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decision-making, unconventionalthrowing motion and fumbling.People who know him say he isshy. In the best of times he isterse with the media, and his

short and sometimes disjointedanswers to questions have notendeared him to the public.

Crouch doesn’t blame Mar-tinez for staying in his shell.

“People, not just the media,want to pick everything apart,”Crouch said. “In a day and agewhere everyone has an opinionand a voice, it makes it differentthan it was 10-15 years ago.”

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VOLLEYBALLWEDNESDAY’S NEB. SCORES

District A-1First Round

Omaha Burke def. Fremont, 25-19,22-25, 25-19, 28-26

Papillion-LaVista South def. OmahaSouth, 25-9, 25-11, 25-11

Championship: Papillion-LaVistaSouth def. Omaha Burke, 25-21, 25-13,25-11


Grand Island def. Bellevue West, 25-22, 21-25, 25-15, 28-26

Omaha Marian def. Omaha North-west, 23-25, 25-11, 25-11, 25-20


Millard West def. Lincoln High, 25-7,25-7, 25-4


Lincoln Southeast def. Omaha Bryan,25-7, 25-13, 25-9

Millard South def. Lincoln Northeast,20-25, 25-19, 25-19, 18-25, 15-9

Championship: Lincoln Southeastdef. Millard South, 25-22, 25-15, 25-9


Lincoln North Star def. Bellevue East,25-18, 21-25, 20-25, 25-18, 15-8

Lincoln Southwest def. Norfolk, 25-16,25-18, 25-17


Lincoln Pius X def. Kearney, 25-16,25-13, 25-16


Millard North def. Lincoln East, 25-9,25-21, 25-23

FOOTBALLS.D. PLAYOFFS

CLASS 11AASemifinals, Saturday, Nov. 3

S.F. O’Gorman (7-3) at S.F. Wash-ington (10-0)

S.F. Roosevelt (8-2) at Brandon Val-ley (10-0)

CLASS 11ASemifinals, Saturday, Nov. 3

Hot Springs (7-3) at Dell Rapids (9-1)Spearfish (8-3) at Harrisburg (8-2)

CLASS 11BSemifinals, Saturday, Nov. 3

Flandreau (10-0) at Winner (10-0)Aberdeen Roncalli (10-0) at Tri-Val-

ley (9-1)CLASS 9AA

Semifinals, Saturday, Nov. 3Howard (8-2) at Clark-Willow Lake

(10-0)Gregory (9-1) at Deubrook Area (10-

0)CLASS 9A

Semifinals, Saturday, Nov. 3Arlington (9-1) at Canistota (10-0)Herried-Selby Area (10-0) at Warner

(10-0)CLASS 9B

Semifinals, Saturday, Nov. 3Castlewood (7-3) at Harding County

(10-0)Viborg-Hurley (8-2) at Colome (9-1)

NEBRASKA PLAYOFFSCLASS C-1

Second Round, Wednesday, Oct. 31Adams Central 12, Grand Island Cen-

tral Catholic 6Boone Central/Newman Grove 48,

Chase County 20Fort Calhoun 42, Ashland-Greenwood

35Gothenburg 12, Chadron 0Kearney Catholic 41, Broken Bow 0Norfolk Catholic 53, Boys Town 18Pierce 52, Wilber-Clatonia 31Wahoo 41, Lincoln Christian 35

CLASS C2Second Round, Wednesday, Oct. 31

Aquinas 55, Weeping Water 6Archbishop Bergan 55, Malcolm 21Doniphan-Trumbull 49, Crofton 33Hershey 34, Blue Hill 20Lutheran High Northeast 41, Oak-

land-Craig 22North Platte St. Patrick’s 32, West

Holt 6Ponca 38, Hartington Cedar Catholic

29Sutton 30, Hastings St. Cecilia 14

Quarterfinals, Tuesday, Nov. 6Aquinas Catholic (10-0) vs. Arch-

bishop Bergan (8-2)Ponca (6-4) vs. Lutheran High North-

east (10-0)Sutton (10-0) vs. Hershey (6-4)North Platte St. Patrick’s (10-0) vs.

Doniphan-Trumbull (8-2)CLASS D1

Second Round, Wednesday, Oct. 31Arapahoe 16, Maxwell 0Bruning-Davenport/Shickley 42,

Creighton 14Elgin Public/Pope John 42, St.

Mary’s 6Elm Creek 42, Burwell 40Exeter/Milligan 45, Nebraska City

Lourdes 22High Plains Community 50, Harting-

ton 14Howells/Dodge 44, Guardian Angels

24Loup City 55, Hemingford 20

Quarterfinals, Tuesday, Nov. 6Elm Creek (9-1) vs. Arapahoe (10-0)Elgin Public-Pope John (10-0) vs.

Loup City (8-2)Howells-Dodge (10-0) vs. Bruning-

Davenport-Shickley (9-1)Exeter-Milligan (10-0) vs. High Plains

Community (9-1)CLASS D2

Second Round, Wednesday, Oct. 31Bertrand 82, Kenesaw 45Falls City Sacred Heart 63, Parkview

Christian 0Giltner 42, Anselmo-Merna 6Humphrey St. Francis 64, Lawrence-

Nelson 8Lindsay Holy Family 46, Fullerton 22Medicine Valley 64, Garden County

42Shelton 42, Spalding/Spalding Acad-

emy 17Sterling 48, Wausa 28

Quarterfinals, Tuesday, Nov. 6Humphrey St. Francis (10-0) vs. Ster-

ling (8-2)Lindsay Holy Family (9-1) vs. Falls

City Sacred Heart (10-0)Giltner (10-0) vs. Medicine Valley (10-

0)Bertrand (10-0) vs. Shelton (9-1)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUEAMERICAN CONFERENCE

EastW L T Pct PF PA

New England 5 3 0 .625 262 170Miami 4 3 0 .571 150 126Buffalo 3 4 0 .429 171 227N.Y. Jets 3 5 0 .375 168 200

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

Houston 6 1 0 .857 216 128Indianapolis 4 3 0 .571 136 171Tennessee 3 5 0 .375 162 257Jacksonville 1 6 0 .143 103 188

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 5 2 0 .714 174 161Pittsburgh 4 3 0 .571 167 144Cincinnati 3 4 0 .429 166 187Cleveland 2 6 0 .250 154 186

WestW L T Pct PF PA

Denver 4 3 0 .571 204 152San Diego 3 4 0 .429 154 144Oakland 3 4 0 .429 139 187Kansas City 1 6 0 .143 120 209

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

EastW L T Pct PF PA

N.Y. Giants 6 2 0 .750 234 161Philadelphia 3 4 0 .429 120 155Dallas 3 4 0 .429 137 162Washington 3 5 0 .375 213 227

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

Atlanta 7 0 0 1.000 201 130Tampa Bay 3 4 0 .429 184 153New Orleans 2 5 0 .286 190 216Carolina 1 6 0 .143 128 167

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 6 1 0 .857 185 100Minnesota 5 3 0 .625 184 167Green Bay 5 3 0 .625 208 170Detroit 3 4 0 .429 161 174

WestW L T Pct PF PA

San Francisco 6 2 0 .750 189 103Arizona 4 4 0 .500 127 142Seattle 4 4 0 .500 140 134St. Louis 3 5 0 .375 137 186Thursday, Nov. 1

Kansas City at San Diego, 7:20 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 4

Arizona at Green Bay, noonChicago at Tennessee, noonBuffalo at Houston, noonCarolina at Washington, noonDetroit at Jacksonville, noonDenver at Cincinnati, noonBaltimore at Cleveland, noonMiami at Indianapolis, noonMinnesota at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at N.Y. Giants, 3:25 p.m.Dallas at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m.Open: N.Y. Jets, New England, San

Francisco, St. LouisMonday, Nov. 5

Philadelphia at New Orleans, 7:30p.m.Thursday, Nov. 8

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 7:20 p.m.Sunday, Nov. 11

Atlanta at New Orleans, noonDetroit at Minnesota, noonDenver at Carolina, noonSan Diego at Tampa Bay, noonTennessee at Miami, noonBuffalo at New England, noonOakland at Baltimore, noonN.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, noonN.Y. Jets at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.Dallas at Philadelphia, 3:25 p.m.Houston at Chicago, 7:20 p.m.Open: Arizona, Cleveland, Green Bay,

WashingtonMonday, Nov. 12

Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

AUTO RACINGNASCAR SPRINT CUP

2012 SCHEDULEOct. 7 — Good Sam Roadside Assis-

tance 500, Talladega, Ala. (Matt Kenseth)Oct. 13 — Bank of America 500, Con-

cord, N.C. (Clint Bowyer)Oct. 21 — Hollywood Casino 400,

Kansas City, Kan. (Matt Kenseth)Oct. 28 — TUMS Fast Relief 500,

Ridgeway, Va. (Jimmie Johnson)Nov. 4 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth,

TexasNov. 11 — Kobalt Tools 500, Avon-

dale, Ariz.Nov. 18 — Ford EcoBoost 400, Home-

stead, Fla.DRIVER STANDINGS

1. Jimmie Johnson, 2,291.2. Brad Keselowski, 2,289.3. Clint Bowyer, 2,265.4. Kasey Kahne, 2,262.5. Denny Hamlin, 2,242.6. Jeff Gordon, 2,237.7. Martin Truex Jr., 2,228.8. Matt Kenseth, 2,226.9. Greg Biffle, 2,222.10. Tony Stewart, 2,220.11. Kevin Harvick, 2,203.

12. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,151.

BASKETBALLNATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOC.Tuesday’s Games

Cleveland 94, Washington 84Miami 120, Boston 107Dallas 99, L.A. Lakers 91

Wednesday’s GamesPhiladelphia 84, Denver 75Indiana 90, Toronto 88Houston 105, Detroit 96Chicago 93, Sacramento 87San Antonio 99, New Orleans 95Dallas at Utah, 9 p.m.Golden State at Phoenix, 10 p.m.Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s GamesNew York at Brooklyn, 7 p.m., ppd.Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30

p.m.Friday’s Games

Indiana at Charlotte, 6 p.m.Denver at Orlando, 6 p.m.Milwaukee at Boston, 6:30 p.m.Houston at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.Chicago at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.Sacramento at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Utah at New Orleans, 7 p.m.Portland at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.Miami at New York, 7 p.m.Detroit at Phoenix, 9 p.m.Memphis at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

BASEBALL2012 GOLD GLOVE WINNERS

AMERICAN LEAGUEP —Jeremy Hellickson, Tampa Bay

and Jake Peavy, Chicago White SoxC — Matt Wieters, Baltimore1B — Mark Teixeira, N.Y. Yankees2B — Robinson Cano, N.Y. YankeesSS — J.J. Hardy, Baltimore3B — Adrian Beltre, TexasLF — Alex Gordon, Kansas CityCF — Adam Jones, BaltimoreRF — Josh Reddick, Oakland

NATIONAL LEAGUEP — Mark Buehrle, MiamiC — Yadier Molina, St. Louis1B — Adam LaRoche, Washington2B — Darwin Barney, Chicago CubsSS — Jimmy Rollins, Philadelphia3B — Chase Headley, San DiegoLF — Carlos Gonzalez, ColoradoCF — Andrew McCutchen, PittsburghRF — Jason Heyward, Atlanta

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALL

American LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES—Exercised

their 2013 contract option on RHP Luis

Ayala. Declined their 2013 contract optionon INF Mark Reynolds.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—NamedSandy Alomar bench coach, Mickey Call-away pitching coach, Kevin Cash bullpencoach, Brad Mills third base coach, MikeSarbaugh first base coach and Ty VanBurkleo hitting coach. Exercised their 2013contract option on RHP Ubaldo Jimenez.Declined their 2013 contract options on DHTravis Hafner and RHP Roberto Hernan-dez. Sent C/OF Vinny Rottino and RHPKevin Slowey outright to Columbus (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS—Sent INF/OFDon Kelly outright to Toledo (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Declinedtheir 2013 contract option on RHP JoakimSoria. Acquired RHP Ervin Santana andcash from the Los Angeles Angels for LHPBrandon Sisk.

LOS ANGELES ANGELES—Exer-cised their 2013 contract option on RHPErvin Santana.

NEW YORK YANKEES—AnnouncedRHP Rafael Soriano elected to terminatehis contract. Announced INF Casey McGe-hee refused an outright minor league as-signment and elected to become a freeagent. Returned RHP Brad Meyers, a Rule5 draft pick, to Washington.

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Exercised their2013 contract options on RHP JamesShields, RHP Fernando Rodney and CJose Molina. Declined their 2013 contractoption for DH Luke Scott.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—ClaimedLHP Scott Maine off waivers from Cleve-land. Reinstated RHP Kyle Drabek, LHPJ.A. Happ, RHP Drew Hutchison, RHPDustin McGowan, LHP Luis Perez andRHP Sergio Santos from the 60-day DL.Designated OF Scott Cousins and RHPDavid Herndon for assignment. Exercisedtheir 2013 contract option on LHP DarrenOliver. Declined their 2013 contract optionfor OF Rajai Davis and agreed to terms ona one-year contract.

National LeagueCINCINNATI REDS—Annouced OF

Ryan Ludwick and RHP Ryan Madson be-came free agents after declining their con-tract option.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—NamedJay Bell hitting coach, Rick Sofield firstbase coach and Dave Jauss major leaguecoach. Exercised their 2013 contract op-tion on 3B Pedro Alvarez. Declined their2013 contract option on C Rod Barajas.Released LHP Hisanori Takahashi.

American AssociationLINCOLN SALTDOGS—Released

INF Nate Wilder.Can-Am League

NEW JERSEY JACKALS—ReleasedOF Edgard Clemente.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball Association

CHICAGO BULLS—Named ScottiePippen senior adviser to president and

chief operating officer.GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—

Agreed to terms with G Stephen Curry ona four-year contract extension.

HOUSTON ROCKETS—Agreed toterms with G James Harden to a five-yearcontract. Picked up the options for F Mar-cus Morris and F Patrick Patterson for the2013-14 season.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES—Exercisedthe fourth-year option on G/F Quincy Pon-dexter.

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER—Signed C Daniel Orton.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed DLHall Davis to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Re-signed LB Mike Rivera and DB DerrickMartin. Released DB Sterling Moore. Re-leased TE Alex Silvestro from the practicesquad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed WRLavasier Tuinei to the practice squad,

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Claimed CB Danny Gorrer off waivers fromSeattle. Signed G Chris Scott to the prac-tice squad.

TENNESSEE TITANS—Signed G/CKyle DeVan. Waived S Tracy Wilson.

HOCKEYAmerican Hockey League

PEORIA RIVERMEN—Announced FBrett Sonne was reassigned to the teamfrom Evansville (ECHL).

ECHLECHL—Suspended Evansville’s Dan

Gendur three games and fined him anundisclosed amount for his actions in anOct. 27 game at Kalamazoo.

STOCKTON THUNDER—AnnouncedLW Kristians Pelss was assigned to theteam from Oklahoma City (AHL). An-nounced RW Cameron Abney and DTeigan Zahn were recalled to OklahomaCity.

SOCCERMajor Indoor Soccer League

BALTIMORE BLAST—Signed G TroyHernandez, G William Vanzela, F LucasRoque, F Jamie Darvill and MF MarcoMangione.

COLLEGEDETROIT—Announced the resigna-

tion of athletic director Keri Gaither and as-sistant basketball coach Derek Thomas.Named Jason Horn interim athletic direc-tor.

LIMESTONE—Announced the addi-tion of football beginning in the fall of 2014.

MICHIGAN—Suspended men’s soph-omore basketball G Trey Burke for Thurs-day’s exhibition game for violating teamstandards.

UCLA—Announced the NCAA clearedfreshman F Kyle Anderson to play basket-ball this season.

Thursday, November 1VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S Dakota Wesleyan at MMC

(7:30 p.m.)VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S JV Dakota Wesleyan at MMC

(6 p.m.)VOLLEYBALL, GIRLS’ S.D. Districts: 2AA — Brandon

Valley at YHS (7 p.m.); 8A Championship at North Sioux City— Elk Point-Jefferson at Dakota Valley (7 p.m.); 10A Champi-onship at Wagner — Platte-Geddes at Wagner, 7 p.m.; 7B atFreeman — Parker vs. Freeman (5:30 p.m.); Marion vs.Bridgewater-Emery (7 p.m.); 8B Championship at Viborg —Viborg-Hurley vs. Alcester-Hudson (7 p.m.); 11B at Scotland— Hanson vs. Avon (6:30 p.m.); Ethan vs. Scotland (20 min-utes after Game 1); 12B Championship — Andes Central vs.South Central (7 p.m.); Neb. District Finals: D1-3 at Stanton— Allen vs. Howells-Dodge (7 p.m.); D2-2 at Randolph —Wynot vs. Humphrey (7 p.m.)

Friday, November 2BASKETBALL, MEN’S Dakota Wesleyan Classic (MMC

vs. Oglala, 4 p.m., KYNT-AM)BASKETBALL, WOMEN’S Dakota Wesleyan Classic

(MMC vs. Oglala, 2 p.m., KYNT-AM)SOCCER, WOMEN’S Summit League Championships at

Brookings

VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S South Dakota State at USD(7 p.m.)

VOLLEYBALL, GIRLS’ Neb. District Finals: S.D. Districts:7B Championship at Freeman — Semifinal winners (7 p.m.);11B at Scotland — Semfinal winners (7 p.m.)

Saturday, November 3BASKETBALL, MEN’S Dakota Wesleyan Classic (MMC

vs. Mayville State, 4 p.m., KYNT-AM)BASKETBALL, WOMEN’S Dakota Wesleyan Classic

(MMC vs. Mayville State, 2 p.m., KYNT-AM)CROSS COUNTRY, COLLEGE Great Plains Athletic

Conf. Meet at Sioux City, Iowa (MMC, 10:30 a.m.)FOOTBALL, COLLEGE USD at Youngstown State (1

p.m., KVHT-FM, KDLT-TV)FOOTBALL, PREP S.D. Semifinals: Class 9B — Viborg-

Hurley at Colome (6 p.m., KVHT-FM)VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S MMC at Doane (1:30 p.m.)VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S JV MMC at Doane (noon)

Sunday, November 4SOCCER, WOMEN’S Summit League Championships at

BrookingsVOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S North Dakota State at USD (2

p.m.)

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SOFTBALLHONORS

SUBMITTED PHOTOFive members of the Yankton Gazelles softball team earned post-seasonhonors for the 2012 club high school season. (from left) Andi Sprakel wasnamed honorable mention all-state. Jessica Wirth and Abby Schulte werenamed to the all-state team. Karlee Kozak was named all-state tourna-ment and honorable mention all-state. Jennifer Feilmeier was also namedto the all-tournament team.

SECONDATSOCCTOBERFEST

SUBMITTED PHOTOKendall Lillie and Amanda Gravholt of Yankton were members of the SouthDakota United Independence squad that finished second in the Socctober-fest youth soccer tournament on Oct. 29 in Omaha, Neb. The duo wascompeting with the team for the first time. The Independence squad beatout teams from Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and other states in the event.Team members include (front) Lillie, Jane Glanzer (Brookings), KatieNielsen (Pierre), Nikky Farnsworth (Pierre), Abby Schallenkamp (Brook-ings), Jade Telkamp (Brookings), (back) Gravholt, Chloe Person (Brook-ings), Maddy Reed (Brookings), Kadence Feininger (Watertown) and HannaDugue (Rapid City).

USD’s Mettler Named To AcademicAll-Summit League Team

VERMILLION — South Dakota cross country runner Jeff Met-tler was named to the Academic All-Summit League Team onWednesday afternoon.

Mettler, a kinesiology and sports science major from Eureka,entered the semester with a 4.0 GPA. The junior has been thetop runner for the Coyotes this season, placing second at theSummit League Championships, earning first-team All-SummitLeague honors, and being named the Summit League’s Athleteof the Week on Sep. 18.

To be eligible, student-athletes must have competed in at leasthalf of the team’s events this season and have at least a 3.30GPA. Sports information directors and faculty representatives se-lect the teams by vote.

MMC Schedule Changed For DWUBasketball Classic

MITCHELL — The start times for Mount Marty’s men’s andwomen’s Saturday games in the Dakota Wesleyan Fulton StateBank Classic have been changed from their originally-announcedtimes.

MMC will play Mayville State in women’s action at 2 p.m., fol-lowed by the men’s game at 4 p.m. Both games will be played at

the Corn Palace in Mitchell.MMC opens the season Friday against Oglala College. The

women’s game is at 2 p.m., with the men’s game at 4 p.m.Dakota Wesleyan teams play Mayville State on Friday and

Oglala on Saturday, with women’s games at 6 p.m. and men’sgames at 8 p.m.

Basketball Travel Team CoachesMeeting Monday

Yankton Basketball, Inc., will hold a meeting for all Yanktontraveling basketball team coaches on Monday, Nov. 5, at 6:30p.m. at the Summit Activities Center.

Discussions will include practice times made available forteams by YBI, as well as options for promoting basketball foryounger players.

Anyone coaching a youth basketball team in Yankton is en-couraged to attend.

Woodberry Let Go From No. 18 Nebraska Women’s Team

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Coach Connie Yori of 18th-rankedNebraska has announced that guard Rebecca Woodberry hasbeen dismissed for violating team policies.

Woodberry played in 31 games last season and averaged 4.5

points, 3.3 rebounds and 13 minutes a game off the bench.She played 13 minutes of Monday’s exhibition against Pitts-

burg State, making three 3-pointers, scoring 11 points and grab-bing three rebounds.

The sophomore from Phoenix was the 2010 Gatorade ArizonaHigh School Player of the Year. She was an academic All-Big Tenpick in 2011-12 and was to serve as the vice president of the Ne-braska Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2012-13.

Angels Ship Ervin Santana To RoyalsANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels traded left-

hander Ervin Santana to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesdayfor minor league reliever Brandon Sisk.

The Angels exercised Santana’s $13 million option for nextseason before trading the Dominican veteran and cash to theRoyals.

Santana has been a fixture in Los Angeles’ rotation since2005, going 96-80 with a 4.33 ERA while spending his entire ca-reer with the Angels, who signed him as a free agent in 2000. Hestruggled for much of last season, going 9-13 with a 5.16 ERA de-spite significant improvements over the final two months.

Santana threw a no-hitter in 2011 and a one-hitter last sea-son.

Sisk spent last season with Triple-A Omaha, going 3-2 with a2.54 ERA and eight saves. He’s pitching in the Venezuelan win-ter league.

tack with 22 kills, five assists, fiveblocks, and three aces. CailyNeises contributed five kills andfour blocks. Chelsea Amunsdsonhad 12 digs and eight aces on thenight.

MiRanda Vance led West Cen-tral with 17 assists and 12 digs.Madison Kuehl added 16 digs onthe night. MaKenna Macdonaldhad four kills, three aces, andtwo assists.

With the victory, Tri-Valley ad-vances to the District 9A champi-onship on Thursday.TRI-VALLEY ........................................................22 25 25 25WEST CENTRAL...................................................25 5 13 13

District 13AWinner 3, Todd County 0

WINNER — Winner defeatedTodd County 3-0 in the 13A firstround match in Bonesteel. Thescores were 25-9, 25-13, 25-7.

Cassidy Hanson led the Win-ner attack with 13 kills, six digs,two aces, and a block. LindseyCalhoan added 13 digs and sixkills. Sara Husher recorded 14 as-sists and a kill.

Teddi Yound had five assists,three kills, and two aces for ToddCounty. Selina Big Crow talliedtwo kills and two blocks.

Winner will advance to the13A District championship gameagainst Gregory on Thursday inBonesteel.WINNER ....................................................................25 25 25TODD COUNTY ............................................................9 13 7

Gregory 3, St. Francis 0GREGORY — Gregory swept

St. Francis 3-0 in the 13A Dis-tricts. The scores were 25-12, 25-15, 25-14.

Sierra Thomas led Gregorywith 21 assists and 18 digs.Courtney Opbroek had 11 acesand seven kills. Cheyenne Salo-nen totaled 15 kills. DesireeStephen recorded 13 digs.

Chey Brush Breaker led St.Francis with 11 assists, eightdigs, and two aces. Darien QuickBear had six kills and two blocks.Cera Walking Eagle posted sixdigs and four kills.

Gregory will play Winner inthe District 13A championship inBonesteel on Thursday.GREGORY ................................................................25 25 25ST. FRANCIS.............................................................12 15 14

District 4ADeuebrook 3, Deuel 2

DEUEL — Deubrook defeatedDeuel in five sets in the District4A opening round. The scoreswere 22-25, 25-19, 16-25, 25-19, 15-11.

Ashton Buller led Duebrookwith 13 kills and two blocks. Cas-sidy Bauman had 16 digs and anace. Abby Engin contributed 20assists and 10 digs. Jenna Chris-tianson added 12 digs.

For Deuel, Tiara Gibson jad 17kills, 12 digs, seven blocks andfour aces. Allison Krause added35 assists on the night. Erin En-gelkes contributed 12 kills andseven blocks.

The championship game forDistrict 4A will be on Thursday.DUEBROOK..................................................22 25 16 25 15DEUEL............................................................25 19 25 19 11

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very good defense in the firsthalf, and we knew we had tocome out and be where we’resupposed to be on defense to geta couple picks,” Ponca coachTroy Evans said. “We had prettygood success with it the lastgame we played them and gettingturnovers, and we knew we hadto do that.”

In a first half that saw CedarCatholic score on its first threepossessions and Ponca answerwith touchdowns on its first two

tries on offense, the Indians’ de-fensive stand before halftimeproved to be pivotal.

Kathol drove the Trojans tothe Ponca 7 before firing a pair ofincomplete passes to end thehalf. Ponca received the secondhalf kickoff and marched downfield to take a lead it never relin-quished on Walsh’s 17-yard run.Would the game have been differ-ent had Cedar Catholic scored toend the half?

“We didn’t talk about it at half.In my mind, if we could havewent in up 14 there, it definitelywould have been a big swing inmomentum in our direction goinginto half there,” Cattau said. “Butthat’s the way it goes.”

PoncaFrom Page 7

“I know they’ll ask that and Idon’t care if they do,” she said.“I’m OK. But this was about down-sizing and not having to leave mygrandchildren to go through all ofthis stuff someday.”

She lights up when talkingabout the items in the collectionthat aren’t about football, espe-cially those that connect Royaland his love of country music. Heand Nelson were regular golf part-ners and Nelson recently stoppedby the living center to see his oldfriend. He played his guitar in thelobby for more than an hour.

“When he left Darrell that day,I’m told he had tears in his eyes,”she said.

She recently discovered anaudio recording of Nelson andMerle Haggard singing and talkingat one of Royal’s legendary“pickin’ parties” at the Royal’shouse. The occasion was to cele-brate the 1972 Apollo 16 moonlanding by astronaut Charles

Duke, a family friend. The record-ing includes more than 45 minutesof chatter and songs.

“There’s a lot of discussion.What the earth looked like fromspace, how’d you eat in space,how’d you go to the bathroom?”Edith Royal said. “Charlie says,‘There’s three pages in the manualwritten about that. You can readit. I’m not talking about it.’ It’sfunny.”

Duke remembers the party.“It was a fun time and that was

a great evening,” Duke said thisweek. “After my flight, we used tosee (Royal) quite often. I sure en-joyed his company and his love ofcountry music and golf.”

The Royals also had givenDuke a Texas flag to take to themoon. They had previouslyloaned the flag to the LBJ Presi-dential Library and it will be partof the auction. Duke had tried todo a “Hook’em Horns” hand signalfor a photograph on the moon butcouldn’t make it work in his spacesuit.

The 88-year-old Darrell re-cently fell and cracked a vertebra,and he will likely start using awheelchair full time.

“He’s in the falling stage now,”

said Edith Royal, who is 87. “Hecan’t stand alone.”

Watching the disease’sprogress has taken a physical andemotional toll on her. She is oftenreminded to take care of herselfwhile taking care of her husband.The assisted living center regu-larly warns residents that thestress of the care giving can killthe caretaker.

“I’ve seen that happen” amongher neighbors, she said. “Untilyou suffer with it in your own fam-ily ... You just live in a state ofgrief.”

Laughter helps. Royal stillmanages to pull out the one-linersthat made him a favorite with fansand reporters.

“The other day, he said, ‘Edith,I have to go to Hollis. Uncle Otisdied.’ I said, “No, Darrell, UncleOtis didn’t die.’ He said, ‘Well,Uncle Otis will be glad to hearthat.’ You have to see the humorit in it sometimes,” Edith Royalsaid.

Sometimes Royal asks to speakto their daughter Marian and sonDavid. Marian died in 1973 afterher car was hit by a universitybus. David was killed in in a mo-torcycle accident in 1982. The

Royals have another son, Mack.Edith Royal tries to keep to a

frantic pace that keeps her fromslowing down. She recently col-laborated on a book, “DKR, TheRoyal Scrapbook”, and about amonth ago had an operation to re-move a lump from one of herbreasts. Doctors told her the op-eration was a success and shewon’t need chemotherapy or radi-ation.

“I’ve been through a lot in mylife,” she said with a sigh. “Maybewhen this is all over I can lie downand rest for a while.”

That’s when she points to thewall and a framed wooden engrav-ing of a plow and wagon on afarm.

She was just a country girlgrinding out a living with her fam-ily’s cotton when she met Royal inhigh school. Both worked hard tobuild a better life, crisscrossingthe country with head coachingstops in Mississippi, Canada andWashington state before theylanded in Austin and never left.

“I come from that, pulling thatwagon,” she said of her roots. “Ihope it made my heart strong.”

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Min-nesota freshman Wally Ellensonhas a broken left hand and willmiss six to eight weeks.

Coach Tubby Smith said afterWednesday’s practice that Ellen-son hurt his shooting hand whenit caught in a teammate’s jerseyduring a rebounding drill the daybefore. Smith said he will con-sider redshirting Ellenson, a 6-

foot-4, 200-pound shooting guardfrom Rice Lake, Wis., who aver-aged 20.1 points and 8.9 re-bounds per game as a senior.

Ellenson was being countedon to back up Joe Coleman andAustin Hollins at the wing spots.

Minnesota opens the seasonon Nov. 9 at home against Ameri-can University.

Gophers’ Ellenson Out With Broken Hand