HAYS – The Hays HIgh and TMP-Marian boys soccer teams closed out their regular season against one another Thursday with the Indians defeating the Monarchs 7-2 at TMP. The Indians had a pair of goals from Matt Goodale, Diego Muller and Trevor Gross. Landon Clark also scored for Hays.
Ethan Brummer scored both goals for TMP-Marian.
Both the Indians and Monarchs find out Saturday who and when they play in next week’s regional tournament.
Tiger fans can get a first look at the 2019-20 Fort Hays State Men’s Basketball squad on Thursday night when they travel to Lawrence for an exhibition game with the University of Kansas. Tipoff is set for 7 pm at Allen Fieldhouse. The game will be available to purchase for viewing on ESPN+ (WatchESPN) or Big 12 Now. It can be heard on KJLS (103.3-FM) and the Tiger Sports Network. LISTEN LIVE
The Tigers finished at 18-11 overall in 2018-19, while placing fourth in the MIAA regular season standings with a conference mark of 12-7. FHSU ended its season in the MIAA Tournament Quarterfinals in a loss to Lincoln University. The Tigers reached at least 18 wins in a season for the fourth straight year and produced Mark Johnson’s 17th winning season guiding the Tigers out of 18 seasons overall. Johnson will enter the 2019-20 campaign with an overall record of 359-172 (.676) at FHSU.
Fort Hays State will have several new faces on the court this season. The Tigers return six players from last year, but only four saw time on the floor in 2018-19. Aaron Nicholson, Devin Davis, Jared Vitztum, and Nyjee Wright are among those four, while Calvin Harrington and Gilbert Peters redshirted. Johnson has brought in eight new players this season, looking to mesh with the returning group. Five of the eight are transfers, while the other three are true freshmen.
Nicholson is the top returning scorer for the Tigers, averaging 9.0 points per game last year. Davis was the top scorer off the bench at 8.6 points per game. Both reached double figures in scoring in 12 contests last season. Vitztum, the top returning rebounder, averaged 7.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
Fort Hays State and Kansas last met in exhibition on November 7, 2017. Kansas won 86-57, but not before a challenge from FHSU in the first half. The Tigers held a lead just past 16 minutes into the game, 29-28, before KU took a 38-33 lead into halftime. In fact, the Tigers took the lead five times in the opening half, each by one point. The Jayhawks went on to double up the Tigers in the second half, 48-24.
Following the exhibition game with Kansas on Thursday, FHSU will open its regular season November 8-9 in Russellville, Arkansas where it will face Arkansas Tech and Southwestern Oklahoma State.
By BERNIE WILSON
AP Sports Writer
SAN DIEGO — A person familiar with the decision says the rebuilding San Diego Padres have hired Jayce Tingler from the Texas Rangers as their new manager.
Tingler has most recently been the major league player development field coordinator for the Rangers. His only previous managerial experience has been at the lowest rungs.
He replaces Andy Green, who was blamed for the Padres’ second-half collapse when he fired with eight games left in the season.
Tingler faces tremendous expectations from ownership and a long-suffering fan base. The Padres were last in the NL West at 70-92 even after signing Manny Machado to a $300 million contract and promoting top rookies Fernando Tatis Jr. and Chris Paddack.
The former Missouri Tiger was member of the Hays Larks NBC runner-up team in 2000 and ranks in top 10 in Larks history in runs scored and stolen bases.
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The Fort Hays State men’s and women’s cross country teams travel to Joplin, Mo. this weekend for the 2019 MIAA Cross Country Championships. Missouri Southern will host the championship races at the Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course, located on the edge of the MSSU campus.
The women’s six-kilometer race will open the festivities at 10 a.m. Saturday with the men’s eight-kilometer championship following at 11 a.m.
The Tigers are quite familiar with the course in Joplin after running in events at MSSU three of the last four years.
Three of the four Tigers to earn All-MIAA honors a year ago look to duplicate the honor this year, with Israel Barco, Alex Barbosa and Justin Moore all placing in the top 20 in 2018. The men finished third at the 2018 conference championships, their second-best finish since joining the MIAA, while the women placed fifth a year ago.
Both the men’s and women’s squads have a pair of team titles this season after sweeping the Bronco Stampede and the ESU Invitational. The men’s team heads into the weekend ranked fifth in the latest USTFCCCA Central Region rankings, third-highest amongst MIAA programs.
After traversing five-kilometer courses in their first three races, the women will tackle their first 6K race for of the season on Saturday. Brooke Navarro has the top 5K time for the Tigers this season, finishing eighth at the FHSU Tiger Open in a time of 18:32.3. Abigail Stewart was the top FHSU finisher in the first two races, placing second overall in both competitions.
The men will compete in one more 8K race this week before making the jump to 10 kilometers for the NCAA Central Regional. Robbie Schmidt’s time of 24:57.6 at the FHSU Tiger Open is the best time for a Tiger this season, while Justin Moore and Israel Barco have also been in the top spot for the Tigers at some point this season.
SALINA – The Thomas More-Prep Monarchs girls golf team finished sixth at 3-2-1A state tournament at the Salina Municipal Golf Course in Salina.
TMP was sixth after the first round with a team total of 405. On day two the Monarchs combined to shoot a 387 and finished with a combined 792 to finish sixth.
Goodland won the team title with a combined 709.
Haleigh Spray was the highest finisher for the Monarchs, finishing 18th individually to bring home a medal. She shot an 89 on day one and a 97 on the second day for a 186 total for the two days.
Jenna Romme finished 22nd with a 190 two-day total.
Allison Applequist finished 35th.
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Fort Hays State Athletics will welcome seven new members into the Tiger Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday,. The inductees include Marvin Andrews (men’s basketball), Kent Bauer (men’s track and field), Chris (Biser) Drea (women’s basketball), Bill Hall (baseball), Jack Harms (men’s cross country/track and field), Maddie Holub (softball), and Kelly (Skidmore) Gunning (volleyball). The induction ceremony will take place the morning of October 26 at the Memorial Union Ballroom on the campus of Fort Hays State University at 9:30 am. The inductees will be recognized at halftime of the football game vs. Nebraska-Kearney at 2:00 pm.
Marvin Andrews (Men’s Basketball, 1951-55) Posthumous
Marvin Andrews, a native of Formoso, Kansas, is one of 20 players in FHSU men’s basketball history to score over 1,000 points in his career. Playing from 1951 to 1955, Andrews was a three-time All-CIC selection for the Tigers, earning second-team honors as a sophomore, and first-team honors as a junior and senior. He and teammate Merlyn “Bud” Moeckel were the first two Tigers to reach 1,000 points in a career, occurring during the 1955 season. Andrews transferred to Fort Hays State from Kansas State University after his first semester of college and played for the Tigers in the second semester of his freshman year. He broke the single-season FHSU scoring record as a junior with 357 points, averaging 17.0 points per game over a 21-game season. He broke his own single-season scoring record as a senior in 1955 with 374 points, averaging 18.7 points per game over a 20-game season. Andrews finished with 1,054 points in his three and a half-year career at FHSU, averaging 14.4 points per game in 73 games played. Andrews held the school’s career scoring record for nine years until Sam McDowell passed the mark in 1964, reaching 1,220 points. Beyond his days at FHSU, Andrews taught and coached for one year and then was drafted to the U.S. Army. While in the Army at Fort Sill, Oklahoma he played basketball in the Special Services. His team won the Fourth Army Championship and participated in the All-Army Tournament at Port Monmouth, New Jersey. After his years in the service, Andrews returned to coaching and teaching. He finished a master’s degree in 1968 and then went on to serve as a junior high school principal in Cheney, Kansas until his death in 1980.
Kent Bauer (Track and Field, 1959-62)
Kent Bauer, a native of Radium, Kansas, was a member of the FHSU Track and Field squad for four years from 1959 to 1962. Bauer was the NAIA National Champion in the pole vault as a senior in 1962, clearing a height of 14 feet, 1 inch. Bauer was a two-time All-America performer at Fort Hays State, also finishing third in the nation as a freshman in 1959. He was the CIC Champion in the pole vault his final two years as a Tiger. He set the school record at the time in 1962 at 14-feet, 6.5-inches by tying for first at the Missouri Valley AAU meet. Bauer was a recipient of the FHSU Busch Gross Award. Upon graduation from Fort Hays State University and then Wichita State University, Bauer worked as an aircraft engineer and was named Boeing Wichita Engineer of the Year. He still resides in Wichita, Kansas today.
Chris (Biser) Drea (Women’s Basketball, 1986-90)
A native of Plain, Wisconsin, Chris Biser was a three-time All-CSIC performer in women’s basketball, playing from 1986 to 1990. She set the FHSU Women’s Basketball career rebounding record for the program with 901 in 1990, only to be topped a year later when Annette Wiles pushed the record to 961 and then eventually Kate Lehman set a new record of 1,109 in 2015. Biser is one of 20 1,000-point scorers in the program’s history, ranking ninth on the all-time scoring list with 1,321 points, but ranked third on the list at the end of her career. She ranks seventh on the all-time list at FHSU in field goals made with 548 and seventh in blocked shots with 64. She led the team in rebounding three of four years, including an impressive 10.0 rebounds per game as a freshman in 1986-87. She averaged 7.5 per game as a junior and 8.0 per game as a senior to lead the squad. In 1989-90, Biser was an All-District 10 selection and would have easily been an all-conference performer for a fourth straight year, but FHSU did not have a conference that season in its transition from the CSIC to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Beyond her days at FHSU, Biser went on to have a successful coaching career of over 25 years, earning college and high school conference coach of the year honors in her home state of Wisconsin. Currently, she serves as the Director of Community Relations and Marketing at The Richland Hospital in Richland Center, Wisconsin, but resides in her hometown of Plain, Wisconsin.
Jack Harms (Cross Country/Track and Field, 1963-66)
A native of Ellinwood, Kansas, Jack Harms competed for the FHSU cross country and track and field squads from 1963 to 1966. Harms was the NAIA indoor national champion in the 880-yard run in 1966 in a time of 1:55.9. He finished third in the event at nationals during the outdoor season, earning All-America honors for both indoor and outdoor that year. He helped the team to an outdoor conference championship that year, while finishing second at indoor nationals and third at outdoor nationals. Overall, Harms was a four-time All-America performer in track and field and was a member of the FHSU national champion cross country teams in 1963 and 1965. Harms was a member of the mile relay team that placed second nationally in 1965, and a member of the two-mile relay team that placed third nationally during the indoor season of 1966. Along with being part of two national championship teams, he also helped cross country to a second-place finish at nationals in 1964 and a pair of conference championships in his time wearing the black and gold. Now living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Harms is retired from the British Petroleum Controller’s Department and he also worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the IBM Global Business Group earlier in his career.
Bill Hall (Baseball, 1974-76)
A native of Hays, Kansas, Bill Hall played baseball two years at Fort Hays State from 1973-1974 as a right fielder. He was a two-time all-conference and All-District 10 performer, while claiming All-America honors as a senior in 1974. He led FHSU in batting average as a junior in 1973 at .350, while recording 8 doubles, 1 home run, and 26 RBIs, earning all-conference first team and all-district honorable mention. As a senior in 1974, Hall produced a .316 batting average with 16 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 33 RBIs, and 35 runs scored. He earned All-District 10, All-Area 3, and All-America honors that season. Hall helped the Tigers to an NAIA National Tournament Appearances both years, including an appearance at the championship site in 1974 after the team was champions of Area 3. Hall now resides in Missoula, Montana, where he is a General Agent Manager for Old American Insurance.
Kelly (Skidmore) Gunning (Volleyball, 2002-05)
A native of Aurora, Colorado, Kelly Skidmore played volleyball at Fort Hays State from 2002 to 2005. Skidmore was a two-time All-America selection for the Tiger Volleyball team as a libero. The defensive specialist earned third team honors as a junior in 2004 and second team honors as a senior in 2005, while earning All-Region and All-RMAC First Team honors each year. She was the RMAC Defensive Player of the Year three times from 2003 to 2005. Skidmore owns the FHSU career record for digs at 2,421, the only player in the program’s NCAA Division II history with at least 2,000. She averaged 5.17 digs per set in her career, the only player in the program’s Division II history with an average of 5.0 or better. With 777 digs in 2005 (6.64 per set) and 756 in 2004 (6.15 per set), she owns the two-highest dig totals for a season in the rally scoring era at FHSU. She helped the team to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2003 and 2004. The 2004 team was the most successful in program history, reaching the finals of the NCAA Regional (round of 16), finishing at 31-5 overall. Skidmore now lives in Parker, Colorado with her husband and two children.
Maddie Holub (Softball, 2010-13)
A native of Hays, Kansas, Maddie Holub, is the most decorated player in Fort Hays State Softball history, playing from 2010-2013. At the end of her career in 2013, Holub owned 34 FHSU records (19 pitching, 15 offensive) – career, single-season, and single-game combined, and still owns the majority of those records today. Holub was an NFCA and Daktronics All-America First Team selection in her senior year of 2013, as one of the most dominant players in the nation both in the pitching circle and offensively. For pitching, she finished the year with a 29-4 record, a 1.03 ERA, 26 complete games, 13 shutouts, and 345 strikeouts in 224 innings pitched. She threw six no-hitters that season, including back-to-back perfect games, the first player ever throw perfect games in consecutive starts at any NCAA level. Offensively, she finished with a .426 batting average, 32 extra-base hits (including 19 home runs), 56 RBIs, 62 runs scored, and 10 stolen bases. For her efforts in 2013, Holub was named both the MIAA Player and Pitcher of the Year, the first player in conference history to earn both in the same year. She was a three-time all-region selection and four-time All-MIAA selection. She threw seven career no-hitters individually and had a hand in a combined no-hitter. For her career, Holub had a 1.97 ERA with 77 wins, 93 complete games, 25 shutouts, 974 strikeouts, and seven saves in the pitching circle, while posting a .372 batting average with 255 hits, 46 home runs, 42 doubles, 7 triples, 160 RBIs, 183 runs scored, and 35 stolen bases. She was also solid in the classroom, earning CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. Holub went on to play professionally in Italy and in her first game, threw a perfect game in a six-inning contest. Holub went on to throw another no-hitter later that year and finished the season with a 0.78 ERA for Labadini Collecchio. Holub has gone on to a successful coaching career in softball beyond her playing days at FHSU, earning NFCA Assistant Coach of the Year for NCAA Division II at St. Leo (Fla.) University in 2015 and helping the team to a regional championship and NCAA Division II World Series appearance in 2018. She coached four years at St. Leo before taking the pitching coach position at Marshall University, where she currently coaches today.
CLAFLIN, Kan. – The Victoria Knights have advanced to sub-state after a runner-up finish at the 1A regional volleyball tournament in Claflin Tuesday.
The Knights beat La Crosse 25-9, 25-6 in the first round then beat Otis-Bison in the semifinals before losing to the host Central Plains Oilers in the finals.
Both the Knights and Oilers advance to Saturday’s Ransom-Western Plains Sub-State.
EMPORIA – Hays High’s Taleia McCrae and Sophia Garrison both improved on their first round scores on day-two the 5A State Golf Tournament in Emporia. McCrae shot an 85 and Garrison a 91 on Tuesday.
McCrae finished 12th to bring home a medal. Garrison was just out of the top-20.
St. Thomas Aquinas won the team title with a two-day score of 690. St. James Academy was second with a 713.
Alison Comer of St. James Academy won the individual title with 12-over-par 156.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the seventh edition of the United Soccer Coaches national poll, released on Tuesday (Oct. 22), FHSU men’s soccer dropped to No. 23.
The Tigers were ranked No. 18 last week following victories over Oklahoma Baptist and Southern Nazarene. However, their latest loss to Northeastern State has seen Fort Hays State drop five spots. In their previous week of games, FHSU also defeated Rogers State, who received votes but did not enter into the Top-25 this week, for the second time in 2019.
Fort Hays State will play in a pair of pivotal home games this week against Harding University and Ouachita Baptist.
The match against Harding will occur on Thursday (Oct. 24). The Bisons hold second place in the Great American Conference. A black and gold defeat in this matchup would mean relinquishing first place in conference play as both teams would have accumulated 22 points on the season. FHSU has already beaten Harding in the current campaign, 8-1, after drawing against Ouachita Baptist. The two Tigers squads are slated to face off on Saturday (Oct. 26) for an 11 a.m. kickoff.
HAYS – A split for the Hays High volleyball team at their own triangular Tuesday. The Indians lost in two to Maize 19-25, 23-25 then beat Salina Central.
Tasiah Nunnery had nine kills and seven assists against Maize. Sierra Bryant added five kills and Kaitlin Suppes nine assists and Brooklyn Schaffer seven digs.
Against the Mustangs, Tasiah Nunnery had nine kills and Kaitlin Suppes seven assists.
They finish the regular season 21-11 and will take on Wichita Northwest in their Sub-state at Maize South Saturday.
HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State fell to No. 3 ranked Washburn on Tuesday night at Gross Memorial Coliseum. The Tigers moved to 6-14 overall and 3-9 in the MIAA, while the Ichabods improved to 18-2 overall and 10-2 in the MIAA.
The Tigers put pressure on the Ichabods in the first set, making the opposition win by two. Washburn closed out the set with a kill by Allison Maxwell and then a ball handling error by the Tigers. FHSU tied the set at 24-24 after an attack error by the Ichabods and then a kill by Delaney Humm. Morgan Christiansen knotted the score at 25-25 with a kill before the Ichabods picked up the final two points.
From that point Washburn cruised by taking set two 25-19 and then set three 25-16. Washburn jumped out to a 6-1 lead in set two and kept FHSU at arm’s length the rest of the way. In set three, Washburn opened the set on a 14-0 run before the Tigers jumped on the board. However, FHSU outscored WU 16-11 the remainder of the set.
Humm was the only Tiger to reach double figures in kills with 13. Christiansen went errorless for the match and put down four kills to hit .400 individually. Katie Darnell provided 19 assists and Humm picked up a double-double with 17 digs. Abbie Hayes added 11 digs.
Erica Montgomery led a balanced attack for Washburn with 10 kills. Allison Maxwell and Kelsey Gordon each added nine kills, and Genna Berg had eight. Allison Sadler dished out 37 assists and Faith Rottinghaus led the defensive effort with 21 digs.
The Tigers head on the road this weekend to take on Newman University on Friday and then Central Oklahoma on Saturday.
DUNCAN, Okla. – Fort Hays State Men’s Golf placed 17th at the Jerry Hrnciar Invitational, hosted by Cameron University. The Tigers shot rounds of 327 and 306 for a total of 633 at Territory Golf Club, a par-72 course.
Bryce Cowan led the Tigers with rounds of 81 and 73, finishing in a tie for 54th with a 154. Pete Carney was consistent with two rounds of 78, tying for 67th. Cole Gritton improved nine strokes on day two, shooting rounds of 85 and 76 to tie for 84th. Marcus Willey tied for 92nd with rounds of 83 and 81. Isaiah Grover also competed and had rounds of 86 and 79.
Oklahoma Christian won the tournament with a team score of 571, shooting 287 and 284 in the two rounds. St. Mary’s (Texas) was 11 strokes back in second, while Midwestern State was 16 off the winning pace in third.
Eight individuals finished under par in the tournament and two more shot even. Trevor Norby of Oklahoma Christian won the tournament at 3-under par.
This tournament wrapped up Fort Hays State’s fall schedule. The Tigers will resume their season in the middle of March during the spring.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sophomore defender Karli Potts and senior goalkeeper Megan Kneefel earned MIAA Defender of the Week and MIAA Goalkeeper of the Week, respectively. Both Potts and Kneefel were key components to the Tigers’ 3-0 victory over Missouri Southern on Sunday (Oct. 20). Kneefel earns the MIAA Goalkeeper of the Week for the second week in a row.
Megan Kneefel picked up her sixth shutout win of the season for Fort Hays State in a 3-0 win over Missouri Southern. The Tiger defense in front of her was solid, allowing only four shots. Only one of those shots was on frame, which Kneefel collected for her only save of the match. Recording her 15th career shutout, Kneefel moved into a tie for second place all-time with Abbie Flax (2014-16) for career shutouts.
Potts scored the third goal for FHSU in the win over Missouri Southern. Potts was part of a Tiger team that limited the Lions to just four shots in the match. She played 38 minutes off the bench and netted her first career goal.
Washburn’s Tera Lynch (Offensive Player of the Week) joins Potts and Kneefel as recipents of conference honors this week.
The Tigers are at home this weekend for a pair of matches against Rogers State (Oct. 25, 7 p.m.) and Northeastern State (Oct. 27, 1 p.m.).
