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TMP announces new head football coach

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Thomas More Prep-Marian on Wednesday announced that David Bowen has accepted the position of head high school football coach and teacher. He will begin his role in preparation of the 2018-19 academic year.

In the role of head football coach and teacher, Bowen will provide students with guidance in both academics and physical education. In addition, he will manage the weights and conditioning program.

Bowen began his coaching career in Ada, Okla., where he was the assistant coach for six years. Currently, Bowen has been the head coach at Stanton County in Johnson for the past three seasons. Bowen obtained a Bachelor of Science in Education from Pittsburg State University, Emphasis in Health and Physical Education, with a Minor in Coaching. He played the linebacker position for the Gorillas while he attended college. Bowen graduated high school in Paola.

“I fell in love with the atmosphere and the experiences football offered,” Bowen said when talking about his beginnings in the game. Bowen said the following when asked what philosophy he will teach to the players: “I want the players to be well rounded and learn more than football from me. I want to teach them to walk with God.”

“It’s obvious that Coach Bowen has a passion for football strategy and competition; however, I am ​most impressed by his desire to help young men become ​selfless, hard working, honest, and gracious followers of Christ. At times when we could be motivated by power, anger and jealousy, I believe Coach Bowen will inspire and lead with God’s love,” TMP-Marian Principal Chad Meitner said.

Hays High names Alex Hutchins as new girls basketball coach

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Scott City native Alex Hutchins has been named the new Hays High girls basketball coach with board approval this past Monday.  A 2014 Kansas State University gruduate, Hutchins was the head coach of Elizabeth High School in Elizabeth, Colorado this past season.  He was an assistant in his hometown of Scott City for two seasons and head coach at Minneapolis prior.

Hutchins will also be an assistant football coach and teach Adaptive Physical Education as well as Strength and Conditioning.

He hopes to meet with the Hays High girls basketball team next week.

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Gordon, Soler lift Royals over Red Sox in 13 innings

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BOSTON (AP) – Alex Gordon hit a tying home run off Craig Kimbrel in the ninth inning, Jorge Soler hit a three-run homer against Brian Johnson in the 13th and the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 7-6 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.

Boston led 3-2 before Gordon’s one-out drive off Kimbrel, who was trying for his 299th save but instead blew an opportunity for the first time in eight tries this season.

Jon Jay had four singles and a sacrifice fly in the 12th that put Kansas City up 4-3. But Eduardo Nunez homered against Kelvin Herrera (1-0) in the bottom half.

Gordon and Whit Merrifield singled off Johnson (1-1) ahead of Soler’s homer over the Green Monster.

Mitch Moreland singled leading off the bottom half against Burch Smith, who hit Xander Bogaerts with a pitch. Rafael Devers hit into a forceout, Brian Flynn relieved and Jackie Bradley Jr. had a run-scoring groundout. Christian Vazquez singled in a run, but Flynn got the first save of his five-year big league career when Nunez flied out to the center-field wall.

Chris Sale struck out six while allowing two runs – one earned – and five hits in seven innings. He was in position to win consecutive starts for the first time this season.

Jakob Junis pitched five scoreless innings for Kansas City before Boston tied the score in the sixth on Moreland’s homer and Bradley’s RBI single.

Brad Keller threw a run-scoring wild pitch in the seventh.

Alcides Escobar hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth, and the Royals took a 2-0 lead in the sixth when Lucas Duda got caught in a rundown while trying to steal second and Jay, who began the play on second, was able to come home.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: DH Mike Moustakas was out of the starting lineup after getting hit by a pitch on his right forearm in the first inning Monday. He came off the bench in the 10th and grounded out while pinch hitting for Cheslor Cuthbert.

Red Sox: RF Mookie Betts (tight right hamstring) was out of the lineup a third straight game because of a tight right hamstring that forced him out Saturday. Betts took over in right field in the ninth.

UP NEXT

Royals: LHP Danny Duffy (0-3, 5.40 ERA) makes his team-high seventh start, still searching for his first win. Duffy is 0-4 in six starts against Boston, the only AL team he has yet to beat.

Red Sox: LHP Drew Pomeranz (0-1, 7.27) gets his third start of the season after missing the first 18 games with a forearm injury.

Hays High softball sweeps Liberal for first WAC wins

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LIBERAL,Kan. – The Hays High softball team ran their win streak to four and picked up their first Western Athletic Conference wins of the season with a doubleheader sweep of Liberal, 9-1 and 13-1 Tuesday.

Kaitlyn Brown pitched a complete game three-hitter in the first game, striking out 16 while walking only one. Jaysa Wichers and Macee Altman both drove in two runs and Reanna Harman had four of the Indians 15 hits.

Jaysa Wichers pitched five innings of two-hit ball in the second contest. Reanna Harman had three hits and Mackenzie Fagan had a double and triple and drove in three.

Hays High improves to 9-9 overall and 2-6 in the Western Athletic Conference.

FHSU men’s and women’s track both remain ranked

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NEW ORLEANS – After competing in the Drake Relays with a performance highlighted by multiple school records, both Fort Hays State track and field teams remain in the Top 25. In the latest USTFCCCA Coaches’ Poll released Tuesday (May 1), the men stand at No. 15 with the women in at No. 16.

The FHSU women earned 62.45 points while the men captured 72.94. The points were tabulated from the computer-based system within the poll. On the women’s side, the Tigers are one of four MIAA programs to earn a mention alongside No. 6 Lincoln, No. 10 Pittsburg State and No. 17 Missouri Southern. Three conference programs for the men also made the list, led by No. 1 Pittsburg State and No. 13 Central Missouri.

The Drake Relays brought forth three new school records for the Tigers, starting with a third place finish for the men in the 4×1600 relay with a time of 16:57.68. This marked beat the previous record which was standing since 1978. Oscar Carmona, Israel Barco, Brett Meyer and Seppe van’t Westende made up the record-breaking team.

The women broke two records on the weekend in both the 4×800 and the distance medley. In the 4×800, Lindsay Roberts, Grace Buessing, Lauren Roberts and Yessenia Gonzales sealed the 9:16.34 time, breaking a record from 2003. This time was good enough for a fifth place finish for the Tigers. In the distance medley relay, Amber Forbes, Yanoudji Diarra, Sharee Zombo and Kelly Wycoff stormed away with a runner-up finish at 11:46.84. This school record time was 22 seconds faster than the previous record set one year ago at the Drake Relays.

The Tigers are back in action for the 2018 MIAA Outdoor Championships this weekend May 4-6.

Below are the latest USTFCCCA rankings.

Men
Rank Institution Points
1 Pittsburg State 183.43
2 Texas A&M-Kingsville 168.68
3 Texas A&M-Commerce 160.34
4 Adams State 151.78
5 Tiffin 143.93
6 Angelo State 116.12
7 West Texas A&M 107.49
8 Colorado Mines 101.02
9 Ashland 96.51
10 CSU Pueblo 94.91
11 Grand Valley State 94.68
12 Chico State 94.05
13 Central Missouri 77.90
14 Saint Augustine’s 74.34
15 Fort Hays State 72.94
16 Alabama Huntsville 70.44
17 Minnesota State 59.82
18 Western Oregon 56.62
19 Academy of Art 52.42
20 Cal State LA 50.36
21 Mount Olive 48.69
22 Eastern New Mexico 47.55
23 Western State 43.76
24 Lee (Tenn.) 42.33
25 Queens (NC) 42.07

Women
Rank Institution Points
1 West Texas A&M 162.33
2 Grand Valley State 129.52
3 Azusa Pacific 125.77
4 Adams State 124.49
5 Angelo State 120.25
6 Lincoln 114.82
7 New Mexico Highlands 108.70
8 SF State 103.61
9 Saint Augustine’s 101.63
10 Pittsburg State 99.18
11 Alaska Anchorage 97.82
12 Western State 74.19
13 Walsh 71.48
14 Concordia 70.67
15 UC-Colorado Springs 69.58
16 Fort Hays State 62.45
17 Missouri Southern 62.41
18 Minnesota State 61.55
19 Texas A&M Commerce 60.00
20 Wayne State 58.28
21 U-Mary 51.54
22 Fresno Pacific 48.75
23 Lewis 47.02
24 Mount Olive 45.65
25 Shippensburg 42.55

Hays ends WAC play with split versus Great Bend

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Hays High needed a sweep on Monday night to claim at least a share of the Western Athletic Conference baseball crown.  The Indians though split with the Great Bend Panthers and will have wait on the outcome of Liberal versus Garden City.  Liberal currently sits at 5-1 in conference play and Hays is finished at 6-2.

Game 1

Great Bend pitching held Hays High scoreless in handing the Indians a 2-0 loss.  Trey Riggs pitched a complete game four hitter throwing just 87 pitches.

The Panthers struck for two runs following an error in the fifth inning for deciding margin.  Townsend Kurth and Calan Haberman each drove home a run for Great Bend in the inning.

Highlights

The Indians were turned back in the sixth inning with the bases loaded.  Great Bend’s shortstop Alex Schremmer made a sliding stop on a ground ball deep up the middle that started an inning ending double play.  Schremmer then grabbed the save on a perfect ninth inning on the mound.

Game 2

Great Bend struck for four runs in the first inning against starter Cole Murphy.  The Panthers send nine to the plate gathering four hits while the Indians committed two errors.

Murphy settled into a groove after that and along with Cody Petersen, who pitched the final two innings, held Great Bend scoreless next six innings.

Hays left runners stranded in every inning until the fourth when freshman Dom Bainter singled in his first varsity at-bat to score Trey VanPelt closing the score down to 4-1.

Highlights

Hays once again left runners on the base path in the fifth and sixth.

The Indians finally found their offense in the seventh facing Schremmer who was in for the close for a second consecutive game.  Trey Riggs led the inning off with a double followed by a Cole Murphy walk and Cody Petersen was hit by a pitch to load the bases.  Trey VanPelt just missed a grand slam homerun to win the game but the did score two runs on the long single to close the Indian’s gap down to 4-3.

Willie Sennett then walked to load the bases once again in the inning.  Bainter came through with his second RBI single of the game to tie the game at 4-4.  Mason Prescott, running for VanPelt, scored the winning run on a ball put in play by Hunter Brown to win 5-4.

Cody Petersen took the win in relief.  It is his first career varsity victory.

Coach Frank Leo

Hays is now 8-4 on the year with the game two victory snapping a four game skid.  The Indians are currently on a 16 day stretch where they will play 14 of their 20 regular season games.

Hays High will host the Western Plains Diamond Classic this Thursday through Saturday.

Hays High girls’ soccer drops tough one in Garden

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By JEREMY McGUIRE
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GARDEN CITY, Kan.-Hays High was shut out for the fourth time this season on Monday afternoon in Garden City losing 1-0. The Lady Buffaloes scored the only goal of the match in the 56th minute against a Hays High squad that was again missing some key components due to injury. Hays High Head Coach Silas Hibbs is hoping to have his team back to full strength by next week.

The loss drops the Lady Indians to 8-4-1 on the season. They will travel to Dodge City on Thursday and Maize South on Friday.

HHS golf wins Great Bend Invite

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GREAT BEND, Kan. – The Hays High boys golf team wins the Great Bend Invitational by 15 strokes over Garden City at the Stoneridge Country Club. Tradgon McCrae shot an 8-over-par 79 and finished second, five shots behind Liberal’s Cameron Riley. Josh Norris fired an 80 and placed fourth with Allen Zollinger ninth and Peyton Keiffer tenth.

Team Results
1. Hays High 330
2. Garden City 345
3. Great Bend 350
4. Liberal 356
5. Dodge City 362
Top 10 Medalists

Top-Ten Individual Results
1. Cameron Riley-Liberal, 74
2. Tradgon McCrae-Hays, 79
3. Brantley Baldwin-Great Bend, 80
4. Josh Norris-Hays, 80
5. Cole Streck-Great Bend, 83
6. Mason Shaddix-Garden City, 84
7. Aaron Schafer-Garden City, 84
8. Luke Gleason-Dodge City, 85
9. Allen Zollinger-Hays, 85
10. Peyton Kieffer-Hays, 86

TMP-Marian baseball cruises to sweep of Sacred Heart

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SALINA, Kan. – The TMP-Marian baseball team only played six innings Monday and scored 35 runs on 26 hits as they cruise past Sacred Heart 19-0 and 16-1 in a pair of games called after three innings by run-rule.

The Monarchs struck for eight in the first inning in the opener. Tate Garcia, Gavin Schumacher and Luke Ruder all drove in three. Ruder homered. Cole Zimmerman allowed one hit with six strikeouts and a walk.

TMP scored seven in the first in the second game. Chase Werth homered and drove in two. He also struck out three without allowing a hit in two innings. Tate Garcia pitched the third and also struck out three.

The Monarchs have won five straight and improve to 13-1. They are in Goodland for a doubleheader Thursday.

FHSU’s Perkins Qualifies for Central Regional

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Fort Hays State junior golfer Hannah Perkins has been selected to play as an individual at the 2018 NCAA Division II Central Regional, announced Monday (April 30) by the NCAA. This year’s regional will take place at Missouri Bluffs Golf Course, a 6,018-yard par-72 course in St. Charles, Mo. The 54-hole tournament is slated for May 7-9. She is the first Tiger in program history to qualify for regional competition multiple times. Perkins played at the same course in the fall where she finished in a tie for 21st individually after firing rounds of 77 and 80.

Perkins qualified as the second individual for the NCAA Central Regional after posting a stroke average of 78.8 over 19 rounds this season. The top 12 teams and the top six individuals not on those team qualify to participate in each of the four regional tournaments. The top three teams along with the top three individuals not with a team from each region will advance to the NCAA Championships, played at Bay Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas (May 16-19).

She is scheduled to tee off at 8:30 a.m. in the first round, 10:10 a.m. in round two and 9:20 a.m. in third round.

The Wichita, Kan. native makes her second-consecutive trip to the regional tournament. Perkins was the top finisher for the Tigers in all nine tournament this season. She posted four top-10 finishes on the year as well as a top-5 finish at the Rockhurst Golf Tournament (March 26-27).

Perkins was named MIAA Women’s Golfer of the Week twice when she shared the honor with Shi Qing Ong of Missouri Western for her efforts at the Central Region Preview and after her performance at the Rockhurst Invitational.

Central Regional
Missouri Bluffs Golf Club
St. Charles, Missouri
Host: Lindenwood University

Teams:
1. Augustana (South Dakota)
2. Arkansas Tech
3. Southwestern Oklahoma State
4. Henderson State
5. Northeastern State
6. Central Oklahoma
7. Lindenwood
8. Missouri Western
9. Central Missouri
10. Minnesota State Mankato
11. Oklahoma Baptist
12. Nebraska-Kearney

Individuals:
1. Helle Leed, Southern Arkansas
2. Hannah Perkins, Fort Hays State
3. Sophie Hill, Concordia-St. Paul
4. Lexi Hanson, Sioux Falls
5. Frida Ryberg, Arkansas-Monticello
6. Ashley Bixby, Southwest Minnesota State

Cuthbert homers twice in Royals’ win over White Sox

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Cheslor Cuthbert homered twice and drove in four runs as the Kansas City Royals won consecutive games for the first time this season, defeating the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Sunday.

Whit Merrifield singled home Alcides Escobar, who was hit by a pitch to leadoff the eighth inning, with the go-ahead run off Bruce Rondon (1-1). Escobar left in the ninth with a left hand contusion.

Cuthbert, who had not homered since August 20 – a span on 109 at-bats – drove a Hector Santiago pitch into the White Sox bullpen in the fourth.

He homered in the fifth with Salvador Perez and Jorge Soler aboard off Chris Volstad. It was Cuthbert’s second career multi-homer game. The other was June 11, 2016.

Royals starter Ian Kennedy left after five innings with a 4-2 lead, but reliever Brian Flynn could not hold it.

Daniel Palka doubled home two White Sox runs in the fourth, giving him five RBIs in two games.

Leury Garcia two-out triple in the sixth scored Trayce Thompson, cutting the Royals lead to 4-3. Nicky Delmonico’s run-producing double in the seventh tied the score.

The Royals loaded the bases with nobody out in the seventh, but failed to score. Kansas City is 4-for-25, .160, with the bases loaded this season

Brandon McCarthy (2-0) picked up the victory, while Blaine Boyer logged his fifth career save and his first since May 29, 2016 while with the Milwaukee Brewers

NOT OVER YET

The quarrel between Royals catcher Salvador Perez and White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson may not be finished. The two exchanged words Saturday after Perez thought Anderson celebrated too much after a leadoff home run. “I play this game with my heart and I put a lot of work into it and I’m not going to change because of that,” Anderson said. “It’s not the first incident and it’s probably not going to be the last.” The two teams meet 12 more times this season with the next nine in Chicago. “(Matt) Davidson, he has a pretty good season here, nobody to hit him, you know,” Perez said. “He hits the ball, homer and runs hard. Why you gotta hit him? No. But if you’re gonna do that (bleep) to us, we’re gonna hit you. We will tell the pitcher, ‘hit him.”‘ Davidson has seven home runs against the Royals this season.

RENTERIA RETURNS

White Sox manager Rick Renteria returned after missing the three games Friday and Saturday to attend his mother’s funeral services in Austin, Texas. “Our family is very grateful to everybody,” he said. “We had a lot of outpouring from the game. My family’s very thankful for that. We think she’s in a much better place now. We see her laughing in our mind’s eye, now. I’m sure she’ll be up there cheering the White Sox on with my dad and probably arguing (with the umpires) out there with me every now and then.” He said he received some game reports updates while away. “Kind of kept up with everything,” Renteria said.

UP NEXT

White Sox: After an off-day Monday, RHP James Shields will start Tuesday at St. Louis. He is 0-3 with a 9.00 ERA in his last three starts.

Royals: RHP Jason Hammel will start Monday at Boston in the opener of a three-game series.

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