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FHSU baseball rallies for fifth straight win

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HAYS, Kan. – A called third strike with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth helped the Fort Hays State baseball team hold on to defeat Colorado Christian in game one of a three-game set Friday afternoon, 7-6.

The Tigers improved to 5-3 with the victory, extending their winning streak to five games. The Cougars dipped to 3-6 on the year.

Jake Lanferman finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, clubbing his third home run of the season in the third. Dayton Pomeroy and Jared Bogosian also collected a pair of hits at the dish. Alex Ruxlow (2-1) worked around six hits and four walks to give up four unearned runs in six innings of work, earning the win. Clayton Basgall picked up his second save of the season after holding the Cougars scoreless over the final 1.1 innings.

Colorado Christian jumped in front in the top of the second with four unearned runs, all crossing the plate with two outs. The Tigers got two runs back when Lanferman sent a 3-2 pitch over the wall in left in the third, scoring Ty Redington.

Fort Hays State tied things up in the fourth after Pomeroy doubled down the line in left. Bogosian followed suit two pitches later, sending a sharp grounder over the third base bag for another double. Jace Bowman laced a single right up the middle two batters later to plate Bogosian and tie the score at four.

The Tigers took their first lead of the day in the fifth when Lanferman reached on an infield single to deep short. After the sophomore swiped second, Lanferman came around to score when the Cougar second baseman botched a line drive off the bat of  Trevor Hughes.

The Tigers weren’t done, adding a pair of much-needed insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth. Bryce Witchurch drilled a double to right center before the wheels came off for CCU. Two runs came in to score after the Cougars made a pair of throwing errors on two sacrifice bunt attempts.

The Cougars got one run back in the seventh and another in the eighth to close within one, but Basgall came on to slam the door with two outs in the eighth. After inducing a groundout to end that threat, the junior issued a hit and two hits to put runners at the corners with one out. The next Cougar at the plate popped up a bunt right back to Basgall. After a walk loaded the bases, Basgall struck out the final batter of the game, painting the inside corner on a 3-2 pitch.

The teams will face off again Saturday with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.

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FHSU softball earns split on first day of 8-State Classic

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BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Fort Hays State earned a split of its two games on Friday at the 8-State Classic in Arkansas. The Tigers fell victim to a big inning in a 10-0 loss to Henderson State, but bounced back for a 5-1 win over Southern Nazarene. The Tigers moved to 2-5 overall on the season.

Henderson State 10, Fort Hays State 0
Fort Hays State and Henderson State played to a scoreless tie until the top of the fourth. In that frame, Henderson State erupted for eight runs, helped by a pair of 3-run home runs, and held FHSU at bay the rest of the way in a 10-0 decision by run-rule after five innings. HSU tacked on its last two runs in the fifth on a pair of solo home runs.

The Tigers scratched out three hits against HSU starter Michelle Sorenson, all singles. Those hits came from Bailey Kennedy, Bailey Boxberger and Claudia Vazquez. Sorenson threw a complete game with four strikeouts and two walks, improving to 2-4 on the season.

Carrie Clark took her first loss of the season in the pitching circle, allowing 10 runs (six earned) on 11 hits with three walks. She struck out one batter and is now 0-1 on the season.

Fort Hays State 5, Southern Nazarene 1
The Tiger bats produced eight hits and Hailey Chapman threw a complete game in a 5-1 win over Southern Nazarene. Chapman allowed just two hits with four walks, while striking out five. She moved to 2-3 on the season.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a Candace Bollig RBI triple. Veronica Knittig added another run to the lead in the third with an RBI single. In the fourth, FHSU extended its lead to 5-0 three runs on five hits. Jeni Mohr drove home a run with a single, then Bailey Kennedy drove home two more with another single.

Southern Nazarene used a walk, a sacrifice bunt, and an RBI single to generate its only run in the fifth. After that, Chapman navigated her way through the Crimson Storm retiring the opposition in order in the sixth and seventh for the win.

Brooke Tate took the loss for SNU, throwing 5.0 innings. She surrendered all five runs (four earned) and eight hits.

The Tigers return to action on Saturday when they face Southwest Baptist at 11 am and Southern Arkansas at 1 pm.

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Turnovers costly in Tigers loss at Northeastern State

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By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Northeastern State tied a season-high hitting 12 3-pointers and scored 28 points off of 19 Fort Hays State turnovers in a 66-60 win Thursday night at the NSU Event Center, ending their 10-game losing streak and the Tigers four-game win streak.

The RiverHawks (4-20, 3-13 MIAA) led by 10 in the first half and by 12 in the second before the Tigers (15-9, 9-7 MIAA) put together a 10-0 run to pull within two with 7:06 to play.

Down eight with a little over a minute to play, Hadley Gillum and Rob Davis hit back-to-back 3-pointers to trim the deficit to 62-60 with 0:53 left. After a missed layup, FHSU had the ball with a chance to tie but Davis was called for a charge while driving in for what would have been the game tying layup. Northeastern hit all four of their free throws in final 30 seconds to seal the win.

Mark Johnson Postgame Interview

Game Highlights

Thre RiverHawks, who were the worst shooting team in the MIAA, hit 45-percent for the game including 12-of-23 from beyond the arc.

The Tigers shot 39-percent and were only 6-of-26 from long range.

Hadley Gillum led three Tigers in double-figures with 15 points. JaQuan Smith added 13 points and 13 rebounds and Rob Davis tallied 11.

Freshman Tyler Williams led the RiverHawks with a career-high 17 points.

Big second quarter carries Tiger women to fourth straight win

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By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Fort Hays State women went on a 29-8 run over a 10 minute stretch of the first and second quarters as they won their fourth straight, 64-44 over Northeastern State Thursday evening at the NSU Event Center.

Down by seven, Jill Faxon hit a 3-pointer to trigger a 5-0 run to close the first quarter. The Tigers (19-6, 10-6 MIAA) would go on the score 15 unanswered in the second quarter to push the lead to 14 and led by as many as 26 in the fourth.

Tony Hobson Postgame Interview

Game Highlights

Tatyana Legette led the Tigers with 14 points and 13 rebounds for her second straight double-double. Faxon added 11 points and nine boards.

FHSU shot 39-percent from the floor and outrebounded the RiverHawks (6-18, 2-14 MIAA) by 14.

NSU, who has lost 11 straight, was led by Rylie Torrey who scored 15.

K-State comes up short at home to Iowa State

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MANHATAN, Kan. (AP) — Solomon Young scored a season-high 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Iowa State to an 87-79 win over Kansas State on Wednesday night.

Deonte Burton added 17 points, Naz Mitrou-Long Long had 16, Monte Morris 15 and Matt Thomas 14 for the Cyclones (16-9, 8-5 Big 12).

Barry Brown had 21 points for Kansas State with Wesley Iwundu adding 16 with 13 rebounds.

Iowa State built a 19-point lead and led 42-26 at the half before withstanding a furious second half rally from the Wildcats (16-10, 5-8), who got as close as six.

After shooting 34 percent (12 of 35) in the first half, Kansas State shot 58 percent (18 of 31) in the second. An 11-0 run got them within striking distances, 49-42 with 12:27 to play, but the Cyclones pushed the lead back to 15.

Twice the Wildcats got within six, the last time with 4:09 to play, but in the final 1:03 Iowa State was 11 of 12 from the foul line. The Cyclones made 18 of 22 free throws in the second half to finish 22 of 26 for a seven-point advantage.

Balanced Wichita State defeats Southern Illinois

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CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Conner Frankamp scored 14 points to lead a balanced offense as Wichita State led wire-to-wire and defeated Southern Illinois 87-68 on Wednesday night.

Landry Shamet and Markis McDuffie each scored 13 points, Shaquille Morris and Rauno Nurger added 12 apiece as Wichita State made 35 of 63 shots (56 percent) and 10 of 16 3-pointers. The Shockers (24-4, 14-1 Missouri Valley Conference) notched a ninth-straight win in their pursuit of a fourth consecutive conference championship. Wichita State has not lost since falling to MVC co-leader Illinois State Jan. 14.

Mike Rodriguez scored 15 points to lead Southern Illinois (14-14, 7-8) while Sean O’Brien added 14 and Thik Bol 10. The Salukis had only four assists in the game — two each by Rodriguez and Leo Vincent and were outrebounded 44-27.

Shamet led Wichita State with six assists, McDuffie and Rashard Kelly led with nine rebounds each.

FHSU baseball knocks off Aggies for fourth straight win

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HAYS, Kan. – The Fort Hays State baseball team won its fourth-consecutive game Wednesday afternoon, knocking off Oklahoma-Panhandle State 10-1. The Tigers move to 4-3 on the year, with the Aggies dipping to 2-5 overall.

Three Tiger pitchers combined to hold OPSU to just one run, working around 10 Aggie hits. Sam Capps (1-0) earned the win after pitching five shutout innings, giving up four hits while striking out four. The junior lowered his season ERA to 0.87. Zac Rothert came on to toss three effective innings, giving up one run on six hits to go along with a pair of strikeouts. Ryan McClure came on to face the minimum in the ninth, inducing a game-ending double play.

The Black and Gold rattled off 16 hits at the plate, with all 10 Tigers making a plate appearance collecting at least one hit. Trevor Hughes recorded the first multi-home run game for a Tiger this season, finishing 2-for-4 while driving in four RBI. Jake Lanferman and Nick Hammeke each collected three hits, with Lanferman picking up his second home run of the season. Dayton Pomeroy clubbed a pair of doubles, scoring two runs.

Lanferman opened the scoring in the bottom of the first with a two-out solo shot to deep left on the first pitch he saw. Capps worked with runners on base much of the afternoon, retiring the side in order just once in his final inning of work.

Hughes doubled the lead to open the fourth inning, pulling an 0-2 fastball over the fence in right. Pomeroy followed with a double into the gap in left center before scoring on a two-run single up the middle from Clayton Basgall.

The Aggies got one run back in the top of the sixth, but FHSU answered with a pair of insurance runs in the home half of the frame. Jace Bowman singled past the second baseman before swiping second. The senior moved to third on an infield single from Colton Helm. After Ty Redington walked on four-straight pitches to load the bases, Lanferman delivered once again with a single through the right side, plating two for the Tigers.

The Tigers put together a big two-out rally in the fourth inning to build the lead to 10-1. After the first two batters struck out, Hammeke doubled to left center to keep the inning alive. Lanferman legged out an infield single on a slow roller before Hughes delivered his second home run of the day, a no-doubter to right center. Pomeroy kept things going with another double to left center, scoring on a Cody Starkel single to center.

Fort Hays State will wrap up a seven-game home stand this weekend with a three-game series against Colorado Christian Friday through Sunday. First pitch Friday is set for 3 p.m.

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Tuesday’s high school basketball scores

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BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 48, Hays 44
Andale 54, Clearwater 44
Andover Central 61, Andover 48
Argonia 58, South Haven 54
Arkansas City 56, Valley Center 49
Ashland 70, Rolla 35
Baxter Springs 69, Riverton 35
Berean Academy 58, Bennington 42
Blue Valley 63, Bishop Miege 60
Bonner Springs 58, KC Bishop Ward 29
Buhler 57, Augusta 32
Burlingame 73, Mission Valley 32
Burlington 83, Santa Fe Trail 63
Burrton 58, Hutchinson Central Christian 52
BV North 63, St. James Academy 51
BV West 47, Blue Valley Southwest 39
Central Plains 64, Ness City 57
Centre 56, Canton-Galva 43
Chanute 53, Coffeyville 47
Chaparral 54, Medicine Lodge 41
Chase County 58, Madison/Hamilton 42
Cherryvale 60, Fredonia 55
Circle 57, El Dorado 29
Conway Springs 40, Cheney 38
Council Grove 65, Riley County 39
Derby 64, Salina South 50
Doniphan West 61, Axtell 39
Erie 56, Eureka 35
Eudora 65, DeSoto 52
Frankfort 56, BV Randolph 50
Frontenac 72, Columbus 53
Garden City 43, Dodge City 36
Garden Plain 57, Douglass 56
Goddard-Eisenhower 53, Maize South 51
Great Bend 47, Hays-TMP-Marian 40
Hartford 63, Rural Vista 43
Haven 54, Kingman 37
Hesston 49, Hoisington 44
Highland Park 59, Topeka Seaman 50
Hillsboro 55, Halstead 40
Hodgeman County 56, Ingalls 43
Holcomb 51, Scott City 44
Holton 44, Atchison County 28
Horton 59, Oskaloosa 48
Humboldt 65, Bluestem 42
Hutchinson Trinity 57, Ell-Saline 50
Independence 69, Parsons 51
Inman 52, Marion 29
Iola 63, Osawatomie 49
Jackson Heights 60, Valley Falls 33
Jayhawk Linn 58, Pleasanton 45
Jefferson West 41, Sabetha 32
Kapaun Mount Carmel 81, Wichita Northwest 72
KC Piper 58, Basehor-Linwood 50
KC Schlagle 61, Atchison 52
KC Sumner 74, KC Harmon 61
KC Turner 68, Tonganoxie 55
Labette County 53, Girard 50
Lakeside 40, Wilson 38
Lawrence Free State 66, SM South 57
Lebo 67, Crest 39
Liberal 69, Cimarron 37
Lincoln 38, Thunder Ridge 31
Little River 51, Goessel 44
Logan 34, Hill City 33
Louisburg 60, Baldwin 58
Lyndon 62, Waverly 44
Macksville 59, Otis-Bison 49
Manhattan 66, Topeka 51
Marysville 62, Centralia 44
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 53, McLouth 34
McPherson 84, Winfield 50
Meade 51, Southwestern Hts. 47
Moundridge 53, Remington 30
Nemaha Central 68, Hiawatha 38
Newton 56, Hutchinson 47
Northeast-Arma 79, Yates Center 50
Northern Valley 60, Palco 18
Norton 79, Hoxie 52
Olathe East 65, SM Northwest 55
Olathe North 57, Leavenworth 53
Olathe South 60, SM West 55
Olpe 49, Northern Heights 41
Ottawa 72, Paola 57
Pawnee Heights 71, Bucklin 46
Phillipsburg 65, Concordia 42
Pittsburg 61, Fort Scott 28
Pittsburg Colgan 73, Southeast 51
Plainville 78, Ellinwood 39
Pratt 56, Nickerson 32
Rawlins County 71, Golden Plains 27
Riverside 42, Royal Valley 35
Rock Creek 68, Chapman 57
Rock Hills 48, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 22
Rose Hill 62, Wellington 55
Salina Central 66, Wichita Campus 27
Salina Sacred Heart 62, Beloit 49
Sedgwick 54, Sterling 51
Shawnee Heights 83, Topeka Hayden 71
Silver Lake 62, Wellsville 56
SM East 71, Olathe Northwest 59
SM North 59, Lawrence 55
Smoky Valley 50, Lyons 43
Solomon 40, Herington 27
South Barber 52, Fairfield 39
Southeast Saline 63, Ellsworth 53
St. John 59, South Central 23
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 66, Pike Valley 38
St. Mary’s 74, Osage City 41
St. Paul 55, Oswego 50
St. Thomas Aquinas 58, Gardner-Edgerton 44
St. Xavier 70, Flint Hills Job Corps 68
Stafford 74, Cunningham 60
Stockton 53, La Crosse 49
Sylvan-Lucas 52, Osborne 42
Tescott 62, Natoma 33
Topeka Heritage Christian 94, Bishop Seabury Academy 76
Topeka West 63, Junction City 50
Trego 71, Ellis 63
Troy 59, Onaga 55
Uniontown 63, Altoona-Midway 15
Valley Heights 80, Wetmore 58
Victoria 61, Kinsley 47
Wabaunsee 62, Rossville 48
Wallace County 64, Syracuse 33
Wamego 84, Clay Center 42
Washburn Rural 61, Emporia 51
Washington County 52, Linn 32
West Elk 44, Cedar Vale/Dexter 43
West Franklin 58, Marais des Cygnes Valley 29
Wheatland-Grinnell 59, Oberlin-Decatur 52
Wichita Bishop Carroll 63, Wichita Southeast 55
Wichita Collegiate 79, Mulvane 53
Wichita North 62, Wichita West 39
Wichita South 67, Wichita East 52
Wichita Sunrise 77, St. John’s Military 37
Wichita Trinity 64, Belle Plaine 56

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 56, Hays 54
Andale 48, Clearwater 21
Anderson County 34, Central Heights 19
Andover Central 49, Andover 43
Argonia 47, South Haven 24
Augusta 46, Buhler 35
Axtell 47, Doniphan West 46
Baldwin 55, Louisburg 52
Baxter Springs 41, Riverton 31
Beloit 51, Salina Sacred Heart 24
Berean Academy 49, Bennington 18
Bishop Miege 51, Blue Valley 28
Bishop Seabury Academy 41, Topeka Heritage Christian 27
Bonner Springs 47, KC Bishop Ward 39
Burlington 41, Santa Fe Trail 12
Caldwell 44, Udall 35
Caney Valley 52, Dewey, Okla. 49
Central Plains 81, Ness City 32
Centralia 57, Marysville 41
Centre 44, Canton-Galva 34
Chanute 44, Coffeyville 20
Circle 64, El Dorado 29
Clay Center 52, Wamego 30
Concordia 48, Phillipsburg 20
Conway Springs 57, Cheney 45
Council Grove 58, Riley County 31
Cunningham 56, Stafford 23
Derby 59, Salina South 27
DeSoto 56, Eudora 31
Dighton 62, Greeley County 17
Dodge City 49, Garden City 29
Ell-Saline 45, Hutchinson Trinity 44
Ellinwood 53, Plainville 46
Ellis 62, Trego 51
Ellsworth 50, Southeast Saline 39
Elyria Christian 38, Peabody-Burns 21
Flinthills 49, Oxford 21
Fowler 70, Satanta 50
Frankfort 51, BV Randolph 34
Fredonia 56, Cherryvale 43
Garden Plain 47, Douglass 19
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 46, Rock Hills 11
Goessel 38, Little River 30
Golden Plains 46, Rawlins County 30
Halstead 56, Hillsboro 29
Hays-TMP-Marian 65, Great Bend 36
Hesston 47, Hoisington 36
Hiawatha 40, Nemaha Central 36
Holton 59, Atchison County 29
Horton 50, Oskaloosa 35
Hoxie 60, Norton 42
Hugoton 69, Ulysses 32
Humboldt 47, Bluestem 26
Hutchinson Central Christian 54, Burrton 35
Iola 52, Osawatomie 15
Jefferson North 62, Pleasant Ridge 45
Jefferson West 42, Sabetha 24
Kapaun Mount Carmel 51, Wichita Northwest 40
KC Christian 60, Hyman Brand 34
KC Schlagle 42, Atchison 31
Kingman 52, Haven 32
Labette County 64, Girard 52
Lakeside 42, Wilson 38
Larned 55, Lakin 53
Lawrence 51, SM North 39
Lawrence Free State 69, SM South 45
Leavenworth 55, Olathe North 38
Lebo 57, Crest 50
Liberal 60, Cimarron 40
Macksville 49, Otis-Bison 33
Maize South 57, Goddard-Eisenhower 31
Manhattan 77, Topeka 49
Maranatha Academy 47, Heritage Christian 39
Marion 34, Inman 31
Marmaton Valley 30, Chetopa 21
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 53, McLouth 24
McPherson 65, Winfield 26
Mill Valley 63, BV Northwest 56, OT
Mission Valley 46, Burlingame 26
Natoma 43, Tescott 27
Newton 41, Hutchinson 30
Nickerson 38, Pratt 27
Northeast-Arma 67, Yates Center 30
Northern Valley 38, Palco 30
Norwich 51, Pratt Skyline 33
Olathe East 43, SM Northwest 28
Olathe Northwest 73, SM East 54
Osborne 41, Sylvan-Lucas 33
Paola 59, Ottawa 33
Parsons 41, Independence 39
Pittsburg 43, Fort Scott 23
Pittsburg Colgan 35, Southeast 24
Pretty Prairie 35, Attica 21
Remington 50, Moundridge 37
Republic County 50, Minneapolis 37
Rock Creek 52, Chapman 44
Rose Hill 49, Wellington 33
Rossville 45, Wabaunsee 42
Royal Valley 68, Riverside 35
Rural Vista 49, Hartford 39
Salina Central 60, Wichita Campus 35
Scott City 47, Holcomb 45
Sedgwick 55, Sterling 43
SM West 48, Olathe South 46, OT
Smoky Valley 41, Lyons 40
South Barber 68, Fairfield 37
South Central 49, St. John 39
St. Francis 50, Cheylin 33
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 52, Pike Valley 30
St. Mary’s 65, Osage City 52
St. Paul 55, Oswego 50
St. Thomas Aquinas 54, Gardner-Edgerton 29
Stockton 74, LaCrosse 40
Sublette 36, South Gray 35
Thunder Ridge 58, Lincoln 15
Topeka Hayden 71, Shawnee Heights 70
Topeka Seaman 49, Highland Park 43
Topeka West 51, Junction City 35
Triplains-Brewster 61, Deerfield 18
Troy 40, Onaga 2
Uniontown 65, Altoona-Midway 15
Valley Center 45, Arkansas City 28
Valley Falls 47, Jackson Heights 33
Valley Heights 59, Wetmore 26
Wallace County 54, Syracuse 41
Washburn Rural 59, Emporia 54
Washington County 62, Linn 50
Waverly 57, Lyndon 18
Wellsville 71, Silver Lake 60
West Franklin 45, Marais des Cygnes Valley 28
Wheatland-Grinnell 56, Oberlin-Decatur 33
Wichita Bishop Carroll 62, Wichita Southeast 31
Wichita Collegiate 48, Mulvane 45
Wichita County 38, Johnson-Stanton County 35
Wichita South 50, Wichita East 29
Wichita Trinity 53, Belle Plaine 35
Wichita West 69, Wichita North 37

TMP splits in Great Bend

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By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

Girls: TMP 65, Great Bend 36
Boys: Great Bend 47, TMP 40

GREAT BEND, Kan.-The TMP Lady Monarchs used an explosive third quarter to pull away from the Great Bend Lady Panthers on the road, winning 65-36 in Great Bend.  TMP held a slim lead after the first quarter, 16-13, and extended it out to 30-20 by halftime.  Madyson Koerner paced the way for TMP in the first half with 10 points.

The Lady Monarchs dialed up the intensity in the third quarter outscoring Great Bend 27-10 to take a commanding 27 point win into the fourth quarter and eventually a 29 point win.  Koerner finished the game with 16, Megan Koenigsman added 12 and Kayla Vitztum snapped out of  a bit of a funk by scoring 21 points including a half-court buzzer beater to end the 3rd Quarter.

Great Bend drops to 10-7 on the year while TMP improved to 16-1 with their 14th straight win.  The Lady Monarchs are off until Friday when the travel to Stockton.

ROSE MCFARLAND INTERVIEW

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

The TMP boys dug themselves a first half hole that they never completely recovered from in their 47-40 loss to Great Bend on Tuesday night.  TMP scored 10 first quarter points and only three points in the second quarter.  The Monarchs trailed 24-13 at the break.

TMP started to feed the ball into Creighton Renz for much of the third quarter and it worked.  He was able to tally 8 points in the fourth quarter as TMP closed the lead to 32-28 going to the fourth quarter.  This game had all of the makings of another Monarch’ comeback.

TMP was able to take the lead for the first time in the game after a David McFarland three lit the lamp to put the Monarchs up 33-32.  Kody Crosby would answer with a three of his own to put Great Bend in front.  TMP would lead one more time at 37-35.  Great Bend would score 12 of the next 18 points to pick up the seven point victory.

TMP drops to 9-8 overall and will travel to Stockton on Friday night.

JOE HERTEL INTERVIEW

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

Abilene sweeps Hays in pair of four point games

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By DUSTIN ARMBRUSTER
Hays Post

Hays High took back to the road in Abilene on Tuesday night to play one of the few fellow 4A opponents they see all season long. For the girls it was only the second 4A opponent they had played for the boys it was the third of four. The Abilene boys entered the night #7 in 4A-I and Hays boys at #9 in 4A-I.

Girls
Hays 52 – Abilene 56

Hays hit five of their first seven shots and their only three pointer of the quarter to build up an 18-10 lead after the first quarter. The Indians shot 53% in the first half and built their lead to a high of 13 points at 29-16 with 4:32 left in second quarter. The Indians only scored two free throws in the remaining time of the quarter and were outscored by Abilene 11-2, cutting the Hays lead down to 31-27 at halftime.

Highlights

Abilene continued their long run through the third quarter outscoring Hays 12-6. The Indians made just one of six shots in the quarter and turned the ball over seven times. Abilene entered the fourth quarter leading 39-37. The Indians scoring drought continued until the final six minutes of the game. Trailing by nine on three occasions, Hays found a 11-4 run to get back with two at 54-52 with 1:13 remaining. Hays would never get closer, but did have a chance with the ball down by three but turned it over. Abilene made just 12 of their final six free throws, but hold on to win 56-52.

Coach Kirk Maska

Savannah Schneider led the Indians with 16, Jaycee Dale scored a career high 15 and Mattie Hutchison added 11. McKenzie Funston led all scoring with 21 for Abilene. Hays falls to 9-8 and have dropped four straight. Abilene is now 12-6.

Boys
Hays 44 – Abilene 48

Each team used a first quarter run to end in a 12-11 score in favor of Hays after the first eight minutes. Abilene opened with a 7-2 run, then Hays answered with a 9-4 run. Neither team gained much traction in the second quarter. Hays led a majority of the quarter with the biggest lead at 16-13. Abilene took a two point lead at 18-16 before Hays scored the final four points of the quarter capped by two Xander Swayne free throws with one and a half seconds left for 20-18 halftime lead.

Highlights

Hays opened the second half on a 9-2 run to build their lead to it’s highest at 29-20. Abilene cut the lead down two four twice before the Indians went back up by seven at 35-28. Abilene closed the third quarter and began the fourth on a 15-2 run, taking the lead for good at 43-37. Hays had three shots in the final minute to tie or take the lead, but missed and Abilene made their final four free throws to hold on 48-44.

Coach Rick Keltner

Hays falls to 10-6 on the season and has dropped three games in a row, all against state ranked opponents. Claiborne Kyles led the Indians with 17. Abilene improves to 15-3, led by the 14 of Parker Base.

FHSU’s Cronin named MIAA men’s Co-Track Athlete of the Week

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State junior Decano Cronin has been named the MIAA Men’s Co-Track Athlete of the Week on Tuesday (Feb. 14). He shares the honor this week with distance runner Vincent Kiprop from Missouri Southern.

Cronin set a new FHSU record in the 800 meters by running a time of 1:50.27 at the Concordia Invitational in Seward, Neb. Due to the track size, the time was converted down to 1:48.72 giving him an automatic qualifying mark and the second-fastest time in the nation. He won the event, but teammate Brett Meyer was right on his heels, who also ran an automatic qualifying time. That gives FHSU two of the three runners nationally to post automatic qualifying times in the 800 this season. Cronin already has set four new individual records at FHSU for the indoor season in the mid-distances after transferring to FHSU at the beginning of the spring semester.

At Pittsburg State, Vincent Kiprop broke his own 3000-meter record by more than 13 seconds as he placed second with a time of 8:04.04. That mark ranks second nationally, and tops in the MIAA.

Bryan Burns of Missouri Southern earned the Field Athlete of the Week award for his efforts in the shot put and weight throw this past week.

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Royals reliever Flynn hurt in barn roof accident

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SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) – Kansas City Royals left-hander Brian Flynn is expected to be sidelined for eight weeks after falling through a barn roof at his Oklahoma residence.

The Royals said Tuesday that Flynn broke a rib and had three minor vertebrae fractures.

Flynn, who went to Wichita State, had a 2.60 ERA in one start and 35 relief appearances last season, allowing 38 hits in 55 2/3 innings. In 12 relief appearances from July 31-Sept. 6, Flynn did not allow an earned run.

Flynn appeared in just one minor league game in 2015 before a shoulder injury. The Royals acquired Flynn after the 2014 season from the Miami Marlins for pitcher Aaron Crow.

FHSU’s Mohr named MIAA softball Hitter of the Week

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State freshman Jeni Mohr has been named the MIAA Softball Hitter of the Week for her efforts at the WT Invitational last weekend in Canyon, Texas.

Over five games, Mohr batted .500 and posted a slugging percentage of .800. She scored seven runs and drove in six, which included a three-run home run. Two of her six RBI came in the 16-14 eight-inning win over Fort Lewis. FHSU finished 1-4 overall in the five games.

Mohr earns the weekly honor along with Pitcher of the Week Kacey Ayers from Southwest Baptist. Ayers posted a 1.17 ERA with 16 strikeouts over 18 innings.

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