Pawnee Bill All Star Classic
Four Tonkawa Buc footballers have been selected to play in the Pawnee Bill All-Star Classic.
They include Jake West, Colby Ellis, Mark Smith and Tyler Becker.
The game will be played on May 29 with kickoff at 7 p.m. Practice will be held on May 26, 27 and 28.
Wednesday, 01 April 2009 20:11
Tonkawa's Buc baseball season got off to a come-from-behind victory over Blackwell in the season opener a week ago.
The Bucs beat Blackwell 13-12 last Tuesday at NOC's baseball stadium.
And in the first round of the Frontier Tournament last Thursday morning, Tonkawa blanked Perry 9-0.
But since those first two wins, the Bucs have now lost two in a row -- to Blackwell 4-10 in the semis of the Frontier tourney and to Ponca JV Monday night 4-14.
Tonkawa takes its 2-2 record to Morrison at 4 p.m. Thursday. The rest of the Frontier tournament is being re-scheduled.
Coaching the Bucs are David Ellis and Tony West.
In the Ponca game Monday night, Bishop led off with an over-the-fence homerun in the top of the first. He ended up scoring twice. Colby Ellis and Tyler Langston scored the other two Buc runs.
Ponca JV, coached by Justin Geiser, got five runs in the first and led 6-4 until the final inning when eight runs scored to run-rule Tonkawa.
In the Blackwell loss at Frontier, jake Love hit a three run homer to lead the hitting in the 4-10 loss.
Tyler Rudd hit a home run in the 9-0 win over Perry in the first round of the Frontier tourney. Jake Love and DJ Bishop each scored twice for the Bucs. Ellis, Tyler Becker, Jake West, TJ Langston, Brett Langston and Tyler Langston all scored as well.
The season opener vs. Blackwell at NOC field saw Tonkawa fall behind 7-11 until the final inning. The Bucs scored six and then held the Maroons to just one run in the seventh to record the 13-12 win.
Jake West scored four runs in the game. Jake Love had three, Colby Ellis and Bishop two each, Becker and Brett Langston one each.


