HAYS, Kan. – Chelsea Mason hit two free throws with 2.5 seconds to play to force overtime, then Fort Hays State outscored Nebraska-Kearney 16-9 in the extra period as the No. 1 ranked Tigers hold off the upset bid with an 82-75 win in front of 2,935 Saturday at Gross Coliseum.
Tony Hobson Postgame Interview
Game Highlights
Mason led five Tigers in double-figures with 24 points and 11 rebounds for her first career double-double. Jill Faxon scored 17, Nikola Kacperska 13, Paige Lunsford 12 and Beth Bohuslavsky 11.
Kacperska hit a three on the Tigers first overtime possession to five them a 69-68 lead. Faxon added a three to push the lead to five as the Tigers win their first ever game as the nation’s No. 1 ranked team. They improve to 9-0 and 3-0 in the MIAA while the Lopers fall to 5-5 and 1-3 in the conference.
The Tigers shot 41-percent from the game including 9-of-17 from three-point range. The Lopers hit on 48-percent but were 4-of-16 from beyond the arc. The Lopers outrebounded FHSU by 12.
FHSU, who came into the game outscoring their opponents 215-25 off of turnovers this season, only outscored the Lopers 13-9.
By Diane Gasper-O’Brien University Relations and Marketing
Courtesy Emma Henry
HAYS, Kan. — The Fort Hays State University women’s basketball team is ranked first in the nation in NCAA Division II — for the first time ever.
No one can probably tell her teammates how to deal with the pressure that goes along with that status better than Beth Bohuslavsky.
Bohuslavsky, a senior point guard from Dwight, Neb., is in her fourth year with the Tigers — and third as a full-time starter — so she is naturally relied on for leadership. Following a record-setting 30-4 season a year ago, Fort Hays State is off to an 8-0 start this season and the highest national ranking in program history.
But Bohuslavsky (pronounced Bo-SLAHV-skee) learned the art of winning basketball games long before coming to Hays. She was a four-year starter for her high school team in Seward, Neb., and was an integral part of a program that went 142-0 and claimed four state championships during her prep career.
“We didn’t teach Beth how to win,” said Tony Hobson, in his eighth year as head coach at Fort Hays State. “She was a winner when she got here. She’s used to it.”
The youngest of four siblings, Bohuslavsky started playing competitive basketball as a second-grader when her dad, who was coaching a fourth-grade girls’ team in Dwight, asked her to ride along to practice one day.
The miniature guard with a name much longer than her 4-feet-and-a-few-inches frame was a natural on the court, and she has been dribbling and passing and driving to the basket ever since.
A multi-sport athlete who also played softball and ran track in high school, Bohuslavsky said she started getting burned out — once. So she took a break, accepted a scholarship to Fort Hays State and has helped the FHSU women’s team defend its court at Gross Memorial Coliseum like a real live Tiger.
The Tigers have lost at home only once in each of the last three seasons. This year, all but two of the team’s six home games have been won by eight points or less, with the Tigers making a surge toward the end of the game.
The most exciting one came in last Saturday’s showdown with then No. 1 ranked Emporia State University, an arch-rival that ended the Tigers’ hopes of advancing to the Elite Eight last year. In the 2015 regional championship game at GMC, Emporia State beat FHSU 66-61. It was the Tigers’ lone loss on their home court in 2014-15 in a game where Bohuslavsky was playing at only about 75 percent after injuring the posterior cruciate ligament in her right leg toward the end of the regular season.
The next time those two teams met, last Saturday, Bohuslavsky was back to 100 percent — and then some.
She finished with a game-high 21 points and a 3-pointer and a key defensive play down the stretch that helped the No. 5 ranked Tigers hold on for a 71-70 upset victory that came just three days after beating another intrastate rival, Washburn University, 62-54. The win over ESU win, coupled with a couple of losses by teams ahead of Fort Hays State, projected the Tigers all the way to No. 1 in this week’s NCAA D-II poll.
During her first three years at Fort Hays State, Bohuslavsky took pride in passing the ball into the middle to 6-foot, 4-inch Kate Lehman.
Lehman graduated last year as the No. 1 all-time leading rebounder and No. 2 scorer in FHSU women’s basketball history, and someone had to pick up the slack this year.
Known more for her passing, Bohuslavsky, now a 5-foot-6 sparkplug, leads the Tigers in scoring at 12.9 points a game this season and also averages a team-high 3.25 assists along with 3.5 rebounds and almost two steals a game.
“I’m more of a passing point guard than a shooting point guard,” Bohuslavsky said. “I’ll always remember a good pass more than a shot, but all our roles have changed this year.”
Hobson thinks other characteristics are Bohuslavsky’s best qualities, including an energy she brings to the court day in and day out.
“The two things you cannot measure on Beth are her brain and her heart,” he said. “She’s passionate, she plays hard, and she’s always prepared. She’s the ultimate team player. When you have one of your best players who is totally unselfish and doesn’t care who gets the recognition, that rubs off on the rest of the team.”
Even after losing one of the best players in FHSU history to graduation last spring, the results have remained the same for the Tiger women thus far this season.
A major reason for that is the play and leadership of Bohuslavsky and her fellow senior teammates Paige Lunsford, Chelsea Mason and Elle Stein.
“A senior needs to step up, be a role model,” Bohuslavsky said.
Another reason for the Tigers’ success is the guy in charge of the program.
Hobson, like Bohuslavsky, came to Hays a proven winner. After seven years coaching in Nebraska at Hastings College, Hobson has posted a 140-71 record at Fort Hays State. Hobson had two different teams ranked No. 1 in the nation, in the NAIA, during his time at Hastings, where he also won three NAIA national championships.
As far as the Tigers’ latest accomplishment, he said that he would rather have the lofty ranking late in the season but that he’ll take it.
“Any time you can do something that has never been done before, and it’s a good thing, it’s exciting to be involved with,” Hobson said. “We might as well embrace it. It’s good publicity for our school and our program.”
Hobson, Bohuslavsky and the rest of the Tigers know that from here on out, “we’re going to get everybody’s best shot,” Bohuslavsky said.
“Now it’s up to us if we want to keep that spot,” she added.
The Tigers will get their first chance at that task at 2 p.m.Saturday when the University of Nebraska-Kearney — one of the schools that recruited Bohuslavsky out of high school — comes to town.
Kearney enters the game on a two-game losing streak, but those losses were to Washburn and Emporia State, and the Lopers played both teams within 10 points. So Saturday’s match-up promises to be another doozy.
“Coach has instilled in us that we need to take pride in our gym,” Bohuslavsky said. “We just need to keep working, try to limit our mistakes and keep trusting each other.”
After rehabbing her injured leg since last season, Bohuslavsky came into her senior year with even more zeal than before, knowing her competitive basketball playing days were numbered.
But even after the last horn has sounded, Bohuslavsky doesn’t plan to stray far from the sport that has dominated her life for nearly 15 years. An elementary education major, Bohuslavsky will student teach next fall, then plans to serve as a graduate assistant under Hobson while working on her master’s degree.
Her ultimate goal is to coach at the college level. But coaching will have to wait. A lot of games are left in the next few months before Bohuslavsky hangs up her sneakers.
A pesky ballhawk who drives opponents crazy with her tight defense, Bohuslavsky said she and her teammates are ready for the challenge.
“If we want to go a long ways, we’re going to have to beat teams with defense,” she said. “We just want to stick together, keep improving and go as far as we can this year.”
Fort Hays State’s Mauricio Castorino earned a second All-America honor for the 2015 season on Wednesday.. He was named an All-America Honorable Mention selection by D2CCA. Castorino had already been named a Third Team All-America selection by the NSCAA in 2015.
Castorino is the first player in Fort Hays State soccer history to earn All-America honors from both the coaches’ association and sports information directors nationwide in the same season. Sports information directors from NCAA Division II schools and conferences sponsoring men’s soccer selected the D2CCA All-America teams. The process begins at the regional level with all first team all-region picks advancing to the national ballot. This is the 10th year of the Men’s Soccer All-America and All-Region teams. A total of 52 student-athletes filled out the three teams and honorable mention selections.
Castorino was the D2CCA Central Region Player of the Year and the MIAA Player of the Year, helping the Tigers to a record of 13-5-2 on the season. His 10 goals and eight assists produced an MIAA high 28 points.
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For the first time in the Division II history of the program, the Fort Hays State women’s basketball team is ranked No. 1. The Tigers took over the top spot from Emporia State, the team they beat 71-70 Saturday.
The Tigers previous high rank was No. 2 in February of last season.
This is the 13th consecutive week the Tigers have been ranked and their 12th straight in the top-10.
Emporia State drops to No. 3 and Missouri Western moves up one to No. 17.
Complete poll below
Rank
Institution – First Place Votes
Previous Rank
Record
Total Points
1
Fort Hays State University (Kan.) – 12
5
8-0
580
2
West Texas A&M University – 5
4
7-0
562
3
Emporia State University (Kan.) – 4
1
7-1
526
4
Drury University (Mo.)
6
7-0
503
5
California Baptist University
2
7-1
463
6
University of Alaska – Anchorage – 1
3
12-1
452
7
Lewis University (Ill.)
7
8-1
423
8
Limestone College (S.C.)
9
7-0
406
9
Union University (Tenn.) – 1
11
8-0
396
10
Nova Southeastern University (Fla.)
8
8-1
394
11
Winona State University (Minn.)
10
10-0
391
12
Ashland University (Ohio)
13
6-0
317
13
California University of Pennsylvania (Pa.)
12
7-1
300
14
Lubbock Christian University (Texas)
14
7-0
296
15
Columbus State University (Ga.)
16
4-1
227
16
Anderson University (S.C.)
17
4-0
209
17
Missouri Western State
18
7-0
201
18
West Liberty University (W.Va.)
19
7-1
167
19
Arkansas Tech University
20
6-1
159
20
Queens College (N.Y.)
15
3-1
115
21
Virginia Union University
24
5-0
90
22
Colorado Mesa University
23
4-1
86
23
Quincy University (Ill.)
NR
7-0
64
24
Benedict College (S.C.)
25
5-1
50
25
Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)
NR
8-2
44
Dropped Out: Bentley University (Mass.); Carson-Newman University (Tenn.).
Others receiving votes: Delta State University (Miss.) 43; University of California – San Diego 37; University Of Sioux Falls (S.D.) 33; Minnesota State University – Moorhead 27; Bentley University (Mass.) 26; Francis Marion University (S.C.) 26; Pittsburg State University (Kan.) 24; American International College (Mass.) 19; Michigan Technological University 19; Grand Valley State University (Mich.) 15; Southern New Hampshire University 14; Shaw University (N.C.) 11; University of Arkansas – Fort Smith 11; Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 10; Florida Southern College 10; Carson-Newman University (Tenn.) 5; Kentucky State University 3; Assumption College (Mass.) 2.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State went right back to where it started in the NSCAA Division II Rankings in the final poll of the season released on Tuesday (Dec. 8). Following yet another run to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament, FHSU finished at No. 14 in the NSCAA Division II Poll, the same ranking it started with in the preseason poll.
Fort Hays State held a ranking as high as No. 11 in 2015 as they went on to set a new program record for wins (13) in a season. The Tigers claimed their second consecutive Central Region Championship in the NCAA Tournament, reaching the national quarterfinals for the second straight year. It was the fourth consecutive year the Tigers were selected to the NCAA Tournament in just the fifth year of the program’s existence.
Head coach Brett Parker has guided the program to an overall record of 58-27-13 in his five years at FHSU. The Tigers have won at least 11 matches in all five of years.
Fort Hays State and Upper Iowa (No. 23) were the only two schools from the MIAA to finish in the top 25. Northeastern State received a vote in the final poll.
Below is the final poll for the 2015 season.
Rank
School
Prev.
W-L-T
1
Pfeiffer University
1
25-0-0
2
University Of Charleston
6
20-3-0
3
Rockhurst University
5
18-2-3
4
Cal Poly Pomona
17
17-3-3
5
Palm Beach Atlantic University
4
17-2-1
6
Colorado School Of Mines
8
18-1-3
7
Midwestern State University
2
17-1-1
8
LIU Post
12
15-3-3
9
Southern New Hampshire University
3
19-1-1
10
Young Harris College
16
17-4-0
11
Seattle Pacific University
7
14-1-4
12
Northwood University (Mich.)
9
17-2-1
13
California State University-Dominguez Hills
23
14-3-4
14
Fort Hays State University
RV
13-5-2
15
St. Edward’s University
13
15-3-2
16
Urbana University
21
13-4-2
17
Rollins College
18
13-8-0
18
Wingate University
11
14-4-4
19
Merrimack College
14
15-4-2
20
Notre Dame College
15
12-6-0
21
Fresno Pacific University
10
14-3-2
22
Saginaw Valley State University
20
15-4-1
23
Upper Iowa University
19
13-4-1
24
Lander University
22
13-3-2
25
Millersville University
25
14-5-1
Also receiving votes: Limestone College (14), Carson-Newman University (10), Wilmington University (8), California State University-Los Angeles (6), Colorado Mesa University (6), Cedarville University (5), Saint Leo University (4), University of West Alabama (2), Northeastern State University (1).
HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State closed on a 14-3 run over the final 4:12 as they hold off the York College (Neb.) Panthers 86-76 Monday night at Gross Coliseum to snap a two-game losing streak and improve to 6-2.
Mark Johnson Postgame Interview
Dom Samac Postgame Interview
Game Highlights
The Tigers led by 13 on three different occasions in the second half but York went on a 20-7 run and took a 73-72 lead on a Terrance Michael Cole 3-pointer with 4:12 to play. Following a timeout, the Tigers score the games next seven points to take the lead back for good.
Dom Samac, who scored 19 and grabbed five rebounds, drove in for a layup to put the Tigers back on top for good. Jake Stoppel tipped in a Samac miss to push the lead to three then Kyler Kinnamon hit a left corner 3-pointer to stretch the lead to six. Kenny Enoch answered a York 3-pointer with one of his own from the right corner. Trey O’Neil and Rob Davis both hit a pair of free throws to close out the game.
Jake Stoppel scored a career-high 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Tigers. Kyler Kinnamon added 13 along with five assists while Rob Davis added 11.
York was led by Terrence Cole who scored 28. Terrence Michael Cole hit five 3-pointers and added 21.
Fort Hays State’s senior point guard Beth Bohuslavsky and Emporia State guard Kelly Moten share the MIAA women’s basketball athlete of the week award.
Bohuslavsky was the key to No. 5 Fort Hays States 71-70 win over No. 1 Emporia State on Saturday. Not only did she have a team-high 21 points and six rebounds in the game, she also hit the game-deciding shot and forced a turnover on Emporia States last possession of the game with two seconds left.
She went 2-of-2 beyond the 3-point line in the game, hitting the second at 1:34 remaining in the game to put FHSU up 71-64. ESU had the last chance offensively in the game down by just one, but Bohuslavsky dashed to the block after an entry pass and tied up Kathryn Flott for a jump ball before she could get a shot away at the buzzer. FHSU got the ball back and ran out the clock.
Bohuslavsky had eight of her 21 points in the fourth quarter. Earlier on Wednesday, she had 17 points and three assists in a 62-54 win over Washburn. She averaged 19 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.5 steals, and 2.5 assists per game for the week. FHSU has now won three of the last five meetings with ESU. Both teams have been in the top 10 of the WBCA rankings for all five of those games. This was also the first time Fort Hays State defeated the No. 1 ranked team in the nation.
The 5-6 senior guard is a native of Dwight, Neb. where she competed at Seward High School.
Moten averaged 21.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks for the #1 Lady Hornets last week. She had a career high 31 points with seven rebounds, six assists, two blocks and a steal in Emporia State’s 73-64 win at Nebraska-Kearney. She had 12 points, seven rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block in the Lady Hornets 71-70 loss at No. 5 Fort Hays State.
The 5-9 redshirt junior guard is a native of Gary, Ind. where she competed at Roosevelt High School.
HAYS, Kan. – The Fort Hays State wrestling team hosted the annual Bob Smith Open on Sunday (Dec. 6) in Hays, Kan. Nearly 300 wrestlers competed as the Tigers were able to claim four placers across the 10 weight classes. The No. 6 ranked wrestler at 184 pounds, Jon Inman remained undefeated on his way to his third tournament title of the season. William Homalon took second at a 149 pounds and Rakim Dean (184) and Adam Ludwin (125) each took third place respectively.
Inman won his third open title of the year at 184 pounds, going 5-0 on the day. Inman won his first match of the day by fall (1:11) over Missouri Valley’s Dakota Concepcion taking the next match by technical fall. Back-to-back 10-2 major decisions placed Inman in the championship match, where he faced off with Western State’s Jaden Olearnick. Inman handled Oleranick, walking away from with a 9-2 decision victory. Inman moved to 13-0 overall on the season.
Homalon took second as he went 4-1 in the 149-pound weight class. Homalon started off strong, going 4-0 in his first four matches. His first match was a major decision over Baker’s Kyle Wilson by the score of 19-7. Homalon then won his next two matches by fall over Northwest Kansas Tech’s Dominque Evans and Central Oklahoma’s Spencer Rutherford. Zach Vesta from Barton Community College proved the toughest win for Homalon, a 9-8 decision. In the championship bout, Homalon took on Missouri’s Alex Butler but lost by a 12-6 decision.
Dean also went 4-1 on his way to a third-place finish at 184 pounds. Dean started the day with a victory over Labette Community College’s Tristan Ramberg, a technical fall by the score of 19-1. Dean then defeated Bethany’s Trevor Whittaker with a 7-3 decision before advancing to the quarterfinals with an injury default. Dean then came face to face with Inman’s championship opponent, John Olearnick, but could not secure an all-Tiger final in a 2-1 loss. He knocked off Brock Warren of Central Oklahoma in the third-place match 5-1.
After a bye in the first round, Ludwin went on to win his first two matches over Bethany’s Quinton Harrison (17-6 major decision) and Barton Community College’s Will Bardezbain (7-1 decision). Ludwin then dropped his next match to Oklahoma State’s (unattached) Nicholas Piccininni by a 13-2 major decision. Ludwin finished the day with two wins, defeating Oklahoma State’s (unattached) Elijah Hale with a 9-6 decision and York’s Robert Ozuna with a 3-1 decision.
The Tigers now have five champions and twenty-one placers in four tournaments. Next up for the Tigers is the Jet Invitational in Wichita, Kan. on Sunday Dec. 13.
Bob Smith Open Results for Fort Hays State
College 125 – Lawson Ludwin’s place is 3rd and has scored 8.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Lawson Ludwin (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Lawson Ludwin (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Quinton Harrison (Bethany) (Maj 16-7)
Quarterfinal – Lawson Ludwin (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Will Bardezbain (Barton CC) (Dec 7-1)
Semifinal – Nicholas Piccininni (Oklahoma State) won by tech fall over Lawson Ludwin (Fort Hays State) (TF 15-0)
Cons. Semi – Lawson Ludwin (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Elijah Hale (Oklahoma State) (Dec 9-6)
3rd Place Match – Lawson Ludwin (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Robert Ozuna (York (Neb.)) (Dec 3-1)
College 125 – VikashHupio’s place is unknown and has scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – VikashHupio (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Rocky Krueger (Bethany) (Fall 1:23)
Champ. Round 2 – Josh Breece (Central Oklahoma) won by major decision over VikashHupio (Fort Hays State) (Maj 17-3)
Cons. Round 2 – Zach D`Amico (Central Oklahoma) won by tech fall over VikashHupio (Fort Hays State) (TF 15-0)
College 141 – Jacob Kay’s place is unknown and has scored 4.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Jacob Kay (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Gunnar Smith (Ouachita Baptist University) (Fall 1:30)
Champ. Round 2 – Jacob Kay (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Jake Wilson (NW Kansas Tech) (Dec 5-4)
Champ. Round 3 – Michael Magaldo (Oklahoma State) won by tech fall over Jacob Kay (Fort Hays State) (TF 18-0)
Cons. Round 4 – Jacob Kay (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Rick Weirich (CSU-Pueblo) (Dec 2-2)
Cons. Round 5 – Mitchell Sellers (NE Oklahoma A&M) won by injury default over Jacob Kay (Fort Hays State) (Inj. 0:00)
College 141 – Brandon Ball’s place is unknown and has scored 4.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Brandon Ball (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Brandon Ball (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Mateo Soto (Neosho County CC) (TF 15-0)
Champ. Round 3 – Brandon Ball (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Ben Hornickle (Wyoming) (Dec 12-5)
Quarterfinal – Tristan Moran (Oklahoma State) won by fall over Brandon Ball (Fort Hays State) (Fall 1:30)
Cons. Round 6 – Will Roark (Missouri) won by decision over Brandon Ball (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-6)
College 141 – Jacob Schoenfeld’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Jacob Schoenfeld (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Seth Johnson (Missouri Valley) won in double overtime over Jacob Schoenfeld (Fort Hays State) (2-OT 5-4)
Cons. Round 2 – Jacob Schoenfeld (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 – Jd Rader (Nebraska-Kearney) won by major decision over Jacob Schoenfeld (Fort Hays State) (Maj 13-4)
College 149 – Noah Killip’s place is unknown and has scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Noah Killip (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Dylan Brazell (NE Oklahoma A&M) (Fall 3:50)
Champ. Round 2 – Brandon Stanley (Central Oklahoma) won by injury default over Noah Killip (Fort Hays State) (Inj. 0:00)
Cons. Round 2 – Conner Loderhose (Ouachita Baptist University) won by injury default over Noah Killip (Fort Hays State) (Inj. 0:00)
College 149 – William Homalon’s place is 2nd and has scored 16.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – William Homalon (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Kyle Wilson (Baker) (Maj 19-7)
Champ. Round 2 – William Homalon (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Dominque Evans (NW Kansas Tech) (Fall 1:45)
Quarterfinal – William Homalon (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Spencer Rutherford (Central Oklahoma) (Fall 2:30)
Semifinal – William Homalon (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Zach Vesta (Barton CC) (Dec 9-8)
1st Place Match – Alex Butler (Missouri) won by decision over William Homalon (Fort Hays State) (Dec 12-6)
College 157 – Greg Tooley’s place is unknown and has scored 5.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Greg Tooley (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Joshua Thomas (Baker) (TF 20-5)
Champ. Round 2 – Greg Tooley (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Shawn Beiriger (Western State) (TF 22-5)
Quarterfinal – Jeromy Davenport (Central Oklahoma) won by decision over Greg Tooley (Fort Hays State) (Dec 2-1)
Cons. Round 4 – Kristian Holguin-Mendez (NE Oklahoma A&M) won by fall over Greg Tooley (Fort Hays State) (Fall 2:37)
College 157 – Joey Dozier’s place is unknown and has scored 7.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Joey Dozier (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Sterling Karr (Missouri Valley) (TF 15-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Joey Dozier (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Jose Chavez (CSU-Pueblo) (TF 18-3)
Quarterfinal – Dewey Krueger (Wyoming) won by fall over Joey Dozier (Fort Hays State) (Fall 2:44)
Cons. Round 4 – Joey Dozier (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Bubba Jaramillo (Nebraska-Kearney) (Fall 4:50)
Cons. Round 5 – Keegan McCormick (Missouri) won by fall over Joey Dozier (Fort Hays State) (Fall 2:26)
College 157 – Matt Ziegler’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Colby Crank (Unattached) won by tech fall over Matt Ziegler (Fort Hays State) (TF 24-9)
Cons. Round 1 – Sean Taborsky (Barton CC) won by fall over Matt Ziegler (Fort Hays State) (Fall 4:59)
College 157 – Bradley Little’s place is unknown and has scored 6.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Bradley Little (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Corey Coombs (NW Kansas Tech) (Fall 0:49)
Champ. Round 2 – Bradley Little (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Jason Slaughter (Western State – Unattached) (TF 16-0)
Quarterfinal – Louis (Andy) Rico (Adams State – Unattached) won by fall over Bradley Little (Fort Hays State) (Fall 2:24)
Cons. Round 4 – Bradley Little (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Ryan Pellow (Western State) (Dec 8-3)
Cons. Round 5 – Kristian Holguin-Mendez (NE Oklahoma A&M) won by fall over Bradley Little (Fort Hays State) (Fall 6:46)
College 165 – Kregg Clarke’s place is unknown and has scored 2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Richie Miranda (Nebraska-Kearney) (Dec 6-4)
Champ. Round 2 – Lucas Lovvorn (Wyoming) won by decision over Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays State) (Dec 9-3)
Cons. Round 2 – Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Cole Kemna (Missouri Valley) (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Round 3 – Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Nathaniel McKimson (CSU-Pueblo) (Dec 3-1)
Cons. Round 4 – Noel Torres (Newman) won by major decision over Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays State) (Maj 15-5)
College 174 – Nathan Shipley’s place is unknown and has scored 4.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Nathan Shipley (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Jonathan Bowen (Barton CC) (Maj 18-6)
Champ. Round 2 – Brandon Supernaw (Western State) won by decision over Nathan Shipley (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-4)
Cons. Round 2 – Nathan Shipley (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Brice Mason (NW Kansas Tech) (Fall 1:00)
Cons. Round 3 – Cody Carson (Unattached) won by decision over Nathan Shipley (Fort Hays State) (Dec 5-2)
College 174 – Dylan Wiesner’s place is unknown and has scored 3.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Dylan Wiesne (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Darick Jones (Neosho County CC) (TF 16-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Dylan Wiesne (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Koery Windham (Adams State – Unattached) (Dec 9-3)
Quarterfinal – Mason Thompson (Central Oklahoma) won by decision over Dylan Wiesne (Fort Hays State) (Dec 12-7)
Cons. Round 4 – Saul Ortiz (NE Oklahoma A&M) won by major decision over Dylan Wiesne (Fort Hays State) (Maj 16-7)
College 174 – Ethan Dale’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Dylan Harmon (Central Oklahoma) won by decision over Ethan Dal (Fort Hays State) (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Round 1 – Ethan Dal (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Taylor Bergquist (Western State – Unattached) won by injury default over Ethan Dal (Fort Hays State) (Inj. 0:00)
College 174 – James Buckhanan’s place is unknown and has scored 2.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – James Buckhanan (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Payne Hatter (Ouachita Baptist University) won by decision over James Buckhanan (Fort Hays State) (Dec 9-2)
Cons. Round 2 – James Buckhanan (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Cory Berry (Adams State – Unattached) (Fall 4:20)
Cons. Round 3 – Taylor Bergquist (Western State – Unattached) won by tech fall over James Buckhanan (Fort Hays State) (TF 18-1)
College 184 – Jon Inman’s place is 1st and has scored 19.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Dakota Concepcion (Missouri Valley) (Fall 1:11)
Champ. Round 2 – Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Jake Woolson (NW Kansas Tech) (TF 17-2)
Quarterfinal – Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Bryant Guillen (Baker) (Maj 10-2)
Semifinal – Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Brock Warren (Central Oklahoma) (Maj 10-2)
1st Place Match – Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Jaden Olearnick (Western State) (Dec 9-2)
College 184 – Rakim Dean’s place is 3rd and has scored 12.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Rakim Dean (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Tristan Ramberg (Labette CC) (TF 19-1)
Champ. Round 2 – Rakim Dean (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Trevor Whittaker (Bethany) (Dec 7-3)
Quarterfinal – Rakim Dean (Fort Hays State) won by injury default over Joshua Ortiz (Baker) (Inj. 0:00)
Semifinal – Jaden Olearnick (Western State) won by major decision over Rakim Dean (Fort Hays State) (Maj 10-2)
Cons. Semi – Rakim Dean (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Bryant Guillen (Baker) (TF 17-1)
3rd Place Match – Rakim Dean (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Brock Warren (Central Oklahoma) (Dec 5-1)
College 184 – Micquille Robinson’s place is unknown and has scored 0.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Micquille Robinson (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Steven Allen (Wyoming) won by decision over Micquille Robinson (Fort Hays State) (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Round 2 – Micquille Robinson (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Bo Brown (Colby CC) (Dec 11-5)
Cons. Round 3 – Tim Johnson (Barton CC) won by decision over Micquille Robinson (Fort Hays State) (Dec 4-3)
College 184 – Jordan Davis’s place is unknown and has scored 2.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Jordan Davis (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Jordan Davis (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Steven Ullman (CSU-Pueblo) (Dec 10-8)
Quarterfinal – Jaden Olearnick (Western State) won in overtime over Jordan Davis (Fort Hays State) (OT 2-1)
Cons. Round 4 – Richard Bencomo (Adams State) won by major decision over Jordan Davis (Fort Hays State) (Maj 16-8)
College 197 – Cash Drylie’s place is unknown and has scored 1.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Donavan Fouchy (Missouri Valley) won by fall over Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) (Fall 4:59)
Cons. Round 1 – Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Augustine DeSantis (CSU-Pueblo) (Dec 8-7)
Cons. Round 3 – Nate Shaw (Wyoming) won by decision over Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-6)
College 197 – Christian Lance’s place is unknown and has scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Christian Lance (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Kyler Atwood (Baker) (Dec 5-4)
Champ. Round 2 – Christian Lance (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Zac Strother (Barton CC) (Maj 13-4)
Quarterfinal – Matt Wagner (Air Force Prep) won by decision over Christian Lance (Fort Hays State) (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Round 4 – Benjamin Laures (Oklahoma State) won by fall over Christian Lance (Fort Hays State) (Fall 2:25)
College 285 – AJ Cooper’s place is unknown and has scored 1.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Patrick Grayson (Nebraska) won by tech fall over AJ Cooper (Fort Hays State) (TF 20-4)
Cons. Round 1 – AJ Cooper (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – AJ Cooper (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Torrey Reinhart (NW Kansas Tech) (Dec 11-6)
Cons. Round 3 – Zell Beiberle (Colby CC) won by decision over Aj Cooper (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-4)
College 285 – Dakota Gulley’s place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Dakota Gulley (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Gabi Musallam (Missouri Valley) won by decision over Dakota Gulley (Fort Hays State) (Dec 13-9)
Cons. Round 2 – Wess Bowman (NE Oklahoma A&M) won by decision over Dakota Gulley (Fort Hays State) (Dec 6-5)
College 285 – Justin Scott’s place is unknown and has scored 8.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Justin Scott (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Tyler Smith (Bethany) (Fall 1:12)
Champ. Round 2 – Justin Scott (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Torrey Reinhart (NW Kansas Tech) (Maj 12-2)
Quarterfinal – Justin Scott (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Aaron Clayton (Ouachita Baptist University) (Fall 2:15)
Semifinal – Collin Jensen (Nebraska) won by fall over Justin Scott (Fort Hays State) (Fall 1:36)
Cons. Semi – Tuli Laulu (Adams State) won by decision over Justin Scott (Fort Hays State) (Dec 3-1)
College 285 – Zach Kearney’s place is unknown and has scored 1.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 – Collin Jensen (Nebraska) won by fall over Zach Kearney (Fort Hays State) (Fall 0:50)
Cons. Round 1 – Zach Kearney (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Zach Kearney (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Andy Armstrong (Western State) (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Round 3 – Wess Bowman (NE Oklahoma A&M) won by decision over Zach Kearney (Fort Hays State) (Dec 7-2)
Fort Hays State women’s basketball had never played a No. 1 ranked team. Saturday the Tigers both played and beat top-ranked Emporia State University 71-70.
The Lady Hornets jumped out to a 6-4 lead on Fort Hays State over the first two and half minutes of Saturday’s showdown. Most of the first quarter was a free throw contest with the Hornets going 10-10 and the Tigers 8-10 over the first ten minutes. The Tigers built a six point lead at 16-10, only to have it erased by the end of the first quarter when Emporia State scored six straight concluding with a basket at the buzzer.
Highlights
The Tigers opened the second quarter with a 12-4 run going up 28-20 on back to back three point plays from Paige Lunsford and Taylor Chandler. Fort Hays State pushed their lead to ten with one minute left in the first half on a Lunsford field goal. The two teams traded baskets over the final minute leaving the Tigers with a 37-30 halftime lead.
Coach Tony Hobson
Fort Hays pushed their lead as high as ten on two occasions in the third quarter, the latest at 50-40 with 5:58 remaining. Emporia State though would respond with a 15-4 run to grab a lead at the end of three quarters 55-54. Fort Hays would grab the lead for good on a Bohuslavsky three pointer at 61-58 after trailing by two points early in the fourth quarter. Fort Hays built their lead to seven with ninety second remaining, when Emporia State hit two deep three pointers bringing the game within one point at 71-70. The Tigers turned the ball over on their next possession, but Emporia State would never get a shot off after being tied up in the lane and turning the ball over with two seconds left.
Beth Bohuslavsky scored a game high 21. Paige Lunsford a career high 16 and Chelsea Mason added 11.
Fort Hays moves to 8-0 and 2-0 in the MIAA. Emporia State falls to 7-1, 1-1. The Tigers are off until next Saturday when they host Nebraska Kearney.
Minnesota Duluth scored 23 unanswered points, holding Fort Hays State to two second first downs then hold off a late Tiger rally for a 30-22 win Saturday in the 50th Mineral Water Bowl at Tiger Stadium in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. The Tigers end their season 8-4, tying the school record for wins. The Bulldogs finish 9-3.
UMD held the Tigers to 181 yards of offense and dominated the time of possession 44:10 to 15:50. Fort Hays State was 1-for-11 on third down and had the games only turnover.
Treveon Albert led the Tigers rushing attack with 67 yards and a touchdown. Shaquille Cooper was held to 35 yards on eight carries. Albert completed 7-of-18 passes for 78 yards and a touchdown.
A mishandled snap on their Tigers first possession led to a Duluth five-yard touchdown pass, giving them the early lead midway through the first quarter. Fort Hays State answered with 14 straight points to grab a 14-7 second quarter lead. Albert connected with tight end J.J. Lewis on a 32-yard touchdown pass to tie the game late in the first. Two possessions later, Albert ripped off a 72-yard touchdown run up the middle to five the Tigers a 14-7 lead.
Duluth scored the final 10 points of the second quarter to take a 17-14 halftime lead. They held the Tigers to no first downs and no yards in the third quarter to push the lead to 20-14.
A controversial pass interference penalty led to a Duluth field goal to push their lead to 23-14 early in the fourth quarter. They would drive 62 yards in 11 plays and score on a one-yard run from 305 pound defensive lineman Jonathan Harden to push the lead to 30-14 with 4:36 to play.
Daniel Lindsey returned the ensuing kickoff 72 yards for a touchdown. The two point conversion pulled the Tigers within eight with 4:22 to go.
FHSU would get the ball back with 2:13 to play. After a first down pass to Garrett Holle moved the ball to their own 31, three incomplete passes and a sack on fourth down ended the comeback bid.
Nathan Shepherd, who was named the Mineral Water Bowl’s Defensive MVP, had 14 tackles. Alex Schmidtberger added 14 and Brock Long 12 to set the FHSU single season record with 171.
Albert finishes the season with 1,228 yards rushing, the fifth most in a single-season in FHSU history. Cooper ends with 1,441, the third most by a Tiger in a single-season. Albert also becomes the FHSU career leader in total offense.
Fort Hays opened Saturday’s MIAA showdown with Emporia State with a 12-5 run over the first five minutes, as the Tigers looked to rebound after their Wednesday night loss to Washburn. The Tigers pushed their lead up to 14 at 25-11, holding Emporia State with out a field goal for nearly eight minutes.
Emporia State managed just 11 points over the first 13:00 of the game, but scored 10 in the next 1:40 to get back with in 6 at 27-21. The Hornets got a three pointer with 1:22 left in the first half to get three at 31-28. Kenny Enoch hit a basket with :39 remaining to give the Tigers a 33-28 half time lead.
Highlights
After Emporia State tied the game at 33, Fort Hays scored five in a row to take a 38-33 lead with 16:40 remaining. The Hornets took the lead for good on an 11-0 run at 44-38. The Tigers twice got back within three at 44-11 and 46-43, but couldn’t close the gap.
After trailing 25-11 with 7:15 left in the first half, Emporia State outscored the Tigers 41-18 over the next 17 minutes.
Coach Mark Johnson
Four Tigers scored in double figures as Dom Samac, Rob Davis, and Kenny Enoch scored 11. Kyler Kinnamon added 10. Emporia State was led by the career high 23 points of Josh Pedersen.
Fort Hays falls to 5-2 on the year and 0-2 in the MIAA. Emporia State is 4-3 and 0-2.
