Single Match Reunion on the volleyball court
Former L-L teammates, rivals meet again in showdown at Penn State
STATE COLLEGE – There were the umpteen practices.And matches.And many, many victories.Steve Yeager, Gary Vogel and Luke Murray were part of three state volleyball titles at Hempfield High School.On Tuesday night at Penn State’s Rec Hall, Yeager was on one side of the net and Vogel and Murray on the other.Yeager, a sophomore, plays for Juniata College while Vogel and Murray are freshmen who play for Penn State.”It was odd,” said…
Single Match SPADEA SNAPS LONG LOSING STREAK
Score one for the Charlie Brown of tennis.Vince Spadea, forever optimistic even as he lost and lost and lost again, ended the longest losing streak in tennis history at 21 matches Monday with a five-set upset of Greg Rusedski in the opening round at Wimbledon. In a six-hour ordeal, including two hours for a rain delay, Spadea showed all the stubbornness and resilience that has carried him through the merciless drubbings of the past eight months as he carved out a 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-7…
The Herald (United Kingdom): Ferguson set for trip to Paris but sightseeing only
Berti Vogts has yet to negotiate a single match as Scotland’s new manager though last night the German quickly ran into the sort of problems that have dogged the international team for years.As well as coping with a small pool of players, many of limited technique, the dreaded call-off syndrome seems to be part of the deal of leading Scotland. Last night, on the eve of his first trip in his new job to face France in Paris on Wednesday, Vogts was confronted by a reluctant…
Single Match Cougars just miss Region IV single-match team record
The Service High A team fell six points shy of equaling the Region IV single-match team record in Friday’s 6-1 victory over visiting Bartlett. Led by Jessalin Schultz’s match-high score of 293, the Cougars beat the Golden Bears 1,144 to 1,117. Service holds the Region IV record of 1,150 set last season against Bartlett.Nora Smithhizler’s 286 paced the Service B team’s win, and Erica Holtzclaw’s 276 led the Bartlett C team to…
Tigers take Oakdale to the mat
It came down to a single match Wednesday, but the Tigers varsity wrestlers came away with a 39-33 win against Valley Oak League favorite Oakdale. They were favored to be unbeaten in league this year, but we had different ideas about that, said varsity coach Daniel Roton, whose team now holds a 3-0 record.The Mustangs jumped out to an early lead when Jeff Cox pinned Los Banos Danny Castaneda with 1:40 remaining in the second period of the…
L-C tennis teams rock Region I tournament
ALBERTA, British Columbia — Without losing a single match all weekend, the Lewis-Clark State men’s and women’s tennis teams rolled to the championships of the NAIA Region I tournament. After blowout victories over Albertson and Southern Oregon on Friday, the Warrior women blanked Alberta 9-0 on Saturday. That wrapped up L-C’s eighth consecutive regional championship.Pei Yuin Keng, the Warriors’ top singles player, dropped just four games…
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Cubans arrive with WWF on their minds
THE Cubans arrived yesterday and finally shed some light on their team’s preparations for the 2002 Kuala Lumpur World Cup.And if they had shocked the hockey world by qualifying for their first World Cup, yesterday, they shocked a team of journalists when they said that they have not played a single match since beating Canada and Argentina to top the Pan-American World Cup Qualifiers in the year 2000. All that they have been doing for the past two years is physical training, and…
Ron Kremer’s five best moments from the 2004-05 high school wrestling season
1. Best single match: Lincoln-Way Central freshman Josh Kratovil scoring a 10-8 overtime upset of Oak Lawn senior Matt McNaughton in the semifinals of the Class AA state tournament. Kratovil and McNaughton battled through several wild scramble situations, sometimes bringing the crowd to its feet at Assembly Hall in Champaign without scoring a single point. 2. Best single wrestler: Providence senior Sean Reynolds extended his three-year win streak to 103 en route to capturing the Class AA…
