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Month: April 2017

Spring storm brings tornado, hail to Kansas; snow is on the way

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Storm clouds across northwest Kansas on Thursday evening-photo Sherman Co. Sheriff

SHERMAN COUNTY – A variety of weather rolled across portions of Kansas on Thursday night. The spring storm brought high winds, tornadoes, heavy rain and a lot of hail, according to the National Weather Service.

Just before 5:30 p.m. MDT, law enforcement reported a brief tornado near Kanorado in Sherman County. A short time later, snow plows were used to clear hail from roads in that area.

The National Weather Service also issued tornado watches and warnings for Lakin in Kearny County and other areas of southwest Kansas.

There are no reports of damage from the storms.

There is snow in the forecast for parts of western Kansas this weekend.

Kansas man jailed for alleged domestic battery, kidnapping

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SALINE COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a suspect for an alleged attack on a woman at a residence in Salina.

Just after 10a.m. on Wednesday, a Salina man became angry with a woman talking on her cell phone instead of taking care of the two children in the apartment in the 1500 Block of East Iron, according to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester.

Keenan Geissert, 29, allegedly grabbed a large kitchen knife, smashing the victim’s phone and a glass top coffee table and then assaulted the woman and wouldn’t let her leave the apartment.
The confrontation moved to the bathroom, where Geissert held the knife to her throat and threatened her again.

The victim told police that a knock at the door took his attention off of her. She and the children, a seven-month-old and a two-year-old, were then allowed to leave the apartment around 4:45 p.m.

Police took Geissert was into custody and faces aggravated assault, aggravated intimidation of a witness, criminal damage to property, criminal threat, domestic battery and kidnapping charges, according to Forrester.

TMP-Marian softball drops two in Salina

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SALINA, Kan. – The TMP-Marian softball team dropped both of their games at the Sacred Heart triangular in Salina Thursday. The The Monarchs lost 3-2 to Hays High and 8-7 to the host Knights, snapping their 10-game winning streak.

Alison Helget gave up three runs on four hits without recording an out in the first inning in game one. Bailey Lacy came in and struck out nine without a walk  but the Monarchs could muster only two runs off Jaysa Wichers.

TMP-Marian fell behind 8-3 after two innings in the second game against Sacred Heart. They would rally with two runs in the fifth and one in the sixth but could get no closer. Helget gave up five runs, one earned, on two hits. Lacy struck out seven and allowed one earned run in four innings of relief.

Anna Gottschalk had four hits and Meagan Brin drove in two as the Monarchs fall to 11-5.

Broncos find their left tackle in first round of NFL draft

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – John Elway continued injecting some venom into his offensive line Thursday night when he selected Utah left tackle Garett Bolles with the 20th pick of the NFL draft.

That’s the lowest the first O-lineman has ever come off the board in the modern draft.

Four days earlier, Elway expressed confidence he could find a starting-caliber left tackle in a class relatively weak on offensive linemen.

The Broncos missed the playoffs last season for the first time in his six-year tenure. So, Elway went about adding some nastiness in the trenches this offseason. He signed free agents Domata Peko and Zach Kerr on defense and Ron Leary and Menelik Watson on offense.

The 6-foot-5, 300-pound Bolles, a punishing run blocker, fits the same nasty profile.

A troubled teenager, Bolles went the junior college route before going one-and-done at Utah, where he was named first-team All-Pac 12.

The 24-year-old served his Mormon mission in Colorado Springs.

“I love Colorado. I have a heart there because those are the people I taught on my mission,” Bolles said at the combine, where he ran a 4.95 40-yard dash. “If I end up going there, I’d be just fine.”

An emotional Bolles held his newborn son, Kingston, as he walked on stage at draft headquarters in Philadelphia and declared, “Denver, I’m coming back home!”

Bolles said he not only brings good footwork to the pros but also a maturity born from his wayward past.

“I have a plan, I have a mission. When you become a husband and you become a father, you have to sort of grow up and you have to become the person you want to be. And I plan to do whatever it takes,” Bolles said. “And I don’t even know the old Garett, in case you guys were wondering. … I don’t even know who that old Garett is.”

Well, on the field, he still recognizes him.

“When I’m on the field, I want to put people in the dirt,” Bolles said. “And that’s what I’m here for. As an offensive lineman, you want to be the nasty (jerk) that you can be. And whoever’s in front of me, I want to drive them and put them in the dirt. So I’m just going to try to be that every single day.

“And when I come off the field, I love my family. I just learned how to turn the switch to go back to the new Garett.”

Kansas high school student arrested after gun found in backpack

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RILEY COUNTY- Law enforcement and school district officials in Manhattan are investigating a student who brought a gun to school on Thursday.

Manhattan High School principal Greg Hoyt issued this statement on the incident.

“This afternoon, in the process of conducting an unrelated investigation, an unloaded handgun was discovered in a student’s backpack by an administrator. There was no ammunition discovered on the student or in the backpack, RCPD was immediately contacted and the student was taken into custody by law enforcement.

Officials also found no ammunition in the student’s car.
“We are thankful for the safe outcome and I applaud the work of school officials and our school resource officer, and am especially thankful for the student who first reported on a separate incident,” said Hoyt.

No additional information was released.

Chiefs move up to take QB Mahomes 10th overall in draft

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs boldly moved up in the NFL draft on Thursday night to select Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes with the 10th overall pick, giving them an heir apparent to veteran Alex Smith.

Kansas City sent its first-round picks this year and next year and one of two third-round picks in this year’s draft to Buffalo, climbing from the No. 27 pick to take the second QB off the board. North Carolina’s Mitch Trubisky went to the Chicago Bears second overall, while Heisman Trophy winner Deshaun Watson of Clemson went to the Houston Texas at No. 12.

“Right now, Patrick isn’t absolutely ready to play. He’s got some work to do,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “But he’s coming into a great room, he has an opportunity to learn from Alex, which will be a great for him. We have to have some patience with him, but he has tremendous upside.”

It’s the third time in the common draft era that Kansas City has taken a quarterback in the first round, and the first since Todd Blackledge in 1983. Mahomes is also the second QB to be taken in the first round by a Reid-coach team following Donovan McNabb with Philadelphia in 1999.

He also drew some comparisons to another protégé of Reid: Brett Favre.

“They’re different players. Brett is a Hall-of-Fame player. This kid has a long way to go before that,” Reid said, “but when you have an opportunity to talk to them and be around him and feel a certain energy, and then you see him practice, you’ll see a certain intensity you like.”

The big-armed son of former big league pitcher Pat Mahomes, the younger Mahomes will try to buck a trend of spread-style quarterbacks from Texas Tech that have failed to thrive in the NFL. Among them is Kliff Kingsbury, who spent the past four seasons tutoring Mahomes with the Red Raiders.

The Chiefs were in the market for a quarterback with Smith nearing the end of his career.

The former No. 1 overall pick of the 49ers, Smith arrived in Kansas City with Reid and general manager John Dorsey four years ago. And he’s played well enough to lead the Chiefs to three playoff appearances, an AFC West title this past season and earn a $68 million, four-year contract extension that could keep him with the Chiefs through the 2018 season.

That timetable is important: It gives Mahomes at least one season and possibly two to learn Reid’s offense from a trusted veteran. And if Mahomes proves to be a quick study, Smith can be released after next season with a relatively minimal impact on the salary cap.

“We just thought with what we do, Mahomes would fit in well,” Reid said. “We had all the guys in — all the quarterbacks came in. We had an opportunity to spend six hours with each guy. It was a great experience to meet all those guys. But we thought with what we do, Patrick would fit best.”

Much like other Texas Tech quarterbacks, Mahomes posted up eye-popping numbers in a pass-heavy offense geared to putting up points. He started 29 games over three seasons and became only the third player in Football Bowl Subdivision history with multiple seasons of 5,000 yards total offense.

He threw for 5,052 yards with 41 touchdowns and 10 interceptions last season.

Sheriff: Charges pending against Kan. suspect who left pet in mailbox

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LYON COUNTY -Law enforcement authorities in Lyon County are investigating the case of abandoning an animal and have made an arrest.

On Wednesday, resident found a guinea pig in her mailbox in the 1600 Block of G Road, according to social media report from the sheriff’s department.

Deputies asked the public for help to locate who left the animal. On Thursday, deputies reported they located the person who abandoned the pig. No arrests have been made. However, Cruelty to animal charges are pending through the Lyon County Attorney, according to the sheriff’s department.

They reminded residents Cruelty to animals includes knowingly abandoning any animal in any place without making provisions for its proper care.

HHS softball splits at Sacred Heart triangular

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SALINA, Kan. – The Hays High girls softball team split their two games at the Sacred Heart triangular in Salina Thursday, losing to the host Knights 11-7 then beating TMP-Marian 3-2 to end a five-game skid.

The Indians scored six runs in the second inning but couldn’t hold on in the first game against Sacred Heart. Macee Altman allowed all 11 runs on 11 hits. Only five of the runs were earned due to five Hays errors. Cameron Jensen had two hits and Cassidy Prough drove in two.

Hays scored three in the first and made stand up against the Monarchs. Cameron Jensen drove in two of the runs with a double. Jaysa Wichers allowed both runs on three hits with four strikeouts and two walks in the complete game victory.

The Indians are now 5-9 on the season.

Wastewater injection well application triggers Kan. protest demonstration

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BURDICK, Kan. (AP) — An application to inject wastewater from oil and natural gas operations into a well in an area that’s near a fault zone and national park is garnering opposition.

Some of the critics demonstrated this week at Emporia State University.

The Kansas Corporation Commission is gathering public comment through June 15 on the application from the Quail Oil and Gas. An official with the company didn’t immediately return a phone call or email message from The Associated Press.

His company’s proposal calls for pumping up to 5,000 barrels of wastewater per day into a Morris County well that would be near the Nemaha Ridge-Humboldt fault zone. That’s a relatively small amount. But concerns have arisen that a new well could trigger earthquakes because the fault zone is among the state’s largest.

Humphrey strikes twice as Hays High tops TMP

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By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

Hays High 3, TMP 2

HAYS, Kan.-Hays High Freshman Sophie Humphrey scored two second half goals to help lift the Hays High Lady Indians to a 3-2 victory over TMP on Thursday afternoon in Hays at the Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex.  It was a back and forth battle from the beginning with TMP striking first on a goal from Kayla Vitztum that gave the Lady Monarchs a 1-0 lead in the 6th minute.  It would take 30 minutes for the next score when Hays High’s Kallie Leiker scored in the 36th minute to tie the game at one goal apiece.

The score remained that way until Vitztum struck again nine minutes in to the second half to give TMP their last lead of the match.  Two minutes later Humphrey scored her first goal to tie the game at 2-2.  The two teams battled through the rest of the second half when Humphrey found a crack in the Lady Monarch’ defense on the right side and found the back of the net to give Hays High the 3-2 lead and the victory.

TMP drops to 5-3-1 with the loss.  Hays High improves to 8-4 with the win.

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FHSU’s Bollig and Gray named to All-MIAA softball team

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State’s Candace Bollig and Tess Gray were named to the All-MIAA Softball Team for the 2017 season on Thursday (Apr. 27). Both received honorable mention nods as teams are voted on by head coaches in the MIAA.

After a slow start to the year at the plate, Bollig came on strong in the final month of the season seeing her batting average jump 44 points after March 31 as she hit .362 in April. She finished the year with a .304 batting average, .441 slugging percentage, .395 on-base percentage, and 28 RBI to lead the team. She had 14 extra-base hits (8 doubles, 4 triples, 2 home runs). Bollig is an honorable mention selection at third base, where she played 45 of the 56 games this season. She was the designated player for the other 11 contests.

Gray earns the honorable mention selection at catcher. She batted .295 for the season with 5 doubles, 4 home runs, and 27 RBI. Gray led the MIAA in runners caught stealing in conference play with eight, as opponents had a 78 percent success rate against her. Overall, for the season, opponents had an 81 percent success, so the non-conference stolen base against rate was higher. However, she still threw out 23 base stealers overall for the season, which also led MIAA catchers.

Below is the All-MIAA Softball Team for 2017.

2017 All-MIAA Softball Team
Player of the Year: Carrie Abrams, OF, Central Oklahoma
Pitcher of the Year: Emmie Robertson, Pittsburg State
Co-Defensive Players of the Year: Katie Klosterman, 3B, Missouri Western
Stormy Christerson, SS, Southwest Baptist
Freshman of the Year: Kala Holder, UT, Pittsburg State
Coach of the Year: Cody White, Central Oklahoma

1st Team
Pitcher: Emmie Robertson, Pittsburg State$
Pitcher: Jayden Chestnut, Central Oklahoma
Catcher: Tori Collett, Central Oklahoma^
First Base: Paige Gann, Northeastern State
Second Base: Myranda Stewart, Missouri Southern
Shortstop: Morgan Heard, Central Oklahoma^*
Third Base: Katie Klosterman, Missouri Western^
Outfield: Morgan Rathmann, Missouri Western^
Outfield: Carrie Abrams, Central Oklahoma
Outfield: Abi Corbett, Missouri Southern
Designated Player: Erica Harper, Washburn
Utility/Non-Pitcher: Kala Holder, Pittsburg State
Utility/Pitcher: Katie Giacone, Central Missouri
$= First team selection in 2015 & 2016
^= First team selection in 2016
*= Unanimous Selection

2nd Team
Pitcher: Peyton Walker, Central Oklahoma
Pitcher: Eryn Stockman, Emporia State
Catcher: Jacie Stephens, Emporia State
First Base: Carli Jones, Central Oklahoma
Second Base: Megan Schellert, Southwest Baptist
Shortstop: Shelbie Atwell, Missouri Western
Third Base: Haley Acrey, Northeastern State
Outfield: JoBi Heath, Central Oklahoma
Outfield: Sydney Washington, Missouri Western
Outfield: Jaidyn Mawhinney, Southwest Baptist
Designated Player: Ashleigh Tramel, Central Oklahoma
Designated Player: Shelby Friend, Missouri Southern
Utility/Non-Pitcher: Kaitlyn Weis, Northwest Missouri
Utility/Pitcher: Sierra Crick, Northeastern State
Note- Two designated players due to tie in the voting

Honorable Mention
Pitcher: Stormee Galla, Lindenwood; Barb Billingsley, Missouri Western; Taylor Blackford, Northwest Missouri; Kacey Ayers, Southwest Baptist; Claire Miller, Southwest Baptist; Kelsee Henry, Washburn.

Catcher: Tess Gray, Fort Hays State; Angel Badalamenti, Missouri Southern; Bekah Mueller, Missouri Western; Nicole Nease, Pittsburg State.

First Base: Lauren Mabe, Central Missouri; Macie Kinsey, Lincoln.

Second Base: Carlee Gann, Northeastern State; Torri Blythe, Northwest Missouri.

Shortstop: Sarah Glass, Emporia State, Austine Pauley, Lindenwood; Stormy Christerson, Southwest Baptist.

Third Base: Hailey Cope, Emporia State; Candace Bollig, Fort Hays State; Jordan Lawson, Lincoln; Chantel Adams, Northwest Missouri; Savannah Moore, Washburn.

Outfield: Makayla Schoonover, Central Missouri; Lauryn Deer, Central Missouri; Brooke Zukerman, Central Oklahoma; Caitlin VanVleck, Emporia State; Kiley Kerr, Lincoln; Elizabeth Windsor, Missouri Southern; Shelby Uhl, Missouri Western; Nicole Spykstra, Nebraska-Kearney; Ryan Martin, Northeastern State; Lawren McKinney, Pittsburg State.

Utility/Non-Pitcher: Abigail Gilson, Northwest Missouri.

Utility/Pitcher: Sarah Westoff, Lincoln.

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