Sports Briefs 4-9

Five Mitchell wrestlers earn All-American status

By The Daily Republic

INDEPENDENCE, Miss. — Five Mitchell wrestlers finished in the top eight in their divisions at the 2012 Brute Adidas National Folksyle Wrestling Tournament over the weekend in Independence, Miss., to earn Brute Adidas All-American medals.

Landon Neugabauer had the best showing, finishing second place in the 148-pound division for ninth-graders. Fellow freshman Matt Larson finished fourth at 143 pounds.

Second-grader Joe VanOverschelde finished third place in his heavyweight division. Other All-American’s for Mitchell were seventh-grader Cade Carpenter, who finished eighth place at 133 pounds, and Alex Herrick, who finished sixth in the 133 pound, tenth-grade division.

Conference awards four scholarships

By The Daily Republic

The Southern Plains Conference has announced the annual recipients of the Southern Plains Girls Basketball Tournament Scholarships.

This year’s scholarship winners are Taylor Anschutz, of Gregory; McKenzie Fawcett, of Colome; Paxten Johnson, of Gregory; and Mariah Korgman, of Jones County. Each will receive $450 upon registering for the college or university of their choice.

The conference decided in the fall of 1992 to offer scholarships from the profits of its annual tournament. To date, the scholarship has given $37,100 to 61 female student athletes.

Outlaws jump ahead early, hang on late

By The Daily Republic

MOUNT VERNON — After scoring five runs in the first inning and leading 8-3 after two, the Mount Vernon-Plankinon-Woonsocket Outlaws held on for a 12-11 win over Corsica/Stickney/Armour Saturday in Mount Vernon.

Deric Denning got the win on the mound for the Outlaws, going four innings and giving up three runs on three hits and striking out eight. Justin Davis gave up eight runs — three earned — in two innings in relief before Cody London picked up the save with a 1-2-3 seventh inning.

London also had four hits and scored three runs in the game. Charlie Mahaffey had three hits and four RBIs in the win.

The Outlaws improved to 3-1 on the season and host Vermillion at 2 p.m. today. C/S/A dropped to 0-2 and hosts Parkston today.

Kansas forward Robinson plans news conference for today

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas junior forward Thomas Robinson will appear with coach Bill Self at a news conference today at Allen Fieldhouse.

The school didn’t disclose the reason for the news conference in a news release. A message left for Self through a spokesman wasn’t immediately returned.

Robinson is a bruising All-American who grew from role player into one of the nation’s premier interior presences. He piled up his 27th double-double in a national championship loss to Kentucky.

Most expect him to declare for the NBA draft.

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