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Emarie Chervinskas’ Prince Charming (Nick Van Galio) proposes on bended knee after emerging from a float in the Youth Day parade. Although caught by surprise, Chervinskas said “yes,” amid applause, cheers and tears from onlookers.

A sweet, charming Youth Day

By DEBRA LO GUERCIO
Express editor
If you’ve seen one Youth Day, you’ve seen them all — plenty of pancakes, lots of sunshine and smiles, a bright, bouncy parade, and more fun, family and friends than City Park can hold — and this year’s Youth Day was no exception. Except maybe for one: for possibly the first time in Youth Day parade history, a creative young man made a marriage proposal from a float in the parade.
It likely seemed like any other Youth Day parade for Emarie Chervinskas, 28, when a “horse” pulled a tall, thin cardboard castle up in front of her. They stopped, a jester emerged from behind the castle and rolled out a red carpet, and out of the castle emerged Prince Charming, also known to Chervinskas as her boyfriend, Nick Van Galio.
Van Galio walked up to Chervinskas, got down on one knee and proposed to the astonished Chervinskas, who of course, said “Yes!” Van Galio’s friends (the two halves of the horse) stood up, one holding a “yes” sign and the other a “no” sign. When Chervinskas gave her answer, the “Yes!” sign went up amid cheers and applause, and according to Chervinskas’ mother, Melanie Pickerel, people who didn’t even know the couple were crying. Anyone who missed this Youth Day first can catch it on You Tube — search for “Emarie and Nick get engaged.” . . .

 

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Cody Campos takes a lead off third base during a recent varsity baseball game at Winters High School.

 

 

 

 

 

Geerts ties it, Higgins wins it in the sixth

By ERIC LUCERO
Express sports

The Warriors had another test of character on Tuesday, April 22, when they hosted Las Plumas High School for a critical Butte View League match up. After trailing 3-2 going into the bottom of the sixth, the Warriors had another come from behind victory with a sixth inning rally.
The rally started with Kyle Tobler being hit by a pitch, followed by Bryan Case who hit a single. Aaron Geerts then came through with a game-tying RBI double with Higgins driving in the winning run right after to make it a 4-3 lead. The Warriors then held the Thunderbirds scoreless in the seventh for their 16th straight victory. With Sutter losing to Wheatland, the Warriors have clinched at least a share of the league title and have taken sole possession of first place with an 8-0 record.
At the plate Geerts led the Warriors as he has done the whole second half of the season with his league leading average of .650 by batting 2 for 3 with a double and one RBI. Tobler batted 1 for 2 with two runs scored. . . .