Tabor women advance
Tabor College women's basketball team won its first round game Wednesday morning at the 2005 NAIA Division II National Women's Basketball Championship in Sioux City, Iowa.
The Bluejays defeated No. 5 Daemen College of New York 59-57 to advance to the second round. Tabor led 30-25 at the end of the first half. Daemen out scored the Bluejays 32-29 in the second half but Tabor held on for the two-points victory.
Jill Hein scored 16 points and pulled down eight rebounds. Erica Hemmert had 13 points and seven rebounds while Donya Anderson scored six points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
KCAC freshman-of-the-year Stacie Herman canned six points. Other scorers included Nicole Ellis, eight points; Kelly Pavlik, six; Erica Dechant, three; and Katie Fast, one.
Tabor will play at 5:45 p.m. Friday against the winner of the game between Morningside College of Sioux City, Iowa, and Davenport University of Michigan.
The men's team plays No. 7 Walsh University of Ohio at 4 p.m. today (March 10).
All games are telecast on Tabor College's webpage and Mid Kansas Radio KNGL 1540 AM.
Tabor athletes compete at NAIA indoor track meet
Four Tabor College athletes qualified for and participated in the national NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Johnson City, Tenn., last week.
Ashley Scherrer, a sophomore from Limon, Colo., competed in the women's triple jump and finished 14th in the country with a personal college indoor best of 36'4".
Matt Rorabaugh, a junior from Smith Center, cleared 6'4" in the men's high jump competition and finished in 9th place.
Caleb Stanton, Anaheim, Calif., and Merle Johnson, Lee's Summit, Mo., competed in the men's 55M dash.
Head coach Dave Kroeker said, "It takes great effort and is a great honor for an athlete just to meet the qualifying mark to compete at the national indoor meet. None of our athletes focus on the indoor season as their primary season of competition so the fact that they made it is a real tribute to them.
"Also, being around these kids for five days straight just reminded me what a privilege it is to coach such fine young men and women. They train hard, they compete hard, and they represented what was the best about Tabor College athletics in how they treated each other, other competitors and the many people we came into contact with on the trip."
Hesston College to offer 3-on-3 basketball tournament
The first annual Hesston College Three-on-Three Basketball Tournament will be held Saturday, March 26. The event includes eight divisions with each division guaranteed multiple games.
Divisions will include middle school boys and girls (anyone currently in grades six through eight), high school boys and girls (anyone currently in grades nine through eleven), open men and women (high school seniors and older), and 35 and over (anyone 35 years of age and older). Teams are limited to four players.
KSHSAA rules allow three members from a school team to participate on an outside competition team during the school year. A minimum of four teams per division will be needed to constitute a tournament in the above listed categories.
The tournament format will consist of round robin pool play in the morning and a single elimination tournament in the afternoon. T-shirts will be awarded to the top two teams in each division.
For more information, contact Tim Swartzendruber at 620-327-8210 (work), 620-327-5164 (home) or tims@hesston.edu. The deadline to sign up is March 22.
