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Grandparent rights sought

By Andy MarsoThe CapiTal-Journal

When Wendell Turner and his wife showed up at a Wichita courtroom for their grandsons' custody hearing, the two young boys broke away from their keeper and ran into their grandparents' arms the minute they spotted them.

The children, Barry and Troy, had spent nearly a week at the Wichita Children's Home after police removed them from their father's residence.

"How did you know where we were?" Troy, the younger of the two, asked his grandparents.

Recently Turner found himself re-counting the scene before a Kansas Senate committee, almost five years after it happened.

"That poor little boy thought he was lost forever," Turner told the commit-tee. "The keeper said we have to go see the judge, and that was the last time we saw them for a month."

Turner's story about his long jour-ney to secure his grandchildren was part of emotional testimony for a bill sponsored by Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau, D-Wichita, that would give grandparents first priority in custody hearings.

Some lawyers feared the measure would impede the courts' ability to make difficult decisions in the best in-terest of the child, concerns that were reflected in the watered-down version of the bill that ultimately passed the Senate 40-0 last week.

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Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau, D-Wichita, has sponsored a bill to give grandparents more rights in custody battles.

Measure would apply to custody cases; some lawyers are wary

Family money matters targeted

By Jan BilesThe CapiTal-Journal

A United Way of Greater Topeka initiative to help working families become financially stable is seeking applicants and volunteers to serve as mentors.

Housing and Credit Counseling Inc., 1195 S.W. Buchanan, which provides counseling and education about budgeting, credit, debt repay-ment, homeownership opportuni-ties and tenant-landowner issues, has been selected as the lead agency to implement the new Helping Our-selves Prosper Economically pro-gram.

"This is a tremendous opportuni-ty for HCCI to give specific help to some Topeka families in 2012 who are like millions of families all across America now who are working hard but are still living paycheck to pay-check," said Bob Mackey, HCCI president and CEO. "This program will provide HUD-approved hous-ing and consumer credit counseling and legal assistance, as needed."

In addition to providing as-need-ed legal advice, program partner Kansas Legal Services will help raise public awareness about HOPE, teach education classes, and help recruit and train volunteers.

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Kansas Guard unit completes year deployment

Home from Africa

By Steve Fry The CapiTal-Journal

Thirteen-month-old Benji Donjuan happily fidgeted with a spare National Guard cap belonging to his father, Sgt. Filiberto Donjuan, as he waited for his dad to walk into a National Guard hangar Saturday at Forbes Field.

Sometimes the cap faced forward, sometimes the little boy pulled it side-ways.

Benji and brother Brendan, 3, were among the 11 family members and friends waiting for the sergeant to march into the hangar.

Donjuan’s wife, Sarah, wore a T-shirt inscribed with, "You bet your Djibouti (ja-bootie) that I missed my husband."

Filiberto Donjuan was one of 180 Kansas National Guardsmen head-quartered at Djibouti, an East African

country about the size of Massachu-setts bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea and the countries of Eri-trea and Somalia.

The guardsmen left Africa on Feb. 17, and the last leg of their trip home was a bus ride that left Camp Atter-berry at Edinburgh, Ind., at midnight Friday.

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Cassie Harbert welcomes home her husband, Spc. Brandon Harbert, on Saturday at Forbes Field. The Kansas National Guard 1st Battalion of the 161st Field Artillery and 35th Military Police Company were welcomed home from a year-long deployment.

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A comeback and a goodbyeBy Jayson Jenks

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LAWRENCE — Michael Lynch stood on the side of Naismith Drive, a couple of hundred feet from the doors of Allen Fieldhouse.

His left hand remained in his pocket. His right hand held up two fingers, the international sign for, “I need tickets.” A few feet away his older brother, Jon, surveyed the crowd going by.

“Eight more minutes,” Michael said.

“Then we’re calling it a day,” Jon said.

The Lynch brothers weren’t the only ones left ticketless leading up to Saturday’s game. As people entered the field-house to see No. 4 Kansas play No. 3

and SEC-bound Missouri, hundreds

of others walked the outskirts of the old arena, hoping to find someone, anyone, selling a ticket.

Michael drove down from Omaha, Neb., just to see the game, a 19-point comeback thriller that Kansas won 87-86 in overtime. Jon flew in from Colorado with the dual purpose of seeing the game while also seeing his younger brother.

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City may increase rates for utilities

By Aly Van DykeThe CapiTal-Journal

Topeka’s governing body Tuesday will once again take up a proposal to raise city water, wastewater and stormwater utility rates. The pro-posal has been deferred since the city council’s Feb. 7 meeting.

Under the proposal, the base rate Topekans pay for water and waste-water service wouldn’t change, but rates for customers who use more than 1,500 gallons a year, as well as rates for customers who live outside the city limits, would.

Water rates for customers in the city who use more than the mini-mum would rise by 3 percent April 1 and again in January of 2013, 2014 and 2015. Wastewater rates for sew-er service customers in the city who use more than the minimum would rise by 4 percent April 1 and again in January of 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Water and wastewater rates for customers who use city water or sewer service but live outside of To-peka also would increase while con-tinuing to amount to 175 percent of the city rates.

The proposal also would bring a

one-time hike of about 47 percent in the city’s stormwater utility rates. In-creases would range from $1.29 to $3.10 a month and take effect April 1. North Topeka customers would pay lower amounts but would see a similar percentage increase in stormwater utility rates.

The rate increases are needed to replace aging infrastructure and en-sure compliance with regulations, according to a staff report. The city averages 400 water main breaks a year and had more than 786 breaks in 2011. The rate increase would fund $44.6 million in water projects, $17.9 million in stormwater projects and $69.8 million in sewer projects.

Along with the proposal, city council members will consider amending an ordinance to allow qualifying customers to continue to receive refunds on water and waste-water payments through 2015. The original ordinance was passed after base rates increased from about $8 to $15 in 2008. It gave customers who meet requirements of the Kan-sas Homestead Property Tax Refund

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The Associated PressThe Kansas Senate has tenta-

tively approved a measure allow-ing oil and gas drilling companies to spread clay shavings produced by fracking operations over fields in Kansas.

The move Thursday comes as southern Kansas is experiencing a surge in horizontal drilling involv-ing the hydraulic fracturing tech-nique known as fracking, accord-ing to The Wichita Eagle. Senators will take a final vote on the bill later before sending it to a House com-mittee.

The material companies could spread on Kansas fields involve clays, which often have high concentrations of chloride. It is viewed as a less expensive and more efficient way to get rid of the large quantity of waste created by fracking. The alternative is hauling it to landfills, and officials say the landfill in Harvey County may be the only one accepting such ma-terials.

Under the proposal, companies

couldn’t spread any material that has chloride levels higher than 900 parts per million, or about 2 inches of material atop the soil. State offi-cials would review the quality of ir-rigation water in the area to ensure chlorides pumped out to water crops don’t push chloride levels to dangerous levels.

High levels of chloride can dam-age plants. High chloride levels also can affect the taste of drinking water and make it more corrosive to water pipes.

Sen. Carolyn McGinn, R-Sedg-wick, said she supported drilling but had concerns about the impact of increasing the level of chlorides in areas where the Equus Beds Aquifer is only a few feet below the surface and in areas near tributar-ies of the Little Arkansas River.

A Senate committee added some protections to address that concern, including one that would require the materials to be incor-porated into the soil, as opposed to being laid on top of soil, in areas with more than 25 inches of annu-al precipitation. Another change bans spreading in areas where the water table is less than 10 feet below the surface or in areas with documented groundwater con-tamination.

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Program planned

The Unitarian Universal-ist Fellowship of Topeka, 4775 S.W. 21st, will have a program titled “Wisdom from the RiverKeeper” at 9 a.m. Sunday. The program will address the health of the Kansas River and how it can be protected and enjoyed.

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Man given 50 years

SALINA — A 37-year-old central Kansas man has been sentenced to at least 50 years in prison for killing his wife.

Judge Jerome Hellmer on Friday sentenced Davin R. Sprague to the “Hard 50,” which is a life sentence with no possibil-ity of parole for 50 years.

Sprague, of rural Saline County, was found guilty of first-degree murder in September in the death of his 28-year-old wife, Kandi Sprague.

Hellmer ruled that the murder warranted the harsher sentence, and evidence presented about Sprague’s troubled childhood and emotional distress didn’t outweigh it.

Hellmer also ordered Sprague to register as a violent offender for 15 years upon his release and to pay more than $6,000 in restitution for the cost of Kandi Sprague’s funeral and his trial expenses.

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Stitch by stitch, woman makes art

By Jan BilesThe CapiTal-Journal

On nearly every wall in JoAnn Myers' home hangs at least one sampler featuring the alphabet, ani-mals, flowers and decorative borders.

Myers created most of the samplers, often using a magnifying glass to make the tiny and intricate cross-stitches, French knots and double running stitches.

"It's mindless," the Topeka resident said, describ-ing what draws her to needlework. "I can listen to Keith Olbermann and do cross-stitch at the same time."

Myers, 82, who grew up in Tonganoxie and moved with her family to Topeka when she was in high school, said her mother taught her how to em-broider when she was young.

"I did the obligatory pillowcase," she said.After she graduated from high school, Myers at-

tended The University of Kansas' medical school, where she developed an interest in needlepoint. Af-ter an internship in Chicago, she returned to Topeka to complete a residency at Menninger Clinic. She eventually became the clinic's director of children's

program. Myers retired in 1993 and soon became active in

the Topeka Needlework Guild, which she had joined years earlier.

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JoAnn Myers shows off some of the samplers she has made or collected that are displayed in her Topeka home. Myers has stitched dozens of samplers since she retired in 1993.

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Slow processGo Topeka encountering a lot of resistance

to plan for creating economic growth corridor

rezoning

When a proposal to rezone more than 4,000 acres south of Topeka first surfaced, the schedule called for the Shawnee county Planning Commission to conduct three public hearings on the issue in February and make a recom-mendation to the Shawnee County Commission, which would consider it in late March.

It doesn’t appear that schedule will be met, and that’s fine. As recent events have shown, it was too ambitious in the first place.

When we first wrote about the issue in December, The Capital-Journal said laying the groundwork for further economic development in the area was a sound move but noted being sensitive to the concerns of property owners in the area was essential.

We still think it is a sound move and think Go Topeka, the economic development arm of Topeka and Shawnee County, was wise to adjust the plan and respond to the concerns of some property owners whose land was to be rezoned.

The jury is out, though, on whether enough property owners can be satisfied to convince the planning commission to make a recommenda-tion of the rezoning and forward it to county commission, which will have the final vote on the proposal if it ever finds its way onto the agenda.

As of Wednesday, the number of acres involved had been trimmed by Go Topeka to 2,445 acres, but that territory still included some property owners opposed to rezoning.

The original area, called the South Topeka Economic Growth Corridor, was bounded by Interstate 470 on the north, S.W. 93rd Street on the south, Forbes Field on the east and S.W. Burlingame Road on the west. The acres

remaining in the rezoning proposal fall roughly within that area.

Impetus for the rezoning came in the form of an agreement with Mars Chocolate North America, which is building a chocolate plant in an industrial park south of Topeka and asked that Go Topeka try to rezone property within a two-mile radius of its site to limit residential growth.

That Mars would propose the rezoning is understandable, but it certainly doesn’t appear Go Topeka will be able comply fully with the company’s request. It’s hoped here, however, that accommodations can be reached with sufficient landowners to ease Mars’ concerns about future residential growth.

Mixing dense residential neighbor-hoods with industrial and commercial sites creates conflicts, usually centered on traffic, safety, noise, aesthetics and, sometimes, even odors.

That Mars officials wanted to eliminate potential conflicts by being in an area devoted to industrial, commer-cial or office use made sense. It also makes sense for Topeka and Shawnee County to establish an area devoted to those uses to attract further develop-ment and job opportunities.

There already are two industrial parks operated by Go Topeka in the vicinity of the property for which rezoning is being sought, and it is the logical area for simi-lar development. In short, it’s a sound move by Mars and Go Topeka.

Whether it happens, obviously, is yet to be determined. But it would be a good thing for Topeka and Shawnee County.

It might not make everyone happy but, as planning commissioner Lynn Marloff said Wednesday, change is required if Topeka is to grow.

Property tax reliefKansans are being crushed by an

ever-increasing property tax burden that stifles job growth and economic prosper-ity. Over the past decade, the property tax burden on Kansans has roughly doubled, from $1.97 billion in 1997 to $3.8 billion in 2010. This increase is three times the rate of inflation and 9.5 times the rate of population growth over that same time period.

If this continues, the current system would force many Kansans to sell their homes, close their businesses or go without essential services to pay their ever-increasing property tax bills. This is unacceptable. Now is the time to demand solutions to this problem.

Many of these tax increases are due to a flaw in state law that allows “stealth tax increases.” State law creates a system where your property tax bill can go up in two ways. Your local government can either increase the mill levy rate (by actually voting to increase your taxes and face the wrath of the taxpayers at election time) or it can rely on a stealth tax increase through annual increases in the taxable value of your property. Under the second approach, even though the local government has not voted to increase the mill levy rate, your property taxes still increase and the government gets to pocket the increased property tax revenues as a stealth tax increase. Because, state law creates the problem it is incumbent on the state to fix the law.

I have co-sponsored property tax reform legislation that will deal with the problem. House Bill 2212 will stop stealth property tax increases by making local governments be accountable and transparent to their constituents when they approve property tax increases. If a local government wants to increase the property tax, they will be forced to increase the mill levy rate (through a simple majority vote of the governing body and following an opportunity for their constituents to testify at a public hearing) rather than rely on stealth property tax increases through increased property values. This added accountabil-ity is critical in stopping the property tax burden that continues to crush Kansas

businesses and families.Each session, I have fought the

increasing property taxes and I will continue to do so. This important reform will bring much-needed property tax relief. Now is the time for the Legislature to stand up for Kansans by passing HB 2212.

REP. JOE PATTON, Topeka

One at a timeCongress routinely passes unpopular

and unconstitutional laws. How? They combine them with unrelated bills that are sure to pass. The One Subject at a Time Act, sponsored by Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., would prevent this.

The Real ID Act is an example of how congressional leaders pass laws that lack majority support. This bill created a scheme Americans have always opposed, a national ID card. Yet congressional leaders got it passed by attaching it to a bill senators were afraid to oppose, the Emergency, Supplemental Appropria-tions Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief.

OSTA would prevent such outrages by requiring that each bill be about one subject only. Any legislation passed in violation of the requirement would be considered null and void by the courts.

If HR 3806 passes, politicians will no longer be able to hide the true subjects of their bills behind such titles as the Patriot Act, the Protect America Act or the No Child Left Behind Act. No one wants to be accused of voting against patriotism, or protecting America, or of wanting to leave children behind. But none of the titles describe the subjects of those bills. OSTA will make bills shorter and easier to understand, replace propagandistic titles with descriptive names and require that all new laws are favored by a real congressional majority.

OSTA is a great idea, but it remains to be seen if the same Congress that freely uses the ploy of burying bills within bills now will vote to prevent itself from doing so. I would assume that when my representative in Congress votes on a piece of legislation, he or she either agrees or is in favor of everything contained in

that legislation. If not, then he or she should vote against the legislation.

Now is the time to start correcting the wrongs that have been done to this country through the years by irrespon-sible and evil politicians. Only the moral and just members of Congress will be in favor of and vote to pass this legislation. If your representative is not among those sponsoring or voting for it, then he or she is the wrong person for the job.

TERRY GREGG, Great Bend

History and developmentA recent Topeka Capital-Journal

editorial described the debate over the cloverleaf in north Topeka as a “no-win situation” for the Topeka City Council.

On the contrary, a vote in favor of rehabilitating and keeping the cloverleaf configuration (at no cost to the city) would be a win-win solution for city taxpayers and for those of us concerned with preserving a landmark of our neighborhood.

The city has made progress in recent years in recognizing the value of historic preservation. In North Topeka, the renovation of the old Union Pacific Railway Station into the Great Overland Station and the development of the NOTO Arts District in old downtown North Topeka offer examples of how historic preservation can serve as a means of community revitalization and economic development.

We can have historic preservation and economic development. The two are not mutually exclusive.

Keeping the cloverleaf is not simply a matter of sentiment or a resistance to change. I have used the cloverleaf for years and cannot recall the last time I saw an accident or traffic jam. The cloverleaf works.

So much of our history in North Topeka has already been lost to make way for “progress.” We cannot continue to tout ourselves as “Historic North Topeka” if we continue to allow more of our architec-tural heritage and landmarks to be destroyed.

LORRAINE JESSEPE, Topeka

GOP still looking for November’s candidateThe Midwest begins on the western

slopes of the Allegheny Mountains, around Rick Santorum’s Pittsburgh, birthplace of the Ohio River, the original highway into the Midwest. Pittsburgh fueled the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, an early eruption of Western resent-ment of the overbearing East, which taxed the whiskey Westerners made from grain. Santorum, after victories in Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri, is waging more of his political capital on the region.

Rather than wait for Super Tuesday’s congenial calendar featuring five culturally conservative states, he is contesting Michigan, which votes Tuesday, and Ohio. But instead of keeping his Rust Belt focus on his blue-collar roots and his program for reviving manufacturing, he has opened multiple fronts in the culture wars.

By doing so — questioning much prenatal testing, disdaining Barack Obama’s environmentalism as “phony

theology,” calling involvement of even state governments in public education “anachronis-tic,” reiterating that abortion should be illegal even in cases of rape and incest, explaining the proper purpose of sex (procreation) — Santorum has eclipsed Newt Gingrich, his rival for the support of social conservatives. But in doing so

Santorum has made his Catholicism more central and problematic than Mitt Romney’s Mormonism has been.

The problem is not that the phenomena that trouble Santorum are unserious. The use of prenatal testing for search-and-destroy missions against Down syndrome and other handicapped babies is barbaric. Obama’s pursuit of a national curriculum

for grades K through 12 is ill-advised and illegal. And no domestic problem — not even the unsustainable entitlement state — is more urgent and intractable than that of family disintegration.

The entitlement state can be reformed by various known — if currently politically impossible — policy choices. But no one really knows the causes of family disinte-gration, so it is unclear whether those causes can be combated by government.

We do know the social pathologies flowing from the fact that now more than 50 percent of all babies born to women under age 30 are born to unmarried mothers. These pathologies, related to a constantly renewed cohort of adolescent males without fathers at home, include disorderly neighborhoods, schools that cannot teach, mass incarceration and the intergenerational transmission of poverty. We do not know how to address this with government policies, even though the

nation has worried about it for almost 50 years.

In 1965, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, then in President Lyndon Johnson’s administra-tion, published his report on the black family’s “crisis,” which was that 24 percent of black children were then born to unmarried women. Today, 73 percent are. Forty-one percent of all children are now born to unmarried women.

Moynihan, a social scientist in politics, proposed various family policies, but also noted this: When the medieval invention of distilling was combined with Britain’s 18th-century surplus of grain, the result was cheap gin — and appalling pockets of social regression. The most effective response to which was not this or that government policy, it was John Wesley — Methodism. Which brings us back to Santorum.

He is an engagingly happy warrior, except when he is not. Then he is an angry

prophet of a dystopian future in which, he has warned, people will be “holed up in their homes afraid to go outside at night.” He has the right forebodings but may have the wrong profession. Presidential candidates do not thrive as apostles of social regeneration; they are expected to be as sunny as Ronald Reagan was as he assured voters that they were as virtuous as their government was tedious.

Today’s Republican contest has become a binary choice between two similarly miscast candidates.

Romney is not attracting people who want rationality leavened by romance. Santorum is repelling people who want politics unmediated by theology. Neither Romney nor Santorum looks like a formidable candidate for November.

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BEIRUT — Syrians are set to vote Sunday in a referendum on a proposed new consti-tution, part of a process of purported politi-cal reform that President Bashar Assad’s op-ponents have derided as cosmetic and irrelevant in the face of violence by govern-ment security forces and a growing armed insurrection.

Despite the 11-month-old uprising and calls for Assad’s departure by the United States, European countries and many Arab nations, however, numerous observers re-port that the president maintains substan-tial support in Syria.

A significant portion of the population is likely to vote in favor of the draft constitu-tion, in a show of support for Assad, said Fawaz Gerges, director of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics.

NATIONOBAMA SAYS ‘NO SILVER BULLET’ TO

LOWERING GAS PRICES: President Barack Obama says there is no easy answer to the problem of rising energy prices, and he has dis-missing Republican solutions as little more than gimmicks.

“We know there’s no silver bullet that will bring down gas prices or reduce our depen-dence on foreign oil overnight,” Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet ad-dress.

Oil prices are approaching last year’s highs as tensions increase over Iran’s nuclear program. The rise pushed gasoline prices Friday to a na-tional average of $3.65 a gallon, the highest ever for this time of year. A spike in gas prices is nor-mal in spring, but it came earlier than usual this year because of world fears about the growing confrontation with Iran.

MAN STEALS FIRE TRUCK, KILLS PE-DESTRIAN IN S.C.: Authorities said a man who was naked stole a fire truck at an apart-ment complex in South Carolina and sped away, killing a pedestrian who was walking on a sidewalk.

Police said the driver was pulled from the fire truck after it crashed into trees, and he began fighting with police and paramedics. A Beau-fort police supervisor wasn’t immediately avail-able Saturday to confirm the driver’s identity.

The man jumped behind the wheel of the fire truck after firefighters with the Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department responded to an apartment complex.

The Beaufort County coroner’s office said 28-year-old Justin Miller, of Port Royal, was killed by the careening fire truck. The fire truck also hit several cars.

WWII VET SAYS NO ONE AIDED AFTER HE WAS CARJACKED: A World War II veter-

an said nobody helped him after he was at-tacked and carjacked in daylight at a Detroit gas station.

A roughly four-minute surveillance video obtained by the Detroit Free Press shows 86-year-old Aaron Brantley crawling from a fuel pump to the station’s door as people walk and drive by him.

Brantley said a man knocked him down, took his keys and drove off in his car Wednes-day morning. He said at least four people walked by as he crawled, unable to walk be-cause his leg was broken.

ROMNEY, SANTORUM BATTLE IT OUT FOR MICHIGAN: Republican Mitt Romney fought Saturday in Flint, Mich., to prove he is the strongest challenger to President Barack Obama, an increasingly difficult task given the tight race in his native state against surging con-servative Rick Santorum.

In the final weekend of campaigning before Tuesday’s Michigan and Arizona primaries, Romney focused on central and southeast Michigan’s urban and industrial centers in hopes of pulling ahead of Santorum.

With a Michigan victory, Santorum could so-lidify his place as a real threat to Romney head-ing into Super Tuesday, the 10-state sweep-stakes on March 6. Santorum’s victories so far have come in lower-turnout party caucuses.

NYPD SURVEILLANCE OF STUDENTS CALLED ‘DISGUSTING’: At Columbia Uni-versity and elsewhere, the fear among students that the New York Police Department might se-cretly be infiltrating their lives has spread be-yond the Muslim student population to others who find the reported tactics “disgusting,” as one teenager put it.

The NYPD surveillance of Muslims on a doz-en college campuses in the Northeast is a sur-prising and disappointing violation, students said Saturday in reaction to Associated Press reports that revealed the intelligence-gathering at Columbia and elsewhere.

“If this is happening to innocent Muslim stu-

dents, who’s next?” asked freshman Dina Mor-ris, 18, of Amherst, Mass. “I’m the child of an immigrant, and I was just blown away by the news. It’s disgusting.”

WORLDTWO US TROOPS SHOT IN KABUL;

NATO PULLS WORKERS: A gunman killed two American military advisers with shots to the back of the head Saturday inside a guarded ministry building in Kabul, and NATO ordered military workers out of Afghan ministries as protests raged for a fifth day over the burning of copies of the Quran at a U.S. army base.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the In-terior Ministry attack, saying it was retaliation for the Quran burnings, after the U.S. service-men — a lieutenant colonel and a major — were found dead on the floor of an office that only people who know a numerical combina-tion can get into, officials said.

The top commander of U.S. and NATO forces recalled all international military personnel from the ministries, an unprecedented action in the decade-long war that highlights the grow-ing friction between Afghans and their foreign partners at a critical juncture in the war.

MANDELA, 93, HOSPITALIZED WITH STOMACH AILMENT: Former South African President Nelson Mandela was hospitalized Saturday in Johannesburg for a test to deter-mine what is behind a stomach ailment, and the country’s current leader said the much be-loved 93-year-old icon was in no danger.

Mandela, a Nobel peace laureate who spent 27 years in prison for fighting racist white rule, has officially retired and last appeared in public in July 2010. He became South Africa’s first black president in 1994 and served one five-year term.

Mandela “has had a long-standing abdomi-nal complaint, and doctors feel it needs proper specialist medical attention,” President Jacob Zuma said in a statement Saturday morning, asking that Mandela’s privacy be respected.

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SOMERDALE, N.J. — Taylor Swift has a date for the Academy of Country Music awards.

The country star asked a fan, Kevin McGuire, of Somerdale, N.J., to the awards show. McGuire is 18 and has leukemia. His sister started a campaign on Facebook to get

Swift to go with him to his prom.Swift wrote in a Facebook post of

her own that she can’t make it to the prom, but she would like for McGuire to accompany her to the awards ceremony April 1 in Las Vegas. She is nominated for three awards.

A spokesman for Swift confirmed that she wrote the post. A post on the Facebook page for McGuire thanks her for the invitation. His sister didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.

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the area. Obituaries are on Page 2C.Shirley Allen/TopekaIlene Bennett/SoldierBill Gastmann/MarysvilleDorothy Gordon/TopekaJeffrey Hane/TopekaRichard Workman/Topeka

Today in history1815 — Napoleon Bonaparte

escaped from exile on the Island of Elba.

1861 — Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., received its initial funding from its namesake, business-man Matthew Vassar.

1870 — An experimental air-driven subway, the Beach Pneumatic Transit, opened in New York City for public demonstrations.

1919 — President Woodrow Wilson signed a measure establish-ing Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

1929 — President Calvin Coolidge signed a measure establishing Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

1940 — The United States Air Defense Command was created.

1942 — “How Green Was My Valley” won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1941, beating out nine other films, including “The Maltese Falcon” and “Citizen Kane.”

1962 — After becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, astronaut John Glenn told a joint meeting of Congress, “Exploration and the pursuit of knowledge have always paid dividends in the long run.”

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Dion canceled several upcoming concerts in Las Vegas because of a virus.

Caesars Palace officials said her doctor advised her to rest for a week to recover from the virus, which caused an inflammation of her vocal cords. Shows scheduled for Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday were canceled at the resort’s Colosseum.

Dion, in a statement, said she doesn’t “like to let people down,” and she feels terrible about not being able to perform at the shows. Refunds will be given.

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"I've been doing needlework nonstop," she said.Myers said her first sampler was based on a pattern involv-

ing flowers, birds and a verse she found in a book."I followed the directions, but the colors were strange," she

said. Over the years, Myers has honed her skills and completed

dozens of cross-stitch samplers. Most are made using linen, and nearly all are signed — using stitches rather than a pen — with her name and date.

"I usually don't work on more than one at a time," she said.

Myers said she purchases patterns from craft stores or nee-dlework websites. Some of her favorite patterns have featured upside-down Adam and Eves or bears.

Myers has taken more than 25 classes in needlework and crewelwork, including some at the Elsa Williams' School of Needlework in West Townsend, Mass. She also has traveled to museums in the United States, Scotland, Germany, Austria and England to view historic samplers, lace and other nee-dlework. Plus, she reads magazines and books devoted to needlework and samplers.

Although embroidery work began centuries earlier, the first known dated English sampler was made by Jane Bos-tocke in 1598 to celebrate the birth of a family member and is housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, ac-cording to the museum's website. The sampler features floral and animal motifs, the alphabet, several types of stitches and beadwork.

Samplers often were used as teaching tools to pass on vari-ous types of stitches, Myers said. Samplers also typically carry the theme of being a remembrance for others.

Karen Taylor, a member of the Topeka Needlework Guild, said the group schedules a business meeting and program at 9:30 a.m. the first Monday of each month at First Congrega-tional Church.

The guild's membership has declined over the years. "Years ago, we had over 100 members," Taylor said. "Now

we have 45 to 50."In addition to the general meeting, the guild's quilting

group meets at 9:30 a.m. the second Monday of each month at Bennett's Sewing Center; the needlework group at 1 p.m. the second Monday at various members' homes; and stitch-ery groups at 9:30 a.m. the third Monday at Fairlawn Plaza Mall and at 9:30 a.m. the fourth Monday at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library.

If there is a fifth Monday in the month, the members stuff heart-shaped pillows for local hospital patients to take home when they are discharged.

Myers said she is currently working on a project with the guild's stitchery group where each member makes the same pattern but chooses their own fabric, colors and sizes. The samplers are then shared with other members during a meet-ing.

In the future, Myers would like to try her hand at a Bosco-bel Oak sampler, which features an oak tree with crowns sit-ting in its branches and a double running stitch.

Jan Biles can be reached at (785) 295-1292 or jan.biles@cjonline.com. Check out her northeast Kansas

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Stitch: Group has about 50 people

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Law a refund of the difference — or about $7. About 1,000 people quali-fied for the refund in 2010.

Both the rate and refund ordinanc-es were introduced by interim city manager Dan Stanley.

The city council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in its chambers at 214 S.E. 8th, where it also plans to consider:

nn An ordinance allowing certain home care facilities to exist in single-family districts and single-family at-tached homes to be on separate lots

where duplexes are permitted. The changes would bring the city’s zoning regulations more in line with the state.

n Three board appointments as part of its consent agenda, which typi-cally is passed without debate. The appointments are Aaron Sims to the Citizen Advisory Council with a term ending Feb. 28, 2015; Margo Rangel to the Human Relations Commission with a term ending Feb. 28, 2014; and Mark Tyree to the Topeka Landmarks Commission for a term ending Feb. 28, 2014.

The Shawnee County Commission has a few small items on Monday’s agenda.

Commissioners Ted Ensley, Mary Thomas and Shelly Buhler will be asked to approve $5,347.42 in equip-ment repair and replacement at the Kansas Expocentre — all of which would come from the Expocentre’s capital expenditure fund.

The commissioners also will con-sider awarding a bid for metal culvert materials to Welborn Sales Inc. The public works department received three bids for the materials. The con-

tract allows up to $5,000 in custom fabrication. However, a memo states that typically isn’t needed for culvert projects.

The culvert replacements will be handled in-house, according to the memo.

The commission will meet at 9 a.m. Monday in its chambers in Room B-11 of the county courthouse, 200 S.E. 7th.

Aly Van Dyke can be reached at (785) 295-1270

or aly.vandyke@cjonline.com. Follow her on Twitter @alyvandyke.

Rates: Commission to consider equipment repairs

Series brings Spanish BrassBy Bill Blankenship

THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

A brass quintet from Spain that has earned international acclaim will pres-ent the penultimate program of the

Topeka Communi-ty Concert Associa-tion's 2011-12 se-ries Tuesday night.

Spanish Brass — Carlos Beneto Grau, trumpet; Juanjo Serna Salvado, trumpet; Manuel Perez Ortega, horn; Indalecio Bonet Man-rique, trombone; and Sergio Finca Quiros, tuba — will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in White Concert Hall where tickets can be purchased at the door for $35 for adults or $15 for students.

Organized in 1989, Spanish Brass rose to the top of its genre in 1996 when it won the Narbonne International Brass Quintet Competition, the most presti-gious event of its kind in the world.

Spanish Brass has recorded more than a dozen CDs, the latest being "The Best of Spanish Brass" on the Marquis label. The quintet also has given hun-dreds of concerts across the globe. Their credits include the Festival de Musique de Radio France, the Great American Brass Band Festival, New York Brass Conference, Granada International Festival, Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), Cheju Summer Festival (Korea), Schleswig-Holstein Festival (Germa-ny), Kalavrita Festival (Greece), Merano Brass Festival (Italy), Festival de Inver-no de Brasilia and countless others.

The versatile and creative program-ming of Spanish Brass breaks the boundaries between pop, classical, Latin and traditional music. Besides

the evocative music of Spain, their repertoire includes Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Chick Corea, Antonio Car-los Jobim, Paquito D’Rivera — not to mention Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces and pieces written espe-cially for them by some of the world’s leading contemporary composers.

Since 1931, the Topeka Community Concert Association, an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization, has offered an annual concert series of live, afford-able, cultural entertainment.

Series organizers invite those at-tending Tuesday's Spanish Brass pro-gram to get into the spirit by wearing

"their sombreros, serapes, flowers in their hair and join in the celebration, if they wish to do so."

Bill Blankenship can be reached at (785) 295-1284 or bill.blanken-

ship@cjonline.com. Follow him on Twitter @TCJ_AandE. Read his blog

at CJOnline.com/blog/dark.

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Spanish Brass — from left, Indalcio Bonet Manrique, trombone; Carlos Beneto Grau, trumpet; Manolo Perez Ortega, horn; Juanjo Serna Salvador, trumpet; and Sergio Finca Quiros, tuba — will perform Tuesday in White Concert Hall.

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tension's VITA volunteers will help determine if eligible families qualify for tax options, such as the Home-stead Tax and Earned Income Tax Credit.

Mackey said HOPE is being of-fered first to families living in Cen-sus Track 28, bordered by S.W. To-peka Boulevard and S.W. Burlingame Road between S.W. 29th and S.W. 37th streets. About 4,380 people live in the designated area.

Three schools — Avondale West and Shaner elementary schools and Jardine Middle School — are near Census Track 28, and a por-tion of the area is represented by the Likins Foster Neighborhood Improvement Association, which is helping to publicize the pro-gram.

So far, Mackey said, seven fami-lies have received credit and bud-geting counseling through HOPE.

To qualify for the program, fami-lies must be paying more than 40 percent of their monthly income toward their mortgage, taxes, in-surance and utilities or toward their rent and utilities. For exam-ple, a family of four — which could include a single parent with chil-dren — must have an annual gross income of $41,348 to $55,875 to qualify.

An individual earning between $20,147 and $27,225 annually and paying more than 40 percent of his or her monthly income for housing and utilities also may be eligible.

"To begin this program, we are looking for 40 or more working families and individuals who want to establish a budget so they can start saving for their future goals and become financially stable," Mackey said.

With HCCI's help, the family will establish a budget and develop an action plan to meet their financial goals, which might include paying off bills and then starting a savings account to cover emergencies and their children's education costs or secure their retirement.

Trained volunteer mentors will follow up with the families to keep their plans on track. Small cash in-centives, such as grocery cards or cash matches for opening a savings account, will be given to families who are committed to working toward their goals.

Families who stay in the HOPE program for 12 to 18 months likely will see improvements in their finan-cial stability, he said.

If HOPE proves to be successful in the designated area, Mackey said the program will be offered citywide.

Rebecca Atnip, program direc-tor of HCCI's financial stability program, said a tremendous need exists in Topeka for the services of-fered through HOPE.

"One in 10 homeowners in To-peka are behind in their mortgage," Atnip said, citing Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City statistics.

Mackey said HCCI also will offer four free, communitywide finan-cial literacy programs this year. The first program will be in April.

Those interested in taking part in the HOPE program or being a mentor can call HCCI at (785) 234-0217, ext. 314, or visit its website at www.hcci-ks.org.

Jan Biles can be reached at (785) 295-1292

or jan.biles@cjonline.com. Check out her northeast Kansas blog at

www.cjonline.com and Facebook.

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Faust-Goudeau's original bill stated that grandparents "shall re-ceive preference" in custody cases. By the time it cleared the Senate Federal and State Committee, that wording had been changed to "may receive consideration," partially on the advice of Sen. Tim Owens, R-Overland Park, a lawyer specializ-ing in family law.

Faust-Goudeau reached a com-promise on the Senate floor that left the final wording "shall receive con-sideration."

Ron Nelson, a prominent family practice lawyer in Lenexa, said that isn’t much different from current law, in which grandparents and other close relatives are considered "interested parties." But Nelson said he and other lawyers who have con-tacted him still have some con-cerns.

One concern is that the bill ap-pears to give grandparents an edge even if there is another noncusto-dial parent who still has a constitu-tional right to custody.

"A fit parent has absolute right to decide matters regarding their chil-dren," Nelson said. "So if one par-ent's rights are terminated and the other parent's rights are not termi-nated, the grandparents can't gain any more rights, or necessarily any custody rights, because of the fact that one parent's rights are termi-nated."

Nelson said when both parents' rights are terminated, the court's job is to find the best home for children, which isn’t always with their grand-parents.

Faust-Goudeau said the bill is sim-ply meant to give grandparents a fair shake in a legal world that she said is too often prejudiced against them.

"There's a perception out there that 'the apple doesn't fall far from the tree,' and so why even look at grandparents (for custody) if they raised a child that the courts had to take a child away from," she said. "Well, we all know you could have three children and one becomes a doctor, one becomes a lawyer and the other just goes their way for whatever reason."

Faust-Goudeau said judges also often look upon grandparents as too old to raise their grandchil-dren.

But Nelson said the law is writ-ten to preclude judges from mak-ing custody decisions on those type of prejudicial grounds, and a good lawyer would object to them or overcome them in an appellate court. He pointed to a recent ap-peals court decision that over-turned a ruling that relied on the "apple-doesn't-fall-far-from-the-tree" philosophy.

Though Nelson said judges oc-casionally make mistakes, the au-thority to decide custody questions should still ultimately reside with them, if those questions can't be resolved out of court.

"Over the last probably 10 or 15 years, the Legislature has wanted to have more and more power over how judges decide individual cas-es," Nelson said. "Statutes don't do that well, especially when you're dealing with families and custody and all the variations that can hap-pen with family law."

Turner said he and his wife ulti-mately dipped into their retire-ment savings to hire a lawyer to

help them with their custody battle — and none too soon.

Until the Turners objected, the nonprofit child welfare agency that was fostering Barry and Troy had recommended that the boys be sent to live with one of Barry's sixth-grade teachers — a teacher named Rick Pendland, who Turner said would often call his house when the boys were there and ask if Barry could go swimming, which Turner thought was odd (he always denied permission).

Pendland was arrested in Sedg-wick County in September on charges of molesting two other boys under the age of 14.

Andy Marso can be reached at (785) 233-7470

or andy.marso@cjonline.com. Follow Andy on Twitter

@ andymarso.

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Bob Mackey, president and CEO of Housing and Credit Counseling Inc., and Rebecca Atnip, program director of HCCI’s financial stability program, are working to implement a new initiative to help working families become financially stable.

"It's great," the sergeant said of his return Saturday.

Benji was 2 weeks old when his father was deployed to Africa on Jan. 13, 2011.

"It was tough just being away from him," Sarah Donjuan said of her husband's deployment.

Africa was Donjuan's third overseas deployment in his 14 years in the National Guard.

Donjuan, a mechanic assigned to repair howitzers, also was de-ployed to Iraq and earlier to Koso-vo in 1999. His assignment in Dji-bouti was to protect the base and to patrol. The Donjuans live in Smithville, Mo.

Before the troops marched in, Cassie Harbert waved a sign: "Wel-come home, Harbert. We love you!"

Of the three years she and Spc. Brandon Harbert have been mar-ried, they have been apart one year due to the deployment.

For Harbert, a veteran of the 2007 deployment to Iraq and six years in the National Guard, being away from Cassie was the worst part of his deployment.

The first order of business for the Harberts, of Overland Park, was a dinner of Chinese food. Brandon Harbert is a military po-liceman in the 35th Military Police Company.

Eighteen family members and friends greeted Harbert, whose as-signment in Djibouti was security of the base.

National Guard spokeswoman Jane Welch estimated 900 people celebrated the return of the 1st Battalion of the 161st Field Artil-

lery and the 35th Military Police Company. The returning guards-men were the third and last "chalk" of the battalion to return home, Lt. Col. Tom Burke said.

While overseas, the unit’s "must-do mission" was to protect Ameri-can personnel and equipment at Camp Lemonier, Burke said.

Secondly, the guardsmen trav-eled to nine African countries to help strengthen the military units of those nations so they can deal with problems in Africa, Burke said. The guardsmen were as-signed to the Horn of Africa, but they served in countries from the east to west coasts of the conti-nent.

During the deployment, no

shots were fired, and the unit didn't suffer any casualties, the colonel said.

"It's a friendly culture over there," Burke said. "There you can greet the locals and shake hands with them. It's not a hostile envi-ronment."

The guardsmen weren't on edge, he said.

Burke, a 31-year military veter-an, is from Trimble, Mo.

Headquartered in Wichita, the battalion has units in Dodge City, Great Bend, Lenexa, Liberal, Hutchinson, Newton, Paola, Pratt and Topeka.

Steve Fry can be reachedat (785) 295-1206

or steve.fry@cjonline.com.

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Financial: Action plan, budget will be developed

Grandparent: Compromise struck on Senate floor

Guard: 900 well-wisherscelebrate troops’ return

Comeback: Price no objectlooked for tickets on Craigslist. He found a couple of people willing to sell tickets for $300 each. He sent emails but never heard back.

He showed up to Allen Field-house on Saturday willing to spend that much. Instead, he encoun-tered a ticket famine.

“I’ve never been to an event where there have never been tick-ets for sale,” Jon said. “Somebody is going to pay something for them. I’ve seen so few. Well, nobody re-ally.”

The brothers said they saw only one ticket being sold. It went for $400.

Two factors played into the rar-ity of tickets. First, Kansas and Mis-souri are top-five teams battling for the Big 12 title and a possible No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tourney. That in itself creates demand. But this game also marked the last time Missouri will visit Allen Field-house for the foreseeable future.

“You’d think this was something

Continued from Page 1A more,” Jon said. “It’s still a college bas-ketball game. Let’s call a spade a spade. Then again, this is one that most people care more about. This one goes beyond a basketball game for a lot of people.”

As Jon and Michael kept checking their phones for the time they would call the search off, Jon looked down the road at another man on the prowl for tickets.

“That guy over there dropped from four to two,” Jon said, “which means that either two members of the family gave up hope or they actually got tick-ets.”

Standing a short walk away from the Lynch brothers, Rob Brandner also held up two fingers along Nai-smith Drive. Brander drove from his home in Sioux Falls, S.D., early Satur-day with his fiancé and two daugh-ters looking for tickets.

About 40 minutes before tipoff, though, Brandner’s ticket demand decreased from four to two.

“We’re down to two realizing that four is impossible at this point,” Brandner said.

Brandner said he was willing to pay $200 per ticket, but he hadn’t even seen a ticket for sale in nearly two hours of looking.

“I’ve never seen an event where there were so few tickets for sale on the street even if they were selling them for a high price,” he said. “There just aren’t any tickets.”

As the game drew nearer and the possibility of securing tickets de-creased with each passing minute, a couple walked by Brandner and his fiancé.

“Have you guys seen anybody with any tickets?” the man asked.

Brandner only shook his head.

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Thirteen-month-old Benji Donjuan holds a flag while waiting for his dad, Sgt. Filiberto Donjuan, to arrive Saturday at Forbes Field. Kansas National Guard members were welcomed home from a year-long deployment in the Horn of Africa.

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On TV today

NASCAR Sprint Cup, Daytona 500, 11 a.m., KTMJ (27.2)

Inside today

Playoffs?Kansas City Royals

manager Ned Yost says his team has the talent needed to make the postseason.

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Chiefs want Manning?

INDIANAPOLIS — Team officials and coaches have tried to avoid any discus-sion about Peyton Manning during this week’s annual NFL scouting combine.

Good luck trying that in a town Manning put on the NFL radar and in a venue he helped build.

On Saturday, Kansas City coach Romeo Crennel let it slip that the Chiefs would be interested in pursuing the four-time league MVP — if the Colts let him leave as a free agent.

“I’m not supposed to talk about anybody else’s players, and he’s still a player with Indianapolis,” Crennel said, referring to the league’s tampering rules. “But with a talent like that, I would be crazy not to consider it if he were available. I’ll leave it at that.”

The Associated Press

KEVINHASKIN

LAWRENCE — At last, a way was discovered to keep Missouri from leaving.

Not the Big 12, but Allen Fieldhouse.Just don’t ask anyone associated with

Kansas basketball exactly how it happened Saturday, or make the No. 4 Jayhawks repeat the comeback they staged to nip the No. 3 Tigers 87-86 in overtime.

If a rivalry that was first soaked in

bloodshed must indeed end, the spirited showdown waged on a basketball court named after the game’s inventor was a pretty good way to settle this whole feud over SECes-sion.

After losing a game they shouldn’t have lost earlier in Columbia, the Jayhawks won a game they shouldn’t have won.

They were down 19. With 16:18

remaining. Never has KU overturned a bigger second-half deficit.

Clutch 3s, timely stops and a stud underneath did the job.

That stud, Thomas Robinson, converted a three-point play to tie the game in regulation, then blocked a driving attempt by MU’s Phil Pressey to send the game into OT.

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Rivalry ends in spectacular fashionMIKe GuNNOe/SPeCIAL TO THe CAPITAL-JOuRNAL

Bill Self celebrates the Kansas Jayhawks’ 87-86 overtime victory Saturday against archrival Missouri at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence.

#4 KANSAS 87, #3 mISSOURI 86, OT

DON’T COME BACKBy Austin Meek

The CaPiTal-Journal

LAWRENCE — If God cares about sports, this is what He watches.

Allen Fieldhouse, 8.6 seconds re-maining in overtime. No. 4 Kansas trailing No. 3 Missouri by a single point, with nothing but a Big 12 title and the pride of future generations at stake.

KU fans would find it fitting, in a maddening sort of way, that this m o m e n t s h o u l d come down to a Ty-shawn Tay-lor free throw. Tay-lor, who missed the foul shots that allowed Missouri to stun the Jay-hawks earli-er this sea-son, would write the fi-nal para-graph in the thick book of Border War history.

Ta y l o r ’s friend told him this would happen. Maybe not in this way, exactly, but this friend — a pretty prophetic guy, it turned out — predicted Taylor would do something big the next time KU played Missouri.

“He was like, ‘Man, next time it’s going to be in the biggest situation or the biggest stage,’” Taylor said. “’It’s going to mean more.’”

The first free throw took a wobbly course but settled into the net. The next one swished, completing a re-markable 87-86 overtime victory in Missouri’s final Fieldhouse appear-ance as a conference foe.

The Tigers didn’t even get a shot at the other end, with Marcus Den-mon’s 3-pointer arriving just after

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Ku erases 19-point deficit in series finale

BIg 12’S BeStWith Saturday’s win, Kansas clinched at least a share of the Big 12 title, extending its league supremacy. School Titles Kansas 12Texas 3Iowa State 2Oklahoma 1Oklahoma State 1Notes: Ku and Ou shared the 2005 title; Ku and uT shared the 2006 and ’08 titles.

Martin not happy after Cats’ home loss

By tim BiselThe CaPiTal-Journal

MANHATTAN — Frank Martin is the first to admit he isn’t exactly a so-cial media expert. In fact, one might consider the Kansas State coach a rookie, given that he only joined Twitter during the past year.

Even then, Martin did so with a specific objective in mind, some-thing far beyond simply finding a vehicle to share his thoughts with a curious world.

“I did it so I can learn what it’s

about,” Martin said, “and so I can learn about (my players) as people based on what they put out there, based on what their friends send them and how they communicate.”

Well, Martin didn’t need Twitter, Facebook or any other form of 21st century communication to get the message his Wildcats conveyed Sat-urday during a 65-61 loss to Iowa State at sold-out Bramlage Colise-um.

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ichabods share Miaa title, earn no. 1 seed

By Ken CorbittThe CaPiTal-Journal

Washburn had one goal in mind: Win the MIAA men's basketball championship.

The Ichabods played with that sin-gular purpose and dismantled Lin-coln 107-69 on Saturday at Lee Arena, finishing in a three-way tie for first place and earning the No. 1 seed for the MIAA Tournament.

“We knew what was at stake,” said junior center Zack Riggins. “That’s been our focus all week, trying to get

this win, and that’s exactly what we did.

“We’re happy about it, but we think we should have won it outright if we played a little better in a couple of games. But it feels great.”

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The Washburn Ichabods won a share of the MIAA title Saturday.

LADY BLUeS FINISH AS OUtrIgHt CHAMpIONSThe Washburn women close out second MIAA title in three seasons with easy 72-47 win against Lincoln.

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Shawnee Heights’ Nick Meck was one of three state champions from city schools with Topeka High’s Will Geary and Seaman’s Bryant Guillen.

City wrestlers win three state titles

the Capital-JournalWICHITA — Saturday was “Ju-

nior Achievement Day” for Topeka wrestlers on the final day of the Class 6A and 5A state wrestling tourna-ments at Hartman Arena.

A trio of city juniors — Seaman’s Bryant Guillen, Shawnee Heights’ Nick Meck and Topeka High's Will Geary — gave the city a perfect 3-0 record in state championship

matches, capping one of the city's best performances at state in recent history.

Guillen started the city title run with a pin in the 5A 160-pound

match before Meck followed with a 6-5 victory in the 5A 182-pound fi-nal.

High’s Geary capped a perfect 31-0 season with a lopsided 11-1 major decision in the 6A 285-pound match.

All three wrestlers claimed their first state championships and all three are now multiple state plac-ers.

reLAteDSee coverage from Class 4A state wrestling and more coverage from the city’s three state champions.

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Runners fall in shootout

WeNATCHee, Wash. — Ben Carey scored on the final try of a seven-shot shootout Saturday as the Wenatchee Wild topped the Topeka RoadRunners 2-1.

The shootout came after the teams played to a 1-1 tie after regulation and an overtime period.

Wenatchee scored less than six minutes into the game before Brian Christie tied the game in the second period with a power-play goal.

Christie scored first in shootout, and Anders Schultz scored the second goal for the RoadRunners. But Max McHugh tied the game on the fifth shot of the shootout, and after two RoadRunners failed to score, Ben Carey put in the game winner for the Wild to win the shootout 3-2 and the game 2-1.

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SECOND GLANCE

BRIEFLYLOCAL & STATE

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS

MIKE KRZYZEWSKI, Duke coach, after an OT win vs. Virginia Tech: “This team has a really good will to win. You have some shortcom-ings, which all teams do, but at the end of the day, they have a will to win.”

THE LAST WORD

Kevin Love, of the Minnesota Timberwolves, beat out Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant to win the 3-point Shootout on Saturday

during the NBA All-Star festivities in Orlando, Fla. Utah’s Jeremy Evans won the slam dunk contest.

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K-STATE POUNDS SAN DIEGO STATE: Kansas State ripped 21 hits and scored 15 runs in Saturday’s 15-7 rout of San Diego State at Tony Gwynn Stadium at San Diego. The Wildcats (3-3) scored eight runs in the third inning to lead 9-0. Six different Cats drove in two runs, and center fielder Jared King went 4-for-5.

MISSISSIPPI STATE BEATS KU 3-1: Mississippi State knocked off Kansas 3-1 by scoring two runs in the seventh inning and one in the eighth Saturday at Starkville, Mo. KU (4-2) left seven on base and hit into three double plays. However, the Jayhawks outhit the Bulldogs 8-6, with Connor McKay and Ka’ iana Eldredge both going 2-for-3.

BODS SPLIT WITH DRURY: The Washburn baseball team earned its first victory of the season Saturday as the Ichabods (1-2) split with Drury, winning 6-1 before falling 11-4 in Game 2 in Springfield, Mo.

WU’s Kerry Schachenmeyer threw a complete game in the opener, al-lowing four hits and a run in seven innings. Former Shawnee Heights standout Connor Crimmins led the team with two RBIs.

In Game 2, the Bods’ starting pitcher Eric Schmid was roughed up for six runs in three innings. The Panthers added four more runs in the fourth on four hits to make the score 8-3.

WU SOFTBALL SWEPT: The Washburn softball team was swept Saturday in Day 2 at the Best Western Premier Spring Fling in Denton, Texas, falling to Texas Woman’s 3-2 and St. Mary’s (Texas) 11-1 in five innings.

The Lady Blues (1-6) took a 2-0 lead in the third inning of Game 1 be-fore TWU added one in the bottom half and two more in the fourth (one unearned) to take the lead for good. Kayla Oldham scored a run but also took the loss.

Game 2 saw WU give up nine runs in the first two innings while only managing two first inning hits offensively. Cori Munoz got the loss, al-lowing five earned and four unearned runs on five WU errors.

KU SOFTBALL WINS 11TH STRAIGHT: Kansas pitchers Morgan Druhan and Alicia Pille combined on a six-hitter in Saturday’s 3-0 win against Seahawk Classic host UNC-Wilmington. The win was KU’s 11th in a row after an 0-2 start to the season. The Jayhawks (11-2) scored single runs in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Second base-man Ashley Newman led KU with a 2-for-4 performance with an RBI.

KU opened Saturday’s play by beating UNC-Wilmington 9-1 on the strength of a nine-run first inning. Maggie Hull drilled a three-run homer in the first and walked and scored on an errant throw in her first at-bat of the inning. Pille got the win on the mound, giving up two hits, one a solo home run in the fourth.

ESU WOMEN NO. 3 SEED IN CONFERENCE TOURNEY: The No. 22 Emporia State women’s basketball team secured a three seed in the MIAA Tournament that begins Thursday after beating Fort Hays State 73-64 Sat-urday in Hays. Heather Robben scored 25 points on nine of 12 shooting.

ESU MEN NO. 8 SEED IN MIAA TOURNEY: The Emporia State men’s basketball team clinched the eighth seed in the MIAA Tourna-ment in Kansas City, Mo., despite falling to Fort Hays State 73-48 Satur-day in Hays. ESU was outshot .520 to .333. Troy Pierce scored 16 points and had seven boards to lead the Hornets.

KU WOMEN TAKE THIRD AT BIG 12 INDOOR TRACK/FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Led by conference titles from Andrea Geubelle, Diamond Dixon and the women’s 1,600-meter relay team at the Big 12 Indoor track and field Championships, the Kansas women took third place. Geubelle won the triple jump, Dixon won the 400, and the women’s relay team ran the fastest time in the country this year.

Kansas State won a combined five total titles for the meet, having suc-cess in the combined events and the high jump. The Wildcat men took fourth and the women finished seventh. The KU men took 10th.

UTAH’S JEREMY EVANS WINS SLAM DUNK CONTEST: His nickname is the Human Pogo Stick and Utah’s Jeremy Evans set out to put some bounce back into the Slam Dunk Contest.

Evans endeared himself to the fans with a mix of props and creativ-ity, and they voted him the winner of one of the marquee events of the NBA’s All-Star Saturday festivities. Evans, who got into the competition as a replacement for injured New York guard Iman Shumpert, earned 29 percent of the 3 million votes cast. He beat out Houston’s Chase Budinger, Indiana’s Paul George and Minnesota’s Derrick Williams for the Jazz’s first-ever trophy in the contest.

NBA UNION LEADER PLEASED AT HALFWAY POINT: Billy Hunter says he is pleased with the state of affairs at the halfway point of the com-pressed NBA season. The union leader says he is waiting to see official rev-enue figures from the league, but officials have indicated the players will see higher numbers than expected. Part of the reason, Hunter believes, is positive player stories such as New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin.

POVETKIN RETAINS WBA BELT BY POINTS OVER HUCK: Alexander Povetkin did just enough Saturday to earn a points decision over Marco Huck and retain his WBA heavyweight title. Huck, the WBO cruiserweight champion, had the undefeated 32-year-old Povetkin staggering back against the ropes in the fourth and seventh rounds, but the German was unable to deliver the knockout blow.

BOSTON’S VALENTINE SAYS NO ALCOHOL IN CLUBHOUSE: There will be no drinking in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse this season. The team will ban alcohol in the clubhouse and on the last plane flight of road trips, new manager Bobby Valentine announced on Saturday. The move comes in the wake of last season’s September collapse in the AL East, a tailspin that included reports of Boston starting pitchers drinking beer in the clubhouse on their off-days rather than supporting their teammates in the dugout.

Yost: Royals ‘vastly improved’

The Associated PressSURPRISE, Ariz. — Ned Yost can

barely contain his excitement.The reason is quite simple: After

a year of growth, when several prized young prospects finally broke into the major leagues, Yost believes Kansas City has the pieces in place to contend for its first play-off berth since winning the 1985 World Series.

“They’re going to be a vastly im-proved team,” Yost said. “How good can they be? I don’t know. I think they’re going to be pretty darn good, but time will tell.”

Fans in Kansas City have grown accustomed to needing patience, going through numerous so-called youth movements over the past three decades.

The Royals had the worst record in the majors from 2000-09, losing 100 or more games in four down-trodden seasons.

Their only winning record since 1994 was a modest 83-79 in 2003.

There is a different feeling sur-rounding this youth movement,

though, as if this one will finally pay off.

The Royals have 22-year-old Eric Hosmer at first base, 23-year-old Mike Moustakas at third and 21-year-old catcher Salvador Perez.

That’s only the start: second baseman Johnny Giavotella is 24, center fielder Lorenzo Cain and shortstop Alcides Esocbar are 25, while the grizzled veterans include 28-year-old corner outfielders Alex Gordon and Jeff Francoeur, both coming off strong seasons.

Most of them have been in camp since early February, getting a jump

start in spring training.Yost believes that’s a sign of how

mature a group of 20-somethings has become, and remembers his time with the Milwaukee Brewers, when Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun and Rickie Weeks would arrive to spring training early. The trio set the tone for future success.

“When we first started out and we weren’t really good,” Yost said, “you would have six or seven play-ers there early. When the young kids started getting there and they started feeling what they could ac-complish, it was like this.”

Everyone was in camp by Friday except left-hander Jose Mijares, who has been dealing with some visa issues in his native Venezuela. Otherwise, camp is already in full swing.

“It’s exciting,” Yost said. “The kids can’t wait to get here and can’t wait to get started. It just shows how far our organization has come. You can wait awhile to get your butt kicked, but when you come to spring train-ing and you have a sense you have a chance to compete, guys can’t wait for that, and it’s evident in the num-bers we have there.”

Despite the optimism at camp, the Royals lost 91 games last sea-son, finishing fourth in the AL Cen-tral and 24 games back of Detroit.

Part of that were growing pains for all those youngsters breaking into the majors.

Once September rolled around, the Royals played spoiler down the stretch.

“Do I have more anticipation on what I feel we can accomplish? Def-initely,” Yost said. “Last year, we were waiting for these kids to get here and that was the first time all these kids were together in spring training. So that was a lot of fun — that was real exciting.

“Now they’ve been there and done that. They’re ready to compete a full season.”

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Johnny Giavotella, at left with Chris Getz, is one of the young players the Kansas City Royals are counting on this season.

Manager believes KC has players who can contend for playoff berth

There’s no predicting winner of this Daytona

By Don CobleMORRIS NEwS SERvICE

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The most famous trophy in stock car racing sits on a dresser in Knoxville, Tenn., right next to some smaller go-kart trophies. It still has graffiti on it, along with sticky Gatorade residue.

Trevor Bayne still lives with his parents. His childhood bedroom is a testament to a young career that started small and struck a surpris-ing, make that stunning, pinnacle a year ago when he won the Daytona 500.

Other trophies and blue ribbons identify race wins. The Daytona 500 trophy makes a career. As Benny Parsons once said, “You are a Day-tona 500 champion forever.”

Bayne has another fast car for the race at noon Sunday. So do a lot of other drivers. Like so many other Daytona 500s, the winner probably will be the driver who picks the best racing line, the best drafting partner and avoids all the carnage short of the finish line.

A year ago it was Bayne who was at the right place at the right time at the Daytona International Speed-way. There are 42 drivers who hope it is their turn to be up front when it counts most at the end of the big-gest race of the season — many with far greater credentials than Bayne but no victories in the Daytona 500.

Like front row starters Carl Ed-wards and Greg Biffle. Or defend-ing Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart, brothers Kurt and Kyle Busch, Jeff Burton, Kasey Kah-ne, Mark Martin, Denny Hamlin, Juan Pablo Montoya or Danica Pat-rick.

“There’s no way to predict it,” Kyle Busch said.

“There are so many circumstanc-es out of the driver’s control,” Jim-mie Johnson said.

Edwards won the pole a week ago with a fast lap of 194.738 mph in pole qualifying. Biffle ran 194.087.

The rest of the starting lineup was based off the results from two 150-mile qualifying races Thursday. Stewart will start third, followed by

Matt Kenseth in fourth, Dale Earn-hardt Jr. in fifth, Regan Smith in sixth, Marcos Ambrose in seventh, Johnson in eighth, Burton in ninth and Elliott Sadler in 10th.

Bayne will be 40th.Bayne had a fast car a year ago,

but he is making his second career Sprint Cup start. It was easy to dis-count his chances then; now it is impossible for him to sneak up on anyone.

“We’re not exactly flying under the radar,” Bayne said. “We wouldn’t come back if we didn’t think we could win. There’s a little bit more pressure on us this year.”

Although he is only 21, he can never top his win of a year ago when he unexpectedly inherited the lead when David Ragan was black-flagged for jumping a restart. From there he stayed in front of Carl Ed-wards for one of the most-improba-ble celebrations in NASCAR histo-ry.

It was his only top-10 finish of the year.

The return of pack racing — cars

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Trevor Bayne and 42 other NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers are in the same boat on Sunday. None of them have had the enjoyment of winning the sport’s biggest race — the Daytona 500.

No. 1 ranking on line

The Associated PressMARANA, Ariz. — A dull day in

the desert ended with high antici-pation Saturday when Rory McIl-roy and Lee Westwood won their matches, setting up a semifinal showdown in the Match Play Championship.

At stake for the winner — a chance to go to No. 1 in the world.

McIlroy had another surge on the back nine to put away Bae Sang-moon of South Korean, 3 and 2. Moments later, Westwood finished off Martin Laird, of Scot-land, for a 3-and-2 victory to ad-vance to the semifinals.

Either of them can replace Luke Donald at No. 1 by winning this World Golf Championship.

“It definitely gives the match an extra bit of spice,” McIlroy said.

Hunter Mahan played the short-est quarterfinal match in the 14-year history of the event by beating Matt Kuchar, 6 and 5. His semifinal match will be against Mark Wilson, gaining more respect the deeper he goes in the bracket. Wilson had an easy time in his 4-and-3 win against Peter Hanson, of Sweden.

That assures an American will reach the championship match for the first time since Tiger Woods won in 2008.

The semifinal matches will be played Sunday morning, following by the 18-hole championship match in the afternoon.

With a strong breeze, firmer conditions, tough hole locations and only four quarterfinal match-es, Saturday at Dove Mountain was lacking excitement. For the first time ever, none of the quarterfinals matches reached the 17th hole.

McIlroy and Westwood saved the day.

For starters, it’s the first time the Match Play Championship semifi-nals have featured two of the top four seeds since 2004, when Woods and Davis Love III ad-vanced. McIlroy is No. 2, and West-wood is No. 3.

And while they consider them-selves friends, there was a testy ex-change between them last sum-mer on Twitter, and McIlroy later left the International Sports Man-agement stable.

Westwood already has been No. 1 in the world, and said his priority is picking up his first WGC title. McIlroy already is a major cham-pion, having won at Congressional last summer in the U.S. Open, and would become at 22 the second-youngest player behind Woods to reach No. 1 in the world.

“My priorities were to win ma-jor championships and win World Golf Championships because I haven’t ever won any,” Westwood said. “I’ve been at No. 1 couple of times. It would be a different way of thinking to me compared to Rory, who hasn’t been No. 1.”

Westwood, McIlroy meet in Match Play semi

Melee ends with Buescher winBy Don Coble

MORRIS NEwS SERvICE

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — James Buescher was so far behind coming into the fourth turn on the final lap of Saturday’s Drive4COPD 300, he had plenty of time to steer through an 11-car crash.

Buescher’s Chevrolet emerged through the smoke, flying debris and spinning cars to pass 10 cars and be-come an improbable winner at the Daytona International Speedway.

“It happened quick but it was kind of slow in the moment,” he said.

A three-wide, two-deep battle in-volving Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, Trevor Bayne, Joey Logano and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. turned into a melee when Busch moved up to block the on-coming

charge.“I was far enough back that I saw

the outside line going to try to pass for the lead. Whoever was leading, I think it was the 1 car (Kurt Busch). I think he went up and tried to block a little bit, everybody started rubbing fenders. They all turned into the wall together.”

When that happened, Buescher slowed down and snaked his way through the crash, once moving far left of the yellow out of bounds line. Just as he cleared the last damaged car, NASCAR threw the caution flag which locked him in as the race win-ner.

Buescher wasn’t penalized for going out of bounds because he was trying to avoid the accident.

“Nobody wanted to work with me at the end,” Buescher said. “We were

all on our own. I saw them get to-gether there and I went to the bot-tom. I somehow got through there. I dodged all the bullets. We stayed in it to the end.”

Brad Keselowski was involved in the crash, but his Dodge limped home in second. Elliott Sadler was third, Cole Whitt was fourth and Austin Dillon was fifth.

Buescher’s victory was the sec-ond stunning win in two days at the 2.5-mile raceway. Friday night, John King won the Camping World Truck Series race by steering clear of three big accidents in overtime.

Danica Patrick started on the pole, but she was knocked off track — and into the wall — by Whitt, her JR Motorsports teammate. She lost 48 laps in the garage while her team made repairs.

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Lady Blues finish MIAA title run

By Ken CorbittTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Washburn was the preseason pick to win the MIAA women's bas-ketball championship.

The Lady Blues were in conten-tion all season while chasing front-runner Pittsburg State. Despite a couple of slip-ups at home, Wash-burn took down Pittsburg State twice and emerged on top.

The No. 12 Lady Blues concluded the regular season with a 72-47 vic-tory over Lincoln on Saturday at Lee Arena, capturing the MIAA title with an 18-2 record by a one-game mar-gin over Pittsburg State.

"It feels great," coach Ron McHen-ry said after picking up his seventh MIAA regular season title in 12 years. "To go through the league with two losses — and two at home and be clean on the road — is pretty good.

"A couple of weeks ago we weren't in position to do it. We had to have some big wins down the stretch to get to that position. Sometimes you do it and it feels like it's old hat, but it isn't old hat. It's tough. That makes you proud. This team plays hard."

It's the second championship in three years for the Lady Blues.

"We won conference my sopho-more year but it's different when you're a senior," said guard Stevi Schultz. "It's a good way to go out."

Washburn, 25-4 overall, begins postseason play in the MIAA Tour-nament with a first-round game against Missouri Western at noon Thursday at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.

Washburn had a chilly start against Lincoln but warmed up quickly. The Lady Blues missed their first five shots of the game, then made six in a row and 10 of 11 with five 3-pointers for a 26-13 lead with 9:26 left in the half.

The Lady Blues maintained that 13-point advantage to halftime, holding a 39-26 lead.

"We didn't have very much ener-gy for some reason," Schultz said of the slow start. "For some reason that's happened in a lot of our home games. We knew we had to play hard and we picked it up."

Cassie Lombardino made four free throws the first minute of the second half, but the Lady Blues missed their first seven field goal at-tempts before Tiara George scored in transition off an Ebonie Williams assist.

The Lady Blues built a 55-32 lead on Schultz's three-point play with 9:02 to play but they couldn't put to-gether a hot streak as they did in the first half, although it wasn't neces-sary since Lincoln wasn't produc-tive on offense.

The Blue Tigers (14-12, 8-12 MIAA) shot 31 percent from the field (19 of 61) and were 6 of 15 at the free-throw line. Vivian Essuon had 12 points and seven rebounds for Lincoln, the No. 7 seed in the conference tournament.

Williams led the Lady Blues with 15 points and four assists, Schultz scored 12 with five assists and Lom-bardino had 10 points and eight re-bounds as the trio — along with Me-gan Lassley — were afforded an early exit to a round of applause on Senior Day.

"This feels great," said Williams, a senior transfer from Seton Hall. "I've been wanting a championship since high school. It makes you happy. Winning makes you a happy, happy person."

Ken Corbitt can be reached at (785) 295-1123

or ken.corbitt@cjonline.com.

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Ron McHenry cuts down the nets after the No. 12 Washburn Lady Blues beat Lincoln 72-47 Saturday, claiming the MIAA regular season title all to themselves.

Washburn women put finishing touch on outright championship

Lady BLues 72, LinCoLn 47LincoLn Min FG FT R A T F TPDillard 23 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 3 0essuon 24 5-11 2-2 7 1 2 4 12Mitchell 35 2-10 3-7 1 1 1 0 7sims 32 4-11 0-0 4 1 1 2 9Walker 28 2-10 0-0 7 0 3 1 4booker 29 2-7 0-2 4 1 2 3 4emerson 17 1-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 3neal 7 2-3 1-2 1 1 2 1 6snow 5 1-3 0-2 1 0 0 0 2team 9Totals 200 19-61 6-15 35 7 15 16 47WU Min FG FT R A T F TPMoeller 20 1-3 3-6 4 0 0 2 5lombardino 20 3-10 4-4 8 0 0 1 10lassley 20 1-3 0-0 0 2 0 0 3Williams 33 6-13 0-0 2 4 3 3 15schultz 26 4-8 1-1 5 2 0 1 12Kinderknecht 16 0-3 0-0 3 6 2 1 0George 14 4-7 1-4 3 0 0 4 9lynch 13 2-4 0-0 5 0 0 0 4elliott 12 3-5 0-0 7 1 2 1 6buchman 10 1-3 0-0 4 1 3 1 2McMullin 3 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 4everett 3 1-2 0-0 2 1 1 1 2Mchenry 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0nikkel 3 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 0 0arndt 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Moyer 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0team 1Totals 200 28-63 9-15 47 18 13 17 72Lincoln (14-12, 8-12 MiAA) 26 21 — 47Washburn (25-4, 18-2 MiAA) 39 33 — 72

3-point goals — lincoln 3-10 (sims 1-2, emerson 1-2, neal 1-1, Mitchell 0-3, Walker 0-1, booker 0-1), Washburn 7-18 (Williams 3-7, schultz 3-5, lassley 1-1, buchman 0-2, Kinderknecht 0-1, everett 0-1, Moeller 0-1).

blocked shots — lincoln 3 (Walker, booker, neal), Washburn 4 (lombardino, schultz, George, McMullin).

technical fouls — none.officials — cooper, adams, Wiemers.attendance — 2,115.

The Ichabods (21-7, 15-5 MIAA) shared the title with Northwest Mis-souri State and Central Missouri. It’s their 10th MIAA crown but first since 2005.

“This is a group that takes care of business every day,” coach Bob Chipman said. "They practice hard every day, they go to class every day. They are unbelievable young people and their parents deserve a lot of credit. I just happen to be their coach.

"These guys got together and they decided they want to have a great team. They are a great team. It's probably going to be my favorite championship because of what they do every day, not only on the floor but in the classroom."

Through tiebreakers, the Ichabods got the top seed in the MIAA Tourna-ment and will face Emporia State at

noon Friday at Municipal Auditori-um in Kansas City, Mo. Central Mis-souri is the No. 2 seed and Northwest Missouri No. 3.

Will McNeill scored 22 points, one of six Ichabods in double figures, and had three steals to become WU's career leader with 158, breaking the record of 156 by Jordan Canfield.

The Ichabods shot 68 percent in the game, 43 of 63 overall and 10 of 18 from 3-point range.

"Our guys played great," Chipman said. "They made the extra pass and shared the ball."

Cedric Ridle scored 24 points for

the Blue Tigers (4-22, 4-16 MIAA).Washburn's offense was sensa-

tional the first half, rolling to a 51-25 lead while shooting 75 percent from the field (21 of 28).

The Ichabods made their first 10 shots, four 3-pointers, to build a 27-12 lead. The first miss came with 11:14 left when Christian Ulsaker was short on a 12-foot jumper in the lane.

"We all felt good and were re-laxed," said Riggins, who scored six of WU's first 14 points.

During the final eight minutes of the half the Bods went on a 20-7 run,

punctuated by Kyle Wiggins' fast-break slam that turned into a three-point play with a free throw to make it 50-23.

"We had them over-matched," Chipman said. "They lost another kid with a broken hand so they were playing basically five or six kids and not playing a lot of defense so we were able to get it inside.

"We were open on the perimeter, too. We hit one 3 at their place so they were inviting us to shoot 3s, and we can shoot 3s a little better than 1-for-7 like we did down there."

Not that there was any doubt as to

the eventual outcome, the Ichabods put the hammer down with an 11-2 spurt to open the second half and extend the lead to 35 points (62-27).

Then it was a matter of playing out the final 17 minutes and putting up personal highlight clips on 3-point shots, tip-ins and dunks before the Ichabods could cut down the nets and be presented a trophy.

The 107 points was WU's season high with Jared Henry scoring a sea-son high 18 points, Joseph Smith do-ing likewise with 15 and Riggins ty-ing his career-high of 14 on 7-of-7 shooting.

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Bods: Chipman says this may be his favorite conference championship teamiChaBods 107, LinCoLn 69LincoLn Min FG FT R A T F TPridle 38 8-17 3-3 2 3 3 4 24Fleming 29 5-15 0-0 1 1 3 3 12Williams 39 4-10 0-0 7 4 2 1 8payton 25 2-8 1-2 3 2 3 1 5stanciel 23 2-4 0-0 2 0 0 4 4Morris 21 4-8 0-0 3 0 0 1 10Motley 17 2-5 0-0 2 1 1 0 6heckemeyer 8 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0team 3Totals 200 27-68 4-5 23 11 13 14 69WU Min FG FT R A T F TPMcneill 25 9-12 2-2 3 0 1 2 22riggins 25 7-7 0-0 5 2 1 2 14reid 25 2-4 0-0 5 1 0 1 5Mitchell 23 2-6 0-0 1 8 3 0 5chipman 25 1-2 2-2 2 4 0 0 4smith 15 6-8 3-3 7 0 1 1 15Wiggins 15 4-4 2-3 2 1 1 1 10north 15 3-5 2-2 3 7 2 0 10ulsaker 15 2-5 0-0 4 3 2 1 4allen 9 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 2 0henry 8 7-8 0-0 3 2 1 0 18team 3Totals 200 43-63 11-12 39 28 13 10 107Lincoln (4-22, 4-16 MiAA) 25 44 — 69Washburn (21-7, 15-5 MiAA) 51 56 — 107

3-point goals — lincoln 11-29 (ridle 5-9, Fleming 2-9, Morris 2-4, Motley 2-4, Williams 0-1, payton 0-1, hecke-meyer 0-1), Washburn 10-18 (henry 4-5, Mcneill 2-3, north 2-3, Mitchell 1-3, reid 1-2, allen 0-2).

blocked shots — Washburn 4 (smith 2, allen, chip-man).

technical fouls — none.officials — stiles, Millentree, smith.attendance — 2,090.

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the clock went red. Then came the flood of emotion: Michael Dixon collapsing on the court, Travis Releford ripping off his jersey, Bill Self pumping his fists above his head the way he did after KU won a national championship.

The celebration, Self said, had more to do with clinching a share of an eighth straight Big 12 title than ending the Missouri series with a win.

“For this team to come as far as it has and winning this eighth straight … I’m not the most emo-tional guy, but that’s about as good as it gets,” he said. “And plus, there were recruits in, so I was kind of hamming it up, too.”

KU’s final home game against the Tigers (25-4, 12-4) seemed to follow a divine script, with the Jay-hawks (24-5, 14-2) falling behind by 19 points before a rally that tied the biggest comeback in Allen Fieldhouse history.

The comeback didn’t have a discernible beginning and didn’t follow a linear path. Even Self seemed at a loss to explain exactly how the Jayhawks rallied.

“I thought we were just getting our butts handed to us,” he said.

The Jayhawks got a shot here and a shot there, 3-pointers from Conner Teahan and layups from Thomas Robinson, and held Mis-souri without a basket for a seven-minute stretch in the second half.

By the time Robinson scored to pull KU within a point with 2:30 to play, nervous dread had turned almost entirely to exhilaration.

“In the second half, when we started coming back, (the crowd) was the best I’ve ever seen it,” Tay-lor said.

After 105 years of squabbling, though, Missouri wasn’t going to just surrender. Ricardo Ratliffe hit two free throws to put the Tigers on top 75-72, and that was the score when the Jayhawks set up a final possession for a chance to tie.

Elijah Johnson penetrated and dished to Robinson on the base-line, who dropped in the shot and tumbled to the floor. Dixon was

whistled for a foul, and Robinson’s free throw tied the game with 16 seconds to play.

“I want to see what happened on that foul,” Missouri coach Frank Haith said.

Asked if he was fouled, Robin-son answered with an incredulous look.

“I just knew I had to get the ball on the glass,” said Robinson, who finished with 28 points and 12 re-bounds. “That’s all I tried to do. He walked under me.”

After forging the tie, Robinson preserved it by swatting Phil Pressey’s shot in the final seconds of regulation. This call also irked the Tigers, as Pressey tumbled to the floor after Robinson’s rejec-tion.

“I was just hopeful we could get the same contact called on both ends,” Haith said.

The block itself was clean, though Robinson couldn’t pro-vide visual confirmation.

“I think I had my eyes closed, to be honest with you,” he said.

The Jayhawks quickly grabbed the lead in overtime — their first lead, somewhat miraculously, since the score was 29-27 in the first half — but Missouri wasn't finished. Denmon hit two clutch shots in the final minute, includ-ing a floater that put the Tigers on top 86-85 with 12 seconds to play.

Trailing again, KU didn’t hesi-tate. Taylor took the inbounds pass and charged up the court, lower-ing his head to draw a foul on Pressey. Then came two shots, a final frantic possession for Mis-souri and, at last, the celebration.

The rivalry now fades to black, though the possibility exists for a rematch at the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City. That would be fun, Self said, though he made it clear the Big 12’s regular-season race — all but won by KU — should deter-mine any future bragging rights.

So if this was it, well, what a fin-ish.

“I can’t even put it into words,” Robinson said. “I don’t think I’m ever going to be part of something as big as this game was tonight.”

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Back: Celebration about Big 12 title, Self says

Then to win it — after two free throws by Tyshawn Taylor with 8.3 seconds left accounted for the final margin — Robinson stepped up in the lane, forcing Mike Dixon to halt a drive, forget about time and give up the ball too late to teammate Marcus Denmon.

Outside of those sequences, a thousand other plays will be remembered by tens of thousands of people who will say they were part of the sellout.

“The players on the court played their hearts out. Let the fans have fun,’’ said MU senior guard Kim English. “I don’t care. We played our hearts out. They played their hearts out. They won the game. We have no control over the prior hundred and whatever years.’’

Oh, how the KU fans had fun. Rarely, if ever, have they:

n Booed Missouri with such passion.

n Sung the alma mater so loud before tipoff.

n Celebrated so many former players and celebrities (Topeka golfer Gary Woodland among them) who returned for the game.

And never have so many stayed quite so long to take in what they just saw. They roared again as KU coach Bill Self left his postgame TV interview waving his index finger

after the Jayhawks secured at least a share of an eighth straight conference title.

Every student who could give up 10 packets of Ramen noodles for one Sharpie brought a sign.

One guy came dressed as John Brown and posed for pictures while assuming the famous mural pose, holding out makeshift NCAA Tourna-ment and Orange Bowl trophies.

Why, a centennial mascot was even introduced, designed to resemble the 1912 Jayhawk, though it really proved that dead birds are usually better left untouched.

All the fun that English refer-

enced was still going on right outside the interview room as the Tigers dejectedly answered questions. A group chanted, “Let’s Go Jayhawks.’’

Fortunately, the joy they expressed was civil. For the most part, the whole afternoon was, from the time the Missouri staff and players sauntered into the building around 1:50 p.m., until their bus took off around 6:30.

Virtually everyone offered some kind of personal goodbyes, though a few Mizzou fans turned out too, including some who came dressed in gold shirts emblazoned with the SEC logo.

The end is now official in terms of scheduled basketball games. The whole business about conference realignment was never about basketball anyway. If it was, Mizzou wouldn’t be leaving.

The games this season proved Kansas is the rival, and the Big 12 is the conference, that suits the Tigers best. Even after they came up just short Saturday in 45 splendid minutes of basketball with the Big 12 title on the line.

“This game meant a lot to both schools and both teams. This maybe is the last time we play. I think that would be sad,’’ said MU coach Frank Haith, who finds himself leaving a series he was introduced to just this season.

“Playing them once a year with nothing on the line,’’ said Self, “doesn’t carry the same value as playing them twice a year with a championship on the line.’’

And so the arguments were put forth one last time, while realizing a rubber game could happen at the Big 12 Tournament.

As for the much more distant future, the Border War could some day be rescheduled and history be refreshed.

But if so, or if not, the way history ended Saturday will be hard to top.

Kevin Haskin can be reached at kevin.haskin@cjonline.com or on Twitter @KevinHaskin.

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Phil Pressey, left, and the Tigers are headed to the SEC, but they won’t leave with a final win vs. Tyshawn Taylor and KU in Lawrence.

Haskin: Border War could be rescheduled some day

‘The play’ pays dividends

By Jayson JenksTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

LAWRENCE — The first time Kansas ran the play, Thomas Robin-son scored, got fouled and hit a free throw that tied the game in the final seconds.

The second time Kansas ran the play, Tyshawn Taylor dunked after making a backdoor cut, giving KU a one-point lead in the final seconds of overtime. It’s a play the Jayhawks run late in games, a play they’ve used in big moments before.

“It’s the same exact play that won us a national championship,” Taylor said.

To describe exactly what goes on during “the play” is a bit complicat-ed, because it has so many varia-tions and options. But the Jayhawks turn to it late in games, allowing them to use their guards and big men together with screens, pick-and-rolls and cuts.

“Out of that play,” Taylor said, “we just have a lot of different options.”

Kansas coach Bill Self turned to the play twice out of timeouts when his team really needed a basket. And both times the Jayhawks ran it flaw-lessly, getting easy buckets both times.

The first time, Elijah Johnson ran a pick-and-roll with Robinson. When Missouri’s defenders focused on Johnson, he dumped the ball off to Robinson, who scored while get-ting fouled by Michael Dixon.

Robinson made the free throw, tying the game at 75 with 16 seconds left. He then blocked Phil Pressey’s shot at the other end of the court, forcing overtime.

The second time, Johnson drib-bled on the wing, saw Taylor sharply cut toward the basket and found him in step for a dunk. KU led 85-84 with 28 seconds left.

“We exposed it, and we picked it apart,” Taylor said. “We got our first option (with Robinson) and the sec-ond time, the backdoor wasn’t really an option, but they all went up and Elijah delivered the pass perfectly.”

The play is the same one KU used during the 2008 NCAA champion-ship game, when Sherron Collins handed off to Mario Chalmers for his 3-pointer. During perhaps KU’s biggest regular season game in re-cent years, the Jayhawks turned to it once more in the final minutes.

“That’s a play that we have de-signed specifically for late games,” KU guard Conner Teahan said. “But coach Self, I’ll tell you, he’s a master-mind when it comes to those plays.”

Bench producesWhen Conner Teahan assesses

the effect of his 3-pointers, he doesn’t necessarily look at the score or time left in the game.

“I look at it being big as far as opening our offense up,” Teahan said.

For much of conference play, Teahan hasn’t created much space for his teammates because he hasn’t made many shots. He entered Sat-

urday’s game making just 29 percent of his 3-pointers and went just 0-for-6 in KU’s last game against Texas A&M.

“I was getting so many extra shots leading up to this game,” Teahan said. “You don’t even understand.”

Yet against Missouri, Teahan turned in his best outing in confer-ence play, scoring 12 points, making all four of his 3-pointers and playing a career-high 37 minutes off the bench.

The Jayhawks used Teahan on the same side as Thomas Robinson for much of the second half, forcing Missouri to either double-team Robinson and leave Teahan open or defend Robinson one-on-one while staying on Teahan.

Robinson finished with 18 points after halftime, pounding Missouri inside.

“I was able to get T-Rob the ball

over there in the corner just because they weren’t helping off,” Teahan said. “I would just throw it in there. I talk to T-Rob about that all the time. ‘If I throw the ball to you in the post, I’m clearing out or moving to an area where if they dig, just throw it to me and I’ll be ready to shoot.’ Today they didn’t just dig. I was just going to feed him all day.”

The Jayhawks also received plenty of help off the bench from Kevin Young, who played a season-high 28 minutes in place of hobbled Jeff Withey.

Young scored five points, had eight rebounds and blocked four shots while playing with the kind of energy Self wants from him all the time.

“When he comes ready to play and his focus is in defensively,” Tea-han said, “he is a spark off the bench.”

Jayhawks get two key baskets from play ‘that won us a national’ title

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Tyshawn Taylor dunks the ball late during Kansas’ 87-86 overtime victory Saturday against Missouri at Allen Fieldhouse. The dunk came off a play Taylor says “won us a national championship.”

#4 Kansas 87, #3 missouri 86Missouri MiN FG FT r A T F TPratliffe 27 8-13 6-6 12 0 1 4 22p. pressey 33 2-8 3-4 3 12 2 5 8m. pressey 15 0-2 0-0 2 1 2 5 0Denmon 44 10-15 2-2 5 2 1 1 28english 44 4-12 1-2 6 1 2 2 11Dixon 42 6-15 3-4 1 6 0 3 17moore 20 0-0 0-0 7 0 1 2 0team 1Totals 225 30-65 15-18 37 22 10 22 86kANsAs MiN FG FT r A T F TProbinson 38 10-21 8-9 12 0 2 3 28Withey 9 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 2 2taylor 44 7-13 7-8 4 5 1 3 24johnson 29 3-6 0-0 2 8 0 4 8releford 34 1-7 5-8 3 2 1 0 7teahan 37 4-4 0-0 1 1 3 1 12Young 28 2-6 1-4 8 0 2 3 5Wesley 6 0-0 1-4 1 0 0 0 1team 2Totals 225 28-58 22-33 34 16 9 16 87Missouri (25-4, 12-4 Big 12) 44 31 11 — 86kansas (24-5, 14-2 Big 12) 32 43 12 — 87

3-point goals — missouri 11-29 (Denmon 6-10, Dixon 2-9, english 2-6, p. pressey 1-3, m. pressey 0-1), kansas 9-19 (teahan 4-4, taylor 3-7, johnson 2-5, releford 0-3).

Blocked shots — missouri 1 (ratliffe), kansas 6 (Young 4, robinson, taylor).

technical fouls — none.officials — Whitehead, pollard, meaux.attendance — 16,300.

No. 13 Bears hold off Sooners

The associated PressWACO, Texas — Pierre Jackson

scored 18 points, including the tiebreaking 3-pointer that started Baylor’s game-deciding spurt, and the 13th-ranked Bears beat Oklahoma 70-60 on Saturday.

The game was tied for the 12th time before Jackson’s 3 put the Bears (24-5, 11-5 Big 12) up 49-46 with 10:48 left. That started a 13-2 run that was capped by consecu-tive 3-pointers by Brady Heslip, who had 16 points.

Jackson and Heslip both had four 3-pointers.

Quincy Miller had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Bears, whose 11th Big 12 victory matched the most in school his-tory.

Oklahoma (14-14, 4-12) led 34-31 at halftime. A 3-pointer by Jackson about 3 minutes in the second half tied the game at 36, and the teams went back and forth until Baylor’s spurt.

Steven Pledger had 21 points to lead the Sooners, while Romero Osby and Cameron Clark had 12 each.

Oklahoma went 0-for-12 on 3-pointers, ending a streak of 510 consecutive games with at least one 3-pointer. Baylor, the league’s top-shooting team from beyond the arc, has made a 3-pointer in 648 consecutive games.

Baylor goes into the final week of the regular season tied with Iowa State for third place in the Big 12.

The Bears play their home fi-nale Monday night against Texas Tech, when Quincy Acy, Fred El-lis and Anthony Jones will be honored as the winningest senior class in program history with 94 wins. They go on the road to play the Cyclones next Saturday.

Osby’s jumper with 11 minutes left tied the game at 46. But the Sooners didn’t make another field goal for nearly 6 minutes. They were still down 59-50 when Andrew Fitzgerald ended their shooting drought.

The Sooners finished shooting 39 percent (23 of 59), the same as Baylor (21 of 54). The difference was the 3-pointers (8-0) and free

throws (20-14).Oklahoma kept the halftime

lead after Miller threw up an air ball when taking an open 3-point-er from in front of the Sooners bench with 5 seconds left.

Perry Jones III, limited to only two points and 9 minutes in the first half because of two early fouls, scored four of Baylor’s first nine points after halftime.

Baylor took a 51-48 lead on Jones’ running jumper in the lane. A.J. Walton then blocked a layup attempt by Tyler Neal.

TexAs 71, TexAs Tech 67, oT — at lubbock, texas, julien lewis scored 15 points and hit the go-ahead basket in overtime to lead texas against texas tech.

the longhorns led by 14 points in the first half and were lucky to come away with a win. they trailed 67-61 in overtime before j’covan Brown hit two free throws and lewis hit a 3 to pull within 67-66.

texas tech turned the ball over the next three possessions, while texas (18-11, 8-8 Big 12) got a layup from lewis to go up 69-67. myck kabongo and Brown got three free throws combined down the stretch.

jaye crockett scored 16 points and jordan tolbert and javarez Willis each had 15 to lead texas tech (8-20, 1-15).

Willis hit a jumper with 16 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the score at 59. lewis turned the ball over on texas’ ensuing possession, but the red raiders couldn’t convert.

oklAhoMA sTATe 60, TexAs A&M 42 — at stillwater, okla., Brian Williams scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half and was one of three double-figure scorers for oklahoma state as the cowboys beat texas a&m.

keiton page scored 15 points and markel Brown 12 for oklahoma state (14-15, 7-9 Big 12). michael cobbins had nine rebounds.

the loss was texas a&m’s seventh in eight games and dropped the aggies to 13-15, 4-12. the conference’s lowest-scoring team finished 19 points under its season average of 61.3.

khris middleton led texas a&m with 14 points. David loubeau, with 10, was the only other player in double figures for the aggies, who shot 32 percent (15 of 47).

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“What cost us the game was just immaturity and nonsense for the last two days,” he said. "We were bad.

“I wish I could give you some rocket-science explanation about why we got beat. We’d be here until tomorrow morning if I started ex-plaining everything that’s been bad the last three days.”

The most frustrating part of it all was that K-State (19-9, 8-8 Big 12) had been so good the previous week. The setback to ISU — the Wildcats’ fourth home defeat of the season — completely wiped away all the momentum they had gained from back-to-back road wins against top-10 teams Baylor and Missouri.

Turns out, those wins may have revealed a disturbing flaw. With the exception of Jordan Henriquez — who posted career highs of 19 points, 12 rebounds and 7 blocks — and seldom-used reserve Brian Rohleder, Martin said the Wildcats proved incapable of handling pros-perity.

“Everybody else, I guess they thought that there was some party today here in Bramlage to celebrate us beating Missouri,” Martin said before noting that a number of his players were quick to boast about their 78-68 win at Mizzou on Twit-ter before they even boarded the bus to return home.

“How’s that focusing on your team and what’s important?” he said rhetorically. “I just told ’em, I wonder if you’ll put anything on Twitter now; I wonder if anyone’s listening to your nonsense today.

“It’s a shame that this team re-fuses to embrace success.”

Nobody embraced success Sat-urday as much as Iowa State's Scott Christopherson. The 6-foot-3 senior torched the Wildcats for 29 points and hit his final 3-pointer from deep beyond the key with 1:29 remaining to break a 61-61 tie.

Christopherson, who scored 18 of his points in the first half when the Cyclones built a 37-27 lead, hit 10 of 13 field goals and all five of his 3-pointers. It marked the third straight game he has scored at least 17 points and was his seventh dou-ble-digit performance in nine games.

“I was able to get some open looks and I have to credit my team-mates for setting great screens,” said Christopherson, whose final trey came after Melvin Ejim freed him by setting a pick on K-State’s Angel Rodriguez. “The big fella over here (Royce White) was delivering the ball on time, and fortunately I was able to make the shots.”

For all his exploits, though, Chris-topherson left the door cracked for K-State when he missed the front end of a one-and-one with 22 sec-onds remaining and his team still up by three.

The Wildcats couldn’t capitalize, though. They missed three field goals and two free throws — both by Rodriguez — during the final minute and had two turnovers in the final 2:52.

Chris Allen sealed the Cyclones’ victory by hitting one of two free throws with 10.6 seconds to play.

“The game gets to those last four

minutes, you’ve got to make free throws (and) you can’t have turn-overs,” Martin said. “We missed free throws and we turned it over again in the last four minutes. You can’t win Big 12 games if you do that the last four minutes.”

The loss was K-State’s seventh this season by six points or fewer.

“It came down to the last stretch,” Henriquez said. “That seemed to be our problem in the past, also. Whether it’s home or away, it comes down to making smart decisions. For another game, we came up short.”

Henriquez, however, came up as big as his lanky, 6-foot-11 frame.

Enjoying his finest game as a Wildcat, the junior scored the first four K-State points of the second half to spark a 17-1 Wildcat run that turned their 37-27 deficit into a 44-38 lead. His shot-blocking also con-tinually frustrated the Cyclones.

"He is such a difference-maker there by the rim," ISU coach Fred Hoiberg said. "Jordan is a phenom-enal player. His offensive game has really come on."

K-State’s lead was short-lived, though. When Henriquez went to the bench for a rest, ISU started a 17-6 run that turned the tables and set up the late-game drama.

“I couldn’t take him out of the game today,” Martin said of Hen-riquez. “We take a lead in the sec-ond half, I have to make some sub-stitutions, and all of a sudden we go (from) up six to down five or what-ever in a matter of seconds because I’ve got to make substitutions so guys can actually catch a breath.

“It’s just unfortunate.”Despite his late-game struggles,

K-State's Rodriquez finished with 11 points, 8 assists and 4 steals while committing one turnover in 36 minutes of action. Rodney McGrud-er also reached double figures with 13.

The Cyclones countered by hit-ting 11 treys in 28 attempts, outscor-ing K-State 14-6 on second-chance points and outrebounding the Big 12’s best board team behind a 12-rebound performance from White.

Add it all up and one thing was clear: Unlike Tuesday night in Co-lumbia, Mo., this game was nothing to tweet about.

“It’s embarrassing,” Martin said. “Embarrassing.”

Continued from Page 1B iowa state 65, kansas state 61IOWA ST. MIN FG FT R A T F TPEjim 29 3-7 0-0 5 0 1 2 6White 39 3-7 3-7 12 7 2 4 9Babb 31 1-7 0-0 3 0 0 3 3Allen 24 3-9 1-2 4 2 2 3 10Christophersn 36 10-13 4-5 5 3 3 2 29McGee 21 2-8 0-0 3 0 0 1 6Booker 9 1-2 0-0 2 0 1 4 2Palo 7 0-3 0-0 1 1 0 1 0Gibson 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0Team 2Totals 200 23-56 8-14 37 13 10 20 65K-STATE MIN FG FT R A T F TPHenriquez 34 7-12 5-6 12 0 4 2 19Samuels 28 1-4 2-5 5 1 2 4 4Rodriguez 36 4-7 1-4 2 8 1 5 11McGruder 38 5-13 2-3 11 2 0 1 13Spradling 29 2-9 0-0 0 2 2 1 4Southwell 15 4-4 0-0 1 2 0 1 8Irving 13 1-4 0-0 1 1 2 0 2Gipson 5 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 1 0Ojeleye 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0Team 2Totals 200 24-55 10-18 35 16 11 15 61Iowa State (21-8, 11-5 Big 12) 37 28 — 65Kansas State (19-9, 8-8 Big 12) 27 34 — 61

3-point goals — Iowa State 11-28 (Christopherson 5-5, Allen 3-8, McGee 2-6, Babb 1-6, Ejim 0-1, Palo 0-1, Booker 0-1), Kansas State 3-17 (Rodriguez 2-3, McGruder 1-4, Spradling 0-5, Samuels 0-3, Irving 0-2).

Blocked shots — Iowa State 1 (White), Kansas State 7 (Henriquez).

Technical fouls — none.Officials — 12,528.Attendance — Self, Daily, Walton.

k-state: Martin blames ‘immaturity,’ ‘nonsense’

K-State women fall in overtime

the associated PressCOLUMBIA, Mo. — Liene Priede

banked in a 3-pointer with 2.6 sec-onds remaining in regulation and scored five points in overtime to lead the Missouri women to a 61-56 victory against Kansas State on Sat-urday.

It was the second Big 12 victory for Missouri (12-15, 2-14). And it was the Tigers’ first home confer-ence victory this season.

Kansas State (18-10, 9-7) led 50-43 with 3:51 left in regulation before Missouri countered with a 10-3 rally to tie it. K-State helped Missouri’s cause by missing three of six free throws.

The Wildcats were held to Chan-tay Caron’s 3-pointer in overtime as K-State failed to score in the final 4:18.

Tasha Dickey led K-State with 18 points. Jalana Childs scored 15 points before fouling out. Mariah White, who had eight rebounds and six assists, also fouled out.

Christine Flores led Missouri with 20 points. BreAnna Brock added 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Priede finished with 11 points. Priede scored nine of Missouri’s final 12 points, including a fast-break layup

that broke a tie at 56 after a K-State turnover with 1:28 remaining in overtime.

K-State was limited to 33 percent shooting, including 1-for-6 in over-time.

Brittany Chambers, K-State’s leading scorer this season, was held to six points on 2-for-11 shooting in 44 minutes.

K-State seemingly had the game in control with an 8-0 run when Childs scored four straight points and Dickey and White each added layups to give the Wildcats a seven-point lead with less than four min-utes remaining in regulation.

Kansas State routed Missouri 72-46 in January at Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats play at Iowa State at 7 p.m. Wednesday.KANSAS STATE (18-10, 9-7)

Childs 7-20 1-1 15, Brown 1-4 1-2 3, Chambers 2-11 1-2 6, Dickey 7-15 1-2 18, Dickey 7-15 1-2 18, White 1-3 0-2 2, Caron 1-5 2-6 5, Woods 1-1 1-1 3, Chisholm 1-4 2-3 4. Totals 21-63 9-19 56.MISSOURI (12-15, 2-14)

Brock 7-12 1-6 15, Flores 5-8 8-12 20, Fowler 0-2 0-0 0, Simmons 1-1 0-0 3, Eye 2-12 2-2 7, Priede 2-4 6-8 11, Crafton 0-3 2-2 2, Smith 1-2 1-1 3, Gee 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-44 20-31 61.

Halftime — Tied 27-27. Regulation — Tied 53-53. 3-point goals — Kansas State 5-19 (Dickey 3-7, Chambers 1-5, Caron 1-5, White 0-1, Chisholm 0-1), Missouri 5-19 (Flores 2-3, Eye 1-11, Priede 1-2 Simmons 1-1, Fowler 0-2). Fouled out — Childs, White. Rebounds — Kansas State 38 (White 8), Missouri 40 (Brock 10). Assists — Kansas State 11 (White 6), Missouri 9 (Flores 2, Simmons 2, Gee 2). Total fouls — Kansas State 23, Missouri 17. Atten-dance — 2,308.

Henriquez has career day

By Grant GuggisbergTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

MANHATTAN — Kansas State coach Frank Martin said after his team’s 65-61 home loss to Iowa State that only two of his players broke a sweat in practice Friday.

Since walk-on Brian Rohleder didn’t play, that left K-State with junior forward Jordan Henriquez entering Saturday’s game with the mentality Martin said he wants to see from his team.

For a team that often plays how it practices, that was a bad omen from the opening tip.

“I think there’s a reason that he’s as engaged as he is right now,” Martin said of Henriquez. “Every-body else, I guess they thought that there was some party today at Bramlage to celebrate us beating Missouri.”

Henriquez put together one of his best games as a Wildcat while flirting with a triple-double. He finished with a career-high 19 points, 12 rebounds and 7 blocks.

“He’s protecting the rim, he’s moving around, he’s grabbing re-bounds,” Martin said. “He’s en-gaged.”

Henriquez continued his two-man game with point guard Angel Rodriguez, who often just threw the ball near the rim whether Henriquez was open or not.

More than his penchant for slamming home lobs, Henriquez was a difference maker on defense for K-State. His presence at the rim changed the way Iowa State ran its offense.

While he didn’t guard the Cy-clone’s do-it-all forward Royce White, he provided protection at the rim when White was able to drive past smaller defenders.

As the game went on, Iowa State stopped challenging Henriquez, opting instead to drive the lane and kick out for open shots.

“I thought our guys played smarter as it went on,” Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg said. “Early, we tried to go through (Hen-riquez), later on in the game we kicked those out and got some open looks.”

For Henriquez, the increase he’s seen lately in his blocked shots amount to putting in extra work.

“I’m just being in the right spot at the right time,” Henriquez said. “That’s something that starts in

practice and I’m putting in extra work to make it happen.”

not Martin’s angelDespite scoring 11 points and

handing out eight assists against Iowa State, Martin wasn’t pleased with his point guard’s decision making.

“He never ran anything I asked him to run,” Martin said. “If you play 38 minutes and you’ve got no numbers, that makes you a pretty bad player. That’s what a point guard should do, have assists and

no turnovers. “Inability to run the stuff that

we talked about doing, that’s ma-turity.”

Despite not doing what his coach asked, Rodriguez played 36 minutes and found the bench af-ter finding foul trouble in the sec-ond half.

Clones win on glassThe Cyclones finished with a

slight rebounding edge Saturday and finished with 14 second-chance points, a fact they were par-

ticularly proud of following their win.

“I think it just gives us confidence in rebounding and a sense of pride,” ISU forward Royce White said. “If we can do it in here, we can do it anywhere, and going forward, we’re going to have to do it.”

tip-insn Rodney McGruder finished

with a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

n Kansas State outscored the Cy-clones 34-18 in the paint.

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Kansas State junior Jordan Henriquez battles Iowa State’s Royce White for a rebound during Iowa State’s 65-61 victory Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum. Henriquez had a career-high 19 points.

k-state junior has 19 points, 12 rebounds, 7 blocks in loss

TOp 25 ROUNDUpwichita state takes MVC title vs. Drake

WICHITA — Ben Smith scored 18 points to lead No. 19 Wichita State to an 81-58 victory Saturday against Drake to win the Missouri Valley regular-season championship outright.

Garrett Stutz added 15 points and Toure Murry chipped in 14 for Wichita State (26-4, 16-2).

The Shockers avenged their only loss, a 93-86 triple-overtime thriller Jan. 28 at Drake, in their past 17 games.

Ben Simons scored 21 points, hitting seven 3-pointers, to lead the Bulldogs (16-14, 9-9).

#1 KENTUcKy 83, VANdERBIlT 74 — At Lexington, Ky., freshman Anthony Davis scored a career-high 28 points on 10-of-11 shooting, and Kentucky beat Vanderbilt to win the Southeastern Conference regular--season title for the 45th time.

The Wildcats (28-1, 14-0) have won 51 straight at home and are on a 20-game winning streak overall. But Kentucky trailed at halftime and needed a late surge to put away the scrappy Commodores.

#2 SyRAcUSE 71, cONNEcTI-cUT 69 — At Storrs, Conn., Fab Melo’s follow-up dunk with 31 seconds left lifted Syracuse over Connecticut and clinched the Big East regular-season title for the Orange. C.J. Fair blocked a shot by Roscoe Smith just before the buzzer to preserve the victory for Syracuse (29-1, 16-1) which has won nine in a row since its only loss of the season Jan. 21 at Notre Dame. Kris Joseph had 21 points to lead the Orange.

#5 dUKE 70, VIRGINIA TEcH 65, OT — At Durham, N.C., Austin Rivers scored 23 points and Seth Curry added 19 for Duke.

Miles Plumlee added 15 rebounds and two free throws with 9.6 seconds left for the Blue Devils (25-4, 12-2), who made 6 of 8 foul shots in the final minute of overtime to win their sixth straight and remain atop the Atlantic Coast Conference standings.

#6 MIcHIGAN STATE 62, NEBRASKA 34 — At East Lansing,

Mich., Draymond Green had 20 points and 10 rebounds to help Michigan State beat Nebraska for its seventh straight victory.

Undefeated at home this season, the first-place Spartans (24-5, 13-3 Big Ten) lead No. 8 Ohio State by 11/2 games and No. 11 Michigan by two games with three games left in the regular season.

#7 NORTH cAROlINA 54, #25 VIRGINIA 51 — At Charlottesville, Va., Tyler Zeller scored 20 points, including a critical dunk with 13.3 seconds left and the shot clock winding down, as North Carolina swept the season series.

John Henson added 15 points, including 11 in the second half, as the Tar Heels (25-4, 12-2) kept pace with No. 5 Duke for first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

#9 GEORGETOWN 67, VIllANO-VA 46 — At Washington, freshman Otto Porter had 15 points and six rebounds in his second start of the season and Jason Clark had 15 points and six rebounds for Georgetown.

The victory moves the Hoyas (21-6, 11-5) into sole possession of fourth place in the Big East, one-half game ahead of Cincinnati and South Florida, who play Sunday. The top four teams get a double-bye in the conference tournament

PURdUE 75, #11 MIcHIGAN 61

— At Ann Arbor, Mich., Terone Johnson scored a career-high 22 points and Robbie Hummel added 17 to help Purdue hand Michigan its first home loss of the season.

Michigan (21-8, 11-5 Big Ten) entered 15-0 at the Crisler Center but couldn’t finish off the third unbeaten home season in school history. Trey Burke and Zack Novak led the Wolverines with 12 points each, while Tim Hardaway Jr. had 10.

GEORGIA 76, #12 FlORIdA 62 — At Athens, Ga., freshman Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 18 points and Gerald Robinson added 15 as Georgia snapped Florida’s three-game winning streak.

The Gators, who never led in the game, trailed by double digits most of the second half. They whittled the lead to five points on Kenny Boynton’s 3-pointer with 1:53 remaining.

#14 MURRAy STATE 69, TENNESSEE TEcH 64 — At Cookeville, Tenn., Isaiah Canaan scored 18 points and Murray State beat Tennessee Tech to finish the season undefeated on the road for the first time in school history.

The victory capped the best regular season ever for the Racers (28-1, 15-1 Ohio Valley Conference), who were the last Division I team to lose this season. Their 28 victories

surpassed the 2009-10 team, which won 27 games in the regular season and finished with 31 victories overall.

TcU 83, #18 NEW MEXIcO 64 — At Fort Worth, Texas, Amric Fields scored eight consecutive points for TCU in a 48-second span during the tiebreaking run and the Horned Frogs upset another ranked team at home, beating New Mexico.

TCU (17-11, 7-5 Mountain West Conference) has won eight consecutive home games, the last two over Top 25 teams.

ST. JOHN’S 61, #20 NOTRE dAME 58 — At New York, Moe Harkless had 22 points and nine rebounds to lead St. John’s to its first win over a ranked team in 11 games this season.

D’Angelo Harrison added 15 points for St. John’s (13-16, 6-10 Big East), while Amir Garrett had 11, including the drive that gave the Red Storm a 61-58 lead with 8.9 seconds to play.

#21 UNlV 68, AIR FORcE 58 — At Las Vegas, Chace Stanback scored 21 points to lead UNLV.

Stanback scored 13 points in the first half for UNLV (24-6, 8-4 Mountain West), including his first three 3-point attempts. He had eight rebounds and finished 5 of 7 from 3-point range.

SAINT JOSEPH’S 82, #22 TEMPlE 72 — At Philadelphia, Langston Galloway scored 22 points while Carl Jones and Ronald Roberts each added 18 to lead Saint Joseph’s past Temple.

Halil Kanacevic added 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Hawks (19-11, 9-6 Atlantic 10), who snapped the Owls’ 11-game winning streak.

#24 SAN dIEGO STATE 74, cOlORAdO STATE 66 — At San Diego, Jamaal Franklin matched his career high with 31 points and added a career-high 16 rebounds for San Diego State, which beat Colorado State to pull into a tie for first place in the Mountain West Conference with New Mexico and UNLV.

Franklin scored 13 of SDSU’s final 16 points in the last 4:25.

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Greg Marshall and the No. 19 Wichita State Shockers won the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title Saturday.

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Royal Valley, Trail wrestlers savor medals

By Brent MaycockTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Without question, Royal Valley’s Tanner Ogden rather would have been wrestling in Saturday’s finals at the Class 4A state meet.

A 9-2 loss to Bonner Springs’ Jon-athan Blackwell, a returning state champion, in Friday’s semifinals ended that dream. So Ogden did the next-best thing.

The junior came back strong Sat-urday, dominating both of his con-solation matches to finish third at 145 pounds.

“I wish it was a first place, but I’ll settle for third this year,” Ogden said. “Last night, I got refocused for my matches today. I had to come back and get third place.”

Ogden dominated another clash with Big Seven League rival Kale Cauthon in the consolation semifi-nals, winning by a major 12-3 deci-sion. He had little trouble in his third-place either, never trailing in a 6-3 win over Hugoton’s Lawson Fiss.

The state medal was the first for Ogden, who qualified the previous two seasons but fell short of placing. He finished his junior season with a 37-2 record, his only other loss com-ing to 3-1A two-time state champion Tagen Lambotte, of Rossville.

“It wasn’t easy,” Ogden said. “Now I’ve placed finally and I can build on this for next year.”

Quite a comebackThe feel-good story of the 4A state

meet was Santa Fe Trail’s Kale Cau-thon. Normally, that’s not the case with a sixth-place finisher but it’s justified given the circumstances Cauthon came through to get there.

For starters, Cauthon had last year’s state meet end prematurely when he broke his pinkie finger dur-ing his first match and had to with-draw from the tournament.

Off to a strong start this year, he was dealt another setback in late December when he got twisted so hard his muscle pulled and chipped a bone in his left hip while wrestling Royal Valley’s Tanner Ogden.

At that point, the Charger senior 145-pounder pretty much thought his season was over.

“It was pretty crushing,” Cauthon said. “The first doctor said I wouldn’t wrestle again. But then we went to Children’s Mercy and they said I could get back in about six weeks.”

Cauthon spent three weeks in a wheelchair, unable to do any sort of physical activity. He worked on strengthening his upper body and once he got clearance to resume working out, Cauthon focused on his cardio.

Finally at league, Cauthon was able to get back into action and took second to Ogden. He qualified for state for the fourth straight year and after falling in Friday’s quarterfinals,

Cauthon worked his way through the backside, clinching a state med-al with an 8-6 win over Colby’s Quade Woofter in the consolation quarterfinals.

“When I won to place, I fell down because I was so relieved,” Cauthon said.

He didn’t win either his consola-tion semifinal rematch with Ogden, falling 12-3, or his fifth-place match, a 5-2 loss to Buhler’s Scott Whitson. But it hardly mattered that much.

“Coming back and finishing like this is pretty amazing,” he said. “Four times here and I finally got a medal.”

Three for threeIn addition to Cauthon’s sixth-

place finish, Santa Fe Trail got a fifth from Edward Fitzgerald at 220

and a sixth from Nathan Forbes at 160. That made Trail three-for-three on qualifiers medaling.

Fitzgerald’s finish was bitter-sweet. The senior had entered the state meet with serious hopes of winning the state title at 220.

After winning his first two matches Friday with wild 13-11 overtime decisions, Fitzgerald’s run ended with a 4-1 loss to Jeffer-son West’s Justin Scott in the semi-finals.

“I didn’t have the match I felt like I should have,” Fitzgerald said of the semifinal showdown with his Big Seven League rival, their third meeting of the season. “It’s just another thing. You work hard and I just came up short.”

After getting pinned by defend-ing state champion Colten Lissolo

of Hugoton in the consolation semifinals, Fitzgerald ended his season on a high note by beating Chanute’s Jordan Drybread 4-3 for third, getting the winning take-down late in the third period.

“It’s not where I wanted to be,” said Fitzgerald, who finished the season 34-9. “I needed to work harder and now it’s over.”

Forbes lost his first-round match Friday at 160 to Mulvane’s Kolby Fennewald but won three straight matches to clinch his state medal. After getting pinned by Bonner Springs’ Aaron Puckett in the con-solation semifinals, Forbes met Fennewald again for fifth and again dropped a two-point decision, this time 6-4.

Kane is ableKane Kelly burst on the scene at

Abilene as a freshman and was stellar, posting a 32-5 record. Even though the season ended a little disappointing, namely without a medal, it was still encouraging for Kelly.

“I came up short but I still had a good feeling,” Kelly said. “I believed in what the coaches taught me thinking my day would come and it did.”

That it did. With a pin of DeSoto’s Cole Cannon in Saturday’s 182-pound final, Kelly capped his career as a state champion.

Kelly was nursing a slim 1-0 lead in the third period when he caught Cannon and pinned him with 52

seconds left in the match.Kelly finished the season 40-2.“Coming in you’ve got to look at

it as all or nothing,” Kelly said. “It’s your last chance to compete in high school and you’ve got to make the best of it and capitalize.”

Clay Center’s Gavin Grater fell short of joining his North Central Kansas Leaguer as a state champi-on, dropping a 5-2 decision to un-defeated Sam Son of Chanute in the 160 final. Grater finished the season 36-4.

Notesn Hayden’s Simon Munoz fin-

ished his state tournament 1-2 at 113, falling 7-6 to Pittsburg’s Jeremi-ah Jones in his only match Saturday.

n Holton’s Hunter Price came up short in his bid for a second straight third-place finish in 4A. After man-handling Chanute’s Austin Cole with a 19-2 techincal fall win in the 113 consolation semifinals, Price dropped a 2-0 decision to Pratt’s Ce-sar Regalado for third.

n Clay Center’s Rusty Yarrow got his win over Mulvan’s Seth Sharpe, but it was hardly the time or place he wanted it. Sharpe upset the Ti-gers’ top-ranked 152-pounder in Friday’s quarterfinals7-6, but Yar-row got revenge with a 9-1 whip-ping in Saturday’s third-place match.

n Abilene’s Zane Baugh also took third, taking an 8-0 major decision over Bonner Springs’ Josiah Seaton in the 106 third-place match.

Ogden dominates consolation matches after semifinal defeat

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Santa Fe Trail’s Kale Cauthon looks for a way to break free from Royal Valley’s Tanner Ogden during their 145-pound match.

Baldwin wrestling team enjoys historic day at Class 4A state meet

By Brent MaycockTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

SALINA — A historic day for the Baldwin wrestling program wasn’t going to occur without the Bulldogs erasing a little past history.

Leave it to a couple of seniors whose careers began in rather non-descript fashion to make it happen.

In Saturday’s Class 4A state finals, both Colten Bonner and Andrew Morgan had major obstacles in their way. Each faced opponents that had already not only beaten them, but done so rather decisively.

This time, however, the Bulldogs senior tandem wasn’t going to be denied.

“We kicked it in, knowing this was our last go-around,” Bonner said. “We just weren’t going to be stopped.”

And they weren’t. Morgan avenged an early February loss to Wamego’s Kyle Wilson with a 6-0 victory to claim the 132-pound title, and not to be outdone, Bonner re-versed a regional championship loss to Jefferson West’s Justin Scott by pinning the Tiger 22 seconds into the third period of their 220-pound title match.

The two champions were a pro-gram-best for Baldwin, which also had a high of three finalists. Bryce Shoemaker wasn’t able to turn the tables on Louisburg’s Austin Hood in their 126 final, losing to the Wild-cat for the fourth time this season with a 5-1 decision.

The three finalists were enough to score Baldwin 75.5 points and a program-best sixth-place finish.

Such a finish might have seemed a little unfathomable three years ago. As a freshman, Bonner posted just a 6-22 record, while Morgan was 21-24.

However, there were also signs of potential. Morgan qualified for state that year, upsetting the regional’s top seed to earn a berth, while Bon-ner came one win away from also going to state.

Still, anticipating state titles from either or both, might have been a longshot.

“I think back to where they were as freshmen and for them to just be-come good, let alone be state cham-pion caliber,” Baldwin coach Kit Harris said. “It’s a tribute to them and to young kids to just keep work-ing hard. That’s what this sport is about, you battle and battle and good things will happen to you.”

Morgan seemingly faced a huge battle after losing to Wilson 7-0 in the Silver Lake Invitational finals. He took plenty out of the loss and

worked hard to counter Wilson’s side shots that had been extremely effective in their first meeting.

“I knew that shot was coming and I was just ready for it. I wasn’t going to give it up at all,” Morgan said of Silver Lake. “I just wasn’t feeling it at all (at Silver Lake). This tournament, I was in my zone and ready for it. There was no way I was losing at all.”

It certainly paid off as Wilson was unable to get in on Morgan at all. Af-ter a scoreless first period, Morgan got an escape early in the second period and then managed a take-down and worked Wilson to his back for a three-point near fall that built the 6-0 lead. He was able to ride out Wilson in the final period to deliver the state title.

“I was expecting to be JV my freshman year, all the coaches were thinking that, everyone was,” said Morgan, who finished the season 43-9. “I just felt like I needed to prove everyone wrong, that I could do this. I’ve put countless hours into this sport — in the summer, the winter, when all my friends are out doing stuff, I’m wrestling. It’s what I do, it’s my life.”

The loss was just the second of the season for Wilson, whose only other loss was to Abilene’s Slade Sare. Af-ter winning just one match in his first two years qualifying for state, the runner-up finish was still some-thing he was pleased with.

“To go from not placing at all to second, really is amazing,” said Wil-

son, who finished 38-2. “He really did work on his game plan and did a nice job of defending everything I gave him.”

Bonner had taken an 8-5 loss to Scott last week at regionals when Scott used an early four-point move to take control of the match. This time, however, the match was score-less in the first period and Bonner had a slim 2-0 lead before the match turned.

Well, it was Bonner that did the turning, catching Scott with a spiral to a chin back to take the sopho-more to his back. Bonner kept the squeeze on, delivering the pin to cap a state tourney that saw him knock off defending state champion Colten Lissolo of Hugoton and No. 1 Jordan Brown of Concordia on his way to the finals.

“It’s a move I’ve been hitting all year,” said Bonner, who finished

44-4 and tied the school record for pins with 30. “I have very few moves, but the ones I do have, I’m very good at. I’ve hit them all through this tour-nament and that’s what got me the title.”

Scott’s trip to the finals came in his first state appearance and with two years left, he’s positioned him-self for plenty of success in the fu-ture.

“It’s a big confidence boost for

next year because I know what it’s like to be out there,” said Scott, who finished 39-3. “I just learned a lot and I’ll have to practice even harder. I knew he was going to come out hard after me.”

Shoemaker had faced Hood three times already this season and count-less times in kids wrestling, never beating the Louisburg senior. He fell behind 2-0 in the first period and got down 5-0, managing only an es-cape in a 5-1 loss.

“He’s a very good position wres-tler and he doesn’t get out of posi-tion very often,” Shoemaker said. “He controls the match. We’ve been wrestling since we were kids and we’ve always been close.

“I’m not happy I lost, but he’s the one kid that I’m not mad about los-ing to. I knew I was going to have to work hard this year to beat him, and we both got better. I’m just going to have to wrestle harder next year to try to win state again.”

Class 4A state tournamentAt Bicentennial Center, Salina

Team scoresandale 99, colby 961/2, bonner Springs 921/2, pittsburg

80, mcpherson 79, baldwin 751/2, concordia 70, ulysses 631/2, chanute 59, clay center 56, St. james academy 55, hugoton 53, abilene 46, DeSoto 44, Smoky Valley 431/2, mulvane 41, pratt 40, rose hill 37, el Dorado 32, louis-burg 31, kc piper 28, Fort Scott 271/2, augusta 261/2, prai-rie View 26, Spring hill 25, holton 241/2, royal Valley 24, Santa Fe trail 24, columbus 221/2, jefferson West 22, kc Sumner 20, Wamego 19, paola 16, buhler 14, coffeyville 13, labette county 13, clearwater 12, tonganoxie 12, maize South 9, circle 7, iola 7, independence 5, basehor-linwood 4, cheney 3, hayden 3, larned 3, parsons 2.

Championship matches106 — cokeley, St. james academy dec. Goldenstein,

augusta 4-3.113 — perez, ulysses dec. mies, andale 4-3.120 — reed, colby dec. prescott, mcpherson, 2-1

utb.126 — hood, louisburg dec. Shoemaker, baldwin

5-1.132 — morgan, baldwin dec. Wilson, Wamego, 6-0.138 — kriss, colby dec. hughey, el Dorado, 5-0.145 — Seybold, pittsburg dec. blackwell, bonner

Springs, 2-1.152 — morales, ulysses dec. hobson, bonner

Springs, 3-1.160 — Son, chanute dec. Grater, clay center, 5-2.170 — eck, andale dec. Salsbury, St. james academy,

7-0.182 — kelly, abilene pinned cannon, DeSoto, 5:08.195 — krier, mcpherson dec. Dockers, rose hill, 6-3.220 — bonner, baldwin pinned Scott, jefferson West,

4:22.285 — bennett, pittsburg dec. lanning, mcpherson,

3-1 ot.Third place

106 — baugh, abilene maj. dec. Seaton, bonner Springs, 8-0.

113 — regalado, pratt dec. price, holton, 2-0.120 — hake, concordia dec. kolterman, clay center,

5-2.126 — Wolf, Smoky Valley dec. Wilson, rose hill, 2-0.132 — engles, andale dec. tubbs, colby, 3-2.138 — Watkins, columbus dec. miller, andale, 5-0.145 — ogden, royal Valley dec. Fiss, hugoton, 6-3.152 — yarrow, clay center maj. dec. Sharpe, mulvane,

9-1.160 — Duhr, andale dec. puckett, bonner Springs, 5-3

ot.170 — clements, bonner Springs dec. Whittaker,

Smoky Valley, 3-2.182 — crump, pratt dec. Willis, kc Sumner, 2-2 utb.195 — hittle, concordia pinned morris, Spring hill,

4:41.220 — lissolo, hugoton dec. brown, concordia, 2-0.285 — chandler, DeSoto dec. king, kc piper, 2-1

3ot.Fifth place

106 — keister, pittsburg dec. mainus, colby, 5-1.113 — cole, chanute pinned jones, pittsburg, 2:46.120 — konitzer, prairie View dec. mcclure, maize

South, 2-0.126 — mendenhall, concordia pinned edson, circle,

1:28.132 — Durossette, Fort Scott dec. macy, el Dorado,

6-1.138 — hughes, Fort Scott dec. huseman, tonganoxie,

5-0.145 — Whitson, buhler dec. cauthon, Santa Fe trail,

5-2.152 — Weaver, hugoton pinned Frost, coffeyville,

1:35.160 — Fennewald, mulvane dec. Forbes, Santa Fe

trail, 6-4.170 — hampton, Spring hill dec. Gardner, clearwater,

5-3.182 — Sandoval, ulysses maj. dec. bird, mulvane, 16-

8.195 — cole, kc piper dec. houser, columbus, 2-0.220 — Fitzgerald, Santa Fe trail dec. Drybread, cha-

nute, 4-3.285 — Gatewood, labette county dec. bieberle, col-

by, 8-4.

Bulldogs earn pair of individual titles for first time at the school

photoGraphS by brent maycock/the capital-journal

Baldwin's Colten Bonner, top, squeezes Jefferson West's Justin Scott during the 220-pound championship match Saturday at the Class 4A state tournament in Salina. Bonner got a pin of Scott to capture his first state title and help the Bulldogs to a sixth-place team finish.

Andrew Morgan raises his arms in victory after capturing the 132-pound Class 4A state title Saturday in Salina. Morgan beat Wamego's Kyle Wilson 6-0, avenging an earlier loss to the Red Raider.

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Guillen caps state title with last-second pin

By Rick PetersonTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

WICHITA — Seaman junior 160-pounder Bryant Guillen insist-ed that he wasn't worried when he let Goddard's Tyler Kimple wiggle out of a pin just seconds into Satur-day's Class 5A championship match.

Turned out Guillen had no rea-son to worry, holding onto the lead throughout the match and then ending things with an exclamation mark — a win with just two seconds left in the match.

"I like wrestling so it's kind of fun when a kid gives me a challenge enough to go the third,'' said Guil-len, who capped a 27-6 season with

his first state title. "I just tried to keep my pace and did what I could do, and it worked.''

While Guillen took his early missed opportunity in stride, his coach, Patrick Kelly, admitted that he had a few moments of concern.

"We really preach to our kids that our philosophy is to pin all of our opponents and do it as quick as you can, because if they get off the hook who knows what can happen?'' Kel-ly said.

Guillen's early onslaught gave him a 6-1 lead, but Campbell battled back to wihin 5-3 before Guillen went up 6-3 at the end of the first pe-riod.

After Guillen went up 7-3 early in the third period, Campbell got with-in 7-5 but Guillen scored three straight points and then put his op-ponent on his back as time ran down.

"Bryant's one of those rare ath-letes that doesn't lose his cool and you can kind of sit back and kind of

enjoy the match because you know he's just a competitor out there and he's not going to be intimidated by an environment like this,'' Kelly said.

Guillen's state championship was the unquestioned highlight of a huge day for Seaman, which fin-ished sixth as a team with six medal-ists.

Senior 220-pounder AJ Brown finished third, while junior 285-pounder Dylan Hall and senior 152-pounder Dylan Kadous both earned fourth-place finishes and senior 120-pounder Zach Pittman and senior 138-pounder Geoff Gar-rison were both sixth.

"That's our highest state finish since 1995, it ties our most state medalists ever and it's our first state champion since 1998 so I've got to be pleased with things,'' Kelly said.

"You look back at some things that could have been but I'm really pleased with how these guys per-formed.''

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Seaman junior Bryant Guillen let Goddard’s Tyler Kimple get within two points in the third period but pinned him in the final seconds to claim the Class 5A 160-pound state championship.

Seaman junior finishes season 27-6, earns 160-pound gold

Geary finishes undefeated

By Rick Peterson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

WICHITA — Topeka High junior Will Geary claimed his first state wrestling championship Saturday night at Hartman Arena, and the Class 6A 285-pound winner took his Trojan coaching staff along for the ride.

When Geary, who capped a per-fect 31-0 season with a lopsided 11-1 major decision over Wichita Northwest senior Tarez Griffen, fin-ished off his victory, it also gave To-peka High coach Erich Singer and his assistants their first state cham-pion.

“It’s all them,'” Geary said of his coaches. “They make a good envi-ronment and it’s fun but we know when to get down to business and work hard.

“I think we work harder probably than most teams here.”

Singer was emotional after Geary's win, which followed a third-place state finish in 2011 when the Trojan standout dropped a triple-overtime decision in the semifi-

nals.“It’s exciting and it couldn’t hap-

pen to a better kid,” Singer said. “He set a goal for himself and he made it happen. I’m so proud of him.''

Geary was impressive throughout the state tournament, with two pins, a 7-0 win in the semifinals and Sat-urday’s capper.

“I just know if I push the pace (they) can’t keep up and hopefully I can break them some time,” Geary said.

“He didn’t go out and just wait for things to happen, he wrestled every match this weekend in a way that he went out to score points and it was a very dominating performance,” Singer said.

Sophomore Austin Tillman joined Geary as a medalist for To-peka High, finishing sixth in the 182-pound division.

Manhattan top teamDefending champion Wichita

Heights made a run at Manhattan on Saturday, but the Indians held on to claim the team championship by a 1651/2-1521/2 margin over the Fal-cons.

Both Manhattan and Heights had four wrestlers in the finals and things got interesting when Heights fresh-man Sean Deshazer beat Manhat-tan’s Jase Stone in the 106-pound ti-

tle match.Deshazer’s win cut Manhattan’s

lead to 15 points with a possible 18 points left on the table for Heights, but the Indians were able to cele-brate four matches later when Gar-den City junior AJ Hurtado won a 10-5 decision over Falcon senior Barry Newton in the 132-pound match to clinch the title for Manhat-tan.

Manhattan than added icing on the cake when senior Ty Suggs claimed a 1-0 victory in the 195-pound title match. It was the In-dians’ lone win in four finals.

The Indians had the maximum 14 wrestlers in the tournament and nine took home state medals.

“All 14 of our athletes won one match or more and we have our sec-ond state title in five years, which I’m extremely proud of,” Manhattan coach Bob Gonzales.

Millsap takes goldJunction City sophomore Andrew

Millsap captured a state title at 138 pounds, earning a tough 7-5 deci-sion over Wichita Northwest senior Eric Perez in the finals.

Millsap capped a 29-6 season.Class 6A

At Hartman Arena, Park CityTeam scores

Manhattan 1651/2, Wichita heights 1521/2, lawrence 1181/2, Derby 1091/2, Wichita northwest 97, Gardner edg-erton 841/2, hutchinson 771/2, Garden city 76, Dodge city

68, junction city 66, olathe north 62, Blue Valley West 551/2, shawnee Mission east 54, leavenworth 53, Wichita south 46, shawnee Mission south 421/2, topeka high 39, olathe northwest 35, shawnee Mission West 32, Maize 31, olathe east 27, free state 261/2, shawnee Mission north 211/2, Blue Valley northwest 18, Wichita north 15, olathe south 121/2, Blue Valley north 11, Washburn rural 7, campus 7, shawnee Mission northwest 5, Wichita east 2, Wichita southeast 2.

Championship matches106 — Deshazer, Wh, def. stone, Man, 3-2, ot.113 — lindlar, WnW, def. Garcia, Dc, 6-4.120 — peterson, hut, def. parise, BVW, 3-2.126 — haralson, law, def. stokes, Ge, 2-1.132 — hurtado, Gc, def. newton, Wh, 10-5.138 — Millsap, jc, def. perez, WnW, 7-5.145 — Williams, Ge, def. Becker, Der, 4-2.152 — haug, on, def. pearce, sMs, 6-4.160 — Middleton, onW, def. carson, sMn, 3-1.170 — reed, Wh, won by injury default over Wood,

Man.182 — Wright-conklin, law, pinned campbell, Man,

2:11.195 — suggs, Man, def. Deshazer, Wh, 1-0.220 — Butler, leav, pinned Wilson, law, 3:28.285 — Geary, th, def. major decision Griffen, WnW,

11-1.Third place

106 — McDonald, Der, def. star, law, 3-2.113 — haug, on, def. Morrow, Der, 4-2 sD.120 — calderon, Gc, def. jones, Wh, 8-3.126 — edwards, Dc, def. neal, Wh, 4-1.132 — Goetz, hutch, def. Davis, Man, 8-4.138 — humphrey, sMs, def. heincker, Der, 7-3.145 — Wurts, on, def. Matthews, Man, 4-2.152 — cox, Maize, def. McKee, BV West, 10-4.160 — eggers, Dc, def. heiman, Gc, 3-0.170 — hill, sMe, pinned Dillard, sMW, 1:43.182 — Wilson, fs, pinned Wilcoxson, Wh, 4:44.195 — Marlatt, Der, def. stockton, Ge, 4-2.220 — tipton, oe, def. parker, Man, 8-3.285 — Bowman, onW, pinned Zayyad, BVW, 1:35.

Fifth place106 — Bramalage, jc, def. crider, Maize, 5-0.113 — Mccray, Wh, def. Girard, law, 4-3.120 — tiger, Ws, def. jorns, sMe, 3-1.126 — Wise, hutch, def. unruh, Man, 7-3.132 — lynch, law, pinned Warden, Ws, 4:20.138 — hilgers, Man, def. Boyer, BVn, 5-3.145 — Webber, Ws, def. Mitchell, sMet, 2-0.152 — ayer, Der, def. collins, Ws, 4-3.160 — cotton, hutch, pinned long, Ge, 3:37.170 — Gardner, Gc, by default, pursel, law.182 — franklin, Wn, pinned tillman, th, 1:59.195 — Beahm, sMe, def. roberson, leav, 4-2.220 — Keller, WnW, pinned posey, jc, 4:21.285 — colver, leav, pinned fowler, BVnW, 3:54.

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Topeka High junior Will Geary defeated Wichita Northwest’s Tarez Griffen in an 11-1 major decision to win the Class 6A heavyweight state championship. Geary finished his season 31-0.

Topeka High junior dominant in major decision victory, ends 31-0

Meck hangs on for 182 title

By Rick Peterson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

WICHITA — The gas tank was on empty, but Shawnee Heights junior Nick Meck knew he had to hang on in Saturday night's Class 5A 182-pound state final.

And even though it took every bit of energy he had, Meck accom-plished his goal, posting a 6-5 vic-tory over Andover senior Hunter Weddington to claim his first state title.

"He wrestled me tough, but when it's almost over, that's when you've got to go,'' said Meck, who capped a 38-2 season. "You've got to hold on.''

Shawnee Heights coach Chad Parks said that Meck's hard work and experience got him through in the biggest match of his career.

"The kid he was wrestling is a tough kid, and beat him here last year,'' Parks said. "(Nick) put ev-erything into it, and I couldn't ask more out of a kid.

"We practice in conditions like that all the time — a close match or you're in overtime or whatever. You've got to hang on and get the win and Nick's been there 100 times and he did it live tonight.''

Both Meck and Weddington started the match at break-neck pace, which Meck thinks took its toll on both wrestlers at the end of the six-minute duel.

"I think we were both nervous, which makes you more tired,'' Meck said.

For Meck, Saturday's champi-onship finally wiped out the bitter taste left by a disappointing sixth-place finish in the 2011 state meet.

"It feels awesome, I'm happy,'' Meck said.

Meck was one of three state placers for Shawnee Heights, with sophomore Tyson Toelkes taking fourth at 220 pounds and Nick's twin brother, Shannon Meck, fin-ishing fifth 195 pounds.

A perfect yearEmporia 138-pounder Brandon

Charbonneau capped a perfect 44-0 senior season with his second state title Saturday night, beating Aquinas senior Tommy Williams in the championship match, 3-1.

Charbonneau had won a state title as a sophomore before finish-ing third as a junior after returning from a shoulder injury.

Pursel wins No. 4Lansing senior 132-pounder Bo

Pursel won his fourth straight state championship Saturday, joining a select group of Kansas wrestlers with a 4-1 decision over Arkansas City junior Cody Eastman.

Pursel won at four different weight classes during his career.

With his win in the finals Pursel capped a 44-0 senior season.

Class 5ATeam scores

arkansas city 1531/2, newton 1471/2, Goddard 1301/2, aquinas 1261/2, andover central 1251/2, seaman 115, Mill Valley 87, emporia 86, hays 821/2, Kapaun 82, lan-sing 711/2, Valley center 701/2, shawnee heights 66, sali-na south 591/2, Great Bend 541/2, carroll 401/2, Kc-turner 36, Blue Valley 32, Blue Valley southwest 24, andover 20, eisenhower 18, liberal 13, highland park 9, Kc-Washing-ton 7, Kc-schlagle 4, Winfield 3, salina central 21/2, Kc-harmon 2, Miege 2, Kc-Wyandotte 2, topeka West 1.

Championship matches106 — leach, Godd, def. terrill, ark, 3-1.113 — Gentzler, andcen, def. Vieyra, ss, 11-4.120 — Dulgarian, aqu, def. major dec. Burley, GB,

15-2.126 — olsen, lan, pinned Dickman, MV, 3:53.132 — pursel, lan, def. eastman, ark, 4-1.138 — charbonneau, emp. def. Williams, aqu, 3-1.145 — johns, new, def. lemon, Godd, 5-4.152 — Bontz, andcen, def. McMichael, ark, 7-4.160 — Guillen, sea, pinned Kimple, Godd, 5:58.170 — Weigel, hays, def. tech. fall capps, Godd,

16-0.182 — Meck, sh, def. Weddington, and, 6-5.195 — archer, new, def. solomon, andcen, 8-7.220 — Bean, Kap, pinned Drylie, hays, 1:55.285 — Mason, aqu, def. callahan, MV, 4-1.

Third place106 — howell, Kap, dec. Detwiler, emp, 15-5.113 — ortega, Godd, pinned cheney, turner, 2:09.120 — Burrus, Kap, dec. harrison, new, 6-3.126 — Watters, ark, dec. Maki, Kap, 6-1.132 — Burley, GB, dec. Monares, newton, 4-2. 138 — Mceachern, newton, dec. Villers, ark, 4-3.145 — Ziegler, carroll, dec. helms, ark, 2-0.152 — hendrickson, BV, dec. Kadous, sea, 8-2.160 — Dice, ark dec. torres, emp, 5-1.170 — perz, aqu, dec. Kruskamp, turner, 4-3.182 — Munsch, ss, pinned rodd, andcen, 2:52.195 — Blair, Vc, dec. o’Donnell, ss, 3-1 (ot).220 — Brown, sea, dec. toelkes, sh, 3-2.285 — Woodruff, Godd, dec. hall, seaman, 4-3.

Fifth place106 —scott, MV, won by default over henes, aqu.113 — perez, ark, dec. Marx, Mill Valley, 6-2.120 — lightfoot, andcen, dec. pittman, seaman.126 — stiles, hays, dec. carlson, emp, 4-2 (utB).132 — Dakin, emporia, dec. lee, andcen, 10-2.138 — Bjorgo, BVsW, dec. Garrison, seaman, 5-0.145 — service, MV, dec. Braimah, liberal, 4-1.152 — jackson, emp, dec. Deterding, hays, 6-5.160 — ewing, aquinas, dec. Meyers, hays, 5-3.170 — hopper, Vc, dec. langley, newton, 5-2.182 — Weldon, Vc, dec. cox, ark, 4-2 (ot).195 — Meck, sh, dec.VanderWerf, lansing, 3-0.220 — foster, Vc, dec. Gallegos, new, 3-0.285 — lee, new, pinned hendrickson, andcen,

2:44.

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Shawnee Heights junior Nick Meck gets his hand raised after defeating Andover’s Hunter Weddington for the 182-pound title.

Shawnee Heights junior (38-2) perseveres for 6-5 victory

8B www.cjonline.comTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL SCOREBOARD SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012

CollegeSOFTBALL

Washburn vs. Texas A&M-International at Texas Woman’s Tournament in Denton, Texas, 11:15 a.m.

BASEBALLWashburn at Drury, noon

Today’s lineCollege basketball

SUNDAYFavorite Line UnderdogSOUTH FLORIDA 2 CincinnatiCENT. MICHIGAN 9 N. IllinoisLOUISVILLE 8 PittsburghDENVER 9½ North TexasCalifornia 2½ COLORADOILLINOIS 8 IowaMIAMI 3 Florida St.OREGON ST. 4 OregonMARIST Pk NiagaraSIENA 9½ CanisiusIONA 22 St. Peter’sFairfield 3½ RIDERMANHATTAN 2½ Loyola (Md.)OHIO ST. 10½ WisconsinMINNESOTA Pk IndianaOHIO 4½ Akron

NBAALL-STAr GAmE SUNDAY AT OrLANDO, FLA.

Favorite Line UnderdogEast 2½ West

BasketballNBA

ALL-STAr WEEKEND rESULTS SATUrDAYSHOOTING STArS

First roundTeam New York (Landry Fields, Cappie Pon-

dexter, Allan Houston), 38.7Team Texas (Chandler Parsons, Sophia Young,

Kenny Smith), 42.7Team Atlanta (Joe Johnson, Lindsey Harding,

Jerry Stackhouse), 55.3Team Orlando (Jameer Nelson, Marie Ferdi-

nand-Harris, Dennis Scott), 1:04Finals

Team New York (Landry Fields, Cappie Pon-dexter, Allan Houston), 37.3

Team Texas (Chandler Parsons, Sophia Young, Kenny Smith), 47.6

SKILLS CHALLENGEFirst round

Deron Williams, New Jersey, 28.3Tony Parker, San Antonio, 29.2Rajon Rondo, Boston, 32.8John Wall, Washington, 32.8Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City, 33.8Kyrie Irving, Cleveland, 42.2

Tie breakerRajon Rondo, Boston, 27.5John Wall, Washington, 45.4

FinalsTony Parker, San Antonio, 32.8Rajon Rondo, Boston, 34.6Deron Williams, New Jersey, 41.4

THrEE-POINT CHALLENGEFirst round

James Jones, Miami, 22Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City, 20Kevin Love, Minnesota, 18Mario Chalmers, Miami, 18Ryan Anderson, Orlando, 17Anthony Morrow, New Jersey, 14

Tie breakerKevin Love, Minnesota, 5Mario Chalmers, Miami, 4

FinalsKevin Durant, Oklahoma City, 16Kevin Love, Minnesota, 16James Jones, Miami, 12

Final shootoffKevin Love, Minnesota, 17Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City, 14

SLAm DUNKJeremy Evans, Utah, 29% of the voteChase Budinger, HoustonDerrick Williams, MinnesotaPaul George, Indiana

College menBIG 12

Conf OverallKansas 14-2 24-5Missouri 12-4 25-4Baylor 11-5 24-5Iowa State 11-5 21-8Kansas State 8-8 19-9Texas 8-8 18-11Oklahoma State 7-9 14-15Oklahoma 4-12 14-14Texas A&M 4-12 13-15Texas Tech 1-15 8-20

results Saturday#4 Kansas 87, #3 Missouri 86, OTIowa State 65, Kansas State 61#13 Baylor 70, Oklahoma 60Oklahoma State 60, Texas A&M 42Texas 71, Texas Tech 67, OT

Games mondayTexas Tech at #13 Baylor, 8 p.m.#4 Kansas at Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.

Game Tuesday Kansas State at Texas A&M, 6 p.m.

mISSOUrI VALLEY Conf OverallWichita State 16-2 26-4Creighton 14-4 25-5Northern Iowa 9-9 19-12Illinois State 9-9 18-12Drake 9-9 16-14Missouri State 9-9 16-15Evansville 9-9 15-14Indiana State 8-10 17-13Southern Illinois 5-13 8-22Bradley 2-16 7-24

results Saturday#19 Wichita State 81, Drake 58Illinois State 54, Bradley 53Evansville 75, Missouri State 70, OTNorthern Iowa 65, Southern Illinois 61Creighton 61, Indiana State 60

mVC TOUrNAmENT AT ST. LOUISGames Thursday

Game 1 — Indiana State vs. Southern Illinois, 6 p.m.

Game 2 — Drake vs. Bradley, 8:30 p.m.Games Friday

Game 3 — Wichita State vs. Game 1 winner, noon

Game 4 — Illinois State vs. Northern Iowa, 2:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Creighton vs. Game 2 winner, 6 p.m.

Game 6 — Evansville vs. Missouri State, 8:30 p.m.

mIAA Conf OverallNorthwest Missouri 15-5 21-5Washburn 15-5 21-7Central Missouri 15-5 19-7Missouri Southern 14-6 22-6Fort Hays State 12-8 18-8Southwest Baptist 11-9 18-11Pittsburg State 10-10 15-13Emporia State 5-15 9-17Truman 5-15 8-20Missouri Western 4-16 9-17Lincoln 4-16 4-22

results SaturdayWashburn 107, Lincoln 69Missouri Western 78, SW Baptist 58Central Missouri 82, Truman 79Pittsburg State 78, Northeastern State 54NW Missouri 67, Missouri Southern 64Fort Hays State 73, Emporia State 48

mIAA TOUrNAmENT AT KANSAS CITY, mO.Quarterfinals Friday

Game 1 — Washburn vs. Emporia State, noon

Game 2 — Fort Hays State vs. Missouri Southern, 2:15 p.m.

Game 3 — Central Missouri vs. Pittsburg State, 6 p.m.

Game 4 — Northwest Missouri State vs. Southwest Baptist, 8:15 p.m.

KCAC TOUrNEYSemifinals results Saturday

McPherson 68, Tabor 66Saint Mary 87, Ottawa 70

Championship game monday at Park CityMcPherson vs. Saint Mary, 8:10 p.m.

TOP 25 rESULTS SATUrDAY#1 Kentucky 83, Vanderbilt 74#2 Syracuse 71, UConn 69#5 Duke 70, Virginia Tech 65, OT#6 Michigan State 62, Nebraska 34#7 North Carolina 54, #25 Virginia 51#9 Georgetown 67, Villanova 46Purdue 75, #11 Michigan 61Georgia 76, #12 Florida 62#14 Murray St. 69, Tennessee Tech 64TCU 83, #18 New Mexico 64St. John’s 61, #20 Notre Dame 58#21 UNLV 68, Air Force 58Saint Joseph’s 82, #22 Temple 72#24 San Diego State 74, Colorado State 66

OTHEr STATE rESULTS SATUrDAYCowley 84, Allen 63Labette 68, Johnson 66OTHEr NATIONAL rESULTS SATUrDAY

EASTAmerican U. 76, Lafayette 69Boston U. 64, Hartford 55Brown 94, Columbia 78Bucknell 64, Navy 55Buffalo 84, Miami (Ohio) 74CCSU 78, Wagner 61Delaware 82, Northeastern 72Fairleigh Dickinson 45, St. Francis (NY) 44Fordham 67, La Salle 62George Washington 56, Duquesne 51

Hofstra 93, UNC Wilmington 64Holy Cross 65, Colgate 58Lehigh 74, Army 72, OTMonmouth (NJ) 106, LIU 78Mount St. Mary’s 71, Bryant 62NJIT 94, Longwood 51Northwestern 67, Penn St. 66Penn 55, Harvard 54Princeton 85, Dartmouth 61Quinnipiac 73, Robert Morris 69Rhode Island 64, Saint Louis 62Rutgers 77, Seton Hall 72, OTSacred Heart 72, St. Francis (Pa.) 57Vermont 80, UMBC 49Yale 71, Cornell 40

SOUTHAlabama 67, Mississippi St. 50Alcorn St. 60, Southern U. 40Ark.-Pine Bluff 46, Jackson St. 44Arkansas 77, Auburn 71Austin Peay 68, SE Missouri 59Belmont 62, Mercer 61Charleston Southern 65, Radford 59Chattanooga 86, Samford 78Clemson 72, NC State 69, OTCoastal Carolina 81, VMI 64Coll. of Charleston 55, The Citadel 47Davidson 71, Georgia Southern 54Delaware St. 63, Howard 46Drexel 73, Old Dominion 72E. Kentucky 86, E. Illinois 74ETSU 84, Florida Gulf Coast 71Elon 93, UNC Greensboro 79FIU 81, South Alabama 74Georgia 76, Florida 62Georgia St. 64, William & Mary 60Georgia Tech 63, Maryland 61Hampton 74, Florida A&M 59Jacksonville St. 77, UT-Martin 46James Madison 65, Towson 59Liberty 49, Campbell 41Lipscomb 74, Kennesaw St. 71Louisiana Tech 84, Hawaii 67Louisiana-Monroe 78, Louisiana-Lafayette 60MVSU 79, Grambling St. 60Md.-Eastern Shore 58, Morgan St. 57Memphis 87, Marshall 67Mississippi 72, LSU 48Morehead St. 76, SIU-Edwardsville 61NC A&T 79, SC State 75Nicholls St. 78, McNeese St. 75Norfolk St. 75, Bethune-Cookman 72Presbyterian 68, Gardner-Webb 62SC-Upstate 90, Stetson 72Savannah St. 60, NC Central 47Southern Miss. 58, Rice 56St. Bonaventure 72, Charlotte 56Tennessee 73, South Carolina 64Troy 83, FAU 82Tulsa 73, Tulane 69UAB 61, East Carolina 57UCF 63, UTEP 45UNC Asheville 67, Winthrop 55VCU 89, George Mason 77W. Carolina 83, Appalachian St. 75W. Kentucky 73, Middle Tennessee 67Wake Forest 85, Boston College 56Wofford 67, Furman 52

mIDWESTBowling Green 74, Kent St. 58Cleveland St. 77, Wright St. 55Dayton 76, UMass 43Detroit 76, Youngstown St. 74E. Michigan 61, Ball St. 50Green Bay 71, Ill.-Chicago 63IPFW 76, UMKC 73Milwaukee 78, Loyola of Chicago 69North Dakota 66, Houston Baptist 62Oakland 84, South Dakota 77Providence 73, DePaul 71Purdue 75, Michigan 61S. Dakota St. 75, IUPUI 64Toledo 83, W. Michigan 74Urbana 59, Chicago St. 55W. Illinois 77, N. Dakota St. 64Xavier 65, Richmond 57

SOUTHWESTCent. Arkansas 64, SE Louisiana 63Houston 62, SMU 59Lamar 72, Sam Houston St. 49Oklahoma St. 60, Texas A&M 42Prairie View 60, Alabama A&M 52Stephen F. Austin 74, Texas A&M-CC 41TCU 83, New Mexico 64Texas 71, Texas Tech 67, OTTexas Southern 67, Alabama St. 59Texas St. 66, UTSA 52Texas-Arlington 79, Northwestern St. 70UALR 62, Arkansas St. 60

FAr WESTArizona 65, UCLA 63Arizona St. 56, Southern Cal 52BYU 76, Portland 66CS Bakersfield 84, Nebraska-Omaha 63Gonzaga 65, San Diego 57Long Beach St. 64, UC Riverside 40Loyola Marymount 68, Santa Clara 65Montana 57, Montana St. 47Nevada 79, Fresno St. 76, 3OTNew Mexico St. 79, San Jose St. 68Oral Roberts 73, S. Utah 71Portland St. 69, E. Washington 64Sacramento St. 70, Idaho St. 67Saint Mary’s (Cal) 67, San Francisco 60UC Davis 78, Cal St.-Fullerton 75UC Irvine 94, CS Northridge 85, OTUC Santa Barbara 68, Cal Poly 60Utah 58, Stanford 57Utah Valley 74, Texas-Pan American 64Washington 59, Washington St. 55Wyoming 64, Boise St. 54

Top 25/Big 12/Area boxes#1 KENTUCKY 83, VANDErBILT 74

VANDErBILT (20-9)Ezeli 5-10 5-6 15, Tinsley 1-5 4-5 7, Goul-

bourne 4-10 3-4 11, Jenkins 6-18 2-3 18, Taylor 8-16 1-5 19, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Fuller 0-0 0-0 0, Parker 2-3 0-0 4, Tchiengang 0-1 0-0 0, Odom 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-63 15-23 74.KENTUCKY (28-1)

Jones 5-7 2-2 12, Kidd-Gilchrist 4-10 0-0 8, Davis 10-11 8-9 28, Lamb 4-7 0-0 9, Teague 5-12 6-7 16, Miller 4-9 0-0 9, Vargas 0-0 1-2 1, Wiltjer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-56 17-20 83.

Halftime — Vanderbilt 37-36. 3-Point Goals — Vanderbilt 7-18 (Jenkins 4-9, Taylor 2-5, Tinsley 1-3, Parker 0-1), Kentucky 2-10 (Lamb 1-3, Miller 1-4, Kidd-Gilchrist 0-1, Teague 0-2). Fouled Out — Jones, Kidd-Gilchrist. Rebounds — Vanderbilt 29 (Taylor 9), Kentucky 37 (Davis 11). Assists — Van-derbilt 7 (Johnson 2), Kentucky 11 (Teague 6). Total Fouls — Vanderbilt 18, Kentucky 18. A — 24,388.

#2 SYrACUSE 71, UCONN 69SYrACUSE (29-1)

Christmas 0-1 0-0 0, Joseph 8-15 2-2 21, Melo 5-6 1-2 11, Jardine 3-10 1-2 7, Triche 2-6 2-2 6, Carter-Williams 1-1 0-0 3, Waiters 3-11 4-4 10, Fair 3-6 0-0 6, Keita 0-1 0-2 0, Southerland 3-7 0-0 7. Totals 28-64 10-14 71.UCONN (17-11)

Smith 5-11 3-6 13, Oriakhi 3-6 2-2 8, Drum-mond 7-13 1-2 15, Lamb 7-15 3-3 19, Boatright 5-13 0-0 14, Daniels 0-3 0-0 0, Giffey 0-2 0-0 0, Olander 0-1 0-0 0, Napier 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 27-67 9-13 69.

Halftime — Syracuse 43-29. 3-Point Goals — Syracuse 5-20 (Joseph 3-7, Carter-Williams 1-1, Southerland 1-4, Triche 0-1, Jardine 0-3, Wait-ers 0-4), UConn 6-20 (Boatright 4-8, Lamb 2-8, Daniels 0-2, Napier 0-2). Fouled Out — None. Re-bounds — Syracuse 41 (Melo 9), UConn 37 (Drummond 13). Assists — Syracuse 14 (Jardine 6), UConn 17 (Napier 7). Total Fouls — Syracuse 13, UConn 10. A — 10,167.

#5 DUKE 70, VIrGINIA TECH 65, OTVIrGINIA TECH (15-14)

Raines 7-10 2-3 16, Finney-Smith 2-11 1-8 6, Hudson 6-13 2-2 16, Green 7-19 2-3 16, Eddie 2-5 0-0 5, Brown 1-5 0-0 2, Rankin 0-0 0-0 0, Barksdale 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 27-66 7-16 65.DUKE (25-4)

Mi. Plumlee 1-3 3-4 5, Kelly 2-6 3-4 8, Rivers 5-12 11-17 23, Thornton 2-6 0-0 6, Curry 7-15 4-5 19, Cook 0-2 2-2 2, Mas. Plumlee 3-5 1-2 7, Hairston 0-0 0-0 0, Dawkins 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 20-52 24-34 70.

Halftime — Duke 26-24. End Of Regulation — Tied 58. 3-Point Goals — Virginia Tech 4-13 (Hudson 2-4, Eddie 1-2, Finney-Smith 1-4, Green 0-3), Duke 6-24 (Thornton 2-5, Rivers 2-6, Kelly 1-3, Curry 1-6, Cook 0-1, Dawkins 0-3). Fouled Out — Eddie, Kelly. Rebounds — Virginia Tech 38

(Finney-Smith 12), Duke 44 (Mi. Plumlee 15). As-sists — Virginia Tech 11 (Eddie 5), Duke 7 (Thorn-ton 3). Total Fouls — Virginia Tech 25, Duke 13. A — 9,314.

#6 mICHIGAN ST. 62, NEBrASKA 34NEBrASKA (12-15)

McCray 1-6 0-0 3, Richardson 2-9 2-2 6, Ubel 6-9 0-0 13, Spencer 1-6 0-0 2, Walker 0-2 0-0 0, Rivers 0-3 0-0 0, Moore 1-3 2-2 4, Tyrance 0-0 0-0 0, Niemann 0-0 0-0 0, Talley 1-4 0-0 2, Fox 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 14-48 4-4 34.mICHIGAN ST. (24-5)

Payne 2-3 0-0 4, Appling 1-2 0-1 2, Thornton 3-4 0-0 9, Dawson 2-3 2-2 6, Green 7-11 3-3 20, Byrd 2-4 0-0 6, Gauna 1-1 1-3 3, Kearney 0-2 0-0 0, Chapman 0-0 0-0 0, Wetzel 0-0 0-0 0, Nix 2-3 1-1 5, Wood 3-4 0-0 7, Sweeny 0-0 0-0 0, Wollen-man 0-1 0-0 0, Ianni 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-39 7-10 62.

Halftime — Michigan St. 23-15. 3-Point Goals — Nebraska 2-17 (Ubel 1-1, McCray 1-4, Fox 0-1, Walker 0-1, Rivers 0-2, Talley 0-2, Moore 0-2, Spencer 0-2, Richardson 0-2), Michigan St. 9-18 (Thornton 3-4, Green 3-6, Byrd 2-4, Wood 1-2, Payne 0-1, Appling 0-1). Fouled Out — McCray. Rebounds — Nebraska 20 (Fox 5), Michigan St. 33 (Green 10). Assists — Nebraska 8 (Richard-son 5), Michigan St. 15 (Nix 5). Total Fouls — Nebraska 14, Michigan St. 12. A — 14,797.

#7 NOrTH CArOLINA 54, #25 VIrGINIA 51NOrTH CArOLINA (25-4)

Henson 4-10 7-8 15, Barnes 3-15 1-3 7, Zeller 7-11 6-6 20, Marshall 0-6 1-2 1, Bullock 1-3 0-0 3, White 0-1 0-0 0, Hairston 2-4 0-0 5, Watts 0-0 0-0 0, McAdoo 0-1 3-4 3. Totals 17-51 18-23 54.VIrGINIA (21-7)

Scott 3-13 0-0 6, Ak. Mitchell 0-2 0-0 0, Evans 6-13 1-3 13, Harris 5-10 0-1 12, Zeglinski 4-12 0-0 11, Jesperson 1-5 0-0 3, Brogdon 1-4 2-2 4, Atkins 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 21-60 3-6 51.

Halftime — Virginia 30-26. 3-Point Goals — North Carolina 2-14 (Bullock 1-3, Hairston 1-3, White 0-1, Marshall 0-2, Barnes 0-5), Virginia 6-23 (Zeglinski 3-10, Harris 2-5, Jesperson 1-3, Evans 0-1, Scott 0-2, Brogdon 0-2). Fouled Out — None. Rebounds — North Carolina 48 (Hen-son 11), Virginia 29 (Scott 7). Assists — North Carolina 8 (Marshall 6), Virginia 7 (Evans, Harris 3). Total Fouls — North Carolina 11, Virginia 17. A — 14,273.

#9 GEOrGETOWN 67, VILLANOVA 46VILLANOVA (11-17)

Wayns 1-10 0-0 3, Johnson 1-4 1-1 3, Yarou 2-10 5-8 9, Cheek 6-13 5-6 19, Sutton 2-4 2-4 6, Hilliard 0-3 0-0 0, Kennedy 2-5 0-0 4, Pinkston 0-0 0-0 0, Yacoubou 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 14-50 15-21 46.GEOrGETOWN (21-6)

Thompson 4-11 2-6 10, Sims 4-5 4-6 12, Clark 5-14 4-4 15, Porter 6-11 2-2 15, Lubick 1-1 0-0 3, Whittington 0-1 1-2 1, Hopkins 0-1 2-2 2, Bowen 2-2 0-0 4, Caprio 0-1 0-0 0, Trawick 2-5 1-1 5. Totals 24-52 16-23 67.

Halftime — Georgetown 30-23. 3-Point Goals — Villanova 3-12 (Cheek 2-5, Wayns 1-5, Hilliard 0-1, Yacoubou 0-1), Georgetown 3-13 (Lubick 1-1, Porter 1-2, Clark 1-5, Trawick 0-1, Thompson 0-4). Fouled Out — Cheek, Whittington. Rebounds — Villanova 24 (Yarou 7), Georgetown 41 (Clark, Porter, Sims, Thompson, Whittington 6). Assists — Villanova 5 (Wayns 4), Georgetown 10 (Thomp-son 4). Total Fouls — Villanova 20, Georgetown 22. A — 19,277.

PUrDUE 75, #11 mICHIGAN 61PUrDUE (19-10)

Hummel 5-12 4-4 17, Carroll 2-2 2-2 6, T. Johnson 9-12 4-4 22, Jackson 3-9 2-2 9, Smith 3-4 0-0 7, A. Johnson 1-5 2-4 5, Anthrop 0-0 0-0 0, Byrd 3-9 0-0 7, Beshears 1-1 0-0 2, Hart 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-54 14-16 75.mICHIGAN (21-8)

Morgan 4-7 0-2 8, Novak 4-11 0-0 12, Doug-lass 3-7 0-0 7, Burke 4-12 2-2 12, Hardaway Jr. 5-13 0-0 10, Brundidge 0-0 0-0 0, Vogrich 1-3 0-0 3, Bartelstein 0-0 0-0 0, McLimans 0-0 0-0 0, Smotrycz 2-3 0-0 5, Person 2-3 0-0 4, Christian 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-60 2-4 61.

Halftime — Purdue 32-28. 3-Point Goals — Purdue 7-15 (Hummel 3-4, Jackson 1-1, Smith 1-2, A. Johnson 1-3, Byrd 1-4, T. Johnson 0-1), Michigan 9-32 (Novak 4-10, Burke 2-6, Smotrycz 1-2, Vogrich 1-3, Douglass 1-4, Person 0-1, Hard-away Jr. 0-6). Fouled Out — None. Rebounds — Purdue 31 (Hummel 9), Michigan 31 (Hardaway Jr., Morgan, Novak 6). Assists — Purdue 12 (Jack-son 5), Michigan 12 (Douglass 5). Total Fouls — Purdue 8, Michigan 15. A — 12,721.

GEOrGIA 76, #12 FLOrIDA 62FLOrIDA (22-7)

Boynton 4-11 0-0 11, Young 4-9 0-0 8, Walker 4-11 4-4 14, Beal 5-12 9-10 19, Murphy 1-6 0-0 2, Rosario 3-9 0-1 6, Wilbekin 0-1 0-0 0, Prather 1-1 0-0 2, Larson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-60 13-15 62.GEOrGIA (13-15)

Caldwell-Pope 8-13 0-0 18, Thornton 2-7 0-2 4, D. Williams 4-6 3-4 11, Robinson 4-11 6-6 15, Djurisic 5-8 1-2 12, Ware 2-4 5-6 11, V. Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Brantley 1-1 0-0 3, Florveus 1-1 0-1 2. Totals 27-51 15-21 76.

Halftime — Georgia 36-27. 3-Point Goals — Florida 5-23 (Boynton 3-7, Walker 2-4, Rosario 0-3, Beal 0-4, Murphy 0-5), Georgia 7-20 (Ware 2-3, Caldwell-Pope 2-6, Brantley 1-1, Djurisic 1-2, Robinson 1-5, Thornton 0-3). Fouled Out — None. Rebounds — Florida 36 (Beal 12), Georgia 30 (Djurisic 7). Assists — Florida 8 (Beal, Boynton 2), Georgia 16 (Robinson 7). Total Fouls — Florida 19, Georgia 15. A — 10,265.

#13 BAYLOr 70, OKLAHOmA 60OKLAHOmA (14-14)

Fitzgerald 3-11 3-5 9, Osby 5-10 2-2 12, Grooms 1-5 0-0 2, Pledger 8-17 5-5 21, Clark 5-8 2-3 12, Franklin 0-0 0-0 0, Washington 0-0 0-0 0, Blair 0-1 0-0 0, Neal 0-6 2-2 2, Arent 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 23-59 14-17 60.BAYLOr (24-5)

Jones III 3-11 2-2 8, Acy 2-5 2-2 6, Miller 2-8 8-9 12, Heslip 5-13 2-2 16, Jackson 6-10 2-2 18, Franklin 0-0 0-0 0, Bello 0-0 0-0 0, Walton 1-2 0-0 2, Jefferson 1-2 4-8 6, Jones 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 21-54 20-25 70.

Halftime — Oklahoma 34-31. 3-Point Goals — Oklahoma 0-12 (Blair 0-1, Grooms 0-1, Neal 0-5, Pledger 0-5), Baylor 8-23 (Jackson 4-6, Heslip 4-9, Jones 0-1, Walton 0-1, Miller 0-3, Jones III 0-3). Fouled Out — None. Rebounds — Oklaho-ma 37 (Fitzgerald 9), Baylor 36 (Miller 9). Assists — Oklahoma 12 (Grooms 6), Baylor 10 (Walton 3). Total Fouls — Oklahoma 20, Baylor 14. Techni-cal — Baylor Bench. A — 8,002.

TCU 83, #18 NEW mEXICO 64NEW mEXICO (22-6)

Hardeman 5-7 5-8 15, Gordon 3-6 1-1 7, Fen-ton 0-4 3-5 3, Snell 2-8 0-0 6, McDonald 1-4 0-0 2, Greenwood 2-3 1-2 6, Adams 0-0 2-2 2, Wil-liams 5-12 0-0 10, Walker 3-7 0-0 7, Bairstow 2-4 2-3 6. Totals 23-55 14-21 64.TCU (17-11)

Crossland 1-1 0-0 2, Williams 4-11 0-0 12, Anderson 3-6 2-2 10, Thorns 3-6 6-7 14, Cadot 6-10 2-2 15, Fields 3-12 4-6 11, Butler 0-0 0-0 0, McKinney 2-4 2-3 6, Green 4-7 4-5 13. Totals 26-57 20-25 83.

Halftime — Tied 38-38. 3-Point Goals — New Mexico 4-17 (Snell 2-7, Greenwood 1-1, Walker 1-3, Williams 0-2, McDonald 0-2, Fenton 0-2), TCU 11-26 (Williams 4-10, Anderson 2-3, Thorns 2-4, Green 1-1, Cadot 1-2, Fields 1-6). Fouled Out — None. Rebounds — New Mexico 35 (Gordon 12), TCU 35 (Cadot 10). Assists — New Mexico 15 (Fenton, Snell, Williams 3), TCU 17 (Thorns 9). Total Fouls — New Mexico 20, TCU 21. A — 6,460.

#19 WICHITA ST. 81, DrAKE 58DrAKE (16-14)

Clarke 0-0 0-0 0, Jeffers 4-8 2-2 12, Madison 0-5 0-0 0, Rice 7-12 4-5 18, Simons 7-17 0-0 21, Hawley 0-5 0-0 0, Alexander 3-11 0-0 6, Welfringer 0-0 0-0 0, Parker 0-1 0-0 0, Woods 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 21-59 7-9 58.WICHITA ST. (26-4)

Ragland 0-1 0-1 0, Williams 3-8 4-4 11, Smith 6-12 2-2 18, Murry 7-15 0-0 14, Stutz 4-10 7-7 15, Wessel 0-0 0-0 0, Orukpe 2-3 0-0 4, Hall 0-1 1-2 1, Kyles 5-12 3-4 13, Cotton 2-3 0-0 5, White 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-65 17-20 81.

Halftime — Wichita St. 36-25. 3-Point Goals — Drake 9-23 (Simons 7-12, Jeffers 2-4, Rice 0-2, Madison 0-2, Hawley 0-3), Wichita St. 6-25 (Smith 4-8, Cotton 1-2, Williams 1-4, Ragland 0-1, Murry 0-2, Stutz 0-2, Kyles 0-6). Fouled Out — None. Rebounds — Drake 32 (Alexander, Hawley, Rice 4), Wichita St. 44 (Kyles, Murry 7). Assists

— Drake 6 (Alexander 3), Wichita St. 16 (Kyles 6). Total Fouls — Drake 17, Wichita St. 10. A — 10,506.

ST. JOHN’S 61, #20 NOTrE DAmE 58NOTrE DAmE (20-9)

Martin 9-15 0-0 18, Connaughton 3-12 0-0 7, Cooley 7-9 4-5 18, Atkins 2-9 0-2 5, Grant 1-8 0-0 2, Dragicevich 2-9 0-0 6, Knight 1-4 0-0 2, Brooks 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-66 4-7 58.ST. JOHN’S (13-16)

Harkless 8-16 5-7 22, Pointer 1-3 1-2 4, Gar-rett 4-8 3-4 11, Greene 2-7 0-0 4, Harrison 5-10 4-6 15, Achiuwa 2-3 1-2 5. Totals 22-47 14-21 61.

Halftime — St. John’s 31-25. 3-Point Goals — Notre Dame 4-31 (Dragicevich 2-8, Atkins 1-5, Connaughton 1-9, Martin 0-4, Grant 0-5), St. John’s 3-11 (Pointer 1-1, Harkless 1-3, Harrison 1-4, Garrett 0-1, Greene 0-2). Fouled Out — Con-naughton. Rebounds — Notre Dame 35 (Cooley 11), St. John’s 37 (Harkless 9). Assists — Notre Dame 15 (Grant 7), St. John’s 8 (Garrett, Harri-son, Pointer 2). Total Fouls — Notre Dame 16, St. John’s 13. A — 11,436.

#21 UNLV 68, AIr FOrCE 58AIr FOrCE (13-13)

Hammonds 0-3 0-0 0, Fitzgerald 3-7 0-0 6, Broekhuis 4-10 0-2 8, Fletcher 1-5 4-4 7, Lyons 9-20 0-3 18, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Carter 0-0 0-0 0, Yon 0-1 0-0 0, Green 6-8 0-1 17, Hempsey 0-0 0-0 0, Barnhill 1-1 0-0 2, Kammerer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-55 4-10 58.UNLV (24-6)

Stanback 7-15 2-2 21, Moser 2-7 3-4 7, Mas-samba 0-5 2-4 2, Bellfield 2-6 2-2 8, Marshall 3-6 9-11 15, Thomas 0-0 0-0 0, Wallace 1-1 0-0 3, Smith 0-0 1-2 1, Lopez 0-0 0-0 0, Hawkins 5-9 0-0 11. Totals 20-49 19-25 68.

Halftime — UNLV 37-23. 3-Point Goals — Air Force 6-19 (Green 5-7, Fletcher 1-2, Yon 0-1, Fitzgerald 0-2, Broekhuis 0-2, Lyons 0-5), UNLV 9-19 (Stanback 5-7, Bellfield 2-4, Wallace 1-1, Hawkins 1-3, Moser 0-2, Marshall 0-2). Fouled Out — None. Rebounds — Air Force 30 (Lyons 7), UNLV 40 (Moser 11). Assists — Air Force 10 (Broekhuis 4), UNLV 16 (Bellfield, Marshall 5). To-tal Fouls — Air Force 19, UNLV 15. Technicals — Massamba, Wallace. A — 16,036.

SAINT JOSEPH’S 82, #22 TEmPLE 72TEmPLE (22-6)

Wyatt 3-8 4-6 11, Hollis-Jefferson 6-10 3-4 15, Moore 6-15 2-3 15, Fernandez 1-7 0-0 3, Eric 7-10 0-2 14, DiLeo 1-1 5-6 7, McDonnell 0-0 0-0 0, Brown 1-4 0-0 3, Pendergast 0-0 0-0 0, Cum-mings 0-0 0-0 0, Lee 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 26-57 16-23 72.SAINT JOSEPH’S (19-11)

Kanacevic 5-7 3-4 14, Aiken 1-5 3-4 5, Gallo-way 6-9 6-6 22, Quarles 0-5 0-0 0, Jones 3-11 9-10 18, Maschmeyer 0-0 0-0 0, Trevisan 0-1 0-0 0, Wilson 2-4 0-1 5, Hess 0-0 0-0 0, Roberts, Jr. 7-9 4-9 18. Totals 24-51 25-34 82.

Halftime — Saint Joseph’s 37-32. 3-Point Goals — Temple 4-15 (Wyatt 1-2, Brown 1-3, Moore 1-5, Fernandez 1-5), Saint Joseph’s 9-24 (Galloway 4-6, Jones 3-7, Wilson 1-2, Kanacevic 1-3, Trevisan 0-1, Quarles 0-2, Aiken 0-3). Fouled Out — Kanacevic. Rebounds — Temple 33 (Eric 14), Saint Joseph’s 34 (Kanacevic 12). Assists — Temple 13 (Fernandez, Hollis-Jefferson, Moore 3), Saint Joseph’s 13 (Kanacevic 6). Total Fouls — Temple 26, Saint Joseph’s 18. A — NA.

TEXAS 71, TEXAS TECH 67, OTTEXAS (18-11)

Lewis 6-13 1-2 15, Kabongo 3-9 6-8 12, Brown 4-13 5-5 14, Wangmene 0-1 2-2 2, Chap-man 4-5 4-5 12, McClellan 2-6 2-2 7, Bond 2-4 0-2 4, Holmes 1-4 1-2 3, Gibbs 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 22-56 23-30 71.TEXAS TECH (8-20)

Petteway 3-8 0-2 6, Nurse 2-5 0-0 5, Willis 6-12 2-2 15, Lewandowski 4-8 0-0 8, Tolbert 4-6 7-9 15, Minnis 0-2 0-0 0, Adams 0-4 2-2 2, Crock-ett 3-8 10-14 16, Lammert 0-0 0-0 0, Nash 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-53 21-29 67.

Halftime — Texas 33-22. End Of Regulation — Tied 59. 3-Point Goals — Texas 4-16 (Lewis 2-4, McClellan 1-2, Brown 1-7, Gibbs 0-1, Kabon-go 0-2), Texas Tech 2-14 (Nurse 1-3, Willis 1-5, Petteway 0-2, Adams 0-4). Fouled Out — Wangmene. Rebounds — Texas 34 (Bond, Chap-man, Lewis 7), Texas Tech 35 (Petteway 10). As-sists — Texas 15 (Kabongo 8), Texas Tech 12 (Nurse, Willis 4). Total Fouls — Texas 22, Texas Tech 24. A — 10,393.

OKLAHOmA STATE 60, TEXAS A&m 42TEXAS A&m (13-15)

Loubeau 4-10 2-4 10, Middleton 6-13 1-2 14, R. Turner 2-4 3-4 7, Harris 1-6 0-0 3, E. Turner 2-8 0-0 6, Hibbert 0-1 0-0 0, Davis 0-1 0-0 0, Green 0-2 0-0 0, Alexander 0-2 2-2 2, Kinsley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-47 8-12 42.OKLAHOmA ST. (14-15)

Cobbins 3-8 0-2 6, Jurick 0-0 1-2 1, B. Wil-liams 7-11 1-1 17, Page 4-13 4-4 15, Brown 3-6 4-5 12, Guerrero 2-3 1-2 5, Cox 0-0 0-0 0, Soucek 2-4 0-1 4, Sager 0-0 0-0 0, George 0-0 0-0 0. To-tals 21-45 11-17 60.

Halftime — Oklahoma St. 29-26. 3-Point Goals — Texas A&M 4-17 (E. Turner 2-6, Harris 1-4, Middleton 1-4, Hibbert 0-1, Alexander 0-2), Oklahoma St. 7-17 (Page 3-9, B. Williams 2-3, Brown 2-3, Soucek 0-2). Fouled Out — None. Re-bounds — Texas A&M 27 (Loubeau 7), Oklahoma St. 34 (Cobbins 9). Assists — Texas A&M 6 (Har-ris 4), Oklahoma St. 15 (Brown 4). Total Fouls — Texas A&M 14, Oklahoma St. 14. A — 10,409.

EVANSVILE 75, mISSOUrI STATE 70, OTmISSOUrI ST. (16-15)

Scheer 0-0 2-3 2, Weems 4-14 4-6 13, Down-ing 6-15 3-4 17, Pickens 3-5 2-6 8, Gulley 7-11 3-4 20, Patterson 3-6 1-2 7, Copeland 0-1 0-0 0, Kirk 1-3 0-0 2, Rhine 0-3 1-2 1, Bizoukas 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-59 16-27 70.EVANSVILLE (15-14)

Harris 1-5 9-10 11, Holmes 3-8 0-0 8, Taylor 4-6 4-5 12, Ryan 4-10 2-3 12, Cox 4-15 7-8 17, Sawvell 4-8 3-4 11, Nelson 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 22-58 25-30 75.

Halftime — Missouri St. 34-26. End Of Regu-lation — Tied 62. 3-Point Goals — Missouri St. 6-15 (Gulley 3-3, Downing 2-7, Weems 1-4, Bizou-kas 0-1), Evansville 6-15 (Holmes 2-4, Ryan 2-4, Cox 2-6, Harris 0-1). Fouled Out — Bizoukas, Hol-mes, Ryan, Weems. Rebounds — Missouri St. 50 (Pickens 10), Evansville 31 (Ryan, Sawvell, Taylor 5). Assists — Missouri St. 15 (Downing 6), Evans-ville 17 (Cox 6). Total Fouls — Missouri St. 30, Evansville 23. A — 6,421.

FOrT HAYS STATE 73, EmPOrIA STATE 48Emporia State 23 25 — 48Fort Hays State 29 44 — 73

Emporia State (9-17, 4-16) — Pierce 16, Sim-mons 0, Lawal 3, DiMaria 9, Eluer 3, Dykman 2, Sights 12, Bucholtz 0, Mayes 0, Ikhide 3. Totals 17-51 10-14 48.

Fort Hays State (18-8, 12-8) — Rodenburg 5, Simmons 17, McKenzie 8, Dreiling 12, Dayee 9, McDade 3, Morse 8, Buhler 2, Waldman 0, Rus-sell 7, Yarbrough 2, Penner 0. Totals 26-50 14-23 73.

College womenBIG 12

Conf OverallBaylor 16-0 29-0Texas A&M 11-5 20-7Oklahoma 10-6 18-10Kansas State 9-7 18-10Iowa State 8-8 17-10Kansas 7-9 18-10Texas Tech 5-11 17-11Texas 6-10 16-12Oklahoma State 6-10 14-11Missouri 2-14 12-15

results SaturdayMissouri 61, Kansas State 56, OTTexas 87, Oklahoma 62Oklahoma State 71, Iowa State 63#14 Texas A&M 79, Texas Tech 51

Game monday #1 Baylor at #14 Texas A&M, 6 p.m.

Game TuesdayTexas at Missouri, 7 p.m.

Games WednesdayKansas State at Iowa State, 7 p.m.Oklahoma at Texas Tech, 7 p.m.Oklahoma State at Kansas, 7 p.m.

mISSOUrI VALLEY Conf OverallMissouri State 12-3 19-6Wichita State 11-4 17-9Illinois State 11-4 16-10Creighton 10-6 16-11Northern Iowa 8-7 15-11Drake 8-8 14-13Indiana State 6-9 12-15Bradley 5-10 14-13Southern Illinois 3-12 7-19Evansville 2-13 5-21

Games SundayCreighton at Bradley, 2 p.m.Wichita State at Indiana State, 2:05 p.m.Missouri State at Illinois State, 2:05 p.m.Evansville at Southern Illinois, 2:05 p.m.Drake at Northern Iowa, 3 p.m.

mIAA Conf OverallWashburn 18-2 25-4Pittsburg State 17-3 24-4Emporia State 14-6 19-7Central Missouri 13-7 19-7Fort Hays State 12-8 20-8Truman 11-9 17-9Lincoln 8-12 14-12Missouri Western 5-15 7-19Southwest Baptist 4-16 9-17Missouri Southern 4-16 8-18Northwest Missouri 4-16 6-22

results SaturdayWashburn 72, Lincoln 47Emporia State 73, Fort Hays State 64Missouri Western 86, Southwest Baptist 69Truman 80, Central Missouri 75, OTPittsburg State 54, Northeastern State 53Missouri Southern 61, NW Missouri 49

mIAA TOUrNAmENT AT KANSAS CITY, mO.Quarterfinals Thursday

Game 1 — Washburn vs. Missouri Western,

noonGame 2 — Fort Hays State vs. Central Mis-

souri, 2:15 p.m.Game 3 — Lincoln vs. Pittsburg State, 6

p.m.Game 4 — Emporia State vs. Truman State,

8:15 p.m.KCAC TOUrNEY

Semifinals results SaturdaySterling 71, Friends 66, OTSouthwestern 76, Kansas Wesleyan 63

Championship game monday at Park CitySouthwestern vs. Sterling, 6:10 p.m.

TOP 25 rESULTS SATUrDAY#2 Stanford 69, Utah 42#3 Notre Dame 80, South Florida 68#4 UConn 85, Marquette 45#12 Green Bay 78, Butler 53#15 Georgetown 65, Syracuse 62#16 Louisville 75, #21 DePaul 62#19 St. Bonaventure 58, Rhode Island 32#20 St. John’s 69, Villanova 49#24 Rutgers 68, Providence 47#25 Gonzaga 77, BYU 60

OTHEr STATE rESULT SATUrDAYJohnson 81, Labette 43

State college women’s boxEmPOrIA STATE 73, FOrT HAYS STATE 64

Emporia State 28 45 — 73For Hays State 28 36 — 64

Emporia State (19-7, 14-6) — Balcom 7, Quick 7, Hanf 5, Cummings 15, Robben 25, Egli 4, Parker 0, Flott 6, Wood 4. Totals 24-55 18-21 73.

Fort Hays State (20-8, 12-8) — Durler 0, Bechard 13, Weiser 9, Edwards 14, Shaw 1, Brown 8, Nelson 0, Keyser 5, Lehman 14. Totals 21-59 18-26 64.

City prep sub-state pairings6A SUB-STATE AT TOPEKA HIGH

BoysSub-State A

Game Wednesday — Junction City at Wichita Heights, 7 p.m.

Game Thursday — Washburn Rural at Wichita East, 7 p.m.

Game Saturday — Championship, 5:30 or 7:45 p.m.

Sub-State BGames Thursday — Wichita Southeast at

Derby, 7 p.m.; Manhattan at Topeka High, 7 p.m.Games Saturday — Semifinal winners, 5:30

and 7:45 p.m. at Topeka High.Game Saturday — Championship, 5:30 or

7:45 p.m. Girls

Sub-State AGames Wednesday — Junction City at Wichita

Heights, 5:30 p.m.; Wichita East at Topeka High, 7 p.m.

Game Friday — Championship, 5:30 or 7:45 p.m.

Sub-State BGames Wednesday — Wichita Southeast at

Manhattan, 7 p.m.; Derby at Washburn Rural, 7 p.m.

Game Friday — Championship, 5:30 or 7:45 p.m.

5A SUB-STATE AT SEAmANBoys

Sub-State AGames Wednesday — Topeka West at Lan-

sing, 7 p.m.; KC Schlagle at KC Washington, 7 p.m.

Game Friday — Championship, 5:30 p.m. or 7:45 p.m.

Sub-State BGames Wednesday — Shawnee Heights at

Emporia, 7 p.m.; Seaman at Highland Park, 7 p.m.

Game Friday — Championship, 5:30 p.m. or 7:45 p.m.

GirlsSub-State A

Games Thursday — Lansing at Seaman, 7 p.m.; KC Washington at KC Schlagle, 7 p.m.

Game Saturday — Championship, 5:30 p.m. or 7:45 p.m.

Sub-State BGames Thursday — Shawnee Heights at Em-

poria, 7 p.m.; Topeka West at Highland Park, 7 p.m.

Game Saturday — Championship, 5:30 p.m. or 7:45 p.m.

4A SUB-STATE AT BONNEr SPrINGSBoys

Games Tuesday — KC Piper at Hayden, 7 p.m.; Jefferson West at Tonganoxie, 7:30 p.m.; Perry-Lecompton at Basehor-Linwood, 7 p.m.; KC Ward at Bonner Springs, 7 p.m.

Games Friday — Hayden-Piper winner vs. Tonganoxie-West winner, TBA; Basehor-Perry win-ner vs. Bonner-Ward winner, TBA.

Game Saturday — Championship, 7:30 p.m.Girls

Games Monday — Perry-Lecompton at Bon-ner Springs, 7 p.m.; Basehor-Linwood at KC Piper, 7 p.m.; KC Ward at Hayden, 7 p.m..

Game Tuesday — Jefferson West at Tongan-oxie, 6 p.m.

Games Thursday — Bonner-Perry winner vs. Piper-Basehor winner, TBA; Tonganoxie-West win-ner vs. Hayden-Ward winner, TBA.

Game Saturday — Championship, 6 p.m.

High school boys box scoreSATUrDAY

mISSION VALLEY 49, CANTON-GALVA 33Canton-Galva 6 9 8 10 — 33Mission Valley 11 12 11 15 — 49

Canton-Galva — Moddelmog 4 (2) 3-4 13, Vogts 2 2-5 6, Medley 2 (2) 0-0 6, Miller 1 2-6 4, Helton 1 0-0 2, Webster 1 0-0 2. Totals 11 (4) 7-17 33.

Mission Valley — Boucher 6 (1) 3-6 16, Clark 4 (1) 0-2 9, Marcotte 3 (2) 0-2 8, Boyd 3 0-0 6, Davis 0 2-4 2, Butler 0 2-2 2, Rutledge 1 0-0 2, Bailey 1 0-0 2, Hodges 0 1-2 1, Allen 0 1-2 1. To-tals 18 (4) 9-20 49.

High school girls box scoresSATUrDAY

COrNErSTONE 48, EAGLE HEIGHTS 15Cornerstone 17 10 14 7 — 48Eagle Heights 0 5 7 3 — 15

Cornerstone — Kramer 6 5-12 17, Coffman 4 0-0 8, Wenger 2 (2) 0-0 6, Swickard 2 1-2 5, Wenger 2 0-2 4, Coffman 2 0-0 4, Davenport 1 0-0 2, Marsh 1 0-0 2. Totals 20 (2) 6-16 48.

Eagle Heights — Hatfield 3 (2) 0-0 8, Lee 2 1-3 5, Silvey 1 0-0 2. Totals 6 (2) 1-9 15.

mISSION VALLEY 46, CANTON-GALVA 18Canton-Galva 4 4 2 8 — 18Mission Valley 10 12 18 6 — 46

Canton-Galva — Farnham 2 2-4 6, Smith 2 1-4 5, Schmitz 2 (1) 0-0 5, Enns 1 0-0 2. Totals 7 (1) 3-11 18.

Mission Valley — Browning 3 4-7 10, Cain 5 0-0 10, Kraus 3 (1) 0-0 7, Schumacher 2 2-3 6, Zerbe 2 0-1 4, Masters 0 3-4 3, Hill 1 (1) 0-0 3, Furman 1 0-0 2, Blythe 0 1-2 1. Totals 17 (2) 10-17 46.

LATE FrIDAYCOrNErSTONE 49, KC FAITH CHrISTIAN 14

Cornerstone 12 18 16 3 — 49KC Faith Christian 8 1 2 3 — 14

Cornerstone — Wenger 8 (3) 0-2 19, Hollo-way 4 2-2 10, Kramer 4 2-2 10, Coffman 3 0-2 6, Bryant 1 (1) 0-0 3, Marsh 0 1-2 1. Totals 20 (4) 5-10 49.

KC Faith Christian — West 2 0-0 4, Morehead 1 1-2 3, Zamarripa 1 1-3 3, Unruh 1 0-1 2, Spoor 1 0-0 2. Totals 6 (0) 2-6 14.

HockeyNHL

EASTErN CONFErENCEAtlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GAN.Y. Rangers 60 39 15 6 84 167 124Philadelphia 61 34 20 7 75 203 187Pittsburgh 61 35 21 5 75 194 161New Jersey 60 35 21 4 74 169 164N.Y. Islanders 61 26 27 8 60 144 179

Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GABoston 60 37 20 3 77 200 139Ottawa 63 32 23 8 72 193 190Toronto 62 29 26 7 65 184 190Buffalo 62 27 27 8 62 154 180Montreal 62 24 28 10 58 161 171

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAFlorida 60 28 20 12 68 149 167Winnipeg 64 30 26 8 68 163 181Washington 62 31 26 5 67 169 176Tampa Bay 61 27 28 6 60 170 209Carolina 62 23 26 13 59 162 187

WESTErN CONFErENCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GADetroit 63 41 19 3 85 197 149St. Louis 62 38 17 7 83 158 125Nashville 62 36 19 7 79 176 160Chicago 63 33 23 7 73 192 186Columbus 61 18 36 7 43 142 203

Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAVancouver 62 40 16 6 86 201 151Colorado 63 32 27 4 68 164 172Calgary 62 28 23 11 67 150 170Minnesota 61 27 25 9 63 135 160Edmonton 61 24 31 6 54 162 181

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAPhoenix 62 32 21 9 73 164 155San Jose 60 32 21 7 71 174 155Dallas 62 32 26 4 68 162 169Los Angeles 62 28 22 12 68 133 135Anaheim 61 26 25 10 62 157 173

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for over-time loss.

results SaturdaySt. Louis 3, Winnipeg 2, SOFlorida 3, Carolina 2, SOPittsburgh 8, Tampa Bay 1Phoenix 3, Edmonton 1Washington 4, Toronto 2Boston 5, Ottawa 3N.Y. Rangers 3, Buffalo 2, OTColorado 4, Detroit 3

Los Angeles 4, Chicago 0Nashville 6, San Jose 2Philadelphia 5, Calgary 4, OT

NAHLLATE rESULTS FrIDAY

Wenatchee 4, Topeka 1Fairbanks 4, Fresno 3Alaska 4, Kenai River 3, OT

rESULTS SATUrDAYWenatchee 2, Topeka 1, SOKalamazoo 2, St. Louis 0Springfield 7, Michigan 2Traverse City 6, Chicago 1Amarillo 5, Texas 3Port Huron 4, Janesville 2Bismarck 5, Minot 1Wichita Falls 4, New Mexico 3Austin 5, Aberdeen 4Alexandria 10, Coulee Region 0Odessa 5, Corpus Christi 4Fairbanks 3, Fresno 1Kenai River at Alaska, late

roadrunners summariesSATUrDAY

WENATCHEE 2, TOPEKA 1, SOTopeka 0 1 0 0 0 — 1Wenatchee 1 0 0 0 1 — 2

First period — 1. Wenatchee, Johnson, 6:27; Second period — 2. Christie (Ramsey), 5:16.Shots — Topeka: 11-11-10-3-0—35;

Wenatchee: 12-9-10-2-1—34.Goalies — Topeka, Traber, Fink; Wenatchee,

Nichols.A — 2,726.Note: Wenatchee won shootout 3-2.

LATE FrIDAYWENATCHEE 4, TOPEKA 1

Topeka 1 0 0 — 1Wenatchee 1 2 1 — 4

First period — 1. Topeka, Christie (Young), 11:16; 2. Wenatchee, Carey (Redmond, Barber), 12:42.

Second period — 3. Wenatchee, Carey (Bar-ber, Redmond), 3:59; 4. Wenatchee, Carey (Abood), 18:01.

Third period — 4. Wenatchee, Pauly (Kerr, McHugh), 1:27.

Shots — Topeka: 4-7-9—20; Wenatchee: 10-10-6—26.

Goalies — Topeka, Traber; Wenatchee, Nich-ols.

A — 2,717.

Auto racingSprint Cup Daytona 500

LINEUP AFTEr THUrSDAY QUAL.; rACE SUNDAYAt Daytona Beach, Fla.Lap length: 2.5 miles

(Car number in parentheses)1. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 194.738.2. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 194.087.3. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevy, 193.607.4. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 193.245.5. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevy, 194.028.6. (78) Regan Smith, Chevy, 191.063.7. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 193.999.8. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevy, 193.449.9. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevy, 192.777.10. (33) Elliott Sadler, Chevy, 191.27.11. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 190.99.12. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 192.868.13. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevy, 192.914.14. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 191.873.15. (22) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 193.121.16. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevy, 193.803.17. (7) Robby Gordon, Dodge, 188.229.18. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevy, 193.224.19. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevy, 191.84.20. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevy, 192.583.21. (6) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 193.665.22. (55) Mark Martin, Toyota, 193.503.23. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 192.992.24. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevy, 191.506.25. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 193.249.26. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 193.665.27. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 193.382.28. (51) Kurt Busch, Chevy, 191.363.29. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevy, 191.738.30. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota.31. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 191.127.32. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 190.022.33. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 190.046.34. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 191.16.35. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevy, 192.6.36. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 193.844.37. (27) Paul Menard, Chevy, 193.374.38. (93) David Reutimann, Toyota, 189.235.39. (83) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 190.605.40. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 193.615.41. (26) Tony Raines, Ford, 192.534.42. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 191.963.43. (32) Terry Labonte, Ford, past champion.

Failed to qualify44. (40) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 191.18.45. (23) R. Richardson Jr., Toyota, 188.438.46. (97) Bill Elliott, Toyota, 189.95.47. (37) Mike Wallace, Ford, 189.853.48. (09) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, 191.567.49. (49) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 187.954.

Nationwide DrIVE4COPD 300rESULTS SATUrDAY

At Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Fla.Lap length: 2.5 miles

(Start position in parentheses)1. (15) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 120 laps,

94 rating, 0 points, $114,288.2. (9) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 120, 109.5,

0, $81,385.3. (3) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 120, 105.7,

42, $79,228.4. (8) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 120, 81.6, 40,

$71,903.5. (5) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 120, 88.7, 39,

$65,388.6. (25) Tayler Malsam, Toyota, 120, 58.4, 38,

$59,513.7. (29) Timmy Hill, Ford, 120, 63.9, 0,

$50,770.8. (7) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 120, 115.6, 0,

$49,695.9. (11) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 120, 110.7,

0, $48,445.10. (14) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 120, 124.9,

0, $51,770.11. (2) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 120, 87.7, 34,

$53,113.12. (33) Benny Gordon, Toyota, 120, 59.1,

32, $46,020.13. (41) Danny Efland, Chevrolet, 120, 49.1,

31, $52,013.14. (37) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 120, 64.7, 0,

$45,220.15. (4) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 120,

110.5, 0, $45,770.16. (22) Joey Logano, Toyota, 120, 97.9, 0,

$44,845.17. (31) Blake Koch, Ford, 120, 50.4, 27,

$50,838.18. (24) Kyle Busch, Toyota, accident, 119,

73.7, 0, $44,445.19. (10) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, accident,

119, 82.4, 25, $51,588.20. (6) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 119, 94.9,

25, $50,963.21. (21) Johanna Long, Chevrolet, 119, 47.9,

23, $50,513.22. (20) Eric McClure, Toyota, 118, 64.2, 22,

$50,213.23. (27) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, accident,

116, 88.6, 22, $50,038.24. (39) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, accident, 115,

37.5, 20, $49,913.25. (36) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 115,

61.4, 19, $50,238.26. (23) David Ragan, Ford, accident, 113,

50.6, 0, $43,170.27. (16) Michael Annett, Ford, accident, 113,

77, 17, $49,538.28. (28) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 112, 84.7,

16, $49,463.29. (35) Joey Gase, Ford, 108, 38.9, 15,

$49,363.30. (26) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, accident,

104, 71.8, 15, $49,538.31. (18) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, accident, 104,

58.8, 13, $42,595.32. (17) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, accident, 103,

77.8, 0, $42,520.33. (12) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, accident,

103, 55.3, 11, $48,938.34. (42) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, accident,

103, 48.2, 10, $48,888.35. (34) Robert Richardson Jr., Chevrolet, ac-

cident, 103, 57.2, 10, $48,728.36. (32) Casey Roderick, Ford, accident, 103,

45.8, 8, $42,185.37. (19) Brian Scott, Toyota, 96, 58.5, 7,

$48,588.38. (1) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 72, 69.5, 7,

$52,427.39. (13) Mike Bliss, Toyota, accident, 59, 67,

6, $40,960.40. (38) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, engine, 43, 27,

0, $40,910.41. (40) Jason Bowles, Dodge, engine, 28,

35.4, 3, $47,333.42. (30) Johnny Sauter, Toyota, electrical, 14,

26.9, 0, $40,810.43. (43) Jeff Green, Toyota, vibration, 3, 25.8,

1, $40,721.race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 129.636 mph.

Time of Race: 2 hours, 18 minutes, 51 sec-onds.

Margin of Victory: Under Caution.Caution Flags: 8 for 35 laps.Lead Changes: 38 among 16 drivers.Lap Leaders: D.Patrick 1-2; T.Bayne 3; E.Sa-

dler 4; T.Stewart 5-8; K.Kahne 9-12; D.Hamlin 13; T.Bayne 14-15; S.Hornish Jr. 16-20; M.Bliss 21-25; D.Earnhardt Jr. 26; M.Bliss 27; Ku.Busch 28-29; D.Earnhardt Jr. 30-32; Ku.Busch 33-36; T.Stewart 37-43; Ku.Busch 44-48; D.Earnhardt Jr. 49-50; D.Hamlin 51-53; Ku.Busch 54-64; E.Sa-dler 65-66; D.Earnhardt Jr. 67; E.Sadler 68-72; Ky.Busch 73; Ku.Busch 74-76; R.Richardson Jr. 77; J.Nemechek 78-79; S.Hornish Jr. 80-81; Ku.Busch 82; T.Stewart 83-88; Ky.Busch 89; D.Hamlin 90; D.Earnhardt Jr. 91; T.Stewart 92-94; T.Hill 95-98; K.Wallace 99; D.Hamlin 100-101; T.

Stewart 102-103; Ku.Busch 104-119; J.Bue-scher 120.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): Ku.Busch, 7 times for 42 laps; T.Stewart, 5 times for 22 laps; E.Sadler, 3 times for 8 laps; D.Earnhardt Jr., 5 times for 8 laps; S.Hornish Jr., 2 times for 7 laps; D.Hamlin, 4 times for 7 laps; M.Bliss, 2 times for 6 laps; T.Hill, 1 time for 4 laps; K.Kahne, 1 time for 4 laps; T.Bayne, 2 times for 3 laps; Ky.Busch, 2 times for 2 laps; J.Nem-echek, 1 time for 2 laps; D.Patrick, 1 time for 2 laps; J.Buescher, 1 time for 1 lap; K.Wallace, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Richardson Jr., 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 10 in Points: 1. E.Sadler, 42; 2. C.Whitt, 40; 3. A.Dillon, 39; 4. T.Malsam, 38; 5. T.Bayne, 34; 6. B.Gordon, 32; 7. D.Efland, 31; 8. B.Koch, 27; 9. R.Stenhouse Jr., 25; 10. S.Hornish Jr., 25.

SwimmingCollege women

BIG 12 CHAmPIONSHIPS TEAm SCOrESTexas A&M 1,019, Texas 873, Missouri 630,

Kansas 423, Iowa State 328.

BaseballCollege

STATE rESULTS SATUrDAYKansas State 15, San Diego State 7Mississippi State 3, Kansas 1Washburn 6-4, Drury 1-11Wichita State 26-13, North Dakota 0-1Manhattan Christian 7-2, Dordt 0-6KANSAS STATE 15, SAN DIEGO STATE 7

K-State (3-3) 018 221 001 — 15 21 1SDSU (2-5) 000 005 101 — 7 11 1

Flattery, Wivinis (6), Fasola (9) and Klein. Kendzora, Bluman (3), Pongs 5), Hansen (7) and Romanski and Wilson. W — Flattery (1-1). L — Kendzora (0-1). 2B — KSU: Maas, Brown, King 2, DeBord, Klein, Witt; SDSU: Potter.

mISSISSIPPI STATE 3, KANSAS 1Kansas 000 100 000 — 1 8 1Mississippi State 000 000 21x — 3 6 1

Taylor, Luvisi (6), Kahana (7) and Stanfield. Routt, Mitchell (5), Reed (8) and Slauter. W — Mitchell (1-0). L — Luvisi (0-1). S — Reed (1).

WASHBUrN 6-4, DrUrY 1-11Washburn (1-1) 120 110 1 — 6 8 1Drury (1-1) 000 000 1 — 1 4 0

Schachenmeyer and Swan. VanGerpen, Horn (4), Wiley (6) and Neil. W — Schachenmeyer (1-0). L — VanGerpen (0-1). 2B — WU: Crimmins; DU: Borgschulte. HR — WU: Peavler, Bean.

Second gameWashburn (1-2) 001 201 000 — 4 12 2Drury (2-1) 012 501 11x — 11 13 1

Schmid, Biesma (4), Mais (7), Schmidtlein (8) and Liberatore and LaFarge. Abma, Kuo (4), Horn (6), Zenoni (8) and Neill and Byers. W — Kuo (1-0). L — Biesma (0-1). 2B — WU: Matthews, Cal-houn 2; DU: Neill, Roller. 3B — DU: Borgschulte.

WICHITA STATE 26-13, NOrTH DAKOTA 0-1North Dakota (0-2) 000 000 0 — 0 2 3Wichita State (3-3) 870 155 x — 26 20 0

Ruemmele, Egan (2), DeGagne’ (5) and Tryg-stad. Mormann, Vail (7) and Hege and Arens. W — Mormann (1-1). L — Ruemmele (0-1). 2B — WSU: Doggett, Harbutz, Green 2, Hege.

Second gameNorth Dakota (0-3) 000 010 000 — 1 7 3Wichita State (4-3) 235 000 30x — 13 20 0

Thome, Johnson (7), Twenge (8) and Kwak. Minnis, Ladwid (6) and Baker. W — Minnis (1-0). L — Thome (0-1). S — Ladwig (1). 2B — NDU: Follis; WSU: Bayliff 3, Coughenour, Coy 2, Baker.

SoftballCollege

STATE rESULTS SATUrDAYKansas 9-3, UNC Wilmington 1-0Texas Woman’s 3, Washburn 2St. Mary’s 11, Washburn 1Angelo State 7, Fort Hays State 1 Fort Hays State 7, Texas Women’s 1Bethany 8-10, Dakota Wesleyan 1-5

KANSAS 9-3, UNC WILmINGTON 1-0UNC Wilmington (1-7) 000 10 — 1 2 3Kansas (10-2) 900 0x — 9 5 0

Rowland, Davenport (2) and Pinno. Pille and Bryant. W — Pille (5-2). L — Rowland (0-4). 2B — KU: Bryant. HR — UNCW: Eddinger; KU: Hull.

Second gameUNC Wilmington (1-8) 000 000 0 — 0 6 3Kansas (11-2) 000 111 x — 3 8 1

Davenport and Stewart. Druhan, Pille (6) and Hull. W — Druhan (4-0). L — Davenport (1-4). S — Pille (1). 2B — UNCW: Torres; KU: Hull, Bry-ant.

TEXAS WOmAN’S 3, WASHBUrN 2Washburn (1-5) 002 000 0 — 2 5 1Texas Women’s 001 200 x — 3 8 1

Oldham and Bell. Hines, Garcia (5) and Weise. W — Hines. L — Oldham (0-3). S — Gar-cia. 2B — WU: Oldham; TW: Sancet.

ST. mArY’S 11, WASHBUrN 1St. Mary’s 270 02 — 11 11 1Washburn (1-6) 100 00 — 1 2 5

Bissaro and Rodriguez and Moss. Munoz, Moore (4) and Bell. W — Bissaro. L — Munoz (0-1). 2B — SM: Richter, Rodriguez.

GolfAccenture match Play Champ.

QUArTErFINAL rESULTS SATUrDAYAt Dove mountain, The ritz-Carlton Golf Club

marana, Ariz.Yardage: 7,791; Par: 72Seeds in parentheses

Mark Wilson (40), United States, def. Peter Hanson (33), Sweden, 4 and 3.

Hunter Mahan (21), United States, def. Matt Kuchar (13), United States, 6 and 5.

Rory McIlroy (2), Northern Ireland, def. Bae Sang-moon (42), South Korea 3 and 2.

Lee Westwood (3), England, def. Martin Laird (38), Scotland, 3 and 2.

TEE TImES SUNDAYSemifinals

Seeds in parentheses8:05 a.m. — Mark Wilson (40), United

States, vs. Hunter Mahan (21), United States.8:20 a.m. — Rory McIlroy (2), Northern Ire-

land, vs. Lee Westwood (3), England.Consolation: 12:50 p.m.Final: 1:05 p.m.

PGA mayakoba ClassicTHIrD rOUND rESULTS SATUrDAY

At mayakoba resort, El Camaleon Golf ClubPlaya del Carmen, mexico

Purse: $3.7 million; Yardage: 6,987; Par: 71Daniel Summerhays 69-65-67 — 201Chris Stroud 69-66-68 — 203Michael Allen 68-71-66 — 205Will Claxton 66-68-71 — 205Marc Turnesa 67-72-67 — 206Robert Allenby 69-67-70 — 206Brian Harman 71-71-65 — 207Colt Knost 69-71-67 — 207Briny Baird 71-69-67 — 207Charles Howell III 67-71-69 — 207Matt Every 67-71-69 — 207Greg Owen 67-67-73 — 207Dicky Pride 68-72-68 — 208Alejandro Canizares 67-72-69 — 208Billy Mayfair 70-68-70 — 208John Huh 67-70-71 — 208Richard S. Johnson 70-66-72 — 208Kevin Stadler 68-68-72 — 208J.J. Henry 72-69-68 — 209Russell Knox 74-67-68 — 209Stephen Ames 69-70-70 — 209Tim Petrovic 72-72-66 — 210Nathan Green 73-69-68 — 210Rich Beem 70-71-69 — 210Craig Barlow 71-68-71 — 210Edward Loar 69-74-68 — 211Garrett Willis 70-72-69 — 211Billy Horschel 69-72-70 — 211Seung-Yul Noh 68-70-73 — 211Tom Lehman 70-72-70 — 212Chad Campbell 70-71-71 — 212Esteban Toledo 72-69-71 — 212Vaughn Taylor 71-69-72 — 212Mark D. Anderson 67-72-73 — 212John Merrick 71-67-74 — 212Troy Kelly 72-73-68 — 213Heath Slocum 73-71-69 — 213Sunghoon Kang 68-76-69 — 213Billy Hurley III 73-71-69 — 213Kirk Triplett 73-71-69 — 213Spencer Levin 73-71-69 — 213Skip Kendall 71-72-70 — 213Jarrod Lyle 73-69-71 — 213Matt Bettencourt 69-72-72 — 213

LPGA HSBC ChampionsTHIrD rOUND rESULTS SATUrDAY

At Tenah marah Country Club, SingaporePurse: $1.4 million; Yardage: 6,547; Par: 72

a-amateurKatie Futcher 69-67-71 — 207Jenny Shin 69-67-71 — 207Angela Stanford 66-70-71 — 207Shanshan Feng 69-71-69 — 209Yani Tseng 71-72-67 — 210Jiyai Shin 70-70-70 — 210Na Yeon Choi 68-71-71 — 210I.K. Kim 68-72-71 — 211So Yeon Ryu 68-73-71 — 212Ai Miyazato 69-70-73 — 212Hee Young Park 71-68-73 — 212Vicky Hurst 69-73-71 — 213Mika Miyazato 72-70-71 — 213Ji-Hee Lee 71-69-73 — 213Sun Young Yoo 70-70-73 — 213Stacy Lewis 71-75-68 — 214Sandra Gal 72-71-71 — 214Anna Nordqvist 71-72-71 — 214Inbee Park 70-72-72 — 214Azahara Munoz 70-70-74 — 214Momoko Ueda 68-75-72 — 215Brittany Lang 72-70-73 — 215

Radio/TV watchTime Sport Event Channel8 a.m. Golf Accenture Match Play Champ. TGC11 a.m. Auto racing Sprint Cup Daytona 500 KTMJ (27.2)Noon Men’s BB Indiana at Minnesota ESPNNoon Women’s BB UCF at Houston FSN1 p.m. Golf Accenture Match Play Champ. KSNT (27.1)1 p.m. Golf LPGA Women’s Champions TGC*1 p.m. Men’s BB Pittsburgh at Louisville WIBW (13.1)1:30 p.m. Motorsports FIM World Superbike SPEED*2 p.m. Bowling PBA U.S. Open ESPN2 p.m. Women’s BB Duke at North Carolina ESPN22 p.m. Women’s BB Wichita St. at Indiana St. FSN3 p.m. Men’s BB Wisconsin at Ohio St. WIBW (13.1)4 p.m. Women’s BB LSU at Georgia ESPN24:30 p.m. Men’s BB California at Colorado FSN6 p.m. Golf PGA Mayakoba Classic TGC*6 p.m. NHL Chicago at Anaheim NBCSN6:30 p.m. Men’s BB Oregon at Oregon St. FSN6:30 p.m. NBA All-Star Game TNT* Same-day tape

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OUTDOORS SUNDAY

9BFEBRUARY 26, 2012the capital-journal

ONLINE:www.cjonline.com

SUBMITTED

Top: Logan Weisharr, 4, caught his first fish at Lake Shawnee while fishing with his father Casey Weishaar. Logan’s parents, Sara and Casey, were visiting Logan’s grandmother Beth Weishaar. Bottom: Karson Kahler, 4, caught his first fish at a farm pond near Meriden. His dad, Kris Kahler, cast the line for him, but Karson did the rest. If you have a good day on the water or afield, send us your photographs to sports@cjonline.com.

SUBMITTED

Lenexa resident Casey Scanlon qualified to fish the 2012 Bassmaster Elite Series. It’s been a dream of his ever since catching his first bass at age 10 on a Marysville farm pond. Scanlon will be competing against a field of 100 of the best bass anglers in the world with names like VanDam, Clunn and others.

SUBMITTED

Scanlon, 27, will try his best to make bass fishing a career. He admits it will be a tough road but he’s going to give it a shot. He proudly displays two of the big bass he caught at Stockton Lake last year where he placed second in that tournament. Based on his finishes in Open series tournaments last year Scanlon qualified to fish the 2012 Bassmaster Elite Series.

NOTEBOOKGREAT OUTDOORS WITH MARC MURRELL

SPOTLIGHT PHOTO

FEBRUARY26 — Doubles Classic 100,

Ravenwood Lodge, 256-6444.MARCH

3 — Pump Gun 100 Team Scramble Shoot, 2 person team, Ravenwood Lodge, 256-6444.

6 — Emporia QUWF banquet and auction, Lyon County Fairgrounds, doors open at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. Auction to follow dinner. Write to P.O. Box 2206, Emporia, KS, or call (620) 343-3247. Or email rlwhit@myadvantageplus.com.

31 — Retriever singles marathon, runs from Saturday to Sunday, April 1, meet at Jane Laman home grounds north of Manhattan, 8 a.m. Open to all retrievers. Entry fee $15 per dog. Send cash or check (to Jane Laman) with name of dog(s) being entered to Mark Schreiber, 1722 Yucca Lane, Emporia, KS, 66801. Contact Schreiber at (620) 342-6954 or email at mschreiber82@gmail.com.

APRIL1 — Retriever singles marathon

(see above).14 — Catfish Chasers Tournament

Series, Milford State Park, at Rush Creek ramp, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. $100 entry fee. Information, www.catfishchasers.com or call David Studebaker 249-3991, Rich Witt

210-5204.28 — Catfish Chasers Tournament

Series, Toronto Reservoir, at Toronto Point East ramp, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Information, www.catfishchasers.com or call David Studebaker 249-3991, Rich Witt 210-5204.

MAY12 — Catfish Chasers Tournament

Series, Tuttle Creek Lake State Park, at State Park ramp, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Information, www.catfishchasers.com or call David Studebaker 249-3991, Rich Witt 210-5204.

JUNE16 — Catfish Chasers Tournament

Series, Pomona State Park, at state park ramp, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Information, www.catfishchasers.com or call David Studebaker 249-3991, Rich Witt 210-5204.

JULY7 — Catfish Chasers Tournament

Series, John Redmond Lake, at north end of dam ramp, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Information, www.catfishchasers.com or call David Studebaker 249-3991, Rich Witt 210-5204.

To submit an item for the Outdoors calendar free of charge, contact The

Topeka Capital-Journal by e-mail: sports@cjonline.com, or phone:

(785) 295-1188.

CALENDAR

Trout stocked at Lake Shawnee

Shawnee County Parks and Recreation stocked Lake Shawnee with rainbow trout Saturday.

There were 7,000 pounds of rainbow trout stocked.

The trout had to be a minimum of 11 inches in length and 600 fish will be more than 4 pounds each.

Some fish will be tagged for a prize program. See Shawn Osborne, Parks and Recreation, ext. 2610, for particulars. If you catch a tagged fish, remove the tag and bring it to the Parks and Recreation office at 3137 S.E. 29th to redeem a prize.

Fishing will start at sunrise this Saturday. A valid state fishing license and trout permit is required.

Seniors 65 and older do need a trout license. Youth 15 and younger don’t need a trout license if they only

take two trout per day. If they take a creel of five per day, they must have a trout license.

The trout license is required from Oct. 15 to April 15, while no license is required from April 16 through Oct. 14. Licenses are available at the Lake Shawnee Administration Office, also at 3137 S.E. 29th, and from The Dock just across 29th Street from the lake dam.

The JusTin CorbeT Memorial Shooting Sports Foundation will be taking applications to award grant requests until June 1.

The Foundation has given away more than $84,000 impacting 12,000 kids and women’s shooting programs and the plan is to award around $160,000 by June 1.

Winners will be announced at the Youth in the Outdoors Day event on June 9.

From staff reports

Lenexa angler hits the Bassmaster Elite

Scanlon’s dream began on Marysville farm pondMany young anglers dream of making the big

time. All the glitz and glamour of the national bass fishing tournament circuit is a lure in

itself. Some of the big names like Kevin VanDam, Rick Clunn and others make millions of dollars doing what most anglers do on their free time on weekends.

However, few seldom ever realize the dream because

competition is keen and making a living as a tournament bass fisherman is difficult at best.

But there are all kinds of words of wisdom for chasing your dream or giving something your best shot. You never know ’til you try and the list goes on and on.

One young Kansas angler, Casey Scanlon, has likely recited all those phrases over the last few months and then some. Scanlon, 27, recently accepted an invitation to fish the B.A.S.S. Elite Series. It’s a big step and commitment but the Lenexa resident is convinced it’s now or never.

“I’m relatively young, single and I just sold my landscaping business so I’m going to be a full-time bass fisherman,” Scanlon said. “It’s something I’ve always dreamed of since I caught my first bass.”

Neither of his parents fished during Scanlon’s youth but his grandfathers did. His dream began on a Marysville farm pond about 17 years ago. He caught his first bass with his grandfather and was hooked from that point on.

“I just started reading Bassmaster Magazine and watching all the stuff on television and started accumulating all my tackle,” Scanlon said. “I tried to learn as much as I could.”

Scanlon bought his first Jon boat when he was 12 years old. His dad would strap it to the top of the Oldsmobile station wagon.

“He’d drop me off at Shawnee Mission Park Lake for the day,” Scanlon said of his early bass fishing experiences.

Scanlon fished his first bass tournament when he was 15 years old at Lake of the Ozarks and actually won it.

“I also got big bass and I was on top of the world,” Scanlon said. “That got me jump-start-ed fishing tournaments.”

His boats got bigger and better as he was able to afford it and upgrade. This helped since he could now pilot his own boats and fish tournaments.

“I’d fish club tournaments and a lot of regional Pro-Ams,” Scanlon said.

He enjoyed the tournament fishing and decided last year to step it up a notch. Scanlon fished the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Open tournaments and did well enough to qualify for the Elite Series which was a feat in itself.

The Bassmaster Elite Series is the major league of fishing. Among the 100 professional anglers are winners of more than 200 Bassmaster tournaments, 17 Bassmaster Classic championships and 21 Toyota Tundra

Bassmaster Angler of the Year titles. The field is represented by 26 states and Japan. Texas has the most competitors with 15 followed by Alabama with 14 and Oklahoma with 10.

These talented anglers and rookies like Scanlon will be competing for more titles, millions of dollars in prize money and a berth in the Super Bowl of bass fishing, the 2013 Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake, Okla., on Feb. 22-24.

Scanlon remembers watching most of the Elite Series fisherman on television growing up. Now he’s competing against them.

“It’s kind of surreal,” Scanlon said. Accepting the invitation to fish the

Bassmaster Elite Series wasn’t an easy decision for Scanlon to make. It’s a huge financial commitment. There are eight tournaments that begin in March and conclude in August. Entry fees alone are about $5,000 for each tournament. Add about $2,000 of expenses per event and it’s not a cheap proposition and there are no guarantees. He nearly turned the Elite Series invitation down as a result but a trip to pick up some boat oil may have changed his future.

“Pro’s Choice Marine in Warsaw (Mo.) really stepped up and helped me out,” Scanlon said. “(Owner Luke Payne) said, ‘If I can help you get a boat and help you a little bit, would you end up fishing,’ and I said absolutely. They pretty much enabled me to fish this year.”

Scanlon is fishing out of a Nitro bass boat from Bass Pro Shops. He’s working on other sponsorships and realizes that part of the equation takes some time to accomplish, particularly for a rookie. He’s solicited advice on this and other topics from another Kansan, Brent Chapman, who has made a big name for himself on the Bassmaster tournament circuit.

“He said not to sell yourself short but it’s a tough road,” Scanlon said. “He tried to tell me what to expect on tour. Brent definitely helped me out and had some good advice.”

Scanlon was fishing one of the same Open series tournaments last week near Dallas that helped him with his Elite series berth. He plans to fish others and learn as much as he can along the way while fishing against the best bass anglers in the world. He’s anxious to see what the future holds.

“I’m putting all my eggs in one basket,” Scanlon said of his commitment. “It’s been pretty stressful but it’s been a dream and goal of mine for a long time so I’m going for it to try and make it a career.”

Marc Murrell can be reached at mmoutdoors@cox.net.

CHAPMAN CATCHES LUNKERSLake Quivira’s Brent Chapman, competing in

this weekend’s Bassmaster Classic on Red River at Shreveport-Bossier City, La., was seen catching a nearly 6-pound bass and a 3-pound, 10-ouncer during the competition on Saturday’s Day 2.

This information came from a Bassmaster staffer, who was working with boat marshals during the second day of the three-day tourna-ment.

CAbeLA’s To sPonsor bAss FeD eVenTsCabela’s, the World’s Foremost Outfitter of

hunting, fishing and outdoor gear, has become the title sponsor of all seven B.A.S.S. LLC-owned events within the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation, which serves tens of thousands of amateur anglers and their bass clubs in the United States and in seven other countries.

“We are very excited about having Cabela’s come on board as we gear up for a new season of tournaments,” said Don Corkran, director of the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation. “We’re doubly pleased that Federation Nation events are now associated with a company known for its strong conservation partnerships, because so much of the Federation Nation is about grassroots conservation projects that help preserve the world’s valuable aquatic resources.”

A new Cabela’s-sponsored bonus program, Cabela’s Big Bass, will award $200 to the angler who weighs in the heaviest bass at each of the seven Federation Nation tournaments scheduled for 2012.

“The bonuses provide well-deserved recognition to an angler for a great catch, as well as add another layer of competition to each tournament,” Corkran noted.

Six Federation Nation divisional events — the Southern, Western, Central, Northern, Mid-Atlantic and Eastern — serve as qualifiers for the annual championship. The 2012 season will kick off with the March 28-30 Cabela’s B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Southern Divisional on Lake Okeechobee out of Clewiston, Fla.

The season will wrap up in the fall with the 2012 Cabela’s B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Championship. The event will determine six amateur qualifiers for the 2013 Bassmaster Classic, the world championship of bass fishing. In addition, the one overall Federation Nation champion will be invited in 2013 to join the upper echelon of professional competition, the Bassmaster Elite Series.

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Students at Highland Park thriving in biotechnology programCULTIVATING SUCCESS

By Ann WilliamsonTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

The bell rings and the outside noise of the hallway fills the empty class-room. Students filter in before the class starts and put on their lab coats.

As soon as they walk into the bio-technology classroom at Highland Park High School, juniors are ready to take on that day’s lesson — testing to see how fast yeast bacteria will grow in different temperatures.

This is the first year the class has been taught at the school. It is taught over two class periods each day and continues for two school years, or four semesters. Nine students are in the program, and all needed to apply for admission when they were sopho-mores.

“Our target group is anybody who wants to get into the class,” teacher Nancy Wyllie said, “and whoever is willing to work.”

Co-teacher Joann Walker agreed.“We both expect a lot from the kids,

and we both want success from them,” Walker said. “We think the way that you get success is by having expecta-tions.”

Wyllie had worked on a plan to start the program five years ago, but it wasn’t until last year that the class was approved. Walker had retired from teaching at Topeka West High School and joined the teaching staff at Highland Park this past summer.

The school year started with foren-sic science, including crime scene in-vestigation, then moved to a commu-nity chemistry section that teaches lab skills. They now are studying bio-technology, which is technical, in-volved and has the students studying DNA proteins.

Alan Amado Jr. said the forensic

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANN WILLIAMSON/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Biotechnology teacher Joann Walker speaks with Gage Grafton during a recent class. Walker, who joined the school’s staff this past summer, says she expects a lot from the students and wants them to succeed.

Alan Amado Jr. labels Petri dishes while he tests for yeast bacteria growth during a biotechnology class at Highland Park High School.

Biotechnology student Rachael Fletcher says she loves that Highland Park High School is offering programs not available at other Topeka Unified School District 501 schools.

Teacher Nancy Wyllie shows Manuel Sanchez Matos how to load an autoclave. Wyllie says there is an emphasis on teaching real-world experience to students at Highland Park.

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Police callsPeople booked into the Shawnee

County Jail in connection with felonies.Tevor Trendell Quarles, 46, in connection with possession of opiates, opium, narcotics or stimulants, 2:50 a.m. 2/25.Johnny Lee Ivory III, 26, in connec-tion with possession of opiates, opium, narcotics or stimulants, 4:01 a.m. 2/25.Melissa Lee Croney, 40, in connection with theft by deception with two or more prior convictions, 4 p.m. 2/24.Christopher Donald Defoe, 35, in connection with auto theft, 10:35 p.m. 2/24.

Felony cases reported to the Topeka Police Department.600 blk. of N.E. Monroe,

burglary, 8:20 a.m. 2/24.1100 blk. of N. Kansas Ave.,

theft, 12:01 a.m. 11/30- 9 a.m. 2/24.100 blk. of S.W. Western,

burglary, 8 p.m. 2/23- 1:10 a.m.

2/24.

Fire callsTopeka Fire Department2808 S.W. Plass Ave.,

other good intent, 3:20 a.m. 2/25.3302 S.E. Ohio Ave.,

toxic, 10:15 p.m. 2/24.I-470 and S.W. Gage,

public assistance, 7:53 p.m. 2/24.5952 S.W. 31st St.,

toxic, 6:54 p.m. 2/24.512 S.E. Leland St.,

natural vegetation fire, 6:17 p.m. 2/24.1205 S.W. 29th St.,

unintentional, 3:06 p.m. 2/24.201 S.W. Clay St.,

unintentional, 2:18 p.m. 2/24.1942 S.W. Edgewater Ter.,

other hazardous conditions, 12:22 p.m. 2/24.2722 S.E. Wisconsin Ave.,

other good intent, 11:15 a.m. 2/24.

17 medical calls and 2 false alarms on 2/24.

DAILY RECORDBirths

Stormont-VailBlake Winkenwader and Jerrica

Bachmann, Topeka, girl, Feb. 24.Brooks and Nicole Vaughn, Topeka,

boy, Feb. 24.

Kansas River stageThe Kansas River stage in Topeka

was 5.29 feet at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Lake levelsReservoir Pool Elev. Dis.Milford 1,144.4 1,144.6 N/ATuttle Creek 1,075 1,075.2 N/APerry 891.5 891.2 N/AClinton 875.5 973.9 N/APomona 974 973.4 N/AMelvern 1,036 1,033.6 N/A

DVD developer to headline

prayer breakfastBy Phil Anderson

THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Del Tackett says it never was his goal to be famous, but now he can’t escape being recognized

when he is in airports or even in restau-rants in Maui.

Ta c k e t t ’ s face recogni-tion comes from his role as developer of “The Truth

Project,” a 13-part DVD series that has been seen by millions of people in more than 120 coun-tries around the world since its release several years ago.

Tackett will be the guest speak-er at the 51st annual Kansas Prayer Breakfast, set for 6 a.m. March 23 at the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center, 420 S.E. 6th.

In a phone chat this past week from his home in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tackett, 62, said he already has a title for his talk, “Re-storing Our Sanity.”

Tackett said his talk will focus on the Old Testament King Nebu-chadnezzar, “who thought his shorts were pretty big” until God had him eating grass in a field.

“When Nebuchadnezzar’s san-ity was restored,” Tackett said, “he recognized that God was the one who was really in control.”

Tackett said he sees parallels with modern society — and with the history of man since Adam and Eve.

“It’s not just modern day,” Tackett said. “We see it from the very beginning of Scripture — the notion of consequences, that when we choose to go our own way, there are usually serious consequences that go along with it.”

Tackett said “The Truth Proj-ect,” produced in conjunction with Focus on the Family, was designed for small groups that typically met in homes with trained leaders who were com-mitted to praying for partici-pants.

“The Truth Project,” he said, was designed to present messag-es to help participants develop a strong Christian world view.

Included in that, he said, was the goal of helping Christians be-come more involved in reaching out to the needy, not in institu-tional ways but in personal, prac-tical ways.

He said he has heard thou-sands of testimonials from peo-ple whose lives were radically changed as a result of “The Truth Project,” which wasn’t marketed in retail or commercial settings.

One woman, whom Tackett

described as being extremely wealthy, admitted she had little concern for the poor until after completing “The Truth Project” course. Since that time, she regu-larly gives of her skills as a tutor, working with underprivileged children.

Tackett, a native of Idaho who graduated from Kansas State University in Manhattan, said many Christians are concerned about what they perceive as de-clining morality in the United States.

He said it was that very notion that spurred him into developing what was to become “The Truth Project.”

“I didn’t want to entertain peo-ple,” he said, “but I wanted to see people radically changed.”

His ultimate goal, he said, was to strengthen the “body of Christ,” making it healthy and strong once again.

In spite of concerns about the direction the United States is headed in moral terms, Tackett said he had reason to be hopeful for the future.

“We ought to always be con-cerned when we see trends going in a negative direction,” he said, “and we do see things going in that direction.

“However, when it comes to the notion of hope, I have a great deal of hope. My hope is in God. If my hope was in man, then I wouldn’t have any hope.”

Tackett said there is “some-thing special” about the United States.

“I believe it, not because we are inherently good,” he said, “but because we have a very, very large remnant of God’s people in this country.”

Tackett said he originally thought “The Truth Project” would be the culmination of his work as president of the Focus on the Family Institute, producer of instructional materials for Coral Ridge Ministries and serving as director of technical planning for the National Security Council under President George H.W. Bush.

However, he is working on a follow-up to “The Truth Project,” which he said will center on Christians “engaging individually with our neighbors to love them.”

Tickets for the Kansas Prayer Breakfast are $15 each or $150 for a table of 10. Tickets can be pur-chased by calling (785) 267-0285 or (785) 234-6204 or emailing francisbartley@cox.net.Phil Anderson can be reached at

(785) 295-1195 or phil.ander-son@cjonline.com. Follow him

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Book adds context to Cheyenne exodus

By Steve Fry THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

From classic Western movies and earlier books, the story is familiar.

More than 350 Northern Chey-ennes fled a reservation in present-day Oklahoma traveling north to-ward their homeland in Montana, dodging Army cavalry patrols but raiding farms and killing settlers in western Kansas.

What you call it depends on who you are, authors Ramon Powers and James N. Leiker wrote in their new book, "The Northern Cheyenne Ex-odus in History and Memory."

"Western Kansans call it the ‘Last Indian Raid,' a local story with the slain ancestors of white settlers as the central victims," the authors wrote.

Northern Cheyennes call it "the breakout," when the Army "shot down Dull Knife's followers and when ancestors sacrificed their lives for the tribe's survival."

Powers calls it "a dual tragedy." Starting in September 1878, 353

Northern Cheyenne fled a reserva-tion in the northern Indian Territory.

Their route took them north through Kansas, where Cheyennes skirmished and battled with the U.S. Army cavalry and raided settlements and farms at five locations. At Ober-lin, about 40 settlers were killed.

"This was a big deal at the time," Powers said of the Cheyenne slicing through western Kansas. This was a "last gasp" as the Cheyenne fled for their homeland.

From a military point of view, the route on a map looked disastrous because the Cheyenne passed be-tween four Army posts in Kansas, including Fort Dodge and Fort Hays.

But budget cutbacks following the Civil War left the Army short on troops posted in the Kansas forts.

"I don't think (the Cheyenne) were probably aware of the forts," Powers said.

At battles in Kansas at Little Sand Creek, The Wall and Punished Woman's Fork, the Cheyenne "were

very clever in the way they could evade the Army," Powers said, not-ing the Indians would seemingly vanish following the battles.

The first-person stories and memories of Northern Cheyenne and white settlers embroiled in the Indian flight through Kansas are high points in "Northern Cheyenne Exodus."

Besides telling the historic story, Powers and Leiker tracked down stories and memories of the Chey-enne and the Kansas settlers about the incident.

One was Ted Risingsun, a North-ern Cheyenne whose grandmother was shot in the head as she and oth-ers desperately fled captivity at Fort Robinson into a cold night. After urging a young relative to run, she expected to die when a soldier shielded her from gunfire.

"That soldier saved her life," Ris-ingsun said. "My grandmother nev-er forgot this kindness."

Of the 150 Indians who broke out, more than 60 were killed.

Another memory was Anton Stenner Jr., who was about 12 when raiders struck the family homestead in Rawlins County.

An Indian "shot father through the chest. I saw the dust fly from his coat," the younger Stenner recalled. His father slapped a hand to his chest but didn't fall until a second shot struck him in the face.

But an Indian version of the Stenner killing said Little Wolf, a chief, was about to greet his friend, the older Stenner, when angry war-riors shot him.

By 1958, the dead settler's grand-son and the Cheyenne had made peace about the incident, Powers and Leiker wrote.

HISTORIC BOOK“The Northern Cheyenne Exodus in History and Memory” by James N. Leiker and Ramon Powers, published by the University of Oklahoma Press, $34.95, available through the Shawnee County Historical Society (shawneecountyhistory.org).

Police seek man who crashed car

By Corey JonesTHE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Topeka police were looking for a man who crashed a car through a fence and knocked a shed off its foundation Saturday evening, au-thorities said.

First responders were called about 6:45 p.m. to the area of S.W. 26th and Gage Boulevard on a re-port of a vehicle striking a house.

Police arrived to find a Dodge Stratus that had jumped a curb, plowed through a wooden privacy fence and knocked a large shed off its foundation. The car came to rest facing southwest in the backyard of 3901 S.W. 26th St. That location is on the southwest corner of S.W. 26th and Gage.

Officer Sarah Sieve said a wit-ness reported a white man wear-

ing a white T-shirt had been driv-ing the Stratus. The man got out of the car and fled west, Sieve said, and hadn’t been apprehended as of 9 p.m.

Sieve said a 28-year-old Omaha, Neb., woman was the only passen-ger in the vehicle. She was intoxi-cated but uninjured, Sieve said.

Officers suspected alcohol con-tributed to the crash but don’t know for sure because the driver hadn’t been apprehended.

Sieve said the passenger was the owner of the Stratus and that the driver was a friend.

No other vehicles were in-volved.

Corey Jones can be reached at (785) 295-5612 or corey.jones@

cjonline.com. Follow him on Twitter @JonesingToWrite.

Woman hurt in accidentThe Capital-Journal

An Ozawkie woman was taken to an area hospital with injuries late Saturday morning after being involved in a two-vehicle accident in Jefferson County, authorities said.

The Kansas Highway Patrol identified the woman as Tina M. Roberts, 32. The highway patrol listed her injuries as disabling.

Troopers said Roberts was driv-ing a 2007 Honda Pilot westbound on K-92 highway. A 2002 Ford pickup truck was northbound on Ferguson Road.

Troopers said the Ford failed to yield the right of way to the Hon-da, and the Pilot struck the pick-up.

Authorities responded shortly

after 11:10 a.m. to the accident scene, which was on westbound K-92 at Ferguson Road.

A second occupant of the Hon-da, identified as Eli Roberts, 5, of Ozawkie, suffered possible inju-ries.

Tina and Eli Roberts were re-ported to be wearing safety re-straints.

The driver was taken to The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.

The driver of the pickup, iden-tified as Christopher L. Lovett, 23, of Fort Riley, was taken to Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center in Topeka with possible injuries.

He, too, was reported to be wearing a seat belt.

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Notices of upcoming events should be sent to the newspaper at least one week in advance of the publication date. They may be submitted by email to news@cjonline.com; by mail to The Topeka Capital-Journal, attention Briefly in Topeka, 616 S.E. Jefferson, Topeka, KS 66607; or by fax to (785) 295-1230. All area codes are 785 unless otherwise noted.

SUPPORT GROUPSStroke Support Group, 1:30

p.m. Friday, March 2, Shawnee County Health Agency, 1615 S.W. 8th. Call 291-2488 to confirm meeting.

Ovarian Cancer Support Group (includes other female cancers), 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 3, St. Francis Cancer Center (second-floor conference room), 1700 S.W. 7th. Information: Kay Coward, kay.coward@gmail.com or 286-3500.

TAX ASSISTANCEFree Income Tax assistance

is available through April 17 at the following Topeka locations: Weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Docking State Office Building, 915 S.W. Harrison (Room 163), Monday through Friday;

Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging, 2910 S.W. Topeka Blvd., Monday and Tuesday; Community Action Swygart Center, 621 S.E. Swygart, Tuesday and Wednesday; National Guard Armory, 2722 S.W. Topeka Blvd., Tuesday; East Topeka VITA, 708 S.E. Lime, Tuesday; Lowman United Methodist Church (lower level), S.W. 15th and Gage Boulevard, Thursday; First Southern Baptist Church, 1912 S.W. Gage Blvd., Friday. Evenings — Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 S.W. 10th, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, 3 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday; IBEW LU 226 Building, 1620 N.W. Gage Blvd., 6 to 9 p.m. Friday; Central Park Community Center, 1534 S.W. Clay, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Spanish-speaking appointments — Call Commu-nity Action at 235-9296. Taxpayers need to provide a copy of their previous year’s income tax return, Social Security cards, a photo ID of each family member, and all W2 and other forms received as tax information. Information: Community Action, 235-9296.

PUBLIC LIBRARYThe following activities take

place at the Topeka and Shawnee

County Public Library, 1515 S.W. 10th. For more information, call (785) 580-4400 or go online to www.tscpl.org.

R.E.A.D. Dogs (all ages), 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, Story Zone.

Wii Gaming Afternoon, (9 to 12 years) 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, Lingo Story Room.

Open Mic Night (12 to 18 years) 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, The Edge.

Kansas Reads: Our Boys, 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, Marvin Auditorium 101 BC.

The Waiting Room exhibit, through Friday, March 16, Sabatini Gallery.

TOPEKA USD 501USD 501 Parents as

Teachers program currently is enrolling families interested in helping their children learn, grow and develop to realize their full potential. All families with children from prenatal to 3 years of age who live in Topeka Unified School District 501 are eligible for this free program. Certified parent educators provide educational resources and support through regular home visits, playgroups, group meetings and bimonthly newsletters. Enrollment informa-tion: 274-6480.

USD 501 Parents as Teachers program is offering free play groups, through May 10, for parents and their children (ages birth to 5) living within Topeka Unified School District 501. Schedule: Monday, 10 to 11 a.m. and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 to 11 a.m.; Thursday, 10 to 11 a.m., 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. (parents and babies prenatal to 12 months) and 6 to 7:30 p.m. (dinner and play time for fathers and children, reservation required), all at Quinton Heights, 2331 S.W. Topeka Blvd. Play groups will be closed when USD 501 classes aren’t in session. Informa-tion: 274-6480.

GREAT OVERLAND STATION

“The People’s Kind of Railroad: The Santa Fe, the City, the State, and the Nation” exhibit, through March 30, Fink Gallery, 701 N. Kansas Ave. Explores the AT&SF Railway throughout its 152-year history and transition to today’s BNSF Railway. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (last admission at 3:15 p.m.); closed Sunday-Monday. Admis-sion: $4 adults; $3 seniors; $2 children ages 3-12; free children 2

and younger and Friends of the Station members; and $1 discount for military with ID. Information: 232-5533 or www.greatoverland-station.com.

NOTO ADULT ART CLASSES

The following classes are held at the NOTO Community Arts Center, 922 N. Kansas Ave. Pre-register at http://notoartsdistrict.com or call (785) 969-9631.

Acrylic Landscape Painting, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Feb. 27 through March 19. Cost: $35.

Metalsmithing, 9 a.m. to noon, March 20-22. Cost: $65.

Textile Art I-Tie Dyeing with Folds and Clamps, 10 a.m. to noon or 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 24 and 31. Cost: $45.

Spirit of Art: Wet Clay Experience, 1 to 3 p.m. or 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 26. Cost: $25.

Broken Tile Mosaics (adults, teens and tweens), 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, March 27, April 3 and 10. Cost: $32.

Love to Draw, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 29, April 12, 19 and 26. Cost: $35.

Textile Art II-Shibori, 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays, April 14, 21 and 28. Cost: $55.

Spirit of Art: Collage, 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, April 23, or 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 30. Cost: $25 per session.

REUNIONSUSS Iwo Jima (LPH2/LHD7)

Shipmates reunion, June 6-10, 2012, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Tysons Corner, McLean, Va. Contact: Robert G. McAnally, 152 Frissell St., Hampton, Va., 23663; or (757) 723-0317 or yujack@megalink.net.

Shawnee Heights High School class of 1982 30th reunion, Aug. 3-4, 2012, in Topeka. Details are still being planned. Information on Face-book: http://www.facebook.com/groups/116346641802029/.

USS Maddox Destroyer Association (DD731, DD622, DD168) reunion, Aug. 16-19, Reno, Nev. Contact: Dennis Stokhaug, 571 W. 14562 Hidden Creek Court, Muskego, WI 53150; (262) 679-9409 or email mad-dox64@aol.com.

Topeka High School class of 1952 60th reunion, Oct. 12-13, 2012, Capitol Plaza Hotel, 1717 S.W. Topeka Blvd. Information: Jackie Mills Campbell Petersen, (785) 478-4858 or jcpetersen34@cox.net.

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Military’s relationship with Hollywood at issueBy Ann Hornaday

THE WASHINgTON POST

In a scene that could have jumped out of a Michael Bay movie — or, in the Obama era of surgical warfare, a video monitor in the White House Situation Room — a team of U.S. Navy SEALs boards a sleek yacht, populated with bikini-clad women, to track down and interrogate a dangerous international smuggler.

The sequence is indeed from a movie: the new release “Act of Valor.” But the SEALs are real-life active-duty operators (the babes and the bad guy are actors), and the episode is an authentic training maneuver, although the yacht was provided by the film’s producers. That mix of fiction and realism is just what the filmmakers hope will draw audiences to “Act of Valor” this weekend, when it arrives in 3,000 theaters throughout the country.

But the surprising, if not unprec-edented, use of so many active-du-ty military personnel, as well as the filmmakers’ embedded access to training missions and material (in-cluding a nuclear submarine), have put “Act of Valor” in the cross hairs of critics who question whether the movie crosses the line between en-tertainment and propaganda, and whether the military should be in the movie business at all. The rela-tionship between the Pentagon and Hollywood has raised eyebrows be-fore, even prompting an occasional

congressional investigation.That relationship — sometimes

cozy, sometimes contentious — has existed from the days of silent cin-ema, when the 1927 movie “Wings” received assistance in staging aerial dogfights, through 1986, when the Navy set up recruitment booths in theaters showing “Top Gun,” to last summer, when the Army ran an ad campaign to coincide with the release of “X-Men: First Class.” (For its part, “Act of Valor” was heavily promoted during this year’s Super Bowl.) Every service branch of the armed forces has its

own film office, staffed by active-duty officers, whose job is to work with Hollywood, review scripts and provide support in terms of military hardware, advice and, sometimes, people.

“The Pentagon has what Hol-lywood wants, which is ships and planes and helicopters and per-sonnel,” said author David L. Robb, who in “Operation Hollywood” chronicled the connections be-tween the Pentagon and the movie industry. “And Hollywood has what the Pentagon wants, which is eye-balls. It’s product placement.”

“Act of Valor” began germinat-ing more than four years ago when stuntmen-turned-documentary-makers Scott Waugh and Mike “Mouse” McCoy made a seven-minute film about the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen, whose responsibilities include inserting and extracting Navy SEALs, the elite operations force responsible for killing Osama bin Laden and rescuing two aid workers in Somalia last month.

By the time Waugh and McCoy finished their documentary, the Navy had embarked on its own

feature-film mission, inviting pro-posals for projects that would de-pict the SEALs in a more realistic — and favorable — light than in such bombastic fiction features as “Navy Seals” (starring Charlie Sheen) and “G.I. Jane” (starring Demi Moore).

A Quadrennial Defense Review released in 2006 had indicated that the Navy needed 500 more SEALs in order to meet projected demands, explained Rear Adm. Dennis Moyni-han, the Navy’s chief spokesman.

“There was a series of initiatives we launched to try to increase the num-ber of SEALs we have in the Navy,” he said. “This film project was one of those initiatives.”

He added that the Navy sought a film that would educate, as well as entertain.

“We wish we could take the Ameri-can people and fly them out to air-craft carriers and destroyers and sub-marines, so they could see what their Navy does on a daily basis,” he said. “We can’t get them out to our ships every weekend, but we know they go to the movies every weekend.”

McCoy and Waugh’s proposal was accepted, and after spending time at SEAL headquarters in San Diego, they floated the idea of using the real men themselves. “Once we were inside, we were just blown away,” McCoy said earlier this month, just hours before he, Waugh and a group of SEALs were to screen “Act of Valor”

at the White House. “That’s when the genesis (of the idea) happened, when we connected with the men and saw this brotherhood and this depth of character amongst men, and the sac-rifices they’ve been through in the last 10 years in sustained combat.”

The fictionalized story of “Act of Valor” centers on an eight-man SEAL team, and two operators in particular: a 38-year-old lieutenant commander named Rorke and his buddy and subordinate, Chief Dave. When the men are sent to rescue a U.S. intelligence operative in Central America, their mission expands to entail weapons smuggling and in-ternational terrorism, culminating in a dramatic shootout on the U.S.-Mexico border. (The story also ranges from the Philippines and Chechnya to Somalia.)

Filming “Act of Valor,” which Waugh and McCoy financed themselves and with outside investors, took 21/2 years, with the filmmakers recording actual SEAL training missions (officially called “evolutions”), complete with live ammunition and skin-tight time schedules. When a scene called for the men to enter a small rural village, the filmmakers dressed the training site’s fake concrete huts to look like real houses, an embellishment that remained after they left. The nearly 300 hours of raw footage they shot making “Act of Valor” has been given to the Navy for use in training and re-cruitment.

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Navy SEALS, the real-life stars of “Act of Valor,” do a training jump in a scene from the new film.

Women in Film celebrates female Oscar nomineesBy Sandy Cohen

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Gwyneth Paltrow, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens and Allison Janney celebrated their Oscar-nominated sisters at Women in Film’s fifth an-nual pre-Oscar party.

Of the year’s nearly 200 Academy Awards nominees, 45 are women,

said Cathy Shulman, president of Women in Film, Los Angeles.

“You’re the best of the best,” she said Friday. “But you’re only a quar-ter of the nominees.”

Women have consistently com-prised less than 25 percent of annual Oscar nominees, Shulman said, “and it’s important we work together to in-crease that statistic.”

Paltrow co-hosted the party at Cec-coni’s restaurant, where Oscar nomi-nees and other female filmmakers gathered to talk shop, sip champagne and celebrate their achievements.

“We’re smarter than men and bet-ter than men,” Paltrow said. “I raise an imaginary glass to all the nominees.”

Paltrow’s mother, Blythe Danner, also was among the night’s guests.

Shulman highlighted longtime Martin Scorsese editor Thelma Schoonmaker and flame-haired costume designer Sandy Powell as “part of the over-10-times club.” Both are nominated this year for their work on “Hugo,” and each has three Oscars already.

The event’s only agenda was to mingle and celebrate. Selena

Gomez chatted with supporting actress nominee Octavia Spencer and “The Help” producer Brunson Green, while nominated co-star Jessica Chastain nibbled appetizers with friends.

Nominees Viola Davis and Ja-net McTeer also joined in the fes-tivities, along with female produc-ers, composers, animators and

documentarians. Also celebrating were actresses Shailene Woodley, Gabourey Sidibe, Jennifer Mor-rison, Jennifer Beals, Jena Malone and Ziyi Zhang.

The 84th annual Academy Awards will be presented Sunday at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Los Angeles and broadcast live at 7:30 p.m. Topeka time on ABC.

By Carolyn KaberlineSPECIAL TO THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

It’s a long way to the planet LkCa 15b — about 450 light years from Earth — but a former Kansas resident is finding a way to learn more about this young resident of the galaxy.

Adam Kraus, who grew up in Grant-ville, and fellow astronomer Michael Ireland are the first to take a direct image of a planet as it forms.

Although it took the two astronomers more than 2½ years to perfect techniques that would show the planet’s development and another two years to locate and confirm its existence, Kraus’ interest in astronomy began much earlier — when he was a student at Grantville Elementary.

Kraus, a voracious reader from the time he learned to read, was introduced to science fiction when one of his teachers gave him a copy of the Robert Heinlein novel “Have Space Suit, Will Travel.” From there, Kraus became interested in other science fiction novels and television shows.

“I became interested in astronomy from these and became really interested in space,” Kraus said. “I wanted to know what’s out there. This is when I first recognized that astronomy could become a potential career choice.”

After his graduation from Perry-Lecompton High School in 1998, Kraus enrolled at The University of Kansas, where he earned bachelor of science degrees in mathematics, physics and astronomy.

During his time at KU, Kraus worked on numerous projects, beginning with a study of star clusters during his sopho-more year.

“During my junior year, I used archival data from the Hubble Space Telescope to study stars in a small galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, that orbits around our galaxy. The goal of that project was to measure the history of when stars formed in the cloud,” he said.

“The summer after my junior year, stretching through until the summer after I graduated, I went to the National Solar Observatory in Tucson to work on a project that measured how the light output of several million stars in our galaxy changes over time. One of the original goals was to determine how

many sun-like stars vary significantly in brightness. However, my work ultimately spun off several other projects that we’ve mostly pursued instead of the original goal.”

Kraus graduated from KU in 2003 and attended graduate school at the Califor-nia Institute of Technology.

“Most students going to graduate school (in astronomy) are interested in either planets or cosmology,” Kraus said.

“I felt planets were much closer to home and seemed more immediate. It would be hard to explore the universe.”

Under the direction of astronomy professor Lynne A. Hillenbrand, Kraus studied star and planet formation, taking high-resolution images of young stars and binary systems and learning how they formed.

While at Caltech, he also met Ireland, a postdoctoral fellow who had been

developing a technique to take images of distant objects by masking the parts of light that distort images.

Later, after Kraus went to the University of Hawaii as part of the Hubble Fellow-ship program, the two would use this technique to photograph LkCa 15b and its parent star north-northeast of Aldeberan, the brightest star in the constellation Taurus.

The technique allowed the two astronomers to cancel out some of the bright light of nearby stars and distortions of light by the Earth’s atmosphere, thus making it possible for them to see any areas “where protoplanets may be hiding,” he said.

Using the telescopes at Keck Observa-tory on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the two began a survey of 150 young stars in known star-forming regions of the galaxy. That in turn led to a more thorough observation of approxi-mately a dozen of them.

“LkCa 15 was only our second target, and we immediately knew we were seeing something new,” Kraus said in a University of Hawaii press release. “We could see a faint point source near the star, so thinking it might be a Jupiter-like planet, we went back a year later to get more data.”

Kraus said he had two reactions when he realized he had actually found a planet in the process of forming.

“On one hand, I stopped and thought, ‘If this is what I think it is, then it could answer a lot of questions,’ ” he said. “On the other hand, I also thought, ‘I think this is the real thing, but it’ll probably take a year or two to be sure, so let’s not rush to conclusions.’ ”

After numerous observations from November 2009 to November 2010, Kraus and Ireland realized they had exactly what they originally thought: a planet forming around the star, one with much dust and gas surrounding it.

When they measured the wavelengths of the light coming from the planet to determine its color and energy levels, as well as the temperatures of the dust and gas surrounding it, they realized the planet was not only young, but it also was at the very beginning of forming — some-thing that had never been seen before.

Kraus’ presentation of their discovery at last fall’s meeting at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland immediately received national and international attention. The paper also has been accepted for publication in an upcoming issue of The Astrophysical Journal.

While Kraus plans more observations of the young planet in the future, he also wants to continue studying binary systems and how they form.

“This will provide good hints for how stars form overall,” he said.

Carolyn Kaberline is a freelance writer in Topeka. She can be reached

at ckaberli@aol.com.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

Send detailed information about upcoming events in northeast Kansas to Jan Biles, The Topeka Capital-Journal, 616 S.E. Jefferson St., Topeka, 66607, or e-mail her at jan.biles@cjonline.com. Include your name and phone number.

Plenty of suds — The Kansas Craft Brewers Exposition, featuring beer tastings, food, music and informational displays, will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at Abe’s Landing, 8 E. 6th St. in Lawrence. Must be 21. Cost: $30. Tickets and information: www.kscraftbrewfest.com.

Welsh music — The annual St. David’s Day Concert, featuring Welsh tenor Geraint Wilkes, will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 4, at Emporia Presbyte-rian Church, 1702 W. 15th in Emporia. Free. Information: (620) 256-6687.

Bleeding Kansas — “Teaching the Civil War in the 21st Century” will be presented by author Paul Stuewe at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at Constitution Hall, 319 Elmore in Lecompton. Cost: $3. Information: (785) 887-6520.

Tragic tale — “Macbeth” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, in McCain Auditorium at Kansas State University in Manhattan. Cost: $26-$32 for adults; $13-$16 for students. Information and tickets: (785) 532-6428.

From the stage — “Masked Marvels and Wondertales” will be presented by Michael Cooper at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at the C.L. Hoover Opera House, 135 W. 7th St. in Junction City. Cost: $17 for adults; $15 for military; $12 for students. Information: (785) 238-3906.

A young man's fancy — Manhattan Arts Center, 1520 Poyntz Ave. in Manhattan, will stage “The Graduate” through Sunday, March 4. Show times: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Cost: $15 for adults; $10 for military, students and children. Informa-tion and tickets: (785) 537-4420.

Steppin' in time — STOMP will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, in McCain Auditorium at Kansas State University in Manhattan. Cost: $34-$45 for adults; $17-$22.50 for students. Information and tickets: (785) 532-6428.

Tennessee Williams classic — “Summer and Smoke” will be presented Friday, March 2, through Sunday, March 11, in Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall at The University of Kansas in Lawrence. Show times: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Cost: $18 for public; $17 for seniors; $10 for students. Information and tickets: (785) 864-3982.

Musical knights — “Camelot” will be staged through Saturday, March 10, at the River City Community Players’ theater, 5th and Delaware in Leaven-worth. Show times: 8 p.m. Friday-Satur-day; 2 p.m. Sunday. Cost: $10 for adults; $8 for seniors; $5 for children. Informa-tion and tickets: (913) 682-7557.

Find more northeast Kansas events at cjonline.com/life/connected.

The Capital-JournalAlberici Constructors Inc., a construc-

tion company based in St. Louis, Mo., recently began construction of a $14 million addition to Memorial Hospital in Abilene. The addition is the first of two phases of construction, scheduled for completion in June 2013.

According to a news release, the 45,000-square-foot addition will house key clinical functions for the hospital, including the emergency department, surgery suite, laboratory, imaging department with fixed MRI and 25 private patient rooms, including obstetrics.

The addition also includes a new main entrance, lobby, gift shop and registration.

Design work is currently underway for the approximately $3.5 million second phase, which involves renovations to the existing facility. The renovations will commence upon completion of phase one and will include 14,000 square feet of medical office space, physical therapy, cardiac rehab and administrative and conference space.

The new addition required closure of a city street and utility relocation in order to provide the necessary land area.

Event focuses on trade exports

The Spring International Trade Networking Event is coming together in Seneca, according to a news release. The free event is from 8:30 a.m. to noon March 14 at the Settle Inn at Spring Creek, 1615

North St. in Seneca.The event gives business owners and

economic development professionals a chance to network with successful traders and learn about the state’s Trade Export Promotion Grant and the impact it can have on an exporting budget.

The schedule includes:n 9 a.m.: Welcome and overview by

Linda Honeyman, Seneca Travel and Tourism, and Raffaele DeVito, chair of the Kansas International Trade Coordinating Council.

n 9:15 a.m.: “Getting Started and Staying in the Game: Trade and Your Company’s Bottom Line,” by Robert Rebori, president of Bio-Microbics, John

Pierson, chief financial officer at Wenger Manufacturing, and Don Landoll, president and chairman of Landoll Corp.

n 10:15 a.m.: “Effective State and Federal Resources/State Trade Export Promotion Grant,” by Ruby Sirna, international trade specialist for the U.S. Department of Commerce/U.S. Commer-cial Service in Kansas City, Linda F. Glover, with the U.S. Small Business Administration, and Nathalie Scharf, STEP grant manager at the Kansas Department of Commerce/Trade Development Division.

Register by visiting www.senecadown-town.com and clicking on “Seminars.” For more information, contact Honeyman at

(785) 336-3663 or lindasettleinn@yahoo.com or Greg Call at the Kansas Depart-ment of Commerce at (316) 771-6808 or gcall@kansascommerce.com.

Calling all kindergarteners

Mission Valley Unified School District 330 will have its kindergarten screening March 9 at Mission Valley Elementary, 12913 Mission Valley Road in Eskridge, according to a news release.

The 30-minute screening will be used as an informational tool to assist parents and teachers in determining the child’s readiness for kindergarten.

Any child planning on entering kindergarten for the 2012-13 school year should plan on attending the screening. Vision and hearing screenings also will be available that day.

The Kindergarten Round-Up will be March 29 at Mission Valley Elementary. The morning session will be from 9 to 11 a.m.; the afternoon session will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

The child will participate in a typical kindergarten activity, and parents will receive information about the school and meet with school officials. Parents and children can take a tour of the school and go on a short bus ride. Refreshments will be served and school officials will discuss one-on-one the child’s screening results.

For more information and to reserve time slots for the screening and round-up, call (785) 449-2281.

JEFFERSON COUNTY CLOSE-UP

AREA BRIEFS

Work on Abilene hospital addition begins

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Construction has started on a $14 million addition to Memorial Hospital in Abilene. The addition is the first of two phases of construction, scheduled for completion in June 2013.

Hooked on planetsFormer

Grantville resident first

to take images of planet as it

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Astronomer Adam Kraus, who grew up in Grantville and now works at the University of Hawaii as part of the Hubble Fellowship program, stands outside the Very Big Telescope observatory in northern Chile. Currently, Kraus and astronomer Michael Ireland are taking images of the formation of planet LkCa 15b at the Keck Observatory on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

PHOTOGRAPH BY KAREN L. TERAMURA

This is an artist's conception of the view near planet LkCa 15b.

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tion’s Safe Homes, Safe Streets reception earlier this month. Brown and Schaffer represent and assist domestic and sexual violence survivors through civil court proceedings. Also at the reception, Kathy Bagby, volunteer advocate at MOCSA in Kansas City, was named Volunteer of the Year; SOS Inc. in Emporia was named Program of the Year; and Sharon Katz, executive director of SAFEHOMES in Overland Park, received the Juliene Maska Advocate of the Year Award and a 20 years of service award.

NEW FACESChristine VanderPutten, a

senior at Kansas State University, has been named Topeka-area

branch manager for Student Painters, an organization that helps college students raise money for school while learning business skills. VanderPutten,

from St. Marys, will hire about half a dozen area college students to do exterior painting jobs from the second week of May through August. The work done by Students Painters is guaranteed and the company carries liability insurance. Appointments for free estimates can be made by calling VanderPut-ten at (785) 250-7031.

MISCELLANEOUSThe Kansas Executive

Express Network of ABWA is accepting registrations for the 2012 KEEN Business Expo on March 14. Interested parties should contact Kim Hilgenberg for more informa-tion at cozyhomerental@cox.net or (785) 233-7900.

Bank of America will host a free event for homeowners in financial distress from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday at the Capitol Plaza Hotel, 1717 S.W. Topeka Blvd. Homeowners can meet with a Bank of America specialist to discuss their current situation and learn about loan assistance options. The event is targeted at Bank of America customers, but noncustomers can attend. Information: www.bankofamerica.com/homeowner-event or toll free at (855) 201-7426.

CALENDARTUESDAY, FEB. 28

Association of Women Entrepreneurs, 11:45 a.m., Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library (Hughes Meeting Room 205), 1515 S.W. 10th. Program: Maria Wilson, founder of Living with Clarity and Purpose, will discuss how following your passions will expand your success in life. Lunch may be purchased prior to the meeting at the Millen-nium Cafe. Nonmembers welcome. Information: Lyla Ralston Accardi, (785) 235-9144.

TUESDAY, FEB. 28Topeka Women’s Network

of ABWA, 5:30 p.m., Topeka Country Club, 2700 S.W. Buchanan. Program: “Speaking of Success” presented by Cynthia Stotlar. Guests welcome by reservation. Information: Nancy Griffin, (785) 478-1956.

SATURDAY, MARCH 3Service Corps of Retired

Executives Breakfast Round-table, 8 to 10 a.m., Holiday Inn Express & Suites North, 601 N.W. US-24 Highway. For anyone interested in having a conversation about starting a business or addressing challenges facing a business. Information: (785) 234-3049.

SUBMISSIONSSubmit business-related

items to It’s Your Business, The Topeka Capital-Journal, 616 S.E. Jefferson, Topeka, 66607, or email to iyb@cjonline.com.

5Cwww.cjonline.com THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL CELEBRATIONS/NEWS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012

IT’S YOUR BUSINESSRETIREMENTS

Larry W. Hahn Jr. will retire Thursday, March 1, from the BNSF Car Accounting Department. Hahn began his career with Santa Fe Railway on Aug. 27, 1970, in the Revenue Department Assorting Bureau.

BUSINESS MOVES

John L. Johnson recently joined the staff at Silver Lake Bank in Topeka as executive vice

president and chief credit officer. Johnson has more than 30 years of retail banking and lending experience. Also, Matthew Clarke and

Amanda Monhollon have been promoted to assistant vice presidents at Silver Lake Bank. Clarke is a loan officer in the North Topeka office, while Monhollon is manager of the Silver Lake office.

Jay Deans has been promoted to general sales manager of Briggs Kia in Topeka. Deans started working at Briggs GMC in 2004 before becoming sales manager at Briggs Nissan. He also worked in finance. Also, Pat Costello, formally service manager at Briggs Kia in Topeka, has moved to Briggs Buick GMC in Manhattan as service manager; Brandon Hough has been promoted to assistant service manager at Briggs Kia in Topeka; and John Malone was named the new parts manager at Briggs Kia in Topeka, coming from GMC Service in Manhattan.

AWARDS & HONORSJoanne Morrell, executive

director of the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center, received the 2011

Executive of the Year Award from the Sales and Marketing Executives of Topeka on Tuesday. Morrell has guided the development of the Kansas Children’s

Discovery Center for the past seven years, raising nearly $7.5 million while working with a team of founding board members. The center opened its doors on June 1, 2011, and expects to see nearly 95,000 visitors in its first year. Morrell has 25 years of nonprofit consultant and management experience through her positions at Partners in Philanthropy, St. Francis Hospital Foundation and Junior Achievement of Northeast Kansas. In 2001, she started Impact! Marketing Group.

Curtis Brown, an attorney with Kansas Legal Services, and Amy Schaffer, a KLS paralegal, received the Community Ally of the Year Award from the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence at the organiza-

Amanda Monhollon

John Johnson

Matthew Clarke

Joanne Morrell

Christine VanderPutten

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science has been his favorite part of the class so far but said he learns something new daily, including how to dust for fingerprints or how science is used in everyday things, such as making tires.

“On TV, they only show so many ways to catch a bad guy,” Amado said. “In this class, I learned all of the steps they go through and how long it really takes to do it.”

Being part of a select group of students has given Amado a differ-ent perspective on science.

“This class gave me an opportu-nity to do something that not ev-erybody gets to do,” Amado said. “My friends ask about the class and the things we do. In most science classes, you just take notes and do experiments sometimes, but in this class, you do a little bit of ev-erything and you do experiments every single day.

“The class isn’t for everybody. You really have to work hard.”

Fellow student Rachael Fletcher has decided she wants to be a pale-ontologist. Fletcher said she loves that Highland Park is offering pro-grams, including robotics and cer-tified nursing assistant, not being offered at the other schools.

“This is really helping HP out,” Fletcher said. “People have told me that I won’t go anywhere in life if I stayed here at Highland Park because there are no good pro-grams. I thought this could be a re-ally great thing and I could go somewhere and show them that they are wrong.

“They will know that Highland Park is something, and these pro-grams really help that.”

Fletcher, a self-professed “sci-ence nerd” has picked out a full class schedule for next school year, including an advanced-placement chemistry class that will be offered for the first time at the school. Only five of her 14 classes won’t be in the science building.

“When I found science, my grades got much better,” Fletcher said. “A lot of people ask about this class, including my parents. They are jealous that they didn’t have something like this when they were in school.

“I know that some people regret not filling out the application to take the class when they were in-vited. It’s fun to tell them what we are doing and seeing the looks on their faces of, ‘I should have gotten into that.’ I like to brag on this class.”

The instructors are teaching the students skills to use when they job shadow at the Kansas Department of Agriculture and the Washburn University biology department lat-er this semester. Next year, the class also will be available to students at other Topeka Unified School Dis-trict 501 schools to take it at High-land Park.

“We are trying to build this up, and we will build as we go,” Wyllie said. “There has been a renewed emphasis on what our goal is. To try to get these kids out and into the real world, and in order to do that, we have to have higher expec-tations of them here and then they will be successful out there.”

Highland Park principal Beryl New said she can’t believe how much the students have grown since the beginning of the school year.

“They are trained to be profes-sional, even in their attire. I know it is to protect their clothes, but they look so official,” New said. “We told students that you better do every-thing you can to prepare for your own future, and they’ve taken it se-riously.”

Ann Williamson can be reachedat (785) 295-1106

or ann.williamson@cjonline.com.

ANN WILLIAMSON/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

Juniors Bianca Alverado, left, and Gage Grafton prepare Petri dishes for bacteria growth during a recent biotechnology class at Highland Park High School.

Students: ‘I like to brag on this’

7Cwww.cjonline.com THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL ADVICE/CROSSWORD SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Student sees the light, hopes parents will, too

Dear Abby: I am a sophomore at a religious university that is well regarded in both secular and religious circles. I came here to become a doctor because the pre-med program has an outstanding accep-tance rate to medical school.

However, in my third quarter I took a religious studies course and fell in love with the department. I would like to pursue a career in this field, perhaps as a professor. I have an excellent GPA and am working three jobs.

My problem is that my parents aren’t supportive. They think I am being impractical and will end up working in a fast-food restaurant for the rest of my life. I thought they would be thrilled I have taken such an interest in our faith. Becoming a doctor no longer interests me. How can I convince them that I can major in religious studies and not live in poverty? — Rebel In California

Dear Rebel: You shouldn’t pursue a career in medicine un-less your heart is in it because if it isn’t, you won’t make a very good doctor. Unless you plan to take a vow of poverty, a career in religion doesn’t mean you will end up liv-ing hand-to-mouth. While money is important, it is more important that you devote your life to some-thing that gives you emotional gratification.

Dear Abby: As a divorced dad, I am hoping you will address a problem I have encountered in

trying to co-parent my children. My daugh-ters are often invited to parties and sleepovers, which sometimes happen during my parenting time, as well as during my ex-wife’s parenting time. The invitations to these events, however, are

almost always sent to my ex-wife’s home or email address.

Aside from the problems that have occurred because the infor-mation wasn’t forwarded to me in a timely manner, I think it is sexist for invitations to be sent only to the mother. It reinforces the out-dated notion that a woman’s role is to raise children, and a father can’t be an active parent. Would you please remind your readers that the most appropriate way of inviting a child who has two households is to send the invita-tion to both parents? — Modern Dad In Roswell, Ga.

Dear Modern Dad: I think you have delivered that message very clearly. However, if not every reader takes it to heart, make a point of discussing with your ex-wife what activities may have been scheduled for your daughters while they are with you. That way they won’t miss out on anything.

Dear Abby: I was recently diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on my tongue that has made it

extremely difficult and painful to talk. The problem is I don’t know how to handle encounters with strangers in public places — i.e., grocery stores, libraries, etc. I have always been polite and courteous, but now I can do no more than nod. What would you suggest in this situation? — Suddenly Silenced In Florida

Dear Suddenly Silenced: Make eye contact with the people you would normally greet verbally and give them a smile as you are already doing. If someone tries to engage you in conversation, point to your throat, shake your head “no,” and mouth the words “can’t talk.” If you feel further explanation is necessary, have cards printed that state, “I am unable to speak.” That way, no one should take of-fense.

Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440,

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HOROSCOpeSPISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)

— Conditions are ripe for you to do things on a rather grand scale. If you have any bright ideas or concepts that you would like to expand, don’t be fearful of doing so.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — There is a good chance that recent events have been showing you that Lady Luck is in your corner when it comes to your financial involvements. Don’t ignore this opportunity — make the most of it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — It behooves you to be as self-suffi-cient as possible, because you are likely to be far more fortunate when you are in control of your own affairs.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Conditions in general look to be exceptionally promising, making you lucky in ways you would least expect. This will be true concerning all competitive involvements.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — The possibilities regarding

projects for which you have high hopes appear to be as good as you would like them to be. Continue to be optimistic while all the time thinking, “Win!”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — There is a chance that you aren’t fully aware of all the ramifications of something promising in which you are involved. Take another look at whatever it is you are doing in order to make the most of it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — If there is something you would like to do in order to influence public opinion, you couldn’t find a better time than now to get the endeavor started and underway.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — It is quite possible that some changes could transpire over which you will have little or no control. What occurs could affect your status and/or reputation, but the outcome should please you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Fortunately for you, an individu-

al whose influence and authority exceeds yours views you as an equal. In fact, this person might approach you in order to form some kind of propitious alliance.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — The chances for advancing an ambitious objective that is extremely important to you are improving immensely. Take advantage of what occurs to give it a push.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Friends are likely to be drawn to you because they will sense you will be fun to be around. There is an appealing charisma about you, enhancing all of your involvements.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Even if there is no visible endorsement of that innate lucky feeling you are experiencing, it is likely to be accurate. The fates are busily working out favorable outcomes for you.

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idealists?49 “May __ frank?”50 Asleep, as a foot52 Trick ending?53 Mecca-bound

pilgrim55 Head of the

Egyptian godThoth, in manyrenderings

56 It meansnothing toNanette

57 For fear that59 Puts one’s seat

on a seat, inslang

63 FavoringMideast unity

64 Tuscan city65 Blanc with many

voices67 Sneaker brand68 S-shaped

molding69 Look like a

Lothario?71 Restaurateur

Paula72 Feudal peasant75 Metal marble78 “Another Green

World” musicianBrian

82 Game with ahole card

83 Beret holder84 Galena and

hematite87 Italian bag

man?88 Louisville

Slugger wood

89 Half of sei90 Announcer Hall93 MoMA locale95 Rubs the wrong

way97 Bedevil98 2009 title role

for Hilary99 Cottage at the

beach, often101 Inventor Otis102 Appreciative cry

after a play103 Him, in Le

Havre104 Location for

potentialmergers?

105 Neophyte107 Arafat’s

successor112 Pool triangle113 Hoax114 Perfect115 Intense

attraction, with“the”

116 Willingfollower?

117 It changesannually

118 Dict. entries120 “Is that __?”

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The Capital-JournalRecent winners of the Topeka

ACBL duplicate bridge clubs are as follows:

Feb. 15: Addie Hanna and Robin Harris, first; Virginia Hamilton and Jan Brown, second.

Feb.17: Ken Gudenkauf and Vince Nordberg, north/south; Wayne Tindall and Mike Kelly, east/west.

Feb. 21: Robin Harris and Ed Harris, north/south; Bob Huffman and Bob Bradley, east/west.

The Topeka duplicate bridge clubs

play open games at the Woman’s Club, 5221 S.W. West Drive, at 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday and Wednesday and 9 a.m. Friday. Newcomers are welcome.

For information, call Jan Brown at 267-0261.

BRiDge ReSUltS

Bid that helps defender leadBy Phillip Alder

Adrienne Rich, a poet, essayist and feminist, said, “Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.”

A lot of things we do at the bridge table are double-edged. If we bid and the opponents buy the contract, we probably have helped their declarer play. If we use a bidding convention, we give extra information to the defenders.

In this deal, look at the West hand. South opens two clubs, strong, artificial and forcing. North responds two diamonds, weak and artificial. South rebids two spades, natural. North jumps to four diamonds, a splinter bid announcing at least four-card spade support, some goodies and a singleton (or void) in diamonds. South control-bids (cue-bids) four

hearts. North signs off in four spades (denying a diamond void).

And South jumps to six spades.What should West lead?West normally would select the

diamond ace, but knowledge of dummy’s singleton suggests this isn’t a wise choice. Better is to try to establish a trick that can be cashed when West is in with a high diamond. This points to the heart three. And here, that start is lethal.

A trump lead also looks promising, but South has a glorious riposte. He takes the first trick, cashes the club ace (not vital) and continues with the diamond queen. Since West doesn’t have another trump to lead, declarer can ruff three diamonds on the board and discard his heart loser on the club king.

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Last week’s answers

“WHITE HOUSECOUNSEL” ByJOHN LAMPKIN

ACROSS1 Freeway

entrances6 High flier9 Sour

14 Unexpectedvictory

19 “__ the newstoday, oh boy”:Beatles lyric

20 Percent add-on21 Give it a shot22 Vertical23 BILLY27 Hockey Hall of

Famer Gordie28 Banded quartz29 Where the Piper

piped30 Comical Martha32 Pockets picked

at a deli?34 Gathers bit by

bit38 Play a part41 OLD

WHISKERS45 “Hmm ...”46 Certain Tibetan48 Choir section49 L.A.’s Getty

Center, e.g.50 Whimper51 Action film

heroes are oftenin it

52 “It’s __ UnusualDay”: 1948 song

53 Posed54 “__ a stinker?”:

Bugs Bunnyline

55 Impetuously57 FIDO60 Choir section61 Design deg.62 Designer

Saarinen63 Speak against64 Place to hear a

cowbell66 Fashion

monogram68 Lat neighbors70 Poor writing71 Fox sci-fi series74 Word in an

ultimatum76 Strikers’ org.?78 Sister of Lustica

in “Born Free”82 SOCKS84 Two-event

events86 Puts away

cargo87 Put away

dishes?88 Legend

automaker

90 “Good Eats”series creator __Brown

91 Many MIT grads92 Address for a

bride, often93 Address the

throng94 Leave no doubt

about95 Historical

period96 MAUDE99 Orch. section

100 On a streak102 Longtime

sportscasterHarmon

103 __ buco105 “Hmm ...”108 Air conditioner

brand that’s“hard to stop”

110 Table d’__: fixedmenu

114 DICK119 Once more120 Came to a

close121 One-eighty122 Mint product

123 “Blame It on the__ Nova”: 1963hit

124 Docket load125 Some govt.

heads126 Small fry

DOWN1 Too amusing for

words2 Suffix for stink3 Advice from 82-

Across?4 Less ruddy5 Star Wars letters6 Shot glass7 Home of Zeno8 Neil Armstrong,

e.g., beforebecoming anastronaut

9 Sporty VW10 “Oliver!” chorus

members11 Go around12 Physics subject13 Chucklehead14 Angle toward

the sky15 Shaver

16 Bottom lineamount

17 It’ll never fly18 USA rival24 Six-Day War

hero25 Bank jobs26 Korbut and

others31 Time and __33 Play the fife35 It may be hidden36 Gift to play with37 Baseball

commissionersince the ’90s

38 A, as in Athens39 Advice from

114-Across?40 “__ Bulba”:

Gogol novel42 “Kitchen

Nightmares”host Gordon

43 Auto financingorg.

44 __ a limb47 Whence some

moms aregreeted

50 Writes poorly?

52 Advice from 57-Across?

53 Hoity-toity sort54 Novelist Seton56 Insect stage58 “Dies __”59 Caress, wave-

style62 First name in

scat65 Forest friends of

Frodo67 Chip off the old

flock?69 Cathedral

toppers71 Pipe collar72 Like some chips73 Calendario start75 Glassy-eyed

one77 Advice from 41-

Across?79 Yoga position80 Advice from 23-

Across?81 Longtime Moore

co-star82 Like one’s

conscience,hopefully

83 Get fresh with84 Flower toxic to

cows, ironically85 Suspends89 Beckon from

afar92 Small engine93 Command94 Innsbruck iron96 Ivanhoe’s

beloved97 Edits98 Racehorses

101 Vintage stereos104 “Not again”106 Minute minute pt.107 Portuguese lady109 Tamiroff of

“Touch of Evil”111 Advice from 96-

Across?112 Genealogist’s

handiwork113 Slow Churned

ice cream114 Fast punch115 Big head116 Scale fourths117 OR figures118 Prime meridian

hrs.

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Car lasting 60 years isn’t worth the trouble

Dear Tom and Ray: I am 35, and I would like to purchase a diesel SUV that will last the rest of my life — ideally, into my 90s. My idea is that diesel engines last longer and that my family and I could rack up 500,000 to 600,000 miles on whatever we buy during my lifetime. I was thinking of buying a BMW, Volkswagen, Audi or Mercedes. All of them are around the same price. However, I can’t purchase a car that costs the same as my house. So, I would probably purchase it used from a dealer or individual. At least, that is what I am thinking. Am I crazy, or is this doable? I don’t like spending that much up front, but if we can realistically keep the vehicle for the next 60 years, it would be worth it.

P.S.: I don’t have a garage, so something that doesn’t rust out quickly is preferable. — Mike

Tom: Are you crazy, or is this doable? I vote crazy.

Ray: I just can’t get over what a depressing thought that would be: Buying your last-ever car at age 35. You might as well buy a coffin now, too, Mike.

Tom: Why? His family’s going to bury him in the car after 15 or 20 years of having to ride in it!

Ray: Yeah, this is a bad idea, Mike.

Tom: Think about what it would be like to have a 60-year-old car today. It would be something like a 1952 Chevy Bel Air.

Ray: It would have anemic horsepower and a two-speed automatic transmis-sion that got you to a maximum speed of 80

miles per hour, while getting about 16 miles to the gallon.

Tom: It would have no seat belts, no air bags, no anti-lock brakes — not even disc brakes — no stability control, an unpadded steering wheel and a metal dashboard to crack your head on in an accident.

Ray: It would have “knee action” front suspension, no power steering, no power brakes, it would be a horrible rust bucket by now, it would be difficult to get parts for, and it would spew 100 times the pollution of anything else on the road.

Tom: Now, a vehicle you buy today obviously will be up to date TODAY, in terms of equipment and technology. But who knows what will be invented in the next 60 years? In fact, I think it is safe to say that there will be far more

advances in cars in the next 60 years than there were in the past 60!

Ray: Even in 30 years, all cars may drive themselves by commu-nicating with other traffic. They may all be electric, or powered by extra-virgin olive oil. Who knows?

Tom: Plus, if you force your family to ride in a 25-, 30-, 40- or 50-year-old car, they will end up hating you. And you will end up not only with an unsafe old heap that is decades out of date, but you will end up alone — with no one to help you push. Trust the guy who clung to his 1963 Dodge Dart when I tell you this!

Ray: This is just a bad time in history to be trying to predict what you will need in a car 60 years from now, Mike. You would be better served by buying four or five modestly priced cars during the same number of years. That way, as safety and technology trickle down into lower-priced cars — as they always do — you will be able to catch up every 10 or 15 years. That will at least give you a shot at having kids who will still visit you when you are 90. Good luck, Mike!

Got a question about cars?Write to Click and Clack in care

of this newspaper, or email them by visiting the Car Talk website

at www.cartalk.com.King Features Syndicate

TOM AND RAYMAGLIOZZI

Crystal to the rescue for 84th Academy Awards ceremony

By Lynn ElberTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — The Oscar cer-emony has much to prove Sunday, including whether a blockbuster-free field can draw a TV audience and if Billy Crystal’s host routine re-mains a crowd-pleaser.

Brian Grazer and Don Mischer, the show’s producers, are laughing off the challenges: “Comedy is the direction we’re going in this year,” said Mischer.

For Crystal, who returns to the ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Topeka time on ABC after an absence of eight years, that means jokes and patter that were being rehearsed at the last minute to avoid punch line leaks.

The actor also is bringing back two of his trademark Oscar bits: A film sequence in which he appears via CGI in clips from the nine best-picture contenders and a musical number that pays tribute to the cer-emony and nominees.

“It’s everything everybody is go-ing to want to see from Billy Crystal,” Grazer said. “Billy was born for this

job. He loves being the host, and he does it with complete zest and enthusiasm. He makes it fun for ev-erybody.”

Crystal has help. Presenting team Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis have a “great gag,” Grazer promised, with more light moments planned courtesy of co-presenters Tina Fey and Bradley Cooper and, in a group effort, the cast of “Bridesmaids.”

There is a chance for controversy in a presidential election year and, with Sacha Baron Cohen invited, for mock political friction. Rumor has it Cohen will come dressed as the character from “The Dictator,” his upcoming movie about a faux coun-try’s despot.

Although there were hints of mo-tion picture academy uneasiness about the possible stunt, “we’re thrilled to have him,” Grazer said.

Among the high-wattage present-ers for the 84th Academy Awards at the Hollywood & Highland Center (formerly the Kodak Theatre) are Halle Berry, Tom Cruise, Natalie Portman, Michael Douglas, Penel-

ope Cruz and Angelina Jolie. They will be framed by a stage set evoking a classic movie theater and the eve-ning’s theme: the enduring nature of the moviegoing experience.

Nominees in the lead acting cat-egories include Viola Davis for “The Help,” Meryl Streep for “The Iron Lady,” George Clooney for “The De-scendants” and Jean Dujardin for “The Artist.”

But the night’s starring role goes to Crystal, 63, who acknowledged in a Oscar.com video that “there’s so much expected” of his return. He should have the audience’s goodwill in his ninth Oscar gig since, in the best Hollywood tradition, he came to the rescue after Eddie Murphy dropped out as host.

Murphy’s exit followed that of ceremony producer Brett Ratner, who had drawn fire for using a pejo-rative word for gay men at a screen-ing of “Tower Heist,” directed by Ratner and starring Murphy. Oscar-winning movie producer Grazer (“A Beautiful Mind”) jumped in to work with awards veteran Mischer.

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