Garden City defense helps Busters dominate Highland
Garden City Community College Grizzled defense stifled Highland, holding the Scotties to 10 points as Broacbusters forced eight sacks and three interceptions. Key plays included Dontrell Johnson catches, Aaron Anderson stopping a fake field goal, and Aaron Racette recovering a Ward fumble. Beiberle and Valiant connected for early scores, but GC CC pulled away to improve to 5-2 overall.
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Highland
Garden City Community College
Broacbusters
Corey Ward
Dontrell Johnson
Zak King
Broacbuster
Aaron Anderson
Caylor Luther
Scotties
Ward
Garden City
Aaron
Beiberle
Colton McFerrin
Paul Valiant
Eugene Smith
Weather suits top runners at Lakin Invitational
Despite cold mid 40s, 20 mph winds and intermittent rain, standout performers shined at the Lakin cross country meet. Janni Meierhoff of Ulysses won the girls 2.4-mile race in 16:33.02, 44 seconds ahead of Kayla Thomas. Ness City's Coltin McNinch won the boys 3-mile junior-senior race in 16:38.65, about 26 seconds ahead of Eric Ruth of Stanton County, with Weston Koehn of South Gray third. Enrique Sanchez of Southwestern Heights led the ninth-10th grade division.
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Lakin
Janni Meierhoff
Ulysses
Lakin Country Club
Ness City
Coltin McNinch
Meierhoff
Kayla Thomas
South Gray
McNinch
Garrard leads Jaguars past Broncos in tight win
Jacksonville quarterback David Garrard shone in a 24-17 victory over Denver, completing 74 percent of passes for 276 yards and a touchdown while Maurice Jones-Drew ran for 125 yards. Marcedes Lewis caught a 30-yard TD as Denver late push fell short.
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Denver
David Garrard
Jacksonville Jaguars
Denver Broncos
Garrard
Jaguars
Maurice Jones-Drew
Denver Drewry
Reggie Williams
Marcedes Lewis
Daniel Graham
Broncos
Jacksonville
Drayton Florence
Dodgers pull even in NLCS with win over Phillies
Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers answered New York’s rally, DeWitt’s bases-loaded triple highlighted a five-run first inning as Los Angeles beat Philadelphia 7-2 to trim the series lead to 2-1. A third-inning benches clearing incident followed a pitch over Shane Victorino’s head, but no punches landed and the Dodgers stayed composed.
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Manny Ramirez
Los Angeles Dodgers
Philadelphia
Blake DeWitt
Jamie Moyer
Dodgers
Phillies
Hiroki Kuroda
Shane Victorino
Ramirez
GCCC soccer teams sweep Independence in lopsided wins
The Garden City Community College women's team defeated Independence 4-1, while the men crushed Independence 12-0 after a pair of 2-0 wins over Hesston. Kayla Pina and Marissa Castillo led the women with multiple goals, and Federico Algreda opened the scoring for the men, who are ranked No. 11 in the NJCAA poll. The weekend boosted both squads’ Region VI records as coach Jeff Huffman praised the effort and stated the wins were crucial.
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Garden City Community College
Hesston
Broacbusters
Independence
Jeff Huffman
Kayla Pina
Marissa Castillo
Melvi Ojeda
Castillo
Mary Jones
Pina
Kristen Huffman
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Hesston College
Megan Schreck
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