Ottawa Arrows Fall In Doubleheader At Home
Ottawa American Legion teams went hitless aside from a first inning double by Brad Basel as Lawrence swept the doubleheader 9-1 and 12-0 at Orlis Cox Field. Lawrence pitchers Burn and Schneider fanned 14 in 12 innings while four Lawrence players homered, including a grand slam by Jay Vine. Ottawa junior and AA squads fall to 17-15 and 11-15 respectively, with zone tournaments looming and next games set against Topeka Post 319 and Kansas City Post 199.
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Rick Peterson
Ottawa
American Legion
Lawrence
Orlis Cox Field
Brad Basel
Lawrence Aas
Larry Burgoon
Jon Cramer
Mike Burn
John Schneider
Jay Vine
Tll
Burn
Basel
Todd Burroughs
Schneider
Burgoon
Green
Pine
Junior Legion
AA Arrows
Topeka Post
Kansas City Post
Arrows
Rookies Defend OBAL 13-Year-Old Title In Osawatomie
Ottawa and Osawatomie lead the district field as a new OBAL roster defends the 13-year-old crown. The double elimination tourney opens Friday night with Osawatomie hosting Garnett and Ottawa meeting Neosho Valley, with winner advancing to Arkansas City for the July 23 state tournament.
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Gary Kuntz
Ottawa
Babe Ruth League
Osawatomie
Marc Kissinger
Brian Ispinosa
Ryan Meyer
All-Stars
Neosho Valley
Obrl All-Stars
Pittsburg
OBRL
Front Row
Royals rally past Blue Jays 5-4 in narrow win
Kansas City clinched a 5-4 victory over Toronto as George Brett hammered a single, double and triple in a tight game. Pat Sheridan, nailing a key third base, and Dan Quisenberry earned his 21st save as Royals moved to 2-4 in six games and trimmed Toronto’s East lead to two games over Baltimore and Detroit.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City Royals
Toronto Blue Jays
Dick Howser
Howser
Royals
Blue Jays
Baltimore
Detroit
George Brett
Tornto
Larry Gura
Gura
Pat Sheridan
Lloyd Moseby
Blue Jay
Sheridan
Dan Quisenberry
Jim Clancy
Toronto
Bobby Cox
Brett
Clancy
Hal McRae
Damaso Garcia
Alfredo Griffin
Willie Aikens
Griffin
Cesar
Geronimo
McRae
Joe Simpson
Onix Concepcion
Simpson
Dave Collins
Willie Upshaw
Garcia
Rogers, Watson Lead British Open After Airy Double Eagle
Bill Rogers fired a rare double-eagle two on the 17th at Royal Birkdale to seize a share of the early first round lead with Tom Watson at four under par. Watson, who bogeyed the 15th, finished tied atop the leaderboard after a two-putt birdie on 17.
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Southport
England
Bill Rogers
Tom Watson
Johnny Miller
Muirfield
Royal St. George
Watson
Rogers
Ottawa Eagles Host Kansas Babe Ruth Tournament This Weekend
The OBRL 14-15 All-Stars Ottawa Eagles Post 2700 will host the Kansas State Eagles Baseball Tournament at Orlis Cox Field this Friday through Sunday. Ottawa faces Topeka Post 58-1 in opening play 6:30 p.m. Friday, with Topeka 58-2 vs Olathe Post 700 at 8:30 p.m. The double elimination event also features Wyandotte Post 87 and Lawrence Post 309, culminating in a 4 p.m. Sunday final if needed at 7 p.m.
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Ottawa Eagles Post
Kansas State Eagles
Orlis Cox Field
Ottawa
Ottawa Babe Ruth League
Topeka
Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte Post
Olathe
Topeka Post
Olathe Post 700
Wyandotte
Lawrence Post 309
Orlis Cox
Jo Jo White Fired as KU Assistant Coach
Jo Jo White was released today as an assistant coach at the University of Kansas after philosophical differences with head coach Larry Brown. A KU star in the 1960s, White played for Kansas under Ted Owens, earned multiple All Big Eight honors, and achieved NBA fame with the Celtics including 1976 Finals MVP before finishing his pro career in 1980.
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White
Kansas
Owens
U.S
Boston Celtics
Kansas City Kings
N L Takes Jr League Win In All Star Game
The National League routed the American League 11 to 4 in Ottawa at Orlis Cox Field. Barry Clegg delivered a key single as NL jumped to seven runs in the first inning and used six pitchers over six innings to hold the AL at bay.
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Orlis Cox Field
N.L
A.L
Barry Clegg
Nationals
Bart Swartz
National League
Charlie Winsky
Bryan Ferguson
Mike Foltz
Mark DeGroff
Chad Payne
Clegg
Winsky
John Gollier
BU Grad Takes Chiefs' Post
Greg Mohns, Kansas City native and former UNLV assistant, is named talent scout for the Kansas City Chiefs. He will evaluate college players under Les Miller. Mohns previously coached at Oklahoma State and Arizona State and led Ventura Junior College for two seasons. He played at Bradley University and Baker University. Chiefs open training camp Thursday.
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Kansas City, Mo
Greg Mohns
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Kansas City Chiefs
National Football League
Mohns
Kansas City
Les Miller
Chiefs
UNLV
Oklahoma State
Arizona State
Ventura Junior College
Ventura
Calif
Bradley University
Peoria
Ill
Baker University
Baldwin City
Kan
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Hawks
Keith Hodges
Brian Steiner
Darren Johnson
Cramer
John Burn
David Wiederholt
Scott Thompson
Rod Steiner
Eric Green
Rod Brumley
Bobby Nutt
Jeff Myers
Chris Gravenstein
Tal Moses
Tony Stottlemire
Vance Finch
Steve Baylor
John Heckert
Mike Roush
Dustin Sypher
Fred Wingert
Mark Reynolds
Arkansas City
Garnett
P.m
Brian Espinosa
Craig Davis
Charlie Waymire
and Lawrence
Town & Country Supply
Jo Jo
Brown
NBA
New Jersey Nets
BU Grad
Chrysler
New Yorker
Avenue
Jcannen
BOB White Motors
S. Hickory
Ottawa, Kansas
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