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Monarchs advance to sub-state finals with win over Hoisington

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HOISINGTON – Ryan Karlin scored a career-high 28 points and the Monarchs made a season-high eight three pointers as they earned a 66-54 win over Hoisington Friday to advance to Saturday’s sub-state championship game.

Hoisington took a three-point lead a couple of time in the first quarter before the Monarchs tied the game at eight at the end of the first quarter.

In the second Hoisington used a three-point lead to take an 11-10 lead with 5:37 to play in the first-half, but that would be the last time they would have a lead in the game.

Down one, Ryan Karlin connected on his second of six three’s in the game to put TMP up 13-11 and they would never trail again.

After another Karlin three the Monarchs led 21-16 in the final second of the first-half when Bryce Seib stole the ball at mid-court and banked in a three-pointers to beat the buzzer that game TMP a 24-16 lead.

In the second-half Hoisington closed the game to four with 5:30 to play in the quarter when Karlin drained another three to put an end to the Cardinals run and put TMP up 30-23.

The Karlin three sparked a 17- 7 run that put TMP up 14 at the end of the third quarter at 44-30.

Karlin added his sixth three-pointer of the game to open the fourth quarter giving TMP a 17-point lead at 47-30.

Hoisington closed the game within 10 two times in the final minutes of the game but the Monarchs were able to hold on for the 66-54 win.

Karlin finished with a career-high 28 points and fellow senior Jared Mayers added 10 points.

Hoisington’s Mason Haxton led two in double-figures with 16 points.

The Monarchs improve to 12-11 and will take on Smoky Valley in Saturday afternoon’s sub-state championship game in Hoisington.

Smoky Valley, the five-seed, defeated the top-seed Phillipsburg 49-43 Friday.

Saturday’s championship games have been moved to 2 p.m. for the girls game and 3:30 p.m. for the boys because of the chance for winter weather impacting the region.

Hays girls fall just short of State in Goddard

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Hays High traveled to Goddard on Friday night for a sub-state championship game and berth to the 5A State Tournament.

Both teams played a tight first quarter and to a two all tie through the first six plus minutes of the game.  Hays had four chances to break the tie and take the lead but was unable to do so.  Goddard hit two shots in fifteen seconds to grab a 6-2 advantage.  The Indians trailed 8-5 after the first quarter then cut the deficit down to 8-7 after an Isabel Robben coast to coast basket with 3:30 to go in the half.

Hays had one chance to take the lead without success and then Goddard received points from an unlikely source.  A player that had made one three pointer on nine attempts on the season made back to back three pointers sandwiched around Jaycee Dale field goal for a 14-9 lead.  Goddard hit a third straight three for a 17-11 advantage before Robben hit a put back shot for a halftime score of 17-13.

Highlights

 

Goddard scored the first points of the third quarter to take a seven point lead at 20-13.  Back to back field goals from Brooke Denning and Taleia McCrae brought the Indians back within three at 20-17 and the lead remained around three points through the rest of the quarter and was at 24-21 heading to the fourth.

Goddard went on a 7-2 run for a game high eight point lead at 31-23 with 3:01 left.  Then it was the Indians turn for their best run of the game.  Six straight points by Hays closed the game down to a 31-29 score with 1:35 left.  The final 1:16 came down to free throws.  Goddard made 7 of 10 free throws while Hays made two of four attempts and made just one of their final five field goal attempts.

Coach Alex Hutchins

 

Goddard held on for a 38-33 win and punched a ticket to the 5A State Tournament in Emporia.  The #3 Lions go to state at 20-2 while the Indians finish their year at 14-8.

Hays was led by Savannah Schneider scoring ten point.

Hays graduates four seniors that combined for 330 games played, 249 starts, 2010 points, 1147 rebounds, 490 assists and 480 steals.  Mattie Hutchison played in a school record 86 games, Savannah Schneider 85 games, Kallie Leiker 84 games with 84 starts, and Jaycee Dale 75 games.

Late rally lifts Russell past TMP Lady Monarchs

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HOISINGTON – The Russell Lady Broncos outscored the TMP Lady Monarchs 10-2 down the stretch in the fourth quarter as they put an end to a four-game losing streak to TMP and beat the Monarchs 51-48 in the 3A sub-state semifinals in Hoisington.

In the first quarter TMP took an early three-point lead on several occasions and led by five at 14-9 after the first quarter.

After building that five-point first quarter lead the Monarchs were held scoreless for a six-minute stretch to end the first and begin the second quarter but Russell wasn’t able to take advantage of the Monarchs’ offensive struggles and still found themselves behind on the scoreboard.

But in the final two minutes of the first half Russell’s Camille Dortland poured in her first of two threes on the night and Megan Peeler added her only field goal of the second quarter to put Russell up 19-18 at the break.

Russell took their biggest lead of the night on back-to-back field goals to open the second half to put the Broncos up 23-18. But after a timeout Adell Riedel knocked down a 15-foot jumped and the Monarchs would outscore the Broncos 13-7 over the final 5:31 of the third quarter to take a 31-30 lead into the fourth quarter.

After Russell took the lead on a pair of free throws to open the fourth quarter Riedel put TMP up 33-32 and then Jillian Lowe hit her only three of the night and converted on a three-point play for six straight points as the Monarchs again matched their largest lead of the night at five points at 39-34.

With just over four minutes to play the game was again tied, this time at 40 and 41 before the Monarchs Emilee Lane converted a three-point play that sparked a mini 5-0 run that gave TMP a 46-41 lead. But it was a lead they were unable to hold on to.

Russell ended the game on a 10-2 run that saw Camille Dortland convert on her second three-pointer of the night and her sister Tiffany Dortland scored 12 of her game-high 24 in the fourth quarter as Russell went on to pick up the 51-48 win.

TMP senior Jillian Lowe finished her night was a career-high 17 points and freshman Emilee Lane recorded her second career double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Russell’s Camille Dortland also scored in double-figures with 13.

Game highlights

TMP finishes the season 16-6.

Russell improves to 18-4 and will face Norton in Saturday’s sub-state championship game in Hoisington.

Norton defeated Southeast of Saline 55-23 Thursday.

Hays boys season ends in Salina

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Hays High opened the postseason with a trip to #9 Salina Central on Thursday evening.  The Indians entered as the #12 seed while the Mustangs the #5 seed.  The two teams met January 25th in Hays which was won by Central 52-39.

The first time the two teams met the Mustangs made five three pointers.  Thursday night was a carbon copy as Central knocked in five threes and took a 19-9 lead.  The game was tied at two a piece over two minutes in.  Central then went on an 8-0 run.  Hays trailed 16-9 following a Cade Swayne basket but the Mustangs made their fifth three of the quarter as time expired for a 19-9 edge.

Hays missed their first five shots of the second quarter as Central went on another 8-0 run to build a 27-9 advantage.  Braiden Meyers and TJ Nunnery made back to back three pointers to close the gap down to 27-15 with the Indians getting the ball back following Mustang turnover.  The Indians though turned it over which led to a three point play for Central and a 30-15 halftime lead over the Indians.

Highlights

 

The Indians could never gained much ground in the second half.  Central used an 11-0 third quarter run to lead by 25 and pushed the lead up to 30 at 53-23.  Central led by 28 entering the fourth quarter then went on a 17-0 run starting the continuous fourth quarter clock finishing with a 70-27 victory.

Coach Rick Keltner

 

Hays finishes the year at 9-12 dropping their final five games.  Central improves to 16-5 and will play in the sub-state championship on Saturday.

Hays High’s Chase Brous signs with McPherson College

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Chase Brous wanted to play baseball past high school when he was younger.  However, the more he played football in high school he realized his future might be on the grid iron.  Thursday at the high school cafeteria, Brous signed his National Letter of Intent to play for the McPherson College Bulldogs.

Brous received interest from McPherson College during his junior season but was worried if the interest was still there following a coaching change at the college.  Following a series of conversations with new Bulldogs coach Jeremiah Fiscus and conversations between Fiscus and Indians’ coach Tony Crough, Brous landed a college to play at.

Chase Brous

 

Brous plans on majoring in elementary education while attending college.  The former defensive lineman for the Indians has hitting the weight room and gaining weight at the top of his priority list before heading off for fall camp.  Coach Tony Crough has already seen the difference in Brous noting that he has put on around 25 pounds since the end of football.  Crough believes one of the top football qualities that helped Brous reach the collegiate level is his tenacity on the field.

Crough also pointed out that Brous was everything that a first year head coach could want in a player and a senior leader.

Coach Tony Crough

 

In a two year varsity career Brous compiled 72 total tackles, five for loss, two sacks, caused one fumble and recovered four more.  He was named to the second All-Western Athletic Conference defense this past season.

Wednesday’s high school basketball results

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BOYS PREP BASKETBALL
BV North 56, Blue Valley 52
Chapman 63, Pratt 39
Class 4A Sub-State
Abilene 41, Buhler 39
Anderson County 57, Louisburg 35
Augusta 64, Clearwater 46
Bishop Miege 88, Atchison 54
Chanute 50, Ottawa 36
Chapman 63, Pratt 39
Circle 78, Ulysses 72
Coffeyville 72, Osawatomie 42
Independence 64, Iola 41
KC Piper 69, Paola 34
Nickerson 51, Wamego 43
Parsons 65, Fort Scott 51
Rose Hill 64, Topeka Hayden 36
Tonganoxie 32, Eudora 28
Wichita Trinity 53, Mulvane 37
Class 6A Sub-State
Derby 62, Topeka 26
Garden City 48, Liberal 30
Gardner-Edgerton 71, Wichita East 65
KC Harmon 54, SM North 44
Lawrence 75, Wichita South 34
Lawrence Free State 66, Junction City 35
Washburn Rural 55, Hutchinson 31
Wichita Campus 75, Dodge City 46
Wichita Southeast 68, Manhattan 48

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL
Washburn Rural 53, Hutchinson 20
Class 5A Sub-State
BV Southwest 54, St. James Academy 25
DeSoto 49, Pittsburg 36
Goddard 50, Salina South 25
Hays 62, Kapaun Mount Carmel 48
KC Schlagle 60, Bonner Springs 32
KC Sumner 54, Basehor-Linwood 48
Lansing 61, Highland Park 45
Maize 50, Wichita Northwest 10
Maize South 82, Arkansas City 25
McPherson 62, Andover 49
Salina Central 70, Andover Central 56
Spring Hill 46, Shawnee Heights 38
St. Thomas Aquinas 69, Topeka West 20
Topeka Seaman 49, Emporia 42
Wichita Bishop Carroll 50, Newton 39
Wichita Heights 60, Goddard-Eisenhower 31

Hays girls advance in postseason winning over Kapaun

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Hays High opened the 5A sub-state tournament with the Kapaun Crusaders on Wednesday night.  The Indians earned the seventh seed in the west half of the bracket while Kapaun came in as the ten seed.

It took Hays High six and a half minutes to score their first field goal of the game.  However thanks to strong free throw shooting after driving to the basket the Indians led Kapaun 8-5.  The only lead the Crusaders held in the first half lasted thirteen seconds.  Trailing 5-4 Brooke Denning and Savannah Schneider each sank a pair of free throws to grab the lead back for the Indians.  Tasiah Nunnery then added the first field goal of the game for Hays to finish off a 6-0 spurt.

Hays led 12-7 after one quarter and had their advantage trimmed down to 13-11 following back to back field goals by Kapaun.  Less than one minute later Denning hit the Indians’ first three pointer which ignited a 13-0 run.  Five different players contributed points during the run which lifted the Hays to a 26-11 lead with just over two minutes left in the first half.  The team traded two points each to end the second quarter and Hays led 28-13 at halftime.

Highlights

 

The Indians lead would never drop below double figures during the second half.  Hays led by as many as twenty in the third quarter 41-21 and 45-27 going to the fourth quarter.  Hays led 48-30 with 4:45 remaining in the game when Kapaun went to fouling the Indians.  Hays made just three of their next eight free throws allowing the Crusaders to get within fourteen points.  The Crusaders were able to get the lead down to a ten point Hays lead with 1:11 remaining.  Tasiah Nunnery and Re Green sank four straight free throws to seal the game 63-48.

Coach Alex Hutchins (we apologize for the technical difficulties during the interview)

 

Ten players scored in total for Hays led by the 13 from Savahann Schneider making 11 of 12 free throws.  Tasiah Nunnery made 7 of 10 free throws and scored 11.  The Indians made 31 of 47 free throws and 13 of 24 in the fourth quarter.  Hays improves to 14-7 on the year and will play Goddard on Friday for the berth to the 5A state tourney.  Goddard defeated Salina South 50-25.  Kapaun ends their season at 10-11.

Monarchs outlast Lyons to advance to sub-state semifinals

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HAYS – After building a 15-point third quarter lead the TMP boys held off a pesky Lyons Lions team Tuesday at Al Billinger Fieldhouse on their way to a 51-46 win.

Bill Meagher postgame interview

The Lions took advantage of nine first-quarter turnovers by the Monarchs and built a seven-point lead with just under three minutes to play in the first quarter. TMP was able to close the gap to just four at the end of one in a first half that was marred by several fouls on each team.

TMP opened the second quarter on a 6-0 run to tie the game at 13 only to see the Lions retake a three-point lead midway through the second quarter. But the Monarchs answered right back with a 14-1 run to end the first-half leading 27-17.

Coming out of the halftime break the Monarchs continued to pile on, building a 36-21 lead with 5:30 to play in the third quarter after Ryan Karlin scored seven in-a-row.

The Lions owned the final five minutes of the third quarter to cut the Monarch lead to just four at 38-34 after three.

Lyons was able to pull within one twice to open the fourth quarter and then tied the game on a Billy Harley three-pointer with 2:20 to play in the game.

The game was again tied again at 44 all when Ryan Karlin buried the go-ahead three-pointer with 1:10 to play in the game putting TMP up 47-44.

The Monarchs sealed the victory at the free throw line making their final four to secure the 51-46 win.

Game highlights

Jackson Schulte lead all scorers with a new career-high 20 points and Ryan Karlin added 10.

Connor Minix led three Lions in double-figures with 13.

TMP improves to 11-11 on the season and advances to Friday’s sub-state semifinals in Hoisington against the host Cardinals after they defeated Russell 61-43 Tuesday.

Phillipsburg defeated Southeast of Saline Tuesday 61-38 and will face Smoky Valley after they downed Norton Monday 40-35.

Monday’s high school prep basketball results

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BOYS PREP BASKETBALL
Bishop Seabury Academy 75, Heritage Christian 34
Independence Home School 61, Hyman Brand 47
SM North 55, Mill Valley 46
Class 2A Sub-State
Bennington 62, Canton-Galva 35
Central Heights 48, Jayhawk Linn 44
Ellis 48, Oakley 41
Ellsworth 40, Ellinwood 37
Garden Plain 61, Bluestem 27
Hillsboro 78, Wabaunsee 64
Hoxie 69, Oberlin-Decatur 38
Humboldt 78, Southeast 50
Hutchinson Trinity 73, Wichita Independent 20
Inman 63, Ell-Saline 30
Lakin 64, Syracuse 60
Lyndon 43, Pleasanton 23
Maranatha Academy 80, KC Christian 69
Marion 55, Rossville 39
McLouth 73, Atchison County 27
Medicine Lodge 44, Remington 41
Mission Valley 66, Herington 14
Ness City 61, Meade 58
Northeast-Arma 52, West Elk 44
Northern Heights 62, Goessel 33
Oskaloosa 67, Jefferson North 56
Pittsburg Colgan 56, Oswego 29
Plainville 76, Smith Center 44
Pratt Skyline 75, Elkhart 36
Republic County 40, Jackson Heights 37
Salina Sacred Heart 53, Sterling 41
Sedgwick 52, Conway Springs 39
Stanton County 61, Sublette 33
Valley Heights 61, Horton 33
Wichita County 46, Trego 44
Yates Center 51, Uniontown 21
Class 3A Sub-State
Girard 58, Riverton 23
Smoky Valley 40, Norton 35
Class 4A Sub-State
Atchison 71, Labette County 5
El Dorado 56, Winfield 50, OT
Mulvane 73, Wellington 59
Paola 51, Baldwin 32
Class 5A Sub-State
Wichita Northwest 68, Valley Center 64
Class 6A Sub-State
Hutchinson 55, Wichita West 49

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL
Class 2A Sub-State
Inman 41, Ell-Saline 11
Jackson Heights 45, Republic County 44
Plainville 53, Smith Center 50
Class 3A Sub-State
Baxter Springs 62, Galena 40
Beloit 50, Rock Creek 37
Burlington 56, Fredonia 15
Cheney 58, Belle Plaine 25
Cherryvale 44, Caney Valley 38
Cimarron 50, Holcomb 44
Clay Center 57, Concordia 26
Colby 58, Goodland 30
Columbus 49, Frontenac 34
Erie 43, Douglass 31
Eureka 67, Prairie View 33
Girard 64, Riverton 25
Halstead 43, Wichita Collegiate 28
Haven 50, Chaparral 18
Hays-TMP-Marian 59, Hoisington 37
Hesston 45, Kingman 23
Jefferson West 69, West Franklin 13
KC Bishop Ward 48, Silver Lake 36
Larned 45, Hugoton 32
Marysville 52, Holton 38
Nemaha Central 56, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 22
Norton 39, Smoky Valley 24
Osage City 48, Neodesha 45
Riley County 53, Minneapolis 48
Riverside 47, Pleasant Ridge 0
Royal Valley 64, Perry-Lecompton 34
Russell 60, Lyons 20
Sabetha 58, Hiawatha 26
Scott City 59, Southwestern Hts. 24
St. Mary’s 64, Council Grove 48
Wellsville 47, Santa Fe Trail 21
Class 5A Sub-State
Arkansas City 46, Valley Center 37
Salina South 46, Great Bend 37
Topeka West 54, KC Turner 19
Class 6A Sub-State
Wichita West 63, Junction City 36

Strong third quarter lifts Lady Monarchs past Hoisington

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HAYS – The TMP-Marian Lady Monarchs rallied from a six-point first quarter deficit and held Hoisington to a single field goal in the third quarter on their way to a 59-37 win Monday night at Al Billinger Field house.

Rose McFarland postgame interview

The Monarchs offense starter slow, hitting just one of their first six shots and committed five turnovers, allowing Hoisington to build a six-point lead after the first quarter at 14-8.

In the second quarter TMP opened the quarter on an 8-0 run to take a 16-14 lead only to see Hoisington retake the lead at 18-16. Late in the quarter the game was tied at 25 when Emilee Lane knocked in a pair of free throws to give TMP the 27-25 lead with just 1:30 to play in that first half.

Leading by two to start the second half Emily Schippers scored the first seven points of the third quarter and sparked a 16-2 TMP run to put them up 43-26.

The Monarchs held Hoisington to just four points and one field goal while forcing 11 turnovers.

After building the 17-point lead at the end of three quarters the Monarchs went on to claim the 59-37 victory.

Emily Schippers led a pair of Monarchs in double-figures with 18 points and Sasha Wasinger chipped in 10.

Game highlights

TMP improves to 16-5 with the win and will play Russell on Thursday in the 3A Hoisington sub-state semifinals after the Broncos downed Lyons 60-20 Monday.

In the other game from the Hoisington sub-state Monday top seed Norton defeated Smoky Valley 39-24.

Phillipsburg will host Southeast of Saline on Tuesday.

HHS wrestling places two at state

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PARK CITY – The Hays High wrestling team had a pair of individuals earn medals at the 5A state championship at Hartman Area Saturday.

Freshmen Gavin Meyers, in his first appearance at the state tournament, was the highest finisher for the Indians placing 4th at 182 pounds.

On day one Meyers got a first-round win over Blake Smith of Topeka-Seaman with a pin in the first-round.

He earned his second straight fall in the quarter finals, this time in the first-period over DeSoto’s Luke Barger.

In the semi-finals Meyers lost a 4-3 decision to Cayden Atkins of Goddard.

On Saturday Meyers bounced back with his third win of the tournament, a fall in the second round over Lynauz Cox of Maize-South.

Then in the third-place match Meyers lost a 9-3 decision to Landon Frantz of McPherson.

Logan Schulte was the other medal winner for the Indians finished sixth at 285 pounds.

Schulte opened the tournament with a fall over Joseph Castle of KC Turner but lost by a fall to Peyton Reeves of St. Thomas Aquinas.

On the consolation side of the bracket Schulte won by a 5-1 decision over Caylen Lowery of Wichita-Heights and then he won by second period fall over Terrell Morris of Arkansas City to reach the consolation semifinals. In that round Schulte dropped a 5-2 decision to Jake Quiggle of Maize.

Then Schulte lost by forfeit to Braiden McKee of Lansing in the fifth and sixth place match to finish sixth.

Chase Voth lost his first-round match before winning two consolation round matches but lost in the third consolation round to finished 2-2 at state.

Creighton Meyers, Cole Schroeder and Gavin Nutting each earned a first-round win but went 0-2 after that to finished 1-2 for the tournament.

All six Hays High wrestlers make second day at state

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Hays High wrestlers went 4-2 in the opening round of state on Friday at Harman Arena.  All six wrestlers will still be competing on day number two of the 5A tournament.

160: Kreighton Myers: Won by decision 4-2 then lost in the semi-finals 4-2 in overtime.

170: Chase Voth: Lost by Fall then won by Fall (1:40).

182: Gavin Meyers: Won by Fall (1:25) in the first round and also semifinals with a 1:02 pin.  He then lost in the semifinals 4-3.

195: Cole Schroeder: Lost by Fall then won by Fall (2:36).

220: Gavin Nutting: Won by Fall (0:30) then lost by major decision 17-2.

285: Logan Schulte: Won by Fall (4:43) then lost by Fall.

Wrestling resumes at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning.

Hays swept by Abilene on senior night

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The Hays High Indians finished the regular season off with Abilene on Friday night on Senior Night.  It was the second meeting of the season between the two teams with the Cowgirls and Cowboys each picking up wins in the first contest.  Like the games on Thursday night, Friday’s results did not have an impact on the sub-state standings.

Girls

#4-4A Abilene 52 – Hays 40

Hays and Abilene traded the lead three times in the first quarter with neither team building a two possession lead.  Abilene led 11-10 heading into the second quarter before the Indians tied the game for a third time at 14.  Hays however never could take the lead in the second quarter.  Trailing 20-18 the Indians went scoreless on back to back possession.  Abilene built the lead to five in with a pair of free throws in the final seconds of the first half to lead 24-19.

Highlights

 

Abilene led the second half and pushed their advantage as high as 13 in the third quarter.  The Indians closed the gap back to nine in entering the fourth quarter but trailed again by ten with six minutes remaining.  Hays once again chipped away at the lead and trailed 44-40 with 2:38 left.  Abilene left the door open for Hays with a turnover, missed shot and two missed free throws, but Hays couldn’t walk through.  The Indians missed two shots and turned it over twice during the next ninety seconds.  Abilene made all eight of their free throws in the final 1:08 to win 52-40.

Coach Alex Hutchins

 

Jaycee Dale led the Indians with 14 and Brooke Denning scored 10.  Hays finishes the regular season at 13-7 while Abilene improves to 18-2.  The Indians will play at home next Wednesday against Kapaun to open postseason play.

Boys

#6-4A Abilene 51 – Hays 43

The score was more like a baseball game through the first six minutes of the contest.  Trailing 6-5 Hays finally found some rhythm on offense.  Hays scored the final six points of the quarter to lead 11-6.  Abilene led 15-14 before Trey Adams dumped to field goals and TJ Nunnery drained a right corner three for a 21-15 lead.  The Indians thought did score for the final 2:15 of the half and Abilene answered with eight straight points for a 23-21 lead at the halftime.

Highlights

 

Hays led just once in the second half.  The Indians trailed by four when Nunnery hit another basket and Braiden Meyers nailed a left corner three off a behind the back pass from Tradgon McCrae.  The three pointer gave the Indians what proved to be their last lead of the game at 26-25.  Abilene quickly took the lead back and started on a 7-0 run.  The Cowboys led by seven entering the fourth quarter and by nine early in the fourth quarter.  Hays could only close the gap back down to six with 1:40 remaining and then again with :46 left.  Abilene made seven of their nine fourth quarter free throws to win 51-43.

Coach Rick Keltner

 

TJ Nunnery scored a game high 15 to the lead the Indians who have dropped four straight and finish the regular season 9-11.  Abilene ends the season at 17-3.  Hays will be on the road Thursday to play Salina Central to open post season play.

 

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