Fr e e Pr e ss Page 10 Colby Free Press Wednesday, April 8, 2009 SSpp o o r r t t ss Colby Lady Trojans runners finish seventh in Hutchinson By Andy Heintz 10:08.82. On the men’s side, Kevin Bar- Colby Free Press Lisa Faimon finished third in nard took fourth in the men’s pole [email protected] the high jump with a 1.49-meter vault with a leap of 3.81-meters. jump and third in the women’s Darren Sporing finished fifth in The Colby Community Col- long jump with a jump of 1.49- the 3,000-meter steeplechase with lege women’s track team finished meters. She also finished third in 11:11.76. seventh out of 11 teams at the the women’s jump with a Albert Mong’ony placed sixth Hutchinson Relays on April 4. The 10.5-meter jump and she placed in the 1500-meter with 4:30.36 men were last out of 12 teams. fifth in the long jump with 5-me- and and Anthony Whiteman ran For the women, Tonya Nero fin- ters. eighth with 4:37.19. ished first in the 5,000-meter run Danae Rice finished fourth in John Zamora finished seventh with a time of 17 minutes, 36.67 pole vault with a leap of 5 meters. in the 100-meter dash with 11:02 seconds. Scarla Nero placed third Courtney LeClair finished sixth in and Stevorn Richards ran ninth with 19:05.72. the 100-meter hurtles with a time in the 400-meter dash with 52.17 Coach Crystal Berndt said it of 18.06. seconds. was Tonya’s fastest time ever. Maria Rodriguez took seventh Chisom Spencer placed tenth in Angela Shulte finished second in the 800-meter run with at time 400-meter hurdles with a 1:00.51. in the women’s hammer throw of 2:35.6 and Alicia Cooksey was The teams will compete at the with a 40.84-meter throw. ninth in the 100-meter dash with Colorado College Invitational at The women’s 4 by 800 relay 13.76. Jessica Schmidt placed 10 a.m. (Central Time) on Satur- team took second with a time of ninth in the women’s javelin with day in Colorado Springs. a 27.99-meter throw. pick up a victory over , 3-0 PHOENIX (AP) — Ubaldo to make him get the ball down, and Mark Reynolds and a walk to ANDY HEINTZ/Colby Free Press Jimenez likes pitching in Arizo- because you are not going to . Jimenez got Haren Senior Eric Blanton fired a throw from left field during the first game of the Eagles’ -header na, and he finally has a victory to do much with your bat up in the to into an inning-ending dou- against Ulysses on Tuesday at Colby Recreation Field. Colby swept the Tigers, winning the first show for it. zone. He’s a tough guy to get the ble play. game 13-8 and the second 10-0 in five innings. Jimenez threw seven sparkling bat on.” doubled in the innings, homered Manuel Corpas worked the sixth for Arizona’s only extra-base for the second straight game and eighth and Huston Street finished hit and Jackson walked with two the Colorado Rockies beat the the five-hitter for his first save outs. But Jimenez fanned Montero Colby High baseball team Arizona Diamondbacks 3-0 on with the Rockies. to end the inning. Tuesday night. Street was acquired in the off- “He got into a really nice Jimenez gave up four hits, struck season trade that sent Matt Holli- rhythm,” Rockies manager Clint out eight and walked three in his day to the . Hurdle said. “He gave us every- wins fourth straight game first career victory over Arizona. Dan Haren was almost as good thing we needed.” He was 0-1 in four previous starts as Jimenez, allowing one run and against the Diamondbacks despite three hits over seven innings for By Andy Heintz Senior Brent Arn- went on to pitch four more score- a 2.77 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 26 Arizona. Colby Free Press berger made an inaccurate throw less innings. innings. He struck out nine and walked SPRING CASH [email protected] to third in an attempt for a double “He gets stronger as the game “I feel really good pitching out none. play that got past Rasmussen. This goes on,” said Coach Kevin Cox. there,” Jimenez said of Chase Haren was 3-0 against Colorado GIVE-AWAY The Colby High School baseball led to a run by the Tigers, cutting Colby’s offense came alive in Field. “The weather is nice, and in 2008, when the Diamondbacks Molly Oliver of Stock Re- team overcame some errors and an the Eagles’ lead to two. Colby the top of the second. Senior Eric I’m able to throw all my pitches. won all four of his starts against alty and Auction Wants early deficit to whip Ulysses 13-8 picked up two runs in the bottom Blanton started the Eagles’ offen- Here I can throw my curve a lot.” the Rockies and 15 of the 18 To Help You With Spring in its first game on Tuesday at the of the fourth to increase the lead sive attack with a two-run home Jimenez has given up three games overall between the two, Colby Recreation Field. to 9-5. run over the left-center field fence. Shopping...Instead Of earned runs and struck out 23 in including all six series. Spring Cleaning!!! The Eagles then proceded to Carter smacked a low line- Rasmussen ripped a line drive sin- 20 2-3 innings at Chase Field. “Manny did a great job in the win the second game 10-0. drive past the for gle to left field to increase Colby’s All of Arizona’s runs came on a eighth, and I did my job in the In the first game, the Eagles fell a single, driving in two runs and lead to 3-0. Come by the office two-out, three-run drive by Miguel ninth,” said Street, who played  behind the Tigers 2-0 in the top of extending the Eagles’ lead to 11-5. The Eagles continued to pour it  at 390 N. Franklin, Montero in the seventh inning on with Haren in Oakland. “Dan is   the first inning, but Colby rallied Colby scored two more runs in the on, as Cade Carter pounded a two- Aug. 31, 2007, when Jimenez hit one of the top-tier starters in the    through the month in the bottom of the first thanks to inning to make it 13-5. run homer, extending Colby’s lead  100 mph on the stadium radar league.”    some solid hitting and unforced The Tigers scored three runs to five. A little later in the inning,  of April and register gun. Tulowitzki homered to left on   errors committed by Ulysses. in the top of the seventh, but the Schlick hammered a hard line   Jimenez struck out Montero Haren’s first pitch in the fifth -in    for the “$150 Spring Eagles walked away with a 13-8 drive over the center-  A fly ball to the by se- on a 3-2 fastball with runners on ning and Colorado added two    nior Corey Sager was misjudged win. field fence to give the Eagles a  first and second in the sixth inning more in the eighth.  Cash Give-Away!” by a Tiger outfielder, leading to Colby pummeled Ulysses 10-0 6-0 lead. By the end of the inning,   Tuesday to preserve a 1-0 lead. doubled and Limit of 2 registrations   a double by Sager. Senior Cade in game 2 in a contest that only they led 8-0.   “You try to make him throw scored on pinch-hitter Ian Stew- per person.     Carter advanced to third on the lasted five innings. If a team is The Eagles continued their      some pitches,” Arizona manager art’s single off Jon Rauch, and    Drawing for winner will   leading by more than 110 runs in dominance for the rest of the  play after leading off the game      Bob Melvin said. “Typically he’ll ’s two-out single off          the fifth, they win the game under game, picking up an easy victory.   with a ground-ball single up the    be April    30th,  2009.  walk some guys. He got his break- Doug Slaten made it 3-0.          the “mercy” rule. With the wins, Colby improved   middle.       ing ball over. When he’s on, with Arizona’s best scoring oppor-            Senior Levi Schlick ripped a Schlick, the starting , its record to 4-0. They will play      that big arm, a lot of time that is tunity came in the second inning,                ground-ball single past the Tigers’ survived the first inning with Ul- Goodland in a home doubleheader      the result you get. when it loaded the bases with one      first baseman, scoring Sager and ysses scoreless, leaving runners at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Colby   “I saw 97s. I saw 98s. You try out on singles by Conor Jackson  Carter and tying the game. The stranded on second and third. He Recreation Field.  ball ended up going through the legs of the Ulysses right fielder, Stock Rock 2x6.5.indd 1 8/28/08 12:06:49 PM allowing Schlick to advance to third. Schlick scored later in the in- ning on a wild pitch to give Colby a 3-2 lead. The Eagles led 4-2 by the end of the inning. Ulysses fought back, scoring two runs in the top of the third to Closing tie the game at 4. The Tigers saw their lead evap- orate in the bottom of the third, Dr. Gary Benton Dr. Jeffery Curtis Dr. Christine Fisher Dr. Richard Rigmaiden Dr. Babar Ali however, when Levi Schlick Cardiovascular Interventional Interventional Interventional Interventional Surgeon Cardiologist Cardiologist Cardiologist smashed a home run over the left- Cardiologist center field fence to put Colby theDistance ahead 5-4. 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