GARDEN CITY, Kan. – Garden City scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a scoreless tie and win game one of their doubleheader with Hays High 2-0. The Buffaloes built a 5-0 lead through five innings and won the second contest 9-4.
Jaysa Wichers allowed both runs on two hits in 1 1/3 innings of relief and suffered the loss in game one. Starter Kaitlyn Brown did not allow a run over 4 1/3 innings with six strikeouts.
Wichers allowed all nine runs, six earned, on 11 hits in the second game. Tessa Stickel had three hits and Nicole Dinkel two hits and two RBIs in game two.
HAYS, Kan. – Emily Schulte drove in Julia Werth on a fielders choice in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the TMP-Marian softball team to a 3-2 win over Great Bend in game two of their doubleheader Tuesday at the TMP Sports Complex and gave the Monarchs the split.
The Panthers took the first game 5-4 despite a big day from Alison Helget who had two extra base hits and allowed one earned run with six strikeouts and two walks over seven innings in the circle.
TMP committed 10 errors on the day, six in the first game and four of them came in the fifth where the Panthers scored the tying and go-ahead runs.
Helget and Schulte both had two hits in the second game.
Bailey Lacy did not allow an earned run, giving up five hits with five strikeouts to get the win.
The Monarchs are 14-6 and await regional seedings which come out Wednesday.
Hays High held their annual athletics and academics awards banquet Monday night. Albany Schaffer was named the Jack Roberts Outstanding Female Athlete while Isaiah Nunnery was the Swim Carpenter Smith Outstanding Male Athlete.
WICHITA, Kan. – The TMP-Marian girls’ soccer won their ninth match of the season Monday, 9-2 win over Word of Life Prep in Wichita. The match was delayed about 28 minutes in due to lightning and was eventually called after half because of storms.
Bailey Hageman recorded the hat trick and set a new school record for career goals with 38. Aubrey Koeningsman and Aspen Younger both scored twice while Kaylee Hernandez, Madyson Koerner and Annaka Applequist all had one goal.
The Monarchs improve to 9-3-1 on the season and are back in Wichita to close out the regular season Thursday against Wichita North.
PHILLIPSBURG, Kan. – Hayden Rohr shot a 2-over-par 72 to win the Phillipsburg Invitational and lead the TMP-Marian boys golf team to a share of the team title Monday at the Phillipsburg Golf Club. The Monarchs shot a 315 and tied Plainville for the low team score.
TMP-Marian’s Collin Werth fired a 76 and finished seventh while Michael Braun was 10th with an 80.
Plainville’s Gunner Kerns came in third with a 74, Tanner Copeland fifth with a 75 and Justin Plante ninth with an 80.
The Hays High Indians finished the Diamond Classic with a win and 3-1 record, plus a victory on the official Senior Day. What the Indians needed though was a six run victory to claim the tournament title. Hays High, Salina Central, and Great Bend all finished with a 3-1 tournament record. Great Bend took the team title with at plus 16 runs, Hays High finishes runner up at plus 14 and Salina Central was plus 11.
Highlights
Goddard used a three run second inning to jump up on Hays early. The Lions added a single run in the third to go up 4-0. The chances to score for Hays looked bleak with two outs in the bottom half of the third. Marcus Altman walked and stole a base to get into scoring position for Brayden Delzeit to drive him in for the Indian’s first run. Hays used that momentum to score five runs all with two outs in the third. Hays tied the game on a bases loaded walk by Cole Schumacher and took a 5-4 lead on a single by Dalton Stout. Hays added a run in the fourth and two more in the sixth for the 8-4 victory.
Coach Frank Leo
Palmer Hutchison earned his second career win pitching 5.2 innings in relief of Grant Coffman. Hays is now 11-5 on the year. Goddard used five pitchers in the game and falls to 3-15.
Hays returns to action on Tuesday at Liberal. Regional seedings will come out on Wednesday. Hays will then play their final games of the season in a makeup contest hosting Garden City on Thursday.
Great Bend 6 – Salina Central 1
Salina Central suffered the only loss of the tournament with a 6-1 loss to Great Bend in the second of three games at the Diamond Classic on Saturday. Great Bend scored four runs in the third then took a six run lead with two in the top of the sixth. Salina Central scored their only run in the sixth inning. The Mustangs did get a lead-off single to start the seventh, but the Great Bend defense used a force out and a ground ball double play to end the game.
Great Bend and Salina Central both go 3-1 in the Diamond Classic. Salina Central is 8-8 on the year and Great Bend is 12-4.
Goddard 3 – Life Prep Academy 1
Goddard scored all three of their runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and held on to claim their first win of the tournament Saturday morning. The Lions led off the inning with three consecutive singles and totaled four of their eight game hits in the fourth.
Life Prep answered back with one in the fifth then loaded the bases with one out in the top of the seventh inning but did not score. For Goddard it is their third win of the season and breaks a streak of five consecutive one run losses.
HAYS, Kan. – Bishop Carroll scored the lone goal in the 70th minute and TMP-Marian could not get the equalizer as the Monarchs drop their home finale 1-0 Saturday afternoon at the Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex. Deonna Wellbrock had 12 saves in goal for TMP who falls to 8-3-1 on the season.
The Monarchs travel to Wichita Monday to play Word of Life
Hays got strong pitching performances from two young players in a 4-2 loss to Salina Central on Friday night. Sophomore Cole Murphy pitched in his first varsity game going 3.1 innings allowing three runs and four four hits while walking four and striking out four. Murphy took the loss on the night. Freshman Trey Riggs came to just his third game, entering with the bases loaded and only one out. Riggs induced an inning ending double play to end the Salina Central threat. Riggs went on to pitch the final 3.2 innings allowing two hits and one run striking out three and walking one.
Coach Frank Leo
The young arms were out-dueled though by Salina Central’s Andrew Stratman and Ethan Kickhaefer. Hays managed just three hits over the seven inning game. Hays plated two runs in the bottom of the third inning to tie the game at 2-2. Central responded with single runs in the fourth and seventh. Stratman threw five innings for the victory giving up the two runs on three hits striking out seven and walking three. Kickhaefer came in for a two inning save, his second of the season, facing the minimum six possible.
Highlights
Central improves to 3-0 in the tournament and 8-7 overall. Hays falls to 2-1 in the tourney and 10-5 overall.
Hays finishes their tournament play tomorrow against Goddard at 2:30. Goddard will open Saturday with a 10:00 game with Life Prep Academy. Salina Central and Great Bend will play the middle game at 12:30
Great Bend 13 – Life Prep 1
Great Bend scored seven runs in the first inning and had no trouble in beating Life Prep Academy 13-1. The win moves Great Bend to 2-1 in the tournament and 11-4 on the year.
Salina Central 4 – Goddard 3
It took an extra inning for Salina Central and Goddard to finalize their game on Friday. The Central Mustangs took a 3-0 lead after the first four innings but gave them back allowing two in the fifth and one in the sixth. Neither team threatened to score in the seventh and Goddard did not get a base runner in the eighth.
Salina Central scored in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI single by Ben Driver for the 4-3 victory. It is the ninth one run loss for Goddard this season who falls to 2-14.
Great Bend 5 – Goddard 4
Goddard scored four runs in the top of the first inning, but would not score again and fall 5-4 to Great Bend. Great Bend did not score until the fourth inning when they plated three getting within in a run at 4-3. Great Bend tied the game on a RBI single with one out leaving runners at second and third. Goddard then elected to load the bases on an intentional pass. The Panthers scored the winning run on the ensuing walk. Great Bend moves to 10-4. Goddard drops to 2-13.
It has been a long road for Drew Young at Hays High. But at the same time, the journey went very quickly. In the fall of 2015 Young broke his ankle playing dunk ball at a friend’s house. That injury help him realize something though. Young realized how much basketball meant to him and how important it was to put in the effort to continue his playing days behind high school.
Drew Young
On Friday Young inked his letter of intent to play for Colby Community College just down Interstate 70 from Hays. This past season Young was second on the team in scoring at 12 per game, lead the team in assists at 4.6 per contest, was second in steals and first in charges taken. Young scored in double figures fifteen times his senior season and eighteen in his career. Young also finished just outside the top 20 in career assists despite logging just 46 games.
Assistant Coach Tim Nunnery
Young says he will be hitting the weight room to add muscle, improve his quickness and speed of his shooting release before heading to Colby in August.
The Hays High Indian baseball team opened up the 34th Annual Western Plains Diamond Classic Baseball Tournament with two wins on Thursday.
Hays 10 – Life Prep Academy 0 (6 Innings)
Hays got six innings of five hit ball from Marcus Altman as the Indians run-ruled the Life Prep Fire 10-0. Hays scored three in the first and third innings to build their lead to 6-0, then capped the game with a two runs in each the fifth and sixth innings. Altman struck out seven and walked just two in his fourth win of the season and is now 4-2 in six appearances.
Marcus Altman helped his own cause by collecting three hits and driving in two runs at the plate. Brayden Delzeit added two hits in the 11 hit attack from the Indians. Eight different Indians scored runs in the 10-0 victory.
Highlights v Life Prep Academy
Hays 8 – Great Bend 6
On their way to the Western Athletic conference baseball title, Great Bend swept Hays just one week ago 15-6 and 8-5. In both games the Panthers scored four runs in the first inning. Their third meeting eight days had an similar start.
Great Bend sent eight to the plate in the first inning score two runs with two outs but left the bases loaded leading 2-0. The Panthers then added another run in the second inning to go up 3-0. Hays starter Jarett Pfannenstiel was still facing the Panthers in the second inning with the bases loaded and nobody out when he caught a head high line drive and completed the double play to third base. It would the first of five double plays completed by the Indians on the evening.
Despite allowing eight hits and committing three errors in the first three innings, Hays trailed by just 3-0 entering the bottom half of the inning. With the first two batter retired, Indians Jace Armstrong and Cole Schumacher were both hit by pitches. Dalton Stout collected the second of his four hits with a deep line drive off the bottom of the 320′ fence. The hit gave the Indians just a single run as Armstrong scored but Schumacher was thrown out at the plate on a strong relay from the fence.
After turning another double play in the fourth inning, the Hays offense grabbed the lead in the home half. Jarett Pfannenstiel drove in a run on a single with a throwing error leaded to the tying run to cross. Hays took their first lead of the game on a Drew Young sacrifice fly and lead 4-3 after the fourth inning.
Hays plated three more runs in the fifth inning two off a double from Brayden Dezleit and one from single off of Jared Haynes bat. Leading 7-3 after five innings the Hays defense again would shine.
Highlights v Great Bend
Hays thought they had turned a double play in the sixth inning only to have player interference called leaving runners at first and second with no outs instead of two outs and nobody on. Pfannenstiel wlked in a run after loading the bases, cutting the Indian’s lead down to 7-4. Dalton Stout moved from second base to pitcher with the bases loaded and no out when he induced a ground ball double play to freshman third baseman Palmer Hutchison, stepping on third and getting the runner at first. Great Bend added run on the double play but added no other runs and Hays escaped the sixth inning still leading 7-5.
Hays got back one of the runs in the bottom of the sixth on a Connor Rule single that scored Cole Schumacher. It was the Hays defense that again came up big, this time with their fifth double play of the game. Great Bend scored a run cutting the Hays lead to 8-6 and had runners at second and third with no outs. Drew Young fielded a line drive and touched second base for a double play and Marcus Altman caught a lazy fly ball to left field to seal the victory.
Coach Frank Leo
Jarett Pfannenstiel picks up the victory going five innings, allowing twelve hits but only five runs. He struck out one but walked only two. Dalton Stout picks up his second save of the season working two innings of one run ball. Pfannenstiel is 2-0 on the season and Hays High improves to 10-4 with the two wins. Great Bend falls to 9-4. Hays tallied ten hits in the victory, four of the coming from Dalton Stout and two each from Connor Rule and Brayden Delzeit. Great Bend recorded 14 hits and left 10 on base.
Hays will play two more games at the Diamond Classic. The Indians take on Salina Central at 7:15 on Friday and Goddard at 2:30 on Saturday.
Salina Central 14 – Life Prep Academy 1 (5 Innings)
Salina Central scored six runs in the second and four in the third to open their play at the Diamond Classic versus Life Prep Academy. The Mustangs pounded out 14 hits, stole nine bases and played 18 different players in the game. Ethan Kickhaefer takes the win pitching three innings.
GOODLAND, Kan. – The TMP-Marian baseball team split their doubleheader in Goodland Thursday. The Cowboys scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh and won the first game 3-2. The Monarchs came back to win game two 6-4.
Ricky Hockett allowed three runs (one earned) on six hits over 6 1/3 innings and suffered the loss in the opener.
TMP scored two in the top of the seventh to break a 2-2 tie in the second game then held on as the Cowboys got two in the bottom of the inning. Chase Werth and Chase Romme both had two hits. Creighton Renz drove in two.
Ryan Ruder gave up two unearned runs on four hits and struck out 12 over over six innings and picked up the win. Jared Vitztum allowed two runs in the seventh but gets the save.
JUNCTION CITY, Kan. – The Hays High boys golf team finished fourth at Thursday’s Junction City Invitational the Rolling Meadows Golf Course. The Indians shot a 327 and were one shot behind third place Junction City and 17 back of first place Manhattan.
Allen Zollinger led the Indians with a 77 and tied for fourth.
HHS Results Allen Zollinger 77 T-4thmedalist
Payton Ruder 83 T-15th place
Tradgon McCrae 83 T-15th place
Peyton Kieffer 84 T- 21st place 327 4th place team
HAYS, Kan. – The Hays High girls’ soccer team moved to 8-5 overall and 5-1 in the Western Athletic Conference with a 3-1 win over Dodge City Thursday at the Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex.
Jacqui Paderes scored two first half goals and Sydney Sulzman put the match away with a goal in the 70th minute. Sulzman scored off a beautiful pass from Lieacha Cook.
The Indians are off until next Thursday when they host Salina Central on Senior Day at the Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex.
