star-news sports The Goodland Star-News / Friday, November 9, 2007 11 Going, going, gone Goodland native honored By Kelsi Bowers develop their own style,” Porsch The Hoxie Sentinel said. “Teach them good technique Long-time Hoxie High School and a variety of moves so they can wrestling coach Kirk Baker, a 1976 use what works for them.” Goodland High School graduate, Baker’s technique helped mold an received one of the greatest honors unbelievable list of championship- a coach can receive when he was level Hoxie wrestlers, Porsch said. inducted into the Kansas Wrestling “Kirk always respected his Coaches Association Hall of Fame wrestlers and believed they could at Fort Hays State University. achieve great things,” Porsch said, Before his successful coaching “and many times that led them to career at Hoxie, Baker learned the success beyond what some other way for success in wrestling as people expected of them.” a competitor. At Goodland High Baker guided 31 state champions, School, he was a state runner-up including five two-time winners, as a freshman, state champion as a one three-time champ and one sophomore and junior, grand state four-time gold medalist. He had 13 runner-up as a junior, and state wrestlers with 100 or more wins in runner-up and grand state champion their four years at Hoxie. as a senior. The coach credits his success to He was inducted into the hall of the formula he used to get the best Kirk Baker fame at a banquet Saturday, Oct. 27, performance from his wrestlers. in Salina. “I had to learn patience with the After high school, Baker attended he retired in 2006. boys,” he said. “After being in college, Colby Community College, where he His career at Hoxie High School I was used to that style of work, and I continued to dominate in wrestling, included a 190-67-3 dual record and realized that I had to pick and choose qualifying for nationals both years. seven state championship teams, where I pushed the boys, and when Baker took on coaching at Hoxie 1990, 1991, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2002 something worked, I went with it.” after he married his wife Kelly. and 2003. Baker guided the Indians Baker has been a four-time Kan- “When I got out of college and to five state runner-up titles in 1987, sas Wrestling Coaches Association moved to Hoxie,” he said, “Bob Lovin 1992, 2000, 2001 and 2004. Class 3-2-1A Coach of the year contacted me and asked if I would be In all, the Indians were in conten- (1990, 1994, 1999 and 2003), won of interested in working with the little tion for the Class 3-2-1A state team the 1998 Kansas Wrestling Officials kids wrestling program. I took the kids championships for two decades. Association 3-2-1A Sportsmanship to wrestling camps, and I also came The Indians placed in the top four at and Coach of the Year awards, twice into the program at the time of state, state 16 times. His teams captured was National Wrestling Coaches so I was able to take them to the state 10 regional titles and 10 Northwest Association Kansas Coach of the tournament in Hays.” Kansas League titles. Year (1999 and 2003), and was the After that, Baker said, some of the Porsch, who started working 2006 Kansas Coaches Association school board members contacted with him during the 1995-96 school Wrestling Coach of the Year and the him about working with the older year and now leads the team, said 2006 National Federation of High boys. He then coached alongside he learned a great deal from Baker School Coaches Association Kan- Lovin, Paul Babcock, Roger Morris about coaching. sas State Coach of the Year. and then with Mike Porsch. Baker Seventh grade Mustangs (from left) Tyler Raby, Jordan McCombs, Jed Gray and Elias Flores “I believe one of the greatest les- His wife is the former Kelly Allen, continued his coaching career at waited to see if the Hoxie Indians were going to make the basket in their game Tuesday in the sons I learned from Kirk was that and together they have four sons, Hoxie for 22 years, from 1985 until high school gym. The Indians made plenty of shots, beating the Mustangs 34-8. you had to let each wrestler find and Travis, Trent, Tyler and Brandon. Photo by Sharon Corcoran/The Goodland Star-News bowling results Cowgirl on all-league roster Monday Night Scratch Classic Deliveries postponed SunOpta 104.5-55.5 League High Individual Game: Jeff Bowladium Lanes 100.5- Oct. 29, 2007 Stevens 253 59.5 Northwest Kansas League coach- only vote for members of other and Megan Ochs, both seniors, Floyd’s Refrig. & AC over High Individual Series: Jeff Floyd’s Refrig. & AC 98-62 es chose a Cowgirl for honorable teams. and Kendra Spresser, junior, all of Steve’s Body Shop 15-5 Stevens 841 Steve’s Body Shop 91-69 mention on the all-league volleyball Selected for the all-league team Hoxie. Weber Kennel over Adronics High Team Game: Bowladium Weber Kennels 88.5-51.5 team. were Lissa Mazanec and Tasha Also on honorable mention are 18-2 Lanes 679 J&L Deliveries 83-57 Ashley Christians, a senior at Wagoner, both seniors, from Colby; Holly Keller, senior, St. Francis; RMR over The Rookies 17-3 High Team Series: Bowladium Fitzgibbons, Inc. 71-69 Goodland High School was chosen Sydney Carlson and Sara Miller, Macy Michelbrink, senior, Raw- Bowladium Lanes over Lanes 2,315 RMR 56-104 for honorable mention. both seniors, from Rawlins County/ lins County; Leah Cox, senior, SunOpta 15-5 League Standings: Adronics 43-117 The league’s coaches select Atwood; Brea Teeter, Kimber Weis- Colby; Chandra Spillman, senior, Fitzgibbon’s Inc. and J & L Eighth week first round The Rookies 24.5-115.5 people from other teams, said er and Megan Baalman, all seniors, Hoxie; Jordan Dreher, freshman, Goodland Athletic Director from Oakley; Leanna Scheaffer, Oberlin; Alecia Cooksey, senior, Don Smith, and then they vote senior, and Adrienne Pauls, sopho- Oakley; and Deresa Stover, ju- for their choices, but they can more, Oberlin; and Corinnna Hoyt nior, Quinter. 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