Fr e e Pr e ss Page 8 Colby Free Press Wednesday, April 28, 2010 SSpp o o r r t t ss Colby girls win at home Girls win events; The Colby High junior varsity weather ends meet softball team swept Ulysses on Tuesday at the Colby Recreation Colby High junior Emil- in the 100 meters with 11.8 sec- fields. The Lady Eagles demol- ea Finley took first in the onds. ished the Lady Tigers 16-1 in the 1,600-meter and freshman Senior Adam Weber took first game and picked up a 11-7 Alexa Haas snared first in the fifth in the shotput with 42 feet, victory in game two. 100-meter dash before the meet 2.5 inches. The men’s 4-by-800 The first game ended in the bot- at Holcomb was stopped due to relay team with seniors Torey tom of the fourth because rain Friday. Taylor and Kalen Rasmussen, of the 15-run rule. If a team is Finley finished her race in 5 junior Christian Wilson and leading by 15 or more after three minutes, 47 seconds and Haas sophomore Jared Nally finished and the other team has al- ran hers in 13.7 seconds. fifth in 8:57.2. ready batted, the game is over. The girls’ track and field team On the girls side, junior Kay- Freshman Bailey Terrell got the took second of 10 teams la Hockersmith came in second win in game one. She gave up no with 49 overall points and the in the long jump with 15’ 10” runs in four innings. Terrell said boys’ squad snared fourth out and sophomore Morgan Bell she felt her pitching has improved of 11 teams with 32 points. took second in the high jump as the season has progressed. Many Eagles athletes didn’t with 4’ 10”. “I’ve learned a lot from my get a chance to compete be- Junior Katrina Kaus finished coaches and Skyler Mengel,” she cause the weather moved in be- fourth in the 1,600 with 5:47 said. fore their events. and freshman Lauren Bell took Terrell got two batters to ground On the boys side, junior Troy fourth in the high jump with 4’ out and one to fly out in the top of Koon took second in the long 10”. Freshman Shelby Gardner the first. The Lady Eagles scored jump with a leap of 19 feet, 2.5 took fifth in the shot put with two runs in the bottom of the first inches. Junior Andrew Flanagin 28’ 11.5”. to go up 2-0. The Lady Tigers’ took third in the 100-meter hur- The boys and girls will com- picked up a run in the top of the dles with 16.29, junior Logan pete next at 3:30 p.m. Friday at second, cutting Colby’s lead to Middleton came in third in the Trego Community High School 2-1. javelin with 140’ 3” and fresh- in WaKeeney. The Lady Eagles tacked on six man Beau Brown finished third more runs in the bottom of the second, stretching their lead to 8-1. Joelle Endreola scored from third on a wild with the bases Funeral celebrates spirit loaded in the bottom of the third, increasing Colby’s lead to 9-1. Later in the inning, Terrell of Kansas State player scored on a , extend- ing the Lady Eagles’ cushion to PITTSBURG (AP) — Former organic food production in New nine. Then freshman Karly Kriss Kansas State quarterback Dylan Zealand. He was planning to move pounded a ground-ball that Meier was a tough competitor who to South Korea to teach English scored sophomore Lacy O’Neal spent his time off the field living when he died. and extended lead to 11-1. Kriss life to the fullest and befriending “He was mature beyond his and freshman shortstop Jenessa those around him, according to years,” Snyder said. “He lived Williams eventually both scored speakers at Meier’s funeral. more than most of us will through- on the same wild pitch, expanding Meier was laid to rest Monday out extended lives. He was adven- Colby’ point margin to 12. after services attended by more turesome, in such a positive, posi- The girls increased their lead to than 1,000 people in Pittsburg. tive way.” 14-1 when sophomore third base- The 26-year-old was hiking in Ar- Pittsburg High School football man Stacy Zerr scored on a sac- kansas last week when he fell to coach Merle Clark remembered rifice grounder by senior Karen his death at Whitaker Point, also Meier’s toughness, recalling how Unruh. ANDY HEINTZ/Colby Free Press known as Hawksbill Crag. he led Pittsburg against Salina Terrell caught the Lady Tigers’ Colby High freshman Bailey Terrell prepared to fire a pitch and senior second baseman Karen Un- Kansas State coach Bill Snyder South with an injury that later re- Vanessa Monsoon looking with a ruh got into fielding position during the first half of a junior varsity between Ulysses said Meier tackled football and life quired surgery. Another time, he pretty change up for the first out and the Lady Eagles on Tuesday at the Colby Recreation fields. with exuberance and curiosity, the got stitches on the sideline and of the top of the fourth. Pittsburg Morning-Sun reported. returned to play after missing just “I’ve been working on my the first inning and managed to “It was just awesome to see game.” Meier life was peppered with one . change up lately,” she said later. hold off the Lady Tigers for the them make all three of those The junior varsity will play adventures and experiences such “He had such a passion for life,” Terrell got Ulysses’ next two rest of the game. plays,” Elliot said. “It stepped our again starting at 3 p.m. Thursday as running with the bulls in Spain, Clark recalled. “Man ... what a batters to pop out to Williams. The highlight of the game was enthusiasm up a notch to finish the in a doubleheader at Scott City. visiting Russia and learning about zest for life he had.” Endreola scored on a wild pitch in a play with Ulysses’ runners the bottom of the fourth to make on second and third. A Ulysses it 15-1. 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