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Inman claims 184-pound MIAA title; Tigers finish fourth

Posted on February 15, 2016February 15, 2016

FHSU Athletics

ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Fort Hays State wrestling took fourth place at the MIAA Championships in St. Charles, Mo., on Sunday (Feb. 14). The Tigers scored 39.0 points as a team.

At 184 pounds Jon Inman won his second straight MIAA title going 3-0 on the day. Inman’s path to repeat started with back-to-back pins. The first pin came against Lindenwood’s Kyle Summers at 4:22 and the second was a first period fall at 2:04 over Central Missouri’s Tyler Nelson. In the championship bout Inman rolled to a 9-5 decision over Nebraska-Kearney’s Zach Stodden.

Bradley Little was the only other Tiger to see the podium as he claimed second place at 149 pounds. Little cruised through his first two matches of the day on his way to the championship bout. First he scored a technical fall over Newman’s Forlanda Parker, 17-1, then followed up with a pin against Central Oklahoma’s Spencer Rutherford late in the third period at the 6:12 mark. Little was on the brink of his first MIAA Championship but was unable win a nail-biter, dropping the final match to Nebraska-Kearney’s Destin McCauley, 5-4.

Adam Ludwin (125), William Homalon (149), and Joey Dozier (157) were all fourth place finishers for the Tigers and they each went 1-2 on the day.

Dozier’s pin at 2:00 over Zane Heiter from Central Missouri also set a new career high for wins in a season. The senior is now 15-13 for the season.

Nebraska-Kearney won the team title for the fourth straight year scoring 110.5 points. Central Oklahoma was second at 71 points and Lindenwood placed third at 57.5.

The Tigers now have almost two weeks off before they head to Gunnison, Colo., for the NCAA Super Regional which will take place on Saturday, February 27.

MIAA Conference Tournament Results for Fort Hays State
125 – Lawson Ludwin’s place is 4th and has scored 3.50 team points.
Quarterfinal – Lawson Ludwin (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Semifinal – Dustin Reed (Newman) won by decision over Lawson Ludwin (Fort Hays State) (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Semi – Lawson Ludwin (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Derek Heil (Lindenwood (Mo.)) (Maj 11-1)
3rd Place Match – Connor Bolling (Nebraska-Kearney) won by decision over Lawson Ludwin (Fort Hays State) (Dec 9-3)

133 – Anthony Calderon’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Aaron Hane (Central Oklahoma) won by fall over Anthony Calderon (Fort Hays State) (Fall 3:30)
Cons. Round 1 – Anthony Calderon (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Semi – Blake Daupnin (Central Oklahoma) won by decision over Anthony Calderon (Fort Hays State) (Dec 3-2)

141 – Tyler Dryden’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Keith Surber (Nebraska-Kearney) won by major decision over Tyler Dryden (Fort Hays State) (Maj 13-1)
Cons. Round 1 -Tyler Dryden (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Semi – Joshua Ailey (Central Oklahoma) won by fall over Tyler Dryden (Fort Hays State) (Fall 2:00)

141 – Jacob Kay’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Joshua Ailey (Central Oklahoma) won by fall over Jacob Kay (Fort Hays State) (Fall 3:54)
Cons. Round 1 – Garrett Whitson (Newman) won by injury default over Jacob Kay (Fort Hays State) (Inj. 3:00)

149 – William Homalon’s place is 4th and has scored 5.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Destin McCauley (Nebraska-Kearney) won by fall over William Homalon (Fort Hays State) (Fall 0:24)
Cons. Round 1 – William Homalon (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Semi – William Homalon (Fort Hays State) won by medical forfeit over Spencer Rutherford (Central Oklahoma) (MFF)
3rd Place Match – Colton Orlando (Lindenwood (Mo.)) won by decision over William Homalon (Fort Hays State) (Dec 16-9)

149 – Bradley Little’s place is 2nd and has scored 12.50 team points.
Quarterfinal – Bradley Little (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Forlanda Parker (Newman) (TF 17-1)
Semifinal – Bradley Little (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Spencer Rutherford (Central Oklahoma) (Fall 6:12)
1st Place Match – Destin McCauley (Nebraska-Kearney) won by decision over Bradley Little (Fort Hays State) (Dec 5-4)

157 – Joey Dozier’s place is 4th and has scored 4.50 team points.
Quarterfinal – Joey Dozier (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Semifinal – Jeromy Davenport (Central Oklahoma) won by decision over Joey Dozier (Fort Hays State) (Dec 3-1)
Cons. Semi – Joey Dozier (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Zane Heiter (Central Missouri) (Fall 2:00)
3rd Place Match – Chase White (Nebraska-Kearney) won by major decision over Joey Dozier (Fort Hays State) (Maj 13-5)

165 – Kregg Clarke’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Devin Aguirre (Nebraska-Kearney) won by decision over Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays State) (Dec 9-4)
Cons. Round 1 – Allan Person (Central Missouri) won by decision over Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays State) (Dec 2-1)

174 – Dylan Wiesner’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Calvin Ochs (Nebraska-Kearney) won by decision over Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays State) (Dec 10-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Semi – Batchuluun Zulkhuu (Lindenwood (Mo.)) won by decision over Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-7)

184 – Jon Inman’s place is 1st and has scored 16.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Kyle Summers (Lindenwood (Mo.)) (Fall 4:22)
Semifinal – Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Tyler Nelson (Central Missouri) (Fall 2:04)
1st Place Match – Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Zach Stodden (Nebraska-Kearney) (Dec 9-5)

184 – Micquille Robinson’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Brock Warren (Central Oklahoma) won by decision over Micquille Robinson (Fort Hays State) (Dec 9-4)
Cons. Round 1 – Laurel Landals (Lindenwood (Mo.)) won by decision over Micquille Robinson (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-5)

197 – Cash Drylie’s place is unknown and has scored 2.50 team points.
Quarterfinal – Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Robert Schneider (Central Missouri) (TF 18-0)
Semifinal – Dillon Archer (Lindenwood (Mo.)) won by injury default over Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) (Inj. 3:30)
Cons. Semi – Grant Sparks (Central Missouri) won by medical forfeit over Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) (MFF)

285 – Dakota Gulley’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Luke Petersen (Nebraska-Kearney) won by decision over Dakota Gulley (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-2)
Cons. Round 1 – Jacob Borgmeyer (Lindenwood (Mo.)) won by fall over Dakota Gulley (Fort Hays State) (Fall 2:30)

Kan. mom charged in marijuana case still plans to file civil rights suit

Posted on February 15, 2016

By ANDY MARSO

Shona Banda in June, after she was booked into jail and released when she posted bond. The Garden City, Kansas, resident, who uses cannabis oil to treat her Crohn's disease, faces criminal charges related to her marijuana use. CREDIT JAMES DOBSON / GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM — Shona Banda in June, after she was booked into jail and released when she posted bond. The Garden City, Kansas, resident, who uses cannabis oil to treat her Crohn’s disease, faces criminal charges related to her marijuana use.
CREDIT JAMES DOBSON / GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM

A Garden City mother facing criminal drug charges said this week that she still intends to file a lawsuit in federal court asserting a constitutional right to use marijuana to treat her Crohn’s disease.

Attorneys for Shona Banda prepared the suit months ago and posted a draft version online.

Lawrence attorney Sarah Swain teamed up with Long Beach, California, lawyer Matthew Pappas on the suit and Banda said the delay in getting it filed is largely due to logistics.

“I guess they’re trying to find out exactly how to go about it,” Banda said in a recent phone interview. “They have to be in the same building at the same time and they both have such hectic schedules.”

Law enforcement officers searched Banda’s house and found marijuana and a device for turning it into oil after her son spoke up about her use of it during an anti-drug presentation at his school last year.

Banda’s son was removed from her custody and she has a pending court date in Finney County on the criminal charges resulting from the search. Banda was already a prominent voice in the medical marijuana community when she was charged, having posted online and written a self-published book about how she created her own oil derived from marijuana to treat the symptoms of Crohn’s, a painful bowel ailment.

The suit prepared by Swain and Pappas names Gov. Sam Brownback, Department for Children and Families Secretary Phyllis Gilmore and Banda’s local police and school officials as defendants.

Banda said she “absolutely” still intends for the lawsuit to be filed.

“They need to be held accountable,” she said. “Otherwise it’s going to continue to keep happening to some people.”

Swain and Pappas did not respond to requests for comment.

When news reports first surfaced about the draft lawsuit in September, Swain posted a link to a Garden City Telegram story written by Heartland Health Monitor partner KHI News Service on her law office’s Facebook page.

“This lawsuit can and will change the course of history,” Swain posted above the link. “The time to end prohibition is now.”

Broad bills legalizing marijuana for treating a wide range of illnesses have been introduced in the Kansas Legislature several times in the past five years but have gone nowhere.

A narrow bill that would legalize low-THC marijuana oil for use in treating seizure disorders only passed the House last year, but has stalled this year after one Senate committee hearing.

Banda said she doesn’t support the oil-only bill because it’s far too restrictive and called it “the biggest farce ever.”

Hearings in Banda’s criminal case are scheduled for late July. The judge has ruled she will be allowed to submit evidence of marijuana’s medicinal benefits.

Banda said she’s aware using marijuana to treat her condition is illegal, but not using it is worse than any legal consequences.

“I don’t want to get sick again,” Banda said. “I’m not afraid of prison. I’m afraid of my own personal hell and I never, ever will go back.”

Andy Marso is a reporter for KHI News Service in Topeka, a partner in the Heartland Health Monitor team. You can reach him on Twitter @andymarso

Tiger baseball splits Sunday doubleheader with Regis

Posted on February 15, 2016

FHSU Athletics

HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State split a pair of games on Sunday (Feb. 14) against Regis University. Regis won the first game 11-6 before FHSU was able to salvage the final game of the three-game weekend series. FHSU moved to 3-3 overall on the season, while Regis starts its year at 2-1.

Regis 11, Fort Hays State 6
Regis put four runs on the board in a hurry in the first game, opening with two singles, a hit batter, and then a grand slam. FHSU starter Kyhle Vogt shook off the rough start and held Regis scoreless over the next two innings. He ran into more trouble in the mid-innings as Regis scored one in the fourth and two in the fifth, and was responsible for the first run scored in the sixth.

FHSU could not put up much resistance against Regis starter Chris Quackenbush in the early going. The Tigers took advantage of a Regis error in the fourth to plate two runs, but Quackenbush went 6.0 strong innings not allowing an earned run. He handed the ball over to the bullpen before the start of the seventh with a 10-2 lead.

The Tigers touched up Regis’ first reliever Jake Griffith for four runs in just two-thirds of an inning, bringing the margin to 10-6, but that was the last of the run scoring for FHSU. Relievers Casey Kennedy and Nick DiPaola combined to throw the final 2.1 innings with just three hits allowed. Regis added an insurance run in the ninth.

Austin Unrein had three RBI in the game with his first home run of the season, a three-run shot in the four-run seventh for FHSU. Clayton Basgall had a two-RBI single in the fourth, and Caleb Cherryholmes tallied an RBI single in the seventh.

Fort Hays State 9, Regis 4
Fort Hays State took an early advantage in the second game when Connor Ross drove home a run in the first inning. It was the start of a four-RBI game for Ross as he recorded three hits in the contest.

Regis came back with three runs in the third, all uneared, but the Tigers answered with two in the bottom half of the inning on a two-run home run by Joe Mapes, who also had three hits in the game.

Both teams scored runs in the fifth before FHSU broke a 4-4 tie in the seventh on a Ross RBI single. The floodgates came open in the eighth as Austin Unrein started a four-run rally with an RBI single. Mapes followed with an RBI double and Ross drove home two with another single.

Justin Hersch allowed only one earned run over 4.2 innings of work in his start. He gave up seven hits and two walks, but struck out four. Jackson Rolfs entered and worked 2.1 innings to move to 2-0 on the season. He allowed only two hits and struck out two. With FHSU leading 5-4, Giles Fox saved the win for Rolfs entering in the eighth to keep a runner stranded on the base paths. Fox went 2.0 innings and struck out four to earn his first save of the season.

Alex Weiss, like Ross and Mapes, recorded three hits in the game and had one RBI in the fifth to get the game tied at 4-4.

Fort Hays State has four games scheduled on the road next week. The Tigers head to Oklahoma-Panhandle State on Wednesday before traveling to Golden, Colo., to take on Colorado Mines over the weekend.

Mostly sunny, warmer Monday

Posted on February 15, 2016February 15, 2016

A very warm week is in store with Thursday the warmest day. Highs will be in the upper 70s to lower 80s!

Washington’s Birthday Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 9 to 13 mph.

Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. West southwest wind 8 to 15 mph.

TuesdaySunny, with a high near 56. North northwest wind 7 to 14 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Tuesday NightMostly clear, with a low around 34. South southwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west after midnight.

WednesdaySunny, with a high near 64. West wind around 9 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday NightMostly clear, with a low around 40.

ThursdaySunny, with a high near 75.

Thursday NightMostly clear, with a low around 46. Breezy.

FridaySunny, with a high near 64. Breezy.

Students will march to support alleged Great Bend school bus assault victim

Posted on February 15, 2016February 15, 2016

Great Bend Post

GREAT BEND -The alleged sexual assault that occurred on a Great Bend High School activity bus has more than just the Great Bend community in an uproar.

People from across the state are receiving more details on what happened to a freshman swimmer on February 6 during a the swim team’s return from Manhattan.

Victims, supporters, and community members now want answers.

O’Neil said her son’s backpack was thrown to the back of the school bus and when he went to retrieve the bag he was thrown down to the floor. His teammates eventually pulled his pants down and proceeded to sexually assault him.

When O’Neil went to pick her son up she said she was shocked that law enforcement had not been contacted.

“There is no question that it happened,” she said. “The boys who did it have even sent my son text messages asking for forgiveness and facebook messages saying they are sorry.”

Since the alleged assault happened on a highway in Ellsworth County, the Ellsworth County Sheriff’s Office is handling the case.

The Sheriff’s Office will file their investigation with the Ellsworth County Attorney to determine what criminal charges to seek.

O’Neil said she is upset with how USD 428 handled the incident, from supervision on the bus to the lack of letting the public know what happened.

Two of the four students allegedly involved have been served with a five-day school suspension and kicked off the state swim team, according to O’Neil. She also said she was informed the other two accused students are still on the team.

A petition at change.org has over 2,400 supporters as of Sunday evening. The petition’s asks to keep the alleged assault offenders from going to the state tournament this week in Topeka.

Great Bend students have planned a march to USD 428’s superintendent’s office Monday afternoon to demand a stricter punishment for those involved and more transparency with the case.

Kansas woman hospitalized after 3-vehicle semi crash has died UPDATE

Posted on February 14, 2016February 15, 2016

3 vehicle accident on Saturday in Riley Co.

RILEY COUNTY – A Kansas woman injured in Saturday’s 3-vehicle accident just after 11a.m. on Saturday in Riley County has died.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reports a 2014 Chevy Captiva Sport driven by Jenna Michelle LIndsten, 30, Manhattan, was eastbound on Marlatt Avenue approaching Tuttle Creek Boulevard.

The Chevy had a green light and started through the intersection.

A southbound semi ran the red light and struck the Chevrolet. The collision caused the Chevy to spin into the northbound lanes where it struck a 2008 Chevy Silverado driven by Quinton Lee Huncovsky, 42, Manhattan, which was stopped in the northbound lanes of Tuttle Creek waiting on a red light.

Lindsten was transported to Stormont Vail where she died.

Huncovsky was possibly injured. The KHP did not indicate where he was treated.

The semi driver Ethan Mark Butts, 21, Manhattan was not injured.

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

William J. Rupke

Posted on February 14, 2016

Hays, Kansas – William J. Rupke, age 85, died Sunday, February 14, 2016, at Hays Medical Center Hays, Kansas.

Services are pending at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601.

Condolences can be sent via email to [email protected].

Abortion issue sparks first tie vote for Kansas appeals court

Posted on February 14, 2016

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A split vote last month on an abortion issue is the first time in Kansas Court of Appeals’ history that it has reached a deadlock.

The 14-member court was evenly divided in a Jan. 22 vote on whether the Kansas Constitution guarantees the right to an abortion.

The main reasons there have been no previous ties is that that initially the court had seven members, and normally decisions are made by three-judge panels.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the January session was the first time the court had met as a whole, or en banc, since 1983.

The tie meant a Shawnee County District Court ruling that prevented a ban on a second-trimester abortion procedure from taking effect was affirmed.

U.S. Rep. Huelskamp in Hays and Russell Monday

Posted on February 14, 2016February 8, 2016

Congressman Tim Huelskamp

WASHINGTON, D.C.–First District Congressman Tim Huelskamp, R-KS, will be in Ellis and Russell counties Monday, Feb. 15, to conduct his annual town hall meetings.

Huelskamp will speak at the Hays Public Library, 1205 Main Street, at 10 a.m. Then he will be in Russell to speak at Meridy’s Restaurant at 1 p.m.

At the town hall meetings, he will take questions from Kansans and listen to their thoughts and concerns so he can bring them back to Washington.

Each year, Congressman Huelskamp visits every one of the 63 counties in the Big First District to meet with Kansans.

Everyone is invited to attend the events.

Learn more about upcoming and past Town Halls at https://huelskamp.house.gov/about/events.

Use of drones topic of Science Café

Posted on February 14, 2016February 9, 2016

FHSU University Relations and Marketing

Beau Dealy and Curtis Moore, unmanned aerial systems analysts with Apis Remote Sensing Systems, will give a presentation at a Fort Hays State University Science Café at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at Gella’s Diner & Lb. Brewing Co., 117 E. 11th.

Dealy and Moore’s presentation will give a comprehensive look into drone technology, legal use and safety in the context of scientific research.

This Science Café is sponsored by the FHSU Science and Mathematics Education Institute. Admission is free.

Kansas lawmakers want to limit release of police video

Posted on February 14, 2016February 14, 2016

MELISSA HELLMANN, Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers want to restrict public access to law enforcement body camera footage in an effort to protect the privacy of people caught on camera.

A bill introduced by the House judiciary committee last week would limit release of the video to the people in the footage, their attorneys and their parents if they are minors. The public would have access to footage only through a court order.

Under the current law, most of the footage is a public record available to anyone who asks for it.

Proponents say regulation would protect the public’s privacy. A critic said the bill doesn’t go far enough to balance privacy rights and the value of the cameras as an accountability tool.

University of Kansas Endowment is using crowdfunding

Posted on February 14, 2016

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas Foundation is using its own crowdfunding campaign to raise money for smaller projects on campus.

The campaign, called Launch KU, is designed to bring in money for projects such as replacing 10 musicians’ chairs at Swarthout Recital hall or bringing therapy dogs to campus.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports the first projects started in November, with the second batch of eight projects ending in mid-April.

The endowment’s senior director of giving, David Decker, says the campaign is a new approach targeting a different audience than the foundation’s typical years-long, multimillion-dollar building campaigns.

The first round of Launch KU raised more than $50,000 from 200 donors for eight projects.

First trial date set in killing of Salina teenager

Posted on February 14, 2016

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — The first trial date is scheduled for one of five people accused in the killing of a Salina teenager.

A Saline County judge on Friday scheduled an April 11 trial date for 19-year-old Stephen Gentry in the death of Allie Saum in May 2015. Prosecutors say she was shot as she rode in a pickup truck that drove past a group of men who mistakenly thought the truck driver had been involved in an earlier confrontation.

The Salina Journal reports that the five suspects are charged with first-degree murder and three other charges.

Gentry’s attorney argued Friday that his trial should be continued until the person who actually shot Saum is tried. Prosecutors said they had no preference which of the defendants is tried first.