B2 - THE JOURNAL, Thursday, August 12, 2010
Sports
Colts cap
successful
tenure
The Stillwater Colts 14-
and-under baseball team
]:ecently completed their
?fifth (and final) season with
~a runner-up finish in the
Platinum division (the top
division) at the AAYBA
World Series that took
place in Chesterfield, Mis-
souri during the week of
July 18-24.
The Colts lost the cham-
pionship game 12-11 in
nine innings to a combined
team from New Hampshire
and St. Louis. In that game,
the Colts scored six runs
in the bottom of the sev-
enth inning to force extra
innings, but came up just
short of having a storybook
finish to their outstanding
run as a team.
Stillwater Colts players from left on the front row are: Nathan Jolliff, Kaid Brock, Utah Jones,
Luke Reynolds, Trevor Wilson, and Carson Teel. On the back row: Gunner Black, Jan Littell,
Caleb Eldridge, Kelby Wickline, and Sam Kraybill. With them are head coach Todd Kraybill
and assistants Kim Brock, Gary Teel and Rick Wilson.
Photo provided
The Colts are made up
primarily of present Still-
water Pioneer baseball
players who are entering
the eighth, ninth or 10th
grade. Nine of the Colts
have played together for
the entire five years for
head coach Todd Kraybill,
along with assistants Kim
Brock, Gary Teel and Rick
Wilson.
The Colts inaugural
season was 2006. Since that
time, the Colts have com-
piled a 240-67-2 record,
ing four state titles) and
finished runner-up in four
other tournaments.
Now, the Colts players
will focus their efforts on
helping Pioneer baseball
be successful over the next
having won 18 tournament four years.
championships (includ-
State champs
The P-Town Boys, a men's softball team made up of Perkins and area players, recently won the 2010 Men's Class B
state championship in Weatherford. With their trophy are members of the team: Robert Jones, Mike Cox, David Focht,
Scott Jones, Chris Focht, Chris Osburn, Grady Davis, Billy Blancet, Rob Owens, Ty Hambly, Sam Segura, Matt Davis,
Blaine Stephens, and Jason Gomez. From Perkins are brothers Chris and David Focht who are 1996 Perkins-Tryon High
School graduates, and Matt Davis.
Photo provided
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RADIO
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play-by-play for Northeast-
ern State University football
and basketball.
He came to Stillwater
on Oct. 1998, starting as a
news director. And, that's
when he also spent many
days and nights broadcast-
ing sports.
"My first football game
to broadcast here was Mor-
rison at Ketchum. I hadn't
moved from Grove yet and
I could see the lights of
Ketchum's field from my
house so that worked out
fine for me," he said.
Since that game, Van
Ness has provided play-
by-play commentary for a
variety of local sports,
In the fall, he broadcasts
Stillwater High softball,
Oklahoma State Cowgirl
soccer and Perkins-Tryon
football. In the winter, his
voice can be heard describ-
ing action at Stillwater High
and Perkins-Tryon basket-
ball games. He also assists
sports director Rex Holt
with a daily talk show, The
Game. He handles the talk
show when Holt is away.
In the spring, he's busy
broadcasting Pioneer base-
ball, Cowgirl softball and
Perkins-Tryon baseball.
He gets a little break in the
summer, providing com-
mentary at some Stillwater
American Legion baseball
games.
Fans who hear him on
the air probably have no
idea how hard he works.
Most times, his working
conditions are not idea. He
had to take an umbrella to
handle the heat to Bartles-
ville since there was no
working press box at the
field.
He works hard to prepare
himself for every broadcast,
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"1 feel very blessed
and very privileged t6
do what I do," said Va~
Ness, who has raised
his family in the Per;
kins' community. "This
is what I wanted to do
since I was 16. I've
made a lot of contacts
during my career and
met a lot of people.
"Our lives are bettei"
for being here and :1
hope what we have
done has helped our
community. I tell people
I have a news job that
turned into a pretty good
sports job."
Bill Van Ness
which is obvious by the
expertise and insight he
offers during each broad-
cast. But, the main reason
he does such a professional
job is because of his passion
for his vocation.
"I feel very blessed and
very privileged to do what
I do," said Van Ness, who
has raised his family in the
Perkins' community. "This
is what I wanted to do since
I was 16. Fve made a lot of
contacts during my career
and met a lot of people.
"Our lives are better
for being here and I hope
what we have done has
helped our community, i
tell people I have a news
job that turned into a pretty
good sports job.
"I've never done every:
thing I want to do, but I like
what I'm doing. I like where
I am and I like who I'm
doing this for," he said. "I
consider myself to be very
fortunate ... someone is
taking care of us."
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