Ottawa Lawrence meet in District 2 B team finals
Ottawa and Lawrence race to the District 2 winners bracket final in a double elimination. Ottawa, seeded third, beat Bonner Springs 9-5 as Dengel drove in three with a homer, Crosby tossed six strong innings. Lawrence crushed Kansas City 199 Green 16-7, setting up tonight’s 8 p.m. showdown for the right to face the losers bracket survivor.
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Gold Club
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Doug Crosby
Terry Fletcher
Fletcher
Troy Grace
Dengel
Crosby
Evan Shaffer
Rick Roth
Donnie Letzig
RBI
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Mosier
Letzig
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KC Gold
Mick Parra
Randy Morrow
Gold
Jeff Browne
Lawrence Hawks cruise to 16-7 win in second round
Lawrence overwhelmed KC Green 16-7 as pitcher Jones lasted all nine. Schaake led with a leadoff homer and Greg Jones added a three run shot. Grinnell homered and drove in three as Beebe and Beebe teammates paced the Junior Hawks offense. Ballard keyed Bonner’s upset of KC Gold with a three run homer and two hits.
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Greg Jones
Mike Grinnell
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Grinnell
Richard Todd
Hawks
Tom Beebe
Bonner
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Terry
Ballard
Gold
Scott Corkill
Rbi
Steve Sill
Kansas City
Terry Ballard
Ronnie Johnson
Mike Murphy
A-Team sweeps Spring Hill in doubleheader
Ottawa's A-team stretched its late-season win streak to five with a 6-3 opener and a 12-4 nightcap at Orlis Cox Field. Ned Moore led with five hits and four RBI, while Mark Gates, Deron Kramer, and Dick Hamilton combined on the mound. The club sits 15-20 with two regular-season games left, including a Wednesday twinbill with Ola.
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Ybarra
Olathe
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Lawrence
Ex Legion Player in All Star Tilt at Royals Stadium
Buddy Welch son of Mrs Jo McCarthy of Olathe and Glen Welch Princeton selected from Casey Stengel and Ban Johnson leagues in Kansas City to play in an all star game Sunday at Royals Stadium. Televised at 10 a.m. on Channel 41. Welch graduates Johnson County College this year and will attend John Brown College Fayetteville Ark on a baseball scholarship.
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OBAL Rookies Take Command Of District
Ottawa Babe Ruth League 13 year old all stars crushed Osawatomie 11 to 1 to reach the District 4 final. Bryan Kelley pitched a strong five innings allowing no hits in the last three frames. The championship at 6:30 p.m. today pits Ottawa against Iola with a potential rematch Tuesday if Ottawa loses.
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Ottawa Waymire’s dominates district slow pitch title run
Waymire's of Ottawa captured the USA men's slow pitch district softball crown with three straight wins in a five-team double elimination tournament. They clobbered Rappard Insurance of Overbrook in the final and advance to sub-state action at Chanute. Pepsi of Ottawa finished third. early-round standout included a 7-5 Osawatomie win over Ottawa.
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Brett Brilliant Three Homer Night Against Rangers
Kansas City slugger George Brett hit three home runs as the Royals beat Texas 7 6 in Arlington. He insisted he does not swing for the fences, though with three homers on the night it was a sweet, emotional victory after eight straight road losses. Willie Wilson drove in the decisive run in the ninth as Kansas City and Texas wrap their series.
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Ull
Washington
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