The Hays High baseball games at the Goddard-Eisenhower Regional have been moved up a day due to the potential for rain. The Indians will now play Maize South on Wednesday instead of Thursday. See the complete bracket below…
5A Goddard-Eisenhower Regional Bracket
You can hear the Hays High games on KFIX (96.9-FM). Hays High softball from the Great Bend Regional will now be broadcast on KJLS (103.3-FM).
By DUSTIN ARMBRUSTER
Hays Post
The Hays High Indians shot a team score of 321 on Monday, earning a trip to Wichita and the 5A State Golf Tournament. Hays High definitely had to be considered the favorite in the field playing on their home course at Smoky Hill Country Club. Hays won by 23 strokes over Valley Center who shot a 343. Valley Center and Salina Central (362) also qualified for the state tournament.
The Indians placed four in the Top 10. Payton Ruder and Kaden Beilman both fired a 76 to tie for first. The playoff was won by Ruder on the first hole. Nathan Romme was 5th with an 82 and Cash Hobson ended the day in a three way tie for 8th, carding an 87 and finishes eighth by winning the playoff on the second hole.
Hays will play at the Wichita Country Club on Tuesday, May 27th. State information can be found at https://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Golf/StateBoys.cfm
HHS Coach Mark Watts
Related story: TMP golfers take regional title in Norton.
TMP-Marian placed four golfers in the top-10 to win the Norton 3A Regional. The Monarchs shot a 333 at the Prairie Dog Golf Course and win by 18 shots over Phillipsburg who also qualifies for state.
Max Megaffin was the top individual medalist, shooting a 5-over-par 75 to win by two strokes. Hayden Rohr fired a 79 to finish third, Lane Fisher carded an 89 and was seventh while Dan O’Connor had a 90 and came in eighth.
The Monarchs will play Tuesday at Cherry Oaks in Cheney.
La Crosse has qualified for state, finishing second in their own Sand Greens Regional. The Leopards shot a 353 and finished nine strokes behind Bird City-Cheylin.
The Leopards Shane Miller shot an 81 to win the individual title. Taylor Yohe fired an 84 and finished fourth. Chase Klozenbucher carded an 89 to place seventh.
The Leopards will be in Leonardville for state on Tuesday.
By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post
The TMP Lady Monarchs softball team never trailed in their 15-12 opening round win in the 3A Regional in Ellsworth Monday. TMP scored four runs in the top of the first inning and never looked back. Plainville tied the game 8-8 after a four run bottom of the fourth inning but TMP answered with a six run top of the fifth.
Alison Helget picked up her seventh win as the Lady Monarchs are now 8-13 on the season. They will take on No. 1 seed Beloit Tuesday afternoon at 3pm in Ellsworth. You can watch the game live right here on www.hayspost.com
Game Highlights
Coach Melissa Schoepf Postgame Interview
The Hays High boys track team won their fifth straight Western Athletic Conference meet yesterday in Dodge City. The Indians scored 105 points, 8 1/2 more than second place Dodge City. The Indians were led by junior Alex Delton who won the 100, 200 and was part of the winning 4×100 relay. Clayton Reidel had two first place finishes, winning the 400 and was on the 4×100 relay. Junior Hayden Kreutzer won the pole vault and Aaron Voss won the high jump.
The Hays High girls’ finished third and were led by junior Mattie Schlaefli who own the javelin.
The Hays High girls’ soccer team will take a two-match win streak into the postseason after a 1-0 win over Salina Central Thursday at the Hays High Field. The Indians finish the regular season 12-2-1 and find out Saturday who they play in regionals.
TMP-Marian tied Wichita North 2-2. Bailey Hageman and Annaka Applequist scored the Monarchs goals. TMP finishes the regular season a program best 6-2-2. The also find out Saturday who they meet in regionals.
The TMP-Marian boys finish second and the girls’ fourth at the Mid-Continent League meet in Phillipsburg. The Monarchs had three first place finishes, Sam Dreiling in the pole vault, Cameron Fouts the javelin and Andrew Hess the 3200.
Ellis’ Alexcia Duetcher won the long jump, triple jump and 200 and finished second in the 100 hurdles.
By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post
Game 1: Colby 8, TMP 6
It was a back and fourth affair between TMP and Colby in game one of the day at TMP Field. Colby scored the first two runs of the day before TMP countered with the next four. Then it was Colby’s turn to score the next four and take a 6-4 lead. The Monarchs tied the game up 6-6 going into the seventh inning and Colby had four straight hits to lead off the inning and took an 8-6 lead going into the bottom of the inning.
TMP would get a leadoff single which was quickly erased by a double play and the threat was over. The loss was the fifth on the season for TMP. Cameron Brin took the loss on the mound for the Monarchs, He is now 3-3 on the season.
Game 2: TMP 6, Colby 5
TMP used a furious two out, fifth inning rally to secure a win in their final game of the regular season. Leading 3-2 going into the bottom of the fifth, it looked as though it would be an easy defensive inning for Colby as the first two Monarchs were retired with just four pitches thrown. TMP had a different idea. The Monarchs ended up scoring three runs in the frame highlighted by a Taylor Wasinger two RBI triple. TMP would tack on one more run to make it a 6-2 game.
Colby would score one more in the sixth and two in the top of the seventh to make things interesting. Braiden Werth picked up the win for TMP who is now 15-5 on the season. They will be in Holcomb on Tuesday afternoon for 3A Regional play. They are the number one seed and will take on either Holcomb or Haven at 2pm.
Brian Schumacher Interview
Highlights
The Hays High girls’ swim team finishes fourth the WAC meet they hosted yesterday.
Ana Goodlett finished third in the 100 backstroke to lead the Indians.
The TMP-Marian baseball team will be the No. 1 seed and receive a first-round bye in their 3A Regional baseball tournament hosted by Holcomb High School.
The 14-4 Monarchs will play at 2pm on Tuesday, May 20th against either Holcomb or Haven who play on Monday. Lyons receives a bye on the other half of the bracket and will play either Lakin or Anthony/Harper-Chaparral in the other semifinal game. The two winners play for the right to advance to the 3A state tournament at 6pm on the 20th.
First Round (5/19) at Holcomb
No. 1 TMP-Marian (14-4) – bye
No. 2 Lyons/Chase (13-5) – bye
No. 3 Lakin (13-7) vs. No. 6 Anthony/Harper-Chaparral (1-19), 3pm
No. 4 Holcomb (9-0) vs. No. 5 Haven (3-13), 5pm
Semifinals (5/20) at Holcomb
No. 1 TMP-Marian vs. Holcomb/Haven winner, 2pm
No. 2 Lyons/Chase vs. Lakin/Anthony/Harper-Chaparral winner, 4pm
Finals (5/20) at Holcomb
Semifinal winners, 6pm
Monarchs softball No. 5 seed in Ellsworth Regional
The Monarch softball team will be the No. 5 seed in the Ellsworth regional which begins Monday (May 19). The 7-13 Monarchs open with No. 4 seed Plainville, a team they swept a couple of weeks ago.
If TMP-Marian wins, they will take on top-seed Beloit at 3pm Tuesday (May 20).
First Round (5/19) at Ellsworth
No.1 Beloit (16-4) – bye
No. 2 Ellsworth (13-5) – bye
No. 4 Plainville/Natoma (10-9) vs. TMP-Marian (7-13), 4pm
No. 3 Minneapolis (14-6) vs. Republic County/Pike Valley, 5:45pm
Semifinals (5/20) at Ellsworth
No. 1 Beloit vs. Plainville/TMP-Marian winner, 3pm
No. 2 Ellsworth vs. Minneapolis/Republic County winner, 4:45pm
Finals (5/20) at Ellsworth
Semifinal winners, 6:30pm
Hays High School held their annual athletic recognition night Monday.
Jack Roberts Female Athlete of the Year: Wendy Zimmerman
Swim Carpenter Smith Male Athlete of the Year: Preston Weigel, Lane Clark
Debbie Brungardt Fan of the Year: Mark and Eva Junk, Wes and Deena Clark, Brett Hertel and Donnie Seib
The Hays High baseball team split their regular ending doubleheader in Liberal Tuesday to claim their third straight Western Athletic Conference title. The Indians score three in the top of the sixth to rally for a 4-3 win in game one to clinch the league title. They drop the second game 3-2.
Trenton Henningson, Lane Downing and Jared Haynes all drove in runs in the sixth inning of game one. Lane Downing allowed one earned runs on three hits, striking out eight and walking three for the win. Cole Schumacher pitched a perfect seventh for the save.
Liberal scored the game winning run in the second game on a sac fly in the seventh. It came after a leadoff triple to start the inning. Kade Parker takes the complete game loss, allowing the three runs, two earned, on seven hits.
The Indians end the regular season 13-7 and 6-2 in the Western Athletic Conference.
