FREE PRE ss Page 8 Colby Free Press Monday, November 23, 2009 SSPORTPORT SS Colby College sophomore leads team to narrow win The Colby Community College ver hit four three-pointers in the the Golden Eagles 83-79 in over- Trojans men received big perfor- game. time. The sophomore guard went mances from some new places Freshman Michael Morris also 10 of 19 from the field and 8 of this weekend at the Golden Eagles had a breakout game against the 9 from the free-throw line. Pfei- Classic at Laramie County Com- Lancers, scoring 11 points and fer said Casper tried to guard him munity College in Cheyenne, grabbing 11 rebounds. with several players, but nobody Wyo. Sophomore Aireus Stephenson could stop him. They also got annother incred- and freshman Jose Peña-Benjamin Peña-Benjamin added 15 points ible performance from sophomore led the team with 14 points each. and freshman Corey Woofter had Aireus Stephenson. “It’s not easy to get a win on the 10. Sophomore Ethan Stover scored road in college basketball,” said The Trojans’ record now stands a season-best 14 points to help his coach Dustin Pfiefer. at 5-2. They will play North Platte team eek out a 72-70 victory over Stephenson scored 30 points in at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Commu- Eastern Wyoming on Friday. Sto- losing effort as the Trojans lost to nity Building. Kansas City upsets Steelers KANSAS CITY (AP) — When the last player lamalu. Guard Chris Kemoeatu also went out with a drafted in 2009 trotted onto the field, the best team knee injury. of 2008 was doomed. In regulation, the Steelers (6-4) had the ball for A few minutes after Ben Roethlisberger wobbled almost 19 minutes longer than the Chiefs (3-7) and off the field Sunday with a possible concussion, outgained them 463-206. The Chiefs stayed in it Ryan Succop kicked a 22-yard field goal with 8:28 with Jamaal Charles’ 97-yard return of the opening left in overtime and the Kansas City Chiefs snapped kickoff and Andy Studebaker’s 94-yard return of an a team-record 10-game home losing streak with a interception. 27-24 victory over the stunned Pittsburgh Steelers. “I think we lost the momentum in the third quarter Chris Chambers’ 61-yard catch-and-run set up with all the turnovers and stuff like that,” said Steel- ANDY HEINTZ/Colby Free Press Succop, and “Mr. Irrelevant” booted through the ers wide receiver Hines Ward, who had 10 catches for Colby Community College sophomore Danisha Cole (pictured here taking a jump shot against game-winner for the Chiefs (3-7), whose stadium 128 yards, including an 8-yard touchdown. “When Independence Community College on Nov. 13) scored 27 points against the College of Eastern was crammed with tens of thousands of towel-wav- you let a team hang around like that, you give them Utah from Price at the Casper Classic in Wyoming on Saturday. The Lady Trojans beat the Golden ing fans of the Steelers (6-4). a chance. When you give them hope, they thrive off Eagles 62-53. Roethlisberger had thrown for 398 yards and three the crowd noise. They took it into overtime and did touchdowns when he apparently took a knee to the what they had to do.” helmet while being sacked by Derrick Johnson and Studebaker, making his first NFL start, picked off gave way to Charlie Batch. Coach Mike Tomlin said Roethlisberger’s pass 2 yards deep in the end zone Lady Trojans split games, he was not certain how severe the injury might be. in the third quarter and motored to the Steelers 8 be- “He took a blow, needless to say, it was a concus- fore running back Rashard Mendenhall dragged him sion-oriented thing so I doubt he was going to come down. back into the football game,” Tomlin said. “I don’t “Once I picked it off, 100 yards looked like a long guard scores 27 in victory have a lot of information in terms of where he is or way,” he said. “It was a fun play.” his level of availability. We will have more informa- But Cassel was sacked twice in the next three plays, The Colby Community College help her team take an 11-4 lead son. Jasper said it was too early to tion as we proceed.” and the Chiefs had to settle for Succop’s 27-yarder. women’s basketball team won one early in the first half. speculate on her recovery. Just before Chambers’ big play, Steelers corner- Roethlisberger’s 8-yard touchdown pass to Mend- and lost one in the Casper Classic Eastern Utah clawed its way Colby will play in the Cloud back Ike Taylor dropped a possible interception. enhall gave the Steelers a 24-17 lead a few minutes in Wyoming this weekend. back and only trailed the Lady Community College Thanksgiv- “This job is not for the faint of heart,” said a beam- later after the Steelers recovered Cassel’s turnover The Lady Trojans defeated the Trojans 33-32 at halftime. ing Classic on Friday and Satur- ing Todd Haley, the Chiefs’ rookie coach. at the 27. College of Eastern Utah from Colby outscored the Golden day in Concordia. The team will Matt Cassel had a horrendous first half, passing But back came KC, playing without suspended Price 62-53 on Saturday, but lost Eagles by eight points in the sec- play Mineral Area Community for only 35 yards on four completions. But he came wide receiver Dwayne Bowe. Cassel hit Lance Long to the host team, Casper Commu- ond half, though, and rolled on to College of Park Hills, Mo., at 2 through in the final two quarters and overtime, fin- for 30 yards and Chambers for 47 to set up a 2-yard nity College, 74-43, on Friday. a win. p.m. on Friday and No. 25 Iowa ishing with 248 yards and two touchdowns. TD pass to Charles that tied it 24-all with a little un- Sophomore Danisha Cole led Cole had 15 points in a losing Western of Council Bluffs at 2 “I’ve got to hand it to (Cassel), the kid’s a fighter,” der 5 minutes left. her team with 27 points against effort a Friday against Casper. The p.m. on Saturday. said Haley, who grew up accompanying his father to Cassel also had a 21-yard TD pass to Leonard Eastern Utah. women trailed the Lady Thunder- Steelers training camp, where the elder Haley worked Pope early in the third quarter. “She made a couple three’s and birds 35-24 at the half. Sophomore as a personnel executive. Haley lost to Pittsburgh in Charles, who got the Chiefs’ first rushing touch- was able to get to the basket,” said Tasha Wagoner sat out for most of last year’s Super Bowl when he was Arizona’s of- down of the year the week before, got their first coach Brady Jasper. the game with a sore left ankle. fensive coordinator. kickoff return for a TD in four years. He took the Freshman Tamara Williams had She iced her ankle after the game “It’s nice to get a little reward against a team like opening kickoff at the 3, started left and then veered 10 points and pulled down 11 re- and was ready to play on Saturday that. I thought the guys really showed heart and right and was hardly touched. It was the fourth time bounds. against Eastern Utah. guts,” he said. in five games Pittsburgh yielded a kickoff return for “She had a good all around The Lady Trojans’ record is now The Chiefs faced third down when Cassel con- a touchdown. game,” said Jasper. “It was prob- 2-6. Jasper said he hopes the team Now Open nected with Chambers, who was signed three weeks It was the Chiefs’ first home win, and first win ably her best game of the year.” has the injuries behind them. ago off waivers from San Diego. He went 61 yards over an opponent with a winning record, since they Freshman Kelsey Hubin re- “Hopefully, we will get our November 27 before he was pushed out of bounds at the 4. beat Denver in the fourth week of the 2008 season. turned to action after missing sev- sicknesses and injuries out of the Succop, the final player drafted in April, came in It was the first time they’d posted back-to-back wins eral games with a left ankle injury. way so we can be clicking on all Monday - Friday and clinched the Chiefs’ first home victory in more since Oct. 14-21, 2007. She scored five points in 23 min- cylinders in February,” he said. 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. than a year. Succop also had a 27-yarder that tied it “To do it against the defending Super Bowl cham- utes of action. Freshman Hannah Thornton did Saturday 17-all in the final seconds of the third quarter. pions is a great feeling,” said Succop. “A lot of hard Colby got off to a strong start. not play in the tournament after It was the second loss in a row for the Steelers, work has gone into it and our coaches and players Freshman Destiny Stewart hit suffering a concussion in the Am- 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. who have fallen twice to division rival Cincinnati and everybody has really bought in.” three three-pointers in a row to bassador Classic earlier this sea- Now excepting donations and were without injured Pro Bowl safety Troy Po- Images by Michele Photography 1145 Taylor Ave • 785-443-3590 Kansas State loses to Nebraska 17-3 Oakley, Kansas [email protected] LINCOLN, Neb.