FREE PRESS Page 8 Colby Free Press Wednesday, July 7, 2004 SSSPORTSPORTS Trojans Wark works the mound Legion goes 2-3 in Hays tourney Colby American Legion himself on first. Finally, Bruce fence Saturday, and guided Colby Hays Wild West Tournament Arnberger got his chance and drove to victory over Larned. have new July 2-July 4 a ball over the center fielder’s head Cranston threw seven complete, ——— for a , scoring Houtz and fin- walking just one Larned batter. Colby 5 Manhattan 4 ishing the improbable comeback. Cranston also got the win in game Colby 1, Dodge City 11 Jordan Cranston went 4 for 4 in one against Manhattan, when he Colby 3, Garden City 9 game one. Jeremy Dietz and Josh came in relief and pitched to one Colby 0, Hays 8 Houtz had two hits apiece. batter in the top of the seventh to get Colby 13, Larned 5 The next three games were not Colby out of a jam. Former Wyoming ——— kind to Colby, as they could not Miles Ackerman’s two The Colby American Legion’s come up with the magic they had in in the first, after Chris winner takes over weekend at the Hays Wild West game one. Colby could only mus- Gordon’s RBI single, gave Colby Tournament started on a high note ter three hits in a loss to Dodge City. the early lead. Colby held an 8-5 Ostermann vacancy and ended on a high note. Colby Against Garden City, despite a first lead going into the top of the sev- Colby Community College opened play with a last inning, inning two-run by Brian enth when the floodgates opened. President Dr. Mikel Ary announced come from behind victory over Sulzman, and two hits from Jeremy The bases were loaded with two today that Brian Marso has been Manhattan. Dietz, Colby could not stop the outs, when Bruce Arnberger selected as the new head men’s bas- Trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the Blues’ bats from working either. launched a ball over the outfield for ketball coach. seventh, Colby staged their best The fourth game of the tourna- a triple to put the game out of reach. Marso brings comeback of the season. Brett Wil- ment against host Hays, also proved Arnberger went 2 for 4 with a unparalleled son started the rally with a base problematic. Hays scored five runs double, a triple, and four RBIs. success and en- that provided Colby with hope. Jor- in the first, and despite good relief Chris Gordon had three hits includ- thusiasm to the dan Cranston followed with another work from Bruce Arnberger, who ing a triple. He scored four times. Trojan program. single, advancing Wilson to third. allowed just one run in four innings Josh Houtz went 2 for 3 with two “The college Brian Sulzman then hit a sacrifice on the mound, Colby could not doubles and two RBIs. Brian is very fortunate fly to center to score Wilson. overcome the early deficit. Sulzman also added an RBI double. Chris Gordon was next, and he The last game of the tournament Colby is now 12-11. Their next to hire an out- Brian Marso standing young proceeded to drill the first offering on the Fourth of July made the three action is against Norton this coach with such he saw over the center field fence previous games worthwhile. Jordan evening at 6 p.m. at the Colby City impressive credentials,” said Ary. for a game tying, two-run home run. Cranston took the hill Sunday, de- Fields. Colby faces off against “Coach Marso’s proven record of Josh Houtz continued the rally with spite a severely bruised right foot McCook on Friday at 5:30 p.m., success should allow the Trojans to the fourth hit of the inning, placing from a collision with the left field also in Colby. continue their winning record. I en- courage Trojan fans to support Brian Marso and the team as whole- heartedly as they have in the recent Rockies post fifth straight win past.” SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — and I missed a couple early in the “This is like the other place,” Marso is leaving an assistant helped end count,” Burnitz said. “Luckily I Burnitz said, referring to Candle- men’s position at the University of Colorado’s bad luck in San Fran- reached out on a breaking ball and stick Park. “There are strange Montana, where he was serving as cisco. was able to get a nice line drive.” winds here and you never know on recruiting coordinator for head Burnitz homered and drove in Tim Harikkala (2-1) pitched the a given night. I hit the ball pretty coach Pat Kennedy. Before moving three runs, including a go-ahead eighth. Shawn Chacon pitched the good and knew it had a chance.” to the Grizzly program, he was head single in the ninth, helping the ninth for his 19th save in 25 Snow had three hits and drove in men’s coach at Sheridan Rockies overcome a five-run defi- chances, walking and three runs and Pierzynski homered Junior College in Sheridan, Wyo. cit to win their fifth straight, 8-6 Dustan Mohr with one out before for the Giants, who lost their fourth Marso was one of the most suc- over the Giants on Tuesday night. A.J. Pierzynski popped up and Mar- straight. cessful basketball coaches in the “We might have reversed the quis Grissom hit a grounder to sec- Giants starter Jason Schmidt al- nation while at Sheridan. He won mojo,” Rockies manager Clint ond to end it. lowed one run on one hit over the Wyoming Conference each of Hurdle said. “Maybe we found the Burnitz hit a game-tying two-run seven innings but was denied his his four seasons and won the Region antidote.” homer to straightaway center to 11th straight win when Herges IX tournament in 2001-2002, also The Rockies took the first two highlight a five-run rally in the blew the save. advancing to the national tourna- games of a three-game series for eighth that tied the game at 6. Schmidt, named to his second ment in Hutchinson that same sea- just their second series win in the Holliday also drove in two runs and straight All-Star team, walked five son. Giants’ new ballpark. Colorado lost drove in a run in the and struck out 12, one shy of his Marso was selected as Region IX TISHA COX/Colby Free Press its nine previous games in San Fran- inning as Giants Matt Herges career high. Coach of the Year three times and Logan Wark, a member of the Sweet Thunder 12 and Under cisco. blew his sixth save in 27 chances. “I don’t know how to analyze it, finished his career at Sheridan with team, took to the mound last week during the Sweet Thunder’s Burnitz singled off Jason All five runs were unearned as a I screwed it up,” Herges said. “No- a 116-17 overall record. Each of his annual summer tournament. The team has a game against Christiansen (1-2) with two outs. result of shortstop Deivi Cruz drop- body did anything wrong except four teams finished the season Sharon Springs at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Colby Commu- Christiansen hit Larry Walker with ping Aaron Miles’ soft line drive to for me, and I blew a one-hit gem. ranked in the top 20 in the nation. nity College fields. a pitch and walked Matt Holliday lead off. It was brutal.” His Sheridan squads were an amaz- ahead of Burnitz. Charles Johnson ing 56-0 on their home court. added an RBI single. Previous to his success as head Sports news to: [email protected] “I was looking for a pitch to hit men’s coach at Sheridan, in 1998- 1999 he led the women’s team to the NJCAA national finals in Salina. His only women’s team also won the Wyoming league title and the Region IX during a 28-10 cam- paign. He was selected as the Re- gion IX Women’s Coach of the Year that season. Picnic SportsLine

Lady Eagles’ team camp announced The Colby High School Lady Eagles’ basketball team camp In The Park swings into action on Monday, July 12. Coach Tom Beckman released Bring your lunch the following schedule: • July 12 — Practice from 7-9:30 a.m.; varsity at the community and lawn chair and building and junior varsity at the elementary gym. enjoy the musical • July 13-14 — Travel to McCook for tournament. • July 15 — Practice at the high talent of.... school gym. • July 16 — Team BBQ. Please call Beckman at 785-687- 3785 if you need additional infor- mation. Shawna Remember: Dennen Field is closed The Dennen Field Complex in Colby is closed until further notice for the track resurfacing project. The school district apologizes for Eberle the inconvenience this may cause, but would appreciate the coopera- tion of the community in helping keep people out of the area until completion. As soon as the project is finished, expected in early Au- gust, the public will be notified and the facilities will reopen for public access.. Thursday, July 7th Weight room open The summer weight room hours for all Colby School District ath- 12:00 noon letes, 7th through 12th grades, are underway and will continue through Aug. 12 at the high school gym. The room is open on Mon- days, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fike Park Thursdays, with workout sessions from 6-7:15 a.m., 7:15-8:30 a.m., SPONSORED BY COLBY/THOMAS COUNTY CHAMBER 8:30-9:45 a.m., and 6:30-7:45 p.m. These sessions will include strength OF COMMERCE, COLBY CONVENTION & VISITORS training and also flexibility and agility. Athletes will need to attend BUREAU AND YOUR COLBY FREE PRESS. one session daily.