#salem: george faulkner

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Bem-vindos, George Faulkner! Estamos felizes em ver que eles chegaram em segurança em sua jornada para Salem. Ao redor da cidade, as senhoras na porta da igreja sussurram que ele tem 38 anos e foi elogiado como Proativo, Protetor e Resiliente, mas alguns sussurraram que ele também é Arrogante, Desconfiado, Fechado. Após sua chegada, fica claro que ele trabalha como Assistente de Xerife. Espero vê-lo na próxima pregação para conferir se é verdade que se parece mesmo com Charlie Hunnam.

Seu personagem se lembra de 2024?

Sim

Conte-nos a vida do seu personagem em 1691?

George é filho do xerife Ronald Faulkner e ajuda o pai na tarefa de manter a ordem na vila de Salem, junto como George Corwin, um recém chegado que veio de Connecticut. Ele tinha a fama de mulherengo e indisciplinado, por isso Ronald tratou de acertar o casamento de George com Katherine, filha de Arthur Bennett, na esperança que o filho aquietasse e finalmente tivesse a própria família. E assim o foi, George tem uma filha com Katherine, é um pai dedicado e um ótimo policial. alguns arriscam a dizer que ele vai substituir o pai em breve na função, apesar de Corwin ser parente do governador de Connecticut.

Ele trouxe algo de 2024?

Sim, o isqueiro zippo do seu avô

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PROMOÇÃO DE NATAL ESPECIAL SALEM, 1691

Disque 666 para um starter com Riley Kalman/Charlie Cohen

Disque 69 para um starter com Ben O'Leary/George Faulkner

Disque 171 para um starter com Nash Torres/Francis Parris

Disque 44 para um starter com Elizabeth Quarks/Sarah Brown

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Patriarch Richard Barker, born in England circa 1621, was one of the original proprietors of Andover, arriving in the new world with his wife Joanna in the late 1630s. In fact, he might even be called the first settler of Andover. He was among a group from nearby Newbury and Ipswich who had petitioned for land in 1640. The first recorded business transaction in Andover, dated August 13, 1643, was Barker’s deed to land and livestock.

Barker originally owned 7 acres, then 10, and eventually, 300 contiguous acres, near “the Great Pond,” or Lake Cochichewick, in what is today North Andover. Barker was one of ten freeholders to establish the First Church of Andover in 1645. In August of 2000, Marjorie Wardwell Otten wrote in the Essex Genealogist (Vol. 20, No. 3), “There was hardly any town affair of importance for 50 years on record which does not bear Richard Barker’s name as party to or witness of, petitioner, etc.”

Between 1644 and 1663, Richard and Joanna had nine children. The families of three of their sons (John, William, and Ebenezer) and one daughter (Hannah) were directly affected by the witch hysteria that first arrived in Andover in May of 1692 with the arrest of Martha Carrier, and escalated in mid-July with ever-increasing accusations against Andover citizens. When all was said and done, more people were accused of witchcraft in Andover than in any other Essex County town.

On August 25, arrest warrants were issued for the Barkers’ second-oldest son, 47-year-old William Barker, as well as his 13-year-old niece Mary Barker (daughter of oldest Barker son John). William’s niece-by-marriage, 27-year-old Mary (Osgood) Marston, stepdaughter of youngest Barker daughter Hannah (who became Christopher Osgood’s second wife in 1680) was also named on the warrant. The complaint against all three was made by Samuel Martin of Andover and Moses Tyler of Boxford. Author Richard Hite, in his book In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692, says, “This marked the beginning of the second phase of the Andover persecution.” All three were arrested by August 29, examined, and jailed in Salem.

The three Barker relations were accused of “woefully afflicting and abusing” three recently-afflicted local girls. One was Rose Foster, the teenage granddaughter of Rebecca Eames of Boxford (who had herself been accused of witchcraft earlier in August). Rose’s father was Andover constable Ephraim Foster. Another afflicted girl named in the complaint was Samuel Martin’s 16-year-old daughter Abigail. The third person, soon to be the principal accuser in Andover, was Moses Tyler’s 16-year-old stepdaughter Martha Sprague.

By this point, it was widely-thought that confessing was the only way to save one’s life. During his examination, William made a remarkable and elaborate confession, saying “he has been in the snare of the devil three years, that the devil first appeared to him like a black man and [he] perceived he had a cloven foot, that the devil demanded of him to give up himself body & soul unto him, which he promised to do…” William went on, in great detail, to explain that he had, indeed, tormented his three accusers, that he had signed the devil’s book in blood, and that the devil promised to pay all his debts. William said he previously attended a meeting of about 100 witches in Salem Village, where there was a sacrament of bread and wine, led by Reverend George Burroughs and the devil. (Burroughs had been hanged by this time, on August 19.) William even explained the devil’s intentions to “set up his own worship [and] abolish all the churches in the land.” William begged forgiveness for what he had done and promised to renounce the devil.

Thirteen-year-old Mary Barker also confessed to afflicting her three accusers, and said she had attended the witch meeting with her uncle, had been baptized by the devil in Five Mile Pond (known as Spofford Pond today), and she also accused Goody Johnson and Goody Faulkner of witchcraft (both were members of the extended Ingalls-Dane family), and added this colorful detail, “she has seen no appearance since but a fly which did speak to her, and bid her afflict these poor creatures which she did by pinching with, and clinching of her hands, for which she is sorry.”

Mary Marston’s confession was similar to that of her relatives – she confirmed that her uncle William Barker, her cousin Mary Barker, and she herself were witches, that she had afflicted her three accusers, and that she, too, had attended a witch meeting in Salem Village. When she was asked how long she had been in league with the devil, “she now saith that about the time when her mother died and she was overcome with melancholy, about three years since the black man appeared to her in the great room and told her she must serve and worship him. And so she did.”

On September 1, William’s son, 14-year-old William Barker Jr. was also arrested. He clearly had heard the details of the Barker confessions before him, as well as the news of the day, because his story was similar to his father and cousins, and he named recently-accused “witches.” Like his relatives , William Jr. was accused of tormenting Martha Sprague, Rose Foster, and Abigail Martin “which he did not deny but could not remember it.” He said he’d been a witch for six days and, “as he was going in the woods one evening to look after cows he saw the shape of a black dog which looked very fiercely upon him And he was much disturbed in his mind about it and could not sleep well that night.” He went on to describe a meeting with the devil, his own baptism in Five Mile Pond, and his mark in the devil’s book. He also named Mary Parker as a witch (she’d been accused of witchcraft in late August, along with four of her family members) as well as Samuel Wardwell, his wife Mary, and two of their daughters. The Wardwell family had been accused and arrested in late August and were examined on September 1, the same day as William Jr.

The last Barker family member to be caught up in the Andover witch hunt was Abigail (Wheeler) Barker who had married the third-oldest Barker son, Ebenezer, in 1686. On September 7, at the Andover meeting house, the infamous “touch test” took place. It was believed that an afflicted person would be “cured” if she or he touched a “witch.” The evil, it was thought, would flow back into its source. The touch test had been used in Salem examinations since May, but on this day, all of Andover’s accused and afflicted were gathered together at the meeting house. The accused “witches” were blindfolded and were led to the afflicted girls. If the afflictions ceased after touching one of the accused it was believed a witch had been identified. By the time the touch test was over, all of the accused women and men, at least seventeen people, had been confirmed as witches. Among them were Abigail Barker and Mary Osgood (wife of Richard Barker’s lifelong friend John Osgood).

Abigail Barker is particularly remembered for an account of the touch test in “an undated declaration prepared and signed by six suspects [one of whom was Abigail] just prior to the resumption of trials in January 1693,” according to author Richard Hite. All of the accused had been forced to participate, and all were found guilty. Said the remarkable declaration, “…we knowing ourselves altogether innocent of the crime, we were all exceedingly astonished and amazed, and consternated and affrighted even out of our reason; and our nearest and dearest relations, seeing us in that dreadful condition, and knowing our great danger, apprehended there was no other way to save our lives, as the case was then circumstanced, but by confessing ourselves to be such and such persons as the afflicted represented us to be, out of tenderness and pity, persuaded us to confess what we did confess.”

Although the date is uncertain, it is known that after his indictment, William Barker Sr. somehow escaped from jail and fled. As a penalty, his cattle were seized, and his brother John had to pay £2 10s to get them back. (William’s descendant George Barker has a theory that William may have hidden on an island in a nearby swamp, until it was safe to emerge after the trials.) Once the hysteria subsided, William Barker Sr. lived in Andover for the rest of his life, holding various jobs in town, including fence viewer and constable. He and his wife Mary Dix had thirteen children. William died in 1718 and is buried in the First Burial Ground in North Andover.

On October 3, 1692, John Barker and Francis Faulkner paid the bond for the release of three of the youngest accused: John’s daughter Mary Barker (aged 13), her cousin William Barker Jr. (aged 14), and Mary Lacy Jr. (aged 18). John Barker and John Osgood (whose wife Mary was also accused) later paid for the release of the rest of the jailed Andover children.

Mary Barker and William Barker Jr. were tried and acquitted by a jury in May of 1693. In 1704, the cousins, who had shared such a traumatic experience twelve years earlier, got married. The couple had eight children. They continued to live in Andover for the rest of their lives: William Jr. died in 1745 and Mary died in 1752. Both are buried in the First Burial Ground in North Andover.

Mary (Osgood) Marston and Abigail (Wheeler) Barker were both tried and acquitted in January of 1693. The former died in Andover in 1700, the latter in 1743. Abigail’s husband Ebenezer, who had waited until he was 35 years old to get married, lived to be 95, dying in 1746.

Patriarch Richard Barker died in March of 1693, and his good friend John Osgood died shortly thereafter.

Not everyone involved in the Salem witch trials is remembered in the same way. It’s important to highlight this quote from Marjorie Wardwell Otten in the Essex Genealogist, “Three men of Andover stand out in their efforts to defuse and to bring forth the falsities of the accusations: John Barker, John Osgood, and Reverend Francis Dane.” John Barker, who married Mary Stevens in 1670, was not only one of the voices of reason during the terrible events of 1692, and one of the men who paid to release the accused children, but he was a Deacon of the First Church, became a Sergeant in the militia in 1702, and a Captain in 1708. He died of smallpox in 1732, and is buried in the Mount Vernon Cemetery in Boxford.

What led to the accusations against so many members of such an upstanding and respected Andover family? Sometimes the reasons are hinted at in the records – family feuds, personality clashes, long-standing neighborly accusations. In the Barkers’ case, there is nothing in the records that explains it. Author Richard Hite speculates that there may have been some dispute between the accuser Moses Tyler and the accused William Barker Sr. Their farms were only a mile apart, possibly even abutting, so perhaps there had been previous altercations. We will likely never know.

There are two additional family connections to the witchcraft trials worth mentioning: Rebecca Eames of Boxford, and her son Daniel, were both accused and jailed. Daniel was married to Lydia Wheeler, sister of Abigail (Wheeler) Barker.

The other intriguing relationship involves Andover’s Samuel Wardwell (hanged on September 22). When Wardwell was examined after being accused of witchcraft, he spoke of a disappointment in love from twenty years earlier: “He said the reason of his discontent then was because he was in love with a maid named Barker who slighted his love.” The target of his affections was oldest Barker daughter Sarah, who chose to marry John Abbot instead of Wardwell.

Today, the Barkers remain a pillar of the North Andover community. Barker’s Farm was established in 1642, and has been run by 10 generations of the family, making it the oldest continuously owned and operated family farm in the United States. Barker’s Farmstand on Osgood Street in North Andover is one of our favorite places.

Special thanks to George and Dorothea Barker, and Karen, Laurie, Beth, Dianne and Sam, for their help and generosity researching their family history.

Barker’s Farmstand is at 1267 Osgood Street (Route 125) in North Andover.

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Salem's Victims (Executed or Accused)

Arrested For Witchcraft:

Arthur Abbott

Nehemiah Abbott Jr

John Alden Jr

Abigail Barker

Mary Barker

William Barker, Sr

William Barker, Jr

Sarah Bassett

Sarah Bibber

Bridget Bishop

Sarah Bishop

Mary Black

Mary Bradbury

Mary Bridges, Sr

Mary Bridges, Jr

Sarah Bridges

Hannah Bromage

Sarah Buckley

George Burroughs

Martha Carrier

Richard Carrier

Sarah Carrier

Thomas Carrier Jr

Bethia Carter, Sr

Elizabeth Cary

Sarah Churchill

Mary Clarke

Rachel Clinton

Sarah Cloyce

Sarah Cole (of Lynn)

Sarah Cole (of Salem)

Elizabeth Colson

Giles Corey

Martha Corey

Deliverance Dane

Mary De Rich

Elizabeth Dicer

Ann Dolliver

Lydia Dustin

Sarah Dustin

Daniell Eames

Rebecca Eames

Mary Easty

Esther Elwell

Martha Emerson

Joseph Emons

Phillip English

Thomas Farrer

Edward Farrington

Abigail Faulkner, Sr

Dorothy Faulkner

Elizabeth Fosdick

Ann Foster

Nicholas Frost

Eunice Fry

Dorcas Good

Sarah Good

Mary Green

Elizabeth Hart

Margaret Hawkes

Sarah Hawkes

Dorcas Hoar

Abigail Hobbs

Deliverance Hobbs

William Hobbs

Elizabeth Howe

Elizabeth Hubbard

Frances Hutchins

Mary Ireson

John Jackson, Sr

John Jackson, Jr

George Jacobs, Sr

George Jacobs, Jr

Margaret Jacobs

Rebecca Jacobs

Elizabeth Johnson, Sr

Elizabeth Johnson, Jr

Rebecca Johnson

Stephen Johnson

Mary Lacey, Sr

Mary Lacey, Jr

John Lee

Mercy Lewis

Jane Lilly

Mary Marston

Susannah Martin

Sarah Morey

Rebecca Nurse

Sarah Osborne

Mary Osgood

Alice Parker

Mary Parker

Sarah Pease

Joan Penney

Hannah Post

Mary Post

Susannah Post

Margaret Prince

Benjamin Proctor

Elizabeth Proctor

John Proctor

Sarah Proctor

William Proctor

Ann Pudeator

Wilmot Redd

Sarah Rice

Susannah Roots

Henry Salter

John Sawdy

Margaret Scott

Ann Sears

Susanna Sheldon

Abigail Somes

Martha Sparks

Mary Taylor

Tituba

Job Tookey

Mary Toothaker

Roger Toothaker

Johanna Tyler

Martha Tyler

Mercy Wardwell

Samuel Wardwell

Sarah Wardwell

Mary Warren

Sarah Wilds

John Willard

Sarah Wilson, Sr.

Mary Witheridge

Executed:

Bridget Bishop

Sarah Good

Rebecca Nurse 

Elizabeth Howe

Susannah Martin

Sarah Wildes

Rev. George Burroughs 

George Jacobs Sr. 

Martha Carrier 

John Proctor 

John Willard 

Martha Corey 

Mary Eastey 

Mary Parker 

Alice Parker 

Ann Pudeator 

Wilmot Redd 

Margaret Scott 

Samuel Wardwell Sr. 

Giles Corey (Pressed to Death)

[smallcollegebasketball]

My Tribute to Kyle Mangas

I purposely waited until Kyle Mangas’ career at Indiana Wesleyan was completed to write this blog post.  Now that it’s completed, here goes…..

Kyle Mangas is from Warsaw, IN, and he’s the son of Tim and Ann Mangas, and the younger brother of Jake Mangas.  Tim was a 1,000-point scorer in high school, and Ann led her high school team to the state championship game.  Jake was a forward on the Warsaw High School basketball team, the quarterback on the football team and was the Valedictorian of his class.  

As a senior at Warsaw in 2016-17, Kyle averaged 22.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game to earn Indiana All-Star honors as he led the Tigers to the regional final.  He averaged 19.4 points per game as a junior on a team that advanced to the Class 4A north semistate. He scored 1,450 career points at Warsaw, leading the Tigers to a 61-17 record in his three seasons as a starter.  Remarkably, however, he wasn’t heavily recruited…..with the notable exception of Indiana Wesleyan, who had started recruiting him as a freshman in high school.  Mangas committed to IWU before his senior season.

He chose IWU in part because of its tremendous basketball program…and in part because they recruited him for so long and he developed a strong relationship with the coaches….and, in great part, because it was the right “fit”. In this case, the right “fit” meant the IAM3rd culture that had been created at IWU by Coach Greg Tonagel.  In short, this culture meant God first, others second and yourself third.  If you want to be first, you first need to learn to be third.  It’s a bit counter-culture in today’s society.  This resonated with Kyle, and he embraced the challenges of growing within this culture.

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So, where to start with the collegiate career of Kyle Mangas…..

I don’t like to “compare”.  It’s natural to try to compare his collegiate career with some of the all-time greats in the NAIA, such as Dick Barnett (Tennesse A&I – now Tennessee State), Travis Grant & Elmore Smith (Kentucky State), Philip Hutcheson & John Pierce (David Lipscomb), Lucious Jackson (Texas Pan American), Bob Love (Southern), Al Tucker (Oklahoma Baptist), Bob Hopkins and Willis Reed (Grambling), Scottie Pippen (Central Arkansas), M.L. Carr & Lloyd (World B) Free (Guilford), Eric Kline (Northern State) and so many others.  It’s easy to start talking about some of the all-time greats within all of small college basketball, such as Earl “The Pearl” Monroe (Winston-Salem State), Jerry Sloan (Evansville), Walt Frazier (Southern Illinois), Jack Sikma (Illinois Wesleyan), George Tinsley (Kentucky Wesleyan), John Rinka (Kenyon), John Smith (Winona State), Phil Jackson (North Dakota), and so many more. Yet, as mentioned above, I don’t like to “compare”.  As President Theodore Roosevelt said, “Comparison is the thief of joy.”  I want to enjoy and appreciate what I just witnessed with the career of Kyle Mangas.  As his career, progressed, I think that people that followed closely began to realize that we were watching something special.  So let’s not compare.  Let’s just enjoy and appreciate.

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Before he ever played a game at Indiana Wesleyan, the coaches realized that Kyle was the best player on the team….and it was a really good team (REALLY good).  During his freshman year, he led the Wildcats to a 31-7 record, the Crossroads League regular season AND tournament titles AND the NAIA Division II National Championship. In the National Championship game, Kyle went for 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists and was named as the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.  For the season, he scored 818 points and averaged 21.5 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 2.9 apg and had 42 steals, while shooting 52.6% fg and 79.5% ft.  He was named Crossroads League Player of the Year and First Team NAIA Division II All American.

As a sophomore, IWU went 30-6 and won the Crossroads League regular season AND tournament titles, and reached the NAIA Division II National Quarterfinals.  Kyle scored 801 points and averaged 23.6 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.8 apg and had 48 steals, while shooting 56.5% fg and 75.5% ft.  He was named Crossroads League Player of the Year and First Team NAIA Division II All American.

As a junior, IWU went 29-4 and won the Crossroads League regular season AND tournament titles.  The team was really rolling as the headed into the NAIA Division II Tournament, as they had just won their three conference tournament games by 32, 27 and 32 points, respectively.  Shortly after they arrived in Sioux Falls, SD, to play their opening round game at the Pentagon, the tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19.  This was heart-wrenching for a team that was really talented, and was playing so well.  Kyle continued to get better and better, and he scored 860 points and averaged 26.9 ppg,  6.4 rpg, 4.2 apg and had 59 steals, while shooting 55.5% fg and 83.4% ft.  He was named Crossroads League Player of the Year, First Team NAIA Division II All American, NAIA Division II National Player of the Year and the winner of the Bevo Francis Award.  

As a senior this past season, the NAIA had combined the divisions, thus meaning that their was now going to be roughly double the number of teams competing for a single NAIA National Championship, and there would be roughly twice as many players vying for award and National recognition.  IWU had a dominating regular season, starting off 17-0 and finishing the regular season with a 28-1 record, spending most of the season ranked #1 in the NAIA.  I had the privilege of attending their final regular season game, which was a home game against Mount Vernon Nazarene.  MVNU is a good, solid, well-coached team, yet IWU was clicking, and the Wildcats were phenomenal in a 117-78 win --- yes, a 39-point win against a good team.  Kyle was fantastic, going for 40 points and 7 assists in 31 minutes.  He went 13-22 fg (including 7-12 from the 3-point line) and 7-7 ft.  Just a spectacular performance!  …..oh, and by the way, it was the 50th consecutive home win for Indiana Wesleyan.  50 straight!  Remarkable!

The Wildcats won the Crossroads League regular season once again, yet they were defeated by St. Francis (IN) in the conference tournament. In their first-round game of the NAIA Tournament – which was the final home game of Kyle’s career at Indiana Wesleyan – the Wildcats defeated IU-South Bend, 95-76.  Kyle went for 30 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks. He only missed 6 shots total (fg’s & ft’s combined) in scoring 30 points.

#1 ranked Indiana Wesleyan moved on to the round of 16 in the NAIA Tournament at historic Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, where they faced conference foe, Bethel (IN).  They had defeated Bethel by 3 early in the season, and then by 20 later in the season.  In short, Bethel played great on the big stage and pulled off the huge win over Indiana Wesleyan, 83-77.  In Kyle’s four-year career, Indiana Wesleyan was 9-0 against Bethel prior to the game in the NAIA Tournament, which turned out to be the final game in Kyle’s storied career at Indiana Wesleyan.  He finished with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in his final game.

During his senior year, Kyle scored 974 points and averaged 29.5 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 5.1 apg and had 62 steals, while shooting 60.3% fg and 84.9% ft. He was named Crossroads League Player of the Year, NAIA First Team All American and the NAIA National Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.  (The Bevo Francis Award was not presented in 2021 due to COVID-19).

For his four-year career at Indiana Wesleyan, Kyle led the Wildcats to a 120-20 record, thus winning 100 games MORE than they lost in a four-year span. Kyle was named Crossroads League Player of the Year AND First Team NAIA All American all four seasons.  He was named NAIA National Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons, and won the Bevo Francis Award.  He finished as the second all-time leading collegiate scorer in the history of Indiana Kyle finished with 3,453 points, 818 rebounds, 544 assists, 211 steals and 65 blocks.  He shot 56.3% fg and 81.2% ft.  As such, Kyle Mangas is the most decorated NAIA Player of this generation.  

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Above are the numbers and awards, which are ridiculously impressive. But Kyle Mangas is so much more than statistics and awards.  When you watch him play, you’ll realize that he doesn’t play for numbers.  He’s remarkably unselfish.  There was a game this season where IWU was up by 50 points (against Goshen), and Kyle wanted to make sure that other players got a chance to play.  Coach Tonagel tried to put a sub in for Kyle, yet other players realized that Kyle was one rebound away from a triple-double.  As the players tried to let the coach know about the impending triple-double, Kyle heard about this, and quickly tried to get the sub into the game.  It was more important to him that his teammates get a chance to play than for him to get a triple-double.  He finished with 31 minutes of playing time and 20 points, 11 assists and 9 rebounds (along with 3 steals).  

IAM3rd in action:  God first. Others second.  Yourself third.

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Before his senior season started, Kyle Mangas was already the school’s all-time leading scorer.  In a neutral-site game played at Bowling Green High School (KY) against Faulkner, Kyle surpassed the 3,000-point milestone, and surpassed Larry Bird to move into second place on the career scoring list among the top collegiate scorers in the state of Indiana.  The next game was played at Huntington, the alma mater of Steve Platt.  Platt – who passed away recently – is the state’s all-time leading scorer with 3,700 career points.  Playing in Platt Arena in the game after Kyle moved into second place on the state’s career scoring list, Kyle went for 43 and only missed a total of 6 shots (between field goals and free throws, combined).  

How about the game when Kyle set the school’s individual game scoring record by going for 51 points against Oakland City?  He MADE 21 field goals – including 7 3’s – and added 6 rebounds and 5 assists.  How about the game against a really talented St. Francis (IN) team when he went for 35 points, 13 rebounds 6 assists and 6 blocks?  How about the game against Goshen on December 2, when he played just 28 minutes in a lopsided win, going 15-16 from the field for 30 points….and then followed that game with a 12-15 performance (and 2-2 from the free throw line) in a win against Taylor?  Therefore, in back-to-back games he went a combined 27-31 from the field and 2-2 from the free throw line in two wins.  Just remarkable.

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It’s easy to get lost in the numbers, the statistics.  They’re pretty astonishing and impressive.

I’ve watched Indiana Wesleyan play a lot over the last several years.  By “a lot”, I mean that I only missed 3-5 games this whole season, and have probably watched an additional 25-40 games over Kyle’s first three seasons at IWU. I’ve watch them play A LOT.

Here are a few lines that I’ve used to try to describe Kyle Mangas to people:

“If you want to learn how to play this game, watch Kyle Mangas.”

“Watching Kyle Mangas is like watching a basketball clinic.

“Since he’s from Indiana, I think it’s like watching the fictional ‘Jimmy Chitwood’ from Hoosiers.”

For me, as a former coach and basketball junkie, it’s just a pleasure and joy to watch Kyle Mangas play.  When people talk about “playing the game the right way,” you can visualize Kyle Mangas. He dives after loose balls, takes charges, and does the “little things” so consistently that, well….coaches know that these really aren’t “little things”.  They are the things that help you win basketball games.  He pass fakes and shot fakes.  With the ball, he changes directions and changes speed.  Watch him without the ball…..watch how he uses screens, curls, fades, goes back door. Watch how he draws fouls – and finishes.  Watch how he passes and watch how he gets put-backs and loose balls.

There are a couple of plays that I’m thinking about, from his junior season.  The first one happened so quickly, so I’m glad that they showed it on replay as well. Kyle was posting up on the right block, and the ball was lobbed to him. The double-team came from the top, right away. He caught the ball and immediately pass-faked around the defender’s waist, along the baseline.  The defender turned around to see the pass, while Kyle layed the ball in the basket for an uncontested layup.  It looked so simple, so easy.  Yet with a double-team coming, he had the instincts to give such a quick and effective pass fake that he ended up with an uncontested layup.

The other play that is popping to my head (among so, so many) is the time when he got a steal around half court.  He had an uncontested dunk ahead of him.  Yet 7’0” Seth Maxwell was also running with him, for a 2 on 0 fast break. Kyle pitched the ball back to Seth for the dunk.  Again, pretty simple play.  Simple yes, but Kyle was on the verge of becoming the school’s all-time leading scorer and had a wide open dunk, yet passed it up to give his teammate the dunk. While it had been obvious previously, I was just reminded that Kyle truly doesn’t care who scores.  It is genuinely NOT about statistics for Kyle.

Again, IAM3rd in action.  God first. Others second. Yourself third.

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Humble and kind.  These words are used over and over about Kyle Mangas.  His teammates told me that Kyle meets new students on campus, and they often walk away having no idea that he plays basketball.  He doesn’t like to talk about himself.  He’s remarkably humble.

Before I met Kyle, I was told: “You should meet his parents, and you’ll understand.”  I met Tim and Ann Mangas, and I understand.  Humble. Kind.  Intelligent.  They smile easily, and they are grateful.  They are so proud of Kyle, and they feel fortunate that they all found Indiana Wesleyan, Coach Greg Tonagel and the IAM3rd culture.  They’ve watched their son evolve as a person.  

Tim and Ann both thought that Kyle would have a good career at Indiana Wesleyan.  That said, they didn’t expect THIS….. THIS is one of the most historic careers in NAIA history.  THIS is the impact of the IAM3rd culture on their son.  THIS is watching their son, who has a 4.0 grade point average, enter the final stages of his degree in Finance. THIS is watching the evolution of their son from a quiet, shy boy into a strong man of confidence and faith.  When Ann talks about her pride in her son, she gets emotional.  What a ride it’s been…..  

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On Senior Day, here’s what Coach Greg Tonagel had to say about Kyle Mangas:

“Coaches, fans, and teammates have been able to witness firsthand one of the great NAIA basketball players of all time during these past four years. However, what makes Kyle special goes far beyond what he has done on the court. The humility and grace that he has led with is unmatched. From being asked to be a vocal leader as a freshman to becoming the standard for what an IAM3 leader looks like within the basketball program, he has accepted every challenge head on. He is the standard for mental toughness, as is evident by his unflappable demeanor, competitive nature, and his countless game-winning heroics. To the outside world, he's an incredible basketball player. To all of us who know him – he is that and a whole lot more. He's Mango – a teammate, a friend, a competitor, and a servant leader who has remained humble, fearless, authentic, and gracious throughout his decorated career.”

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When we presented the Bevo Francis Award to Kyle, Coach Greg Tonagel spoke about Kyle….

He talked about how Kyle has worked on his fundamentals, and the repetition of those fundamentals until they became habits, and then those habits and skills became instinctive.  He talked about his own sons, and how they began to do “up-and-unders” and the “Mikan drill”.  When they asked about “why” they were doing these drills, Greg Tonagel (Dad) would tell them, “because Kyle Mangas does ‘up-and-unders’ and the ‘Mikan drill’”.  And then the boys would dutifully continue with the drills, because Kyle Mangas does those drills.

Here are a few quotes that stand out to me:

“Kyle has proven to us all that humility is actually a form of strength.”

“I doubt that there has ever been a player that has scored 3,000 points in his career without ever once showing up his opponent in any way.”

“His teammates would tell you that, in his senior year, he’s become the ultimate leader.  He’s invested into the lives of his teammates.  He has become a spiritual leader.  Every day, he’s pouring into young players, not only about what it means to be a great basketball player, but what it means to be a follower of Christ. To me, that’s the ultimate compliment and the ultimate form of leadership.”

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This past Summer (of 2020), Kyle had an internship that was closer to Indiana Wesleyan than to Warsaw, so he stayed with Coach Greg Tonagel, his wife (Amy) and their six children.  The kids would wait by the door for Kyle to come home from his internship, so that they could go outside to play basketball with Kyle Mangas.  The neighborhood kids would come over, and there would be Kyle Mangas playing basketball with the neighborhood kids.  You can picture the scene, and you know that, in 5, 10 and 20 years from now, those kids will grow up telling the stories of those days when they played basketball with Kyle Mangas.  

While those kids can dream of being the next Kyle Mangas the basketball player, the dream for the parents of those kids should be for their kids grow up to be like Kyle Mangas the human being.

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Greg Tonagel finished his thoughts about Kyle Mangas during the presentation of the Bevo Francis Award with these words:  “Somebody, someday, is going to put on the next Kyle Mangas uniform and carry on Kyle’s legacy.  I doubt that they will pass all of these accolades.  I doubt that they will pass these numbers.  But they are going to carry on that legacy of what it means to be a Christ-followers that loves the game of basketball and doesn’t play for himself, and embodies what we call the IAM3rd culture: God first.  Others second.  Yourself third.  If young people will continue to do that, they will have carried on the legacy of Kyle Mangas.”

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I’ve been watching this game for a long time now.  I coached for eight seasons, collegiately:  Four as an assistant coach and four as a Head Coach.  I’ve served on the NCAA Division II National Basketball Committee (while I was an NCAA Division II Athletic Director) and served as the Director of the NAIA’s Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.  I’ve been watching small college basketball closely for 25+ years.  I don’t like to use the term “best”, as this implies a comparison.  As noted towards the beginning of this post, I don’t like to “compare”, as “comparison is the thief of joy.”  I’ll say this about Kyle Mangas:  He’s the most consistently effective and efficient NAIA player that I’ve ever seen. It’s truly been a pleasure and a joy to watch him play.  

Thanks for the memories, Kyle…..and thank you for being a humble role model for us all.

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Enjoy the senior year highlights of Kyle Mangas, as well as photos of Kyle in action:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0lkmBnajTU&t=182s

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March 1, 2020

Remembering March 1, 1692 and the women/ men lost because of this day.

Included here are photos and articles of this day/ and the months following.

https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/march-01/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/salem-witch-hunt-begins

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials

The names of those lost ~

Bridget Bishop (née Playfer; executed June 10, 1692)

Rebecca Nurse (née Towne; July 19, 1692)

Sarah Good (formerly Poole, née Solart; July 19, 1692)

Elizabeth Howe (née Jackson; July 19, 1692)

Susannah Martin (née North; July 19, 1692)

Sarah Wildes (née Averill; July 19, 1692)

George Burroughs (August 19, 1692)

George Jacobs Sr. (August 19, 1692)

Martha Carrier (née Allen; August 19, 1692)

John Proctor (August 19, 1692)

John Willard (August 19, 1692)

Martha Corey (September 22, 1692; wife of Giles Corey)

Mary Eastey (née Towne; September 22, 1692)

Mary Parker (née Ayer; September 22, 1692)

Alice Parker (September 22, 1692)

Ann Pudeator (September 22, 1692)

Wilmot Redd (September 22, 1692)

Margaret Scott (September 22, 1692)

Samuel Wardwell Sr. (September 22, 1692)

Giles Corey (September 19, 1692) - Pressed to death.

Died in prison

Ann Foster (née Alcock) – died in custody in December 1692

Sarah Osborne - died in prison May 29, 1692 at age 49

Pardoned

Abigail Faulkner Sr. (née Dane), who was pregnant

Dorcas Hoar, "confessed"

Elizabeth Proctor (née Bassett), who was pregnant

Pled guilty and pardoned

Tituba - A slave from Barbados working for Rev Samuel Parris

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Let me just educate you for a little bit on the Salem Witch Trails of 1692: (which every witch should know about)

small note: I used multiple sources along with old family stories passed on from my ancestors. Also please take in account that it is 4am and I spent over an hour gathering this information and even woke my mom up to ask questions. Ignore all grammatical errors. Thank you.

Quick Brief Explaination

The trails were triggered from fear, the fear of the Devil. It was said that witches would worship him and do his bidding. Christians believed that the devil was constantly trying to find ways to infiltrate and destroy Christians and their communities. This created panic and hysteria which resulted in a witch hunt. Although, the slave Tituba’s confession was the main reason as to why the Salem Witch Trials ended up happening. While the colonists had accused and convicted people of witchcraft before, starting with Margaret Jones in 1648, no one had ever actually confessed to being a witch before or ever stated that there were other witches out there. This resulted in adding more stress onto the colonists. The environment in Salem was extremely tense from multiple factors, which made the colonists believe that the devil was to blame for all of their issues.

The actual trials began in the spring of 1962, after a group of young girls who fell ill after playing a fortune-telling game in Salem Village, Massachusetts filled claims that they were possessed by Satan and then accused local women of witchcraft. The girls later came to be known as the ‘afflicted girls.’

Afflicted Girls: Elizabeth Booth Elizabeth Hubbard Mercy Lewis Betty Parris Ann Putnam, Jr. Susannah Sheldon Abigail Williams Mary Walcott Mary Warren

“The first of the girls to start experiencing symptoms was Betty Parris, followed by Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam Jr., Mary Walcott and Mercy Lewis. Shortly after, Elizabeth Hubbard, Susannah Sheldon, Mary Warren and Elizabeth Booth all started to experience the same symptoms, which consisted of suffering “fits,” hiding under furniture, contorting in pain and experiencing fever. Many modern theories suggest the girls were suffering from epilepsy, boredom, child abuse, mental illness or even a disease brought on by eating rye infected with fungus. In February, Samuel Parris called for a doctor, who is believed to be Dr. William Griggs, to examine the girls. The doctor was unable to find anything physically wrong with them and suggested they may be bewitched. Shortly after, two of the girls named the women they believed were bewitching them. These women were Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn and a slave named Tituba who worked for Reverend Samuel Parris. These three women were social outcasts and easy targets for the accusation of witchcraft. It was not difficult for the people of Salem to believe they were involved in witchcraft. On March 1st, Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn were arrested and examined. During Tituba’s examination, she made a shocking confession that she had been approached by Satan, along with Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn, and they had all agreed to do his bidding as witches.” Which as I said before her confession is what triggered the fear that lead to the massive witch hunt. It had also silenced any opposition to the idea that the Devil had infiltrated Salem.

Quick Facts

It’s a common myth that the Salem Witch Trials victims     were burned at the stake. The fact is, no accused witches were burned at     the stake in Salem, Massachusetts. Salem was ruled by English law at the     time, which only allowed death by burning to be used against men who     committed high treason and only after they had been hanged, quartered and     drawn.

Bridget Bishop was the first convicted “witch” that was     hung, that year on June 10, 1692, at a place that is now called Proctor’s     Ledge. She had been accused of witchcraft years before, but she ended up     being cleared of the crime. She was accused by five of the afflicted     girls, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam Jr., Mercy Lewis, Mary Walcott and     Elizabeth Hubbard, who stated she had physically hurt them and tried to     make them sign a pact with the devil. 

“I am innocent, I know nothing of it, I have done no witchcraft …. I am as innocent as the child unborn…” -Bridget Bishop during her trial

Many of the people accused of and punished for being     witches, actually weren’t witches. The actual witches stayed silent and     laid low before eventually fleeing Salem.

Not everyone in Salem actually believed in witchcraft     or supported the trials. There were many critics of the witch hunt, such     as a local farmer John Proctor, who scoffed at the idea of witchcraft in     Salem and called the young girls scam artists. Critics such as Proctor     were quickly accused of witchcraft themselves, under the assumption that     anyone who denied the existence of witches or defended the accused must be     one of them, and were brought to trial. Proctor’s entire family was     accused, including all of his children, his pregnant wife Elizabeth, and     sister-in-law. 

The trials were held in the Salem courthouse, which was     located in the center of Washington Street about 100 feet south of Lynde     Street, opposite of where the Masonic Temple now stands. The courthouse     was torn down in 1760 but a plaque dedicated to the courthouse can still     be seen today on the wall of the Masonic Temple on Washington Street.

Many of the women accused were unpopular social     outcasts.

Spectral evidence, evidence based on dreams and visions     was the most common evidence and the easiest evidence for accusers to     fake. Other evidence used in the trials included confessions of the     accused, possession of certain items such as poppets, ointments or books     on the occult, as well as the presence of an alleged “witch’s teat,” which     was a strange mole or blemish, on the accused person’s body.

Finally, on September 22, the last hangings of the     Salem Witch Trials occurred.

Two victims include two dogs who were shot or killed after being suspected     of witchcraft.

The Victims

Found Guilty and Executed: Bridget Bishop (June 10, 1692) Sarah Good (July 19, 1692) Elizabeth Howe (July 19, 1692) Susannah Martin (July 19, 1692) Rebecca Nurse (July 19, 1692) Sarah Wildes (July 19, 1692) George Burroughs (August 19, 1692) Martha Carrier (August 19, 1692) John Willard (August 19, 1692) George Jacobs, Sr (August 19, 1692) John Proctor (August 19, 1692) Alice Parker (September 22, 1692) Mary Parker (September 22, 1692) Ann Pudeator (September 22, 1692) Wilmot Redd (September 22, 1692) Margaret Scott (September 22, 1692) Samuel Wardwell Sr (September 22, 1692) Martha Corey (September 22, 1692) Mary Easty (September 22, 1692)

Refused to enter a plea and tortured to death: Giles Corey (September 19th, 1692)

Found Guilty and Pardoned: Elizabeth Proctor Abigail Faulkner Sr Mary Post Sarah Wardwell Elizabeth Johnson Jr Dorcas Hoar

Pled Guilty and Pardoned: Rebecca Eames Abigail Hobbs Mary Lacy Sr Mary Osgood

Died in Prison: Sarah Osburn Roger Toothaker Ann Foster Lydia Dustin

Escaped from Prison: John Alden Jr. Edward Bishop Jr. Sarah Bishop Mary Bradbury William Barker Sr. Andrew Carrier Katherine Cary Phillip English Mary English Edward Farrington

Never Indicted: Sarah Bassett Mary Black Bethiah Carter, Jr Bethiah Carter, Sr Sarah Cloyce Elizabeth Hart William Hobbs Thomas Farrer, Sr William Proctor Sarah Proctor Susannah Roots Ann Sears Tituba

Evaded Arrest: George Jacobs Jr Daniel Andrews

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Dark Times in American History

During this time of 1692, the trials may not have escalated as much as they did due to Tituba’s confession. There was another time when Margaret Jones was accused in 1648, but never put on trial. In 1648 when Jones was accused she never stated she was a witch or the fact that there were other witches in the colonies. There was always an underlying fear that the Devil was trying to make his way into the lives of the Christians, and her statement of witches being in Salem Village just sparked chaos. Without her confession the trials may not have even happened.

The people of this colony were under great stress during this time. From the small pox outbreak, to one of the harshest winters they had ever faced, and the threat of their charter to be taken away the trials just added fuel to the fire, especially since they were such religious peoples. Since the colony as facing such hard times that seemed to not be getting better for them, it could be none other than the Devil himself. So once Tituba confessed to the colony about being a witch, it silenced any doubts that the Devil had indeed made his way into the colony. Could the afflicted girls be encouraged by their elders? Absolutely, it could have been their way at getting revenge or something they had done to them.

Once the trials came to an end, the court had decided “spectral evidence” would not hold up in court and the majority of the people accused were set free, innocent. One myth that emanates from the witch trials is burning at the stake. Not a single person accused of witchcraft was ever burned at the stake. That awful punishment was saved for men that committed high treason and only after they had been hung.

There was a great amount of remorse from all those surrounding the trials as well because of how wild they had gotten during that time and accusing those of high rank than their selves. During the trials as well the people let their town go and they did not attend to much while the trials were in motion. Samuel Seawall issued an apology to the Village as well as one of the afflicted girls, Ann Putnam. In 1711 the colony issued a bill clearing the names of; George Burroughs, John Proctor, George Jacobs, John Willard, Giles Corey, Martha Corey, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Mary Easty, Sarah Wildes, Abigail Hobbs, Samuel Wardwell, Mary Parker, Martha Carrier, Abigail Faulkner, Anne Foster, Rebecca Eames, Mary Post, Mary Lacey, Mary Bradbury and Dorcas Hoar. Then in 1957 the state went onto clear some more names, but not all of them. Coincidentally on October 31, 2001 the state amended the 1957 bill “Chapter 145 of the resolves of 1957 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the words ‘One Ann Pudeator and certain other persons’ and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Ann Pudeator, Bridget Bishop, Susannah Martin, Alice Parker, Margaret Scott and Wilmot Redd.“

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Para: @valedictvrian Onde: Casa dos Faulkner Quando: 15/12/1691 - manhã

Desde que Ben acordara, ele vinha se esforçando para se adaptar àquele lugar sem chamar muita atenção. Curiosamente, George mostrara-se bastante solícito em ajudá-lo nessa tarefa. À distância, Ben observava Katherine, tentando decifrar o que se passava na mente da chefe. "Então, chefia, fico preocupado quando você fica tanto tempo quieta assim," comentou o policial, enquanto pegava uma uva do prato de frutas que trouxera para a "esposa". "Você nem tocou em nada. Seria bom comer alguma coisa se quisermos encontrar esse grimório."

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Para: @queencwps Onde: Residência dos Porter Quando: 18/12/1691

Com um suspiro profundo, Ben adentrou os aposentos da princesa Gisele. Desde que notara um dos guardas de Corwin adormecido no posto, ficara claro para ele que precisava redobrar a atenção com a segurança da princesa. Qualquer incidente enquanto ela estivesse em Salem poderia ter repercussões drásticas na linha temporal. Após conhecer Corwin, ficou evidente por que os julgamentos das bruxas de Salem seguiram o rumo que estavam nos livros.

"Com sua licença, alteza," disse Ben, curvando-se em uma reverência conforme as instruções que George lhe havia dado. "Peço perdão por solicitar esta audiência, mas trata-se de uma questão urgente." Ele ergueu o olhar, mantendo um tom sério. "Se puder me conceder um momento, gostaria de propor algumas medidas para fortalecer sua segurança. Especialmente porque, com todo respeito, encontrei um de seus guardas dormindo no posto e o outro... bom, distraído, coçando as partes baixas com o cabo da espada. O que gostaria de fazer a respeito disso?"

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Para: @gwenacega Onde: Praça da igreja Quando: 17/12/1691

"Então, senhor Viking," Ben disse, pousando a mão no ombro de Nielsen para chamar sua atenção enquanto dava uma rápida polida na estrela de xerife assistente presa ao peito. "Negócio é o seguinte, meu querido. Está vendo aquele sujeito ali?" Ele apontou para o homem irritado que estava ao lado esquerdo. "Pois bem, ele está dizendo que o senhor acertou a cabeça dele com o cabo de uma arma." O homem coçava a cabeça, visivelmente contrariado, e Ben não pôde evitar achar um tanto irônico que algo assim fosse motivo para chamar a polícia, quando claramente o sujeito tinha porte para resolver a situação sozinho. "Olha, não faço ideia se isso é verdade, ainda mais porque o cara parece ser um toco de amarrar cavalo, mas aqui a gente não age desse jeito, entendeu?" Ben cruzou os braços e inclinou a cabeça ligeiramente, aguardando uma resposta. "Agora, se puder me fazer a gentileza de dizer como se chama, eu vou encaminhá-lo até o xerife para a gente resolver isso direito. Que tal?"