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Fort Hays State women’s javelin throwers Estefania Lopez and Madison Wolf have been announced as Fort Hays State’s lone representatives at the 2016 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Bradenton, Fla. Ranked among the top four in the nation in the event, they will compete on Saturday, May 28 at 2:25 pm (ET).

Lopez and Wolf remain ranked No. 2 and No. 4 nationally in the event heading to the championships. Wolf set a new school record in the event at the KT Woodman Classic at 170 feet, 10 inches, but Lopez topped that mark a week later at the Kansas Relays at 173 feet, 8 inches. FHSU is the only school to have two athletes throw over 170 feet this year in the event.

Western Washington also has a powerful duo in Bethany Drake and Katie Reichert. Drake ranks third in the nation with a throw of 171 feet, 7 inches, while Reichert ranks fifth at 164 feet, 8 inches. Both school’s duos will look to chase down 2015 national champion Allison Updike, who has the top throw in the nation this year at 175 feet, 11 inches. She threw a career-best 181 feet, 10 inches last year at the NCAA Championships to win the national title.

Both Lopez and Wolf earned All-America status last year, placing exactly where they rank going into this year’s championship. Lopez was the national runner-up and Wolf finished fourth. Lopez joined the Tigers last year, while Wolf is a two-time All-American as she was sixth as a freshman in 2014.

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HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State head women’s golf coach Rich Guffey has announced the signing of Madison Roether for the 2016-17 season. Roether comes to the program from Junction City High School in Junction City, Kan.

Roether competed in golf all four years at Junction City High School, but the first three were with the boys team as Junction City did not have a girls golf team until the fall of 2015. In her only season of competition against other girls, Roether finished sixth at the state championship meet in Kansas Class 6A. She had a solid stroke average of 77.4 in her seven rounds played, shooting in the 70s in five of those rounds. She won two tournaments during the season.

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HAYS, Kan. –  Fort Hays State head women’s basketball coach Tony Hobson has announced the addition of Emma Stroyan for the 2016-17 season. Stroyan is a junior transfer from Central Connecticut State University, where she played for two years. Standing at 6-feet, 2-inches, she is a native of Bloomington, Ill.

Stroyan started all 30 games for CCSU in 2015-16 as a sophomore. She averaged 5.7 points and 3.3 rebounds, while shooting 47.2 percent from the field and 84.2 percent at the free-throw line. She saw limited action as a reserve during her freshman year.

Prior to CCSU, Stroyan attended University High School in Normal, Ill. She was a four-year starter and ranked second on the team in points and rebounds her last three years. As a senior, she was an all-state selection, while also garnering all-conference and all-area first team honors. As a junior, she was an all-conference second team selection. She had a total of 1,150 points in her prep career. Stroyan was also a member of the National Honor Society.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Seven members of the Fort Hays State baseball team have been named to the All-MIAA baseball team announced Thursday before the start of the conference tournament in St. Charles, Missouri.

Senior Connor Ross, who led the Tigers in slugging percentage, runs scored and triples, was named to the second team as an outfielder. Fellow senior Austin Unrein, who led the team in hits, RBIs and doubles, was named a third team Utility Player.

Five Tigers were honorable mention selections. Senior relief pitcher Giles, Fox, junior shortstop Nick Hammeke, junior third baseman Alex Weiss, senior outfielder Caleb Cherryholmes and senior designated hitter Joe Mapes.

Player of the Year: David Gauntt, Sr, C, Washburn
Pitcher of the Year: Nick Silva, Jr., P, Washburn
Freshman of the Year: Zach Parish, P, Northeastern State
Coach of the Year: Kyle Crookes, Central Missouri

First Team All-MIAA
Pitcher: Ethan Westphal, Jr., Central Missouri^
Pitcher: Tyler Stubblefield, Jr., Emporia State^$
Pitcher: Payton Walker, Sr., Missouri Southern^
Pitcher: Nick Silva, Jr., Washburn^
Relief Pitcher: Grant Gavin, Jr., Central Missouri
Catcher: David Gauntt, Sr., Washburn
First Base: Evan Koehler, Sr., Emporia State$
Second Base: David Glaude, Jr., Missouri Western
Shortstop: Landon Mason, Jr., Missouri Western
Third Base: Kyle Carnahan, Sr., Washburn
Outfield: Landon Eason, Jr., Central Oklahoma
Outfield: Dalton Wheat, Sr., Emporia State
Outfield: Wes Degener, So., Lindenwood
Designated Hitter: Jesse Rall, Sr., Missouri Southern$
Utility: Jon Kamies, Jr., Central Oklahoma
^=Four pitchers due to tie in the voting
$=Repeat first team selection

Second Team All-MIAA
Pitcher: Carlos D’Armas, Sr., Central Missouri
Pitcher: Connor Law, Jr., Lindenwood
Pitcher: Zach Parish, Fr., Northeastern State
Relief Pitcher: Garrett Brummett, Sr., Emporia State
Catcher: Eric Kirkpatrick, Sr., Northeastern State
First Base: Bennett Oliver, Sr., Central Missouri
Second Base: Christian Binger, Sr., Southwest Baptist
Shortstop: Nathan Prindle, Sr., Lindenwood
Third Base: Caleb Sneed, So., Southwest Baptist
Outfield: Connor Ross, Sr., Fort Hays State
Outfield: Chris Hoffman, Sr., Missouri Southern
Outfield: Nick Gawley, Jr., Missouri Western
Designated Hitter: Jake Alexander, Sr., Central Missouri*
Designated Hitter: Isaac Hellbusch, Sr., Central Oklahoma*
Utility: Richie Gorski, Jr., Missouri Southern
*=Two designated hitters due to tie in the voting

Third Team All-MIAA
Pitcher: Daulton Leiker, Sr., Central Oklahoma
Pitcher: Richard Peoples, Jr., Missouri Western
Pitcher: Anthony Caenepeel, Jr., Northwest Missouri
Relief Pitcher: Nikko Pablo, Jr., Northwest Missouri
Catcher: Matt Smith, Jr., Missouri Southern
First Base: Andrew Vogelbaugh, So., Pittsburg State
Second Base: Jake Dyer, So., Central Oklahoma
Shortstop: Riley Krane, Jr., Washburn
Third Base: Jeremy Alvarado, Jr., Missouri Western
Outfield: Wade Hanna, Jr., Emporia State
Outfield: Tyler Sutherland, Jr., Missouri Southern
Outfield: Parker Gibson, Sr., Washburn
Designated Hitter: Derek Francis, Sr., Emporia State
Utility: Austin Unrein, Sr., Fort Hays State

Honorable Mention
Pitcher: Tyler House, Central Missouri; Jordan Plank, Emporia State; Brendan Feldmann, Lindenwood; Brendan Kleekamp, Lindenwood; Cody Hutchinson, Missouri Southern; Evan Jones, Missouri Western; Alex Clavet, Missouri Western; George Brandecker, Pittsburg State.
Relief Pitcher: Lucas Williams, Central Missouri; Gibson Russ, Central Oklahoma; Giles Fox, Fort Hays State; Preston Bailey, Missouri Western; John Watson, Nebraska-Kearney; Zack Hammock, Northeastern State; Carson Smith, Northwest Missouri; Greg Mason, Washburn; Jaren Kutzke, Washburn.
Catcher: Ryan Sosnowski, Lindenwood; Hunter Hisky, Southwest Baptist.
First Base: Mike Ehrhard, Lindenwood; Kyle Honeycutt, Nebraska-Kearney; Bryce Davenport, Northeastern State; Kevin Handzlik, Northwest Missouri.
Second Base: Jacob Bryant, Missouri Southern; Matt Salamon, Nebraska-Kearney; Charles Sims, Northeastern State; Ozzie Adams, Northwest Missouri
Shortstop: Levi Ashmore, Emporia State; Nick Hammeke, Fort Hays State; Shane Sharkey, Nebraska-Kearney; Sean Murley, Southwest Baptist.
Third Base: Daniel LaMunyon, Emporia State; Alex Weiss, Fort Hays State; Jacob Boylan, Pittsburg State.
Outfield: Dylan Farrell, Central Missouri; Derek Cornell, Central Missouri; Matt Elliott, Central Missouri; Caleb Cherryholmes, Fort Hays State; Mike Million, Lincoln; Mason Price, Lincoln; Drew Quinones, Lindenwood; Kody Matthews, Missouri Western; Pate Katechis, Nebraska-Kearney; Cody Begovich, Northeastern State; Christian Arnold, Pittsburg State; Jeff Bouchard, Southwest Baptist.
Designated Hitter: Joe Mapes, Fort Hays State; Brandon Downs, Missouri Western; Dallas Schramm, Nebraska-Kearney.
Utility: Orencio Fisher, Missouri Western; Lance Barkley, Washburn.

LIBERAL, Kan. – A rough day for the Hays High baseball team who gets swept in Liberal. The Redskins scored 12 runs in the third inning to win the opener 16-1 in a game called after four innings by run-rule.

Hays scored four in the top of the fifth to break a 6-6 tie in the second game but the Redskins answered with six on the bottom of the inning and won 12-11.

Marcus Altman allowed 13 runs, 11 earned on 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings and takes the loss in the first game. He had two of the Indians three hits and drove in their only run.

Jarett Pfannenstiel gives up nine runs on 11 hits over 4 1/3 innings and takes the loss in game two. Dalton Stout and Connor Rule both had three hits with Rule, Altman, Braydon Delzeit and Jared Haynes all driving in two runs.

The 11-7 Indians wrap up their regular season at home tomorrow with a makeup doubleheader against Garden City.

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MARYVILLE, Mo. – The Fort Hays State women’s track and field team turned in an impressive performance to finish fourth at the MIAA Outdoor Championships (May 6-8). Estefania Lopez (javelin), Micki Krzesinski (10,000 meters), and Shea Bonine (5,000 meters) all claimed individual MIAA titles, and they joined Madison Wolf and Scout Wiebe as Fort Hays State’s five All-MIAA performers.

Results

Fort Hays State scored 83.6 points as a team to finish fourth, the position it held after Saturday at the championships. The javelin once again was a treasure trove of points for the FHSU women, producing 28 of the team’s points.

For the second straight year, the Tigers swept the podium in the javelin with a 1-2-3 finish. Lopez set a new MIAA Championships record with a throw of 166 feet to claim her second straight MIAA title. Wolf was second at 153 feet, 11 inches, and Wiebe was third at 135 feet, 11 inches. All three earned All-MIAA honors by sweeping the top three spots. Shannon Toll scored four team points for the Tigers in the event by finishing fifth with a throw of 132 feet, 5 inches.

Krzesinski generated 16 points for the Tigers by herself, earning two All-MIAA honors. She earned the individual conference title in the 10,000 meters with a time of 36:47.95 and then finished third in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:01.07.

Joining Krzesinski in distance events to account for 30 of Fort Hays State’s team points was Shea Bonine, who also earned an individual title. Bonine topped the 5,000 meter field with a time of 17:52.54 for All-MIAA status. She finished fifth in the 1,500 meters with a season-best time of 4:40.60.

Kelly Wycoff accumulated seven points for FHSU in sprinting events, but did so by taking down a 13-year old school record. She was fifth in the 400 meters with a time of 56.14 seconds, edging the old school record of 56.46 set by Leanna Grace in 2003. She was sixth in the 200 meters at 25.06 seconds, though she ran a season-best 24.66 in the prelims.

Rachael Monteil gained four points for the team with a fifth-place finish in the hammer throw at 163 feet, 7 inches. Courtney Geiger scored three points in the shot put with a throw of 42 feet, while Baja Robinson chipped in a point with a throw of 41 feet, 7 inches to finish eighth.

Sophie Dalmasso gave the Tigers three scorers in the 5,000 meters in a time of 18:17.85 to finish seventh. Kara Simmons was seventh in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:08.30. Both the 4×100 and 4×400 meter relay teams finished eighth.

Pittsburg State won the meet with 170 points. Lincoln was second at 138 points, and Central Missouri was third with 127.

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MARYVILLE, Mo. – Fort Hays State men’s track and field finished 10th as a team at the MIAA Championships (May 6-8). Michael Kinuthia and Brett Meyer finished first and second in the 800 meter run, while Kolt Newell finished third in the high jump. All three earned All-MIAA honors.

Fort Hays State scored 43.5 points as a team. The Tigers got 18 of those points in the 800-meter run thanks to Kinuthia and Meyer. Kinuthia crossed the line in 1:54.02, while Meyer was right there with him at 1:54.18. Both earned All-MIAA status.

Newell was the only other FHSU men’s athlete to earn All-MIAA honors with a third-place finish in the high jump. He cleared a season-best height of 6 feet, 9.5 inches. He was just one and a quarter inches short of the winning height.

TJ Dozier scored seven points for the Tigers in throwing events. He generated five points with a fourth-place finish in the discus with a throw of 166 feet, 1 inch. He scored two points in the hammer throw with a seventh-place finish at 168 feet, 9 inches.

Jake Morrow had a season-best effort of 16 feet, 0.75 inches in the pole vault to finish fifth. The height ranks 26^th on the national performance list. Brenner Wells was sixth in the javelin with a throw of 191 feet, 4 inches. Justin Montney finished eighth in the 1500 meters at 4:00.71 seconds, while Christian Delaney was also eighth in the shot put at 50 feet, 0.5 inches. The 4×400 meter relay team also generated points with a sixth-place finish.

Missouri Southern won the men’s championship as a team with 145 points. Pittsburg State was second with 134 points and Lincoln was third with 104.

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

HAYS, Kan. – Joe Mapes and Alex King both homered as Fort Hays State overcame an early three-run deficit then held off a Northwest Missouri State rally for a 9-8 win and sweep the three-game MIAA series Saturday afternoon at Larks Park. The Tigers (23-26, 17-21 MIAA) won their final four and six of their last seven. The Bearcats (24-26, 19-20 MIAA) lost their sixth straight.

Steve Johnson Postgame Interview

Game Highlights

The Bearcats scored three in the third to take a 3-0 lead but the Tigers answered on Mapes three-run opposite field home run down the left field line in the fourth. Alex King followed two batters later with an opposite field solo shot to right to put FHSU up 4-3. The Tigers scored five in the fifth in singles from Alex Weiss, Joe Mapes, Alex King and Ty Redington.

The Bearcats rallied with a run in the sixth and and seventh, two in the eighth then a solo homer in the ninth.

Freshman Logan Herd allowed five runs (four earned) on 10 hits in five innings of relief for his fourth win of the season. Austin Unrein entered with one out in the ninth and picked up his second save in consecutive games.

King went 3-for-4 and drove in three while Mapes had two hits and knocked in four.

HAYS, Kan. – Senior pitcher D.J. Carr threw seven strong innings, Giles Fox and Austin Unrein added a pair of scoreless frames to lead Fort Hays State to a 4-3 win over Northwest Missouri State Friday in the middle game of their three-game MIAA series.  to nail down the win. The Tigers are now 22-26 overall and 16-21 in the MIAA, while the Bearcats dropped to 24-25 overall and 19-19 in the conference.

Fort Hays State (22-26, 16-21 MIAA) struck early taking a 1-0 lead in the bottom half of the first inning on a Joe Mapes sacrifice fly with the bases loaded. After the Bearcats (24-25, 19-19 MIAA) tied the game with a run in the second, the Tigers regained the lead with two in the bottom of the inning on a Connor Ross two-run single.

FHSU extended the lead to 4-1 i the fifth on a Caleb Cherryholmes RBI double.

Fox, who earned his sixth save of the season on Thursday night, pitched a scoreless eighth and was helped out by Austin Unrein who cut down the potential tying run at the plate on a grounder to first base.

Unrein retired the first two batters in the ninth, then after back-to-back singles, earned his first save of the season after a foul pop up ended the game.

The Tigers and Bearcats wrap up the series on Saturday at 1 pm. It will be the final game of the season for Fort Hays State and serves as Senior Day for the Tigers.

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

HAYS, Kan. – Connor Ross had four hits and Kyle Vogt was two outs shy of a complete game as Fort Hays State beat Northwest Missouri State 7-3 Thursday night in the first game of their three-game series at Larks Park.

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Game Highlights

The Tigers (21-26, 15-21 MIAA) scored all of their runs in six consecutive innings for their fourth win in the last five games. They used two-out singles in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth to build a 4-2 lead.

Austin Unrein and Caleb Cherryholmes both had three of the Tigers 15 hits, the first five of which never left the infield.

Vogt (5-6) allowed three runs on seven hits over 8 1/3 innings with two strikeouts and two walks. He left with two on and one out in the ninth. Giles Fox issued a two-out walk to load the bases but got a strikeout to end the game and pick up his sixth save.

The Bearcats scored two in the first on a Garrett Fort double down the right field line then added another run in the sixth on a two-out triple from Kevin Handzlik.

The two teams play at 5 pm Friday the close out the series with a 1 pm game on Saturday.