Coming from British Columbia, Canada, to play for the Lady Saints softball team is 1st Team All-Jayhawk West and All-Region VI player and biology major Felisha Vogelaar.
Anticipation has built as the Seward County Lady Saints softball season openers have been postponed due to weather conditions in the Midwest. The Lady Saints will start its season at Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa at 2 p.m. on Valentine’s Day.
The Saints are currently 2-3 on the season. After a juggling act to decide which day would be the best weather to start the Saints season, both team’s coaches decided that Feb. 3 would be the best day to hit the diamond. This game was played against McCook, Neb. at Brent Gould Field.
The Lady Saints record changed to 22-3 and they took a hard loss as Seward and Hutch, two nationally ranked teams, took the court Saturday. The next conference game is on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The Lady Saints play at the Green House against Garden City at 6 p.m.
Alana Simon is from San Mateo, Calif., where she attended San Mateo High School. In high school, Simon received the honor of Peninsula League Player of the Year as a senior. She is a freshman and a guard for the Lady Saints. Simon is a big part of the Lady Saints team. She averages 11.9 points per game and 3.1 assists per game.
Korina Chapman is a sophomore for the Lady Saints basketball team. She is from Albuquerque, N.M. Before playing at Seward, Korina played at Boston College, where her season was cut short due to a knee injury. While at Boston College, she played a total of 31 games as a freshman.
Calling Seward's Saturday night win at Hutchinson huge would be an understatement. Coach Bryan Zollinger, in his seventh year with the Saints, was 0-6 in the Sports Arena in regular season play.
With the conference record of 4-1 and overall record of 19-2, the Lady Saints are prepared to take on the Cloud County Thunderbirds Wednesday night in the Green House for yet another Jayhawk West Conference double header for the Saints and Lady Saints. The women’s game will tip at 6 p.m. with the men’s game following at 8 p.m.
The Seward baseball team swings into the 2014 season with a common goal of reaching the College World Series in Grand Junction, Colo., and a common concern that Garden City Community College may give them some serious competition in the Jayhawk West.
The 2013 season came to an end for the Lady Saints volleyball team at the Region VI Championship Tournament. The team took fourth place and ended with an overall record of 22-17. Even though their playoff run came up short, the Lady Saints still managed to get positive results from the season and made memories throughout.
The women’s Seward County doubles team of Paula Coyos and Paula Lopez also made a run for the title at the ITA National Tournament and placed third at...