The Hays High girls team soccer camp is right around the corner for seventh through twelfth graders. The camp is July 5th, 6th & 7th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at Pratt-Optimist Park. The cost is $25 per player and includes a camp t-shirt. Forms can be printed off from www.hayshighschool.com at the athletic page and under athletics information where you can find the 2016 soccer camp form.
Category: Sports
Larks rally past Dodge City; wrap up first half league title
HAYS – The Hays Larks wrapped up a spot in both the Jayhawk League championship series as well as the NBC World Series championship week with a come-from-behind 6-5 win over Dodge City Wednesday night at Larks Park. The Larks (20-3, 16-3 JL) rallied for three runs in the eighth inning then held on as the A’s (14-7, 12-7 JL) loaded the bases in the ninth. Chad Smith got a ground ball to second to end the game and gave the Larks the Jayhawk League first half title.
Manager Frank Leo discusses Wednesday’s win over Dodge City
Austin O’Brien hit two home runs. His two-run shot in the fifth tied the game 3-3 then his solo shot in the eighth started the comeback rally.
Garrett McKinzie drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with a two-out single to center which scored Ty Redington and Devlin Granberg.
Shane Browning (2-0) threw two shutout innings for the win.
Smith gave up a single and hit two batters but gets his sixth save.
The Larks close out first half play in Dodge City Thursday night. They then begin second half play in El Dorado Saturday.
Escobar’s second go-ahead hit leads Royals over Cards in 12
By R.B. FALLSTROM
AP Sports Writer
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Alcides Escobar hit a go-ahead RBI double just inside the right-field line in the 12th inning and the Kansas City Royals outlasted the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Escobar drove in the first run of the game with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the eighth. His fly to shallow right off Seth Maness (0-2) fell just in front of Stephen Piscotty, whose homer leading off the 10th tied it at 2.
Chien-Ming Wang (5-0) worked two scoreless innings for Kansas City, which survived blown saves by Wade Davis and Joakim Soria, stranded 19 runners and used all of its bench players. The Royals are 39-50 in the I-70 interleague series but 14-12 at 11-year-old Busch Stadium.
Whit Merrifield put Kansas City ahead in the 10th when a potential double-play grounder was booted by second baseman Matt Carpenter and Merrifield got an RBI. He also doubled with one out in the 12th.
Monarchs sweep Dodge City
DODGE CITY – The Hays Monarchs Jr. American Legion baseball team ran their their win streak to five games with a doubleheader sweep in Dodge City Wednesday night. Luke Ruder allowed only two hits in an 11-0 four inning run-rule win in the opener. The Monarchs then built an 10-1 lead in the second game and had to hold on for a 12-8 victory.
The Monarchs (18-4) scored four runs in the first inning and three in the second to grab th early lead in the first game. Chase Werth and Eston Brown both drove in three runs and Gavin Schumacher hit a solo home run.
Ruder struck out three and walked none. He got on base three times and scored three runs in the second game.
Chase Werth, Eston Brown and Adam Gottschalk all drove in three runs in the second contest.
The Monarchs are off until Wednesday when they travel to Smith Center.
Royals place Cain on DL with hamstring injury
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Kansas City Royals have placed center fielder Lorenzo Cain on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain.
The team made the move Wednesday after an MRI revealed the damage.
Rookie outfielder Brett Eibner was recalled from Triple-A Omaha for his third stint with the team this season. The 27-year-old Eibner was batting .297 in 11 games with five doubles, a home run and seven RBIs with the Royals.
Cain was batting .290 with eight homers and 39 RBIs.
FHSU Sports Information earns 4 national honors; women’s basketball guide best in nation
FHSU Athletics
ort Hays State Sports Information Director Ryan Prickett earned more national recognition in 2015-16 as four of his media guides earned national publication honors from CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America). The 2015-16 Fort Hays State Women’s Basketball Media Guide was tabbed “Best in the Nation,” while the 2015 Football Media Guide, 2015 Volleyball Media Guide, and 2015-16 Men’s Basketball Media Guide all were voted third nationally in the College Division, which includes all non-NCAA Division I institutions (NCAA Divisions II and III, NAIA, and NJCAA).
The Women’s Basketball Media Guide earned “Best in the Nation” honors for the first time ever. After ranking third nationally for three straight years, the women’s basketball guide ascended to the top this year. Prickett earned the third “Best in the Nation” honor of his career after the 2011 and 2014 FHSU Volleyball Media Guides were tabbed with same title. Former sports information graduate assistants Doug Self (now Sports Information Director at Southwestern Oklahoma State) and Andrew Sogn (now Assistant Sports Information Director at Washburn), teamed with Prickett to produce the nation’s top volleyball media guides those years.
In his career as Sports Information Director at FHSU, Prickett has amassed 14 Excellence in Publications Awards from CoSIDA. All 14 are for media guides that ranked among the top four nationally (volleyball, women’s basketball, men’s basketball, and football combined).
This is the first year of Prickett’s career where all four of his media guides produced at FHSU earned the Excellence in Publications Award from CoSIDA. Last year three of the four guides earned the distinction. This year the men’s basketball guide jumped into the top three (its highest ranking ever), while football remained third for the second straight year. The volleyball guide remained in the top three for the fifth consecutive year.
Jared Schiel of the FHSU Foundation designed the covers for the football and volleyball guides, while Prickett designed the covers for the women’s basketball and men’s basketball guides. Photos for the guides were provided by Mitch Weber, Emma Henry, Mark Shaiken, and Bob Duffy. Fort Hays State University Printing Services printed the guides. Prickett produced the entire layout of all four guides, including writing and design.
Prickett enters his 12th year as Sports Information Director at Fort Hays State University in 2016-17.
Larks fall short in series opener in Dodge City
DODGE CITY – The Hays Larks matched their season high for runs allowed and gave up a season high 17 hits as they drop the first game of their three-game series with second place Dodge City 9-2 Monday night at Cavalier Field.
The A’s (14-6, 12-6 JL) scored seven runs over the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to keep their chances of winning the first half Jayhawk League title alive.
Down 5-2, the Larks (19-3, 15-3 JL) loaded the bases with one out in the sixth but Josh Minjarez lined out to second and Jacob Boston struck out. The A’s then scored four in the bottom of the inning to blow the game open.
Starter Stephen Yancey (2-1) took the loss. He allowed five runs on 11 hits with four strikeouts and no walks over four innings.
Jacob Boston had three of the Larks 10 hits. Garrett McKinzie homered.
The Larks can clinch the first half crown with a win at home Wednesday night. Free admission for the seven o’clock game courtesy of Bank of Hays and Werth Wealth Management.
Cardinals’ offense comes alive in win over Royals
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Just about everybody in the Cardinals lineup drove in a run, Michael Wacha was good enough on the mound and St. Louis held off the Kansas City Royals 8-4 on Tuesday night to even their four-game, two-city series.
Wacha (4-7) allowed four runs over six innings but, considering he served up nine hits and three walks, it could have been worse. It was his second straight win after dropping seven consecutive decisions.
His bullpen nearly gave it away: Seung Hwan Oh loaded the bases with one out in the ninth before getting pinch-hitter Alex Gordon to pop out and inducing Eric Hosmer into a routine fielder’s choice.
Yordano Ventura (6-5) allowed seven runs on seven hits, three walks and a hit batter in 5 1/3 innings for the Royals.
Danny Duffy pitches Royals to win over Cardinals
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Danny Duffy matched a career best with eight sharp innings, the Royals kept swinging hot bats and Kansas City routed the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 on Monday night to open a four-game, two-city series.
Kendrys Morales went 4-for-4 and drove in two runs, and Eric Hosmer also had a pair of RBIs as the Royals roughed up Adam Wainwright (6-5) to snap a four-game losing streak to their cross-state rival.
Duffy (3-1) served up a two-run homer to Matt Holliday in the first before settling into a nice rhythm, keeping the Cardinals off balance with pinpoint control. The left-hander struck out eight and didn’t walk a batter while breezing through a lineup that scored 11 runs the previous day against Seattle.
Hays Monarchs sweep Great Bend
GREAT BEND, Kan. – The Hays Monarchs Jr. American Legion baseball team rallied for five runs in the final two innings to beat Great Bend 5-2 in game one of their doubleheader Monday night at the Great Bend Sports Complex. They built a 10-0 lead in the second game then held on for an 11-7 victory and the sweep.
Adam Gottschalk’s double scored Karl Rack with the go-ahead run in the seventh inning of the opener. Eston Brown added an RBI single and Gavin Schumacher drove in a run with his second triple of the game.
Cole Zimmerman struck out eight and allowed one earned run on five hits with three walks in the complete game win.
The Monarchs scored four in the second and five in the fourth in the second game before the Chiefs rallied with a six-run fifth.
Carlos Schwindt gave up six runs on five hits over 4 1/3 innings and picks up the win.
The Monarchs (16-4) , who have won three straight and seven of their last eight, travel to Dodge City for two games with the Rangers on Wednesday.
Phillipsburg’s Hadley switches from riding bucking horses to helping with rodeo
PHILLIPSBURG — Tickets go on sale July 1 for the 87th annual Phillipsburg Rodeo.
Kansas Biggest Rodeo, as it is known, kicks off August 4-6 at the rodeo grounds north of Phillipsburg. Tickets can be purchased by phone or in person at Heritage Insurance in Phillipsburg (685 Third; 785-543-2448) or at the gate the nights of the rodeo.
One Phillipsburg man has seen both sides of rodeo. Tommy Hadley was a rodeo contestant for years and now serves on the Phillipsburg Rodeo Association. Hadley, who grew up in Hill City, began riding bareback horses in high school, and connected with Danzey Price, another Phillipsburg man who also rodeoed. Together, he and Price, a bull rider, competed in the amateur associations and in the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association.
Hadley rode barebacks at the Phillipsburg Rodeo several times, and joined the Phillipsburg Rodeo Association in 1995. For thirty years (before he joined the association), he ran the out-gate. His duties also include lining up 26 volunteers to help in and around the arena, and if one of them doesn’t show up, he takes their place. During the day, he helps wash bleachers and chute gates, and makes sure the chutes and the pens are all functioning. He’s at the rodeo grounds most of the day during the week of rodeo, helping with whatever tasks need to be done.
This year’s rodeo features two rodeo clowns: Slim Garner and Mark Swingler. Garner has entertained in Phillipsburg before. This will be Swingler’s first year. Bennie and Rhett Beutler return with their bucking horses and bulls, and Randy Corley will take care of announcing duties. Bullfighters will be Dusty Tuckness and Weston Rutkowski.
A barbecue for all ticket holders will be held on August 4, and live music by the Dirty Bourbon Band will entertain after the rodeo on August 5-6. The annual parade will be at 2 pm on August 6. Slack, the extra competition that doesn’t fit into the performances, is at 7 pm on August 2-3.
Associate memberships are available through First National Bank and Trust in Phillipsburg, Cliff’s Welding, Matteson Motors, and any committee member. They are $125 and include reserved parking for the rodeo, a rib cookout on August 3, and the chance to win a 2016 John Deere Gator or one of two trips to the National Finals Rodeo. Only 300 associate memberships are sold each year.
Hadley still rides, but it’s saddle horses now, and “I hope they don’t buck,” he laughed. “Sometimes they do, and it kind of gives you a thrill, but I don’t want to hit the ground, that’s for sure.”
Tickets for the rodeo are $16 for reserved adult seating and $12 for reserved child seating .General admission tickets are $14 for adults and $11 for children. For more information, visit the rodeo’s website at KansasBiggestRodeo.com or find the rodeo on Facebook and Twitter.
Five future Tigers showcase talents in KBCA All-Star Games
FHSU Athletics
SALINA, Kan. – Five of Fort Hays State’s future basketball players shined on Saturday (June 25) in the KBCA All-Star Games, held at Mabee Arena on the campus of Kansas Wesleyan University. Future FHSU men participating were Hays products Jared Vitztum and Isaiah Nunnery, while future FHSU women participating were Kacey Kennett, Taylor Rolfs, and Madison Mittie.
Boys Game
Even though both are from Hays, TMP-Marian product Jared Vitztum and Hays High product Isaiah Nunnery played on opposing squads Saturday. Nunnery had a big impact in pushing the Blue squad to a win, while Vitztum had a team-high 21 points and eight rebounds for the White squad. The Blue squad won the game 106-97.
With the game knotted at 81-81, Nunnery triggered a 7-0 run that would push the Blue squad into the lead for good. He broke the tie with a bucket at the seven-minute mark, then came up with a steal that led to two more points for his team 15 seconds later. Nunnery finished the game with seven points, going 3-of-5 from the field which included a three-point field goal.
Vitztum was very efficient on the offensive end for the White squad. He finished the game 8-of-10 from the field, canning his only three-point attempt. He was also a perfect 4-of-4 from the free-throw line. His eight rebounds led all players in the game.
Girls Game
Three of Fort Hays State’s signees combined for 65 points in the KBCA Girls All-Star Game. Kacey Kennett led all scorers in the game with 26 points, leading the White squad to a 109-103 overtime win, while Taylor Rolfs had 21 and Madison Mittie added 18 for the Blue squad.
Kennett delivered a big three-point field goal with just over a minute to play in regulation that capped a quick 6-0 run by the White to tie the game. Both teams traded two point buckets before regulation concluded. In overtime Kennett scored six points, including another three-point field goal, and three free-throws down the stretch to seal the win. She finished 8-of-13 from the field and 3-of-4 beyond the three-point line. She was 7-of-8 at the free-throw line.
Rolfs and Mittie were just as efficient on offense for the Blue squad. Rolfs tied a team-high 21 points for the Blue, going 7-of-12 from the field with a 4-of-6 effort beyond the 3-point line and 3-of-4 effort at the free-throw line. Mittie went 9-of-13 from the field, getting all of her points inside the arc.
Larks take two from Derby; sweep series
HAYS, Kan. – The Hays Larks moved another stop closer to clinching the Jayhawk League First Half title with a doubleheader sweep of the last place Derby Twins Sunday at Larks Park. The Larks (19-2, 15-2 JL) won the opener 1-0 then took the nightcap 8-2 to finish off the three-game sweep.
Frank Leo Postgame Interview
Alex Lopez (4-0) pitched a complete game two hitter in the first game. The Texas Wesleyan junior struck out five and walked none and faced the minimum thanks to a caught stealing and double play. Matt Waller drove in the only run with a third inning single that scored Jacob Boston.
Game 1 Highlights
The first four Larks batters all singled in the first inning and the first six all scored in a six-run first inning in game two. Austin O’Brien and Devlin Granberg both had two of the Larks nine hits and both drove in two runs. Augie Gillardo (2-0) went five innings to get the win. He allowed both runs on five hits with five strikeouts and three walks.
Game 2 Highlights
The Larks can wrap up the first half title with a win tomorrow night over second place Dodge City.
Sunday’s Jayhawk League scoreboard…
Bethany 4, Liberal 3
Dodge City at Haysville, ppd rain
Wellington at El Dorado, ppd rain