OSWEGO — Humboldt High’s Lady Cubs were on the short end of a 17-16 decision Friday against host Oswego High’s Indians.
They bounced back to get a 15-5, run-rule win in six innings. That put the Lady Cubs at 7-7 overall.
Melissa Davidson was the winning pitcher. She gave up 10 hits, walked two and struck out four.
Humboldt opened the second game with a four-run first inning and built from there. The Lady Cubs were up 8-4 when they scored five runs in the fifth.
Davidson had two singles while Julie Seibert hit a two-run home run. Kylee Carson doubled.
Taylor Fitzmaurice and Taylyn Wells each had a single.
“If we would play more consistent, we could be pretty good,” said Brad Piley, HHS head coach.
In the first game, it was a scoring fest. The Lady Cubs were up 11-6 through three and a half innings.
Humboldt scored four runs in the top of the seventh to take a 16-12 lead. It wasn’t enough as Oswego scored five runs in its half of the inning for the win.
Davidson pitched for Humboldt, charged with 15 hits and three walks. She struck out four.
Carson connected for two doubles and two singles and Davidson had three singles and a double. Morgan Morris doubled and hit two singles.
Kayle Riebel had three singles and Fitzmaurice had two singles. Wells singled.
Area athletes place at Special Olympics track and field meet
PITTSBURG — Athletes from ANW Co-op Special Olympics and Allen County Special Olympics participated in the Kansas Special Olympics Southeast Area Track and Field meet last Thursday.
Here are the results:
ANW Co-Op Special Olympics
Kaleb Beckham, Iola, second in softball throw, fourth in standing long jump; Bo Bland, Iola, first in 100-meter dash, first in softball throw; Chelsea Brantley, Bronson, first in 200-m run, first in softball throw; Jonathan Cress, Iola, second in 25-m run, third in ball throw for distance; Katlin Cress, Iola, fifth in 25-m run, third in ball throw for distance; Erica Dick, Yates Center, fifth in 100-m dash, second in softball throw.
Bridgette Eckrost, Piqua, second in 50-m run, second in softball throw; Cheslese Hanson, LaHarpe, third in softball throw, fifth in standing long jump; Ty Johnson, Moran, sixth in 50-m dash, third in softball throw; Kandra Manbeck, LaHarpe, second in 200-m run, first in running long jump; Liebranne Moore, Iola, second in 50-m dash, first in ball throw for distance; Paige Riley, Iola, first in 50-m dash, first in ball throw for distance.
Courtland Sager, Gas, first in 50-m dash, first in ball throw for distance; Nathaniel Streeter, LaHarpe, third in 100-m dash, first in softball throw; Tyler Streeter, LaHarpe, second in 100-m dash, first in standing long jump; Kendra Thron, Elsmore, first in 50-m dash, first in standing long jump; Jennifer Trester, Iola, fourth in softball throw, second in running long jump; Wolfgang Webber, Colony, second in 50-m dash, second in ball throw for distance; Christopher White, iola, first in 50-m dash, second in ball throw for distance; Derek White, Iola, fourth in 100-m dash, first in running long jump; Kortney Wools, Iola, second in 50-m dash, first in ball throw for distance.
Relays: first-Beckham, Bland, Manbeck, Thron; first-Brantley, Dick, Hanson, Wools; second-Johnson, Sager, Riley, Webber; first-N. Streeter, T. Streeter, C. White, D. White.
Allen County Special Olympics
Casey Riebel, LaHarpe, fifth in 100-m race, first softball throw; Steven Riebel, LaHarpe, fourth in softball throw, second in 25-m assisted walk; Abby Westgate, Moran, second in softball throw, fourth in 100-m dash; Hana Westgate, Moran, second in softball throw, third in 100-m dash.
Wildcat teams lose
MORAN — Marmaton Valley High’s baseball and softball teams were denied wins at home Monday.
Central Heights High’s Vikings beat the Wildcat boys 17-2 and 13-3 in five-inning, run-rule games.
The Lady Vikings shut out the Wildcat girls, winning 11-0 in five innings and 18-0 in three innings. These losses came on the heels of a Three Rivers League split with Northeast High in Arma on Friday for the MVHS girls.
Marmaton Valley’s teams host Chetopa in TRL play today. First pitches are at 4:30 p.m. in Moran.
Wildcat baseball
Marmaton Valley and Central Heights were tied two-all after one inning. The Wildcats never scored again as the Vikings began to build toward the 17-2 win.
Ryan Smith, Sage Hall and Austin Harrison pitched for the Wildcats. They gave up 14 hits and issued 10 walks.
Daylen Houk and Derrick Carr each had two singles. Jimmy Frye and Cole Becker had a single each.
The Vikings led 7-3 after three innings in the second game. They scored six runs in the fifth.
Gage Stewart and Smith pitched for Marmaton Valley. Frye and Becker each hit two singles. Carr, Houk and Smith had a single apiece.
Wildcat softball
Marmaton Valley was trailing 3-0 after three innings against Central Heights in the first game. The Lady Vikings had three runs in the fourth and five more in the fifth.
Hannah Endicott pitched for the Wildcats. Johanna Northcutt had the only hit, a single, for MVHS.
Central Heights scored 17 runs in the first inning of the second game. Cheyanne Miller and Tabitha Ford pitched for the Wildcats.
Miller hit a triple. Ford had a single.
At Arma on Friday, Marmaton Valley pulled out a 6-5 win in 11 innings. Endicott went the distance for the win with six strikeouts.
Miller had a triple and a single. Hitting two singles each were Jamee McEndree, Kailey Boyd, Maggie Meiwes, Kacie Shadden and Morgan Henry. Endicott singled.
They lost the second game 12-5. Meiwes pitched for the Cats. Endicott and Miller had two singles each. Meiwes doubled and Kaitlin Ensminger tripled.
Boyd, Northcutt and Shadden each had a single.
Wilson dominates factory class
HUMBOLDT — Jeremy Wilson did it again at Humboldt Speedway.
Wilson posted his fifth feature win in seven starts in the factory stock division at the Speedway. Brother Derrek Wilson pushed him but settled for second place in Friday night’s action.
Scott Stuart ran third with Tim Phillips taking fourth. Brandon Tindle placed fifth.
Tim VanGotten held off a hard-charging Dalton Kirk to claim the feature win in B-Mod action Friday. Jimmie Davis followed Kirk for third place. Garen Wescoat was fourth and Levi McGowen took fifth.
Coming from near the back of the field, Jeremy Willard captured the victory in pure stock. Brandon Rowland was at the back of the field and finished second in the race.
Dennis Aiello crossed the line in third in the pure stock race. Toby Eble was fourth and Norman Mackley was fifth.
John Allen drove his brand new car to the front and stayed there for the win in the modified class Friday. Ryan Whitworth had a strong showing on the track for the runner-up spot.
Justin Folk ran third followed by Paden Phillips and Casey Jesseph.
Also running Friday was a class of Vintage cars. Lewis Jackson won the feature race followed by Pat Trusler, Dave Baldwin, Johnny Edmiston and Justin Hartsell.
Humboldt Speedway’s second major event of the season is this Friday night with the NCRA/MARS Late Model Shootout. It’s a points night for both seriesso all the big names in the late model division are expected to participate.
The factory stock drivers will have the night off but all other classes will run.
Adult admission is $20 for Friday. Kids’ admission is $5. Gates open at 6 p.m.
Humboldt Speedway
Race Results
April 29
Whitworth Construction
Pure Stock
HEAT 1 — Norman Mackley, Brandon Rowland, Dennis Aiello, Mark McDaniel, Matthew Kay, Greg Taylor.
HEAT 2 — Derek Michael, Travis Barker, Tyler Kidwell, Jeremy Willard, Eddie Coulter, Toby Eble.
HEAT 3 — Mike Aiello, David Matlock, Laura Ramey, Travis Brewer, Floyd Taggart, Ryan Smith.
FEATURE — Jeremy Willard, Brandon Rowland, Dennis Aiello, Toby Eble, Norman Mackley, Travis Barker, Eddie Coulter, Floyd Taggart, Greg Taylor, Matthew Kay, Mark McDaniel, Tyler Kidwell, David Matlock, Derek Michael, Ryan Smith, Mike Aiello, Travis Brewer, Laura Ramey.
Factory Stock
HEAT 1 — Jeremy Wilson, Dale Price, Billy Shadden, Tim Phillips, Chris Weldon, Justin Luehrs.
HEAT 2 — Scott Stewart, Brandon Tindle, Derrek Wilson, Brandon Weide, Ed Mueller.
FEATURE — Jeremy Wilson, Derrek Wilson, Scott Stuart, Tim Phillips, Brandon Tindle, Chris Weldon, Brandon Weide, Dale Price, Ed Mueller, Justin Luehrs, Billy Shadden.
Vintage
HEAT 1 — Jack Simmons, Zack Simmons, Keith Simmons, Lewis Jackson, Travis Moyer.
HEAT 2 — Johnny Edmiston, Pat Trester, Jason Jackson, Donovan Tresler.
FEATURE — Lewis Jackson, Pat Tresler, Dave Baldwin, Johnny Edmiston, Justin Hartsell, Travis Moyer, Jack Simmons, Jason Jackson, Donovan Trusler, Zack Simmons, Keith Simmons, BJ Page.
EZ Lock & Key B-Mod
HEAT 1 — Jay Lamons Jr., Tim VanGotten, Jimmie Davis, Levi McGowen, Jerry Kustanborter, Jim Pearcy, Josh Schooler
HEAT 2 — Garen Wescoat, Dalton Kirk, Scott Collins, Jeremy Chambers, Nathan Schmidt, Michael Stockerbrand, Ron Bolin Jr.
FEATURE — Tim VanGotten, Dalton Kirk, Jimmie Davis, Garen Wescoat, Levi McGowen, Nathan Schmidt, Jay Lamons Jr., Jerry Kustanborter, Scott Collins, Jim Pearcy, Josh Schooler, Jeremy Chambers.
Allen County Chiropractic
USRA Modified
HEAT 1 — Paden Phillips, Steven Bowers Jr., Justin Folk, Brian Bolin, Jon Sheets, Jessy Willard, Justin Johnson.
HEAT 2 — Dennis Bishop, Casey Jesseph, Paul Snyder, Rick Murcko, Ryan Whitworth, Mike Lawrence, Cliff Hogan.
HEAT 3 — John Allen, Scott Daniels, Jess Folk Jr., Gene Hogan, Dustin Lawrence, Allan Broers, Gerald Folk.
FEATURE — John Allan, Ryan Whitworth, Justin Folk, Paden Phillips, Casey Jesseph, Scott Daniels, Jess Folk Jr., Brian Bolin, Gene Hogan, Justin Johnson, Jessy Willard, Dennis Bishop, Rick Murcko, Jon Sheets, Dustin Lawrence, Allan Broers, Mike Lawrence, Cliff Hogan, Steven Bowers Jr., Paul Snyder.
Mustang JV golfers compete at Independence
INDEPENDENCE — Iola High’s junior varsity golfers were at Independence High’s JV Invitational tournament Monday. The Mustangs finished fifth with a 405.
Weston Hines took the 10th place medal with a 94 (46-48) for the 18-hole tournament. Hayden Wolf shot a 98 (51-47).
Rocky Smith finished with a 106 (54-52) and Lee Berg had a 107 (50-57). Dean Headley shot a 114 (58-56).
Independence A-team won the tournament with a 345 led by top medalist Keenean Nutt, who carded an 81.
Ponies win final golf tournament
CHANUTE — Iola Middle School’s golf team ended its season Monday at Chanute’s Royster Middle School Invitational. The tournament was played at Safari Golf Course.
The Ponies won the team title with a 159. Royster was second with a 176 and Coffeyville took third at 182.
Taking top-medalist honors was Matt Percy of Central Heights shooting a 37. Iola’s Kaden Macha led the Ponies with a 39 for second place.
Shane Walden, Adam Peterson and Matt Jacobs went 4-5-6, all carding 40s. Isaiah Grover shot a 47 and Drake Dieker had a 48.
“These boys have had an excellent season. Not only have they consistently been the top golfers at each meet but they have demonstrated good golf etiquette and great sportsmanship to less experienced players,” said Stacey Crusinbery, IMS golf coach.
“It will be exciting to see how they do at the high school level.”
In the girls’ division Monday, Iola’s Taylor Sell took third with a 62. Bobbi Sinclair posted a 71 for ninth place.
Iola’s junior varsity golfers host Royster in a dual Wednesday at Cedarbrook Golf Course.
5th Graders
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Darrell Newkirk
Darrell Rex Newkirk, 78, Humboldt, died Friday, April 29, 2011, at Via Christi Regional Medical Center St. Francis Campus in Wichita.
He was born Feb. 3, 1933, in Hartford, the son of Newell C. and Illas M. (Chrisman) Newkirk. He grew up in the Burlington area and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.
On May 25, 1957, he married Dixie F. Stanley at the Christian Church parsonage in Burlington. They made their home in Burlington, where he worked construction with his father and brother and later had his own home construction company, Newkirk Construction. He also worked as a subcontractor for the Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant construction.
In 1985, he started work as a carpenter on the maintenance department for the Kansas State Hospital in Winfield. He retired from that position in 2001 and the family moved from Arkansas City to Le Roy. In 2006, they moved to Chanute and recently moved to Humboldt.
He was a member of First Christian Church of Le Roy; American Legion in Burlington, where he had served as past commander; and the Fraternal Order of Odd Fellows in Burlington. He enjoyed woodworking projects, playing cards and having coffee with his friends.
His wife of 53 years, Dixie, survives; as does a son, Randall and his wife, Cathy, Le Roy; a daughter, Darla Urton, Chanute; a sister, Joyce Brownfield, Le Roy; six grandchildren, Eric Newkirk, Samantha Burgett, Newell Newkirk, Veronica Newkirk, J.R. (Jamie) Urton Spencer and Jessica Urton; and four great-grandchildren, Austyn, Laura, Layla and Dominik.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Willa Grubbs, and three brothers, Merle, Jack and Don.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial services will be announced later.
Memorials may be made to First Christian Church of Le Roy, and 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.
Ray Hull
Raymond L. “Ray” Hull, 79, rural Humboldt, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Heritage Health Care in Chanute.
He was born April 14, 1932, in Great Bend, the son of Calvin Leon and Mildred Marie (Felton) Hull. The family moved to Yates Center from Great Bend and Ray graduated from Yates Center High School in 1950. He joined the United States Navy in 1952 and served eight years, including the Korean War.
On March 7, 1953, he married Mary C. Huffmaster in Humboldt. Following Ray’s honorable discharge from the Navy, the couple made their home in Wichita where he attended barber school. He worked as a barber in Wichita until 1970 when the family moved to Chanute, and he opened Hull’s Place. Ray retired from his barbershop in 2002.
He was a member of Big Creek United Methodist Church and enjoyed raising cattle.
His wife of 50 years survives, as do two sons, Michael, Chanute, and Steve and his wife, Angela, Wichita; a brother, Donald; a sister, Joyce Chambers, Humboldt; six grandchildren, Christina Morris and her husband, Travis, Caitlyn Hull, Andru Hull, Alex Hull, Riley Hull and Ella Hull; a stepgrandson, Brayden Mans; and two great-grandchildren, Madison and Brady Raymond Morris.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Gerald, and sisters, Phyllis Hull and Mildred Stanfield.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Humboldt United Methodist Church. The Rev. Debby Dick will officiate.
Cremation has taken place. Inurnment will be later at Mount Hope Cemetery in Humboldt.
Memorials may be made to the Kevin Olson Van Fund. Ray was Kevin’s uncle.
Memorial gifts may be left at the funeral home, which is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com
Carol Guatney
Carol L. Guatney, 66, Erie, a former Neosho Falls resident, died Friday, April 29, 2011, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.
She was born Oct. 22, 1944, in Neosho Falls, the daughter of Paul and Pearl Lena (Steele) Guatney. She attended school in Neosho Falls and, when the school closed, transferred to Iola where she graduated from Iola High School in 1962.
She worked a number of years at the sewing factory in Yates Center and married C.J. Starnes. They made their home in Neosho Falls. They later divorced. She worked as a certified nurse’s aide several years and had lived in Erie since 2005.
She was a member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Chanute. She loved to read, play piano and draw and especially enjoyed her loving pets.
She is survived by a brother, Elmer Guatney, Neosho Falls; a sister, Patricia Ogle, Erie; a sister-in-law, Georgia Guatney, Grove, Okla.; nieces, nephews and her dog, Daisy.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Harold Guatney and Jerry Guatney; a sister-in-law, Margaret Guatney, a brother-in-law, Billy E. Ogle, and a niece, Jerrie Lea Guatney Kirkman.
Family and friends will meet at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola at 10 a.m. Tuesday to go in procession to Little Sandy Cemetery near Buffalo for graveside services. Pastor Larry Jordan will officiate.
Rosary will be recited this evening at 7 o’clock at the funeral home, followed by visitation until 8 o’clock.
Memorial gifts may be made to the humane shelter of the donors’ choice and left with the funeral home.
Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
Gang of Six may lead the way to tackling deficit
Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia is a conservative Republican who has campaigned against tax increases and in favor of deep cuts in federal spending. He also is a reasonable man who understands today’s political scene and believes in balancing the federal budget. He is one of the “Gang of Six” — three Republicans and three Democrats — who have been meeting in private for months to come up with a comprehensive way to tackle the federal deficit.
Sen. Chambliss laid out the situation succinctly for an Association Press reporter: “A Republican plan will not pass. A Democratic plan will not pass. It’s going to require locking arms and jumping off the building together,” he said.
The other members of the sextet are Democrats Mark Warner of Virginia, Dick Durbin of Illinois and Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Republicans Mike Crapo of Idaho and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma.
They are working together because all of them believe there is a great hunger in the country for bipartisan cooperation on bringing down the deficit and working on ways to put Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security on sound fiscal footing.
They expect to make their plan public within the next few weeks — and the plan is expected to draw from the recommendations made by the president’s deficit commission, which proposed a combination of tax increases and budget cuts with three dollars of budget reduction for every new dollar in taxes. Four of the six were members of that commission.
All six are expecting broad support in the Senate where 64 senators wrote President Obama in March urging him to support a comprehensive deficit reduction effort.
Any such effort with a chance of success must deal with Social Security, Medi-care and Medicaid and in-clude a broad combination of tax increases and the repeal of tax breaks, both for businesses and for individuals. Unless that herd of sacred cows is led up to the altar en masse there is no way that the prospect of year after year of trillion dollar deficits can be dismissed.
And, as the deficit commission recognized, the impact of the necessary fiscal reforms will be felt by all, including those in the upper end of the middle class.
THE POLITICAL HURDLES are high. Republicans must agree to accept higher taxes. Democrats must agree to accept cuts in benefits. Both of these concessions will be easier to accomplish if they are advocated clearly and comprehensively by a bipartisan band of leaders. If their plan is also backed by President Obama after it has been laid out, it will be that much stronger.
The largest obstacle the Gang of Six will find in the path of bipartisanship is partisanship, itself. The 2012 elections are a mere 18 months away. Will Republicans find it possible to moderate their opposition to raising federal revenues just as their television ad writers are cranking up for action? Can Democrats persuade themselves to stop talking about Republican plans to destroy Medicare and agree that it really does take two to tango?
The answer to these questions is a flat no. The year ahead is almost certain to be among the most bitterly partisan of any in our nation’s history. A broad bipartisan ap-proach to the nation’s future isn’t anywhere to be seen on the political horizon.
That said, stark necessity may defeat political opportunism on this critical issue. The debt ceiling must be raised within the next couple of months to prevent economic disaster. Republicans say they won’t vote to lift the borrowing limit without a deficit-reduction plan in place. The Gang of Six will offer a credible, doable, deficit reduction plan. If bipartisan action on that one issue becomes the only alternative to plunging the world into a new, deep recession, that impossible dream may turn real.
— Emerson Lynn, jr.