Legion AAs Come Up Empty In Weekend Set
Ottawa's American Legion AAs opened 0-2 after a 13-5 loss to Lawrence's Hawks on Saturday in Lawrence and a 19-0 rain‑shortened defeat to Shawnee at Orls Cox Field on Sunday. Ottawa home game was halted by rain before the second inning.
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Ottawa
American Legion
Franklin Savings
Lawrence
Legion Hawks
Shawnee
Orls Cox Field
Hawks
Smith
Sink
Kyle Brownell
Drumright
Jackson
Shawnee Mission North
Shawnee Mission Northwest
Gannett
Rockies win opener in Ottawa league clash
Ottawa A team defeated Lawrence 6-5 in Lawrence Saturday to begin the 1989 season. Marc McClay earned the win, Tom Ratliff the save, as Ottawa out-hit Lawrence 11-7 with two runs driven in by McClay and Jason Ball. Lawrence scored late but could not overtake the lead.
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Lawrence
Ottawa
American Legion
Franklin Savings
Ratliff
Drumright
McClay
Jason Ball
Gish Haney
Bryan Duncan
Haney
Robert Carter
Ball
Garnett
Florida State extends win streak with Keller strong on mound
At the College World Series, Florida State beat Wichita State 4-2 as Clyde Keller improved to 13-0. FSU, riding a 12-game winning streak, advances to face the survivor of Arkansas vs Wichita State elimination game, while Arkansas downed North Carolina 7-3 in the opener. Keller dominated, while North Carolina was eliminated, ending its run with key miscues and umpire-time confusion.
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Omaha
Neb
Florida State
Clyde Keller
Seminoles
Keller
Wichita State
Shockers
Arkansas
Razorbacks
North Carolina
Tar Heels
FSU
Mike Martin
Far Finnvold
Finnvold
Ricky Kimball
Martin
Pat Cedeno
Bob Reboin
Rocky Ray
Pedro Grisol
WSU
Jim Newlin
Jim Audley
P.J. Forbes
Eric Wedge
Forbes
Wedge
Griffin runs 12th in national junior college marathon
Jesse Griffin, 1988 Ottawa High graduate and freshman at Highland Community College, finished 12th in the National Junior College Marathon Championships in Des Plaines. He completed the 26.2 miles in 2 hours 42 minutes 51 seconds as Highland placed fourth with 38 points. The team title went to Lansing Community College with 12, followed by Johnson County with 18 and Haskell with 37. Individual winner was Dave Petersen of Central Oregon Community College in Bend with 2:29.58.
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Jesse Griffin
Ottawa
Des Plaines
St. Gritin
Highland Community College
Highland
Lansing
Mich
Johnson County Community College
Haskell Indian Junior College
Dave Petersen
Central Oregon Community College
Bend
Ore
Byrum runs away to Kemper Open victory in Potomac
Tom Byrum fired a 3 under 68 for a tournament record 268 to win the Kemper Open by five strokes in Potomac. He opened the final round with a two stroke lead and built it with three straight birdies on Nos. 4 through 6, while caddy Irish Dave kept him relaxed with jokes. Tom Armour III Jim Thorpe and Billy Ray Brown tied for second as Thorpe posted 67 and Armour and Brown finished with 71 and 67 respectively.
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Tar Heels
Ron Maurer
Dave Arendas
Jim Cahoon
Arkansas
Michael Hoog
North Carolina
Mike Oquist
Dennis Fletcher
Potomac, Md
Tom Byrum
Byrum
Dave
Tommy Armour III
Jim Thorpe
Billy Ray Brown
Thorpe
Amour
Brown
Sheehan Wins Rochester International in Playoff After Eagle
Patty Sheehan defeats Ayako Okamoto in a one-hole playoff to claim the Rochester International title. Sheehan, now with 20 career victories, edged closer to the LPGA Hall of Fame with 30 wins needed, after a Sunday playoff following a Saturday double-eagle at the 17th.
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Pittsford
N.Y
Patty Sheehan
Rochester International
Sheehan
Japan
Ayako Okamoto
Hall of Fame
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Dydell
Daryl Spigle
Jason Ayers
Ricky Jackson
Troy Hensick
Ayers
Hensick
Dave Drumright
Dustin Sink
Ottawa Legion
Rockies
Gene Stephenson
Gary D’ Alexander
Ron Graham
D’ Alexander
Bruce Ravan
Jim Dougherty
D’alexander
Gilmore
Tim Thomas
Steve Estroff
Rod Stillwell
Scott Pose
Main Street
Scott Starks
Emporia State University
Lisa Ball
Garnett High
Steve Zuk
Griffin
Kemper
Amy Alcott
Pat Bradley
Sherri Turner
Okamoto
E. 2Nd
Baltone Electronica Corporation
Bary E. Williams
Ruth Sarna
Beltone Hearing Id Center
Chamber of Commerce
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