Ottawa Arrows end season with five game skid in AA Legion play
Ottawa AA Legion Arrows finish 19-16 after a weekend with 8-7 loss to Atchison, 5-0 and 4-3 losses to Fort Scott, and a raincancelled Paola game. They will open subzone playoffs Thursday at Yates Center versus Osage City, with early games including Yates Center vs Garnett. The bracket and further standings will be in Tuesday's Ottawa Herald.
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Paola
Topeka
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Alumni Game Shapes Ottawa Arrow Tune Up At Orlis Cox Field
Ottawa American Legion AA gears up for this week’s Sub Zone Tournament with an alumni nine inning game at Orlis Cox Field starting 7 p.m. Tuesday. Legion alums can join by reporting to the third and fourth innings and four runs in the fifth. Mark Reynolds suffered the loss as Ottawa pitchers, M Reynolds among them, managed three hits. Fort Scott battered Ottawa with five fourth inning runs aided by an Ottawa error. Starting pitcher Steve Matney exited for Brian Espinosa in the fourth and took the loss.
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American Legion
Yates Center
Orlis Cox Field
South Diamond
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Legion
Atchison
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M. Reynolds
Fort Scott
Mike Aspinwall
Barry Reynolds
Steve Matney
Brian Espinosa
Locals Shine As Ottawa Teams Near World Bid in Hutchinson
Two Ottawa fast pitch teams competed in the Kansas Senior Girls Tournament. The Rainbows finished 3-2, earning a World Tournament bid August 6–9, led by Christy Middlebusher’s .562 batting, Lexie Droddy’s five games pitched, and multiple .400 hitters. The Rockets went 0-2, with Sonya Jackson and Kim DeLaTorre among the standout hitters in losses to Mom’s Cafe and Salt City.
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Ottawa
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Rainbows
Rockets
Alt’s Pharmacy
Gullickson Tires
Eveland Smith
Salt City
Mom's Cafe
Ottawa's
Mom’s Cafe
Mom's
Christy Middlebusher
Jacki Rutter
Kara Wolfe
Lora Jean Ball
Jan Holmes
Lexie Droddy
Amy Yohe
Stacy Shaffer
Gerri Gumm
Audra Have
Faldo Wins Open Against Azinger In Muirfield Battle
Faldo, 29-year-old Faldo, beat Azinger by one stroke to win the 116th British Open at Muirfield with a final score of 279 five under par. Azinger, who led early, bogeyed late and missed key putts to drop to 280 tied with Rodger Davis for second. Davis Crenshaw Stewart Frost Watson Price Stadler and Woosnam followed in a crowded leaderboard with Faldo becoming the first English Open winner since 1969.
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Tom Watson
Holyoke
Mass
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Tony Lema
Watson
Rodger Davis
Australia
Ben Crenshaw
Payne Stewart
South Africa
David
Frost
Greg Norman
Mairfield
Muirfield Links
David Frost
Tan Woosnam
Nick Price
Craig Stadler
Rance Named Ottawa U Women's Basketball Coach
Ottawa University appoints 22 year old Roland Rance as new women's basketball coach succeeding Tammie Simpson who resigned April 29. Rance, graduating with honors from Evangel College in 1986 and pursuing a Baylor masters, will join in August. team went 18-55 under Simpson and faces lineup changes as key players may not return.
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Herald
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Evangel College
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Texas
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Ottawa
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Simpson
Lori Roberts
Janet Elliot
Adona Towle
South Conoco Wins District Softball Tournament
Ottawa South Conoco clinched the district title with a 16-7 win over Chanute Oilers to advance to sub state at Garnett this weekend. Pitcher Mark Farris won all three South Conoco victories as the team posted three wins in four games and eyed a sub state field of about 13 teams. Darren Copp captured the Kansas Men’s Amateur Golf Championship at Topeka Country Club with a 5 and 4 win over Todd Zimlich.
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Ottawa
Chanute Oilers
Mark Farris
Ottawa Legion
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South Conaco
Topeka, Kan
Darren Copp
Todd Zimlich
Kansas
Topeka Country Club
Geddes Wins Open Tuneup at Boston Five Classic
Jane Geddes secured a one stroke victory at the Boston Five Classic in Danvers Mass finishing at 11 under par 277 after a 67 final round to capture 45000 and move atop LPGA earnings. Donna White and Judy Rosenthal tied for second at 278 as Betsy King Rosie Jones finished tied for fourth. Geddes highlighted her strategy of attacking the par fives on 15 and 18 and aiming to lead into the Open at Plainfield New Jersey.
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Danvers
Mass
Jane Geddes
Geddes
Donna White
Judy Rosenthal
Ferncroft Country Club
Betsy King
White
Tara Ferncroft Country Club
Jody Rosenthal
Rosie Jones
Betsy Wing
Patsy Sheehan
Becky Pearson
Hollis Stacy
Deedee Roberts
Jan Stephenson
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Sonja Jackson
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