FREEPRESS Page 8 Colby Free Press Tuesday, May 29, 2001 SSSPORTSPORTS Eagles bring home gold medal and school records By JAY KELLEY Damien Stephens, Bo Kleinsorge and Colby Free Press Jason Simmering ran their legs in Two school records fell Saturday for 2:35.08, putting the Eagles in second, the Colby High School Eagle track several yards behind Lansing. team at the state track meet in Wichita’s Brown ran his leg in 48.75, but didn’t Cessna Stadium. have enough to pass the Lansing Zach Brown took home Colby’s lone anchor. The winning time gold medal with a school record was 3:23.43, 49.21 in the 400. He was The boys’ 4x100 team, pushed the entire Brent and Wade McCoy, race by Towanda Brown and Stephens, Circle’s Chandler, recorded a third place who ran a 49.32, but finish with a 43.51. with the third place The girls’ 4x100 time more than a second team, Lori slower, no one else Ziegelmeier, Brianna pushed either one of Swafford, Breann Hart and them. Jessie Brenn, were fourth at 51.72. Brown, a rookie in high Brenn also ran fourth in the 100 hurdles school track, said he saw Chandler at 16.02. coming up toward the end, “I knew I The girls’ 4x400 team, Hart, had to kick it in.” Ironically, the record Ziegelmeier, Ivy Ramsey and Brenn, Brown broke belonged to Eagle head ran a 4:11.35 for fifth place. coach Gordon Rasmussen. Ramsey also took seventh in the Brown also anchored the 4x400 1,600 meter run at 5:25.17. Adam team that came in second, breaking Smith was seventh in the discus with a another school record with a 3:23.98. throw of 146’11”. Triplains girls second JAY KELLEY/Colby Free Press The Colby High School track team brought home a couple of school CENTER: Brent McCoy handed off to Damien Stephens for the second Triplains High School came away and a second place in the 100 hurdles records and a little gold after the state track meet in Wichita on Satur- leg of the 4x100 relay. The Eagles took third. RIGHT: Ivy Ramsey ran with a second place finish for the girls by Ashley Latham. Her times were day. LEFT: Zach Brown crossed the finish line in a school record 49.21 her leg of the girls’ 4x400 in 63.12, helping the team to a fifth place fin- team at the state track meet in Wichita 46.05 and 15.71, respectively. in the 400, just a tenth of a second ahead of the second place runner. ish. on Saturday. Kalin Lewallen threw the discus Triplains’ 32 points was right be- 122’4” for third. tween Macksville’s 34 and South Erin Barrett was third in the triple Gray’s 30. jump at 35’1”. New Jersey gets reality check in finals opener The Lady Vikings were led by a first The 4x100 relay team ran a 53.72 for place finish in the 300 meter hurdles sixth DENVER (AP) — It’s back to basic and lost on the ice,” Robinson said. A lot of times we were caught stand- Brodeur said the common theme in hockey for the New Jersey Devils, who “We found out we can’t just put our ing still. They were dumping pucks and the locker room Sunday was playing made the mistake of believing their sticks on the ice because we are the chipping them past us with speed, and with more intensity. Penske’s return to Indy press clippings. defending — so-called we weren’t in good “There are some adjustments we’ll Jolted back to reality by the Colo- defending — champi- position.” need to make,” Brodeur said. “We need rado Avalanche’s 5-0 romp in the open- ons. We have to play Robinson insists to go back to the basics, listen to the capped by a 1-2 finish ing game of the Stanley Cup finals well.” his team must be coach and play the game the way he Saturday night, the Devils were a It’s difficult not to be more physical when wants us to play it.” INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The cel- ish third Sunday night in NASCAR’s humbled team Sunday as they made smug when one of the the series resumes Despite their dominance in the series ebration was hardly the kind Roger Coca-Cola 600. adjustments for Game 2. strongest compliments here Tuesday night. opener, the Avs expect the remaining Penske might have scripted: an exuber- The top five were regulars in CART, “It’s hard when everybody tells you came from Pittsburgh’s “If you’re not scor- games to be more difficult. ant young Brazilian dangling from the while Stewart, who cut his teeth in the how good you are,” goaltender Martin Mario Lemieux, who ing goals, you have to They expect to face a more intense, fence at Indy. IRL, was driving this day for Chip Brodeur said. “We paid the price for it.” called the Devils the do other things well,” more focused New Jersey team in By then, it didn’t matter. The Ganassi’s CART team. Devils coach Larry Robinson, still best team he has ever he said. “That means Game 2. Captain’s work was done. The IRL, which was created by dismayed that his team was faced after his Penguins that guys who don’t “We were at the top of our game and, Penske made a triumphant return to speedway founder Tony George and “outhustled and outworked” in the were dispatched in five games in the normally consider themselves physi- obviously, they didn’t play as well as the world’s biggest race Sunday, with considers the 500 its centerpiece race, opener, said his team was guilty of Eastern Conference finals. cal players still have to be a part of the they’re going to play the next game,” Helio Castroneves — aka couldn’t even stay on the same lap with reading “how good we were and how If the Devils took Colorado lightly, physical game. They have got (Dan) said Sakic, who had two goals and an “Spiderman” — leading the team’s 1- its more experienced, better-financed we were going to walk all over the they know better now. Hinote and (Chris) Drury, and even Joe assist in the opener and who leads all 2 finish in the Indianapolis 500. rivals. Avalanche, and we started to believe all “There’s a reason why the Avalanche (Sakic) is out there finishing checks. playoff scorers with 11 goals. “We ex- Afterward, there were no tears of Pole-sitter Scott Sharp, who has the of our clippings.” are here,” Robinson said. “In the first We have to get the same thing from our pect a totally different game the next satisfaction from the silver-haired most victories in IRL history, crashed “We forgot that games are still won game, they beat us to the loose pucks. players.” game.” Penske, whose entire career has been on the first corner of the race and fin- built on cold, calculated precision. His ished last. Up-and-comer Sarah Fisher return to Indy after a five-year exile put herself into the wall on cold tires was handled like any other business after just seven laps, taking out two- decision. time runner-up Scott Goodyear in the He bought the best possible equip- process. ment for his drivers, devised a winning Goodyear was hospitalized with a strategy for the grueling 500-mile race, fractured back, the day’s only injury. then watched Castroneves pull away to On lap 17, 21-year-old Sam Hornish a 1.7-second victory over teammate Jr., the IRL’s points leader and winner Gil de Ferran. of the first two races this year, lost con- About the only glitch came a few trol coming out of turn four. He recov- days before the race. Marlboro Team ered, but not before putting Al Unser Penske removed the cigarette’s name Jr., a two-time Indy winner and the from its cars to avoid violating the 1998 IRL’s most recognizable name, into the tobacco settlement with a group of wall.“It’s definitely a black mark,” said state attorneys general. Buzz Calkins, another IRL regular who So, Penske simply raced to victory finished 12th, two laps down. “A lot of with plain red-and-white cars. IRL teams stepped on their feet. You “It’s a great day for the team,” he can’t step on your feet here.” said, sounding about as passionate as Even George had to concede defeat a CEO at a board meeting. “I think it in this skirmish. shows continued commitment from IRL regular Robbie Buhl was chal- the people we have. That’s the thing. lenging for the lead until he spun out It’s human capital.” on lap 165. Eliseo Salazar finished sev- Cut through the boardroom talk, and enth in the best showing for an IRL All-Tell X-233 100% there were indications this was more regular. than just another victory for Penske, his “Well, they got all their guys at the record 11th at the Indy’s hallowed top,” George said. “You can’t beat GDN 4x10 ground. that.” Six years ago, he left Indianapolis CART’s return to Indy, which began Motor Speedway with a rare disgrace, a year ago when Juan Montoya cruised having failed to even qualify with de- to victory for Ganassi’s team, in- fending champion Al Unser Jr.