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Six Indians named to All-WAC baseball team

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Six members of the Hays High baseball team received All-Western Athletic Conference honors. Connor Rule, Dalton Stout and Cole Schumacher were all named to the first team while Marcus Altman, Adam Klaus and Brayden Delzeit were honorable mention picks.

Frank Leo is the Coach of the Year after guiding the Indians to their fifth straight conference title.

ALL-WAC BASEBALL TEAM
Player of the Year: Brady Michel, Great Bend
Coach of the Year: Frank Leo, Hays

First Team
Brady Michel, Jr., Great Bend, OF
Connor Rule, Jr., Hays, INF/C
Dalton Stout, Sr., Hays, INF
Jared Hasik, Jr., Liberal, INF
Anson Hall, Jr., Great Bend, INF
Cole Schumacher, Jr., Hays, P
Dawson Davis, Sr., Dodge City, INF
Daven Acker, Jr., Garden City, INF
Nick Nelson, Sr., Dodge City, OF
Griffen Brunson, So., Garden City, INF
Bryce Unruh, Jr., Dodge City, INF
Cole Evans, So., Liberal, P/1B

Honorable Mention
Hays: Marcus Altman, Jr.; Adam Klaus, Sr.; Brayden Delzeit, Jr.

HHS qualifies 12, TMP four for state track meet

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Hays High qualified five boys and seven girls while TMP-Marian qualified two boys and two girls for next week’s state track and field meet in Wichita. The Indian girls finished in fourth place at Friday’s Holcomb 4A regional, scoring 46 points while the Indian boys finished seventh with 34 points. The Monarch boys finished ninth with 26 points while the girls finished 12th with 17.

Holcomb Track Results

Hays High had one first place finish. The 4×800 meter relay team of Summer Smith, Marie Reveles, Courtney Green and Haley George brought home gold. Smith also qualified in the 800 meters (2:32.50) with a fourth place finish. Kali Pitcock qualified in two events, finishing third in both the 100 meters (12.80) and 100 meter hurdles (15.70). Lexi Summers finished third in the triple jump (35-03.75) and Mattie Schlaefli was fourth in the javelin (116-6).

Maddux Winter and Hayden Kreutzer led the Hays High boys with second place finishes. Winter in the 110 meter hurdles (15.40) and Kreutzer the pole vault (14.06.00). Shane Berens finished third in the discus (154-6) and Brandon Hardwick was third in the shot put (49-1). Peyton Harris also qualified in the discus with a fourth place finish (147-0).

Melissa Pfeifer led the TMP-Marian girls, winning the 800 meters (2:26.50). Alicia Lechman finished second in the 3200 meters (13:13.6). Eduardo Gonzales led the TMP boys with a second place finish in the 100 meters (11.00). Andrew Hess was third in the 3200 meters (10:27.6).

Ellis wins two events at Smith Center regional track meet

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The Ellis girls won the 4×100 meter relay and finish second in the 4×400 to highlight their day at Thursday’s Smith Center 2A regional track and field meet. The Railers girls finish sixth with 44 points.

Eli Lohrmeyer wins the discus and was the Ellis boys only first place finisher.

Plainville won three events. Kim Junkermeier takes the girls shot put while Kolt Newell wins the high jump and the 4×100 relay finishes first.

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Girls Team Scores
1 SALINA-SACRED HEART 76
2 HILL CITY 72
3 ELL-SALINE 52
4 DECATUR COMMUNITY 48.50
4 BENNINGTON 48.50
6 ELLIS 44
7 RAWLINS COUNTY 30.50
8 REPUBLIC COUNTY 28
9 NESS CITY 27
10 WICHITA COUNTY 26
11 CLAFLIN-CENTRAL PLAINS 25
12 PLAINVILLE 23
13 TREGO COMMUNITY 21
14 SMITH CENTER 17
15 LINCOLN 11
16 OAKLEY 7.50

Boys Team Scores
1 SMITH CENTER 99
2 SALINA-SACRED HEART 90
3 ELL-SALINE 58
4 NESS CITY 57
5 PLAINVILLE 53.50
6 BENNINGTON 44
7 WICHITA COUNTY 40
8 ELLIS 33
9 REPUBLIC COUNTY 30
10 RAWLINS COUNTY 19
11 DECATUR COMMUNITY 17
12 OAKLEY 8
13 CLAFLIN-CENTRAL PLAINS 6.50
14 TREGO COMMUNITY 2
15 LINCOLN 1

TMP-Marian girls soccer advances to state quarterfinals

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The TMP-Marian girls soccer team is on to the 4-3-2-1A state quarterfinals after a dominant 8-0 win over Mulvane in the South Central Regional #2 finals Thursday at the Bickle/Schmidt Sports Complex.

Bailey Hageman score the first goal two minutes into the match. Aubrey Koeningman scored twice. TMP also had goals from Alyssa Keil and Deonna Wellbrock in the first half as they built a 6-0 halftime lead. Wellbrock and Keil scored in the second half helping them improve to 11-3-1.

TMP-Marian will host Topeka-Hayden (13-5) in one of the 4-3-2-1A state quarterfinal matches Tuesday at the Bickle/Schmidt Sports Complex.

Monarch baseball falls to Russell/Victoria in pitchers duel

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Despite an outstanding pitching performance from Kameron Schmidt, the TMP-Marian baseball team loses their regional opener 2-0 to Russell/Victoria Thursday in Hoisington.

Schmidt allowed just the two runs on three hits while striking out six and walking four. Both of Russell’s runs were unearned. They scored a run off an error in the sixth to break break a scoreless tie then scored in insurance run in the seventh on a passed ball.

The Monarchs threatened in the sixth. Ricky Hockett opened the inning with a double and moved to third on a sacrifice bunt, but a strikeout and a line out to center ended the threat.

TMP-Marian ends their season at 16-5. Larned won the regional, beating the Broncos 6-4 in the finals.

Hays High baseball comes up short in regional opener

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McPherson scored the go-ahead run on sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth and beat Hays High 4-3 in the semifinals of the Hays 4A Division I regional at the Hays High Field Thursday.

Game Highlights


The Indians had rallied from an early 3-0 deficit with three in the top of the fifth to tie the game. They had runners at first and third with one out in the sixth but failed to score after a strikeout and groundout.

Cole Schumacher takes the loss, allowing all four runs on eight hits while striking out one and walking two.

The Indians end the season at 9-10. It’s their first losing season since 1988 and just their fourth under coach Frank Leo.

Hays High softball falls to McPherson in regional semifinal

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McPherson scored 15 runs on 15 hits as they knock off Hays High softball team  15-5 in Andale 4A-DI regional opener.

Hays trailed 4-2 in the top of the third when the game was suspended due to rain on Tuesday. The Bullpups scored four in the fourth, three in the fifth and two in the sixth in the conclusion Thursday.

Hays put three on the board in the fifth.

Tessa Stickel, who hit two home runs on Tuesday finished with three hits to lead the Indian offense.

Madison Prough takes the loss, allowing all 15 runs on 15 hits as the Indians end their season at 5-16.

TMP softball ends season with loss to Larned

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Despite a solid pitching performance the TMP-Marian Monarchs softball team could not overcome a rough day in the field and drop the regional semifinal with Larned 6-2 Thursday afternoon in Larned.

TMP starter Bailey Lacy did not allow a hit until the fifth inning and struck out 16 in seven inning but suffered the tough luck loss as Larned scored four unearned runs on three errors and two passed balls in the sixth inning to go up 6-1.

Laurel Hageman led off the fourth inning with a walk and courtesy runner Ciara Seib scored on a Heidi Gottschalk groundout, putting the Monarchs up 1-0.

Larned tied the game at 1 in the fifth and then added five more in the sixth to go up 6-1.

Seib scored for a second time as a courtesy runner for Hageman in the sixth to cut the Indians lead to 6-2 but the Monarchs were retired in order in the bottom of the seventh.

Lacy allowed six runs, two earned, struck out 16 and walked two in the loss.

Lacy finished 2-for-3 with a pair of singles and Heidi Gottschalk was 1-for-3 with an RBI for the Monarchs.

The Monarchs finish the season 10-11.

Melissa Schoepf post game

HHS girls soccer falls in regional opener

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The Hays High girls soccer team scored first but Wichita-Trinity Academy scored four unanswered goals to beat the Indians 4-1 in their 4-1A South Central Regional contest Tuesday at Hays High School.

Sierra Brown scored the Indians lone goal in the first half as their season ends at 7-9-1.

Ellis softball loses to Sacred Heart in regional semifinals

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The Ellis softball team saw their season come to an end Tuesday in a 16-1 run-rule loss to Salina-Sacred Heart in the semifinals of the Lincoln 2-1A Regional.

The Knights scored two in the first, four in the second, six in the third then four more in the fourth when the game was called by run-rule.

The Railers commit nine errors resulting in 13 unearned runs.

Skylar Gottschalk takes the loss, allowing 16 runs, three earned on 11 hits. Gottschalk walked three and struck out one. She also drove in the Railers only run.

Ellis ends their season at 9-11.

Hays High wins Holcomb golf regional; TMP second

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Both the Hays High and TMP-Marian boys golf teams have qualified for next week’s 4A state tournament after finishing first and second at the Holcomb 4A Regional Monday at the Buffalo Dunes Golf Course in Garden City. The Indians shoot a 341 to win their third straight regional title by 11 strokes over the Monarchs.

Payton Ruder fired a 4-over-par 76 to win his second straight individual regional title. TMP-Marian’s Max Megaffin was secpmd with a 78. Hays High’s Allen Zollinger shot an 86 to finish fourth, Cash Hobson was ninth with an 89 and Nathan Romme 10th with a 90.

Hayden Rohr was the only other top-10 finisher for the Monarchs, coming in seventh with an 88.

Both teams advance to the 4A state tournament next Tuesday at the Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson.

Ellis softball advances to regional semifinals

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The Ellis softball team has advanced to the semifinals of the Lincoln 2-1A regional after a 15-0, three inning run-rule win over Bennington Monday.

The Railers explode for eight runs in the first inning, then added two in the second and five in the third.

Brittany Bollig had three of the Railers six hits and drove in five. Skylar Gottschalk knocked in three.

Gottschalk allowed just one hit, striking out three and walking one for the win as Ellis improves to 9-10.

The Railers will now play No. 2 seed Salina-Sacred Heart Tuesday at 4:45 in Lincoln. The Knights received a first-round bye.

Related: Ellis baseball team’s comeback bid falls short.

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