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Wednesday, February 22,1995
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Errors plague Cougars in 6-1 loss
By KEVIN FARR batters he faced before being Lower came around from second ing play in left field to cut off a single
Sportswriter .relieved by Kenny Grifno in the on the plate and beat the throw by Shane Reed and quickly relayed
ADDISON — Three consecutive fourth stanza. home for the first run of the contest the throw to shortstop Steve
first-inning errors were too much for "We have the ability to make The Cougars loaded the bases on Vondersaar. Vondersaar then hit
The Colony Cougars to overcome in those plays,” The Colony coach a single to right from Steve catcher Mike Lower right on the
baseball action Monday afternoon, Mike Ferguson said. “Our kids just Vondersaar but left the sacks money to nail TCA’s Frank Graham,
dropping a 6-1 decision to Trinity couldn’t pull the trigger. We had the jammed when Jeremiah Johnson The Trojans, however, turned a'
Christian Academy in the season opportunities but gave them those lined out to shortstop. leadoff double by Lance Wilson in
opener. gifts."The Cougars jumped out in That was the story of the game the sixth into their final run of the
The three Cougar infield miscues front with a run in the top half of the for the Cougars, who left a total of contest
came immediately following a two- first doing all the damage with two nine runners on base, including six Lower led the Cougars at the
run homer by Denny New that gave outs. in scoring position, and struck out plate with a three-for-four effort.
the Trojans a 2-1 lead with two outs. Mike Lower singled to right and nine times. Vondersaar, Alexander and Jason Michell Bolack/Staff photo
Once starting pitcher Larry Kyle Sedlick walked before Mark After the early downfall defensive- Swilling finished with one hit each. , . 4 , u ce =
Mason worked out of the jam, the Alexander lined a single off the ly, the Cougars played well in the field The Cougars (0-1) return to action Cougarle ■ fielder Ky ® Sedl C . reaches base on one of four
Cougars settled down defensively glove of the Trojans’ diving second with the highlight coming in the fifth. Thursday at 3 p.m., hosting Arlington Trinity Christian errors during Monday afternoon s season
and Mason retired the final seven baseman Shane Rowan. Kyle Sedlick made an outstand- in the Lake Cities Tournament opener.
, Mark H. Pace/Staff photo
The Colony defender Brian Devlin knocks the ball away from an Allen forward during recent District 9 soccer action.
The Cougars wrapped up the first half of district play with a 1-4 record, dropping a 5-3 decision to Lewisville Friday
night. -
Cougars lose despite second-half burst
By KEVIN FARR . “We just made too many mistakes defen- and shifted freshman Crunch Brown to for-
Sports writer sively again,” Coach Darren Bailey said. ward.
LEWISVILLE — A three-goal outburst by “We’ve given up 10 goals on penalty kicks That strategy paid great dividends as
The Colony boys soccer team to open the and that is just incredible. Fernandez headed in a corner kick early in
second half gave the Cougars a 3-2 lead over “I think the three goals early in the sec- the second half and tied the game seven
arch-rival Lewisville but the Farmers ond half might have turned things around minutes later with a 35-yard blast over the
answered with three goals of their own to offensively for us. Even with the lack of scor- goalkeeper’s head.
post a 5-3 District 9 win Friday night ing the kids were confident and had good Chris Firebaugh added the final goal,
The Cougars’ offensive explosion in the attitudes. It really surprised me that punching in a kick deflected by the Farmer
opening 15 minutes of the second half com- Lewisville was able to answer from that.” goalkeeper.
pletely halted a scoreless string that had The difference offensively came midway Lewisville answered from the deficit, tak-
reached seven consecutive halves but once through the week when Bailey moved lead- ing advantage of another Cougar penalty
again critical mistakes late in the contest ing scorer Robert Fernandez back to the kick along the way.
proved costly. midfield position where he started the year Turn to COUGARS, Page 7B
Lady Cougar soccer
team falls in OT, 2-1
By KEVIN FARR Lewisville squad and dropped a 4-0
Sports writer decision, missing several close scor-
Struggles with inexperience con- ing opportunities.
tinued for The Colony Lady Cougar Fennig credited the defensive
soccer team last week as they play of Jamie Walker and Kelly
dropped a 2-1 overtime heartbreak- Koozer as well as goalkeepers
er to Keller in District 9 action Maggie and Annie Sumner, who
Tuesday night each came through with several
The Colony trailed early in the outstanding saves.
match but rallied to tie the score “Our defense had a great game
when Meredith Klemm punched in against Lewisville,” Fennig said,
a second half corner kick from “They kept the pressure on our
Tricia Schilling. defenders and we held up about as
The score remained tied through well as you could expect
the remainder of regulation and ‘We moved the ball around well in
into the extra period before Keller the midfield but just had some trou-
notched the game-winner with only ble up front We’re penetrating into
20 seconds left their zone but having problems with
“It was a real heartbreaker for transition once we get it down there.”
the kids,” Coach Brian Fennig said. The Lady Cougar coach was also
“They really played well and had a pleased with his junior varsity’s per-
chance to win. Even with all the formance against Keller, a game in
losses, I feel like the girls are which they picked up their first vic-
improving each match. I am still tory of the season in a 1-0 shutout
pleased with their effort We’re just Kelly Moore scored the lone goal
playing some very good competi- in The Colony win.
tion and that’s tough when you’re as The Lady Cougars begin the sec-
young as we are.” ond half of district play this week
In Friday’s match, the Lady with home dates against Grapevine
Cougars ran into a fired up and Marcus.
TCHS lineman eager
for college action
By KEVIN FARR
Sports writer
It wasn’t
until The
Colony’s 31-0
thumping of
defending state
champion
Lewisville that
the Cougars’
standout defen-
sive tackle Dan
McNally
grateful for the chance to contin-
ue his playing career, something
that he had been working for
since his freshman year.
“On my visit, I really got along
with all the players so well,”
McNally said. “I felt so much like
I would be part of a family unit
and they have a very good acade-
mic program.
“There’s not a lot of things to
do in Portales, so I can basically
McNally real- concentrate on school and foot-
ized that he had an outstanding ball. I can’t really get into any
chance of continuing his football trouble.”
career at the collegiate level. What the Greyhound coaches
Now, after helping the Cougars saw in McNally was incredible
to the best season in TCHS histo- quickness for a down lineman,
ry, McNally will get that opportu- Thanks to that quickness, the
nity, signing a scholarship with senior was easily the top tackler
- Eastern New Mexico University of the squad’s outstanding defen-
TATIC-A : • 1A66xc in Portales, New Mexico, last sive line, finishing the year with
.... improve despite.3 losses ===== ==-=
Sports writer coming through with five hits. one out later, Jessica Yost singled ters.
FLOWER MOUND — Starting Six unearned runs in the first up the middle. Michelle Basileo Marcus put together three hits A 1 £7 t
the season with little experience inning and five more in the final then scored Ehrman from third in the fifth to add another run COCC/Q renecis on
and a bevy of underclassmen, The frame made the game appear con- base with a high sacrifice fly to while The Colony could never C Xe .
Colony High School softball siderably more lopsided than it left field. combine multiple hits in any , r •
coach Forrest Medcalf knew it really was. The Lady Cougars tallied two inning the rest of the contest. O14 7.1/) O 4 (1 1 1 O C2YT C () 1
would be an uphill climb this sea- “We just have to start tough more runs in the third, taking A lead-off home run by 5 (00 CU / 0/V0I8 v o ovetot/e
son. and finish tough,” Medcalf said, advantage of a pair of walks. Marcus’ Christie Benton in the
That drive for improvement “We knew going in that it would Melissa LaBelle and Stephanie sixth ignited a five-run inning as By KEVIN FARR District 5-5A opponents and any-
began with three losses last week take awhile, especially against Hodges drew free passes to lead the Lady Marauders put the game Sports writer one can see the frustration a
as Medcalf saw continual better established programs like off the inning and each added a away. The 1994-95 season proved to coach would experience, especial-
play from his young squad each Newman Smith, Plano and stolen base before LaBelle scored Ehrman and Basileo paced the be one of the most frustrating ly after compiling a 59-6 mark dur-
and every game. Marcus. on a wild pitch. Lady Cougar hitters with a hit and years of coaching that The ing the previous two years.
The improvement was clearly “We still have a long way to go Hodges came across one out RBI each. LaBelle, Meg Reising Colony Cougar basketball coach “I guess we have grown so
evident Saturday afternoon at but the girls are getting there.” later on an outstanding sacrifice and Yost also contributed single Tommy Thomas has ever experi- accustomed to winning here that
Wilkerson Park during a 12-3 set- Marcus capitalized on three and RBI by Ehrman, cutting the hits for The Colony enced but Thomas still feels good when you have an 11-18 season it
back to an outstanding Marcus Lady Cougar infield errors to take margin to 6-3. In the earlier game of about the kids in his program, seems like a disaster,” Thomas
squad, picked to challenge for the the early 6-0 lead in the first The score remained the same Saturday’s doubleheader, the Seven losses of six points or said. “A lot of schools would love
district title. inning before The Colony offense through the middle innings as the Lady Cougars fell to Plano, 11-1, less are tough for any coach to to finish 11-18 but we don’t want
The Lady Cougars allowed just came alive. Lady Cougar defense settled in as the Lady Wildcats took advan- handle, and throw in the fact that to be one of them.”
five earned runs in the contest Melissa Ehrman led off the behind Yost on the mound, as the Turn to softball, Page 7B four of the seven were against Turn to basketball, Page 7B
MLB proposal shows disregard for fans
The Colony golfers looking forward
to successful year
KEVIN
FARR
Commentary
for use of their teams’ logos and charging the $6 per uniform that
nicknames. utilizes their logo or nickname.
Has Major League Baseball But why?
lost all its marbles? Do they not Little leagues are the spring-
have enough money as it is? board of America’s favorite pas-
I guess the real possibility of a time. Shouldn’t it be an honor for
replacement season has sunk in major league organizations like
and MLB has decided it has to the Blue Jays, Yankees, White
As if Major League Baseball make more money somewhere Sox, Dodgers or Rangers to have
didn’t already have enough to and who better to go after than children in America want to wear
worry about with no end to the the little leagues of America? their logos and nicknames into
player’s strike in sight, the MLB Sure, just last year in The competition?
Association announced plans last Colony, the MLB Association Most of the kids involved have
week to charge little league teams would have made $5,700 by
Turn to UNIFORMS, Page 7B
By KEVIN FARR very encouraging signs," he said. “It's phenomi-
Sports writer nal to see how much better these kids are now
Each year, weather seems to cause havoc for than they were in October. , .
spring sports and 1995 is no different for The "We're getting more and more depth in our
Colony High School golf team as it looks to open boys program which is a major plus.”
the season this week. Leading the returnees for the Cougar varsity
Coach Bruce Armstrong is expecting good are sophomores Alykhan Nagji and Brandon
things from this year’s group, which possesses Cain, who were regulars a year ago and led The -
the most competitive depth ever from top to bot- Colony squad in the very competitive district
tom, according to the Cougar coach. tournament.
“In the time that we’ve been able to get out on Senior Jack Deramus, sophomore Chris Watts,
the course through the weather, I’ve seen some Turn to GOLF, Page 7B
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