Hays High had three golfers in the top-10 and finished third at their own Bob Blazer/Hays High Invitational Monday at the Smoky Hill Country Club.
Payton Ruder led the Indians with an eight-over par 79 to finish fifth. Nathan Romme also shot a 79 and was seventh. Cash Hobson fired an 80 to finish ninth. Garden City’s Daniel Gaspar won the individual title with a three-over 74.
The Indians had a team score of 329 which was two shots back of second place Hutchinson and 17 back for first place Garden City.
Sometimes it takes one good year to make everybody take notice. In the spring of 2014, that is exactly what Mattie Schlaefli did in javelin. A year ago she placed second in the 5A State Javelin Throw, uncorking a throw of 128′-11″. It wasn’t her best throw of the year, having thrown 130′-9″ earlier in the year, just three inches short of the Western Athletic Conference meet record. All of that was enough to put collegiate coaches on alert of her ability. On Monday the senior signed her National Letter of Intent to compete at Fort Hays State University.
Mattie Schlaefli
The Tigers are well known in NCAA D-II for their javelin throwers. Current FHSU freshman Estefania Lopez has the best throw in the nation by over nine feet. Sophomore Madison Wolf is third in the nation, trailing second place by two inches. And sophomore Megan Honas currently ranks 13th in the nation.
Coach Kirk Maska
Schlaefli has only thrown in one meet this season after suffering an ankle injury in the next to last regular season game of basketball season. Her event coach Kirk Maska said he expects Mattie to be back to the 130′ mark or better by the regional and state competition, now that she has been cleared to participate again.
The Hays High baseball used a couple of big innings to sweep Russell/Victoria 12-2 and 10-2 Friday at the Hays High Field. The Indians improve to 3-5 with the wins.
HHS scored five in the first and three in the second in the opener then added three more in the fifth. Cole Schumacher picked up the complete game victory, allowing five hits and two runs while striking out five and walking one. Dalton Stout went 2-for-2 and drove in three.
Jarett Pfannenstiel picked up a five inning complete game victory in game two, striking out four and walking one while giving up just three hits. The Indians score eight in the fifth to blow open a one-run game. Brayden Delzeit and Tathan Burkhart both drove in two.
The TMP-Marian softball team picked up a couple of wins over Ellis Friday at the TMP Field to even their record at 6-6. The Monarchs sored six in the fourth, then after Ellis struck for five in the sixth, they tack on five in the sixth for an 11-4 win in game one. TMP jumped out early, scoring four in the first inning of the second game and wins it 8-4.
Alison Helget picked up the complete game victory in game one, allowing four runs (three earned) on six hits while striking out eight and walking two. Bailey Lacy went 2-for-4 at the plate including a three-run homer in the sixth and drove in four.
Lady picked up the complete game victory in the second contest, striking out 10 while walking three. She was also 2-for-4 at the plate and drove in three.
Hays High senior Brooke Russell new at an early age she wanted to play soccer on the collegiate level. When Barton County Community College came calling it was too good to pass up. Russell chose Barton not only because of her want to play soccer, but also because she can work toward her major in ag-business.
Brooke Russell
Indian’s soccer coach Jim Maska has seen Russell play since she was eight years old, and it was no surprise that she worked her way into a college scholarship. Maska also said that Russell has really taken a bigger leadership role on a young Indian’s soccer team that is in midst of their spring season, crediting her with the marked improvement he has seen in the team over the past couple of games.
Lexie Schaben didn’t know for sure if she wanted to play golf competitively past high school. Then Schaben realized, she just couldn’t see herself not playing. On Wednesday, the Hays High Senior signed her National Letter of Intent to play for Fort Hays State University.
Lexie Schaben
Coach Mark Watts
Schaben took home a medal in 8 of the 10 meets her senior year, including a pair of wins and a runner up finish. Schaben won the Liberal Invitational with a season best 37 in a nine hole event. Schaben also won the Regional Tournament before finishing fifth at 4A State. During her senior season, Schaben was part of a team that placed now lower that fourth in any tournament and won six. The Indians won four of their final five tournaments of the season, including the 4A State Tournament in Kansas City.
The Plainville Cardinals golf team won the Osborne Invitational Tuesday in Osborne.
The Cardinals combined to shoot a 346 as a team. Osborne was four shots back with a 350. Phillipsburg, Trego and Stockton round out the top five teams.
Osborne’s Jake Tiernan was the top individual placer shooting a 78. Emmit Owns from Trego finished second at 80. Plainville’s Colton Bobeck was third with a round of 81.
Craig Garvert from Plainville, Phillipsburg’s Jaron Kellerman and Trego Dion Reetz each turned in a round of 84 to finish 4th – 6th.
Ellis jumped on top of TMP starter Liam Stults with three runs in the top of the first inning of game one in Hays on Tuesday afternoon. The Railroaders used a leadoff single from Brandon Bollig and a one out single from Brevin Labarge sandwiched around an error and a walk to score all three of their runs. Ellis would not score again.
Bollig was sharp on the mound through four innings allowing only one Monarch baserunner. TMP finally got to the Ellis senior in the fifth inning. The Monarchs scored all five of their runs with four singles, an error, a hit by pitch, a fielder’s choice and a sacrifice fly. Both teams went scoreless in the sixth and Ellis again in the top of the seventh. Stults goes six innings, allowing only three hits, to pick up the win. Braiden Werth pitched a perfect seventh for the save.
Game 2: TMP 12, Ellis 0 (5 innings)
TMP scored four runs in the second and seven more in the third inning to blow out Ellis in game two Tuesday evening at TMP Field. The Monarchs sent 12 men to the plate in the third to seal the deal. Jared Vitztum pitches four innings for the win.
Ellis managed only one hit in game number two and three for the doubleheader. TMP is now 6-2 on the season and will play in a triangular in Scott City on Friday against the Beavers and the Liberal Redskins. Ellis falls to 5-3 and will play at Canton-Galva on Friday.
The TMP-Marian softball team was swept in a home doubleheader with Colby on Monday afternoon, losing 4-1 and 8-5. The Monarchs fall to 4-6 on the season and host Ellis in a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon.
The Monarchs scored a run in the bottom of the first to tie the first game 1-1 but Colby scored in the fourth then added two in the sixth for the 4-1 victory. Alison Helget went the distance by took the loss, allowing on earned run on eight hits while striking out four and walking one. Laurel Hageman drove in the Monarchs only run with a first inning double.
In game two, Bailey Lacy struck out eight over seven innings but takes the loss. Lacy gives up three earned runs on six hits, striking out eight and walking seven. She also had three hits and an RBI. Katelyn Zimmerman had two hits including a double and scored three runs. Heidi Gottschalk added three RBIs.
The Hays High boys tennis team finished fourth at their own invitational Monday. Abilene won the team title with 18 points. Scott City was second with 12 and Great Bend third with 11. The Indians scored nine, two ahead of Liberal and six better than Trego.
The Indians were led by Curtis Renz who went 3-0 to win No. 2 singles. Renz defeated Jacob Berven of Abilene 8-2 in the finals. Andrew McGinnis finished second in No. 1 singles, losing 8-1 to Grant Harris of Great Bend in the finals.
The No. 2 doubles team of Trent Flora and Drew Morley went 1-2 and finished fifth while the No. 1 doubles team of Mikey Ploutz and Logan Clark finished 0-3.
The Ellis baseball team scored 33 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Wichita County Friday. The Railers get a no-hitter from Brandon Bollig in an 11-0 win in game one then hold on for a 22-11 win in the second contest to move to 5-1 on the season.
Bollig struck out 11 while walking just one to move to 2-1 on the season. Easton Smith had three of the Railers 13 hits with two doubles and four RBIs.
Ellis led 3-0 before scoring eight in the sixth for the run-rule victory.
In the second game, the Railers raced out to a 13-0 lead after 2 1/2 innings. Wichita County rallied with two in the third and five in the fourth. Ellis then scored nine in the top of the fifth to go up 22-7.
Easton Smith had five of the Railers 21 hits. He along with Tryton Kroeger, Brandon Bollig and Nathan Cox all drove in four.
The Hays High boys golf team shoots a 349 and finishes seventh at the McPherson Invitational at Turkey Creek Golf Course Thursday. Maize won the tournament with a 340.
Cash Hobson led the Indians with an 82 and finished fifth. Payton Ruder was seventh with an 83.
Complete results below…
HHS Results Cash Hobson 82 5th place medalist
Payton Ruder 83 7th place medalist
Allen Zollinger 89 27th place
Nathan Romme 95 T40th place 349 7th place team
Team Results 1. Maize 340
2. Derby 341
3. Hutchinson 342
4. Sterling 346
5. Ark City 348
6. Buhler 349 7. HAYS HIGH 349 lost tie on 5th 8. Newton 367
9. McPherson 376
10. El Dorado 398
11. Winfield 403
12. Campus 405
13. St John 502
Top 10 Medalists 1. Caleb Hendricks-Sterling 76
2. Nick Frazier-Sterling 78
3. Zach Frazier-Derby 79
4. Brock Dowler-Ark City 82 5. CASH HOBSON-HAYS 82 6. Cale Bontrager-Maize 82 7. PAYTON RUDER-HAYS 83 8. Jack Lanham-Hutchinson 83
9. Alex Rickard-Newton 83
10. Jack Howard-Hutchinson 84
11. Ethan Rose-Buhler 85
12. Kale Reynolds-Maize 85
13. Quincy Stith-Derby 86
14. Jeremy Rogers-Derby 86
15. Tyler Stedman-Maize 86
