Osage City and Waverly win opening Osage City Invitational
Osage City defeated Burlingame 68 36 as coach Kent Reed praised defensive hustle and balanced rotation with 12 players. Kate DeBaun led with 24 points and 12 rebounds, while Julie Jennings added 15. Waverly topped Pomona 59 45, using speed to force 16 turnovers before Pomona’s late run.
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Murphy
Famion
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Silver
Dayhoff
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Johnson
Pomona Wolves Open Season With Loss To Waverly
Pomona Indians fall 70 to 59 in Osage City Invitational opener after a 22 to 6 first quarter deficit. Senior Jay Biggs leads Waverly with 28 points while Pomona seniors Ben Watts and Bryan Kiehl combine for 40 of the Indians' 59. Watts scores a career high 30.
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Kiehl
Jay Biggs
Joseph Herron
White City
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Biggs
Herron
Peck
Giffen
Combs
Stuckey
Lattimer
B. Watts
T. Watts
Rodina
Ripley
Gregory
Kichl
Harris
USA Women cruise past Kansas to stay unbeaten on tour
Team USA improved to 10-0 on its coast-to-coast college tour with a 101-46 victory over No. 13 Kansas. Lisa Leslie led with 22 points as the Americans held Kansas to 46 points, outrebounded 40-27, and forced 21 steals. Coach Tara VanDerveer stressed focus beyond the lopsided score as Atlanta 1996 looms.
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Kan
Team USA
Kansas
Lisa Leslie
Jayhawks
Charisse Sampson
Leslie
Nakia Sanford
San Diego State
Tara VanDerveer
Atlanta
VanDerveer
Ottawa freshmen girls fall to Oregon Trail in opener
Ottawa High School freshmen basketball opened the season with a 38 to 27 defeat at home against Oregon Trail Junior High. Oneager Trail led Ottawa with 10 points, while Katie Burks added six and Bridget Morrisey five. B squad won 27 to 17. Erin McMillen led OHS with seven points. Freshmen play at 4 p.m. Monday at Santa Fe Trail Junior High in Olathe.
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Oregon Trail Junior High
Oneager Trail
OMS girls stay undefeated with 55 14 over Leavenworth-Patton
Ottawa Middle School eighth grade girls win at home to move to 11-0 while all 11 players score. Ann Lewis leads with nine points and Kelli Wadkins adds eight. Seventh graders drop 32-22. next action includes Ottawa Invitational on Saturday and an 3:30 pm game at Emporia for the eighth grade.
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Leavenworth-Patton
OMS
Ann Lewis
Kelli Wadkins
Melisa Miller
Jessica Decker
Liz Gibson
Carianne Cuevas
Jessica Sylvester
Kristen Spratt
Rachel Goetz
Sara Ball
Sara Callaghan
Wellsville Rifles Past Osawatomie In Junior High Action
Wellsville swept Osawatomie as seventh grade junior varsity rose to 6-2 with 16-6 win. Jill Dorsey scored 20 for the unbeaten seventh grade varsity at 9-0 with 46-6. Eighth grade JV moved to 4-3 and varsity won 28-19 led by Candace Hughes 12 and Carrie Kramer 8. Varsity squads meet in Saturday tournament at Wellsville.
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Osawatomie
Kelli Dover
Jamie Gibson
Jill Dorsey
Jamie Anderson
Candace Hughes
Carrie Kramer
OHS JV Tourney Opens Season for Ottawa Area Teams
The Ottawa Junior Varsity Girls Tournament starts the season with Ottawa JV hosting Atchison JV at 10 a.m. Baldwin JV meets Emporia South in the other gym. Winners and losers from those games play later Saturday. Washburn Rural faces Pomona and Williamsburg versus Ottawa JV B at 11:30 a.m. The winners and losers advance to additional matchups in the afternoon.
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Ottawa IV
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Baldwin JV
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Pomona
Williamsburg
Ottawa JV
Evans to Start at Quarterback for Raiders vs Chiefs
Forty-year-old Vince Evans will start for Oakland as Jeff Hostetler fails a strength test on his bruised shoulder. Evans, who played Monday and earlier this season, faces a Chiefs team at the Oakland Coliseum while Hostetler could be the emergency No. 3 quarterback depending on practice results.
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Calif
Vince Evans
Oakland Raiders
Raiders
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Jeff Hostetler
Evans
Kansas City Chiefs
Oakland Coliseum
Hostetler
Dallas
Cowboys
Chad Hennings
Oakland
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Indianapolis
White
Chiefs
Billy Joe Hobert
Jeff
Dodgers Sign Greg Gagne To 1996 Contract
Los Angeles Dodgers inked free agent shortstop Greg Gagne to a one year 2.6 million deal, after trading for third baseman Mike Blowers from Seattle. The club also renovates Dodger Stadium as part of a broader roster and field upgrade.
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Los Angeles Dodgers
Fred Claire
Dodgers
Greg Gagne
Mike Blowers
Seattle
Dodger Stadium
Gagne
Kansas City Royals
Claire
TT&T Leads At Heartland Bowling Scores
Ramsey Printing, TT&T and Dengel lead in a bowling meet at Heartland Lanes with top scores across individual and team events. Craig Dengel and Warren Bruner posted high marks, while Ramsey Printing claimed multiple team high totals.
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Pelton
Heartland Lounge
T&t
Warren Bruner
Jerry Brock
Tt&t
We Ramsey
Bank IV
Trans
Underwood Equip
D&h Inc
Dengel & Son
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Dengel
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Girl Wrestler Sues Valley Center School District
A 14 year old girl from Wichita sues the Valley Center school district for denying her bid to try out for the high school boys wrestling team. Tiffany Adams seeks $2 million in punitive damages and a temporary injunction. The suit names the high school coach principal superintendent and school board as defendants.
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Wichita, Kan
Valley Center
Tiffany Adams
U.S
Valley Center High School
Irsay suffers stroke in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Colts disclosed that owner Robert Irsay, 72, suffered a stroke Wednesday night. He is conscious and in stable condition at St. Vincent's Hospital after hours of denial about his medical status.
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Indianapolis
Robert Irsay
Indianapolis Colts
Irsay
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Correction issued for misidentified players in basketball roundups
The Central Heights basketball report misidentified Blaine Brown and Phillip Pearson, while the Ottawa piece misnamed Pete Hornung. The Herald apologizes for the errors and any inconvenience caused to readers and teams.
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Ottawa
Blaine Brown
Phillip Pearson
Pete Hornung
Herald
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