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Month: November 2015

Late free throw lifts FHSU men’s basketball past SW Minnesota State

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HAYS, Kan. – Craig Nicholson hit s free throw with 7.6 seconds to play to break a 75-all tie, then Southwest Minnesota State’s Ryan Bruggeman missed a driving layup with 0:01 to play and the Fort Hays State Tigers held off the Mustangs 76-75 to win their season opener in front of 1,905 Saturday night at Gross Coliseum.

Mark Johnson Postgame Interview


Dom Samac Postgame Interview


Game Highlights

 

The Tigers used  a 14-2 first half run to go up 10 and led 37-31 at halftime, but the SMSU responded with a 17-3 run to go up four with 16:39 to play.

A 6-0 Tiger run capped by a Kenny Enoch stick-back bucket off a missed Dom Samac free throw pushed the lead to four with five minutes to play. The Mustangs scored five straight to tie the game 69-69 with 3:27 to play.

A Samac layup put the Tigers up 75-74 with 0:57 left. Shaun Condon tied the game for the Mustangs, hitting one of two free throws with 0:34 left. Nicholson missed the first of his two free throws but knocked in the second following a timeout.

Samac led the Tigers with 22 points on 9-of-11 shooting and had a team-high six rebounds. Rob Davis hit three 3-pointers and added 19 while Kenny Enoch scored 11 and Hadley Gillum 10.

Joey Bartlett led the Mustangs with 27 points, one off his career high. Bartlett  was 10-of-16 from the field including 5-of-6 from beyond the arc.

The Tigers win despite 16-of-30 free throw shooting.

FHSU closes out play in the MIAA/NSIC Challenge against the University of Sioux Falls Sunday at 4 p.m. The Cougars beat Emporia State 85-81 in Saturday’s first game.

Albert leads FHSU to win over No. 20 Central Missouri

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HAYS, Kan. – Senior quarter Treveon Albert accounted for all four Fort Hays State touchdowns, leading the Tigers to a 28-14 win over No. 20 Central Missouri Saturday afternoon in front of 2,975 at Lewis Field. They finish the season 8-3, tying the school record for wins, and tie for third place in the MIAA with the Mules, their highest finish ever.

Chris Brown Postgame Interview


Game Highlights

 

Albert threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to senior running back Derek Kendall-Campbell with 0:13 to play in the first quarter to give the Tigers a 7-0 lead. His 44-yard strike to senior Garrett Holle, following a Doyin Jibowu interception, gave FHSU a 14-0 lead with 6:44 to play in the first half.

Up 14-7 at the half, Albert scored on touchdowns runs of one and 17 yards to push the lead to 28-7.

The Mules got a 13-yard TD pass from Garrett Fugate to Kyle Echols following a Shaquille Cooper fumble to pull within four with 12:13 to play, but the Tiger defense picked off two passes on the Mules final two possessions to end any comeback.

The Tiger came up big all day, picking off four passes and recovering a fumble while sacking Fugate five times. The Tigers held the MIAA leader in total offense to 268 yards, 220 below their season average and 23 points below their season scoring average.

Brock Long recorded 17 tackles and is just two shy of tying Alex Whitehill’s single-season record of 164 set in 2011. He also recorded 0.5 sacks and is 2.5 behind the single-season record of nine held by Trevell Smittick (1998).

Doyin Jibowo had two interceptions and Sie Doe recorded three sacks and four tackles for loss.

The Tigers rushed for 376 yards led by Shaquille Copper’s ninth career 100-yards game, going for 158 on 26 carries. Albert added 89 and Kendall-Campbell 72. Albert threw for 115 yards with one interception.

Fort Hays State’s win over Central Missouri was the first in Hays since 1965. The Mules had won five straight in Hays, all in MIAA play since the Tigers joined the conference in 2006. FHSU has now won two straight against UCM after losing eight straight.

No. 10 FHSU women’s basketball blows past SW Minnesota State

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MARSHALL, Minn. – Fort Hays State ran away from Southwest Minnesota State early on Saturday and never looked back in a 71-34 win to go 2-0 on the opening weekend of the season. The 10th-ranked Tigers forced 26 turnovers out of the home team and committed just 10 in the blowout win.

Fort Hays State built a 19-7 after the first quarter and then extended the lead to 14 by halftime at 31-17. The Tigers dominated the third quarter 19-2 to extend the lead to a 31-point margin entering the fourth quarter. The final margin settled at 37 after the Tigers took the final quarter by six points.

Beth Bohuslavsky, Chelsea Mason and Taylor Chandler paced a balanced scoring effort for the Tigers, each with 13 points. Jill Faxon scored 11 points to also reach double figures. Bohuslavsky led the team in assists and steals with four of each, while Mason pulled down a team-high eight rebounds.

Lauren Hedlund led the Mustangs in points with nine. Three Mustangs tied for a team-high five rebounds.

The Tigers return home for another pair of regional games against NCAA Division II opponents on November 20 and 21 in Hays. FHSU takes on St. Cloud State and Regis University.

Tiger volleyball wins regular season finale over Southwest Baptist

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HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State Volleyball defeated Southwest Baptist on Saturday in the regular season finale by a score of 3-0. The Tigers moved to 21-12 overall and finished 10-8 in the MIAA with the win. Southwest Baptist finished its season at 5-24 overall and 3-15 in the MIAA. The Tigers finished the regular season sixth in the MIAA.

The Tigers blazed to 25-17 and 25-15 wins in the first two sets, hitting .333 as a team in both. Southwest Baptist remained close in the third set all the way to a 19-19 tie, but FHSU won six of the final seven points to take the set.

Leadiing the way for the Tigers was Malllory Flagor with 14 kills and 11 digs for a double-double. Crystal Whitten almost had a double-double with nine kills and 11 digs. Hannah Wagy added to her MIAA leading assist total with 35. The Tigers hit .280 as a team and held the Bearcats to just .115.

Whitten moved past 1,000 kills for her collegiate career in the match. After recording 596 kills at Pittsburg State, she moved past the 400 mark for this season, now at 407. That gives her 1,005 for her career between both schools in just her junior season.

Next for the Tigers is the MIAA Tournament as the Tigers head to Kearney, Neb., on Tuesday (Nov. 17). FHSU grabbed the No. 6 seed in the eight-team tournament and face No. 3 seed Nebraska-Kearney at 7 pm in the opening round. The tournament field is listed below.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 (At higher seed)
Game 1: #8 Emporia State at #1 Central Oklahoma               7 p.m.
Game 2: #5 Missouri Western at #4 Washburn                      7 p.m.
Game 3: #7 Northwest Missouri at #2 Central Missouri         7 p.m.
Game 4: #6 Fort Hays State at #3 Nebraska-Kearney              7 p.m.

Friday, November 20, 2015 (At highest remaining seed after 11/17)
Game 5: Semifinal
Game 6: Semifinal

Saturday, November 21, 2015 (At highest remaining seed after 11/17)
Game 7: MIAA Tournament Championship

Woman, 2 children hospitalized after I-70 rollover accident

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GOODLAND- A woman and two children were injured in an accident just before 6p.m. on Saturday in Sherman County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Dodge Caliber driven by Amanda Renee Bazan, 23, Bethune, CO., was westbound on Interstate 70 at the Kansas 27 Junction.

The driver swerved to miss a deer and lost control of the vehicle. It left the roadway, entered the north ditch and rolled.

Bazan and passengers Emma Nesbitt, 3, and Kinsley Nesbitt, 3-months, both of Bethune, CO., were transported to Goodland Regional Medical Center.

They were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

Dramatic increase in size of Kansas foster care population

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Diana Frederick runs the CASA program in Lawrence.- photo KHI
Diana Frederick runs the CASA program in Lawrence.- photo KHI

HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The size of Kansas’ foster care population has swelled 18 percent over six years.

Child welfare advocates are blaming high turnover among caseworkers, parental drug addiction and cuts to programs that help poor families.

Douglas County CASA executive director Diana Frederick says “something needs to be done.” Her agency provides volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates to work with abused and neglected children in state custody. She says the problem is so bad that her office has seen a child with five case managers in eight months.

State data shows that the 2009 fiscal year is the last time more children were exiting the system each month than were entering. The foster care monthly average jumped to 6,257 children in fiscal year 2015, which ended June 30, from 5,317 in 2009.

Wilfred A. ‘Will’ Sander

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wilfred sanderWilfred A. “Will” Sander, 85, Hays, died Friday, November 13, 2015 at the Golden Living Center in Wilson, Kansas.

He was born April 8, 1930 in Victoria, Kansas the son of Celestine and Pauline (Stang) Sander. On October 3, 1954 he married Elaine Quint in Victoria. She died October 9, 2006.

He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was discharged as a Sergeant 1st Class in 1953. He graduated from Victoria High School in 1949 and from Fort Hays State University with a BS degree in Business and Accounting. He was an accountant and management consultant and was the owner/operator of Cruisin Computers, Inc.  He was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church, a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and enjoyed woodworking and ballroom dancing with his wife.

Survivors include a son Mark Sander of Salina, KS, four daughters; Ann Friesen and husband Jon of Colby, Kansas, Margaret Wedel of McPherson, KS, Carmelita Olson and husband Bruce of Fountain, CO, and Maria Dinkel and husband Tracy of Victoria, a brother Donnie Sander and a sister Doris Hertel, a daughter in law Pam Sander and a son in law Gary Cutsinger, numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Elaine, a son Aaron Sander and a daughter Gwen Cutsinger, a son in law Wyman Wedel, three brothers; Melvin, Leland, and LaVerne Sander, and a sister Lillian Urban.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 am on Friday, November 20, 2015 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, 210 W. 13th Street, Hays.  Burial with military honors by the Hays VFW Post #9076 Honor Guard will follow in the Kansas Veterans Cemetery, WaKeeney, Kansas.  Visitation will be from 5:00 until 8:00 pm on Thursday and from 9:00 am until 9:45 Friday, all at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street.  A parish vigil service and rosary will be at 7:00 pm on Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to the Disabled American Veterans, in care of Hays Memorial Chapel, 1906 Pine Street, Hays, KS  67601. Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com.

Kapaun sainthood quest needs a miracle

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Kapaun courtesy photo

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Catholic diocese leaders from Wichita are told it’ll take a miracle to get a Kansas native declared a saint after the Vatican chose not to declare the Korean War hero a martyr.

The Wichita Eagle reports that Wichita Bishop Carl Kemme met with Cardinal Angelo Amato in Vatican City recently to make the case for Father Emil Kapaun, a Pilsen, Kansas, native who died in a North Korean prison camp in May 1951.

Kansas Catholic officials had hoped the Vatican would speed up the process and make him a saint in the next couple of years. But the Vatican said there’s no proof Kapaun was murdered in the camp because nobody saw him die there.

3 hospitalized after 3-vehicle collision

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OTTAWA- Three people were injured in an accident just before 12:30p.m. on Saturday in Franklin County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Kia Optima driven by Alisha Janelle Dunn, 24, Ottawa, was traveling on U.S. 59 two miles south of Ottawa.

The Optima failed to yield for a 1997 Chevy truck driven by Caleb Clinkenbeard, 35,Topeka, that was stopped behind a 1995 Chevy truck.

Both trucks, waiting to make a left turn on U.S. 59 just north of Jackson Road were forced into each other.

Clinkenbeard, Dunn and a passenger in the 1997 Chevy Krsandra Lychelle Hastings, 24, Carbondale, were transported to Ransom Memorial Hospital.

The driver of the 1995 Chevy Corey M. Brenner, 47, Lawrence, was not injured.

All were properly restrained at the time of the accident, according to the KHP.

Victoria headed back to state with win over Wallace Co.

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For the eighth time in school history and the second straight year the Victoria Knights are headed to the state championship game after a 40-8 win over Wallace County Friday night in Sharon Springs.

Courtesy of Victoria High School
Courtesy of Victoria High School

Early on the first drive of the game Knights starting quarterback Joe Dortland went down with an injury forcing Victoria to turn to Brady Dinkel who accounted for five touchdowns in the win.

Dinkel, who suffered an injury in the Knights week-one win over Central Plains and missed six regular season games, threw a pair of first quarter touchdowns, one to Taylor Corley for 38 yards and a second to Grant Weber for 11 yards putting Victoria up 16-0 after the first quarter.

The Knights offense would stall in the second quarter with a fumble inside the red zone and a number of untimely negative plays. Wallace County took advantage of the Knights struggles late in the second quarter with a 67-yard drive capped off with a 7-yard touchdown pass cutting the lead to 16-8 at halftime.

With the momentum on their side coming out of the halftime break it appeared the Wildcats were in a position to make it a game but the Knights defense forced a three-and-out on Wallace County’s first possession of the second half. Victoria’s offense took the ball right down the field, on their first possession of the second half and capped off a nine-play, 45-yard drive with a 15-yard Dinkel touchdown run putting the Knights up 24-8.

Dinkel added a second touchdown run in the third quarter giving the Knights a 32-8 heading into the fourth quarter. Victoria then put the game away in the fourth quarter with Dinkel, for a second time in the game finding Grant Weber for a 29-yard touchdown reception.

Dinkel finished with a game-high 70 yards on the ground and two touchdowns. He was also 6-of-7 passing for 117 yards and two touchdowns.

The Knights move to 11-0 on the season and have now won 23-straight games. The win also sets up a rematch of last year’s state championship game in which beat Attica/Argonia.

The 8-Man Division 2 state championship game kicks off at 3:30 Saturday Nov. 21.

Suspect in Kan. drug distribution case turns down plea offer

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Amy Fisher

HUTCHINSON — One of two people arrested in May on drug distribution charges was in Reno County court on  Friday where her attorney informed the court that she is turning down a plea offer from the state.

Amy Fisher, 25, and  John Paul Zapata-Beltran, 29, were charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia all with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school. Other charges include possession of prescription drugs, no drug tax stamp and aggravated endangerment of a child.

Fisher wants a trial, which is now set for Jan. 19.

The case centers on a search of a home in the Careyville neighborhood as well as a vehicle where drugs and a Taurus 9 mm handgun were allegedly found.

The home is within a thousand feet of a Reno County Head Start.

In the master bedroom, police allege they found green residue wrapped in tin foil and an empty digital scale box. On top of a dryer, officers found two burnt marijuana cigarettes and, inside a bathroom, officers found a small baggie of suspected methamphetamine.

In the trunk of a 2003 Jaguar sitting on a trailer, police say they found two backpacks. Inside one was a small lock box with some prescription drugs, new packaging materials, $10,000 in cash and a Taurus 9 mm handgun with a loaded magazine and two holsters. In the front pocket of the backpack were two digital scales. In the other backpack, they allegedly found more drugs, including 14.5 grams of methamphetamine and several bags of suspected marijuana weighing about 340 grams. There was also testimony at the preliminary hearing that an officer saw one of the kids present in the home who grabbed a bag of meth and put it in their mouth.

 

NW Kansans elected to Kan. Historical Foundation board

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TOPEKA–Twenty-two people were elected to the Kansas Historical Foundation’s board of directors, class of 2018, at the 140th annual meeting November 6 at the Kansas Historical Society in Topeka. Paul Stuewe of Lawrence was elected to serve as president of the organization.

Other officers elected to one-year terms at the meeting were: Donita Barone, Frontenac, president elect; William Kassebaum, Burdick, vice president; Mary Turkington, Topeka, secretary; and Deborah Barker, Ottawa, past president. Jack Alexander was elected to serve a two-year term to fill a vacancy on the executive committee; Dean Ferrell, Topeka; Rita Noll, Council Grove; and Richard Walker, Newton; were elected to three-year terms on the executive committee.

The following people were elected to the board class of 2018: Carol Bales, Logan; Michael L. Baughn, Brewster; Michelle Cuevas-Stubblefield, Topeka; Jane Deterding, Wichita; J. Eric Engstrom, Wichita; Dave Heinemann, Topeka; Katie Herrick, Johnson; Michael H. Hoeflich, Lecompton; Karen Linn, Topeka; Walt Menninger, Topeka; Dennis McKinney, Greensburg; Mark H. Reddig, Independence, Missouri; Jennie Rose, Topeka; Hal Ross, Wichita; John Salisbury, Topeka; Dru Sampson, Lawrence; Mary Martha Schreiber-Good, El Dorado; James Sherow, Manhattan; James A. Thomas, Overland Park; Richard B. Walker, Newton; Dave Webb, Protection; and Jack Wisman, Topeka. E. Dean Carlson and R. Reed Whitaker were elected to the honorary board.

The Alfred M. Landon Historical Research Grant was presented to three researchers: Anna Holdorf, St. Louis, Missouri, for From Plow to Pump: Agriculture and Environment in the Kansas Oil Industry; Kyle Williams, New Brunswick, New Jersey, for Kansas Oil War, 1904-1905; and John Suval, Madison, Wisconsin, for Dangerous Ground: Squatters, Statesmen, and the Rupture of American Democracy, 1830-1860. The Landon research grants, named for the 26th governor of Kansas, are given annually to graduate students pursuing the study of subjects related to the heritage of Kansas and conducting research at the Historical Society.

The Edgar Langsdorf Award of Excellence in Writing went to Justine Greve, Grantville, for her article “Language and Loyalty: The First World War and German Instruction at Two Kansas Schools,” published in the Autumn 2014 issue of /Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains/. The Langsdorf award is presented on an annual basis to authors of articles in the Historical Society’s quarterly publication and is named for the historian who was a longtime employee of the Historical Society.

The Edward N. Tihen Historical Research Grants were awarded to two researchers: Wendi Bevitt, Overbrook, for research on Company I of the 11th Kansas and the U.S. Colored Troops; and to Jarrett Robinson, Thompson’s Station, Tennessee, for research on the Life and Career of General Frederick Funston. The Tihen grant, named for the avid researcher and amateur historian, is given annually to non-academic researchers to use the collections of the Historical Society.

The Historical Society and Historical Foundation were established as a member organization in 1875 by the Kansas Editors’ and Publishers Association. The organization became the trustee of Kansas records in 1879. Today the Kansas Historical Society operates as a state agency and the Kansas Historical Foundation operates as a fund raising, fund management, membership, and retail organization. More information is available online at kshs.org.

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