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FREE PRE ss Page 8 Colby Free Press Wednesday, July 29, 2009 SSPORTPORT SS New coach hired by college Colby Community College duced five National Association of board approved hiring James Ortiz Intercollegiate Athletics track and to be the new men’s cross country field national qualifiers. and track coach at their meeting He also served as the student on July 20. assistant coach for Texas State’s Ortiz was the head track and cross country and track programs cross country coach at the Univer- from 2006 to 2007. sity of Southwest in Hobbs, N.M. He competed for Texas State before deciding to come to Colby. from 2002-2005 and holds the During his one year stint at the school record time in the 1,500 college Ortiz’s male and female meters with a time of 3:48.35. athletes combined to earn eleven He was a two-time All Southland Red River Athletic Conference Conference Athlete and he was a Champion awards and twenty- member of two indoor and two three All-Red River Athletic Con- outdoor Southland Conference ference awards. He has also pro- Champion teams. Royals beat Orioles in 11 inning game BALTIMORE (AP) — The streak since a three-game run on Kansas City Royals finally have a July 4-6. Billy Butler hit a two- TOM BETZ/ Goodland Star-News winning streak, thanks to a couple run homer and Willie Bloomquist Dalton Snyder got ready for the next pitch during a regional Saturday at Goodland. Hays picked up three runs in the top of of home runs and a 45-foot sin- added a solo shot for Kansas City. tournament game between the Colby K-18 team and Hays on the seventh inning to secure a 8-5 win over Colby. gle. “That’s called two in a row. We Mark Teahen led off the 11th like it,” manager Trey Hillman inning by reaching on a dribbler said. down the line, stole second and Teahen opened the 11th by top- K-18 baseball squad loses to Hays 8-5 scored on a single by John Buck, ping a ball down the first-base line. giving Kansas City a 4-3 victory Rookie catcher Matt Wieters and By Andy Heintz complaints about his team’s performance. of the fifth and scored four runs in the sixth over the Baltimore Orioles on pitcher Danys Baez (4-4) watched Colby Free Press “They never gave up,” said Rodenbeck. to tie the game at 5. Troy Quenzer drove in Tuesday night. and hoped the ball would roll foul, [email protected] Braden Sager started the game at pitcher the last two runs of the inning with a single By taking two straight from Bal- but it stopped on the chalk half- for Colby. He was relieved by Dalton Snyder up the middle. timore to open a four-game series, way down the line. The Colby K-18 baseball team’s season in the top of the fourth. Snyder had managed to get two outs in the Royals have their first winning came to an end on Saturday when they were Colby was unable to put any points on the the top of the seventh when Hays’ batter hit defeated by Hays 8-5 in the regional tourna- board in the first four innings. a line drive to left field that tailed off to the ment at Goodland. Coach Bruce Arnberger said the team was foul line. Quenzer almost made a miraculous The team didn’t go down without putting hitting the ball hard, but they were hitting it diving catch, but the ball glanced off the end SORRY!! up a fight. After falling behind 5-0 the boys right at people. of his glove allowing two runs to score to Abby & Allie’s Sweetcorn was were able to erase the deficit and tie the game Hays scored two runs in the top of the give Hays a 7-5 lead. Hays scored one more in the bottom of the sixth inning. But Hays second to take a 2-0 lead. They added a run run before the inning was over to give them hailed out this year. managed to score three in the top of the sev- in the third and tacked on two more in the an 8-5 lead. enth to secure a victory. fourth to give them a 5-0 lead. With the loss the team finished with a re- ~ not once, but three times ~ Coach Russell Rodenbeck said he had no Colby scored their first run in the bottom cord of 26-8. Look for us again next summer!! Rockies lose fourth straight to New York NEW YORK (AP) — New The hard-tossing right-hand- “Everybody knows what we dence-wise, we feel if we show up York Mets manager Jerry Manuel er rebounded from consecutive need to do,” Pelfrey said. “Confi- here you can put money on us. had an exhaustive explanation for losses to again fluster the Rock- his club’s sudden resurgence, em- ies, running his scoreless innings phasizing some strong pitching streak against them to 20. Pelfrey and the stellar job his ramshackle (8-6) got into bases-loaded jams lineup of contact hitters has done in the fourth and sixth innings, but in generating offense. escaped both times. Mike Pelfrey offered a much Pedro Feliciano got five straight more succinct explanation for outs in relief, and Sean Green New York’s four-game winning completed the shutout. streak. “We’re just playing better base- ball,” he said. Come See Us At The Fair! Pelfrey pitched into the seventh Subsurface Drip inning, and the Mets’ meager of- fense kept pecking away in a 4-0 Big victory over the Colorado Rockies Irrigation Technology on Tuesday night. Luis Castillo, Jeff Francoeur, Field Day Brian Schneider and David Mur- Boys K-State Research and Extension phy each drove in a run for New 105 Experiment Farm Rd., Colby, Kansas York, which matched its longest Barbeque winning streak since May 25-29. Tuesday, August 4 - 2:30-9:00 pm Murphy scored twice and contrib- will be serving at the firgrounds uted several good defensive plays, throughout fair week! Preregistration is required. Registration and further including a nimble 3-6-1 double information about this event can be obtained at play in the fourth inning. 11 am - 10 pm http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/sdi/events/sdievent.htm “It feels good to win, and that or from Vicki Brown, 785-462-6281 or [email protected] starts with our pitching,” said David Wright, who had two hits. “Yesterday our bullpen was fan- Colby Community College tastic and today Mike Pelfrey threw about as well as Mike Pel- NORTHWEST KANSAS frey can throw.” OUTDOOR TRADE SHOW Come out to the Fair! August 8, 2009 ~ 12 noon - 6 p.m. Colby Community College Student Union Featuring Booths & Representatives From: FREE BBQ NOW SHOWING Coleman Outlet Store ~ The Outdoor Company Wednesday July 24th - August 6th Smoky River Rendezvous, Inc., Winona Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation THE PROPOSAL No Charge! Predator Sniper Products July 29 at 5:30 pm Staring: Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds Kansas Wildlife and Parks PG-13 1 Hour 48 Minutes C&M Gun and Pawn, Colby Sponsored by: Dillons of Colby Friday & Saturday 7:00 & 9:00 Door Prizes! Sunday -Thursday 7:00 R&S Ringneck Country HARRY POTTER AND THE Mobes Archery, St. Francis HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Cottonwood Furniture manufactured by PG 2 Hours 35 Minutes DEMOLITION DERBY Friday & Saturday 7:00 & 9:45 Smoky River Rendezvous, Inc. Sunday -Thursday 7:00 Coronado Council of Boy Scouts of America Sponsored by: Cornerstone Ag Colby Cinema Manchester Pro Archery Shop, Brewster 8 p.m. 1935 S. Range • 785-460-9600 National Archery in the Schools Program Wednesday www.colbycinema.com Contact Barry Kaaz at (785) 460-5429 July 29 1255 S. Range • Colby, KS 67701 www.colbycc.edu 8 Sports CFP 7-29-09.indd 1 7/29/09 1:35:50 PM.