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Sunflower State Games 2001

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SSG honors athletes from Linwood, Parsons
Thursday, October 25, 2001
Lindsey Carter of Parsons and Dale Sheets of Linwood have been named Athletes of the Year at the Sunflower State Games. Carter, 18, captured three medals in track and field — gold in the long jump, silver in the triple jump and bronze in the shot put.

Final Sunflower State Games results
Tuesday, July 31, 2001
Here are the late results from the final day's competition of the 2001 Sunflower State Games.

6Sports report: Next year may be the last for Lawrence to host the Sunflower State Games
Tuesday, July 31, 2001
Kevin Romary reports on the final weekend of the Sunflower State Games and the possibility that the Games won't be held in Lawrence after 2002.

Martell marvelous in mountain biking
Monday, July 30, 2001
By Levi Chronister

Area residents who like to watch cycling races didn't have to rely on the final stage of the Tour de France for their only entertainment Sunday.
Bike riders from across the state staged their own competition in two divisions of Sunflower State Games mountain biking at Riverfront Park.

Use-2-Bes shine in 50-over hoops final
Monday, July 30, 2001
By Doug Pacey

They're called the Lawrence Use-2-Bes.
It's unclear if they "Use-2-Be" good, but they were good enough on Sunday afternoon.

Bobcats salvage soccer victory with late goal
Monday, July 30, 2001
By Andy Samuelson

To the average soccer fan walking around the Youth Sports Inc. soccer fields Sunday afternoon, the game between the 10-under Basehor Bobcats and KC Turner Bears probably seemed meaningless.
After all, neither team had won a game in their age group. Even the eventual winner of the contest was not going to be awarded a medal because of their previous defeats. Then when you factor in the heat and the fact parents were more than eager to get back home after a long weekend at the Sunflower State Games, it would be easy to understand how the kids could have been content with just getting this one over.

SSG Results
Monday, July 30, 2001

Sunflower state games: SEK Sonic Boom grounds Skyhawks
Sunday, July 29, 2001
By Levi Chronister

The Sunflower Skyhawks played a mistake-filled final game Saturday in the U-18 softball division of the Sunflower State Games. The Skyhawks, composed almost entirely of Baldwin High students, took advantage of two errors, five wild pitches and two passed balls by the SEK Sonic Boom but fell victim to their own physical — and mental — mistakes in a 6-5 loss at Clinton Lake Sports Complex.

Sunflower State Games: Hoops homecoming
Sunday, July 29, 2001
By Doug Pacey

Former Kansas University basketball player Steve Woodberry thinks Jayhawk basketball fans are a well-behaved bunch. Sure, some of them might be a little blasé about the game when Kansas is beating some no-name school by 45 points. But anyone who doesn't throw coins, batteries or other small, hard objects at him is fine in Woodberry's book.

Games return
Saturday, July 28, 2001
The Sunflower State Games began a second weekend in Lawrence Friday night.

6Sports report: Sunflower State Games turn back the clock
Tuesday, July 24, 2001
Michael Rigg reports on the archery competition that took place this weekend at the Sunflower State Games

Burn win soccer title
Monday, July 23, 2001
By Doug Pacey

Hilla Rantala's team did not need her to return from the injured reserve and score a game-winning goal. There was no dramatic NCAA soccer championship on the line for Rantala to come back to Sunday at YSI Fields.

Friends square off in tennis finals
Monday, July 23, 2001
By Doug Pacey

When Larry Baldridge and Jorge Valverde play at the Lawrence High School tennis courts, they treat it "like a championship match," even if it is only for recreation.

Catholic schools combine forces
Monday, July 23, 2001
By Andy Samuelson

They jokingly call it the "Holy Wars." When Catholic school powerhouses Overland Park Aquinas and Shawnee Mission Miege get together on the basketball court there is no love lost.

Sunflower State Games results - Sunday 7/22
Monday, July 23, 2001
Here are Sunday's results from Sunflower State Games competition.

Sport2Sport Jayhawks rally
Sunday, July 22, 2001
By Andy Samuelson

It's usually not very good news if a team loses badly in its first game of a short three-day basketball tournament. Such a loss can create negative attitudes by players and really pin a team's back against the wall as far as moving into medal contention. That is, unless such a team is able to bounce back like the ninth-10th grade Sport2Sport Jayhawks did this weekend.

Olympian welcomes Sunflower Games participants with words of inspiration
Sunday, July 22, 2001
By Mindie Miller

Before Jim Ryun became the first high school male to run the mile in less than four minutes, he was cut from his church baseball team and his junior high basketball team. Ryun, a three-time Olympian and former world-record holder in the mile who's now a U.S. Congressman for Kansas' 2nd District, shared this story Saturday night at the opening ceremony of the 2001 Sunflower State Games to emphasize the importance of perseverance.

Archers interested in new sport
Sunday, July 22, 2001
By Doug Pacey

George Bigelow and Wally Hayward have more than 100 years of archery experience between them. They like the challenge of shooting and that's part of the reason the pair entered the Sunflower State Games competition, but not the whole reason.

SSG Track Results
Sunday, July 22, 2001

SSG Results
Sunday, July 22, 2001

SSG Basketball Results
Sunday, July 22, 2001

Sunflower State Games: Bauersfeld's rolls in opener
Saturday, July 21, 2001
By Andy Samuelson

Domination. That's really the only word that can describe Topeka Bauersfeld's 50-10 victory over Special Edition on Friday in the 11th-12th grade women's basketball tournament at the Sunflower State Games.

Sunflower State Games gets off ground
Saturday, July 21, 2001
The Sunflower State Games began its first full weekend on Friday. Aaron Law, from Auburn, gets airborne in the long jump competition in Baldwin.

Coordinator Bristow keeps busy at SSG
Saturday, July 21, 2001
All Lauren Bristow is sure about is that she wants to go to law school and have a career that relates to sports. Luckily for Lauren that gives her a selection of, say, a few dozen occupations from which to choose. But she might have it narrowed down to a handful, for now at least.

Athletes invading Lawrence
Friday, July 20, 2001
By Steve Rottinghaus

Billed as the largest amateur athletic competition in Kansas, the 12th annual Sunflower State Games is set for this weekend at 23 venues across the city. Games will run today through Sunday and also next weekend. The 25-sport festival is expected to draw about 7,000 entries for the two weekends. "Some people feel like it's run its course and maybe it is not as exciting as when it first comes to your town, but a lot of people still look forward to it," SSG executive director Vicki Hill said.

Congressman to attend Sunflower State Games
Thursday, July 19, 2001
Rep. Jim Ryun, R-Kan., will speak at the Opening Ceremony for the 2001 Sunflower State Games at 7 p.m. Saturday. The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, includes a parade of athletes into Kansas University's Murphy Hall and the presentation of the 2000 Athlete of the Year award to last year's recipients.