White Sox first baseman Joe Mettlen catches the ball before Rockies’ Cesar Burciaga can reach the base.The Rockies jumped out toan 8-4 lead, but theWhite Sox rallied for the 9-8 win. L&T photo/EarlWatt

M O N D A YApril 16, 2012

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HIGH PLAINSSportsSAFE!by a nose

American LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBBaltimore 5 4 .556 —New York 5 4 .556 —Toronto 5 4 .556 —Boston 4 5 .444 1Tampa Bay 4 5 .444 1

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Detroit 6 3 .667 —Chicago 5 3 .625 ½Cleveland 4 4 .500 1½Kansas City 3 6 .333 3Minnesota 2 7 .222 4

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Texas 8 2 .800 —Seattle 6 5 .545 2½Oakland 4 6 .400 4Los Angeles 3 6 .333 4½

Sunday's GamesToronto 9, Baltimore 2Boston 6, Tampa Bay 4Cleveland 13, Kansas City 7Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 2Texas 4, Minnesota 3Seattle 5, Oakland 3N.Y. Yankees 11, L.A. Angels 5

Todayʼs GamesTampa Bay (Shields 1-0) at Boston (Bard 0-1), 10:05 a.m.Minnesota (Pavano 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees(F.Garcia 0-0), 6:05 p.m.Baltimore (Arrieta 1-0) at Chicago WhiteSox (Humber 0-0), 7:10 p.m.Detroit (Verlander 0-1) at Kansas City (Duffy1-0), 8:10 p.m.Oakland (McCarthy 0-1) at L.A. Angels(Weaver 1-0), 9:05 p.m.

Tuesday's GamesMinnesota (Liriano 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees(Sabathia 0-0), 6:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Niemann 0-1) at Toronto(R.Romero 1-0), 6:07 p.m.Texas (Lewis 1-0) at Boston (Lester 0-1),6:10 p.m.Baltimore (W.Chen 0-0) at Chicago WhiteSox (Danks 1-1), 7:10 p.m.Detroit (Smyly 0-0) at Kansas City (B.Chen0-0), 7:10 p.m.Oakland (T.Ross 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Haren0-1), 9:05 p.m.Cleveland (Masterson 0-1) at Seattle(Millwood 0-0), 9:10 p.m.

National LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBWashington 7 3 .700 —New York 6 3 .667 ½Atlanta 5 4 .556 1½Philadelphia 4 5 .444 2½Miami 4 6 .400 3

Central DivisionW L Pct GB

St. Louis 7 3 .700 —Houston 4 5 .444 2½Cincinnati 4 6 .400 3Milwaukee 4 6 .400 3Pittsburgh 3 6 .333 3½Chicago 3 7 .300 4

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Los Angeles 9 1 .900 —Arizona 6 3 .667 2½Colorado 4 5 .444 4½San Francisco 4 5 .444 4½San Diego 2 8 .200 7

Sunday's GamesMiami 5, Houston 4, 11 inningsCincinnati 8, Washington 5, 11 inningsAtlanta 7, Milwaukee 4Philadelphia 8, N.Y. Mets 2St. Louis 10, Chicago Cubs 3Arizona 5, Colorado 2Pittsburgh 4, San Francisco 1L.A. Dodgers 5, San Diego 4

Todayʼs GamesHouston (Weiland 0-1) at Washington(Strasburg 1-0), 6:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Gee 0-1) at Atlanta (Hanson 1-1),6:10 p.m.San Diego (Luebke 0-1) at Colorado(Guthrie 1-0), 7:40 p.m.Pittsburgh (Bedard 0-2) at Arizona(J.Saunders 0-0), 8:40 p.m.Philadelphia (Halladay 2-0) at SanFrancisco (Lincecum 0-1), 9:15 p.m.

Tuesday's GamesHouston (W.Rodriguez 0-1) at Washington(G.Gonzalez 0-0), 6:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Dempster 0-1) at Miami(Jo.Johnson 0-2), 6:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 0-1) at Atlanta(Delgado 1-0), 6:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 2-0) at Milwaukee(Gallardo 1-1), 7:10 p.m.Cincinnati (Cueto 1-0) at St. Louis (Lohse 2-0), 7:15 p.m.San Diego (Bass 0-1) at Colorado (Moyer 0-2), 7:40 p.m.Pittsburgh (Karstens 0-1) at Arizona(I.Kennedy 2-0), 9:40 p.m.Philadelphia (Blanton 1-1) at San Francisco(Bumgarner 1-1), 9:15 p.m.

THIS WEEK IN

SPORTSTODAY

Cal RipkenRoyals vs.A’s, 6 p.m., Rosel Field

Redskin soccerLiberal at Dodge City, 4 p.m.

Redskin golfLiberal at Hays, 3 p.m.

Redskin baseballGuymon at Liberal, 4:30 p.m.

Area baseballHooker,Turpin and Beaver atDistrict tourney in Hooker, 1 p.m.

Area softballStanton County at SWHeights,4 p.m.

Area golfSWHeights at Buffalo Dunes, GardenCity

TUESDAYCal RipkenTigers vs. Rockies 6 p.m., Rosel Field

Redskin baseballWoodward at Liberal, 5:30 p.m.

Redskin trackLiberal at Great Bend, 3:30 p.m.

Redskin softballLiberal at Garden City, 3 p.m.

Redskin tennisLiberal at Buhler, 3 p.m.

Area trackSWHeights at Scott City

Area baseballHooker,Turpin and Beaver atDistrict tourney in Hooker, 3 p.m.

Area tennisSWHeights at Ulysses

Area golfSWHeights Invitational, 3 p.m.

WEDNESDAYSaints softballGarden City at Seward, 3 p.m.

Saints baseballSeward at Clarendon 3 p.m.

THURSDAYRedskin soccerHays at Liberal, 4 p.m.

Redskin golfLiberal at Dodge City, 3 p.m.

Redskin baseballLiberal at Colby, 4 p.m.

Redskin tennisLiberal at Dodge City, 3 p.m.

Seward tennisRegion 6 tourney,Wichita,TBA

Area softballSWHeights at Sublette, 3 p.m.

Joel Mettlen slides headfirst intosecond base Sunday afternoon.Mettlen was safe, and heeventually scored for theWhiteSox. Mettlen and the Sox weredown 8-4 but rallied for a 9-8win over the Rockies Sunday in agame that was originallyscheduled for Saturday but wasdelayed due to weather.INSET: Joel Mettlen smiles aftermaking his belly flop slide. L&Tphoto/EarlWatt

White Sox, Royals rallylate for wins in Cal Ripken

STANDINGSW L

Royals 2 0White Sox 2 0Tigers 1 1Cardinals 1 1Athletics 0 2Rockies 0 2

SUNDAY’S GAMESRoyals 11,Tigers 10, 7 inn.White Sox 9, Rockies 8

MONDAY’S GAMERoyals vs.Athletics

TUESDAY’S GAMETigers vs. Rockies

By EARLWATT• Leader &Times

Two Sunday afternoon matinees turnedout to be thrillers at Rosel Field in the CalRipken League.The Royals remained perfect on the young

season by knocking off the Tigers 11-10 inextra innings while the White Sox had to rallyfrom a six-point deficit to defeat the Rockies9-8.The Rockies jumped out to an early 2-0

lead over the White Sox in the first inningand continued to add to their leadthroughout the game.The Rockies scored another run in the

second and another in the third, and theWhite Sox scored a run each inning to makethe score 4-2.The Rockies added another run to take a 5-

2 lead in the fourth, but the White Soxfought back to score two runs to cut the leadto 5-4.The Rockies appeared to give themselves

some breathing room by scoring three runs inthe top of the fifth including a double withthe bases loaded that scored two runs withtwo outs.The Rockies left base runners on second

and third when the final out was recorded,and it might have been the difference.

Down 8-4, the Wite Sox were able to getbase runners on and tied the game 8-8 withone out.The Rockies were able to get a strikeout for

two outs, but a walk loaded the bases.A pitch got by the Rockies catcher, and a

run scored on the play. Due to the time limit,the run ended the game in the bottom of thefifth, and completed the five-run rally for theWhite Sox.The win moved the White Sox to 2-0 while

the Rockies dropped to 0-2.Tonight, the Royals (2-0) will face the

Athletics (0-2), and Tuesday the Tigers (1-1)will play the Rockies (0-2). All games beginwith minor league action at 6 p.m. at RoselField with major league games to follow.

Te-Boo! Jets’ new backup booed at Yankee StadiumNEW YORK (AP) — Tim Tebow has

work to do if he’s going to win over NewYork sports fans.The new backup quarterback for the

Jets was booed at Yankee Stadium onSunday night when he was shown on thegiant video board — even though he waswearing a Yankees cap.Sitting in the third row next to the Los

Angeles Angels dugout, Tebow cracked asmile and acknowledged the camera.There was a smattering of cheers, butmost of the initial reactions were boos.Tebow was acquired by the New York

Jets from Denver in a much-hyped tradelast month. He is expected to back upstarterMark Sanchez, even though Tebowrallied the Broncos to the NFL playoffslast season and became a polarizingsensation in the process.“I didn’t get a chance to see him,”

Yankees manager JoeGirardi said after histeam’s 11-5 victory. “I would have loved toget a chance to see him and talk to him.I’m sure he’ll be back at some point.Obviously he’s going to be around a lotmore now. But I’d love to visit with him at

some point.”Sitting next to Tebow was Miami Heat

star Dwyane Wade, also booed when hewas shown on the scoreboard earlier inthe game. But those boos quickly turned

to cheers when Wade held up his Yankeescap.Wade and the Heat beat the New York

Knicks 93-85 Sunday afternoon atMadison Square Garden.

Miami Heat's DwyaneWade, left, sits beside NewYork Jets quarterbackTimTebowduring the NewYorkYankees' baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels atYankeeStadium in NewYork, Sunday,April 15, 2012. AP Photo/KathyWillens

Cesar Burciaga tosses a pitch Sunday atRosel Field. L&T photo/EarlWatt

AlexYanez tosses a pitch for theWhite SoxThursday night at Rosel Field.Yanez dominated late in a 7-3White Sox win over the Rockies. L&T photo/Earl Watt

Liberal’s Kelly Ramirez (No. 7) battles with a Garden City player for a loose ballThursday in a North Cup soccergame that was moved fromWichita to Liberal.The Lady Redskins showed marked improvement, but a hand ballin the goalie box allowed the Lady Buffaloes to score a penalty kick that proved to be the difference in the game.Liberal lost 2-1. L&T photo/Earl Watt

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Penalty kick leads to 2-1Liberal loss to Garden

By EARLWATT• Leader &Times

When Luis Aguilar quit on theLady Redskins after a 1-0 loss toGuymon, boys head soccer coachLori Navarro stepped in.Under Navarro, the Lady

Redskins won a North Cup gameagainst Sunrise Academy, 5-0, butlost a second round game toGarden City 2-1 Thursday atRedskin Field.The Lady Redskins battled the

Lady Buffaloes to a 0-0 tie in the

first half, and after a hand ball inthe goalie box gave Garden City achance at a goal, Liberal goalkeeperMagali Vazquez blocked the shot.With 11 minutes to play, Garden

City broke the 0-0 tie with aputback goal to take a 1-0 lead.But a foul in the Garden City

penalty box gave Karina Vazquez ashot at the goal, and she made herpenalty kick to tie the game 1-1.But another hand ball on the

Lady Redskins with five minutes toplay gave the Lady Buffaloesanother penalty kick shot, and this

time Vazquez could not save it.Garden City went on to win the

game 2-1 and advance to the NorthCup championship.The Lady Redskins will play

Mulvane for third place Saturday.Liberal (2-9-1 overall, 0-5-1

WAC) will return to WesternAthletic Contence action Tuesdayat Garden City (6-6 overall, 3-3WAC) and will return home tofinish the regular season againstDodge City (9-5 overall, 5-1 WAC)Thursday.

Redskinsdrop pair toGarden City

Ooops!

L&T staff report

The Liberal Redskin bats were silenced in GardenCity Tuesday in a Western Athletic Conferencedouble header.Liberla managed only two hits in two games while

committing seven errors in 8-0 and 10-0 losses.Colin Ware gave up nine hits and eight runs while

Liberla committed two erros in Gae 1 in an 9-0 loss.Ware kept the Buffaloes scoreless until the third

inning when Garden City scored four runs. TheBuffaloes added twomore in the fourth and anotherpair in the sixth.In Game 2, Brent Lenear took the mound, and

the Buffaloes took advantage early by scoring fourruns in the first and three more in the second.Leenear gave up nie hits, but the Redskins also

committed five errors in the game.With a 7-0 lead after two innings, Garden City

added abother run in the third and two more in thefifth.The Redskins could not score in the top of the

fifth, and the game was called by the run rule, 10-0.Liberal (2-16) will end the regular season Tuesday

in a double header with Hays at the LiberalBaseball Complex.

Cal Ripken Rockies firstbasemanTucker Deatonlooks for the ball in his

glove, but it already rolledunder his mitt and betweenhis legsThursday at Rosel

Field.The error did not hurtthe Rockies since the nextWhite Sox batter was the

third out of the fourthinning, but a four-run sixthled to a 7-3White Sox win.

L&T photo/Earl Watt

Big 6th leadsto White Soxwin, 7-3

By EARLWATT• Leader &Times

After winning their first game in two years lastweek, the Rockies couldn’t make it two in a rowThursday.The White Sox broke a 3-3 tie in the final inning by

breaking loose for four runs, and the Rockies wereretired by White Sox pitcher Alex Yanez in thebottom of the sixth for the 7-3 White Sox win.The White Sox jumped out early to a 2-0 lead, but

the Rockies responded by scoring two in the bottomof the first to tie the game.The White Sox added a run in the top of the

second, but the Rockies made the score 3-3 in thebottom of the third.Defense took over while Yanez and Alex Carrasco

were caught in a pitcher’s duel. Neither team scoredin the fourth or fifth innings.But two bloop hits by the White Sox coupled with

thee infield errors allowed theWhite Sox to score fourruns in the top of the sixth.The Rockies were able to get Raef Stahle on base in

the bottom of the sixth on a two-out walk, but aninfield pop to second ended the game, 7-3.The Rockies moved to 1-5 while the White Sox

advanced to 3-3.

State tournament director Pat Knott does the Cabbage Patch withColumbus player Raef Gonzalez. Earlier in the tournament, Knott andGonzalez did a chest bump. Knott and Cal Ripken Commissioner BobWillis greeted each player during pre-game introductions throughout thestate tournament at Rosel Field. L&T photo/EarlWatt

Lynn Shallenburgertakes a swing withhis new MattinglyV-Force bat.Shallenburgerreceived the bat as agift from Liberal’sPat Knott whoheard thatShallenburger’sparents had somestruggles and couldnot watch their sonplay at the statetournament.Shallenburger got ahit.

After crushing theball to left center,Lynn Shallenburgerbegins his runtoward first base.Lynn steps over hisnewV-Force bat onhis way to the base.Lynn’s parents couldnot make it toLiberal fromColumbus for thestate tournamentand did not get tosee his big hit.

Lynn Shallenburgertakes a peek in theoutfield whilerounding secondbase after getting ahit with his newV-Force bat. Prior tothe hit, one of hiscoaches said,“Putthat new bat towork.”That’s exactlywhat Shallenburgerdid.

Lynn Shallenburgergets a high five fromcoach DougWaldenafter hitting a triple.Many Columbus fansteared up after thebig hit.They madesure Lynn could callhome after thegame and let hismother know abouthis new bat and hisbig hit at the statetournament thathelped his teamearn a win and athird runner-upfinish. L&T photos/EarlWatt

Before a game between Columbus and Fort Scott, Liberal’s Pat Knott visits with Lynn Shallenburger fromColumbus.When Knott found out about the Shallenburger family’s struggles, he pitched in by getting Lynna new bat. L&T photo/EarlWatt

W E D N E S D A YJuly 18Page 1B

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HIGH PLAINSSports

Sign up for football, volleyballSpecial to the Leader &Times

Registration is now being takenat the Recreation Office for footballand volleyball program.This program is for boys and girls

ages 4-years-old to Second grade.Girl’s volleyball 4-years-old toKindergarten will be instructional.The boys 4 years old to Kinder-

garten and First and Second gradefootball and volleyball teams willplay games on Saturday morningsstarting in August. The fee for thisprogram is $15. Coaches are alwaysneeded.For more information, contact

the Recreation Office duringregular business hours, 8 a.m. to 5p.m. weekdays at 626-0133.

Support a RedskinSpecial to the Leader &Times

Redskin Booster Club Parentand Fan Ads for the Fall andWinter Sports Programs are nowavailable for purchase.For $10 a parent or fan (no

commercial or business ads, please)can have a message put in theRedskin Booster Club Fall andWinter Sport Program. Differentmessages can be placed to reflectthe sports in the different seasonsfor your son or daughter, grandsonor granddaughter, or even just a

general Redskin message becauseyou are that much of a diehardRedskin fan.To purchase an ad an to provide

the message you would like toshare, contact mattnrob@swko.net.

FREE BASEBALLTHISWEEK

WEDNESDAYHays at Liberal, 7 pm.Buyout sponsor — Scantlin’s

Furniture

THURSDAYDodge City at Liberal, 7 pm.Buyout sponsor —TanIt & KSCB &

The Legend

FRIDAYEl Dorado at Liberal, 7 pm.Buyout sponsor — Sunflower Bank

SATURDAYEl Dorado at Liberal, 7 pm.Buyout sponsor — National Beef

SUNDAYEl Dorado at Liberal, 7 pm.Buyout sponsor — Southern

Pioneer

JAYHAWK LEAGUESTANDINGS

W L GBHays 19 10 -Liberal 16 12 2.5Dodge City 16 12 2.5Derby 14 15 5.5El Dorado 12 17 7.5*Haysville 9 20 10.5**eliminated from contention forJayhawk League title

TUESDAYHays 18, Dodge City 11

WEDNESDAYHays at Liberal, 7 p.m.

THURSDAYDodge City at Liberal, 7 p.m.

BEE JAYS REMAINING GAMES1 game with Hays (here today)3 games hosting El Dorado (Friday,Saturday and Sunday)2 games with Dodge City (hereThursday, there Tuesday)

LEAGUEJAY H AW K

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‘KNOTTY’dance

Knott remembers personal struggles,provides bat for Shallenburger

By EARLWATT• Leader &Times

When Pat Knott was 7-years-old, his parentsdivorced, and he grew up with a mother whostruggled to pay the bills and take care of her son.Knott is now a middle school teacher and the

varsity softball coach for Liberal High School, andhe has been involved with baseball his entire life.As the state tournament director for the 10-and-

under division, Knott heard a story about anotheryoung man that has seen some tough times with hisfamily.Lynn Shallenburger form Columbus didn’t have a

parent in the stands. With his father battling a

disabling disease and his mother working to takecare of the family, the best they could do was getLynn a $3 bat from eBay and send him with histeammates.“I did a gut check,” Knott said. “I was there

before. Parents should be able to come watch. Youhave a 10-year-old kid here by himself. I got him abat, and talked to him.”Not just a bat — a Mattingly V-Force.In his first at-bat, Shallenburger sent a drive deep

to left center that bounced to the fence. Shallen-burger reached third and won the WOW Award.“I just did it out of my heart,” Knott said. “Not as

a tournament director but as a human being. Itneeded to be done.”