Trio of Buffs named All-WAC in basketball and wrestling
Garden City High School players earned first team honors in basketball and wrestling. In basketball, Drew Jones and Bobby Wesley made the boys first team, Caitlin Smith the girls first team, with Quint and Smith honorable mentions for the boys and girls respectively. In wrestling, Aaron Martinez, Kyle Blackburn, Daniel Gonzalez, and Lane Greenlee earned first-team all conference honors.
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Drew Jones
Bobby Wesley
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Buffs
Lady Buffaloes
Caitlin Smith
GCHL
Tara Churchill
Caitlin
Smith
Lady Buffs
Jeremy Quint
Brodrick Smith
Chancey Sebranek
Rachel Banner
Churchill
Rachel
Chancey
Garden City High
Aaron Martinez
Kyle Blackburn
Daniel Gonzalez
Lane Greenlee
Garden City High School
Dodge City
Angels Rout Royals in Spring Game Show Depth
Angels beat Kansas City 14 to 4 as Tommy Murphy, Jeff Mathis and Erick Aybar homered and drove in six runs. Murphy lifted spring average to .321 with a three RBI day, while Mathis hit two homers. Aybar added two runs, and Scioscia praised the outfield depth as Weaver and Colon aired bullpen work, uncertain for season opener.
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Los Angeles Angels
Kansas City
Tommy Murphy
Jeff Mathis
Erick Aybar
Mike Scioscia
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Aybar
Jeff
Scioscia
Jered Weaver
Bartolo Colon
Hector Carrasco
Big 12 coaches push for larger NCAA tournament field
In Kansas City, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim gained strong backing from Big 12 coaches urging expansion beyond 64 teams. Boeheim, a longtime advocate, was surprised when Syracuse was not selected, prompting renewed calls to grow the tourney to 68 or more teams.
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Jayhawks seek to avoid NCAA upset jinx in West
Oklahoma City AP Kansas earned the No 1 seed in the West and waits for its first round opponent to be winner of Florida A&M versus Niagara. Coach Bill Self stresses mental focus as Kansas aims to end a two-year streak of early exits by Bucknell Bradley. Kansas is 30 4 and seeks a deep run in Chicago.
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Bucknell
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Self
Chicago
Roy Williams
Busters rely on Mandy Rutledge as Garden City baseball team rebuilds
Garden City Community College softball coach Phil Terpstra stresses motivation from preseason polls as he rebuilds with four returners. Sophomore Mandy Rutledge leads a young lineup after earning all Region VI and all Jayhawk West honors as a utility player last season. Freshmen Kim Lyons and Clarissa Valenzuela departed, taking 109 hits and 38 RBIs with them. Rutledge posted a .338 average with 27 hits and eight RBIs, plus an 11-9 pitching mark with a 2.15 ERA. Terpstra notes leadership from Rutledge Hargrove and Lauder as key to the season.
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Garden City Community College
Phil Terpstra
Broacbusters
Jayhawk
Mandy Rutledge
Kim Lyons
Clarissa Valenzuela
Lyons
Valenzuela
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Mandy
Kevyn Hargrove
Katy Lauder
Terpstra
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