Top Gun Invitational Girls Basketball Tournament recap
In the 13th annual event held January 28 to February 1, Wellsville edged Piper in a tight game as Wendy Moore led with 15 points and Lacey Boecker added 13. Piper built early leads, but Wellsville rallied to win 40-29 and advance to face Eudora in the fifth-place contest. Anderson County trailed early against Eudora, then narrowed the gap but fell behind 26-13 at halftime as Rockers and Bowman led the scoring for the Bulldogs.
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St. Mary's
Wellsville
Eagles
Piper
Wendy Moore
Lacey Boecker
Dani Patton
Eudora
Hollander
Woolley
Anderson County
Bulldogs
Rachel Rockers
Ashli Bowman
OMS boys seventh grade rout Monticello 39 to 24
Ottawa Middle School seventh graders beat Monticello of DeSoto 39 to 24 as 11 players scored. The eighth graders lost 45 to 26 led by Jeff Thomason with seven points.
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DeSoto’s
Monticello
Jeff Thomason
Ottawa Freshmen Edge Pomona 29 24
Ottawa freshman girls defeated Pomona 29 to 24 with Karessa Lewis scoring nine points and Kris ten McFarland adding seven. In Kansas City, Royals announce single game ticket sales start Feb. 15 with options at Kauffman Stadium, by phone, online, and at Hy-Vee stores. Season opener is March 31 vs the Chicago White Sox. single game prices range from 5 to 22 dollars.
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Ottawa
Karessa Lewis
Kristen McFarland
Kansas City
Kansas City Royals
Kauffman Stadium
Royals
Kcroyals
Chicago White Sox
George Brett charity golf tourney renamed for Joe McGuff
In Kansas City the annual ALS fundraiser golf event named after Hall of Famer George Brett is renamed to honor Joe McGuff, longtime sports editor of The Kansas City Star. The 20th anniversary event sustains support for the ALS chapter named for Keith Worthington, Brett’s friend who died of ALS. Joe McGuff was diagnosed with ALS in 1999.
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Kansas City, Mo
Lou Gherig
Royals Invite 17 to Spring Training with Returnees
Kansas City signs 17 players to spring training invites including first baseman Morgan Burkhart and pitchers Buddy Carlyle and Jason Turman who returned from Japan. Burkhart with Central Missouri State ties to Red Sox past. Carlyle and Turman played for Hanshin Tigers and Yokohama BayStars. Spring workouts begin February 15 for pitchers and catchers, full squad February 20 in Surprise, Arizona.
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Buddy Carlyle
Jason Turman
Japan
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Ariz. Burkhart
Central Missouri State
Boston Red Sox
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Carlyle
Hanshin Tigers
Turman
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Williams: Jayhawks fight inner demons amid injuries
Lawrence Kansas AP Roy Williams says the struggling Jayhawks confront inner demons as star forward Wayne Simien recovers from shoulder surgery. Kansas sits at 14 5 4 1 Big 12 after a Texas comeback win while Simien misses games and the bench remains thin.
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Baldwin wins dramatic 40-32 rally over Anderson County
Baldwin trailed 32-12 entering the final five matches but won all five to upset Anderson County 40-32. Derek Lang and several Baldwins wrestlers pinned their foes as Joe Bonner and Dusty Welsh led early with a 1-0 forfeit and a pin, while Spring Hill and Gardner losses followed. Wellsville took second at Piper Invitational with five champions.
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Anderson County
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Walken
Barnes
Adams
Traul
Gatlin
Howard
Welsh
Beckman
Dallas Zook
Gardner
Ron Schumaker
Spring Hill
Bonner
Cary
Bloodgood
Kohn
Max Hudgins
Concordia
Eagles
Wellsville
Grandview, Mo
Cody Gardner
Kyle Patton
Chris Caruthers
Dustin Gardner
Todd Roberts
Grandview
Prairie View
Eudora
Tyler Atwood
Patton
Joe Windisch
Caruthers
Andrew White
Roberts
Jason Matthews
Troxel
Dennis Kimzey
Clinton Canterbury
Huggins
Justin Post
Scott Kelly
Jordan declines starting role in All-Star game
Michael Jordan, headed to Milwaukee for the All-Star game, said he would come off the bench after turning down offers from Tracy McGrady and Allen Iverson to start. He praised their gesture as honoring the game and noted he has started many times before.
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Simien
Michael Lee
Texas
Lee
Wayne
Jordan
Milwaukee
Michael Jordan
Tracy McGrady
Allen Iverson
McGrady
Orlando
Iverson
Washington
John Havlicek
Wizards
Doug Collins
Celtic
Collins
Tim Hardaway
Magic Johnson
Johnson
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