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TMP takes pair from Olathe North

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Boys: TMP 61, Olathe North 54

The TMP Monarchs fell behind early to 6A Olathe North in the opening round of the 34th Annual Gerald Mitchell Shootout.  The Eagles used at 13-0 run midway through the first quarter to grab a double digit lead at 17-6.  The two teams would score four points each with Olathe North holding a 21-10 advantage into the second quarter.

Olathe North extended their lead in the second quarter to as many as 14 points but TMP was able to close the gap to 10 points, 37-27, at halftime.  TMP struggled with turnovers in the first half committing 17 of them in the first two quarters while the Eagles had only 7.  The Monarchs would only commit four the rest of the way.

TMP started making a run in the third quarter, cutting the Olathe North lead to four points and the game was on. The Monarchs took the lead for good midway through the fourth quarter at 52-51, their first since a 6-4 first quarter lead, and would never trail again winning 61-54.  Hayden Lowe led the way for TMP with 18 points and Creighton Renz added 16 to lead the Monarchs.  TMP will face Hays High in the semi-finals at 7pm on Friday at Hays High School.

Girls: TMP 56, Olathe North 43

TMP shook off a sluggish start and held off a feisty Olathe North team to pick up a win in the opening round of the Hays City Shootout.  TMP hurt themselves with six first quarter turnovers. The Lady Monarchs led 13-12 after the first quarter and extended their lead to six points, 27-21, at halftime.

TMP came out on fire in the second half and quickly extended their lead to double digits.  The lead grew to 17 points and the Lady Monarchs settled for a 47-32 lead heading into the fourth quarter.  Olathe North would not go away as the Lady Eagles cut the TMP lead to eight points with a little over four minutes to play in the game.  TMP was able to hold off the charge and pick up the 56-43 win.

Megan Koenigsman led three Lady Monarchs in double figures with 15 points.  Madyson Koerner scored 14 and Kayla Vitzum 12.  TMP will play Hays High in the semi-finals on Friday at 5:15pm at Hays High School.

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Hays sweeps to open tournament; results and day two schedule

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The Hays High Indians opened the 2016-2017 basketball season with the Gerald Mitchell Hays City Shootout on Thursday night. This year’s tournament featured six teams with Manhattan and Great Bend facing off in the first games of the day. Hays High played Garden City at Hays High School and Thomas More Prep took on Olathe North at Hays Middle School.

Girls
Hays 52 – Garden City 34

Hays High endured one long scoring drought in the first half of 3:50 by forcing Garden City to go scoreless for 5:20 to grab a 10-7 first quarter lead. The Hays drought extended to just two points over 6:15 but trailed by just one at 13-12. The Indians then erupted for 19 points over the next 2:57 to take a lead they would never give up. The Indians outscored Garden City 23-11 in the second quarter taking a 33-18 lead at half.

Highlights

Hays held multiple 18 point leads in the second half before Garden City trimmed the lead down to ten in the fourth quarter. The Lady Indians though responded with a 10-2 run to end the game and took the win 52-34. Savannah Schneider led all scorers with a career high 19 before fouling out. Mattie Hutchison scored 13 and Talyn Kleweno added 10. Garden City was led by Abbie Dart with 11 and all of her points came in the first half.

Coach Kirk Maska

Hays moves to 1-0 on the season and will play at 5:15 at Hays High School in the championship semi-finals against TMP. Garden City drops to 0-1 and will also play in the championship semi-finals as part of the six team bracket. Their game will be at Hays Middle School.

Boys
Hays 66 – Garden City 58

Neither Hays or Garden City could gain separation from each other in the first half. Hays led by three on a few occasions and Garden City led by as many as four in the half. The two swapped the lead nine times and were tied three times with Garden City getting a free throw with 0.18 seconds left in the second quarter to take a 28-27 lead into the locker room.

Highlights

The lead changed one more time in the second half with Hays starting the third quarter on a 9-1 run capped off with a Shane Berens three point play at 36-29. The Indians outscored Garden City 19-8 in the third quarter which proved to play a large difference in the game. Hays pushed their lead up to fifteen at 58-43 with 3:50 remaining in the game. Garden City though had one last push as they rattle off a 15-4 run over the next 3:15 to cut the Hays lead down to 62-58 with 35 seconds left. Claiborne Kyles and Ethan Nunnery each hit a pair of free throws to put the game away 66-68.

Coach Rick Keltner

Kyles scored a game high 16. Shane Berens and Ethan Nunnery each added 12 in the victory. Garden City was led by the 15 of Zac Karlin, all on three pointers. Garrett Doll scored 13, freshman Carlos Acosta added 11 and Tye Davis chipped in 10.

Hays High moves to 1-0 and will play TMP in the semi-final at 7:00. Garden City drops to 0-1 and will play Manhattan in the other semi-final at 3:30.

Tournament Day 1 Results
Girls
Manhattan 62 – Great Bend 38
Hays 52 – Garden City 34
TMP 56 – Olathe North 43

Boys
Manhattan 65 – Great Bend 50
TMP 61 – Olathe North 54
Hays 66 – Garden City 58

Day 2 Schedule
Hays Middle School
3:30 – Girls – Great Bend v Olathe North
5:15 – Boys – Great Bend v Olathe North
7:00 – Girls – Manhattan v Garden City

Hays High School
3:30 – Boys – Manhattan v Garden City
5:15 – Girls – Hays v TMP
7:00 – Boys Hays v TMP

Missouri Southern hands 25th-ranked Tiger women their first loss

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JOPLIN, Mo. – Missouri Southern State shot a season-high 52-percent while holding Fort Hays State to a season-low 35-percent and beat the 25th-ranked Tigers 75-64 Thursday at the Leggett and Platt Athletic Center. The Lions (4-4, 10 MIAA) scored the games first six points and never trailed as they end a five-game losing streak to FHSU.

Tony Hobson Postgame Interview

Game Highlights

The Tigers (6-1, 0-1 MIAA) trailed by 15 at the half and were down 21 after three quarters before putting together a 12-5 run to pull within 12 early in the fourth quarter. It would be the closest they would get until the final margin of 11 at the end of the game.

The Tigers finished 3-for-23 from 3-point range and were 15-of-25 from the free throw line.

Freshman Madison Mittie scored a team-high 14 points and was the only Tiger in double-figures.

Desirea Buerge scored 18, Pratt native Jenson Maydew added 16 and Deb Holcomb 13 to lead the MSSU.

Brown scores 18, Kansas State beats Green Bay 80-61

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Barry Brown scored 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting, Xavier Sneed added 14 points and Kansas State beat Green Bay 80-61 on Wednesday night.

Wesley Iwundu had 11 points and five assists and Carlbe Ervin II scored 10 for Kansas State (6-1). Dean Wade added eight points and eight rebounds.

Turner Botz led Green Bay (4-3) with 11 points.

Iwundu, Kamau Stokes and Sneed each hit a 3-pointer during a 13-2 run that put the Wildcats up 30-14 with 7:27 left in the half. The Phoenix trimmed its deficit to 37-29 at halftime, but Wade and Brown hit back-to-back 3s before a dunk by Iwundu to make it 45-29 fewer than two minutes into the second half and Kansas State led by double figures the rest of the way.

Green Bay was 11-of-33 shooting, including 3 of 15 (20 percent) from 3-point range and committed 11 turnovers in the first half.

Kansas State shot 57 percent from the field and never trailed.

Send-off ceremony will be Thursday for bowl-bound FHSU Tiger football team

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The Fort Hays State University Alumni Association is sponsoring a send-off for the FHSU football team Thursday, Dec. 1, when the Tigers leave town for the C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl.

The Tiger team will board buses at noon for the trip to Copperas Cove, Texas. FHSU staff, students and faculty, along with the general public, are invited to wish the team well as it heads into its second consecutive bowl game.

Fans are asked to meet at 11:45 a.m. just outside Lewis Field Stadium.

The Tigers take a 7-4 overall record into Saturday’s 6 p.m. game vs. Eastern New Mexico University. The game will be streamed on ESPN3 (WatchESPN or ESPN apps), or fans can listen to the game on KJLS (FM) 103.3.

FHSU is looking to become the first team in Tiger football history to win a postseason game. A win over ENMU also would tie the school record for most wins in a season.

FHSU’s Whitten named to All-Region volleyball team

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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Fort Hays State volleyball senior Crystal Whitten has been named to the AVCA All-Central Region team, announced Wednesday (Nov. 30) by the organization. Whitten is the first Tiger to earn All-Region honors since 2005 (Kelly Skidmore).

The outside hitter was one of seven MIAA student-athletes listed on the 14-player team. Nebraska-Kearney had three players honored, with Washburn earning two spots on the team and Central Oklahoma with one.

Whitten wrapped up an impressive career with 491 kills this season, leading the MIAA and ranking 22nd in the country with 4.13 kills per set. She also led the team with 395 digs and 25 service aces, leading the Tigers in all three categories for the second-straight season. Her 491 kills rank fifth in a single season during the rally scoring era at FHSU, while her 4.13 kills per frame is sixth-best in the program’s NCAA Division II history.

The Wichita, Kan. native matched her career-high with 23 kills against Central Oklahoma (Oct. 14), tying the school’s rally scoring era record with 76 attack attempts.

Whitten recorded 1,507 kills and 1,266 digs in her four-year collegiate career, split between Pittsburg State and FHSU. She nearly reached 1,000 kills in just two seasons as a Tiger, recording 911 kills over the last two seasons. She averaged 3.76 kills per set in 68 matches for FHSU, third-best in the program’s NCAA Division II history. She also ranks seventh in DII program history with 3.44 digs per set.

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Pair of Indians sign national letters of intent

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Playing collegiate sports takes a high level of determination and commitment. Something that both Jonathan Springer and Rachel Taylor are ready for, following the signing of their respective National Letter of Intent.

Wednesday, Jonathan Springer committed to stay in Hays and wrestle for Fort Hays State University. The senior who is expected to compete at 182 pounds this season, said that he has been focusing on building his strength over the past year in order to have a more successful final high school season. Staying in Hays was also a bonus so he can wrestle where his family can still see him. Springer said he spent time around some of the Fort Hays State wrestlers making the decision a comfortable one.

Jonathan Springer

Coach John Hafliger

Rachel Taylor signed to play volleyball at Dodge City Community College next school year. Coach Christin Nunnery noted that Taylor may have exhibited the great amount of improvement from one season to the next when talking about what Taylor had done to reach the next level. Taylor spent time as a reserve as a junior behind a senior class that sent several onto the collegiate level to play volleyball. Taylor seized the opportunity to be on the floor as a senior and found her way to Dodge City Community College after spending time with their coaching staff where she found a comfort level compared to other schools.

Rachel Taylor

Coach Christin Nunnery

FHSU’s Torres named to D2CCA soccer All-America team

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EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. – Sophomore defender Luis Torres has been named to the D2CCA All-America Team for the 2016 season. Torres earned an honorable mention selection as a back/defender.

Torres had a big year for the Tigers as he was one of the top scoring defenders in the MIAA. He finished with 14 points for the year with seven goals. He was the team leader in minutes played with 1,718 and helped the Tigers produce six shutouts for the season. He helped lead a defensive line that allowed a 0.97 goals against average. FHSU made its third-consecutive appearance in the national quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament and is now the three-time defending Central Region champion.

Torres adds this honor to All-MIAA First Team and D2CCA All-Central Region First Team honors for the year.

2016 D2CCA All-America Team

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Wichita State tops D-II member Southern Nazarene

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Shaquille Morris scored 15 points, Zach Brown added 13 and Wichita State beat Division II-member Southern Nazarene 87-57 on Tuesday night.

Wichita State had five players score in double figures and its bench had 61 of the team’s 87 points.

Markis McDuffie hit a 3-pointer to give Wichita State a 17-3 lead and the Shockers scored the final six points of the first half for a 50-24 lead. Landry Shamet also had two 3-pointers during the game-opening run.

Wichita State finished by making 52 percent of its field goals, including 8 of 18 3-pointers.

Shamet, McDuffie and Darral Willis Jr. each scored 11 points for Wichita State (5-2). Willis had a team-high nine rebounds as the Shockers controlled the glass 44-28.

Deshon Portley led Southern Nazarene with 16 points. The Crimson Storm was held to 33 percent shooting and turned it over 17 times.

Vick leads No. 4 Kansas to rout of Long Beach State

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Lagerald Vick scored a career-high 23 points on near-perfect shooting, Svi Mykhailiuk had 14 and fourth-ranked Kansas rolled to a 91-61 victory over Long Beach State on Tuesday night.

Josh Jackson added 13 points and Devonte Graham had 12 for the Jayhawks (6-1), who doubled up the 49ers (1-8) at 50-25 out of the break and coasted to their 44th straight win at Allen Fieldhouse.

Vick was 9 for 9 from the floor, one shy of the school record held by Norm Cook and Danny Manning, and hit four 3-pointers. His only miss came on the second of two free throws with 5:47 left.

Justin Bibbins had 13 points to lead Long Beach State, which has lost eight in a row – all on the road and mostly to teams that will be in the NCAA Tournament.

FHSU women’s basketball cracks the WBCA Top-25

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LILBURN, Georgia – The Fort Hays State women’s basketball team is ranked 25th in the most recent WBCA NCAA Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll, released Tuesday (Nov. 29). It is the first time the Tigers have been ranked in the Top 25 this season after spending all last season in the polls.

This is the fifth-straight season that the Tigers have been listed in the poll at some point during the season. FHSU holds a 47-17 record while ranked under head coach Tony Hobson, including a 6-10 mark against other ranked teams.

Two other MIAA schools are listed towards the top of the poll, with Emporia State ranked No. 1 and Pittsburg State listed fourth. The Tigers take on each of these schools in their next four games, facing off with the Gorillas on the road this Saturday (Dec. 3) before hosting the Lady Hornets a week later (Saturday, December 10).

Provided ESU makes it through its final weekend of non-conference action unscathed, the Lady Hornets will travel to Gross Memorial Coliseum as the top-ranked team in the nation for the second-straight year. Fort Hays State unseated its conference rival last year, defeating the top team in the country for the first time in program history before taking the top spot in the poll the following week.

The Tigers will play their first games as a ranked team on the road this week, traveling to Joplin, Mo. for the conference opener against Missouri Southern on Thursday (Dec. 1). First tip is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

Below is the WBCA Division II Coaches’ Poll for November 29, 2016.

Rank School (1st Place) Record Points Previous
1 Emporia State (20) 6-0 595 2
2 Ashland (4) 6-0 575 3
3 California (PA) 7-0 548 5
4 Pittsburg State 7-0 522 7
5 Bellarmine 6-0 491 8
6 Virginia Union 4-0 460 9
7 West Texas A&M 5-1 397 10
8 Angelo State 3-0 355 15
9 Alaska-Anchorage 4-2 303 6
10 California Baptist 7-2 302 13
11 Bentley 5-2 301 1
12 Colorado State-Pueblo 6-0 266 17
13 Limestone 3-1 259 14
14 Drury 6-1 257 18
14 Winona State 6-1 257 16
16 Queens (NY) 5-1 256 11
17 Grand Valley State 4-1 189 19
18 Lewis 6-1 182 20
19 Florida Southern 4-2 176 4
20 Lincoln Memorial 6-0 148 RV
21 Union (TN) 3-1 143 12
22 Nova Southeastern 5-1 135 21
23 Newberry 5-0 97 RV
24 Clayton State 5-1 95 RV
25 Fort Hays State 6-0 70 RV

Others Receiving Votes: Saginaw Valley State (4-1) 47; Seattle Pacific (5-0) 46; Northern State (4-1) 42; UC-San Diego (4-2) 38; West Florida (5-0) 35; Wheeling Jesuit (5-1) 35; Johnson C Smith (5-1) 31; Missouri Western State (6-1) 22; Arkansas Tech (4-1) 15; Point Loma Nazarene (5-1) 14; Western Washington (5-1) 12; Anderson (SC) (4-1) 11; Ursuline (4-2) 11; Harding (4-1) 8; Lubbock Christian (4-3) 7; Simon Fraser (8-1) 3.

FHSU football team gears up for Saturday’s C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl

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fhsu-fb-brown-presser-112916Fort Hays State Weekly Football Press Conference
November 29, 2016

Fort Hays State head coach Chris Brown conducted his final weekly press conference in advance of the Tigers game with Eastern New Mexico in the C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl Saturday night in Copperas Cove, Texas. Brown and select players met with the media inside Lewis Field on Tuesday, a session that can be heard by clicking on the links below.

Head coach Chris Brown

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Junior RB Shaquille Cooper

Senior LB Cory Ellis

Senior LB Alex Schmidtberger

Senior DE Sie Doe, Jr.

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