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FHSU’s Perkins qualifies for National Championship

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Fort Hays State golfer Hannah Perkins qualified for the 2017 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship after finishing fifth at the Central Super Region Championship this week. The sophomore fired a final round 3-over 74 Wednesday (May 10) to finish at 13-over for the tournament.

“There are not many shots that I would change from these past three days,” said Perkins. “I just played really solid.”

Perkins is the first Tiger to qualify for nationals in program history. The top three teams and the top three individuals not on those teams advanced to nationals. The Wichita, Kan. native was the top individual after the top four players in the standings were all on advancing teams.

“She was very steady all week,” said head coach Rich Guffey. “It’s been a good experience for us as a team, and we’re excited to keep it going.”

“I had a good front nine and was able to keep that rolling on the back,” said Perkins.

Wednesday’s round matched her best round of the season. She recorded up two birdies on the day, matching her total from rounds one and two combined.

“This has been an awesome ride, but I’ve still got work to do,” said Perkins.

Perkins will compete in the National Championship next week (May 17-20) at Findlay Country Club in Findlay, Ohio. The 72-hole tournament will be held over four days, with one round each day.

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KSHSAA releases brackets for next week’s regional softball tournaments

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TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released seedings for next week’s regional baseball tournaments.

Hays High is the No. 4 seed in the Ulysses 4A-I regional and will open with Andale/Garden Plain at 3 pm Monday, 5/15.

Ulysses 4A Division I Regional bracket

TMP-Marian is the No. 1 seed in the Russell 3A regional and receives a first round bye. The Monarchs will face either Lakin or Ellsworth at 3 pm Tuesday, 5/16. Plainville-Stockton is the No. 2 seed and plays the host Broncos at 6 pm Monday, 5/15.

Russell 3A Regional bracket

Ellis is the No. 2 seed in the Brookville-Ell Saline 2-1A regional. The Railers receive a first round bye and will play either Brookville-Ell Saline or Bennington at 4pm Wednesday, 5/17.

Brookville-Ell Saline 2-1A Regional bracket

 

KSHSAA released brackets for next week’s baseball regionals

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TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released seedings for next week’s regional baseball tournaments.

Hays High is the No. 3 seed in the Buhler 4A-I Regional Tournament. The Indians open with McPherson at 4 pm Tuesday, 5/16.

Buhler 4A Division I Regional bracket

TMP-Marian is the No. 3 seed in their own 3A Regional. The Monarchs will host Lyons/Chase in a first round game at 5 pm Monday, 5/15.

TMP-Marian 3A Regional bracket

Russell/Victoria is the No. 3 seed in the Hoisington 4A-II Regional. The Broncos play Larned at 4 pm Tuesday, 5/16

Hoisington 4A Division II Regional bracket

Ellis is the No. 1 seed in the Spearville 2-1A Regional. The Railers receive a first round bye and will play either Ellinwood or Minneaola at 6 pm on Monday, 5/15.

Spearville 2-1A Regional bracket

HHS boys golf sets new school record; wins Liberal Invite

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LIBERAL, Kan. – The Hays High boys golf team set a new school record and won the Liberal Invitational by one stroke over Garden City Tuesday at the Willow Tree Golf Course. The Indians shot a 291 which was six shots better than the old mark of 297 which was set in 1978 then matched in 2011.

Hays placed four in the top-10 led by Allen Zollinger and Tradgon McCrea who both fired a 1-under-par 71. Zollinger finished third and McCrea fourth. Peyton Kieffer was ninth with a 74 and Josh Norris 10th after a 75.

The Indians finish second in the final Western Athletic Conference standings. Zollinger and McCrea were both named First Team All-WAC with Josh Norris honorable mention.

Team Results
1. Hays High-291
2. Garden City-292
3. Dodge City-298
4. Liberal-318
5. Great Bend-372

Individual Top-10 Medalists
1. Taylor Larsen-Garden City, 66
2. Logan Durst-Garden City, 68
3. Allen Zollinger-Hays, 71
4. Tradgon McCrae-Hays, 71
5. Kelby Titus-Great Bend, 72
6. Luke Gleason-Dodge City, 72
7. Matthew Vogel-Dodge City, 73
8. Cameron Riley-Liberal, 74
9. Peyton Kieffer-Hays, 74
10. Josh Norris-Hays, 75    

WAC STANDINGS

Place Points: Team Standings: HY GC GB GC LB Total
Strokes WAC CHAMPIONS:  Garden City
1 22.5 Garden City 307 312 294 302 292 1507
2 20.5 Hays High 318 312 301 315 291 1537 Player of the Year:  Taylor Larsen
3 17 Dodge City 328 308 322 324 298 1580
4 10 Liberal 348 352 328 334 318 1680 Coach of the Year:  Jacob Waller
5 5 Great Bend 402 378 352 394 376 1902
75 Tournaments Hays Dodge City Great Bend Garden City Liberal
Place Points: Player: school score points score points score points score points score points TOTAL
1 66.5 Taylor Larsen GC 78 10.5 76 12 70 14.5 72 14.5 66 15 66.5 All-WAC
2 59.5 Sion Audrain GC 73 15 74 15 70 14.5 74 13 77 2 59.5 All-WAC
3 56 Allen Zollinger HA 76 13 75 14 73 12 80 4.5 71 12.5 56 All-WAC
4 55 Logan Durst GC 74 14 79 5 75 10 76 12 68 14 55 All-WAC
5 48 Kelby Titus GB 77 12 77 9 73 12 80 4.5 72 10.5 48 All-WAC
6 43 Tradgon McCrae HA 85 2 78 7 73 12 78 9.5 71 12.5 43 All-WAC
7 41.5 Cameron Riley LB 80 7.5 77 9 80 3 72 14.5 74 7.5 41.5 HM-WAC
8 32.5 Luke Gleason DC 82 5.5 77 9 78 7.5 86 0 72 10.5 32.5 HM-WAC
9 31 Matthew Vogel DC 80 7.5 79 5 82 0 78 9.5 73 9 31 HM-WAC
10 27.8 Dylan Ratts DC 83 3.5 76 12 81 0.75 78 9.5 77 2 27.8 HM-WAC
11 26.5 Josh Norris HA 78 10.5 79 5 79 5 84 0 75 6 26.5 HM-WAC
12 21.5 Canyon Owens DC 83 3.5 76 12 82 0 82 1.5 76 4.5 21.5 HM-WAC
13 21 Brent Koenigsman HA 79 9 86 0 79 5 79 7 79 0 21
17.75 Peyton Kieffer HA 88 0 84 0 81 0.75 78 9.5 74 7.5 17.75
15 13 Mason Shaddix GC 82 5.5 83 1 79 5 82 1.5 81 0 13
16 12.5 Justin McCullick HA 86 0.5 80 3 76 9 87 0 83 0 12.5
17 12 Alex Carrasco LB 91 0 89 0 78 7.5 88 0 76 4.5 12
18 5.75 Sean Titus LB 86 0.5 98 0 81 0.75 80 4.5 86 0 5.75
19 4.75 Adam Kessen DC 89 0 82 2 81 0.75 94 0 77 2 4.75
20 4.5 Reid Richmeier GC 88 0 85 0 82 0 80 4.5 90 0 4.5
21 0 Aaron Schafer GC 87 0 0 0 0 0 97 0
22 0 Jared Divis GB 89 0 0 0 89 0 93 0 96 0
23 0 Payson Hatfield DC 91 0 91 0 0 89 0 0
24 0 Dylan Shellenberger LB 91 0 88 0 89 0 94 0 0
25 0 Tyler Morren GC 0 87 0 0 86 0 0
0 0
600 120 120 120 120 120 600
WAC Golf is a round robin competition with points awarded at each tournament hosted by a league school.
The top five players are chosen for ALL WAC Conference Players.  Players 6-10 are recognized as Honorable Mention.
The team with the most points at the end of the competitions is declared the WAC champ,

TMP splits in Great Bend

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By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

Game 1: Great Bend 3, TMP 2
Game 2: TMP 3, Great Bend 2

GREAT BEND, Kan.-TMP held a 2-0 lead with two outs in the bottom of the 6th inning in game one in Great Bend.  The Lady Panthers’ Emma Cape stepped to the plate with two on and two outs and drove a pitch over the fence in left center field.  TMP was not able put a run across in the top of the 7th and fell 3-2 in game one.

Game 2 saw Great Bend take a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a Baylee Beck solo home run.  The Lady Panthers took a 2-1 lead to the top of the fourth inning and almost made it through without damage.  TMP opened the inning with two ground outs and that’s when they made a charge.  Bridget Heimann go on base with a bloop single to left and scored on an RBI double from Alison Helget.  TMP would take the lead for good when Meagan Brin singled home Helget.

Helget took the loss in the circle in game one while Bailey Lacy picked up the win in game two.  TMP is now 14-6 and will start 3A Regional play next week in Russell.

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GAME HIGHLIGHTS

 

Moustakas homers in 12th, Royals beat Rays

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Mike Moustakas homered in the 12th inning, and the Kansas City Royals came back from a four-run deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-6 on Tuesday night.

Moustakas connected against Diego Moreno (0-1), the eighth Tampa Bay pitcher, on a 1-2 pitch with one out. Moreno was promoted from Triple-A Durham before the game.

Kansas City right-hander Jakob Junis (1-0), recalled from Triple-A Omaha, worked out of a two-on, one-out jam in the 11th. Kelvin Herrera got three outs for his fifth save.

Salvador Perez had a two-run homer for the Royals. The All-Star catcher went 3 for 4 and walked

HHS baseball swept at Andover Central

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ANDOVER, Kan. – Andover Central scored the game-winning run on a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Hays High 3-2 in game one of their doubleheader. The Jaguars then scored three in the third and hold off the Indians 4-3 in game two for the doubleheader sweep Tuesday in Andover.

Trey Riggs had two hits including a double and drove in a run in the first contest. Grant Coffman allowed all three runs on five hits with two strikeouts and four walks and takes the loss.

The Indians rallied with two in the sixth and had the tying run on base with one out but a couple of flyouts ended the second game.

Trey Riggs, Palmer Hutchison and Grant Coffman all had three hits with Coffman driving in two. Nick Fisher allowed three runs on four hits in an inning of relief and takes the loss as the Indians fall to 8-8.

Hays hosts Liberal Thursday at 2 pm then closes out the regular season at home against Valley Center on Friday.

Big inning leads HHS softball to sweep of Liberal

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HAYS, Kan. – The Hays High softball team scored seven runs in the bottom of the seventh as they rally to beat Liberal 12-11 to finish off a doubleheader sweep Tuesday at Glassman Park.

The Indians, who won the opener 15-5 in five innings, took advantage of two errors, a walk and had four singles in the big inning. Cameron Jensen drove in Macee Altman with a two-out single to cap the comeback. Cassidy Prough drove in four and Mackenzie Fagan had three RBI. Altman struck out seven and walked eight and gets the win.

The Indians (7-9) scored four in the second, five in the third and five in the fifth to blow open the first game. Jaysa Wichers had two singles and a walk and drove in five. She also got the win allowing one earned run on three this with seven strikeouts and three walks.

Perkins fifth following round two of NCAA Regional

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Fort Hays State golfer Hannah Perkins posted a 6-over 77 in round two of the 2017 NCAA Division II Super Region 3 Championship Tuesday afternoon (May 9), moving to 10-over for the tournament. The sophomore sits in a tie for fifth with one round to go at Minnehaha Country Club.

“The pins were a bit tougher today,” said Perkins. “The wind shifted 180 degrees, so that changed up a few holes. Overall I’m really happy with how I’m playing, just have to finish strong tomorrow.”

Perkins opened the day with a pair of three-putt bogeys, but battled back to shoot 39 on the front nine. The Wichita, Kan. native shaved off one stroke on the back nine, firing a 38 with three bogeys and one birdie. She is one of two golfers in the field that has yet to post a 6 on any hole.

“I thought she played about the same today as she did in round one,” said head coach Rich Guffey. “She hit several greens, just had a few too many putts lip out.”

Perkins is four shots back of Arkansas Tech’s Nuchakorn Nunbhakdi, who is 6-over for the tournament. The top three teams and the top three individuals not on those teams will advance to the NCAA Championships next week in Findlay, Ohio (May 17-20).

“All in all, we’re pretty happy about where we’re at going into the final round,” said Guffey. “She has really been competing with some of the best golfers in the country; it’s been fun to watch.”

She will tee off in round three at 8:50 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Kleweno, Berens named HHS outstanding athletes

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HAYS, Kan. – Hays High School held their annual athletic awards ceremony Monday night at the Hays High gym. The Jack Roberts Outstanding Female Athlete Award was given to Talyn Kleweno and the Swim, Carpenter, Smith Memorial Award for the most outstanding male athlete went to Shane Berens. The Debbie Brungardt Fan of the Year Award went to Rick and Diane Wolf in the adult category. Preston Browning was the student recipient and John Thissen for USD 489.

The Jack Roberts Female Athlete Award is named in honor of Jack Roberts who was principal at Hays High. Mr. Roberts was a strong advocate of athletics for young women and dis very much to advance and promote this cause.

The Swim, Carpenter, Smith Award is named in honor of three Hays High students that were killed in a car accident during their sophomore year.

The Fan of the Year Awards is named in honor of former HHS student Debbie Brungardt who lived her life with a physical disability but attended nearly every event that involved the Hays High Indians. Selected by the HHS coaches, the Debbie Brungardt Fan of the Year is presented to an adult community fan, a student fan and a USD 489 Faculty/Staff member.

Karns has 10 Ks, Royals bats break out in win over Rays

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Nate Karns struck out 10 while pitching into the seventh inning, Eric Hosmer had three hits and the Kansas City Royals busted out of an offensive slump to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 on Monday night.

Kansas City matched its best run output of the year and set a season high with 13 hits. Drew Butera had two hits and drove in his first two runs of the season, helping the Royals win for the fourth time in 17 games. Kansas City had scored three or fewer runs in four straight games.

Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain, Salvador Perez and Whit Merrifield each had two hits for Kansas City, and Hosmer also stole two bases.

Karns (2-2) completed 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs, six hits and two walks.

Blake Snell (0-3) allowed four runs and 10 hits over five innings.

FHSU’s Perkins tied for third after first round of Regional

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Fort Hays State sophomore golfer Hannah Perkins sits in a tie for third place after Monday’s first round of the 2017 NCAA Division II Super Region 3 Championship, hosted by Augustana University at Minnehaha Country Club. Perkins fired an opening round 4-over-par 75 to finish one shot back of the leaders.

“We had a great day to play golf,” said Perkins. “Overall I was able to take advantage. Got off to a slow start, but we rallied for a strong finish.”

Perkins recorded 13 pars in the opening round, third-most in the 66-player field. After opening the day with two bogeys over her first three holes, the Wichita, Kan. native gave back just two more strokes over her final 15 holes.

“I thought she hit the ball really well today,” said head coach Rich Guffey. “She was putting herself in position all day, hitting a lot of greens.”

Her lone birdie came on the par-5 seventh hole, where she reached the green in two and finished with a nice two-putt. In total, Perkins hit 10 greens in regulation.

“I gave myself quite a few birdie chances, which allowed for some easy pars,” said Perkins. “Just couldn’t get many birdie putts to fall.”

The round of 75 is the best round for a Tiger in a regional in program history, four shots better than the previous mark (Shelby White, 79, 2006 West Regional).

“The experience here has been wonderful,” said Perkins. “I’m happy to be here and have the chance to play against some of the best girls in the country. I’m doing my best to soak everything in and enjoy the experience.”

Anna Pool (Central Oklahoma) and Savannah Stone (Concordia-St. Paul) are tied for the lead after shooting 74 (3-over) in the first round.

Perkins will tee off at 9:40 a.m. in round two Tuesday morning (May 9).

“If she keeps hitting the ball like she did today, I think we’ll be in a pretty good spot,” said Guffey.

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TMP-Marian soccer blanks Life Prep

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HAYS, Kan. – The TMP-Marian girls’ soccer team had no problem with Life Prep Academy Monday, beating them 10-0. The Monarchs are now 9-4-1 on the season.

TMP-Marian closes out the regular season Thursday at home against Wichita North.

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