Each student will be issued a pre-test over the online materials. All students will be tested over the Internet course material. This pre-test will be administered at the beginning of the Field Day. A passing score of 22 correct answers out of 25 questions is required to proceed with the rest of the course. Students failing to achieve the minimum score of 22 will be dismissed from the class. The field walk session will be as much like an actual hunt as possible. It is recommended to wear boots or walking shoes and long pants.
Instructor Notes: Class will begin at 8:00 AM on April 6, 2019. Lunch will be provided by Pheasants Forever Smoky Hill Chapter 424. Students will be traveling to the city of Ellis gun range to conduct field walk and live fire exercise.
Special Thanks to the Smoky Hill Pheasants Forever Chapter for donating lunch!
Ron Wilson is director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University.
By RON WILSON Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development
What if you could meet Harriet Tubman in person? What if you could see John Brown in the flesh? What if you could hear Frederick Douglass or Clarina Nichols first-hand? The closest this will happen without a time machine is to participate in a living history experience where these characters are depicted, live and in person. Such a living history experience is now being planned for rural Kansas.
Richard Pitts is director of the Wonder Workshop, a children’s museum which carries out exhibits and programs to teach about the arts, sciences, and humanities. Richard is originally from New Jersey. He came to Manhattan, Kansas to study history at K-State. “I fell in love and it was the best thing that ever happened to me,” Richard said. He met and married Cindy and they stayed in Manhattan to raise their family.
In 1989, Richard began developing the concept of a children’s educational program in the arts, sciences and humanities. The concept was tested with displays and programs at the Manhattan Arts Center. Interest was evident so Wonder Workshop opened downtown in 1995. For a time, the program operated in a building owned by the school district.
In 2000, Wonder Workshop acquired land near Tuttle Creek Lake where nature-based programs and leadership camps are offered to groups and businesses. Opportunities include hiking, treehouses, ziplines, fossil-finding, science exploration, a climbing wall, and more.
“In 2013, we also acquired a house on 4th Street where we offer exhibits and programs,” Richard said. “Thanks to Bethel AME Church, it is rent-free for 20 years.” The house had fallen into major disrepair. “I could look up through the roof and see the sky,” Richard said. The house was refurbished with a grant from the Caroline Peine Foundation and became the primary location for Wonder Workshop.
Today, Wonder Workshop offers a variety of opportunities such as after-school programs for students from kindergarten to sixth grade, parents night out, discovery days when school is out of session, birthday parties, field trips, and much more in addition to the summer camps. “We operate with volunteers from the community and K-State,” Richard said.
“Our goal is to develop self-reliant children, families, and community members,” according to the website. “Our hands-on activities and exhibits instill a desire for lifelong learning, recognizing our cultural diversity, and fostering creative potential.”
Richard Pitts has always had a strong interest in African history, including the Underground Railroad through which men and women escaped from slavery prior to the Civil War. He started leading tours of historic free-state-related sites southeast of Manhattan. Those sites included the Underground Railroad route along the Kansas River Valley and the Beecher Bible and Rifle Church in the rural community of Wabaunsee with a township population of 456 people. Now, that’s rural.
Richard knew of locations in the eastern U.S. where living history presentations were staged using the Underground Railroad as a theme. He had the idea of implementing such a program in the Manhattan area.
In April and May 2019, Wonder Workshop is conducting the living history experience near Manhattan. Full disclosure: This event will be held on land my family owns south of town, which we volunteered for this purpose.
The program is called “Our Continuing Journey: From Bondage to Freedom.” From 4:00 to 6:30 p.m., participants will be placed in the role of slaves. They will experience an auction, an escape, and personal encounters with the costumed characters of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, John Brown, and Kansas abolitionist Clarina Nichols. This will be followed by a meal and time for discussion and reflection. The event ends at 7:30 p.m.
Advance registration is required. The event is targeted at adults and children, 10 years of age or older. For more information, go to www.wonderworkshop.org.
Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Clarina Nichols, Frederick Douglass. How interesting it would be to meet them first hand. We commend Richard Pitts and all those involved with Wonder Workshop for making a difference by providing growth opportunities for children, in addition to this special opportunity for people to join in this participatory theater experience. I hope it will help our understanding of these issues to come alive.
The Kansas Department of Transportation’s (KDOT) Division of Aviation will host a webinar, “Drones in Ag: Harvesting Drone Data to Improve Performance,” on Tuesday, March 26, at 10:30 a.m.
The webinar is co-hosted by Kansas Farm Bureau and will feature two presentations – the first from Microsoft FarmBeats hardware researcher Zerina Kapetanovic detailing the FarmBeats system and the artificial intelligence challenges associated with agriculture, and the second from Kansas State University associate professor Ignacio Ciampitti on applications of UAVs in precision agriculture. It will also include a brief overview of the Kansas Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP) from KDOT Director of Aviation Bob Brock.
Individuals or teams interested in participating should RSVP at www.ippkansas.org/events. Space is limited and available on a first come, first serve basis. Participants will receive a link to the webinar upon registration.
The Kansas UAS IPP is led by KDOT Aviation as one of 10 national leaders conducting advanced UAS operations to guide future rule-making that will result in access to new technologies for the nation. IPP will help tackle the most significant challenges to integrating drones into the national airspace and will reduce risks to public safety and security. The Kansas team is focused on efforts in Long Line Linear Infrastructure Inspection (i.e. highways, railroads, energy distribution lines, etc.) and Precision Agriculture.
The last week might have been easier for Gov. Laura Kelly if every staffer and appointee had stuck to sharing cat photos on Twitter instead of political opinions.
The Kansas GOP pounced quickly on her newly formed Democratic administration for the social media transgressions of its people. With divided government in Topeka, GOP leaders won’t miss a chance to point out potential errors.
Partisan tweets prompted the removal of a Kansas Department of Transportation staffer and, in quick succession, the withdrawal of Kelly’s nominee for the Kansas Court of Appeals. The governor’s choice to head the Kansas Department of Commerce also got a verbal lashing from Republicans because of a social media post.
“Let’s be frank. There have been some real missteps here,” Kansas Republican Party Chairman Michael Kuckelman said in an interview. “Had they not been fixed, they have serious consequences.”
The Kelly administration acted swiftly after a tweet was sent Sunday from a KDOT account calling President Donald Trump a “delusional communist.” Within hours, the tweet was taken down and the employee responsible, a media relations specialist in the agency’s south-central district, was fired.
KDOT Secretary Julie Lorenz nonetheless had to answer for it at her confirmation hearing Monday. She’d been out on a run when her chief of staff alerted her to the problem.
“I found that I ran home a little faster than I otherwise would have anticipated,” she said. “It needed to be taken care of and it was.”
Old tweets about the president derailed Kelly’s nomination to fill a seat on the Kansas Court of Appeals just days later.
Labette County District Court Judge and former Republican lawmaker Jeffry Jack had posted tweets in 2017 that included profanity, calls for gun control and insults aimed at the president.
“A president who is objectively ignorant, lazy and cowardly,” read one tweet.
That drew condemnation Monday from Senate leaders being asked to confirm the judge, and a day later Kelly herself withdrew the nomination.
“It’s unacceptable for a sitting judge, who must be seen as unbiased and impartial, to post personal political views on social media,” the governor said in a statement Tuesday morning. “It’s clear that despite a thorough review and investigation, this was missed.”
Kelly’s nomination to head the Department of Commerce is still headed for a vote in the full Senate, but without a favorable committee recommendation partially because of his social media history.
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Acting Commerce Secretary David Toland is pictured in a post from when he worked for the economic development organization Thrive Allen County. The post made a joking allusion to former Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and local Republican Sen. Caryn Tyson as things that kept him up at night.
“Of concern to me,” Republican Sen. Molly Baumgardner said at Toland’s confirmation hearing, “is the disparaging representation, particularly of one of our Senate colleagues.”
Toland said it was a prank and apologized.
“It was a juvenile prank, and it shouldn’t have happened,” he said. “I regret that it did.”
He explained the image of him in bed with photos of Brownback and Tyson on the nightstand beside him was posted as a joke by the Thrive Allen staff. Toland was sleeping in a downtown office to raise awareness for a sleep clinic at the local hospital.
Politics were also at play in his grilling, Toland suspected.
He was treasurer for Kelly’s campaign for governor. The Topeka Capital-Journal reported that Toland’s policy proposals in Allen County had clashed with business interests of the newly elected vice chair of the Kansas Republican Party, Virginia Crossland-Macha.
“This is Topeka. There are always politics,” Toland said after the first day of his hearing.
Still, Baumgardner and others said Twitter feeds and Facebook profiles should be some of the first items reviewed when considering potential nominees.
“It is 2019,” Baumgardner said. “For us to not start at social media first in the vetting process is not being self-aware of the society that we live in.”
Kelly has asked her judicial nominating committee to review the applicants for the Appeals Court job again, and this time check their social media activity before sending her new names for consideration.
Employees in the administration are subject to the executive branch social media policy and agencies sometimes have additional guidelines.
“Our staff has had numerous conversations about the importance of respectful, responsible social media behavior,” Kelly spokesperson Ashley All said.
Stephen Koranda is Statehouse reporter for the Kansas News Service. Follow him on Twitter@kprkoranda.
The NCAA might have trademark rights on the phrase, “March Madness,” a name branded for the Division I men’s basketball tournament.
But the Fort Hays State University Admissions Office has coined a buzzer beater of its own – Scholarship Slam.
Qualifying students applying for admission through Monday, April 8, will automatically be entered into a drawing for a $2,000 scholarship for the 2019-20 school year.
All first-time, full-time freshmen and transfer students planning to take classes on campus are eligible to participate in Scholarship Slam.
Potential students are eligible to apply for admission at fhsu.edu/admissions. The scholarship winner will be notified by the admissions office on Tuesday, April 9.
April 8 happens to be the date of the NCAA Division I men’s national championship game in Minneapolis, Minn.
Folks all around the country who have filled out March Madness brackets in an effort to win their office pool are interested in the outcome even if they aren’t cheering for a particular team. People even sometimes tune in for the end of the game and the popular tournament highlight reel, “One Shining Moment.”
While one college team will be celebrating late into that evening after being crowned the 2019 national champion, some lucky FHSU student will have a shining moment of their own with a $2,000 head start to next year’s college costs.
And that’s better than the bracket winner in most office pools will be able to say.
She shares some of those loses with the support group Healing After Loss at the Center for Life Experience in Hays. She is an example of how grief has no time limits — and neither does learning how to reconnect.
Her journey started in 1991. In December of that year, her daughter who had just graduated from high school the previous spring called and said, “I have some good news and some bad news. I’m pregnant, and I have acute leukemia.”
First, her daughter lost the baby.
In June, her dad died of lymphoma. In July, her husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer. In November, Timken lost her daughter to cancer.
Her husband died in 2007 also from cancer.
“I though I handled things pretty well,” she said, “Because sometimes God gives you things in multiples, so you don’t just concentrate on just one thing. I learned a lot about God through my daughter, because she was very, very brave.”
Then one day at work, she met Alan Scheuerman, who was already attending the Healing After Loss support group. He had lost his wife and, years earlier, a young son.
“We started talking, and we had some of the same types of losses,” she said. “I said, ‘I don’t think I need to go to a group. It’s been too long.’ I started to go to a group and discovered I never, ever dealt with my daughter’s death.
“Thank goodness for a great support group, a great facilitator. You are going to find that a lot of us have multiple losses here, and I think from here on out with the new organization, I think the word needs to get out more. … every time I come, as many years have past, I still learn something about myself because you still have to recreate yourself.
“Not only that, but you are helpful to others, and others kind of seek you out when they get in the same predicament. Before I had any losses, did I pay any attention to anybody else? No. it makes me feel really bad because I never knew what to say.”
The Center for Life Experience recently reorganized as a stand alone non-profit. It is now located in the Hadley Center. In addition to Healing After Loss, it also facilitates meetings for Healing Hearts, a grief support group for parents who have lost children; Healing After Loss of Suicide (HALOS); and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Doreen addressed nursing students who were attending a recent support group meeting to observe as part of their clinicals.
“I appreciate all of you going into nursing. I really do. It’s super. Don’t be afraid to talk to patients when you know there is no hope for them,” she said. “Don’t be afraid to talk to their families. You can be a lot of help for them.”
Scheuerman lost his 2-year-old son from spinal meningitis in 1981. As a parent, he blamed himself for the death and suffered for about 10 years with that loss.
“I really loathed myself,” he said. “My wife loved me dearly and helped me through that and her family did too, so I am very thankful for that.”
His wife died in 2008 of breast cancer.
“I didn’t want to take 10 years to heal the second time around. About two weeks after I put my wife in the ground, I came to this group and Ann (Leiker) was a great facilitator, and it was a great group. I was very thankful.”
Scheuerman has been attending the group ever since.
“I have been very thankful for all they have given me and shared with me,” he said.
Ken Windholz, FHSU psychology instructor, visited the group during a recent meeting. People who are grieving might suffer from depression. He said support groups help people who are grieving make social connections, and that can help them be more resilient.
Another group member, Mike, lost his wife to pancreatic cancer in 2008. He is close to his son who lives in Salina and they talk almost every day, but he said he didn’t know what do to do after his wife died.
“This was a lifeline for me,” he said of the support group. “Rather than sit in my house … alone … I came to this after I lost Jane. It’s been a godsend.”
Windholz shared the story of his journey through grief. About 12 years ago Windholz’s younger sister died of cancer. They had been close as kids, playing football together. Ken was the protector, getting his younger sister out of jams.
Windholz was there with her when she died on Christmas morning at her home. Winholdz’s two brothers came to L.A., where their sister was living. On the day of the funeral, his oldest brother had a heart attack at a hotel across town. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, but died within 45 minutes of arriving at the hospital.
“I wanted it to go away,” he said. “I wanted it to stop.”
“We got through it, but I shut down, and I stayed shut down for the longest time,” he said. “I stayed shut down for the most part because I felt, ‘God, I have had enough. I can’t do this anymore, so let’s close it off.’ ”
Two years after the loss of his sister and brother, his mother, with whom he was best friends, died of lung cancer. A year and a half ago, his other brother, who he idolized, also died of a heart attack.
When we develop a relationship with someone, our brains develop connections with that person. We respond to the sound of their voice, the smells that we associate with that person and the image of their face, Windholz explained.
When Windholz’s family was preparing for his brother’s funeral, the family was reviewing video footage to play at the funeral, and they found some footage of his dad. He said even though his dad had been dead for years, he made an instant connection with the sound of his father’s voice. After her husband died, Windholz’s sister-in-law kept her husband’s shirts, because the smell reminded her of him.
After someone dies, you have to come to accept a new reality without them. Even if you have prepared for that person’s death, that usually doesn’t prepare you for the emotional impact of the actual death, Windholz said. The part of your brain that is the thinking part of your brain and is making those preparations is separate from the emotional system in your brain and body that operates in the here and now.
Over time, the thinking part of your brain and the emotional parts of your brain come together to form acceptance.
“When we finally come to an acceptance, there seems to be a blending of the emotional circuit in the brain with this cognitive piece. They seem to balance.
“They say, ‘I know this is a reality.’ Some of you may have experienced that reality maybe a few months later or maybe a couple of years later, maybe quite some time later. You look around and say, ‘This is the new reality. I have been hoping, hoping, hoping. I have been waiting for them to come back through the door. I have been waiting for that voice. I have been waiting for that news that this isn’t the truth. That there is something wrong here. ‘Oh, I got it, this is the new reality.’ ”
He described himself as a 69-and-a-half-year-old orphan.
“I use that term because orphans by definition are disconnected and alone in their lives, and it is very, very common to feel left alone when we are in the mist of loss.”
Windholz said people in support groups have strong social brains. They are making new connections in support groups to help them move through their grief.
“There are other folks sitting at home who wouldn’t venture out to a group like this and are suffering for it,” he said, “because they are not ready or don’t know how to make that connection socially.”
When people become depressed whether as a result of a loss or genetic or biologic factors, changes in the brain can make it difficult to engage in the actions that are most likely to help ease the depression, Windholz said. This includes exercising, eating well, getting plenty of sleep and making social connections.
“Depression is this self-fulfilling prophecy,” he said. “If we are depressed, we stay depressed until we break that cycle in some way or another.”
The fact people attend support groups means they are willing to make a change and work to break the cycle of depression, he said.
“You had to fight through,” he said, “literally fight through the impulses to isolate and stay home and stay within.”
Everybody has their own way of grieving, he said.
“Everyone has their own way of repairing. Everyone has their own way of disconnecting and their own say. We each have our own say in when and how we reconnect if we choose to do that.
“Whatever the call, your brain will go along with it. It is that plastic. It is that malleable. It is that responsive. It may take a little work.”
He said he saw the value of the support group as a place to reach outside of yourself.
“I have something to give you, but I want what you can give me too,” he said.
To learn more about Healing After Loss or any of Center of Life Experience groups or programs, visit its website.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Administrator Linda McMahon, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced the 2019 Small Business Persons of the Year winners from the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Each of the winners have been invited to attend ceremonies in Washington, D.C. on May 5-6 where they will be honored with their individual award. During the ceremonies, SBA will announce the 2019 National Small Business Person of the Year from the 53 winners from across the U.S. and territories.
“I am delighted to recognize the 53 winners from across the country as they gather in our nation’s capital,” McMahon said. “Entrepreneurs are the innovators who take risks on ideas, invest in their communities, and create jobs. Their skills and creativity not only support their own families, but they also make our neighborhoods and cities vibrant places to live and work, fueling our overall economic strength. These small business owners best represent the nation’s 30 million small businesses and I look forward to welcoming the winners to Washington, D.C. in May when they are officially honored for their accomplishments.”
National Small Business Week will be observed May 5-11 with events around the country. SBA Administrator Linda McMahon will be making stops in Washington, D.C., Florida, Texas, and Utah.
2019 Small Business Persons of the Year Winners
ALABAMA
Alana Parker, President
Rocket City Drywall & Supply
Huntsville, AL
ALASKA
John Tatham, President
Janet Tatham, Vice President
Shelley Bramstedt, Secretary/Treasurer
PIP Printing of AK
Anchorage, AK
ARIZONA
Jennifer Herbert, Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Herbert, Chief Strategic Officer
Superstition Meadery LLC
Prescott, AZ
ARKANSAS
April Broderick, Majority Owner/President
A&A Fire and Safety Company
Sherwood, AR
CALIFORNIA
Jeffrey Perry, President
All Industrial Tool Supply
Huntington Beach, CA
COLORADO
Rick Schmidt, President and CEO
Tipping Point Solutions
Centennial, CO
CONNECTICUT
Joyce Reynolds, President
Jerardo Reynolds, Vice President
Reynolds Welding and Fabrication
Windsor, CT
DELAWARE
Donald Chupp, President and CEO
Fireside Partners
Dover, DE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Paul Abbott, Owner
Laura Abbott, Co-Owner
Life of Riley
Washington, DC
FLORIDA
Jeff Turbeville, Owner/CEO
Sunshine Peanut Company
Jacksonville, FL
GEORGIA
Rebecca Lamont, President & Founder
Jeff Lamont, Director of Operations
Pathways Behavioral Consulting
Marietta, GA
GUAM
Richard Chan, President
Mika Gibson, Vice President
Archway
Tamuning, Guam
HAWAII
Rolf Klein, CEO
Alvin Bongolan, COO
Hawaii Energy Systems
Aiea, HI
IDAHO
Nate Bondelid, President
Tek-Hut
Boise, ID
ILLINOIS
Cornelius Damon Griggs, President/CEO
GMA Construction Group
Chicago, IL
INDIANA
Casey Wright, CEO
NinjaZone & Wright Gymnastics
Greenwood, IN
KANSAS
Kurt Schmidt, President/Owner
Picasso’s Pizzeria
Wichita, KS
KENTUCKY
Paul Isenberg, Owner/Founder
Smart Start Child Care
Bowling Green, KY
LOUISIANA
LTC Danny Blanks, USAR-Ret. Member/CEO
Barlow Cook, Member/CCO
James Washington III, Member/CFO
Pontchartrain Partners
New Orleans, LA
MAINE
Janie Wang, Owner/Member
Modernist Pantry
Eliot, ME
MARYLAND
Zhensen Huang, CEO
Precise Software Solutions
Rockville, MD
MASSACHUSETTS
Swati Elavia, President
Monsoon Kitchens
Shrewsbury, MA
MICHIGAN
Kathleen Eberle, President/CEO
NPO Transportation
Southfield, MI
MINNESOTA
Christine Lantin, President
Maud Borup
Plymouth, MN
MISSISSIPPI
Jennifer Sutton, D.S., D.V.M., President
Jeffrey Sutton, B.S., D.V.M., Secretary/Treasurer
Gulf Coast Veterinary Services
Biloxi, MS
MISSOURI
Carol Espinosa, Principal
Freedom Interiors
Kansas City, MO
MONTANA
Devon Davidson, President/Owner
MARS of Billings
Billings, MT
NEBRASKA
Leon Weiland, President/Owner
Jean Weiland, Partner/Secretary/Treasurer
Weiland Doors
Norfolk, NE
NEVADA
Elena Ledoux, CEO
Nargiza Mukhutdinova, General Manager
Superb Maids
Las Vegas, NV
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Hale Cole-Tucker, President and Co-Founder
Erica Cole-Tucker, Vice President, Operations and Co-Founder
Tucker Restaurant Group
New London, NH
NEW JERSEY
Carl Fisher, CEO
Karen Froberg-Fejko, President
Bio-Serv and Radon Supplies
Flemington, NJ
NEW MEXICO
Emile Gonzales, President
G2i, LLC
Albuquerque, NM
NEW YORK
Christopher Bren, Member
William Freedman, Member
Todd Stewart, Member
Picture Farm II, LLC
Brooklyn, NY
NORTH CAROLINA
Steven Ceccarelli, CEO/President
Farm Fresh Produce
Faison, NC
NORTH DAKOTA
Troy Derheim, President
Derheim Inc.
Harwood, ND
OHIO
Kristen Bailey, Co-Founder & CEO
Sweets and Meats
Cincinnati, OH
OKLAHOMA
Michael Van Eaton, President
Cacy Van Eaton, Vice President
Susan Van Eaton, Secretary-Treasurer
Van Eaton Ready Mix
Shawnee, OK
OREGON
Marshall Doyle, President
Cal-Cert Company
Clackamas, OR
PENNSYLVANIA
Ethan Wendle, Co-Founder and CEO
Matthew Chverchko, Co-Founder and COO
DiamondBack Automotive Accessories
Phillipsburg, PA
PUERTO RICO
Marie Rosado Collado, President
Angel Rosado, Vice President
3A Press Corp.
Lajas, Puerto Rico
RHODE ISLAND
Justin Oakley, Owner/Occupational Therapist
Michael Vieira, Owner, MA & RI Licensed Contractor
Oakley Home Access
Narragansett, RI
SOUTH CAROLINA
Adam Huneau, Owner, Founder and CEO
Alodia’s Cucina Italiana
Lexington, SC
SOUTH DAKOTA
Derek DeGeest, President
DeGeest Steel Works
Tea, SD
TENNESSEE
Larry Schmittou, President
L&S Family Entertainment
Hendersonville, TN
TEXAS
Christi Bond, Co-Founder/President
Ragan Bond, Co-Founder/Vice President
Independence Coffee
Brenham, TX
UTAH
Vivien Bohme, Owner and CEO
Fernanda Bohme, Owner and Designer
Bohme
Sandy, Utah
VERMONT
Steven Gagner, Owner/Founder
14th Star Brewing Company
St. Albans, VT
VIRGINIA
Roberto Ortiz, President/CEO
AVMAC, LLC
Chesapeake, VA
WASHINGTON
Ross Black, Founder/CEO
Simple Box Storage
Lynden, WA
WEST VIRGINIA
Michael Mills, Managing Principal
Mills Group
Morgantown, WV
WISCONSIN
Stacy Tuschl, President
The Academy of Performing Arts-Oak Creek and Franklin
Oak Creek, Wisconsin
WYOMING
Ryan Gregory, President
Wyoming Roofing
Sheridan, WY
SALT LAKE CITY AP) – Auburn is going back to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2003.
Bryce Brown made eight of his first nine shots and finished with 25 points to lift the fifth-seeded Tigers to an 89-75 victory over Kansas.
This was a wire-to-wire runaway against the fourth-seeded Jayhawks, an injury riddled group that came into the NCAA Tournament without a conference title for the first time in 15 seasons.
Jared Harper had 18 for the Tigers 28-9), who will play either North Carolina or Washington on Friday in the Midwest Region semifinals.
Led by Brown’s 7-for-11 effort from 3, the Tigers made 13 from behind the arc on 30 attempts.
Dedric Lawson led the Jayhawks (26-10) with 25 points and 10 rebounds.
ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Fort Hays State fell in both contests at Lindenwood University on Saturday. Defensive miscues plagued the Tigers throughout the doubleheader as Lindenwood won by scores of 4-2 and 1-0, moving to 14-10 overall and 5-7 in the MIAA. FHSU moved to 12-11 overall and 5-3 in the MIAA with the losses.
Game 1: Lindenwood 4, Fort Hays State 2
Poor defensive execution led to three Lindenwood runs in a 4-2 loss to open the afternoon. Lindenwood plated three runs in the first inning, but mental mistakes aided in the last two of three to score.
Lindenwood started its half of the first inning with a triple and double to score a run, but the Tigers helped the Lions out the remainder of the inning. With one out and a runner on third, pitcher Michaelanne Nelson came home with a throw that had the runner caught in a pickle. However, while Sara Breckbill chased the Lindenwood runner back toward third, she missed the runner on a diving tag, allowing the runner to retreat safely to third. During the next at bat, Breckbill threw down to second on a steal attempt and the ball went into center field allowing the runner from third to score. The Lions went on to plate another run on a single, opening the game with a 3-0 lead.
The Tigers struggled to get baserunners into scoring position throughout the first six innings of the game. A Lily Sale single in the third was the first hit of the game for FHSU against Lindenwood starter Marina Esparza, who did not face much resistance until the seventh inning. A Katie Adler home run to open the fourth inning produced the Tigers’ first run of the game, cutting the Lindenwood lead to 3-1.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Lions pushed their lead back to three on another poor defensive decision by the Tigers. With runners at first and third with two outs, Breckbill opted to throw down to second on a steal attempt. The throw was well late at second base and the runner from third cruised home to easily score a run on the double steal. The batter then flew out to end the inning.
Despite the defensive miscues, the Tigers still had a shot to tie or take the lead in the seventh. Bailey Boxberger led off the inning with a home run, cutting the Lindenwood lead down to 4-2 with a tape-measure blast over the elevated center field wall. With two outs, Grace Philop and Jeni Mohr came up with timely singles and then advanced to second and third on a wild pitch. Pinch hitter Allison Jurgensen drew a walk to load the bases, but Esparza ended her brief patch of wildness by striking out Sale on three pitches to end the game.
Nelson threw a complete game for the Tigers, allowing four runs on 10 hits and a walk. She struck out two Lions and moved to 4-6 overall on the season. Esparza also went the distance for Lindenwood, moving to 2-2 on the season.
Game 2: Lindenwood 1, Fort Hays State 0
Game two of the doubleheader boiled down to a pair of Tiger errors in the third inning as Hailey Chapman took a tough-luck loss in the pitching circle.
Lindenwood pitcher Stormee Galka was a thorn in the Tigers’ side as she accounted for two of the Lions’ three hits against Chapman. She scored the game’s only run, while also throwing a complete-game shutout with 11 strikeouts and three hits allowed. Galka had a bloop single in the third inning that Tiger left fielder Megan Feiner misplayed and she motored an extra two bases on the miscue. Chapman made the pitch she needed with two outs, inducing a ground ball to shortstop Lily Sale, but Sale’s throw to first was low and Bailey Boxberger could not dig it out. Galka crossed the plate and that’s all she needed as she dominated the Tiger lineup in the circle.
Katie Adler and Boxberger were the only Tigers to find hits off Galka. Adler went 2-for-3 at the plate, while Boxberger picked up her lone hit of the game to lead off the seventh. The Tigers had runners reach first and second with one out after Galka’s only walk allowed, but Galka got a weak pop up and a ground out to end the game.
Chapman matched Galka in the hits allowed column, while striking out three. The game’s lone run was unearned. Chapman threw her sixth complete game of the season and moved to 7-5 overall.
Tiger Notes
-Katie Adler and Bailey Boxberger were the only Tigers with more than one hit in the doubleheader, Adler finishing with three and Boxberger with two.
-Besides the pair of solo home runs in the first game, FHSU had only three baserunners reach scoring position all day over 14 innings played. All three of those were in the 7th inning when the Tigers were down to their last at bat.
-Fort Hays State has been shut out in six of its 11 losses this season. The Tigers are 0-4 this year in games decided by a score of 1-0.
Up Next
Fort Hays State is back at home on Friday, March 29 when it plays host to Northeastern State in another MIAA doubleheader. First pitch is slated for 2 pm.
EMPORIA, Kan. – The Fort Hays State women’s track and field team kicked off its outdoor season at the Emporia Spring Invite on Saturday. On the day, the Tigers brought home two individual titles alongside a provisional.
Yessenia Gonzales claimed the title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:44.86. Summer Kragel capped a first place performance in the high jump with her mark of 5 feet, 5 inches. Alexcia Deutscher earned both a personal record and a provisional in the javelin with a throw of 160 feet, 2 inches, good enough for second place.
Among the first place finishes, the Tigers performed strong in all aspects of the competition. Lindsay Shupe took seventh in the 200 meters with a time of 25.47, as well as a third place finish in the 400 meters with a time of 59.58. Lyric Holman also placed high in the 400 meters, coming in sixth at 1:00.81.
In the 1,500-meters, Grace Buessing took seventh with a time of 5:04.92, alongside a ninth place finish by Averi Wilson who came in at 5:08.04. In the 5,000-meters, Abigail Stewart claimed third place with a time of 19:12.57. Rylea Oliver gave the Tigers another top-ten finish by coming in sixth place in the 3,000-meters steeplechase at 12:42.75.
Heading to track events, Haley Jones took fourth place in the high jump at 5 feet, 1 inch. Rohey Singhateh got her outdoor season off on a strong start following a fourth place finish in the long jump at 18 feet, ¼ inch. Singhateh also took home a third place finish in the triple jump with her distance of 38 feet, 4 ¼ inches. Kayla Smith rounded out the top-ten finishes in the triple jump with her jump of 36 feet, 5 inches.
Laurel Haley claimed ninth place in the discus with her throw of 141 feet, 6 inches. In the hammer throw, Julia Wagner achieved an eighth place finish with a throw of 145 feet, 2 inches.
The Tigers will be back on the track for their lone home meet of the season. The Alex Francis Classic will be held in Hays on Friday (March 29).
EMPORIA, Kan. – Outdoor season is upon us as the Fort Hays State men’s track and field team welcomed the season at the Emporia Spring Invite. The Tigers competed in the event, held Saturday, and had a strong showing to kick start the season.
Kolt Newell led the way for Fort Hays State following a first place finish in the high jump. Newell performed a 6 foot, 8 ¾ inches jump to also give him an NCAA provisional.
Alongside Newell’s provisional, the Tigers boasted strong showings throughout the event. Robbie Schmidt placed third in his first time competing in the steeplechase with a time of 10:00.21. Justin Moore claimed a personal record in the 5,000-meters with a time of 14:59.8.
Philip Landrum took third in the 200 meters with a time of 21.69, followed closely by Malcom Gardner coming in sixth place at 22.06. The two also placed in 13th and 11th in the 400 meters.
Behind Schmidt in the steeplechase, three other Tigers placed in the top-ten. Peter Franklin crossed the line in fourth at 10:07.62, with Robert Loeffler in fifth at 10:13.06 and Christopher Nemechek rounding out the places with ninth with a mark of 10:42.73.
Heading to field events, Lucas Broxterman finished at the heels of Newell as he came in third place in the high jump at 6 feet, 4 3/4 . In the pole vault, Mark Faber finished in fourth at 15 feet, 1 inches and Ryan Stanely took seventh with a mark of 14 feet, 7 ¼ inches. Broxterman also claimed third in the long jump at 22 feet, 5 ¼ inches.
Jacob Gaughan took sixth in the discus with a throw of 161 feet, 7 inches. Cameroun Fouts finished out the strong performances on the day with a ninth place finish in the javelin at 179 feet, 9 inches.
Among other performances this week, FHSU sent a handful of multi athletes to Wichita State. Matthew Pieper led the way at that meet, claiming second in the decathlon after completing the event with 6,167 points.
The Tigers are back on the track on Friday (March 29) for their lone home meet in the Alex Francis Classic in Hays.
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