Dodge City sweeps Garden City in regional doubleheader
Garden City loses twice as Dodge City dominates 8-2 and 12-3 at Tangeman Field. Lindsay Wright, a Garden City High alumna now in a Dodge City uniform, goes 5-for-7 with two runs and five RBIs across the twin bill. Wright delivers key hits, while Garden City stranded 10 runners in game one and watches its skid reach nine games.
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Garden City High School
Lindsay Wright
Garden City
Wright
Dodge City
RBI
Lady Busters
Tangeman Field
Lady Conquistadors
Garden
Lady Congs
GCCC
Phil Terpstra
Garden City Racquetball Team Finishes Third Nationally
Garden City High School earned a national podium at the United States Racquetball Association 17th National High School Championships in Portland Oregon from March 4 to 7. Seniors Jared Torres and Josh Williams captured a national doubles title aiding the Buffaloes to a third-place boys’ finish with local donations supporting the trip.
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Garden City Buffalo
Six Buffaloes
Garden City
Jared Torres
Josh Williams
Portland
Ore
Buffaloes
GCHS
Corey Elliott
Eric Pratt
Garden City Family Ymca
Kansas easy path to Final Four voiced by Jayhawks guard
Kansas faces a favorable route to the Final Four with Illinois Chicago Pacific and Alabama Birmingham as next opponents. Jayhawks guard J R Giddens rejects the idea of being favored and warns against underestimating lower seeded teams as the Round of 16 approaches.
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Lawrence
Illinois
Chicago
Pacific
Alabama
Birmingham
Kansas
Jayhawks
J.R. Giddens
Gophers Dominate K State in NCAA Second Round
Minnesota overwhelmed Kansas State 80-61 as Janet McCarville led with 15 points, 18 rebounds and seven assists. Lindsay Whalen added 15 points and Nicole Ohlde scored 23 for the Wildcats, who were ousted early in the second round a year after a Notre Dame upset. The Gophers advance to the Mideast Regional semifinals to face Boston College in Norfolk.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Kansas State
Janet McCarville
Gophers
Lindsay Whalen
Shannon Schonrock
Boston College
Norfolk
Pam Borton
Nicole Ohlde
Wildcats
Notre Dame
Kendra Wecker
Laurie Koehn
Wecker
Megan Mahoney
Beard Becomes Second 3-Time AP All American in Women’s Basketball
Alana Beard of Duke earned a unanimous spot on the AP women’s basketball All America team, becoming the second three-time first team selection after Chamique Holdsclaw. The senior led Duke to multiple Final Fours, averaging 20.2 points and 5.2 rebounds while shooting 51 percent. Other top honorees include Diana Taurasi, Kelly Mazzante, Nicole Powell, and Nicole Chlde, with Kendra Wecker and Seimone Augustus among second and third-team picks.
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Alana Beard
Duke
Associated Press
Connecticut
Diana Taurasi
Penn State
Kelly Mazzante
Stanford
Nicole Powell
Kansas State
Nicole Chlde
Tennessee
Chamique Holdsclaw
Beard
Taurasi
Mazzante
Powell
Chlde
Chloe
Oklahoma State
Hakim Warrick
Syracuse
Rashad McCants
North Carolina
Wayne Simien
Kansas
Okafor and Nelson Sweep AP All-America Honors
Emeka Okafor of Connecticut and Jameer Nelson of Saint Joseph's earned unanimous AP All-America status with perfect 360-point totals from all 72 first-team ballots. Nelson, Saint Joseph's career scoring leader, averaged 20.6 points and 5.0 assists, while Okafor posted 18.1 points, 11.7 rebounds and 4.3 blocks as a national leader.
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Emeka Okafor
Jameer Nelson
Connecticut
Saint Joseph’s
Associated Press
Okafor
Nelson
Lawrence Roberts
Mississippi State
Josh Childress
Stanford
Ryan Gomes
Providence
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Lorel Palmer
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Lee Dodge
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Dodge City Community College
Tangeman Complex
Buster
Softbali
Lee
Brad Nading
Deb Patterson
McCarville
Brie Madden
Jamie Broback
Ohlide
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Childe
Chandi Jones
Houston
Shereka Wright
Purdue
Stacy Stephens
Texas
Vanessa Hayden
Florida
Seimone Augustus
LSU
Shameka Christon
Arkansas
Shyra Ely
Cappie Pondexter
Rutgers
Ku’s
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