The Hays High girls soccer team drops their home and conference opener 4-1 to Dodge City Tuesday at the Hays High Field.
The Red Demons score two goals less than 30 seconds apart to take a 2-0 halftime lead. They were up 3-0 when Talyn Kleweno scores the Indians lone goal.
Hays is now 1-4 on the year. They host Liberal tomorrow at one.
Patchy fog down to a quarter of a mile will be possible early this morning. Otherwise expect decreasing clouds throughout the day. Extreme fire danger will exist across far southwest Kansas this afternoon with a chance of thunderstorms across central and south central Kansas. A few of these storms may become severe with large hail and damaging winds being the main concern.
Today A chance of drizzle before 11am. Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 62. North northeast wind 7 to 11 mph.
Tonight A 20 percent chance of showers after 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. East wind around 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.
Thursday A 10 percent chance of showers before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Windy, with a northwest wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 34. North northwest wind 12 to 17 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight.
Friday Sunny, with a high near 67. West northwest wind 7 to 11 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Saturday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Breezy.
Saturday Night A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Sunday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78.
FHSU Athletics
Fort Hays State women’s golf finished fifth at the Virginia McCoy Intercollegiate held by Park University in Parkville, Mo. Samantha Hobson led the way for FHSU at The Deuce at the National Golf Club, a par-70 layout, by finishing fourth individually.
Hobson, much like her performance last week at the UNK Invite, vaulted up the leaderboard with a strong second round. She shot a four-over par 76 on Tuesday after shooting 84 on Monday. The improvement saw her move from ninth to fourth in the individual standings, carding a total of 160. She was 12 strokes off the winning pace of 148, shot by Damla Bilgic of Iowa Western Community College.
Hobson finished 21 strokes ahead of Quillen Eichhorn, the next finisher for FHSU. Eichhorn shot rounds of 90 and 91 for a total of 181 and a 22nd-place finish. Abby Schmidtberger tied for 23rd, two strokes back of Eichhorn with rounds of 92 and 91. Megan DeWerff bounced back from a first-day 96 to shoot 88 the next and finish in a tie for 26th. Hadley Tharp also competed, shooting rounds of 107 and 94 to finish in 43rd.
FHSU finished fifth as a team, shooting a total of 708. Iowa Western won the tournament with a 661, followed by Ottawa University at 684 and Truman at 687.
The Tigers return to action in two weeks at the MIAA Championships in Lawrence, Kan., at Alvamar Golf Course (April 20-21).
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts from Kansas says he will hold hearings on the possibility of funding the federal food stamps program through block grants to the states.
Roberts made the comments Tuesday while touring Washburn Rural High School outside of Topeka.
A federal agriculture official publicly contradicted Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback at a March news conference in Topeka over his support for allowing states to administer their own food stamps program with federal grant money.
Roberts said he is neither for nor against the idea, but said it would create a problematic “hodge-podge” of programs across the country. He said a unified federal system had merits.
Roberts is chairman of the Senate Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry Committee, which he says will take up the issue in the coming weeks.
BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — Blue Bell Creameries says it’s expanding its recall of products made at an Oklahoma plant after pints of banana pudding ice cream tested positive for listeriosis.
The Texas-based dairy company announced in a statement Tuesday that no illnesses linked to those pints have been confirmed. The recall now includes the banana pudding ice cream pints and other products manufactured on the same line in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The products were distributed to retail outlets across the nation.
The company last month issued the recall after ice cream contaminated with listeriosis was linked to three deaths at a Kansas hospital. The foodborne illness was tracked to a production line in Brenham, Texas, and later to a second line in Oklahoma.
The company suspended operations Friday at the Oklahoma plant.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has lifted restrictions on the movement of poultry flocks in two counties imposed after a case of bird flu was confirmed last month.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the state Department of Agriculture lifted its restrictions for parts of Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties earlier this week.
The department created a so-called surveillance zone in mid-March after samples from a flock with ducks and chickens in Leavenworth County tested positive for bird flu.
The department said it responded to seven reported cases of sick birds but the tests for avian influenza were negative.
The agency still is encouraging poultry owners to isolate new animals, move livestock away from property boundaries and thoroughly clean equipment and animal areas.
Bunker Hill Mayor
*Alvin Baral: 28 votes
Bunker Hill City Council
Top 5 win
*Donna K. Bailey: 25 votes
*Gladys Baird: 28 votes
*Ryan Cook: 30 votes
*Brian Pertel: 29 votes
*Larry Philbern: 29 votes
Dorrance City Council Position 3
*Jackie Bray: 50 votes
Dorrance City Council Position 4
*Richard M. Joyce: 52 votes
Dorrance City Council Position 5
*Kerry L. Andrews: 49 votes
Gorham City County Position 3
*Kara Bredvick: 49 votes
Gorham City County Position 4
*Write-in candidate: 33 votes
Gorham City County Position 5
*Write-in candidate: 24 votes
Neil Unrein: 18 votes
Lucas Mayor
Steven Ammon: 57 votes
Jessica M. Mikulecky: 6 votes
*David L. Urban: 81 votes
Lucas City Council Position 1
*Craig D. Langdon: 125 votes
Lucas City Council Position 2
*Lyndie Ammons: 79 votes
Katrina A. Wolf: 12 votes
Write-in: 52 votes
Luray Mayor
Jack L. Cochran: 43 votes
Luray City Council
Top 5
*William J. Lindsay: 36 votes
*Christian Mullender: 37 votes
*LaDana Seirer: 38 votes
*Lisa Shiroky: 39 votes
*Write-in: 22 votes
Paradise Mayor
Write-in: 18 votes
Paradise City Members:
Top 5
*Write-in: 71 votes
Russell Mayor
*Raymond Curtis Mader: 722 votes
Russell Council Member Ward 1
*Frank Peirano 160 votes
Russell Council Member Ward 2
*Write-in: 92 votes
Russell Council Member Ward 3
*G. Jason Long: 152 votes
Russell Council Member Ward 4
*DeVane A. Dinkel: 141 votes
Waldo Mayor
*Write-in: 15 votes
Waldo City Council
Top 5
Write-in: 71 votes
USD 407 School Board
Top 4
*Duane Adams: 629 votes
Dan Cochran: 293 votes
*Andrea Krug Krauss: 570 votes
Barry Mooney: 495 votes
*Jon Quinday: 767 votes
*Charlene Sohm: 517 votes
Trisha Strobel: 490 votes
USD 399 School Board
Top 4
*Debra Alexander: 40 votes
*Melissa K. Chrisler: 48 votes
*Stephanie Dickerson: 48 votes
*Justin W. Krug: 53 votes
USD 112 School Board District 7, Position 7
*Michelle Brokes 81 votes
Trevor Rolfs: 0 votes
USD 299 School Board Member 1. Position 1
*Rhonda Haberer: 189 votes
USD 299 School Board Member 1. Position 3
*Kelsey R. Hogan: 163 votes
USD 299 School Board Member 2. Position 2
*David Dohe: 171 votes
USD 299 School Board Member at Large Position 7
*Marc Lovin: 124 votes
Peter Falcon Jr.:79 votes
Midway Extension District
Top 2
*Ralph Homeier: 897 votes
*Monty Mai: 1,033 votes
Countywide Hospital Sales Tax Question
*Yes: 1,159 votes
No: 249 votes
Results are unofficial pending canvass on April 13
These are unofficial results from Tuesday’s contested Ellis County city/school elections. More results will be posted as they become available.
Hays City Commission
Top 3 win
• Henry Schwaller: 1423 votes
Scott Simpson: 1179 votes
• Lance Jones: 1316 votes
• James Meier: 1437 votes
Hays USD 489 Board of Education
Top 4 win
Greg Schwartz: 1029 votes
• Sarah Rankin: 1460 votes
Leslie Blagrave: 511 votes
• Luke Oborny: 1337 votes
• Dr. Paul Adams: 1535 votes
• Miranda Fox: 1133 votes
Jerald Braun: 648 votes
Ellis City Mayor
Martin V. LaBarge: 260
• David R. McDaniel: 320
Ellis City Council
Top 3 win
Bret B. Andries: 151
• Holly Aschenbrenner: 294
Ryan J. Augustine: 152
John LaShell: 150
• Heather Luea: 213
Jolene Niernbeger: 177
Brian Raub: 105
• Robert Redger: 358
Sean Simmons: 49
Schoenchen City Council
Top 5 win
• Kevin Bieker: 26
• Thomas Cole Dinges: 26
• Thomas Lee Dinges: 26
• Ronald Sauer: 25
• Kyle Zimmerman: 26
Victoria City Mayor
Jerry Brungardt: 105
• Jerry Kanzenbach: 116
Victoria City Council
Top 2 win
• Erica Dinges: 136
Zach Kanzenbach: 126
• Dustin Schumacher: 131
Ellis USD 388
Top 4 win
• Melanie Fischer: 423
• Glenn Fondoble: 333
• Michael Keller: 480
Tracy Kinderknecht: 302
Mark Polifka: 313
Gina Smith: 319
• Rob Soneson: 334
Victoria USD 432
Top 4 win
• Darrell Dortland: 252
• Kevin Huser: 233
Ryan Lichter: 169
• Don Pruitt: 205
• Shannon Radke: 225
Running uncontested for Ellis City Treasurer was Faith Scheck. Richard Klaus ran uncontested for Schoenchen mayor.
Check Hays Post for continued coverage of the 2015 spring elections.
Longtime Hays City Commissioner Henry Schwaller was re-elected Tuesday and will be joined on the commission by two newcomers.
Lance Jones and James Meier also earned a seat on the commission, while Scott Simpson finished in fourth place.
Incumbents Ron Mellick and Kent Steward chose not to seek re-election.
These are unofficial results from Tuesday’s contested Ellis County city/school elections. More results will be posted as they become available.
Hays City Commission
• Henry Schwaller: 1423 votes
Scott Simpson: 1179 votes
• Lance Jones: 1316 votes
• James Meier: 1437 votes
If unofficial results hold, voters have re-elected one incumbent and rejected another in Tuesday’s race for the Hays USD 489 Board of Education.
With four seats open, longtime board member Greg Schwartz finished fifth in the balloting, behind fellow incumbent Sarah Rankin and challengers Dr. Paul Adams, Luke Oborny and Miranda Fox.
Jerald Braun, who withdrew from the election last month, finished sixth, while Leslie Blagrave finished seventh.
Hays USD 489 Board of Education
Unofficial results
Greg Schwartz: 1029 votes
• Sarah Rankin: 1460 votes
Leslie Blagrave: 511 votes
• Luke Oborny: 1337 votes
• Dr. Paul Adams: 1535 votes
• Miranda Fox: 1133 votes
Jerald Braun: 648 votes
Check HaysPost.com for more on the election.
By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post
Game 1: TMP 16, Plainville 1 (3 innings)
Game 2: TMP 14, Plainville 4 (6 innings)
The TMP Lady Monarchs used an 8 run first inning to put away the visiting Plainville Lady Cardinals early in game one of a double header at TMP Field. The Lady Monarchs scored four more in the second inning and capped off the run rule victory with a four run third inning. TMP only collected four hits in the blowout win. Two came from freshman Bailey Lacy, one from Jodi Veach, and Katelyn Zimmerman doubled in the third. Plainville pitching struggled hitting five batters and walking another five. Alison Helgut gave up only one hit and one run for the victory.
Game two was more competitive. TMP scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning and the Lady Cardinals matched that with three of their own in the top of the third. The Lady Monarchs would score three in the fourth and fifth innings and ended it with five in the sixth. Lacy threw a no-hitter and picked up the win, striking out 12 while walking three. The Lady Monarchs picked up 11 hits in the nightcap including three from Alison Helget.
The Lady Cardinals drop to 0-6 on the season. TMP evens their record at 4-4 and will host a doubleheader with Colby on Monday.
MELISSA SCHOEPF INTERVIEW
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
By AMIE JUST
Associated Press
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Kansas forward Cliff Alexander said Tuesday he is foregoing his three remaining years of eligibility and will enter the NBA draft.
“I talked this over with my mom and dad and we decided the timing was right for me to enter the NBA draft,” Alexander said in a statement. “Kansas has been a great experience.”
On Feb. 28, Alexander was forced to miss the final few weeks of the season due to an investigation into improper benefits.
“This should come as no surprise to anybody,” Kansas coach Bill Self said in a statement. “Cliff had a very interesting and educational year. He was a major contributor to our team from the beginning of the season.
“He worked his way into the starting lineup and has had to deal with an off-the-court issue with the NCAA that made him ineligible for the last eight games of our season.”
Alexander averaged 7.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game for the Jayhawks, who finished 27-9 and lost to Wichita State in the NCAA Tournament.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2014 slaying of a radio station employee.
The Wichita Eagle reports 25-year-old Daniel Flores was found dead in the basement of Steckline Communications on Feb. 10 after being beaten on the head and face with a fire extinguisher.
Prosecutors say Antwon Banks killed Flores in a fit of rage after the victim found Banks scrawling hate-filled messages in a hallway about his former girlfriend, also a Steckline employee.
Defense attorney Lacy Gilmour argued during trial that Banks was at the building to search for personal papers left behind when he moved out of his former girlfriend’s home. She also noted that there was no DNA evidence linking Banks to the crime.
Sentencing is scheduled for May 22.
