VICTORIA — The Hays High boys and girls cross country teams both took the team titles at the Sand Plum Invitational Thursday. The Indians boys scored 33 points and outdistanced second place TMP-Marian 67. Ethan Shippy led the Indians with a sixth place finish while Caden Cunningham was 14th. Paul Brull led the Monarchs with a 15th place finish.
The Indian girls scored 27 points and edged Norton who had 30. TMP-Marian was third. The Indians Marie Reveles won the girls’ race with Adyson Albers ninth and Alyssa Bryant 10th. Allison Schibi finished 40th to lead the TMP-Marian girls.
VICTORIA, Kan. – Both the Fort Hays State men’s and women’s cross country teams took the team titles at the Sand Plum Invitational Thursday evening. The Tiger men finished first with 19 team points, placing seven runners in the top-eight spots. The women also scored 19 team points, placing all five scoring runners in the top seven.
Senior Try Wineinger won the men’s event after traversing the five-kilometer course in 15:17.03, capturing his second career victory at FHSU. Sophomore Sophie Dalmasso won the women’s individual title with a personal-best time of 18:17.93 on the five-kilometer course.
Junior transfer Oscar Carmona was the third runner to cross the line in the men’s race, running in 15:42.75. Jacob Thomas (15:44.39) and Layton Werth (15:48.64) finished fourth and fifth, respectively, while senior Feysel Rahmeto rounded out the scoring for FHSU with a sixth-place finish, posting a time of 15:53.08.
In all, 20 Tigers completed the race with 16 runners finishing in the top half of the 56-man field. MIAA rival Emporia State finished second with 54 points, 35 back of the FHSU total. Colby CC, Garden City CC and Dodge City CC finished in third, fourth and fifth in the team competition, respectively.
The Tigers will return to action next weekend when they travel to Emporia, Kan. for the Emporia State Invitational Friday, Sept. 23. The men will compete in an eight-kilometer race for the first time this season when the gun goes off at 5:45 p.m.
Sophie Dalmasso won Thursday’s Sand Plum Invitational (Courtesy FHSU Athletics)
Shea Bonine finished second for the women after completing the course in 18:32.6, a new personal-best for the junior. Chelsea Jackson (18:54.04) and Micki Krzesinski (19:22.05) finished third and fourth, respectively, for the Tigers. Sophomore Yessenia Gonzales rounded out the scoring in seventh with a time of 19:59.52.
Forty-two runners from four institutions competed in the event, with Colby CC finishing second after compiling 63 points. Dodge City CC finiished in third with 75 points with MIAA rival Emporia State bringing up the rear with 81 team points.
The Tigers will return to action next weekend when they travel to Emporia, Kan. for the Emporia State Invitational Friday, Sept. 23. The women’s five-kilometer race will begin at 5 p.m.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. – The 18th-ranked Fort Hays State men’s soccer team dropped to 2-2-1 overall after suffering a 1-0 loss at Western Washington on Thursday (Sept. 15). The Vikings improved to 3-1-1 on the season.
The lone goal in the match came in the 24th minute from Western Washington’s Jeremiah Lee. Ibra Drame found Lee with a pass around 20 yards out and Lee sent a bending shot into the upper left corner of the net.
Fort Hays State outshot Western Washington 13-11 on the night but lacked efficiency as only one of those shots was on net. Michael Yantz took the loss between the pipes for FHSU, saving two of the three shots on goal from the Vikings.
The Tigers look to rebound as their west coast trip continues on Saturday (Sept. 17) at Seattle Pacific University. The match is set for 9 pm (central time).
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Stephen Vogt drove in five runs, Ryon Healy hit a mammoth three-run homer and the Oakland Athletics routed the Kansas City Royals 14-5 on Thursday night.
The A’s continued to wreak havoc on the Royals’ diminishing playoff chances, sweeping a four-game road series at Kansas City for the first time in their history. The A’s outscored the Royals 43-12, the largest Oakland run differential in a four-game series in franchise history.
Vogt had a two-run double in a five-run third, walked with the bases loaded in the fourth and hit a two-run homer in the sixth. The five RBIs matched a career high.
ULYSSES, KS-Hays High Volleyball ran into three buzz saws in Ulysses on Thursday night. The Lady Indians lost in straight sets to Ulysses, Garden City and Pratt. Both Ulysses (7th, 4A-Division 1) and Garden City (9th, 6A) entered play ranked in the most recent KVCA rankings. Hays High drops to 3-5 on the season and will be off until next Saturday when they play in Garden City.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yonder Alonso and Marcus Semien hit two-run doubles as the Oakland Athletics beat Kansas City 8-0 for the third straight game on Wednesday night to further ruin the Royals’ postseason chances.
The 2015 World Series champion Royals are five games out in the American League wild card with 17 games left and would have to climb over five teams.
A’s rookie left-hander Sean Manaea (5-9) picked up his first career road victory, retiring 13 of the final 14 batters he faced in five scoreless innings, striking out five and walking one. Manaea, who had not pitched since Aug. 29 when he left in the fourth inning with a strained left rhomboid, was removed after 67 pitches. The A’s acquired Manaea from the Royals in July 2015 as part of the Ben Zobrist trade.
Alonso’s broken-bat double in the first scored Danny Valencia and Stephen Vogt.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have released third-round pick KeiVarae Russell and brought back linebacker Dezman Moses in a surprise move just one week into the regular season.
Russell, a cornerback, had been passed over by sixth-round pick D.J. White and recent acquisition Kenneth Acker on the depth chart. Russell was the Chiefs’ second player chosen in the April draft.
The move Wednesday was likely made to shore up special teams, though it was unexpected given the high draft pick the Chiefs used on the former Notre Dame standout.
Moses was cut last week when the Chiefs needed to reach the NFL’s 53-man roster limit.
TOPEKA, Kan. – The TMP-Marian volleyball team moves up two spots to No. 5 in the latest 3A poll released by the Kansas Volleyball Association Wednesday. The rankings do not take into account the Monarchs three wins at Tuesday’s Ellis quad which included sweeps of state ranked Phillipsburg (#10, 3A) and Smith Center (#8, 2A).
The only loss for the now 14-1 Monarchs was at Abilene who continues to hold down the top spot in 4A Division I.
La Crosse, who was unranked last week, moves up to No. 4 in the 1A Division I poll while Wheatland-Grinnell continues to hold down the No. 2 spot in 1A Division II.
Complete KVA rankings below…
Class 6A
1. Blue Valley West 10-0 (1)
2. Blue Valley North 9-0 (2)
3. Shawnee Mission East 9-2 (4)
4. Olathe Northwest 7-3 (6)
5. Shawnee Mission West 9-3 (NR)
6. Olathe East 4-3 (5)
7. Lawrence-Free State 6-3 (9)
8. Blue Valley Northwest 6-4 (8)
9. Garden City 8-2 (10)
10. Manhattan 4-3 (NR)
Class 5A
1. Shawnee Heights 6-1 (3)
2. St. James Academy 6-4 (2)
3. St. Thomas Aquinas 7-3 (1)
4. Lansing 10-1 (4)
5. Maize 9-1 (5)
6. Newton 9-1 (6)
7. Goddard-Eisenhower 7-1 (7)
8. Emporia 9-1 (8)
9. Blue Valley Southwest 8-3 (9)
10. Andover 11-5 (10)
Class 4A – Division 1
1. Abilene 9-1 (1)
2. Bishop Miege 3-6 (2)
3. McPherson 8-2 (3)
4. DeSoto 11-4 (5)
5. Andale 10-2 (6)
6. El Dorado 8-1 (10)
7. Ulysses 6-0 (7)
8. Rose Hill 8-4 (4)
9. Louisburg 8-6 (8)
10. Andover Central 4-6 (9)
Class 4A – Division 2
1. Topeka-Hayden 10-0 (1)
2. Kingman 11-3 (2)
3. Santa Fe Trail 5-2 (3)
4. Baxter Springs 9-2 (7)
5. Frontenac 8-1 (4)
6. Rock Creek 12-3 (NR)
7. Girard 9-3 (9)
8. Concordia 6-4 (6)
9. Burlington 11-4 (5)
10. Smoky Valley 5-6 (10)
Class 3A
1. Cheney 10-1 (3)
2. Silver Lake 6-2 (1)
3. Hesston 10-2 (2)
4. Garden Plain 8-1 (5)
5. Thomas More Prep-Marian 11-1 (7)
6. Douglass 4-0 (6)
7. Wellsville 8-4 (4)
8. Beloit 7-2 (9)
9. Marion 7-0 (NR)
10. Phillipsburg 4-2 (10)
Class 2A
1. Central Plains 8-0 (1)
2. Heritage Christian 3-0 (2)
3. Jefferson County North 9-0 (4)
4. Kiowa County 10-1 (5)
5. Wabaunsee 12-2 (9)
6. Inman 13-1 (8)
7. Oswego 9-2 (7)
8. Smith Center 5-1 (6)
9. Uniontown 8-3 (10)
10. Chase County 13-3 (NR)
ELLIS – The TMP-Marian volleyball team improved to 14-1 with three wins at the Ellis quad Tuesday. The Monarchs swept Smith Center (25-19, 25-14), Phillipsburg (25-23, 25-19) and Ellis (25-8, 25-14).
Kayla Vitztum led the Monarchs with 22 kills. Savannah Yost added 17 and Madyson Koerner had 16. Yost hit .517 in the three matches and Koerner .484. Kendra Werth recorded 29 digs.
The Monarchs are off until September 20th when they travel to Smith Center.
Cheslor Cuthbert doubles in the 4th inning in Tuesday’s game with Oakland. (Courtesy Kansas City Royals / Jason Hanna )
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Pinch hitter Yonder Alonso delivered a two-run double in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics rallied past Kansas City 5-4 Tuesday night, another key loss for the Royals.
The defending World Series champion Royals dropped five games out of the wild-card race with only 18 games left.
Joakim Soria blew his seventh save chance in eight opportunities. He was summoned with two outs in the eighth and the Royals clinging to a 3-2 lead lead.
On his second pitch, Soria gave up a double to Alonso over the head of center fielder Jarrod Dyson, scoring Brett Eibner and pinch runner Joey Wendle. Soria then yielded an RBI single to Marcus Semien.
Rookie Matthew Strahm (2-1), who gave up an infield single to Chad Pinder before Soria replaced him, took the loss.
John Axford (6-4) pitched one inning. Ryan Madson balked home Dyson with two outs in the ninth before closing for his 30th save in 36 tries.
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Sophomore Hannah Perkins led all Fort Hays State women’s golfers as she tied for 21st at the NSU Women’s Classic. She shot rounds of 77 and 80 for a total score of 157. FHSU finished 15th as a team.
Madison Roether tied for 69th individually with rounds of 81 and 93. Taylor DeBoer tied for 75th with identical rounds of 89 each day. Hadley Tharp finished 89th with rounds of 96 and 92, while teammate Kelsey McCarthy tied for 90th with scores of 96 and 93.
Southwestern Oklahoma State won the tournament as a team, shooting 606 as a team. MIAA teams Northeastern State (607) and Central Oklahoma (613) finished second and third respectively. Fort Hays State shot 697 as a team. Baylee Price of Northeastern State was the individual champion at 2-over par overall (146 total).
AXTELL, Neb. – The Fort Hays State University men’s golf team competed for the first time of the year this week at the UNK Invitational. The tournament was held at Awarii Dunes Country Club, an Irish-inspired links course in the sandy, rolling hills of southern Nebraska. The event, the first of four MIAA designated events that will decide the conference champion, concluded after 36 holes due to potential weather concerns.
The field fought through a wide variety of conditions on Monday, ranging from clear and calm wind in the morning, to intermittent showers in the afternoon and ultimately cold with gale-force winds over the last few hours. The competition concluded with the final five holes of the second round on a windy and chilly Tuesday morning.
The Tigers recorded a team score of 650 (328-322) to finish 20th overall and 11th in the MIAA standings. Dalton Ayres led FHSU with a two-round total of nine-over 153 (79-74), finishing in a tie for 49th. The junior transfer jumped 29 spots between rounds with his second round two-over 74, the sixth-largest jump in the 105 individual field.
Freshmen Marcus Willey (83-81) and Colton Bobek (82-82) both finished with a score of plus-20 164. Isaiah Grover (84-85-169) and Jake Weller (84-88-172) rounded out the scoring for FHSU.
The team will return to action in two weeks when it heads to Monkey, Island, Okla. for the MSSU Fall Invitational at Shangri-La Country Club. The first two rounds are scheduled for Monday, Sept. 26 before the final round takes off Tuesday.
