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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Seymour’s (Conn.) Raeanne Geffert, Red Rock Central’s (Minn.) Rachel Kedl, Admiral Farragut’s (Fla.) Corynn Miner, East Jessamine’s (Ky.) Hannah James and Cobre’s (N.M.) Jadin Placencio have been named MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week for contests played April 4-10.

East Region – Raeanne Geffert (Seymour (Conn.) HS)
Backed by a perfect game, Geffert did not allow a run and surrendered one hit in her first two starts of the season. The senior hurler was perfect in the season opener against Derby, striking out 11 in a five-inning victory. She followed that performance up with a one-hit shutout of Wolcott, facing just one batter over the minimum and fanning 13. At the plate, she registered three hits, going 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI and three runs scored in the opener.

North Region – Rachel Kedl (Red Rock Central HS – Lamberton, Minn.)
Kedl hit for the cycle against Adrian/Ellsworth and powered Red Rock Central to a pair of high-scoring victories last week. In two games, she hit .899 (8-for-9) with a double, two triples, a home run, 10 RBI and seven runs scored. Against the Dragons, Kedle was 5-for-4 with double, triple and home run, knocking in seven and scoring four times in a 21-20 victory. The junior infielder was 3-for-4 with a triple, three RBI and three runs scored helping the Falcons to a 17-6 triumph over Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Martin Luther.

South Region – Corynn Miner (Admiral Farragut HS – St. Petersburg, Fla.)  
Miner twirled a perfect game against Saint Stephen’s Episcopal, struck out 30 batters in two starts and also knocked in five runs for the BlueJackets. The senior sat down all 18 batters she faced with 15 strikeouts in the six-inning perfecto. Miner also struck out 15 and did not walk a batter in a two-hit shutout of Bradenton Christian. At the plate, she doubled in both contests, knocking in two and three runs against the Panthers and Falcons, respectively.

South Central Region – Hannah James (East Jessamine HS – Nicholasville, Ky.)
Tossing a perfect game and finishing the week with 33 strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA, James helped East Jessamine to a 3-0 week. The sophomore hurler fanned 16 and retired all 21 batters she faced in a 5-0 win. She also tossed a two hitter in a complete-game win against Atherton. Against Muhlenburg County, she struck out 11, walked four and surrendered an unearned run. In her final start of the week, James went three innings, struck out six and allowed one hit in a 15-0 triumph. At the dish, she hit .700 (7-for-10) with two doubles, a triple, home run and five RBI. James homered, tripled and drove in two runs against Muhlenburg County.

West Region – Jadin Placencio (Cobre HS – Bayard, N.M.)  
Placencio tossed two no-hitters and also hit .857 (12-for-14) with five doubles and seven RBI to help the Indians post a 4-0 week. She opened the week with a five-inning no-no against Socorro, striking out 12 and walking two. Two starts later, the sophomore fanned 14 Morenci batters and did not allow a hit in an 8-0 victory. For the week, Placencio was 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA, 35 strikeouts, two hits and two walks in 16 innings of work. At the plate, she went 4-for-4 versus Hot Springs and Morenci, knocking in three and two runs, respectively.

MaxPreps.com, the official high school statistical provider of the NFCA, provides all statistics for the NFCA High School Player of the Week award. 
To nominate a player for the award, the coach must enter his or her athlete’s game stats into MaxPreps.com  by Sunday evening to be eligible for that week’s award.

The MaxPreps/NFCA High School Players of the Week are announced on NFCA.org every Monday during the spring season, with one representative chosen from each of five separate high school regions. During the fall campaign, just a single player will be selected representing all participating regions.

Please note, in order for a school to have multiple player(s) recognized during the course of a season, a coach from that institution must be an NFCA member. To become an NFCA member, please click HERE or call 502-409-4600.

MaxPreps is a free stat tool that is available to high school coaches across the country and is one of the most recognized and respected high school athletics websites on the internet. Coaches who enter their team’s stats on Max Preps will not only be nominating their players for this award, but they will be getting their team’s information out to thousands of high school sports fans, as well as college coaches across the country.

Previous 2015-16 Max Preps/NFCA Players of the Week

4/4

Cameron Lischinsky | Lakeland (N.Y.) | East

Maggie Balint | Avon Grove (Pa.) | North

Madison Aughinbaugh | St. Mary’s Ryken (Md.)  | South

Haidyn Bassett | Oskaloosa (Kan.) | South Central

Mikayla Rojas | Heritage Academy (Ariz.) | West

3/28

Jillian Weinstein | Half Hollows Hills West (N.Y.) | East

Ashley Swartout | Westfield (Ind.) | North

Rivers Andrews | Cedar Ridge (N.C.) | South

Jordan Carlson | Council Grove (Kan.) | South Central

Ashley Bodin | Spring Creek (Nev.) | West
  

3/21

Nicole Danyi | Baldwin (N.Y.) | East

Abby Marlow | New Athens (Ill.) | North

Mia Davidson | Orange (N.C.) | South

Grason Gasser | Bethlehem (Ky.) | South Central

Hailey Heeringa | Valley Christian (Ariz.) | West

3/14

Emily Merritt | Herford County (N.C.) | South

Aziah James | Spring (Texas) HS | South Central

Amanda Sink | Legacy (Nev.) HS | West

3/7

Hera Varma | Tampa Catholic (Fla.) HS | South

Tylar Vernon | Pangburn (Ark.) HS | South Central

Shaye Bowden | Sunnyslope (Ariz.) HS | West

 
2/29

Sarah Dugan | Oak Grove (La.) HS | South

Jordan Llinas | Cypress Woods (Texas) HS | South Central

Aurora Adams | Santiago (Calif.) HS | West

Fall

10/13 – Jessie Briley | Bishop Neuman (Neb.) HS | South Central

10/6 –   Victoria Haugsness | North Platte (Mo.) HS | South Central

9/28 –   Taylor Parham | Wilber-Clatonia (Neb.) HS | South Central

9/21 –   Savannah Chalfant | Gilmer (Ga.) HS | South

9/14 –   Madison Ingram | Bowling Green (Mo.) HS | South Central

9/7 –     Riley Craig | Mountain Range (Colo.) HS | West

8/31 –   Sieara Price | Eaton (Colo.) HS | West

8/24 –   Callyn Carter | Charlton County (Ga.) HS | South

Bird Box, the Netflix original thriller starring Sandra Bullock, has been viewed by over 45 million Netflix accounts in its first seven days.

According to Netflix, precisely 45,037,125 accounts watched the film in the week following its worldwide debut on the streaming service on December 21. Netflix claims this is the best first week for a Netflix film ever, though it wasn’t specified if that number also includes non-Netflix original movies.

As noted by Variety, this statistic comes directly from Netflix, and hasn’t been accurately gauged by outside parties. The info provided by Netflix also doesn’t specify if all of those accounts watched the film from beginning to end, or simply viewed a portion of it. However, considering many Netflix accounts are shared, and that not all viewers were watching the film alone, it can be assumed that well over 45 million people have seen at least part of the movie.

One of the major factors in Bird Box’s success is likely its prevalence on social media over the last week, with fans taking to the internet to turn various moments from the movie into memes. However, many simply riff on the prevalence of blindfolds in the film.

The plot of Bird Box revolves around a single mother (Bullock) and her children in a post-apocalyptic landscape where mysterious beings use deep-seated fears to cause people to kill themselves.

For more on Bird Box, check out our review of the film, which we called “Good” saying “Bird Box offers a humdrum (and kind of hinky) hook but a solid cast, and it’s Sandra Bullock and the ensemble that heap some heft into this standard scorched Earth story.”

For more Netflix films that are blowing up the internet, check out how to see the five main endings of the interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and read our recent interview with Black Mirror’s creator.

Colin Stevens is a news writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

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Let’s be real: stocking stuffers can be pretty useless. But that’s what makes them fun, right?

If you’re wondering where to find some unique ideas this year, we’ve got you covered. From hangover tea to a Sorting Hat candle that reveals your Hogwarts house when it burns, these are the best stocking stuffers of 2018. Your loved ones will definitely get a kick out of these small gifts.

1. BeanBoozled by Jelly Belly

Buy it here: Drake General Store, $16.50

2. Mini karaoke microphone

Buy it here: Chapters/Indigo, $10

3. Sushi cat coasters

Buy it here: Society6, $12 for four

4. Where’s Waldo socks

Buy it here: Urban Outfitters, $10

5. Punch notebook

Buy it here: Etsy, $13.77

6. Lush Santa bath bomb

Buy it here: Lush, $9.95

7. Bear phone case

Buy it here: Society6, $28.79

8. The Sorting Hat soy wax candle

Buy it here: Etsy, $5.09+

9. 10-function wooden hammer tool

Buy it here: Chapters/Indigo, $14

10. Leg lamp shot glass

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11. “Don’t stop until you’re proud” sticker

Buy it here: Society6, $3.99

12. Gnomey’s mini maze

Buy it here: Chapters/Indigo, $6.50

13. Let’s Avocuddle enamel pin

Buy it here: Etsy, $13.77

14. Lip Smackers Avengers lip balms

Buy it here: Walmart, $14.97

15. Dad Jokes by Ben Thomas

Buy it here: Amazon, $6.54

16. Hangover tea

Buy it here: Drake General Store, $18

17. Cat whisker beanie

Buy it here: Forever 21, $5

18. Cactus dryer balls

Buy it here: Chapters/Indigo, $10

19. Cat ring holder

Buy it here: Amazon, $13.69

20. Roots mug candle

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Michigan head coach Carol Hutchins became the all-time winningest coach in NCAA softball history as she captured her 1,458th career victory after the Wolverines topped Indiana, 8-0 in five innings, on Saturday afternoon at the Hoosiers’ Andy Mohr Field.

Hutchins, who tied former Fresno State coach Margie Wright with last night’s (Friday, April 1) win against the Hoosiers, improved to 1458-474-4 over her 33-year coaching career. She has spent the last 32 seasons at Michigan and ranked as the Wolverines’ winningest coach in department history.

The Wolverines struck early an often in the five-inning decision, opening just as they did last night with a two-run homer off the bat of senior second baseman Sierra Romero in the first inning. They would go on to score in three of the next four innings to complete the victory. 

Junior RHP Megan Betsa (12-2) was solid from the circle, registering nine strikeouts and allowing just four hits and one walk en route to her fourth complete-game shutout of the season.

— Courtesy of Michigan Athletic Communications
— Images courtesy of Jame Brosher

A new area named The Block has been added to the Fortnite Battle Royale map and will feature user created structures and creations.

Creative Director Donald Mustard shared the news on stage during today’s Game Awards presentation. The Block will feature player maps made in Creative, the brand new mode where players can build and customize their own private island. Epic will ultimately pick which creations are featured.

Not every private island will be eligible for The Block. User creations must fit neatly into a 25×25 tile area within the flat section of the island. Memory usage must be kept below 50,000 and chest, floor loot, and vehicle spawns will be added by Epic.

The named location Risky Reels disappeared in-game shortly before the announcement. It’s unclear if any lucky players in the area at the time of the change were able to see the giant concrete slab slam down onto Risky Reels as there was no prior announcement. Two billboards were also added with the words “The Block” written on each one.

Fortnite Season 7 launched this morning and added a snowy terrain, planes, and weapon skins. Check out our map changes and comparison page here, a look at all the new Battle Pass skins here, and a guide for the Week 1 Challenges.

Michael Koczwara is IGN’s Weekend Web Producer who is ready to see the awesome creations fans have already made. Follow him on Twitter and YouTube.

If your New Year’s resolution was to catch up with old friends, we’re here to make that a little easier: everyone’s favourite viral monkey, Darwin, is doing great.

In fact, the Japanese macaque who was catapulted to worldwide fame after he was spotted wearing a shearling coat at a Toronto Ikea in late 2012 even has a new “surrogate dad” — an 18-year-old olive baboon named Pierre.

These days, as six- or seven-year-old Darwin enters his macaque “teenage” years, “Pierre is very much a father figure,” Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary co-owner Daina Liepa told HuffPost Canada in a phone interview.

Pierre is “a very sweet monkey” with “a lovely gentle personality,” but he’s not afraid to discipline Darwin if he steps out of line. Darwin will sometimes try to steal Pierre’s food, for instance, or will be overly rambunctious — but when that happens, “Pierre will settle him down,” Liepa added.

In case you’re not caught up on the “Ikea monkey” saga, here’s a quick refresher: Darwin was taken away from his owner, Yasmin Nakhuda, after he went viral at Ikea. (Monkeys are on Toronto’s prohibited animal list.) For the last six years he’s been living at the primate sanctuary.

Story Book Farm in Sunderland, Ont., has lemurs, baboons, spider monkeys and capuchins, as well two other Japanese macaques like Darwin. Because monkeys tend to be very tribal, they hoped to place Darwin with other macaques — but Julian and Lexy were much more aggressive than the timid Darwin, and staff were worried they might attack him.

So he got an enclosure of his own, next to two good-natured olive baboons: Sweet Pea, a female, and Pierre.

Initially, they were worried Darwin wouldn’t socialize. Primates “tend to not be friendly with other species,” Liepa said.

Ideally, Darwin would have been transported to an American sanctuary that specializes in Japanese macaques — but because they didn’t have his exact birth date or medical history, they weren’t able to get him across the border. (There’s only one other primate sanctuary in Canada, the Fauna Foundation near Montreal, which specializes in chimpanzees.)

So the sanctuary’s staff and volunteers were encouraged when Sweet Pea and Darwin started grooming each other through the spaces in their enclosure. The female baboon would sometimes tease him, Liepa said, by offering him toys or blankets through a space between their caging. Once Darwin went to accept her offering, “she would scream and pull it back,” Liepa remembers. “She was such a tease.”

That interaction is probably very common to people with siblings — but overall, Sweet Pea was very motherly to Darwin, Liepa said.

“Darwin is very shy, and she was quite patient with him.”

She suspects Darwin’s unusual upbringing is part of why he’s so reclusive. “We don’t know whether it’s because he was paraded around on a leash when he was little, and his former owner took him everywhere with her, whether he liked it or not,” she said.

“We don’t know if that’s the reason, but it certainly seems to be something that must have happened before he came to us, that he was very shy.”

The founder of Story Book Farm, Sherri Delaney, has alleged that Darwin was abused by his former owners, a charge Nakhuda’s lawyers have strenuously denied. HuffPost Canada reached out to Nakhuda, but she declined an interview.

No matter what his life was like pre-sanctuary, Liepa says it’s clear from Darwin’s behaviour that he was taken away from his mother too young.

“Macaques should be with their families for the first two or three years of their lives, which is when they teach them how to behave, how to be part of the group,” she said.

They think Darwin was about six months old when they took him in, which would mean he was separated from his mother after two or three months. For that reason, “it was great for him to have this relationship with Pea and Pierre.”

Once Darwin moved into the enclosure with Sweet Pea and Pierre, Liepa and the volunteers were relieved they got along so well, especially because of their different species. She said the dynamic between the three became very familial, with the baboons serving as “surrogate parents.” And when Sweet Pea died last January, Liepa says she was was glad that Pierre and Darwin had each other.

Through Pierre, Darwin is learning what most monkeys learn from their mothers. “It takes another monkey to teach a monkey how to behave,” Liepa said.

And even though monkeys are close to humans genetically, Liepa stresses that they aren’t domesticated. The sanctuary offers visits to the public, but she regularly has to remind people that they can’t cuddle with the lemurs or spider monkeys, no mater how cute they are.

“They’re wild animals,” she said.

This is a different approach than that of Nakhuda, who has referred to Darwin as her “son.” She launched a legal challenge to get him back, which failed when judge ruled that Darwin was “not a domestic animal.” After losing her court battle in 2013 she moved to the small village of Pontypool in Kawartha Lakes, where exotic animals were not restricted.

In 2016, she told reporters she owned four monkeys, as well as two miniature donkeys, a wallaroo, several alpacas, two ferrets and a fox. (The municipality banned exotic animals in 2017, but the by-law included a “grandfather” clause that allowed residents to keep their existing animals.)

Watch: Why monkeys don’t make good pets. Story continues below video.

Story Book, meanwhile, is launching a fundraiser to raise money for its newest initiative: saving lab monkeys. Across the country, even healthy primates are routinely euthanized after they’ve served their purpose for medical research, the Globe and Mail notes. The sanctuary has saved three of Canada’s nearly 6,500 lab monkeys from death — Cedric, Cody and Pugsley — but they’re hoping to house more.

Liepa says she’s amazed at the lasting impression Darwin has made on the public.

“Six years later, people still remember him, people talk about him,” she said. “I’m going to get my coffee at Second Cup or wherever, and people start talking to me.

“It’s certainly a conversation-starter.”

TOKYO — Save the date! On Monday, September 28, Tokyo 2020 will make a decision on the additional event(s) to be proposed to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the 2020 Olympic Games. 

The final decision will be taken at the 129th IOC Session in Rio in August 2016.

Eight International Federations are hoping to join the Olympic Program of the 2020 Games: the World Baseball Softball Confederation, World Bowling, the World Karate Federation, the International Roller Sports Federation, the International Federation of Sport Climbing, the World Squash Federation, the International Surfing Association, and the International Wushu Federation.

Message from the World Baseball Softball Confederation
WBSC is hopeful that putting baseball and softball – Japan’s National sport – under the Tokyo 2020 umbrella could help further position the Olympic Games as the center of the sporting and cultural universe – and provide Tokyo 2020 organizers with another tool to shine the spotlight on the 2020 Games and on the host nation itself, optimizing fan-, youth- and overall engagement nationally and internationally.

With the existing baseball/softball venues throughout Japan, it could bring Tokyo 2020 and the Olympic Movement dividends – particularly in engaging both genders and youth — with no associated construction costs and minimal operational costs – aligning with the Agenda 2020 vision.
Website: http://www.wbsc.co/

— Courtesy of Toyko 2020

DICE has announced that the changes made to Battlefield 5’s Time to Kill (TTK) values will soon be undone following negative fan feedback.

Announced by DICE on the Battlefield 5 Reddit, TTK will be reverting back to launch values starting tomorrow, December 18 at 4am PT. DICE made the changes so it would be easier for new players to jump in to BF5, though experienced players quickly made their grievances known.

At launch, many fans felt that TTK and Time to Death (TTD) was far too quick, though the recently implemented changes went in the opposite direction, causing many players to feel like enemies were “bullet sponges” and took far too long to kill. Many complained of overall balancing issues caused by the changes.

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On Friday, DICE announced “Core” playlists were coming alongside changes to how long it took to kill other players in the game. However, with TTK values being reverted, the “Conquest Core” playlist will be removed, and future core playlists that were planned will not be introduced.

“Our intent with the TTK changes was to see if we could evolve the Battlefield V experience and make it more enjoyable for new players, whilst also making sure the Battlefield vets have a choice with a more ‘core’ experience suiting their preferred play-style,” wrote BF5 community manager Dan Mitre. “Clearly we didn’t get it right. Veteran players didn’t ask for the change, but as game developers, we took it upon ourselves to make those changes based on extensive data and deliberation.”

Though some took issue with the change ever happening in the first place, many fans responding to the Reddit post were positive on the announced reversion, noting DICE’s responsiveness and willingness to listen to the community.

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User RandomFactor_ wrote: “Between the Infinity Blade in Fortnite and now this, i’m so thankful that game developers are getting better at differentiating between good and bad player feedback and keeping lines of communication open. This is what people wanted, and you’ve delivered. Thank you.”

DICE has also identified weapon imbalances and has recorded real-world data on how TTK impacts BF5, and will use that knowledge to improve the game going forward for all players, both new and veteran. Tomorrow’s update will be server-side, and won’t require a client download from players.

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For more on Battlefield 5, check out how players previously felt like they had been dying too quickly, and how the Overture update was delayed earlier this month.

Colin Stevens is a news writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.