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Wednesday. February 22, 1995 — The Colony Leader — Page 7B
Swimmer hopes to dominate another year
Softball
By KEVIN FARR mers that I have ever coached. That stress of looking toward his with a good academic program.”
Sports writer . "He is such a dominant swimmer college future could have taken a toll In the meantime, Gehrke, who
Swimming fans of The Colony in almost any event that we elect to on The Colony team captain but has almost fully recovered from a
High School have known for quite swim him. The only unfortunate Gehrke appears to have takenit all in slight knee injury, has his sights set
some time that the Cougars had a thing is that he can only swim in two stride. directly on this weekend’s district
very special performer in Craig events to be eligible for state com- There s always the pressure of competition.
Gehrke. Area and state observers petition. Craig is truly the most worrying about what college is look- “I know that I have to focus in on
are finally beginning to take note of dominant swimmer in our district ing at you,” he said. “I’ve tried to put one meet and one race at a time,” he
the senior’s accomplishments in his and possibly even the region. He s all that in the back of my mind until said. “In this sport, you always have
drive toward the state cham- way behind some of the other swim- after state. to remember that on any day you can
pionships. mers in experience, which leads me “A lot of schools have been in lose a race.”
Over the past two seasons, Gehr- to believe his limits are endless. touch with me about swimming for Gehrke and Irby both hope that
ke has shattered almost every While most swimmers began them but the thing I’m most con- day isn’t until well after the state
TCHS boys’ record in existence for year-round activity even before cerned about is going somewhere meet, March 25 in Austin,
individuals and even helped in sever- their high school years, Gehrke is a _
al runs at relay marks time and time rare exception in that he did not be- A n
again - gin swimming year-round until just ( A+
He currently holds the school re- before his junior year and is still very CULL
cord in the 50 freestyle (22.06 young at just 17 years of age. ---------------—---------------
seconds), 100 freestyle (48.10), 200 The Colony senior has become From 8B
freestyle (1:46.97), 500 freestyle one of the best in the state in that freshman Spencer Spofford and
(4:54.80), 200 individual medley short time and currently holds one of senior move-in Alan McArthur will
(2:01.53) and 100 backstroke the top times in the statee of Texas in also be competitive and see exten-
(53.80). About the only mark that he the 100 backstroke, his best event,, sive action on the varsity squad,
has yet to break is the 100 butterflyJ ve had a very successful year, “Most of the bovs we have shoot
and Gehrke is right on the brink of Gehrke said. "I’ve achieved most of in the 80s on a regular basis,Art
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“Craig is by far one of the best worked an year tostreichebar with three Lady Cougars in the prog-
swimmers that we’ve ever had at in that area." 6 ram as Armstrong continues to try
The Colony,” Irby said. “He is cap- Numerous colleges around the to build interest for the ladies.
able of making an immediate impact state and region have recognized his • Juniors Allison Barley and Stepha-
in any event. The thing that really potential and have already been in nie Nelson return from good seasons
sets him apart from other swimmers touch with the Cougar swimmer ab- a year ago and will be joined by
is how adapt he is in all events. He is out acquiring his services at the con- freshman newcomer LuAnn Ickles.
one of the most diversified swim- elusion of this season. Every player we have has done
with one apiece.
“I saw some really good plays in
each of those games,” Medcalf said.
From 8B “A lot of the girls are still getting
used to playing with each other and
tage of six walks, scoring off five of for that matter even playing the fast-
those. pitch style.
The Colony’s lone run, which “They showed they can play well
proved to be the first of the season, in the middle innings against Mar-
came in the fifth inning as LaBelle cus. You could really see the defense
reached on an error and scored two relax behind Jessica. That’s the type
batters later on a single to center of effort we need to keep getting.”
from Ehrman. The Lady Cougars return to ac-
Reising led the way at the plate tion Thursday at 6 p.m., facing Gar-
with two for three, including a dou- land in the opening round of the Far-
ble. Hodges also chipped in two hits mer Invitational at Vista Ridge Park
while Ehrman and Basileo finished in Lewisville.
an excellent job of learning and U 1 I 111S
understanding the rules and etiquet-
te,” Armstrong said. “They all seem
to do a good job of course manage-
ment and don’t try to do things
beyond their abilities which is a plus dreams of someday playing, in the
for young golfers.” major leagues. Why shouldn’t a 12-
The Cougars will have another year-old, clean-up hitting outfielder
rugged time in district competition be able to wear a number 19 Ranger
matched up against high school golf uniform and dream of being just like
powers Marcus, Denton Ryan, Juan Gonzalez:
Grapevine and Wichita Falls Rider. , That’s the type of thing that little
The season gets underway today leagues, today are all about.
with the Lady Cougar varsity and . This is just some executive s bril-
Cougar junior varsity participating in liant idea of how to bilk more money
the Rockwood Invitational. The out of the American public. Just think
varsity Cougars open the schedule how much the MLB could make
Monday at Las Colinas.
From 8B
The Colony
Golf schedule
The Colony
By KEVIN FARR
Sports writer
FARMERS BRANCH — The
Colony High School swimming and
diving teams geared up for Satur-
day’s District 5-5A championships
with wins over Newman Smith last
week at the Loos Natatorium.
The Lady Cougars won five of the
swimmers win meet
and Carolyn Cockerell won the through the competition.
event in 4 minutes, 11.38 seconds The Cougars swept all three relay
while the Lady Cougar number two events with Matt Woolard, Phil De-
team finished second, sbrow, Craig Gehrke and Daniel
Other individual winners for the Oliver combining for a first place
Lady Cougars were Dani Wright time of 1:50.06 in the 200 medley
(2:16.63) in the 200 freestyle, Stacie relay. The foursome of Gehrke,
Glazier (6:05.13) in the 500 frees- Brian McClusky, Desbrow and Rito
tyle and Beth Dial (1:09.45) in the Garcia took the 200 freestyle relay in
Boys varsity
Feb. 27 at Las Colinas ’
March 10-11 Eagle Point — North Texas
March 21 Thorn Tree
March 27 Brookhaven
Girls
Feb. 22 Rockwood
March 2 Willow Springs
March 20 Woodlawn
Boys junior varsity
Feb. 22 Rockwood
March 23 Plano
March 30 Lake Park
drawing money from every little
league organization in the United
States.
Barbie Trotter, director of public-
ity for The Colony Little League, has
already heard numerous complaints
about the new proposal and she too
is outraged at the MLB idea.
“Most of the people that we talked
to at registration Saturday couldn’t
believe what they had heard,” Trot-
ter said. “It’s still amazing to me that
they (MLB) even think about doing
that.
“The parents in The Colony can
rest assured that we’re not going to
do anything to increase registration
fees this year, though. Many of the
teams have already ordered uni-
forms and the MLB would have a
very hard time doing anything this
year.”
This proposal is totally ludicrous,
and if they go through with it, the
MLB could lose even more support
from the fans than it already has.
Major League executives should
spend a lot more time trying to get
their own players on the field wear-
ing the official uniforms for the 1995
season instead of a bunch of no-name
replacement players.
Maybe they should make those
replacements pay $6 per uniform top
because they aren’t the official play-
ers, either.
What’s next? Charging re-
creational softball teams for the
same privilege?
Why should it matter if a 10-year-
old softball player in The Colony,
Texas, is wearing a Florida Marlins’
logo on her uniform top?
It shouldn’t and Major League
Baseball should realize that.
Kevin Farr is a sports writer for Harte-
Hanks Community Newspapers.
12 events but used numerous high
finishes to edge the Lady Trojans,
97.5-88.5. The Cougars won nine of
the 12 events on the boys side in
defeating the hosts, 93-72.
Both The Colony teams will par-
ticipate in the district meet begin-
ning at 1 p.m. Saturday at Northlake
College in Irving.
“This meet served a two-fold pur-
pose for us,” The Colony coach
Keith Irby said. “We were resting in
the events that we’re swimming at
district and tried some new things
along the way. It was really exciting
for us to see so much improvement
in areas that we haven’t been count-
ing on.
“We knew that Newman Smith
made this a priority meet early in the
year. Their girls’ team was a real
challenge and it came right down to
the last event before we were able to
pull it out.”
The Lady Cougars trailed 86.5-
85.5 entering the final event, the
400-meter freestyle relay but The
Colony’s number one team of Beth
Dial, Michelle Lynch, Holly Boulton
100 backstroke. Glazier also won 1:37.86 and the team of Garcia, A
the 100 breaststroke at 1:18.91. Woolard, McClusky and Gehrke was C 011 OATS
Kristen Ryan was third in the 200 the top placer in the 400 freestyle ___________o__________________
freestyle with Catie Gregg fifth, event at 3.48.10. From SR
Sarah Phillips took third in the 200 Woolard chipped in with first place
individual medley while Danielle times of 24.40 seconds in the 50 "I really don’t know what the
Eckley ended in sixth, and Lynch freestyle and 1:04.41 in the 100 problem is,” Bailey said. “We can
placed second in the 50 freestyle as backstroke. Meyer finished fifth in play with every team in the district
Cockerell ended third and Boulton the 50 freestyle and Monty Utzman but we’re just making too many mis-
fifth. was third in the 100 backstroke. takes defensively.
Jennifer DeJongh added a second Other winners included Oliver ,
place finish in the 100 butterfly while (2:19.20) in the 200 individual med- Im going to try some different
Mai Le took fourth and Eckley fifth, ley, Gehrke (58.4) in the 100 but- people in the backfield this week and
Dial placed second in the 100 frees- terfly and Jose Hernandez (5:45.18) mayhe that will change some things
tyle with Boulton third and Cockerell in the 500 freestyle. up. Even at 1-4, we’re still right in
fourth, and Ryan checked in third in - . the district race but we have to get
the 500 freestyle while Wright McClusky placed second in the things going in the right direction
finished fifth. 200 freestyle with Hernandez fourth right now.”
and Matt Bosler sixth, Garcia was
Phillips ended third in the 100 third in the 200 individual medley, in earlier action last week, the
backstroke while Wright took fifth, and Oliver checked in second in the Cougars gave up a penalty kick late
Wright was also third in the 100 100 freestyle while Desbrow took in the first half and could not recover
breaststroke with Gregg placing third and Utzman sixth, from the deficit, dropping a 2-0 ver-
fifth. „ dict against Keller
Garcia added a third place finish in
In the boys competition, Philip the 500 freestyle as Bosler took The Colony, 6-9, travels to
Meyer’s first place total of 196.9 fifth, and McClusky finished second Grapevine and Marcus this week to
points in the diving event gave the in the 100 breaststroke while De- start the second half of the district
Cougars lead for good midway sbrow ended in fourth. season.
A11A 0A line and that’s why they liked me, ” defensive tackle recruits, can fill the
€01 6® McNally said. “The defensive void.
-------------------------—— coaches told me that they don’t plan The Cougar defensive tackle
From 8B to sit me on the bench. They want knows, however, that his main
me to beef up some in the off-season priority in college is to get an educa-
ing win at Wichita Falls Rider. and be able to step in and contribute tion and prepare for the future.
• The Greyhounds, who finished 6- next year. “I don’t see myself starting right
4-1 in the rugged Lone Star Confer- "I’m excited about the opportun- off the bat but I know I’ll get some
ence a year ago, have already ex- ity and know that if I get the chance, playing time,” McNally said. “The
pressed the desire to move McNally I’ll get in there, find the football and main emphasis though is to get a
even closer to the middle, even chase some people down.” college education. I enjoy the game
possibly at a nose guard position, Eastern New Mexico had exten-
where he is able to use his quickness sive rebuilding to do on the interior
advantage. . of the line with just two returning
They were really looking to add regulars, and the Greyhounds hope
some quickness on the defensive that McNally, along with three other
of football and will do what it takes to
be successful, but I’m not obsessed
with it.
“I know that I’m not going to make
a career of playing football. I just
want to have four more fun years of
playing the game.”
McNally, who will major in sociol-
ogy with an emphasis in criminal jus-
tice, knows that the transition to the
college game will be difficult.
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, , close to double figures.
The Cougars’ season finale with That’s one of the areas that Tho-
district champion Denton Ryan was mas will begin working on for next
just another classic example of how year, beginning with off-season
close this The Colony squad was to workouts this week,
being a playoff contender once again. “These kids have the skills to be a
The Colony rallied to knot the good basketball team,” Thomas
score at 55-55 with under two mi- said. “They proved that this year,
nutes remaining but couldn’t pull the beating some of the top teams in our
game out because of crucial late- district. We just have to teach them
game mistakes from a young, inex- to be more disciplined and execute
perienced club. . . better. A lot of times we seemed to
“We just had a difficult time of play to the level of whatever oppo-
executing in critical moments,” Tho- nent we were facing,
mas said. “I don’t know if they just “We were physically weak inside
got nervous because they were and that hurt us against bigger oppo-
underclassmen or what. If we would nents. The tallest guy in our prog-
have executed a little better late in ram next year is still going to be 6-4,
games, we could have easily been so that means we just have to work
18-11 and snuck in the playoffs. that much harder in the weight room
“That’s saying a lot for how inex- to build up our strength.”
perienced we were.” The Cougars will return a strong
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