Jinx label follows a sports beat mirrored by misfortune
A sports writer reflects on bad luck surrounding teams on his beat including Lady Busters and Buffalo soccer, noting several injuries and near misses after moving catchers and recounting past coverage of Olpe Lady Eagles and Chiefs. He questions if he is a jinx while outlining team records 15 37 for Lady Busters and 0 8 for Lady Buffalo with GCHS baseball at 10 1.
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Lady Broacbuster
Busters
Kenzie Romero
Romero
GCCC
Emily Vashall
Lady Busters
Emporia
Olpe Lady Eagles
Eagles
Lady Eagles
Lady Larks
Kansas City Royals
Chiefs
Royals
Joe Montana
Derrick Thomas
Neil Smith
Tony Gonzalez
Priest Holmes
Cosmos
Lady Buffalo
GCHS
Buffalo
Garden City Busters sweep Pratt in high scoring doubleheader
Garden City Busters defeat Pratt 16-10 and 15-5 at Williams Stadium to extend their Jayhawk Conference streak to five and climb to fourth in the West. Brendan Murphy, Luke Dreiling, and Brandon Buckman provided key homers as Garden City exploded for two 10-run innings. Smith injures quad. status uncertain for upcoming weekend games.
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Jayhawk
Garden City Broacbusters
Broacbusters
Garden City
Pratt
Williams Stadium
Broacbuster
Rick Sabath
Brendan Murphy
Brandon Buckman
Gino LeBlanc
Curtis Smith
Justin Wilson
Beavers
Kameron
Washington
Justin
Sabath
Smith
Busters
Luke Dreiling
Buckman
Luke Garsett
RBI
Wes Brundridge
Dresling
Johnny Hanlon
Broadbuster
Ryan
United States tops Mexico 1 0 on late goal in Dallas
Eddie Pope struck in injury time to give the United States a 1-0 win over Mexico in an exhibition. Pope tapped in the rebound from five yards after Taylor Twellman’s shot, marking the U S sixth victory in eight meetings with Mexico. The teams had drawn 0-0 in their last meeting last May at Lee Exhibition.
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Dallas
Eddie Pope
United States
Mexico
Pope
Taylor Twellman
Harvey's Blast Leads Royals Victory Over Rangers
Kansas City Royals beat Texas Rangers 5-3 as Ken Harvey delivered a three run homer in the fifth after a foul ball call controversy. The initial ruling of a three run homer was overturned on review, confirming a foul ball despite replays.
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Kansas City, Mo
Ken Harvey
Harvey
Kansas City Royals
Texas Rangers
Royals
Kenny Rogers
Tim Welke
Rangers
Buck Showalter
Royals rally call after disputed home run ruling
Harvey questioned the decision stating he did not think it was a home run while crew chief Welke defended the call as Kansas City Royals players and staff react to the contentious moment.
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Harvey
Welke
Gonzalez Plays As Rockies Fall To Series Champs
Alex Gonzalez was set to play Wednesday for the Colorado Rockies after a three game suspension tied to a bench clearing brawl. He homered in a 9-4 win over Colorado as Josh Beckett earned the victory over the Rockies at Coors Field.
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Rockies
Denver
Alex Gonzalez
Colorado Rockies
Gonzalez
Philadelphia
Ing
Colorado
Josh Beckett
Coors Field
Holcomb track relies on depth to sweep team titles
Holcomb High advantage comes from 4th and 5th place finishes as coach Lindall Cox notes. At the Hi-Plains League divisional meet in Cimarron, the Longhorns won both boys 91 points and girls 96.5 with key wins by Ottaway Bray Kaps Lohfink Martin and Proehl. Hatchbacks and heats plan postseason focus. The district also faces a coaching transition as athletic director Bill Biermann exits to become Holcomb High principal, with a nationwide search for a new AD and math science computers teacher ongoing.
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Holcomb
Lindall Cox
Cimarron
Longhorn
Cox
Longhorns
Jordan Ottaway
Colter Bray
Kirk Kaps
Jordan Lohfink
Kelsey Martin
Chelsy Proehl
WaKeeney
Colby
Wichita County
Bill Biermann
Holcomb High
Biermann
Indians
Rick Luetjen
Stigler
Oklo
Duane Custer
Custer
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Joey Sprinkle
Garden City Telegram
Lee Busters
Brackading
Garden City Community College
Bart Howard
Lee
Duilio Davino
U.S
Cotton Bowl
Kansas
McKeon
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