Sports briefs
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OHS doubles advance to sub-state
FORT SCOTT — Ottawa High School doubles team of Austin Hasty and Braden Ward finished second Thursday in the 4A regional in Fort Scott.
The pair advances to today’s sub-state tournament in Independece. The top four doubles teams advance to state.
The Ottawa pair defeated both Chanute doubles teams and lost 6-3, 7-5 to Paola in the championship match.
Baseball skills competition reset
The Ottawa Recreation’s Major League Baseball’s Aquafina “Pitch, Hit & Run” competition set for Saturday has been rescheduled for Saturday, May 10 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Harvey M. Drake Field.
CH golf tourney set for June
The Central Heights Third Annual Football Golf Tournament will be June 1 at Lamont Hills Golf Club at Lake Pomona.
The three-person scramble will have an 8:30 a.m. shot gun start. The fee is $120 per team. To register call Steve DeLaTorre at (785) 937-4138 or Kevin Tooley at (785) 835-6451. For a cart, call (785) 828-3131.
OU men’s soccer signs Lansing forward
The Ottawa University men’s soccer program has announced the signing of Lansing High School senior for the 2008 season.
Thackston, a forward, earned two letters in wrestling and soccer for the Lions. As a freshman, he was one of the top 12 wrestlers in the state of Kansas at his weight.
On the soccer field this past fall, he was voted All-Kaw Valley Honorable Mention. Thackston was second in the league in goals scored with 11, led the league in shots on goal and scored three game winning goals for the Lions.
“Chance is a tall, strong and fit forward who will bring a great desire to succeed as a college soccer player. It these qualities that excite me about Chance’s time at OU as we are looking to build a program around players with a great will to succeed,” Ottawa coach Bob Casper said. “He will add athleticism and size which is much needed up front for us, and being a four-year player will give him ample time to adjust to our system and our league. Overall, I’m very happy to have Chance on board and I’m excited to see how much he and his teammates can accomplish while at OU.”
Thackston plans major in business.
Officers to ticket vestless riders
Ride in a boat, have a life vest. That’s the law, the Kansas Wildlife and Parks reminds boaters. Wildlife and Parks officers will crack down on violators,
“Our sole purpose is to reduce the increasing trend of fatalities on our waters and create a safer atmosphere for those individuals taking advantage of our great recreational boating opportunities,” Dan Hesket, assistant director of the Law Enforcement Division, said.
Officers will make of point of inspecting boats, and if necessary, issuing citations for violations, he said.
Under state law, each vessel must be equipped with a proper life jacket, also known as a “personal flotation device,” for each person on board the vessel.
These life jackets must be “accessible:” in open view and not be stowed in locked or closed compartments.
or be inside plastic or other packaging material.
Children under the age of 13 and any one on a personal watercraft are required to wear the proper life jackets while on board.
The most common violation is for life jackets not being accessible on a vessel, Hesket said.
During the 2006 boating season, 90 percent of those who drowned in Kansas waters were not wearing a life jacket, he said. Thate means 423 lives were needlessly lost, he said.
Kansas statistics have shown a greater increase over the years of boating-related fatalities, mostly from drowning, he said.
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