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Kansas State dominates Bowling Green

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State totaled more than 500 offensive yards in consecutive games for the first time in school history on Saturday after dismantling Bowling Green 52-0.

The Wildcats look to dominate to start the season after outscoring Nicholls and Bowling Green 111-14 combined.

“I challenged the guys this week to improve upon week one and in particular this morning to get the fight started quickly and jump on them from the start,” head coach Chris Klieman said. “I was so pleased.”

The Wildcats did just that, holding their opponent scoreless in the first half for the second straight week.

It was an offensive mismatch as Malik Knowles had 99 receiving yards and two touchdown catches and Skylar Thompson threw for 151 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Knowles missed a few catches last week, but made up for those against the Falcons

“It was relieving, that was my main focus throughout the week to make sure that didn’t happen again,” Knowles said.

James Gilbert led the Wildcats’ ground game for the second straight game with 103 rushing yards and found the end zone twice. Jordan Brown, Harry Trotter and Joe Ervin also provided rushing touchdowns. Kansas State has scored 10 rushing touchdowns in two games.

The Wildcats played many freshmen, including Ervin and Jacardia Wright, who combined for 22 carries, 87 yards and a touchdown.

“Our plan all along was to play a bunch of freshman no matter what the score was just to see how they would react under live fire,” Klieman said. “We’ll look at the film, but I was glad to see some guys playing and we’ll see how much they play moving forward.”

The Falcons never got their offense going, totaling 140 yards with just five first downs.

Darius Wade threw for 79 yards on eight completions for Bowling Green and Davon Jones had 47 rushing yards. The Kansas State defense stifled the Falcons, whose offense was on the field for just 44 plays and a little over 17 minutes.

“He (Darius) did not play as well as we hoped,” head coach Scot Loeffler said. “The way that he was at times his rhythm and tempo were there. We need other people around him to play better.”

The Wildcats marched down the field to start the game, but only got a field goal, then scored TDs on their next five possessions.

“They did not do anything we did not prepare for,” Loeffler said. “They just did it better and more efficient.”

Kansas State was able to rest its starters for most of the second half, which could give the Wildcats fresher legs for their first road game next week at Mississippi State.

The Wildcats will look to get revenge on the Bulldogs after a 31-10 loss last season.

“This is just the beginning, game two, playing good, but we’re not where we want to be,” KSU defensive end Reggie Walker said. “It just all makes us hungry.”

THE TAKEAWAY

Bowling Green: The Falcons were overmatched and couldn’t stop the Kansas State offense in the first half.

Kansas State: For the second straight week, the Wildcats looked about as good as they could. Kleiman has found his quarterback in Thompson, but they’ll face their first true test against an SEC foe next week.

JUST KEEPS WINNING

Klieman has won 23 consecutive games, dating to when he was head coach at North Dakota State. His last loss came to South Dakota State in 2017.

RENOVATIONS COMING

Kansas State Athletics announced a $105 million renovation project, in which part will be for Bill Snyder Family Stadium’s south end zone. Construction will begin in May 2020 and be completed by the start of the 2021 football season.

UP NEXT

Bowling Green hosts Louisiana Tech next Saturday.

Kansas State has its first road game of the season at Mississippi State on Saturday.

FHSU tennis rolls to win over Hastings in season opener

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HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State Tennis opened its 2019-20 season on Saturday (Sept. 7) at the FHSU Tennis Courts against Hastings College. The Tigers claimed all nine matches on the afternoon, producing a final score of 7-0 in the match.

The Tigers swept doubles play all by scores of 6-1. Ellea Ediger and Natalie Lubbers teamed at the No. 1 position, Macy Moyers and Sydney McAdoo teamed in the No. 2 slot, and Kimberly Stone and Grace Holgerson teamed at No. 3. With the sweep, the Tigers earned the one team point given for doubles play.

Fort Hays State swept all the singles matches in straight sets. Lubbers (No. 1), Moyers (No. 2), and Ediger (No. 3) allowed no more than one point in their matches. Lubbers defeated Megan Petr, winning the first set 6-1 before Petr had to retire from the match due to illness. Moyers claimed her match 6-0, 6-1 over Megan Waterhouse. Ediger defeated Theresa Price 6-1, 6-0.

At the No. 4 position, Sydney McAdoo had to win the first set 6-4 over Hannah Theisen before posting a 6-0 shutout in the second set. Stone defeated Madelyn Redding 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 5 position. Holgerson won at No. 6 by scores of 6-3 and 6-2.

Fort Hays State heads to Pueblo, Colorado next weekend (Sept. 13-14) for three matches against Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams. The Tigers will face MSU-Denver, Colorado Mesa, and CSU-Pueblo.

Smith Center upends TMP in season opener

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SMITH CENTER – After a first quarter dominated by solid defense and mistakes on offense the Smith Center Redmen were able to wear down the TMP-Marian Monarchs and pick up a 34-0 win to open the season.

Jay Harris postgame interview

Game Highlights

Both teams defenses really shined in the opening quarter, TMP forced Smith Center into a pair of turnovers on downs deep inside TMP territory and both teams lost a fumble in that opening frame.

Smith Center was finally able to break the scoreless tie early in the second quarter when Colton Shoemaker capped off an eight-play 76-yard drive with a 31-yardtouchdown. It was the first of two first-half rushing touchdowns Shoemaker and Smith Center led 13-0 at the break.

TMP did threaten to score with inside a minute to play in that first-half after Kade Harris had a long kickoff return and a penalty set the Monarchs deep inside Smith Center territory but a desperate heave to the endzone by TMP quarterback Bryce Seib was picked off at the goal line to end the first half.

Smith Center found the endzone one more time in the third quarter on a 20-yard touchdown run by quarterback Trenton Colby to take a 20-0 lead. The Redmen added a pair of fourth quarter scores on their way to a 34-0 win.

Smith Center collected over 400 yards of total offense in the when while the Monarchs were held to under 140 yards.

The Monarchs turned it over five total times with two interceptions, a fumble and two turn over on downs. TMP also committed 12 penalties for 70 yards.

Kade Harris put up a team-high 50 yards rushing.

Smith Center’s Jaden Atwood rushed for 159 yards, 59 of those coming on a fourth quarter touchdown run. Shoemaker also crossed the century mark with 109 rushing yards.

Smith Center improves to 1-0 and will take on Norton next Friday night while TMP starts the season 0-1 and travels to Ellis.

Area Game of the Week: Trego @ Stockton

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It’s still summer, but it was the boys of fall that took center stage Friday night as high school football season kicked off in Kansas. With the start of football season begins the high school area game of the week.

The Trego Golden Eagles payed a visit to the Stockton Tigers for the this weeks match-up. Both squads had earned playoff spots last year, finishing 4th in their respective districts. Pat Haxtun has led the Trego squad for 7 years now, and felt good about this years squad. Phil Conyac is in his 5th year coaching the Stockton Tigers. The two teams meet annually and the stage was set for a fantastic game.

Trego received the ball first and the two teams exchanged punts before the Golden Eagles found pay dirt on a 40-yard TD pass from Junior Kobi Shubert to Senior Cooper Desormiers. The Golden Eagles found another TD to push the score to 12-0 by the end of the first The second quarter was all Trego County as well. The Golden Eagles put up two more touchdowns and the D-line, led by Senior Dillon Dunn, stifled all aspects of the Tiger offensive attack. The halftime score read: Trego 26 Stockton 0.

Stockton showed signs of life in the second half, driving into Trego territory, but they were stopped before they could cultivate points. Trego was able to ignite a rushing attack on the ensuing possession and beyond, as Senior Hunter price scored a pair of touchdowns to make it 38-0 by the end of the third. It was more of the same in the fourth as the Golden Eagles continued to pound the rock, ending the game by mercy rule at 50-0 with about 5 minutes left in the 4th on a James Kreigh rushing touchdown. Hunter Price finished the game with an astounding 256 yards on 20 carries with 3 touchdowns.

Other impressive individual performances included Kobi Shubbert passing for 117 yards and 4 touchdowns, 71 of which went to Senior Carter Minson. Stockton’s Rylan Bassart recorded 12 tackles, 2 for a loss. Junior Troy Rogers was able to manage 41 yards on 11 carries for the Tigers. Trego racked up 392 yards as a team while limiting the Tigers to 65 total yards.

Stockton hits the road next Friday to face Sylvan-Lucas, while Trego faces off against Hill City in Wakeeney.

Week 1 high school football scoreboard

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Western Athletic Conference
*Junction City 48 Hays 30
*Andover 10 Great Bend 0
*Guymon (OK) 0 Liberal 69
*Dodge City 34 Haysville Campus 12
*Derby 48 Garden City 6

Mid-Continent League
TMP 0 Smith Center 34
Ellis 22 Phillipsburg 40
Plainville 29 Norton 22
*Oakley 31  Sublette 6
Trego 50 Stockton 0
Osborne 58 Hill City 20

Central Prairie League
Victoria 42 Otis-Bison 12
Ellinwood 19  Lacrosse 63
Ness City 36 Central Plains 30

Northern Plains League
Lakeside Down 0 Thunder Ridge 50
Sylvan-Lucas 56 Chase 6
Wilson 50 Southern Cloud 0
*St. Johns/Tipton 46 Axtell 0
Tescott 0 Lincoln 50
*Rock Hills 78 Blue Valley Randolph 28
*Pike Valley 14 Hanover 42

Northwest Kansas League
Quinter 0 Decatur Community 42
Greeley Co. 0 Hoxie 1
*Dighton 6 Hodgeman County 54
St. Francis 46 Wallace County 0
*Hitchcock County (NE) 46 Rawlins County 0

Western Kansas Liberty League
Triplains/Brewster 22 Logan/Palco 52
*Wheatland/Grinnell 52 Fairfield 6
*Northern Valley 0 Alama (NE) 48

Central Kansas League
Hoisington 37 Pratt 13
Smokey Valley 16 Larned 32

North Central Activates Association
Russell 16 Ellsworth 30
Sacred Heart 0 Southeast of Saline 54
*Beloit 36 Fairbury (NE) 27

Other games of note
Hugoton 0 Scott City 14

6-Man
Golden Plains 60 Deerfield 6

*Non-league

FHSU volleyball drops first two matches of new season

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CHADRON, Neb. – The Fort Hays State volleyball squad dropped a pair of matches to open the 2019 season Friday (Sept. 6), falling to Sioux Falls and Chadron State in straight sets.

The Tigers have a chance to pick up two wins Saturday and escape the weekend with a .500 record when they continue play in the 2019 Eagle Classic. First up is a 12:30 p.m. (11:30 a.m. MT) match with Montana State Billings before FHSU wraps up the weekend with South Dakota School of Mines at 5:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. MT).

Sioux Falls 3, Fort Hays State 0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-16)
Fort Hays State opened the year against the Cougars of Sioux Falls, who came into the season receiving votes in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 poll. The Tigers struggled to find a rhythm, posting a .125 attack percentage for the match while the Cougars countered with a .255 swing rate.

Morgan West led the team with eight kills and just one attack error on 16 swings, good for a .438 attack percentage. Katie Darnell tossed up 23 assists while Morgan Christiansen led the team with four blocks. Isabelle Reynolds dropped in the lone service ace for the Tigers.

The best offensive frame came in the second set for the Tigers, when they totaled nine kills and just three errors on 34 swings. Kasandra Springer paced the Cougars with 12 kills and three service aces.

Chadron State 3, Fort Hays State 0 (25-21, 25-14, 25-23)
The Tigers kept things close with host Chadron State in the night cap, but in all three sets the Eagles put together a run to secure the victory.

Fort Hays State recorded a .152 attack percentage in the loss, while giving up a .276 swing rate to the Eagles. Morgan West once again led the Tigers with nine kills, while Delaney Humm and Kayla Vitztum added seven kills each. Katie Darnell contributed 23 assists while Haley McCorkle provided a change of pace off the bench in the third set, adding four assists.

After dropping the first two sets, the Tigers seemed poised to extend the match after scoring the first four points of the third set. FHSU led by as many as 9-4 before the Eagles started to rally. Emily Ellis did her best to hold off the Eagle run, coming off the bench to record a big kill and a service ace on back-to-back rallies. After tying the score at 13-13, CSC took the lead for good at 17-16.

Junction City’s air attack downs Hays High in season opener

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Hays High football opened their second season under coach Tony Crough by hosting Junction City on Friday night at Lewis Field Stadium.

Hays scored on the first drive of the game to take a 7-0 lead.  Hayden Brown scampered 44 yards on third down to take the first lead of the season.  Junction City went to a strong air attack throughout the first half.  The Blue Jays scored on their first two drives of the game taking a 14-7 lead.  Andrew Khoury threw for a score on one of those drives and set the other score up with a pass down to the one yard line.

The two teams entered a stalemate for most of the remainder of the half.  Hays went three play and out over their next six drives losing a total of eight yards.  One of those six drives started in Junction City territory but faltered on a penalty on first down.  Junction City punted on their next three drives but eventually found the pay dirt on the second quarter.  The Blue Jays converted a fourth and thirteen play for 26 yards that eventually led to a touchdown.  The extra point missed for a 20-7 Blue Jay advantage.

Junction City drove to the Hays High two yard line at the end of the second quarter but were turned away as time expired.

Highlights

Hays held Junction City to three plays and punts on the first two possessions of the second half.  The second of the two punts featured the flash of what Jaren Kanak provides to the Indian football team.  Kanak received the punt at the twelve yard line, bounced of a tackle, the outraced the Blue Jays for a touchdown.  The extra point closed the gap down to 20-14 with 8:18 left in the third quarter.

Junction City scored the next 22 points of then Carson Kiefer for a 33 yard strike.  Hays fell in end 48-30 to the Junction City Blue Jays.

Junction City piled up 497 yards, 332 of which came through the air.  Hays ends the game with 263 yards.

Coach Tony Crough

Hays falls to 0-1 to start the year.  Junction City improves to 1-0.  Hays stays home to take on 1-0 Great Bend next week.

FHSU women’s soccer drops first match of 2019

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Fort Hays State women’s soccer team opened the 2019 season with a 2-0 road loss against Augustana Friday (Sept. 6).

The Vikings were aggressive from the opening whistle, frequently putting tension on the Tiger defense. Augustana put up six shots on goal in the first half. In the 32nd minute, Sylvia Fehr netted one for the Vikings off an assist from Baily Parsons. The Tigers continued to push, but the Viking defense suffocated their efforts quickly as the Tigers were only able to put six shots on goal in the match.

Fort Hays State came out with more energy in the second half as they looked to avenge the deficit. Their persistence in the box gave them an opportunity to tie the game in the 81st minute with a penalty kick. Reilly Madden lined up at the spot and aimed for the right of the net, but AU goalkeeper Claudia Pueschner made an incredible diving save to keep the Tigers out of the score column. In the 86th minute, Grace Behm put another goal in the net for the Vikings to solidify their 2-0 victory.

Senior goalkeeper Megan Kneefel (0-1) kept the Tigers alive, making eight saves and shutting down several attacking sprees by the Vikings. Claudia Pueschner (1-0) picked up the win after making six saves for the Vikings.

The Tigers took nine shots on the day, coming from nine different players. Augustana rifled off 19 shots in the win.

The Tigers look to pick up their first win of the season on Sunday (Sept. 8) when they take on the Cougars of Sioux Falls. Kickoff is slated for 12 p.m.

Chiefs sign Tyreek Hill to $54 million extension

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that the Kansas City Chiefs and wide receiver Tyreek Hill have signed a three-year, $54 million contract extension.

The Chiefs announced the contract Friday with a photo of Hill signing it and giving the “peace” sign. The deal includes a $5.8 million signing bonus and $35.2 million in guarantees, a person with knowledge of the deal told the AP on condition of anonymity because terms were not disclosed.

Hill had a tumultuous offseason in which he was barred from any team activities while the NFL and local authorities investigated allegations of domestic violence. Hill was cleared before the start of training camp and has participated throughout the preseason.

The two-time All-Pro was entering the final year of his rookie contract.

Tigers let late lead slip away, drop opener at Central Missouri

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WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Central Missouri took advantage of a handful of big plays and outscored No. 11 Fort Hays State 27-14 in the second half as they rallied for a 34-30 win in the season opener for both Thursday night at Walton Stadium.

The Tigers jumped out to a 13-0 first half lead but he Mules scored on two long touchdowns in the final 5:35, the last coming after a Chance Fuller fumble on a pass attempt.

Layne Bieberle, who led FHSU with 99 receiving yards on four catches, hauled in a 27-yard touchdown pass on the first possession of the game.

Following a UCM fumble on their first possession, the Tigesrs drove to the Mules three yard line but had to settle for a 20-yard Dante Brown field goal. Brown would hit a career-best 51-yarder early in the second quarter to put the Tigers up 13-0.

UCM scored on a 66-yard run from Coby Wilkerson after he broke several tackles in the backfield on third and short.

Brown’s third field goal of the game from 36-yards out gave the Tigers a 16-7 lead at halftime.

Both teams scored on their first two possession of the second half and the Tigers appeared poised to put the game away after a sack on third down midway through the fourth but a fake punt set up a 65-yard touchdown pass from Brook Bolles to Shea Wyatt with 5:35 to play to cut the Tigers lead to 30-28.

Fuller, who completed 27 of 42 passes for 333 yards and two touchdowns, was hit while attempting to pass on the Tigers next possession and was ruled a fumble giving the Mules the ball at their own 45 yard line. Three plays later, Bolles hit Cameron Saunders for the game winner.

FHSU had four straight incomplete passes on their last possession, the last two batted down at the line of scrimmage.

Thanks to the big plays, Central Missouri finished with 516 yards of total offense.

No. 3 Tigers score three, knock off Rockhurst in home-opener

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HAYS, Kan. – On the hinges of a 14-game regular season win streak, No. 3 Fort Hays State men’s soccer program edged out a 3-0 victory over Rockhurst on Thursday night.

Coming off of an MIAA Championship and their first appearance in the national semifinal, the Tigers and new head coach Gerry Cleary are now 1-0 on the regular season.

After a heart-breaking end to the 2018 campaign, the Tigers returned eight players who earned All-MIAA honors as well as National Player of the Year, Santiago Agudelo.

Joey McCain scored the opening goal of the 2019 campaign off of a corner kick that was fiercely grounded to his feet by Sergio Villalba. McCain took a pair of touches at the top of 18-yard box before striking it past goalkeeper Peter Baker’s right hand side.

The Tigers led into halftime and sprung out of the gates swiftly. Arsenio Chamorro took a shot on goal in the 49th minute that was blocked in front of the net. Off of the block, the ball fell to find the feet of a streaking Villalba who tucked it away for the Tigers second goal of the game.

In the 75th minute, Fort Hays earned a throw-in just in front of the Rockhurst bench. Midfielder Ross Boyd reared back and fired the ball into the box and found the head of Alonso Rodriguez for the final goal of the night.

While the Tiger offense was firing in the opening night win, the defense also held a strong back line led by Moritz Walther and Alec Bevis who played the full 90 minutes. Senior goalkeeper Cullen Fisch made five saves and kept a clean sheet for the black and gold.

As a team, the home side took 23 shots and hit the target 11 times.

With the victory, Fort Hays State is now 2-2-2 All-Time against the two-time (2017-2018) preseason No. 3, Rockhurst.

The Tigers will be on the road for the first time in 2019 to take on Eastern New Mexico State on Sunday. In the four matches that these two sides have faced off, they have split the series with two victories a piece.

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