NORTON – TMP-Marian sophomore Grace Pope qualified for the 3A state cross country meet after a 10th place finish at Saturday’s Norton 3A Regional at the Prairie Dog Golf Course. Pope had a time of 21:16.61. Southeast of Saline’s Jentrie Alderson won the individual title with a time of 18:40.64.
Norton won the team title on their home course with 44 points. Southeast of Saline finished second with 57 and Beloit third with 83. The Monarchs finished fifth, scoring 114 points.
GREAT BEND – Hays High freshman Amelia Jaeger finished in seventh place at the 5A Regional Cross Country meet to qualify for next Saturday’s 5A state cross country meet at Rim Rock Farm outside of Lawrence. Jaeger had a time of 20:23.43, a little over a minute and five seconds behind Maize South’s Alexa Rios who won the regional title with a time of 19:18.12.
Maize South won the team title scoring 36 points. Maize was second with 61 points, Great Bend third with 62 points and the Indians fourth with 83.
Yesenia Maldanado was the next highest finisher for the Indians with an 18th place finish. (21:30.21). Claire Shippy finished 19th (21:33.12), Micaela Dickman 21st (21:39.89 20), Jaycine Watson 22nd (21:48.34), Lainey Hardman 26th (21:48.34) and Landri Dotts 30th (22:19.18).
Braden Hines led the Indians boys with a 30th place finish with a time of 18:19.51.
Fort Hays State (5-2, 5-2 MIAA) vs.
Nebraska-Kearney (5-2, 5-2 MIAA)
Saturday, October 26, 2019 – 2 pm
Lewis Field Stadium – Hays, Kan.
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Fort Hays State Football hosts Nebraska-Kearney in a matchup of 5-2 teams in Hays on Saturday. The Tigers and Lopers sit in a tie for third place in the MIAA entering this contest. Kickoff is set for 2 pm at Lewis Field Stadium in the annual Tiger Sports Hall of Fame Game.
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Fort Hays State enters on a five-game winning streak after an 0-2 start to the season. The Tigers knocked off a then No. 19 ranked Pittsburg State squad last week in Pittsburg by a score of 42-41. That win pulled Pittsburg State back into a tie in the MIAA standings with Fort Hays State, Nebraska-Kearney, and Missouri Western. Northwest Missouri State is second in the conference at 6-1, while Central Missouri leads the MIAA at 7-0.
Fort Hays State has won seven straight games against Nebraska-Kearney, dating back to the 2012 season. The last time the Lopers defeated the Tigers was in 2005 when UNK won 54-20 in Hays. Both teams were members of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference at that time.
The meeting between the teams in Kearney last year was a nail biter with FHSU winning 29-26 in two overtimes. FHSU took a three-point lead on a field goal with less than a minute left in regulation, but UNK marched into field goal territory quickly and tied the game as time expired. Both teams hit field goals in the first overtime before UNK missed in the second overtime. Dante Brown capped a 5-for-5 day kicking field goals by winning the game for FHSU on a 26-yard attempt.
Fort Hays State enters the game ranked 15th nationally in passing offense, averaging 297 yards per game. Nebraska-Kearney’s strength offensively is its run game, averaging 321.7 yards on the ground per game, which ranks third in the nation. Nebraska-Kearney currently owns the top scoring defense in the MIAA, allowing 20 points per game. FHSU is right behind allowing 22 per game. FHSU is the only team in the MIAA this year to hold opponents to seven points or less more than one time, accomplishing the feat three times so far.
Chance Fuller continues to rank high nationally in several passing categories. He is ninth in the nation in passing yards (2,017), third in passing touchdowns (22), and sixth in completions per game (22.6). Harley Hazlett has been Fuller’s top target, who averages 6.9 receptions per game to rank 11th in the nation. Hazlett has 158 career receptions, just 10 shy of the FHSU all-time record of 168 held by Eric Busenbark. Hazlett (592), Layne Bieberle (462), and Manny Ramsey (427) all have over 400 yards receiving this year. Charles Tigner ran for over 100 yards each of the last two weeks and leads the team in rushing yards with 601.
Defensively, Drew Harvey leads the Tigers with 62 tackles, followed by Tanner Hoekman and Jordan Starks each with 56. The three combined have six of Fort Hays State’s 10 interceptions on the season. Sheldon Schmidt leads the team in sacks with three.
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Week 8 means the end of the regular season for Kansas high school football. Many districts have already been decided and some playoff seeds set. However, District 6 in 8-man DI had a lot left to be determined, namely a champion. That is what was on the line when the 7-0 Ness City Eagles visited the 6-1 Hodgeman County Longhorns in this week’s instalment of the high school area game of the week.
Ness City received the ball first and drove deep into Longhorn territory before being stopped on 4th and goal. Hodgeman County then took the ball on a long, methodical drive that ended in an Eli Salmans touchdown run. That made the score 8-0 in favor of the Longhorns.
Ness City wasted no time in moving the ball down the field on their second possession and they were able to cash-in on a 25 yard touchdown pass from sophomore Jose Guzman to senior Hector Rodriguez. The ensuing conversion failed, but the Longhorn lead had been cut to two.
Both teams continued to battle through the half. Hodgeman County led 22-12 with just a few seconds left in the half, but the Eagles were driving and found themselves on the Longhorn 19. Guzman threw a Hail Mary to the end zone that bounced off two Longhorns and one Eagle before ending up in the hands of Hector Rodriguez for a miracle touchdown. That cut the Hodgeman County lead to 22-18 going into the half.
The Longhorns received the second-half kickoff and drove to the Ness City 10 before they fumbled the ball away. The Eagles took it to the Hodgeman County 15 before they gave the ball back on an interception by Issac Salmans of Hodgeman County. The Longhorns turned that miscue into points, making it 28-18.
The teams exchanged a series of punts before the Longhorns made another deep drive into Ness City territory. However, the Ness City defense stiffened, holding the Longhorns to a 4th and 13 from the Eagle 15. The Longhorns drew up a remarkable passing play as quarterback Issac Salmans hit junior receiver Efren Chavez in the end zone for the score. The two point conversion was good and the longhorns led 36-18.
It was all Hodgeman County from that point on, as they rolled the rest of the way to a 52-26 victory. Senior running back Eli Salmans had a monster night, finishing with 27 carries for 251 yards and 5 touchdowns. Ness City was paced by their senior back, Hector Rodriguez, who rushed 16 times for 140 yards. He also had 5 receptions for 84 yards and 2 touchdowns.
The Hodgeman County Longhorns finish the season 7-1. Their victory gave them the 8-man DI District 6 title. They’ll host a bracket game in Week 9, likely against Moundridge.
The Ness City Eagles also finish 7-1. They are the District 6 runner-up and will also host a Week 9 bracket game, likely against Macksville.
5A West:
Salina Central(4-3) 35 Hays(3-4) 3
Liberal(2-5) 6 Dodge City(7-0) 45
Great Bend(3-4) 27 Dodge City(7-0) 7
3A District 7
Larned(4-3) 3 Kingman(1-6) 16
3A District 8
Goodland(1-6) 7 Colby(7-0) 56
Beloit(4-3) 47 Russell(1-6) 0
2A District 7
Ellinwood(1-6) 0 Cimarron(7-0) 60
Lyons(1-6) 14 Lakin(6-1) 42
2A District 8
TMP(1-6) 31 Ellsworth(5-2) 20
Phillipsburg(2-5) 0 Mineneapolis(3-4) 28
Hoisington(7-0) 38 Norton(5-2) 7
1A District 5
Ell Saline(6-1) 0 Smith Center(7-0) 34
1A District 6
Oakley(3-4) 14 Plainville(6-1) 59
Ellis(3-4) 32 Lacross(5-1) 14
8 Man D1 District 5
Macksville(3-4) 68 Central Plains(2-5) 22
8 Man D1 District 6
Ness City(7-0) 26 Hodgeman Co.(6-1) 52
Kinsley(1-6 0 Kiowa Co.(3-4) 52
8 man D1 District 7
Victoria(5-2) 68 Stockton(2-5) 16
Washington Co.(4-3) 12 Hill City(4-3) 62
8 Man D1 District 8
Hoxie(4-3) 20 Trego(4-3) 44
8 Man D2 District 5
Osborne(7-0) 40 Thunder Ridge(7-0) 34
8 Man D2 District 6
Dighton(1-6) Forfeit Grinnell Wheatland(6-1) Def.
Quinter(3-5) 1 Greely Co.(0-8) Forfeit
8 Man D2 District 8
Ingalls(4-3) 6 Otis Bison(4-3) 44
6Man North
Western Plains(0-6) Golden Plains(4-3)
Natoma(4-3) 73 Cunningham(1-6) 28
HAYS, Kan. — On a cold Friday night (Oct. 25) at FHSU Soccer Stadium, neither Fort Hays State or Rogers State could find the back of the net. With a scoreless tie, Fort Hays State’s record now stands at 8-3-2 (4-1-2 MIAA). Rogers State moved its record to 5-6-4 (2-3-3 MIAA).
Throughout the match, the Tigers had numerous opportunities to put one on the board. The Tigers fired off 19 shots at goalkeeper ReVella Fisher, who stopped all five of Fort Hays’ shots on goal. The defense was key as the back line of Paige Utterback, Maja Persa, Reilly Madden, and Shayla Podlena stood tall all night. Utterback, Persa, and Madden all played the entire 110 minutes.
In the first overtime, it seemed Fort Hays State was poised to breakthrough with a great opportunity. Just over 30 seconds in, Cailey Perkins found herself in the 18-yd box surronded by Hillcat defenders. She passed to Jenna Prince who then sent a pass across the box to Darby Hirsch. Goalie ReVella Fisher was able to dive over and save Hirsch’s shot attempt. The Tigers put up three more quality chances, but were unable to find the golden goal.
Both Cailey Perkins and Darby Hirsch led the team with five shots each. Midfielder Chloe Montano added another four with two of those on goal. Megan Kneefel (7-2-2) did her best to keep the Tigers deadlocked, stopping all five of Rogers State’s shots on goal.
Fort Hays State is back at home on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 27). The Tigers and RiverHawks of Northeastern State will square off at 1 p.m. at FHSU Soccer Stadium.
Hays High hosted Salina Central on Senior Night at Lewis Field Stadium. Twelve seniors were honored before the game. Matt Goodale, Tavian Creamer, Hayden Brown, Hunter Wellbrock, Dylan Ruder, Drake Summers, Brian Escobedo, Da’Vontai Robinson, Brock Lummus, Jimmie Roe, Luke Fletcher and Gavin Manning each were introduced thirty minutes before kickoff.
Both Hays and Salina Central turned the ball over twice in the first half. The Mustangs took advantage of the breaks while Hays High did not. Hays took the opening possession to the red zone but fumbled and Central responded with a ten play 77 yard drive for a 7-0 lead.
A Matt Goodale 32 yard field goal closed the gap to 7-3 late in the first quarter. Central marched back down the field to the Indian red zone but lost a fumble early in the second quarter. Hays drove into Mustang territory but backed up five yards on first down on a penalty and drive stalled. Central drove inside the ten yard line following the Indian’s punt but lost the ball once again.
Hays pushed the ball out their own 23 but was called for holding and backed up inside the fifteen yard line. One play later Hays fumbled and Salina Central scored on the their first play for a 14-3 lead an advantage they held on to into halftime.
Highlights
The Hays defense provided two opportunities in the third quarter for a chance at a comeback. The Indians forced a punt and an interception to keep the score at 14-3. Hays though was unable to take advantage throwing their own interception and losing the ball on downs on a broken up pass in the end zone.
Salina Central was never really threatened again. They score 21 second half points on the way to a 35-3 Mustang victory. Salina Central improves to 5-3 while Hays drops to 3-4. Unofficially Hays looks to be going on the road to Goddard Eisenhower in week nine. Official brackets be released by KSHSAA.
Coach Tony Crough
WICHITA, Kan. – After rallying to take a 2-1 lead, the Fort Hays State volleyball team fell in five sets Friday (Oct. 25) at Newman, 21-25, 25-14, 25-15, 21-25, 9-15. The Tigers move to 6-15 overall and 3-10 in MIAA play, while the Jets are now 1-21 on the year and 1-12 in conference action.
The Tigers had an advantage in numerous statistical categories, including attack percentage (.208-.166), total points (101-94), kills (56-50), aces (6-4), assists (54-46) and digs (74-66).
After Newman used a big run to pull away in the opening set, the Tigers did the same in the second frame. The teams traded points early on, but FHSU scored 16 of the final 20 points in the set to turn a 10-9 deficit into a 25-14 win. The Tigers recorded a .417 attack percentage (13-3-24) in the second set, their best frame of the night.
Fort Hays State jumped in front 6-2 in the third set and never looked back, holding the lead the rest of the way. The Tigers limited Newman to a .000 swing rate (8-8-36) in the third set thanks to four blocks.
The Tigers once again took control early in the fourth set, scoring four of the first five points. Newman kept things close before taking a 15-14 lead on four-straight points. Fort Hays State would retake the lead after three straight points before Newman battled back to tie things up at 19. Delaney Humm and Tatum Bartels recorded kills on the next two rallies, prompting a Newman timeout. The Jets battled back out of the huddle, scoring the next six points to level the match, 25-21. Newman then opened the fifth set with six-straight points, leading to a 15-9 win.
Humm led the Tigers with 17 kills, with Isabelle Reynolds adding 12 and Morgan West contributing 11. Abbie Hayes picked up a team-high 20 digs, while Katie Darnell totaled 13 digs alongside her team-best 42 assists. Emily Ellis recorded two blocks in the match, including FHSU’s only solo block.
The Tigers wrap up the weekend road trip Saturday (Oct. 26) against Central Oklahoma. First serve is set for 3 p.m. from Edmond, Okla.
Hays High vs Salina Central
7:00pm Kickoff
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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Fort Hays State Men’s Basketball team opened the 2019-20 campaign with an exhibition contest at the University of Kansas on Thursday night at Allen Fieldhouse. Down by 11 at half, the Tigers trimmed the lead inside 10 for the first five minutes of the second half, but the No. 3 ranked team in NCAA Division I pulled away over the final 15 minutes to win by a score of 86-56.
Fort Hays State hung around for a good chunk of time. The Tigers held a 9-5 lead out of the first media break and then led by five, 12-7, after a Jared Vitztum 3-pointer at the 14:16 mark. The Jayhawks bounced back into the lead quick with an old-fashioned 3-point play and then a 3-point field goal. By the second media break, FHSU was still within two just over eight minutes into the game. Kansas slowly built a lead from that point, up 11 points at halftime, 36-25.
The Tigers punched back quick early in the second half with three consecutive 3-point field goals, completing a 9-0 run to open the half. Triples from Nyjee Wright, Calvin Harrington, and Vitztum instantly trimmed the Kansas lead down to just two, 36-34.
The Tigers remained within five points of the Jayhawks within the first five minutes of the second half, but the Jayhawks used a 12-0 run over a nearly two-minute span to gain separation once again, leading 53-36 with 13 minutes to go in the game. FHSU never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way and Kansas went on to win the game 86-56.
Vitztum was the only Tiger to reach double figures in scoring at 11 points, while Devin Davis and Nyjee Wright each had eight. Wright led the Tigers in assists with three. FHSU shot 35.2 percent as a team from the field and 32 percent (8-of-25) beyond the 3-point line.
Ochai Agbaji led the scoring effort for Kansas, finishing with 21 points. He was 8-of-15 from the field and 3-of-9 beyond the 3-point line, while adding two free throws. Marcus Garrett had 15 points and five assists, while Silvio De Sousa finished with 11 points.
The Tigers will open the regular season November 8-9 in Russellville, Arkansas, where they will face Arkansas Tech and Southwestern Oklahoma State.
The TMP-Marian Monarchs forced five Ellsworth turnovers and freshman quarterback Kade Harris scored four rushing touchdowns on their way to a 31-20 win over the Bearcats Thursday at Lewis Field Stadium.
Jays Harris interview
Game highlights
After forcing Ellsworth into a three-and-out on their first offensive possession the Monarchs put together an 11-play 64 yard drive that was capped off by the first of four rushing touchdowns by Harris to give TMP a 7-0 lead.
On that drive Mark Rack had receptions of 24 and 21 yards, he first two receptions of the season.
After another Ellsworth punt, that set up the Monarchs with a short field, they used just six plays to cover 43 yards that was once again capped off with a Harris touchdown. This one from 11 yards out as TMP took a 13-0 lead.
On Ellsworth next offensive possession Jace Wentling intercepted his first of three passes on the day and took it into the endzone giving TMP a 19-0 lead.
Ellsworth cut the TMP lead to just six in the third quarter when they scored a touchdown off a fumble of an intercepted pass and a blocked to make it 19-13 with just over six minutes left in the third quarter.
Clinging to the one score lead Harris added another rushing touchdown to put TMP up 25-13 with only 16 second left in the third quarter.
He added his fourth and final touchdown of the game early in the fourth quarter to put TMP up 31-13.
Ellsworth got their only offensive touchdown with just over seven minutes to play in the game but TMP was able to hold them off the board after that on their way to the 31-20 win.
TMP forced Ellsworth quarterback Morgan Kelley into five turnovers, four interceptions and a fumble.
Harris rushed for 93 yards and those four touchdowns and was 12-of-23 passing for 178 yards.
TMP improved to 2-6 with the win and 1-4 in district play. They will travel to either Ellinwood or Lyons next Friday night.
Ellsworth drops to 5-3 and will travel to Lakin next week.
HAYS, Kan. – After mulling over a 2-0 deficit at halftime, the 23rd-ranked Fort Hays State men’s soccer team stormed back in the second half with three goals to top Harding Thursday evening (Oct. 24), 3-2. The rally helped Fort Hays State preserve the longest active home winning streak in NCAA Division II, now at 22 matches.
Fort Hays State improves to 9-4-1 overall and 8-1-1 in GAC action with the win, two games clear of second place Harding (7-4-2, 6-3-1 GAC).
The Tigers sent a barrage of shots towards the net in the second 45 minutes, attempting 17 shots after halftime. FHSU finally broke through in the 56th minute thanks to a quick reaction from Alonso Rodriguez. Santiago Agudelo attempted a shot from outside the box that was blocked by a defender and quickly bounced towards Rodriguez. The sophomore wound up and sent a shot screaming past the keeper on his first touch, putting the Tigers within one.
The Black and Gold kept the pressure on, taking shot after shot that narrowly missed the target. Fort Hays State finally leveled the score with just over 17 minutes remaining after a fantastic connection between Agudelo and Moises Peralta. Agudelo won possession in the box and dribbled towards the corner, waiting for things to materialize around the net. The senior made a quick turnaround pass into the six-yard box directly to Peralta, who headed it home inside the near post to tie things up at two.
A Bison defender was sent off soon after when he accumulated a second yellow card in the 76th minute, forcing Harding to finish the match with just 10 players. The Tigers took advantage in the 85th minute, recording the game winner on a rocket off the right foot of Rogelio Lopez. After a long Ross Boyd throw in was fought over in the penalty area, the ball found its way to Arsenio Chamorro just outside the 18-yard box. The junior used one brilliantly controlled touch to set up Lopez 25 yards out. The keeper had no chance as Lopez sent a missile screaming into the upper left corner, giving the Tigers their first lead of the day with just over five minutes to play.
Harding took an early lead in the first half when Christian Ramos took a quick free kick around the wall and past a diving Cullen Fisch nine minutes in. Donnell Bowes doubled the Bison lead with a header off a corner kick from Oliver Callado in the 16th minute.
The Tigers had a staggering 25-7 advantage in shots taken, including a 17-3 edge after halftime. Fort Hays State attempted seven corners, while the Bisons took two corners in the match.
Fisch’s lone save came with 25 seconds left after a desperation shot from 30 yards out. The senior improved his record to 4-3-1 on the year with the victory.
The Tigers will look to inch closer to the GAC regular season title when they host Ouachita Baptist on Saturday (Oct. 26) at 11 a.m.
