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Hays swimming hosts home meet Tuesday

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Dustin Armbruster

Hays High hosted the first of two home meets this season. The Indians will also host the Western Athletic Conference meet on February 9th. Tuesday saw five individuals and two relays finish in the top three.

Tanner Callis was second in the 200 yard freestyle and finished third in the 100 yard butterfly. Isaac Smith won the 200 yard individual relay by over three seconds. Chris Fuentes place third in the 100 yard freestyle. Johnny Fuller collected a third place finish in the 100 yard breast stroke.

The 200 yard and 400 yard freestyle relays for Hays finished second in each race. Both relays are comprised of Fuentes, Callis, Brett Bowels and Smith.

Hays will next travel to the meet hosted by Salina South on February 1st.

FHSU introduces new women’s soccer coach

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HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State officially introduced Blake Reynolds as their new head coach of the women’s soccer program at a press conference on Tuesday. Reynolds comes to FHSU after spending four year at Kansas Wesleyan in Salina where he led the Coyotes to a 57-16-12 record, three KCAC regular season championships and one tournament title and back-to-back NAIA women’s tournament appearances.

Blake Reynolds Press Conference

At Fort Hays State, Reynolds inherits a program that is coming off a regular season MIAA championship, back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances and this past season the Tigers had their best finish in program history – making it to the Central Regional Final.

Reynolds is the second head coach in FHSU program history taking over for Craig Shaw who left the program after five years for the head coaching position at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Tuesday’s high school basketball scores

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BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Ashland 46, South Central 36
Burlingame 75, Madison/Hamilton 24
Hartford 46, Olpe 40
Inman 48, Little River 34
Lebo 58, Southern Coffey 50
Newton 39, McPherson 37
South Gray 55, Minneola 28
Triplains-Brewster 56, Weskan 45
Baldwin Tournament
Augusta 64, Anderson County 46
Bonner Springs 63, KC Bishop Ward 20
Basehor Linwood Invitational
Ottawa 72, SM North 44
Burlington Tournament
Independence 66, Burlington 54
Iola 54, Labette County 52
Rock Creek 64, Paola 32
Sabetha 41, Prairie View 32
Burrton Invitational Tournament
Burrton 66, Fairfield 36
Hutchinson Central Christian 54, Goessel 34
Canton-Galva Tournament
Elyria Christian 61, Marion 58
Wichita Classical 41, Canton-Galva 33
Wichita Home School 49, St. John’s Military 29
Cherokee Southeast Tournament
Erie 49, Parsons 47
Pierce City, Mo. 58, Columbus 40
Southeast 56, Jayhawk Linn 54
Cunningham Tournament
Attica 63, Stafford 28
Medicine Lodge 74, Norwich 66
Pratt Skyline 80, Cunningham 33
South Barber 65, Kinsley 30
Flint Hills Tournament
Chase County 47, Lyndon 44
Council Grove 66, Central Heights 24
Mission Valley 71, West Franklin 52
Osage City 69, Northern Heights 54
Halstead Tournament
Andale 46, Rose Hill 41
Halstead 40, Moundridge 37
Hi-Plains League Tournament
Cimarron 50, Syracuse 35
Play-InLakin 63, Wichita County 42
Hillsboro Tournament
Bennington 76, Wichita Life Prep 59
Hesston 68, Riley County 27
Hillsboro 63, Clay Center 36
Republic County 55, Wichita Sunrise 52
Hoisington Tournament
Ellsworth 78, Russell 68
Minneapolis 54, LaCrosse 34
Otis-Bison 46, Victoria 32
McLouth Invitational Tournament
Maranatha Academy 61, McLouth 50
Bishop Seabury Academy 102, Riverside 45
Mid Continent League Tournament
Hays-TMP-Marian 59, Hill City 53
Norton 66, Smith Center 39
Phillipsburg 57, Ellis 56
Plainville 54, Trego 48
Nemaha Central Tournament
Falls City, Neb. 67, Horton 40
Marysville 67, Hiawatha 38
Nemaha Central 48, St. Mary’s 46
Silver Lake 48, Jackson Heights 45
Northwest Kansas League Tournament
Hoxie 59, Oberlin-Decatur 31
Quinter 37, Dighton 35
St. Francis 74, Greeley County 29
Wallace County 68, Rawlins County 62
Oskaloosa Tournament
Cornerstone Family 76, Valley Falls 73
Jefferson North 62, Atchison County 44
Perry-Lecompton 79, Pleasant Ridge 49
Rossville 67, Oskaloosa 43
Pleasanton Tournament
Humboldt 71, Altoona-Midway 8
Oswego 53, Pleasanton 42
Uniontown 51, Marmaton Valley 34
Shawnee Mission West Tournament
Blue Springs South, Mo. 82, SM West 70
Grandview, Mo. 73, KC Wyandotte 38
South Central Border League Tournament
Sedan 82, South Haven 38
Caldwell 54, Central Burden 45
Cedar Vale/Dexter 48, Argonia 27
Oxford 41, West Elk 37
Spring Hill Tournament
Goddard-Eisenhower 78, KC Sumner 49
KC Piper 68, Veritas Christian 31
Olathe South 39, Blue Valley Southwest 26
Spring Hill 55, Osawatomie 43
St. John Tournament
Pratt 50, Macksville 40
St. John 57, Wichita West 20
Sterling Tournament
Hugoton 43, Lyons 26
Hutchinson Trinity 66, Smoky Valley 58
Twin Valley League Tournament
Centralia 61, Frankfort 49
Clifton-Clyde 67, Linn 57
Doniphan West 53, Blue Valley 27
Valley Heights 45, Axtell 30
Washington County 51, Wetmore 30
Wilson County Classic
Girard 55, Cherryvale 37

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Northern Plains League Tournament
Rock Hills vs. Pike Valley, ppd. to Jan 18.
Lakeside vs. St. John’s Beloit-Tipton, ppd. to Jan 18.
Chase vs. Sylvan-Lucas, ppd.
Osborne vs. Wilson, ppd.
Tescott vs. Lincoln, ppd. to Jan 18.
Thunder Ridge vs. Natoma, ppd. to Jan 18.
Sterling Tournament
Beloit vs. Sterling, ppd. to Jan 18.
Remington vs. Southeast Saline, ppd. to Jan 18.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Augusta 43, Andale 38
Bishop Miege 59, St. Teresa’s Academy, Mo. 46
Conway Springs 62, Belle Plaine 13
Garden Plain 41, Wichita Trinity 30
Goddard 58, Wichita Campus 37
Golden Plains 56, Cheylin 28
Highland Park 54, KC Harmon 2
KC Schlagle 88, Hogan Prep, Mo. 53
Lawrence 63, Topeka West 26
Lebo 47, Southern Coffey 35
Madison/Hamilton 63, Burlingame 28
Maize 72, Goddard-Eisenhower 33
Mill Valley 70, Lansing 42
Newton 39, McPherson 37
Northern Valley 57, Logan 46
Olpe 78, Hartford 24
Pittsburg Colgan 45, Galena 44
Rose Hill 64, Andover Central 49
Sedgwick 53, Haven 30
SM East 59, Barstow, Mo. 42
SM Northwest 53, Topeka 41
South Gray 55, Minneola 28
Spearville 55, Satanta 26
Ulysses 37, Garden City 34
Valley Center 49, Hutchinson 33
Wellington 49, Winfield 27
Weskan 61, Triplains-Brewster 58
Wichita Bishop Carroll 58, Wichita North 28
Wichita Heights 55, Kapaun Mount Carmel 54, OT
Wichita West 61, Wichita Northwest 45
Basehor Linwood Invitational
Blue Valley 47, Basehor-Linwood 31
Holton 63, Ottawa 35
Blue Valley North Tournament
BV North 60, SM West 49
Lee’s Summit North, Mo. 57, BV West 36
Olathe East 48, Notre Dame de Sion, Mo. 39
Staley, Mo. 53, St. James Academy 32
Burlington Tournament
Burlington 45, Rock Creek 20
Independence 61, Prairie View 14
Labette County 67, Sabetha 38
Paola 54, Iola 31
Centre Tournament
Marion 58, Peabody-Burns 22
Rural Vista 44, Elyria Christian 41
Hi-Plains League Tournament
Cimarron 41, Syracuse 29
Lakin 40, Wichita County 24
Hillsboro Tournament
Clay Center 49, Holcomb 20
Hesston 55, Hillsboro 21
Republic County 47, Wichita Sunrise 34
Riley County 49, Bennington 29
Hoisington Tournament
Ellsworth 54, Victoria 19
LaCrosse 58, Hoisington 46
Otis-Bison 45, Ellinwood 44
Russell 54, Minneapolis 25
Mid Continent League Tournament
Hays-TMP-Marian 57, Smith Center 25
Stockton 30, Oakley 27, OT
Hill City 43, Norton 33
Plainville def. Ellis
Northwest Kansas League Tournament
Dighton 57, Oberlin-Decatur 19
Hoxie 56, Greeley County 25
Quinter 52, Rawlins County 47
St. Francis 44, Wallace County 36
Pleasanton Tournament
Heritage Christian 40, Uniontown 39
Humboldt 64, Altoona-Midway 13
Oswego 38, Marmaton Valley 21
Pleasanton 46, Marmaton Valley 38
South Central Border League Tournament
Sedan 48, South Haven 27
Sterling Tournament
Beloit 48, Hutchinson Trinity 37
Hugoton 67, Lyons 31
Tonganoxie Invitational
Jefferson West 55, Bonner Springs 16
Silver Lake 58, Eudora 56
Wamego 75, Metro Academy 72
Twin Valley League Tournament
Clifton-Clyde 43, Troy 37
Doniphan West 49, Blue Valley 39
Frankfort 32, Valley Heights 30
Linn 34, Onaga 22
Wetmore 50, Axtell 41
Wilson County Classic
Cherryvale 51, Yates Center 37
Girard 71, Bluestem 42

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Northern Plains League Tournament
Wilson vs. Lakeside, ppd. to Jan 18.
Natoma vs. St. John’s Beloit-Tipton, ppd. to Jan 18.
Osborne vs. Thunder Ridge, ppd. to Jan 18.
Lincoln vs. Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud, ppd. to Jan 18.
Pike Valley vs. Rock Hills, ppd. to Jan 18.
Sylvan-Lucas vs. Chase, ppd. to Jan 18.
South Central Border League Tournament
First Round
Caldwell vs. Udall, ppd. to Jan 18.
Sterling Tournament
Southeast Saline vs. Sterling, ppd. to Jan 18.
Smoky Valley vs. Remington, ppd. to Jan 18.

Morris with career-highs, leads Wichita St. over Evansville

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) – Shaquille Morris matched a career-high with 17 points and grabbed a career-best 10 rebounds, and Wichita State beat Evansville 82-65 on Tuesday night.

Wichita State (16-4, 6-1 Missouri Valley) bounced back from a 76-62 loss to conference-leader Illinois State on Saturday that snapped a six-game winning streak. Evansville (10-10, 1-6) has lost six of seven.

The Purple Aces led 46-42 with 13 minutes left. Conner Frankamp then made consecutive 3-pointers, sparking a 29-11 run and the Shockers led 71-57 with about four minutes left. Frankamp added another 3 and finished with nine points, and Morris had six points, including a dunk, during the stretch.

Frankamp was 4 of 4 from long range and had 14 points. Landry Shamet and Darral Willis Jr. added 11 points apiece for the Shockers, who shot 51 percent from the field.

Jaylon Brown scored 28 points and made four 3-pointers to lead Evansville. Ryan Taylor added 17 points.

TMP boys/girls open MCL Tourney with wins

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By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

Girls: TMP 57, Smith Center 25
Boys: TMP 59, Hill City 53

HAYS, Kan-The TMP Lady Monarchs matched up with Smith Center for a second consecutive game on Tuesday in the quarterfinal round of the Mid Continent League Tournament.  TMP took control of the game early with a 17-2 first quarter with all 17 of those coming from Madyson Koerner who wouldn’t score the rest of the game.  The second quarter wasn’t much better for the Lady Red as TMP outscored them 18-8 to take a 35-10 lead at halftime.

TMP pushed their lead to 55-17 after three quarters and cruised to the 57-25 win with a running clock in the fourth quarter. TMP improves to 10-1 on the season and face Hill City in the semi-finals on Friday in WaKeeney. The Ringnecks were 43-33 winners over Norton.

HILL CITY, Kan-It was quite a battle in Hill City on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the MCL Tournament.  TMP started the game on a 4-0 run and the Ringnecks answered with a quick 9-0 run to take the lead.  TMP would answer and take a 14-13 lead after the first quarter.

The Monarchs would extend their lead to as many as five points in the second quarter when Hill City answered again and close the gap to a single pint a couple of times.  TMP would use some timely shooting from Ryan Karlin who scored 8 first half points.  That helped the Monarchs to a 27-23 lead at the break.

TMP would extend their lead to eight points in the third quarter and settled for a 44-37 lead after three quarters. Hill City would cut the TMP lead to one twice in the fourth quarter but TMP would score the final five points of the contest from the free throw line and picked up the 59-53 victory.  The win is the third in a row for a Monarch team that improves to 7-4 on the season and will play in the championship semi-finals on Friday in WaKeeney.

JOE HERTEL INTERVIEW

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FHSU ranked 23rd in latest WBCA poll

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FHSU Sports Information
LILBURN, Ga. – After sitting in the receiving votes category for the last four weeks, the Fort Hays State women’s basketball team jumped to 23rd in the latest edition of the WBCA NCAA Division II Coaches’ Poll. The Tigers earned 91 points in the voting process of the new poll, released Tuesday (Jan. 17) by the organization.

It is the seventh time the Tigers have been listed in the poll this season, with this being their highest ranking on the year. Their previous high ranking of 25th came on Nov. 29 after their 6-0 start.

The Tigers have a 51-20 record while ranked in the NCAA Division II Coaches Poll, including a 47-19 mark under coach Hobson. FHSU is 1-1 while ranked 23rd in the country all-time.

Fort Hays State is one of five MIAA schools recognized in the latest release. Pittsburg State climbed two spots to third in the country, while Emporia State fell to ninth after losing to No. 12 Central Oklahoma. Central Missouri is the first team listed in the receiving votes category, one point behind 25th-ranked Regis.

In addition, the Tigers are ranked 19th by Hero Sports this week and are receiving votes in the newest D2SIDA Media Poll.

A three-game road trip for the Tigers continues this weekend with a trip to Missouri Western Thursday (Jan. 19). First tip with the Griffons is set for 5:30 p.m. from St. Joseph, Mo.

Below is the WBCA Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll for January 17, 2017.

Rank Team (1st Place Votes) Record Points Last Week
1 Ashland (22) 18-0 598 1
2 Virginia Union (2) 15-0 566 3
3 Pittsburg State 16-1 523 5
4 Bellarmine 14-1 519 4
5 Alaska-Anchorage 15-1 497 7
6 California (Pa.) 16-1 458 8
7 Colorado State-Pueblo 17-0 449 10
8 Lincoln Memorial 15-0 442 9
9 Emporia State 14-2 400 2
10 California Baptist 17-2 367 11
11 Angelo State 13-1 348 6
12 Central Oklahoma 15-1 322 16
13 Drury 15-2 320 12
14 Arkansas Tech 11-1 297 13
15 Minnesota State-Moorhead 15-1 275 18
16 Columbus State 12-1 190 24
17 Winona State 15-3 176 20
18 Adelphi 15-2 165 25
19 Wheeling Jesuit 13-2 147 23
20 North Georgia 13-2 100 17
21 Bentley 13-4 98 15
22 Simon Fraser 16-2 97 RV
23 Fort Hays State 14-2 91 RV
24 Lewis 13-4 44 19
25 Regis 13-2 41 RV
Dropped Out: No. 14 Seattle Pacific (13-3); No. 21 Grand Valley State (11-4); No. 22 Eckerd (13-3).

Receiving Votes: Central Missouri (12-2) 40; Florida Southern (12-4) 33; Eckerd (13-3) 32; Seattle Pacific (13-3) 31; Queens, NY (14-3) 30; Edinboro (15-2) 15; Saginaw Valley (12-3) 10; Southern Indiana (14-2) 10; Harding (11-2) 9; Sioux Falls (14-2) 9; Caldwell (14-3) 8; Lander (10-4) 7; Glenville State (13-2) 4; Clayton State (12-3) 3; Grand Valley State (11-4) 3; Eastern New Mexico (12-3) 2.

[Note: 10 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 24 combined points.]

No. 2 Kansas beats Iowa State for 17th straight win

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AMES, Iowa (AP) – Frank Mason III had 16 points, Landen Lucas scored 14 and No. 2 Kansas held off Iowa State 76-72 on Monday night for its 17th straight win.

Svi Mykhailiuk added 13 for the Jayhawks (17-1, 6-0 Big 12), who snapped a two-game skid in Ames and opened 6-0 in the Big 12 for the 10th time.

Though it was never comfortable for Kansas, the Jayhawks led the entire second half. Iowa State star Monte Morris drilled a long 3 and two free throws to make it 75-72 with 14.6 seconds left. But then Devonte Graham’s free throw made it a two-possession game and Morris missed a 3 that would’ve made for an interesting finish.

Morris scored 23 points with seven rebounds and seven assists for the Cyclones (11-6, 3-3), who saw their recent string of success against the Jayhawks come to an end.

Chiefs’ Andy Reid believes holding should have been no-call

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid doesn’t believe the holding penalty on left tackle Eric Fisher that cost Kansas City a tying 2-point conversion against Pittsburgh on Sunday night should have been called.

After watching film of the decisive play in the Steelers’ 18-16 playoff victory, Reid said Monday that “I don’t want to be fined any money, but I’d lean a different way.”

Fisher appeared to hook Steelers pass rusher James Harrison on the conversion attempt with less than 3 minutes left in the game.

But the play was not cut-and-dried: Harrison dipped especially low and may have been losing his balance, and he likely would not have gotten to the quarterback anyway.

Still, the flag negated the successful 2-point conversion. And when the Chiefs tried again from the 12-yard line, Alex Smith’s throw fell incomplete and the Steelers were able to run out the clock.

Royals, Duffy agree to new five-year deal

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Courtesy Kansas City Royals/Chris Vleisides

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The Kansas City Royals announced today that they have agreed to a five-year contract with Danny Duffy. The deal will begin in 2017 and run through the 2021 season.

Duffy, 27, set career highs in wins (12), starts (26), innings pitched (179.2) and strikeouts (188) in 2016, while also leading Royals starting pitchers in ERA (3.51). The Royals were 17-9 (.654) in his 26 starts. His 12-3 record (.800) matched Larry Gura in 1978 for the best single-season winning percentage in Royals history (min. 15 decisions).

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Steelers hold off Chiefs in AFC Divisional Playoff

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers are going to get a rematch with the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game.

Chris Boswell set an NFL record with six field goals, Le’Veon Bell broke his own franchise playoff record by running for 170 yards as the Steelers advanced to the AFC title game for the first time since the 2010 season.

The Patriots beat the Steelers 27-16 on Oct. 23. Pittsburgh played without quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who was out with a knee injury.

The Steelers have won nine straight games.

Alex Smith threw for 172 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Spencer Ware ran for a 1-yard score with 2:43 remaining to get the Chiefs within two points. They converted a two-point conversion but it was called by due to a holding penalty on left tackle Eric Fisher. The ensuing pass fell incomplete and Pittsburgh ran out the clock.

Kansas City remains winless at home in the playoffs since the 1993 postseason.

Illinois State pulls away for win over Wichita State

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NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — MiKyle McIntosh scored 20 points, Deontae Hawkins added 14 more and Illinois State took sole possession of first place in the Missouri Valley Conference with a 76-62 win over Wichita State on Saturday night.

Illinois State (14-4, 6-0) got a layup from DJ Clayton with just over five minutes left in the first half to spark a 12-3 run that gave the Redbirds a 36-27 halftime advantage and the lead for good.

Clayton finished with 11 points, while Evans and Paris Lee had 10 points apiece for the Redbirds, who shot 54 percent from the field.

Wichita State (15-4, 5-1) cut the deficit to a single point in the second half with a 3-pointer from Brown that made it 43-42 before the Redbirds pulled away again with an 11-2 run and held on down the stretch.

Landry Shamet and Darral Willis Jr. led Wichita State with 14 points each.

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