FREE PRESS Page 10 Colby Free Press Friday, August 17, 2012 SSPORTSPORTS Eagles golfers ready for fall By Kayla Cornett fi er, will be returning to the team Colby Free Press this year along with senior Haley [email protected] Mengel and junior McKenna Ort- ner. The Colby High girls golf team Williams said he will have has a few new faces this year, but seven girls playing for him: the the girls are ready to try and repeat two seniors, two juniors and three as league champions this season. freshmen. Coach Rick Williams said he He said a couple of the fresh- lost four seniors from the varsity men have golfi ng experience, and squad, so only two champs will be one junior who just joined the returning this year. Kaylee Keck, team had played volleyball for the Ariel Severson, Katie Zerr and last two years. Kim Wilson graduated in May. Still, he said he’s hoping the Williams said Keck was a two- girls will do well again this sea- time league champion, winning son. medals twice at state, her junior “We graduated an awful lot,” and senior years. Williams said, “but we’ve got “She’s the best golfer in Colby three pretty good girls back and history,” he said. some good additions.” Williams said Keck’s the only He noted that many of the other girl golfer to win a medal at state league teams graduated a lot of for Colby High. girls as well, and last year, the After dominating the league, Lady Eagles were underestimated two Lady Eagles qualifi ed for by the league. state, Keck and Karly Kriss, a se- “We weren’t really favored to nior this year. Keck shot a 92 and win league, but we played really took eighth place while Kriss fi n- well down the stretch,” Williams ished 21st. said, “and we probably will do the “Last year, (Kriss) was one same this year, hopefully.” stroke behind medaling at state,” The girls’ fi rst tournament will KAYLA CORNETT/Colby Free Press Williams said. be at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27, at Colby junior Lauren Mountford (right) putted for the high school at Meadow Lake Golf Course. The team’s fi rst action this year Kriss, a three-time state quali- Cimarron. girls golf team in the Colby Invitational golf tournament last year will be Monday, Aug. 27, in Cimarron. Colby cross country team under new management By Kayla Cornett “Some of them aren’t used to getting up varsity squad, provided those girls stay switched to cross country from another fourth and the boys fi fth. Colby Free Press that early,” he joked. healthy. sport. “We’re hoping to improve on that this [email protected] This year, he has 22 runners, 10 girls “Some come in already battling prob- The team is lucky to have a lot of new year,” Giersch said. and 12 boys. Giersch said having 10 girls lems, but you just work to try and get the seniors since it lost eight from last sea- At regionals, which were held in Con- The Colby High cross country team will be benefi cial for the team. best you can,” Giersch said. son. Emilea Finley, Christina Ostmeyer, cordia, the girls took 10th and the boys began gearing up for the season Monday, “The last few years, we’ve been strug- Out of those 22 runners, 11 are seniors, Dalaan Organ, Tate Query, Jordan Ras- fi nished 11th. holding two-a-day practices which will gling to get enough girls on our team to four juniors, fi ve sophomores and two mussen, Lucas Snyder, Julia Hutfl es and The team’s fi rst meet this season will continue all week. have even backup runners on varsity,” he freshmen, and Gierch said seven of them Paul Schiferl graduated in May. be at 5 p.m. (Central Time) Thursday, Chris Giersch, who is taking over as said, “and struggling to have enough run- have no cross country experience. Finley was the only runner to qualify Aug. 30, in Goodland. head coach since Bob Mannebach retired, ners to score at a meet, but this year we “I have two senior runners who have for state last year, and she fi nished in The Eagles will hold the Great West said the practices are at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. have 10.” never run cross country before,” he said, 20th place. At the Great West Activities Activities Conference league meet in each day this week. He said that’s plenty to make a strong noting that some of the new runners Conference league meet, the girls placed Colby this year on Saturday, Oct. 13. Drug suspensions are familiar territory for San Francisco By Janie McCauley “My positive test was the result the 48-year-old slugger appealed and “the cream” from trainer Greg ange spikes, he singled and hit a have cost himself a big pay day for AP Baseball Writer of my use of a substance I should his obstruction of justice convic- Anderson. two-run homer off Texas next season and beyond. not have used,” Cabrera said in a tion from April 2011 on one count Now, the current Giants will try Matt Harrison last month in the Cabrera could still win the NL SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – statement released by the players’ of giving an evasive answer to a to make up for the lost production National League’s 8-0 win in batting title. He has 501 plate ap- Melky Cabrera’s 50-game sus- association. “I accept my suspen- 2003 grand jury investigating il- of the “Melk Man,” as he became the All-Star game, earning MVP pearances, one less than the mini- pension comes just as reliever sion under the Joint Drug Program legal steroids distribution. known. honors for the game and securing mum required to win a batting Guillermo Mota is nearing his and I will try to move on with my In the spring of 2010, former The suspension would extend homefi eld advantage in the World championship for a player on a return to the Giants from a 100- life. I am deeply sorry for my mis- San Francisco outfi elder Marvin into the playoffs if the Giants ad- Series for the National League. team playing 162 games. How- game performance-enhancing drug take and I apologize to my team- Benard admitted he used steroids vance. “When I give up a homer, it’s ever, under 10.22(a) of the Offi - penalty of his own. mates, to the during the team’s 2002 World Se- “It happened, and now we a bad pitch. I don’t think it really cial Baseball Rules, he would win Yes, San Francisco now ac- organization and to the fans for ries season to deal with a nagging move on,” right fi elder Hunter helps them hit home runs or sin- the batting title if an extra hitless counts for two of the four suspen- letting them down.” knee injury. Pence said. “I know the program gles, doubles or triples,” Harrison at-bat is added to his average and sions this season under the major The Giants are no stranger to Benard was among the 85 play- and I know they test us, and if we said. “It was a bad pitch over the it remains higher than that of any league drug program – and sud- such cases. king Barry ers named in the Mitchell Report, test positive we get a suspension. plate. But it’s going to cost him other qualifying player. denly the Giants are back in the Bonds, who was in the stands for handled by former Senate Major- That’s what happened. And now now.… He’s having to pay the He will miss the fi nal 45 games spotlight for performance-enhanc- a 6-4 loss to the Washington Na- ity Leader George Mitchell, which we play with what we’ve got.” consequences for it now. At least of the regular season and serve the ing drugs several years after the tionals on Wednesday as the Gi- was released in December 2007. Cabrera is batting .346 with 11 he was honest and came forward remainder of the suspension at the club had fi nally moved forward ants played Day 1 of Cabrera’s Specifi cally, he was named in home runs and 60 RBIs in his fi rst about it and said he took some- start of next season or during the from the Mitchell Report and suspension, has long denied ever sections on BALCO – the Bay season with San Francisco and is thing he wasn’t supposed to do.” postseason, depending on whether BALCO mess. knowingly using steroids or per- Area Laboratory Co-Operative fi ve hits shy of 1,000 in his big Cabrera is set to become a free the Giants make the playoffs and “Unfortunately, these things formance-enhancing drugs and – as having obtained “the clear” league career. Flashing bright or- agent after this season, so he might how far they advance. happen in baseball,” manager said. “There’s not a lot you can do about it. 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