Fr e e Pr e ss Page 8 Colby Free Press Wednesday, November 9, 2011 SSpp o o r r t t ss Trojan men ready Taking it to the mat to race at nationals

By Kayla Cornett Ortiz said his team has a good nity College was ranked No. 21 Colby Free Press chance at nationals considering and is now No. 25 and Hutchinson [email protected] Colby’s regional finish. Community College was No. 22 “I really think we’re gonna do last week, but it dropped out of the The Colby Community College fine,” he said. “As bad as our re- top 25 for week 9. The rest of the men’s cross country team is ready gion meet was, we barely got beat teams competing are unranked. to compete with its best seven run- by Johnson County, now the No. Ortiz said he is not too worried ners at the National Junior College 4 team.” about having dropped in the rank- Athletic Association Cross Coun- The national rankings for week ings this week. try Championships on Saturday in nine came out Tuesday, and many “Having a bad day and still be- Hobbs, N.M. of the teams competing at nation- ing in the top 10, I think that says “We’re excited about it,” Head als, including Colby, are in a dif- a lot about our team,” he said. “We Coach James Ortiz said. “I think ferent spot. just gotta hope for a normal day. the guys are ready to reedem them- Garden City was ranked No. 1 That’s the hard thing about junior selves after a bad region meet.” last week, but dropped to the No. college, you’ve got freshmen and At the Kansas Junior College 2 spot this week. Colby was No. sophomores and they have to per- Cross Country Region VI Cham- 4 in week eight, but dropped five form on a national level. You nev- pionships in Garden City, the Tro- spots to No. 9 heading into nation- er know what’s going to happen.” jans had two runners finish in the als. Johnson County was previ- Still, Ortiz said that as long as top 10, but the team as a whole ously No. 8, but after beating Col- the Trojans have a normal day, took third place. First place went by at regionals, they jumped up to they will be just fine. KAYLA CORNETT/Colby Free Press to Garden City Community Col- the No. 4 spot. Butler Community “Hopefully we can bring home A Colby Middle School wrestler took down a Grant Junior High (Goodland) wrestler Monday lege and second went to Johnson College was No. 17 and now sits some hardware,” he said. at the Colby Grade School gym. County Community College. at No. 21, Allen County Commu- great dies after cancer fight

By Dan Gelston said in a statement. “My sympathy ago remained fresh in Frazier’s Manny Pacquiao learned of it graphs in the lobby of the MGM “Joe Frazier should be remem- and Tim Dahlberg goes out to his family and loved mind as he talked about his life, shortly after he arrived in Las Ve- Grand shortly before Floyd May- bered as one of the greatest fight- AP Sports Writers ones.” career and relationship with Ali a gas for his fight Saturday night weather Jr.’s fight against Victor ers of all time and a real man,” They fought three times, twice few months before he died. with Juan Manuel Marquez. Like Ortiz. Arum told the AP in a telephone PHILADELPHIA – Joe Frazier in the heart of New York City and “I can’t go nowhere where it’s Frazier in his prime, Pacquiao has An old friend, Gene Kilroy, vis- interview Monday night. “He’s a needed the night of his career to once in the morning in a steamy not mentioned,” he told The Asso- a powerful left hook that he has ited with him and watched Frazier guy that stood up for himself. He knock down “The Greatest.” arena in the the ciated Press. used in his remarkable run to star- work the crowd. didn’t compromise and always Frazier knocked Muhammad Philippines. They went 41 rounds Bob Arum, who once promoted dom. “He was so nice to everybody,” gave 100 percent in the ring. There Ali down in the 15th round and together. Neither gave an inch and Ali, said he was saddened by Fra- “Boxing lost a great champion, Kilroy said. “He would say to was never a fight in the ring where became the first man to beat him both gave it their all. zier’s passing. and the sport lost a great ambas- each of them, ‘Joe Frazier, sharp Joe didn’t give 100 percent.” in the Fight of the Century at In their last fight in Manila in “He was such an inspirational sador,” Pacquiao said. as a razor, what’s your name?’” After turning pro in 1965, Fra- in March 1975, they traded punches with a guy. A decent guy. A man of his Don King, who promoted the Born in Beaufort, S.C., on Jan zier quickly became known for 1971, the first in a trilogy of bouts fervor that seemed unimaginable word,” Arum said. “I’m torn up by Thrilla in Manila, was described 12, 1944, Frazier took up boxing his punching power, stopping his that have gone down as boxing’s among heavyweights. Frazier Joe dying at this relatively young by a spokesman as too upset to early after watching weekly fights first 11 opponents. Within three most fabled fights. gave almost as good as he got for age. I can’t say enough about talk about Frazier’s death. on the black and white television years he was fighting world-class “That was the greatest thing that 14 rounds, then had to be held Joe.” Though slowed in his later years on his family’s small farm. He was opposition and, in 1970, beat Ellis ever happened in my life,” Frazier back by trainer Eddie Futch as he Frazier’s death was announced and his speech slurred by the toll a top amateur for several years, to win the heavyweight title that said. tried to go out for the final round, in a statement by his family, who of punches taken in the ring, Fra- and became the only American he would hold for more than two It was his biggest night, one that unable to see. asked to be able to grieve private- zier was still active on the auto- fighter to win a gold medal in the years. would never come again. “Closest thing to dying that I ly and said they would announce graph circuit in the months before 1964 Olympics in Tokyo despite The relentless, undersized know of,” Ali said afterward. “our father’s homecoming cel- he died. In September he went to fighting in the final bout with an heavyweight ruled the division as Ali was as merciless with Fra- ebration” as soon as possible. Las Vegas, where he signed auto- injured left thumb. champion, then spent a lifetime zier out of the ring as he was in- trying to fight his way out of Ali’s side it. He called him a gorilla, shadow. and mocked him as an Uncle Tom. Frazier, who died Monday night But he respected him as a fighter, after a brief battle with liver cancer especially after Frazier won a de- Friday November at the age of 67, will forever be as- cision to defend his heavyweight sociated with Ali. No one in box- title against the then-unbeaten Ali 18th, 2011 ing would ever dream of anointing in a fight that was so big Frank Ali as The Greatest unless he, too, Sinatra was shooting pictures at was linked to Smokin’3.5 in. Joe. ringside and both fighters earned Community “Meet & Greet Dinner” with the Governor and Hunt Celebrities! “I will always remember Joe an astonishing $2.5 million. with respect and admiration,” Ali The night at the Garden 40 years Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres at 5 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. • Logan County 4-H Building in Oakley, KS

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