Several area girls’ golfers have earned All-State honors from the KGCA. Plainville’s Corbyn Marquess was named the First Team in Class 3-2-1A. TMP-Marian’s Haleigh Spray and Jenna Romme were named to the Second Team.
Hays High had two golfers named to the 5A All-State team. Taleia McCrae and Sophia Garrison were both honorable mention picks.
A couple of TMP-Marian Monarchs are on the first team of the All-MCL volleyball team announced early this morning. Sophomores Emilee Lane and Kassidi Yost are joined by Trego junior Lili Shubert and Smith Center senior Bree Frieling and sophomore Tallon Rentschler.
Phillipsburg had three players named to the second team. Senior Kylie Solida, junior Meredith Jacobs and freshman Heather Schemper are joined by Smith Center senior Lizzy Pfortmiller and Norton senior Tayli Hartwell and junior Avery Miller.
Plainville’s Brooklyn Staab and Aubree Dewey are honorable mention picks aloing with Phillipsburg’s Meg Keeten, Norton’s Tessa Hauser, Hoxie’s Macy Schamberger and Jessalyn Kirchhoff of Smith Center.
Hays High has seven players named to the All-Western Athletic Conference football team. Senior Hayden Brown is on the first team offense while junior Gavin Haselhorst and sophomore Gavin Meyers were named to the defensive first team. Senior offensive lineman Brock Lummus and Luke Fletcher are second team picks while juniors Trey Adams and Tucker Veach are both on the second team defense.
Hays High had three players named to the All Western Athletic Conference boys soccer team. Senior Matt Goodale was named first team, Diego Muller and Blake Steiben are on the second team.
Tasiah Nunnery was named first team in volleyball.
Hays High played beyond week nine of the football season for just the eighth in school history on Friday night. The tenth seeded Indians found themselves taking on the undefeated two seed, Maize South Mavericks.
Hays took the opening possession eight plays for a touchdown lead. The Indians never faced third down on the drive and needed a little luck to get into the end zone. Carson Keifer recovered a fumble in the end zone following a completed pass to the one yard line. The Matt Goodale extra point gave the Indians a 7-0 lead.
Maize South tied the game on their second possession. The Mavericks took over at the Indian yard line after a short punt and punched the ball in five plays later for a 7-7 game. Following a short Hays High punt Maize South again got into the red zone but fumbled a pitch that was recovered by Gaven Haselhorst. The Indians could not successfully move the ball and Maize South scored just two plays into their next drive on a 24 yard pass and a 14-7 lead.
The Mavericks were poised to take a two possession lead when Tucker Veach took away a overthrown pass in Maverick territory. Hays moved the ball into the red zone and Matt Goodale connected on a 26 yard field goal for a 14-10 deficit for the Indians. Maize South again threatened to score inside the red zone and again was turned away. Veach took away a second pass, his fifth of the season, and Hays entered the locker room down 14-10.
Highlights
The second half belonged to the home team. The Indian defense forced a three and out on the first Maverick drive. Maize South lined up to go for a conversion on fourth and one but the quarterback punted the ball down inside the one yard line. Hays two plays later threw an interception setting up the Mavericks inside the red zone. It took seven plays but Maize South made the most of it. A fourth and goal quarterback run from the three yard line increased the lead for Maize South at 20-10 following a blocked extra point.
The Indians would play the entire second half without their starting quarterback Dylan Dreiling. Hays never could get much traction for the rest of the game. The Indians ran just one play across the fifty yard line and gained just 25 yards in the second half. Maize South scored on three straight possessions and picked up a Indian fumble for a score and a 41-10 win.
Maize South stays undefeated at 10-0. Hays High ends the year at 4-6. Tucker Veach intercepted three passes for the Indians.
Coach Tony Crough
Hays High at Maize South
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Hays High will have two wrestlers enter the season with a preseason ranking. Sophomore Gavin Meyers is ranked second at 195 and Gavin Nutting second at 220 in the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association rankings.
Ellis has a couple ranked in 3-2-1A. Sophomore Mason Gottschalk is sixth at 145 and junior Konnor Pfeifer third at 152.
KWCA 3-2-1A Preseason Rankings
Trego also has two ranked. Senior Dillon Dunn is preseason No. 3 at 220 and senior Parker Opat third at 285.
Plainville senior Jordan Finnesy is No. 1 at 170 and Hill City’s Jayce Hamel fourth.
Stockton junior Markeis Spiller is ranked third at 113.
Hill City’s William Penrod is ranked sixth at 220
Smith Center is ranked first in the team rankings and Hoxie second.
The Norton girls’ placed one runner in the top 20 but won the 3A state title at Rim Rock Farms near Lawrence. The Bluejays scored 75 points, 18 fewer than second place Southeast of Saline. Senior Lexi Kats led Norton with a fourth place finish in a time of 19:59.0.
TMP-Marian sophomore Grace Pope finished in 66th place with a time of 22:58.6.
The Norton boys finished third with 117 points. Senior Connor Hall led the way with a third place finish and time of 16:40.1
Hays High freshman Amelia Jaeger finished in 33rd place with a time of 20:40.0.
Ellis freshman Madelyn Russell finished second at the 2A girls state cross country meet Saturday in Wamego. Russell had a time of 19:20.48 and finished just ahead of Sybil Giefer of Trego who ran a time of 19:37.76. Ellinwood’s Erin Hammeke won the 2A race with a time of 19:12.28.
Plainville junior Chayse McCullough finished sixth in the boys race with a time of 17:18.04. Samuel Pyle of Ellis came in 10th at Ellis 17:30.72.
The Ellis boys finished eighth in the team standings with 187 points, Trego was 11th with 246 points.
Osborne junior Reagan Bales finished second in the 1A boys race with a time of 17:21.57. Blake Pierce of La Crosse finished 10th with a time of 17:50.38.
Osborne finished fourth in the team standings with 62 points, Quinter was seventh with 122 and La Crosse 8th with 124.
ELLINWOOD – The TMP-Marian Monarchs closed out the 2019 season with a 54-0 win over Ellinwood Friday night in Ellinwood.
Coach Jay Harris
It took the Monarch offense a little bit to get going Friday night, turning it over on downs on their first possession, but on their second possession they needed just two plays to cover 46 yards and they took a 7-0 lead thanks to a two-yard Kade Harris touchdown run.
Harris scored three rushing touchdowns and scored seven in the final two games of the season.
Already leading 7-0 the Monarchs put together an eight-play, 60-yard drive that ended with a two-yard TD run for Colby Dreiling to give TMP the 14-0 lead. Dreiling finished with two scores in the ground in the game.
Harris added his second first-half rushing touchdown with just over a minute left in the second quarter as TMP took a 20-0 lead, after failing to convert a two-point try.
On Ellinwood’s next possession they ran just two plays for Harris intercepted Eagles quarterback Kyle Doll with 1:03 to play in the first half.
TMP wasted little time and got on the board four the fourth time in the first half when Harris found Jace Wentling for a 17-yard score that gave TMP a 26-0 lead at the break.
In the second half Harris found Dreiling for a one-yard touchdown, Dreiling and Harris both added fourth quarter rushing touchdowns and Andrew Schwartz capped off the game with his first career rushing touchdown as TMP rolled to the 54-0 win.
Harris was 11-for-16 passing for 163 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for 138 yards and three scores.
TMP finishes the second 3-6 for the third straight year. Ellinwood finishes the season 1-8.
Hays High traveled to Goddard on Friday night to take on the Eisenhower Tigers for week nine bracket play and the opportunity for their season to continue.
The Indians avoided disaster in the first quarter. Eisenhower was forced to punt after just three plays to start the game but the ball hit an Indian past the line of scrimmage and recovered by the Tigers hear midfield. Hays quickly turned the tables. Trey Adams intercepted a pass on third down to set up the Indians at the 47 yard line. The first offensive play of the game for Hays was a hand off to Jaren Kanak who went around the left end for 53 yards. The extra point from Matt Goodale gave Hays a 7-0 lead.
Eisenhower threatened to score several times in the first half. During the second quarter the Tigers started with the ball inside Hays territory on three straight possessions. The first resulted in a Eisenhower punt. Hays muffed the punt inside the ten yard line but recovered the ball. The Tigers then took over at the Hays 29 yard line and would punch the ball into the end zone on a third down pass from the ten yard line. Trey Adams blocked the extra point preserving a 7-6 lead.
Hays fielded a pooch kick at the 39 yard line but lost 18 yards on the drive and following a short punt Eisenhower took over at the 26. The Tigers scored a touchdown on the first play of the drive but was called back for holding. Three plays later Dawson VonFeldt intercepted pass at the five to keep the score 7-6 in favor of the Indians at the half.
Highlights
The entire second half belonged to the Indians. Hays took the opening possession of the second half 11 plays that resulted in a career long 42 yard field goal from Matt Goodale and a 10-6 lead. Eisenhower punted away the ball on the next possession and the Indians took advantage. Hays drove into the red zone for the first time on the night and eventually scored on a six yard run by Hayden Brown following a pass interference call on an attempted catch by Jaren Kanak.
Leading 17-6 Gaven Haselhorst jumped on top of a fumble on the ensuing kick off return by Eisenhower. Hays again controlled the clock and worked the ball to the 23 yard line. On fourth and one and moving into the wind the Indians went for the conversion. The play ended in the end zone with a Hayden Brown touchdown and a 24-6 lead. Dalton Dale intercepted a pass on the next drive inside Eishenhower territory. The Indians responded with a fake field goal ten yard touchdown pass from Tucker Veatch to Trey Adams the final 31-6 score.
Coach Tony Crough
Hays High will play Maize South next week following the Mavericks 31-0 win over Salina South. Hays is 4-5 while the second seeded Maverick are 9-0.
Hays improves to 4-1 on the road.
First Round Bracket Play
Class 1A
Jackson Heights 42, Wabaunsee 0
Pittsburg Colgan 57, Bluestem 0
Smith Center 35, La Crosse 14
Valley Heights 60, Jefferson North 34
Class 2A
Garden Plain 61, Fredonia 7
Humboldt 70, Central Heights 8
Riverton 44, Oskaloosa 14
Silver Lake 68, Jayhawk Linn 8
Southeast 12, Osage City 6, 2OT
Class 3A
Columbus 33, Anderson County 20
Frontenac 34, Girard 0
Galena 44, Burlington 40
Class 4A
Goddard 32, Rose Hill 14
Class 5A
Olathe West 49, Topeka Seaman 28
Class 6A
BV North 40, SM South 0
Class 8-Man Division I
Attica/Argonia 38, Sedan 32
Caldwell 46, Cedar Vale/Dexter Co-op 30
Canton-Galva 46, Chase County 0
Hodgeman County 54, Moundridge 0
Lebo 58, Goessel 8
Little River 54, South Gray 0
Madison/Hamilton Co-op 57, Solomon 0
Medicine Lodge 58, Burden Central 12
Ness City 23, Macksville 8
South Central 47, West Elk 0
Spearville 48, Pratt Skyline 26
St. Francis 46, Washington County 0
Wichita County 88, Victoria 66
Class 8-Man Division II
Axtell 52, Lakeside 0
Centre 56, Altoona-Midway 0
Crest 52, Marais des Cygnes Valley 12
Frankfort 54, Rock Hills 8
Hanover 48, Pike Valley 0
Hutchinson Central Christian 54, Ingalls 6
Minneola 50, South Haven 0
Norwich 22, Otis-Bison 6
Osborne 56, Wallace County 8
South Barber 70, Bucklin 20
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 50, Onaga 0
St. Paul 64, Hartford 0
Sylvan-Lucas 52, Triplains-Brewster 8
Thunder Ridge 50, Quinter 0
Waverly 62, Marmaton Valley 14
Class 6 Man
Golden Plains 60, Pawnee Heights 8
Weskan 58, Ashland 54
Non-Bracket Games
BV Randolph def. Southern Cloud, forfeit
Burlingame 38, Peabody-Burns 26
Chase def. Burrton, forfeit
Chetopa def. Rural Vista, forfeit
Doniphan West 47, Tescott 0
Iola 38, Parsons 28
Kinsley 44, St. John 20
Kiowa County 48, Central Plains 0
Logan/Palco 64, Dighton 6
Osawatomie 26, Baxter Springs 14
Oswego 24, Oxford 14
Pretty Prairie 28, Stafford 18
Rawlins County 62, Lincoln 14
Remington 34, Neodesha 13
Satanta def. Fairfield, forfeit
Udall 45, Flinthills 18
Wakefield 58, Southern Coffey 36
Wellsville 36, Royal Valley 26
Wetmore def. Linn, forfeit
Wilson def. Greeley County, forfeit
The TMP-Marian Monarchs will close out the 2019 season on the road this week against the Ellinwood Eagles.
Last week the Monarchs upended Ellsworth 31-20 to move to 2-6 on the season.
If you missed any of last week’s action you can check out the highlights below with our Sounds of the Game.
The Hays High Indians travel to Goddard Friday night for a week nine matchup with the Goddard-Eisenhower Tigers.
The Indians dropped to 3-5 last week with a 35-3 loss to Salina Central. If you missed any of the action you can check out the highlights below with our Sounds of the Game.
TOPEKA – Victora is the No. 8 seed and will open pool play against top-seeded Rural Vista Friday at the 1A State Volleyball Tournament at United Wireless Arena in Dodge City.
The Knights (23-13), who upset top-seeded Golden Plains in the Ramson sub-state semifinals then beat Wallace County Saturday, will also face Minneola and Olpe in pool play.
The top two teams from each pool advance to Saturday’s semifinals.
Friday, November 1– Pool I (Top Bracket)
Seed 1: Rural Vista, 39-4
Seed 8: Victoria, 23-13
Seed 4: Minneola, 32-8
Seed 5: Olpe, 31-10
COURT A
8:30 AM Minneola (4) vs. Olpe (5)
9:30 AM Rural Vista (1) vs. Victoria (8)
10:30 AM Minneola (4) vs. Victoria (8)
11:30 AM Rural Vista (1) vs. Olpe (5)
12:30 PM Olpe (5) vs. Victoria (8)
1:30 PM Rural Vista (1) vs. Minneola (4)
Friday, November 1– Pool II (Bottom Bracket)
Seed 2: Chetopa, 38-5
Seed 7: Claflin-Central Plains, 29-11
Seed 3: Cunningham, 35-6
Seed 6: Clifton-Clyde, 30-11
COURT B
8:30 AM Cunningham (3) vs. Clifton-Clyde (6)
9:30 AM Chetopa (2) vs. Claflin-Central Plains (7)
10:30 AM Cunningham (3) vs. Claflin-Central Plains (7)
11:30 AM Chetopa (2) vs. Clifton-Clyde (6)
12:30 PM Clifton-Clyde (6) vs. Claflin-Central Plains (7)
1:30 PM Chetopa (2) vs. Cunningham (3)
Saturday, November 2
Saturday Bracket posted on KSHSAA website at the conclusion of pool play.
