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Corbin said he has enjoyed playing with the future Buckeye Gaffney, who joined All-Ohio Red this spring. Gaffney is averaging 12.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists in EYBL play. “He is a great player with good stock,” Corbin said. “College coaches ...


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Anyone who knows about the teams in that part of OH, is he just that good, his ranking is so low because of not hitting the camp circuit, or is he playing against suspect competition?

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Euclid is in D1 so big school division, they play good comp but there are a lot of offers listed from schools that have never heard of him...odd.

Ohio State baseball racks up All-Big Ten honors
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The Buckeyes placed five players on all-conference teams.

When the Big Ten announced its 2018 baseball individual award winners and All-Big Ten teams on Tuesday, a few things stuck out for the players, coaches, and fans of Ohio State. Chief among them was the omission of senior do-everything pitcher Seth Kinker from the all-conference first team.

Kinker, who a couple of weeks ago broke the program record for career appearances, has taken the mound in every conceivable role throughout his career, serving as setup man, closer, multi-inning fireman, and even spot starter. A strong argument can be made that the West Virginia native has been more valuable to his team than any pitcher in the Big Ten. Yet despite a season that saw him go 6-1 with 13 saves, a 1.62 earned run average, and a 0.90 WHIP, Kinker was passed over in favor of Minnesota freshman Max Meyer.

“The post-season honors went exactly the way I thought it would go outside of Kinker,” head coach Greg Beals told Press Pros Magazine. “I’m obviously disappointed that Kinker’s not first-team all-conference.”

The Buckeyes did have one player receive first-team All-Big Ten honors: senior Noah McGowan. After transferring from McLennan Community College in Texas last season, McGowan suffered through a poor first year in Columbus. The versatile infielder-outfielder slashed .214/.352/.405 with five home runs amd 19 runs batted in, and was suspended near the end of the schedule.

“I went off,” McGowan told Greg Hoard prior to the season. “I called-out a teammate and I did it in front of the whole team. I was wrong. I let it all get to me, the frustration. But, I was thinking about myself, not the team.”

A new season meant a fresh start for the Houston native, and he took advantage of that from Game 1. In the season opener against Wisconsin-Milwaukee, McGowan went 2-for-4 and drove in six runs. He followed that up in Game 2 with four more RBIs, and would go on to be named National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball following the opening weekend. Entering Big Ten tournament play, McGowan ranked in the top 10 in the conference in a host of offensive categories, slashing .368/.456/.603 with nine homers, 19 doubles, and 54 RBIs.

Also bouncing back after a tough transition from junior college to Division I was senior Tyler Cowles, who earned third-team all-conference distinction. Cowles has posted a .324/.398/.512 slash line, with seven home runs, 16 doubles, and 43 runs driven in. Those represent immense improvements over last season’s .190/.320/.314 performance.

“I’d never played baseball like that,” the Grove City product said. “I’d never been that bad before.”

Rounding out Ohio State’s All-Big Ten nods were sophomores Dominic Canzone and Connor Pohl, who received second-team and third-team honors, respectively. Both players had impressive freshman campaigns a season ago, and only built upon their success. Batting leadoff, Canzone tied for the conference lead with 79 hits, slashing .332/.397/.462, and more than doubling his extra-base hits from 2017.

For his part, Pohl saw a big jump in his power numbers, tying Cowles for second on the team with seven homers, driving in 48 runs, and seeing his on-base percentage climb above the .400 mark. Both players will be getting their first taste of the postseason, which will benefit the team beyond this season.

One final award for the Buckeyes was the inclusion of Dillon Dingler on the Big Ten’s All-Freshman team. Dingler, the team’s backup catcher and a prized recruit out of Massillon Jackson High School, actually took over the starting center field duties midway through the season. The rookie showed good pop in his bat, putting up a .240/.328/.351 slash line, with 10 extra-base hits and 15 RBIs in 47 games.

The recognition these players received reflects well on how Ohio State has rebounded from its disappointing 2017 season. But for the turnaround to be considered a full success, the Buckeyes still have work to do, starting today in Omaha.

No. 7 seed Ohio State takes on No. 2 seed Purdue in the Big Ten tournament at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday. The game will be televised on Big Ten Network and streaming on BTN2Go.

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Ohio State’s latest recruiting efforts go through the Midwest
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Zone 6 is looking to extend its jurisdiction, while Larry Johnson identifies a few gems.

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s not much happening in the world of college football right now. With spring practices fully complete, and fall camp still months out, and for now, the only good news about active players is no news. That also means that coaches have the chance to scout out more recruiting talent, and visit high schools to get a better look at prospects.

That’s exactly what the proprietor of Zone 6, wide receivers coach Zach Smith, has been doing so far this week, at least according to his Twitter account.


Smith has his work cut out for him in the 2019 class. Ohio State could lose as many as seven receivers, either to graduation or the NFL Draft after this season, meaning that the Buckeyes need a bunch of receivers in this group. Luckily for the Buckeyes, 2019 is a great year for receivers, and quite a few of the nation’s elite are very interested in Ohio State.

With five-star Texas product Garrett Wilson already in the fold, Ohio Satte is still looking for three or four more wideouts in this class. That’s where Zach Smith’s recent field trip comes in. Ohio State has top receiver targets in each of the places he visited, and many of them are guys that have been on commitment watch for weeks now. Let’s take a look at who those players are.

Kentucky


Milton Wright: There’s one player in Kentucky that fits the billing for this visit, Louisville’s own, Milton Wright. Wright, a 6-foot-3, 190-pounder has been on Ohio State’s radar for quite some time, though in terms of receiver priority, he’s probably on their second or third tier.

A big-bodied, raw deep threat with great hands, Wright is exactly what Ohio State likes in a primary receiver, and is pretty comparable in terms of physical traits to Buckeye receivers like Binjimen Victor and Austin Mack. However, Ohio State has other similar receivers higher on their board (that we’ll talk about here soon), so this visit is likely more of a feel out visit than anything. At this point, I’d be surprised if Wright doesn’t end up at either Louisville or Kentucky.

Indianapolis


David Bell: The obvious answer here is David Bell. The 6-foot-2, 185-pound Warren Central product is ranked No. 100 nationally, according to 247Sports, and has been one of Ohio State’s top 2019 receivers for months now. Despite rumors of a possible parting of ways earlier this year, Ohio State is still fully interested in Bell, and vice versa.

Bell is a perfect compliment to the smaller, quicker Garrett Wilson, and would fit Ohio State’s needs for an outside receiver very nicely. He’s got great straight line speed, and an impressive ability to win jump balls, due in large part to his experience playing basketball. His body control and route running ability make him one of the more technically advanced receivers in the class, and Ohio State would love to add him to the class.

They won’t be able to do that without a battle. Bell has no intentions of committing anywhere right now, and would prefer to enjoy the recruiting process. He’s taken visits to Indiana, Penn State and Iowa recently, and will almost certainly be on campus at both Ohio State and Purdue for official visits at some point. At this point, I think Ohio State leads here, but Jeff Brohm is really making this one interesting.

Chicago


Jahleel Billingsley: Who says Zach Smith has to stick to receivers only? Phiilips Academy product Jahleel Billingsley is one of the best tight ends in the class of 2019, and sits at 282nd nationally, though he’ll certainly rise during the summer. The 6-foot-4, 216-pound hybrid athlete plays more like a receiver than he does a TE, and top teams are starting to notice his potential.

Billinglsey picked up an Alabama offer yesterday, and has been a very popular topic of discussion at Ohio State, Florida, Illinois and Alabama, the four schools I’d consider to be the leaders in his recruitment at this point. He visited Florida over the weekend, and named them the team on top for his recruitment, so it’s not hard to see what sparked this visit from Smith.

Billingsley is pretty much Ohio State’s only tight end target for 2019, and if they miss on him, I don’t think they’ll rush to find another one to fill his spot. At this point, however, Florida is my prediction, and that won’t change unless Ohio State gets him back on campus soon.

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Jameson Williams: There’s one player on this list that I’d consider to be on true commitment watch, and it’s Jameson Williams. Jameson is one of the best receivers in this class (181st nationally, 27th among receivers), and he’s definitely one of Ohio State’s top priorities at the position.

He was on campus back in April, and will be on campus again this summer. If Ohio State pushes for a pledge, Williams will be a Buckeye, and even if they don’t right now, I think it’s only a matter of time. Jameson has had plenty of good to say about the Buckeyes in the past, and adding him to the class would be a huge get.

Marcus Washington: Just 30 minutes down the road from Williams and Cardinal Ritter College Prep is another top Buckeye receiver target, Marcus Washington. Washington, ranked No. 59 nationally, is another top priority for Ohio State. He’s pretty similar to Williams and Bell, but that’s not a bad thing, because they’re all supremely talented.

Washington, like Williams, is pretty heavily favoring Ohio State at this point. He has a commitment date set for Aug. 7, and barring any changes in the next three months (a teen changing his mind in the span of three months has definitely never happened) Ohio State will be the pick.

We’re still way out from the early signing period, but the receiver class is becoming very clear. Right now, my prediction for the class is Wilson, Bell, Williams and Washington. That would be the best receiving group Urban Meyer has ever landed. That seems pretty good.

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2020 Colorado defensive tackle Aidan Keanaaina landed a Buckeye offer. He’s raw, but Ohio State is very interested. His recruitment has been blowing up recently, and he’ll probably be a top tackle in 2020.


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Ohio State men's tennis falls to Wake Forrest in NCAA national championship match
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Jaclyn Lee set Ohio State record for top-NCAA finish in women’s golf
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Plus, Eli Apple is making his clean slate with the Giants count, and some Big Ten honors for the baseball team.

“Recording the best finish in school history means a lot to me,” Lee said. “It would’ve been great to go out there and win it today but I put myself in some difficult situations on the golf course and recovered on the last hole. I played my heart out and that’s all I can ask for.”


-Jaclyn Lee via Ohio State Athletics

The Ohio State women’s golf team finished this year’s NCAA Tournament in 23rd place, at 62-over. After a slow start, four of the five Buckeyes in the field shot their best round of the tournament in Sunday’s round.

It may not have been enough to make it to the final round as a team — only the top 15 teams advancing, and top nine individuals not on an advancing team — but junior Jaclyn Lee had done enough to make it to Monday’s final round. Lee actually was tied for third heading into the final round, but ended up falling to No. 5, thanks to a couple bogeys and a double-bogey on the back 9.

Dropping a couple of spots should be the least of her concerns, considering it’s still the top individual finish in Ohio State program history. She literally “one-upped” the former record-holder, Kristen White, who tied for sixth in the 2003 and 2004 NCAA Championships.

Lee not only set the school record in the tournament, but she also finished with the second-best total in par-4 shooting, and claimed the third-most birdies (18) during her NCAA run. Aside from the tournament, she also crushed the individual single-season scoring record at Ohio State with a 71.14 — the former best was 72.58.

“I am extremely proud of how Jaclyn competed this week,” Therese Hession, Ohio State head coach, said. “Her progress this year has been phenomenal and I know she will continue to get even better. I’m so excited for her and the future.”

The best news out of this year’s NCAA finish is that Jaclyn Lee still has a year left at Ohio State, and if she keeps up this pace, she might earn a medal by this time next year.

“Was I embarrassed? Of course. Nobody wants to go out the way I went out,” he said “I’m just trying to be a better player, a better person, a better teammate this year.”


-Eli Apple via Ed Valentine, Big Blue View

It was a tough 2017 season for former Ohio State DB Eli Apple. Despite the New York Giants having a slew of internal problems and personnel issues — everyone knew benching the other Eli (Manning) would cause problems within the organization — Apple had a host of off-the-field matters creep into his routine and ultimately result in his benching at the end of the season. Whether it was for a lack of effort or fighting with a coach, things did not end well in late-December.

In addition to his personal life affecting his play, his poor attitude was seeping into his relationship with his teammates, with several speaking out against the Buckeye as the 2017 season wrapped up. Fortunately for Apple, the Giants made several changes to the front office and coaching staff following the team’s last game, and incoming head coach Pat Shurmur was committed to giving him a second chance.

“I’m sure glad that I truly believe in a clean slate,” Shurmur said, according to Big Blue View. “He’s been nothing but professional, he’s been out here competing, he’s one of the guys that has been here almost every single day and I haven’t seen anything that somebody might have thought I heard. He’s been great.”

Apple has always had a ton of potential, but harnessing that into actual positive momentum has been a challenge thus far. He’s off to a great start in preparing for 2018, dedicated to having a better attitude and commitment to the team, as well as being a bit more humble. His decision to face the media— and all of the issues from last season— head on during the first media session of OTAs is a good sign for things to come.

“The Big Ten on Tuesday announced the 2018 baseball individual award winners and All-Big Ten teams, as selected by the conference coaches.”


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As baseball teams throughout the conference prepare for the first round of the Big Ten Tournament — which gets underway on Wednesday — the list of All-B1G teams and award winners were announced on Tuesday.

Among those earning post-season conference honors were a handful of Buckeyes, including:

All-Big Ten First Team
3B - Noah McGowan

All-Big Ten Second Team
OF - Dominic Canzone
RP - Seth Kinker

All-Big Ten Third Team
OF - Tyler Cowles
UTIL - Conner Pohl

All-Big Ten Freshman Team
OF - Dillon Dingler

Sportsmanship Award Honoree
Adam Niemeyer

The Buckeyes open their Big Ten Tournament play against Purdue at 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday — assuming they advance, there’s a good chance Ohio State will face rival Michigan in the next round of the title run.


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Strong program culture guides Ohio State baseball to Big Ten tournament
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The “blueprint” of head coach Greg Beals has the Buckeyes back in the postseason.

Following a legend is never easy, especially at a place as steeped in tradition as Ohio State. It takes a person of a certain character to do so successfully; an Earle Bruce, for example. Or, in the case of the Buckeye baseball program, a Greg Beals.

When Beals took the reins of the program after the 2010 season, he succeeded Bob Todd, the 23-year skipper who won 901 games, was named Big Ten Coach of the Year a record five times, whose teams claimed seven Big Ten championships and eight Big Ten Tournament titles, and secured NCAA regional berths thirteen times.

That’s a hell of an act to follow.

All Beals has done in the time since is guide Ohio State to 259 wins to date (including the 500th of his coaching career), seven trips to the conference tourney in eight seasons (including a near-miraculous run through the losers’ bracket to the 2016 title), and an NCAA regional appearance. At times he has taken heat from the fanbase, and at times that heat has been warranted. But what those detractors fail to appreciate is the way he leads and the culture he has built. That culture has enabled the team’s turnaround in 2018.

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After a disappointing 2017 campaign that saw the Buckeyes stagger to a 22-34 record and no postseason, it would have been easy for the program to bottom out. Ohio State wasn’t on the radar in any meaningful way prior to this season, not ranking among the top six teams in the Big Ten’s preseason poll, and not even being mentioned in Baseball America’s conference preview. But Beals stuck to what he calls the program’s “cultural blueprint,” and the results speak for themselves.

“Win, lose, or draw, we have to respond, behave, and do the things we expect each other to do,” he told Chris Webb of the Big Ten baseball site 10 Innings. “We’re going to prepare at an elite level, we’re going to compete with toughness.”

As the Buckeyes prepare for the Big Ten tournament to get underway on Wednesday at TD Ameritrade Park — the site of their improbable triumph two years ago — that blueprint will determine how much noise they are able to make.

Big Ten Tournament Preview

Big Ten Tournament Central

The 2018 Big Ten season defied much of the media’s preseason assumptions. Indiana, heralded as the conference favorite by basically every media outlet, and a team that has spent most of season nationally ranked, wound up fifth in the standings. Maryland and Nebraska, two clubs expected to challenge the Hoosiers, will miss the Big Ten Tournament altogether after finishing ninth and tenth, respectively.

Ohio State’s seventh place finish was among the bigger surprises in the conference, and it’s also a little deceiving. Just a game and a half separated the Buckeyes from third place Michigan in the regular season standings, and the conference as a whole has proven to be fairly evenly matched.

Here’s how the Buckeyes fared against this year’s field:

• Minnesota: 1-2
• Purdue: 2-1
• Michigan: Did not play (great job schedule makers!)
• Illinois: 2-1
• Indiana: 2-1
• Iowa: 1-2
• Michigan St. 1-2

Top-seeded Minnesota enters having won five straight and nine out of last ten. Second-seeded Purdue put together a 13-game winning streak in the middle of the season, which would be quite impressive, except that three-seed Michigan won 20 in a row at one point. Illinois boasts the surefire Big Ten Player of the Year in Bren Spillane, who won the conference’s triple crown with a .407 batting average, 22 home runs, and 57 runs batted in. Indiana is Indiana, which is to say always dangerous, Iowa is the defending tourney champ, and Michigan State just took two out of three from Ohio State last weekend.


The point is, the odds of correctly handicapping this season’s tournament fall somewhere between getting hit by lightning and picking the winning PowerBall numbers. The Buckeyes have shown resilience and grit this season, embodying the culture Beals has worked so hard to build. It’s why the scarlet and gray has as good a chance as any to be the last team standing in Omaha.

How to watch Ohio State vs. Purdue in the 2018 Big Ten Tournament


Time: 2:00 p.m. ET

Location: TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, Nebraska

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Preseason college magazines bullish on Buckeyes in Big Ten
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Ohio State men’s tennis defeats UCLA, advances to NCAA Title match
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Only Wake Forest stands in the way of a Buckeye national title in tennis.

The third-seeded Men’s Tennis Buckeyes won a convincing, and extremely long, match over the second-seeded UCLA Bruins, 4-1, in yesterday’s NCAA Men’s semifinals.

Starting the match all three doubles matches were incredibly close, with each match trading breaks—and no one able to gain the upper hand. UCLA finally was able to take a lead in the best-of-three doubles point with Martin Redlicke and Evan Zhu taking down Ohio State’s Martin Joyce and JJ Wolf in a narrow 7-5 victory.

The remaining two deciding matches were just about as close as one could be, with both going to best-of-seven tiebreaks after being tied 6-6. Just minutes apart Ohio State captured the crucial doubles point with 7-6(4) and 7-6(3) wins in tiebreakers by Mikael Torpegaard/John McNally over Keegan Smith/Austin Rapp, and by Matt Mendez/Hunter Tubert over Maxime Cressy/Bryce Pereira.

With the momentum from the nail-biting doubles point win in hand, the singles matches started—but momentum was derailed by mother nature. With the games just starting, thunderstorm and lightning in the area delayed the match for over three hours, with Ohio State needing to take 3 of the 6 singles matches to advance.

After the first delay Ohio State and UCLA were very even, with each side taking the first set in three matches, and with Ohio State’s No. 6 ranked Torpegaard going to a third set with UCLA’s No. 1 ranked Redlicke. It was shaping up to be a thrilling finish when lightning once again entered the area and delayed the rest of the match for another hour.

Shortly after the second restart UCLA tied the overall score 1-1, with their Connor Hance finishing off his match against Hunter Tubert with a 7-5, 6-3 win and Tubert’s second straight singles loss. The match would not stay tied for long though with Torpegaard having consecutive breaks to close out his huge match, and upset 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Needing only two more wins the Buckeyes seemed to be in great position, but dropped the second set in two of the remaining matches and had dropped the first set in the other two. The third set for these matches proved make or break and the Buckeyes showed they were up to the task late.

Kyle Seelig in the No. 4 singles spot quickly posted his 10th straight win with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Logan Staggs. This left Ohio State needing only one more singles victory out of three with a commanding 3-1 lead in the match.

Just a few minutes after Seelig’s win the Buckeyes finished it out, courtesy of Martin Joyce with a huge 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Maxime Cressy.


The win gave the match to the Bucks and cemented their place in their second overall trip to the NCAA Men’s Team Championship against tournament host Wake Forest.

Make sure to follows today’s NCAA final at 5 p.m. ET as Ohio State looks to win their first title in program history.

How to watch OSU in NCAA Finals


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Region Rookie of Year honors for Fukuda


On the women’s side of tennis, a Buckeye brought home some honors. Shiori Fukuda received the ITA Midwest Region Rookie of the Year accolade on Monday afternoon. The Midwest Region RoY is just another trophy to put on the shelf for Fukuda, a native of Tokyo. Already she has captured B1G Freshman of the Year, been named as an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, and picked as a First Team All-Big Ten selection. The last honor being by unanimous decision.

Ranked as No. 101, Fukuda compiled a 23-10 singles record and a 15-3 doubles record. She climbed as high as No. 43 in the rankings this past season, and ended the season with just one loss in her final 13 matches.

Fukuda becomes the third Buckeye in the last five seasons to bring home the award. Even numbered years seem like good omens for the Bucks and this honor, as Gabriella De Santi took home RoY in 2014, and Francesca Di Lorenzo received the same award in 2016.

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Ohio State podcast: Tommy Togiai one of many problems for Michigan
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The Football Hit Felt All Over Japan

By Ken Belson
May 22, 2018

TOKYO — The violent hit to the defenseless quarterback came from behind, after the first play of a game between two storied college football teams. Ordinarily, the illegal tackle would have simply drawn a severe penalty.

But it happened in Japan, where the play — and what led to it — has touched off nationwide examination of deep-rooted cultural dynamics, including what the Japanese call “power hara,” or harassment by those in power who force underlings to do things against their will.

When asked to explain his actions, the linebacker who crushed the quarterback, forcing him from the game with injuries to the back and knee, delivered an answer that made many recoil: his coaches told him to do it.

Nearly three weeks have passed since the notorious hit and debates about “ame futo,” as the sport is known here, have consumed Japan. The hit was captured on video and has been shown on a seemingly continuous loop in a country where football barely registers. The linebacker has been suspended, the coach of the team from Nihon University has resigned, schools have canceled their games against Nihon, and a national conversation about with the inherent dangers of the game and its place in Japanese society is at a full boil.

In a stunning, nationally televised news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday, the linebacker, Taisuke Miyagawa, said his coaches ordered him to “crush” the opposing quarterback or risk being benched. Along with other comments his coaches made, Miyagawa said he understood that he had to injure the quarterback.

Miyagawa, his hair trimmed in a close buzz cut, apologized for his actions and bowed deeply for 15 seconds. He recalled that after he was taken out of the game, he went into a tent on the sideline and cried. He was told he was weak. “You are too naïve,” Miyagawa recalled his coach telling him. “You felt bad for the opponent, didn’t you?”

“I wasn’t strong enough to say no,” Miyagawa, 20, said during the hourlong news conference. Members of his legal team flanked him. “Though I was ordered by the coaches, I could have refused but went ahead anyway and acted. It was weakness on my part.”


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