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Wednesday, 09 July 2008 |
 UNLEASHED – Tri-County Cardinal pitcher Brent Bandow fires a pitch to a Great Falls Stallion batter in last Tuesday’s contest. He hooked up in a pitchers dual and the game was scoreless for six innings when the Stallions scored one run and made stand up for the 1-0 win. Bandow pitched seven innings, scattered seven hits, gave up one run, walked four and fanned three. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
On July 2, they played the Great Falls Stallions in Conrad.
The team won a suspended game, called for darkness earlier in Great Falls when they were leading 3-2 going to the top of the seventh inning.
The Cards didn’t score and in the bottom of the seventh, Orin Johnson fanned two batters and got another batter to ground out to first to preserve the win for Colby Johnson.
In that contest, the Cards got three runs on eight hits and had no errors. The Stallions had two runs on three hits and committed three errors.
C. Johnson went 2-4, O. Johnson 1-3, John Johannsen 1-4, Brent Bandow 2-4, Jade Premo 1-3, and Bjorn Swanson 1-3.
In the following game, Bandow started for the Cards and Abraham Griffith for the Stallions. The two pitchers locked up in the duel that didn’t see a runner cross the plate until the top of the sixth when the Falls’ boys pushed a run across that stood up for the 1-0 win.
The Cards had some chances. In the second a walk to Mike Shea and a single between third and shortstop by Swanson put runners at first and second with one out. Both runners advanced on a wild pitch. Joey Hallenberg then ripped a liner towards right center, but right at the second baseman who made an unassisted double play.
In the top of the third C. Johnson, who patrols centerfield, made a nifty running catch of a potential extra base hit.
Bandow hit a batter on a full count then fanned a batter. But with two outs a Stallion got a base knock to right and a bad toss to the infield put runners at second and third with two out.
Facing his counterpart, Bandow worked the count full. Griffith then fouled off four pitches before Bandow slipped a fastball by him for a called third strike.
In the bottom of the fourth, Bandow led off and stroked a double to right field. But he was stranded there as Jake Robison popped to the shortstop, O. Johnson popped out to the first baseman and Shea fanned.
The Stallions scored their one run in the top of the sixth and that was how the game ended.
Swanson was 1-2 and Bandow 1-3. He gave up seven hits, walked four and fanned three.
In the nightcap, the Cards rebounded for a 3-1 win. Alford pitched five innings to get the win with O. Johnson mopping up for the save.
Robinson went 2-3, scoring a run with one RBI. O. Johnson had 2 RBIs and was 1-3.
Friday the Cards faced the Black Sox and lost another close contest, 9-11.
Chet Pannabecker pitched three innings and suffered the loss giving up eight hits and eight runs. Dave Ratzburg pitched three innings, and Styren, C. Johnson and O. Johnson also got in some time on the mound.
The Cards got their nine runs on six hits and committed two errors.
On July 5, the team split a doubleheader with the Vauxhall Spurs, losing 12-1 and then coming back to win 10-0.
C. Johnson went 1-2, scored a run and had a double. Bandow was 2-3 with one a RBI and Robison was 1-2.
Robison suffered the loss, going 3-1/3 innings. He gave up eight hits, 10 runs, walked two and fanned five. Ratzburg pitched 1-2/3 innings, gave up four hits and two runs, walked no one and had a pair of strikeouts.
In the nightcap. Premo went 3-4 with 2 RBIs; Robison 2-3, one run, one RBI; Shea 2-3, 1 run, one RBI; Macias 1-2, one run, 1 RBI; Styren 1-3, double and one RBI; and Bandow was 3-4 with two runs, two RBIs, a double and a triple. |
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
 TEAM WORK – Conrad golfers line up and hoist the Ryder Cup trophy on Sunday after they put up 25 points to 19.5 for Shelby and 15.5 for Cut Bank to win the cup on their home course for the first time in eight years. I-O Photo by Patti Orcutt
After placing second in the first year of the annual three-city golfing event, Conrad spent the next seven years on the bottom rung of the ladder watching either Cut Bank or (mostly) Shelby celebrate and take on bragging rights as the best golf team in northcentral Montana.
The event is a two-day 54-hole match involving the three cities, played on a rotating basis at two different golf courses.
This year 36 holes were played on Friday in Shelby at the Marias Valley Golf and Country Club and the final 18 were played on the home boys’ course, the Pondera Golf Club on Sunday.
The matches are based on the professional format of the Ryder Cup in which American golfers play a European team.
Here, players go against each other in a team best ball format and then play a Chapman match where players alternate hitting the other players ball.
The final contest is an individual match play format.
Friday morning in Shelby, Conrad golfers scored seven points, Shelby five and Cut Bank three.
Winning their matches were the teams of Casey Vandenacre-Howard Bouma; Tom Billings-Don Dutro; Scott Arvidson-Carmen Jensen; Brian Pribnow-Brad Dahl; Brian Miller-Lyle Orcutt; Jay Taylor-Dave Orcutt; and Ryan VanDyke-Calvin Schlepp.
Taking a loss were Lane Judisch-Dean Hellinger; Rhett Orcutt-Scott Newmiller; and Greg Orcutt-Buck Traxler.
After the morning round scores looked like this: Conrad 7, Shelby 5, and Cut Bank 3.
In the alternate shot Chapman matches in the afternoon Conrad golfers won six matches. |
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
At a special board meeting held on June 26, Conrad Elementary and High School Districts competitively sold its authorized General Obligation Bonds in the total principal amount of $2,2000,000 for the Elementary District and $4,100,000 for the High School District.
The bonds are being issued for the school districts’ capital improvement projects that were authorized by voters at the April 8 special mail ballot elections with a 74 percent approval rate.
Members of the school board and district administration were pleased with the low interest rates received at the June 26 bond sale, which resulted in total reduced interest costs on the bonds over initial election estimates of $426,866.70. The savings over original estimates are $197,755.03 for the Elementary District and $229,111.67 for the High School District. Local taxpayers will benefit from the lower than estimated interest rates in the form of reduced annual tax levies or the bonds over the 20-year term. The first payment on the bonds will be Jan. 1, 2009 and the last payment will be on July 1, 2028.
The districts utilized slightly conservative rates of 4.90 percent on their 20-year bond issue estimates that were presented to voters earlier last year. The districts were able to lock into a true interest cost rates of 4.19 percent for the elementary bonds and 4.51 percent for the high school bonds. The bid of Bitterroot Valley Bank, based in Lolo, Mont., was the elementary district winning bid. The bid of D.A. Davidson & Co., based in Great Falls, was the high school district winning bid. Six companies or banks were represented in the competitive bidding process.
Interest income on the bonds is tax-free to bondholders for purposes of federal income taxation and State of Montana individual income taxation, which is the reason the borrowing costs of the school is lower than comparable rates for individual borrowers. The high school district bonds will be resold by D.A. Davidson & Co. to individual and institutional investors in denominations of $5,000. |
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