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Bluejay softball team drops four in a row

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Written by Janae Rempel Tuesday, 05 March 2013 14:31

The Tabor softball team faced tough competition at the Oklahoma Baptist Softball Festival Friday and Saturday, with the Bluejays dropping all four of their weekend games.

York––After missing three straight games due to weather, Tabor took to the field Friday and suffered a 2-0 loss to York College.

“The players were frustrated with the big winter storm,” coach Suzanne Unruh said. “Once the snow hit us, we were snowed in for over a week, and that slows things down a little.

“It took several innings to get the bats rolling and getting used to the dirt again.”

York scored one run each in the second and fourth innings.

Bluejays recording hits were Chelsea Nutt and Brittney Dymnioski.

On the mound, Karen Harris pitched six...

Tabor tennis falls short in Nebraska

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Written by Janae Rempel Tuesday, 05 March 2013 14:31

The Tabor College tennis teams competed at two Nebraska locations over the weekend, but came up short at Doane College Friday and Concordia University Saturday.

The Bluejays took on Doane at Woods Tennis Center in Lincoln. The men lost, 7-2, and the women lost, 5-4.

Recording wins for the Bluejay men were Jared Friesen and Darryn Davis competing in No. 3 doubles with a 9-7 victory over Chance Hohensee and Sam Tipton.

Tabor’s Sam Brucks defeated Muijj Ghani in No. 6 singles, 6-2, 6-3.

In other doubles action, the No. 1 team of David Simmet and Kelyn Vix dropped an 8-6 decision to Ross Schulenberg and Tyler Johnson, while Nate Panttaja and Tyler Dort lost 8-1 to Dylan Ramey and Sebastian Gardefjord in No. 2 doubles.

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Tabor baseball splits games with Owls

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Written by Janae Rempel Tuesday, 05 March 2013 14:31

Tabor baseball team split a doubleheader with William Woods University (Mo.) Saturday, dropping the first game 9-3 but recording a 7-1 victory in Game 2 for a 5-3 season record.

The Owls jumped to an early 4-0 lead in first inning of Game 1. Tabor scored one run in the third, fourth and sixth innings to narrow the gap to 6-3 going into the seventh inning.

William Woods, however, scored three runs in the seventh to claim the six-point victory.

Grant Silva and Tyler Kozlowski each recorded one RBI for the Bluejays.

Pitcher Josh Stone threw just over five innings, allowing eight hits and six runs while striking out five.

In Game 2, neither team scored the first two innings. A big third inning, in which the Bluejays scored three runs...

Hillsboro, Marion boys drop semifinal sub-state contests

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Written by Don Ratzlaff & Janae Rempel Tuesday, 05 March 2013 14:28

Shaq Thiessen shoots for two in Hillsboro’s 44-43 semifinal loss to Haven. Thiessen led the Trojans with 11 points after contributing 13 points in Hillsboro’s quarterfinal 49-38 win over Lyons. Trojans endure rough first quarter, fall by one.

It was somehow fitting that the Hillsboro boys ended an “if only” season with an “if only” 44-43 loss to Haven in the final seconds of Friday’s sub-state semifinals.

Hillsboro, who lost five games during the regular season by a margin of four points or less, overcame a 20-8 first-quarter deficit to lead by as much as 41-35 after three quarters. But victory proved to be elusive one last time.

Haven made about everything it threw up in the first quarter to build that 20-8 lead.

“Everything they did went their way, and we missed layups in the first part of the game when we were just pressing too hard,” coach Darrel Knoll said. “If we make a couple of those, it’s a...

Defense carries Hillsboro to sub-state title

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Written by Don Ratzlaff Tuesday, 05 March 2013 14:27

Hillsboro’s Maci Schlehuber finds a gap in Haven’s defense for a layup during the first quarter of Saturday’s championship game. She was fouled on the play and added a free throw for three of the eight points she scored in the game. It’s been said that defense wins championships, but when both teams play great defense anything can happen.

In a defensive battle royale, the Hillsboro girls held off Haven, 43-32,to win the Class 3A sub-state tournament championship Saturday on their home court. Hillsboro will be making its fifth straight trip to Hutchinson next week in coach Nathan Hiebert’s six-year tenure.

Before the game was over, both teams endured long stretches of minimal scoring. Haven’s came first.

The Wildcats scored the first two points of the night on a pair of free throws by Hailey Davis 1:11 into the contest, but didn’t score a field goal until MaKayla Stucky scored in the lane at the 2:29 mark of the second quarter—a 13:21 stretch...