Pipeliners announce makeup game with VC

The McPherson Pipeliners’ baseball game that was postponed this past Sunday at Valley Center will be made up on July 13, with the venue being moved to Light Capital Diamond.

The teams will play a doubleheader on that date. Both games will be seven innings, with first pitch set for 6:00.

City golf tourney nearly full

The McPherson City Golf Tournament still has room for one more two-man team for this weekend’s tournament.

As of now, 43 teams have signed up. Tournament officials say they need either one more team or three more teams so there is an even number for pairing purposes.

The deadline to enter is 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Turkey Creek clubhouse or call 241-8530.

McPherson City Golf Tournament winners through the years

The 36th annual McPherson City Golf Tournament will be contested this weekend, starting Friday at Turkey Creek, followed by Saturday's play at Rolling Acres and then the tournament concludes Sunday at McPherson Country Club.

Here's a bit of history for the event:

• INDIVIDUAL •

1984 -- 1. Richard Olson, 75-71-146. 2. (tie) Steve Sell, 74-78-152; Dave Nelson, 81-71-152.

1985 -- 1. Ray Hague, 73-34-107 (27 holes, rain). 2. Jeff Warren, 72-40-112. 

1986 -- 1. Cliff Hawkes, 74-69-143. 2. Ray Hague, 77-72-149.

1987 -- 1. Cliff Hawkes, 75-74-149. 2. Ray Hague, 78-75-153.

1988 -- 1. Ray Hague, 68-67-135. 2. Willie Johnson, 71-69-140.

1989 -- 1. Ray Hague, 71-69-140. 2. (tie) Darrell Wilson, 79-72-151; Mike Lundy, 77-74-151. 

1990 -- 1. Shane Bruce, 74-78-152 (won playoff). 2. (tie) Ray Hague, 73-79-152; Mike Lundy, 76-76-152.

1991 -- 1. Skip Pankewich, 74-76-150. 2. Cliff Hawkes, 74-78-152.

1992 -- 1. Skip Pankewich, 71-73-144. 2. Chandler Nelson, 71-75-146.

1993 -- 1. Jeff Pankewich, 73-68-141. 2. (tie) Skip Pankewich, 71-74-145; Cliff Hawkes, 71-74-145; Shane Bruce, 74-71-145.

1994 -- 1. Ray Hague, 65-71-136. 2. Steve Sell, 77-73-150.

1995 -- 1. Ray Hague, 67-71-82-220. 2. (tie) Cliff Hawkes, 76-75-74-225; Mike Lundy, 73-76-76-225.

1996 -- 1. Ray Hague, 74-69-70-213. 2. Skip Pankewich, 72-72-75-219.

1997 -- 1. Ray Hague, 70-67-77-214. 2. Jeff Cunningham, 71-75-72-218.

1998 -- 1. Jeff Pankewich, 73-67-74-214. 2. Doug Gayer, 70-71-77-218.

1999 -- 1. Brian Stauffer, 70-73-70-213. 2. Ray Hague, 71-72-76-219.

2000 -- 1. Travis Engle, 70-69-72-211. 2. Jess Arbuckle, 75-65-75-215. 

2001 -- 1. Ray Hague, 75-66-77-218. 2. Mark Wash, 72-76-71-219.

2002 -- 1. Brian Stauffer, 70-74-74-218. 2. Nick Hague, 74-76-76-226.

2003 -- 1. Jeremiah Nelson, 71-70-68-209. 2. Ray Hague, 70-70-77-217.

2004 -- 1. Travis Engle, 71-67-70-208. 2. Adam Young, 72-78-68-218.

2005 -- 1. Travis Engle, 68-69-75-212. 2. Ray Hague, 72-73-74-219.

2006 -- 1. Nick Hague, 74-73-73-220. 2. Ted Morris, 79-69-73-221.

2007 -- 1. Ray Hague, 73-72-77-222 (won playoff). 2. Steve Sell, 75-67-80-222.

2008 -- 1. Nick Ikenberry, 77-71-69-217. 2. Treg Fawl, 79-72-77-228.

2009 -- 1. Treg Fawl, 69-70-71-210. 2. Mark Wash, 71-69-75-215.

2010 -- 1. Nick Ikenberry, 73-67-71-211. 2. Treg Fawl, 77-74-73-224.

2011 -- 1. Treg Fawl, 65-73-80-218. 2. Nick Ikenberry, 74-79-80-227.

2012 — 1. Treg Fawl, 81-70-75-226 (won playoff). 2. Ryan Schmid, 78-75-73-226.

2013 -- 1. Treg Fawl, 71-74-73-218. 2. Jamie Piper, 75-76-76-227.

2014 — 1. Treg Fawl, 77-68-71-216. 2. Jamie Piper, 81-69-75-225.

2015 — 1. Treg Fawl, 77-71-74-222 (won playoff). 2. Mark Gayer, 73-70-79-222.

2016 — 1. Jacob Lackey, 76-68-70-214. 2. Treg Fawl, 77-67-71-215.

2017 — 1. Treg Fawl, 71-64-74-209. 2. Kelly Sorenson, 70-66-78-214.

2018 — 1. Treg Fawl, 71-68-72-211. 2. Kelly Sorenson, 78-72-72-223.

• TEAM •

1984 -- 1. Vance Carlson-Dave Nelson, 67-68-135. 2. Steve Sell-Harvey Nelson, 70-70-140.

1985 -- 1. Ray Hague-Cliff Hawkes, 68-32-100 (27 holes, rain). 2. Carver Swindoll-Terry Farnsworth, 70-33-103.

1986 -- 1. Cliff Hawkes-Steve Sell, 71-66-137. 2. Ray Hague-Vance Carlson, 72-67-139. 

1987 -- 1. Ray Hague-Mike Lundy, 71-68-139. 2. Cliff Hawkes-Steve Sell, 69-71-140.

1988 -- 1. Ray Hague-Willie Johnson, 66-63-129. 2. Cliff Hawkes-Steve Sell, 74-63-137.

1989 -- 1. Ray Hague-Willie Johnson, 69-65-134. 2. Vance Carlson-Jeff Warren, 74-67-141. 

1990 -- 1. Cliff Hawkes-Shane Bruce, 69-68-137. 2. Mike Lundy-Darrell Wilson, 73-74-147.

1991 -- 1. Ray Hague-Jeff Warren, 69-72-141. 2. Cliff Hawkes-Steve Sell, 71-72-143. 

1992 -- 1. Skip Pankewich-Brian Stauffer, 69-68-137. 2. Ray Hague-Jeff Warren, 74-67-141.

1993 -- 1. Cliff Hawkes-Steve Sell, 66-67-133. 2. (tie) Skip Pankewich-Brian Stauffer, 68-68-136; Shane Bruce-Shawn Pennington, 69-67-136.

1994 -- 1. Ray Hague-Jeff Warren, 64-67-131. 2. Ted Morris-Shane Bruce, 66-73-139.

1995 -- 1. Ray Hague-Dick Johnson, 65-70-71-206. 2. Mike Lundy-Jeff Cunningham, 66-70-71-207.

1996 -- 1. Skip Pankewich-Phil Fendt, 69-67-69-205. 2. Ray Hague-Terry Farnsworth, 70-67-69-206.

1997 -- 1. Ray Hague-Dick Johnson, 68-65-74-207 (won playoff). 2. Cliff Hawkes-Steve Sell, 68-67-72-207.

1998 -- 1. Jeff Pankewich-Tim Erickson, 71-66-66-203. 2. Doug Gayer-Kurt Kinnamon, 69-68-68-205.

1999 -- 1. Jeff Pankewich-Tim Erickson, 61-74-70-205. 2. Ray Hague-Shane Bruce, 68-66-73-207.

2000 -- 1. Doug Gayer-Kurt Kinnamon, 66-68-70-204. 2. Travis Engle-Tony Fawl, 67-68-70-205.

2001 -- 1. Ray Hague-Mark Wash, 68-65-65-196. 2. Doug Gayer-Kurt Kinnamon, 71-68-68-207.

2002 -- 1. Adam Young-Zack Singleton, 68-68-65-196. 2. Jeremiah Nelson-James Nelson, 75-68-69-212.

2003 -- 1. Ray Hague-Nick Hague, 67-64-69-200. 2. Troy Short-Kurt Kinnamon, 68-65-68-201.

2004 -- 1. Craig Corrigan-Travis Engle, 67-66-66-199. 2. Adam Young-Jeremiah Nelson, 71-70-63-204.

2005 -- 1. Craig Corrigan-Travis Engle, 64-68-71-203. 2. Mark Wash-Ray Hague, 68-69-71-208.

2006 -- 1. Nick Hague-Mark Wash, 68-68-65-201. 2. Cliff Hawkes-Steve Sell, 72-66-69-207.

2007 -- 1. Ray Hague-Mark Wash, 68-68-69-205. 2. Treg Fawl-Joe Reber, 69-68-69-206.

2008 -- 1. Nick Ikenberry-Barry Bergsten, 73-67-65-205. 2. Treg Fawl-Joe Reber, 74-67-72-213.

2009 -- 1. Treg Fawl-Tony Fawl, 66-67-71-202. 2. Kurt Kinnamon-Troy Short, 66-69-71-206; Mark Wash- Mark Dautel, 70-66-70-206.

2010 -- 1. Nick Ikenberry-Cliff Hawkes, 72-67-69-208. 2. (tie) Doug Gayer-Mark Gayer, 79-68-70-217; Mark Wash-Steve Sell, 74-70-73-217.

2011 -- 1. Treg Fawl-Tony Fawl, 65-66-78-209 (won playoff). 2. Nick Ikenberry-Cliff Hawkes, 68-68-72-209.

2012 -- 1. Ryan Schmid-Chad Alexander, 69-67-69-205. 2. Mark Gayer-Doug Gayer, 73-66-68-207.

2013 -- 1. Treg Fawl-Tony Fawl, 70-70-70-210. 2. Mark Gayer-Doug Gayer, 71-70-71-212.

2014 -- 1. Treg Fawl-Tony Fawl, 72-68-68-2-8. 2. Jamie Piper-Monty Koehn, 216.

2015 -- 1. Mark Wash-Daniel Mitchell, 70-68-71-209. 2. Mark Gayer-Doug Gayer, 68-68-74-210; Treg Fawl-Tony Fawl, 69-70-71-210.

2016 — 1. Jacob Lackey-Casey Cheek, 72-67-68-207. 2. Treg Fawl-Tony Fawl, 73-65-71-209.

2017 — 1. Jamie Piper-Ryan Schmid, 66-66-71-203. 2. Treg Fawl-Tony Fawl, 69-63-72-204.

2018 — 1. Treg Fawl-Tony Fawl, 70-66-70-206. 2. Zack Lock-Daniel Mitchell, 74-7-63-207.

Pipeliners explode for 18 hits to end losing skid

It didn’t take Kevin Fleisher long to make a good impression on his new McPherson Pipeliner teammates.

Making his season debut with the team here Monday against the Park City Rangers, Fleisher unloaded a mammoth home run to highlight an 18-hit attack as the Pipeliners ended an eight-game losing streak with a 13-7 victory.

“It was probably one of the farthest balls I’ve seen hit this year,” McPherson coach Chris Dawson said. “I know (Jake) Selco has hit a couple of pretty hard ones and the same with T Brown (Tyler Brown). He (Fleisher) is going to lengthen the lineup and add some depth where we need to add depth. It’s refreshing to have a lineup that’s pretty dang deep.”

Selco, who had not homered since his first at-bat of the season, also went yard as the Pipeliners never trailed in defeating the Rangers for the second time in as many tries.

With the win, McPherson is now 5-10 and hosts the high-powered Kansas Cannons tonight at 7:00 at Light Capital Diamond, weather permitting as rain is in the forecast. 

“In Dodge City we swung it well,” Dawson said even though the team went 0-4 on the road trip. “We were putting together some good ABs (at-bats) and some good rallies and hitting it well. And I just figured coming home, coming into a hitter-friendly ballpark, that we would show and we were able to put it together today.”

Jarred Uyeda led the outburst with three hits, while Selco, Fleisher, Daniel Arroyo, Julian Hunt, Rey Lozano, Chris Sanchez and Aaron Eshelman all added two apiece. Eshelman drove in three runs, while Selco, Fleisher and Sanchez all batted in two.

All that offense made it easy for Pipeliner ace Carter Hohn, who allowed only one earned run and two overall in his six innings. He left with a 9-2 lead, but the Rangers struck for five runs in the seventh before Lozano came on in the eighth and delivered two scoreless innings of relief.

“Carter did an extremely good job today,” Dawson said. “He honestly didn’t know that he was on only four days rest, so he was just out there kind of throwing and attacking the zone. Hats off to Rey to come in and throw the eighth and ninth and get us the victory.”

Aaron Tabor is expected to get the start tonight. In the first meeting in Augusta, the Cannons were a 2-1 winner.

McPherson (13) — Arroyo 3-1-2-1, Hunt 2-0-2-1, Uyeda 5-0-3-0, Brown 3-0-0-0, Zavaleta 2-0-0-0, Selco 5-2-2-2, Lozano 4-1-2-0, Fleisher 4-1-2-2, Plunkett 4-0-1-0, Sanchez 4-2-2-2, Eshelman 4-2-2-3, Bolt 1-0-0-0.

Big softball tourney this weekend at Wall Park

After being a mecca for youth baseball over the weekend with the annual McPherson Summer Slam, the attention now turns to the girls for the second annual Central Kansas Showdown Softball Tournament this weekend at Wall Park.

Nearly 40 teams from all around Kansas will be taking part and Colorado also will be represented. There are several divisions, with action scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.

• 12 and Under — Pool A includes the Lawrence Phenix, Clay Center Bs and Central Kansas Crushers. Pool B includes 620 Fastpitch, Bandits, Team Synergy and the Wichita Mustangs.

• 14 and Under — There are four pools of three teams. Pool G includes Kansas Elite, Bennington and G2 Heat Wright. Pool H includes Kansas Venom, G2 Heat Lange and Salina Nemesis. Pool I is made up of the Kansas Rebels, Hays and Kansas Vengeance. Pool J’s teams are Kansas Havoc, Clay Center Bs and McPherson Lady Express.

• 16-18 C High School. Ten teams make up this class. Pool A includes G2 Heat Skocny, Abilene Attack, Strike Zone Select, A-Shock and Motley Crue. Pool B features G2 Heat Forgit, United Kansas, DC Rampage, G2 Heat Llamas and Butler County Eclipse.

• 16-18 B High School. Another 10-team class. Pool D’s teams are Wichita Wicked, Salina Nemesis, Central Kansas Crushers, 16 Lady Express and the VC Aces. The E pool includes Wichita Impact, 18 Lady Express, CS Thunder, Chanute Flames and Emporia Energy.

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16Us go 1-3 in tourney

ANDOVER – The McPherson Bullpups 16U salvaged the finale of a four-game baseball tournament hosted by Andover this past weekend.

“We traveled to Andover for four games and really thought our group just got better every game,” McPherson coach Heath Gerstner said. “This Andover tournament is quite the mix of teams and even includes many varsity players and is really classified as a 17U tournament. We started at 8 a.m. Friday morning against a solid Andover Central team and really felt like we may have still been partially asleep and then Salina just seemed to hit 15 bleeders to break our back in Game 2. Overall Saturday we played much better and ending the tournament with a nice win over Winfield was great. These guys have a bright future and virtually all of them aren’t even in high school yet.”

A summary:

• Andover Central 8, McPherson 3 — It was a close game until the fourth when Andover Central tallied four runs. Gavin Richardson drove in two runs for McPherson.

• Salina Eagles 13, McPherson 6 — Salina put together back-to-back five-run innings and pounded out 19 hits. Camdon James had two hits and drove in two runs to lead McPherson, while Dawson Feil also collected two hits.

• Kingman 3, McPherson 2 — Richardson allowed only one hit over five innings before departing and the River Dawgs scored single runs in the final two innings to earn the win. Six different Bullpups had one hit each.

• McPherson 5, Winfield 3 — Feil and Luke Schroeder shared the pitching duties, with Feil allowing two runs in his three innings and Schroeder one in his three innings. Brock Burgess hit a triple, while McPherson had only two other hits and still found a way to win. Dalton Mantz scored two runs.

• McPherson (3) — Gumm 2-1-1-0, Alvord 2-0-0-1, Tu. Pelnar 2-1-0-0, Feil 3-0-0-0, Richardson 3-0-1-2, James 3-0-0-0, Mantz 3-0-1-0, Schroeder 1-1-1-0, Backhus 3-0-0-0, Tu. Pelnar 2-0-1-0.

• McPherson (6) — Gumm 4-0-0-0, Alvord 2-1-0-0, Richardson 2-1-1-0, Tu. Pelnar 4-0-0-0, Feil 3-2-2-1, Burgess 3-0-1-1, James 3-0-2-2, Mantz 2-1-0-1, Schroeder 0-1-0-0, Tr. Pelnar 1-0-0-0, Backhus 3-0-0-0, Cruzen 3-0-1-1.

• McPherson (2) — Tu. Pelnar 3-0-1-0, Schroeder 2-0-0-1, Feil 3-0-1-0, James 3-1-1-0, Richardson 3-0-1-0, Mantz 3-0-0-0, Cruzen 2-0-0-1, Tr. Pelnar 3-0-1-0, Backhus 3-1-0-0, Burgess 2-0-1-0.

• McPherson (5) — Tu. Pelnar 2-1-0-0, Schroeder 2-1-0-0, Feil 2-0-0-1, James 3-0-1-0, Richardson 2-0-0-0, Mantz 2-2-0-0, Cruzen 3-0-1-1, Tu. Pelnar 2-0-0-1, Backhus 2-0-0-0, Burgess 2-1-1-0.

12U Reds win another tourney title

The McPherson 12U Reds continued on their summer-long baseball roll by capturing first place in the McPherson Summer Slam Tournament this past weekend.

A summary:

• McPherson 12, West Urban VC Bombers 6 — Down 6-2 early, the Reds dominated the rest of the game. Carter Allen, Brock Richardson and Brody Seidl all drove in two runs. Richardson had a triple and Allen stroked a double. Brenden Doile was the winning pitcher.

• McPherson 9, Andale 5 — Again behind early, the Reds used a six-run third inning to rally for the win. Bayer White led a balanced attack with two RBIs. Six different players had one hit each. Jase Fitzmorris was the winner in relief.

• McPherson 10, Andale 3 — Another game with Andale produced nearly the same result. The Reds spotted the Indians a 2-0 lead before dominating the rest of the game. Richardson had a triple and double, White hit a triple, while Seidl stroked two doubles and Hayden Hoxie had  one. Seidl, Richardson, Doile and Ian Razak all had two hits. Hoxie went all five innings for the win.

• McPherson 11, Pratt 8 — This time the Reds had to hold off a team as they led 9-2 before Pratt made a charge to make it interesting. Richardson, Razak, Seidl and Copper Holler all collected two hits, with Razak hitting a triple. Chase Garibaldi drove in two runs. Allen went the distance and fanned seven to pick up the win.

• McPherson 8, West Urban VC Bombers 1 — Razak threw a strong game, allowing just one run and not walking a batter as the Reds carted home the championship. Seven players had one single each. 

• McPherson (13) — Allen 2-1-1-2, Richardson 2-1-1-2, Doile 2-1-1-0, Fitzmorris 1-1-0-1, Razak 1-1-0-0, Seidl 2-2-1-2, Garibaldi 1-1-0-1, White 2-0-0-1, Hoxie 2-1-1-0, Romero 1-2-0-0, Holler 1-2-1-0.

• McPherson (9) — Allen 1-0-0-0, Richardson 2-1-1-0, Doile 2-1-0-0, Fitzmorris 1-2-0-1, Razak 1-2-1-1, Seidl 1-2-1-1, Garibaldi 1-1-1-1, White 1-0-1-2, Hoxie 1-0-1-1, Romero 1-0-0-0, Holler 1-0-0-0.

• McPherson (10) — Allen 2-1-0-1, Seidl 3-1-2-0, Richardson 2-1-2-2, Doile 3-1-2-1, Fitzmorris 3-0-1-0, Razak 3-1-2-1, White 2-0-1-1, Hoxie 1-2-1-1, Romero 1-1-1-1, Garibaldi 2-1-1-1, Holler 1-1-0-0.

• McPherson (11) — Allen 2-1-1-1, Richardson 3-1-2-1, Doile 2-1-0-0, Fitzmorris 2-0-0-1, Razak 2-2-2-1, Seidl 2-2-2-1, Garibaldi 2-1-1-2, White 2-1-0-0, Hoxie 2-1-1-0, Romero 2-0-0-0, Holler 2-1-2-1.

• McPherson (8) — Allen 1-0-1-0, Richardson 0-1-0-0, Doile 2-0-0-1, Fitzmorris 2-1-1-0, Razak 1-1-1-0, Seidl 2-1-1-1, White 1-2-1-0, Garibaldi 2-1-1-1, Hoxie 2-1-0-0, Romero 2-0-0-0, Holler 2-0-1-1.

Pipeliners return home tonight to play Park City

The McPherson Pipeliners hope to turn things around tonight when they host the Park City Rangers at 7 p.m. at Light Capital Diamond.

After a 4-2 start to the season, it’s been a rough for go for McPherson as it has lost eight straight games to fall to 4-10. It just completed an 0-4 road trip to red-hot Dodge City.

Park City is the last team the Pipeliners defeated, winning 12-3 on the road.

Starting pitching has been the culprit in several of the losses during the losing skid, more specifically the pitchers throwing strikes. They did receive a nice effort from Harry Park on Saturday, as he allowed only three runs in his seven innings in a 3-2 loss to Dodge City.

The Pipeliners were to have played Sunday at Valley Center, but rain forced a postponement, which may have been a blessing since the team was at the end of a long road trip.

The Pipeliners also are home on Tuesday against the Kansas Cannons.

57 low score in weekly TC senior scramble

A season-high 54 golfers turned out last week for the weekly Turkey Creek senior scramble.

First, with a 57, was the team of Gary Shaft, Steve Erickson, Denis Everhart and Gaylen Rodgers. They were one shot better than Doug Miller, Rich Penner, Jim Ketcherside and Rick Anderson, who won a scorecard playoff from Don James, Bob Robertson, Gary Holloway and Tom Griffith.

In the other flight, a scorecard playoff determined the winner after two teams tied with 63s. First went to Lane Bomberger, Virgil DeWild, Tim Karstetter and Randy McGarrugh. The other 63 was turned in by LeRoy Weddle, Rex Morris, Harold Curl and Joe Border.

Third, with a 65, was the team of Larry Prather, Jim Griggs, George Edmonson and Rich Benson.