James D. Cimburek
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Sports Editor, Yankton Press & Dakotan. Member of NSMA & APSE. Heisman voter. MMU Hall of Fame, '20. Find me in other places under same name.
Yankton, SD
Joined April 2009
4 matches for Hutmacher in the state tournament: 1:59 total time. He won a state title without wrestling an entire period combined. #MindBlown.
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Just got this from the Gatorade Player of the Year people:. @YhsBucks @matthew_mors was the first sophomore EVER to get Gatorade Boys' Basketball Player of the Year for South Dakota.
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Praying for Sully Buttes coach Mark Senftner, who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. If you're wondering what kind of person he is, 4 years ago he intentionally took a technical foul so that an injured Cheylee Nagel could score for Avon in the state tournament.
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Had some self-created camera issues tonight, but not before I got these shots of @GoJacksMBB William Kyle III.
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Just a reminder:. If you play high school sports, there are kids looking up to you. (Yes, in this gym they look down, but they are "looking up to you.")
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A moment that requires more than 280 characters worth of reaction. Still can't wrap my head around being honored by the school where my career began.
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Mount Marty senior Mikayla Prouty announced as a starter for the second half and immediately taken out, allowing her to step on the court one last time. The @LancerWBB standout suffered a season-ending injury earlier this season.
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Chamberlain fans rise to their feet as they sense the end of the Polar Bear era. Nash Hutmacher needed 1:29 to pin Brookings' Gus Miller for his 73rd straight pin and 4th straight state title.
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Went back through my Summit League women's final photos and had to add this one to our gallery. Too fun not to.
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The Gatorade South Dakota Player of the Year is @YhsBucks @matthew_mors . He is the second Buck ever to receive the honor for basketball, joining Tate Pesicka.
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Timing is everything . or amazing luck. And with a lefty, nonetheless.
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With the @YhsBucks coming to a close, let's update the @matthew_mors tracker:. He finished with 585 points, breaking the old record of 531 (Steve Diekmann, 90-91). Broke scoring average 24.375 avg (23.1, Diekmann). Broke single-game scoring 42 (41). Broke career 3s 121
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Yankton's @matthew_mors has been named Mr. Basketball for South Dakota for 2021. Haleigh Timmer of St. Thomas More earned Miss Basketball honors.
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LANCERS WIN!. Cole Bowen drains a DEEP one from past half court for @MMULancersMBB first GPAC win of the season. 73-70 over #13 Northwestern . Lancers host @GPACSports leader Hastings on Wednesday.
Van Kalsbeek strikes again, now has 22. 70-68 Northwestern over MMU, 20.1 to play, Lancer ball.
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Going to give @EEWoodiel all the credit for having the brains to post her version of these photos from .@thesummitleague Volleyball Tournament yesterday. It was a great mother-daughter moment among many good moments.
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Have a weekend, Billy Hancock. The @MMULancersBSB catcher went 6-for-6 with 3 HR and 7 RBI today. In 4 games this weekend, he was 9-for-12, 4 HR, 9 RBI, as the Lancers went 3-1. He has a hit in all 8 of the Lancers' games this month (15-26, 4 HR, 13 RBI)
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.@YhsBucks @matthew_mors finished with a school-record 45 points, including these two, in Yankton's 66-60 victory over Huron. Teegan Evers dropped 31 for Huron to keep the Tigers in the game.
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The @pressanddakotan.Newsmaker of the Year: @andy_bernatow of @MMULancers. MMU’s ‘Very Special Leader’ via @pressanddakotan.
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FINAL: @YhsBucks 59, LINCOLN 57. YANKTON WINS A FIRST-ROUND STATE BOYS' BASKETBALL GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1981!.
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Mors Named Gatorade South Dakota Player Of The Year. Will have more in Saturday's paper . via @pressanddakotan.
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The @SDCoyotesFB at @GoJacksFB game on Oct. 26 has been shifted to prime time. It will be a 6:30 pm game, and it will air on ESPNU.
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Yankton's @matthew_mors will open the 2020-21 season by breaking his own single-game scoring record. He has 48 points with 35.3 seconds remaining. @YhsBucks 76.@Spartan_BBB 58. Spearfish kept it close for much of the game.
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Jordan Johnson averaged 27 ppg last week, including dropping 35 on 13-18 shooting (5-6 3s) to beat #6 DWU. That effort earned the @MountMartyHoops guard @GPACSports Player of the Week honors.
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Before the game, I told another reporter I expected Mors to get called for a BS technical foul by the end of the first quarter. It took until a minute into the third.
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The @YhsBucks starting all seniors in the third place game against Harrisburg. Sawatzke .Owen Feser.Ryken.Cap.Luellman.
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From @thesummitleague :. Today's women's final attendance (record 8,704) bests the women's final attendance for "Power 5" leagues. SEC 8,215.American (UConn's league) 7,501.ACC 7,424.Pac12 5,387.Big Ten 4,519.Big 12 3,520.
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This was the point that eliminated Miles Krajewski from singles play, but he didn't go down without a fight (as you can see). He and Jayci Simon will be playing for Gold in mixed doubles on Monday.
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Remember @kennadiw_15 as a little kid running around the DakotaDome when mom @gussowilliams5 was coaching the USD women. So cool to see them both having success.
I am so happy for Coach @gussowilliams5 & her wonderful family. Her daughter @kennadiw_15 just led Lincoln Southwest to an upset win in the Class A semifinals. On to the state title game! Proud of Kennadi & her teammates. #nebpreps #Huskers
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The AA all-time leading scorer, @matthew_mors, leaves the YHS court for the final time. He had 35 tonight.
After 3. @YhsBucks 56.Douglas 38. Bucks 8 minutes away from a trip to state.
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The name @matthew_mors will be all over the @YhsBucks record books when his prep career ends in March. Besides 5 career records, add points in a game (48) and season (585), and blocks in a game (6) and season (41). He plays his final regular season game today against Douglas.
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Former @LancerWBB and @Lancers_Golf standout Logan Wagner (@lowag24 ) is coming home. After 1 year away, @cunebulldogs she has been named the head golf coach at @mmclancers . She will also be an assistant for the @LancerWBB program under new head coach @tjschlimgen
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State Champions. Welcome home is 2 pm Sunday at the YHS Gym
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Besides his going over 1,000 points for his career, @YhsBucks freshman @matthew_mors became the Bucks' all-time leader in career three-pointers. Tate Pesicka had 109, Mors hit his 110th tonight.
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Good news for high school track and field fans in the region:. Dan Lennon is back. @SDCoyotesXCTF will host the 2-day meet, March 21 (A) and 22 (B) at the DakotaDome in Vermillion.
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Connie and John Nyhaug inducted into the SD Track/XC Coaches Hall Of Fame.
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Thank you to @SDCoyotesVB for being so exciting and photogenic. This photo from them winning the 2022 @thesummitleague tournament was the first place photo in the @SD_Newspapers annual contest.
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South Dakota should play all 3 classes of state basketball at the same site on the same weekend.
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Still going through photos from tonight because I had to drive back and I took way too many (gallery coming later, BTW). Got this connection photo from @BluebirdsTabor 's Chase Kortan.
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This is the 5th year of the SoDak 16 for AA basketball. Only 2 boys' programs have made all 5 state tournaments during that era:. @YhsBucks .@OGHSKnights
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A trio of @yhs_fb players are headed to @MMULancersFB Jayden Lightner, Jaden Kral and Cameron Zahrbock
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Yankton had hired new head coaches for three programs. Matt Decker, who was an assistant on the Bucks' state title team, will take over the girls' basketball program. Robert Coyle III will head the wrestling program. Tayler Stacey will lead the volleyball program.
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YHS has announced two new head coaches:. Shanna Ibarolle-Koenig will head the @GazelleVball program.Brady Muth (@dobalina54 ) will head the @BuckFootball program. Both are YHS Alumni
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Every track season, there are typically a couple of athletes other athletes will stop to watch. One of those is Viborg-Hurley's Angel Johnson. @AngelJo16347001
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Turned into a beautiful night at Crane-Youngworth Field.
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Yankton retired the side in order in the bottom of the 7th. Final:. @YBABaseball 5.@BVLynxBaseball 4
A 2-run single by Michael Drotzmann gives @YBABaseball a 5-4 lead on @BVLynxBaseball headed to the bottom of the 7th.
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Nearly 10 years ago, I covered Taryn Kloth winning a state volleyball title for O'Gorman in a tournament played here in Yankton. Today I watched her on TV as she and her teammate won their first match in beach volleyball at the #Olympics2024Paris . (2014 photos, of course)
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Saw this a couple times tonight. Love the excitement they're showing for their fellow @MMULancers schoolmates.
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Ok, Yankton, now comes the hard part. When you enter the arena today, leave last night at the curb. The result will not change, so don't let it lead to another bad experience.
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Paul Paul, the @mmclancers ' redshirt freshman from Harrisburg, was named the Outstanding Male Performer of the @GPACSports Indoor Track and Field Meet. Won the 200 and 400 and anchored the winning 4x400 relay for Mount Marty.
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The Big Ten found out what those of us in South Dakota already knew:. Bergen Reilly is very good at volleyball. First freshmen ever named B1G Setter of the Year.
.@BergenReilly making history. ✍️. For the first time EVER, a freshman has earned @B1GVolleyball Setter of the Year honors! 🤩
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Let me try to be clear on this:. There are NO (AS IN ZERO) situations where a parent/fan going up to an official after (or during) a game to dispute a call is acceptable or justified behavior. Doesn't matter how bad you think the call was. IT IS NOT JUSTIFIED OR ACCEPTABLE!!!!!.
Very emotional game but unfortunately a @Post307Baseball had a parent that met the umpires at their vehicles after the game questioning a call. We have a tough time getting umpires already. This type of interaction unacceptable at any level.
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Sometimes you don't plan things, but they turn out super-cool anyway.
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I have no problem admitting that the best photo from the @YhsBucks win at Aberdeen yesterday was not one of mine:. Thanks to @jdavis_AAN (Aberdeen American News photo genius John Davis) for this one.
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A @LancerWBB note that does not involve 3-pointers:. Senior Hannah Williams (#22) has made 14 straight free throws, dating back to the Concordia game on Dec. 14. Since a 1-4 against Briar Cliff on Nov. 20, Williams is 22-24 from the line. She is 29-36 on the season.
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Here is the photo that earned @jhoeck another @SD_Newspapers Best Sports Photo Award. It is @zcanderson24 of @SDCoyotesXCTF from a home indoor meet in February of 2020.
Best Sports Photo.1st - @jhoeck . Best Sports Reporting.2nd - @RDockendorf .3rd - Jeremy. Best Sports Series.2nd - Jeremy & James.3rd - Jeremy. Best Spot News Photo.1st - @kelly_hertz .2nd - Cora Van Olson.3rd - Randy. Best Spot News Story.2nd - Randy.
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The @MMULancersSB team reacts to the announcement that they will be in the Chickasha, Oklahoma bracket of the @NAIA Opening Round, beginning Monday.
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Didn't get this shared through Instagram last night:. Take a look at the dent @SDCoyotesVB @Juhnke5 puts in this ball on a back-row kill.
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So. Have S.D. sports fans wrapped their head around the fact that the city of Sioux Falls hosted both the Division II men's basketball championship (with a sellout crowd of over 3.5K) and a Division I men's hockey region final (with a crowd of over 8K) on the same day?.
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Big announcements by @MMULancers . The "interim" tag has been removed from AD Andy Bernatow. The longtime @MMULancersBSB coach will take the helm of the entire athletic department.
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I would like to thank whoever knocked Maddie Lavin's shoe off during last year's state track meet for helping me win a @SD_Newspapers award.
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James Brown, a special-needs student and senior for Centerville, got the start and scored 25 points tonight against Bridgewater-Emery.
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One day @ChrisNilsen2 is setting the 2024 world #1 mark in the men's pole vault. Next day he's helping out with the women's event at the meet hosted by his alma mater, @SDCoyotesXCTF . Not seeking attention, just helping out where he can.
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One of my favorite parts of a track meet: watching kids that have been working hard all day sprinting back and forth to cheer on their teammates in the final event of the meet.
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Good start for @MMULancersBSB Chris Rofe. The senior from Sydney, Australia is 3-0, 0.50 ERA, 27 Ks in 18 IP.
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Going to try bringing up something Nebraska does without the SD lifers throwing a fit:. At state basketball/FB/VB each school gets to bring its pep band, if they so choose. Instead of random music on the PA the bands take turns playing. Have heard some good bands this week.
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Rugby Ryken of @YhsBucks officially credited with a triple-double in last night's win over Huron: 16p, 16a (school record) and 11r. YHS has Hudl handle its official stats, which is why they were not available until this morning. Photo: Mike Carroll, Huron Plainsman.
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No matter the outcome of Saturday's third place game, this year's @YhsBucks senior class has more wins and a better finish than any YHS group since the 70s. I got to sit with them Friday to talk about what makes them special. via @pressanddakotan.
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We are headed to OT between @LancerWBB and Midland thanks to this 3 by Hannah Williams. She has a career high 19 points.
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Most AA's don't get that kind of sendoff. Good to see Harrisburg still has a little bit of small town SD in them. Good luck at state, Tigers
.@HarrisburgHigh Tigers Girls and Boys Basketball teams are headed to State with a proper sendoff!! #GoTigers #statebound 🎥 cred Josh Klemme
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Here is the tournament's "Big Stick" winner, Sawyer Tolk. He finished 6-12 on the weekend, with an on-base percentage that was much better than that.
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What a concept: holding a state event in the same place every year, in a town with enough restaurants and hotels to accommodate crowds. Speaking from experience, Nebraska does state track right.
NSAA Trivia Tuesday: Did you know. this is the 48th year that the NSAA State Track & Field Championships have been held at Omaha Burke Stadium!
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Viborg-Hurley's Schoenefeld (@GSchoeney) was named the SDHSCA Boys' Basketball Coach of the Year. via @pressanddakotan.
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.@MountMartyHoops didn't get the win today, but they did bring the energy. Those tough losses are going to be turning in to wins in the future.
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@BNeuman7 @SportsCenter Wow, writing him off a 1/8 of way through his rookie season. I'm not sold on him yet, but I haven't given up on him, either. He does have a lot of work to do, though.
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93-90 @MountMartyHoops victory over #20 St. Ambrose. No, I don't know the last time MMC (RV) beat 2 ranked opponents in same week. (#16 Jamestown Monday). But the last time MMC (10-2) had double-digit wins in a season was 2011-12 (11-18). Lancers are at #7 DWU on Wednesday.
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A full speed collision into a fence for @MMCBaseball @Miller11_ today. He stayed in the game.
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In the past 20 SD volleyball seasons, the winner of the Northwestern-Warner district final played for a state title 19, winning 14 of them. Saturday, they will play each other for the title IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, instead of 2 matches before the state. #AsItShouldBe.
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It took just 4 years for @MMULancersFB to post their first-ever winning season. They have one game left this season, at home against Doane next Saturday.
Football: Lancers Beat Hastings To Clinch Program's First-Ever Winning Season via @pressanddakotan.
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I was impressed with Mike Mansaray during the @SDCoyotesFB spring game today.
FB: Coyotes End Spring On Good Note via @pressanddakotan.
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The @GPACSports lets 8 teams into its conference tournament. 7 made the national tournament. Crazy? No, it's just life in the GPAC.
The GPAC with 7⃣ teams in the @NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament! Nice work #GPACNation!. First/Second Round - March 7-8 (16 sites).Final Site - March 13-18 at the @TysonEventsCent in @locatesiouxcity . Full NAIA WBB Bracket ->
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CINDERELLA RESIDES AT VIBORG-HURLEY!. The 8th seed Cougars are your State B champion.
After 3. Viborg-Hurley 47.DeSmet 46.
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As the @pressanddakotan I have been Sports Editor for Yankton's. 7 Girls’ XC Titles.5 Boys’ XC Titles.4 FB Titles.2 Boys’ Golf Titles.2 Boys’ Track Titles.1 Girls’ Golf Title.1 Competitive Cheer Title.1 VB Title.1 Girls’ Basketball Title. And now,. 1 Boys’ Basketball Title
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My fellow 2020 @MMULancers inductees and I were supposed to be inducted June of 2020. Then COVID. We are happy to share the Oct. 15 (Friday before Homecoming) induction with the Class of 2021. And maybe, some time before then, I'll think about working on my speech.
Introducing MMU's first 2020 Hall of Fame Inductee. James Cimburek '94! ."Both his peers and coaches have recognized his exemplary work, naming him the South Dakota Sportswriter of the Year TWICE." .Read on here: .#LancerDays2021 #HallofFame
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An interesting tidbit, that I'm sure someone else has already shared:. Former @SDCoyotesWBB coach Amy Williams (Nebraska) and former @GoJacksMBB coach Scott Nagy (Wright St) each won their respective league's COY honor. So did their successors: @CoachDawnP and @coachotz.
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