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Hays High’s Haley George will row for K-State

Posted on April 1, 2016April 1, 2016

Dustin Armbruster

It wasn’t the collegiate sports path that Haley George imagined herself on after high school. The multi-sport athlete and dancer signed her national letter of intent this week to compete for the Kansas State rowing team.

Cross country, basketball, track and dancing had filled George’s schedule over years and all of those have led her to Manhattan, Kansas. George said the coach that recruited her to K-State liked the fact she had a background in so many different sports. Listed at 5’11” for basketball, George said K-State coaches were looking for “tall, lanky girls that could build muscle.”

Haley George

But you won’t find George on a rowing machine in Hays anytime soon. She was told by the Wildcat coaches to stay away from it so she doesn’t develop any bad habits. George will also be redshirting her freshman year, something that all of the incoming freshmen do for the K-State rowing team.

George plans on majoring in elementary education with a minor in special education.

Hays High and TMP-Marian to host softball regionals

Posted on April 1, 2016

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released hosts sites for the upcoming regional softball tournaments. Both Hays High and TMP-Marian will be host schools for tournaments in their respective classifications.

2016 Postseason Regional Softball Assignments

The Indians 4A-Division I regional will take place on May 17th at the Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex and include Buhler, McPherson and Ulysses. The winner of the regional advances to the 4A-Division I state tournament May 26-27 at the Bill Burke Complex in Salina.

The Monarchs 3A regional will be held at the Monarchs Sports Complex and also take place on May 17th. Kismet-Southwestern Heights, Lakin, Larned, Plainville/Stockton, Russell and Scott Community round out the field. The winner advances to the 3A state tournament May 26-27 at the Twin Oaks Complex in Manhattan.

KSHSAA releases regional track and field locations

Posted on April 1, 2016April 1, 2016

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released host sites for the upcoming regional track and field championships. Hays High will travel to Holcomb for their 4A regional while TMP-Marian will compete at the Lyons 3A regional.

2016 Regional Track and Field Assignments

Hill City will host a 2A regional which will include Atwood-Rawlins County, Bennington, Ell-Saline, Ellis, Wichita County, Lincoln, Oakley, Decatur Community, Plainville, Salina-Sacred Heart, Smith Center, Solomon, St. Francis and Trego Community.

Victoria, LaCrosse, Otis-Bison, Palco, Stockton and Quinter will all compete in the 1A regional in Phillipsburg hosted by the Western Kansas Liberty League.

The KSHSAA state track and field championships will once again take place at Wichita State’s Cessna Stadium May 27-28.

TMP-Marian girls’ soccer picks up first win of the season

Posted on April 1, 2016

WICHITA, Kan. – The TMP girls’ soccer team picked up their first win of the young season Thursday with a 6-0 shutout of Wichita Independent. Bailey Hageman led the way with two goals while Aubrey Koeningsman, Deonna Wellbrock, Ashley Ostrander and Madyson Koerner added one each.

Koeningsman added three assists while Kayla Vitztum and Bailey Hageman had one assist apiece.

The Monarchs improve to 1-1 on the season. They are off until April 7th at Dodge City.

HHS baseball splits games in Derby

Posted on March 30, 2016March 30, 2016

DERBY, Kan. – The Hays High baseball team split their two games at the Derby Triangular Tuesday. The Indians lost to the host Panthers 5-2 but bounced back with a 19-0 win over Valley Center.

Derby broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the fifth inning then added another run in the sixth. Hays rallied with two in the seventh but could get no closer. Marcus Altman allowed four runs on eight hits over four innings and suffered the loss. Connor Rule had two of the Indians six hits and drove in a run.

The Indians jumped out early against Valley Center. The scored three in the first, six in the second, two in the third then eight in the fourth. The game was called after four innings by run-rule.

Hays pounded out 20 hits against the Hornets, led by Marcus Altman who went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and three runs scored. Cole Schumacher, Connor Rule and Dalton Stout all had three hits. Stout drove in four runs. Cole Schumacher allowed one hit while striking out four and walking one for the win.

HHS girls’ soccer wins McPherson Invitational opener

Posted on March 30, 2016

SALINA, Kan – The Hays High girls soccer team won their opener at the McPherson Invitational 1-0 over Andover Central Tuesday at Salina Stadium.

The tournament is being played in Salina due to construction at McPherson Stadium.

Courtney Molleker scored the game’s only goal on a corner kick in the 18th minute. Sydney Sulzman placed a perfect ball that Molleker finished with a header.

Taylor Groen-Younger had three saves and her second shutout of the young season.

The Indians will face Maize South in the semifinals at 6pm Friday.

TMP-Marian baseball sweeps Scott City

Posted on March 30, 2016

SCOTT CITY, Kan. – A good start to the season for the TMP-Marian baseball team as they sweep Scott City in their season opener Tuesday. The Monarchs rallied from an early 3-0 deficit to win the opener 11-3 then scored 13 runs in the first inning and cruised to a 17-1 win in the second contest.

The Monarchs scored all of their runs in the first game in the final four innings including a six-run fourth. Chase Werth went 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBIs. Jared Rack goes six innings for the win, striking out five and walking one.

Jared Vitztum and Chase Romme each had three of the Monarchs 18 hits in game two. Both drove in three. Jared Rack, Luke Ruder and Chase Werth all homered. Ricky Hockett pitched an inning of relief and picked up the win.

TMP Softball sweeps Dodge City

Posted on March 29, 2016

By JEREMY McGUIRE

Game 1: TMP 6, Dodge City 2

TMP opened up their 2016 season in winning fashion on Tuesday. Alison Helget struck out 10 Dodge City Lady Demons in a complete game victory in Game 1 of a doubleheader at TMP Field. She allowed four hits and two earned runs while walking two and hitting one batter.

The Lady Monarchs trailed 1-0 going into the bottom of the third inning. After tying the game TMP got an 2 RBI double from Anna Gottschalk to give them the lead for good. Katelyn Zimmerman added a run scoring double in the fifth to help pad the lead.

Game 2: TMP 10, Dodge City 3

TMP trailed 3-2 going into the bottom of the sixth inning in Game 2 Tuesday night. The Lady Monarchs would proceed to bat 12 and score eight runs in the inning to secure the win. Junior Taryn Rupp broke a 3-3 tie open with a 2 RBI single and TMP would add five more runs after that.

Bailey Lacy pitched a complete game with seven strikeouts. TMP had some impressive performances at the plate in the doubleheader. Helget went 3-6 and Zimmerman went 4-8 with a pair of doubles. TMP will play a doubleheader in Garden City on Thursday.

MELISSA SCHOEPF INTERVIEW

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

TMP-Marian girls soccer drops season opener

Posted on March 29, 2016

HAYS, Kan. – The TMP-Marian girls soccer team lost their season opener Monday at the Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex. The Monarchs were shutout 5-0 to Wichita Trinity Academy.

The Monarchs travel to Wichita Independent Thursday.

Cowboys’ Preston Weigel finds success in 2016

Posted on March 23, 2016March 23, 2016

By DUSTIN ARMBRUSTER
Hays Post

In December 2015, the trajectory of Preston Weigel’s wrestling career at Oklahoma State seemed to be in question. In fact, Weigel questioned it himself for a brief time. Weigel though realized, “You can’t quit everything” and found himself on the other side of injuries his freshman year and staph infection his sophomore year one match away from becoming an All-American.

The three-time 5A state champion out of Hays High only lost four matches in the entirety of his high school years. During his junior and senior season, Weigel finished undefeated. A childhood dream was realized when Weigel signed his letter of intent with Oklahoma State to wrestling for a legendary Cowboy program.

Weigel battled through injuries is true freshman year of 2014-15 and wrestled just seven times. In that short span, he went 5-2 and won the Missouri Valley Open. The season, though, resulted in a redshirt tag that allowed the Russell native to still have four years of competition ahead of him.

For the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the 197-pound weight class was a spot in limbo the entire season. Eventually, Weigel earned his opportunity to crack the lineup and took advantage. Weigel locked up a OSU victory in the Bedlam Rivalry versus Oklahoma following his own victory and carried the momentum into the Big 12 tournament.

Preston Weigel

With a fifth-place seeding and 16-12 record, Weigel seemed like a long shot to be in the finals of the bracket let alone win the entire thing and qualify for nationals. Weigel won two matches the first day 9-0 and 6-2 qualifying for the finals. He then won the 197-pound championship with a 4-3 win, with the deciding point for Weigel coming on riding time at the end of the match.

The NCAA Division 1 Championships were held in none other than Madison Square Garden in New York City. Weigel fell in the first round 5-0 to the 3rd seed wrestler at 197 pounds. He had to win two more matches in the first day in order to qualify for day two. Weigel did so with a 18-1 technical fall victory and 4-0 shutout to cap the day. Day two saw Weigel keep his day alive with a 3-2 win but fall one match short of All-American status, losing by pin in his 5th match of the two days.

Through it all, Weigel said he is a better person and better wrestler because of all he has gone through. He has cut down on the time he spends hunting to focus even more on improving his wrestling skills. With three more years of eligibility remaining, Weigel sees himself not only pushing for an All-American finish at the national tournament but also a national title.

Photo Courtesy of OSU Communications

HHS Indians honored by Western Athletic Conference

Posted on March 21, 2016

By Dustin Armbruster

The Hays High Indians finished the basketball season with 17 wins and a share of the Western Athletic Conference Championship. Monday the Indians were rewarded for their season with three players receiving WAC post-season honors along with coach Rick Keltner earning co-coach of the year honors.

Named Player of the Year in the Western Athletic Conference, Isaiah Nunnery polished off his senior season and outstanding four year varsity career by averaging 16.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4 assists and 2.6 steals per game. In a career that spanned 91 games, the final six may have been his most impressive stretch scoring 20 or more in each contest. During that streak Nunnery established a career high of 32 including a school record nine three point field goals against Dodge City on senior night.

The future Fort Hays State Tiger hit 121 three pointers in his careers while scoring in double figures 38 times. His all-around game has him sitting 9th all-time in points (833), 2nd in steals (157), and 3rd in assists (306).

Nunnery was joined on the first team by Garden City senior Jared Koster, Liberal junior Deladris Green, Dodge City senior Dayton McGroarty, and Great Bend junior Kody Crosby.

The Indians landed two more on the 2nd team with Drew Young and Shane Berens each earning the post season nod. Senior Drew Young was second on the team scoring 12 per contest hitting double figures fifteen times this season and seventeen in his career. Young finished his career in 23rd all-time in assists at 143 despite playing in only 46 games while missing the first third of his junior season.

Junior Shane Berens backs up his two-time first team football recognition with a basketball honor. Berens scored 10.6 points per game while leading the team in rebounding at 6.5 per contest. Berens current ranks 22nd all time in rebounds at 283 with a year of school left. He scored in double figures twelve times this season, marking fifteen in his career. Berens also notched three double-doubles in points and rebounds.

Also named to the 2nd team was Liberal senior Tim Fitzgerald, Dodge City senior Noah Williams, and Liberal junior Cade Hinkle.

Coach Rick Keltner was named Co-Coach of the Year with Liberal’s Scott Hinkle. The two teams split their regular season meeting with Hays winning on their home floor 55-54 and Liberal winning on their home court in triple overtime 57-51.

Keltner also collected his 500th career win during the 2015-16 basketball season. Keltner has been head coach at Hays High for 31 years collecting 417 wins and has completed 38 years overall as a head basketball coach.

Saturday’s state tournament results

Posted on March 12, 2016March 13, 2016

BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Class 6A
Third Place
Lawrence 74, BV Northwest 66
Championship
SM North 80, Wichita Southeast 56

Class 5A
Third Place
KC Washington 67, Highland Park 54
Championship
Mill Valley 87, Kapaun Mount Carmel 82

Class 4A Division I
Third Place
Andover Central 81, Paola 70
Championship
Bishop Miege 69, McPherson 59

Class 4A Division II
Third Place
Rock Creek 85, Girard 74
Championship
Wichita Collegiate 68, Hugoton 49

Class 3A
Third Place
Southeast Saline 48, Garden Plain 44
Championship
Osage City 56, Sabetha 49

Class 2A
Third Place
Central Plains 56, Hill City 25
Championship
Jackson Heights 68, Salina Sacred Heart 48

Class 1A Division I
Third Place
Victoria 63, Hanover 60
Championship
Centralia 38, Osborne 27

Class 1A Division II
Third Place
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 56, Logan 40
Championship
Attica 54, Hartford 52

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Class 6A
Third Place
Olathe East 56, Olathe South 44
Championship
Wichita South 36, SM Northwest 30

Class 5A
Third Place
Wichita Bishop Carroll 45, Salina Central 44, OT
Championship
St. Thomas Aquinas 39, Leavenworth 38

Class 4A Division
Third Place
Wellington 65, Labette County 62
Championship
Bishop Miege 67, Paola 56

Class 4A Division II
Third Place
Hugoton 61, Girard 59
Championship
Clay Center 56, Topeka Hayden 50

Class 3A
Third Place
TMP-Marian 76, Sterling 70
Championship
Silver Lake 57, Sabetha 44

Class 2A
Third Place
Valley Falls 54, Hill City 50
Championship
Central Plains 62, Olpe 51

Class 1A Division I
Third Place
St. Paul 31, Hoxie 30
Championship
Centralia 54, Waverly 36

Class 1A Division II
Third Place
Ingalls 64, Wetmore 51
Championship
Dighton 64, Axtell 56

Friday’s state tournament semifinal results

Posted on March 11, 2016March 12, 2016

BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Class 1A – Division I
Centralia 54, Hanover 44
Osborne 43, Victoria 33
Class 1A – Division II
Hartford 41, St. John’s-Beloit 38
Attica 54, Logan 41
Class 2A
Jackson Heights 58, Hill City 48
Salina Sacred Heart 62, Central Plains 52
Class 3A
Osage City 74, Southeast of Saline 45
Sabetha 40, Garden Plain 32
Class 4A – Division I
Bishop Miege 62, Paola 56
McPherson 74, Andover Central 68
Class 4A – Division II
Wichita Collegiate 50, Girard 44
Hugoton 50, Rock Creek 44
Class 5A
Mill Valley 65, KC Washington 37
Kapaun Mt. Carmel 71, Highland Park 69, OT
Class 6A
Wichita Southeast 74, Lawrence 61
Shawnee Mission North 54, Blue Valley Northwest 42

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Class 1A – Division I
Waverly 45, St. Paul 35
Centralia 45, Hoxie 30
Class 1A – Division II
Dighton 47, Wetmore 36
Axtell 52, Ingalls 29
Class 2A
Central Plains 53, Hill City 47
Olpe 46, Valley Falls 34
Class 3A
Silver Lake 61, TMP-Marian 44
Sabetha 50, Sterling 43
Class 4A – Division I
Bishop Miege 64, Labette County 46
Paola 64, Wellington 51
Class 4A – Division II
Clay Center 53, Hugoton 42
Topeka Hayden 50, Girard 37
Class 5A
St. Thomas Aquinas 48, Salina Central 39
Leavenworth 54, Bishop Carroll 36
Class 6A
Wichita South 43, Olathe East 36
Shawnee Mission Northwest 38, Olathe South 36