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Dans cet archipel français proche des côtes canadiennes, la montée des eaux menace Miquelon, situé à 2 mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer. “The Guardian” s’est rendu dans ce village, qui doit être relocalisé sur la colline voisine. Alors que certains habitants saluent cette décision, d’autres craignent que les efforts restent vains.

Depuis une dizaine d’années, la préfecture de Kyoto a mis en place un programme de cohabitation intergénérationnelle censé favoriser l’enracinement des jeunes dans la région. Mais les bénéfices vont au-delà de cet objectif. Le quotidien japonais “Mainichi Shimbun” est allé à la rencontre d’un couple participant à cette initiative et de ses deux anciens locataires.

UNC was able to celebrate its big win over Kansas for all of a day and a half. The Tar Heels posted their biggest November win of the Hubert Davis era on Friday, when UNC rallied in the second half to beat the No. 19 Jayhawks by 13 in Chapel Hill. It was the Heels’ first win over Kansas in more than two decades. Prior to that, UNC, under Davis, had been just 1-8 against higher-ranked non-conference opponents in their pre-ACC schedule. Then, still basking in the afterglow, UNC lost one of its most important players during a Sunday afternoon team workout when senior guard Seth Trimble broke a bone in his left forearm. He will undergo surgery this week, at which point the team will have an estimate of just how much time he’ll miss. “So sad for Seth,” coach Hubert Davis said. “He’s such a great kid and teammate and has worked so hard for his senior year. … The good news is he will be back at some point this year, and I know he will continue to be a great leader for us until he can get back in the lineup.” It’s a tough blow for a Tar Heel team that was expected to lean heavily on Trimble’s veteran leadership. With 10 newcomers on the roster, Trimble, in his fourth year in Chapel Hill, was the undisputed leader of the team. He was also the defensive specialist. Praised regularly by Davis over the last three seasons for his defensive prowess, Trimble made no bones about his role on the team. In addition to leading on the floor and in the locker room, one of his main jobs is to “take away a team’s best player” he explained at ACC media day. If anything, Trimble has taken it up a notch so far this young season. In an exhibition game at BYU, he split time guarding freshman sensation AJ Dybantsa and veteran guard Richie Saunders. The pair shot a combined 10-of-25, 2-of-10 from three. Saunders hit 52% of his shots from the field each of his last two seasons, 43% of his three pointers last year. In two games without Trimble on the floor, Dybantsa and Saunders are shooting 27-of-51, 4-of-11 from three and averaging 36.5 points combined. The next exhibition was Winston-Salem State, and Trimble guarded Tyre Boykin, who averaged 15.6 points last season, hitting 46% of his shots and 43% from three. He finished 4-of-12, 0-of-2 for 11 points. Camren Hunter was the assignment against Central Arkansas. The guard averaged 15.5 points in two previous seasons with the team. Trimble held him to 2-of-11, 1-of-4 from three and five points. Then came Kansas, and star freshman Darryn Peterson. He had 22 points but didn’t take over the game the way the visiting Jayhawks needed. “Even though Darryn got off 14 shots, that was a situation where he probably needed to get off 20 or 22 for us to have a realistic shot in here tonight,” said Kansas coach Bill Self, who went on to say Trimble, “blanketed Darryn in a way that to me was terrific.” Self also said Trimble may have been player of the game, despite 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals from UNC freshman Caleb Wilson. “The way he guarded Darryn and playing on top of everything,” he said. Self was also impressed with Trimble in transition. “If he can get ahead of the field,” Self said, “nobody’s catching him from behind.” Trimble has also been a bigger factor in UNC’s set offense. He scored 29 points in his two games, a 2.9 point per game increase over last year’s career high. He’s also dishing out 3.5 assists a night, an increase of more than two per game. Trimble’s absence will take away a playmaker on offense and spread out the defensive responsibilities to a number of less experienced players on the roster. With Kyan Evans focusing on running the team and Luka Bogavac more of an offensive threat than defensive specialist, the best candidate to step in as a perimeter defender might be Virginia Tech transfer Jaydon Young, who has played a total of just six minutes in the first two games. While the team hasn’t speculated on how long Trimble will be out, it appears that six-to-eight weeks is the average for…

HIGH POINT — Jaylin Davis was thrilled to return to his home county and be part of a professional baseball championship. “This might be my last,” said Davis, an outfielder with the York Revolution. “We’ll see what happens.” The Revolution won the Atlantic League championship, overcoming the High Point Rockers to win Game 4 on Oct. 1 and capture the best-of-5 finals. Davis, who played in high school for Northeast Guilford and in college for Appalachian State, became part of a championship for the third time. He homered in both games during the series at Truist Point. “To do it at home, can’t beat it at all,” he said. Davis hit .316 in the postseason for the third-best mark among the Revolution. “When I got traded over here, coming here has made me love the game again,” Davis said. “We had a great group over here. When I came over, I knew a couple people but it felt like I had been on the team the whole year.” Davis, 31, has made major-league stops with the San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox, trying to work his way back to the top level since 2022. He had been with the Milwaukee Milkmen of the American Association before he was dealt to the Revolution in early June. He resides in Gilbert, Arizona, but he said he stays well connected to Greensboro. Following the championship series, he planned to spend a couple of weeks in the area before departing, including a visit to his alma mater in McLeansville. If Game 4 was his final time in uniform as a player, it was quite a send-off. He homered with a shot down the right-field line in the eighth inning, acknowledging his personal fan club by pointing to the cheering group as he rounded the bases. This marked Davis’ first go-around in the Atlantic League. By mid-September, he was pulling for the Rockers to emerge from the South Division for a potential matchup in the finals and another visit to Guilford County. The Revolution overcame a three-run deficit to win 7-4 to secure the title in Game 4. Davis had won titles as a minor leaguer with the Fort Myers Miracle (Minnesota Twins organization) and Sacramento River Cats (San Francisco organization). “It all feels the same,” he said of winning amid an extended on-field celebration with teammates and staff. Aside from the location, there was familiarity for Davis because of the Rockers’ roster. Veteran slugger Alex Dickerson was a teammate with the Giants, while he has connections from his younger baseball days with North Carolinians Braxton Davidson and D.J. Burt and, to a lesser degree, Evan Edwards. With three homers in the postseason, Davis matched the York franchise record. He homered 17 times during the regular season. He appeared in 38 total major league games across four different seasons. Yet a decade of professional baseball has taken a toll on his body, he said. “I’ve enjoyed my time playing. I still enjoy it, but I feel like I can help on the other side, the coaching side. I still want to stay in baseball,” Davis said. “I think I’m ready for what’s next, but we’ll see. Maybe somebody will talk me into coming back.”The post Davis makes championship return to home state first appeared on The North State Journal.

APEX — The North Carolina High School Athletic Association shared updates on potential new sports last week. In the NCHSAA Region 3 meeting, the last of eight regional meetings spread over two weeks, at Hope Community Church on Sept. 25, Commissioner Que Tucker revealed that a committee had been formed to study and examine the possibility of girls’ flag football as a sanctioned sport. Tucker said the committee has already met and will send out surveys to member schools. The committee has been tasked with looking at the “big picture” regarding the timing of the season, the number of games, officials, ticket prices, playoffs and state championships. “They will have something for the (Board of Directors) to approve at least by next spring,” Tucker said. At the winter NCHSAA Board of Directors meeting in December, the Board tabled a discussion to sanction girls’ flag football, citing how the participation data reported by the schools did not match the date reported from other sources. Last week, Tucker said the NCHSAA is “probably pretty close” to having the number of participating schools necessary to sanction the sport. The NCHSAA requires that 25% of the total number of member schools participate in a sport before it’s sanctioned. Last year, HighSchoolOT reported that girls’ flag football met the threshold with 116 teams, and more schools have added programs this season with funds and equipment provided by the Carolina Panthers. Tucker also mentioned that it “won’t be long” until the Board forms a committee for boys’ volleyball. The NC Boys High School Volleyball league lists 116 participating NCHSAA member schools on its website. “Boys’ volleyball is gaining momentum,” Tucker said. Updates about the upcoming fall state championships were also shared at the meeting. According to Tucker, the NCHSAA “hopes” to announce the venues for the fall state championships by the end of this week or the beginning of the second full week of October. “We perhaps could announce them for all sports, but for sure all fall sports,” Tucker said. “We’re zeroing in on football. That has been a little bit of an issue.” At the Region 6 meeting in Concord, Tucker said the NCHSAA is in discussions with the Panthers about possibly hosting some of the eight football state championships at Bank of America Stadium. The association has held state championships at NC State and UNC, but according to Tucker, NC State won’t be available this year due to conflicts with the Lenovo Center. Other than the association’s upcoming plans, the rising number of ejections at NCHSAA events was discussed at last week’s meeting. As of Sept. 25, the NCHSAA reported 257 ejections, which is more than what was reported at the same time in 2024. A pie chart was displayed showing the breakdown of reasons for the ejections. Profanity and racial slurs were the largest culprit with 41.7%, followed by fighting (29.6%), flagrant contact (17.5%), taunting and baiting (4%), leaving the bench (3.1%), disrespect and contact (1.8%), obscene gesture (1.3%) and spitting (0.9%). In September, a football player at Ben L. Smith High School threw a punch at a referee near the end of a game against Andrews High School in High Point. Charges were filed against the player. Poor sportsmanship has even spread beyond the varsity level as Tucker mentioned receiving a report about a bench clearing at a JV football game. “I know we’ve said a lot about it, but I think we have to because the behavior, it almost seems out of control,” Tucker said. “We’ve got to do something. And I think if we just be committed to making sure to making sure that the young people understand our expectations, I think we have to talk to them. We let them know that this is just not going to be tolerated.” The NCHSAA also shared a draft budget of its expected revenue and expenses for the 2025-26 athletic season. The association hopes to bring in just over $2.5 million in playoff revenue and $1.1 million from corporate sponsors.…