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Notre Dame's offense to be tested by Seminoles
CHICAGO (AP) - Notre Dame is deep, with the Big East player of the year and three others averaging in double figures.
Little big guy helps Gators chomp down on UCLA
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Florida's smallest player carried the team to its biggest win of the season. Erving Walker, generously listed at 5 feet, 8 inches, scored 21 points and hit several clutch shots down the stretch as the Gators beat UCLA 73-65 in the NCAA tournament Saturday. Walker scored 10 of Florida's final 12 points, including four free throws in the final 33 seconds. His most significant basket was a 3-pointer with ...
For March 20, 2011
Barton County Sheriff's Office Scrap stainless steel and some aluminum in a 55 gallon barrel at 179 North U.S. 281 was reported stolen Thursday from Primus Sterilizers. Great Bend Police Thursday reports: A postal worker reported being followed by three or four dogs in the 700 block of Holland St. at 10:39 a.m., and being unable to deliver the mail. Dogs were picked up by the humane society ...
Hansbrough brothers enjoying successful run
CHICAGO (AP) - That fan who taunted Ben Hansbrough by yelling, "Tyler's better!" during Notre Dame's second-round win won't get any argument from the Big East player of the year.
Kentucky pulls away to beat West Virginia
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - It didn't take Brandon Knight long to build an impressive resume in the NCAA tournament.
NFL Films’ Sabol has tumor on left side of his brain
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) - NFL Films president Steve Sabol will undergo radiation and chemotherapy treatment after doctors discovered a tumor on the left side of his brain. NFL.com cites an NFL Films statement Friday about the 68-year-old Sabol, who was hospitalized March 5 in Kansas City, Mo., after suffering a seizure. "(Sabol) will begin treatments soon," the company's statement said. "Steve is in good spirits and is deeply appreciative of everyone's good wishes." ...
NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK
Chris Wright and Austin Freeman stared straight ahead, hurt and sadness etched across their faces. Their Georgetown careers are over, far earlier than they wanted or most would have expected. And no matter what they accomplished, there will always be those who say it wasn't enough. "Four years goes fast and they've given a lot and worked their behinds off," coach John Thompson III said. "A lot will be said about what this group ...
NCAA TOURNAMENT TV SCHEDULE
SATURDAY 11:15 a.m. CBS -- Kentucky vs. West Virginia 1:45 p.m. CBS -- Florida vs. UCLA 4:15 p.m. CBS -- Morehead State vs. Richmond 5:10 p.m. TNT -- San Diego State vs. Temple 6:10 p.m. TBS -- Pittsburgh vs. Butler 6:45 p.m. CBS -- BYU vs. Gonzaga 7:40 p.m. TNT -- Kansas State vs. Wisconsin 8:40 p.m. TBS -- Connecticut vs. Cincinnati SUNDAY ...
Illini overwhelm UNLV
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - All those late-season struggles are behind Mike Davis and Illinois. The NCAA tournament is all that matters now. Davis tied his season high with 22 points, Demetri McCamey added 17 points and seven assists and Illinois dominated UNLV 73-62 Friday night to set up another meeting between Fighting Illini coaches past and present in the Southwest region of the NCAA tournament. The ninth-seeded Illini (20-13) took control with an early ...
Kansas shrugs off first-half lethargy, advances to play Illinois
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Bill Self liked the way Kansas started out this NCAA tournament run, if only because his Jayhawks managed to find any way to win.
Rough first day for underdogs in tournament
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Washington Huskies were less than 2 minutes away from making it four routs in four games in Charlotte. Then Georgia came up with a late rally that generated the closest thing to a fantastic finish here. The margin was tighter, but the result was the same. And in the end, it was a rough day for the underdogs at the Charlotte Bobcats' arena: Four games, four wins by the ...
NCAA Tournament capsules
George Mason 61, Villanova 57 CLEVELAND (AP) - George Mason has another fantastic March story to tell. Luke Hancock hit a 3-pointer with 21 seconds left, capping the Patriots' comeback and keeping the one-time NCAA tournament darlings playing with a 61-57 win over Villanova on Friday. Villanova missed its last shot and Mike Morrison slammed home one final basket for the Patriots (27-6), who will play Ohio State on Sunday in the East region. This ...
Huskies take bite out of Bulldogs late
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Washington traveled nearly 3,000 miles to get to its NCAA tournament site.
Jackson-led Orange squeezes Indiana State
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VCU goes long distance to upset Georgetown
CHICAGO (AP) - All those critics who doubted VCU, take note. The Rams are still playing. And yet another team from the big, bad Big East is heading home. Brandon Rozzell led four players in double figures and VCU made 12 3-pointers to stun Georgetown with a 74-56 win that showed any remaining skeptics the Rams do, indeed, belong in the NCAA tournament. The 11th-seeded Rams (25-11) now play third-seeded Purdue on ...
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Five students qualify to Sems at District National Qualifying Tournament
The Great Bend High School Forensics Team competed at the District National Qualifying NFL Tournament on Friday and Saturday April 19th and 20th. Twelve students competed which consisted of: Nathaniel Cheney, Kenna Dirks, Michael Gieck, Clara Kachanes, Sarah Keller, Mallorie McNett, Jordan Otten, Chase Pumford, Jesus Sandoval, Kane Schumacher, Kameko Schultz and Paige VanSteenburgh. Five students qualified to semi-finals in their events. Cheney and Schumacher placed 12th and Gieck and Schultz placed 10th in Duo ...
Syrian Swamp
Business is Booming in Perry’s Potemkin Village
You can't change the facts of an explosion. A large fertilizer factory operated next to homes, a middle school and a nursing home. The factory blew, and 14 people died. We can't change those facts, but it's up to us to decide what they mean.
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Nation
As Mother's Day approaches, the political scene makes me think of an old spiritual: "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child."
Charles A. "Jack" Wesley 1949 - 2013
Charles A. "Jack" Wesley, 63, died April 30 at Great Bend Regional Hospital.
Larned Correctional honors top quarterly employees
LARNED - The Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility has named Employees of the Quarter for the second quarter of the year 2013 - Tanner Lang, Uniformed, CSI; Miranda Schmidt, Non-Uniformed, Administrative Assistant; RuthAnn Snodgrass, Contract, LMSW-MHP.
Appreciation dinner held at Welcome Inn
LARNED - A Volunteer Appreciation Dinner was held April 25 at the Welcome Inn with about 40 in attendance.
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