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NHL One more trophy: Drube ends prep career as Milward Simpson finalist Love preparing to Gabby Drube was hurdles at state as a goalie going against the best sophomore, Drube start college career high school athletes drew the attention of a in the state when she Division I coach. dies after fireworks accident Continued from Page B3 was announced as a Despite losing her finalist for the presti- President’s Education award (gold) and junior year because of gious Milward Simpson COVID-19, Drube com- By STEPHEN WHYNO “Life is so precious and can be death “a great loss not only honor cords for her work in the National Award after graduating mitted to run hurdles and KATHLEEN FOODY so fragile. Hug your loved ones for Latvian hockey but for the Honor Society. from Thunder Basin at the University of ASSOCIATED PRESS today. RIP Matiss, you will be entire Latvian nation.” The seventh was the Campbell County this year. dearly missed.” Blue Jackets Kivlenieks most recently rep- High School Outstanding Senior award. Drube earned all- Wyoming in the fall. Columbus Blue Jackets Love was chosen by CCHS faculty and Sydney Thorvaldson Matiss Kivlenieks president of hockey operations resented Latvia this spring at state honors for the John Davidson called it a “dev- the world hockey champion- staff for being a leader in and out of the Bolts during volleyball of Rawlins ended up died of chest trauma from an classroom and showing strong work ethic errant fireworks mortar blast astating time” for the team. ship in which he played four season in the fall. She winning the Milward “Kivi was an outstanding games. He played two games by setting and achieving her goals. also played on Thunder Simpson award, which in what authorities described “It’s definitely a nice change of pace Monday as a tragic accident at young man who greeted every for the Blue Jackets and eight Basin’s state champi- honors the most compared to my first three years of track,” a Michigan home on the Fourth day and everyone with a smile for the American Hockey onship team in 2020. outstanding male Love said. “My mom’s got a collection of of July. and the impact he had during League’s Through 24 match- and female athlete in everything I’ve won this year.” Police in Novi, Michigan, his four years with our organi- this past season. es, she accumulated Wyoming. Thorvaldson Much like the state award, Love isn’t said the firework tilted slight- zation will not be forgotten,” he A native of Riga, Latvia, 160 kills, 95 digs, 60 never lost a regular expecting to win the national Gatorade ly and started to fire toward said. Kivlenieks signed with the Blue blocks and 29 aces as season cross-country award. But just being in the conversation people nearby Sunday night. Kivlenieks’ death came Jackets as a free agent in May a senior. meet and was a four- on the eve of Game 4 of the 2017 and played eight games for is an honor, she said. The 24-year-old Kivlenieks During the winter, time state champion, Stanley Cup Final in Montreal. the club overall. He was seen After competing in the Outdoor Drube again earned was in a hot tub and tried to according to WyoPrep. Bell Centre held a moment as a possible No. 2 goaltender Nationals track meet last week at the all-state and was get clear with several other com. of silence for Kivlenieks prior next season if Joonas Korpisalo University of Oregon, Love will be laying named the Class 4A people, police Lt. Jason Meier Thorvaldson was said. Authorities earlier said the to the national anthems, and or Elvis Merzlikins is traded. low and doing offseason training until she girls basketball player Latvian had died of an apparent coach Jon Kivlenieks was at Mid-Ohio moves to Arizona next month. of the year. She broke also a three-time state head injury during a fall, but an Cooper offered remarks about Sports Car Course in Lexington Love is already preparing to make some Thunder Basin’s school champion in track autopsy clarified the cause of Kivlenieks after his team’s over- last Tuesday as a guest of major changes to her throwing technique, record for points in and field. The Rawlins death. time loss to the Canadiens. IndyCar driver Alexander Rossi. as she will transition from a glider to a a season with 371, native is committed to The fire department and “I just want to give our Rossi announced that day he rotational thrower in college, she said. according to WyoPrep. run at the University of EMTs got to the home short- heartfelt condolences to the was going to race in Mexico in During the national meet, Love was the com. Arkansas in the fall. ly after 10 p.m. and took Kivlenieks family,” Cooper said. November, and Kivlenieks took only athlete in the shot put throwing as a Drube was nominat- Peter Visser of Star Kivlenieks to a hospital, where “It’s an awful tragedy for any- a ride around Mid-Ohio in a glider. ed for the Wyoming Valley earned the he was pronounced dead, Meier body, any family to go through Honda Ridgeline to help pro- A glider travels across the ring in a for- Gatorade Player of award on the boys side. said. The Oakland County that. But somebody in the NHL mote both Rossi and Sunday’s ward motion while a rotational thrower the Year award, which In his career, Visser launches a shot put similarly to a discus Medical Examiner’s office family, as close as we all are IndyCar race. ended up going to earned all-state seven as the teams even battling out “This hits hard,” Rossi tweet- throw, Love said. reported preliminary autopsy Allyson Fertig of times and broke the there, from all the Lightning, ed. “Prayers to the family and “It’ll be weird getting used to,” Love Douglas for the second results Monday afternoon. all-class record at this Prior to the autopsy, police our condolences.” the team.” said. “But it’ll be worth it.” straight year. year’s 3200-meter run said Kivlenieks was believed to NHL Commissioner Gary Meier said the autopsy find- Soon Love will leave her hometown for While Drube excelled have slipped and hit his head Bettman said Kivlenieks’ “love ings prompted officers to re-in- Tucson. But her hard work and dedication on both the volleyball at the state track meet, on concrete while running from for life and passion for the game terview some witnesses. He will be an example for other student-ath- and basketball court, according to WyoPrep. a malfunctioning firework. will be deeply missed by all said police will continue trying letes for years to come. her future is on the com. “At the moment, we’re pretty those who have been fortunate to interview as many people as For Love, there was no better way to cap track. After finishing Visser will continue certain this was a tragic acci- to have him as a teammate and they can who were there. her high school career than being named second in the 100- running at Weber State dent,” Meier said. a friend.” “We’re starting to put togeth- the best track and field athlete in the state. meter hurdles and University in Ogden, Columbus general manag- The Latvian Hockey er a pretty good picture of what At the same time, she knows her throwing third in the 300-meter Utah. er Jarmo Kekalainen tweeted: Federation called Kivlenieks’ occurred,” he said. career is just getting started. Black Lung Clinic for Coal Miners We provide medical, outreach, educational, and benefits counseling services to active, inactive, and disabled coal miners throughout the region. This program is offered to anyone who has worked in a coal mine and has a commitment to their cardiopulmonary health.

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