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Could virus hamper Kansas economy?

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Worries about a new virus first detected in China that’s infected tens of thousands of people globally are making a mark on the economy of a nine-state region in the Midwest and Plains.

The Mid-American Business Conditions Index sank in February to 52.8 from 57.2 in January, according to a survey report issued today.

“This month’s softer reading plus the mounting negative impacts from the (virus) should concern policymakers regarding the strength of the economy,” said Creighton University economist Ernie Goss, who oversees the survey. “Fully 40% of supply managers reported negative See VIRUS | Page A2

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Biden comes up big in South Carolina

PAGE A2 Iola High School junior Logan Brown gets a congratulatory hug from his wrestling coach Jason Bates Saturday afternoon, moments after Brown’s dramatic championship-winning match against Austin Perez of Ulysses High at the Class 4A State Tournament in Salina.

Just like his stunning semifinal win one day earlier against previously unbeaten Evan Dean of Santa Fe Trail, Brown narrowly avoided being pinned earlier in the match before a key reversal led his way to victory. Read more about Brown’s exhilarating — and exhausting — state title run on Page B1. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

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The multi-talented Mr. Croisant

By BOB JOHNON The Iola Register

HUMBOLDT — The coyote’s ears pricked, unaware that the source of the yipping and howls he heard were not a prospective mate, but digitally manufactured.

The coyote scuttled from a patch of brush to find the intruder.

When the coyote came close, Jerry Croisant nailed its shoulder with a flat-shooting .223 rifle, ensuring there was one less danger for near-

by calves.

JERRY WAS born in 1952 and raised on a farm two miles from where he lives east of Humboldt with Donna, his wife of 44 years.

As a youth his days were filled helping out on the farm.

Pastimes were fishing and hunting.

He haunted the outdoors at every chance, often with a dog in tow.

Jerry remembers one dog with wolf ancestry.

On a visit to his brother’s

place, Jerry and the dog approached a low-hung electric fence. The dog apparently didn’t see the thin strand and came in contact.

“He wailed and took out running west,” paying no attention to Jerry’s calls. “I guess he thought I’d hurt him.”

The dog raced on. Phone calls turned up no clues to his whereabouts.

“A couple of weeks later I got a call from the police in See CROISANT | Page A2

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The sandstone facade of the Hotel Woodson bakes in the afternoon sun on the northwest corner of Yates Center’s town square. REGISTER/TREVOR HOAG Vol. 122, No. 88 Iola, KS 75 Cents

ATES CENTER — The wind was blowing steadily from the south, and my breathing shallow, as I sat catty-corner from the Hotel Woodson on Yates Center’s town square, watching the vehicles pass.

My favorite are the golf carts, which folks around here use as a kind of inverse convertible. Instead of the top being down, it’s the only thing that’s up.

I asked my friend, fourbranch veteran and unapologetic Kansas Democrat, Troy Shaffer, if he chose to live in the hotel given its incredible past, but said his decision was based on cheap rent as opposed to nostalgia.

Trevor Hoag Just Prairie After some pestering, Troy gave me a tour of the hotel, where he confirmed the tin ballroom ceiling and sleek wooden bar are indeed original, though the floor plan has been converted from twentyone small rooms into four large ones.

In a letter written by Edwin Guy Reid, son of the hotel’s original owner, he recalls havSee WOODSON | Page A4

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Obituary Frank Goddard passed away on Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. Funeral services will be announced by Feuerborn Family Funeral Services.

Supreme Court will decide fate of Obamacare law WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed today to decide a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, but the decision is not likely until after the 2020 election.

The court said it would hear an appeal by 20 mainly Democratic states of a lower-court ruling that declared part of the statute unconstitutional and cast a cloud over the rest.

Defenders of the Affordable Care Act argued that the issues raised by the case are too important to let the litigation drag on for months or years in low-

er courts and that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans erred when it struck down the health law’s now toothless requirement that Americans have health insurance.

The case will be the third major Supreme Court battle over the law popularly known as Obamacare since its passage in 2010. The court has twice upheld the heart of the law, with Chief Justice John Roberts memorably siding with the court’s liberals in 2012, amid President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign.

Louvre closed amid virus fears

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Janice Porter, director of the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility, helps call out numbers for a benefit bingo game Saturday at Rookie’s in Iola. A capacity crowd filled the restaurant, with proceeds going to ACARF, which shelters dogs and cats. REGISTER/RICHARD LUKEN

5 die in wrong-way crash TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol says five people died and one person was injured when two vehicles collided on Interstate 70 west of Topeka.

The State Patrol says the crash happened around 6:30 a.m. Sunday when a Ford F-150 pickup drove east in the

westbound lanes and collided with a van near Maple Hill, Kansas. The crash happened about 25 miles west of Topeka.

The driver of the truck and four people in the van died at the scene. One other person in the van was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

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impacts from the (virus).�

The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100.

Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth. A score below that suggests decline. The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

The regional trade numbers were mixed.

The index for new export orders rose to 58.0 from January’s 52.1. But the outbreak of the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease reduced purchases from Asia as the import index fell to 40.4 from January’s 46.3.

About 24% of the supply managers who responded to the survey said the virus outbreak had pushed their compa-

nies to switch to domestic vendors for certain purchases. One in five supply managers reported that the outbreak forced their companies to rethink sources of supplies and raw materials.

The February employment index declined to 46.4 from January’s 53.8. trade constraints, the lack of available workers and the virus outbreak produced job losses for the region’s manufacturing sector.

Looking ahead six months, the business confidence index slumped to 51.4 last month from January’s 58.8. “The emergence of the (virus) offset the positive confidence impact of the recent passage of the U.S.- Canada-Mexico Trade Agreement and phase one of the trade agreement with China,�

Goss said.

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PARIS (AP) — Tourists trying to visit the Louvre Museum on Monday are out of luck, as the world’s most visited museum stayed closed for a second straight day because of workers’ worries about the potential spread of the new virus.

Most of the Paris landmark’s 9.6 million visitors last year came from other countries, and the museum that houses the Mona Lisa

and other treasures welcomes tens of thousands of people every day.

While unions held meetings with management and the Culture Ministry on Monday, disappointed crowds huddled under umbrellas outside the Louvre’s famed pyramid.

By afternoon no compromise had been reached, and the museum remained shuttered.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Buttigieg, who rose from relative obscurity as an Indiana mayor to a barrier-breaking, top-tier candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, ended his campaign on Sunday.

The decision by the first openly gay candidate to seriously contend for the presidency — and among the youngest ever — came just a day after a leading rival, Joe Biden, scored a resounding victory in South Carolina. That sparked new pressure on the party’s moderate wing to coalesce behind the former vice president. “The truth is the path has narrowed to a close for our candidacy if not for our cause,� Buttigieg, 38, told supporters in South Bend, Indiana.

Pete Buttigieg “We must recognize that at this point in the race, the best way to keep faith with those goals and ideals is to step aside and help bring our party and country together.�

He didn’t endorse any of his former rivals, though he and Biden traded voicemails on Sunday. Buttigieg has spent the past several weeks warning that nominating progressive leader Bernie Sanders to take on President Donald Trump would be risky.

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MONDAY — Meet 2nd District candidate Michelle De La Isla, 2 p.m., Around the Corner, 102 S. Washington Ave. — Iola Public Library board meeting, 5:30 p.m., Iola Public Library. — Moran City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Moran City Hall.

TUESDAY — Allen County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Courthouse. — Iola Kiwanis Club, noon, Allen Community College. — Knights of Columbus, 7 p.m., K of C Room, St. John Parish Center.

WEDNESDAY — Lenten breakfast, 7 a.m., Calvary Church, 118 W. Jackson St. — American Sign Language class, beginners 6 to 7 p.m. Humanity House, 110 East St.

THURSDAY — Rotary Club, noon, Allen Community College. — TOPS No. KS 880 4:30 p.m. weigh in, 5 p.m. meeting, Calvary United Methodist Church. — Allen Community College Winter Concert, 7 p.m., Creitz Recital Hall at Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

FRIDAY — Senior Citizens Card Club potluck dinner, 5:30 p.m., senior citizens center.

Buttigieg on Sunday called on supporters to ensure that a Democrat wins the White House in November and that the party’s success carries over to down-ballot races for House and Senate. During previous debates, Buttigieg said Sanders could threaten Democratic seats in Congress.

More broadly, Buttigieg urged Americans to move beyond the divisive politics of the Trump era to embrace a more inclusive, unifying approach. “Politics at its worst is ugly,� he said. “But at its best, politics can lift us up. It is not just policymaking. It is moral. It is soulcraft. That’s why we’re in this.�

Buttigieg kissed his husband, Chasten, as he walked onto the stage

and offered a message for children who might be watching. “We send a message to every kid out there wondering if whatever marks them out as different means they are somehow destined to be less than,� Buttigieg said. “To see that someone who once felt that exact same way can become a leading American presidential candidate with his husband by his side.�

Voters saw Buttigieg in the more moderate lane of the Democratic field, and he flourished early with a top finish in the Iowa caucuses and a close second place finish in New Hampshire.

But as the race moved to more diverse states, less dependent on college-educated voters, Buttigieg struggled.

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Jerry recalled. “A dog there had my name on its collar.�

When Jerry retrieved his dog, he happily hopped into the truck.

JERRY’S first taste of construction, which has occupied much of his work-a-day life, came with Mike Hofer’s

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crew in Humboldt. He had attended heavy equipment school at Beloit, but “I learned to run a backhoe with Hofer.�

He became so proficient that Kansas Gas & Electric asked him to do trenching for communications lines near Wolf Creek nuclear plant. The 700foot trench required

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exacting work. “Some others (equipment operators) said it couldn’t be done,� because mapping of underground objects wasn’t accurate.

He finished the project without a glitch.

Jerry also was summoned by the Kansas Department of Transportation to dig out deep-seated fuel tanks that had contaminated soil in western Kansas.

Removing the soil was part of the deal, some so deep his backhoe was secured to a heavy truck so it could crawl down a slope and reach the tainted soil.

When digging out a several miles-long propane line in the Eureka area, a scratch more than 27-thousandths of an inch would require a patch. In eight weeks, only one patch was required, for a nick only 30-thousandths of an inch deep.

Jerry honed his welding skills learned as a

youth on a tall tower project at Monarch Cement in 2005. He was asked to come back for two more major projects requiring intricate welding.

Today, at 67, his days of working high above ground or doing exacting backhoe work are in the past, but he does respond to area farmers for help with welding repairs to equipment. “I told a couple of them I was thinking about quitting. ‘No!’ they said, ‘you’re not going to quit.’� Being a farmer, he understands their anxiety.

The Croisants have one son, Jamie, who lives in Humboldt; and three daughters, Kelli Biggs, who with her husband farms in rural Elsmore; Chrissy Miller, Humboldt; and Karin Defebaugh, a secretary at Humboldt High. They also have 11 grandchildren who don’t lack attention.

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South Carolina could be a game-changer for Biden — we hope Two down, four to go before Joe Biden is named the Democratic nominee for the presidential election.

That’s our wish.

Not initially, mind you.

But you work with what you have.

Former Vice President Biden had a whale of a day Saturday by winning the South Carolina primary with almost twice as many votes as the other four candidates combined.

Current front-runner Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont was a distant second, winning almost 20% of the vote compared to Biden’s 48.4% tally.

Third- and fourth-place holders, Tom Steyer and Pete Buttigieg, have since dropped out of the race, leaving Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren and billionaire Mike Bloomberg still in the race.

African Americans, young and old, came to Biden’s rescue. That bodes well for the future of his campaign. The black vote comprises 20% of the primary electorate.

After Saturday’s success, other leaders began throwing their support behind Biden, including 50 current members Congress and scores more from former members.

Critics say Biden doesn’t have Sanders’s fire in the belly. But moderates fear Sanders would burn the house down with his cries for revolution.

BIDEN COULD boost his momentum if he named his running mate and cabinet to prove not only his widespread support but also his qualifications to lead the country.

One of President Donald Trump’s key failings has been his inability to appoint — and keep — qualified people in positions of authority.

Biden could have a star cast just by tapping those who have fought beside him for the nomination, beginning with Minnesota’s Sen. Klobuchar as his running mate.

Ideologically, the two moderates are in lock-step in their goals to take the country forward and could attract wide consensus.

Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist, gave his two cents of what would make an ideal cabinet, sug-

gesting: Buttigieg’s military service makes him uniquely equipped for homeland security; Warren’s energy and expertise in expanding health care makes her a natural as health and human services secretary; Sen. Kamala Harris’s tenure as a former attorney general for California makes for a natural segue to become the country’s AG; Andrew Yang’s passion for renewable energy would be a natural for energy secretary, and the current Republican non grata, Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah would be a dandy as secretary of commerce.

Friedman picked Bloomberg, not Biden, as the most likely to face off against Sanders for the nomination.

In that scenario, he suggested Biden’s solid relationship with U.S. allies would make him an ideal secretary of state.

OUR FEAR with a Sanders’s nomination is his rush to throw out the good with the bad.

No one wants health care reform more than small business owners who provide health insurance for their employees. Year after year increases on insurance premiums have made it close to unaffordable.

Had the Affordable Care Act been fully implemented, those same business owners could breathe a sigh of relief. Instead, the government fell short of its promises to insurance companies as well as enrollees, creating a bare-bones model, especially in states like Kansas that haven’t expanded Medicaid.

For those with good insurance coverage, the unknown is too great a leap, health care has become so expensive.

We believe incremental steps, not a revolution, are the most sustainable and reliable ways to make us a safer, greener and more equitable country.

TUESDAY WILL BE telling as to whether Biden’s win Saturday has turned his campaign around.

Almost 1,400 delegates in 15 primaries will cast their votes in the Super Tuesday elections, comprising about one-third of the total cast up.

Here’s to second chances.

— Susan Lynn

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks on stage after declaring victory in the South Carolina presidential primary on Saturday in Columbia, S.C. Spencer Platt/ Getty Images/TNS

Neither sex has a monopoly on integrity Over 35 years, I worked for various bosses at various newspapers. I had some very bad bosses who were men.

And some very good bosses who were women.

I also had some very bad female bosses, and some very good male bosses.

Their abilities and talents had virtually nothing to do with gender.

Zip. Still, the argument that women are better at leading organizations — governments, businesses, nonprofits — is paraded before us again and again.

At an appearance in Singapore in December, former President Barack Obama said the world would be a better place if women were in charge: “There would be less war, kids would be better taken care of, and there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes,” Obama told an audience at a private event.

About the same time, back in the states, actor Martin Sheen, who used to play president on TV, claimed at a climate protest that the world needed to be saved by women.

These are intended as compliments, but I find them patronizing.

And ridiculously inaccurate.

As Sheen and Obama were gushing about women, a United Nations court was investigating claims of genocide in Myanmar, a nation led by a woman, Aung San Suu Kyi. Her administration is accused of oppressing and killing members of an ethnic minority.

Hardly the kind of behavior one would expect of a

Floridians are feeling the (sun)Bern Bernie Sanders is not just a problematic Democratic nominee because of his $60 trillion (and rising) spending plans. In a matchup with the incumbent, he’s looking increasingly weak in the crucial Electoral College target of Florida.

In less than a week, Sanders has managed to offend two important voting Sunshine State blocs. On “60 Minutes,” he defended decades-old comments about Fidel Castro, saying some perfunctorily negative words about authoritarianism while praising Fidel Castro’s “massive literacy program.” He stuck to that line in Tuesday night’s de-

bate in South Carolina.

Miami is home to the largest Cuban refugee population in America; millions still bear the scars of living under Castro’s totalitarian oppression. “Sure, there was tyranny, but everyone could read!” doesn’t go over very well with people who remember how little education matters when freedom of speech and the press are nonexistent.

Then, in the debate — a chaotic embarrassment for the Tiffany network’s storied news division — Sanders called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “reactionary racist.” Netanyahu is an ideologue who

does many things wrong, but such nasty namecalling ought to be reserved for dictators and leaders of hostile nations.

For good measure, Sanders, alone among Democratic candidates, is shunning next week’s AIPAC conference, calling the leading American-Israeli bridgebuilding organization a “platform” for “bigotry.”

Trump won Florida by 1% in 2016; Sanders is already a damn tough sell among retirees. If the biggest swing state of all becomes toxic to Democrats, victory becomes about as likely as a blizzard on the streets of Miami.

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ther her agenda. Kelly likes trading favors, making comJulie promises many in her own party oppose.

Doll The arguments that women are more collegial, more willA Kansas ing to work on bipartisan efcontributor forts, or are better at building consensus are undoubtedly true — for some women.

But certainly not all.

I don’t intend to undercut woman. efforts to make our governOr a man.

It shouldn’t be that diffi- ments and businesses more cult to treat men and women diverse. Our political sysas individuals, rather than tems, companies and nonplay to banal stereotypes. It profits would be improved if makes no more sense to laud they effectively emulated our all women for great leader- society.

Over the years, it has beship attributes than it does to come clear that view all women org anizations as enticements to sin.

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I’m not sure which is more which leaders work primarily absurd: to view women as to further their own interests.

Leaders who welcome difsaintly leaders or believe they are all evil temptresses from fering experiences and points whom men must be protected. of view are more likely to respect the dignity and interKANSANS don’t need to ests of others.

Neither sex has a monopoly look far to figure out that women differ in their opin- on such attributes. To suggest ions, political skills and man- otherwise is to fall into the same sort intellectual rut that agement styles.

Consider state Senate leaves us stuck with useless President Susan Wagle and stereotypes.

Gov. Laura Kelly. Not only do A native of Garden City, the two have opposing views on most issues, but they also Julie Doll is a former journalhave differing leadership ist who has worked at newsstyles. Wagle likes hardball papers in California, Indipolitics, threatening and pun- ana and New York, as well as ishing those who don’t fur- across Kansas.

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Eddie D. Jeffers, Iola, and Vernon Ard, Elsmore, were killed in a light plane crash near Elsmore Sunday. The men were scanning the countryside looking for a wolf hunt that they thought was taking place in the area. They had hoped to assist in herding wolves toward hunters. ***** The regional Class A basketball tournament will be in Iola at Riverside Park tomorrow night. Participating schools include Yates Center, Cherokee, Garnett, Girard, Eureka, Humboldt, Iola and Burlington. The semi-finals

will be played Thursday with the regional title to be decided Friday. The tournament is the first regional to be held in Iola. The state tournament is in Salina. Floyd Smith, IHS principal, is manager of the tournament here. ***** The long flight from Communist Russia which began in Hungary in 1945, ended for the Joseph Gsia family yesterday on a farm south of Bronson owned by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cramm. Mr. and Mrs. Csia, their son and daughter, Eva, 19, and son, Paul, 17, are the first displaced persons to reach Allen County. Gsia is an experienced farmer.

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ing to swap every stained-by-who-knowswhat sheet, shove coal in all 12 stoves, fill all the oil lamps and burn endless piles of garbage.

He also added: “in the morning you would have to … [e]mpty all the slop jars and carry all the waste water down back of the hotel and dump it.”

You can imagine poor Ed trying his best not to gag as he repeatedly descended the stairs before reaching the hog pen.

In his nasal drawl Troy pointed north, remarking “Now, all the outdoor toilets and everything was back there, too. And the well.

There was a big well. It was 1887! You still had to have water. There was prolly a dresser and a water pitcher in each room, you know, to warsh up in.”

No amount of water, though, I imagine, was enough to fully exorcise the ghostly residues of countless ragged prospectors and cattlemen, belaced prostitutes and cigar-smoking oil barons.

ABOVE THE hotel’s cream-colored corbels and Victorian era moulding, the sky was a single shade of periwinkle.

Its monochromatic expanse was oceanic, as if one could turn the world upside down, the air would possess a solidity that would allow one to reside within it, be held in the arms of that vastness and re-

At left, antique light fixtures inside the Hotel Woodson illuminate tin ceilings, while above, sits the original bar once frequented by Buffalo Bill and thousands of other travelers. REGISTER/TREVOR HOAG ceive something ineffable and uncannily still.

It dawned on me just how many sandstone blocks there are lining the hotel’s facade, but I didn’t have the patience to calculate them.

When next we see one another let me know what number you came up with, as I’ve yet to find consensus among counters.

Don’t worry. We have ample time for such things in this place where the clock hands crawl, present and past bleed into one another and divisions between culture and history break down.

One feels this most acutely, I think, at night — when the streetlights gleam eerily and the wraiths of Yates Center begin to murmur aloud.

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me from the tree behind my back, despite my having arrived first.

A passing golf cart then compelled me to analyze the brick streets paved in the early years of the twentieth century, particularly the intricate weave at the corner of Butler and State Streets.

Frank Butler was a confidant of town namesake Abner Yates, and instrumental in the campaign to make Yates Center county seat. Despite the town eventually taking his own name, Yates had wanted to name it “Butler.”

My attention directed at Butler Street, I was reminded of when Troy told me he was born on the Yates Center square.

“A block off of it, yeah,” he explained. “It’s straight down there. Dr. [Harry] West delivered a lot of babies in this town!”

Looking south down the street to where Troy had pointed, my sight first turned to the intricate sandstone arches of what was once T.L.

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Reid’s “Livery, Feed and Sale Stables.”

A flier for the shop advertises renting a team and buggy for weddings, picnics and funerals.

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When acts like Buffalo Bill’s Wild West came to town, according to Edwin Reid, “A couple cabs from the livery stable were rented, and the horses decorated with banners and plumes, as they would parade around town advertising a show.”

Bill Cody himself caused quite a ruckus, it seems, “filling up with booze and getting pretty noisy.”

He and his crew were tossing back whiskey like water and pinching grapes, shooting the juice at one another, when a waitress named Daisy Obanjon slipped in the mess they were making.

Dishes leapt and crashed to the floor, porcelain shattering into shards. The hotel manager, Edwin’s Canadianborn father Thomas, then confronted Bill and got squirted in the eye with grape-juice for his trouble.

Irate, he seized Bill by his long wavy hair and yanked him from his seat. T.L. would eventually become sheriff of Woodson County and feared neither man, god nor legend.

“Believe me you never saw such a fight,” wrote Edwin. “They wrecked the dining room office and mother ran out in front of the hotel with an old dinner bell and started ringing it. … Show people had a hard time putting up at the hotel after that.”

THE SKY’S soft blue had become pierced by jet-black vultures. They circled the immense white water tower to the north, reminding me of the smaller rust-

colored tower that fell into disuse during my lifetime.

Perhaps I’ll have to scale the water tower at some point, get a preybird’s view of things, dream when the entire hotel block was an orchard.

That’s what this sojourn home is about: seeing, regarding familiar things for the first time.

Take for example the trees shading the northwest corner of the square. They’re elms, but I realized I knew nothing about them.

Turns out they’re deciduous, meaning they shed their leaves in fall, covering the streets in waves of yellow, red and gold.

They are also hermaphrodites, “male” and “female” simultaneously, spreading their genes by pollen loosed on the wind.

At the dawn of their appearance 40 million years ago, these trees were evolving in Asia.

Hence like so many people and things in Woodson County, the elms on Yates Center’s square are the children of immigrants.

Now they’re everywhere, leading one to forget the time when Yates Center was nothing more than a vast sheep pasture covered with acres of bluestem grass.

As Troy exclaimed, recounting when he’d once flown over town in an airplane: “To see Yates Center from the air, it’s just totally different from up there.

My god, I thought that it was more open than that! It’s gotta lotta trees in it now compared to open prairie like it was!”

I noticed the wind had stilled again, American flag by the Legion outpost motionless.

Something in the way it held the light drew awareness to the warm shadows cast nearby.

The French writer Marcel Proust taught readers to observe the smallest, seemingly insignificant details in everything — and in striving for such attentiveness to the world, what is accomplished?

Indigenous people and Christians alike have both regarded life here in southeast Kansas as the Great Mysterious or God’s Mystery, and perhaps that’s what we’re aiming at.

To peer into the enigma of the everyday, engaged in a process of becoming curious about all that surrounds and bends within ourselves.

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Iola High’s Logan Brown raises his hand after being crowned the 285-pound KSHSAA 4A wrestling state champion. Brown is the first IHS wrstler to ever become a state champion. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

Iola’s Logan Brown becomes first wrestling state champion in school history

By ERICK MITCHELL The Iola Register

SALINA — Ulysses’ Aysten Perez was the No. 1 ranked heavyweight entering the KSHSAA state wrestling tournament. Iola High’s Logan Brown, didn’t care.

On Friday, Brown cemented his spot in the championship match with a win over Santa Fe Trail’s undefeated 43-0 Evan Dean. Dean was inches from pinning Brown before the Mustang grappler escaped, then flipped the brawny wres-

tler onto his back. The round was seconds away from ending when Brown was able to get the pin.

The win gave Brown the confidence he needed entering his title bout on Saturday against Perez.

It’s the best feeling ever,” Brown said breathlessly Friday night. “I just can’t wait to stand at the top of the podium.”

The energy in the Tony’s Pizza Event Center built up slowly as Brown and Perez paced the mat for nearly 10

minutes before the match commenced. When the two wrestlers finally got underway, Perez took early control.

Perez held a 9-2 lead on the scoreboard, and was inches away from pinning Brown in the second round. Brown was able to get a reversal midway through the round, and then seized the upper hand and was able to pin Perez at the 3-minute, 52-second mark.

“It took all I had,” Brown said. “It’s the best moment of my life.”

Upon winning the match,

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Watts takes sixth at state HAYS — Humboldt’s Andrew Watts became the first Humboldt Cub to advance to the fifth-place match in school history at the KSHSAA 3A-2A1A wrestling state tournament.

Watts earned a 14-5 decision win over Jacob Carver of Rossville in his first bout of the tournament in the 285-pound division. In his quarterfinal match, Watts was pinned by Sylvan Grove’s Tra Barrientes, moving Watts to the consolation side of the bracket.

Watts pinned both Wyatt Glassman of Oakley, and Rylan Hays of Phillipsburg in the blood round to cement a place in the consolation semifinals.

There, Watts was defeated by Ellsworth’s Tyler Walford, meaning Watts would compete in the fifth-place match.

Nolan Parker of EskridgeMission Valley pinned Watts at the 3-minute 26-second mark to take fifth place, leaving Watts with sixth.

Gunner Elder was the only other Cub wrestler to qualify for state. Elder was defeated

by Osage City’s Elijah Collins in the opening round, moving him to the consolation side of the bracket. Elder earned a win by fall in his opening bout in the consolation side. Elder lost a 10-6 decision to Beau Horn of Wathena-Riverside, which meant Elder would not be competing for a medal.

time, didn’t rush anything, and did exactly what he needed to do.”

Brown was not the only Iola wrestler that stepped foot onto the podium Saturday in Salina. Sophomore Trent Jones earned a nifty escape in the final seconds of the third round in the consolation semifinals to earn a spot in the 145-pound third-place match.

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High School Baskeball: Crest Lancers

St. Paul claims region title over Lancers

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

MORAN — If there was a bright spot Saturday for Crest High, it was that the Class 1A regional championship loss to St. Paul was not a season-ender for the Lancers.

In defeating Altoona-Midway two nights earlier, Crest was assured of advancing to substate action, regardless of how Saturday’s contest ended.

St. Paul made sure there was little drama to be had, blitzing its way for a 19-4 lead after one period, and cruising from there to a 53-19 romp.

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a visibly exhausted Brown lay prone on the mat for several seconds afterward before being congratulated by a jubilant crowd of coaches, teammates and other supporters. The win makes Brown the first IHS state wrestling champion.

“First thing we had to do was stay focused, and that is exactly what Logan did,” Iola head wrestling coach Jason Bates said. “He had a plan going out there, and knew the kid couldn’t make it into the third period. So, he took his

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Crest (10-13) will have a few days to stew over the loss before traveling to Emporia at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to take on Lebo (20-3) in the substate semifinal.

“When the curtain falls on our season, we’ll have an opportunity to put on a better showing than we did tonight,” Crest head coach Travis Hermreck said. “They started out shooting the ball well, and I was disappointed with how we folded our tents after that.”

St. Paul pushed its lead to 34-11 at the break and 4816 after three. The 32-point spread triggered a running clock through the fourth period.

Zach Beckmon led Crest with nine points. Tyson Hermreck added five.

Adam Albertini scored 14 to lead the way for St. Paul.

Caleb Lemmons followed with 10.

BOX SCORE

Crest (4-7-5-3—19): Hermreck 2-1-2-5, Miller 2-0-1-4, Coleman 0-1-1-1, Beckmon 4-11-9. TOTALS: 8-3-5-19.

St. Paul (19-15-14-5—53) (FG/3pt): Chs. Bradshaw 0/2-01-6, Lemmons 5-0-0-10, Wiatrak 0/1-0-0-3, Smith 2-1-1-5, Albertini 5/1-1-1-14, Dent 4-0-2-8, Winter 0-0-2-0, Chd. Bradshaw 2-0-1-4, Marillo 0/1-0-0-3. TOTALS: 18/5-2-8-53.

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As focus shifts to Super Tuesday, 2020 candidates make Texas a key battleground

By JANET HOOK Los Angeles Times

HOUSTON — All week, as former Vice President Joe Biden labored in South Carolina for his sweeping primary victory, other candidates jumped ahead to mine for delegate gold in a state that will be key to where the 2020 presidential race goes from here — Texas.

Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York, was serving tacos and berries to Houston supporters a few days ago.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts rallied 2,100 in Houston and picked up the endorsement of an important national teachers union leader on Saturday. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont attracted thousands to rallies across the Lone Star State, one of the 14 states voting in the March 3 Super Tuesday primaries.

That competition heralds the big shift that will now take place in the Democratic nominating contest, with South Carolina’s primary votes having been counted. The 2020 race has abruptly turned from one-state-at-a-time combat into a national contest. Amassing delegates now is the name of the game.

“You do need to shift from the first four states, where it’s about winning states,” said Lily Adams, who was an ad-

visor to the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Sen. Kamala Harris last year.

“In March, it’s about winning delegates, and you have to have a sophisticated strategy about where you are going to deploy your resources.”

California, with its 415 delegates, is the biggest prize on Super Tuesday, but there is little suspense about the outcome: Multiple polls show Sanders as the runaway favorite. The latest UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll for The Times found Sanders had a 2-to-1 advantage over his closest rival, Warren.

Delegates are awarded only to candidates who earn 15% of the vote statewide or in individual congressional districts.

Texas, which awards the second-largest cache of delegates, 228, has a more fluid, competitive race and will be the first big test of Biden’s ability to refute Bloomberg’s claim to be a better alternative for moderate voters who fear a Sanders victory.

“If you want somebody who has the resources to beat Trump, that’s me,” Bloomberg said in Houston.

Biden’s big victory in South Carolina gives him a much-needed boost. But Biden’s ability to compete in a costly state like this has been limited by his lackluster

Democratic presidential candidate Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren shouts with the crowd during a campaign event in San Antonio. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman/TNS)

fundraising, and his organization was thinned to divert staff into earlyvoting states.

Biden has planned campaign stops in Houston and Dallas on Monday — the first time he’s campaigned in Texas since mid-January, when he went there for fundraisers, according to a candidate tracker maintained by the Dallas Morning News.

Texas — along with other Super Tuesday states such as Virginia and North Carolina — will test whether the momentum Biden will gain from his victory in South Carolina, and the support from African American voters that powered it, will be enough to overcome those disadvantages in money and organization.

Sanders is well positioned in Texas because he has been able

to tap into a network of supporters of his 2016 presidential bid — even though he lost the state to Clinton. Sanders held rallies across the state in recent weeks, as his rivals were still campaigning in Nevada and South Carolina.

In a sign of his confidence there and in California, Sanders is stumping this weekend in Massachusetts, aiming to beat Warren in her own backyard — or at least pick up some of her home-state delegates.

Throughout last year, Biden had a solid polling lead in Texas, but it collapsed in January.

“Sanders and Biden are competing for the top two slots as of now, but the field is volatile,” said Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas in Austin. “With Warren

and Bloomberg’s average poll numbers hovering around 15%, in a volatile environment, they are at least in the hunt for delegates.”

The candidates are campaigning at a time of great promise for the Texas Democrats, a party that is growing in a traditionally red state and scored big gains in the 2018 midterm, thanks to the rapid growth of the Latino population and shifting allegiances in suburbs that used to be GOP bastions.

Those demographic shifts play to Sanders’ strength among young urban, Latino populations. Biden aims to draw on the state’s African American voters, older voters and moderates. Warren hopes to run up her numbers in major population centers and college towns like Austin and San Antonio.

Bloomberg has invested more than $53 million in broadcast, cable and radio ads in Texas since entering the race — $10 million in the last week alone — according to the political ad-tracking firm Advertising Analytics. That is nearly nine times more than his nearest ad-spending competitor, Tom Steyer, who dropped out of the race Saturday night.

Sanders has spent $3.8 million on Texas ads.

Warren’s and Biden’s spending — $353,000 and $264,000, respectively —

is almost trivial in comparison. Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Ind., has spent about $185,000.

The Bloomberg campaign infrastructure — 180 paid staff and 19 field offices around the state — is unmatched by any other candidate. He has traveled to the state six times, with his seventh visit due Sunday in San Antonio.

Recent polls in Texas suggest that Bloomberg’s entry has been damaging to Biden and given Sanders a stronger hand.

A survey of likely Texas Democratic primary voters by Progress Texas/Public Policy Polling found that, with Bloomberg in the field, Biden and Sanders were tied for first place with 24%, followed by Bloomberg at 17%. But when the survey asked voters’ preference if Bloomberg was not an option, Biden led Sanders 31% to 28%.

Bloomberg has won support from potential Biden backers such as Marc Grossberg, a lawyer and novelist who attended the Houston rally.

“At first I thought Biden was the most electable,” said Grossberg, who cast a ballot for Bloomberg in Texas’ early voting. “But that changed as I was watching Biden lose support.

You don’t need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing.”

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Young love teaches lessons on healthy relationships Dear Carolyn: My daughter, 17, has a boyfriend in her class.

They’ve been together for about a year. He is a very nice kid, and I think in some ways they are good for each other.

Yet my daughter, who is a very feeling and open person, tells me daily about all their relationship issues: miscommunications, her feelings of rejection when he pulls away from her, her feelings of guilt when she pulls away from him, personality clashes between him and her girlfriends . . . the list goes on.

She also talks about all the work she does to stay with him even when it’s hard. She seems to feel there is something inherently noble or virtuous in staying in a difficult relationship.

If they were much older and married or had kids, I would agree with that, but I don’t see much value in a teenage relationship that isn’t lots of

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fun. She often asks me to listen or advise about her relationship. I don’t want to belittle her or the relationship. How do I advise?

Listener: You’ve got all the right ideas, it sounds like, and just need to air them strategically: “You seem to feel there is something inherently noble or virtuous in staying in a difficult relationship.

Fair?” Then listen.

You can also ask: “What if you’re just not well suited to each other? Can’t a really great person still not be great for you?”

Your job is mostly to listen, but it’s okay to nudge her understanding along with openended questions. High

school relationships can be so emotionally instructive that it’s best not to impose yourself too strongly on their inner workings. Again — listen, ask deeperthought-prompting questions when she gives you room to, set good examples at home and let her figure herself out.

A relationship that’s dangerously unhealthy, though, warrants more forceful involvement.

Hi, Carolyn: I’m scared to tell my mother I want to start therapy.

I worked with a therapist briefly when I was 15 (I’m 18 now and still living at home) because my depression spiraled to the point where I was suicidal. I stopped for a number of reasons, not the least of which was that my mother tended to use it as a weapon against me — say, when I couldn’t even get out of bed, making snappish remarks about how my

therapist would want me to try harder to do housework. I quit therapy, slowly got worse and genuinely did not think I would survive. But I did!

And I’m going to college in the fall!

I’m in a much better place now, but I want to thrive, not just get by.

You’ve advised people to let their loved ones help them with calls/appointments/etc., but I’m terrified of repeating what happened when I was 15.

Thoughts? — Secretive Secretive: Good for you for getting yourself to this point.

Is there a friend who can help you make calls?

Favorite teacher? Aunt or uncle? Identifying your “people” is a big part of staying healthy.

You can also, presumably, just call your old therapist for advice.

That puts the bar much lower for a first step.

So does college, generally — get a jump on it now, and see what your school offers. Take care.

Early intervention key with shingles Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed with shingles after a few days of a painful rash. The doctor recommended acyclovir, gabapentin and prednisone. Do these really help? — M.F. Answer: Shingles is when the chickenpox virus reappears in a specific area of the body, such as in a beltlike distribution on the torso. In fact, the word “shingles” comes from “cingulatum,” the Latin word for “belt.” But it can appear on any area of the body.

Shingles damages the nerves, and is usually painful, with a degree of pain that can range from mild to excruciating.

Some people have intense itching in addition to or instead of pain.

Treatment with an antiviral agent — acyclovir

Dr. Keith Roach To Your Good Health or one of its newer and more potent cousins, such as valacyclovir (Valtrex) — is effective at reducing symptoms if started within 72 hours of the onset of rash, preferably immediately.

Gabapentin is an agent to reduce nerve pain. It takes time to build up to an effective dose, and some physicians prefer to use shorter-acting pain medication for the pain of shingles itself.

The most recent studies on prednisone, a potent anti-inflammatory steroid, have failed to show benefit, and I no longer prescribe it.

The dreaded com-

plication of shingles is postherpetic neuralgia, which can last for weeks, months or even years after the damage to the nerves is caused by shingles. The older a person is, the more likely she is to get it, and the longer it tends to last. I cannot emphasize strongly enough how bad postherpetic neuralgia can be: I have seen healthy older adults become bedbound due to PHN. Early treatment with gabapentin or other pain medications is indicated.

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By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Left to right, TJ Taylor, Trent Jones, and Gary Lower represent Iola High at the KSHSAA 4A state wrestling tournament. REGISTER/ERICK MITCHELL

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sion to Gabriel Bailey of Tonganoxie.

Nonetheless, it was a fantastic tournament for the twotime state qualifier, who will eye a state title of his own next season.

“I had a similar situation like this in the past in 2019,” Jones said. “I was 1-1 enterring the second day, and was kind of out of it, but today I was able to pull off three amazing wins.

That consolation semis match was probably my best win all season.”

Another sophomore, TJ Taylor, made his state wrestling debut. Taylor was granted a bye in 113-pound action after his opponent failed to make his weight at Friday morning’s weigh-in.

In his quarterfinal bout, Taylor lost by a 9-1 decision against Pratt’s Devon Weber (31-1).

On Saturday, Taylor

lost by fall to Liam Sutton of Ottawa, but is taking his first state appearance in stride, and is eager to make his return next season.

“I was just happy I was able to wrestle again this season considering I dislocated my knee earlier in the year,” Taylor said. “Making it to the state tournament was my goal all year. For the future, I want to get better, and by getting better hopefully I will get to come here again, and hopefully will get to place next time.”

Senior Gary Lower made his first state wrestling appearance over the weekend. Lower finished 1-2 in the tournament, with his solo win coming via fall Ottawa’s Jared Ferguson. Considering Lower’s sophomore and junior year were hindered by injury, making it to state was

quite the accomplishment.

“I was ecstatic because this was the first year I qualified for state,” Lower said.

“I worked hard to get here.”

Lower has intention to sign at Neosho County Community College to continue his wrestling career.

“I already miss the sport. I just can’t wait for the future,” Lower said.”

All in all, it was a fantastic tournament for the Mustangs. Iola placed 10th out of 51 teams at the state tournament with a team score of 51.0.

“I knew we had the potential, and it was up to them if they showed up or not, and they did,” Bates said. “All four boys that showed up to state won a match, and that is saying something.”

Kansas takes sole possession of Big 12 lead MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas guard Devon Dotson shared a laugh with Kansas State counterpart Cartier Diarra at mid-court as the final seconds ticked own on the top-ranked Jayhawks' nip-and-tuck victory at Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday.

Talk about a different ending from their game in Allen Fieldhouse last month.

In their first meeting since the Jayhawks and Wildcats took a brawl into the stands, Dotson poured in 25 points to help Kansas absorb the loss of bruising center Udoka Azubuike for long stretches, and the Jayhawks held on down the

stretch for a 62-58 victory Saturday that gave them sole possession of first place in the Big 12.

“That's my boy. We talk pretty often,” Dotson said, when asked about the chuckle during game-ending foul shots.

“I think it's great. There wasn't any big back-andforth. It was a really tough game, a good game.

It was good for the fans.”

It was even better for the Jayhawks (26-3, 15-1) when No. 2 Baylor lost to TCU to give them a onegame lead in the league.

“That made us play a lot better,” Kansas coach Bill Self said with a smile. “It goes to show you that when teams are turned up and play with

an edge, different things can happen."

Azubuike finished with six points and nine rebounds while playing just 20 minutes after hurting his ankle in the opening minutes. David McCormack came off the bench to score nine points in his place, helping Kansas (26-3, 15-1) edge closer to clinching at least a share of another Big 12 championship.

“You know, he came back and played, although he wasn't effective. He came back and played,” Self said of his All-America candidate, who was coming off a big week in wins over Baylor and Oklahoma State. “I imagine he'll be fine.”

Diarra scored 15 points and Xavier Sneed and Makol Mawien had 13 apiece for the Wildcats (9-20, 2-14), who were held scoreless for nearly 5 1/2 minutes late in the game.

That allowed Kansas to score eight straight points and break open a 48-all game, then hang on for its 11th win in the last 12 meetings.

MORAN — Southern Coffey County High’s Lady Titans were unable Friday to replicate their magic from earlier in the week.

On Tuesday, SCC advanced past Marmaton Valley on a dramatic buzzer-beater in their Class 1A regional playoff match. On Friday, top seed St. Paul eliminated any doubt from the start.

The Indians blasted their way to a 24-3 lead

and never looked back in a 49-18 romp.

The loss ends SCC’s season with a 7-14 mark.

St. Paul’s lead stood at 38-8 at halftime and 47-14 after three quarters.

Bryli Copeland led the Lady Titans with eight points.

Josie Weers chipped in with five.

Jose Harris and Katie Coomes scored nine apiece for St. Paul, which went on to win the regional crown one night later, 49-24, over Chetopa.

BOX SCORE

Southern Coffey Co. (3-5-6-4—18) (FG/3pt): Johnson 1-0-0-2, Hall 0-01-0, Copeland 1/ 2-0-1-8, Weers 2-1-3-5, Ohl 1-0-22, True 0-0-1-0, Szambecki 0-1-5-1. TOTALS: 5/2-2-1318.

St. Paul (22-16-9-2—49) (FG/3pt): Wialtrak 4-0-28, Hutcherson 2/1-1-3-8, Doherty 2/1-0-1-7, Albertini 0-0-3-0, Harris 1/ 2-12-9, Bradshaw 1-2-3-4, Struthers 1-1-2-3, Coomes 2/1-2-0-9. TOTALS: 13/5-816-49.

Cubs spoil YC’s homecoming party

By RICHARD LUKEN The Iola Register

Humboldt and Yates Center high schools’ boys and girls basketball teams will open substate action at home this week.

The Cubs (13-7) are the fourth seed in their Class 3A substate and will host Osage City (911) at 7 o’clock tonight in the Humboldt Community Fieldhouse.

The Lady Cubs (10-10) are the third seed and will host Osawatomie at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Yates Center’s boys (9-11) will travel to Mound City at 7 p.m. Tuesday to take on JayhawkLinn to open postseason play in Class 2A. The Wildcat girls (8-10) are the sixth seed and will travel to Pleasanton tonight at 7 for their substate quarterfinal.

But before they could focus on the postseason, the squads had to contend with each “We were ready to play,” Kansas State coach Bruce Weber said. “We competed.”

As for any lingering tempers from January, they evaporated when the teams met at midcourt after the National Anthem and shook hands. It was the final act in putting behind them their brawl, when several punches were thrown and Jayhawks big man Silvio De Sousa — who is still serving a suspension — nearly swung a stool at a Kansas State player.

“Obviously the first one ended in a not-a-special moment. We wanted to make sure this one started with a positive moment,” Weber said, “and we can move forward now. Worry about the game and how it's played.”

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other to wrap up the regular season Friday.

Humboldt’s Conor Haviland scored 23 and Josh Hull 14 to lead the Humboldt boys to a 53-43 victory over Yates Center. The Wildcats’ Reece Solander, who earlier was crowned homecoming king, erupted for 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter. The late outburst helped keep things close for Yates Center, but the Wildcats were unable to make up what had been a 38-28 deficit.

IN GIRLS action, both teams struggled mightily from the line in Humboldt’s 37-35 victory. The Lady Cubs hit 4 of 12 charities; Yates Center 11 of 22.

Winter Snyder and Jessica Myers scored eight points each for the victors; Madelyn Collins scored 16 to pace Yates Center. Morgan Collins followed with eight.

BOX SCORE

Boys Humboldt (17-6-1515—53): Orth 3-0-2-6, Wilhite 1-0-1-2, Coronado 1-23-4, Haviland 11-1-4-23, Harrington 2-0-1-4, Hull 6-2-0-14, Lassman 0-0-2-0.

TOTALS: 24-5-13-53.

Yates Center (11-8-915—43) (FG/3pt): Solander 1/6-0-1-20, Graham 1-2-3-4, Rice 1-1-2-3, Hurst 5/1-1-3-14, Smoot 0-0-50, Burton 1-0-1-2. TOTALS: 9/7-4-15-43.

Girls Humboldt (10-12-96—37) (FG/3pt): Snyder 2/1-1-2-8, Murrow 0/1-0-23, Myers 3-2-2-8, Johnson 0-0-3-0, Wilson 0-0-1-0, Dangerfield 3-0-2-6, Haviland 0/1-0-2-3, Hart 2-1-35, Wools 2-0-1-4. TOTALS: 12/3-4-18-37.

Yates Center (9-4-1012—35) (FG/3pt): Mo. Collins 2/1-1-1-8, Cavender 1-1-3-3, Proper 0-4-5-4, Miller 2-0-1-4, Sprinkle 0-0-1-0, Solander 0-0-2-0, Ma. Collins 4/1-5-3-16. TOTALS: 9/2-11-16-35.

KU’s Devon Dotson races down the court against Oklahoma’s Austin Reaves on Feb. 15.

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The Jayhawks quickly ran out to a nine-point lead once the game tipped, but their momentum slowed when Azubuike hit the deck holding his right ankle with 16 minutes to go in the half. Team trainers spent a couple of minutes with the 7-footer before helping him to the locker room, and Kansas State took advantage of his absence to whittle into the lead.

Azubuike returned with 9 minutes to go, but the Jayhawks couldn't shake the Wildcats and led just 35-34 at the break.

They finally went ahead for the first time since the opening minute early in the second half, and Weber's crew even pushed the lead to four points on a couple occasions. But despite Azubuike still hobbling around, the Jayhawks drew back even a couple minutes later, and it was still 48-all when Dotson hit two foul shots with

6:54 to go.

The Jayhawks, who at that point were 3 of 13 from beyond the arc, finally got a 3-pointer from Christian Braun to stretch the lead. Then, after Mike McGuirl missed a 3 at the other end, Dotson drove the lane as the shot clock wound down and got a leaning layup to go while getting fouled — he made it to stretch the lead to 56-48 at the final media timeout.

The Wildcats finally put an end to the 8-0 run when Diarra got a layup to go with 2:30 left, but the Jayhawks kept coming up with answers down the stretch, allowing them to hang on for their ninth consecutive road win.

“I didn't think either team played particularly well offensively,” Self said. “I thought both teams guarded. We did rebound the ball. Our first-shot defense was pretty good. That gave us a chance.”