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WETZEL REFLECTS

Longtime ump called first base in championship

Great Bend’s Randy Wetzel umpired seven games at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., including first base on Tuesday night as South Carolina repeated as national champions with a 5-2 win over Florida.

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Randy Wetzel made no bones about it. Wetzel’s first appointment as an umpire in the just-completed College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb., was everything the Great Bend resident imagined — and then some. “It was all that I expected and more,” Wetzel said. “It was one of the greatest experiences of my umpiring career that I have ever had. “We were treated like royalty and being on the field for the ...

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