Smoky Hill Pheasants Forever Chapter 424 is having its 26th-annual banquet on Saturday, Feb. 24.
The event is open to the public and will feature games, raffles, prizes and auction items, and a chance to socialize with people who have similar interests.
“The purpose of the banquet is to raise funds that will stay here locally,” said member Shayne Wilson. “We want everybody to understand the money stays in the counties we handle, which are Ellis, Trego and Rush. Most of the money goes to our youth events, and we have a habitat program that people can apply for.”
Along with a smothered steak and ham dinner, socialization, and prizes, admission to the banquet includes a Pheasants Forever membership, which includes a one-year subscription to the Pheasants Forever Journal of Upland Conservation (five issues), and the opportunity to make a difference for habitat and conservation education locally.
Some of the auction items available at the banquet include: several firearms, a German short-haired pointer female puppy (4 weeks old), a football helmet and football signed by the Fort Hays State University football team and head coach Chris Brown, and a University of Kansas men’s basketball team autographed basketball.
The banquet will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Gold Building at the Ellis County Fairgrounds.
Tickets are still available, but they usually go fast as the event gets closer. For more information on tickets, you can contact Shayne Wilson at 785-432-1904.
Rev. Billy Graham-photo courtesy Billy Graham Evangelistic Assn.
MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died Wednesday. He was 99.
Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments, died at his home in North Carolina, spokesman Mark DeMoss told The Associated Press.
More than anyone else, Graham built evangelicalism into a force that rivaled liberal Protestantism and Roman Catholicism in the United States. His leadership summits and crusades in more than 185 countries and territories forged powerful global links among conservative Christians, and threw a lifeline to believers in the communist-controlled Eastern bloc. Dubbed “America’s pastor,” he was a confidant to U.S. presidents from Gen. Dwight Eisenhower to George W. Bush.
In 1983, President Reagan gave Graham the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor. When the Billy Graham Museum and Library was dedicated in 2007 in Charlotte, former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton attended.
“When he prays with you in the Oval Office or upstairs in the White House, you feel he’s praying for you, not the president,” Clinton said at the ceremony.
Beyond Graham’s public appearances, he reached untold millions through his pioneering use of prime-time telecasts, network radio, daily newspaper columns, evangelistic feature films and globe-girdling satellite TV hookups. Graham’s message was not complex or unique, yet he preached with a conviction that won over audiences worldwide.
“The Bible says,” was his catch phrase. His unquestioning belief in Scripture turned the Gospel into a “rapier” in his hands, he said.
A tall, striking man with thick hair, stark blue eyes and a firm jaw, Graham was a commanding presence at his crusades. He would make the altar call in his powerful baritone, asking the multitudes to stand, come down the aisles and publicly make “decisions for Christ,” as a choir crooned the hymn “Just As I Am.”
By his final crusade in 2005 in New York City, he had preached in person to more than 210 million people worldwide. No evangelist is expected to have his level of influence again.
“William Franklin Graham Jr. can safely be regarded as the best who ever lived at what he did,” said William Martin, author of the Graham biography “A Prophet With Honor.”
Born Nov. 7, 1918, on his family’s dairy farm near Charlotte, North Carolina, Graham came from a fundamentalist background that expected true Bible-believers to stay clear of Christians with even the most minor differences over Scripture. But as his crusades drew support from a widening array of Christian churches, he came to reject that view.
He joined in a then-emerging movement called New Evangelicalism, that abandoned the narrowness of fundamentalism to engage broader society. Fundamentalists at the time excoriated the preacher for his new direction, and broke with him when he agreed to work with more liberal Christians in the 1950s.
Graham stood fast. He would not reject people who were sincere and shared at least some of his beliefs, Martin said. He wanted the widest hearing possible for his salvation message.
“The ecumenical movement has broadened my viewpoint and I recognize now that God has his people in all churches,” he said in the early 1950s.
In 1957, he said, “I intend to go anywhere, sponsored by anybody, to preach the Gospel of Christ.”
His approach helped evangelicals gain the influence they have today. Graham’s path to becoming an evangelist began taking shape at age 16, when the Presbyterian-reared farmboy committed himself to Christ at a local tent revival.
“I did not feel any special emotion,” he wrote in his 1997 autobiography, “Just As I Am.” ”I simply felt at peace,” and thereafter, “the world looked different.”
After high school, he enrolled at the fundamentalist Bob Jones College, but found the school stifling, and transferred to Florida Bible Institute in Tampa. There, he practiced sermonizing in a swamp, preaching to birds and alligators before tryouts with small churches. He still wasn’t convinced he should be a preacher until a soul-searching, late-night ramble on a golf course.
“I finally gave in while pacing at midnight on the 18th hole,” he said. “‘All right, Lord,’ I said, ‘If you want me, you’ve got me.'”
Graham, who became a Southern Baptist, went on to study at Wheaton College, a prominent Christian liberal arts school in Illinois, where he met fellow student Ruth Bell, who had been raised in China where her father had been a Presbyterian medical missionary.
The two married in 1943, and he planned to become an Army chaplain. But he fell seriously ill, and by the time he recovered and could start the chaplain training program, World War II was nearly over.
Instead, he took a job organizing meetings in the U.S. and Europe with Youth for Christ, a group he helped found. He stood out then for his loud ties and suits, and a rapid delivery and swinging arms that won him the nickname “the Preaching Windmill.”
A 1949 Los Angeles revival turned Graham into evangelism’s rising star. Held in a tent dubbed the “Canvas Cathedral,” Graham had been drawing adequate, but not spectacular crowds until one night when reporters and photographers descended. When Graham asked them why, a reporter said that legendary publisher William Randolph Hearst had ordered his papers to hype Graham. Graham said he never found out why.
The publicity gave him a national profile. Over the next decade, his massive crusades in England and New York catapulted him to international celebrity. His 12-week London campaign in 1954 defied expectations, drawing more than 2 million people and the respect of the British, many of whom had derided him before his arrival as little more than a slick salesman. Three years later, he held a crusade in New York’s Madison Square Garden that was so popular it was extended from six to 16 weeks, capped off with a rally in Times Square that packed Broadway with more than 100,000 people.
The strain of so much preaching caused the already trim Graham to lose 30 pounds by the time the event ended. It remains his longest revival meeting ever.
As his public influence grew, the preacher’s stands on the social issues of his day were watched closely by supporters and critics alike. One of the most pressing was the civil rights movement. Graham was no social activist and never joined marches, which led prominent Christians such as theologian Reinhold Niebuhr to publicly condemn Graham as too moderate. Still, Graham ended racially segregated seating at his Southern crusades in 1953, a year before the Supreme Court’s school integration ruling, and long refused to visit South Africa while its white regime insisted on racially segregated meetings.
In a 2005 interview with The Associated Press, before his final crusade which was held in New York, Graham said he regretted that he didn’t battle for civil rights more forcefully.
“I think I made a mistake when I didn’t go to Selma” with many clergy who joined the historic Alabama march led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “I would like to have done more.” Graham more robustly took on the cause of anti-Communism, making preaching against the atheist regime part of his sermons for years.
As America’s most famous religious leader, he golfed with statesmen and entertainers and dined with royalty. Graham’s relationships with U.S. presidents also boosted his ministry and became a source of pride for conservative Christians who were so often caricatured as backward. But those ties proved problematic when his close friend Richard Nixon resigned in the Watergate scandal, leaving Graham devastated and baffled. He resolved to take a lower profile in the political world, going as far as discouraging the Rev. Jerry Falwell, a founder of the Moral Majority, from mixing religion and politics.
“Evangelicals can’t be closely identified with any particular party or person. We have to stand in the middle, to preach to all the people, right and left,” Graham said in 1981, according to Time magazine. “I haven’t been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.”
Yet, in the 2012 election, with Graham mostly confined to his North Carolina home, he all but endorsed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. And the evangelist’s ministry took out full-page ads in newspapers support a ballot referendum that would ban same-sex marriage.
His son, the Rev. Franklin Graham, who runs the ministry, said his father viewed the gay marriage question as a moral, not a political, issue. Graham’s integrity was credited with salvaging the reputation of broadcast evangelism in the dark days of the late 1980s, after scandals befell TV preachers Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker.
He resolved early on never to be alone with a woman other than his wife. Instead of taking a share of the “love offerings” at his crusades, as was the custom, he earned a modest salary from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
His ministry was governed by an independent board that included successful Christian businessmen and other professionals — a stark departure from the widespread evangelical practice of packing boards with relatives and yes-men.
“Why, I could make a quarter of a million dollars a year in this field or in Hollywood if I wanted to,” Graham said. “The offers I’ve had from Hollywood studios are amazing. But I just laughed. I told them I was staying with God.”
While he succeeded in preserving his reputation, he could not completely shield his family from the impact of his work. He was on the road for months at a time, leaving Ruth at their mountainside home in Montreat, North Carolina, to raise their five children: Franklin, Virginia (“Gigi”), Anne, Ruth and Nelson (“Ned”).
Anne Graham Lotz has said that her mother was effectively “a single parent.” Ruth sometimes grew so lonely when Billy was traveling that she slept with his tweed jacket for comfort. But she said, “I’d rather have a little of Bill than a lot of any other man.” She died in June 2007 at age 87.
“I will miss her terribly,” Billy Graham said, “and look forward even more to the day I can join her in heaven.”
In his later years, Graham visited communist Eastern Europe and increasingly appealed for world peace. He opened a 1983 convention of evangelists from 140 nations by urging the elimination of nuclear and biological weapons.
He told audiences in Czechoslovakia that “we must do all we can to preserve life and avoid war,” although he opposed unilateral disarmament. In 1982, he went to Moscow to preach and attend a conference on world peace. During that visit, he said he saw no signs of Soviet religious persecution, a misguided attempt at diplomacy that brought scathing criticism from author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, among others.
“It’s worth taking a risk for peace,” Graham contended, although he was clearly stung by the controversy.
Graham’s relationship with Nixon became an issue once again when tapes newly released in 2002 caught the preacher telling the president that Jews “don’t know how I really feel about what they’re doing to this country.”
Graham apologized, saying he didn’t recall ever having such feelings and asking the Jewish community to consider his actions above his words on that tape. Health problems gradually slowed Graham, but he did not cease preaching.
In 1995, his son, Franklin, was named the ministry’s leader. Along with the many honors he received from the evangelical community and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Graham received the $1 million Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in 1982 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1996.
Graham will be buried by his wife, Ruth, at the Billy Graham Museum and Library.
“I have been asked, ‘What is the secret?'” Graham had said of his preaching. “Is it showmanship, organization or what? The secret of my work is God. I would be nothing without him.”
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The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, has died.
Spokesman Mark DeMoss says Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments, died at his home in North Carolina on Wednesday morning. He was 99.
Graham reached more than 200 million through his appearances and millions more through his pioneering use of television and radio. Unlike many traditional evangelists, he abandoned narrow fundamentalism to engage broader society.
Bids are expected to be awarded for the 2018 Street Maintenance Project during Thursday’s Hays city commission meeting.
The projects in this year’s program include seal coat, micro-surfacing, diamond grinding, curb and brick repair and polypatch. The diamond grinding of Canterbury Drive between 13th and 17th Streets will allow for a lane reduction with the restriping of Canterbury from four lanes to three lanes.
Five contractors with the lowest bids will be recommended for the work at a cost of $1,109,862.24.
Commissioners will also hear an update of the wastewater treatment plant reconstruction.
John Schlageck writes for the Kansas Farm Bureau.Pottawatomie County farmer/stockman Glenn Brunkow entered the Capital Plaza Hotel in Topeka with his hair askew and his demeanor a bit dampened. In less than 10 minutes Brunkow was slated to speak on international trade and its impact on Kansas.
He quickly walked into the Sunflower Ballroom, shrugged off his hectic morning on the farm and shifted into the advocacy-for-agriculture role. His eyes twinkled, he flashed his trademark Brunkow grin and headed for the stage to greet the other members of the Kansas Farm Bureau-sponsored panel on trade.
In his opening statement to the more than 80 Kansas Press Association (KPA) members gathered for their annual meeting, Brunkow told them, “Trade is the lifeblood of Kansas farmers and ranchers. Without trade, we’re unable to market nearly half of the crops and livestock we produce.”
Speaking of ag production, Brunkow farms with his father north of Wamego. The family operation consists of soybeans, corn, wheat, hay, a cow herd and a small flock of sheep.
The fifth-generation farmer/stockman crawled out of bed early that Friday morning, Feb. 9, before heading to the KPA meeting in Topeka. Brunkow had livestock to feed and his sheep were lambing. One of the ewes struggled to give birth and the stockman called his veterinarian to help.
As soon as the vet arrived, Brunkow laid out the situation facing the momma ewe. Committed to speaking on the trade panel, Brunkow left the vet with his father and daughter to help and headed east.
Talk about commitment…
Brunkow firmly believes his farm organization is the most powerful voice for Kansas agriculture whether farmers and ranchers are lobbying elected officials in Topeka or Washington D.C., educating fourth graders on his family farm or addressing newspaper editors across Kansas about the importance of trade.
And while Brunkow headed to the KPA meeting, the situation back west on his farm had deteriorated. He learned the news in a phone call from his daughter a few minutes before he arrived in Topeka.
Fortunately, the first lamb out of the ewe lived. However, the second was lodged sideways and died during the birthing process. A third lamb died as well.
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Brunkow says. “I knew we were in trouble, but I never imagined there’d be three lambs. So, I never even thought about the prospect of losing two babies.”
Loosing livestock of any kind represents one of the worst experiences that can occur on a farm or ranch. Like other stockmen, Brunkow looks at his stock every day he’s on his family farm.
He checks on their health, food and water. The stockman also looks to see how they’re progressing. Their condition.
“It’s an emotional attachment you have when you raise cattle, hogs, sheep, whatever you have in your operation,” Brunkow says. “These livestock live with you day in and day out. You’ve raised them from the first day they hit the ground until they’re producing calves or lambs in your herd. It’s a passion.”
And it’s constantly changing. Every day is a new day filled with challenges and successes. Still, Brunkow looks forward to these opportunities.
Like the rising sun, the Pottawatomie County stockman wakes up and looks forward to these opportunities. He’s excited about his livestock. He knows they rely on him to care for them.
They’re part of his life just like speaking on behalf of his vocation. Brunkow speaks to people about his crop and livestock operation because he’s committed to doing so.
As a spokesperson, he’s willing to do more, because it’s who he is.
John Schlageck, a Hoxie native, is a leading commentator on agriculture and rural Kansas.
GEARY COUNTY — Over the past 9 days, law enforcement authorities and school districts across Kansas are investigating numerous alleged threats against students and schools.
Police and school districts in Dodge City, Wichita, Hays, Great Bend, Salina and Junction City have learned of alleged threats. Police have arrested four students.
On Tuesday, a 13-year-old Junction City Middle School student made a first appearance in Geary County District Court following an alleged school threat at USD 475. Police arrested the student late Monday, according to Trish Giordano with Junction City Police.
Just before 9p.m. Monday, police were notified of possible threats made through social media towards the Great Bend Middle School, according to a media release from police. The juvenile was interviewed and suspended through USD 428. The Barton County Attorney’s office is considering possible charges in the case.
On February 15, graffiti alleging a potential shooting was found at Lakewood Middle School in Salina, according to USD 305.
On February 12, police in Hays received a report of an alleged threat made by a 14-year-old boy against Hays High School, according to a media release from the Ellis County Attorney. The teen was taken into police protective custody.
The Wichita Police Department reported Friday they were investigating alleged threats made on social media at Bishop Carroll and Southeast high schools. Police booked a 17-year-old Bishop Carroll student for alleged criminal threat.
At USD 443 in Dodge City Friday, police located a student accused of making threatening comments against another. The alleged threat did not include threat toward the school, according to police.
Police continue to encourage students to report if they hear or see anything suspicious.
Today A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 28. Wind chill values as low as -3. North northeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
Another round of snow, sleet and freezing rain is expected to move back into the area this afternoon through tonight. #kswxpic.twitter.com/bcWDkHw2NW
Tonight A chance of snow before midnight, then a chance of snow and freezing rain between midnight and 1am, then a chance of freezing rain after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 18. East northeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday A slight chance of freezing rain. Cloudy, with a high near 32. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. East wind around 6 mph.
Friday Partly sunny, with a high near 43. East northeast wind 5 to 9 mph.
TOPEKA – Individuals living with a disability can now roll funds saved within a 529 Education Savings Account into their ABLE Account. Additionally, Learning Quest 529 Education Savings Account holders can utilize their funds for K-12 education tuition. These changes came about due to tax reform on the federal level. Like with past federal tax changes, the Kansas Department of Revenue will implement the changes as prescribed by Congress.
“Since the day tax reform was approved on the federal level, our office has received numerous calls from around the state wondering about its impact on ABLE and Learning Quest Accounts.” said Kansas State Treasurer Jake LaTurner. “Now that the dust has settled, it is clear that Kansans living with a disability and those saving for their education have significantly more flexibility. Our hope is that these changes will only increase a culture of saving, which is critical to the next generation’s future.”
ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) allows Kansans living with a disability to save for their future. Families and individuals can save in tax-advantaged accounts for disability-related expenses. The new tax law allows these individuals to rollover funds from a 529 Education Savings Account to their ABLE account without any tax penalty.
“Any person, including those living with a disability, should be given every possible incentive to save,” said Rocky Nichols, Executive Director of the Disability Rights Center of Kansas. “We look forward to working with Treasurer LaTurner to implement these changes as smoothly as possible.”
The Kansas Treasurer’s Office also administers the Learning Quest 529 Education Savings Program, which can help Kansans save for education expenses. The program provides tax advantages under both Kansas and federal law. Investments in 529 earnings are not taxed by the federal government or the state of Kansas. Kansans can receive a $3,000 individual or $6,000 tax deduction per beneficiary on their Kansas taxes. Prior to tax reform, funds in a 529 could only be used for higher-education expenses.
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Arkansas City 61, Wichita Campus 49
Attica 66, Cunningham 23
Baxter Springs 69, Columbus 49
Central Plains 68, Ellinwood 26
Centralia 75, Washington County 37
Cimarron 46, Southwestern Hts. 37
Clifton-Clyde 69, Valley Heights 42
Colby 62, Hoxie 56
Galena 53, Pittsburg Colgan 45
Garden City 50, Liberal 46
Girard 59, Riverton 42
Greeley County 59, Weskan 56
Hanover 72, Linn 40
Hays 92, Dodge City 80
Hays-TMP-Marian 68, Plainville 67
Hill City 44, Norton 33
Hoisington 43, Pratt 40
Holton 59, Sabetha 52
Ingalls 63, Satanta 46
Kapaun Mount Carmel 50, Wichita East 46
Kingman 64, Nickerson 50
La Crosse 57, Kinsley 37
Lakeside 56, Logan 54
Lakin 104, Hugoton 77
Larned 49, Lyons 32
Macksville 59, Hodgeman County 43
Manhattan 65, Junction City 61, OT
Meade 42, Spearville 37
Moscow 62, Sublette 34
Natoma 42, Palco 40
Ness City 80, Dighton 38
Northern Valley 101, Golden Plains 56
Osborne 65, Victoria 33
Phillipsburg 67, Stockton 56
Pittsburg 66, Joplin, Mo. 49
Rock Hills 63, Pike Valley 45
Salina Central 41, Salina South 22
Salina Sacred Heart 80, Ellsworth 74, 3OT
Scott City 81, Goodland 77
Smith Center 77, Beloit 73, 2OT
South Central 19, Minneola 9
South Gray 91, Deerfield 32
St. John 77, Otis-Bison 32
Stafford 62, Pretty Prairie 53
Syracuse 41, Rolla 18
Topeka Hayden 42, Topeka West 41
Topeka Seaman 72, Shawnee Heights 69
Trego 61, Quinter 59, OT
Wakefield 46, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 34
Washburn Rural 61, Highland Park 59, OT
Wichita Heights 52, Wichita Southeast 44
Wichita North 70, Wichita Northwest 5
Wichita South 65, Wichita West 22
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Altoona-Midway vs. Northeast-Arma, ppd. to Feb 22.
Andover Central vs. Goddard-Eisenhower, ppd. to Feb 21.
Atchison vs. KC Wyandotte, ppd.
Augusta vs. El Dorado, ppd. to Feb 24.
Basehor-Linwood vs. Lansing, ppd. to Feb 21.
Belle Plaine vs. Garden Plain, ppd. to Feb 21.
Bennington vs. St. John’s Beloit-Tipton, ppd. to Feb 22.
Berean Academy vs. Marion, ppd. to Feb 22.
Buhler vs. Winfield, ppd. to Feb 21.
Centre vs. Peabody-Burns, ccd.
Chaparral vs. Wichita Independent, ccd.
Cherryvale vs. Humboldt, ppd. to Feb 21.
Chetopa vs. Yates Center, ppd.
Circle vs. McPherson, ppd. to Feb 23.
Clearwater vs. Wellington, ppd. to Feb 26.
Crest vs. Madison/Hamilton, ppd. to Feb 21.
Douglass vs. Conway Springs, ppd. to Feb 22.
Elyria Christian vs. Hutchinson Central Christian, ppd. to Feb 22.
Erie vs. Neodesha, ppd.
Eudora vs. Ottawa, ppd.
Eureka vs. West Elk, ppd.
Fredonia vs. Caney Valley, ppd. to Feb 22.
Goessel vs. Udall, ccd.
Hartford vs. Flinthills, ppd.
Haven vs. Halstead, ppd. to Feb 22.
Herington vs. Inman, ppd. to Feb 22.
Hutchinson vs. Derby, ppd. to Feb 23.
Independence vs. Fort Scott, ppd. to Feb 21.
KC Bishop Ward vs. KC Piper, ppd. to Feb 21.
Labette County vs. Coffeyville, ppd. to Feb 21.
Little River vs. Canton-Galva, ppd. to Feb 22.
Lyndon vs. Central Heights, ppd. to Feb 23.
Maize South vs. Andover, ppd. to Feb 21.
Maize vs. Newton, ppd. to Feb 21.
Marmaton Valley vs. Jayhawk Linn, ppd. to Feb 23.
Medicine Lodge vs. Wichita Trinity, ppd. to Feb 22.
Minneapolis vs. Russell, ppd. to Feb 22.
Moundridge vs. Solomon, ppd. to Feb 23.
Mulvane vs. Andale, ccd.
Norwich vs. Burrton, ppd.
Olathe North vs. Olathe South, ppd. to Feb 21.
Osawatomie vs. Prairie View, ppd. to Feb 22.
Oswego vs. Pleasanton, ccd.
Oxford vs. Burden Central, ppd. to Feb 23.
Parsons vs. Chanute, ppd. to Feb 22.
Pratt Skyline vs. South Barber, ppd.
SM West vs. SM South, ppd. to Feb 21.
Smoky Valley vs. Hillsboro, ppd. to Feb 22.
Southeast Saline vs. Republic County, ccd.
Southern Coffey vs. Uniontown, ppd.
Spring Hill vs. Baldwin, ppd. to Feb 21.
Sterling vs. Hesston, ppd. to Feb 22.
Tonganoxie vs. Bonner Springs, ppd. to Feb 21.
Valley Center vs. Goddard, ppd.
Wellsville vs. Iola, ppd. to Feb 21.
Wichita Collegiate vs. Rose Hill, ppd. to Feb 21.
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Arkansas City 44, Wichita Campus 41
Beloit 47, Smith Center 43
Bucklin 58, Ashland 28
Central Plains 95, Ellinwood 38
Centralia 74, Washington County 38
Cheylin 42, Rawlins County 41
Cimarron 43, Southwestern Hts. 41
Columbus 42, Baxter Springs 38
Cunningham 38, Attica 25
Dighton 52, Ness City 22
Elkhart 47, Stanton County 41
Ellsworth 49, Salina Sacred Heart 31
Girard 56, Riverton 23
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 56, Wakefield 42
Golden Plains 57, Northern Valley 51
Hanover 59, Linn 29
Hays 48, Dodge City 38
Hays-TMP-Marian 69, Plainville 60
Hill City 46, Norton 37
Hodgeman County 55, Macksville 30
Holton 63, Sabetha 34
Hugoton 66, Lakin 37
Ingalls 80, Satanta 59
Kingman 47, Nickerson 35
Kiowa County 86, Fowler 16
La Crosse 59, Kinsley 52
Lakeside 49, Logan 34
Larned 37, Lyons 35
Liberal 49, Garden City 25
Manhattan 63, Junction City 28
Natoma 33, Palco 26
Pike Valley 46, Rock Hills 45
Pittsburg Colgan 52, Galena 50
Pratt 47, Hoisington 44
Pretty Prairie 43, Stafford 17
Salina South 45, Salina Central 43
Scott City 57, Goodland 41
South Central 69, Minneola 41
Spearville 49, Meade 37
St. John 36, Otis-Bison 35
Stockton 72, Phillipsburg 49
Sublette 58, Moscow 30
Syracuse 41, Rolla 18
Topeka Hayden 51, Topeka West 41
Topeka Seaman 53, Shawnee Heights 19
Valley Heights 56, Clifton-Clyde 41
Victoria 55, Osborne 49
Washburn Rural 61, Highland Park 25
Weskan 60, Greeley County 32
Wheatland-Grinnell 64, Western Plains-Healy 13
Wichita East 60, Kapaun Mount Carmel 55
Wichita Heights 53, Wichita Southeast 50
Wichita Northwest 61, Wichita North 36
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Altoona-Midway vs. Northeast-Arma, ppd. to Feb 22.
Andover Central vs. Goddard-Eisenhower, ppd. to Feb 21.
Atchison vs. KC Wyandotte, ppd.
Augusta vs. El Dorado, ppd. to Feb 24.
Basehor-Linwood vs. Lansing, ppd. to Feb 21.
Belle Plaine vs. Garden Plain, ppd. to Feb 21.
Bennington vs. St. John’s Beloit-Tipton, ppd. to Feb 22.
Berean Academy vs. Marion, ppd. to Feb 22.
Buhler vs. Winfield, ppd. to Feb 21.
Centre vs. Peabody-Burns, ccd.
Chaparral vs. Wichita Independent, ccd.
Chapman vs. Abilene, ppd. to Feb 23.
Cherryvale vs. Humboldt, ppd. to Feb 21.
Chetopa vs. Yates Center, ppd.
Circle vs. McPherson, ppd. to Feb 23.
Clearwater vs. Wellington, ppd. to Feb 26.
Crest vs. Madison/Hamilton, ccd.
Douglass vs. Conway Springs, ppd. to Feb 22.
Elyria Christian vs. Hutchinson Central Christian, ppd. to Feb 22.
Erie vs. Neodesha, ppd.
Eudora vs. Ottawa, ppd.
Fairfield vs. Remington, ppd.
Fredonia vs. Caney Valley, ppd. to Feb 22.
Goessel vs. Udall, ccd.
Hartford vs. Flinthills, ppd.
Haven vs. Halstead, ppd. to Feb 22.
Herington vs. Inman, ppd. to Feb 22.
Hutchinson vs. Derby, ppd. to Feb 23.
Independence vs. Fort Scott, ppd. to Feb 21.
KC Piper vs. KC Bishop Ward, ppd. to Feb 22.
Labette County vs. Coffeyville, ppd. to Feb 21.
Little River vs. Canton-Galva, ppd. to Feb 22.
Lyndon vs. Central Heights, ppd. to Feb 23.
Maize South vs. Andover, ppd. to Feb 23.
Maize vs. Newton, ppd. to Feb 23.
Medicine Lodge vs. Wichita Trinity, ppd. to Feb 22.
Minneapolis vs. Russell, ppd. to Feb 22.
Moundridge vs. Solomon, ppd. to Feb 23.
Mulvane vs. Andale, ccd.
Norwich vs. Burrton, ppd.
Notre Dame de Sion, Mo. vs. KC Schlagle, ccd.
Olathe North vs. Olathe South, ppd. to Feb 21.
Osawatomie vs. Prairie View, ppd. to Feb 22.
Oswego vs. Pleasanton, ccd.
Oxford vs. Burden Central, ppd. to Feb 23.
Parsons vs. Chanute, ppd. to Feb 22.
Pratt Skyline vs. South Barber, ppd.
Rose Hill vs. Wichita Collegiate, ppd. to Feb 21.
SM West vs. SM South, ppd. to Feb 21.
Smoky Valley vs. Hillsboro, ppd. to Feb 22.
South Haven vs. Caldwell, ppd. to Feb 21.
Southeast Saline vs. Republic County, ccd.
Southern Coffey vs. Uniontown, ppd. to Feb 22.
Spring Hill vs. Baldwin, ppd. to Feb 22.
St. Mary’s vs. Wabaunsee, ppd.
Sterling vs. Hesston, ppd. to Feb 22.
Tonganoxie vs. Bonner Springs, ppd. to Feb 22.
Valley Center vs. Goddard, ppd. to Feb 21.
Wellsville vs. Iola, ppd. to Feb 21.
Wichita South vs. Wichita West, ppd.
KEARNEY, Neb. – Nebraska-Kearney edged Fort Hays State 65-62 in a tight battle Tuesday night (Feb. 20). Late miscues by the Tigers aided the Lopers in escaping a game where neither team built more than a six-point lead. FHSU moved to 16-11 overall, 9-9 in the MIAA, while UNK evened the regular season series with FHSU and improved to 14-13 overall, 10-8 in the MIAA.
Mark Johnson Postgame Interview
Game Highlights
Both teams struggled offensively in the early going as UNK was the first to climb over 10 points at the 12:04 mark of the first half. A 7-0 run by UNK produced its biggest lead of the game, 15-9, with 10:29 to go. But, the Tigers chipped away and took the lead eventually, 26-24, before the count at halftime settled at a 29-29 tie.
FHSU had the upper hand early in the second half, coming out of the break on a 6-0 run to build its largest lead of six points, 35-29, at the 17:55 mark. Hadley Gillum opened the scoring with a basket that pushed him over the 1,000-point mark in his career at FHSU. He is the 20th player in program history to reach 1,000. Gillum scored all 15 of his points on the night after halftime. Brady Werth, who chipped in a pair of baskets in the run, went on to lead the Tigers with 17 points.
Even with the early run, the Tigers could not shake the Lopers and the teams battled in a tight contest the rest of the way through. From the 12:43 mark all the way to the end of the game, neither team built a lead larger than four points.
Down by three with under a minute to play, UNK fouled Marcus Cooper on a stickback bucket off an offensive rebound. He sunk the free throw to tie the game for the 12th time, 62-62. Cooper finished the game with 13 points and 12 rebounds for his second double-double of the season.
With the game tied, UNK called timeout with 21 seconds remaining to set up offense with the shot clock off. However, on the inbounds, Cooper overplayed the ball and fouled Lane Rohrich, who went to the line and sunk 1-of-2 attempts. FHSU still had a chance to win the game, but Kyler Kinnamon opted to go to the basket with 10 seconds remaining and his running layup attempt was off the mark.
Isaiah McKay of UNK went to the free-throw line and dropped a pair of shots, giving UNK a three-point lead. FHSU still had a chance to tie, but Grant Holmes had the ball stolen away beyond the three-point line on the right wing and could not get a potential tying shot off.
Fort Hays State shot only 34.9 percent from the field and 27.8 percent beyond the three-point line. UNK was worse beyond the arc at 23.5 percent, but managed to shoot 42.3 percent overall from the field.
The Tigers fell for a fifth straight time in Kearney and now Thursday night’s game (Feb. 22) against Southwest Baptist will be critical to lock up a first-round home game in the MIAA Tournament. The Tigers, for the time being, slide to eighth in the conference standings. Senior night tip-off is set for 7:30 pm at Gross Memorial Coliseum. Hadley Gillum, the lone senior on the team, will be honored before the game.
Hays began the final week of the regular season by hosting Dodge City on Senior Night. The Lady Indians honored two seniors, Chaylee Lix and Tara Hertel. The boys recognized Cole Murphy, Ethan Nunnery, Peyton Kieffer, Nick Fisher, and Kyler Koenke.
Girls
#8 Hays 48 – Dodge City 38
Neither team played a clean first quarter with Dodge City committing nine turnovers and Hays making just three of twelve shots. The result was a tie game after the first eight minutes with each team scoring six points. Hays took their only first half lead at 8-6 with a basket at the 6:30 mark of the second quarter. The Lady Indians would score just three more points for the remainder of the quarter. The Lady Demons took a 20-11 half time lead following a 14-3 run to close the half.
Highlights
Dodge City pushed their lead to ten points on three different occasions. The final one came with 5:30 to go in third quarter at 24-14. The Lady Indians finally found their offense. A 14-2 run gave Hays their first lead of the game at 28-26. The run lasted 2:49 and the fourteen points totaled the Lady Indians scoring from the first nineteen minutes of the game.
Dodge City answered with five free throws to take the lead back at 31-28, but four points from Brooke Denning in the final thirty seconds of the quarter put the Lady Indians up 32-31 headed to the fourth quarter. A free throw from Dodge City tied the game at 32 early in the fourth quarter. Hays quickly started a 12-0 run to take the lead for good and finished with a 48-38 victory.
Brooke Denning led the team with 13 points. Savannah Schneider scored 12 and Isabel Robben added 10. The #8 Lady Indians are 12-7 on the year and remain in second place in the Western Athletic Conference at 5-2. Dodge City falls to 10-9 and 4-3. The Lady Demons were led by Chidera Okoro with 19 points and 13 rebounds.
Boys
Hays 92 – Dodge City 80
Hays seemed to do no wrong in the first half. After tailing 9-5 the Indians went on a 19-3 run. That run gave Hays their first double digit lead at 24-12 and would lead 24-18 at the end of the first quarter. Dodge City pulled the Hays lead down to three before the Indians went on another massive run. This time an 18-3 run built the Indians to eighteen three times including the 50-32 half time score.
Highlights
Hays had their lead up to 22 in the third quarter, the latest with 1:30 to go in the third quarter. Dodge City wouldn’t let the Indians claim their title easily. The Red Demons went on a 15-3 run get within ten at 74-64. The Indians didn’t allow the score to get any closer as they win 92-80.
The victory secures the Western Athletic Conference crown for Hays High. The Indians are 7-0 in conference play and 13-6 overall. Dodge City drops to 9-10 and 2-5.
Coach Rick Keltner
Cole Murphy scored 21 points including five three pointers. Ethan Nunnery added 18, Peyton Kieffer 14, Cade Swayne 11 and Tradgon McCrae 10. Dodge City was led by John Johnson with 21 points.
Hays travels to Great Bend on Friday to close out the regular season.
