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TMP girls finish second, boys third at MCL cross country meet

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PHILLIPSBURG, Kan. – The TMP-Marian girls finished second and the boys third at the Mid-Continent cross country meet Thursday at the Phillipsburg rodeo grounds. The Monarch girls scored 33 points and finished six points behind Norton. Trego finished third.

The Norton boys scored 18 points and ran away with the title, finishing 21 better than Trego and 38 better than TMP-Marian who finished third with 56 points.

Julia Werth led the Monarch girls with a seventh place finish (22:41.50). Emily Schippers who was eighth (22:56.40). Trego’s Helen Giefer won the girls race (22:56.40).

Hays High volleyball sweeps in Larned

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By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

LARNED, Kan.-Hays High swept both Larned and LaCrosse in straight sets on Thursday in Larned. Hays High won 25-15, 25-17 in the opener against the hosts. Hannah McGuire led Hays with 14 assists, Tasiah Nunnery 8 kills and Brooklyn Schaffer and Savannah Schneider had 9 digs each.

In the second match of the day the Lady Indians faced off with LaCrosse and picked up another straight set victory winning 25-18, 25-19. McGuire again led the way with 12 assists, Nunnery 10 kills, Schaffer 8 digs and Jaycee Dale had 4 solo blocks.

Hays High improves to 21-6 on the season and will be off until October 14th when they travel to Liberal for the Western Athletic Conference Tournament.

Ellis HS homecoming game to start early Friday

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Because of inclement weather tomorrow, (Friday, Oct. 6) the Ellis High School Homecoming football game against Smith Center has been moved up to 6:00 p.m. The homecoming crowning will take place during half-time of the game.

All other activities are scheduled to run as normal. The homecoming dance will start as originally planned at 9:00 p.m.

McCullough takes over as FHSU head track and field coach

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HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State Director of Athletics Curtis Hammeke has announced the naming of Jason McCullough as head track and field coach. McCullough will continue to lead the cross country team as head coach. McCullough takes over for Dennis Weber, who worked with the team for 21 years, including 12 as head coach.

“I am excited for the opportunity to continue building on the tradition of the Fort Hays State University cross country and track & field programs,” said McCullough. “I am appreciative of the opportunity that athletic director Curtis Hammeke has provided me at FHSU. It has been a great experience coaching the cross country teams and serving as an assistant coach in the track & field program for the past 12 seasons, and I am ready for the opportunity as head coach of both programs. I have confidence in Ben Santos and the entire coaching staff to continue to build a successful program at FHSU.”

McCullough is in his 13th season as the head cross country coach at FHSU, helping the Tigers earn 51 All-Conference honors and 17 All-Region awards during that span. He was named the fourth cross country coach in program history in 2005. McCullough competed for the Tigers from 1996-99, earning All-American honors in cross country and picking up five Academic All-American awards. A four-time national qualifier, McCullough also added five All-RMAC awards to his résumé.

“We are confident in Jason’s ability to lead our track and cross country programs,” Hammeke said. “He has a strong work ethic, is well organized and understands the history of our program.”

Additionally, McCullough has named Ben Santos as assistant track and field coach. Santos served the last two years as a graduate assistant for the track and field program, primarily working with the sprinters and hurdlers. Santos is a graduate of California State University, Northridge, where he reached the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships once as a member of the 4x100m relay team. He earned a master’s degree from Fort Hays State University in 2016.

Latest KVA rankings

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TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Volleyball Association is pleased to announce the 2017 Week 5 Volleyball Rankings. This week’s rankings reflect the new 2017-18 KSHSAA classifications, as well as information that was submitted by Monday, October 2.

Class 6A
1. Olathe Northwest 20-3 (3)
2. Olathe North 20-4 (4)
3. Blue Valley North 20-5 (1)
4. Blue Valley West 22-4 (2)
5. Manhattan 18-7 (5)
6. Washburn Rural 16-4 (6)
7. Lawrence 15-6 (7)
8. Lawrence-Free State 21-7 (9)
9. Shawnee Mission Northwest 22-10 (10)
10. Blue Valley 13-10 (8)

Class 5A
1. St. James Academy 22-4 (1)
2. Lansing 21-2 (2)
3. Newton 24-4 (4)
4. De Soto 22-3 (3)
5. Maize 23-6 (5)
6. Goddard 20-2 (6)
7. St. Thomas Aquinas 15-10 (7)
8. Andover 20-7 (8)
9. Maize South 17-9 (7 in 4A Div 1)
10. Pittsburg 23-6 (10)

Class 4A – Division 1
1. Rose Hill 26-0 (1)
2. Louisburg 20-6 (2)
3. McPherson 23-4 (4)
4. Basehor-Linwood 18-8 (3)
5. Abilene 17-6 (6)
6. Independence 23-1 (8)
7. Hays 17-5 (9)
8. Bishop Miege 4-14 (5)
9. Ulysses 21-7 (10)
10. Chanute 18-7 (NR)

Class 4A – Division 2
1. Topeka-Hayden 18-6 (1)
2. Concordia 24-4 (2)
3. Wichita-Trinity Academy 20-2 (4)
4. Nickerson 22-4 (5)
5. Andale 20-6 (6)
6. Burlington 22-4 (3)
7. Santa Fe Trail 19-5 (7)
8. Holcomb 15-6 (8)
9. Chapman 15-6 (9)
10. Hugoton 16-10 (NR)

Class 3A
1. Kingman 30-1 (1)
2. Silver Lake 25-4 (2)
3. Thomas More Prep-Marian 25-1 (4)
4. Hesston 17-2 (3)
5. Nemaha Central 25-1 (5)
6. Douglass 16-2 (6)
7. Beloit 24-4 (9)
8. Cheney 19-4 (7)
9. St. Marys 21-5 (NR)
10. Garden Plain 13-7 (8)

Class 2A
1. Heritage Christian 24-4 (1)
2. Goessel 27-0 (1 in 1A Div 1)
3. St. Mary’s-Colgan 21-3 (2)
4. Plainville 19-2 (3)
5. Kiowa County 21-2 (4)
6. Inman 22-5 (5)
7. Udall 23-0 (6)
8. Olpe 21-5 (4 in 1A Div 1)
9. Smith Center 23-7 (7)
10. Valley Heights 18-7 (9)

Class 1A – Division 1
1. Centralia 25-1 (2)
2. Sylvan-Lucas 23-1 (2 in 1A Div 2)
3. South Central 20-2 (3)
4. Hanover 22-7 (5)
5. Thunder Ridge 21-3 (6)
6. Valley Falls 21-6 (8 in 2A)
7. Rural Vista 19-4 (8)
8. Pretty Prairie 17-4 (10)
9. Washington County 15-6 (NR)
10. Frankfort 18-7 (NR)

Class 1A – Division 2
1. Wheatland-Grinnell 20-1 (1)
2. Argonia 18-5 (3)
3. Otis-Bison 19-7 (4)
4. Beloit-St. John’s/Tipton 19-6 (7 in 1A Div 1)
5. Northern Valley 11-6 (5)
6. South Barber 15-8 (9 in 1A Div 1)
7. Cunningham 16-8 (10)
8. Logan 16-7 (6)
9. Attica 14-10 (7)
10. Ingalls 15-7 (8)

KSHSAA releases football districts for the next two seasons

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TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released district football assignments for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

Class 6A
East – Gardner-Edgerton, Kansas City-J.C. Harmon, Kansas City-Wyandotte, Olathe-East, Olathe-North, Olathe-Northwest, OlatheSouth, Overland Park-Blue Valley, Overland Park-Blue Valley North, Overland Park-Blue Valley Northwest, Overland ParkBlue Valley West, Shawnee Mission East, Shawnee Mission North, Shawnee Mission Northwest, Shawnee Mission South, Shawnee Mission West.

West – Derby, Dodge City, Garden City, Haysville-Campus, Hutchinson, Junction City, Lawrence, Lawrence Free-State, Manhattan, Topeka, Topeka-Washburn Rural, Wichita-East, Wichita-North, Wichita-South, Wichita-Southeast, Wichita-West

Class 5A
East – De Soto, Kansas City-F.L. Schlagle, Kansas City-Sumner Academy, Kansas City-Turner, Kansas City-Washington, Lansing, Leavenworth, Lenexa-St. James Academy, Olathe-West, Overland Park-Blue Valley Southwest, Overland Park-St. Thomas Aquinas, Shawnee-Mill Valley, Tecumseh-Shawnee Heights, Topeka-Highland Park, Topeka-Seaman, Topeka-West

West – Andover, Emporia, Goddard-Eisenhower, Great Bend, Hays, Liberal, Maize, Maize-South, Newton, Salina-Central, SalinaSouth, Valley Center, Wichita-Bishop Carroll, Wichita-Heights, Wichita-Kapaun Mt. Carmel, Wichita-Northwest

Class 4A
East – Altamont-Labette County, Atchison, Baldwin, Basehor-Linwood, Bonner Springs, Chanute, Eudora, Fort Scott, Kansas CityPiper, Louisburg, Ottawa, Paola, Pittsburg, Shawnee Mission-Bishop Miege, Spring Hill, Tonganoxie

West – Abilene, Andover-Central, Arkansas City, Augusta, Buhler, Coffeyville-Field Kinley, El Dorado, Goddard, Independence, McPherson, Mulvane, Rose Hill, Towanda-Circle, Ulysses, Wellington, Winfield

Class 3A
District 1 – Baxter Springs, Caney Valley, Columbus, Frontenac, Galena, Parsons
District 2 – Burlington, Garnett-Anderson County, Girard, Iola, LaCygne-Prairie View, Osawatomie
District 3 – Kansas City-Bishop Ward, Meriden-Jefferson West, Perry-LeCompton, Santa-Fe Trail, Topeka-Hayden, Wellsville
District 4 – Hiawatha, Holton, Hoyt-Royal Valley, Marysville, Sabetha, Wamego
District 5 – Chapman, Clay Center Community, Halstead, Hesston, Lindsborg-Smoky Valley, St. George-Rock Creek
District 6 – Andale, Cheney, Clearwater, Haven, Wichita-Collegiate, Wichita-Trinity Academy
District 7 – Holcomb, Hugoton, Kingman/Cunningham, Larned, Nickerson, Pratt
District 8 – Beloit, Colby, Concordia, Goodland, Russell, Scott Community

Class 2A
District 1 – Arma-Northeast, Cherokee-Southeast, Erie, Humboldt, Mound City-Jayhawk Linn, Riverton
District 2 – McLouth, Osage City, Oskaloosa, Pomona-West Franklin, Richmond-Central Heights, Silver Lake
District 3 – Atchison-Maur Hill Mt. Academy, Easton-Pleasant Ridge, Effingham-Atchison County, Horton, Seneca-Nemaha Central, Wathena-Riverside
District 4 – Council Grove, Eskridge-Mission Valley, Gypsum-SE of Saline, Rossville, Riley County, St. Marys
District 5 – Belle Plain, Cherryvale, Douglass, Eureka, Fredonia, Neodesha
District 6 – Anthony-Harper/Chaparral, Conway Springs, Hutchinson-Trinity Academy, Garden Plain, Whitewater-Remington, Wichita-The Independent
District 7 – Cimarron, Ellinwood, Kismet-Southwestern Heights, Lakin, Lyons, Sterling
District 8 – Ellsworth, Hays-TMP, Hoisington, Minneapolis, Norton Community, Phillipsburg

Class 1A
District 1 – Pittsburg-St. Marys Colgan, Pleasanton, Uniontown, Yates Center
District 2 – Hillsboro, Leon-Bluestem, Marion, Olpe
District 3 – Jackson Heights, Lyndon, Troy, Winchester-Jefferson County North
District 4 – Allen-Northern Heights, Blue Rapids-Valley Heights, Centralia, Wabaunsee
District 5 – Belleville-Republic County, Brookville-Ell Saline, Salina-Sacred Heart, Smith Center
District 6 – Ellis, La Crosse, Oakley, Plainville
District 7 – Inman, Meade, Sedgwick, Sublette
District 8 – Elkhart, Johnson-Stanton County, Syracuse Class

8-Man – Division I
District 1 – Burden-Central, Cedar Vale/Dexter, Howard-West Elk, Oswego, Rosalia-Flint Hills, Sedan,
District 2 – Attica/Argonia, Caldwell, Coldwater-South Central, Medicine Lodge, Oxford, Udall,
District 3 – Burlingame, Cottonwood Falls-Chase County, Lebo, Madison/Hamilton, Shawnee-Maranatha Christian Academy, Valley Falls
District 4 – Bennington, Canton-Galva, Goessel, Herington, Peabody-Burns, Solomon,
District 5 – Claflin-Central Plains, Little River, Macksville, Moundridge, Pratt-Skyline, St. John-Hudson,
District 6 – Greensburg-Kiowa County, Jetmore-Hodgeman County, Kinsley, Montezuma-South Gray, Ness City, Spearville,
District 7 – Clifton Clyde, Hill City, Lincoln, Stockton, Victoria, Washington County
District 8 – Atwood-Rawlins County, Hoxie, Leoti-Wichita County, Oberlin-DeCatur Community, St. Francis, WaKeeney-Trego Community,

Class 8 Man – Division II
District 1 – Buffalo-Altoona Midway, Chetopa, Colony-Crest, Leroy-Southern Coffey County, Moran-Marmaton Valley, St. Paul
District 2 – Hartford, Lost Springs-Centre, Melvern-Marais Des Cygnes Valley, Rural Vista, Wakefield, Waverly
District 3 – Axtell, Frankfort, Hanover, Highland-Doniphan West, Onaga, Randolph-Blue Valley, Wetmore
District 4 – Beloit-St. John’s/Tipton, Downs-Lakeside, Linn, Mankato-Rock Hills, Scandia-Pike Valley, Southern Cloud, Tescott
District 5 – Almena-Northern Valley, Kensington-Thunder Ridge, Logan/Palco, Osborne, Sylvan Grove, Wilson,
District 6 – Dighton, Grainfield-Wheatland/Grinnel, Quinter, Sharon Springs-Wallace County, Tribune-Greeley County, WinonaTriplains/Brewster
District 7 – Burrton, Hutchinson-Central Christian, Kiowa-South Barber, Langdon-Fairfield, Norwich, Pretty Prairie, South Haven,
District 8 – Bucklin, Chase, Ingalls, Minneola, Otis-Bison, Satanta, Stafford

Chiefs’ Reid denounces Peters’ profanity directed at fans

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Chiefs coach Andy Reid denounced cornerback Marcus Peters’ direction of profanities at fans during Monday night’s game against Washington, saying “we can’t go in that direction.”

Reid says the situation, which was caught on camera, has “been addressed.” But he declined to say Wednesday what kind of punishment, if any, was meted out and refused to take questions.

Peters was burned for a pair of touchdowns by the Redskins during the Chiefs’ 29-20 victory. After the game, he spoke for about 50 seconds in another profanity-filled exchange with reporters. He called his performance “hella week” before saying he was going to “go get loaded” and leaving the locker room.

Peters drew the ire of some fans for sitting during the national anthem again. He stood for a moment of silence to honor the victims of the Las Vegas shooting.

HHS girls’ golf wins Great Bend, WAC title; Dinkel Player of the Year

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GREAT BEND, Kan. – Karee Dinkel shot a one-over-par 73 and won the Great Bend Invitational by 12 strokes and led the Hays High girls’ golf team to the team title Tuesday at Stoneridge County Club. Emily George finished third with a round of 83. Emily McGuire was 10th with a 99.

The Indians shot a 360 and edged Garden City by five strokes to claim the Western Athletic Conference championship.

Dinkel was named the WAC Player of the Year. Teammates Emily McGuire, Emily George and Brittani Park received all-conference honorable mention. Mark Watts was named the WAC Coach of the Year.

Team Finish
1. Hays High 360
2. Garden City 365
3. Great Bend 417
4. Liberal 426
5. Dodge City 446

Top 10 Medalists
1. Karee Dinkel-Hays High, 73
2. Alyssa McMillen-Garden City, 85
3. Emily George-Hays, 86
4. Corey Mein-Liberal, 89
5. Elena Lemke-Garden City, 89
6. Morgan Cabral-Garden City, 92
7. Chesney Moore-Dodge City, 95
8. Kaitlyn Kirk-Liberal, 98
9. Kaylee Keller-Garden City, 99
10. Emily McGuire-Hays, 99

Dodge City stops Indian streak

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By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

Dodge City 7, Hays High 1

DODGE CITY, Kan.-Dodge City scored four first half goals and three second half goals as they routed Hays High 7-1 on Tuesday evening at Memorial Stadium in Dodge City. The Red Demons scored in the 12th minute and did not look back. Dodge led 4-0 at the half and scored the first goal of the second half to lead 5-0.

Hays High would get their only goal of the match in the 55th minute when Brian Cisneros found Matthew Goodale streaking toward the goal for the tally. Dodge would score two more and finish with the six goal victory. The Indians had their five game winning streak snapped with the loss and drop to 9-4 overall. They will travel to Liberal on Thursday to face the Redskins for the second time this season.

SILAS HIBBS INTERVIEW

 

Royals’ Danny Duffy undergoes surgery on pitching elbow

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Royals pitcher Danny Duffy underwent surgery Tuesday to remove loose debris in his pitching elbow, and the left-hander is expected to resume his normal offseason training in about six weeks.

The Royals said that Duffy should be ready for spring training in February.

Duffy has been dealing with minor pain in his elbow for a couple years, but loose cartilage and bone chips had begun to cause inflammation. He landed on the disabled list in late August but returned to make three starts down the stretch in September.

Duffy wound up 9-10 with a 3.81 ERA over 24 starts in the first season of a five-year, $65 million extension he signed before the season. He struck out 130 while issuing just 41 walks, and is expected to be the ace of a rebuilt starting rotation next season.

Tigers No. 12 in latest D2Football.com poll

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Fort Hays State Football moved up one spot in the latest D2Football.com Poll, released on Tuesday (Oct. 3). The Tigers are No. 12 in the latest edition of the weekly supplemental poll.

This is the first week this season the Tigers rank higher in the official poll of Division II football, tabbed No. 11 by the AFCA on Monday. Up until this week, the Tigers had a higher ranking in the D2Football.com Poll in each of the previous three weeks.

Fort Hays State is one of three MIAA schools currently in the D2Football.com Poll. Northwest Missouri State continues its reign at No. 1, while Washburn jumps in this week at No. 25.

Below is the D2Football.com Poll for Tuesday, October 3.

Team Record Previous
1 Northwest Missouri State 5-0 1
2 Texas A&M-Commerce 4-0 2
3 Indiana (Pa.) 5-0 3
4 Sioux Falls 5-0 5
5 Minnesota State 5-0 7
6 Shepherd 4-0 6
7 Grand Valley State 4-1 8
8 Ashland 4-1 9
9 CSU-Pueblo 4-1 10
10 Ferris State 3-1 11
11 Midwestern State 3-0 12
12 Fort Hays State 5-0 13
13 Indianapolis 5-0 14
14 Delta State 5-0 16
15 Slippery Rock 5-0 17
16 California (Pa.) 4-1 4
17 Winona State 5-0 18
18 Central Washington 5-0 20
19 Bowie State 5-0 21
20 Humboldt State 4-0 25
21 West Alabama 4-1 NR
22 Assumption 5-0 NR
23 West Georgia 4-1 NR
24 Arkansas Tech 4-1 19
25 Washburn 4-1 NR

FHSU football holds weekly football press conference

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Fort Hays State Weekly Football Press Conference
October 2, 2017

Fort Hays State head coach Chris Brown conducted his weekly press conference in advance of the Tigers homecoming game with Pittsburg State Saturday night at Lewis Field. Brown and select players met with the media inside Lewis Field on Tuesday, a session that can be heard by clicking on the links below.

Head Coach Chris Brown

 

 

Senior RB Kenneth Iheme

Senior OL Travis Talley

 

 

Win the ‘Best Seat in the House’ for Tiger football

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Sign up to win the Eagle Best Seat in the House by filling out the form HERE.

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