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As they finished their preparations and waited for the draft to unfold, the Chiefs concluded LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey would be out of their reach.

Not even the fifth pick would be high enough to grab Dorsey, who the Chiefs believed could be the draft's best player. Surely, they decided, one of the teams ahead of them in the first round Saturday would snatch Dorsey first.

The Chiefs even talked themselves into being content with Virginia offensive lineman Branden Albert as their top selection.

That they wound up with both Dorsey and Albert with their two first-round picks speaks to their satisfaction with the day.

"I never thought in my wildest dreams," said Bill Kuharich, the Chiefs' vice president for player personnel, "that we would have the opportunity to get both of these guys."

Indiana State coach Lindsay Meggs motioned to an empty dugout. Wichita State had cleared out, but the images the Shockers hammered into Meggs' memory lingered.

" Those guys come here to beat your.... They don't come here to win 3-2. They want to 10-run you and get back to the hotel as fast as they can."

The 14th-ranked Shockers (33-8, 11-3 Missouri Valley Conference) looked that part, as they should against one of the Valley's weaker teams. Saturday, WSU took advantage of sloppy pitching and defense to overwhelm the Sycamores 14-7 in the resumption of Friday's rain-delayed game and 11-2 in the scheduled second game of the series. Two losses by Northern Iowa to Southern Illinois moved WSU into first place in the MVC by percentage points.

"We have our off days like everybody else," WSU third baseman Conor Gillaspie said. "But that's kind of the way we were taught to play. That's the way you should play."

Nobody did more than Gillaspie, who has three home runs -- one a grand slam -- a triple and a double in the two games. He is 6 for 8 with eight RBIs and his coach thinks the scorekeeper robbed him of a double and two more RBIs.

Kansas junior cornerback Aqib Talib and Kansas State senior wide receiver Jordy Nelson were both first-day NFL Draft selections.

Talib was taken in the first round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the 20th overall pick.

Nelson was taken in the second round by the Green Bay Packers, the 36th pick overall.

Talib, the Orange Bowl MVP and a first-team All-American as a junior last season, became the first ex-Jayhawk to be drafted in the first round since defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield was taken by San Francisco with the 26th pick in 1993.

"We got a guy with a lot of juice," Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden said. "He's got a lot of energy. He has tremendous ball skills, rare ball skills."

Things were going so normally, so predictably at Saturday's NFL Draft. All six players the league invited to the festivities hit the stage in the first half-dozen selections.

Yawn.

Then came the wake-up call: trade after trade after trade, affecting 14 of the 31 first-round picks.

At one point, five of seven selections had been bartered. A little while later, it was another five of six.

Jake Long just sat back and smiled -- right from the outset.

The text messages popping into Helio Castroneves' cell phone have nothing to do with racing.

And yet they have everything to do with his new approach to racing in the IndyCar Series.

The texts are from Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor, who is competing in the ABC series "Dancing With with the Stars," a competition Castroneves and dance partner Julianne Hough won in dazzling fashion last winter.

Taylor, a Pro Bowl defensive end, asks Castroneves for tips on mastering the tango, the mambo, the fox trot and cha-cha, among other things.

"How do you do this?" Taylor inquired.

Texas Rangers team president Nolan Ryan said a decision hasn't been made about the future of manager Ron Washington as the Rangers stumble to one of their worst starts in team history.

Ryan spoke to reporters for the first time since he met for several hours Friday with owner Tom Hicks and general manager Jon Daniels after the Rangers returned from a 2-9 road trip.

"I thought it was important to get the team home and see how they responded to what's happened," Ryan said before Saturday's game against the Minnesota Twins. "I think it says something about the makeup of your ballclub how they respond to adversity like that."

Texas (8-16) entered Saturday with the worst record in the American League, and matched the Rangers' worst start since moving to Texas in 1972.

The Rangers were outscored 37-10 during a seven-game losing streak which capped their disappointing road trip. Texas snapped the skid with a 6-5 victory over the Twins on Friday night.

Indians 4, Yankees 3 -- Victor Martinez's bases-loaded single scored Grady Sizemore from third with one out in the ninth inning, and Cleveland won its season-high fifth straight.

• Martinez slapped a pitch from Ross Ohlendorf (0-1) into left to bring in Sizemore, who moments earlier came up limping while running the bases. But Cleveland's speedy center fielder scored easily after Martinez came through with his first career walk-off hit.... Masa Kobayashi (1-0) pitched two innings, escaping a jam in the ninth, for his first major league win. One of Japan's top relievers, Kobayashi signed with the Indians in November.... Johnny Damon had four hits, Derek Jeter went 3 for 5 and Jorge Posada hit a three-run, pinch-hit triple for the Yankees, who dropped their third straight.

Tigers 6, Angels 4 -- Placido Polanco and Magglio Ordonez each drove in a pair of runs, and Detroit beat Los Angeles for the Tigers' fourth win in five games.

• Tigers rookie Armando Galarraga didn't get a decision after pitching 5 2/3 hitless innings to start the game. He wound up allowing three runs -- one earned -- and three hits and two walks in six-plus innings.... Todd Jones, the fourth Detroit pitcher, got his fourth save with a scoreless ninth Leyland left the rookie in, but Maicer Izturis chased him with a two-run double to left-center.... Aquilino Lopez (2-0) got the win in relief of Galarraga.... Darren O'Day (0-1) gave up three runs -- one earned -- and four hits in two innings.

Orioles 5, White Sox 1 (1st) --Brian Burres allowed three singles in eight shutout innings and Guillermo Quiroz hit his first major league homer to help Baltimore beat Chicago in the first game of a split doubleheader.

Jim Thome hits long homers, prodigious homers, majestic homers, a lot of homers.

Thome is patient and powerful, a left-hander hitter with an open stance, with an uppercut swing and with forearms as massive as telephone poles. Before he ever swings, he looks like someone who should pound homers.

With Thome, looks are not deceiving. When he bashed his 513th homer, for the Chicago White Sox against the New York Yankees on Thursday, Thome chugged past Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews on the career list. Only 18 major league players, three of whom are active, have accumulated more homers than Thome.

"It's very humbling," Thome said. "You're talking about being grouped with the greatest home run hitters who ever played."

Still, when Thome's career statistics are dissected and debated, he is not universally considered an automatic Hall of Famer. Of the 16 players with at least 500 homers who are eligible for the Hall, 15 have made it. Mark McGwire, who has been suspected of using steroids, is the one player in the 500 club who does not have a spot in Cooperstown.

Derek Schermerhorn's first professional baseball season included a promotion within the Chicago Cubs organization and ended with his release. But he wasn't about to let his pro career end after 146 at-bats.

Looking for a path back to affiliated ball, Schermerhorn accepted an offer this winter to play for the inaugural version of the Wichita Wingnuts, an independent team in the American Association.

It isn't the path Schermerhorn expected, but independent ball is for those whose careers have taken a wrong turn somewhere.

"I got over getting released," Schermerhorn said. "I realize that happens to people, but I still know that I have what it takes to play up there (in the minors). It'll be nice to prove to people that I can still play."

Schermerhorn, who batted .329 or better in three of his four seasons at Wichita State, was undrafted after the 2007 season, but he signed as a free agent with the Cubs in mid-June.

The April slump endured by the Wichita State softball team almost defies explanation.

Perhaps that is the most frustrating to Mike Perniciaro. The WSU coach has tried everything - switching the batting order, changing the lineup and using a wide array of motivational tactics.

Nothing has worked for the Shockers, who moved to 5-10 in the month after a doubleheader split with Northern Iowa on Saturday afternoon at Wilkins Stadium. Perniciaro believes the only explanation to the slump is that there isn't one.

"We just need to hit," Perniciaro said. "It's frustrating because we haven't hit the ball the last month. We need to put the runs on the board. We need to be able to outscore people."

During the month of April, Wichita State has hit .209 (79 for 378) and those problems persisted Saturday. WSU found ways to manufacture runs in a 2-0 victory the first game, but could only muster four hits in a 6-1 loss the second.

P.J. Couisnard did it all during his five seasons as a basketball player at Wichita State. Now he's writing about it.

What started as a 16-page outline is turning into a book about his experiences from a redshirt freshman to the Sweet 16 as a sophomore to his senior season. No title ("Cooz" is the early choice) or publisher yet, but he is working on those details.

"It's mostly basketball," Couisnard said. "There's going to be a couple good stories that nobody's heard."

Gretchen Torline and Val Wadsworth of the academic services department help with the editing. Darren DeFrain, an author and creative writing professor, helps guide the process.

"It's really the story of P.J.'s life and basketball," Torline said. "Big games. His redshirt season. The coaching change. His memory is amazing. He remembers things about every game."

Saturday's box scores

Completion of Friday's game

Saturday's scheduled game

Big 12 Championship

At Whispering Pines, Trinity, Texas

Team scores--1. Oklahoma State 285-282-283--850; 2. Texas Tech 302-282-282--866; 3. Texas 288-294-286--868; 4. Texas A&M 299-284-294--877; 5. Baylor 298-296-298--892; 6. Kansas 303-295-298--896; 7. Oklahoma 295-297-308--900; 8. Iowa State 298-313-292--903; 9. Kansas State 297-307-301--905; 10. Nebraska 303-300-305--908; 11. Colorado 311-303-296--910; 12. Missouri 312-304-305--921.

Top individuals--1. Kevin Tway, OSU, 72-68-70--210; T2. Rickie Fowler, OSU, 72-68-71--211; T2. Garrett Merrell, TT, 76-67-68--211; T4. Charlie Holland, UT, 70-71-71--212; T4. Chris Ward, TT, 72-69-71--212.

KU individuals--T12. Walt Koelbel 74-72-73--219; T20. Brad Hopfinger 75-70-77--222; T29. Nate Barbee 76-76-74--226; T36. Patrick Roth 78-77-74--229; 60. Zach Pederson 81-85-80--246.

Adam Scott figured there was no point wasting his good play to take money from his mates in Australia. So he cut short his trip home to get back on the PGA Tour.

"I came here to get in contention and win a golf tournament," said Scott, who stayed home only a week after the Masters. "I feel like I've been playing well this year and haven't quite done it. So I'm kind of pushing myself a little bit to do that."

He only needs one more good round to win the EDS Byron Nelson Championship.

Scott took a three-stroke lead into the final round after a 3-under 67 Saturday got him to 8-under 202. He birdied two of the last three holes, including a 3 ½-footer at the 429-yard 18th.

"It all depends on Adam," said Bart Bryant, among the quartet of players three strokes behind. "Obviously, he's a world-class player. He has the potential to go out and kind of run away with it."

Winning never gets old. Just ask Bishop Carroll's tennis team.

The Golden Eagles locked up their fifth consecutive City League championship by finishing second at the league meet Saturday at the Coleman Tennis Complex. Heights won the tournament.

"That was big for us," Carroll assistant coach Dan Engel said. "It's been our goal all year.

"The kids came in, won the matches they were supposed to win, and took care of business."

Carroll started the day one point ahead of Kapaun Mount Carmel in the league standings.

Boys golf

Hesston Tournament

Medalist -- 1. Vincent, Collegiate, 72. Seniors -- 1. Cobble, Collegiate, 76; 2. Foulston, Collegiate, 76; 3. Fleming, Independent, 77. Juniors -- 1. Howell, Collegiate, 74; 2. Spare, St. John, 79; 3. Hourani, Collegiate, 79. Sophomores -- 1. Vincent, Collegiate, 72; Bette, Maize, 77; 3. Pritchard, Valley Center, 77. Freshmen -- 1. S. Dunne, Independent, 81; 2. Latimer, Maize, 83; 3. Pankratz, Buhler, 89. Girls -- 1. Shogren, Hesston, 87; 2. Losey, SE-Saline, 95; 3. Loeffler, Hesston, 112.

3-man -- 1. Collegiate; 2. Independent; 3. St. John. 5-man -- 1. Collegiate; 2. Valley Center; 3. Maize.

Girls Soccer

CL Standings

Boys tennis

Singles

(minimum 4 decisions)

W-L

The Eagle track honor roll lists the top three times, distances and heights, regardless of class. Then the remaining class leaders, not covered in the top three, are listed. Even if a team goes to an out-of-town meet, it is the responsibility of coaches to report statistics (1-800-825-NEWS or 268-6252.) One may also e-mail results to stats@varsitykansas.com. This form is online at VarsityKansas.com. The Eagle wishes to thank Carol Swenson for his assistance in compiling this honor roll.

Boys

100 meters

Dario Franchitti broke his left ankle in a hard crash Saturday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway that sent him and another racer to a hospital for observation.

Franchitti, who came to NASCAR this season as the reigning IndyCar Series champion and Indianapolis 500 winner, also was treated for contusions and was unlikely to race today in the Sprint Cup event.

Chip Ganassi Racing didn't immediately announce a replacement driver, but David Stremme said following the race that the team had approached him about filling in. Stremme drove that car for two seasons before he was replaced by Franchitti this season.

Franchitti wrecked when his car apparently lost its right rear tire on the 10th lap of the Nationwide Series race.

His Dodge bounced into the wall and spun down the track, finally drifting down to the apron. It was there that the real damage was done -- a car driven by Larry Gunselman slammed into his driver side door.

The text messages popping into Helio Castroneves' cell phone have nothing to do with racing.

And yet they have everything to do with his new approach to racing in the IndyCar Series.

The texts are from Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor, who is competing in the ABC series "Dancing With with the Stars," a competition Castroneves and dance partner Julianne Hough won in dazzling fashion last winter.

Taylor, a Pro Bowl defensive end, asks Castroneves for tips on mastering the tango, the mambo, the fox trot and cha-cha, among other things.

"How do you do this?" Taylor inquired.

Johan Franzen and the Detroit Red Wings are kicking the Colorado Avalanche when they're down.

Franzen scored three times to lift Detroit to a 5-1 victory Saturday over the banged-up Avs, giving the NHL's top-seeded team a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinal.

Franzen -- a 6-foot-3, 220-pound center known as "Mule" -- redirected a shot in front of the net early in the game, scored on a wraparound in the second period and whacked a rebound out of the air in the third for his first career hat trick.

He had two goals in Detroit's series-opening win.

Colorado's Ian Laperriere scored early in the third period, avoiding a shutout.

At Hesston

Women -- 1. Meredith Warren, Wichita, 19:40; 2. Helena Duncan, Wichita, 20:27; 3. Carmille Johnson, Wichita, 20:47; 4. Denise Schmidt, Augusta, 20:51; 5. Elaine Chavez, Wichita, 21:30; 6. Kathleen Patterson, Wichita, 21:58; 7. Aiden Stiner, Great Bend, 22:01; 8. Tam Perry, Hillsboro, 22:05; 9. Sarah West, Abilene, 22:05; 10. Tanya Molleker, Valley Center, 22:26.

1-10 -- 1. Alexis Mijares, Wichita, 24:13; 2. Alex Ratzlaff, Hillsboro, 24:25; 3. Aspen Greg, Wichita, 25:07. 11-17--1. Mikala Heddin, Hesston, 22:39; 2. Lauren Wolfenberger, Newton, 23:39; 3. Hannah Wolfenberger, Newton, 24:02. 18-24--1. Robyn Liebelt, Osage City, 22:45; 2. Pam Rizza, Roeland Park, 23:04; 3. Meredith Lehman, Newton, 23:49. 25-29--1. Cathy Guyer, Moundridge, 22:38; 2. Sally Nietfeld, Hesston, 23:28; 3. Abbie Fuqua, Hesston, 24:52. 30-34--1. Brandey Voran, Hesston, 23:44; 2. Carrie Friesen, Hesston, 24:50; 3. Krysti Bergkamp, Marquette, 24:50. 35-39--1. Christy Schunn-Sebe, Newton, 24:45; 2. Lori Schmidt, Salina, 24:53; 3. Cathy Peters, Wichita, 25:07. 40-44--1. Kelli Farber, Rose Hill, 25:14; 2. Cindy Zumbrunn, Abilene, 25:43; 3. LeeAnn Johnson, Rose Hill, 25:55. 45-49--1. Lynn Morris, Hutchinson, 22:28; 2. Becki Yoder, Peabody, 23:37; 3. Donna Spoonemore, Hillsboro, 24:14. 50-54--1. Marlys Plett, Hillsboro, 24:28; 2. Cyndi Koehn, Hesston, 24:55; 3. Teresa Robinson, Buhler, 25:07. 55-59--1. Barbara Holzman, Wichita, 23:11; 2. Christine Rans, Hesston, 29:41; 3. Barb Voth, Newton, 29:55. 60-64--1. Trudy Calloway, Wichita, 25:21; 2. Marcia Schultz, Wichita, 28:51; 3. Jean Selzer, Hesston, 34:43. 65-69--1. Rowene Hinshaw, Wichita, 32:09; 2. Analene Klassen, Newton, 36:27; 3. Carol Zanker, Marysville, 39:28. 70-74--1. Mary Jane Mann, Topeka, 34:01; 2. Charlene Jones, Barnard, 35:47; 3. Dorothy Zook, Hesston, 46:30. 75-79--1. Rita Sadowski, Newton, 33:56; 2. Maurine Regehr, Hesston, 44:45; 3. Naomi Rutschman, Hesston, 46:11. 80-84--1. Lucile Hochstetler, Hesston, 47:45; 2. June Dirks, Wichita, 49:02; 3. Lois Amstrutz, Hesston, 52:55. 85-99--1. Marie Wiens, Hillsboro, 58:37; 2. Donna Phillips, Valley Center, 1.00:44; 3. Ruth E. Schmidt, Hesston, 1.10:33.

Brad Hutt pitched eight strong innings and Byron Wiley hit a two-run single as Kansas State defeated Texas 4-1 in Big 12 Conference play Saturday in Manhattan.

Wiley's seventh-inning hit padded K-State's lead and helped preserve Hutt's 22nd career victory, three shy of a Wildcat record. K-State improved to 20-22, 6-11 in the Big 12.

• Buck Afenir hit a two-run homer and Erik Morrison had three hits, but Kansas still lost 10-3 to Oklahoma State in Stillwater. The Cowboys used a four-run fifth to break open a close game and dropped KU to 25-21 and 5-12 in the Big 12.

BASKETBALL

Johnny Dawkins, a longtime assistant coach at Duke, has been hired as Stanford's new men's basketball coach.

Kechi Playhouse will open its 26th season on June 5 with the Marshall Karp comedy, "Squabbles," about two in-laws who fight all of the time.

The playhouse at 61st North and Oliver will offer five shows throughout the summer, in contrast with most fall-to-spring groups in Wichita.

The theater, owned by Misty Maynard, is housed in a converted 1920 Methodist church that holds about 100 people.

All performances are at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $9 for Thursdays and Sundays and $10 for Fridays and Saturdays. Reservations may be made at 316-744-2152.

"Squabbles" will be presented June 5-29.

THE DANCE MUSICAL FEATURING MUSIC BY BILLY JOEL FOLLOWS FIVE TEENS GROWING UP IN THE VIETNAM ERA.

Matthew Friedman grew up in Billy Joel territory on Long Island, N.Y., and when he was 8 or 9, he got the chance to wave enthusiastically to his idol as the Piano Man sped by his parents' car on a motorcycle. Even better, Friedman says, Joel waved back.

Now at 39, Friedman plays Piano Man -- that's the character's name -- in "Movin' Out," the innovative dance musical that uses Joel's music and lyrics and Twyla Tharp's Tony Award-winning choreography to tell the dramatic story of five teens growing up during the Vietnam era. The show closes out this season for Theater League with two performances on Friday and Saturday.

"There is not a single word of dialogue in the entire show," said Friedman, who is onstage the entire time, sitting at a piano hovering above the dancers and pounding out Joel's songs. "It's a very original approach. I have to give Twyla credit for being able to tell the complete story just through dance."

"I'm not really Billy Joel by name, but as Piano Man, I'm the narrator of the show," he said. "I create the mood and sometimes tell through the lyrics what's happening. The dance takes it from there."

Don't expect flower power, peace signs and hippies when Wichita State University revives the groundbreaking "Hair" for a 40th anniversary production beginning Thursday, says director Andrew Palermo, who intends to make the 1960s period piece relevant to today's issues.

But, Palermo cautions, leave the kids at home because "Hair" remains an adult show with an R rating. That means there will be the nudity that made the show notorious, although Palermo, a New York-based artist-in-residence at WSU, says not as much as most people probably imagine.

The original, the first to drop trou for both men and women on Broadway, featured about 30 seconds of nudity at the end of Act I during the haunting "Where Do I Go?"

"But we're not going to do precisely what past productions have done," Palermo says. "I don't want to give too much away, but it will be more of a metaphysical flash. That's for both the cast and the audience's sakes. It's a theatrical production. We don't want it to feel like porn."

Back in 1970 when "Hair" first tried to come to Wichita as a national touring production, city officials banned it from city-owned Century II, even threatening to arrest nude performers on stage. That sparked national headlines. Cooler heads later prevailed and "Hair" came to town the following year without incident.

WITH 'BITTERSWEET," ASHLEE SIMPSON DIVES HEADLONG INTO THE '80S FASCINATION SHE'S FLIRTED WITH ON PREVIOUS CDS.

ASHLEE SIMPSON

"Bittersweet World"

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Yes, everyone wants to know whether Ashlee Simpson and her fiance are expecting their first child. But after listening to Simpson's new "Bittersweet World" album, what should concern them is that she may actually have no idea what year it is.