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Appalachian State and Toledo will meet for the first time when they clash in the Raymon Media Camellia Bowl on Saturday in Montgomery, Ala., but the two coaches are not strangers.Mountaineers coach Scott Satterfield spent a season as Toledos passing game coordinator before moving on Florida International and then to Appalachian State. Toledo coach Jason Candle was the Rockets wide receivers coach while Satterfield was on the Toledo staff.I have a tremendous amount of respect for Toledo and how they play the game, Satterfield said. Having been there in 2009, it is a similar program to what we have at Appalachian State, a blue-collar program. Their guys play hard and physical.Jason has done an outstanding job taking over there.Candle reciprocated.I certainly have a lot of respect for Scott and what he has been able to do with that football program, he said. I think its really cool.The Rockets (9-3) and Mountaineers (9-3) will kick off at 5:30 p.m. ET at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, with ESPN airing the action.The Rockets will be making their 16th bowl appearance overall and sixth in the last seven years, but Candle considers the postseason anything but routine.At Toledo, we dont take these opportunities very lightly, he said. In 2013, we were 7-5 and did not get invited to a bowl game.There wasnt much in the way of doubt this time around. The Rockets reached bowl eligibility with their sixth win (31-17 over Central Michigan) on Oct. 22 and added three more wins before losing to undefeated Western Michigan 55-35 in the season finale.Junior quarterback Logan Woodside led an offensive surge by throwing an FBS-high 43 touchdown passes and setting a school record in passing yardage with 3,882, completing 69.1 percent of his attempts.Logan has had a tremendous season, Candle said, citing his quarterbacks work ethic. Hes a gym rat in the old-school sense.Wide receivers Corey Jones and Cody Thompson combined for 119 catches and tight end Michael Roberts had 43. Running back Kareem Hunt topped off a 1,300-yard rushing season with 200 yards against Western Michigan, his 27th career triple-digit rushing game.Appalachian State, which beat Ohio 31-29 in last years Camellia Bowl, will counter Toledos prolific passing game with a defense that has allowed only 10 touchdown passes and ranks No. 3 nationally in interceptions with 20, five by freshman cornerback Clifton Duck.The Mountaineers have a two-pronged rushing game with Jalin Moore leading with 1,367 yards and veteran Marcus Cox, who missed four games to injury, adding 847. Cox is the nations No. 2 active rusher with 4,960 yards. No. 3 is Toledos Hunt with 4,825.Cheap New Balance Shoes Canada . -- Bobby Ryan helped the U. New Balance Online Sale Canada . 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New Balance Shoes Canada Sale .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center.WASHINGTON -- The Washington Nationals have been at home for a week after a 10-game road trip in which the team went 3-7.While the Nationals are in the midst of their first three-opponent homestand of the season the schedule has certainly not been routine for the first-place club.Washington will host the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday morning -- an early start for any game and certainly for the first game of a series. The Nationals are 6-1 so far on the homestand.The early start has become a tradition on July 4 in the nations capital, affording fans and players alike to make it home in time to be with family and see the fireworks display on the National Mall if they so desire. It just so happens this year July 4 is on a Monday -- a typical day for the first game of a series in the majors.Seeing fireworks in the nations capital may be more challenging this year as the Metro -- the public transportation system in the capital region -- has been undergoing maintenance the past few weeks and delays have been the norm.With that as a backdrop Washington right-hander Max Scherzer (9-5, 3.30) will start on Monday while right-hander Junior Guerra (5-1, 3.25) will go for the Brewers. He is 2-0 with a 3.10 ERA in his last three starts and has never faced any of the current Washington hitters. Guerra did not pitch against the Nationals earlier this month when Washington played in Wisconsin.He will have to deal with a Washington team that hit six homers on Sunday against the Reds and has 120 this year to lead the National League.Scherzer is 9-5 with a 2.62 ERA in day games since he joined the Nationals to start the 2015 season.The St. Louis native has had some memorable day game performances at Nationals Park. One of them was his no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates in June, 2015.The Nationals bullpen got a break Sunday as Stephen Strasburg came off the DL and threw 6 2/3 innings of no-hit ball after Washington and Cincinnati played 14 innings on Friday and 10 innings on Saturday. Strasburg was taken out aftter throwing 109 pitches.ddddddddddddur bullpen is beat up, theirs is beat up, it was a tough series. We won the yearly series against them, we won three out of four against them here, Washington manager Dusty Baker said of facing the Reds.It will be a quick turnaround for Milwaukee, who played Sunday in St. Louis and had to endure a rain delay as well and that meant delaying a flight to Washington. The Brewers lost in St. Louis 9-8 after scoring four in the top of the ninth in a game that ended around 8:20 p.m. ET.The Nationals ended their game Sunday against the Reds around 4:45 p.m. ET.The early start on Monday will continue a pattern of different starting times for Washington on the homestand.The Thursday game with the Cincinnati Reds began at 7:05 p.m., a normal start time. The Friday game was slated to begin at 6:05 p.m. so fireworks could be displayed after the game. But a rain delay forced a late start and due to a noise ordinance in the nations capital the fireworks had to be called off.Saturdays game with the Reds began on time at 7:15 p.m. as a national broadcast on FOX. And Sundays series finale started on time at 1:35 p.m., the normal first pitch for Sunday home games in Washington.Baker said getting back to a normal sleep schedule played a factor in giving some days off to some of his regulars earlier in this homestand.After the early start on Monday, the Nationals will go back to a regular first pitch time of 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday before ending the homestand at 4:05 p.m. Wednesday against the Brewers.The Nationals begin a series on Thursday in New York against the Mets. The Brewers return home to face the Cardinals in a series that starts Friday.Were in a little bit of a funk offensively, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. Trying to get out of that funk against Scherzer could be a tough task, especially with little sleep after a flight from St. Louis. ' ' '