State proves west is best for Garden City wrestlers
Garden City High School finished second at regionals on February 15 and eighth at the 6A state tournament in Wichita. Hutchinson won the state crown, while Maize, Haysville Campus, and others followed. GCHS coach Martin Segovia noted the regional strength and suggested reshuffling regions to favor powerful programs, saying the season built toward state success and growth for next year.
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Garden City
Wichita
Buffaloes
Hutchinson
Maize
Haysville
Wichita West
Dodge City
Wichita Northwest
Wichita South
Blue Valley Northwest
GCHL
Martin Segovia
Weather forces sub state games shuffled by weather
Severe weather rearranged area sub state basketball earlier this week. Ulysses girls face Scott City after a Scott City game, then Scott City boys and Colby. Lakin hosts Oakley at 6 p.m. Cimarron visits Holcomb at 6 p.m. Wichita County girls play Elkhart at 7 p.m. Syracuse hosts Spearville at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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Scott City
Ulysses Girls
Scott City Boys
Colby
Athletes of the Week Highlight Kacie Luebbers
Kacie Luebbers scored 22 points in Tuesday's 58 40 win at Holcomb and 18 points Friday in a 56 36 win over Stanton County. She hit three 3-pointers and went 11 of 13 from the line, helping the 11 9 Lady Indians average 17.3 points per game as they open sub state at Elkhart Wednesday.
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Luebbers
Holcomb
Stanton County
Lady Indians
Elkhart
Kromer Captures Kansas State Wrestling Title at GA 152
Kromer claimed the state championship at the Kansas Coliseum finishing 16-1 this season. He defeated St. Thomas Aquinas’ Drew Ibarra 6-4 in the 152-pound final and also beat Emporia’s John Kosko 6-0, Clathe East’s Seth Day 4-0, and Derby’s Matt Smith 6-5.
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Kromer
Kansas Coliseum
St. Thomas Aquinas
Drew Ibarra
Emporia
John Kosko
Clathe East
Seth Day
Derby
Matt Smith
Kramer
Varen
Richardson blasts media as Arkansas coach closes practices
Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson lashes out at criticism and says practices will be closed to the media. He complains reporters are all white and accuses the press of bias while defending his subpar Razorbacks season and threatening to stay long term.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Arkansas
Nolan Richardson
Razorbacks
Richardson
Kentucky
Fayetteville
John White
Russians angry at Olympic treatment after Salt Lake
Russians vent on state TV over medal tally and disputed results at the Salt Lake Games. Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova were stripped of golds for drug use, prompting appeals to Lausanne. Officials and lawmakers criticized the IOC and NHL officiating amid a backdrop of controversy over figure skating and hockey outcomes.
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Russia
Larissa Lazutina
Olga Danilova
Lazutina
Danilova
IOC Medical Commission
NTV
Sergei Mironov
Olympic Committee
NHL
Canada
United States
Echo of Moscow
Mironov
Elena Berezhnaya
Anton Sikharulidze
Jamie Sale
David Pelletier
Irina Slutskaya
Sarah Hughes
Olympics security cost 310 million dollars
Salt Lake City reports the 2002 Winter Games security operation involved 60 agencies and 15,000 workers at a cost of 310 million. Despite a drunken street incident and a few scares, authorities credit the plan with preventing major crimes and keeping athletes and spectators safe during 17 days of competition. Mitt Romney praised the effort as essential to safety.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mitt Romney
Salt Lake
David Tubbs
Olympic Security Command
Tubbs
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Segovia
Lee
Graham K. Johnson
Telegram
Luis Mendoza
Kyle Frank
Lawrence Free State
Garden City Telegram
Telegram Sports
Kacie Luebbers
Moscow
RTR
America
Russian Olympic Committee
Leonid Tyagachev
International Sports Arbitration Court
Lausanne
Switzerland
Nikolai Durman
Deer Valley Resort
Park City
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