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Hays High golfers win in Goodland

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GOODLAND, Kan. – The Hays High boys golf team won the Goodland Invitational by 30 shots over the host Cowboys Tuesday at the Sugar Hills Golf Course . TMP-Marian finished third.

Payton Ruder led the Indians with a nine-over par 80, three shots back of Oberlin’s Kelly Brown. Justin McCullick shot an 81 and finished third for Hays High. Trae McCrae shot an 82 and finished sixth with Peyton Kieffer eighth and Allen Zollinger ninth, both with shooting an 84. Zollinger hit a hole in one on No. 10.

TMP-Marian’s Hayden Rohr finished fifth with an 82.

Complete results below…

HHS Results
Payton Ruder     80 – 2nd
Trey McCrae       82 – 6th
Peyton Kieffer     84 – 8th
Allen Zollinger    84 – 9th

TMP-Marian Results
Hayden Rohr       82 – 5th
Collin Werth        89
Machael Braus    100
Alex Stults            104

Team Results
1. Hays High – 330
2. Goodland – 360
3. TMP-Marian – 375
4. Oberlin – 376
5. Colby – 379
6. Norton – 383
7. Hoxie – 387
8. Scott City – 388
9. Ulysses – 409
10. Oakley – 401
11. Ellis – 422
12. Rawlins County – 423
13. Hugoton – 423
14. Wallace County – 445

Top 10 Medalists

1. Kelly Brown – Oberlin             77
2. Payton Ruder – Hays              80
3. Justin McCullick – Hays        81
4. Bryce Arnberger – Colby        82
5. Hayden Rohr – TMP               82
6. Trey McCrae – Hays                82
7. Garin Ihrig – Goodland           83
8. Peyton Kieffer – Hays             84
9. Allen Zollinger – Hays             84
10. Quinton Porter – Norton       86

FHSU women’s golf wins Park tourney title; men 16th at SBU

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Photo courtesy FHSU Athletics
Photo courtesy FHSU Athletics

PARKVILLE, Mo. – Fort Hays State women’s golf claimed the team title at the Virginia McCoy Intercollegiate Tournament held Monday and Tuesday, hosted by Park University. The Tigers won the tournament by 29 strokes, thanks to three top-five finishers in Hannah Karasiuk, Hannah Perkins and Hadley Tharp. The tournament was held at The Deuce at the National Golf Club.

Karasiuk had the top round for FHSU on day one with an 85 and backed that up with an 84 to finish alone in second place individually. She was six shots off the winning total of 163 by Iowa Central’s Julie Laisney.

Perkins rallied on day two, shooting eight strokes better than her first day total. She carded rounds of 89 and 81 to finish alone in third. Tharp was alone in fourth with rounds of 87 and 84, just a stroke back of Perkins. With rounds of 95 and 87, Quillen Eichhorn rounded out the scorers for FHSU finishing 14th individually. Alexis Schaben also played for FHSU and carded rounds of 110 and 98 to finish 33rd.

At a total of 692, Fort Hays State defeated host school Park University by 29 strokes. Park shot 721, while third-place finisher Rockhurst University shot 731.

Tiger men 16th at SBU Invitational

Photo courtesy FHSU Athletics
Photo courtesy FHSU Athletics

BOLIVAR, Mo. – Fort Hays State men’s golf finished 16th at the Southwest Baptist Invitational, held on Monday and Tuesday at Silo Ridge Country Club. Southwestern Oklahoma State won the tournament as a team, but Central Oklahoma was the top MIAA team in second place overall.

Lane Pauls led the Tigers with rounds of 76 and 80 on the par-72 layout. He tied for 40th. Seve Sites finished 63rd with rounds of 83 and 78. Koby Beougher tied for 67th with rounds of 82 and 81. Kade Megaffin finished 84th with two rounds of 88. Cash Hobson was 85th with two rounds of 89.

Fort Hays State shot 656 as a team. Southwestern Oklahoma State won with a 588, while Central Oklahoma was second at 600. It was the third designated MIAA event of the season, so Central Oklahoma won the MIAA portion of the tournament. Washburn was one off the pace of Central Oklahoma at 601.

Hays High’s Albany Schaffer signs with Louisiana-Monroe

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Schaffer Signing

By Dustin Armbruster

It was a long process but, after a number of school visits, it is done. On Tuesday, Albany Schaffer made her decision official, signing to play volleyball for the University of Louisiana-Monroe.

Schaffer goes down as one of the best to play in the history of the Hays High volleyball program. She holds the school record for digs in a single season with 542 her sophomore season. She also holds the second, third and fourth spots on that list, as well. Despite missing seven matches her senior season, she still finished with 508 digs for the second spot. 482 digs her junior year ranks third while her freshman campaign led to 367 digs to land fourth on the list.

Albany Schaffer

Schaffer was twice named the Western Athletic Conference player of the year, earning the honor in 2014 and 2015. She was also named Honorable Mention as a sophomore. Schaffer was named to the All-State Honorable Mention team following her senior season.

Schaffer heads to Monroe, La., to join the Division 1 program as a DS/Libero. The Warhawks went 14-18 last year and compete in the Sun Belt Conference.

Christin Nunnery

Hays High finished 29-8 this past season. Schaffer joins three other seniors to sign with collegiate programs for volleyball. Kylie Brown and Madison Prough both signed with Fort Hays State University. Taylor Groen-Younger will play at Pratt Community College.

Kansas State freshman Freeman transferring

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Kansas State forward Ron Freeman has elected to transfer after seeing little action as a freshman.

Wildcats coach Bruce Weber announced the decision Tuesday.

The 6-foot-5 Freeman only appeared in 11 games, averaging less than one point and one rebound, and intends to sign a letter of intent with Northwest Florida State College when the spring signing period opens.

Kansas State experienced a massive roster turnover last offseason, when leading scorer Marcus Foster and backups Tre Harris and Malek Harris were dismissed from the program. Starting point guard Jevon Thomas and fellow guard Nigel Johnson also transferred to other schools.

The Wildcats were 5-13 in the Big 12 and 17-16 overall last season.

McHugh, Rasmus help Astros win home opener 8-2 over Royals

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By KRISTIE RIEKEN
AP Sports Writer

HOUSTON (AP) – Collin McHugh bounced back from the shortest start of his career by pitching seven scoreless innings and Colby Rasmus hit a two-run homer as the Houston Astros won their home opener over the Kansas City Royals, 8-2, on Monday night.

Carlos Correa had three hits and two RBIs for Houston, Jose Altuve had three hits and rookie Tyler White added a pair of hits for his fourth multi-hit game this year.

McHugh (1-1) allowed eight hits and struck out four to bounce back from his last start, in which he allowed six runs and walked two in 1/3 inning of a 16-6 loss to the Yankees.

Chris Young (0-2) allowed nine hits and six runs in 4 2/3 innings. The Astros jumped on him early and were up by 1 in the first after an RBI double by Correa when Rasmus launched a towering shot to the second deck in right field to make it 3-0.

Luis Valbuena had an RBI double, Jason Castro drove in a run with a triple and Altuve had a run-scoring single in the fourth to push the lead to 6-0.

TMP-Marian baseball splits with Dodge City

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HAYS, Kan. – The TMP-Marian baseball team split their second straight doubleheader with a Western Athletic Conference team. Tuesday the Monarchs committed four errors and lost the opener to Dodge City 6-1 then bounced back to win the second contest 11-3.

In the first game, Dodge City used two triples, a double, a single and an error to break a scoreless tie with four runs in the fifth inning. Ricky Hockett allowed all six runs, two earned, on 10 hits with six strikeouts and two walks and took the loss. Ryan Ruder had three of the Monarchs four hits.

In the second game, TMP scored two in the first then four in the fourth to go up 8-1. Ryan Ruder allowed three runs, two earned, on five hits along with eight strikeouts and two walks for the complete game win. He and Ricky Hockett both had two hits including a double. Ruder drove in three.

The Monarchs are 5-3 and play two in Ellis this afternoon.

Highly touted hoops recruit Josh Jackson commits to Kansas

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DETROIT (AP) – Highly touted recruit Josh Jackson has committed to playing basketball at Kansas next season.

Jackson announced his decision Monday night on Twitter.

He can sign a letter of intent as soon as Wednesday. The Detroit native attends Prolific Prep Academy in California

Jackson had narrowed his final choices to Kansas, Michigan State and Arizona. He boosts the Jayhawks’ recruiting class that includes Mitch Lightfoot, who signed a letter of intent last week.

TMP-Marian softball drops pair in Colby

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By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post

Game 1:  Colby 2, TMP 1 (8 innings)
Game 2: Colby 12, TMP 7

COLBY, Kan – TMP-Marian let a late lead slip away in the opening game of a doubleheader in Colby. The Lady Monarchs had a 1-0 with nobody on and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Colby was able to get a run across following a hit by pitch, passed ball and an RBI single. Alison Helget was the hard luck loser dropping her season record to 2-2.

Bailey Lacy took the circle in game two and the Colby bats came alive. TMP-Marian took an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Colby would answer with two runs in the bottom of the inning and one in the bottom of the second to tie the game at two. The Lady Monarchs countered with three runs in the top of the fourth inning to re-take the lead at 6-3. That’s when the Lady Eagles took over outscoring TMP 9-1 the rest of the game, winning 12-7.

TMP is now four and four on the season and will be in Ellis on Tuesday afternoon for a doubleheader with the Lady Railers.

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Chiefs defensive end Mike DeVito retires after 9 NFL seasons

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Mike DeVito is retiring after nine NFL seasons.

DeVito, 31, announced his retirement Monday on Twitter, saying it was his wife, Jessie, who was most influential in his decision. The couple is expecting a second child.

DeVito says: “I have people here that will expect me to be here and be a father and be a husband and a leader of my family.”

Known for his leadership in the locker room and his versatility – he played three positions on the line in 2012 – DeVito spent his first six seasons with the New York Jets, twice going to the playoffs. He then joined the Chiefs for the last three seasons, but appeared in only one game in 2014 after tearing his Achilles tendon.

DeVito had a career-high three sacks last season as the Chiefs rallied from 1-5 to make the playoffs.

Gore scores on wild pitch in 10th, Royals beat winless Twins

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Photo courtesy Kansas City Royals/Chris Vleisides
Photo courtesy Kansas City Royals/Chris Vleisides

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Speedy pinch runner Terrance Gore streaked home on a wild pitch with two outs in the 10th inning, scoring with a headfirst slide to lift the Kansas City Royals over the winless Minnesota Twins 4-3 Sunday.

The World Series champion Royals rallied for two runs in the ninth to tie it, then dropped the Twins to 0-6. This is Minnesota’s worst start since the Washington Senators moved to the Twin Cities in 1961.

Christian Colon drew a leadoff walk in the 10th from Trevor May (0-1). Gore then made his first appearance of the season, running for Colon, and dashed to third on May’s throwing error on a pickoff attempt.

May retired the next two batters and issued a walk. With a 1-2 count on Lorenzo Cain, May threw a breaking ball that bounced off catcher John Ryan Murphy’s chest protector and skittered to the right side of the plate.

Gore beat Murphy’s throw to May covering the plate. May slammed down his hand in frustration after Gore scored.

The Twins scored two runs in the sixth, then after Mike Moustakas hit a solo homer in the bottom of the inning, answered with a Brian Dozier home run to go up 3-1.

Lorenzo Cain singled with one out in the ninth and scored on an Eric Hosmer triple. Kendrys Morales knocked in the tying run with a sacrifice fly to deep right field.

Wade Davis pitched the 10th and picked up the win. Starter Edinson Volquez allowed two runs on eight hits with 10 strikeouts and no walks in 5 2/3 innings.

The Royals are on the road for the first time Monday as they begin a four-game series in Houston.

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