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FREE PRE ss Page 8 Colby Free Press Wednesday, January 11, 2012 SSPORTPORT SS Trojan squad shuts down Tech wrestlers The Colby Community College Drake Lovvorn, Holton, 157, Trojans wrestling team shut out 12-4 over Daulet Aliev. the Northwest Kansas Technical Bryce Lewis, Minden, Neb., College Mavericks on Saturday 165, 17-5 over Jaurex Vasquez. in a dual at the Community Build- Mike McKinney, Lewisville, ing. Texas, 174, pinned Johnny Rear- The Trojans defeated the Good- don. land squad 40-0. Individual results Dylon Braun, Hays, 184, 15-5 for Colby wrestlers: over Oleksandr Lectushenko. Marco Tamayo, Carrolton, Blake Steiert, Loveland, Colo., Texas, 125 pounds, won by for- 197, 5-0 over Dion Harris. feit. Fabian Guerrero, Fort Lupton, Josh Martinez, Amarillo, Tex- Colo., 285, 7-2 over Andrei Mel- as, 133, won by forfeit. nic. Kane Lovvorn KAYLA CORNETT/Colby Free Press , Holton, 149, The Colby team will wrestle Colby Community College wrestler Blake Steiert tried to take urday at the Community Building. He won the 197-pound match 19-6 decision over D’Andre Ar- Saturday at the Colorado School down his Northwest Kansas Technical College opponent on Sat- in a 5-0 decision. nold. of Mines in Golden. Eagles lose to Holcomb K-State Wildcats lose without key playmaker 75-73 to No. 4 Baylor By Kayla Cornett Sophomore Marc Bremenkamp took over as the in- Colby Free Press bounder, and despite his best efforts, he turned the MANHATTAN (AP) – It second time in four days. Walton keyed the run with six [email protected] ball over to Holcomb six times, contributing to Col- would have been easy for Kan- The Wildcats, who beat No. straight points, and Jackson sank by’s total of 20. sas State point guard Will Spra- 9 Missouri 75-59 on Saturday, a 3-pointer for a 58-50 Baylor The Colby High boys basketball varsity was short- Holcomb scored 11 points off of Colby’s turnovers dling to appreciate Baylor’s went on an early 13-2 run to turn lead with 10:36 remaining. handed Friday, with sophomore Luke Cox missing and had 24 points from bench players. The Eagles athleticism as the Bears stormed a 5-2 deficit into a 15-7 lead. But McGruder kept K-State from the lineup as the Eagles lost to Holcomb 56-23 didn’t score any in those categories. down the court for dunks and Through the game’s first 9 min- in it with nine points during an at the Community Building. Junior Todd Kane led Colby’s scoring efforts with easy points Tuesday night. utes, Baylor had eight turnovers 11-4 run, including a driving Cox suffered a broken hand last week and had 7 points. He pulled down 3 rebounds and made 5 of But after the fourth-ranked and the Wildcats none. layup that pulled the Wildcats to surgery Friday, when doctors put a pin in his hand. 6 free throws in the game. Bears slipped past the No. 18 But Jones hit two baskets at 62-60 with 7:36 remaining. Coach Jerad Johnson said he is still not sure when Senior Dalaan Organ, Bremenkamp, senior Braden Wildcats 75-73 with numerous the rim to kick off a 9-0 Bears Henriquez hit two free throws Cox will return. Sager and sophomore Reed Stephens finished the quick scoring runs, Spradling run that cut the deficit to 21-20. to give K-State a 71-69 lead with “There’s a possibility of him being back by the game with 4 points each. Organ had a team-high 6 could only think about his team. Quincy Miller and Jackson each 4:13 to play, but Acy scored five Orange and Black Classic,” he said, “but we’re not rebounds, Bremenkamp had 2 rebounds and 1 steal, Perry Jones led Baylor (16-0, had a dunk as part of another 9-0 straight points to put Baylor up sure right now.” Sager grabbed 1 steal and Stephens had 2 rebounds. 3-0 Big 12) with 17 points while run to put Baylor up 29-25 with 74-71 with 2:22 remaining. Sophomore Connor Schwanke also was hurt last The Eagles made 60 percent of their free throws Quincy Acy had 13. The pair 2:02 remaining in the half. McGruder converted a base- week when he went down with a knee injury on and pulled down 19 rebounds. They didn’t make any went a combined 14 of 18 from Jones said he took that stretch line drive 17 seconds later, cut- Tuesday in a junior varsity game against Goodland. three-point shots. the floor. Two other Bears scored as a good sign. ting Baylor’s lead to 74-73. He will be out for at least six months, Johnson said, The boys will play their next game at Ulysses High in double figures: Brady Heslip K-State finished the half by Heslip missed from 3-point adding that it has been tough losing these two. School at 8 p.m. Friday. Their next home game will with 13 and Pierre Jackson with scoring eight of the final 10 range with 25 seconds remain- The varsity Eagles (1-7) were really missing Cox be at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, against Scott City. 10. points, including a runner by ing, but Jones got the offensive when it came to getting the ball into play Friday. For K-State (12-3, 1-2), it was McGruder as the clock expired rebound and was fouled. He almost a one-man show. Rodney for a 33-31 halftime lead. made one free throw with 20.9 McGruder had 30 points while The Wildcats came out hot at seconds to go. going 10 of 14 from the floor, the start of the second half and K-State appeared ready to tie Lady Bulldogs win in St. Francis perfect from the free throw line needed just over 3 minutes to it when Angel Rodriguez was and leading the team in rebounds push their lead to 44-37. open in the lane in the final 5 ans. St. Francis started the game ’Dogs outplayed the Lady Indians By Judy Rogers with six. Jordan Henriquez Baylor answered with a 20-4 seconds, but he had the ball with a 0-7 lead before sophomore by 1 point to finish the game with Golden Plains High School scored 10 for the Wildcats. run over the next 5 1/2 minutes. stripped with 3 seconds on the Paulita Ramirez put the Lady the 6-point win to give them their Kansas State got off to a good At one point, the Bears scored clock. The Wildcats’ ensuing in- The Golden Plains Lady Bull- Bulldogs on the scoreboard with a second win of the season. start in trying to hand an unde- eight points in 84 seconds, forc- bound pass was tipped away as dogs won both the junior varsity free throw followed by a field goal “It was awesome to get our sec- feated team its first loss for the ing two K-State timeouts. A.J. time expired. and varsity games in their first from teammate Hailee Spresser. ond win,” Christensen said. games of the new year on Jan. 3 Junior Angela Ritter posted up 2 “This win gives us new hope over the St. Francis Lady Indians. more points for the Lady ’Dogs. for the season,” Macayla Easton Both teams had one win on the With Golden Plains’ full-court added. season and were looking to ad- press forcing the Lady Indians Both girls agreed that they had vance their record. to turn over the ball, sophomore to figure out how to defend against The junior varsity girls played Jordan Christensen finished the the Lady Indians’ height at the be- first on the St. Francis floor in a quarter with two additional shots ginning of the game. game spanning three quarters. from the floor to bring the Lady Scoring for Golden Plains These young girls took an early Bulldogs to within 4 as the quarter were Kylie Jones with 10 points, lead in the first quarter of play, ended with the Lady ’Dogs trail- Spresser with 9, Christensen with outscoring the Lady Indians 12-8. ing 9-13. 8, MiKayla Lobato with 8, Leea Both teams posted 9 points in the After finding the basket in the Juenemann, Angela Ritter with 4 second quarter. first quarter, the Lady Bulldogs and Paulita Ramirez with 3. YOUR LUCKY DAY! In the third, the Lady Indians continued to shoot through the The girls pulled down 46 re- held the Lady Bulldogs to 11 hoop as the defense forced addi- bounds; Christensen grabbed 12, points while putting in 14 points tional turnovers and the offense Jones had 10, Lobato snagged of their own, but the early first capitalized on their efforts. With 7, Juenemann had 7, Spresser quarter lead gave the Lady Bull- four minutes remaining in the first grabbed 6 and Ramirez and Ritter dogs the close win with a final half, the Lady Bulldogs tied up had 2 each. Ritter had 4 steals and score of 32-31. the game and continued to extend 4 assists, Christensen had 3 steals This win gives the junior varsity their lead by adding 16. They held and 6 assists, Jones had 2 steals a record of 2-1. Scoring for Golden the Lady Indians to only 6 points and 3 assists, Spresser had 2 steals Plains were Paulita Ramirez with to go into the half leading 25-19.