Stiles Faces Pro Hurdles With Portland Fire
Jackie Stiles, NCAA all time scoring leader, struggles in her rookie preseason with the Portland Fire. She scored six points on eight shots in an exhibition loss to Seattle, faces pressure, seeks instinctive play, and draws support from teammates and family as she adjusts to the WNBA.
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Ore
Jackie Stiles
Portland Fire
Stiles
Seattle Storm
Allen Iverson
Vanessa Nygaard
Minnesota
Seattle
Lauren Jackson
Linda Hargrove
Pat Stiles
Claflin‘ High
Sophia Witherspoon
Michael Jordan
Pye
WNBA
Royals blow five-run lead as Mariners rally in Kansas City
Seattle, the majors’ best record, erased a 6-1 hole with two runs in the fourth two in the seventh and two in the eighth on costly Royals errors. Edgar Martinez homered twice and went 4-for-5 to lift Seattle to 9-6, while Ichiro Suzuki added an RBI. Rey Sanchez and Luis Alicea misfielded plays in the eighth aiding the comeback. Kazuhiro Sasaki earned his 19th save.
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Kansas City
Seattle
Edgar Martinez
Ichiro Suzuki
Ryan Franklin
Royals
AJ. Hinch
Dee Brown
Bret Boone
Mike Cameron
Ottawa Women's Golf Association Opens Tuesday Round
The Ottawa Women s Golf Association tees off at 9 a m Tuesday with pairs including Linda Seitz Zandra Waymire Dolores Sowth Frances Warnock Carol Smell Bev Grabham Mary Lou Sheldon Suzanne Wassmer Mary Ellen Woody Lea Tamberlin Elise Killough Oz Moharman Gypsy Badders Joan Antinger.
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Ottawa Women's Golf Association
Linda Seitz
Zandra Waymire
Dolores Sowth
Frances Warnock
Carol Smell
Bev Grabham
Mary Lou Sheldon
Suzanne Wassmer
Mary Ellen Woody
Lea Tamberlin
Elise Killough
Oz Moharman
Gypsy Badders
Joan Antinger
New Running Club Forming in Ottawa
A new running club invites runners over 15 to meet Monday June 4 at 6 p.m. at Ottawa High School. Open to all ages, with contact Mike Finch at (785) 418-1612 or (785) 242-6249 for details.
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Ottawa High School
Mike Finch
Manning's camp returns to Lawrence this summer
Former Kansas star Danny Manning brings back his summer basketball camp to Lawrence after a year away. The Utah Jazz player emphasizes fundamentals, sportsmanship, teamwork, and work ethic. Camp runs July 16 to 20 with a $100 fee and July 13 registration deadline, sessions for ages 2nd–4th and 5th–9th grade. For details call Angie McClure at (785) 841-7550.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Danny Manning
Manning
Utah Jazz
Angie McClure
Wooldridge to hold summer basketball camps at KSU
Kansas State coach Jim Wooldridge will run his second summer camps from June 17 to 20 and July 29 to August 1 focusing on skill development and fundamentals with 5 on 5 and 3 on 3 games. A father son camp is planned June 15 to 16 for boys in grades K through 8. call 785 532 6531 for details.
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Kansas State
Jim Wooldridge
Wooldridge
Ottawa U golf tournament set for June at Alvamar
The Ottawa University athletic department hosts its annual fund-raising golf scramble on June 15 at Alvamar in Lawrence. Techskills.com sponsors the event with $125 per person, including green fees, cart, gift, and barbecue. Hole sponsors cost 200 and a four-person team sponsorship 600. Contact Jeff Wacker at 785 242 5200 ext. 5401 or jwacker ottawa dot edu for entries.
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Ottawa University
Alvamar
Lawrence
Techskills.com
Jeff Wacker
Jwacker
Ottawa.edu
Ottawa-Edu
Flett wins 3A discus title on slick state ring
Wellsville senior Josh Flett captured the 3A discus championship at Wichita State University with a first throw of 169 feet 4 inches after wiping the ring with water and a sweatshirt. He dominated all four prelims and finals, with six throws better than the runner up, and added a 53-1 in the shot put. Relays and other events highlighted a strong Wellsville performance as Brent Judd and Tim Cox led high jump efforts, while Ottawa and Pomona athletes posted notable showings in their events.
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Wichita
Josh Flett
Wichita State University
Wellsville
Eagle
Bill Oshel
Flett
State
Wendy Moore
Pomona
Brent Judd
Justin Rand
Lyndon
Tim Cox
Osage City
Chris Pitts
Judd
Cox
Pitts
Rand
Ore
Miller
Ottawa
Chris Lydick
Eric Miller
Brent Miller
Isaac Templeton
Ottawa University names four to Braves Hall of Fame Class of 2001
Ottawa University inducted four former student athletes into the Braves Hall of Fame at Wilson Field House last Saturday. The Class of 2001 includes William Claflin Atchison KS Gerald Siscoe Berryton KS Andrew Honeycutt Fairburn GA and Jack ONeal deceased. Claflin excelled in football and track earning ECAC All Conference honors in 1947 1948 and later taught and coached across Kansas. Siscoe starred in football and track earning All Conference honors and post graduate work at Sears and state service. Honeycutt starred in football basketball and track earning All KCAC honors and later earning MBA from Boston University and DBA from Harvard. ONeal lettered in football and track and held multiple OU track records while later serving as sheriff and civic volunteer.
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Braves Hall of Fame
Wilson Field House
Mabee
William Claflin
Atchison
Gerald Siscoe
Berryton
Andrew Honeycutt
Fairburn
Jack O’neal
William Clafin
Ottawa
Clafin
University of Kansas
Fort Hays State University
Waterville
Holyoke
Colo
Department of Education
Kansas Association of Teachers of Science
Habitat For Humanity
Lions Club
National Education Association
Nation Science Teachers & Kansas Association of Science Teachers
Baptist Campus Center
Hays
Camp and Conference Commission For
American Baptist Churches of
Central Region
William
Martha
Atchison, KS
Siscoe
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
KCAC
Sears, Roebuck & Co
State of Kansas
Edna Stickney
Sth
Honeycutt
Boston University
Harvard University
United Way
NAACP
Food Bank
Boys Clubs of America
Peareerinat
Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta
Pamela
Jack
O’neal
Kansas
O'Neal
Baker
Franklin County
Bucyrus Erie Company
Kiwanis
Presbyterian Church
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