DODGE CITY, Kan. – The TMP-Marian girls’ soccer team edged Dodge City 1-0 Thursday in Dodge City. Ashlyy Ostrander scored the lone goal in the 57th minute on an assist from Megan Koeningsman.
The Monarchs controlled the ball much of the match and had seven shots on goal and nine corner kicks.
Doenna Wellbrock had five saves in goal as TMP-Marian improves to 3-1 on the season.
LIBERAL, Kan. – The Hays High girls soccer team put an end to a three-match losing streak Thursday afternoon, with a 2-1 win over Liberal.
Talyn Kleweno scored both goals for the Indians.
Hays improved to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Western Athletic Conference.
The Indians travel to Junction City Monday at 5:30 p.m.
DODGE CITY, Kan. – The Hays High baseball team opened up Western Athletic Conference play with a couple of wins over Dodge City Tuesday. The Indians beat the Red Demons 7-5 and 15-2 to move to 5-1 on the season.
HHS trailed 4-1 in the opener before scoring single runs in the fourth and fifth then four in the sixth. Cole Schumacher went the distance with seven strikeouts and two walks for the win.
The Indians scored five in the second then eight in the third to take control of the second game. Connor Rule had three of the Indians 15 hits and drove in three. Marcus Altman pitched all five innings with three strikeouts and one walk and gets the win.
The Indians travel to Salina South Friday.
HAYS, Kan. – The TMP-Marian baseball team split with Garden City at the Monarch Sports Complex Tuesday. Gavin Schumacher’s double scored Ryan Ruder in the bottom of the seventh to lift the Monarchs to a 5-4 win in the opener. Schumacher’s game winner was the fourth straight hit in the innings. Ricky Hockett allowed four runs, two earned on six hits with three strikeouts and one walk and picked up the win. TMP (4-2) won the first game despite committing five errors.
Garden City scored 10 in the fourth inning to break a 1-1 tie and won the second game 12-4. Ryan Ruder gave up seven runs on seven hits with two walks and a strikeout and suffers the loss. Tate Garcia had two TMP’s six hits in the game.
The Monarchs host Dodge City Monday.
HAYS, Kan. – The TMP-Marian softball team got a pair of shutouts from Alison Helget and Bailey Lacey as they beat Sylvan 3-0 and Plainville 15-0 Tuesday at the TMP-Marian Sports Complex. Helget struck out 12 and allowed only one hit, a leadoff single in the third inning against Sylvan. The Monarchs (4-2) scored single runs in the third, fourth and sixth innings.
Lacy struck out seven and allowed just three hits, all singles, against Plainville. The Monarchs scored five in the second then added eight in the fourth for the four inning run-rule win. TMP taking advantage of 13 walks.
The Monarchs travel to Colby for a doubleheader on Monday.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Freshman Hannah Perkins of Fort Hays State won her first collegiate tournament by winning a playoff to claim the individual title at the Sterling College Spring Fling on Tuesday. She shot rounds of 79 and 80 to tie Colleen Garvey of Rockhurst at 159, then defeated Garvey on the second hole of a playoff. Perkins helped the Tigers to a second-place finish.
Quillen Eichhorn tied for fourth individually with rounds of 81 and 85. Kiley McCarthy was eighth with rounds of 82 and 87. Kelsey McCarthy finished 14th with rounds of 84 and 90. hadley Tharp tied for 16th with rounds of 86 and 91.
Rockhurst won the tournament as a team, shooting 665. The Tigers were only three strokes back at 668. Both teams shot 342 on the final day. Ottawa (Kan.) University finished third at 684.
The Fort Hays State men finished second after scores of 299 and 311 as a team to finish with 610. Sterling won the tournament with a total of 587.
Lane Pauls was the highest finisher overall for the Tigers in sixth. He shot rounds of 73 and 78 for a total of 9-over par. Seve Sites and Cash Hobson tied for seventh individually just a stroke back. Sites shot rounds of 73 and 79, while Hobson had the lowest round for the Tigers on day two and remained consistent shooting 76 both days. Koby Beougher finished 10th with rounds of 77 and 80. Jake Weller shot rounds of 81 and 78 to finish 12th.
Lorenzo Bolivar of Sterling College was the individual champion with a two-round total of 142 (even par).
FHSU Athletics
WICHITA, Kan. – Fort Hays State fell in walk-off fashion twice on Tuesday, swept in a doubleheader at Newman University. Newman plated the winning run to break a tie in the seventh each game, winning by scores of 2-1 and 7-6. FHSU moved to 13-26 overall on the season and saw its losing streak grow to nine games.
Game 1: Newman 2, Fort Hays State 1
Fort Hays State fell victim to a walk-off fashion for the sixth time in the last eight games when Newman broke a 1-1 tie with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh.
The Tigers were down to their last out in the top of the seventh with Rilee Krier at third base when Samantha Villarreal knocked her in with an RBI double to the right center gap. The Tigers had several other good opportunities to score runs earlier in the game, but failed to convert and that came back to cost them late in another close game.
In the bottom of the seventh, Newman led off with a single and then drew a walk with one out to put runners at first and second. Taylor Mannis, who had a three-hit contest for Newman, ended the game with an RBI single to the right side.
Paxton Duran took the loss, allowing two runs on six hits and two walks, while striking out five. Katie Ingles recorded the win for Newman with one run allowed on five hits and five walks, with three strikeouts.
Game 2: Newman 7, Fort Hays State 6
Down 5-1 in the fifth inning, Fort Hays State battled back to take a 6-5 lead with a five-run inning. The rally was sparked by three straight singles and then a grand slam by Tori Beltz to tie the game. Later in the inning, Madaline LaPolla plated the go-ahead run on a safety squeeze.
The lead was brief though as Newman’s Courtney Sartin hit a solo home run off Paxton Duran, who had just entered the game in relief, to tie it 6-6. The score remained that way until lightning struck twice in the form of Sartin in the seventh inning, when she hit another solo homer to end the game. It pushed the run of walk-off victories by Tiger opponents to seven of the last nine games, with five of the seven occurring in the final inning and just two by run-rule fashion.
Fort Hays State’s Carrie Clarke started the game in the pitching circle, holding Newman to just a run through the first three innings. She ran into trouble in the fourth when she allowed four runs on four hits. Overall, she allowed five runs on five hits and four walks, with three strikeouts. Duran took the loss for the second straight game, going 2.1 innings of relief with two runs allowed on three hits with three strikeouts.
Kate Smith was the winning pitcher for Newman, allowing six runs (five earned) on 12 hits and a walk with three strikeouts in a complete game effort.
Postseason hopes will hang in the balance this weekend at Tiger Stadium when Fort Hays State hosts Emporia State and Washburn in a pair of critical MIAA doubleheaders at Tiger Stadium. At six games under .500 in conference play, FHSU will have to play well this weekend to stay alive in the MIAA Tournament picture. Friday’s doubleheader against Emporia State marks the annual “Jam-Pack” Tiger Stadium event, which begins at 4 pm.
By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post
TOPEKA, Kan. – Washburn took advantage of five walks and four hit batters and knock off the Fort Hays State Tigers 4-2 Tuesday afternoon at Falley Field. The Ichabods (19-12, 14-7 MIAA) scored two runs in the fifth inning to break a 2-2 the then held the Tigers (15-16, 10-11 MIAA) to one hit the rest of the game as they win their fifth straight and end FHSU’s three-game win streak.
Steve Johnson Postgame Interview
Game Highlights
Will Amen, who walked three in 2/3 innings of relief takes the loss. Clayton Basgall, who made his first career stgart, gave up two runs on three hits over 3 1/3 innings. The LaCrosse redshirt sophomore struck out two, walked one and hit three batters.
Nick Hammeke scored on an Alex Weiss single to give Fort Hays State a 1-0 lead in the first. Washburn used three hit batters and a walk to tie the game with a run in the second. Casey Sedbrook led off the third with a double then scored on a Nick Hammeke double to give the Tigers the lead back. The Ichabaods tied the game with a run in the fourth then coaxed four walks in the decisive two-run fifth.
Ty Redington and Nick Hammeke both had two of the Tigers six hits.
Fort Hays State is back on the road this weekend with a three game series at Lindenwood beginning Friday night.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Noah Syndergaard threw six scoreless innings, Neil Walker hit his first homer with the Mets and New York beat Kansas City 2-0 Tuesday after the Royals were given their 2015 World Series rings.
Syndergaard (1-0) was the only pitcher to beat the Royals in the World Series last year, winning Game 3 after intentionally throwing his first pitch above Alcides Escobar’s head. Escobar started this one with a triple, but then Syndergaard struck out the next three batters and retired 12 straight before Kendrys Morales’ double opened the fifth.
Syndergaard allowed three hits, walked one and struck out nine.
The Mets acquired Walker in a December trade with Pittsburgh. He homered on a 1-0 fastball from Chris Young (0-1) in the fourth after Yoenis Cespedes walked. That was the first hit Young allowed.
HOUSTON (AP) — One of the great NCAA men’s championship games came down to one shot — and Kris Jenkins seized the moment.
The Villanova junior forward canned the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to send ‘Nova to its second national championship with a heart-stopping 77-74 victory over top seed North Carolina.
Jenkins said afterward that he believes every shot he takes is good — “and this one was no different.”
There’s something about playing in a NCAA national title game that brings out the best in Villanova.
The second-seeded Wildcats erased a five-point halftime deficit to win their first national championship in 31 years. It may not have been as flawless as Villanova’s upset of Georgetown in 1985 or its 44-point semifinal performance against Oklahoma on Saturday, but the Wildcats were poised and plenty good enough to deny North Carolina its sixth national title.
North Carolina’s Marcus Paige had just tied the game with an off-balanced 3-pointer with 4.3 seconds left. But Ryan Arcidiacono got the inbounds pass at midcourt quickly and fed Jenkins for the winning basket.
Phil Booth led Villanova with 20 points. Arcidiacono scored 16 and was named the tournament’s most outstanding player. Jenkins added 14 — but owns the 3-pointer that will forever go into Villanova basketball lore.
As ‘Nova coach Jay Wright said of Jenkins’ winning shot, “Kris lives for that moment.”
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The TMP-Marian Monarchs had two players and the Hays High Indians one player named to the 2016 Kansas Basketball Coaches Association All-State basketball teams released Monday.
Hays High Senior Isaiah Nunnery was named to the 4A-Disivision I second team. Nunnery averaged 16.8 points per game, 5.2 rebounds and 4 assists per game as a senior. He was also named the Players of the Year in the Western Athletic Conference. Nunnery was selected to play in the KBCA All-Star game June 25th in Salina at Kansas Wesleyan.
TMP Senior Jared Vitztum was selected to the 3A second team. Vitztum was a first team Mid-Continent League selection after averaging 19.8 points per game and 10.7 rebounds per game this past season. Vitztum was also selected to play in the KBCA All-Star game in June.
Sophomore Kayla Vitztum was also a 3A second team selection for the Monarchs. He averaged 14.5 points per game and 7.1 rebounds per game this past season. She was a First team MCL selection.
In Class 1A-Division I Victoria’s Joe Dortland was a first team selection. Dortland averaged 15.4 points per game this season.
Class 1A-I
Second team — Cullen Grabast, jr., Osborne
Class 1A-II
Second team — Regan Kats, sr., Logan
Honorable mention — JoshVan Laeys, jr., Logan
Area Girls
Class 2A
First team — Lexie McDowell, sr., Hill City
Honorable mention — Amanda Conway, sr., Hill City
Class 1A-I
Honorable mention — Morgan West, sr., La Crosse
Class 1A-I
Second team — Kristen Burger, sr., Thunder Ridge, Terran Hoyt, sr., Hoxie
Honorable mention — Brynn Niblock, jr., Hoxie
MIAA Release
Kansas City, Mo. – Eleven Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association legends have been elected to the MIAA Hall of Fame Class of 2016, the conference office announced today. Included is an inaugural legacy member that is part of this 2016 class.
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held on June 1, 2016 in the Truman Forum Auditorium at the Kansas City Public Library – Plaza Branch, 4801 Main Street in Kansas City, Mo. Reservations for the event are available by visiting www.themiaa.com/sb_output.aspx?form=4 and filling out the form. Reservations will be given out on a first come, first served basis.
Below are the bios for the 2016 Hall of Fame class.
Becky Belland, Volleyball Athlete
Central Missouri, 1987-90
Belland was a three-time All-American earning NCAA Division II Player of the Year honors in 1990, the only Jennies volleyball player in history to receive that award. She was named the MIAA Player of the Year in 1989 and 1990. She still holds school records in career blocks, solo blocks and block assists.
Chris Brown, Football Athlete
Pittsburg State, 1992-95
Brown earned All-American honors three times between 1993 and 1995 earning consensus first team honors as a senior in 1995. He was a three-time first team All-MIAA selection and he was the MIAA Defensive Player of the Year during the 1995 season. He finished his career holding the school record in tackles. He also established a Division II Championship Game record with 21 tackles in the 1992 game.
Eric Czerniewski, Football Athlete
Central Missouri, 2006-10
Czerniewski was the 2010 Harlon Hill Trophy winner for the top player in Division II also earning consensus first team All-American honors. He set MIAA records for career passing yards, single season passing yards, completions and passing touchdowns.
Jim Frazier, Football Coach/Athletic Director
Missouri Southern, 1971-2000
Frazier led MSSU to the NAIA National Football Title during the 1972 season and is the school’s all-time winningest football coach. Frazier would then serve as the director of athletics where under his tenure the school won 23 conference championships and one NCAA Division II National Championship. Frazier helped in the development and improvement of several MSSU facilities including Young Gymnasium, Fred G. Hughes Stadium and the Leggett and Platt Athletic Center.
Kenneth Gardner, Track and Field/Football/Basketball Coach, Director of Athletics
Truman, 1939-88
Gardner served as a football, basketball and track and field coach at Truman where from 1959 until 1968 he won every indoor and outdoor MIAA Championship in track and field. He coached 39 individual NCAA Division II All-Americans and 11 individual National Champions. He also served as the Athletics Director for the Bulldogs from 1974 until his retirement in 1988.
Aaron McConnell, Football Athlete
Pittsburg State, 2000-03
McConnell was named an All-American in each of his four seasons with the Pittsburg State football program including being a consensus first team selection and the MIAA Defensive Player of the year in 2003.
Jeanette (Mott) Owens, Cross Country/Track and Field Athlete
Pittsburg State, 1998-2002
Owens earned five All-American honors in track and field including winning the National Championship in the steeplechase in 2002 for Pittsburg State. In cross- country she also earned two All-American honors winning the MIAA Cross Country title twice. She was named a COSIDA Academic All-American in 2002 as well as the Ken B. Jones award winner for Female Student Athlete of the Year.
Neal Philpot, Football Athlete
Pittsburg State, 2001-04
Philpot was named a two-time All-American at quarterback for the Gorillas during the 2003 and 2004 seasons. He set MIAA career records for total offense and rushing yards for a quarterback. In his career he went 38-8 as the PSU starting quarterback, which was the second highest win total in NCAA Division II at the time.
Eddin Santiago, Men’s Basketball Athlete
Missouri Southern, 1998-2002
Santiago holds the MIAA career record in both steals and assists. His 383 steals mark ranks second all-time in Division II. He was a three-time first team All-MIAA selection and was twice named an All-American earning MVP of the 2000 NCAA Division II Central Regional Tournament.
Delanie Walker, Football Athlete
Central Missouri, 2004-05
Walker was a two-time All-MIAA and All-Region selection for the Mules. He has the third highest single game reception total in UCM program history. He has played in the NFL after being drafted in 2005 where he has 340 career receptions for over 4,000 yards and 234 touchdowns scored. He was named to the pro-bowl at the end of the 2015 season.
A.J. McDonald, Basketball and Golf Coach (LEGACY Inductee)
Southwest Missouri State, 1925-69
The first legacy member inducted into the MIAA Hall of Fame, McDonald won five conference titles as a basketball coach and 17 MIAA titles as a golf coach. He would coach the golf team to six straight regional titles between 1959 and 1963 with the team winning the national title in the 1963 season.
Full bios will be available online following their induction into the MIAA Hall of Fame at the June 1 event.
