With two runners placing in the top 10 at the Tabor College Invitational cross country meet, the Bluejay women’s team placed third out of 14 schools that visited Marion Reservoir’s Cottonwood Point on Saturday.
Tabor College running back Demetrius Cox turns the corner and leaves a trail of defenders in his wake on a 22-yard fumble return late in Saturday’s 36-27 loss to Sterling. On the play, quarterback Jason Aubrey dropped back to pass, was sacked, and fumbled. Cox was Johnny-on-the-spot, scooping up the ball and sprinting across the width of the field before turning toward the end zone.
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In Saturday night’s showdown of 0-1 teams in Week 2 of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference season, Sterling College exercised its option and pounded Tabor, 36-27.
Bluejays Audrey Schellenberg (left) and Heather Witham go for the block against Kansas Wesleyan on Thursday. KW handed Tabor its first conference loss of the year, 27-30, 30-21, 32-30, 30-28. Saint Mary visited Monday and pushed Tabor College to five games before the Bluejays prevailed, 30-23, 30-22, 28-30, 24-30, 15-13, to improve their KCAC record to 3-1. Southern Nazarene came to Hillsboro Friday and swept Tabor, 30-19, 30-25, 30-15. The Bluejays beat Friends, 23-30, 30-22, 27-30, 30-21, 15-13, in a see-saw match Sept. 11. Tabor (8-5 overall, 3-1 KCAC) played Bethany (8-4, 3-0) on Tuesday. The Bluejays travel to North Newton for a key road test against Bethel on Sept. 25. The varsity is set to take the floor at 7 p.m.
Bluejays running back Demetrius Cox gets away from defender Bob Risch in the second quarter of Tabor’s 35-26 season-opening loss to Ottawa. Cox ran for 86 yards. Andrew Ottoson / Free Press
A pair of costly turnovers marred a strong effort by Tabor College during the opening contest of the season on Saturday.
Ottawa came to Reimer Field with a losing streak against the Bluejays that covered the past three seasons, but left with a 35-26 victory.
The Tabor College cross-country teams ran at Lake Afton in Wichita on Saturday.
The women’s squad had three runners out but still placed sixth out of 14 teams in its first full-distance run of the season.
“We were not at full strength for this meet,” coach Karol Hunt said. “Shelby Miller, Amber Wiens and Tesheena Ruzinsky were not able to compete because of injuries.”
