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Late Davis basket lifts Tigers over Central Oklahoma

Posted on February 18, 2017February 18, 2017

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

EDMOND, Okla. – Rob Davis hit an 8-foot floater with 6.5 seconds to play to give Fort Hays State a one-point lead, Jordan London then missed a 3-pointer from the left wing as time expired and the Tigers hold on for a 67-66 win over Central Oklahoma Saturday afternoon at Hamilton Field House.

Mark Johnson Postgame Interview

Game Highlights

Fort Hays State (16-9, 10-7 MIAA) scored the game’s first seven points and led by as many as 13 in the first half. UCO (15-10, 10-7 MIAA) used an 11-0 run to pull within two early in the second and took their first lead on a Josh Holliday 3-pointer with 5:34 to play.

The Bronchos stole the ball after a Tiger in-bound pass and Holliday scored a layup to give UCO a 66-65 lead with 13 seconds to play. FHSU came down on the next possession and Davis hit his third field goal of the second half to put the Tigers ahead for good.

Hadley Gillum scored a career-high 25 points to lead FHSU. Davis added 15.

The Bronchos were led by Josh Holliday who scored 19.

Hays hangs on in a tight game in Colby

Posted on February 18, 2017

Dustin Armbruster

The Hays High Indians boys team finished off a busy week with their third road trip in five days. The Hays bus had taken the team to Abilene on Tuesday, Garden City on Friday and the Colby on Saturday. The game was originally supposed to be played in December, but was postponed due to weather and travel concerns.

Hays nailed four of their first five three point shots on their way to a nine point lead 16-7 just inside of three minutes remaining in the first quarter. Hays did not score for the remainder of the quarter but held Colby to just a free throw over the same time period, leaving Hays High with a 27-22 lead after the first quarter.

Hays hit a three pointer to open the second quarter to build their to a first half high 11 at 19-8. Colby responded with a 7-3 run and eventually trimmed the Hays lead down to five at 25-20 and had two chances to get the game back to a single possession contest. Hays led one more time by seven but Colby trimmed the lead down to five by halftime 27-22.

Highlights

Colby scored the first six points of second half to take their only lead of the game at 28-27. Peyton Kieffer answered back with a three pointer just ten second later to spark an 11-0 Hays run that built the lead up to ten, 38-28. The eventually grew to a game high twelve before Colby scored the final four points of the third quarter to get within six at 44-36.

Colby used those six points to start an 11-1 run pull within two at 45-43. Colby missed their one shot at a tie in the fourth quarter and Hays took back a two possession lead following a Tyrese Hill stick back bucket at 47-43. Hays scored just one point in the final two minutes of the game and four during the entire quarter, but it was enough to hang on for a 48-44 victory over Colby.

Coach Rick Keltner

Cole Murphy hit four three pointers, scoring 12 points and Claiborne Kyles also scored 12 and made three three pointers. The two have combined for 13 three pointers in the last two games. Colby got 16 points from Jordan Schippers and 10 from Brooks Curry. Hays improves to 12-6 on the year. Colby falls to 3-15.

Hays heads head to Dodge City on Tuesday and hosts Great Bend on Friday to close out the regular season.

FHSU softball drops a pair on day two at 8-State Classic

Posted on February 18, 2017February 18, 2017

BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Fort Hays State struggled to score runs on the second day of competition at the 8-State Classic in Arkansas. The Tigers fell to Southwest Baptist 6-0 and took the No. 5 ranked team in the nation, Southern Arkansas, to extra-innings eventually falling 5-1. FHSU is now 2-7 overall.

Southwest Baptist 6, Fort Hays State 0

Southwest Baptist took advantage of an error in the first inning to score a pair of unearned runs and steadily pulled away to win 6-0 in the first contest of the day. The Tigers committed three errors that resulted in a total of three unearned runs for the Bearcats. SBU also had a pair of solo home runs in the game.

The Tigers had several opportunities to score, leaving 10 runners on base. Six of the 10 were left on over the first three innings. Hunter Middleton pitched the first 2.1 innings for SBU, allowing five walks and a hit, but Claire Miller pitched the final 4.2 and allowed just two hits and a walk to the Tigers. Miller picked up the win in relief.

Hailey Chapman pitched a complete game for FHSU. She allowed seven hits and four walks and surrendered just three earned runs. She is now 2-4 overall.

#5 Southern Arkansas 5, Fort Hays State 1 (9 inn.)Carrie Clarke held the nation’s No. 5 ranked team to just one run over eight innings, but ran into trouble in the second extra inning of the game. The Tigers could not capitalize on two chances to upset the Muleriders.

Clarke surrendered a solo home run in the fifth, but Bailey Kennedy knotted the game back up at 1-1 in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI single.

FHSU had runners reach base in both the sixth and seventh, but could not come up with a hit to break the tie. Extra innings were played without using the international tiebreaker rule, so both teams went quietly in the eighth.

In the ninth, the Mulerider offense came alive on a two-run homer by Brooke Goad. SAU knocked in two more runs on RBI singles before Lexie Kimminau entered to get the final out of the inning. The Tigers had a runner reach base with one out in the ninth, but could not produce a rally.

Southern Arkansas starter Victoria Taylor moved to 7-0 on the season, allowing six hits and a walk in her complete game effort. Clarke allowed 12 hits and six walks in the loss. She is now 0-2 on the season.

The Tigers play two more games on Sunday facing East Central and Ouachita Baptist.

Indian swimmer breaks school record at state meet

Posted on February 18, 2017

Dustin Armbruster

Freshman Isaac Smith set a school record while representing Hays High swimming in two individual events at the 5-1A State swim meet in Topeka. Smith broke the school record in the 100 meter butterfly on Friday with a 54.84 second swim. He made the “A” final with the swim after entering state with a 57.27 second seed time which was seeded sixteenth. Smith ended up in eighth place in the final with a 55.13 second swim.

Smith qualified for the “B” final in the 200 meter individual medley after swimming nearly six seconds faster than his seed time. He swam a 2:09.95 in the prelims after entering with a seed time of 2:15.48. Smith finished in sixteenth overall after the “B” final with a time of 2:12.10.

The Hays High 200 meter freestyle relay also competed at state but did not make either final. The relay was comprised of Smith, Brett Bowels, Tanner Callis, and Scout Perryman.

Vajnar, VanPelt qualify for Hays wrestling

Posted on February 18, 2017

Dustin Armbruster

The Hays High Indian wrestling team qualified two for the 4A state tournament in Salina next week. Trey VanPelt finished in fourth place at 220 pounds. He made the championship semifinals with a pair of victories before losing to the eventual regional champion and being sent to the back side of the bracket. VanPelt qualified for the state tournament with a 10-2 major decision which sent him into the the third place match where he fell in double overtime 4-2.

Conrad Vajnar had already locked up his state qualifying spot by the time that the Friday session came to a close. Vajnar was the number two seed for the tournament in Buhler and received a bye in the first round. He won by technical fall and a 5-3 decision to make the finals of 152 pounds. Vajnar fell in the championship round, finishing in second.

Hays had six other wrestlers that came within one match of making the state tournament but lost their matches that would have gotten them to the third place pairing.

The 4A state tournament will be held in Salina at the Bicentennial Center on February 24th and 25th.

Tiger baseball gets walkoff win over Colorado Chrstian

Posted on February 18, 2017February 18, 2017

HAYS, Kan. – A walk-off single off the bat of Dayton Pomeroy in the 12th inning lifted the Fort Hays State baseball team past Colorado Christian Saturday afternoon at Larks Park, linching the series victory.

The Tigers are now 6-3 this season after collecting their sixth-consecutive win, with the Cougars dipping to 3-7 overall.

Pomeroy’s single to left center drove in Jake Lanferman for the game-winning run after Lanferman connected with a one-out double into the gap. The Tigers needed just one run to win thanks to some clutch pitching. After the Cougars loaded the bases in the top of the 12th with an error, a double and a walk, ZacRothert struck out the next batter looking. Freshman lefty Ryan Ruder (2-0) came in to face the left-handed Dillon McTague, inducing an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play, good enough to collect his second win of the season.

Starter Ben Ramberg was locked in a pitcher’s duel with CCU’s Joey Loranger for much of the afternoon, with both pitchers putting up zeros until the bottom of the fifth inning. Ramberg’s best outing of the season resulted in a no decision after giving up just two runs on six hits in 7.1 innings of work. The junior struck out nine Cougars on the day, the most for a Tiger pitcher so far this season.

The Tigers broke through in the fifth after jared Bogosian led off with a single to left. The catcher moved to second on a groundout before coming around to score on a single from Ty Redington.

Colorado Christian finally got to Ramberg with a solo home run to lead off the top of the seventh. The Tigers responded with another run in the home half, loading the bases after an error and a pair of bad decisions on sacrifice bunts by the Cougar defense. The visitors tried to get the lead runner each time, but both throws came in late. Redington delivered his second RBI of the day when he lifted a sacrifice fly to left.

The Cougars again tied the score with an unearned run in the eighth, forcing the Tigers to go to the bullpen. Rothert allowed one inherited runner to score, but an outfield assist from Lanferman picked up the final out in the inning at home plate.

The Black and Gold grabbed the lead right back in the bottom of the eighth when Lanferman was hit by a pitch to lead things off. After swiping second, the sophomore came around to score on a double to left center from Trevor Hughes.

CCU sent the game to extras by tying things up at three in the ninth with a pair of singles, but Rothert stranded the go-ahead run at third by forcing a harmless flyout to right. The Tigers had two on with one out in the bottom of the inning, but the Cougars escaped with a pop up and a strikeout.

Redington and Pomeroy both finished 2-for-5 to lead the Tigers, with five other players adding a hit. The pitching staff combined to strike out 12 Cougar batters, the most in a game for FHSU since 2015 (13, Colorado Mines, 3/10/15).

The teams will face off in the series finale Sunday at noon.

FHSU Sports Information

Poor fourth quarter costs Tiger women at Central Oklahoma

Posted on February 18, 2017

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

EDMOND, Okla. – Fort Hays State went scoreless for over six minutes to start the fourth quarter as they see their four-game win streak snapped by Central Oklahoma 76-72 Saturday afternoon at Hamilton Fieldhouse. The Tigers (19-7, 10-7 MIAA) led by 13 in the first quarter and by 11 with 20 seconds to play in the third, but the Bronchos (21-5, 12-5 MIAA) switched to a zone defense to stymie the Tigers and end their four-game losing streak

Tony Hobson Postgame Interview

Game Highlights

After hitting four 3-pointers in the first quarter, FHSU was held to three the rest of the game and were outscored by 11 at the free throw line.

Carlie Heim led the Tigers with a career-high 23 points. Freshman Madision Mittie added a career-best 17 and Tatyana Legette added 11.

Johnson’s tip in sends Kansas State over Texas

Posted on February 18, 2017February 18, 2017

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – D.J. Johnson tipped in a miss by Kamau Stokes with 1.6 seconds left, then made a free throw to send Kansas State to a 64-61 win over Texas on Saturday that snapped the Wildcats’ three-game losing streak.

Johnson’s tip came after Kansas State had called a timeout with 8 seconds left to set up a final play. Stokes, who had 14 points, drove to about 12 feet for the shot and Johnson got up over two defenders to get his hand on the ball for the winning basket.

Wesley Iwundu scored 16 points and Barry Brown scored 15 for Kansas State (17-10, 6-8 Big 12), which had lost six of seven coming into the game.

Kendal Yancy scored 13 for Texas (10-17, 4-10) but also got beat to rebound on the final shot and fouled Johnson on the tip. Jarret Allen scored 12 for the Longhorns, who had rallied from nine points down early in the second half.

No. 3 Kansas closer to Big 12 title with win at No. 4 Baylor

Posted on February 18, 2017February 18, 2017

WACO, Texas (AP) – Landen Lucas made two free throws with 11 seconds left and No. 3 Kansas grabbed a stranglehold on the Big 12 race with a 67-65 victory at No. 4 Baylor on Saturday.

The Jayhawks (24-3, 12-2) have a three-game lead in the Big 12 standings over Baylor with four games to play. With one more win, Kansas will match the UCLA teams of the 1960s and ’70s by winning its 13th consecutive conference championship.

Baylor (22-5, 9-5) had one more chance, but Manu Lecomte missed on a shot he took surrounded by defenders. As the ball ricocheted off the front of rim and toward the end line as time ran out, Jayhawks guard Devonte Graham threw his arms up in celebration.

Frank Mason III had 23 points for the Jayhawks, including some significant points in a spurt midway through the second half for their first lead. Josh Jackson had 16 points with some highlight dunks.

Johnathan Motley had 19 points for Baylor, which has lost four of its last six games. Lecomte had 16 points and Jo Lual-Acuil 11.

Wichita State cruises past UNI for 10th straight

Posted on February 18, 2017February 18, 2017

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Landry Shamet and Darral Willis Jr. scored 14 points apiece and Wichita State throttled Northern Iowa 77-43 on Saturday to run its winning streak to 10.

Markis McDuffie added 12 points for the Shockers (25-5, 15-1 Missouri Valley), who reached 25 wins for the eighth year in a row. Shamet hit four 3-pointers and Wills grabbed 11 rebounds to help Wichita State dominate the boards 48-23.

Spencer Haldeman had 13 points for the Panthers (14-13, 9-7), who had won four straight and nine of 10. Northern Iowa had to make two of its last three shots to finish at 27.5 percent (14 of 51) and avoid its worst shooting game of the season and lowest point total (42).

Wichita State, which has had 10-game winning streaks 10 times dating back to the 1920-21 season, took control early with a 9-0 run. The Shockers led 38-26 at the half and, after the Panthers scored the first six points of the second half, a 14-2 run broke it open. Only twice all game did Northern Iowa make baskets on consecutive possessions.

Area high school scoreboard for 2/17/17

Posted on February 17, 2017

Girls
Western Athletic Conference
Hays High 51 Garden City 42

Dodge City 43 Great Bend 37

Mid-Continent League
TMP 54 Stockton 48
Hill City 64 Plainville 48
Norton 33 Ellis 34
Trego 51 Smith Center 62

Central Prairie League
Macksville 46 St. John 42
Victoria 15 Ness City 43
Kinsley 52 Central Plains 77
Ellinwood 31 Otis-Bison 34

North Central Activities Association
SE of Saline 39 Russell 58

Northern Plains League
Rock Hills 18 Thunder Ridge 70
St. Johns-Tipton 57 Sylvan Lucas 31
Wilson 63 Pike Valley 43
Osborne 60 Chase 38
Natoma 25 Lakeside 32

Northwest Kansas League
Rawlins Co. 29 Dighton 47
Decatur Com. 17 Quinter 52

Central Kansas League
Smokey Valley 50 Larned 51
Pratt 29 Lyons 46
Haven 47 Hoisington 34

Great Western Activities Conference
Holcomb 42 Colby 29
Scott City 33 Hugoton 78
Ulysses 33 Goodland 45

Western Kansas Liberty League
Golden Plains 59 Palco 36
Logan 32 Wheatland-Grinnell 49
Triplains/Brewster 53 Cheylin 31

Boys
Western Athletic Conference
Hays High 63 Garden City 57
Dodge City 45 Great Bend 36

Mid-Continent League
TMP 80 Stockton 68
Hill City 69 Plainville 72
Norton 59 Ellis 46
Trego 37 Smith Center 61

Central Prairie League
Macksville 60 St. John 72
Victoria 27 Ness City 66
Kinsley 13 Central Plains 74
Ellinwood 45 Otis-Bison 46

North Central Activities Association
SE of Saline 72 Russell 48

Northern Plains League
*Ellsworth 52 Lincoln 20
Rock Hills 49 Thunder Ridge 45
St. Johns-Tipton 57 Sylvan Lucas 37
Wilson 45 Pike Valley 57

Northwest Kansas League
Rawlins Co. 34 Dighton 47
Decatur Com. 36 Quinter 51

Central Kansas League
Pratt 64 Lyons 22
Haven 51 Hoisington 54

Great Western Activities Conference
Scott City 61 Hugoton 60
Ulysses 66 Goodland 56

Western Kansas Liberty League
Logan 28 Wheatland-Grinnell 26
Triplains/Brewster 60 Cheylin 37

*Non-league

AP-KS–Kansas Prep Scores, 6th Ld-Writethru,1467
Friday’s Scores
By The Associated Press
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 61, Clay Center 50
Andale 56, Wichita Collegiate 51
Andover 73, Valley Center 61
Argonia 40, Udall 33
Arkansas City 58, Andover Central 49
Atchison 58, KC Harmon 54
Attica 67, Stafford 37
Augusta 65, Circle 61
Basehor-Linwood 59, Bonner Springs 29
Baxter Springs 65, Southeast 49
Belle Plaine 50, Wichita Independent 38
Beloit 58, Minneapolis 32
Bennington 61, Solomon 50
Berean Academy 50, Goessel 39
Burlington 76, Osawatomie 72
BV Northwest 68, Blue Valley 63
Caldwell 56, Cedar Vale/Dexter 43
Central Plains 74, Kinsley 13
Chanute 41, Independence 39, OT
Cheney 69, Douglass 46
Clearwater 51, Rose Hill 48
Coffeyville 62, Fort Scott 49
County Line-Wiley-McClave, Colo. 58, Deerfield 43
Derby 72, Wichita Campus 46
Dighton 47, Rawlins County 34
El Dorado 58, Winfield 36
Ellsworth 52, Lincoln 20
Elyria Christian 63, Marion 42
Eudora 52, Paola 40
Eureka 63, Cherryvale 57
Frankfort 66, Wetmore 43
Galena 82, Columbus 51
Goddard 57, Maize South 56
Goddard-Eisenhower 82, Hutchinson 57
Great Bend 45, Dodge City 36
Halstead 70, Nickerson 54
Hanover 74, Clifton-Clyde 36
Hays-TMP-Marian 80, Stockton 68
Hesston 51, Hillsboro 44
Hoisington 54, Haven 51
Horton 66, Pleasant Ridge 57
Humboldt 62, Central Heights 18
Hutchinson Central Christian 58, Pratt Skyline 55
Jackson Heights 60, McLouth 36
Kapaun Mount Carmel 68, Wichita Bishop Carroll 61
KC Schlagle 90, KC Wyandotte 64
KC Turner 76, Lansing 67
KC Washington 74, KC Sumner 50
Kingman 49, Sterling 47
Lakin 43, Syracuse 34
Lawrence 73, Olathe North 59
Little River 50, Inman 49, OT
Logan 28, Wheatland-Grinnell 26
Lyndon 69, Madison/Hamilton 29
Manhattan 64, Highland Park 51
Marysville 58, Chapman 51
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 62, Jefferson North 57
McPherson 49, Buhler 37
Moundridge 66, Canton-Galva 21
Nemaha Central 77, Riverside 47
Ness City 66, Victoria 27
Newton 57, Salina South 53
Northern Heights 65, Hartford 50
Norton 59, Ellis 46
Norwich 41, Fairfield 29
Olathe East 63, Lawrence Free State 57
Oswego 57, Chetopa 32
Otis-Bison 46, Ellinwood 45
Ottawa 62, Baldwin 30
Oxford 58, South Haven 37
Pawnee Heights 61, Ingalls 47
Perry-Lecompton 45, Atchison County 21
Pike Valley 57, Wilson 45
Pittsburg 72, Labette County 40
Pittsburg Colgan 41, Girard 39, OT
Plainville 72, Hill City 69, 2OT
Pleasanton 62, Marmaton Valley 35
Prairie View 46, Anderson County 37
Pratt 64, Lyons 22
Pretty Prairie 71, Cunningham 28
Quinter 51, Oberlin-Decatur 36
Remington 41, Olpe 37, OT
Rock Creek 66, Silver Lake 52
Rock Hills 49, Thunder Ridge 45
Rossville 60, Riley County 33
Royal Valley 47, Jefferson West 39
Sabetha 56, Hiawatha 50
Salina Central 64, Maize 55
Scott City 61, Hugoton 60, OT
Sedan 72, Flinthills 31
Shawnee Heights 63, Topeka West 41
SM East 71, Leavenworth 57
SM South 63, SM North 60
SM West 75, SM Northwest 60
Smith Center 61, Trego 37
South Barber 66, Burrton 53
South Gray 72, Kiowa County 46
Southeast Saline 72, Russell 48
Southwestern Hts. 64, Elkhart 32
Spearville 56, South Central 29
St. James Academy 71, Gardner-Edgerton 57
St. John 72, Macksville 60
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 57, Sylvan-Lucas 37
St. Mary’s 54, Centralia 49
St. Thomas Aquinas 58, BV West 38
Tonganoxie 37, KC Bishop Ward 31
Topeka 63, Washburn Rural 54
Topeka Hayden 59, Emporia 46
Topeka Seaman 66, Junction City 43
Triplains-Brewster 60, Cheylin 37
Troy 89, BV Randolph 38
Ulysses 66, Goodland 56
Uniontown 67, Northeast-Arma 57
Valley Falls 47, Immaculata 40
Veritas Christian 75, Marais des Cygnes Valley 28
Wabaunsee 63, Herington 36 Wakefield 65, Linn 62
Wamego 65, Concordia 40
Wellington 71, Mulvane 23
Wellsville 63, Santa Fe Trail 58
West Elk 60, Central Burden 34
Wichita Defenders 71, Wichita Sunrise 59
Wichita East 62, Wichita Northwest 60
Wichita Heights 63, Wichita South 46
Wichita Trinity 72, Chaparral 25
Yates Center 69, St. Paul 45
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 46, Clay Center 43
Andale 44, Wichita Collegiate 30
Anderson County 44, Prairie View 23
Andover Central 44, Arkansas City 38
Baldwin 70, Ottawa 37
Barstow, Mo. 40, Maranatha Academy 20
Baxter Springs 51, Southeast 22
Beloit 48, Minneapolis 38
Bennington 32, Solomon 24
Berean Academy 45, Goessel 33
Bishop Miege 79, Blue Valley Southwest 51
Bluestem 63, Neodesha 52
Burlington 72, Osawatomie 11
BV Northwest 44, Blue Valley 43
BV Randolph 54, Troy 32
Caldwell 55, Cedar Vale/Dexter 30
Caney Valley 61, Erie 41
Central Plains 77, Kinsley 52
Centralia 73, St. Mary’s 50
Chaparral 38, Wichita Trinity 34, OT
Cheney 63, Douglass 49
Circle 51, Augusta 34
Columbus 38, Galena 24
Concordia 58, Wamego 46
Conway Springs 55, Medicine Lodge 37
Cunningham 54, Pretty Prairie 33
Derby 49, Wichita Campus 14
Dighton 47, Rawlins County 29
Dodge City 43, Great Bend 37
Ellis 34, Norton 33
Eureka 59, Cherryvale 50
Flint Hills Christian 44, Sedan 40
Flinthills 44, Sedan 40
Fort Scott 48, Coffeyville 28
Frankfort 54, Wetmore 31
Girard 47, Pittsburg Colgan 21
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 59, Tescott 33
Golden Plains 59, Palco 36
Goodland 45, Ulysses 33
Greeley County 53, St. Francis 52
Halstead 42, Nickerson 30
Hanover 54, Clifton-Clyde 19
Haven 47, Hoisington 34
Hays 51, Garden City 42
Hays-TMP-Marian 54, Stockton 48
Hesston 57, Hillsboro 22
Hiawatha 31, Sabetha 25
Hill City 64, Plainville 48
Holcomb 42, Colby 29
Horton 58, Pleasant Ridge 45
Hugoton 78, Scott City 33
Humboldt 49, Central Heights 41
Hutchinson 51, Goddard-Eisenhower 45
Hutchinson Central Christian 55, Pratt Skyline 44
Independence 49, Chanute 35
Inman 39, Little River 35
Jackson Heights 53, McLouth 26
Jefferson North 45, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 41
Jefferson West 59, Royal Valley 50
Kingman 46, Sterling 27
Lakeside 32, Natoma 25
Lansing 71, KC Turner 17
Larned 51, Smoky Valley 50, OT
Lawrence 63, Olathe North 53
Leavenworth 55, SM East 28
Linn 42, Wakefield 18
Lyons 46, Pratt 29
Macksville 46, St. John 42
Madison/Hamilton 48, Lyndon 44, 2OT
Maize 62, Salina Central 47
Manhattan 63, Highland Park 39
Marion 67, Elyria Christian 30
Marysville 50, Chapman 19
McPherson 74, Buhler 31
Mill Valley 61, BV North 58
Mission Valley 43, Rural Vista 27
Moundridge 60, Canton-Galva 29
Nemaha Central 67, Riverside 30
Ness City 43, Victoria 15
Newton 53, Salina South 36
Northern Heights 52, Hartford 40
Norwich 38, Fairfield 36
Olathe East 55, Lawrence Free State 30
Olpe 47, Remington 43
Osborne 60, Chase 38
Oswego 41, Chetopa 31
Otis-Bison 34, Ellinwood 31
Paola 54, Eudora 40
Perry-Lecompton 62, Atchison County 39
Pittsburg 53, Labette County 48
Pleasanton 24, Marmaton Valley 21
Quinter 52, Oberlin-Decatur 17
Republic County 56, Salina Sacred Heart 24
Rock Creek 53, Silver Lake 46
Rossville 45, Riley County 44
Russell 58, Southeast Saline 39
SM South 46, SM North 45
SM West 43, SM Northwest 32
Smith Center 62, Trego 51
South Barber 63, Burrton 39
South Gray 44, Kiowa County 35
Spring Hill 55, Louisburg 29
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 57, Sylvan-Lucas 31
Syracuse 35, Lakin 24
Thunder Ridge 70, Rock Hills 18
Topeka Hayden 47, Emporia 38
Topeka Seaman 50, Junction City 37
Triplains-Brewster 56, Cheylin 31
Udall 50, Argonia 46
Uniontown 52, Northeast-Arma 45
Valley Center 55, Andover 42
Valley Falls 43, Immaculata 33
Van Horn, Mo. 40, KC Christian 29
Veritas Christian 50, Marais des Cygnes Valley 29
Washburn Rural 66, Topeka 44
Wellington 79, Mulvane 53
Wellsville 55, Santa Fe Trail 36
West Elk 55, Central Burden 21
Wheatland-Grinnell 49, Logan 32
Wichita Bishop Carroll 59, Kapaun Mount Carmel 30
Wichita Independent 57, Belle Plaine 27
Wichita Northwest 48, Wichita East 28
Wichita South 56, Wichita Heights 46
Wichita Southeast 54, Wichita North 44
Wilson 63, Pike Valley 43
Winfield 52, El Dorado 27

Hays sweeps Garden City for a third time

Posted on February 17, 2017February 17, 2017

Dustin Armbruster

Hays traveled to Garden City on Friday night to resume Western Athletic Conference play with the Buffaloes. It was the third match-up of the season between the two teams. Both the Hays girls and boys teams had previously beaten Garden City in the first game of the season at the Hays City Shootout and in their Western Athletic Conference showdown in Hays during the month January.

Girls
Hays 51 – Garden City 42

Hays used a 12-0 first quarter run to grab control of the game, getting seven of those points from Tasaiah Nunnery. That run allowed Hays to push their lead up to 18-7 with a minute to go in the first quarter. Hays lead by nine after the first quarter and more than midway through the second quarter when Garden City made three straight baskets to pull within one at 24-23. Hays answered with six straight points building a seven point lead. Garden City scored just before half time leaving the Indian lead at 30-25.

Highlights

Hays never let their lead slip below four points in the second half. Hays had the ball up by seven in the third quarter, but turned it over on four straight possessions. The Indians defense though held allowing Hays to push their lead back to nine right before Garden City beat the buzzer with a basket at 41-33. Hays built their lead to a game high 12 before Garden scored six straight points with two minutes left in the game. Hays made four of their final eight free throws and one field goal to keep Garden City behind them, winning 51-42.

Coach Kirk Maska

Savannah Schneider led the Indians in scoring with a game high 12. Mattie Hutchison added 10 and came within a rebound of a double-double. The Indians had six players score five more points in the game. Hays improves to 10-8 on the season, breaking a four game losing streak, and are now 3-3 in the WAC. Garden City is now 5-14 and 1-6.

Boys
Hays 63 – Garden City 57

Hays trailed just once in the first quarter after taking a 14-9 lead on a Peyton Kieffer three pointer, Garden City scored the games next six points to lead 15-14. Tyrese Hill scored the final four points of the first quarter to give the Indians a 18-15 lead. Garden city again scored six consecutive points in the second quarter to retake the lead at 23-21. The Indians responded with a 8-2 run to close out the first half on a pair of Shane Berens field goals and the second three pointer of the quarter from Claiborne Kyles. Hays took a 29-25 lead into the locker room at half time.

Highlights

The Indians opened the second half with a 15-4 run jumped started by back to back three pointers in the first fifty seconds of the quarter. Hays built their lead to 12 after three quarter at 44-32. The Indian lead surged to 20 at 57-37 with 4:10 remaining in the game. Garden City caught fire in the final three minutes hitting five three pointers and making eight of eleven shots to pull the final score back to single digits in the end at 63-57 in favor of Hays High.

Coach Rick Keltner

Four Indians scored in double figures, led by the 17 of Shane Berens. Claiborne Kyles scored 13, Tyrese Hill and Cole Murphy each scored 10. Hays shot 57% in the game and made ten three pointers. Garden City shot 48% from the field and put three in double figures, led by the 16 of Garret Doll, 14 of which came in the fourth quarter. Hays improves to 11-6 and 4-2 in the WAC. Garden City drops to 9-10 and 5-2 in conference play.

The Hays High boys will be in Colby Saturday for a make-up game. The girls are off until Tuesday.

TMP wins in Stockton

Posted on February 17, 2017

By JEREMY McGUIRE
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Girls: TMP 54, Stockton 48
Boys: TMP 80, Stockton 68

STOCKTON, Kan-The Stockton Lady Tigers came out with some fire in their veins on Friday night in Stockton. After losing by 24 points to TMP in the Mid Continent League Tournament Championship game on January 21st the Lady Tigers wanted a better showing on Friday. The Lady Tigers led through most of the first quarter and led 9-8 after the first quarter.

TMP was able to grab the lead in the second quarter but not by much. The Lady Monarchs largest lead was only three points and held a 19-18 lead at halftime. TMP uncharacteristically turned the ball over eight times in the first half. Most of that due to good Stockton pressure.

The Lady Monarchs got their shot going from three point range in the second half. After going 1 for 10 from distance in the first half the Lady Monarchs hit 4 of 6 in the third quarter to extend their lead to 39-33 going to the fourth quarter. Madyson Koerner scored 10 third quarter points to pace TMP.

The fourth quarter was a battle between two state ranked teams. Stockton cut the TMP to five a couple of times but the Lady Monarchs were able to prevail 54-48. Haven Hamilton led the for Stockton with 17 points. The Lady Tigers fall to 16-3 overall and 6-2 in the MCL and will close their season on the road at Phillipsburg on Tuesday. Koerner scored 27 points to lead TMP. The Lady Monarchs improve to 17-1 on the season and 8-0 in the MCL and will host Plainville on Tuesday.

ROSE MCFARLAND INTERVIEW

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Offense was not lacking in the first quarter as the TMP and Stockton boys squared off in a heated MCL matchup. TMP outlasted Stockton in the first quarter taking a 23-22 lead after one. The hot shooting continued in the second quarter by both teams. The Monarchs would lead by as many as 7 points by Stockton’s Kyle Hull banked in a three pointer with a second remaining in the half to cut the TMP lead to 40-36 at the half.

In the third quarter TMP took an early six point lead that wouldn’t last long as Stockton would climb back to a 44-44 tie midway through the third. TMP would not bend much as the Monarchs regained the lead, 54-51, heading to the fourth quarter. The Tigers would close the TMP lead to one point a couple of times in the fourth quarter but TMP outscored them 20-9 down the stretch to pick up the 80-68 win.

Stockton drops to 9-10 on the season while TMP improves to 10-8. The Tigers will finish their regular season at Phillipsburg on Tuesday while TMP will host Plainville.

JOE HERTEL INTERVIEW

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