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Hays High volleyball splits first triangular

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By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

Hays High def Larned  25-20, 25-21
Hays High opened up the 2016 volleyball season by splitting a home triangular.  The Lady Indians opened up with Larned in their first match.  The first set was tight early and then Hays High pulled away, leading by as many as eight points.  Larned closed the gap to 24-20 before Hays closed the door to win set one 25-20.

Set number two was nearly identical to the first with Hays High leading most of the way.  The scrappy team from Larned would not go away easily as they crawled back to within three points before Hays finished the set and the match with a 25-21 victory.  Freshman Tasiah Nunnery led Hays High with 11 kills, sophomore Hannah McGuire added 10 assists and sophomore Kallie Leiker had 17 digs. The win gave the Lady Indians an early season record of 1-0.

No. 5 LaCrosse def Hays High 25-18, 26-24
Close but yet so far away seemed to be the theme in Hays High’s second match of the day at the Hays High Gym.  The Lady Indians battled state ranked La Crosse in front of a spirited crowd.  With set one tied at 12 points apiece LaCrosse rattled off seven straight and went on to win set one 25-18.

Set two was an absolute battle from start to finish.  The two teams swapped leads and it looked like Hays High was poised to send the match to a third set with a 22-18 lead.  LaCrosse would have none of that as the Lady Leopards outscored the Lady Indians 8-2 down the stretch to pick up the win in the set and the match.  Nunnery led the way with 12 kills, McGuire had 10 assists, Leiker eight digs and sophomore Jaycee Dale had 3 service aces.

Hays High is 1-1 on the young season and will head to Dodge City on September 8th.

TMP-Marian girls’ golf wins Hays High Invitational; Indians second

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HAYS – The TMP-Marian girls’ golf team had the top two finishers and won the Hays High Invitational by 10 strokes over the host Indians Monday afternoon at the Smoky Hill Country Club.

Karee Dinkel shot a 2-over par 39 and won the nine hole event by two shots over her teammate Shannon Chin who fired a 41.

Hays High placed two in the top-10. Katie Brungardt was fourth with a 46. Talyn Kleweno finished fifth with a 47.

TEAM FINISH SCORE
1. TMP- Marian 193
2. Hays High 203
3. Liberal 209
4. Garden City 211
5. Salina Central 218
6. Dodge City 225
7. Great Bend 229
8. Salina South 266

 

MEDALISTS 
NAME SCHOOL SCORE
1. Karee Dinkel TMP-M 39
2. Shannen Chin TMP-M 41
3. Ellie Cobb SC 44
4. Katie Brungardt Hays 46
5. Talyn Kleweno Hays 47
6. Corey Mein Liberal 47
7. Analisa Bridge SS 48
8. Sarah Bayouth Liberal 48
9. Danielle Gaspar GC 48
10. Allison Neeland GB 49

 

TMP-Marian, La Crosse and Otis-Bison ranked in KVA Preseason Poll

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Topeka, KS — The Kansas Volleyball Association is pleased to announce the 2016 Pre-Season Volleyball Rankings sponsored by PrepVolleyball.com.

Class 6A
1. Blue Valley West
2. Olathe Northwest
3. Blue Valley Northwest
4. Blue Valley North
5. Blue Valley
6. Olathe East
7. Shawnee Mission East
8. Washburn Rural
9. Lawrence-Free State
10. Manhattan

Class 5A
1. Shawnee Heights
2. St. James Academy
3. St. Thomas Aquinas
4. Lansing
5. Emporia
6. Newton
7. Goddard-Eisenhower
8. Andover
9. Maize
10. Topeka-Seaman

Class 4A – Division 1
1. Bishop Miege
2. Abilene
3. McPherson
4. Louisburg
5. Basehor-Linwood
6. Rose Hill
7. Andale
8. DeSoto
9. Andover Central
10. Ulysses

Class 4A – Division 2
1. Topeka-Hayden
2. Concordia
3. Kingman
4. Frontenac
5. Rock Creek
6. Santa Fe Trail
7. Girard
8. Smoky Valley
9. Baxter Springs
10. Clay Center

Class 3A
1. Silver Lake
2. Hesston
3. Cheney
4. Southeast of Saline
5. Garden Plain
6. Wellsville
7. Douglass
8. Beloit
9. Thomas More Prep-Marian
10. Marion

Class 2A
1. Central Plains
2. Heritage Christian
3. St. Mary’s Colgan
4. Valley Falls
5. Jefferson County North
6. Washington County
7. Kiowa County
8. Smith Center
9. Oswego
10. Bishop Seabury

Class 1A – Division 1
1. Goessel
2. Centralia
3. Waverly
4. Hanover
5. LaCrosse
6. Hoxie
7. Flinthills
8. Otis-Bison
9. St. Paul
10. Thunder Ridge

Class 1A – Division 2
1. Wheatland-Grinnell
2. Dighton
3. Logan
4. Beloit-St. John’s/Tipton
5. Axtell
6. Northern Valley
7. Attica
8. Sylvan-Lucas
9. Norwich
10. Fowler

Hays High and TMP-Marian open football practice

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The first of two practices of the 2016 football season came to a close Monday evening. Around 60 players checked out gear on Monday starting with a practice at 8 a.m. and then again at 4 p.m. The Indians enter their second season under coach Randall Rath. Rath already noticed a difference during the summer time before this season, noting the players understood how he wanted them to work in the summer time.

Coach Randall Rath

Hays will look to improve on their 2-7 record from a last season. Some of the key returners include Seniors Shane Berens, Conrad Vanjar, Chantz Brungardt and Kohlton Meyers and Junior Hunter Brown Hays opens the season September 2nd at Scott City.

TMP-Marian had 39 players greeted new head coach Jason Cauley as they held their first workout early Monday morning. Cauley takes over a Monarch team that finished 1-8 in 2015.

 

Coach Jason Cauley

 

Watts named KCA boys golf Coach of the Year

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TOPEKA – The Kansas Coaches Association has named Mark Watts as their Kansas high school boys golf Coach of the Year. Watts received the honor Tuesday at the Kansas State High School Activities Association coaching school in Topeka.

Watts guided the Indians to the Class 4A state title this spring, edging Rose Hill by three strokes.

2016 KCA Coaches of the Year
Girls Golf: Dave Vertholf-Winfield
Boys Soccer: Saul Hernandez-Dodge City
Boys Basketball: Dennis Fort-Osage City
Girls Basketball: Antwain Scales-Wichita South
Football (8-Man): Jeff Hennick-Wallace County
Softball: Jay Monhollon-Topeka Seaman
Boys Tennis: Dave Hawley-Wichita Collegiate
Girls Tennis: Travis Sebits-Hesston
Boys Track and Field: Eric True-Olpe
Boys Swimming: Derek Berg-Blue Valley North
Volleyball: Gwenn Pike-Bishop Miege

Hays High School boys soccer camp begins today

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The Hays High School boys team soccer camp begins today for both high school and middle school students. The camp dates are July 11th, 12th & 13th and will be held from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Pratt-Optimist Park. Cost for the camp is $25 per player and includes camp shirt. Forms can be printed online at https://www.hayshighindians.com/Athletics/index.html. under the Athletics Information section.

Hays High girls soccer camp coming soon

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The Hays High girls team soccer camp is right around the corner for seventh through twelfth graders. The camp is July 5th, 6th & 7th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at Pratt-Optimist Park. The cost is $25 per player and includes a camp t-shirt. Forms can be printed off from www.hayshighschool.com at the athletic page and under athletics information where you can find the 2016 soccer camp form.

TMP’s Helget earns all-state honor

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TMP-Marian junior Alison Helget has been named to the 3A All-State second team as an infielder by the Kansas Softball coaches.

Helget finished the year hitting .424 and she led the team in almost all hitting categories including hits (39), doubles (15) and RBIs (21).

Helget and the Monarchs softball team lost in the first round of the 3A state tournament in Manhattan to Southeast of Saline. It was TMP’s first trip to state since 2010.

CLASS 3A
First team
Pitcher – Haidyn Bassett, Oskaloosa; Taylor Comption, Riverton; Courtney Richey, Humboldt.

Catcher – Sam Greninger, Riverton; Madison Miller, Oskaloosa.

Infielder – Taylor Crome, Marysville; Lindsay Gilmore, Sterling; Alex Green, Riverton; Kelsie Klamm, Wellsville, Heidi Nitsch, Rossville.

Outfielder – Jamee Comption, Riverton; Jaden Courter, Oskaloosa; Ruth Pineda, Lyons; Jordan Stiger, Bluestem.
Utility –Kelsey Orender, Osage City.

Second team
Pitcher – Taylor Frazier, Galena; Emma Horsch, Sterling; Hannah Pemberton, Wellsville.

Catcher – Brianna Francis, Jayhawk Linn; Morgan Michaelis, Lyons.

Infielder –Alison Helget, Thomas More Prep; Lauren McDaniel, Wellsville; Angela Nixon, Bluestem; Macy Williams, Riverton; Macey VanCleave, Galena; Sarah Beam, Royal Valley.

Outfielder – Alison Burch, Bluestem; Sara Shinn, Rossville; Sydney Pacha, Marysville.

Utility – Maddie Wegner, Silver Lake.

Nine run first lift Hays Monarchs to win over Topeka

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McPherson – A nine-run explosion in the first inning lifted the Hays Monarchs Junior American Legion to a 16-1 win in three innings over the Topeka Senators in McPherson Friday afternoon.

Gavin Schumacher got the scoring started for the Monarchs, stealing home in the first inning. Luke Ruder followed that with a solo homerun to put Hays up 2-0.

As part of the nine run first six different Monarchs drove in at least one run. Ruder drove in three of his five RBIs in the first inning.

Hays scored five more times in the second and two in the third inning.

Schumacher was four-for-four with a pair of RBIs. Luke Ruder homered and drove in five runs.

Carlos Schwindt allowed one unearned run in two innings of relief to pick up the win.

The Monarchs are 6-1 and will play two games at the McPherson tournament Saturday.

Monarchs Junior Legion sweeps Great Bend

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HAYS, Kan. – Creighton Renz double scored Karl Rack in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift the Hays Monarchs Junior American Legion to a 9-8 win over Great Bend Wednesday night and the sweep over the Chiefs at the TMP Sports Complex. The Monarchs won the opener 3-2 to move to 5-1 on the season.

The Monarchs scored five runs in the sixth inning to take an 8-6 lead but the Chiefs answered with two in the seventh to tie. Luke Ruder had three of the Monarchs 14 hits including triple. Cole Zimmerman pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief for the win.

Adam Gottschalk’s two-run double in the second inning put the Monarchs ahead for good in the opener. Chase Werth allowed one run over three innings with two strikeouts and a walk for the win.

The Monarchs are in McPherson for four games on Friday and Saturday.

Tillman earns 7th straight win as Orioles beat Royals

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By DAVID GINSBURG
AP Sports Writer

BALTIMORE (AP) – Chris Tillman pitched effectively into the eighth inning to earn his seventh consecutive win, Ryan Flaherty drove in two runs and the Baltimore Orioles extended the Kansas City Royals’ losing streak to seven games with a 4-0 victory Wednesday night.

Tillman (8-1) allowed eight hits over 7 1/3 innings, matched his career high with nine strikeouts and walked none. The right-hander is unbeaten in 10 starts since April 14, 6-0 at home and tied for second in the AL in wins.

Brad Brach got the final five outs to earn his second save and help the Orioles complete their first three-game sweep of Kansas City since May 2011. Baltimore has won four straight and seven of eight.

The Orioles took control with a four-run fifth inning against Edinson Volquez (5-6).

TMP-Marian names new head football coach

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Courtesy TMP-Marian

Courtesy Honolulu Star-Advertiser / Cindy Ellen Russell
Courtesy Honolulu Star-Advertiser / Cindy Ellen Russell

HAYS, Kan. – Thomas More Prep-Marian is pleased to announce the new faculty and coaching staff members that will be joining the Monarch Family for the 2016-2017 academic year.

The departure of John Montgomery at the end of the past school year left a vacancy for head football coach and high school business teacher. The new head coach of Monarch football is Jason Cauley who most recently was head coach at Moanalua High School, a 2,000-student school near the southern shore of Honolulu, Hawai’i.

Cauley is a native of Mobile, Ala. and has been playing and coaching football all his life. Following a successful high school career, Cauley played at Mississippi College before transferring to the University of West Alabama. Following the events of 9/11, Cauley enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as a Cavalry Scout (19D). After his time in the The Army, Cauley returned back home to work as an assistant for 7A Murphy High School in Mobile on the coaching staff of Rick Cauley, his brother. After a move to Hawai’i, in 2011, Cauley served as offensive coordinator and QB coach for Moanalua, then filled that same role for Kapolei High School for two years before taking the head coaching position at Moanalua. Over the years, Cauley has earned many honors and achievements, both as a player and coach, including multiple playoff appearances. Cauley, his wife, Amanda, and their two children, Liam (4) and Layla (2), will be moving to Hays to join the Monarch family this summer.

“I grew up around the game, and I value the chance to help young men learn the game and the values of respect, excellence, integrity, service, loyalty, and tradition that it teaches. I knew I wanted to coach in a private, Christian environment,” Cauley said. “Hays is just the kind of family-oriented community we’re looking for. I’m excited to be a part of the Monarch family from our alumni roots to our current and future students and families.”

In addition to his coaching duties, Cauley will teach social studies, weights, and study skills classes at TMP-Marian.

NW Kan. athletes named to All-State baseball teams

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Hays High senior Connor Rule has been named to the 2016 4A-D1 Kansas Baseball Coaches Association’s All-State Team.

Rule, a Kansas State signee, was a second-team selection at designated hitter.

He finished the year hitting .446 with six doubles, 11 RBIs, 17 runs scored and 16 walks. Rule finished with a career .400 average and is the 14th players in Hays High history to finish with a career .400 average or above.

The Ellis Railroaders had three players named to the 2-1A All-State team.

Juniors Easton Smith and Brayden Bittel were first-team selections, and Dalton Hensley was an honorable mention selection.

Smith, a first-team selection at pitcher, finished the season 7-2 with a 0.71 ERA. He struck out 80 in just 49 innings pitched and allowed just five earned runs on the season.

Bittel was a first-team selection at second base. He finished the year hitting .433 with 27 RBIs and 28 runs scored.

Outfielder Dalton Hensley was an honorable mention selection. Hensley hit .492 on the season with 44 runs and 22 RBIs.

Russell/Victoria’s Brady Dinkel was a second-team selection at second base in 4A-D2.

Dinkel finished with a .442 average and drove in 30 runs and scored 27 times.

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