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Deutscher wins javelin, joins Wycoff for provisional marks at KU Relays

Posted on April 22, 2017

Fort Hays State women’s track and field split up this week and competed at a pair of events. Some of the Tigers attended to the Kansas Relays Thursday through Saturday (Apr. 20-22), while other traveled to the Tabor College Invitational on Saturday. For the week, the Tigers claimed five top-three finishes, as well as reaching two provisional marks.

Kansas Relays
Alexcia Deutscher had a big showing for the Tigers, claiming first place and improving her national provisional mark in the javelin throw. Deutscher launched a throw of 156 feet, 11 inches and now sits third on the national performance list after the effort.

Kelly Wycoff picked up a second-place finish in the 400 meters and claimed a provisional mark placing her 20th in the nation with a time of 55.48 seconds. The time also broke her FHSU record of 55.97 seconds, which she set the day before in the prelims. She also hit another provisional mark with a fourth-place finish in the 200 meters at 24.24 seconds. However, the time was not as fast as her prior mark of 24.09, which has her 15^th in the country.

Also picking up second-place finishes were Shea Bonine in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:39.22 and the combination of Wycoff, Bonine, Micki Krzesinski and Lauren Roberts in the distance medley, combining for a time of 12:21.75.

KU Relays Results

Tabor Invitational Results

Tabor College Invitational
Mariah Hammersmith was the lone Tiger to place in the top three at the Tabor College Invitational, doing so in the triple jump. She turned in a second-place finish with a jump of 36 feet, 1.25 inches.

The Tigers will get back in action next weekend when they compete in separate events once again. Some of the Tigers will be heading to Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday (Apr. 27) to compete at the Drake Relays, while the rest of the Tigers will stay home for the Fort Hays State Open on Friday (Apr. 28).

Andrus’ RBI single in 9th pushes Rangers past Royals

Posted on April 22, 2017

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Elvis Andrus delivered an RBI single with one out in the ninth inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Saturday night.

It was the second time in three games that the Rangers scored in their final at-bat to beat Kansas City.

Rougned Odor led off the ninth with a sharp single off Travis Wood (0-2), who didn’t face another batter before Peter Moylan took over. After Odor stole second base, Andrus hit a sharp single to left field.

Matt Bush (1-0) threw a scoreless ninth with a strikeout.

Wood was also the loser in the series opener Thursday night when the Rangers won 1-0 in 13 innings. Up until then, Wood had made 105 consecutive appearances without a loss and was tied with Moylan for the longest active streak in the majors.

Bollig’s walk-off homer gives Tigers split with Lopers on Senior Day

Posted on April 22, 2017

HAYS, Kan. – Down to their last strike, Fort Hays State avoided a doubleheader sweep from Nebraska-Kearney when Candace Bollig launched a two-run homer to center field, lifting the Tigers to a 5-4 win. It gave the Tigers a split of the conference doubleheader after the Lopers took game one 2-1.

Bollig drove in four runs in the game two win, all on a pair of two-run homers. It was her first two home runs of the season.

Game 1: Nebraska-Kearney 2, Fort Hays State 1
Fort Hays State fell behind 1-0 after UNK plated an unearned run in the top of the second, but tied the game in the bottom of the fifth on a bases loaded RBI single from Claudia Vazquez. Unfortunately, Hailey Chapman allowed her only earned run of the game in the sixth by allowing a double then an RBI single to open up the inning.

The Tigers did not threaten after the Lopers took the lead back as UNK pitcher Meg Housholder retired the final six batters of the game in order. Housholder picked up her fifth win of the season, allowing three hits and three walks, with two strikeouts. Chapman took the loss for FHSU with six hits allowed and three strikeouts.

Game 2: Fort Hays State 5, Nebraska-Kearney 4
Candace Bollig was the difference maker for Fort Hays State in a comeback 5-4 win to split the final conference doubleheader of the season. She also helped FHSU to finish ahead of UNK in the conference standings.

After UNK took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, FHSU tied the game in the bottom of the second benefitting from two UNK errors. Bollig then pushed the Tigers into the lead in the third with the first of her two, two-run home runs, driving a ball over the wall in right center field.

UNK pulled within a run in the fifth, scoring on a two-out wild pitch. Down to their last two outs, the Lopers rallied in the seventh and scored a pair of runs on a single, walk, then two more singles, jumping into the lead 4-3.

With a runner at second and two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Bollig worked a 3-2 count then drove a pitch right in the heart of the plate for a home run, lifting the Tigers to a 5-4 win.

Carrie Clarke picked up her sixth win of the season in the pitching circle. She allowed four runs on 10 hits and two walks, while striking out three. Abbey Martin, who entered in relief after Bollig’s first homer of the game, moved to 0-8 on the season with the loss. She pitched 4.2 innings in relief of Sara Sempek. Both Martin and Sempek allowed two earned runs.

Fort Hays State and Nebraska-Kearney will close out the season tomorrow (Sunday, Apr. 23) in Kearney with a non-conference doubleheader that starts at 1 pm.

Seniors Kylie Strand, Claudia Vazquez and Ashey Beavers were honored for Senior Day between games on Saturday.

FHSU Sports Information

Tigers drop series opener with Missouri Southern

Posted on April 22, 2017April 22, 2017

HAYS, Kan. – The Fort Hays State baseball team fell behind early and was unable to recover Saturday evening against Missouri Southern, falling 24-3 in seven innings. The Lions sent 21 batters to the plate in the third inning, scoring 15 runs in the frame to take a commanding 23-0 lead.

Steve Johnson Postgame Interview

Game Highlights

The Tigers dip to 9-31 overall and 2-25 in the MIAA with the loss, while MSSU moves to 22-22 this season and 14-16 in league play.

Missouri Southern jumped out to a 3-0 lead after a three-run home run in the top of the first. The Tigers had a chance to answer back in the bottom of the inning after Ty Redington worked a walk to lead things off. Clayton Basgall followed with a single through the right side before Trevor Hughes drew a walk two batters later. With the bases loaded and one out, the next two batters struck out to end the threat.

The Lions then added five in the second before their 15-run eruption in the third. The Tigers put together a three-run inning in the bottom of the third when Redington led off with a single. Nick Hammeke crushed a home run to left center two batters later to get FHSU on the board. Cody Starkel added a home run of his own later in the frame, lifting a ball over the fence in right.

Sam Capps (2-5) took the loss after allowing nine runs on eight hits over two-plus innings of work. Tyler Renninson came in to record the final out of the third inning, limiting the potent Lion offense to one run on four hits over 4.1 innings. Basgall collected two of the five Tiger hits, including his fifth double of the season.

The teams will face off in game two of the series Sunday at 3 p.m. from Larks Park.

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Gallo, Chirinos each homer twice as Rangers top Royals

Posted on April 21, 2017April 21, 2017

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Joey Gallo and Robinson Chirinos each homered twice to back a season-high eight innings from Cole Hamels and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Friday night.

Gallo’s first homer was a tiebreaking two-run shot in the second inning on a 3-0 pitch — a liner that matched teammate Carlos Gomez for the longest in the majors this season at 462 feet and was the hardest with an exit velocity of 116 mph, according to MLB’s statcast.

All four homers came against Nate Karns (0-1), facing his hometown team for the fourth time. The right-hander allowed six runs in 4 2/3 innings, losing for the first time since last June in Texas when he was with Seattle.

Hamels (1-0) retired 12 straight from the first to fifth innings. He threw a season-high 107 pitches, allowing three hits and one run with three strikeouts.

DeShields RBI single in 13th gives Texas win over Royals

Posted on April 20, 2017April 21, 2017

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Delino DeShields had an RBI single with one out in the 13th inning to score Joey Gallo from second base and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 1-0 on Thursday night.

Gallo had pulled a one-out double into the right-field corner off Travis Wood (0-1), the third Royals reliever after starter Danny Duffy went 7 1-3 innings. Gallo scored when DeShields hit a sharp single to left on the 10th pitch of the at-bat.

It was only the third game in the 24 seasons of the Rangers’ ballpark to go to extra innings scoreless. This was the longest of those games.

Gallo’s double was the first hit for the Rangers since Jonathan Lucroy’s leadoff double in the fifth. It was the first hit in the game since Royals leadoff hitter Alex Gordon’s one-out single in the eighth.

Broncos’ Elway hoping to buck trend with pick of Walker

Posted on April 20, 2017April 29, 2017

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — With the 51st pick of the NFL draft, No. 7 was looking for a change of fortune in his seventh season as architect of the Denver Broncos.

General manager John Elway has grabbed some first-round steals and some late-round gems.

It’s Round 2 that’s been his bugaboo.

After starting his tenure with solid second-round picks in Rahim Moore, Orlando Franklin, Derek Wolfe and Brock Osweiler, Elway’s last four second-round picks proved more head-scratcher than headliner.

Adam Gotsis, Ty Sambrailo, Cody Latimer and Montee Ball have 11 combined NFL starts and Ball is out of the league entirely.

Elway chose Florida State defensive end DeMarcus Walker in the second round Friday night.

Walker was a consensus All-American and the ACC’s defensive player of the year after piling up 16 sacks and 21 1-2 tackles for loss during a sensational senior season that began with 4 1-2 sacks in the second half of the Seminoles’ opener against Ole Miss.

Walker’s selection came 24 hours after Elway bypassed some highly regarded defensive players to finally plug a persistent, gaping hole at left tackle with Utah’s Garett Bolles .

The Broncos used their third-round selections on Louisiana Tech wide receiver/kick returner Carlos Henderson and Lamar cornerback Brendan Langley, who’s also a return specialist.

Chiefs 2017 schedule released

Posted on April 20, 2017April 21, 2017

The National Football League announced on Thursday the regular season schedule for the 2017 season. The Kansas City Chiefs will be featured in a league-high six primetime television games, the most in franchise history, including three at Arrowhead Stadium.

For the first time in franchise history, the club will participate in the NFL’s season-opening contest, a Thursday, Sept. 7 matchup against the reigning Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots in Foxborough, Mass. Kansas City’s first primetime contest at Arrowhead will be on Oct. 2, when the club faces Washington on ESPN’s Monday Night Football. The following week, the Chiefs travel to Houston (Oct. 8) to take on the Texans on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. For the second time in 2017, the Chiefs will participate in back-to-back nationally televised contests, facing the Raiders in Oakland on Thursday Night Football on Oct. 19, followed by a Monday Night Football appearance against Denver at Arrowhead Stadium on Oct. 30. The club’s final primetime game is a Saturday home contest against the Los Angeles Chargers on Dec. 16.

“Being selected to play in the season-opening game and having a league-high six primetime contests is a tremendous honor and a tribute to our team and organization,” Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid said. “We’ve already started preparation for these teams and we know we have a lot of great challenges ahead of us. We are looking forward to getting in front of Chiefs Kingdom and building off the success we had last season.”

The Chiefs first home game of the 2017 season comes against Philadelphia on Sept. 17. It will be Reid’s second matchup against his former team, the last was a 26-16 victory over the Eagles on Sept. 19, 2013. On Sept. 24, KC travels to Los Angeles to face the Chargers. The Chiefs have won six consecutive contests against the Chargers. On Oct. 15 the Chiefs will welcome the Pittsburgh Steelers into Arrowhead Stadium, a rematch of last year’s AFC Divisional Playoff Game. The club travels to Dallas on Nov. 5. Reid is 18-11 all-time against the Cowboys.

After the Bye Week on Nov. 12, the Chiefs travel to New York to face the Giants on Nov. 19, followed by a home game against Buffalo on Nov. 26. Prior to last season, the Chiefs and Bills had faced off in eight-straight seasons. The Chiefs travel back to New York on Dec. 3 to face the Jets before returning home for three consecutive December contests at Arrowhead Stadium against the Raiders (Dec. 10), Chargers (Dec. 16) and Dolphins (Dec. 24). Kansas City will close out the regular season against the Broncos in Denver on Dec. 31. The Chiefs have won 11 consecutive AFC West Division contests and are coming off their first AFC West Division Title since 2010. The combined record of Kansas City’s opponents this year is 121-86 (.585).

Home games in bold; all kickoffs are Central Time.
*Subject to Flexible Scheduling

Flexible scheduling will be used in Weeks 10-15 and 17. Additionally, in Weeks 5-9, flexible scheduling may be used in no more than two weeks. In Weeks 5-15, the schedule lists the games tentatively set for Sunday Night Football on NBC. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, in which case the tentatively scheduled Sunday night game would be moved to an afternoon start time. Flexible scheduling will not be applied to games airing on Thursday, Saturday or Monday nights. A flexible scheduling move would be announced at least 12 days before the game. For Week 17, the Sunday night game will be announced no later than six days prior to December 31. The NFL schedule does not list a Sunday night game in Week 17, but an afternoon game with playoff implications will be moved to that time slot. Flexible scheduling ensures quality matchups in all Sunday time slots in those weeks and gives “surprise” teams a chance to play their way into primetime.

Kansas City Chiefs

Hays High softball swept by Great Bend

Posted on April 20, 2017April 21, 2017

HAYS, Kan. – The Hays High softball team committed 13 errors and were swept by Great Bend 15-0 and 16-4 Thursday at Glassman Park.

The Panthers struck for four runs in the first inning in the first game. Macee Altman was charged with all 15 runs, nine of them earned on 15 hits.

The second game was tied 2-2 after two innings before the Panthers struck for seven in the third, taking advantage of four Indian errors. Jaysa Wichers suffers the loss, allowing all 16 runs, three of which were earned, on eight hits. Macee Altman homered and drove in two. Cameron Jensen doubled and drove in two.

Hays High is now 4-6 on the season.

Strong pitching leads Monarch softball to sweep of Ellinwood

Posted on April 20, 2017April 21, 2017

HAYS, Kan. – Alison Helget and Bailey Lacy combined to strike out 33 Ellinwood batters Thursday as the TMP-Marian softball team sweeps the Eagles 4-1 and 6-0.

The Monarchs scored two runs in the first inning of the first game on a Bailey Lacy double and that was all Helget needed as she allowed one run on five hits, striking out 17 and walking one.

Lacy threw a complete game three-hitter in the second contest, striking out 16 and walking none. Helget went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Bridget Heiman tripled and drove in two as the Monarchs improve to 9-3.

HHS boys golf finishes runner-up in Dodge City

Posted on April 20, 2017April 21, 2017

DODGE CITY, Kan. – The Hays High boys golf team shot a 312 adn finished second behind host Dodge City at the Dodge City Invitational Thursday at the Mariah Hills GC. The Indians tied with Garden City but finish second by tiebreaker on the fifth score, an 84 from Peyton Kieffer. The Indians finished four shots behind the host Red Demons.

Allen Zollinger was the top Indian golfer, shooting a four-over 75 to finish second, one shot off the pace. Tradgon McCrae was ninth with a 78.

Cameron Rozean was the top finisher for TMP-Marian. He shot an 82 and tied for 15th.

Team Results
1. Dodge City-308
2. Hays High-312
3. Garden City-312
4. Goddard-Eisenhower-343
5. Liberal-352
6. Ulysses-362
7. Wichita-Northwest-361
8. Hutchinson-369
9. Wichita North-370
10. TMP-Marian-375
11. Great Bend-378
12. Wichita East-380

Top-10 Individual Results
1. Sion Audrain-Garden City, 74
2. Allen Zollinger-Hays, 75
3. Taylor Larsen-Garden City, 76
4. Dylan Ratts-Dodge City, 76
5. Canyon Owens-Dodge City, 76
6. Luke Gleason-Dodge City, 76
7. Cameron Riley-Liberal, 77
8. Kelby Titus-Great Bend, 77
9. Tradgon McCrae-Hays, 78
10. Logan Durst-Garden City, 79

Lady Indian soccer gets revenge in Liberal

Posted on April 20, 2017April 21, 2017

By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

Hays High 2, Liberal 1

LIBERAL, Kan.-After losing a tough 1-0 home decision to the Liberal Lady Redskins two weeks ago the Hays High Lady Indian Soccer team had revenge on their minds Thursday afternoon at Redskin Field. It didn’t take long to answer as Hannah McGuire streaked down the right side of the field and found Sophie Humphrey in the middle who knocked the ball in the goal. That gave the Lady Indians the 1-0 lead in the third minute.

That would remain the score until the 60th minute when Liberal would tie the game at one goal each. Hays High recovered and seven minutes later used their senior connection when Maddie Keller found Sydney Sulzman in the box and she scored what would prove to be the game winner with just over 12 minutes to go.

Hays High improves to 6-3 on the season and 2-2 in the Western Athletic Conference. The Lady Indians will re-match with Maize South on Saturday in Hays. The Mavericks beat Hays High 3-0 in the opening round of the McPherson Invitational Tournament on March 28th.

TMP-Marian girls’ soccer blanks Great Bend

Posted on April 20, 2017April 21, 2017

HAYS, Kan. – The TMP-Marian girls’ soccer team had no trouble with Great Bend yesterday, blanking the Panthers 10-0 for their third straight shutout. The Monarchs improve to 5-1-1 on the season.

The Monarchs travel to Wichita to face Wichita Trinity Monday.