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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1996
Page
10
Thursday highlights a college volleyball match with Kansas Weslayan visiting Ottawa at 7 pm. The day also lists cross country and three Rivers and Frontier League meets with start times around 4 pm in Gardner and surrounding areas.
The Associated Press recap shows New York defeating Baltimore 6 to 4 to clinch the American League Championship Series in five games. NL action features St. Louis sweeping Atlanta then crushing them 14 to 0 in the second meeting before a pivotal 7:11 p.m. game five in Atlanta. World Series schedule follows with NL champ visiting New York in prime time.
The AP consensus rankings from Hutchinson News, Salina Journal, Topeka Capital Journal, and Wichita Eagle list six week standings. Top teams include Olathe North, Lawrence, Manhattan, Washburn Rural, and Garden City in 6A, with Paola, Ulysses, Fort Scott, Andale leading 4A, Norton and Wichita Collegiate high in 3A, and several smaller schools in 2A and below.
Regionals include Williamsburg Marais Des Cygnes Valley KSD Williamsburg Labo Crest Lebo LeRoy WAVERLY with winners advancing to sub state on Oct 24 at Madison. Sub-states Oct 26 cover Prairie View Anderson County Burlington Prairie View Louisburg Ise Ottawa Paola Spring Hill Lansing Baldwin Bosshorlinwood Bonner Springs DeSoto Gardner Piper Ward Lansing. State bids go to 4A at Bicentennial Center Salina and 3A at Osage City etc with several listed teams.
Baltimore Orioles fired Pat Dobton pitching coach and added Adam Hyzdu to the 40-man roster. Seattle Mariners fired Bobby Custer pitching coach.
Wellsville improved to 11 16 overall by routing Anderson County 15 12 18 16 as coach Dowling praised the team for hard work. Osawatomie and strong serving limited Wellsville in a later match. Junior varsity results favored Anderson County while Lyndon swept Marais des Cygnes Valley in straight sets and Lyndon stood 13 9 entering the Emporia league tournament.
Ottawa high school's Cyclones swept three opponents to climb to fifth in Class 4A. Coach Karla Van Leeuwen noted steady improvement as Ottawa improved to 25-5 and won seven straight. Mindy Brown led with 17 kills, Jan Perry 15, Ashley Beets 12, with Brooke Waldron dishing eight assists. The team hosts the Huron League Tournament Saturday as top seed.
Ottawa Middle School Whirlwinds defeat Leavenworth Patton 42 6 to improve to 4 2 with Eric Miller and Jason Tharp each scoring twice. Miller opened with a 56 yard run and closed with an 18 yard score. Tharp added a 2 yard touchdown and an 18 yard run. Kit Evans and Drew Hendrix added scores as OMS hurt Leavenworth with four eastern turnovers. Ottawa prep for Turner Monday.
Wellsville competed at the Eudora Invitational. Girls placed fifth with 118 points, led by Megan Caruthers 16th in 14 13.7 and Angelika Leuthole 19th in 14 19.9. Angela Stumpff 24th, Amanda Wilhite 29th, Shannon Sloan 40th. Boys finished seventh with 160 points, led by John Inglehart 17th in 18 08.9.
Baldwin-Ottawa University sophomore Rikki Hacker led OU with a 32nd place at 28 21 in the NAIA Mid-States meet on a Kansas and Missouri school field. The OU squads finished mid-pack yet topped all KCAC entrants except Southwestern. The men placed seventh with 199 points and the women sixth with 176 as Rebecca Patterson led the women at 26th in 20 37. OU heads to Southwestern Invitational next Saturday.
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