Emily Bayouthlooks to make apass last weekagainst Scott City.In an early-seasonrematch, the LadyRedskins avengedan earlier losswith a 53-52 winover Scott CityFriday at theColby Orange andBlack tournament.L&T photo/EarlWatt

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STREAK BROKENLady Redskins end 9-game skid with 1-point win

By EARL WATT• Leader & Times

Liberal coach Bill Baird has looked for anything tomotivate his Lady Redskins during a nine-game losingstreak, from team meetings to inspirational movies andfaith.Perhaps trying them all at once on the road at Colby

did the trick.After losing to Colby by 10 a week ago, the Lady

Redskins earned a 53-52 win over the Lady Beavers atthe Orange and Black tournament Friday in the conso-lation semi-finals.“We had the opportunity to watch a movie here that

inspired us,” Baird said. “It was about a college in 1972when girls basketball was getting kicked off. It was ateam with no facility and no uniforms, but theybelieved.” After an opening night loss to Colby by 30, Baird had

a team meeting that lasted three hours. “We watched the Scott City film, and we saw things

we weren’t doing, myself included,” he said. “Wewanted to try to come together and play our best game.It was exciting.”After trailing by four at half, the Lad Redskins shot

out to a 10-point lead with three minutes to play beforeScott City mad a mad-dash rally at the end to cut theLiberal lead to one by the final buzzer.But it was inside shooting and strong rebounding the

led the Lady Redskins to victory.“We turned the ball over enough to let them back in

it,” Baird said. “But the girls didn’t lose faith. Things

By EARL WATT• Leader & Times

The Liberal Redskins have faced some talentedteams in the first half of the season, and while some ofthe scores have been one-sided, the effort on the courthas always been acceptable for coach Drew Gruver.Until Friday.Liberal was outscored 24-8 in the third quarter

during a stretch where Gruver said his team gave up.“In the third quarter we kinda quit,” he said. “We

didn’t play hard. Scott City is a good team, and theydidn’t let off. They put it to us and finished us off.”Liberal had some success early, jumping out to a six-

point lead in the first quarter.

But the Beavers responded, and by the end of thequarter Scott City had an 18-15 lead.“In the first quarter we played very well,” Gruver

said. “We had a six-point lead midway through the firstquarter. We competed. Toward the end of the quarter,we sped up on offense and made some bad decisions.That’s when Scott City pushed a lead.”By half, Liberal trailed 36-20, but it was the third

quarter letdown that allowed Scott City to take anunsurmountable 60-28 lead.“We didn’t play well from the first quarter on,”

Gruver said. “Scott City is a very good team. The playtogether very well. They took us out of everything wetry to do. They gave us a beating.”DeVondre Livingston led the Redskins with 13

points.The loss dropped Liberal to the third-place game

against Wichita South.“We watched them last night,” Gruver said. “They

are a very athletic team. They will play hard and getafter us defensively. We are going to have to play agood game.”That will include the need for a full four quarters of

their best effort, something that didn’t happen againstScott City.“We never gave up all year,” Gruver said. “We were

not pleased with our guys quitting. It is something wehave addressed and dealt with after the gane. We havean opportunity to get a chance to play and see how ourguys respond. Hopefully the guys will play hard.”

Gruver: Scott City gave us a beating

Bayouth grabs 18 rebounds,Robinson scores 20

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After only scoring 15 in thefirst three quarters, the South-western Heights Mustangsrallied to score 17 in the fourth tosend the game to overtime.Heights outscored WichitaCounty 12-6 in the extra periodto win 44-38.Heights trailed almost the

entire game, but kept it close inthe first half. Wichita County led9-7 at the end of the first quarter.Both teams were knotted at 12 atthe half.“We played 22-23 minutes of

good defense tonight afterplaying only about four minutesof it in the previous game,”Mustangs coach Nefro Saucedosaid. “We’re getting there.”Wichita County took a seven-

point lead in the third, scoring 10and holding the Mustangs to justthree points.“It was a real defensive battle

for three quarters,” Saucedo said.“Losing two games in a row bytwo points, it was pretty tough,and took a toll on the guys. But

my guys are competitors andlosing again would have beentough to swallow.”In a game where Heights had

managed only 15 point in threequarters, a seven-point leadseemed almost insurmountable.But Heights rallied, scoring 29points over the final 12 minutesof the game.Rogelio Martinez led the

Mustangs in scoring with 13, andClayton Chase added 12.Heights advanced to the

consolation game where theyfaced off against Lakin, whodefeated Sublette 50-46, Friday.

By KJESTINE STEINBRINGGuymon Daily Herald

After playing each other on Tuesday nightat Texhoma, their second meeting thisseason so far, Hooker and Texhoma willhave a rematch from last year’s TexhomaTournament championship game Saturdaynight.Hooker took care of their part by beating

Balko, 61-38, Friday night.Early on in the game, whistles were freely

blown giving neither team a chance to getany kind of offensive rhythm going.Despite the lack of rhythm on their

offense Hooker mixed up their defenses andput on some full-court press to see whatBalko could do. At the end of the firstHooker was leading the Bison 13-6.“Balko really played hard and gave us

some problems with the ball early on in thegame,” said Hooker coach Bud Valerius.By halftime Hooker had a 39-20 lead and

was looking forward to their return trip to

the championship game. In the second halffouls were not so common as before, but itwas still hard for either team to get into arhythm.Defensively Hooker shut down Balko’s

offense for much of the game, only allowing38 points in four quarters and single digits inthe first and third.“I thought we did a great job on defense,

that is where you can see effort and hardwork and we did a good job of that tonight,”said Valerius.Looking ahead to tomorrow’s game

Hooker will need to score more points andtake better care of the against an opponentlike Texhoma.“We had too many turnovers tonight, we

need to shoot it better on Saturday and bemore patient to get good shots to go in,”said Valerius.In the fairly easy win over Balko the

scoring for Hooker was fairly balanced.Scoring for the Bulldogs was: Payson Slater21, Joe Bean and Alex Sanchez with 9,

Gabe Morales 7, Marcos Mendoza andGuerrero Garcia with 4, Chad Kennedy 3and Taylor McBee and Hayden Ukens with2.Balko’s scoring was equally as balanced.

Scoring for them was: Ty Casper 18, ClayCasper 4, Micheal Griffith and WyattCasper 3, Tanr Haley, Dakota Jackson,Damian Busch and Justin Mays with 2 andGrady Franz with 1.

By JASON EPPLeader &Times

A bad third quarter compoundedby a rough perimeter shootingnight overall cost the BeaverDusters a game and a chance toplay for the Buffalo Tournamentchampionship, as the LaverneTigers came from behind to win 53-45.“We played pretty well; played

pretty good defense,” said Dusterscoach Devon Thrash. “ We neededto shoot well from outside, butthose shots were not falling tonight.“It was just a few things here and a

few things there that made thedifference.”Those few things included

Beaver going 0-10 from three-pointrange, and Laverne shooting over30 free throws.“The free throw line was key,”

Thrash said.” They were able to getthere a lot more than we were.”But even with all this, Beaver still

led 11-10 after one quarter and 25-21 at the half. Laverne made theirbig move in the third, outscoringBeaver 16-7 to take a 37-32 lead.The Dusters battled in the fourth,but the Tigers were able to turnthem back.

David Rivera was the Dustersleading scorer with 14, and KalenGabel added 12. Logan Baldwinand Luis Chavez each had 6 points.

Beaver played Fargo, who lost34-46 to Fort Supply in the othersemifinal, Saturday evening forthird place.

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CardinalswhipHardesty,53-25

By JASON EPPLeader &Times

The Turpin Cardinals dominatedfor three quarters and cruised to a53-25 victory over the hardestyBison Friday afternoon at theTexhoma Tournament.Turpin jumped out to a 21-4 lead

in the first quarter, and increasedthe lead to 36-8 by halftime. A 17-4third quarter put Turpin up by 41points, 53-12, heading into the finalperiod.Francisco Regelado led the

Cardinals offensive output with 15points. Edgar Anchondo added 11;and Tyler Rader, Bradley Kinser andFreddie Baeza each had 8 points.Turpin advanced to the conso-

lation game where they faced BoiseCity, Saturday.

Bad startdooms Bobcats

By JASON EPPLeader &Times

It took the Tyrone Bobcats aquarter to get going. Unfortunatelyfor the Bobcats that ended up beingenough to cost them the game, asBoise City won 50-39 at theTexhoma Tournament.Boise City jumped out to a 19-9

lead in the first quarter. Tyronecountered in the second byoutscoring the Wildcats 11-8, butstill trailed 27-20 at halftime.Boise City added two points to

their lead in the third, and anothertwo in the fourth quarter, winningby a final margin of 11.Austin Olivas led Tyrone’s

offensive charge, scoring 14.Chantz Reese and Ethan Reeseeach added 6 as a total of eightBobcats scored.Tyrone took on Goodwell

Saturday for seventh place.

Firstquartershutoutkeys LadyCards win

By JASON EPPLeader &Times

It was an 8-0 shutout in favor ofthe Lady Cardinals in the firstquarter that ended up being thebiggest difference in an, other-wise,evenly matched game with Turpindefeating the Tyrone Lady Bobcats,44-34.Raegan Alvarez keyed the Lady

Cardinals offense with 23 points,and Trista Watson added 12. Fiveothers scored, but none more thanthree.After taking an 8-0 lead in the

first quarter, Turpin added one to itin the second, and led 17-8 at thebreak.Both teams had their best scoring

output of the day in the thirdquarter. Turpin again added anotherpoint to their lead, outscoringTyrone 15-14 to make the score 32-22 heading into the fourth. Eachteam scored 12 in the fourth, andTurpin picked up the win.Seven Lady Bobcats scored, but

none reached double figures. ShelbiDavis was Tyrone’s top scorer with8; Tori Dumler and Trista Jaramilloeach added 6.In the other girls’ game on the

consolation side of the bracket,Hardesty defeated Goodwell 31-29.Tyrone faced Goodwell Saturdaymorning for seventh. Turpin facedHardesty for the consolation trophySaturday afternoon.

Hoover andBalderramalead LadyDusters tovictory

By JASON EPPLeader &Times

Kalie Hoover scored 20, andJacinda Balderrama added 19 as tenLady Dusters scored to help Beaverdefeat the Fargo Lady Bearcats 61-49 Friday at the Buffalo Invita-tional.Beaver built a big lead in the first

quarter, jumping ahead 23-10. Bothteams slowed down offensively inthe second quarter, scoring only acombined 13 points. Beaver still ledby 12 at the break, 29-17.Beaver was about to push the lead

to 18 by outscoring Fargo 18-12 inthe third, and converted enoughplays in the fourth to win.Beaver played Fort Supply, who

defeated Gage 55-36, Saturdayafternoon for the consolationtrophy.

Dusters let one slip away against Laverne

By KJESTINE STEINBRINGGuymon Daily Herald

If basketball games were decided in thefirst moments of the game then Balko wouldbe heading to the championship tomorrow.However, because that is not the way worksHooker’s girls basketball team came back toearn their place in Saturday evening’s gamewith a 39-32 victory.Balko’s pressure right from the beginning

of the game made it difficult for Hooker toget the ball past half-court, let alone set upan offense. That pressure gave the Bisoneight points on turnovers alone.Hooker tried early on to counter with

their own pressure and full court press, butit was not effective, and the settled intoman-to-man defense.At the end of the first quarter the score

was even at 9-9. The game was a battle ofthe defenses right to the end, the highestscorer on either team only had 15 points.At halftime though the Bullldogs went

into the locker room down eight points.“The first half we were pretty nervous, we

didn’t shoot as well as we do usually and weweren’t blocking out,” said Hooker headcoach Ray Kennedy.Some quick adjustments made at halftime

seemed to really give the advantage toHooker and they won the third quarter. TheBulldogs were down by ten at one pointearly in the third quarter, but with the helpof their press they were able to go on a 12-0run with points and at the end of the thirdquarter they had overtaken the lead by twopoints.

“At halftime I told them that we neededto shoot better, to not rush a shot but not tohesitate either,” said Kennedy. “I also toldthem they needed to attack the full courtpress instead of passing it backwards. Theturnovers killed us with that in the first half.”Their defense shut down Balko in the

third quarter also, only giving up two pointsin the eight minutes.Going back to what was successful for

them earlier, Balko tried to pressure againlate in the game to give them back the lead,only this time it was not as effective.Hooker, with 15 points from Kyra

Cathcart and 13 from Shania Miller wasable to squeak out the 39-32 win to advanceinto the championship game againstTexhoma Saturday night. Jayme Walton hadseven points for the Bulldogs in the gameand Jade Cathcart added four.Balko, played Boise City Saturday in the

third place game. Leading their teamagainst the Bulldogs was Rylee Stocktonwho had nine points, Madison Dearminwith 8, Danielle Gentry with 5 and KelsieStephens and Jaylee Mays with four points.

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Bulldogs advance with 61-38 rout

Mustangs win in OThappened at the end. We made some free throws and got some fastbreaks on their press. God helped us a little bit. It wasn’t aboutthree pointers, it was about getting to the basket. It was a barnburner.”Earlier in the season, the Lady Redskins were settling for three-

pointers, but against Scott City Baird had his team push the ballinto the paint, and when they missed, Emily Bayouth was giving herteam second chances with offensive rebounds. Bayouth ended thegame with 18 rebounds, something that helped provide second andthird chances for Liberal to score.“We made a concerted effort not to settle for threes and to attack

the basket,” Baird said. “When the ball was in the air, go get it. Wegot three and four opportunities each possession. We might haveshot two threes in the second half. We swarmed the basket, and itturned out in our favor.”Lyric Robinson led the Lady Redskins with 20 points, and each

one of them were critical. Shaquill Bond, Ramey Petty and JaiChapman also provided points to help the Lady Redskins break thenine-game losing streak.After the game, the Lady Redskins kneeled and prayed as a team,

and whether it was saying thanks for a win or for the nine-gamelosing streak to come to an end, the Lady Redskins were satisfiedwith their one-point win.

UP NEXT— The Lady Redskins faced Hugoton in the fifthplace game late Saturday and had to play without Robinson sinceshe participated in junior varsity games prior to the injury to LadyRedskins standout Justice Norah.“When we had Justice, we didn’t think we would need to use Lyric

as much,” Baird said. “She is really turning her season.”

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The Forgan Lady Bulldogs gothelp from unexpected sources, andsurvived foul trouble and a late runby the tournament host, BuffaloLady Bison to advance to thechampionship game with a 53-45win.Lindsey Trippet hit a shot in the

paint that gave her 23 points, andput the Lady Bulldogs up 45-34,with four minutes left in the game.But the Lady Bison made one lastsurge, getting steals out of their fullcourt press to cut the lead to justfive in only a minute-and-a-half.Another three with 20 seconds leftcut it to five again, but Forganmade 6 of 8 free throws down inthe final minute to hold on for thewin.“Buffalo was on a pretty good

streak,” Lady Bulldogs coach BrettTrippet said. “They had beenplaying pretty well. The mostimpressive thing about tonight’sgame was just the way our girlsexecuted what we talked aboutdoing. They did a very good job ofexecuting the game plan andfollowing through with the plan.They played really well togethertonight.”The Lady Bulldogs helped their

cause with a fast start, taking an 11-0 lead midway through the firstquarter. Buffalo finally got on theboard, but Forgan still led 16-7 atthe end of the first.Both teams struggled to score in

the second quarter, and Forgan stillled by eight at the break.Forgan started the second half

well, with a 7-2 run that pushed the

lead to 13, the largest of the game.Buffalo hit two threes in the finalminute of the third to cut the leadto ten at 35-25.Lindsey Trippet scored 12 of her

game-high 24 during an eightminute stretch of the second half.“She (Lindsey Trippet) had a

good game,” Brett Trippet said.“She’s struggled in the past severalgames to get her offense going, but

she’s always played good defensefor us. Tonight she really jumpedout and played awesome at theoffensive end tonight. That was bigfor us, because they were running achaser on Kenzi (Taylor), so it wasimportant for her to play well onthe offensive end. “Even with the extra attention

Kenzi Taylor still managed 18points including 11 in the second

half. Taylor was also hampered byfoul trouble and had to sit out partof the fourth quarter with fourfouls.“You could see the expressions

on their faces when Kenzi got herfourth foul and I bring her out ofthe game,” Trippet said. “Buffalo’sexpressions were ‘now is the time,let’s make a run’ and they made apretty good run. But we got prettygood contributions from two of thegirls who don’t play a lot, MacieBryer and Jackie Rodriquez, camein and played really well.”No.18 Forgan is now 11-6, and

faced No.14 Shattuck (10-3)Saturday for the BuffaloTournament championship.

By BARRYWILNERAP Pro FootballWriter

No complaining about thesechampionship matchups: prolificoffense vs. stingy defense, or oldfoes renewing a storied rivalry.Whichever suits your preference,

the NFL has it this weekend.When the New England Patriots

host the Baltimore Ravens onSunday for the AFC title, fourplayers who have come torepresent the highest levels ofachievement will be on each side ofthe ball. Tom Brady, seeking a fifthstart in a Super Bowl, and WesWelker on New England’s offense,Ray Lewis and Ed Reed onBaltimore’s defense.How juicy.“They’ve got a lot of guys over

there that are very explosive,” saidReed, the Ravens’ star safety.“Obviously, they score a lot ofpoints, and we’ve all seen that. It’sgoing to be an all-day affair for ourdefense.”The other championship affair

Sunday is at Candlestick Park,where the New York Giants andSan Francisco 49ers have playedsome memorable games, regularseason and postseason. Despite thegeographic separation, thesefranchises have quite a history witheach other.“You know there are a lot of

memories,” former Giantsquarterback Phil Simms said of therivalry. “They went from maybe thegreatest to the worst in lots of ways.The games were awesome.”It could shape up as an awesome

weekend. Certainly an intriguingone.New England (14-3) hasn’t won

the AFC crown since 2007, when itwas unbeaten until the Giantspulled off a shocker in the SuperBowl. The Patriots’ last NFL titlecame in January 2005.To get their fourth league

championship under coach BillBelichick and with Brady atquarterback, they’ll need to havetheir offense in high gear, which ithas been nearly all season. ThePatriots scored at least 27 points inall but three games and averaged32.8, including last week’s 45-10rout of Denver, their ninth straightvictory.But New England didn’t beat an

opponent that finished with awinning record, and lost to its twomost difficult foes, Pittsburgh andthe Giants.Baltimore (13-4) most assuredly

presents a difficult challenge, witha defense that yielded 266 points,more than only two teams.“I think we have a lot of confi-

dence, we are a confident type

team, have a lot of good playersand they feed off each other,” All-Pro receiver Welker said. “We feelsomeone will step up and make aplay ... and it makes it tough ondefenses.“I understand we are playing a

great football team this week andhave to be on top of everything. Nomental errors, no bad mistakes,knowing your job and taking careof your business.”Brady usually does that, although

before the romp past Denver, heand the Patriots had lost threestraight postseason games. He is 4-0 in regular-season meetings withthe Ravens, but lost their onlyplayoff matchup.If he isn’t at his best, it will be

because of Lewis, Reed and thatstaunch Baltimore D. The Ravensare as physical as anyone, and onething that historically has slowedBrady has been when a defensegets in his face, disrupts his rhythm

— and hits him. Many times.“It’s more important that we stop

their whole offense,” said Reed,whom Belichick called the greatestsafety he has faced during hiscoaching career. “We can’t focus onone particular player, becauseBrady doesn’t. Brady throws it toeverybody. I’ve been saying that allweek. He’ll throw it to an offensivelineman. We’re looking ateverybody that’s eligible that’sgoing out on a route and not going

out on a route. We’re payingattention to everybody. Everybodyhas a responsibility. They have 11guys on the field. We have 11 guys

on the field. Everybody has to dotheir responsibility.”The 11 guys on each side of the

ball at Candlestick Park for theNFC championship game willcarry on a tradition of notablemeetings that dates back to whenthe 49ers (14-3) and Giants (11-7)were dominating the conference inthe 1980s. Their only faceoff in thetitle game was in January 1991,when New York kicked five fieldgoals for a 15-13 victory, preventingSan Francisco from going after athird straight Super Bowl trophy.While it’s fun to conjure up

memories of Joe Montana, JerryRice, Ronnie Lott, Lawrence Taylorand Matt Bahr, this year’s partici-pants are more concerned withadding to a winning legacy. This isthe 49ers’ first playoff appearancesince the 2002 season, when theywon a wild 39-38 wild-card gameagainst the Giants. New York, ofcourse, won it all four years ago.“Winning is what it’s all about

and it definitely makes coming towork a lot better than hearing,Who’s going to be your new headcoach or defensive coordinator?’All-Pro defensive tackle JustinSmith said. “I’ll take this over theother for sure.”No worries on the coaching front

after Jim Harbaugh made his firstyear in charge one of the mostsuccessful for any rookie coach.Harbaugh doesn’t have much of afeel for Giants-49ers, though; hedidn’t play for either team.Giants coach Tom Coughlin,

who was on the 1990 champi-onship staff, knows all about it.“I have thought about that and

we will talk about some of thethings that occurred there,”Coughlin said, “but only from thestandpoint of the history and thetradition and what a great eventthat was at that particular time.That was a long time ago and Ithink some of our players, becausethey are historians, will know a littleabout that game and the greatplayers that played in that game.”More appropriate, perhaps, is

the 27-20 win by the 49ers inNovember, a game decided onlywhen Smith blocked Eli Manning’slast-minute pass deep in SanFrancisco territory. It was the latestinstallment of a grand rivalry.Until Sunday.

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Classic matchups for spots in Super Bowl

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2003, file photo, NewYork Giants’ Rich Seubert (69), Luke Petitgout (77),Tam Hopkins (65) and Marcellus Rivers (83) look for a passinterference call after a botched field goal attempt against the San Francisco 49ers in the closing moments of an NFL football playoff game in SanFrancisco.A bad snap byTrey Junkin led to holder Matt Allen tossing an incomplete pass to Seubert and the 49ers won 39-38.The two teams meet inthe NFC championship on Sunday, Jan 22 in San Francisco. AP Photo/Julie Jacobson

Lady Bulldogs make tourney championship

ABOVE: Brody Sumnerscores the winning run in an8-7 victory.

LEFT: Umpire Arlo RatzlaffcallsWhite Sox HollisFitzgerald out at first on aclose play on a throw fromright field to first basemanEthan Hatcher.TheWhiteSox knocked off theCaridnals 8-7.

BELOW: From left, RockiesRaef Stahle, MalcomWiltshire andTucker Deatoncelebrate after earning a 7-2win. L&T photos/Earl Watt

Junior Rodriguez did whatfew little leaguers havedone all season — hit theball out of Rosel Field.Rodriguez tagged a pitchMonday night that cruisedover the left field fencewith plenty of distance forthe home run. Themonster smash gave theA’s an early 2-0 lead.

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Rockies first basemanTucker Deaton makesthe catch before Athletics runner DylanThompson can reach first base Monday inthe first round of the Cal RipkenTournament.The Rockies won 7-2. L&Tphoto/Earl Watt

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Rockies getupset winover A’s, 7-2

Late scoresends Sox to2nd round

By EARL WATT• Leader &Times

After a toe-to-toe battle for five-and-a-half innings, the White Sox were able tobe the last team to score and advance inthe Cal Ripken Tournament with an 8-7win over the Cardinals Monday night atRosel Field.Both teams ended the regular season

with identical 4-6 records, and the first-round game indicated just how evenlymatched the two teams were.Both teams had chances to score to

take leads late in the game, but strongdefensive plays kept the game in check.The game was tied 7-7 in the fifth

inning when Hollis Fitzgerald hit a smashto shallow right. The Cardinal outfielderscooped up the ball and made the throwto first base and was able to reach EthanHatcher’s glove before Hollis reached thebase.Another strong defensive play by the

Cardinals caught a White Sox runnerattempting to steal second.The Cardinals had a chance to take the

lead in the top of the sixth, but theWhiteSox turned a double play and ended thethreat.But the Cardinals struggled to throw

strikes in the bottom of the sixth, and theWhite Sox were able to get BrodySumner to third base. A pitch sailed bythe Cardinals catcher, and Sumnersprinted for home. By the time theCardinals made the throw to the plate,Sumner had slid across home for thewinning run.The win sets up a second round game

between the No. 4 seed White Sox (5-6)against the No. 1 seed Royals (10-0) at 6p.m. today at Rosel Field.

By EARL WATT• Leader &Times

For the first two innings, it appearedthat the Athletics were on their way to adominating performance over the lastseed Rockies. But the Rockies were ableto score seven unanswered runs in thefinal three innings for a 7-2 upset winover the No. 3 seed A’s to advance in theCal Ripken tournament semi-finals.Maddux Mills opened the game with a

hot shot catch at third base that started ashutout inning by the A’s.The Rockies gave up a run in the first

inning, and Junior Gomez sent an AlexCarrasco pitch over the left field fence inthe second to give the A’s a 2-0 lead.After stranding runners at second and

third in the second inning, it appearedthe Rockies were going to let anotherscoring opportunity escape in the third.Instead, Tucker Deaton delivered with atwo out, 2 RBI double to center to tie thegame 2-2.The A’s loaded the bases in the third,

but Carrasco itched out of the jamwithout giving up a run.The Rockies loaded the bases in the

fourth, and a walk forced in a run for a 3-2 lead.Carrasco held the A’s scoreless in the

fourth, and the wheels came off the A’sdefense in the fifth.Aron Lechuga hit a single that scored

Deaton, and Bryce Minor hit a sacrificeRBI to score Rodney Pando. MalcolmWiltshire followed with a bunt that scoredthat scored Ericson Vasquez, and afterWiltshire advanced to third, the A’srecorded the second out of the inning butthought it was the third. When they leftthe ball on the mound, Wiltshire scored,and the Rockies went on for the 7-2 win.The Rockies (2-9) face the Tigers (7-3)

at 7:30 p.m. today at Rosel Field.

Rodriguez hits toweringhome run in loss

By EARLWATT• Leader &Times

GARDENCITY — After four weeks of puttingup big numbers, the Redskin offense hit the brakesin the second half against the Garden CityBuffaloes Friday night in a 37-14 loss.With a defense that has given up 51 and 62 pointsin its previous two Western Athletic Conferencegames, it might be considered a small victory tohave only surrendered 37 points to Garden City,and it might even have been competitive if theRedskins scored what they had in their two previousWAC games (34 and 48 points).But after a competitive first half, Liberal failed toreach the end zone in the second half.The Redskins kept pace with Garden City in thefirst half and only trailed by five at the break.It was the third time this season the Redskinseither led or trailed by less than a touchdown at halfonly to lose.Garden took an early 6-0 lead and extended to13-0 at the start of the second quarter.After a Redskin drive stalled at the Garden City 4yard line, the Buffaloes fumbled at the 9 yard line,and the Redskins used a seven-yard pass to NolanLarkin and a two-yard run from Britton Abbott toreach the end zone and cut the lead to 13-7.Garden City added another touchdown by

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converting a third-and-11 for a 32-yardpass from Greyson Tempel to Bo Bannerand a 19-7 lead.Liberal took the following kick-off at its

own 20 yard line and marched 80 yards in14 plays that ended with a two-yardtouchdown run by Abbott, and theRedskins only trailed 19-14 with 49seconds to play in the first half.The Redskins dodged a bullet in the

final seconds of the half when Tempelcompleted a 46-yard pass to Emilio Parrthat set up the Buffaloes inside theRedskin 10 yard line. Tempel spiked theball from the shotgun to stop the clock,and Garden City was penalized five yardsand loss of down. The Buffaloes ran for sixyards on second down, and on third downTempel again spiked the ball from theshotgun, and again the Buffaloes werepenalized five yards and a loss of down.On fourth down and 15, a pass to the

end zone fell incomplete, and theRedskins were within five points and

received the second half kick.The Redskins moved the ball from their

own 18 yard line down to the Buffalo 29,but a fourth-and-seven pass fell incom-plete, and the Buffaloes took over.After another 40-yard bomb from

Greyson Tempel to Dustin Tempel, theBuffaloes were back in the Redskins’ redzone, and four plays later converted afourth-and-three for an eight-yardtouchdown and a 27-14 lead.Liberal again drove from its own 26

yard line to the Garden City 30 only to fallshort on a quarterback throwback fromTrenton Hammond to Abbott on fourth-and-nine.Tempel used a 35-yard scramble to cap

a 70-yard, eight-play drive to give theBuffaloes a 34-14 lead.Another Liberal drive stalled at the

Garden City 35 yard line, and theBuffaloes ate up most of the clock on a10-play drive the ended with a field goaland a 37-14 lead.Liberal finished the game driving inside

the Buffalo 10 yard line before the driveended with a Garden City interception onjump ball in the end zone on fourth down.The Redskins have one more chance to

end the 17-game WAC losing streak thisseason when they host Great Bend Friday.

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Offense has to carry the load this yearThis will seem unfair, but the path to victory for the

Redskins the rest of this year will be paved by the Redskinoffense on the way to the end zone.Against quality opponents, like they will face Friday

with Great Bend, the Redskins will need to score onvirtually every offensive possession.A young defense that has a freshman at cornerback and

a sophomore trying to hold down the fort at defensiveend and elsewhere are signs that there just isn’t muchdepth on a Class 5A team that only has 60 players fromfreshmen to seniors.That’s not a knock on those players holding those

positions, but they are being asked to do a lot with littleto no varsity experience.The bottom line is that it is no surprise that the

Redskins are giving up points in massive quantities whenyou have players that could be gaining experience injunior varsity games having to gain that experience onFriday nights instead.The juniors and seniors playing on defense are simply

outnumbered. Their opponents have more.

The only alternative for the Redskin coaching staff is toplay the best 11 they have available, and that means somesophomores and even a freshman.There will be a pay-off for that investment next season

and beyond, but there are still goals to be accomplishedthis year.To do it, the Redskin offense will have to carry the load

by pushing all the way to the end zone and force teamsinto a track meet.Sometimes, you have to win ugly, and if you are the

underdog, you have to play with a little grit, a little bite,and take some chances.Giving up 37 points to Garden City seems like a lot,

but it is the lowest point total in the WAC this year andthe lowest since giving up 30 to Dodge City last year.The defense has given up 30-plus points in conference

since a 22-19 loss to Great Bend in 2009.That puts all the pressure on the offense to keep pace.In past years, that wasn’t possible. But this year, the

offense can move the ball. They can score. To win, they will have to score a lot.

By JASON EPPLeader &Times

For almost three full quarters theBeaver Dusters were in control andon their way to the season’s firstwin. But an amazing comeback byOklahoma Bible Academy left theDusters devastated with a 43-42double overtime loss.“It was a combination of things;

mistakes and not playing up to thelevel we need to play to finishgames.” Dusters coach MikeMcVay said. “We did not do thethings we need to do to win late. Ifeel bad for our kids. I think weplayed hard; we just didn’t do thethings to finish it off”Beaver appeared to be in

complete control of the game,leading 22-0 after a 2-yardtouchdown run by Ryan Nash with5:59 left in the third quarter.And even when OBA got their

first score of the game only 20seconds later, the Dustersanswered right back, when Nashreturned the ensuing kickoff 85yards to put Beaver back up 3

touchdowns, 28-7.“I think when we went up 28-7,

we let down our guard a little,”McVay said. “I think we thought itwas over, and when the momentumswitched their way, we couldn’t get

it back.”OBA scored three touchdowns,

including a 48-yard pass and a 58-yard run, over the next nineminutes to tie the game with lessthan four minutes left in regulation.

Twice during that stretch Beaverfailed to convert on a fourth-and-one.Neither team could score at that

time, and the game heading toovertime.Beaver’s Nash scored from 10

yards out on the first play and alsoconverted the two-pointer to putthe Dusters up 36-28. OBAanswered on their first play with a10-yard TD run of their own, andfound their tight end open for thetying two-point conversion.OBA scored and kicked the extra

point in the second overtime totake a 43-36 lead. Nash againscored, this time from one yard out.Beaver, lacking a strong kicker

opted to go for two and the win.“Went for a play that had worked

well all night,” McVay said.But the Trojans stopped Beaver

at the one-yard line to preservetheir comeback win.All but six of the game’s 85

points were scored in the secondhalf and in the overtimes. Neitherteam had scored in the first quarter,but Dylan Cain hit Kaleb

McDonald seconds into the secondquarter for a 54-yard touchdownpass to give the Dusters a 6-0 leadat half.“We had many chances in the

first half, but missed on some bigplays,” McVay said.Austin Ingalls helped the

Dusters start the second half with abang, returning the opening kickoff79 yards for a touchdown (14-0).Beaver outgained OBA (388-

344), and were balanced with 193yards rushing and 195 yards

passing. They also had 17 firstdowns to OBA’s 15, but beingminus two in the turnover categoryproved to be costly.Beaver is now 0-5 overall and 0-2

in district and will travel toMooreland for a district gameFriday.

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TURPIN, Okla. — WhenTurpin’s George Dominguezbarreled across the goaline with3:10 left in a 54-6 loss to Fairview,it may have seemed a small thing tomost. But after 18-plus quarterswithout scoring, it was welcomerelief for a frustrated Cardinalsteam and an end to a shutoutstreak at three games.

“It was nice to finally end thatscoreless streak,” Cardinals coachMario Mendoza. “The guy’s headswere really hanging going in at half.It may seem like a small thing, butit was big for us where we’re at.”The outcome of the game had

long been decided back in the firstquarter. The Yellowjackets used apotent and balanced offense andTurpin miscues, including both aninterception and a fumble returned

for touchdowns.“Still just way to many turnovers,

penalties, and missed assign-ments,” Mendoza said. “We hadthree offensive starting offensivelinemen out as well. But they keptplaying hard, and I’m proud ofthat.”With 2:09 left in the first quarter

Fairview had already built a 41-0lead, and began to play a mix ofstarters and reserves. They Yellow-jackets led 48-0 at the break.Turpin ran 69 offensive plays to

only 30 for Fairview, but could onlymuster 166 yards and four firstdowns. Fairview racked up 267yards (158 rushing, 109 passing)and 11 first downs.Willie Enriquez led the Cardinals

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Dusters build 22-0 lead in second half before OBA comeback

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Seven different Mustangs scoredas Southwestern Heights got in thewin column for the first time thisseason in a big way, defeatingSyracuse 69-22.The Mustangs scored early and

often, and on a lot of big plays.Roger Martinez got the Heightsoffense going with the game’s firstscore, a 52-yard run just 1:25 into

the game. Martinez scored againon the Mustangs second offensivepossession, this time from justthree yards out making the Heightslead 14-0The Heights defense took over

the first quarter scoring for theMustangs with a 65-yard inter-ception return by Trevor Lee and a42-yard fumble return for a TD byCody Jennings to give theMustangs a 28-0 lead at the end ofthe first quarer.

“We came out really fired up andplaying really well,” Mustangscoach Matt Scripsick said. “Weplayed with more grit and determi-nation than we’ve had in the past.”Mustangs quarterback Ben

Johnsrud hit Jorge Dela Torre for a15-yard TD with 5:32 left in thehalf to make the score 35-0.Syracuse returned the ensuing

kickoff 71 yards for a touchdown toget them on the scoreboard, butHeights still led 35-6 at the half.

In the third quarter, Johnsrudthrew his second TD pass,connecting with Lee for a 44 yardstrike with 7:27 left in the third.Johnsrud passed to BrandonO’Toole for the two-pointconversion. Saul Sanchez scored ona 40-yard run a minute and a halflater.“We got kind of flat in the second

quarter, but rallied at half and tookcare of business,” Scripsick said.We got some young kids some

valuable experience after that.”Even with reserves in the game

the scoring did not stop for theMustangs. Efrain Chavez scoredtwo TDs in the fourth quarter on a15-yard run and then a 53-yard run.Hugo Reveles scored on a 71-

yard run with two minutes left.Heights in now 1-4, and will host

rival Hugoton next Friday withdistricts to start the following week.“I told the kids after the game,

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Hooker falls to Okeene, 40-26By JASON EPPLeader & Times

The Hooker Bulldogs fell to 1-1 in district play and 3-2 overall, losingat home Friday night to the Okeene Whippets 40-26.A slow start by the Bulldogs had Hooker playing ‘catch-up’ all night.“In the first half, we were flat,” Bulldogs Coach Jacob Kreamer. “We

gave up way too much in the run game and we couldn’t get ours estab-lished.”The Bulldogs run game was better in the second half, but several

defensive miscues were costly.“We had a couple of defensive plays in the second half where we

were right there, but just couldn’t make the play or were just a little offon our assignments,” Kreamer said. “We hurt ourselves as much asanything they were doing.”Hooker’s passing game struggled to get off the ground, allowing the

Whippets to crowd the box on defense.“It’s hard to put too many points on the board when you are one

dimensional,” Kreamer said. “But my guys finished the game strong,and I’m proud of them for it.”Hooker heads into the second half of their season knowing they

probably need to win three of their next four to make a return trip tothe playoffs.“We’ve got to get a push on the line in the run game,” Kreamer said.

“We need a great week of practice. We’ll look at the film and find somethings we need to work on.”Hooker’s next test will be on the road at undefeated Fairview, Friday.