Moving family finds blessing in long road to Garden City
The Sprinkle family recounts a 300 mile move to Garden City that tested them with storms and a balky moving van yet yielded help from neighbors missionaries and church friends. They praise Rita for funding fuel and describe injuries fatigue and relief at finally being together. Joey Sprinkle signs off from the Telegram.
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Garden City
Telegram
Rob Houston
Rita
Oregon
California
Orlando
Emporia
Kansas
Brett
Kansas City
Missouri
Garden City duo rise to local baseball stardom
Justin Wilson and Matt Quint, Garden City natives, earned starting roles for the Garden City Broacbusters in the Region VI playoff series against Independence. Wilson, 8-3 with a 3.90 ERA and four saves, and Quint, 6-2 with a 3.57 ERA, credit hard work and mentorship from coach Rick Sabath for their climb from local roots to varsity rotation.
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Justin Wilson
Matt Quint
Garden City
Community College
Wilson
Quint
Garden City Broacbusters
Independence
Williams Stadium
Broacbuster
Rick Sabath
Garden City High School
Seward County
GCCC
Seward
Todd Briggs
Barton
Saints
Sabath
Briggs
Colby
Brown Mackie
Royals rally past Blue Jays on Sweeney's ninth inning double
Mike Sweeney delivered a two-out two-run double in the ninth that skipped past third baseman Eric Hinske and slid down the left-field line, scoring Desi Beltran and Carlos Beltran to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 win over Toronto. Terry Adams earned the win in relief after facing a leadoff single and getting two groundouts.
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Sweeney
Eric Hinske
Kansas City Royals
Toronto Blue Jays
Terry Adams
Desi Belaford
Aaron Guiel
Angel Berron
Carlos Beltran
Garden City Busters host Independence in Region VI opener
Garden City (32-19) hosts Independence (26-28) in a best-of-3 Region VI first round at Williams Stadium. Friday doubleheader starts at 3 p.m. with a 7 p.m. game and a possible 1 p.m. Saturday game. Winner advances to Wichita double elimination starting May 20 at Lawrence Dumont Stadium. KTUL 1240 AM radio coverage.
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Broacbusters
Wichita
Jayhawk
Independence
Williams Stadium
Lawrence Dumont Stadium
KTUL
Wilkison sidelined by MRI delay in track season
Lakin junior Sedera Wilkison will miss the rest of the 2004 season after an MRI on her right knee. Coach Mark Calderwood said the results were expected today, with Wilkison having just won the pole vault at 8 feet 6 inches at the Southwest Kansas Relays.
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Lakin
Sedera Wilkison
Mark Calderwood
Wilkison
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