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No. 17 Fort Hays State saw all four of its NCAA West Super Regional day two qualifiers advance to the NCAA Championships with Top 4 finishes on Saturday (Feb. 28).  Trey Page was named the 285 pound champion, while Bradley Little and Jon Inman finished third at 157 and 184 pounds, respectively, and Noah Killip (141) advanced with a fourth place finish.

Killip, Little and Page are first time NCAA Championships participants, while Inman returns for the second consecutive year.

Page finished 3-0 in the tournament, automatically advancing to the quarterfinals after a first round bye.  From there, Page finished his Friday wrestling with a 17-0 technical fall over Sean Molle (Simon Fraser) in 5:27 and a 5-3 semifinal decision against CSU-Pueblo’s Niko Bogojevis.  In the final match of the tournament, Page clinched the title and berth to nationals with a 7-2 decision against Colorado Mesa’s Jordan Passehl.

Little finished 4-1 on his way to a third place finish, starting the first day with a fall over Jacob Deaguero (Adams State) in 4:12 and a sudden victory, 3-1, decision against Jeromy Davenport of Central Oklahoma.  After a semifinal loss (7-5) to James Martinez (Colorado Mesa) ended his Friday competition, Little reached the consolation finals with a 7-6 victory of Kellen Pelzel of New Mexico Highlands, taking advantage of a riding time point.  In the third place match, Little shutout Nolan Kistler (Cal Baptist) and won, 4-0.

Inman was also 4-1 in the tournament, defeating Jonathon Costa (San Francisco State), 8-2, in the consolation finals.  Prior to reaching the third place match, Inman started his Saturday action with a 7-5 decision over New Mexico Highlands’ Easton Hargrave.  On the first day, Inman went 2-1 with a decision (7-2) against Central Oklahoma’s Caleb Hawes, a major decision (13-3) over Dylan Fors (Chadron State) and a 7-2 semifinal loss against Western State’s Kyle Piatt.

Killip went 4-2 overall, reaching the semifinals with a technical fall (17-2) over Jon Henderson of Adams State and a 2-1 overtime (tiebreaker-1) win against Colorado Mines’ Jacob Gerken.  After a 4-1 loss to Corbin Bennetts (Western State) ended his first day, Killip rebounded on the second day to take fourth place and reach the NCAA Championships.  Killip won by decision, 5-1, over Dan Gaylor (New Mexico Highlands) in the consolation semifinals before ending the tournament with a narrow 3-2 loss in the third place match against Daniel Salazar (Colorado Mesa).

As a team, the Tigers were fifth in the 63.5 points, just behind fourth place San Francisco State (65 points).  From there, a large gap in scores put the top three as Nebraska-Kearney (128.5 points), Western State (117 points) and Colorado Mesa (107 points).

The NCAA Championships are held Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14, in St. Louis, Mo.

Complete results for FHSU at the NCAA West Super Regionals are below…

125 – Adam Ludwin
Champ. Round 1 – Christian Betancourt (Cal Baptist) wins in tiebreaker-1 (4-2) over Ludwin
Cons. Round 1 – Ludwin wins by decision (3-0) over Zachary Gracia (Colorado Mines)
Cons. Round 2 – Dustin Reed (Newman) wins by decision (2-1) over Ludwin

133 – Anthony Calderon
Champ. Round 1 – Dustin Reed (Central Oklahoma) wins by decision (6-0) over Calderon
Cons. Round 1 – Calderon receives a bye
Cons. Round 2 – Jonathon Stelling (Colorado Mesa) wins by decision (11-8) over Calderon

141 – Noah Killip (Fourth Place, Advances to NCAA Championships)
Champ. Round 1 – Killip wins by tech fall (17-2, 4:03) over Jon Henderson (Adams State)
Quarterfinal – Killip wins in tiebreaker-1 (2-1) over Jacob Gerken (Colorado Mines)
Semifinal – Corbin Bennetts (Western State) wins by decision (4-1) over Killip
Cons. Semifinal – Killip wins by decision (5-1) over Dan Gaylor (New Mexico Highlands)
Third Place – Daniel Salazar (Colorado Mesa) wins by decision (3-2) over Killip

149 – Joey Dozier
Champ. Round 1 – Dozier wins by major decision (11-2) over Jake Anderson (Chadron State)
Quarterfinal – Dylan Furtado (San Francisco State) wins by fall (5:55) over Dozier
Cons. Round 2 – Dozier wins by decision (6-6) over Devin Vasquez (Adams State) … Dozier advances due to coaching challenge and fleeing the mat call.
Cons. Round 3 – Drew Schumann (Colorado Mesa) wins by fall (2:36) over Dozier

157 – Bradley Little (Third Place, Advances to NCAA Championships)
Champ Round 1 – Little wins by fall (4:12) over Jacob Deaguero (Adams State)
Quarterfinal – Little wins in sudden victory-1 (3-1) over Jeromy Davenport (Central Oklahoma)
Semifinal – James Martinez (Colorado Mesa) wins by decision (7-5) over Little
Cons. Semifinal – Little wins by decision (7-6) over Kellen Pelzel (New Mexico Highlands)
Third Place Match – Little wins by decision (4-0) over Nolan Kistler (Cal Baptist)

165 – Kregg Clarke
Champ. Round 1 – Clarke wins by decision (8-7) over Vincent Aboytes (San Francisco State)
Quarterfinal – Devin Aguirre (Nebraska-Kearney) wins by major decision (11-3) over Clarke
Cons. Round 2 – Chance Helmick (Chadron State) wins by decision (6-3) over Clarke

174 – Josh Rodriguez 
Champ. Round 1 – Rodriguez wins by fall (4:18) over Benjamin Krantz (Colorado Mines)
Quarterfinal – Christian Smith (Cal Baptist) wins by decision (8-6) over Rodriguez
Cons. Round 2 – Rodriguez wins by decision (4-3) over Calvin Nicholls (San Francisco State)
Cons. Round 3 – Steven Ullman (CSU-Pueblo) wins by decision (7-6) over Rodriguez

184 – Jon Inman (Third Place, Advances to NCAA Championships)
Champ. Round 1 – Inman wins by decision (7-2) over Caleb Hawes (Central Oklahoma)
Quarterfinal – Inman wins by major decision (13-3) over Dylan Fors (Chadron State)
Semifinal – Kyle Piatt (Western State) wins by decision (7-2) over Inman
Cons. Semifinal – Inman wins by decision (7-5) over Easton Hargrave (New Mexico Highlands)
Third Place Match – Inman wins by decision (8-2) over Jonathon Costa (San Francisco State)

197 – Cash Drylie
Champ. Round 1 – Drylie receives a bye
Quarterfinal – Romero Cotton (Nebraska-Kearney) wins by major decision (14-5) over Drylie
Cons. Round 2 – Drylie wins by fall (6:53) over Amer Tipura (Adams State)
Cons. Round 3 – Paul Wilson (Colorado Mines) wins by major decision (11-2) over Drylie

285 – Trey Page (First Place, Advances to NCAA Championship
Champ. Round 1 – Page receives a bye
Quarterfinal – Page wins by tech fall (17-0, 5:24) over Sean Molle (Simon Fraser)
Semifinal – Page wins by decision (5-3) over Niko Bogojevis (CSU-Pueblo)
Final – Page wins by decision (7-2) over Jordan Passehl (Colorado Mesa)

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

The Fort Hays State Tigers couldn’t overcome 22 turnovers as they let a 15-point second half lead slip away in a 79-77 to Northeastern State Saturday afternoon at the NSU Event Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The loss drops the Tigers to 16-12 and 9-10 in the MIAA while the RiverHawks improve to 7-19 and 5-14 in the conference. FHSU will be the No. 9 seed and play at Washburn in the first round of the MIAA tournament Monday. NSU grabs the 12th and final spot into the tournament.

Mark Johnson

Game Highlights

The Tigers shot 54-percent in the first half including 8-of-16 from 3-point range in building a 12-point halftime lead. A James Fleming 3-pointer pushed the lead to 15 with 18:04 to play but the RiverHawks outscore the Tigers 32-10 over the next 12 minutes to go up seven.

The Tigers had a chance to tie or win the game late by a turnover by Tom Gabric prevented a shot attempt with three seconds to play. James Fleming did get a shot away from mid-court after two missed NSU free throws but the shot came up short.

Fleming led the Tigers with 20 points, Royce Williams add 19, 15 of them in first half Jake Stoppel scored 13 and Drew Kite grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds.

NSU scored 28 points off the Tigers 22 turnovers and outscored FHSU 28-18 in the paint.

 

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

Fort Hays State raced out to a 16-0 first half lead then held on the rest of the way for a 50-28 win over Northeastern State Saturday afternoon at the NSU Event Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The Tigers, playing the game without point guard Beth Bohuslavsky who was injured Thursday at Central Oklahoma, end the regular season 26-2 and 18-1 in the MIAA. Northeastern State is now 11-15 and 7-11.

Tony Hobson

 

Game Highlights

 

Northeastern State rallied in the second half pulling with five on two different occasions, the last with 13:54 to play but FHSU outscores them 21-4 the rest of the way.

The RiverHawks missed their first 15 shots and didn’t score until the 10:49 mark with two free throws. NSU’s first field came at the 8:28 mark, but an 11-4 run pulled them within nine. The Lady Tigers only manage to shoot 28-percent in the first half led 24-13 at the break.

The Tigers shoot just 33-percent for the game and were 3-of-20 from beyond the arc. Northeastern was held to 18-percent shooting and FHSU outrebounds the RiverHawks by 27.

Chelsea Mason led Fort Hays State with a game-high 19 points. Nicola Kacperska added 10 in her first start of the season. Keriann Shaw grabbed 12 rebounds and Paige Lunsford 11.