http://www.augustagazette.com/section/SPORTS augustagazette.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Fri, 24 May 2013 11:34:28 +0000 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305249992/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 7:05:15 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305249992/1020/SPORTS http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130523/SPORTS/130529466/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Thu, 23 May 2013 23:02:41 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130523/SPORTS/130529466/1020/SPORTS Destiny Williams picked the perfect time to have maybe the best day of her softball career.
"I was fired up all day," Williams said.
Williams blasted not one, but two, 2-run home runs and was a perfect 4-for-4 with five total RBIs to lead Augusta's softball team to a 12-9 victory against Topeka Hayden Thursday at the Class 4A state tournament.
It's been a up-and-down season [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130522/SPORTS/130529703/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 12:43:42 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130522/SPORTS/130529703/1020/SPORTS http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130522/SPORTS/130529720/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 10:31:09 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130522/SPORTS/130529720/1020/SPORTS Augusta's softball team will depart from the south lot of the AHS parking lot at noon Thursday to travel to Salina for this week's Class 4A state tournament. Anyone who wants to come and bring signs, balloons or anything else to show support for the Orioles is welcome.
The Orioles begin their quest for a state championship at 5 p.m. Thursday against Topeka Hayden.
]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130519205/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 21:23:11 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130519205/1020/SPORTS Augusta's track and field team had two Orioles qualify for the Class 4A state meet next week by placing in the top four at the 4A Andale meet Friday afternoon.
Kyler Steinkamp took third place in the high jump event by clearing 6 feet, 2 inches with no scratches until 6'4". The other three qualifiers all were from Andale, including Garrison LeRock, a regional champion last year.
Chaydon Carter tied for third [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130519239/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:40 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/SPORTS/130519239/1020/SPORTS Augusta’s softball team is seeded No. 2 and will play No. 7 Topeka-Hayden (16-7) in the first round of the Class 4A state tournament Thursday, May 23.
The game starts at 5 p.m. on Field B. If the Orioles advance, they will play the winner of the game between No. 3 Frontenac (20-1) and No. 6 Pratt at 11 a.m. Friday, May 24.
Both the Orioles and Paola High School are 21-0 on the season. Paola won the coin [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130515/SPORTS/130519479/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Wed, 15 May 2013 21:07:10 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130515/SPORTS/130519479/1020/SPORTS EL DORADO—Augusta's baseball team was kicking itself for letting its regional game against Clearwater get through their hands. And gloves.
The Orioles committed five crucial errors that led to five unearned runs that proved to be the difference in an 11-9 loss that brought an end to their season.
"Can't have five errors and win," coach Doug Jefferson said. "I thought we battled through them all [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130515/SPORTS/130519535/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Wed, 15 May 2013 11:27:58 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130515/SPORTS/130519535/1020/SPORTS EL DORADO—Kesten Trebbe knew what he had to do qualify for State at Monday’s boys golf Regional at Prairie Trails Golf Course in El Dorado.
"I just basically kept it in the fairway, and coach showed me a few ins and outs of the course, told me where to hit it and where not to," Trebbe said.
Trebbe executed well enough to earn fifth place, good enough to qualify him for next week’s [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/SPORTS/130519583/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Wed, 15 May 2013 12:55:27 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/SPORTS/130519583/1020/SPORTS As they've done every single game this season, when the Orioles have faced adversity or a challenge, they have risen to the occasion.
Now they have a regional trophy to show for it. And coach Shane Steinkamp has a gatorade-soaked shirt.
Against Circle in the regional semifinal, Augusta's softball team came through in extra innings. In the championship game, Hesston jumped out to an early lead and kept the [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/SPORTS/130519593/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Tue, 14 May 2013 17:40:31 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/SPORTS/130519593/1020/SPORTS The Circle Thunderbirds gave the Orioles everything they could handle, but Augusta's softball team prevailed 2-1 after eight innings to advance to the Class 4A regional championship.
Scheduled start time is 6:30 p.m. Augusta plays the winner of the Andale-Hesston semifinal.
Both Circle and Augusta were scoreless through four innings before the Orioles finally got on the scoreboard in the fifth. Kalie Robinson [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/SPORTS/130519659/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Tue, 14 May 2013 13:30:19 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/SPORTS/130519659/1020/SPORTS Bluestem's baseball team found itself down a run heading into the final half inning of Monday's regional game against Belle Plaine.
The Blue Dragons didn't help themselves, relaxing too much after getting two outs. Josh Muckenthaler, who led off the inning with a single to right, eventually worked around the bases and was able to steal home to tie the game at 6-6.
Cody Easterday later scored the game-winning run [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/SPORTS/130519660/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Tue, 14 May 2013 13:17:20 Gazette sports report http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/SPORTS/130519660/1020/SPORTS LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self announced Tuesday that Andrew Wiggins has signed a national letter of intent to play for the Jayhawks. Wiggins will be a freshman for the 2013-14 season at KU.
Ranked the No. 1 recruit in the class of 2013 by every recruiting service, Wiggins, a 6-7 forward from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, announced his signing at Huntington (W. Va.) Prep. He chose KU over Kentucky, Florida State and [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130513/SPORTS/130519717/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Mon, 13 May 2013 23:22:11 Josh Prim and Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130513/SPORTS/130519717/1020/SPORTS The Augusta Orioles stopped a late Rose Hill rally in the sixth inning and held on to win 3-2 in their opening game against the Rockets to move to play No. 2 seed Clearwater in the regional semifinal Wednesday.
The Orioles drew first blood in the bottom of the second inning when Connor Hurst came around to score after a base hit from Ian Rogers. Hurst had three of the Orioles' 10 total base hits.
"I had to [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130513/SPORTS/130519715/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Mon, 13 May 2013 22:24:15 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130513/SPORTS/130519715/1020/SPORTS Taylor Childers has spent her high school career keeping soccer balls out of the net.
Friday against Circle, though, Childers was trying to get the ball into the net.
For the first time in four years, coach Monty Rowland let Childers come out to the field and play a position other than her usual goalie spot. Childers did more than just have fun playing outside the box for a change. She was the deciding factor in [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130513/SPORTS/130519719/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Mon, 13 May 2013 21:33:49 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130513/SPORTS/130519719/1020/SPORTS TOWANDA—Both the Orioles and coaching staff were frustrated with the way Monday's regional opener against El Dorado was going.
After three innings, the game was still scoreless. Augusta was struggling to adjust to El Dorado's Destiny Bowlin's slow pitching.
"We all were nervous. You could tell in our in and out," Destiny Williams said. "...We kept complaining about how slow the pitcher was, but we can't [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130513/SPORTS/130519801/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Mon, 13 May 2013 21:07:10 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130513/SPORTS/130519801/1020/SPORTS Sophomore Chaydon Carter has made an impression all season long. Now he has a league title to show for it.
Carter won the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League-Div. IV title in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.13 seconds at Hillier Stadium Friday. He narrowly edged Collegiate's Devin Clark, who took second at 11.35. Circle's Zach Nelson took third with a time of 11.36.
Kyler Steinkamp came away with [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130510/SPORTS/130519875/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 10 May 2013 16:52:53 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130510/SPORTS/130519875/1020/SPORTS GODDARD—Augusta's Middle School track and field team had seven Bluejays win Pioneer League championships at the meet in Goddard earlier this week.
7th-grader Jayden Austin won the PL title in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1 minute, 9.20 seconds. Austin also took second in the 100-m hurdles (17.46).
7th-grader Raegan Davis won the PL title in the high jump with a mark of 4 feet, 6 inches.
http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130510/SPORTS/130519877/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 10 May 2013 16:45:04 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130510/SPORTS/130519877/1020/SPORTS Joe Renfro, the wrestling coach at Northeastern Oklahoma University, wrestled with AHS coach Brandon Terry at Labette County and then the University of Nebraska-Kearney, so he has a good idea of how Terry runs the program in Augusta.
So when he decided to look into signing a couple recruits from Augusta, he knew what he would get.
"You know whenever you get a product from his environment, it's going to be a [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130510/SPORTS/130519879/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Fri, 10 May 2013 16:32:00 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130510/SPORTS/130519879/1020/SPORTS Power lifting coach Aaron Craig excitedly pulled Jake Poynor out of class one day, handed him a piece of paper, and told him he was going to college.
Poynor, an Augusta High School senior, looked at the paper and realized it was a scholarship offer from Coffeyville.
"I didn't even think I was going to college until I saw that," Poynor said. "...I'm ecstatic. I couldn't describe it if I tried."
http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130509/SPORTS/130509224/1020/SPORTS?rssfeed=true Thu, 9 May 2013 8:07:17 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130509/SPORTS/130509224/1020/SPORTS WINFIELD—Augusta’s boys golf team finished in third place in the team standings at the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League-Div. IV meet at Quail Ridge Golf Course in Winfield.
The Orioles shot 349 as a team. Wichita Collegiate won first place with a team score of 319. Circle edged the Orioles by eight strokes at 341 for second place.
Kesten Trebbe was tied for second with a hot start of 38 halfway [...]]]>