PHILLIPSBURG, Kan. – The TMP-Marian boys finished first and the girls second at the Mid-Continent League Track and Field Championships Friday in Phiilipsburg.
The Monarch boys won five events and had a couple of multi-event winners. Jace Wentling brought home the gold medal in both the triple jump and long jump. Ethan Lang won the 400 meters and was a part of the winning 4×800 relay along with Lucas Lang, Blayne Riedel and Sheldon Weber. Jared Mayers took the high jump.
Plainville claimed the top-three spots in the shut put which was won by Jared Casey. Brennan Staab finished second and Ryan Junkermeier third. Casey also won the discus and the Cardinals finished first in the 4×100 relay.
Trego’s Hunter Price won the 110 hurdles.
The TMP-Marian girls won two events. Paris Wolf the triple jump and the 4×800 relay with Emilee Lane, Julia Werth, Emily Schippers and Adell Riedel. Wolf finished second in the long jump.
Ellis had two champions. Cassie Waldschmidt in the 400 and Grace Eck in the 800.
Trego’s Helen Giefer won both the 1600 and 3200 while Plainville’s Jersey Kaiser won the 100 hurdles
and Aubree Dewey the 200.
LIBERAL, Kan. – Tradgon McCrae shot a 3-under-par 69 and finished in second place at the Liberal Invitational Friday at the Liberal Golf Course. Josh Norris and Jason Krannawitter both fired rounds of 76. Norris placed fourth and Krannawitter fifth.
The Indians finished runner-up as a team with a 305, nine strokes behind Garden City.
The Buffs Sion Audrain was the individual champ with an 8-under-par 64.
Hays High finished second in the final Western Athletic Conference standings. The Indians Tradgon McCrae, Josh Norris and Jason Krannawitter were all named to the All-WAC First Team.
Garden City won the team title with the Buffs Sion Audrain the Player of the Year and their coach Trenton Specht the WAC Coach of the Year.
Hays High will host a 5A Regional Tournament on Monday at the Smoky Hill Country Club.
DODGE CITY, Kan. – The Hays High boys finished third and the girls’ fourth at the Western Athletic Conference track and field meet Thursday in Dodge City.
The Indians had six first place finishes led by sophomore Trey Adams who won both the shot put and discus. Peyton Thorell and Brooke Pflaum won both the boys and girls pole vault. Logan Harris won the girls’ shot put and finished second in the discus. Freshman Landri Dotts took the 3200 meters.
Tavian Creamer was second in the long jump and the girls’ 4×100 relay finished second.
The TMP-Marian baseball team split a home doubleheader with Colby to close out the regular season at Larks Park.
Game 1: TMP 9, Colby 7
In the first game of the day the Monarchs used a six run third inning and held off a late Eagles rally for a 9-7 win.
Colby took and early 1-0 lead in the first inning but the Monarchs answered with one in the second on Carson Jacobs second homerun of the season.
In the third TMP got back-to-back singles and after an error by the Colby catcher allowed Mason Robbins to score TMP’s Brady Kreutzer drove in two with a double to give TMP a 4-1 lead. Carson Jacobs added a two-run double to put TMP up 6-1 and Colby Dreiling’s sacrifice fly gave TMP a 7-1 lead.
Colby though would answer in their half of the fourth inning scoring five times to cut the Monarchs lead to 7-6.
TMP a run back in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by Kreutzer and Tyson Dinkel drove in a run in the fifth to put the Monarchs up 9-6.
Colby got one back in the sixth but the Monarchs held on for the two-run victory.
Kreutzer was three-for-four and drove in three runs. Carson Jacobs also drove in three in the win.
Aaron Breit interview
Colby Dreiling earned the win. He allowed six runs on seven hits in four innings. Kreutzer earned the save with three innings of relief. He allowed one run on three hits.
Game one highlights
Game 2: Colby 5, TMP 3
In the second game of the day Colby scored two runs in the fourth and seventh innings on their way to a 5-3 win.
The Monarchs struck first with an Eston Brown RBI single in the third inning but Colby took advantage of an error and wild pitch in the fourth to go up 2-1.
In the top of the sixth Colby added a third run on a wild pitch. Colby added two more in the seventh and lead 5-2 heading into the Monarchs half of the inning.
With two outs in the inning Colby Dreiling single in a run to cut the deficit to 5-3. TMP was able to load the bases with two outs but the game ended on a groundout giving Colby the 5-3 win.
Brown, Dreiling and Ethan Atherton all drove in runs for TMP.
Carson Jacobs suffered hit first loss of the season on the mound. He allowed two unearned runs on two hits while striking out six and walking two in five innings. He drops to 4-1 on the spring.
HAYS, Kan. – Phillipsburg won the Mid-Continent League golf tournament on a cool and breezy Thursday at the Fort Hays Municipal Course. The Panthers shot a 332, eight strokes better than Trego who finished second. TMP-Marian came in third with a 349.
Top-10 medalists at MCL golf tournament / Courtesy Keith Sides, Phillipsburg
Plainville’s Parker Krob was the individual champ, shooting a 2-over-par 73. Trey Sides was second with 79 and the TMP-Marian’s Cameron Rozean finished third also with a 79.
Team Results
1. Phillipsburg 332
2. Trego 340
3. Hays-TMP 349
4. Plainville 352
5. Stockton 366
6. Norton 374
7. Smith Center 381
8. Ellis 398
9. Oakley 426
10. Hill City 502
Top-20 Individual Results
1. Parker Krob – Plainville, 73
2. Trey Sides – Phillipsburg, 79
3. Cameron Rozean – TMP-Marian, 79
4. Dalton Mai – Trego, 80
5. Tyler Martin – Phillipsburg, 80
6. Tanner Copeland – Plainville, 82
7. Nathan Moon – Phillipsburg, 83
8. Carter Minson – Trego, 84
9. Brady Frickey – Ellis, 85
10. Brady Beougher – Stockton. 85
11. Austin Hobelmann – Smith Center, 85
12. Joey Fry – Trego, 88
13. Ethan Brummer – TMP-Marian, 88
14. Dillon Dunn – Trego, 88
15. Jacob Peterson – Norton, 88
16. Tyler Robben – TMP-Marian, 89
17. Ty Sides – Phillipsburg, 90
18. Aaron Moss – Smith Center, 90
19. Jacob Lindeman – Hill City, 91
20. Quinn Coffey – Stockton, 92
Hays High senior golfer Josh Norris signed a national letter of intent to golf with the Southeast Community College Storm on Thursday. The college is located in Beatrice, Nebraska. Norris said among other things that drew him to the school is that they have a two on-campus golf holes that you can play between classes.
As a four-year starter, Norris has played in every available varsity tournament. He has medaled in 18 of the 37 tournaments including five of the seven tournaments this season. This year’s individual championship at McPherson to open the season marked his first tournament crown.
Josh Norris
Norris was a member of the 2016 4A State Tournament Champion Team, fourth place 4A team in 2017 and runner-up 4A team in 2018. This year marks a return to 5A for the Indians. The team will host a regional tournament on May 13 at Smoky Hill Country Club.
Hays next will be on the road Friday in Liberal with a chance to capture the Western Athletic Conference crown. Norris finished as honorable mention in the WAC as a sophomore and on the first team as a junior.
Coach Mark Watts
A lifelong golfer, Norris has seen his score drop from an season average of 87 his freshman season to 77 as a senior.
TOPEKA, Kan. – The TMP-Marian baseball team is the No. 2 seed in next week’s Beloit 3A Regional. The Monarchs will host No. 7 Beloit in the first round Monday (5/13) at 5 p.m. at the TMP Field.
HAYS, Kan.-It was cold and it was rainy but none of that seemed to matter as the Hays High Lady Indian soccer team shut out Nickerson 5-0 on Monday afternoon. The game was played at the Fort Hays State University soccer stadium due to the wet conditions in Hays.
It took the Lady Indians one minute and 35 seconds to notch what would be the game winner as Kallie Leiker sailed a shot over the Lady Panther goalie to make it 1-0 off of an assist from Savannah Schneider. In the 24th minute Sophie Humphrey added the last goal of the first half on a goal that was again assisted by Schneider. Hays High would add three second half goals from Schneider, Taleia McCrae, and a penalty kick from Maggie Robben.
The Lady Indians improve to 10-1-4 and will travel to Wichita on Thursday to finish out the regular season against Trinity Academy.
MINNEAPOLIS – The TMP softball team went 2-0 in Minneapolis on Monday picking up wins over the host Lions and Plainville/Stockton.
In game one after the two teams were held scoreless in the first two innings the Monarchs tallied eight runs over the final five innings on their way to an 8-2 win.
TMP’s Emily Schulte collected her first of two RBI’s in the third on an RBI single and scored the game’s second run in the inning on an error that gave TMP a 2-0 lead.
After a fourth inning bases loaded walk to MK Dwyer put TMP up 3-0 the Monarchs scored three runs in the fifth to go up 6-1. Emilee Augustine and Sophia Coulter each drove in runs in the inning.
Schulte added a sacrifice fly in the sixth and in the seven the Monarchs Emma Pope scored on a passed ball to give TMP an 8-2 lead.
Starter Kyleigh Allen allowed two runs, just one earned run and struck out seven in seven innings to pick up the victory.
In game two Plainville jumped out to a 3-0 lead only to see TMP scored six runs in the fourth inning on their way to a 9-5 win.
In the inning Sophia Coulter drove in the first of her two runs with a sacrifice fly. Back-to-back single followed by an error led to a pair of Monarchs runs as they tied it a three. Kyleigh Allen added an RBI single to give TMP a 4-3 lead and then Emily Schulte followed that up with a two-run double to put the Monarchs up 6-3.
Schulte and Coulter each drove in two runs and Leanne Rack allowed two runs in three innings of relief for the win.
TMP is 12-8 and they are off until regionals get underway next week.
PHILLIPSBURG – The TMP boys golf team finished tied for third at the Phillipsburg Invitational on Monday.
The Monarchs combined to shoot a 331, 17 shots back of first-place Phillipsburg who combined for a total of 314. Osborne was second followed by the Monarchs and Plainville. Ellis finished fifth.
Plainville’s Park Krob was the top individual champion firing a one-over 71. TMP’s Cameron Rozean was two shots back in second with a 73. Plainville’s Tanner Copeland and Stockton’s Brady Beougher each turned in rounds of 74 to finish third and fourth respectively.
Steele Wolters from Osborne and Phillipsburg’s Trey Sides finished fifth and sixth after firing a six-over 76.
A spotless 4-0 record over a three day stretch has given Hays High the title of Diamond Classic champions for 2019. The round robin tournament hosted by the Indians also featured Goddard-Eisenhower, Great Bend, Salina Central and Manhattan.
Hays wrapped up the tournament and championship with a 9-6 win over Goddard-Eisenhower on Saturday. The Indians took a 3-0 run in the bottom of the first inning only to give the runs back in the top of the second. Hays tied the game in the bottom of the second and then trailed 5-4 entering the fourth. Hays added three more runs in the fourth and two in the sixth to win 9-6.
Willie Sennett took the victory pitching in relief of starter Dylan Dreiling. Brock Lummus drove in three runs and hit his second home run of the tournament. Lummus was named MVP of the tournament. Four of his five hits over the three days went for extra bases including two home runs, a double and a triple. He drove in seven runs over the four days including the only run in a 1-0 win over Manhattan on Thursday. He hit a home run in the game for the only run of the contest.
Also named to the all-tournament team for Hays was Willie Sennett, Trey Riggs, Palmer Hutchison and Cody Petersen.
Hays moves to 17-1 on the season and will end the regular season on Tuesday at Ulysses. The Indians have secured at least the two seed at next week’s Regional Tournament. Bishop Carroll leads the standings in the west half of 5A at 17-0. All other teams in the west have at least four losses.
The remainder of the all tournament team included:
Aiden Proctor – Manhattan
Jackson Walker – Manhattan
Zac Cox – Manhattan
Ethan Crotty – Eisenhower
Wade Reynolds – Eisenhower
Collin Mackey – Eisenhower
Dakota Hogan – Salina Central
Brogen Richardson – Salina Central
Colin Hall – Great Bend
Koy Brack – Great Bend
WARRENSBURG, Mo. – The Fort Hays State women’s track and field team earned a tenth place finish at the 2019 installment of the MIAA Outdoor Championships hosted by Central Missouri. Throughout the event, multiple Tigers achieved strong marks and places, with Alexcia Deutscher and Rohey Singhateh adding provisional marks.
Deutscher earned a fourth place finish in the javelin with her provisional throw of 148 feet, 4 inches. Singhateh claimed her provisional with a sixth place finish in the triple jump with her distance of 39 feet, 6 ½ inches.
Other strong performances for the Tigers included a fifth place finish by Peri Lange in the heptathlon as she gather 4,500 points. Teammate Mattie Rossi finished close behind in ninth with 4,098 points of her own. Senior Yessenia Gonzales earned fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:30.05, followed by a sixth place finish in the 10,000-meters at 37:50.57. Abigail Stewart finished in the 10th place in the 10,000-meters with a time of 38:54.66
The Tiger strength continued into field events on the weekend. Robin Ritsema finished in fifth place (5 feet, 4 ¼ inches), Summer Kragel earned seventh (5 feet, 4 ¼ inches) and Haley George added an eighth place mark (5 feet, 2 ¼ inches) in the high jump. Singhateh also earned a 10th place mark in the long jump with her distance of 18 feet, 2 ½ inches. Kayla Smith captured tenth place in the triple jump with her own jump of 38 feet, 7 inches.
Fort Hays State ended with 25.7 team points to finish in tenth place out of 13 MIAA programs. Pittsburg State won the team title as they accumulated 144.2 points, followed by Missouri Southern with 144 points in second, and Lincoln rounded out the top three finishes with 104 points as a team.
ELLSWORTH, Kan. – Cameron Rozean shot a 5-over-par 77 to win the individual title and help the TMP-Marian boys golf team to the team title at the Ellsworth Invitational Thursday at the Ellsworth Golf Course.
The Monarchs won by 33 strokes over Hoisington.
Rozean finished four ahead of Ellsworth’s Avery Haxton. Ryan Stoecklein shot an 88 to finish fourth. Tyler Robben was sixth with an 89, Ethan Brummer seventh with an 90 and Jack Johnson was 10th after a 92.
