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Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:11 PM

WHS volleyball team sponsors Pink Out

WHS spikers sponsor Pink Out

WELLSVILLE — The Wellsville High School volleyball team is having a Pink Out “playing for the cause” Tuesday when the Eagles play against the Prairie View Buffalos in Wellsville.

The players have sold T-shirts and are asking fans to wear pink in honor of breast cancer awareness month. All the proceeds from this event will be donated to the Franklin County Cancer Foundation.

Foursome wins scramble

The foursome of Jess Deselms, Charlie McDaniel, Rick Howard and Tim Rabenau won the Wednesday scramble at Hickory Hollow with a minus-4. Chad McClay (No. 3) and Rick Howard (No. 7) were closest to the pin winners.

W.F. volleyball wins league title

POMONA — The West Franklin Middle School volleyball team defeated Mission Valley 25-23, 25-18 to win the Flint Hills Junior High League regular season title.

West Franklin (7-0) will have the No. 1 seed in Saturday’s league tourney in Lyndon. West Franklin plays at 10 a.m.

“The team really pulled together tonight to come from behind in the first set when Mission Valley had the momentum. It was a great team effort and a great win,” West Franklin coach Susan Zentz said.

Zentz said Emily Reed and McKenzie Steel showed good leadership.

“Emily is an outstanding setter who is able to make plays from all over the court. McKenzie is an outstanding hitter and passer who covers the court extremely well. These girls have a lot of club experience and are true leaders on the floor,” Zentz said.

Reed finished with eight kills and three blocks. Steele had seven kills. Aubry Flory had two kills. Britany Crump and Bailey Whittington had one kill each.

OU volleyball snaps skid

The Ottawa University volleball team snapped a three-match skid Thursday with a four-game win over Avila University in Wilson Field House.

Ottawa won 31-29, 19-25, 25-17, 25-15. Earlier Thursday, Ottawa fell to Southern Nazarene, 15-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-21.

Against Southern Nazarene, Kristen Hendrickson paced Ottawa with 15 kills and 11 digs. Brittany Bush had nine kills. Katie Jensen led in digs with 32.

Ottawa plays 1 p.m. Saturday at home against Southwestern.

Kansas offers incentives for stadium

TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas officials are offering incentives worth nearly $230 million in hopes of luring a corporate office complex and major league soccer stadium to Kansas City.

Kansas Commerce Secretary Dave Kerr disclosed the proposal Thursday. He said it had been forwarded to Wyandotte County officials as the state negotiates with medical software maker Cerner Corp.

and the owners of the Kansas City Wizards.

Cerner spokeswoman Kelli Christman declined comment. Rob Heineman, president of OnGoal LLC, which owns the Wizards, did not return a telephone message Thursday evening.

OnGoal and Cerner are proposing a $414 million development near NASCAR’s Kansas Speedway. The project includes an office complex for 4,500 Cerner employees, an 18,500-seat stadium for the Wizards and two dozen soccer fields for amateur teams.

State officials say the venture could bring 9,000 jobs to Kansas, and this week some legislators began pressuring Gov. Mark Parkinson’s administration to close a deal.

‘‘Of course, I am also obligated to be a responsible steward of tax dollars, especially in these challenging economic times,’’ Kerr said in a statement. ‘‘The financial proposal we’re presenting is aggressive, yet responsible.’’

The proposal includes $85 million from the state in cash incentives, tax credits, training funds and sales tax exemptions.

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