Talyn Kleweno scores two goals in the first 10 minutes of the second half to pull the Hays High girls soccer team to within a goal of Salina South in their opener at the McPherson Invitational on Tuesday, but the Cougars answer with three goals in the final 25 minutes and win 6-2.
The Indians (0-2) will now play Topeka High Thursday at 2pm. Topeka loses 6-1 to Newton in their opener.
The Hays High softball team starts their season 0-6, losing 13-1 to Valley Center and 18-0 to Derby Tuesday at the Valley Center Triangular.
The Hornets led the first game 2-0 before scoring four in the third and seven in the fourth. Madison Prough takes the loss, allowing all 13 runs on nine hits while walking four and striking out three.
Derby used a nine-run third to blow open the second game then added seven in the fifth. The Indians were held to just two hits, both from Hope Aufdemberge.
Hays is off until April ninth when they open Western Athletic Conference play at home against Dodge City.
by KARI BLURTON
Hays Post
At Monday’s USD 489 Board of Education meeting, March’s Best of the Best Awards were awarded to Reading Specialist JoAnn Jennings and Hays Middle School sixth-grader Greg Robinson.
Jennings, an 18-year district employee, consults with teachers on the best and most innovative ways to help students who are struggling with reading.
She was nominated by colleague Laura Gaughan, who described Jennings as someone who “loves research, loves to read and, most of all, loves our students.”
Robinson was nominated by HMS science teacher Ted Foster for going above and beyond to help others.
Robinson was unable to attend the meeting, but both he and Jennings were awarded a trophy and a $50 dining gift certificate paid for by USD 489 school board members.
For more information or to nominate a USD 489 staff or student, click HERE.
KSU Big Creek Middle Smoky Hill River Watersheds
The city of Hays and KSU Big Creek Middle Smoky Hill River Watersheds are sponsoring a Water Quality Poster Contest. The theme is “What’s in Your Water?”
It’s open to all pre-K through 12th grade students in Hays and all Fort Hays State University students.
Chamber Checks from the Hays Area Chamber of Commerce will be awarded to winning posters in each grade.
For more details, visit https://www.MyKansasWatershed.com and click on the Water Quality Poster Contest link.
Entry deadline is Friday, April 17.
A passing upper disturbance will bring a chance for thunderstorms (some possibly severe) late this afternoon to evening. Additionally, any open burning should not be allowed today due to low humidity and gusty south to southwest winds.Today A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 3pm and 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Breezy, with a south wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 16 mph becoming north 19 to 24 mph after midnight.
Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Northeast wind 11 to 15 mph.
Thursday NightA 50 percent chance of rain, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 23 mph becoming north after midnight.
FridayA chance of rain and snow before 9am, then a slight chance of rain between 9am and 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. North wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday NightMostly clear, with a low around 31.
SaturdaySunny, with a high near 69.
Saturday NightMostly clear, with a low around 43.
SundaySunny, with a high near 75.
PLEASANTON- Two people died in a small plane crash just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday in Linn County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006-fixed wing single engine Light Sport Zodiac piloted by Herbert Lewis Siegel, 67, Stillwell, took off northbound from a private grass airstrip two miles northwest of Pleasanton and became airborne for approximately 50 feet.
The plane drifted to the west striking the tops of trees and crashed into a wooded area.
Siegel and a passenger Brian Clark Decker, 57, Independence, Mo., were pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Frontier Forensics.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
The Ellis baseball team sweeps Ellworth Tuesday by scores of 13-3 and 16-1. Nathan Cox and Easton Smith both have four hits and drive in three in the opener. Smith picks up the win, allowing two runs on two hits while striking out eight and walking four over three innings.
Brandon Bollig strikes out 10 in the second contest and picks up the win. He allows the one run on one hit and walks two. Bollig and Brevin LaBarge both have three hits and combine to drive in five.
Softball swept
The Railer softball team loses 15-9 and 20-16 to the Bearcats to fall to 2-2 on the season. They trailed 9-8 after five innings in the first game, but the Bearcats score two in the sixth and four in the seventh.
Lexi Rome was one of four Railers to have two hits and drove in three.
The Railers jumped out to an 8-3 lead after three innings in game two but Ellsworth answers with four in the fourth, five in the fifth and seven in the sixth to take a 20-10 lead. Ellis rallies with six in the bottom of the seventh but the comeback bid falls short.
Kansas Department on Aging and Disability Services
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department on Aging and Disability Services announced Tuesday that Progressive Care Home Plus LLC received zero deficiencies as a result of the facility’s survey conducted by the department on Feb. 3.
In 2014, only 2.2 percent of all Kansas nursing homes surveyed by the department were found to be deficiency free.
“This achievement places Progressive Care Home Plus LLC in the top tier of performance for nursing homes in Kansas,” said KDADS Secretary Kari Bruffett.
“Progressive Care Home Plus LLC has set a high standard for all the facilities across our state to aspire to match. Administrator Donna Gregory and her team at Progressive Care Home Plus LLC should be very proud of this accomplishment,” Bruffett said.
Progressive Care Home Plus LLC is licensed as a home plus located at P13 Mill in Alton.
KDADS’ Survey, Certification and Credentialing Commission conducts unannounced inspections of the state’s 340 nursing homes annually.
NESS CITY — Focus on Food Safety classes are open to all involved in food preparation and handling, from home cooks to food service volunteers and individuals employed in restaurants or other food service establishments.
The classes are designed to teach Kansans how to properly store and prepare food in order to reduce food safety risks. Attendees will learn about cooking and cooling foods, hand washing, hygiene and sanitation.
The classes will be at 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, at the Ness County Fairgrounds.
The 90-minute programs are free of charge, but reservations are requested to ensure adequate space is reserved for the group. Attendees can choose from one of the two sessions offered. (Same program each session.)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The two companies that sell insurance on the Kansas exchange say people who signed up last year tended to be older and sicker than they had anticipated.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports representatives from insurance companies, hospitals and other groups connected to health care reform spoke Tuesday at Kansas Health Institute. All agreed the laws implementation still has some flaws.
Matt All, senior vice president and general counsel at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, says those who signed up last year filed more expensive claims than the average pool of customers.
Coventry sales director Kevin Curry says it’s too earlier to know whether younger and healthier people who weren’t motivated to sign up during the first year have decided to do so in 2015.
FHSU Athletics
Fort Hays State defeated McPherson College for the second time in as many weeks with a 12-4 win on Tuesday night at Larks Park in Hays. After dropping their last three contests with just a total of three runs, the bats came alive as the Tigers churned out 16 hits in the non-conference win.
FHSU did the majority of its damage in the first five innings, jumping out to an 11-1 advantage. FHSU scored three times in the first, second, and third to build a 9-1 lead, then added single runs in the fourth and fifth. FHSU added its final run in the eighth to push its lead back to eight at 12-4 after the Bulldogs scored once in the seventh and two in the eighth.
Eight of the nine players in the starting lineup recorded hits in the game. Kevin Czarnecki, Cooper Langley, Connor Ross and Alex King all had two in the game. Clayton Basgall also recorded two hits after entering the game in the fifth. Langley had the only home run for FHSU, a two-run shot in the first, while Ross had two of five doubles for the team.
Joe Mapes picked up the win for FHSU, going a predetermined 4.0 innings in the start. He allowed just one run on five hits. Mapes is now 1-0 on the season. Steven Federau relieved for two innings, retiring all six batters he faced with three strikeouts. Will Amen pitched 1.1 innnings, allowing three runs, while Ty Thomas finished the game with 1.2 innings of work, retiring all four batters he faced (including a double play to end the eighth).
The Tigers moved to 7-21 overall on the year with the win. FHSU hosts Missouri Western in a four-game conference series this Friday and Saturday (Apr. 3-4) in Hays.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Six Kansas legislators are reviewing a complaint against a Democratic lawmaker over her remarks during a committee meeting.
The three Republicans and three Democrats were having their first meeting Wednesday.
House rules required the committee’s appointment once the complaint against Democratic Rep. Valdenia Winn of Kansas City was filed by nine GOP lawmakers.
The committee could recommend potential sanctions for the House to consider.
The complaint concerns comments Winn made during a House Education Committee meeting March 19.
Winn criticized a bill to repeal a law giving a tuition break at public universities and colleges to young students living in the U.S. illegally. Winn is black and called the proposal racist.
Two of the complaining lawmakers also are black.
Winn didn’t return telephone messages seeking comment Tuesday evening.
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The complaint against Democratic Rep. Valdenia Winn of Kansas City became public Tuesday and concerns comments she made during a House Education Committee meeting March 19.
Winn criticized a bill repealing a law giving a tuition break at public universities and colleges to young students living in the U.S. illegally. Winn is black and called the proposal racist.
Two complaining lawmakers also are black.
Once the legislators filed their complaint, House rules required a special committee of three Republicans and three Democrats to investigate it and consider potential sanctions against Winn. The panel plans to meet Wednesday.
Winn didn’t return telephone messages seeking comment Tuesday evening.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Researchers from Kansas State University and Iowa State University are using a $2.8 million grant to research a school-based program that combats childhood obesity.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last month that the grant had been awarded to evaluate a program called SWITCH. It focuses on decreasing children’s screen time, increasing fruit and vegetable consumption and increasing physical activity. The motto is that children need to “switch what they do, view and chew.”
Efforts involve helping to create healthier school environments.
