WICHITA, Kan – The TMP-Marian soccer team had little trouble with Life Prep Academy of Wichita Tuesday, blanking the Fire 10-0 Tuesday. Aubrey Koeningsman scored four goals, Kayla Vitztum three, Deonna Wellbrock two and Megan Koeningsman one.
Kalyn DeWitt was the goalkeeper in the first half and Aiden Johnson in the second.
The Monarchs improve to 4-1-1 on the season.
By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post
Garden City 2, Hays High 1
GARDEN CITY, Kan.-Tressa Becker scored in the third minute of Monday afternoon’s match-up in Garden City to give Hays High the early 1-0 lead. Little did the Lady Indians know that blast would be the only goal they would get the rest of the way. Garden City tied the game in the 19th minute on a goal from Goretti Mendez and took the lead on a Abigail Jarmer goal in the 32nd minute.
The two teams went scoreless in the second half. Hays High had some late chances but could not find the back of the net. The Lady Indians drop to 5-3 on the season and 1-2 in the Western Athletic Conference and will hit the road again on Thursday to take on Liberal.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Kansas freshman Josh Jackson has announced he will enter the NBA draft.
Jackson, who released a statement on Monday, was the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year after averaging 16.3 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. He helped the Jayhawks to a 31-5 record and a berth in the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight.
The 6-foot-8 Jackson has signed with former NBA player B.J. Armstrong of Wasserman Media Group.
Jackson arrived at Kansas after a stellar prep career in Detroit and Napa, California. He says in the statement that after “consulting with my family, I have decided to enter the 2017 NBA Draft and pursue my dream of playing professional basketball.”
He added that he was thankful for “all of the support I have received from my coaches and teammates at Kansas.”
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Kansas State is discussing a contract extension for basketball coach Bruce Weber, who was thought to be on the hot seat last season before guiding the Wildcats back to the NCAA Tournament.
University President Richard Myers said during a news conference Monday to introduce new athletic director Gene Taylor that he thought Weber was deserving of an extension. Weber has two years left on a deal that will pay him $2.15 million next season. Weber is 100-68 in five seasons with the Wildcats.
Taylor was hired last week to replace John Currie, who departed for a similar role at Tennessee. It was Currie who hired Weber to replace Frank Martin and subsequently signed him to two contract extensions.
Myers declined to discuss parameters of a contract extension.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson expects to be back by training camp after tearing his Achilles tendon late last year and missing the end of the regular season and playoffs.
The four-time Pro Bowl linebacker ruptured his right Achilles tendon in a game against Oakland. It was the opposite tendon from the one he tore in 2014, missing almost the entire season.
Johnson said that rehab has been going well and he expects to be “100 percent” when the Chiefs convene at Missouri Western for training camp in late July. But he doesn’t want to put a date on his return, and it is possible he’ll miss the entire offseason program, which officially began on Monday.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid likewise was optimistic Johnson will be ready for next season.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alcides Escobar hit an RBI single in the ninth inning and the Kansas City Royals, boosted by a strong effort from starter Ian Kennedy, edged the Los Angeles Angels 1-0 Sunday for their fourth straight win.
Kennedy pitched two-hit ball and struck out 10 over eight innings as Kansas City sent the Angels to their fifth loss in a row.
Salvador Perez led off the ninth with a single against Blake Parker (0-1), and pinch runner Raul Mondesi stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. After pinch hitter Mike Moustakas walked, Cam Bedrosian relieved and Paulo Orlando fouled out. Escobar followed with his game-winner.
Kelvin Herrera (1-0) threw an eight-pitch flawless ninth.
Kennedy didn’t allow a hit until C.J. Cron’s double with two outs in the fifth. Cliff Pennington singled with two outs in the eighth for the Angels’ other hit.
Angels left-hander Tyler Skaggs, who had an 8.71 ERA in his first two starts, threw seven shutout innings, giving up four hits and striking out nine.
Fort Hays State women’s track and field turned in a pair of solid showings on Friday (Apr. 14) and Saturday (Apr. 15) when they participated in the KT Woodman Classic hosted by Wichita State and the UNK Invitational hosted by Nebraska-Kearney. For the week the Tigers saw seven first place finishes and four second place finishes, along with four provisional marks.
WICHITA, Kan. – Fort Hays State’s top two javelin throwers this season provided another great performance at the KT Woodman Classic at Wichita State. Estefania Lopez took home first place and hit a provisional mark with a throw of 151 feet, 4 inches, while Alexcia Deutscher hit a provisional mark and claimed fourth place with a toss of 140 feet, 11 inches. Neither improved on their best marks of the season as Deutscher has a mark of 149 feet and Lopez holds the top mark in the nation with a toss of 176 feet, 5 inches.
KEARNEY, Neb. – The Fort Hays State women claimed six first place finishes at the UNK Invitational on Saturday, along with four second place finishes.
Kelly Wycoff turned in three first place finishes at the UNK Invitational, which included the 400 meters (56.67 seconds), 200 meters (24.83 seconds). She teamed with Lindsay Shupe, Yanoudji Diarra and Amber Forbes in the 4×100 (48.32 seconds) for another win.
Selam Bell improved her provisional mark in the pole vault with a second-place finish, vaulting a height of 12 feet, 2 inches. That effort tied her for the 20th on the national performance list. Courtney Geiger earned a provisional mark in the discus with a throw of 149 feet, 8 inches to finish seventh in the event. She was one of seven Division II throwers in the event that reached the provisional mark.
Shea Bonine added a first-place finish for the Tigers in the 800 meters (2:21.16) and Peri Lange picked up the win in the 400-meter hurdles (1:04.63). Bonine added a runner-up finish to her day when she was second in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:45.36.
As a team the Tigers swept the top three spots in the 5000 meter run. Yessenia Gonzales led the way with a time of 19:46.23, followed by Lisa Penner (20:11.84) and Keagan Davis (20:26.18) rounded out the top three.
Forbes also turned in a second place finish in the 200 meters with a time of 25.55 seconds. The final Tiger to reach the podium on the day was Lauren Roberts who picked up a third place finish with a time of 4:47.96 in the 1500 meter run.
Next up for the Tigers is a trip to Lawrence, Kan., where they will compete at the Kansas Relays Thursday and Friday (Apr. 20-21).
FHSU Sports Information
KEARNEY, Neb. – Fort Hays State men’s track and field turned in a solid showing on Saturday (Apr. 15) participating in the UNK Invitational. As a team the Tigers claimed 10 first and second place finishes, which included five of each. The Tiger men claimed six provisional marks overall, four of which were new season bests.
TJ Dozier picked up a pair of provisional marks in the hammer throw (187 feet, 1 inch) and the discus (172 feet, 3 inches) respectively. He finished second in both events. Both throws were his best of the season as he now sits 11th on the national performance list in the discus and 30th in the hammer throw.
Kolt Newell won the high jump with his best effort of the season at 6 feet, 9.5 inches. He upped his provisional mark and now has the 12th best jump in NCAA Division II this year. Brett Meyer also picked up a provisional mark by winning the 800 meters in a time of 1:51.75, the 15th fastest time in the country so far. Dillando Allotey won the 200 meters and posted a solid provisional time of 21.18 seconds, just .04 seconds shy of his best provisional mark of the season. He currently ranks ninth in the nation in the event. Sam Dreiling also hit a provisional mark in his runner-up finish in the pole vault. The vault for Dreiling came in at 15 feet, 7.25 inches, but was not his best of the year after clearing 16 feet, 1.25 inches earlier this season.
Rounding out the first place finishers for the Tigers were Oscar Carmona in the 1500 meters (4:04.95) and Reed Rome in the 5000 meters (16:09.20).
Allotey also picked up a second place finish in the 400 meters (48.27 seconds) and then teamed up with Keith Dryden, Colson Reames and Jacob Reames for a second place finish at in the 4×400 relay with a time of 3:24.94.
A handful of FHSU men’s athletes competed at the KT Woodman Classic, hosted by Wichita State, but there were no provisional marks gained at that meet.
Next up for the Tigers is a trip to Lawrence, Kan. where they will compete at the Kansas Relays Thursday and Friday (Apr. 20-21).
FHSU Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Moustakas hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning Saturday night, lifting the Kansas City Royals over the Los Angeles Angels 3-2.
Moustakas connected off Jose Alvarez (0-1) for his fifth home run this season.
Los Angeles had tied the score in the seventh when Cameron Maybin led off with a single against Mike Minor, Martin Maldonado walked with one out and Ben Revere hit a two-out single against Joakim Soria (1-0), who threw 38 pitches over 1 2/3 innings while striking out four.
Royals starter Nathan Karns allowed Albert Pujols’ RBI grounder in the first and four hits over six innings. Karns escaped a bases-loaded jam when Andrelton Simmons lined out to Alex Gordon on the left-field warning track on his final pitch.
HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State Softball split a conference doubleheader for the second straight day, this time with Northwest Missouri State on Saturday (Apr. 15). Like Friday, the Tigers took game one by one run, 2-1, but then fell in the second game 7-4. FHSU is now 13-37 overall, 6-18 in the MIAA, while NWMSU went to 24-16 overall, 13-7 in the MIAA.
Adrian Pilkington Postgame Interview
Game 1: Fort Hays State 2, Northwest Missouri State 1
Game one of the doubleheader blazed along, finishing in just 57 minutes. Hailey Chapman came out on the good end of a 2-1 pitcher’s duel, as the defense behind her played excellent.
Game 1 Highlights
Northwest Missouri State pitcher Taylor Blackford peppered the strike zone consistently throughout the game and had a perfect game through four innings with the Bearcats up 1-0. In the fifth, though, she ran into trouble by hitting Veronica Knittig to start the inning. Claudia Vazquez pinch ran and moved up to second on a sacrifice bunt by Tess Gray. With two outs, Bailey Boxberger broke up both the no-hitter and shutout with a rocket RBI double over the center fielder’s head. A batter later, Kylie Strand untied the game with an RBI single to left center field.
That was all Hailey Chapman needed in the circle as she kept the Bearcats off balance enough throughout the contest. Despite giving up two well-placed doubles and a run in the first inning, Chapman allowed just three hits the rest of the way for her eighth win of the season in a complete game effort. She walked just one and struck out two in her complete game effort.
Blackford moved to 11-5 on the season with the loss for NWMSU. Other than Fort Hays State’s two timely hits in the fifth, she allowed just three hits overall, while striking out three. She threw just 49 pitches for the game.
Game 2: Northwest Missouri State 7, Fort Hays State 4
Most of the scoring in game two occurred late as the Bearcats and Tigers were tied 1-1 through four innings. NWMSU took the lead 2-1 in the fifth on Fort Hays State’s first error of the entire weekend. Lily Sale looked a runner back to third on a ground ball, but threw wide of the first base bag, allowing the run to come into score.
Game 2 Highlights
Hailey Chapman got the nod in the pitching circle once again after throwing 88 pitches in game one. She continued to hold the Bearcats relatively quiet until the sixth inning when she did not get the benefit of a couple borderline pitches. It looked as though she might have had strike three to the first batter of the inning, but was ruled a ball and the batter proceeded to double. Later in the inning with the bases loaded and two outs, she fell behind in the count 3-1 and did not get the benefit of a borderline call on the inside corner, walking in a run. Following that, Kaitlyn Weis doubled in three more runs and instantly made the score 6-1 in favor of NWMSU.
The Tigers did not go down without a fight and took advantage of two Northwest Missouri error in the bottom of the sixth to plate three runs. Bailey Kennedy singled home two runs and Lily Sale singled home one to make it 6-4.
The Bearcats picked up an insurance run in the seventh with a triple and single to lead off the inning, but the Tigers still threatened in the bottom of the seventh. FHSU batters were not fooled at all by Weis, who relieved Holly Posegate the final two innings. Veronica Knittig led off the inning with a double, but well placed fielders helped NWMSU escape trouble in the seventh. Tess Gray hit a missile back up the middle snared out of the air by Weis in the pitching circle for a tough-luck first out. Bailey Boxberger grounded a ball up the middle and just beat the off balance throw of the second baseman at first to put runners on at first and third. Collette West, who had an RBI single early in the game, tagged a ball on a line to right field, but lucky for NWMSU it was right at the fielder for the second out. Kylie Strand then grounded out to short to end the game.
Posegate picked up the win for the Bearcats, moving to 10-6 on the season. She allowed one run on five hits with one strikeout. Weis allowed three unearned runs in relief for the Bearcats on four hits. Chapman took the loss for FHSU, throwing her second complete game of the day. She allowed seven runs (six earned) on 10 hits and four walks with a strikeout. Sale, Knittig, and Boxberger all had two hits in the game.
The Tigers play a non-conference doubleheader with Newman University on Wednesday (Apr. 19) in Hays. Start time is set for 3 pm.
FHSU Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Danny Duffy allowed three hits over seven innings and Mike Moustakas hit a two-run homer as the Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-1 Friday night.
Duffy (2-0) gave up a run on a Mike Trout first inning single, but retired 15 of the last 16 batters he faced. He allowed three hits while striking out six and walking two while lowering his earned run average to 1.80 and improving to 8-0 in his past 16 Kauffman Stadium starts.
Moustakas homered in the first and the Royals added a run in the second when Paulo Orlando scored on a wild pitch by JC Ramirez (2-1).
Kansas City scored twice in the third on Eric Hosmer’s grounder and Salvador Perez’s sacrifice fly.
Ramirez, making his first start in the majors after 111 relief appearances, was pulled after 75 pitches and five innings, both career highs.
HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State Softball split a conference doubleheader with Missouri Western on Friday (Apr. 14) at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers edged the Griffons 5-4 in the first game, with a Bailey Boxberger home run making the difference, then fell in the second game 14-3 in five innings. The Tigers are now 12-36 overall, 5-17 in the MIAA, while the Griffons went to 29-15 overall, 9-9 in the MIAA.
Adrian Pilkington Postgame Interview
Game 1: Fort Hays State 5, Missouri Western 4
Fort Hays State never trailed and hung on for a one-run win in the first game of the doubleheader. The Tigers led by three before holding off the Griffons late for the win.
Game 1 Highlights
FHSU took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a two-RBI single to the left center gap by Tess Gray. MWSU cut the lead in half by manufacturing a run in the second.
The Tigers pushed their lead back to two at 3-1 when Gray recorded her third RBI of the game with a well-placed single just over first base down the right field line.
A leadoff walk cost the Tigers in the fourth inning, allowing the Griffons to pull back within one. But, the Tigers got the run back in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI double by Bailey Kennedy. In the fifth, Bailey Boxberger delivered the decisive run of the game with a laser shot home run over the left field wall, making the score 5-2.
The Griffons threatened with a two-run homer in the sixth, but later in the inning Tiger starter Hailey Chapman was able to keep the game from getting tied. She induced a groundout to shortstop to leave a runner at third base and the score at 5-4 in favor of FHSU.
In the seventh, the first runner reached base for the Griffons on a hit-by-pitch, but three weak pop ups on the infield gave Chapman a complete game win. She allowed five hits, walked three, and hit four batters, while striking out four to pick up her seventh win of the season.
Four of the five runs allowed by Griffon pitcher Kenzie Hilzer were earned. She allowed seven hits and three walks, while striking out eight. She moved to 14-6 overall with the loss.
Game 2: Missouri Western 14, Fort Hays State 3
Missouri Western scored 11 runs over the first three innings and ran away with a 14-3 run-rule win. The Griffons hit four home runs in the game, accounting for half of their runs, including two by Sydney Washington.
Game 2 highlights
The Tigers had a chance to pull even or take a lead in the first inning by loading the bases, down only 1-0 at the time. But a strikeout ended the threat and then MWSU went on to plate four runs in the second and six in the third to build an 11-0 lead.
The Tigers scored their first run in the fourth inning on a wild pitch. Down 14-1 in the fifth, a Collette West double to the left center gap plated two runners in a bases-loaded situation.
Barbara Billingsley picked up the win for MWSU. She moved to 15-9 on the season. Two of her three runs allowed were earned. She surrendered eight hits and two walks, while striking out five.
Carrie Clarke took the loss for FHSU. She threw four innings, allowing eight runs on 14 hits and a walk with one strikeout. Lexie Kimminau logged and inning and allowed six runs on four hits, a walk, and a hit batter.
The Tigers play another conference doubleheader at home on Saturday (Apr. 15) when they host Northwest Missouri State at noon.
