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Hays Monarchs edge Hays Eagles at Dodge City Tournament

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DODGE CITY, Kan. – The Hays Monarchs American Legion baseball team took advantage of a fielding error to score the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh and beat the Hays Senior Eagles 3-2 in pool play Saturday at the Dodge City Baseball Club Tournament at Cavalier Field.

The Monarchs improve to 1-1 in pool 1 play while the Eagles fall to 0-2.

Cole Zimmerman led off the seventh with a single. With one out Trent Mayo laid down a sacrifice bunt. An error by Eagles shortstop Palmer Hutchison on a ground ball off the bat of Tate Garcia allowed Zimmerman to score the winning run from second.

Zimmerman drove in a run with a single in the second then scored later in the inning on a double by Mayo.

The Eagles (13-4) scored a run on catcher’s interference in the third and on a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

Zimmerman allowed two unearned runs on two hits with nine strikeouts and four walks for the win.

Trey Riggs allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits with six strikeouts and two walks and suffered the loss.

The Monarchs (7-3), who have won six of their last seven, closes out pool play later Saturday against Russell. The Eagles, who have lost two straight following an 11-game win streak, plays the Butler County Cubs.

Cain hits 2 HRs in Royals’ 6th straight win

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Lorenzo Cain hit two homers and drove in three runs, and Ian Kennedy retired the first 17 Angels to end his 16-start winless skid in the Kansas City Royals’ sixth consecutive victory, 3-1 over Los Angeles on Friday night.

Cain posted the fifth multi-homer game of his career and his second in a week, connecting for solo shots in the third and eighth innings. He also drove in Alex Gordon with a two-out single in the fifth against Jesse Chavez (5-7), who yielded nine hits over seven innings.

Chavez couldn’t match Kennedy (1-6), who pitched six innings of two-hit ball and stayed perfect until Cliff Pennington hit his first homer since last August with two outs in the sixth.

Kelvin Herrera pitched the ninth for his 14th save in 16 chances for Kansas City, which improved to 5-0 against the Angels this season.

Larks hold off Haysville to run win streak to three

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HAYS, Kan. – Max Remy drove in four runs and Trey Ochoa knocked in three to lead the Hays Larks to a 12-8 win over Haysville in their series opener Friday night at Larks Park.

Remy only had one hit which came with the bases loaded in the eighth and scored two. He was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the seventh which broke a 7-all tie and gave the Larks (6-4, 6-3 Jayhawk League) as they ran their winning streak to three games.

Haysville (5-7, 5-7 Jayhawk League), who dropped their fifth straight, scored single runs in each of the first four innings to take a 4-0 lead. The Larks answered with four in the bottom of the fourth then took the lead with three in the sixth. The Aviators scored three in the seventh only to see the Larks answer with three in the bottom of the inning to take the lead back for good.

The two play the middle game of the three-game series Saturday night.

Hays Monarchs drop opener in Dodge City tourney

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DODGE CITY, Kan. – The Butler County Cubs used a four-run fifth inning to erase a one-run deficit then added five more runs in the sixth to beat the Hays Monarchs American Legion 9-1 in the opening pool play game for both Friday at the Dodge City Baseball Club Tournament at Cavalier Field.

The Monarchs (6-3) grabbed the lead in the fourth when Trent Mayo grounded to second scoring Luke Ruder.

Gavin Schumacher had two of the Monarchs three hits.

Tate Garcia gave up four runs (three earned) on eight hits with two strikeouts and a walk over five innings and suffered the loss.

The Monarchs play two more pool play games Saturday against the Hays Eagles and Russell.

Eagles win streak snapped in loss to Russell at DCBC Tournament

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DODGE CITY, Kan. – Russell scored two runs in the fifth inning to tie and one in the sixth to take the lead as they rallied for a 3-2 win over the Hays Eagles Senior American Legion at the opening day of the Dodge City Baseball Club Tournament at Cavalier Field.

The loss ends the Eagles 11 game win streak and comes a week after Hays swept a pair of doubleheaders against Russell.

Dawson Harmon’s two-run triple scored Cole Murphy and Braden Stauth in the second to give the Eagles (13-3) the early lead.

Russell (6-5) tied the game on RBI singles from Brady Dinkel and Tanner Rome in the fifth. They took the lead on Walker Braun’s two-out single to left that scored Cooper Pfanenstiel.

Cole Murphy allowed all three runs on 10 hits with four strikeouts and two walks and suffered the loss.

The Eagles play two more pool play games Saturday against the Hays Monarchs and the Butler County Cubs.

Royals beat Angels for fifth straight win

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon hit solo home runs and the Kansas City Royals picked up their fifth consecutive victory, defeating the Los Angeles Angels 7-2 on Thursday night.

The streaking Royals have been getting it done with power, clubbing 14 homers in this unbeaten stretch. Cain hit a line drive that barely cleared the wall in left center in the third inning, and Gordon followed it up with a shot to center in the fourth, his third of the year.

That was more than enough support for Matt Strahm (2-3), who won his first career start after making 41 appearances as a reliever over the past two seasons. Strahm went five innings, striking out three while giving up three hits and one walk.

Ricky Nolasco (2-8) dropped his sixth straight start, giving up five runs and 10 hits in six innings, while the Angels failed to pick up their first three-game winning streak since Mike Trout’s thumb injury.

FHSU men’s basketball adds Marcus Cooper for the 2017-18 season

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Fort Hays State men’s basketball coach Mark Johnson announced the signing of Marcus Cooper for the 2017-18 season on Thursday. Cooper is the fourth addition to the team for the upcoming season, coming to FHSU from Northeastern (Colo.) Junior College. He attended Fresno State University in the spring of 2017, but did not play, remaining with two years of eligibility coming to FHSU.

Cooper, a native of Van Nuys, Calif., put together two solid years at Northeastern (Colo.) Junior College, playing under former FHSU assistant coach Eddie Trenkle. As a sophomore in 2015-16 he averaged a team-best 16.4 points, while adding 6.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. He shot 50.2 percent from the field and 39.5 percent beyond the 3-point line, while shooting 80.7 percent from the free-throw line on 207 attempts. He had a game-high of 33 points and buried 10 or more free-throws in a game eight times.

As a freshman in 2014-15 he averaged 6.0 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. He shot 52.8 percent from the field and 37.5 percent beyond the 3-point line that year, while shooting 74.5 percent from the free-throw line.

Cooper is the third transfer signing with the Tigers, joining Calvin Harrington and KeShawn Wilson. Nyjee Wright is the lone high school signing for the program so far this offseason.

Men’s Basketball Signings for 2017-18

Name Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown Previous School
Marcus Cooper G 6’3″ 195 Jr. Van Nuys, Calif. Northeastern (Colo.) JC
Calvin Harrington G/F 6’6″ 190 Jr. Park Forest, Ill. Northeast (Neb.) CC
KeShawn Wilson G 6’2″ 175 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. Southwestern (Iowa) CC
Nyjee Wright G 5’10” 155 Fr. Wichita, Kan. Derby HS

K-State’s Isaiah Maurice kicked off team for rules violation

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Kansas State forward Isaiah Maurice was dismissed from the basketball team Thursday for a violation of team rules, leaving the Wildcats even thinner in their front court.

Maurice showed flashes late last season of becoming a significant contributor, averaging 5.9 points over the team’s last seven games. The redshirt freshman appeared in 30 games overall, including both of its NCAA Tournament games.

Wildcats coach Bruce Weber did not specify the rules violation, but said in a statement that Maurice failed to meet the standards and responsibilities of the program.

Kansas State lost D.J. Johnson to graduation, leaving Dean Wade as the only experienced big man. The Wildcats also have James Love III, who missed last season to injury, incoming freshman Nigel Shadd and Makol Mawien, a transfer from New Mexico Junior College.

Eagles extend winning streak to 11 with sweep of Ellis

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ELLIS, Kan. – Grant Coffman had a big night as the Hays Eagles Senior American Legion baseball team ran their winning streak to 11 games with a doubleheader sweep over Ellis, 14-4 and 12-3.

Coffman had two hits including a grand slam and drove in five in the first game then hit another home run and knocked in three in the nightcap.

The Eagles scored 10 runs in the fifth inning in the first game to rally from a 2-1 deficit. Trey Riggs pitched two scoreless innings of relief for the win, striking out six and walking none.

Hays broke a 3-all tie in the second game, scoring three in the third then added two in the fourth and four in the fifth. Cole Murphy pitched two hitless innings of relief for the win as the Eagles improve to 13-2.

Hays will open tournament play in Dodge City Friday against Russell.

Larks rally past Oklahoma City; Leo wins 1,000th

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HAYS, Kan. – The Hays Larks hit three home runs as they rally from a four-run deficit to beat Oklahoma City 7-6 Wednesday night at Larks Park. Mikey Gangwish capped the comeback with a walkoff homer to right to leadoff the ninth. Spencer Packard and Clayton Rasbeary also hit solo homers helping the Larks (5-4, 5-3 Jayhawk League) to their second straight win.

The win was No. 1,000 for Frank Leo in his 35th season as the Larks manager.

Frank Leo Postgame Interview

Game Highlights

The Indians (1-9, 1-9 Jayhawk League) scored five in the fifth to chase starter Alex Lopez, but the Larks bullpen held Oklahoma City to one hit the rest of the way with a combined 13 strikeouts on the night. Tyler Starks (1-0) struck out two in the ninth and picked up the win.

The Larks go for the series sweep Thursday night with free admission for the 7 pm game courtesy of the Glassman Corporation and Cedar Lodge Dental Group.

Royals hit 3 home runs in win over Giants

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Moustakas hit his 18th home run leading off the second inning, Jorge Bonifacio and Lorenzo Cain followed with back-to-back shots in the third and the Kansas City Royals beat the San Francisco Giants 7-2 on Wednesday to complete a two-game sweep.

Bonifacio finished with two hits and three RBIs, Whit Merrifield added three hits and three runs while Alcides Escobar singled three times to help Jason Hammel end an eight-game winless stretch on the road that dated to 2016.

Hammel (3-6) allowed one run over 6 2/3 innings to beat the Giants for the first time in 12 starts. The right-hander gave up eight hits, struck out four and walked one.

Moustakas, one of Kansas City’s top hitters over the past two weeks, stayed hot with his home run off former Royals pitcher Johnny Cueto (5-6) that landed in the waters of McCovey Cove. It was the fifth homer in 12 games for Moustakas, who is already just four shy of his career-high.

KSHSAA member schools approve classification changes

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Kansas State High School Activities Association member schools have voted to approve classification changes that will go in effect for the 2018-19 school year.

For football classes 6A and 5A will stay the same as in previous years with the largest 32 schools falling under 6A and the next 32 being 5A.

Class 4A will return to one division and will also have 32 schools. The playoffs will also be the same as classes 6A and 5A with a team’s record determining their seed.

Under the proposal class 3A and 2A will have 48 teams and the rest of the 11-man football teams will make up 1A. 8-man will stay two divisions which will be made up of approximately 100 teams.

Only the 288 schools in classes 4-1A voted on the proposal to reclassify and 215 voted in favor of the measure with 76 voting now. Of those 76, 37 schools abstained from voting. Schools in 6A and 5A did not vote on the measure because there were not changes purposed.

The member schools also approved the reclassification for all other activities.

Under the new proposal 6A, 5A and 4A will each have 36 schools. Classes 3A and 2A will consist of 64 schools and the remainder of the schools will fall under 1A.

Member schools approved the proposal 207 to 145. Thirty-seven school abstained.

The changes will go into effect in September 2018.

TMP’s Helget, Ellis’ Bollig and Crawford named to All-State teams

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TMP Marian senior Alison Helget was named to the 3A All-State Team this week by the Kansas Softball Coaches Association.

Helget was a second team selection as a utility player. She finished the season batting .402 with 5 home runs and 27 RBIs. Helget was also 8-5 as a pitcher with a 2.37 ERA and 94 strikeouts.

Helget helped the Monarchs to back-to-back state appearances losing to Rossville in the first round this season.

She was a second team All- State selection as an infielder last season.

Ellis Senior Brittany Bollig was a first-team selection as a utility player in class 2-1A. Bollig finished the year hitting .658 with 6 home runs, 27 RBI’s and 28 runs scored.

Sam Crawford was also named to the first-team in the outfield. The junior finished with a .545 batting average with 27 runs scored and 22 stolen bases.

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