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Sports 10/4 Pg. 8 FREE PRESS Page 10 Colby Free Press Friday, October 4, 2002 SSSPORTSPORTS Keeping the ball in play Golf team has good outing at Ulysses tourney By DARREL PATTILLO are getting better each week. This tour- regionals on Oct. 14. 474, Garden City JV 475, Dodge City Colby Free Press nament was composed of most of the Results from Ulysses: JV 477. The Colby Eagle golf team was in teams that will be in our regional tour- Individual Scores: (18 holes) Medalists: Ulysses Tuesday for the junior varsity/ nament, and gave us an idea about Joanna Hawk 101, Lindsey Schafer Charity Maune, Syracuse 83, Mel- varsity tournament. The Lady Eagle where we stand at this point. 106, Sara Nally 109, Kelsey Strickler issa Brown, Sublette 88, Kayla Crone, golfers placed seventh out of 12 teams. “We definitely have more improve- 112, Sly Cassidy 135, Regina Heier Lakin 89, Jordon Lohfink, Holcomb “We had our best tournament of the ment to make in order to qualify for 139 90, Maggie Welch, 90, Abby Trejo, season from the stand point of scores state.” Team Scores: Syracuse 370, Ulysses Ulysses 93, Michelle Ridgway, Lakin posted,” coach Ray Higley said. The team will be in Lakin Saturday, 386, Goodland 399, Lakin 402, Larned 93, Mel Kreie, Ulysses 93, Jessica “Three girls posted their lowest scores and have one more regular season tour- 402, Holcomb 423, Colby 428, Osborn, Goodland 94, Brittany Seger, of the year. I’m pleased that the girls nament (Syracuse, Oct. 10), before Hugoton 456, Scott City 462, Sublette Ulysses 95 Cardinals take second straight game from Arizona PHOENIX (AP) — Curt Schilling Rolen. Rolen injured his left shoulder and hope for the best.” postseason coming in, losing twice to lived up to his reputation as a big-game when he was struck by pinch-runner The Diamondbacks, who had trailed Seattle in the first round last year. pitcher, and even that was not enough Alex Cintron while fielding a slow 1-0 since the third inning on J.D. “You can’t give him enough credit,” to stop the inspired St. Louis Cardinals. grounder in the seventh inning. Drew’s two-out homer off Schilling, La Russa said. “The first couple of in- Miguel Cairo’s ninth-inning single The early diagnosis was a sprained tied it with an unearned run in the nings, he made great pitches, then he off reliever Mike Koplove drove in shoulder, and manager Tony La Russa eighth. pitched even better. He showed up so Edgar Renteria with the go-ahead run said Rolen might be lost for the rest of Quinton McCracken doubled over big for us.” Thursday in the Cardinals’ 2-1 victory the playoffs. the outstretched glove of the right Schilling, who had struggled in his over the Arizona Diamondbacks. “I’m sick to my stomach about fielder Drew to score Greg Colbrunn, last seven starts, scattered seven hits, After beating the Diamondbacks Scott,” La Russa said. “It’s not that he who had reached on a fielding error by struck out seven and walked one. with Schilling and Randy Johnson on is just a good player, but he’s really Albert Pujols — Rolen’s replacement “I felt good,” he said. “Today my the mound, the Cardinals can finish off excited about the postseason. He at third. best wasn’t good enough.” the World Series champions Saturday played at such a high level. You know, Chuck Finley, two months shy of his Even the 2-2 pitch that Drew hit into in St. Louis. the news is probably not too good.” 40th birthday, held Arizona to four hits the left-field seats was a good one. “Game 3 is going to be very pivotal Arizona, with Luis Gonzalez and in 6 1-3 scoreless innings before leav- Catcher Damian Miller called it “a for us,” St. Louis reliever Steve Kline Craig Counsell out with season-ending ing with a muscle cramp in his pitch- perfect pitch.” DARREL PATTILLO/Colby Free Press said. “We have to win. We don’t want injuries, had counted on Johnson and ing hand. He showed that the Cardinals “It was down and away, maybe off Freshman Shea McKee played #2 singles for the Colby varsity ten- to have to face those two pitchers Schilling to be the equalizers. Now are more than just a bunch of big hit- the plate a little bit and below the nis team Tuesday at the Colby Invitational tournament. The Lady again.” their hopes rest with Miguel Batista, ters. knees,” Miller said. “It probably Eagles tied Tribune for second in the tournament, which Garden The Cardinals, devastated by the who will start Game 3 Saturday against “If you want to slug it out, we’ll slug wasn’t even a strike, but J.D.’s a pretty City won. The junior varsity tennis team hosts a tournament Satur- death of pitcher Darryl Kile of a heart Andy Benes. it out with you,” Finley said. “But 2-1, good hitter.” day, with matches at Fike Park and the courts at Colby Community attack and saddened by the loss of long- “There’s no pep talks,” Diamond- 3-2, we’ll do that too.” Drew had one of two three-run hom- College. ABOVE: McKee played against Keisha Kinney of Garden time broadcaster Jack Buck, are one backs manager Bob Brenly said. Acquired from Cleveland on July ers off Schilling last week in Arizona’s City at the college courts. Kinney defeated McKee 6-0. victory away from advancing to the “There’s no magic words that are go- 19, Finley went 7-4 with the Cardinals. 6-1 loss in St. Louis, but struck out in NLCS for the second time in three ing to suddenly make everything OK. The left-hander had been 0-2 in the his first at-bat Thursday. years. You just keep grinding. You keep play- They may have to do it, however, ing the game. You keep doing the without star third baseman Scott things you’ve been successful doing Local IT’S HARD TO GROW OLD sports calender gracefully Saturday, Oct. 5 9 a.m. JV girl’s tennis tournament. Matches will be played at WHEN YOU HAVE TWO PAIRS OF Fike Park and the college courts. 9 a.m. JV/Varsity volleyball @ Oakley. Matches will be played at the high school and middle school. GLASSES ON YOUR HEAD. 9:30 a.m. Golf @ Lakin. 10 a.m. 7th-grade ‘B’ football at Goodland. NOTE: The will be AirTran Airways flies to the windy city every day. 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