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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 2004
Page
4
In Lawrence, Charles Gordon starred for Kansas by intercepting three passes and returning one for a score as the blue team blanked the white 26-0. Coach Mark Mangino noted Gordon’s future may be at defensive back, though he remains undecided.
The Twins beat Kansas City 8-3 behind Jacque Jones with two doubles a triple and four RBIs as Lew Ford added three key plays in center field in place of the injured Torii Hunter. Minnesota improved to five straight wins while the Royals dropped their sixth in a row amid punchless offense and costly miscues. injury replacements and team cohesion highlighted the win with Hunter gifting his Gold Glove to Jerry White in pregame ceremonies.
The Ottawa University softball team edged Southwestern 2-1 in Saturdays nightcap after Southwestern won the opener 3-1. Sondra Day pitched for Ottawa, allowing only two hits, as the nightcap featured a tight pitchers’ duel with Day and Jennifer Tattershall of Southwestern. The visitors plated a run in the second to take a 1-0 lead.
Ottawa and OU tied 1-1 after Ottawa scored in the fifth. Ottawa totaled six hits led by Brandy Shoemaker with two hits and an RBI. Other Ottawa hitters included Melisa Miller Katie Sheffield Heather Hawkins and Kelli Wadkins. Shoemaker and Wadkins each stole a base while Shoemaker had two steals in the opener where Ottawa managed two hits from Sheffield and Danielle Halpin.
Oklahoma State defeated Kansas 10-8 in 14 innings Sunday to complete a three game sweep. Ty Wright belted a walk-off two run homer in the bottom of the 14th after Ryan Shaw? correction: Wright delivered the deciding blow. Wright drove in two runs in the eighth and a two run single in the ninth to force extras. Scott Richmond and DeWayne Carver contributed in relief as OSU rallied from an 84 deficit to extend play and win the marathon matchup. Travis Metcalf and Jared Schweitzer homered for Kansas.
Rusty Wallace finally ended a 105 race win drought by winning the Advance Auto Parts 500 at Martinsville Speedway, beating Bobby Labonte after a late restart. A track hole delayed the race for over an hour, but Wallace moved to the lead with 45 laps to go and held off Labonte.
The Ottawa High School tennis team dominated Spring Hill, sweeping all nine varsity matches and all six junior varsity duels at Forest Park. In varsity singles, Kyle Huschka defeated Brian McWhorter 8-2 and Will Hendrix beat Chris Riggins 8-2, with Matt Leecy, Mark Anderson, Caleb Mitchell, and Teran Cole posting wins. Doubles results concluded the sweep with Huschka involved.
OHL tennis reports close matches in open singles with Anderson edging McWhorter Urban 8-6 while Mitchell Hendrix beat Riggins Isnard 8-2 and Leecy Cole defeated Poole Nickel 8-0. JV singles saw Anderson over Pacheco 8-6 and Huschka over Stites 8-1. Doubles records include Huschka Anderson over Pacheco Stites 8-3 and Skiles Palan over Cole Claypool 8-3.
Ottawa athletes place in multiple events at the Eudora meet as Tonganoxie leads boys with 103 points and Eudora tops girls with 119. Ottawa's boys win the 400 and 1,600 relays and post top marks in the 300 hurdles, 110 hurdles, and discus, while the girls earn runner-up finishes in the 400 relay and 1,600 relay and secure section wins in shot put and hurdles.
Ottawa overcomes early deficits with six runs in the second inning and three more in the third to defeat Turner. Ramsey drives offense with multiple hits including a double, while Moore earns the victory. Ramsey and Guenther earn all tournament honors as Ottawa improves to 7-3 and hosts Turner next.
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