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Rivalry resumed BALDWIN HIGH SCHOOL senior tight end Dayton Valentine drags Wellsville tacklers forward for extra yardage at the end of a second-half reception in Baldwin’s 33-6, seasonopening victory Friday. It was the first game between the two schools since Wellsville left the Frontier League five years ago. Elvyn Jones/Staff
Bulldogs use big 2nd quarter to put away Eagles By Elvyn Jones ejones@theworldco.info
The Baldwin Bulldogs used a big second quarter and a versatile Cornell Brown to defeat visiting Wellsville, 336, in the season-opening football game Friday for both teams. Brown had a 70-yard punt return for a touchdown, hauled in a pass for another score, set up Baldwin’s last touchdown with a 62-yard run and intercepted a pass in the game that marked the renewal of a rivalry that ended five years ago when Wellsville left the Frontier League.
Baldwin got off to a quick 7-0 start when senior Mark Harmon scored from three yards out with 6:18 to play in the first quarter. The Bulldogs stayed on the ground on the short drive, set up when the Bulldogs forced the Eagles to punt from within their own 10-yard line on their first drive. Baldwin found the end zone next with 8:44 to play in the second quarter, again on a Harmon 3-yard run. Big pass plays from quarterback Tyler Cawley to Brown and tight end Dayton Valentine set up the touchdown. Coach Mike Berg said the contrast of the grind-it-out first drive and the
big-play passing game of the second scoring drive was something Bulldog fans should expect this year. “We’ve got some kids who can execute in the running game and the passing game,” he said. “We practice the passing game. If we practice it, I want to run it in ball games.” The Bulldog defense kept up its pressure on the Eagles, forcing a punt on the visitor’s next drive. Brown fielded the ball on the Baldwin 30-yard line, found a crease and burned by Eagle defenders to score, increasing the Bulldog lead to 19-0 with 4:14 to play in the second quarter.
On its next possession, Wellsville mounted its biggest threat of the half, moving the ball onto the Baldwin side of the field when an Eagle receiver hauled in a tipped pass for a long gain. Brown put an end to the drive with an interception on a fourth-down pass on the Baldwin 9-yard-line with 1:31 to play in the half. That was plenty of time for quarterback Cawley and Brown, who hooked up on three-straight passes, which moved the ball more than 70 yards for the score, giving the Bulldogs a 26-0 Please see BALDWIN, Page 13
BHS soccer team finishes tough early season schedule with 3-1 record By Elvyn Jones ejones@theworldco.info
The Baldwin High School soccer went 1-1 for the week, winning at home against Spring Hill before losing for the first time this season Monday at De Soto, 1-0.
Monday’s match ended a tough early season schedule that included two teams coach Mark Joslyn identified as the top competition in the Frontier League, De Soto and Spring Hill. The Bulldogs also beat Tonganoxie in a season-opening battle of state tournament qualifying teams from a year
ago. Tonganoxie has since won three straight. De Soto was the best team the Bulldogs have played, Joslyn said. Baldwin’s defense played very well in the loss, but the team was unable to generate an offense attack, partly because of De Soto’s midfield pressure, he said.
Last Thursday, Baldwin downed Spring Hill, 5-4, in a wild overtime match. The Bulldogs found themselves down, 2-0, at halftime, but took the lead with goals by Joel Dixon, Nick Joslyn, Russell Cloon and Nate Clem. Please see SOCCER, Page 13
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BHS cross country teams victorious at year’s first meet BALDWIN SENIOR Ethan Hartzell runs by himself at the Anderson County meet, finishing 50 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
By Elvyn Jones ejones@theworldco.info
Baldwin High School cross country teams did what they trained and expected to do in their first meet of the year. Last Thursday, the boys and girls teams finished first at the Jerry Howarter Invitational in Garnett. “They have high expectations, and they’ve worked hard,” coach Mike Spielman said. “We had a real good first meet.” Expectations are very high for the girls team, which is five-time 4A state champion. The squad returns a number of runners with multiple years of experience at the state finals, including seniors Kaitlyn Barnes and Sienna Durr and juniors Katie Jones and Libby Verhaeghe. The boys team finished fifth at state last year and return seniors Ethan Hartzell, who was runner up at state last year, and Cordon Horne, junior Tucker Clark and sophomore Joe Pierce. They are joined on the varsity by three talented freshmen, Dakota Helm, George Letner and Zach Smith, who wasted no time in announcing their arrival.
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Hartzell was the headliner of the Anderson County meet, winning the boys title with a time of 17:37.12. “He ran really well,” Spieman said. “He won by about a minute.” Freshman Helm was third in his first high school meet with at time of 18:39.84. Pierce finished ninth at 18:54.09, and Letner 10th with a time of 18:56.56. Other boys finishers were
Smith, 20th, Clark, 26th, and Horne, 42nd. The boys won the 10-team event with 37 points. St. James Academy was second with 58 points. The girls also posted a relatively easy victory with 34 points. St. James was once again second with 55. Pacing the girls were Barnes (17:01.11) and Jones (17:03.80), who finished third and fourth, respectively. Verhaeghe and freshman Addie Dick finished eighth and ninth. Three other Bulldog runners finished in the top 20,
including Durr (11th), senior Glenn Kelley McCabe (13th) and freshman Fayth Peterson (14th). Next up for the Bulldogs in the Wamego Invitational. Spielman said he expects a step up of competition for the event contested on the site of the state meet on the Wamego Country Club. “Twenty-four 4A teams will be there,” he said. “We’ll find out how we stack up against the good teams because the teams that want to do well at state want to get experience on the course.”
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BALDWIN’S KATIE JONES, left, and Kaitlyn Barnes run together at the season-opening Anderson County event, helping the Bulldogs to a first-place team finish with their third- and fourth-place individual finishes.
Bulldog volleyball team downs Spring Hill By Elvyn Jones ejones@theworldco.info
The Baldwin High School volleyball team defeated Spring Hill in a Tuesday Frontier League match, 25-21, 1025, 24-26, 25-23, 15-5. “It was a great match for us,” coach Jill Brown said. “We dug ourselves into a hole in game two that we couldn’t dig out of. But, aside from that, we played very well.”
Brown said she was pleased with her team’s response after being down in sets, 1-2. “We played together and stayed aggressive,” she said. “In the fifth set, we just came out and dominated.” Alexia Stein had a good night at the net blocking, and Morgan Lober was aggressive attacking the ball, Brown said. The team’s next action will be at 6 p.m. today at Tonganoxie.
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advantage at the half. Brown set up the Bulldogs’ last touchdown with a 62-yard run on Baldwin’s first possession of the second half. On the next snap, Cawley called his own number, scoring on from nine yards out and giving the Bulldogs a 33-0 lead with 10:38 to play in the third quarter. His big night and the team’s success were the result of a solid week of preparation, Brown said. “We had good focus all week,” he said. “I thought the rain might bother us, but we played awesome.” The game was played in a steady rain as what was left of Hurricane Isaac soaked Liston Stadium. Berg said he thought his team executed well in weather it hadn’t had a chance to practice in during the drought. Play did get a bit sloppy in the third
quarter as Berg took out some of his starters. Baldwin’s drives stalled with multiple penalties and miscues. Wellsville got its lone score when Brett Osbern got into the end zone from a yard out with 5:15 remaining in the game. A Baldwin fumble just inside the Bulldog 20-yard line set up the touchdown. With a victory against 3A Wellsville to build its confidence, Baldwin will now go on the road to face Paola. “They’re traditionally very strong. They usually make the playoffs and go deep in the 4A playoffs,” Berg said. “We have to regroup and be ready to play.” Baldwin – 7 19 7 0 – 33 Wellsville – 0 0 0 6 – 6 Baldwin: Mark Harmon, 3-yard run, (Austin Krause kick); Harmon, 3-yard run, PTA failed: Cornell Brown, 70-yard punt return, PTA failed; Brown 19-yard pass from Tyler Cawley (Krause kick); Cawley 9 yard run (Cawley kick) Wellsville: Brett Osbern, 1-yard run (kick failed)
Baker Wildcats win again on the road PERU, NEB. – With a strong running game and an efficient day from quarterback Sam Vossen, the No. 18 ranked Baker University football team improved to 2-0 on the year and 1-0 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference with a 34-13 win over Peru State. The Wildcats won their second road game of the young season after defeating No. 11 Ottawa last weekend, 27-20. The Wildcats got on the board first with a 3-yard rushing touchdown by freshman running back Jermaine Broomfield with 12:10 left in the second quarter. Then University of Southern California transfer Dillon Baxter scored his first touchdown of the season with 5:21 left in the first half on a 6-yard run. In the third quarter, Ryan Ludlow brought the Bobcats within eight points with a 1-yard touchdown of his own, but the extra point was no good and the score stood at 14-6 in favor Wildcats. The biggest play of the contest came with 2:09 left in the third quarter when Vossen tossed the ball up in the Nebraska air and senior receiver
Reggie Harris reached up to grab his first touchdown of the season on a 50yard pass play, giving Baker the 21-6 lead. Vossen followed that up with a 28-yard touchdown pass to tight end Joel Murphy. Ludlow added his second touchdown of the game with 10:56 left in the game, but that was the final points of the game for the Bobcats. Broomfield finished the scoring with a rushing touchdown with 4:42 left, putting the Wildcats up, 34-13 . Broomfield led the Wildcats in rushing with 96 yards and Baxter finished with 79, while Vossen threw for 187 yards on 12-of-17 passing. Defensively, the Cats’ held Ludlow to just 60 yards rushing and quarterback Bo Shepard to just 37 yards after each went for over 200 and 100 yards respectively the week before. Gunnar McKenna recovered a fumble for Baker and senior Adam Steele led the way in tackles with eight and two tackles for loss. Baker will have its home opener Saturday against HAAC opponent Evangel University at 6 p.m. at Liston Stadium.
Baker teams sweep Maple Leaf cross country meet Both the men and women’s Baker University cross country teams took first-place Saturday in the Maple Leaf Invitational Tournament at the Baldwin City Golf Course. The No. 25 ranked mens team finished 1-4 individually in the race as freshman Jeremy Bryan took home first in the 5K in a time of 16:13. Teammate Aaron Caldwell was second in a time of 16:23 and Jeremy’s twin brother, Justin Bryan, finished third with a time of 16:35. Rounding out the top four was Wildcat Eric Larson in a time of 16:36. Six Wildcats finished in the Top 25 for the men, including Taylor Nall, who placed 16th, and Vincent Tadokoro, who took 25th in a time of 17:21.
Freshman Tosh Mihesuah finished 35th in his first meet as a Wildcat. For the second-straight year, Baker’s Lauren Jaqua took home first-place in a time of 15:07. Teammates Kerry Kurta and Ashley McBride joined her in the top 10, as Kurta finished seventh in a time of 16:04 and McBride ran the 4K in a time of 16:10. Megan Rosa finished just behind McBride in 12th place and Lindsey Brown came in 16th. Jenna Stambrough became the sixth Wildcat to finish in the top 20 with her 19th-place finish. The Wildcats will next compete in the Missouri Southern State University Southern Stampede race on Sept. 15.
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A WELLSVILLE defender tackled Baldwin’s Cornell Brown on this play, but too often for the Eagles, Brown wasn’t stopped until he found the end zone or big yardage.
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Baldwin appeared to have the game in hand until officials awarded Spring Hill a penalty kick with 50 left in regulation. The Broncos converted to send the game into overtime. The Bulldogs ended the suspense early in overtime with a goal off a corner kick. Brendan Ownings scored the goal a minute into the
extra period. Coach Joslyn said his team was a bit banged up but was playing better every game and through adversity. “If our defense continues to develop, we will be tough to beat,” he said. Baldwin will step out of Frontier League play for a 6 p.m. match today at Basehor-Linwood. It will return home and to league play with a 4 p.m. match Tuesday against Eudora.