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Jones, Hicks blast 2 homers in Tigers win over Royals

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DETROIT (AP) – JaCoby Jones and John Hicks hit two home runs and the Detroit Tigers had six homers in all in a 13-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.

Tigers starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez threw only five pitches and was knocked out of the game in the first inning after getting hit by Whit Merrifield’s single in the right leg. Sanchez, who was charged with one earned run when Merrifield later scored, left the game with a calf injury.

Reliever Myles Jaye (1-0) replaced Sanchez and pitched 2 1/3 innings. He allowed one hit, two walks and a wild pitch, leaving in the third inning with the Tigers holding a 7-1 lead.

Jason Vargas (14-10) took the loss, allowing seven earned runs and six hits, a walk and a hit batter in two innings of work.

Listen to Tiger Talk with Fort Hays State football coach Chris Brown

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Click below to listen to Tiger Talk with “Voice of the Tigers” Gerard Wellbrock and Fort Hays State head football coach Chris Brown as they review Thursday’s win over Missouri Southern State and take a look ahead at this Thursday’s homer opener against #13 Central Missouri.

Tiger Talk airs on Monday evening at 6 p.m. on Tiger Radio Mix-103.

FHSU women’s soccer remains in Top 25

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After starting the season 2-0, the FHSU women’s soccer team dropped three spots in the latest NSCAA Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll released Tuesday (Sept. 5). After going 2-0 to start the season, the Tigers are now ranked No. 17 in the ratings.

Central Missouri, Lindenwood and FHSU are the only MIAA programs ranked this edition as UCM comes in at No. 5 with a 1-0-0 record and Lindenwood captures a No. 25 ranking with a 2-0-0 mark.
Below is the NSCAA Women’s Soccer Coaches’ Top 25 Poll for September 5, 2017.

Rank School Prev. W-L-T
1 Western Washington University 1 1-0-0
2 Columbus State University 3 2-0-0
3 Kutztown University 4 1-0-0
4 University of Central Missouri 5 1-0-0
5 University Of West Florida 8 2-0-0
6 St. Edward’s University 23 1-0-0
7 Bellarmine University NR 1-0-0
8 LIU Post 18 2-0-0
9 University of California-San Diego 10 1-0-0
10 Minnesota State University-Mankato 19 1-0-0
11 Texas A&M University-Commerce 15 2-0-0
12 Carson-Newman University 25 2-0-0
13 Nova Southeastern University RV 2-0-0
14 Grand Valley State University 2 0-2-0
15 Adelphi University 12 0-0-0
16 Seton Hill University NR 1-0-0
17 Fort Hays State University 14 1-0-0
18 Sonoma State University 22 1-0-0
19 Mississippi College NR 1-0-1
20 Texas Woman’s University NR 1-0-1
21 Lenoir-Rhyne University NR 1-0-0
22 West Virginia Wesleyan NR 1-0-0
23 Quincy University NR 1-0-0
24 Southern New Hampshire University NR 1-1-0
25 Lindenwood University NR 2-0-0
Records are shown through September 3, 2017.

Also receiving votes: University of North Alabama (4), Edinboro University (3), Limestone College (3), Flagler College (2), Colorado School Of Mines (1).

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FHSU football holds weekly football press conference

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Fort Hays State Weekly Football Press Conference
September 5, 2017

Fort Hays State head coach Chris Brown conducted his weekly press conference in advance of the Tigers home opener with #13 Central Missouri Thursday night at Lewis Field. Brown and select players met with the media inside Lewis Field on Tuesday afternoon, a session that can be heard by clicking on the links below.

 

Chris Brown

Junior S Connor Shedeed

Senior K Brandon Brown

Junior QB Jacob Mezera

Joe Dineen Jr., named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Back in a big way, Kansas redshirt-junior linebacker Joe Dineen Jr., returned to the field for the first time in nearly a year after missing the majority of the 2016 campaign with an injury, leading the Jayhawks to a 38-16 win over Southeast Missouri State. Dineen posted a game-high 15 tackles in the win on his way to being named the Big 12 Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week.

Dineen, who was honored by the conference office for the first time in his KU career, was just one tackle shy of his career-high as he collected a Big 12 leading 15 total stops, including 11 solo hits. In addition, he recorded a career-high tying 2.5 tackles-for-loss.

Dineen’s 15 tackles mark the fifth time in his Jayhawk career he has tallied 10 or more tackles in a game and he was part of a KU defense that held SEMO to just 3.4 yards per play, the lowest average per play for a Jayhawk opponent since 2008.

Dineen is the first Jayhawk to pick up weekly conference honors on defense since his teammate Dorance Armstrong Jr., was selected for the award on Nov. 21, 2016 following KU’s win over Texas. A total of three Jayhawks were honored by the conference office in 2016 (Armstrong, Matthew Wyman [ST, Nov. 21] Cole Moos [ST, 10/17]).

The Jayhawks will continue their non-conference slate on Saturday, Sept. 9 by welcoming Central Michigan to Memorial Stadium for a 3 p.m. kickoff. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Net,

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K-State’s Reed tabbed Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Backed by a combined 181 yards in returns last week against Central Arkansas, which featured a 62-yard punt return touchdown, Kansas State junior D.J. Reed was named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday.

It was Reed’s second career player of the week honor but the first of the special teams variety as he was the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week following last year’s Texas Tech victory. K-State now has 44 player of the week accolades since 2011, the second most in the Big 12, while 24 have been special teams honors.

Reed took the opening kickoff 96 yards to the Bear 4-yard line to set up K-State’s first touchdown of the season, which bettered his previous long kickoff return of 76 yards last season at Baylor.

It was just the first of two long returns as Reed took a second-quarter punt 62 yards for a touchdown to give the Wildcats a 31-16 advantage. The score came on the first punt-return attempt of his career as he became the first Wildcat to take their first-career punt return for a touchdown since Thomas Randolph against New Mexico State in 1993.

The next Central Arkansas possession, Reed carded his fourth-career interception to set up another Wildcat touchdown as the Wildcats took a 22-point lead into the locker room en route to a 55-19 victory. With the pick, Reed became the first Wildcat to have an interception and a punt-return touchdown (non-blocked) in the same game since Terence Newman against Missouri in 2002.

K-State takes on Charlotte at 11 a.m., Saturday in Bill Snyder Family Stadium, a game that will be shown nationally on FSN.

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

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One lucky winner will receive four tickets to the game and will be seated on a couch and chairs near the south endzone, complete with Eagle cups and an Eagle/FHSU blanket.

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Strong 2nd half lifts HHS Soccer

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By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

Hays High 8, Wichita Home School 5

WICHITA, Kan.-Hays High outscored Wichita Home School 5-1 in the second half of their 8-5 opening round victory of the 2017 Titan Classic in Wichita. The Indians worked their way out of some first half trouble which saw them with a couple of three two goal deficits at 2-0, 3-1 and 4-2.  The Indians had three first half goals from Ethan Nunnery and trailed 4-3 at the break.

Both teams battled through mid to upper 90 degree heat which took out one of the game officials early in the second half. Hays High tied the game in the 48th minute on a penalty kick by Zach Wagner.  WHS answered with a goal in the 58th minute to take their final lead of the game, 5-4. Hays High would answer with the next four goals. Nunnery scored two more along with one each from Trae McCrae and Conner Teget. The Indians had a healthy dose of assists on the day as well. Wagner had four, Jacob Maska two, and Brian Cisneros and Peyton Thorell had one each.

With Nunnery’s five goals he is now the all time goal scoring leader in HHS history with 52 career goals. Eclipsing the mark of 47 set by his current head coach, Silas Hibbs. Wagner continues to add to his total as the all-time career assist leader for the Indians.

The Indians improve to 2-1 on the season and advance to Tuesday’s semifinals at 6pm where they will face Wichita Southeast who beat Hutchinson 3-1.

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Homers and defense lead Royals past Tigers

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DETROIT (AP) — The Kansas City Royals hit three homers and got two spectacular defensive plays in a 7-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday afternoon.

Eric Hosmer, Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar homered for the Royals, but the biggest plays of the game came on defense. Alex Gordon reached well over the left-field fence to rob Mikie Mahtook of a three-run homer, while Lorenzo Cain’s sliding catch took two RBIs away from Jose Iglesias.

Since trading Justin Verlander and Justin Upton on Thursday, the Tigers are 0-5 and have been outscored 36-11.

The Tigers trailed 7-3 going into the ninth, but Nicholas Castellanos hit a three-run homer off Brandon Maurer with one out. Maurer struck out Efren Navarro before James McCann and Jeimer Candelario singled to put the potential winning run on base.

Scott Alexander replaced Maurer and retired Mahtook for his third save in five chances.

Mezera and Brown earn MIAA football Athlete of the Week honors

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State football student-athletes Jacob Mezera and Brandon Brown earned two of the three MIAA Football Athlete of the Week honors for their efforts in the first week of the season. Mezera earned Offensive Athlete of the Week, while Brown earned Special Teams Athlete of the Week. Both were instrumental in Fort Hays State’s 48-7 win over Missouri Southern in the season opener last Thursday.

Mezera was efficient in helping Fort Hays State build a 41-7 lead over Missouri Southern by halftime and played just three quarters in the 41-point win. He was 21-of-29 passing for 245 yards and two touchdowns, while he also rushed for one touchdown. His two-yard touchdown run gave the Tigers the lead 7-0 early in the first quarter, then had touchdown passes of 28 and 10 yards in the second quarter. His longest pass of the night went for 40 yards to Layne Bieberle.

Brown was perfect on his kicking attempts in the win over Missouri Southern. He converted both of his field goal attempts from 39 and 36 yards, and went 6-of-6 on extra-point attempts to finish with 12 points for the game. He averaged 56.0 yards per kickoff with three touchbacks.

This is the second time both Mezera and Brown have been named MIAA Football Athletes of the Week in the same week. Both earned the honor last year with their efforts in a 54-41 win at Pittsburg State, a game that saw Mezera set a new school record for total offense (508 yards) and Brown recorded 18 points with a 4-of-4 effort on field goals and 6-of-6 effort on extra-point attempts.

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Tigers receive votes in first regular season edition of AFCA National Rankings

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WACO, Texas – Fort Hays State Football is receiving votes in the first regular season edition of the AFCA Division II Coaches’ Poll, released on Monday (Sept. 4). The poll voters gave FHSU 14 points following its 41-point win in the season opener over Missouri Southern.

The Tigers will have a chance to strengthen their case for top 25 consideration this week when they host No. 13 ranked Central Missouri on Thursday night (Sept. 7) at 7 pm. It will be the first home game of the season for the Tigers. FHSU fell to the Mules last year in Warrensburg 34-17 when UCM owned a No. 16 ranking.

Fort Hays State continues to look for its first-ever top 25 spot in the AFCA Poll, which began in 2000. The Tigers received votes in seven editions of the poll last year. The last time FHSU held a spot in the top 25 of the official NCAA Division II Poll was September 16, 1996, when it was No. 6 in the nation. The Tigers fell out of the poll the following week. The poll at that time was organized by the NCAA Football Committee.

Northwest Missouri State continues its hold on the No. 1 ranking in the nation after a win over then No. 4 ranked Emporia State in the first week. Emporia State fell to No. 15 with the loss. Central Missouri jumped from No. 21 to No. 13 this week after a comeback win over Pittsburg State in the first week. Washburn joins FHSU as MIAA schools receiving votes this week.

Below is the AFCA Top 25 for September 4, 2017.

Rank School (1st votes) Record Pts. Prev.
1. Northwest Missouri St. (34) 1-0 850 1
2. Ferris St. (Mich.) 0-0 799 3
3. Texas A&M-Commerce 1-0 776 5
4. Shepherd (W.Va.) 1-0 726 7
5. California (Pa.) 1-0 675 8
6. Indiana (Pa.) 1-0 649 9
7. Colorado St.-Pueblo 1-0 644 12
8. Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 1-0 541 13
9. Sioux Falls (S.D.) 1-0 502 17
10. LIU-Post (N.Y.) 1-0 486 14
11. North Alabama 0-1 468 6
12. Minnesota St. 1-0 412 20
13. Central Missouri 1-0 401 21
14. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 0-1 338 2
15. Emporia St. (Kan.) 0-1 310 4
16. Midwestern St. (Texas) 1-0 298 24
17. Colorado Mesa 1-0 293 23
18. Indianapolis (Ind.) 1-0 246 NR
19. Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) 1-0 201 NR
20. Albany St. (Ga.) 1-0 197 NR
21. Minnesota-Duluth 0-1 139 10
22. Tuskegee (Ala.) 1-0 138 NR
23. Henderson St. (Ark.) 1-0 126 NR
24. West Chester (Pa.) 1-0 101 NR
25. West Georgia 1-0 79 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Valdosta St. (Ga.), 76; Florida Tech, 68; Arkansas Tech, 66; Colorado School of Mines, 60; Harding (Ark.), 53; Central Washington, 43; North Greenville (S.C.), 43; Ashland (Ohio), 32; Delta St. (Miss.), 28; Southern Arkansas, 22; Humboldt St. (Calif.), 20; Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 19; North Carolina-Pembroke, 16; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 14; Slippery Rock (Pa.), 14; Bemidji St. (Minn.), 13; Bowie St. (Md.), 13; Minnesota St.-Moorhead, 11; Assumption (Mass.), 8; Gannon (Pa.), 8; Eastern New Mexico, 7; Southwest Baptist (Mo.), 5; Virginia St., 5; Findlay (Ohio), 2; Notre Dame (Ohio), 2; Winona St. (Minn.), 2; Angelo St. (Texas), 1; East Central (Okla.), 1; Mars Hill (N.C.), 1; Ohio Dominican, 1; Washburn (Kan.), 1.

After getting call check swing, Cain lifts Royals over Twins

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lorenzo Cain hit a go-ahead, two-run triple in the seventh inning after a checked-swing call went his way on a close two-strike pitch, leading the Kansas City Royals over the Minnesota Twins 5-4 Sunday.

Kansas City trailed 4-3 and had two on with two outs when Cain fouled off his first four pitches from rookie reliever Alan Busenitz (1-1). Cain took a fastball up, then checked his swing on an outside curveball in the dirt.

First base umpire Mike Muchlinski ruled no swing and plate umpire Marty Foster ejected Minnesota manager Paul Molitor, who was still in the dugout. Molitor then came out to argue.

Cain fouled off another pitch, then drove a fastball over Bryan Buxton and off the center-field wall. Cain ran through third base coach Mike Jirschele’s hold sign and tried for an inside-the-park home run, but was thrown out at the plate, with right fielder Max Kepler tossing to second baseman Brian Dozier for the relay to catcher Chris Gimenez.

Scott Alexander (4-3) pitched a scoreless inning of relief and picked up the win after starting pitcher Ian Kennedy allowed four runs (two earned) on five hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Brandon Maurer pitched the ninth for his 21st save.

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