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Sanchez makes good case for QB job, Broncos beat Bears

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By ANDREW SELIGMAN
AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO (AP) — Mark Sanchez made a strong opening argument for the Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback job, throwing for 99 yards and a touchdown in the first quarter, and the defending Super Bowl champions beat the Chicago Bears 22-0 in the preseason opener on Thursday night.

Sanchez came through with just the sort of performance he needed if he’s going to beat out Trevor Siemian.

He completed 10 of 13 passes in the first quarter and led a game-opening 76-yard touchdown drive. He was intercepted by Jerrell Freeman on the Broncos’ second possession.

But overall? Not bad.

Sanchez maintained his cool against Chicago’s pressure and kept the opening drive going by completing three third-down passes — including a 32-yard TD to a wide open Demaryius Thomas along the right side.

As for Siemian, the former Northwestern star looked comfortable throwing short passes and was 7 of 12 for 88 yards in the second quarter.

It was a rough start for a Bears team looking for more after going 6-10 in coach John Fox’s first season.

Jay Cutler threw for 18 yards and got sacked twice in the first quarter. Brian Hoyer threw for 81 yards in the second period but was sacked three times.

On a positive note for the Bears, Alshon Jeffery played after being limited by a strained hamstring and caught a 12-yard pass. And Kevin White caught his first pass for Chicago after missing his rookie season because of a fractured shin.

NO MILLER

Broncos star LB Von Miller sat out because he said he was not mentally ready after a busy offseason. The Super Bowl MVP had a tense contract negotiation and made several TV and public appearances.

ROOKIE WATCH

Broncos: DE Adam Gotsis, a second-round draft pick from Georgia Tech, had a tackle for loss to start the third quarter.

QB COMPARISON

Broncos: Rookie Paxton Lynch went 6 for 7 with 74 yards in his first NFL appearance. The 6-foot-7 strong-armed quarterback from Memphis was drafted with the 26th overall pick.

Bears: Hoyer was 7 of 10 with an interception in his first appearance for the Bears.

INJURY UPDATE

Broncos: The Broncos held out OLB DeMarcus Ware (back) and CB Aqib Talib, who suffered a gunshot wound in his right leg in the offseason.

Bears: RB Ka’Deem Carey was being evaluated for a concussion after getting shaken up in the third quarter. WR Eddie Royal and TE Zach Miller sat out because of concussions.

Duffy throws complete game, Royals beat White Sox

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Danny Duffy pitched his first complete game to win his eighth straight decision, Cheslor Cuthbert had two hits and drove in a run and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Thursday night.

Duffy (9-1) limited the White Sox to seven singles, struck out six and walked none. He has not lost since June 6 and has a 1.73 ERA in his past five starts. Duffy threw 98 pitches, 71 for strikes.

Cuthbert tripled home Jarrod Dyson in the sixth and is second among AL rookies with 93 hits, 24 multihit games and a .303 batting average. Dyson was initially called out trying to steal second, but the Royals appealed and the call was overturned.

Cuthbert then scored the go-ahead run on Eric Hosmer’s single off Carson Fulmer (0-2). Fulmer has an 8.47 ERA in eight relief appearances.

FHSU’s holds first football practice of the season

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About 110 players were at Lewis Field Stadium for the first practice of the season Thursday morning for the Fort Hays State Tiger football team.

The Tigers are coming off an 8-4 campaign earning their first postseason berth since 1995, a loss to Minnesota-Duluth in the Mineral Water Bowl.

FHSU opens the season at home against Missouri Southern on Thursday, September 1st.

Listen to the comments of head coach Chris Brown as well as running back Shaquille Cooper, quarterback Jacob Mezera and linebacker Alex Schmidtberger.

Chris Brown

Shaquille Cooper

Jacob Mezera

Alex Schmidtberger

FHSU men’s soccer ranked to open 2016 season

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FHSU Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State resumes its run in the NSCAA Division II Top 25 National Poll to open the 2016 season. After closing the 2015 season as the No. 14 ranked team in the nation, the Tigers start the 2016 campaign ranked No. 15 in the country.

Fort Hays State held a ranking as high as No. 11 last year as they went on to set a new program record for wins (13) in a season. The Tigers claimed their second consecutive Central Region Championship in the NCAA Tournament, reaching the national quarterfinals for the second straight year. It was the fourth consecutive year the Tigers were selected to the NCAA Tournament in just the fifth year of the program’s existence.

Head coach Brett Parker has guided the program to an overall record of 58-27-13 in five years at FHSU. The Tigers have won at least 11 matches in all five of years and have been in the NSCAA national rankings in each of the last four years.

The Tigers will get a big challenge the first week of regular season play when they play at Rockhurst University in a rematch of the 2015 national quarterfinal. FHSU fell just short of a final four appearance, eliminated on penalty kicks after the match ended in a 1-1 draw. Rockhurst opens this season at No. 3 in the nation. Just a couple weeks later, FHSU travels out to the west coast where it will meet preseason No. 11 Seattle Pacific during a two-match swing in the state of Washington.

Fort Hays State is the highest ranked team of the two MIAA schools represented in the preseason rankings. Upper Iowa, the MIAA regular season champion from last year, starts the year at No. 23 in the nation. FHSU defeated Upper Iowa in the Central Regional Championship of the NCAA Tournament last year.

Below is the Preseason Top 25 poll for 2016.

Rank School Prev. W-L-T
1 Pfeiffer University 1 25-0-0
2 University Of Charleston 2 20-3-0
3 Rockhurst University 3 18-2-3
4 Cal Poly Pomona 4 17-3-3
5 Palm Beach Atlantic University 5 17-2-1
6 Colorado School Of Mines 6 18-1-3
7 Midwestern State University 7 17-1-1
8 Southern New Hampshire University 9 19-1-1
9 LIU Post 8 15-3-3
9 Young Harris College 10 17-4-0
11 Seattle Pacific University 11 14-1-4
12 Northwood University (Mich.) 12 17-2-1
13 California State University-Dominguez Hills 13 14-3-4
14 St. Edward’s University 15 15-3-2
15 Fort Hays State University 14 13-5-2
16 Urbana University 16 13-4-2
17 Rollins College 17 13-8-0
18 Wingate University 18 14-4-4
19 Merrimack College 19 15-4-2
20 Notre Dame College 20 12-6-0
21 Saginaw Valley State University 22 15-4-1
22 Fresno Pacific University 21 14-3-2
23 Upper Iowa University 23 13-4-1
24 California State University-Los Angeles RV 12-5-3
25 Lynn University NR 9-4-2

Also receiving votes: Lander, Gannon, Southern Connecticut State, Saint Leo, Limestone, Millersville, Carson-Newman, California State Stanislaus

FHSU volleyball picked seventh in preseason coaches poll

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FHSU Sports Information
KANSAS CITY – The Fort Hays State volleyball team has been picked to finish seventh in the 2016 MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll, which was released by the conference office Thursday. The Tigers received 64 points in the poll, which is voted on by the 12 coaches in the league. Coaches do not list their own school on their ballot.

Fort Hays State is coming off arguably its strongest season since joining the MIAA 10 seasons ago, finishing 21-13 overall and 10-8 in league play in 2015. It was the first winning record in conference play since joining the league in 2006. The Tigers finished the regular season sixth in the conference standings last year, advancing to the MIAA Tournament before falling to nationally-ranked Nebraska-Kearney.

The 2016 rendition of the Tigers will feature a number of familiar faces, with 11 letter winners returning from a year ago. Included in that mix are four All-MIAA performers in seniors Rebekah Spainhour, Crystal Whitten and Megan Anderson, along with sophomore Sydney Dixon. The addition of 10 freshman and six transfers will provide the depth necessary to succeed in the MIAA, regularly one of the toughest conferences in NCAA Divison II.

The 2016 season will get underway when the Tigers head to Goodwell, Okla. to take part in the Aggie Challenge Sept. 2-3. After a three weekends of non-conference play, conference action starts in earnest Sept. 20 at Nebraska-Kearney before the Tigers’ home opener on Friday, Sept. 23 against Emporia State inside Gross Memorial Coliseum.

The top four teams in the poll are separated by just eight points, with Washburn leading the way with 110 points after receiving five first-place votes. Defending MIAA Tournament champion Central Missouri is tied with defending regular season champion Central Oklahoma for second after earning 106 points apiece, with each school being listed atop three ballots. Nebraska-Kearney picked up the remaining first-place vote and 102 points to rank fourth.

Missouri Western (77 points) and Northwest Missouri State (69) were ranked just ahead of FHSU in fifth and sixth place, respectively. Emporia State, Lindenwood and Pittsburg State round out the top-10 while Southwest Baptist and Missouri Southern sit in 11th and 12th, respectively.

2016 MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Washburn (5) – 110
T2. Central Missouri (3) – 106
T2. Central Oklahoma (3) – 106
4. Nebraska-Kearney (1) – 102
5. Missouri Western – 77
6. Northwest Missouri – 69
7. Fort Hays State – 64
8. Emporia State – 51
9. Lindenwood – 39
10. Pittsburg State – 36
11. Southwest Baptist – 17
12. Missouri Southern – 15

Cain delivers game-winning hit for Royals in 14th inning

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Cheslor Cuthbert tied the Royals game with the White Sox with an 8th inning double. (Courtesy Kansas City Royals/Jason Hanna)
Cheslor Cuthbert tied the Royals game with the White Sox with an 8th inning double. (Courtesy Kansas City Royals/Jason Hanna)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lorenzo Cain’s two-out single in the 14th inning scored Christian Colon from second base and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Wednesday night.

Colon opened the inning with a single and Paulo Orlando sacrificed him to second. Cain laced a single to center to score Colon, ending the 4-hour, 34-minute game, the longest by the Royals this season.

Dillon Gee (4-5), the eighth Kansas City pitcher, struck out three in two perfect innings to pick up the victory. Matt Albers (2-5) was charged with the loss.

Jarrod Dyson led off the 13th inning with a triple, but the Royals failed to get him home. Dan Jennings struck out the next three batters: Drew Butera, Alex Gordon and Alcides Escobar.

Larks play Goldpanners at 4:30pm Thursday

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WICHITA – The Hays Larks will take on the Alaska Goldpanners at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the second of four quarterfinal games at the NBC World Series in Wichita.

The Larks went 3-0 to win Pool A while the Goldpanners went 2-1 and were runner-up in Pool C. The two met last Wednesday at Larks Park with Hays winning 12-3. You can hear the game on KJLS (103.3-FM) beginning with the Larks pregame show around 4:15 p.m.

The winner will face either the defending NBC WS champion Seattle (WA) Studs or the Kansas Stars in Friday’s semifinals.

Wichita St coach suspended after getting tossed in Canada

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall has been suspended for the last game of an exhibition tour in Canada after receiving two technical fouls and getting kicked out of a game against McGill University.

Shockers athletic director Daron Boatright said in a statement Wednesday that “while I understand the competitive spirit that accompanies coaching, there remains a professional behavior that is inherent in a position of leadership that we must all meet.”

Marshall had to be restrained Tuesday night from chasing after two referees. He complained several times about physical play that resulted in one of Wichita State’s players sustaining a concussion.

Marshall also received a technical foul in a game Sunday.

The Shockers finished their Canadian tour against a group of local professionals Wednesday.

Larks hold off Honkers to win pool at NBC World Series

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WICHITA – Austin O’Brien and Alex Weiss both had three hits and Michael Burns drove in two runs and and scored twice to lead the Hays Larks to a 7-4 win over the Northwest (WA) Honkers Tuesday at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. The Larks (41-10) improved to 3-0 at the NBC World Series and won the Pool A title. 

Frank Leo Postgame

Game Highlights

Hays scored three runs in the first inning on singles from Mike Mioduszewski and Alex Weiss. Jacob Boston was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to bring home the third run of the game.

After a leadoff double by Weiss, a single by Garrett McKenzie and a walk to Ty Redington, O’Brien and Burns both hit two-out, two-run singles to push the lead to 7-0 in the third.

The Honkers (36-20) got a two-out, three-run homer from pinch hitter Chaz Lopez off of Austin Isenhart to cut the gap to 7-3 in the fifth. They loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth, but were held one run. After giving up a bases-loaded walk, Chad Smith struck out the next two batters to limit the damage.

Graylon Brown worked around a one-out walk in ninth, getting a double play when the Northwest base runner ran through the bag at second and the Larks were awarded a double-play to end the game.

Isenhart (3-1) allowed three runs on six hits with four strikeouts and two walks and picked up the win. Brown got his third save.

The Larks advance to Thursday’s quarterfinals and will play the Fairbanks (AK) Goldpanners who finished runner-up in Pool C after a 4-3 loss to the Santa Barbara (CA) Foresters Tuesday night. The game time has not been announced.

Frazier homers in 10th, White Sox beat Royals

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Jarrod Dyson scores the tying run in the 9th inning vs. Chicago Tuesday night. (Courtesy Kansas City Royals/Jason Hanna)
Jarrod Dyson scores the tying run in the 9th inning vs. Chicago Tuesday night. (Courtesy Kansas City Royals/Jason Hanna)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Todd Frazier hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and Justin Morneau had four hits to lift the Chicago White Sox over the Kansas City Royals 7-5 on Tuesday night.

Frazier is tied for the major league lead with 31 homers, and his latest came on the first pitch from Kelvin Herrera (1-4) after a single by Jose Abreu and a double by Morneau.

David Robertson (3-2) blew a save in the ninth when Alcides Escobar’s two-out single scored pinch-runner Jarrod Dyson.

Dan Jennings struck out Eric Hosmer to end the game, logging his first career save.

White Sox All-Star left-hander Chris Sale is 0-3 in five starts since a July 2 victory over Houston. He gave up three runs and seven hits in the first 2 1/3 innings but did not allow a hit after that. He threw 115 pitches in seven innings, striking out seven and walking one.

Youth baseball tryouts will be this month at Dusty Glassman

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The Hays Baseball Club is announcing its tryouts for the 2017 spring season for ages 7u to 9u. Tryouts are open to Hays and Hays area kids. This is competitive, traveling team baseball.

The intent is to form two teams for each age group based on participation. All kids that make a team will be responsible for a $300 entry fee. Entry fees are to fund uniforms, tournament entry fees, field rental, umpires, team insurance and equipment. Tryouts will be held at Dusty Glassman Ballpark in Hays.

Tryout dates are as follows:
9u – Kid Pitch – August 15th and 16th
Registration 5:30-6:00. Tryouts 6-8pm.
Players who are currently 8 or 9 and will not turn 10 prior to May 1.

8u – Machine Pitch – August 23
Registration 5:30-6:00. Tryouts 6-8pm.
Players who are currently 7 or 8 and will not turn 9 prior to May 1.

7u – Machine Pitch – August 24
Registration 5:30-6:00. Tryouts 6-8pm.
Players who are currently 6 or 7 and will not turn 8 prior to May 1, 2017.

All prospective players are asked to please pre-register if possible by contacting us. For more information and inquiries, contact the following coaches for respective age groups or email questions to [email protected].

9u – Jeremy Schmeidler, (785)-623-7360, [email protected]
8u – Doug Dreiling, (785)639-5352, [email protected]
7u – Luke Dreiling, (785) 432-0888, [email protected]

Larks hold off Waves to move to 2-0 at NBC World Series

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WICHITA – The Hays Larks built a three-run lead then held off a San Diego rally and beat the Waves 3-2 Sunday night at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium to improve to 2-0 in pool play at the NBC World Series.

Frank Leo Postgame

Game Highlights

The Larks (40-10) won despite allowing a season-high eight walks. Starter Alex Lopez issued a season-high five free passes with relievers Sam Reed, Dalton Leiker and Daniel James all giving up one.

James struck out three over two scoreless innings and picked up the win. He issued a one-out walk in the ninth but struck out the final two batters to close out the victory.

Starter Alex Lopez (8-0) allowed two hits over 5 2/3 scoreless innings and picked up the win. The senior-to-be at Texas Wesleyan stranded eight base runners – five of them in scoring position.

Michael Burns led off the fourth inning with a double, moved to third on a wild pitch then scored on Nate Olinger’s sacrifice fly to put the Larks up 1-0.

Jacob Boston put them up 2-0 after he reached on an error, stole second, advanced to third on a ground out then scored on a wild pitch.

Austin O’Brien hit two-out solo home run in the sixth to push the lead to 3-0.

The Larks close out pool play Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. against the Northwest (WA) Honkers and can win the pool with a win. The Honkers game with the Hutchinson Monarchs was rained out and will be made up at 10 a.m. Monday morning.

HOME RUN KING
Mike Mioduszewski won the first ever NBC World Series Home Run Derby. After he advanced out of the preliminary round Sunday morning, Mioduszeski hit three homers in the finals, the one during the tie-breaker round.

Ventura pitches into 7th as Royals beat Blue Jays

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Cheslor Cuthbert tags out Jose Bautista at 3rd base in Sunday's game vs. Toronto. (Courtesy Kansas City Royals/ Chris Vleisides)
Cheslor Cuthbert tags out Jose Bautista at 3rd base in Sunday’s game vs. Toronto. (Courtesy Kansas City Royals/ Chris Vleisides)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yordano Ventura pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Kendrys Morales hit a grand slam, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 Sunday.

Ventura (7-9), who was 0-5 in seven starts since a June 17 victory over the Detroit Tigers, limited the Blue Jays to one run and five singles in 6 2/3 innings, walking four and striking out four.

Morales’ third career grand slam and his first since July 30, 2012, while with the Los Angeles Angels came off left-hander Brett Cecil with two out in the eighth to break the game open. Raul Mondesi, Alcides Escobar and Cheslor Cuthbert led off the inning with singles. It appeared Toronto might escape unharmed after Lorenzo Cain and Eric Hosmer struck out, but Morales hit Cecil’s first pitch out to straight-away center.

Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman (8-5) allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings.

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