Garden City Community College - Broncbuster Yearbook (Garden City, KS)

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SPORTS - Inf Individual Records I 118 Butch McFee 34-2 126 Bill Anthony 25-5 I 134 Ronny Higdon 27-7 142 Antione Parker 27-2-I 150 Larry Thompson 38-6 158 Eric Stewart 17-8 167 Kory Taylor 22-2 177 Richard Agee 28-6-2 190 Robert Wilson 27-2 Hwt. Anthony jefferson 29-3-1 Tournament Championships Tournament of Champions Pepsi Challenge Cup Central States Championship West-Central NJCAA Region VI NJCAA The road to nationals That's pretty awesome, Werner said. To put seven in the finals and win'em all is unheard of. That shows one thing. We're a tough team. With four ranked teams, this was the toughest zone in the country. Butch McFee, Bill Anthony, Antione Parker, Larry Thompson, Kory Taylor, Robert Wilson and Anthony jefferson came away with titles at the Zone Champion- ships. Ronny Higdon at 134 placed third and gained a wildcard berth Werner was happy with Higdon's wildcard spot, but was disappointed that Richard Agee was not selected. It's a shame that you can have a wrestler that is 27-6 on the season with all his losses coming to the number one and two men in the nation, and he doesn't get to go to nationals, Werner said. The team wrapped up the season with a sixth place finish at the National Tourna- ment in Chicago. The finish was the best in the history of GCCC wrestling. Three wrestlers earned All- American status by placing in the tournament. They were Anthony Jefferson, 2nd at Heavyweightg Antione Parker, 3rd at 142 pounds and Ronny Higdon, 8th at 134 pounds. Jefferson made it to the championship match and was defeated by Copache Tyler of Lincoln College, Ill. Parker won his consolation finals match in overtime 5-3 by defeating Bob Gallagher of Lakeland. Higdon lost his match dropping a 4-3 decision to Robert Young of Triton. According to Werner, We wrestled some bad matches, and werenit as aggressive as we should have been. But, you can't cry over spilled milk. Dual Records GCCC Opp. 43 Phoenix College 4 30 Phoenix College 6 42 Pima College 3 49 Pima com-ge o ' 28 Colby 9 29 Labette 8 46 USAF Prep 6 S0 USAF Prep 2 33 Colby 7 S0 Granite City 6 I 36 Colby 8 I 28 Northwest 43 USAF Prep 9 I 46 Dodge City 3 50 NEO A 8s M O 51 SW Missouri JV 0 28 Labette 13 - t -nn A special moment--Butch McFee receives congratulations from Werner following his 118-pound win at the Central States Championships. Shooting for position-Antione Parker tries to gain control of his op- ponent during National competition in Chicago. SportsfWrestling 1 7 2 1 W

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SPORTS Inf After 21 game winning streak Season ends two weeks too earl We had a good year, except it ended two weeks too soon, said Head Baseball Coach Joe Slobko. The team ended the season with a 31-11 record. For six weeks, March 5 to April 16, the Busters ex- perienced a 21 game winning streak. The 21-game winning streak was great, I loved it, Slobko said. The team opened the season on a winning note as sophomore centerfielder Doug Ruff hit a grand slam homerun against Otero Coun- ty Community College to put the Busters ahead by four runs. That was just the beginning. The team won a double header against Colby, 14-1 and 15-8, that set their streak at 19. Standout hitters against Col- by were Doug Ruff who went 3-for-3 for a pair of homeruns and four runs batted ing Steve Johannson, Dayton Moore and Chad Armstrong were all 3-for-4. Their first double-header loss of the season ended their winning streak. They were defeated at home by Barton County. We were three outs away from a conference cham- pionship, Slobko said. No tear drops, they played good. They had as many hits as we did, they just made their's count. We had the tying run on second with no one out, he said. The Busters then faced a short string of A losses, in- cluding one to Trinidad, Colo. Their bad luck ended April 19 when they won three in a row. The team defeated Barton 18 Baseball!Sports County at the Barton County Pepsi Tournament, putting their record at 29-9, 25-5 against junior colleges. The Barton tourney was good for us. fCougarsl had looked awesome in that doubleheader, and it was very important that we beat them, Slobko said. We found out they are human, too. The team was blessed with six pitchers with winning records. Sophomore pitchers were Cory Gesell, Troy Salinas, Mike Acre and Todd White and freshmen pitchers were Kelly Knepley and Kelly Arnberger. In the last action before sub- regionals, the Busters faced Hutchinson in a double-header and pitchers Mike Acre and Todd White combined for a three-hit shutout. Acre moved his pitching record to 4-1. The double win left the team ranked 19th in the nation with a 31-9 overall record. Their 10-2 conference record put them in second place behind Barton County. Hopes of a Region VI cham- pionship were dashed when the Busters were defeated by both Dodge City and Pratt at sub-regional play at Butler County. The team went into the tournament ranked 20th in the nation and seeded first. Our kids played wel1,we're not disappointed in the season. We hope the sophomores look back on it as a positive ex- perience and our freshmen look at it as a stepping stone for next year. Slobko said. Grand Slam-Doug Ruff watches the ball in hopes of another grand slam. Telegram photo by Tim Unruh. Season Record Otero 3 GCCC Gtero 6 10 South Mountain Lamar 6 I s scum Mqumain Lamar 1 5 Grand Canyon IV Seward Co. 3 15 Grand Canyon IV Seward Co. 9 8 Central Arizona Pratt 2 1 Seminole Pratt 7 I 8 ASU JV Dodge City 2 4 Central Arizona Dodge City 1 10 ASUIV Lamar 1 3 ASU IV Lamar 5 10 Grand Canyon Colby 1 15 Lamar Colby 8 7 Lamar Butler Co. 3 14 Lamar Butler Co. 8 10 Air Force1V Barton Co. 8 9 Air Force IV Barton Co. 9 2 ' , .., . f , Mr fr ,r . . If- f I . . . ' ,Mg