Seeded Holton Trims Ottawa In CIT Opener
Holton high scorer Wallisch led a 26 point effort as Ottawa High fell 49 to 37 in the Capital Invitational Tournament first round. Ottawa struggled with 31.9 percent shooting while Holton hit 53.8 percent and dominated rebounding by 37 to 21. Ottawa's Ronnie Rice led the Cyclones with 11 points, and the Wildcats stretched their early lead before holding on to a 12 point win. Ottawa drops to 2-7 and advances to consolation play against Lyndon.
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Rick Peterson
Topeka
Ottawa High Cyclones
Holton
OHS
Don Swartz
Ottawa High
Cyclones
Wildcats
OHL
Join Wallisch
Ottawa
Ronnie Rice
Wallis
Lyndon's Upset Bid Fades Late in CIT Opener
Lyndon, famed for big upsets, pushed Washburn Rural hard before the Junior Blues pulled away for a 60-44 opening round Capital Invitational Tournament win. Lyndon led early, trailed 26-20 at halftime, then Rural surged to a 43-30 lead by the third quarter and pulled clear. Rural, led by Jeff Hunt with 16 points, outshot Lyndon 45 percent to 38.6, and held a 40-27 rebounding edge. Lyndon’s Nick Dawson coached the Tigers to a tight game, but Rural’s pressure defense forced 24 turnovers and Lyndon will play Ottawa in a consolation tilt Friday.
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Rick Peterson
Topeka
Lyndon
Washburn Rural
Nick Dawson
2A Tigers
Rural
Tigers
Blues
Dawson
Jeff Hunt
Perry Keegan
Ben Asbury
Pace Lyndon
Rod Sturdy
Mark Goodrich
Roger Summers
Ottawa
The
Salina
Kansas Wesleyan
Kansas College Athletic Conference
Ottawa University
Lady Braves
Tommie Simpson
Nets
Simpson
Kwu
Coyote
Cole
Coyotes
Braves
Baron Prevost
Kevin Brown
Russ Pleiman
Gus Deering
Brown
Terrence Phox
Rob Noél
OU Prevost
Eric Gault
Jay Fields
Sterling
Brenda Holman
Holman
Letha Farwell
Janet Elliott
Farwell
Elliott
Michele Marosia
Joedy Zimmerman
Cecilia Bieber
Angela Gaxiola
Malm
Moors
Heiman
Stroud
Weber
EiWett
Bream
Warpecke
Raitt
Rawcharger
Gatien
Mereubla
Ganiola
Warren
Fessenden
Campbell
Coyotes Trip Braves Twice
Ottawa University Braves suffer 83-76 loss to Kansas Wesleyan in Salina as free throws favor KWU 41 to 13 while OU trails in conference play. KWU, led by Pleiman with 25 points, dominates from the line as OU rues fouling and turnovers in a 7 point defeat.
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Salina
Ottawa University Braves
Bob Cole
Kansas College Athletic Conference
Kansas Wesleyan
Braves
Coyotes
KWU
Ottawa
Cole and Co
Cole
South Harmon dominates Ottawa High in dual wrestling loss
Ottawa High fell to SM South Harmon 53-17 and to Shawnee Mission South 44-23 at the OHS gym. Illness sidelined Phil Murray and Jim Wallace, while Kris Patton sat out for disciplinary reasons. DeLa Torre and Weatherbee led a few bright spots for the Cyclones, who were short handed but showed effort in a makeup double dual at Blue Valley upcoming Friday.
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Ottawa High
Harmon
Shawnee Mission South
OHS
Cyclones
SM South
South
Phil Murray
Jim Wallace
Richard DeLa Torre
Trevor Riley
Darin Weatherbee
Ottawa
Kevin Jackson
Ken Wink
DeLaTorre
Sean Tuggle
Weatherbee
Ralph Orpeza
Riley
Charles Harris
McClinton
Blue Valley
Tigers
Schlagle
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aGames
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