+SECTION C, PAGE 6 w THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO t APRIL 29, 2005 + HIGH SCHOOLS BASEBALL STANDINGS, STATISTICS City League Lewis, Lake 42 15 11 5 19 1 .357 Donald, Otsego 31 11 10 0 7 0 .355 Hammer, Elmwood 48 17 15 0 9 1 .354 Stritch softball seeks perfect year in TAAC League Overall Central Catholic 6-0 6-5 Leady, Eastwood 48 17 18 0 5 14 .354 Eisenman, Lakota 37 13 10 0 5 13 .351 Start 5-0 13-0 By MARK MONROE occasions this year. Her cur- St. Francis 5-1 11-3 PITCHING Waite 4-2 6-6 IP H R ER SO W L ERA BLADE SPORTS WRITER NOTEBOOK LINEUP rent record throw is 133-8. She Whitmer 4-3 9-5 Frisco, Eastw. 11 3 1 1 15 2 2 .64 St. John’s Jesuit 4-3 8-6 1 fi nished ninth at the Division II Queen, Otsego 14 /3 16 10 3 11 2 1 1.47 The Cardinal Stritch softball t Tuesday: City League, Michigan Clay 2-3 8-7 1 McPherson, Lake13 /3 10 6 3 13 1 0 1.58 state meet last year. 1 t Bowsher 2-4 7-7 Dyer, Woodm. 35 /3 30 12 8 44 6 1 1.58 team has big plans this season. Today: NLL, SLL Rogers 2-4 5-9 1 Hornyak, Genoa 30 /3 23 11 7 29 4 2 1.62 t Tomorrow: Sidelines “We are looking for even bet- 2 The Cardinals are poised for Woodward 1-6 2-8 Loomis, East 16 /3 14 12 4 13 1 1 1.68 1 t ter things this year,” said Swan- Libbey 0-5 2-9 Hammer, Elm 20 /3 10 7 5 16 3 2 1.72 a three-peat in the Toledo Area Friday: NWOL, TAAC Scott 0-6 0-12 Meyer, Eastw. 12 10 5 3 4 0 2 1.75 ton coach Steve Brehmer. 1 Athletic Conference. They are HITTING Leady, Eastw. 23 /3 18 14 6 45 2 0 1.80 Borcherdt to West Point AB H R HR RBI SB AVG Dunn, Genoa 27 21 10 8 19 3 0 2.07 5-0 in the conference midway 1 Northwood chasing title Neilly, Start 37 22 16 0 12 0 .595 Pfouts, Lake 18 /3 17 8 6 28 2 1 2.29 Archbold forward Dan 1 through league play. Wooten, Wood 27 /3 27 16 9 16 2 2 2.30 Northwood is within range of Fought, Whitmer 45 24 24 0 17 17 .533 1 Declercq, Start 20 10 5 0 6 0 .500 Buckingham,Elm 10 /3 12 5 4 10 1 1 2.71 “We plan to go 10-0 in the Borcherdt, who is the school’s Conley, Lake 35 27 20 14 29 4 2 2.80 capturing its fi rst baseball title in Wagener, Central 16 8 3 0 5 1 .500 1 all-time scoring leader with Dudley, St. Francis 44 21 13 1 11 3 .477 Tyson, Elmwood 30 /3 31 24 13 29 4 0 3.00 TAAC,” Stritch coach Richard 16 years. Jewell, Bowsher 40 19 15 0 8 9 .475 Rothenbuhler,Elm32 35 16 14 21 3 1 3.06 Draeger said. “We want to win 20 Brazeau Borcherdt 1,422 points, will continue his Stewart, Start 30 14 11 1 10 0 .467 Getz, Otsego 28 25 27 15 14 1 2 3.75 Coach Jason Halka has the basketball career at Army. Stublecki, Central 24 11 8 0 11 0 .458 Gruner, Gib. 27 41 32 15 11 1 4 3.89 games and we want to get out of Rangers in position to win their Corbey, St. John’s 36 16 11 0 11 10 .444 districts.” “But it hasn’t been just one Borcherdt was named fi rst Helldobler, SJ 36 16 11 0 11 10 .444 fi rst title as a member of the or two players,” Halka said. team All-Ohio and was the dis- Werner, Libbey 9 4 4 0 3 0 .444 The Cardinals (12-6) have had TAAC. Northwood last captured Nyitrai, Start 32 14 13 0 16 0 .438 NWOAL big wins against Bowsher (12-4), “They’ve bought into the team trict co-player of the year. He Moulton, Start 39 17 13 0 16 0 .436 a championship in 1989 in concept.” also set a state record for career Peters, St. Francis 30 13 14 0 6 5 .433 League Overall Northwood (6-3) and Evergreen the Suburban Lakes League. It Lizcano, Start 28 12 12 0 5 0 .429 Archbold 4-0 12-3 (4-3). He said seven of his nine start- free-throw shooting percentage White, Waite 24 10 4 0 13 2 .417 Bryan 4-1 14-2 joined the TAAC in 2000. ers are hitting over .300. Allen, Bowsher 39 16 16 1 11 9 .410 Wauseon 3-1 9-4 Draeger, who is in his sixth (88.6 percent). Koechley, Start 39 16 17 1 10 0 .410 Delta 2-1 5-8 “The kids don’t realize how big Northwood dropped a 4-1 de- Borcherdt averaged 22.7 Trout, Clay 27 11 6 0 12 1 .407 Montpelier 2-2 12-4 year, said Stritch has won two this is,” said Halka, who is in his Achter, Clay 37 15 10 0 11 3 .405 Patrick Henry 1-1 15-1 straight TAAC titles with 9-1 re- cision to Ottawa Hills yesterday points per game and shot 51.5 Hartwig, St. John’s 37 15 10 0 4 2 .405 Liberty Center 1-3 7-7 second year at Northwood. and split the season series with percent from 2-point range Bell, St. Francis 42 17 18 1 11 3 .405 Evergreen 1-4 10-5 cords and his players want to go The Rangers (6-7) are 4-1 in Boyle, Central 30 12 11 0 4 3 .400 Swanton 0-5 1-16 the Green Bears. Both are now this past season as he led the Toles, Bowsher 35 14 11 2 14 3 .400 undefeated this season. the TAAC. Evans, Waite 28 11 9 0 7 3 .393 HITTING Senior center fi elder Erika 4-1 in league play. Blue Streaks (24-2) to the state Hufford, Clay 41 16 9 0 8 3 .390 AB H R HR RBI SB AVG Sophomore Shane McGaha- All the other teams in the Ritson, Whitmer 49 19 17 0 17 6 .388 Krauss, Pat Henry 55 34 34 5 31 3 .618 Marzec has a team-high .531 semifi nals. Archbold won three Molnar, Central 13 5 2 0 2 1 .385 Pawlowicz, Mont 33 19 15 3 11 0 .576 ran has led the team both in TAAC have at least two losses NWOAL titles with Borcherdt, Pfund, Evergreen 44 24 25 0 2 4 .545 average and has driven in 10 the fi eld and on the mound. The PITCHING Inselmann, PH 58 31 23 4 26 2 .534 and Halka said the schedule sets who selected Army after consid- IP H R ER SO W L ERA Tiplady, LC 34 18 9 2 15 1 .529 runs. Marzec is one of four pitcher/third baseman has a Anderson, Start 15 5 2 1 23 2 0 .47 up favorably for his Rangers. ering Bowling Green, Rice and 2 Byers, Montpelier 33 17 18 0 10 1 .515 seniors who are four-year varsity Hays, Central 18 /3 12 5 2 35 0 0 .75 Borcherdt, Arch. 49 25 23 1 16 7 .510 team-high .545 batting average. 1 Swanton’s Brazeau shines William & Mary. Trout, Clay 8 /3 12 7 1 3 1 1 .84 starters. Corrine D’Emilio (.412, 1 Lashaway, Evergrn 38 18 10 0 7 0 .474 That number is 61 points better Stewart, Start 25 /3 16 9 4 34 4 0 1.11 George, PH 53 25 20 0 16 1 .472 12 RBI), Liz Wineland (.320), Jus- Swanton senior Sandy Brazeau “I even considered being a Moulton, Start 17 10 3 3 29 3 0 1.24 K. Vitek, Bryan 53 25 16 1 26 7 .472 than that of the next-highest Perzynski, SF 38 27 17 7 16 6 0 1.29 continually has outdistanced the walk-on at Duke, as I have been 1 Andrews, Mont. 30 14 7 0 14 7 .467 tine Brandt (.396, team-high 16 Spencer, Clay 10 /3 7 3 2 11 1 1 1.35 batter in the TAAC. McGaharan 2 Siebenaler, Mont 28 13 9 1 10 0 .464 fi eld in the discus and shot put a Duke fan for a long time,” Kavder, SJ 12 /3 13 9 3 10 2 0 1.66 RBI) and Sarah Bochi (defensive 2 Nofziger, Archbold 44 20 13 2 18 7 .455 also has a 3-1 record and a 2.96 Ritson, Whitmer 18 /3 16 10 5 20 2 0 1.88 G. Vitek, Bryan 53 24 20 0 11 1 .453 leader) have paced the Cardinal so far this season. Borcherdt said. “After consider- Toles, Bowsher 14 5 4 4 13 2 0 2.00 Tipton, Bryan 51 23 18 1 14 14 .451 earned-run average. 1 Brazeau has not been defeated ing many options, I decided Kanary, Central 12 /3 7 4 4 21 2 1 2.27 Hutchison, Mont 36 16 20 1 20 0 .444 attack. 1 Junior second baseman Dom Haslett, Bowsher17 /3 19 13 6 19 1 2 2.42 Henry, Montpelier 50 22 17 1 6 2 .440 in either event in six dual meets that West Point is the place for 2 Sophomore pitcher Michelle Corbey, SJ 33 /3 26 17 12 31 3 2 2.50 Coduti is hitting .405 and leads 1 Meyer, PH 46 20 21 0 11 13 .435 3 and she beat all competitors in me. Their rich history, their high Zenk, Clay 21 / 20 10 8 18 3 1 2.63 Evans, Archbold 53 23 27 2 16 10 .434 Henning is the ace with an the Rangers with 13 runs bat- Bryan, Clay 8 13 9 3 4 1 1 2.63 Rohrs, PH 28 12 16 2 7 0 .429 the 10-team Ottawa-Glandorf academic standards and their Bruecken, SF 17 20 15 7 18 2 1 2.88 Winn, Evergreen 47 20 18 1 15 2 .426 11-1 record, a 1.72 ERA and 105 ted in. Evans, Waite 26 19 14 11 31 2 2 2.96 Dominique, Ever 38 16 6 0 5 0 .421 strikeouts in 89 innings of work. Gold Medal Meet. desire to build a championship Timorkeev, Clay 14 15 14 6 14 1 0 3.00 Weldy, Archbold 48 19 10 0 22 4 .396 Senior third baseman/pitcher Brazeau’s top throw in the basketball program led me to Mitchell, Waite 24 24 23 11 35 2 2 3.21 Wade, Evergreen 44 17 18 1 13 1 .386 Henning started on the varsity Scott Posey is carrying a .435 Whitaker, Central 17 19 15 8 18 1 2 3.29 C. Walter, Delta 42 16 12 1 9 11 .381 shot has been 37 feet, 5 inches. this decision.” Not reporting: Scott, Woodward. Neunschwnder, Wau43 16 11 0 4 4 .372 last year as a freshman. average and is ranked either fi rst “She will be one of the best in But her best event is the discus. Contact Mark Monroe at: Northern Lakes League PITCHING or second on the team in almost She has already set the school IP H R ER SO W L ERA the area,” Draeger said. [email protected] Good, Archbold 41 19 0 3 58 6 1 .51 every offensive category. record in the discus on three League Overall 1 or 419-724-6110. Meyer, PH 27 /3 23 7 4 24 6 0 1.02 Bowling Green 5-1 11-2 1 Migme, Archb. 23 /3 0 0 5 14 3 0 1.50 Perrysburg 5-2 13-6 2 Mohler, LC 18 /3 10 5 4 18 4 1 1.50 Anthony Wayne 5-2 10-5 2 Southview 4-3 8-6 Bruot, Bryan 8 /3 5 4 2 13 1 0 1.62 Springfi eld 3-4 7-7 Held, Bryan 8 4 5 2 3 1 0 1.75 Northview 2-4 5-7 Smith, Bryan 16 11 8 4 11 2 1 1.75 Miller, Bryan 8 6 3 2 13 1 0 1.75 Maumee 2-5 6-9 2 Vaughan, Delta 14 /3 17 14 4 13 1 0 1.91 Rossford 0-6 3-12 2 K. Vitek, Bryan 23 /3 19 11 8 32 3 0 2.37 2 HITTING Engler, LC 20 /3 21 21 7 17 1 0 2.37 Patriots AB H R HR RBI SB AVG C. Walter, Delta 34 27 16 13 43 3 1 2.68 1 Radabaugh, BG 46 23 14 0 19 2 .500 Miller, Wauseon 25 /3 31 16 10 36 2 2 2.76 Continued from Page 1 2 Jones, Southview 42 20 8 0 7 3 .476 Stewart, LC 17 /3 19 13 7 15 1 1 2.77 Vetter, Springfi eld 42 20 13 0 16 16 .476 G. Vitek, Bryan 25 25 12 10 22 4 2 2.80 “A lot of us are just seeing the Simon, BG 36 17 9 0 15 0 .472 Inselmann, PH 22 17 11 9 33 3 1 2.86 Schultz, Maumee 45 20 13 0 11 5 .444 Weldy, Archbold 11 0 0 5 14 2 1 3.18 ball pretty well at the plate, and Harman, Perrysburg25 11 7 0 5 3 .440 Reckner, Waus 39 33 26 19 34 4 2 3.41 we put in a lot of hard work be- Cress, BG 39 17 14 1 15 2 .436 Not reporting: Swanton. McFarland, Pburg 64 27 16 2 15 8 .422 fore the season,” Marc Krauss Fitzpatrick, South 36 15 9 0 7 0 .417 TAAC Bohn, Rossford 32 13 9 0 6 1 .406 said. “Coach prepared us well for Brand, Northview 25 10 5 0 6 4 .400 League Overall what we’d be seeing, and we’ve Kollar, BG 36 14 18 1 14 4 .389 Northwood 4-0 6-6 Konrad, Springfi eld 37 14 15 0 6 16 .378 Ottawa Hills 3-1 9-7 just executed. We’re just going Thorn, Southview 45 17 7 0 8 1 .378 Cardinal Stritch 2-2 5-6 out there and having fun.” Whewell, AW 48 18 17 1 7 6 .375 Danbury 2-3 2-9 Screptock, Spring 43 16 14 0 6 12 .372 Emmanuel Baptist 2-4 5-6 Meyer also boasts a 6-0 pitch- Hahnlen, Maumee 35 13 12 0 6 4 .371 Toledo Christian 1-4 6-6 Reed, Perrysburg 54 20 11 0 14 0 .370 ing record, and Tietje and Botjer Spangenberg, BG 30 11 13 0 6 9 .367 HITTING are 3-0 and 2-0, respectively. The Bergfeld, AW 44 16 6 0 7 2 .364 AB H R HR RBI SB AVG Hanna, BG 44 16 19 0 13 5 .364 McGaharan, North 22 12 5 0 15 5 .545 Pats’ only loss came in NWOAL Schwind, Rossford 44 16 10 0 9 0 .364 Valone, MVCD 35 17 4 0 11 4 .486 Wahl, Northview 33 12 5 0 6 7 .364 Portaces, Danbury 31 15 7 1 11 1 .484 play by a 4-2 count against 14-2 Swiecieki, BG 47 17 16 2 9 0 .362 Snuggs, Tol. Chr. 38 18 17 4 8 13 .474 Bryan, Ohio’s eighth-ranked Div- Andrzejczak, North 36 13 9 1 12 1 .361 Manders, Stritch 32 15 8 0 14 4 .469 Calvin, Perrysburg 56 20 8 0 7 2 .357 Schenko, Danbury 37 17 12 0 4 5 .459 ision II team. Best, Southview 43 15 12 0 7 3 .349 Herr, E. Baptist 31 14 7 0 15 5 .452 Triggs, Northwood 9 4 4 0 1 0 .444 Coach Inselmann was 303-85 PITCHING McCloskey, Stritch 34 15 9 1 11 4 .441 at Defi ance (1981-1998) with IP H R ER SO W L ERA Posey, Northwood 46 20 14 0 10 0 .435 Koehl, Northview 6 7 1 1 5 1 0 1.17 Wolff, Ottawa Hills 46 20 9 0 9 6 .435 nine Western Buckeye League Allesee, Pburg 34 27 10 6 30 4 0 1.24 Brothers, Stritch 21 9 4 0 11 1 .429 Dilallo, Northview26 34 22 6 20 1 3 1.62 titles and a Division I state 2 O’Connell, MVCD 33 14 6 1 5 0 .424 Andrzjczak, Nor. 23 /3 26 16 6 29 1 2 1.77 Wilber, Stritch 29 12 11 0 8 4 .414 championship in 1992. At PH Whewell, AW 29 25 11 8 24 4 1 1.93 LaCourse, Stritch 37 15 13 0 8 5 .405 Shroyer, BG 14 9 4 4 4 2 0 2.00 Crooks, O. Hills 54 21 11 0 9 10 .389 since 2000, he has posted marks Lawson, Maumee13 19 10 4 12 0 0 2.15 1 Coduti, Northwood 37 14 12 1 1 2 .378 of 26-4, 20-5 and 23-5 the past McFarland, Pburg37 /3 36 23 12 35 3 2 2.25 2 Valuska, O. Hills 32 12 11 0 2 7 .375 Bergfeld, AW 30 /3 34 18 12 28 3 2 2.74 Nietz, E. Baptist 36 13 6 0 11 6 .361 three seasons, reaching the 2002 Cress, BG 28 23 13 11 31 5 0 2.75 1 Colvin, Tol. Chr. 34 12 7 0 5 2 .353 Best, Southview 31 /3 34 28 13 19 3 3 2.90 state semifi nals. 1 Kahsen, E. Baptist 34 12 14 0 6 2 .353 Matyi, Maumee 33 /3 39 31 14 34 2 3 2.94 Canaday, Northw. 29 10 8 0 3 4 .345 Mike Inselmann, whose older Beals, Maumee 16 15 12 7 12 2 2 3.06 Vornbrock, Tol. Chr. 29 10 7 0 5 3 .345 THE BLADE/KEVIN NORTZ Schwind, Ross 17 24 18 8 11 1 3 3.29 brother, Jeff, played on the 2002 1 Navarre, Stritch 32 11 7 0 1 2 .344 Pheils, Rossford 31 /3 35 27 15 39 0 1 3.35 Evans, Stritch 33 11 7 0 8 1 .333 1 state team, served as bat boy Mike Inselmann helps Patrick Henry teammate Marc Krauss work on his swing. Krauss doesn’t Kelley, Perrys. 17 /3 21 19 9 7 2 0 3.63 Martinez, MVCD 15 5 2 0 9 4 .333 with his brother during the need much help — he’s hitting .618. Inselmann is hitting .534 for the fourth-rated Patriots. Suburban Lakes League McCoy, MVCD 30 10 4 0 2 6 .333 PITCHING Defi ance years. Mike was also League Overall IP H R ER SO W L ERA Elmwood 5-1 12-3 Kahsen, E. Bapt 16 11 2 2 16 1 1 .88 a defensive back on PH’s state- basketball championship back later played basketball at Witten- baseball player. He gets extra 2 Genoa 4-1 8-4 Crooks, OH 13 /3 15 8 2 4 2 0 1.02 semifi nal football team last fall. 2 in 1997 with Kyle at point guard berg, and Eric football at Findlay. jumps going from fi rst to third, Woodmore 4-2 10-6 Miller, OH 26 /3 17 4 4 21 3 0 1.05 1 Lake 3-2 11-3 Brewster, OH 25 /3 14 14 6 24 1 3 1.66 “My oldest memory is when I and Dad coaching. Uncle Doug Krauss, Dave’s twin and he has that knack of know- 2 Eastwood 3-2 9-6 Mitchell, OH 33 /3 30 27 10 21 3 4 2.08 2 was a bat boy at Defi ance,” Mike Otsego 2-3 6-8 McCoy, MVCD 26 /3 29 19 8 30 1 2 2.10 Dave Krauss, also a three- brother, has coached Archbold ing when to go. He senses those 2 Gibsonburg 1-5 4-11 Herr, E. Baptist 31 /3 17 19 10 23 2 0 2.21 said. “When they won that state sport athlete at PH (1969-72), to three trips to the D-III state things really well and you can Lakota 0-5 2-13 Vrnbrck, Tol. C. 14 19 11 5 14 1 0 2.50 Mowrey, MVCD 8 14 7 3 4 1 0 2.63 championship back in 1992, I re- played outfi eld four years at Kent basketball fi nal four, and grand- tell he’s been around the game HITTING McGahran, North26 29 13 11 14 3 3 2.96 AB H R HR RBI SB AVG member we got to ride in limos State. He recalls his ball-boy son father Dick Krauss coached Hol- and studied it.” Smith, Woodmore 43 21 14 1 18 3 .488 Southeast Michigan after that game. That has stuck McPherson, Lake 46 22 19 1 22 5 .478 shooting pregame hoops at Ohio gate to a Class B state basketball The younger Inselmann and Tyson, Elmwood 49 22 15 0 15 2 .449 Overall with me my whole life. State’s St. John Arena in ’97. semifi nal in 1953. Krauss combined on Patrick Sattler, Lakota 34 15 7 0 10 2 .441 Whiteford 11-3 “I don’t really remember much “My dad taught me that, if This sports pedigree helped Henry’s two Junior Acme state Pfouts, Lake 41 18 21 3 21 4 .439 Bedford 5-6 Ginnever, Lakota 39 17 12 0 13 2 .436 about the games because I was you’re going to do anything in Marc Krauss develop into argu- summer baseball titles (2002- Mills, Otsego 49 21 7 0 7 0 .429 HITTING Golightley, Wood 57 24 15 2 17 2 .421 AB H R HR RBI SB AVG too young. But I do remember life, you’ve got to do it full tilt,” ably the family’s best athlete. He 03), and its Senior Acme state M. Severhof, East. 38 16 8 0 12 1 .421 Johnson, White 43 20 18 0 5 13 .465 the experience, and that planted Schnabel, Woodm. 24 10 4 0 4 0 .417 Tabbert, White 46 21 12 0 15 2 .457 Marc said. “It doesn’t matter if has already twice earned fi rst- runner-up fi nish last July. Shaw, Woodmore 39 16 13 1 6 4 .410 Adamski, Bedford 40 16 6 1 8 2 .432 a little seed. As a coach’s son you you’re playing a 20-0 team or 0- team All-Ohio honors as a foot- Like their fathers, they com- Witker, Woodmore 61 25 10 1 7 1 .410 Garvin, Bedford 25 9 9 0 4 3 .360 just learn the game really well Marsh, Elmwood 44 18 14 1 14 1 .409 Winter, Bedford 34 12 9 0 4 3 .353 20, you’ve got to play the same. ball wideout, helping the Pats to prise a battery for the Patriots. Hoerig, Lakota 37 15 11 0 7 0 .405 Bemister, Bedford 20 7 1 0 5 0 .350 watching all the games, and you You can’t back down to anybody 11-2 and 13-1 fi nishes. Dave caught for Greg back in Schlea, Woodmore 41 16 10 1 7 1 .390 Harmon, Lakota 36 14 12 0 17 2 .389 PITCHING pick up on the fundamentals.” and you can’t lower yourself.” “Marc has grown up with ’72 when Greg was a freshman Wilson, Otsego 47 18 12 1 11 0 .383 IP H R ER SO W L ERA Krauss, like older brothers Kyle Gargas, Genoa 24 9 6 0 6 4 .375 Fritz, Whiteford 26 22 12 5 41 2 1 1.35 Marc’s brothers each played some sort of ball or glove or bat pitcher for Patrick Henry. Wieble, White 24 27 16 6 21 4 1 1.75 (1997 PH grad) and Eric (2000), is Getz, Otsego 43 16 13 3 8 0 .372 2 on 10-0 PH football squads in his hands right from the get- Buckingham, Elm 46 17 13 1 12 5 .370 Jablonski, Bed. 16 /3 17 10 5 16 2 1 2.105 a three-sport athlete. He experi- Contact Steve Junga at: Aldrich, Lakota 38 14 9 0 10 5 .368 Gauthier, Bed. 11 13 7 4 12 1 1 2.55 (1996-97), teams coached by Bill go,” Greg Inselmann said. “He’s [email protected] Beck, Gibsonburg 39 14 8 2 9 0 .359 Clark, Bedford 152/ 3 15 8 6 17 1 1 2.68 enced the Pats’ Division III state Meyers, Otsego 39 14 8 0 7 0 .359 Inselmann, Greg’s brother. Kyle defi nitely our most instinctive or 419-724-6461. NFL Jets give boot to veteran placekicker Brien ASSOCIATED PRESS to consecutive national championship NEW YORK — It didn’t take long for Move follows selection of Buckeyes’ Nugent in second round games in 2003 and ’04. the New York Jets to get rid of Doug Last year he fi nished third in Heis- Brien. league, lost his job with Minnesota after attempt to become a wide receiver in The team’s starting running back man balloting. The Jets released the veteran kicker he missed two extra points and a fi eld Cleveland. missed most of last season with nag- However, many scouts felt his arm yesterday, fi ve days after they picked goal in an overtime loss in the second The 6-foot-6, 288-pound Fraser, a ging right-knee problems, then had the was not strong enough for the NFL. He Ohio State All-American Mike Nugent game of the 2002 season. two-year starter, agreed to terms earlier surgery in November. also has had major reconstructive sur- in the second round of the NFL draft. The Jets clearly couldn’t erase their in the week with the Browns. He had ex- Davis spent eight years with the Red- gery on both knees. Brien missed fi eld goals from 47 and memories of falling short of the AFC pected to be selected in the NFL draft. skins, then signed with the Panthers 43 yards in the fi nal two minutes of championship game. Though Brien Cribbs and Fraser and other free before the 2003 season. He then had Green fi les for divorce regulation of a 20-17 overtime loss to said two days after the loss, “I got the agent signees will participate in this the best year of his career, rushing for a GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Pack- the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs, impression that they want me back,” weekend’s rookie minicamp. The career-best 1,444 yards. ers running back Ahman Green has sealing his fate with the team. that wasn’t in the Jets’ plans. Browns also will give tryouts to 22 free But Davis played just two games last fi led for divorce, only days after being By releasing Brien now, the Jets take Instead, they used their fi rst pick of agents, including LB Chase Blackburn season. He played in the season-opener, arrested following a 911 hang-up call a hit of about $400,000 on this year’s the draft, No. 47 overall, on Nugent, and OT Mike Grzeskowiak (Akron), OL then had surgery to repair torn cartilage about a disturbance at his home. salary cap. The spotlight now turns on becoming the third-highest kicker to be Mike Kne (Ohio State), OG Clint Stick- in his knee. He tried to return for one Green was arrested Monday night Nugent, set to make his debut when selected since 1982. Nugent converted dorn (Cincinnati) and RB Tony Sutton game after that, then had the more seri- when deputies responded to the call minicamp opens today. 87.8 percent (65-of-74) of his fi eld goal (Wooster). ous operation to end his year. from his home. Green, cited for dis- “Doug Brien did a great job for us in attempts with the Buckeyes, and has a orderly conduct, posted a $150 bond the two years that he was here and wore much more powerful leg than Brien. Lions sign 19 free agents Chiefs to look at White and was released. A court hearing was our uniform,” coach Herman Edwards Brien, a veteran of 152 games, served ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Jason White, who won the Heisman scheduled for May 11. said. “At this point in time, we feel that as the Jets’ kicker the past two seasons, Lions have announced the signing of 19 Trophy at Oklahoma but was snubbed making this move gives Doug some converting 83.6 percent of his fi eld goal undrafted rookie free agents. in the NFL draft, is being given a chance Thomas to consider Bills freedom in his options in terms of con- attempts (51 of 61) and 57 of 58 extra Three of the 19 players have ties to by the Kansas City Chiefs. tinuing on in his career.” If running back Travis Henry doesn’t points. He also has played for San Fran- Michigan. White and other undrafted rookies Minnesota coach Mike Tice, who want to play for Buffalo, Anthony cisco, New Orleans, Indianapolis and Jason Randall, a tight end from Mus- will join the drafted players in a mini- earlier indicated the Vikings might be Thomas is willing to consider it after Tampa Bay. kegon Heights, played for Michigan camp this weekend. interested in bringing Brien back, said visiting with the Bills. State. Tom Kaleita, a tackle from Ypsi- After the draft last Sunday, Chiefs the team had no immediate plans to “They seem like they’re eager to have Browns add free agents lanti, played for Eastern Michigan. And coach Dick Vermeil and general man- sign him or anyone else. He said the me here, and I’m eager to think about CLEVELAND — Kent State quarter- Adam Anderson, a punter from Grand ager Carl Peterson appeared to disagree Vikings would continue to monitor the coming here,” Thomas said. back Joshua Cribbs and Ohio State de- Rapids, played for Western Michigan. on White’s potential. situation this summer. Thomas is a free agent after a four- fensive end Simon Fraser were among “Carl felt the kid deserved a chance “We’ve already got three kickers on year career with Chicago, where he was 20 undrafted free agents signed yester- Davis planning to return to work in a rookie camp so we brought our roster,” Tice said, referring to Aaron a two-time 1,000-yard rusher. Nick- day by the Browns. him in,” Vermeil said. Elling, Jose Cortez and undrafted rookie Stephen Davis expects to make a full named “The A-Train” after a successful Cribbs threw for 55 touchdowns and White threw for 8,012 yards and 81 Jonathan Nichols. recovery from microfracture surgery college career at Michigan, he’s looking rushed for another 38 during his ca- touchdowns at Oklahoma, winning the Brien, entering his 12th season in the and play for the Carolina Panthers for a fresh start after losing his job to reer with the Golden Flashes, but will 2003 Heisman and taking the Sooners + again this season. Thomas Jones last season. +

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