Baseball standings and schedule roundup across leagues
National and American League leaders shown by division with records and games back. Monday through Friday matchups list key games including New York Pittsburgh Montreal Chicago Philadelphia Milwaukee Houston Colorado Arizona San Francisco Cincinnati Los Angeles and more. Multiple daily games feature pitchers and times for both leagues.
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Atlante
New York
Philadelphia
Florida
Montreal
Houston
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Chicago
Arizona
San Francisco
San Diego
Los Angeles
Colorado
Atlanta
Meadows
Qgen
Holt
Kile
Harnisch
Draifon
Yoshii
Trachsel
Springer
Schourek
Gardner
Parris
Byrd
Smoltz
Powell
Peterson
Astacio
Mercker
Reynolds
Clement
Johnson
K.brown
GGB
Boston
Toronto
Baltimore
Tampa Bay
Cleveland
Minnesota
Kansas City
Detroit
Texas
Oakland
Seattle
Anaheim
Seatile
Cone
Snyder
Halama
Suppan
Morgan
Guzman
Rabu
Portugal
Weaver
Escobar
Sirotka
Colon
Witasick
Loaiza
Radke
Hill
Medie
Elland
Oquist
Baseball and football transactions from Wednesday sports update
Baseball moves include Lenny Webster signed by the Boston Red Sox with Kirk Bellinger assigned to Pawtucket. White Sox sign Mike Sirotka. Tigers activate Masao Kida and option Jason Wood. Blue Jays acquire David Segui from Seattle. Dodgers option Carlos Perez, place Eric Young on the DL. Expos activate Orlando Marced and option Ryan McGuire. Pavano and Batista sent to Ottawa for rehab. Football notes show Cincinnati Bengals sign Craig Yeast to a three year deal and Detroit Lions place Barry Sanders on the reserve did not report list. Colts sign Mike Peterson.
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Associated Press
Boston Red Sox
Lenny Webster
Kirk Bellinger
Pawtucket
Chicago White Sox
Mike Sirotka
Detroit Tigers
Masao Kida
Jason Wood
Toledo
Toronto Blue Jays
David Segui
Seattle
Tom Davey
Steve Sinclair
LOS Angeles Dodgers
Detroit Lions
Barry Sanders
Indianapolis Colts
Mike Peterson
Princeton itching to play in tourney
Princeton eyes the Babe Ruth 16-18 State Tournament in Ottawa after a 12 day layoff since winning the league title. Coach Rusty Canady stresses stepping through one out at a time and minimizing mental errors as Princeton hosts Quivira. The rested staff includes Hoch Woolery Kimball and Pfaltzgraff with Driver out for Shrine Bowl duties.
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Greg Mast
Herald
Princeton
Babe Ruth
Ottawa
Quivira
Rusty Canady
State
Canady
Blaine Brown
Phillip Pearson
Central Heights
Joe Steward
Williamsburg
Lee Driver
Anderson County
Eric Pfaltzgraff
Adam Hoch
Brett Woolery
Ross Kimball
Pfaltzgraff
Hoch
Woolery
Driver
Wichita
Kimball
Otters Spa r t Kaw Valley meet season finale
The Ottawa Ban Club Otters closed its summer season at the Kaw Valley League championships on July 20 with 30 swimmers and 400 participants. Notable performances came from Eric Messenger who swept multiple events, Spencer Hawkins, Austin Hasty, and Shane Steelman, all posting personal bests. The under 8 and 9-10 divisions showed strong times, and Otters won both medley and free relays led by standout junior and senior swimmers.
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OPERA
Ottawa Ban Club
Otters
Jeff Brewer
Ottawa
Eric Messenger
Spencer Hawkins
Austin Hasty
Shane Steelman
Paige McDermiet
Hayley Sjogren
Clint Wiseman
Luke Steelman
Miller wins two golds at Sunflower State Games
Baldwin Pomona veteran Marvin Miller, in the 65-69 age group at Baker University, captured the 1500 meter in 6:28.1 and the 1500 racewalk in 10:11, while placing second in the 800 meter at 3:04.8. The performance lifts his career gold tally to 371 over 20 years.
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Baldwin
Pomona
Marvin Miller
Miller
Baker University
Wheeler leads Belles to national title in under-12 hoops
Ottawa's Shana Wheeler starred for the Kansas Belles at the 1999 AAU girls National Championship in Springfield Missouri. She scored 12 to 24 points per game helping Kansas beat Central Jersey Hawks 61 56 for the national title after earlier routs and pool victories. Wheeler, an eighth grader, is the daughter of Brent and Sharon Wheeler and said she played against older players to sharpen her game.
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Greg Mas
Herald
Ottawa
Shana Wheeler
Wheeler
Kansas Belles
AAU
Amateur Athletic Union
Springfield
Kansas
Belles
Central Jersey Hawks
New Jersey
Hawks
Brent
Sharon Wheeler
The
Kansas City
Louisville
Georgia
Cincinnati
Kenner Angles
Los Angeles
Ottawa athletes to have physicals at Ottawa Family Physicians
Ottawa high school athletes will undergo physicals on August 3 and middle school athletes on August 5, both from 7 to 9 p.m. at Ottawa Family Physicians. The fee is 20 dollars. Forms are available at OHS and must be signed by a parent or guardian before the exam.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Family Physicians
OHS
Belton Star Angie Bandstra Signs with Ottawa University
Angie Bandstra from Belton Missouri signs with Ottawa University to join the Lady Braves women’s basketball squad. The 5 foot 10 forward is a two time all district selection who averaged 17 points and 13 rebounds as a senior. She will also play softball and plans a career in athletic training sports medicine.
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Ottawa University
Angie Bandstra
Belton
Lady Braves
Ottawa AA Legion Opens State Play Against Larned
Ottawa's American Legion AA squad meets Larned in Pratt at 6 30 p m Wednesday marking Ottawa's eighth state appearance in ten years. Both teams have prior Pratt exposure from June games and Ottawa will seek to leverage familiarity in a state tournament opener.
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Ottawa
Larned
Pratt
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