August 8, 2005

Former Tiger Ogden leads Wichita Braves to NBC win

WICHITA — Chad Ogden, the Cowley College baseball team’s starting second baseman each of the past two seasons, drove in five runs in the Wichita Braves’ 13-5 win over the San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Blues Sunday at the NBC World Series played at Wichita’s Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.

Ogden had a bases-clearing double in the Braves’ five-run second inning, and added a pair of sacrifice flies in the win. The Braves’ Deik Scram, who also spent the past two seasons at Cowley, scored three runs.

The Wichita Braves are now 2-1 in the tournament and will return to action Tuesday.

Cowley sophomore Brad Miller, the starting shortstop for El Dorado, went 1-for-4 with a run scored in the Broncos’ 11-3 win over the Oklahoma City Braves Sunday.

El Dorado has won both of its games in the tournament and will play the Southern California Fire tonight at 7:30 in the winners bracket.

The Tournament will run through Sunday. There have been 23 teams eliminated from the double elimination tournament. Nineteen teams remain in the hunt for the title, but only eight teams have yet to suffer a defeat.

Scores from Sunday:
Park City Cowboys beat Dodge City Desperados 5-4
Beatrice ( Neb.) beat Havasu ( Ariz.) 6-4
Fairbanks ( Alaska). beat Las Vegas 12-3
Hays beat Wichita Titans 10-1
Prairie Gravel beat Newton 7-1
Wichita Braves beat San Luis Obispo 13-5
El Dorado beat Oklahoma City 11-3

Monday’s games:
Parkville ( Mo.) Sluggers vs. Prairie Gravel ( Ill.), 8 a.m.
Havasu ( Ariz.) vs. Fairbanks ( Alaska) Goldpanners, 10:30 a.m.
Seattle Studs vs. Beatrice ( Neb.), 1 p.m.
Aloha ( Ore.) Knights vs. Nevada ( Mo.) Griffons, 5 p.m.
El Dorado Broncos vs. Southern California Fire, 7:30 p.m.
Santa Barbara ( Calif.) Foresters vs. Clarinda A’s, 10 p.m.