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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1996
Page
9
OU women’s basketball faces back-to-back road tests against Bethany ranked seventh at 8-1 and Sterling ranked fifth at 10-0. Coach Patti Masten calls it a character-building week and says the team will stay poised and execute the game plan.
Kansas City area college notes reference the Lady Braves four game win streak ending in Florida with a loss to Rowan College by about ten points. Coach Masten says the holiday trip provided needed game experience before resuming conference action.
The NAIA Division II team had not played in a long time and used the stretch to prepare for Bethany and Sterling. Coach praised the squad's return to practice in good shape as Ottawa carries a 6-4 record and 3-0 in KCAC play.
Kansas City Chiefs, unbeaten at Arrowhead and dominating in defense, saw a 10-7 playoff loss to Indianapolis end a standout season. Veterans like Marcus Allen and John Alt faced retirement rumors, while Derrick Thomas and Neil Smith led a stout unit.
Ottawa High School girls junior varsity B squad opened the season with a 58 32 home victory over Lebo. Brandy Ross scored 12, Melissa Ward 11, and Donna Zogg 10 as Ottawa improves to 1 4 and heads to Baldwin Thursday.
Wellsville seventh grade boys defeated Eudora 40-24 to reach the finals, led by Nick Caenen with 24 points. The eighth grade beat Eudora 40-31 with Aaron Jamison scoring 13 and Brandon Douglas 10. Seventh grade faces Baldwin after Baldwin beat NIKE 22-21. eighth grade meets NIKE after NIKE edged Baldwin 33-32.
CBS Sports said it dropped Ben Wright from golf coverage after controversy over comments attributed to him about lesbians on the LPGA tour. Wright, 63, joined CBS in 1972 and denied making the remarks. Sports Illustrated later quoted another journalist claiming Wright admitted the statements.
Coach Culley Seymour of Anderson County notes the hard path ahead as top teams Atchison Augusta Wellsville Holton brace for tough first round. Rematches spark hopes for revenge with Wellsville against Trail and Anderson County pressing Ottawa. Augusta returns seasoned players led by Lucas Sims. Eric Carter anchors Santa Fe Trail.
Florida coach Steve Spurrier rejected a lucrative offer from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and will announce his decision to remain with Florida at a 2 p.m. news conference. Spurrier, 50, had been courted after guiding the Gators to near the national title. Local papers cited his decision to stay and noted his six-year tenure.
Baker men shot 64 percent from the floor to beat Avila 92 3 at Baldwin City. Baker moved to 12 3, building a 47 23 halftime lead while holding Avila to 31 percent. Brian Sheldon led Baker with 17 points, Brent Dorsey added 14 on four threes. Avila women edged Baker 63 62 as Wendy Schleicher scored 16 for Baker.
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