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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1987
Page
9
Osage City overcame nerves early to beat Silver Lake 56-50 in the opening round of boys 3A sub-state. The team trailed 15-10 after one quarter and 28-26 at halftime before erupting for a 17-2 third quarter run and sealing the victory. Head coach Les Hultgren credited the players for loosening up after the break.
Osage City held off Silver Lake 56 50 thanks to 10 offensive rebounds and seven stickbacks led by Mac Barnett with 14 points. Brent Romine and Rod Oswald added 12 and 11 as Osage shot 44 percent to Silver Lake's 40 percent. Osage moves to Thursday semifinal versus Burlington. other girls and boys results noted.
Top seed Wellsville beat Rossville 61 to 44 to advance to a semifinal against Eudora in Osage City. The Eagles overcame a 30 percent shooting night led by Thatcher Decker with 14 points and five players scoring seven or more. Rossville, paced by David Channel with 19, shot 35 percent as Wellsville pulled away in the second half.
Eudora 64 Central Heights 56 as Cardinals break away in second quarter to end Heights season. Steve Cawley 21 and Steve Harris 18 lead Eudora. CH’s Gail Kratzberg 20 and James Brown 18 start strong but fall short. Eudora faces Wellsville in semifinals after regular-season loss to Wellsville.
A Legion meeting for prospective Ottawa players is set for Sunday March 15 at 3 p.m. in the Youth Center. The program targets ages 16 to 18 with the 16 year team open to all area youths while the 17 and 18 year teams draw from Ottawa and Wellsville as Ottawa shifts from AAA to AA this summer.
Ottawa High watched a 10 point second half lead vanish in a 44 40 defeat and later fell 43 34 to Blue Valley without key players DeeDee Lewis Kristen Cole Ottawa trails contest with late chances as Blue Valley tops them. Chanute looms as heavy favorite with 19 1 record led by Jill Benard Kris Hall.
Kansas Newman College will indefinitely suspend its basketball program due to high costs and weak support from students boosters and the community. President Robert Giroux cited about 100000 spent from a 4 million annual budget. The Jets finished 16 17 after a 94 72 semifinal loss to Washburn in Topeka NAIA District 10 postseason.
Lyndon High upset Pleasanton 56 51 to advance to the Frontenac 2A sub state semifinals. Lyndon improves to 6 15, trailing 36 36 after three quarters before a 20 15 fourth quarter surge. Pleasanton ends 8 11, seeded fourth, Lyndon fifth, with a likely Friday matchup versus St Paul after the win.
Lyndon head coach Nick Dawson praised a fourth quarter push after the Tigers erased an early 8 point deficit to top Pleasanton 56 55 at home. Jeff Sturdy led Lyndon with 14 points and 14 rebounds, Tom Custenborder added 13 points and 14 boards, Brett White 10, while Amphenour topped Pleasanton with 20 points. Lyndon shot 38 percent to Pleasanton 41 percent, and held a 39 26 rebounding edge despite 10 turnovers.
Mike Sills scored a 17 foot jumper with one second left in overtime to give Baxter Springs a 66 64 win over Garnett and advance to the 4A sub state semifinals at Girard. Garnett ends 9 12 season after free throw woes in the fourth.
Garnett to overtime after Hoffman ties game from 73 feet. Sills scores 24 for Garnett and buzzer beater wins the Sub-State clash as Doran leads with 27 points and Olson adds 12. Duff and Madden provide double figure support for Garnett. Baxter Springs edges pace and turnover count despite strong finish.
Ray Dandridge, a Negro Leagues standout and fringe major leaguer, was surprise 18 member Veterans Committee choice to join Cooperstown, along with Billy Williams and Catfish Hunter. Veterans praise his fielding and power, noting he starred with Detroit Stars and Newark Eagles before minor league success late in career.
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