This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1998
Page
9
CPCs Monday high school half Ottawa Invitational at 3 p.m. Tuesday features Tabor at Ottawa college baseball at 2 p.m. Louisburg visits Central Heights for high school baseball at 4 p.m. Ottawa hosts Baldwin for high school tennis at 8 p.m. KC Piper travels to Ottawa for high school soccer at 4 p.m.
The Ottawa Recreation Commission schedules a baseball meeting at City Hall on Monday at 6 p.m. followed by a NYSCA coaching certification clinic starting 7 p.m. Session two for first year coaches is Thursday. A softball meeting is 6 p.m. Tuesday with a 7 p.m. first year certification session Thursday. Call 242-1939 if unavailable.
The Ottawa University Lady Braves earned one of three at large bids to the Great Plains Regional. In year three they went 21 9, placed second in KCAC, and are the eighth seed. They meet top seed Bellevue Neb at noon Monday May 11 in Sioux Center Town. Coach Tracy Schmidt praised the team’s hard work.
Central Heights coach Buddy Welch seeks motivation after a doubleheader sweep by Paola 10-3 and 7-6. The Vikings bounced back with 10-2 and 11-0 wins over Jayhawk Linn as senior Phillip Pearson was sidelined by an ankle injury. Brett Woolery led a four-hit effort, joining Beau Welch and Ross Kimball among top hitters. Kimball added a homer and key outfield catch. Central Heights (8-3) hosts Louisburg Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Princeton, then Burlington and Eudora in coming days.
Ottawa University baseball Roma Braves rally from 3-5 in KCAC to 13-5 in ECAC, riding a 10-game win streak. They sweep Friends and Bethany, face Tabor in a Tuesday doubleheader at Harvey Drake Field. Coach Jerrod Titus credits pitching depth and timely hitting, with key outings by Jeremy McDonnell Ryan Cobbs Shawn Hermann and freshman Andy Meyer. Read highlights team resilience and Friday through Sunday triumphs shaping the ECAC chase.
Ottawa track teams posted strong showings at Shawnee Heights in May. The boys finished third behind Olathe North and Shawnee Mission Miege with 156 points, while the girls were contending for top spots finishing behind Heights and Miege with a 95 point total.
Pomona girls win their fourth track title in six meets at the Williamsburg Invitational moved to Lyndon due to wet weather. Pomona's team scored 138 points to top Marais des Cygnes Valley and Williamsburg. Crest led boys with 134, Williamsburg second, Pomona third. Pomona listed multiple placers including Homer Green Fritts Cargo and Leach. Williamsburg duo Reichard Silvey Chavez Morris also scored in relays and sprints.
Ottawa Cyclones broke a three game losing streak with a 1 0 victory at Sunrise Christian in Wichita despite five varsity absences. Megan Hull scored the decisive goal and Brandy Shoemaker earned the shutout as players moved to new roles and JV athletes filled in. Ottawa, 4 6, hosts Piper at 4 p m Tuesday.
Ottawa contributed a four-man total of 361 at Bellvue nine new holes to place fourth, eight strokes behind winner Lansing. Beets led with 84 earning third medalist, followed by Killough 87, Savage 92, Coatney 99, Sachse 108, and Cummings 117. The team’s regu lar squad was absent.
Ottawa edged through a two week layoff to win the Gardner Invitational on Saturday. The team secured the No. 1 doubles title with Levi Moore and Seth Sheldon and claimed victories in No. 2 doubles while Jessen and Bunch moved to singles. Bunch and Jessen reached No. 2 singles finals and Ottawa finished with 30 points to Gardner’s 25, Paola 22. The Ottawa Invitational will resume Tuesday at Baldwin High School.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.