Hennepin Theatre Trust announced today that high school students Halle Audette (Totino-Grace High School, Fridley) and Zachary Sullivan (Minnetonka High School) will represent Minnesota at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (The Jimmy Awards).
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brent: you are looking live at a soldout stanford stadium. the setting for the pac-12 game of the year. unbeaten stanford against unbeaten oregon. a conference championship and a bcs bid are on the line. the headline story of the hour, boise state loses to tcu. stanford, the experts say, with a win tonight will jump ahead of alabama. oregon though hopes to derail the cardinal. good evening, everybody. welcome. with my partner kirk herbstriet, i m brent musburger. we talk about andrew luck but this stanford attack is much more than number 12. kirk: yeah, you re right. stanford is really about their running game. the power running game of taylor and the committee of backs they have. you ve got to load up to try to stop taylor. they will run this all night tonight. it makes the defense really get locked in on defending the run. the safeties start to get their eyes locked into the backfield. and fleener who might be the top tight end in the country can get behind coverage and