BURLINGAME — A cold night from the field did in Southern Coffey County High’s girls Tuesday.
The Lady Titans connected on only 6 of 44 field goal attempts in a 35-22 loss to host Burlingame High.
The loss drops Southern Coffey County’s record to 3-6 on the season.
“We’re still having trouble getting the ball to go through the basket,” Lady Titan coach Jeff True said.
Burlingame led 10-3 after one quarter and 20-9 at the break. The Lady Titans went scoreless in the third quarter before erupting for 13 in the final eight minutes.
By then, it was too late.
Sarah Webb led the Lady Titans with 13 points and 16 rebounds. Martyna Hegwald had three steals.
Hayley Lewis led Burlingame with 13 points.
Southern Coffey County hosts Olpe Friday.
SCC (3-6-0-13—22)
Burlingame (10-10-6-9—35)
SCC (FG-FT-F-TP): Newkirk 1-0-1-2, Mart. Hegwald 0-0-3-0, Myr. Hegwald 2-0-2-4, Webb 2-0-0-13, Brite 1-1-1-3, Alumbaugh 0-0-2-0. TOTALS: 6-10-9-22.
Burlingame (FG-FT-F-TP): B. Lewis 3-0-1-6, Ullmer 0-0-1-0, Zabokrtsky 4-0-3-8, Dorr 3-1-4-7, H. Lewis 6-1-1-13, Young 0-0-1-0, Vandevord 0-1-4-1. TOTALS: 16-3-15-35.
St. Paul pulls away from Wildcat boys
ST. PAUL — Momentary lapses proved costly for Marmaton Valley High’s boys Tuesday.
“There were times defensively when we would make them work the ball around 30 or 40 seconds before they could get a shot,” Wildcat coach Tim Stinnett said. “Then we’d forget to box out, and they’d score anyway.”
Those lapses allowed host St. Paul High to pull away late in a 70-55 win.
The loss drops Marmaton Valley to 1-7 on the season.
“I saw some good things tonight,” Stinnett said. “At times we looked pretty good offensively. St. Paul is pretty good. They’re long and they can play.”
The Indians led 22-11 after one quarter and 37-27 at halftime.
Marmaton Valley pulled to within 47-41 midway through the third quarter before St. Paul closed the period with an 8-0 run to open a 55-51 cushion.
Carlos Gonzales led the Wildcats with 14 points, five assists and four steals. Cole Becker followed with 12 points, six assists and four steals. Nathan Smart had eight points and four rebounds. Ryan Smith scored six points, as did Brady Newman. Levi Ramsey scored four points, Chance Stevenson scored three and Michael Genn had two.
The Wildcats resume play next week at the Southeast Lancer Classic. Marmaton Valley plays host Southeast of Cherokee at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Burlingame downs YC boys
YATES CENTER — A blistering start from visiting Cherryvale High put Yates Center High’s boys in an early hole they could not escape Tuesday.
The Chargers led 23-6 after one period, enough to keep the Wildcats at bay from there in a 75-58 victory.
The loss drops Yates Center to 3-6 on the season. The Wildcats resume play Jan. 18 at home against Waverly.
Cherryvale led 42-24 at the break. Yates Center closed to within 12, 56-44, by the end of the third quarter. Cherryvale closed the game with a 19-14 run.
Cameron Brown paced the Wildcats with 18 points, followed by Caleb DeNoon and Trevor Chism with nine apiece and Myles Dice and Robert Arnold both with eight.
Derek Robertson led Cherryvale with 17 points. Hunter Robinson scored 14 and John Anderson 13.
Cherryvale (23-19-14-19—75)
Yates Center (6-18-20-14—58)
Cherryvale (FG-FT-F-TP): Anderson 5-3-4-13, T. Robertson 1-0-0-2, Trim 1-2-4-4, Thornton 1-3-4-5, John 1-1-3-3, Robinson 5-4-0-14, Trout 4-1-1-9, Torkelson 3-2-2-8, D. Robertson 5-7-2-17. TOTALS: 26-23-20-75.
Yates Center (FG/3pt-FT-F-TP): Chism 3/1-0-1-9, Cooper 0-0-3-0, DeNoon 3/1-0-5-9, Schemper 0-0-3-0, Brown 6-6-2-18, McNett 0/1-0-4-3, Dice 3-2-3-8, Busteed 0-0-1-0, Rossillon 0-3-2-3, Arnold 3-2-2-8. TOTALS: 18/3-14-24-58.
Richard Davis
Richard Almus Davis, 71, of St. Paul, died at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at Girard Medical Center.
He is survived by one brother, Merle Davis, Chanute, and five sisters, Neomi Turner, Chanute, Betty Craft and Jane Pease, Iola, Linda Harris, Quapaw, Okla. and Melba Hutchins, Joplin, Mo.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, at Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons. Burial will be in Moran Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 9 a.m. until service time on Thursday.
Memorials are suggested to the Special Olympics and may be left at or mailed to Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, KS 67357.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com
Edith Westervelt
Edith E. Westervelt, 97, left to be with the Lord Jan. 7, 2013, at the Medicalodge of Columbus.
She was the last surviving sibling of nine children, born to Wiley E. Wilcox and Bertha Baker Wilcox. Preceding her in death were three brothers, Harvey, Homer and Wayne; and five sisters, Gertrude Helwig, Flossie “Tat” Souders, Mary Crain, four-year-old Elsie and an infant, Retha.
After graduating from Columbus High School, she received her Normal Training Certificate and taught for one year at Ninety Three School and three years at Crossroads Rural Schools in the rural Columbus area.
Edith was baptized with Christ as a youngster in a farm pond and became a member of the Sherwin Christian Church along with her family. In 1950 she moved to the Center Community, south of Columbus, with her husband and three children. At the time, she because a member of the Center Christian Church and has been an active member for 63 years. She always considered Center and Sherwin both as her home churches.
She was a member of Golden Hours EHU for 60 years and was a community leader for Center Busy Bees 4-H club while her children were young. She always worked on the farm and worked more than 10 years as an assistant cook at the Greenlawn School.
Surviving are two sons, Neil Westervelt and wife Joy, Iola, and Paul Westervelt and wife Marilyn, Columbus; one daughter, Judi Grant, Columbus; nine grandchildren, Wiley and Gary Westervelt, Columbus, Lori Westervelt/Cary, J.C., Tod and Corey Westervelt, Iola, Mark Grant, Caney, Tracy Grant/Parsons, Columbus, and Erin Grant/Fletcher, Pittsburg, as well as 24 great-grandchildren.
Edith lived a long and happy life and enjoyed quilting and spending time with her family.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday at Derfelt Funeral Home in Columbus.
Dorothy Dieker
Dorothy Dieker, 86, Westphalia, passed away on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at Golden Heights in Garnett.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m., on Saturday, at St. Teresa Catholic Church, Westphalia, with burial to follow in the St. Teresa Cemetery. A wake service will be at 7 o’clock Friday evening at St. Teresa Church with visitation to follow.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Teresa Catholic Church or Pontifical College Josephinum Seminary.
Condolences to the family can be sent to www.feuerbornfuneral.com.
Becky Chandlee
Rebecca Lee “Becky” Chandlee, 56, Iola, passed away Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
Becky was born Feb. 9, 1956, in Mexico, Mo., the daughter of Charles Lee and Helen Mae (Pulis) Davidson. She graduated from high school at Centralia, Mo., and then attended Columbia College.
On April 28, 1984, Becky married James E. Chandlee and they lived in Columbia, Mo., Tulsa, Okla., and Nebraska City, Neb., before moving to Iola in 1992. In Iola, she worked as a paraprofessional for ANW Co-op and then for USD 257 at Jefferson Elementary School.
She was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church in Iola.
Her husband survives as do two sons, Jason Chandlee of Bronson and Justin Chandlee of Iola; her parents, Charles and Helen Davidson, Centralia, Mo., and two sisters, Patty Klenke-Harris and Cindy Isgrig, both of Centralia, Mo.
Parish rosary will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Iola. Visitation will follow in St. John’s Parish Center.
Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Iola. Burial will be at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, Gas.
Memorials are suggested to the National Kidney Foundation and may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
Tired drivers are a hazard on the road
Highway Patrol charge: careless driving. Actual fact, the driver fell asleep.
Well, perhaps the trooper was correct: a driver who falls asleep at the wheel is careless. But doesn’t mean to be. A new, exhaustive study showed that 4 percent of adults admit to having fallen asleep while driving.
The study also revealed that certain people are particularly likely to report drowsiness while driving. Those who sleep less than six hours a night or snore often apparently are most likely to doze while driving, the research discovered. Snoring is a sign of sleep disorder, meaning snorers are more likely to tire easily and fall asleep during normal waking hours.
The researchers believe the actual number of driving sleepers was much greater because those who doze or nod off for a minute at the wheel may not realize it at the time or recall it later.
The subject was worth the cost of the study. Drowsy driving, reports indicate, caused an estimated 750 fatal accidents in 2009 and were responsible for another 30,000 nonfatal crashes.
The accidents they cause tend to be more serious because they fail to hit the brakes or veer off the road before crashing. How many of the head-on highway crashes on the nation’s highways were caused by drivers asleep at the wheel will never be known because the drivers at fault died or did not remember the sequence of events if they survived.
Anne G. Wheaton, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, led a study looking at 147,000 adults in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
Dr. Wheaton noted that people who fall asleep at the wheel may do it so quickly and briefly that it fails to register.
“It doesn’t mean that you put your head down and start snoring. You might just close your eyes for a second or two. One of the warning signs is when you have trouble remembering the last few miles you’ve driven, or when you miss an exit. It may be because you actually fell asleep for a moment,” she said.
Research shows that going without sleep for 20 to 21 hours and then getting behind the wheel is comparable to having a blood alcohol level of about .08 percent, which is the legal limit in most states.
Dr. Wheaton’s prescription for those who find themselves dozing is to find a safe place to pull over and take a short nap.
“Then get yourself a cup of coffee,” she advised.
— Emerson Lynn, jr.
Some advice for advice-givers
Next week the Kansas Legislature convenes. Decisions will be made about school financing, health care for the poor, the state’s appellate courts, the state’s universities and how the money collected at Kansas fuel pumps will be spent.
Be ready to tell your state representative and senator how you feel those decisions should be made.
Tell them to restore K-12 funding to its pre-recession levels and then be ready to invest still more to lift Kansas public schools to excellence. There is no better way to give Kansas children a head start in life.
Tell them to take money from the great majority of us who have food in our pantries, sound roofs over our heads, warm clothing on our shoulders, and use it to lift up the poor and give them a path out of poverty.
Tell them to invest in the community colleges, technical schools and the Regents universities, which will determine the future of Kansas.
Tell them to take the taxes collected at the fuel pumps across the state and spend the money making Kansas highways better. Fuel taxes should be used to improve the state’s transportation system, not to pay lawmaker’s salaries or give rich folks lower taxes.
Think of other advice for them and don’t hesitate a minute to tell it to them, loud and clear.
— Emerson Lynn, jr.
YC falls
CANEY — Host Caney Valley rode a hot start to victory Friday over visiting Yates Center High.
The Bullpups led 21-9 after one quarter and never looked back, to win 69-37.
The loss drops Yates Center’s record to 3-5. The Wildcats travel to Waverly Tuesday.
Caney Valley led the Wildcats 34-21 at halftime, then put the game away with a 19-10 third-quarter outburst to lead 53-31.
Cameron Brown paced Yates Center with 14 points, followed by Robert Arnold with 12. Caleb DeNoon scored five, Trevor Chism had three, Justin Rossillon two and Austin McNett one.
Tanner McIntosh led Caney Valley with a game-high 29 points. Jonathan Estes had 16.