHERE THE SYRACUSE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SQUAD FACED OFF AGAINST THE NUMBER-TWENTY-THREE VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES LAST NIGHT.
THE TEAM WORE THEIR SPECIAL PINK JERSEYS FOR THEIR ANNUAL HASHTAGPLAY-FOR-KAY NIGHT FOR CANCER AWARENESS… HONORING LATE N-C STATE LEGENDARY HEAD COACH KAY YOW… WHO DIED OF BREAST CANCER IN 2009.
THE GAME STARTED ALL V-T… WITH THE HOKIES UP TWENTY-EIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THIRD QUARTER… HERE’S A NICE THREE FROM CHRISLYN CARR TO CUT THE DEFICIT.
CUSE ENDED UP LOSING BY 49 POINTS… ALLOWING A DOME-HIGH 102 IN THE CLOBBERING.
THE ORANGE RETURN TO ACTION AGAINST NUMBER-FOUR N-C STATE… AND TRAVELS BACK HOME NEXT AGAINST BOSTON COLLEGE FOR SENIOR NIGHT.
SPEAKING OF THE HOKIES… SYRACUSE MEN’S HOOPS’ WINNING STREAK CAME
TO A SCREECHING HALT AGAINST VIRGINIA TECH LAST WEEKEND… BUT THAT
LEAVES THIS WEEKEND’S MATCH-UP AGAINST BOSTON COLLEGE AS THE PERFECT SPRINGBOARD.
IN CHESTNUT HILL ONLY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO… SYRACUSE EASILY CONTROLLED THE GAME… NEVER TRAILING.
COLE SWIDER TALLIED 21 POINTS IN THE WIN, SPLASHING FIVE THREES.
JOE GIRARD WAS A BEAST IN THE SECOND HALF… SCORING SEVENTEEN… AND FRANK ANSELEM SUBBED IN FOR AN INJURED JESSE EDWARDS… RACKING UP A SEASON-HIGH TWENTY-TWO MINUTES.
HEAD COACH JIM BOEHEIM PRAISED SWIDER AND GIRARD… AS WELL AS THE STRONG DEFENSE IN THE WIN.
THE ORANGE LOOK FOR THEIR EIGHTH-CONSECUTIVE WIN OVER THE EAGLES TOMORROW.
BOTH WOMEN’S AND MEN’S LACROSSE TAKE BACK TO THE TURF THIS SUNDAY
FOR A TRILLING DOUBLE-HEADER… AND BOTH KATIE ROWAN AND MEN’S LAX COACH GARY GAIT WILL HAVE THEIR JERSEYS RETIRED IN A CUSE LACROSSE FIRST.
FORMER MEN’S COACHING LEGEND ROY SIMMONS JUNIOR WILL JOIN THE
SYRACUSE RING OF HONOR… THE SIXTH INDUCTEE AND THE FIRST FOR LACROSSE… JOINING THE LIKES OF JIM BOEHEIM AND FLOYD LITTLE.
WE’LL START THINGS OFF WITH THE MEN WITH THEIR BATTLE AGAINST TOPRANKED MARYLAND.
THE ORANGE DOMINATED HOLY CROSS IN THEIR OPENER… THE TWENTY-EIGHT
TO FIVE WIN SET A FEW NEW DOME RECORDS… INCLUDING THE MOST GOALS SCORED IN THE DOME SINCE 1994 AND THE LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY.
AFTER THEIR TONE-SETTING OPENING WIN… THEIR FIGHT AGAINST THE
TERRAPINS IS THEIR FIRST OF TEN RANKED MATCH-UPS AND SEVEN TOP-10 FOES.
SYRACUSE LAST PLAYED MARYLAND IN 2016… FALLING ELEVEN-TO-SIX IN THE NC-A-A QUARTERFINALS THAT SEASON.
GAIT EXPRESSED HIS EXCITEMENT FOR A MONUMENTAL DAY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TEAM.
Ya know, that’ll be awesome, it’s always nice to celebrate the history of Syracuse lacrosse, and, ya know, I think Sunday’s going to represent that.
THE CHALLENGE FOR SYRACUSE IS STOPPING AN EXPLOSIVE MARYLAND OFFENSE.
THE TERPS HAVE SCORED AT LEAST TWENTY GOALS IN THEIR FIRST TWO GAMES THIS SEASON.
THE WOMEN’S SQUAD BRUTALLY BRUISED BINGHAMTON IN THEIR LAST GAME.
MAEGHAN TYRELL LED THE WAY SCORING WITH FIVE GOALS… BUT ARGUABLY THE CLEANEST PLAY OF THE DAY WITH THIS FILTHY BEHIND-THE-BACK GOAL BY MEGAN CARNEY… WOW… ONE OF HER FOUR GOALS IN THE WIN.
THE ORANGE WON TWENTY-THREE-TO-SIX… THEIR HIGHEST-SCORING GAME IN FOUR YEARS.
THEY RESUME ACTION THIS WEEKEND IN THEIR TOP-FOUR BATTLE WITH STONY BROOK.
THE GAMES WILL BE PLAYED BACK-TO-BACK… WITH THE MEN STARTING ACTION AT NOON AND THE WOMEN FOLLOWING AT 4 P-M.
HIGH SCHOOL SECTIONALS TIP-OFF TONIGHT AS THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK LOOK TO FINALLY BEGIN THE POSTSEASON.
THE GIRLS ONLY HAVE TWO FIRST-ROUND MATCH-UPS… AND THE TIGHTEST MAY
BE EIGHT-SEED WEST GENESSE VERSUS THE NINE-SEED FAYETTEVILLEMANLIUS… THE WINNER TO PLAY TOP-SEEDED CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE NEXT TUESDAY.
AND FOR THE BOYS… ONLY THE TOP FOUR SEEDS HAVE A BYE TONIGHT BUT SEVEN-SEED UTICA PROCTOR AND TEN-SEED NOTTINGHAM MEET IN THE FIRST GAME OF THE NIGHT… FOR THE RIGHT TO PLAY TWO-SEED LIVERPOOL.
THAT’S ALL FOR YOUR FRIDAY MORNING ORANGE SPORTS UPDATE… GABE…
BACK TO YOU.
A LOT HAPPENED IN ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK.
AFTER THE BREAK LET’S TALK ABOUT LORD OF THE RINGS AND THE NEW SEASON OF BRIDGERTON.
 

WE LEARNED SOMETHING NEW ABOUT LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER. IT HAPPENED DURING THE SUPER BOWL. THEY FINALLY PUT OUT A TRAILER.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK.
WE KNOW THAT THE SHOW IS SET DURING THE SECOND AGE IN J.R.R. TOLKIEN’S
WORLD. THAT IS BEFORE THE HOBBITS AND LORD OF THE RINGS FILM. IT WILL PREPARE US FOR SAURON’S ARRIVAL, SO HE CAN FIND THE ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL.
AND DID YOU SEE THESE?
AMAZON GAVE VANITY FAIR SOME EXCLUSIVE PICTURES .
AMAZON GAVE VANITY FAIR SOME EXCLUSIVE PICTURES .
LIKE LADY GALADRIEL -REMEMBER HER SHE WORE THE RED ROBE.
ANOTHER CHARACTER NAMED HALBRAND …RUNS AWAY FROM THE PAST.
JEFF BEZOS IS A BIG FAN- IT’S GOING TO COST HIM ONE BILLION DOLLARS AND WILL BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE SHOW EVER MADE. IT COMES OUT SEPTEMBER SECOND.

BRIDGERTON ALSO RELEASED A TRAILER FOR THEIR SECOND SEASON THIS WEEK. THE SHOW WITH ALL THE ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE ON NETFLIX, YEAH THAT ONE. HERE’S A LOOK.
SEASON 2 WILL FOCUS ON A NEW COUPLE. ANTHONY BRIDGERTON. IF YOU’VE
WATCHED THE SHOW, HE’S DAPHNE’S OVERPROTECTIVE BROTHER IN SEASON 1.
WE FIND HIM AFTER HE BROKE IT OFF WITH HIS MISTRESS. NOW IT’S TIME FOR
HIS LOVE STORY. NEWCOMER SIMONE ASHLEY WILL PLAY HIS LOVE INTEREST, KATE. WILL IT BE A HAPPY ENDING?
WE’LL SEE.
THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR US THIS WEDNESDAY HERE ON MORNINGS ON THE
HILL. I’M GABRIEL VEIGA–FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON TWITTER AT “MORNIN ON THE HILL. ”

I’M TOLUWA FAMUYIDE. THANKS FOR WATCHING ORANGE NATION. WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT FRIDAY, LIVE AT TEN A-M RIGHT HERE ON O-T-N.