The Hays High varsity baseball doubleheader with Russell has been rescheduled to Friday, March 31st at 3 p.m. at Hays High School.
There will be no junior varsity games.
The games were originally scheduled for Thursday but the weather in the area forced the schedule changes.
KEARNEY, Neb. – Fort Hays State fell to Nebraska-Kearney on Wednesday afternoon (Mar. 29) at the Buffalo County Fairgrounds by a score of 9-0. The Lopers improved to 8-7 overall and 4-2 in the MIAA, while the Tigers moved to 9-8 overall and 1-6 in the MIAA.
Laura Jimenez-Lendinez and Macy Moyers provided the most resistance in doubles play, falling at the No. 2 position 8-4. The No. 1 team of Natalie Lubbers and Lauren Lindell scored three points in a loss.
The Tigers struggled to win games in singles play. The closest match occurred at the No. 6 position, where Jessica Johnson lost 7-5, 6-1 to her opponent. All other Tigers did not generate more than two points in a set.
The Tigers get back to action on Friday, April 7 at Bethany College in a non-conference match.
FHSU Sports Information
Fort Hays State Softball has altered its weekend schedule of home conference doubleheaders against Missouri Southern and Pittsburg State. Due to weather forecasted for the week, the games have been moved up a date on the calendar.
Fort Hays State will now host Missouri Southern on Thursday starting at 3 pm. The doubleheader with Pittsburg State on Friday will begin at 2 pm.
The annual “Jam Pack Tiger Stadium” event will be on Friday. Admission to all games this weekend is FREE, just like all other FHSU softball home regular season contests. There will be enhanced food options from the concession stand as hamburgers, brats, and bags of chips will be available. Hamburgers are $3.50, brats are $2.50, and bags of chips are 50 cents.
HAYS, Kan. – The high school segment of the Alex Francis Classic track and field meet on Thursday, March 30 has been canceled due to present conditions in the Hays area and forecasted weather. The college meet has now been moved up to Friday (Mar. 31) due to poor forecasted weather for Saturday.
The schedule of start times for the events remains the same. COLLEGE MEET SCHEDULE
SCOTT CITY — The Kansas Basketball Academy Foundation will have a basketball tournament next month in Scott City.
The event will be April 8 and 9 at Scott City High School. There will be boys and girls divisions for third/fourth, fifth/sixth, and seventh/eighth grades.
Entry fee is $150 per team, due April 3. Teams are guaranteed three games.
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McPHERSON, Kan. – The Hays High girls’ soccer team lost 3-0 to Maize South in the first round of the McPherson Invitational Tuesday night in McPherson.
Maize South broke a scoreless tie on header off a corner kick with 27:12 to play. The goal was followed by a a nearly hour lightning delay.
The Indians play again Thursday at 4pm.
TOPEKA, Kan. – The Fort Hays State baseball team was unable to hold on to an early lead Tuesday afternoon (March 28) against Washburn, falling to the Ichabods 10-5. The Tigers picked up eight hits in the contest, including four base knocks in a three-run fourth inning. But WU rallied for seven runs over the next three frames to take back control.
Fort Hays State dips to 8-19 this season and 1-13 in the MIAA, while the Ichabods improve to 17-11 overall and 9-8 in the league. The teams will wrap up their season series next Tuesday (April 4) inside Larks Park.
The Tigers jumped out early, scoring in the first inning after Ty Redington led things off with a single to left. Nick Hammeke worked a walk in the next at bat before the pair pulled off a double steal, putting runners in scoring position for Dayton Pomeroy. The DH came through with an RBI groundout, giving the Tigers a quick 1-0 lead.
Washburn responded by manufacturing a run of their own in the bottom of the first before starting pitchers Alex Ruxlow and Quentin McGrath traded scoreless frames through the third inning.
The Black and Gold broke through again in the top of the fourth, rattling off four-straight hits and taking a 4-1 lead. Jake Lanferman singled past the second baseman with one out before moving to third on a single from catcher Trevor Hughes. Bryce Witchurch followed with his first of three hits, doubling home Lanferman for the first run of the inning. Jace Bowman kept things rolling with a single to left, plating Hughes. Witchurch came in to score the final run of the inning on a fielder’s choice groundout off the bat of Redington.
The Ichabods got one run back in the bottom of the fourth before plating four in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth and eighth, taking the lead for good.
Witchurch led off the top of the ninth with a home run to right to lead off the top of the ninth inning, wrapping up a strong day at the plate. It was the junior’s third long ball of the season and his second against WU.
Witchurch picked up the only two extra base hits for the Tigers, finishing 3-for-4 and a triple shy of the cycle. Redington added a pair of hits, with Lanferman, Hughes and Bowman contributing the other three. Ruxlow (3-5) took the loss after giving up five runs in four-plus innings of work. Ryan Ruder came on to throw 1.2 innings out of the pen, surrendering three runs on four hits with one strikeout. Sam Capps finished things off, tossing the final 2.1 innings and giving up two runs while striking out three Ichabod batters.
The Tigers will stay out on the road this weekend, traveling to Tahlequah, Okla. to take on Northeastern State in a three-game set (March 31-April 2). First pitch Friday is tentatively set for 2 p.m.
HAYS, Kan. – The Hays High boys golf team shot a 318 and finished second at their own Bob Blazer Invitational Tuesday at the Smoky Hill Country Club. The Indians finished 11 strokes behind Garden City who won the team title with a 307.
Allen Zollinger shot a five-over par 76 and finished third, three shots behind Garden City’s Sion Audrain who won the individual title with a 73. Hays High’s Josh Norris finished sixth with a 78 and Brent Koeningsman was ninth with a 79.
| PL | TEAM FINISH | SCR |
| 1. | GARDEN CITY | 307 |
| 2. | HAYS HIGH | 318 |
| 3. | DODGE CITY | 329 |
| 4. | SALINA SOUTH | 335 |
| 5. | SALINA CENTRAL | 346 |
| 6. | LIBERAL | 348 |
| 7. | TOPEKA SEAMAN | 355 |
| 8. | JUNCTION CITY | 383 |
| 9. | HAYS – B | 383 |
| # | GREAT BEND | 402 |
| # | TOPEKA WEST | NA |
| TOP 10 MEDALISTS | SCR | SCH | |
| 1. | SION AUDRAIN | 73 | GC |
| 2. | LOGAN DURST | 74 | GC |
| 3. | ALLEN ZOLLINGER | 76 | HA |
| 4. | KELBY TITUS | 77 | GB |
| 5. | TAYLOR LARSEN | 78 | GC |
| 6. | JOSH NORRIS | 78 | HA |
| 7. | LUKAS FREELOVE | 79 | SC |
| 8. | REESE EMERT | 79 | TS |
| 9. | BRENT KOENIGSMAN | 79 | HA |
| # | CAMERON RILEY | 80 | L |
UNDATED (AP) – Frank Mason III of Kansas has been unanimously selected to the 2016-17 AP All-America team.
Mason, who averaged 20.8 points and 5.1 assists this season, received all first-team votes from the 65-member national media panel that selects the weekly AP Top 25.
Joining Mason on the first team on Tuesday were fellow senior Josh Hart of Villanova, sophomore Caleb Swanigan of Purdue, freshman Lonzo Ball of UCLA and junior Justin Jackson of North Carolina.
Hart, who averaged 18.9 points and 6.5 rebounds, received 62 first-team votes.
Swanigan led the nation with 26 double-doubles and was the only Division I player to average 18 points and 12 rebounds this season. He was on 61 first-team ballots.
Ball received 54 first-team votes. He averaged 14.6 points and 7.9 assists and has already announced plans to enter the NBA draft.
Jackson helped the Tar Heels reach the Final Four, averaging 18.1 points. He was on 24 first-team ballots.
Votes were based on the regular season and conference tournaments.
Great Bend Post
Great Bend High School’s Bryce Lytle, who helped the Panthers reach the 5A state football semi-finals, has verbally committed to continue his career at Fort Hays State University. Lytle will join Panther teammates Jacob Murray and Peyton Mauler in the Tiger program next season.
Diminutive but dominant on the football field, the 5-9 150 pounder posted back-to-back 1,000 yard receiving seasons for Great Bend and is the school’s all-time leader in receiving with over 2,500 yards and 22 touchdowns.
This past season, Lytle led the Panthers to the KSHSAA 5A state semifinals, where they lost to Goddard. It was the Panthers’ first semifinal berth since they reached the state title game in 2006. As a junior, Lytle was part of a Panther team that also reached the 5A Playoffs before losing to Maize South in the first round.
Two days before the first baseball game of the spring, Jace Armstrong placed his name on a national letter of intent to play at Cloud County Community College. Armstrong says he had offer to play college baseball at a few different places. It was the Cloud County coaches that caught his ear though. He not only liked what he heard about becoming a better player on the field, but also the way the coaches want to develop a better person off the field as well. Armstrong says he also glad to have this decision made before games begin this spring, taking the pressure off to perform not only for the team but any scouts in attendance as well.
Jace Armstrong
It also helps that Armstrong can play any number of positions on the diamond. He said the Cloud County coaches will get him on campus before finalizing a position for him. Indian’s head coach Frank Leo says that Armstrong will have plenty of positions to play this spring too. Leo says Armstrong will play shortstop, second base, outfield and time pitching. Leo compliments Armstrong’s athleticism and ability to play multiple positions as two top reasons for his opportunity to play college baseball.
Frank Leo
Armstrong is among a senior group that looks to lead an inexperienced team into the 2017 spring season.
The KBCA All-Star Games are set to be held this year on June 24 at Kansas Wesleyan University. The girls’ game is set to tip at 6 p.m. and the boys’ game at 8:10 p.m.
Here are the rosters for the teams:
Haley Albers, Cheney
Katy Heger, Hugoton
Casey Knoth, Salina Central
Kali Martin, Circle
Gigi McAtee, Manhattan
Terrion Moore, Leavenworth
Matti Moore, Paola
Taylor Muff, Pittsburg
Ashley Ray, Girard
DejaNae Roebuck, Olathe South
Jaylin Stapleton, Meade
Allie Wright, Fredrick
Erica Birch, Topeka High
Faith Brintle, Council Grove
Sara Cramer, Dighton
Scout Frame, Kinsley
Cassidy Hauffer, Centralia
Amanda Hill, Rossville
Taylor Holmes, Maize
Brianna Johnson, Wichita West
Ashton Jueneman, Hanover
Bailey Massoth, Waverly
Madison Piper, Free State
Janae Ryan, Central Plains
Tyrell Andrews, Wichita Heights
Mitchell Ballock, Eudora
Will Bruna, Hanover
Colby Bullock, Blue Valley North
Poncho Freeman, Shawnee Heights
Rayce Hoepker, Humboldt
Darien Jackson, Blue Valley Northwest
Cole Kinnamon, St. John Hudson
Isaac McCullough, Ottawa
JaMichael Morgan, Blue Valley Northwest
Nic Slavin, Olathe South
Zach Thornhill, St. James Academy
Francesco Badocchi, Bishop Miege
Trey Brown, Shawnee Heights
Davis Dubbert, St. John’s Tipton
Tyler Geiman, Blue Valley
Trevor Hudgins, Manhattan
Samson Kohman, Pratt
Jackson Montgomery, Southeast of Saline
Brayden Neuschafer, Salina Central
Matt Pile, Goddard-Eisenhower
Semaj Ray, Bishop Miege
Chandler Stiawalt, Ness City
Nyjee Wright, Derby
SHPTV
BUNKER HILL – Smoky Hills Public Television is partnering with the Dodge City Law indoor football team to broadcast their home games this season.
This week’s game, played at United Wireless Arena, features a Kansas match up. The Dodge City Law doing battle with the Salina Liberty from this past Saturday. The game will air on Smoky Hills Public Television Thursday Night, March 30 at 9:00 p.m.
Dodge City Law and Salina Liberty are both members of the Champions Indoor Football League. The Dodge City Law enters into the contest undefeated this season.
Other Dodge City Law games will be broadcast on the following dates:
April 6 at 9pm Dodge City Law vs Dallas Marshals
April 20 at 9pm Dodge City Law vs Wichita Force
May 18 at 9pm Dodge City Law vs Duke City Gladiators
June 1 at 9pm Dodge City Law vs Texas Revolution
