Fr e e Pr e ss Page 8 Colby Free Press Thursday, January 19, 2012 SSpp o o r r t t ss Eighteen teams play in Brewster, Colby

By Kayla Cornett scored a team-high 18 points. Hai- The Bulldogs boys played Colby Free Press lee Spresser finished with 10, Rit- Cheylin on Jan. 10, losing 43-27. [email protected] ter had 7, Jones 6 and Ramirez and The high scorer for the game was Lobato 3 apiece. Cole Christensen with 13 points. The Western Kansas Liberty The other girls games played Tristan Schwarz finished with 4, League tournament Jan. 10 were Weskan and Wheat- Walter and Weber had 3 each and ended Saturday with the Weskan land-Grinnell, with the former Andrew Luna and Grant Spresser girls and the Greeley County boys claiming the win 45-26; Dighton had 2 points apiece. from Tribune as the champions. and Wallace County, with Wallace The other boys games played on Over four days, 18 teams com- County coming out on top 45-32; Jan. 10 were between Wheatland- peted in Brewster and Colby, in- and Triplains-Brewster against Grinnell and Greeley County, cluding teams from Golden Plains Cheylin, with the Lady Titans get- with Greeley County coming out and Triplains-Brewster. ting the win 41-31. victorious; Dighton and Wallace On Jan. 9, both the boys and The Lady Titans were led by County, where Wallace County girls from Golden Plains High Kasey Hoyt with 17 points. Brit- grabbed the win; and Healy versus School, seeded No. 8, played. tany Plummer scored 12, Shayna Weskan, with Healy winning. The Lady Bulldogs dominated Rogge 10 and Alicia Barrie 2. The Golden Plains boys moved Healy 67-19. Hailee Spresser and The Golden Plains girls’ loss on to the consolation bracket to face Kylie Jones led the team in scor- Jan. 10 put them in the consola- Wheatland-Grinnell on Friday. ing with 11 points each. Angela tion bracket to play Wheatland- The Bulldogs lost 36-33, ending Ritter scored 10 points, Macayla Grinnell on Friday, where they their tournament play. Easton 9, Leea Juenemann 8, Pau- lost again, this time 41-36. That The Triplains-Brewster boys lita Ramirez 6, MiKayla Lobato 4 ended their tournament play. didn’t play again until Saturday, and Jordan Christensen, Brooke Kylie Jones led the scoring with when they faced Weskan for sev- Wark and Taylor Todd 2 each. 16 points with additional scoring enth. The Titans lost 36-33 and The boys beat Triplains- coming from Hailee Spresser with landed in eighth place. Brewster 41-35. Cole Christensen 8, Jordan Christensen 7, Ritter 3 In the girls bracket, Weskan had a team-high 16 points, fol- and Juenemann 2. The team’s 23 finished first, Wallace County lowed by Ethan Walter with 8, rebounds were grabbed by Jones second, Greeley County third, Grant Spresser 6, Kalyn Weber 8, Christensen 6, Spresser 5, and Triplains-Brewster fourth, Digh- and Joseph Koerperich 4 apiece 1 each from Juenemann, Ramirez, ton fifth place, Wheatland-Grin- and Chance Hoeting 3. Wark and Lobato. The team had 8 nell sixth, Cheylin seventh and Will Allen was the high scorer steals and 12 assists in this final Healy eighth. for Triplains-Brewster with 10 tournament game. On the boys’ side, Greeley points. Nathan Jorgensen had 7, The Triplains-Brewster girls County took the top spot. Healy Michael Schmidt and Seth Smith played Wallace County on Fri- came in second, Wallace Coun- 6 points each and Dan Brown, day in the winner’s bracket and ty third, Cheylin fourth, Digh- Aaron Luckert and Gus Lamb 2 they lost as well, 55-32. This loss ton fifth, Wallace County sixth, JAN JUENEMANN each. sent the Lady Titans to play Gree- Weskan seventh and Triplains- MiKayla Lobato and Hailee Spresser played close defense against the Healy Eagles on Jan. 9 in The Golden Plains girls went on ley County on Saturday for third Brewster eighth. the first round of the Western Kansas Liberty League tournament in Brewster. The Lady Bulldogs to play Greeley County on Jan. 10, place. The girls lost 40-36 to put defeated Healy to advance in the tournament. losing 51-47. Jordan Christensen them in fourth. Bulldogs junior varsity Golden Plains triumphs loses to Logan Trojans over Logan for first win By Angela Ritter the Trojans pumped in another 13 to end the game By Jordan Christensen After the Trojans managed a Christensen pulled down 20 Golden Plains High School with the Bulldogs trailing 36-29. Golden Plains High School shot and Christensen increased rebounds and had 8 blocks and The Golden Plains High School junior varsity Koerperich ended the game with 20 points, 10 the Bulldog lead, Bermudez and 1 . Tristan Schwarz grabbed basketball team traveled to Logan to compete of which came from the line for a 71 percent free- The Golden Plains High School Chance Hoeting returned with 6 rebounds while brother Trey against the Logan Trojans on Jan. 6, losing to the throw average. Also contributing to the final score boys basketball team traveled to back-to-back 3s. Joseph Koer- Schwarz snatched 5 rebounds and home team 36-29, in three quarters. were Benny Martinez with 7 and Chance Hoeting Logan on Jan. 6 for its final game perich finished out the quarter for 3 steals. Luna had 5 rebounds and Joseph Koerperich started off the first quarter with 2. before the league tournament, re- Golden Plains with 4 consecutive 3 steals; Bermudez had 3 rebounds scoring 7 points, 5 of those on free throws. This “I felt the game went pretty good overall,” Koer- turning home with a 55-23 win for free throws, giving the boys a 45- and 1 ; Koerperich had 4 re- left the Bulldogs with 7 points at the end of the perich said. “We hustled and played as a team. I’m its first victory of the season. 24 lead going into the fourth. bounds; Grant Spresser claimed period and Logan with a one-point lead. In the sec- really looking forward to our upcoming game.” The boys started off well, con- Luna put up a 2 and Ethan Wal- 3 rebounds; Bermudez claimed 3 ond, Koerperich continued his run, scoring 9 more The junior varsity boys did not play during the trolling the tip, but soon had a ter and Christensen both added 4 rebounds, 1 steal, and 1 block; and points as Benny Martinez helped out with 2. week of the league tournament but will return turnover due to the Trojans’ tough to end this game with a final score Camron Spresser and Walter each Going into the third quarter with the score of 23- to their home floor Friday to compete against defense. The Bulldogs recovered, of 55-23, giving the Bulldogs their captured a . 18, the boys were able to add another 11 points as Brewster-Triplains. and Cole Christensen was the first first win of the season. “It was nice to get our first win. to get on the scoreboard with 2. Christensen finished the game We played well together as a team Golden Plains managed to hold with 19 points, along with 6 apiece and really showed our individual Logan to 3 points in the first quar- from Walter, Luna, and Schwarz. skills,” Tristan Schwarz said of KU sends Baylor to first loss ter, putting up 15 themselves. Fin- Putting in 5 each were Bermudez, the game. “Hopefully we continue ishing out the first half, the ’Dogs Tristan Schwarz, and Koerperich. to improve and develop our abili- By Dave Skretta conference, Baylor (17-1, 4-1) had was outstanding,” struggled a bit more, letting the Hoeting rounded out the scoring ties throughout the rest of the sea- AP Sports Writer been riding the longest winning Drew said. Trojans score 13 and only getting with 3. son.” streak in school history to its best Travis Releford and Elijah John- up 10, ending the half with a 25- LAWRENCE – The last time start ever. It left Lawrence with son added 11 points each for the 16 lead. Baylor coach brought the school’s first loss in football Jayhawks (15-3, 5-0), who won Golden Plains came out strong a team into Allen Fieldhouse, he or men’s and women’s basketball their 16th straight game at Allen in the second half with a quick led them off the court and into a since Oct. 29, a span of 40 games. Fieldhouse and 10th in a row at 2 from both Jose Bermudez and tunnel after his players had been “Start with their leadership. home over the Bears. Christensen, followed by a steal introduced. Thomas Robinson showed why Kansas is 17-2 against them all- and layup from Andrew Luna, and The reason was the noise: It he’s a player of the year candidate. time. another 2 from Trey Schwarz, car- can get so loud in Kansas’ vener- rying the Bulldogs on an 8-0 run. able gymnasium, especially dur- ing the video montage before the Jayhawks are announced, that it’s almost impossible to hear. He didn’t pull them off the court Monday night. 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