Brian Shields remains at large. He is wanted in the late January murder of a Chanute woman, Cristy Thomas-Wiles, 36.
Shields was thought to have been holed up in an apartment here on East Street March 8, but wasn’t found when local officers and the Highway Patrol’s special response team raided the building. Several “sightings” of Shields, 26, described as a white male, 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds, in the Iola area since then have turned out to be mistaken identity.
Meanwhile, Michelle Voorhees, 21, will answer charges of first-degree murder and aggravated battery at a preliminary hearing in District Court in Chanute April 26. She was arrested Feb. 14. Shields, though not in custody, also is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery.
Thomas-Wiles’ remains were found in a home at 221 N. Lafayette St., Chanute, after it burned.
Anyone having information about Shields is urged to contact Chanute police officers, 620-431-5768.
Iola Rec Department soccer schedules
Editor’s note: The number in parentheses denotes the field number at Iola’s Davis Athletic Fields
Pre-K League
April 6
8:30 a.m. — (3) The Crux vs. Humboldt 1
8:30 — (4) Johnson Law vs. Briggs Welding
9:15 — (3) Johnson Law vs. Humboldt 1
9:15 — (4) A & B Cleaning vs. A & W Family Restaurant
10 — (3) Mae Resources vs. H & R Block
10 — (4) The Crux vs. Briggs Welding
10:45 — (3) Humboldt 2 vs. H & R Block
April 13
8:30 a.m. — (3) Mae Resources vs. A & W Family Restaurant
8:30 — (4) Humboldt 2 vs. The Crux
9:15 — (3) H & R Block vs. A & W Family Restaurant
9:15 — (4) Humboldt 1 vs. Briggs Welding
10 — (3) Johnson Law vs. A & B Cleaning
10 — (4) Mae Resources vs. The Crux
10:45 — (3) Humboldt 1 vs. A & B Cleaning
April 20
8:30 a.m. (3) H & R Block vs. Johnson Law
8:30 — (4) Briggs Welding vs. A & B Cleaning
9:15 — (3) Humboldt 1 vs. Mae Resources
9:15 — (4) H & R Block vs. The Crux
10 — (3) Humboldt 2 vs. Johnson Law
10 — (4) A & W Family Restaurant vs. The Crux
10:45 — (3) Humboldt 1 vs. Humboldt 2
10:45 — (4) Briggs Welding vs. Mae Resources
April 27
1 p.m. — (3) The Crux vs. A & B Cleaning
1 — (4) Humboldt 2 vs. A & W Family Restaurant
1:45 — (3) A & B Cleaning vs. H & R Block
1:45 — (4) A & W Family Restaurant vs. Briggs Welding
2:30 — (3) Briggs Welding vs. Humboldt 2
2:30 — (4) Johnson Law vs. Mae Resources
May 4
8:30 a.m. — (3) A & B Cleaning vs. Mae Resources
8:30 — (4) H & R Block vs. Humboldt 1
9:15 — (3) A & W Family Restaurant vs. Johnson Law
9:15 — (4) Mae Resources vs. Humboldt 2
10 — (3) The Crux vs. Johnson Law
10 — (4) A & B Cleaning vs. Humboldt 2
10:45 — (3) Briggs Welding vs. H & R Block
10:45 — (4) A & W Family Restaurant vs. Humboldt 1
Grades 1-2
April 2
5:45 — (3) Adams Agency vs. Humboldt 3
5:45 — (5) Gates Rubber Company vs. Humboldt 2
April 6
8:30 — (5) Humboldt 3 vs. Iola Vision Source
9:30 — (5) Superior Products vs. Iola Vision Source
10:30 — (5) TJ’s Towing vs. Microtronics
11:30 — (3) Adams Agency vs. Humboldt 1
11:30 — (4) Gates Rubber Company vs. Herff Jones
11:30 — (5) Ulrich Furniture vs. Humboldt 2
12:30 p.m. — (3) Superior Products vs. Humboldt 2
12:30 — (4) TJ’s Towing vs. Humboldt 1
12:30 — (5) Microtronics vs. Humboldt 3
1:30 — (3) Adams Agency vs. Gates Rubber Company
1:30 — (4) Ulrich Furniture vs. Herff Jones
April 9
5:45 p.m. — (3) Microtronics vs. Humboldt 1
5:45 — (5) Superior Products vs. Herff Jones
April 13
Sat 8:30 a.m. — (5) TJ’s Towing vs. Gates Rubber Company
9:30 — (5) Superior Products vs. TJ’s Towing
10:30 — (5) Humboldt 3 vs. Humboldt 1
11:30 — (3) Microtronics vs. Gates Rubber Company
11:30 — (4) Superior Products vs. Adams Agency
11:30 — (5) Iola Vision Source vs. Herff Jones
12:30 p.m. — (3) Humboldt 2 vs. Herff Jones
12:30 — (4) Microtronics vs. Ulrich Furniture
12:30 — (5) Iola Vision Source vs. Adams Agency
April 16
5:45 p.m. — (3) Ulrich Furniture vs. Iola Vision Source
5:45 — (5) Microtronics vs. Superior Products
April 20
8:30 a.m. — (5) Iola Vision Source vs. TJ’s Towing
9:30 — (5) Humboldt 2 vs. TJ’s Towing
10:30 — (5) Humboldt 3 vs. Gates Rubber Company
11:30 — (3) Humboldt 1 vs. Ulrich Furniture
11:30 — (4) Humboldt 2 vs. Microtronics
11:30 — (5) Herff Jones vs. Adams Agency
12:30 p.m. — (3) Iola Vision Source vs. Microtronics
12:30 — (4) Gates Rubber Company vs. Ulrich Furniture
12:30 — (5) Humboldt 3 vs. Superior Products
1:30 — (3) Humboldt 1 vs. Superior Products
April 23
5:45 p.m. — (3) Ulrich Furniture vs. Adams Agency
5:45 — (5) TJ’s Towing vs. Humboldt 3
April 27
1 p.m. — (5) Humboldt 3 vs. Ulrich Furniture
2 — (5) Herff Jones vs. Humboldt 1
3 — (5) Iola Vision Source vs. Humboldt 2
4 — (3) Humboldt 2 vs. Adams Agency
4 — (4) Humboldt 1 vs. Gates Rubber Company
4 — (5) Herff Jones vs. TJ’s Towing
May 4
8:30 a.m. — (5) Adams Agency vs. TJ’s Towing
9:30 — (5) TJ’s Towing vs. Ulrich Furniture
10:30 — (5) Adams Agency vs. Microtronics
11:30 — (3) Humboldt 2 vs. Humboldt 3
11:30 — (4) Ulrich Furniture vs. Superior Products
11:30 — (5) Humboldt 1 vs. Iola Vision Source
12:30 p.m. — (3) Gates Rubber Company vs. Iola Vision Source
12:30 — (4) Herff Jones vs. Humboldt 3
12:30 — (5) Humboldt 1 vs. Humboldt 2
1:30 — (3) Herff Jones vs. Microtronics
1:30 — (5) Gates Rubber Company vs. Superior Products
Grades 3-5
April 6
Sat 8:30 a.m. — (1) Humboldt 2 vs. Iola Transmission
9:30 — (1) RTCC vs. Digital Graphics
10:30 — (1) Iola Transmission vs. Diebolt Lumber
10:30 — (2) Humboldt 1 vs. Dairy Queen
11:30 — (1) Humboldt 1 vs. Digital Graphics
11:30 — (2) Humboldt 2 vs. Diebolt Lumber
12:30 p.m. — (1) RTCC vs. Dairy Queen
12:30 — (2) Sonic vs. Brigg’s Welding
April 13
8:30 a.m. — (1) Digital Graphics vs. Sonic
9:30 — (1) Diebolt Lumber vs. RTCC
10:30 — (1) Dairy Queen vs. Sonic
10:30 — (2) Iola Transmission vs. Brigg’s Welding
11:30 — (1) Diebolt Lumber vs. Brigg’s Welding
11:30 — (2) Digital Graphics vs. Dairy Queen
12:30 p.m. — (1) Humboldt 1 vs. Humboldt 2
12:30 — (2) Iola Transmission vs. RTCC
April 16
5:45 p.m. — (1) Iola Transmission vs. Humboldt 1
5:45 — (2) Digital Graphics vs. Humboldt 2
April 20
8:30 a.m. — (1) RTCC vs. Sonic
9:30 — (1) Humboldt 1 vs. Sonic
10:30 — (1) Brigg’s Welding vs. Digital Graphics
10:30 — (2) Dairy Queen vs. Diebolt Lumber
11:30 — (1) Humboldt 2 vs. Brigg’s Welding
April 23
5:45 p.m. — (1) Sonic vs. Diebolt Lumber
5:45 — (2) Brigg’s Welding vs. Dairy Queen
April 27
1 p.m. — (1) Humboldt 2 vs. RTCC
2 — (1) Diebolt Lumber vs. Humboldt 1
3 — (1) Digital Graphics vs. Iola Transmission
May 4
8:30 a.m. — (1) Brigg’s Welding vs. RTCC
9:30 — (1) Dairy Queen vs. Humboldt 2
10:30 — (1) Diebolt Lumber vs. Digital Graphics
10:30 — (2) Sonic vs. Iola Transmission
11:30 — (1) Sonic vs. Humboldt 2
11:30 — (2) Brigg’s Welding vs. Humboldt 1
12:30 p.m. (1) Dairy Queen vs. Iola Transmission
12:30 — (2) RTCC vs. Humboldt 1
Grades 6-8
All games start at 8:30 a.m. on Field No. 2
April 6 — The Family Physicians vs. Iola Elks
April 13 — Iola Elks vs. The Family Physicians
April 20 — The Family Physicians vs. Iola Elks
April 27 — Iola Elks vs. The Family Physicians
Iola Recreation Department soccer team rosters
Pre-K League
Mae Resources
Coach Curtis Barnett
Parker Andres
Brianna Barnett
Matthew Beckmon
Brennon Coffield
Gannon Hutton
Konner Larney
Kenzie Nelson
Hayden Tice
Shelby Womelsdorf
Kolton Northcutt
A & B Cleaning
Coach Crystal Jones
Danielle Deer
Baylie Crooks
Everett Glaze
Zoe Charley
Alex Smail
Bryce Walden
Henry White
Logan Yocham
Brayden Lawson
The Crux
Coach Luke Bycroft
Kyndal Bycroft
Grady Dougherty
Brooklyn Ellis
Isaac Hopkins
McKenna Jones
Jordy Kaufman
Carly Kramer
Shelby Shaughnessy
Johnson Law
Coach Brian Pekarek
Elza Clift
Seth Pekarek
Noah Schowengerdt
Shepard Smith
Griffin Westervelt
Tre Wilson
Wyatt Williamson
Easton Weseloh
Lucas Maier
Bethany Miller
A & W Family
Restaurant
Coach Doug Desmarteau
Kailyn Ard
Harper Desmarteau
Blake Ellis
Keira Nickelson
Paige Nickelson
Isaac Velazquez
Bryce Franklin
Kale Godfrey
Cole Mathes
H & R Block
Coach Steven Taylor
Alyssa Beine
Alydia Carllson
Ryun Cole
Roper Curry
Mathew Drago
Ethan Scott Riebel
Demarco Ross
Maya Shaughnessy
Brandi Taylor
Briggs Welding
Coach Eric Keagle
Kylie Caudell
Clayton Culver
Raeya S. Keagle
Scout Mathew
Brigg Shannon
Alex Donnelly
Keith Gomez
Raiden Kern
Indira Trester
1-2 Grade
Iola Vision Source
Coach Robbie Fountain
Korbyn Fountain
Jadyn Kaufman
Drake Mathew
Gage Skahan
Lucas Slaughter
Conor Andres
Madison Lawson
Elizabeth Lewis
Kaster Trabuc
Joseph Karr
Charles Rogers II
Gates Corporation
Coach Matt Wilson
Piper Aronson
David Drago
Aysha Houk
Prestyn Jenkins
Gus Simpson
Holden Barker
Dalton Coffield
Evan Slife
Jakoby Wilson
Brian Rojas
TJ’s Towing
Coach Brad Hesse
Titus Jones
Abigail Meiwes
Jarrod Powe
Will Talkington
Owen Bahnsen
Carter Hutton
Bryan Macias
Briggs Michael
Molly Jo Riebel
Ashton Hesse
Adams Agency
Coach Derrick Adams
Eli Adams
Ethan Hamlin
Mac Leonard
Khloeigh Shafer
Landon Weide
Hailey Horton
Carson Keller
Brandon McKarnin
Danny Boeken
Shelby Peters
Herff Jones
Coach Crystal Jones
Zander Dickerson
Kendall Glaze
Roslyn Houk
Bradyn Jones
Evan Kent
Brennen Nuessen
Josh Perez
Keynan Stahl
Wyatt Westervelt
Jack White
Ulrich Furniture
Coach Brek Ulrich
LesLeigh Cary
William Jay
Benjamin Kerr
Kolton Greathouse
Gage Scheibmeir
Sage Shaughnessy
Jackson Ulrich
Arabella Westgate
Javin Franklin
Alejandro Vargas-Garcia
Superior Products
Coach Dorothy Aronis
Jazmyne Adair
Mataya Carllson
Caiden Cloud
Korbin Cloud
Bailee Griffeth
Julian Maddox
Jillian Trester
Jessica Aronis
Shayda Womelsdorf
Malachi Trester
Microtronics
Coach Amanda Reiter
Thomas Hall Jr.
Lily Smith
Vanessa Ballin
Jenna Adair
Jeremy Adair
Aden Cole
Easton Hitchcock
Jaydon Morrison
Jenna Morrison
Drayden Reiter
Patrick Reeder
3-5 Grade
Diebolt Lumber & Supply
Coach Martin Vega
Jack Adams
Brady Atwood
Michael Crites
Riley Jay
Trenton Johnson
Audrey Powe
Christina Mynatt
Shane Winner
Kyree Hanson
Marissa Lansdown
Carlie Payne
Royce Smith
Lexie Vega
Rivertree Christian Church
Coach Matt Bycroft
James Brown
Emily Long
Paige Marvin
Rachel Bycroft
Colin Long
Guiseppe Mangrella
Alec Sager
Dillon Slaven
Breanna Northcutt
Sadrie Overall
Henry Wicoff
Coury Sager
Tyler Boeken
Dairy Queen
Coach Kenny Baker
Olivia Kerr
Levi Meiwes
Nathan Stevens
Skyler Walden
Asher Sievers
Megan Hartpence
Nicholas Karns
Mason L. Ryherd
Karson McGraw
Logan Preston
Pierce Beasley
Taylor Johnson
Xavier Dickerson
Digital Graphics
Coach Brek Ulrich
Hannah Moore
Josh Kaufman
Ally Ellis
Miah Shelby
Eason Cheung
Sam Fager
Josie Plumlee
Sidney Shelby
Harper Gregg
Pieter Venter
Savannah Richards
Lane Bahnsen
Logan Ulrich
Brigg’s Welding
Coach Matt Wilson
Cael Adair
Kaya Adair
William Francis
Kaden Griffeth
Zane Griffeth
Austin Morris
Triston Stitt
T.J. Taylor
Karson Sigg
Allison Morris
Cooper Riley
Justice Wilson
Gavin Morris
Sonic
Coach Dan Willis
Deacon Harrison
Drake DeLaTorre
Ryan Wools
Brooklyn Ellis
Casey McKarnin
Casen Barker
Brett Willis
Carter Wilson
Xaiviyan Channel
McKenna Orear
Braxton Curry
Ryker Curry
Ty Sellman
Iola Transmission
Coach Jeff Gardner
Hannah Gardner
Elysia Kunkler
Deacon Perkins
Isaac Van Houden
Chloe Sell
Jamison Hendrix
MaKayla Perez
Sierra Petty
Jillian Stokes
Kayton Godfrey
Gregory Hardwick
Sydni Keagle
Dylan Coffield
6-8 Grade
Iola Elks Lodge
Coach Brek Ulrich
Zane Beasley
Desiree Hartpence
Kendall Jay
Cole Regehr
Austin Skaggs
Bryce Andres
Mia Aronson
Chloe Gardner
Erin Klubek
Kassy Shelby
Jeremy Waldman
Mathew Karr
Mason Snavely
Kanyon Beasley
The Family
Physicians
Coach Ryan Sell
Ethan Tavarez
Isaac Vink
Evan Sigg
Jon Miller
Orion Nicholas
Colbi Riley
Scout Rush
Gage Cleaver
Mea DeLaTorre
Dalton Ryherd
Darius Greenawalt
Alex Morrison
Drake Sell
Bryce Malloy,
MV golfers compete
ERIE — Marmaton Valley High’s golf team kicked off its season on a cold day at Erie.
Four Wildcat golfers shot a combined 436, giving Marmaton Valley eighth out of nine schoolsl.
Leading the way for Marmaton Valley was Lane Hamm, who finished 13th with a 96 (50-46). Mike Swift finished in a three-way tie for 28th with a 111 (60-51). Two strokes behind at 113 (54-59) was Joey Jefferis. Mitch Covey rounded up the scores with a 116 (59-57).
Erie’s Hunter Middleton took first with a score of 78.
Aces roll to tourney title
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Allen County Aces, a 16-and-under traveling squad of volleyball players from Iola and surrounding communities swept past all 10 of its opponents to win a tournament in Kansas City Saturday.
The wins put the Aces in prime position to make some noise at an upcoming Asics national qualifying tournament at Bartle Hall in Kansas City April 12-14. Teams must be accepted by tournament organizers to participate in the national qualifier, coach Lori Moore said.
The Aces were one of the few “silver” or mid-level teams to be accepted, Moore said.
“Essentially, what it means is they’re one of the top 10 of the 98 silver teams in the Heart of America region,” Moore said, which encompasses Kansas and surrounding states.
The Aces will also compete at a regional competition in Topeka April 27-28.
Moran man safe after wash-off
Larry Reinhart is thankful for Shane Smith as Moran chief of police.
About 5 p.m. Saturday Reinhart, 76, rural Moran, tried to drive through water rushing over 5000 Street about a mile south of U.S. 54. Its force was such that the water pushed Reinhart’s pickup truck off the road into a ditch, filled with water and rising from a rainstorm.
With his truck disabled and unable to get out by himself, Reinhart called 911. Within minutes Smith answered the call and immediately waded into the water to Reinhart’s side. Meanwhile, Moran volunteer firefighters arrived and drove their large four-wheel-drive truck close enough to give Smith a rope to secure himself, as well as Reinhart.
“It was a great team effort,” said Daren Kellerman, an Allen County deputy also on the scene. “Dispatch stayed on the phone with Reinhart and helped keep him calm.
“Smith didn’t even take off his gear when he arrived, just jumped right in and waded to the truck,” Kellerman said.
Reinhart was taken to Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, where he was treated for minor injuries and exposure.
Construction site workers deserve prevailing wages
Due before the Kansas Senate today is discussion on a bill to deny communities the right to set prevailing wage rates.
Senators should resist the urge to play Big Brother.
FOR A LONG time, Kansas was a leader in workers’ rights. In 1891, it became the first state to set a base rate of pay to local workers for public works projects. The wage laws prevented large companies from under-bidding local contractors. They also included minimum labor standards such as eight-hour workdays and benefits. The thinking behind establishing the threshold was not only to attract highly skilled laborers but also to prevent workers from being abused by industrialists who began lowering wages and demanding longer working days. While they were at it, Republicans of the day also wrote child labor laws and made getting an education compulsory.
Almost 100 years later, Kansas lawmakers repealed the law in 1987, saying it would save on construction costs — much the same argument made today. A result was Kansas construction workers saw an average 11 percent drop in their wages over several years’ time; employer contributions to benefit plans declined and apprenticeship training declined by almost 40 percent.
The expected savings in construction costs were not realized because,
a) Lawmakers thought they could expect a 50 percent savings on total construction costs. Nationwide, labor costs are typically 25 to 30 percent of total production costs. In Kansas, they average closer to 20 percent; and,
b) Productivity was reduced due to a less-skilled workforce because of the cut in apprenticeship programs. Typically, union contractors pay for training through a collective bargaining agreement. Without that coverage, workers are less likely to seek training if they have to pay for it themselves.
CURRENT LAW allows municipalities to insist a company pay prevailing wages.
Joe Reardon, mayor of the Unified Government of Wyandotte and Kansas City, Kan., credits the pay scale rule as to how it secured $600 million in commercial development over the last several years, including the Kansas Speedway, Hollywood Casino and Village West. Wyandotte County ranked first in the metropolitan area for job growth during the past year, according to a recent story in the Topeka Capital-Journal.
Paying good wages encourages economic growth, Reardon said.
The Kansas League of Municipalities, the AFL-CIO, and the City of Topeka side with the pro-growth thinking of Wyandotte County, as well as J.E. Dunn, a large construction company that uses union labor and has done many public service contracts.
Leading the fight against the measure are Susan Wagle, president of the Kansas Senate, the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Crossland Construction, which typically does not use union labor, and has realized more than $200 million in government contracts over the past 10 years, according to Kansas Working Alliance, an advocacy group for Kansas workers.
What muddies the water on the legislation, or perhaps clears it, is the connection between those against the legislation and those who make the laws.
The Crossland family tree has deep roots in the Kansas Legislature.
The chairman of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is Ivan Crossland, also president of Crossland Construction. Among Crossland’s lobbyists working the Kansas Legislature is Riley Scott, son-in-law to Wagle, Senate president.
These familial connections only serve to put a greater burden on Wagle that the legislation is designed to serve all Kansans, and not just those around her dinner table. Let’s hope she feels the weight.
— Susan Lynn
Red Devils drop twinbill
INDEPENDENCE — Allen Community College’s baseball team saw its losing streak reach 17 Friday with a pair of losses to Independence. A doubleheader Saturday was rained out.
Coincidentally, the games were played at Independence because of wet field conditions at the ACC field in Iola.
The Red Devils mustered only four hits in Friday’s opener. Allen scored a run in the first. Cole Slusser’s RBI hit drove in Tim Lewis.
Slusser went 3-for-3 in the loss. Nate Arnold had the only other hit for Allen.
Seth Jones was the hard-luck loser for Allen, giving up just five hits in seven innings.
Big innings propelled Independence in the nightcap. The Pirates scored three in the first and fourth innings to lead 6-0. Allen scored its only run in the bottom of the fifth.
Jerrik Sigg had two of the Red Devils’ three hits. Tim Lewis delivered the other.
Gage Dickerson, Conor Burns and Chase Cunningham shared pitching duties, giving up eight hits and seven walks. Allen also was victimized by five errors.
The Red Devils (3-20) travel to Coffeyville Tuesday and Butler County Wednesday before returning home Saturday and Sunday for doubleheaders against Labette.
ACC softball squad falls short
Allen Community College’s softball team was able to dodge the raindrops over the weekend, playing doubleheaders Friday in Hutchinson and Saturday in Hesston.
The Red Devils were unable to come up with a victory, however, dropping 5-1 and 4-2 decisions to Hutchinson, and 9-1 and 5-4 losses to Hesston. The losses drop Allen to 1-18 on the season.
Allen recorded hits in five of their seven innings in Friday’s opener, but mustered only a single run when Maecy Charleston led off the fifth with a double. She scored on a two-out single by Taylor Easum. By then, Hutchinson led 4-0, including a three-run second.
Charleston added a single for Allen. Paige Rothwell went 2-for-3, while Mary Reilly and Easum singled once.
Audra Nelson took the loss, giving up six hits and three walks with two strikeouts.
A late rally in the finale Friday came up short in the 4-2 loss.
Hutchinson led 3-0 before the Red Devils scored single runs in the fifth and sixth frames.
Easum singled in Lauren Poertner in the top of the fifth, and Kaitlyn Rash led off the sixth with a home run.
But other scoring chances were held at bay. Poertner doubled to lead off the third, but was thrown out at home on a fielder’s choice by Hutchinson’s pitcher.
Easum singled twice. Annie Gentry added a single.
Rash gave up nine hits with a strikeout to take the loss.
ON SATURDAY, Hesston broke open a 3-1 lead with six runs in the bottom of the fifth in a 9-1 victory.
Allen’s only run came on an RBI double by Kaitlin Norris in the fourth, driving in Poertner, who led off the inning with a single.
Poertner went 2-for-2. Easum and Gentry singled.
Nelson was saddled with the loss, giving up nine hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
Hesston broke out of the gates early in the 5-4 nightcap, scoring four in the first.
The Red Devils pulled to within 4-3 before Hesston scored its decisive run in the bottom of the sixth. An error and wild pitch accounted for the Red Devils’ final run in the top of the seventh.
Rothwell blasted a two-run home run in the fifth for Allen, one of only four hits. Allen put two runners on in both the first and second innings — Easum and Stormie Bush both singled. A double play ended the first-inning scoring threat. A pair of ground balls ended the Allen hopes in the second. Reilly also singled.
Rash gave up eight hits and two walks in the loss.
Allen travels to Neosho County Tuesday for a doubleheader before returning home this weekend for doubleheaders against Pratt Friday and Dodge City Saturday.
Gary Smith
Gary Duane Smith, 53, Chanute, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
A full obituary will follow later this week.
Arrangements are under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel.