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Jamoneisha Merritt, 11, went to sleep Sunday night, near another young girl she believed to be her friend. Now the young girl doesn't know what she looks like anymore.

Her shoulders and neck are scarred and bulbous. In one photo from a hospital bed, Jamoneisha's eyes are shut, her face pink from a layer of skin vaporized by scalding water.

She's still beautiful to her mother.

Jamoneisha was allegedly attacked by another girl at the sleepover in the Bronx, N.Y., with a cup of boiling water, her mother Ebony Merritt said to local media stations.

Merritt told NY1 that her daughter, who she affectionately calls "Monie," is wounded not just physically but emotionally after the 12-year old poured the water over Jamoneisha as she slept. Now she is recovering in serious but stable condition, according to police.

Merritt told local media Jamoneisha is not ready to see the full extent of her potentially lifelong injuries, so she has limited her daughter's ability to look at herself.

A New York Police Department statement released to The Washington Post said the 12-year old girl was arrested Monday night and charged with second-degree assault.

"She don't understand why they did that to her. She thought they was her friends," Merritt told the station. "I was told that they didn't like her. And they just been bullying her." Merritt also took to Facebook to tell other parents to discourage children about following social media challenges.

It was not immediately clear if the alleged attacker told police she was inspired by internet videos.

Yolanda Richardson told the local NBC affiliate that her cousin Jamoneisha and the other girl argued the night before the attack.

"[The other girl] told her if she goes to sleep they were going to do something to her," Yolanda said.

Merritt believes her daughter is the victim of a social media-fueled prank called the hot water challenge, a potentially dangerous dare in which teenagers and kids boil water and throw it on an unsuspecting victim.

Ki'ari Pope, an 8-year old girl from Florida, died in late July, months after she drank boiling water from a straw after her and a cousin watched a video of a similar act on YouTube, the Associated Press reported. Her mother, Marquisia Bonner, said Ki'ari had problems breathing after a tracheotomy removed scar tissue from her windpipe.

The pair of incidents are wrinkles of an old digital phenomenon - kids egged on by social media missions created on the dark corners of the Web, provoking them to do something incredibly dangerous to themselves or others.

Suicides, assaults and accidents have been traced back to internet fads like the blue whale challenge, which purportedly asks participants to complete a list of mundane and dangerous activities ranging from watching a horror film and self-mutilation.

One Texas teenager allegedly killed himself last month as part of the challenge, his parents say.

Other apparent criminal acts do not have a clear connection between online challenges and real world violence. The so-called knockout game, which called for kids to attack unsuspecting people from behind in an effort to knock them unconscious, sent parents, teachers and cable news into a frenzy.

It was also found to mostly be a hoax, a scary sounding and Facebook-ready phenomenon grafted onto random assaults, a report found.

But Jamoneisha's life-altering burns are very real. And her mother has reason to believe digital taunting transformed into real violence, she told NY1.

"They've been on Snapchat. It's been going on several times. The girl admitted it. 'I don't like her. I wanted to do it,'" she said.

Jamoneisha's family, who could not be reached by The Post, has been at her bedside through the recovery process, in an update with NY1.

"She seemed to still have the same energy like nothing ain't change her. She's still smiling, joking. laughing, yeah she's doing good though," Starshanae Nixon, Jamoneisha's cousin, told the network.

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8/11/2017 5:15:21 AM Central Daylight Time

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Jamoneisha Merritt, 11,went to sleep Sunday night, near another young girl she believed to be her friend. Now the young girl doesnt know what she looks like anymore.

Her shoulders and neck are scarred and bulbous. In one photo from a hospital bed, Jamoneishas eyes are shut, her face pink from a layer of skin vaporized by scalding water.

Shes still beautiful to her mother.

Jamoneisha was allegedly attacked by another girl at the sleepover in the Bronx, N.Y., with a cup of boiling water, her mother Ebony Merrittsaid to local media stations.

Merritt told NY1 that her daughter, who she affectionately calls Monie, is wounded not just physically but emotionally after the 12-year old poured the water over Jamoneisha as she slept. Now she is recovering in serious but stable condition, according to police.

Merritt told local media Jamoneisha is not ready to see the full extent of her potentially lifelong injuries, so she has limited her daughters ability to look at herself.

[Texas family says teen killed himself in macabre Blue Whale online challenge thats alarming schools]

A New York Police Department statement released to The Washington Post said the 12-year old girl was arrested Monday night and charged with second-degree assault.

She dont understand why they did that to her. She thought they was her friends, Merritt told the station. I was told that they didnt like her. And they just been bullying her. Merritt also took to Facebook to tell other parents to discourage children about following social media challenges.

It was not immediately clear if the alleged attackertold police she was inspired by Internet videos.

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Yolanda Richardsontold the local NBC affiliate that hercousin Jamoneisha and the other girl arguedthe night before the attack.

[The other girl]told her if she goes to sleep they were going to do something to her, Yolandasaid.

Merritt believes her daughter is the victim of a social media-fueled prank called the hot water challenge, a potentially dangerous dare in which teenagers and kids boil water and throw it on an unsuspecting victim.

Kiari Pope, an 8-year old girl from Florida, died in late July, months after she drank boiling water from a straw after her and a cousin watched a video of a similar act on YouTube,the Associated Press reported. Her mother, Marquisia Bonner, said Kiari had problems breathing aftera tracheotomy removed scar tissue from her windpipe.

The pair of incidents arewrinkles of an old digital phenomenon kids egged on by social media missions created on thedark cornersof the Web, provoking them to do something incredibly dangerous to themselves or others.

Suicides, assaults and accidents have been traced back to Internet fads like the blue whale challenge, which purportedly asks participants to complete a list of mundane and dangerous activities ranging from watching a horror film and self-mutilation.

One Texas teenager allegedly killed himself last month as part of the challenge, his parents say.

Other apparent criminal acts do not have a clear connection between online challenges and real world violence. The so-called knockout game, which called for kids to attack unsuspecting people from behind in an effort to knock them unconscious, sent parents, teachers and cable news into a frenzy.

[The complete history of Slender Man, the meme that compelled two girls to stab a friend]

It was also found to mostly be a hoax, a scary sounding and Facebook-ready phenomenon grafted onto random assaults, a report found.

ButJamoneishas life-altering burns are very real. And her mother has reason to believe digital taunting transformed into real violence, she told NY1.

Theyve been on Snapchat. Its been going on several times. The girl admitted it. I dont like her. I wanted to do it,' she said.

Jamoneishas family, who could not be reached by The Post, has been at her bedside through the recovery process, in an update with NY1.

She seemed to still have the same energy like nothing aint change her. Shes still smiling, joking. laughing, yeah shes doing good though, Starshanae Nixon,Jamoneishas cousin, told the network.

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Stuart Watson

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David McGoldrick scored both goals as the Blues booked their place in round two for only the second time since reaching the semi-finals in 2011, but it was two young midfielders who really caught the eye.

Downes, 18, produced an outstanding box-to-box display, while Nydam, 17, was impressive on his debut in the No.10 role.

Flynn and Tristan are nailed on footballers, theres no doubt in my mind, enthused McCarthy.

The coaches in the academy can be proud. I get asked at every club are any of them going to get in the first team? And I always say if they are any good theyll get in.

I think the young ones have given us a real bit of fizz.

League Two side Luton played their part in an entertaining knockout game which was only settled deep into stoppage-time.

They absolutely murdered Yeovil on Saturday (8-2), said McCarthy. They play with a really attacking system, with the diamond, and they caused us a few problems.

They had a few chances, I have to be honest. Its not a perfect performance by us, but its still a very good one. Its a clean sheet, a 2-0 win and were in the next round.

Ive never tried to lose one of these games. I do think this game is the hardest game of the season. Players all want to play in the first league game and those who dont are bitterly disappointed.

The ones who come in for this are thinking; Im not going to play on Saturday, hell change it again. I said to them; This is an audition to be in the team.

With tricky Manchester City loanee Bersant Celina also producing an exciting debut, McCarthy said: Hes what everybody likes. Sometimes you get that flair but not the other side, but that wasnt him tonight. He had pace and running power, but he also tried to win headers and his all-round game was good.

And with Martyn Waghorn stepping off the bench to make his debut a day after joining from Rangers, the Blues boss added: Its an absolute snip. Its not the million quid which has been reported, nowhere near that. It sounds good for the club and for Rangers I guess, but no. Im thrilled weve got him.

The only negative from the evening was injuries to Adam Webster and Cole Skuse. McCarthy said: Adam is a concern because hes rocked his ankle again. Skusey has jarred his knee.

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The seventh week of BIG3 play brought three-on-three action to Kentucky's Rupp Arena, as the teams jockeyed for position in the penultimate week of the regular season.

Trilogy and 3 Headed Monsters already locked themselves into the playoffs, and Power came into Sunday with an opportunity to join them. Ghost Ballers could also strengthen their playoff resume with a win over Tri-State, which entered tied for the worst record in the league.

Here is a look at how things played out in Lexington.

Tri-State 51, Ghost Ballers 43

Bonzi Wells scored 18 points as one of three Tri-State players in double figures as they pulled off a surprising 51-43 win over Ghost Ballers.

Tri-State trailed 12-4 in the first half but scored the final eight points of the first half to go into the break ahead 25-20. They never trailed again after that run and led by as many as nine.

Dominic McGuire (13 points) and Lee Nailon (12 points) were also in double figures.

Ricky Davis scored a team-high 15 points for Ghost Ballers, which dropped to 3-4 with the loss and will go into the final week in a battle for the final playoff spot. Ivan Johnson also scored 14 points.

Turnovers were the main factor in Ghost Ballers' struggles, with Davis being responsible for five of their 11 giveaways. Tri-State's three turnovers by comparison allowed them to shoot 42 times compared to 33 for Ghost Ballers.

Trilogy 50, Power 45

Rashad McCants scored 20 points, Al Harrington added 14 and James White had 12 as Trilogy continued its rampage over the BIG3 with a comeback 50-45 win over power.

Trilogy trailed 25-14 after a disjointed first half that saw them allow Power to go on a 16-2 run to close the half. But McCants came out scorching to start the second half, scoring eight of his team's first 10 points, including knocking down a four-point shot. The North Carolina product knocked down nine of his 15 shots on the evening and had the team's only two steals.

Harrington knocked down six of his 10 shots as part of a strong effort inside, while White got his 12 on an efficient 4-of-6 shooting. Trilogy is the lone remaining unbeaten at 7-0.

Power, which could have clinched a playoff berth with a win, is now 4-3. DeShawn Stevenson knocked down five shots from three-point range on his way to a team-high 19 points. Cuttino Mobley added 17.

3's Company 51, Killer 3s 48

Andre Owens scored 20 points and Al Thornton added 15, as 3's Company came from behind in the second half for a 51-48 win over Killer 3s.

Owens hit a pair of threes and played a team-high 52 minutes in what was essentially a playoff knockout game. Now 3's Company sits at 3-4 and has a real opportunity to make the final postseason spot with a win next week.

DerMarr Johnson added 10 points to round out 3's Company's double-digit scorers.

Stephen Jackson did his part to keep Killer 3s in the playoff hunt, scoring a game-high 25 points. Chauncey Billups added 10 but was inefficient throughout, making just a pair of his 11 shot chances.

Killer 3s are eliminated from playoff contention with a 2-5 record.

Allen Iverson did not play for 3's Company due to a one-game suspension.

3 Headed Monsters 50, Ball Hogs 34

Rashard Lewis scored 17 points and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf added 14, as 3 Headed Monsters efficiently took care of business on their way to a 50-34 win over Ball Hogs.

The 3 Headed Monsters made 21 of their 40 shots from the field and did not trail after pulling ahead 11-9 early in the first half. Lewis also added 11 rebounds as part of a continued strong effort from the former NBA All-Star.

Every Monster scored at least four points and none were on the floor for more than 20 minutes in what essentially turned into a rout.

Ball Hogs, which are limping their way to a last-place finish, now sit 1-6. Derrick Byars was their only player in double figures, as they struggled their way to a 14-of-39 performance from the field.

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CINCINNATI Before youre tempted to ordain the Los Angeles Dodgers as World Series champions for the first time in 29 years, a little history lesson might be in order.

First, only one player who has any sort of prominent role with the Dodgers, Chase Utley, even has been in a World Series. Second, and probably more importantly, only six of the 22 National League teams who have finished with the leagues best record since the three-tiered playoffs began in 1995 have made it to the World Series. And only two of them have won, with one being the Chicago Cubs last year. The other club was the 1995 Atlanta Braves, who won the World Series the first year there were three rounds of playoffs and then never again.

Four other clubs, including the Cardinals 100-win teams in 2004 and 2013, made it to the World Series but didnt win.

Third, how will lefthanded ace Clayton Kershaws back behave the rest of the year? Last year, after returning from back problems that cost him more than two months, Kershaw was relatively strong in the last month of the regular season. But in 24 1/3 postseason innings, including the time he was called upon to save the final game of the division series, he allowed 12 runs and had nothing left in Game 6 of the league championship , when he and the Dodgers were shut out 5-0 in Chicago as the Cubs punched their World Series ticket.

But what the Dodgers have done so far, is amazing, said Whitey Herzog, who steered his Kansas City Royals to a lengthy, similar rush 40 years ago.

Their pitching has been awfully steady, said Herzog. Their bullpen has been outstanding. And that kid (Cody Bellinger) is hitting all those home runs. Theyve won so many games late in the game. Really amazing.

This year, the Dodgers were 10-12 before going 66-20 in their next 84 games. At a later point in the 1977 season, Herzogs Royals were 28-31 and then went 63-23, including winning 16 in a row starting on Aug. 31 of that year. They lost one, then won eight more in succession, running that hot streak to 24 victories in 25 games. They would finish 74-29 after June 16, which was roughly what the Dodgers record was before the weekend.

Herzog, noting how the Dodgers managed to win the division last year when Kershaw was out for so long, gave credit to manager Dave Roberts, who was in his first year then. He did one helluva job, said Herzog. He seems enthusiastic. Of course, its easy to be enthusiastic every day when you win. Its when youre losing every day that it seems to lag.

The Dodgers have an outside shot at 116 wins, the major league record for a season held by the 1906 Chicago Cubs in a 154-game season and the Seattle Mariners in 2001 in a 162-game season. It is worth noting that neither of those clubs won the World Series either.

Theyve got to keep playing like hell to do that, said Herzog. Is it sustainable? I guess its sustainable. They wont get rained out. But without Kershaw (who is out several more weeks), it doesnt seem possible to do that.

Herzog can remember the 1977 season as if it was yesterday. On the night the Royals stretched their winning streak to 16, they beat Oakland twice in extra innings in a twi-night doubleheader that was delayed by rain in Kansas City and didnt end until nearly 3:30 a.m.

There were torrential rains in the area and seven people drowned that night, recalled Herzog. There almost was an eighth as Herzogs son, David, had his car sucked into an open manhole but made it out alive.

The next night, Herzog said his team, understandably, was tired and lost to Seattles Doc Medich before putting together the eight-game winning streak.

Gene Mauch, who was managing Minnesota then, said that no team in the division was good enough to pull away, Herzog said. We won 16 in a row and Texas won 13 games out of 17 and lost 3 games in the standings.

It amazing how things happened how it just seemed everything worked out for us, said Herzog. We didnt have a great bullpen, but we had a lot of guys who pitched in and did their job.

But there was disappointment at the end, when the Royals lost the American League championship series to the New York Yankees three games to two, dropping the last two games at home.

And Billy Martin benched Reggie Jackson for the fifth game, said Herzog. Then he goes on to become Mr. October the next week. Figure that one out.

The Royals scored twice in the first inning of the last game and were nursing a 3-1 lead into the eighth but allowed one run in the eighth and three in the ninth as the Yankees won 5-3, delaying Kansas Citys first World Series appearance for three more years.

Thats one game Ill never forget, said Herzog.

In Game 4 of that series, Herzog yanked first baseman John Mayberry, who seemed ill, after he dropped a pop foul. He didnt play Mayberry, who had 23 homers that year, in Game 5, as he suspected that Mayberry may have been under the influence of something the day before.

Herzog said baseball can use the publicity generated by the Dodgers long stretch of torrid baseball and the chance they could approach the record for wins if they could keep it up. Otherwise, there are very few divisional pennant races and he said he was tired of hearing about the knockout game, meaning the one-game playoff in each league to open the postseason.

Three of the six division pacesetters the Dodgers, Washington and Houston have leads of more than 10 games, which, if taken to the end of the season, would mark the first time that has happened since 2002 when Atlanta, the Cardinals, Boston and Minnesota all won their divisions by 10 games or more.

That was the year that both wild-card teams, San Francisco and Anaheim, qualified for the World Series with the Angels winning. Since then, there have been four other wild-card teams to win the World Series Florida (2003), Boston (2004), the 2011 Cardinals and San Francisco (2014).

They raise hell about the wild-card winning too many times, said Herzog. If theyre going to continue to have five-game series in the division round they should play seven games with no days off they should reward the team which has the best record and plays the knockout winner. The way it stands now, the knockout winner is even (in home games) after four games. Give the wild-card winner the third game at home and the other four games you play at the team with the best record. That way, the knockout winner would have to win at least twice on the field of the team with the best record, plus its own home game.

Still an avid watcher of baseball as he nears age 86, Herzog said he cringes when he sees players swinging from their butt. He laments long games and said he had a discussion about this with commissioner Rob Manfred last week at the Hall of Fame ceremonies in Cooperstown, N.Y.

It used to be that you would see about 265 pitches for a nine-inning game, Herzog said. Every morning when I get up, I dont check to see who got the winning hit. I check the number of pitches. Right now, there are about 285 pitches in a game and how many games do you see 320 or 360 pitches in nine innings?

Now, how are you going to do this? Are you going to play seven-inning games? Or are you are going to play with two strikes and three balls? Thats messing with the rules and youd better not do that. But weve got too many throwers and not enough pitchers.

Young pitchers ... all they care about is what the radar gun says. Why dont you take them out of the stadiums and take them out of the broadcast booths? Let the scouts be the only ones who have them. That might help them become pitchers.

Too many counts go to 3-2, Herzog said, because of nit-picking, instead of the outcome of an at-bat being settled at 0-2.

You can do something about this in the minor leagues, he said. Let them throw 125 pitches but tell all your young kids not to waste pitches out of the strike zone. Then they can accomplish that before they even get to the big leagues.

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