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Former HHS standout Deterding wins second-straight Carol Robinson Winter Pentathlon

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Kansas State Athletics

Courtesy K-State Athletics
Courtesy K-State Athletics

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Trailing by seven points heading into the final event, junior Adam Deterding posted a first-place finish in the 1,000 meter run to win his second-straight Carol Robinson Pentathlon with 3,538 points in Ahearn Field House on Friday.

Former Wildcat Devin Dick, competing in his first competition in two years, finished the meet in second place with a total score of 3,404 points. Sophomore Max Estill finished in fourth place with a score of 3,113 points.

“It was what I expected it to be,” head coach Cliff Rovelto said. “We have done very little technical work. Devin had a couple of years off so he is just coming back and the other two guys did fine. For where we are in training, I thought we did fine.”

Deterding came out strong in the 60 meter hurdles, taking first place in the event with a time of 8.60.

After finishing in second in the 60 meter hurdles, Dick won in long jump and shot put with a jump of 6.46m/21-02.5 and a throw of 12.40m/40-08.25, respectively.

However, Deterding finished the meet strong with a 1.88m/6-02 leap in high jump and a time of 2:57.68 in the 1,000 meter run to take the title.

The Wildcats return to action on Saturday as it hosts the K-State Winter Invitational in Ahearn Field House. Field events begin at 11 a.m., followed by track events at 2 p.m. The meet is free to the public.

 

 

Adam Deterding
60 Meter Hurdles – 8.60, 836 pts.
Long Jump – 6.46m/21-02.5, 688 pts.
Shot Put – 12.40m/40-08.25, 631 pts.
High Jump – 1.88m/6-02, 696 pts.
1000 Meter Run – 2:57.68, 687 pts.
Total – 3,538 pts.

Bohuslavsky helps lead FHSU women to top national ranking

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By Diane Gasper-O’Brien
University Relations and Marketing

Courtesy Emma Henry
Courtesy Emma Henry

HAYS, Kan. — The Fort Hays State University women’s basketball team is ranked first in the nation in NCAA Division II — for the first time ever.

No one can probably tell her teammates how to deal with the pressure that goes along with that status better than Beth Bohuslavsky.

Bohuslavsky, a senior point guard from Dwight, Neb., is in her fourth year with the Tigers — and third as a full-time starter — so she is naturally relied on for leadership. Following a record-setting 30-4 season a year ago, Fort Hays State is off to an 8-0 start this season and the highest national ranking in program history.

But Bohuslavsky (pronounced Bo-SLAHV-skee) learned the art of winning basketball games long before coming to Hays. She was a four-year starter for her high school team in Seward, Neb., and was an integral part of a program that went 142-0 and claimed four state championships during her prep career.

“We didn’t teach Beth how to win,” said Tony Hobson, in his eighth year as head coach at Fort Hays State. “She was a winner when she got here. She’s used to it.”

The youngest of four siblings, Bohuslavsky started playing competitive basketball as a second-grader when her dad, who was coaching a fourth-grade girls’ team in Dwight, asked her to ride along to practice one day.

The miniature guard with a name much longer than her 4-feet-and-a-few-inches frame was a natural on the court, and she has been dribbling and passing and driving to the basket ever since.

A multi-sport athlete who also played softball and ran track in high school, Bohuslavsky said she started getting burned out — once. So she took a break, accepted a scholarship to Fort Hays State and has helped the FHSU women’s team defend its court at Gross Memorial Coliseum like a real live Tiger.

The Tigers have lost at home only once in each of the last three seasons. This year, all but two of the team’s six home games have been won by eight points or less, with the Tigers making a surge toward the end of the game.

The most exciting one came in last Saturday’s showdown with then No. 1 ranked Emporia State University, an arch-rival that ended the Tigers’ hopes of advancing to the Elite Eight last year. In the 2015 regional championship game at GMC, Emporia State beat FHSU 66-61. It was the Tigers’ lone loss on their home court in 2014-15 in a game where Bohuslavsky was playing at only about 75 percent after injuring the posterior cruciate ligament in her right leg toward the end of the regular season.

The next time those two teams met, last Saturday, Bohuslavsky was back to 100 percent — and then some.

She finished with a game-high 21 points and a 3-pointer and a key defensive play down the stretch that helped the No. 5 ranked Tigers hold on for a 71-70 upset victory that came just three days after beating another intrastate rival, Washburn University, 62-54. The win over ESU win, coupled with a couple of losses by teams ahead of Fort Hays State, projected the Tigers all the way to No. 1 in this week’s NCAA D-II poll.

During her first three years at Fort Hays State, Bohuslavsky took pride in passing the ball into the middle to 6-foot, 4-inch Kate Lehman.

Lehman graduated last year as the No. 1 all-time leading rebounder and No. 2 scorer in FHSU women’s basketball history, and someone had to pick up the slack this year.

Known more for her passing, Bohuslavsky, now a 5-foot-6 sparkplug, leads the Tigers in scoring at 12.9 points a game this season and also averages a team-high 3.25 assists along with 3.5 rebounds and almost two steals a game.

“I’m more of a passing point guard than a shooting point guard,” Bohuslavsky said. “I’ll always remember a good pass more than a shot, but all our roles have changed this year.”

Hobson thinks other characteristics are Bohuslavsky’s best qualities, including an energy she brings to the court day in and day out.

“The two things you cannot measure on Beth are her brain and her heart,” he said. “She’s passionate, she plays hard, and she’s always prepared. She’s the ultimate team player. When you have one of your best players who is totally unselfish and doesn’t care who gets the recognition, that rubs off on the rest of the team.”

Even after losing one of the best players in FHSU history to graduation last spring, the results have remained the same for the Tiger women thus far this season.

A major reason for that is the play and leadership of Bohuslavsky and her fellow senior teammates Paige Lunsford, Chelsea Mason and Elle Stein.

“A senior needs to step up, be a role model,” Bohuslavsky said.

Another reason for the Tigers’ success is the guy in charge of the program.

Hobson, like Bohuslavsky, came to Hays a proven winner. After seven years coaching in Nebraska at Hastings College, Hobson has posted a 140-71 record at Fort Hays State.
Hobson had two different teams ranked No. 1 in the nation, in the NAIA, during his time at Hastings, where he also won three NAIA national championships.

As far as the Tigers’ latest accomplishment, he said that he would rather have the lofty ranking late in the season but that he’ll take it.

“Any time you can do something that has never been done before, and it’s a good thing, it’s exciting to be involved with,” Hobson said. “We might as well embrace it. It’s good publicity for our school and our program.”

Hobson, Bohuslavsky and the rest of the Tigers know that from here on out, “we’re going to get everybody’s best shot,” Bohuslavsky said.

“Now it’s up to us if we want to keep that spot,” she added.

The Tigers will get their first chance at that task at 2 p.m. Saturday when the University of Nebraska-Kearney — one of the schools that recruited Bohuslavsky out of high school — comes to town.

Kearney enters the game on a two-game losing streak, but those losses were to Washburn and Emporia State, and the Lopers played both teams within 10 points. So Saturday’s match-up promises to be another doozy.

“Coach has instilled in us that we need to take pride in our gym,” Bohuslavsky said. “We just need to keep working, try to limit our mistakes and keep trusting each other.”

After rehabbing her injured leg since last season, Bohuslavsky came into her senior year with even more zeal than before, knowing her competitive basketball playing days were numbered.

But even after the last horn has sounded, Bohuslavsky doesn’t plan to stray far from the sport that has dominated her life for nearly 15 years. An elementary education major, Bohuslavsky will student teach next fall, then plans to serve as a graduate assistant under Hobson while working on her master’s degree.

Her ultimate goal is to coach at the college level. But coaching will have to wait. A lot of games are left in the next few months before Bohuslavsky hangs up her sneakers.

A pesky ballhawk who drives opponents crazy with her tight defense, Bohuslavsky said she and her teammates are ready for the challenge.

“If we want to go a long ways, we’re going to have to beat teams with defense,” she said. “We just want to stick together, keep improving and go as far as we can this year.”

 

Thursday’s high school basketball scores

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High School Scoreboard WhitmoreBOYS’ BASKETBALL
Hays 73, Colby 33
Blue Valley Tournament
Grandview, Mo. 61, KC Sumner 36
KC East Christian 57, KC Wyandotte 44
Lawrence 72, Highland Park 64, OT
Central Heights Tournament
Spring Hill 56, West Franklin 37
Cheney Tournament
Hutchinson Trinity 66, Chaparral 47
Valley Center 61, Cheney 43
Douglass Tournament
Douglass 51, Bluestem 41
Fredonia 70, Sedgwick 37
Fowler Tournament
Deerfield 55, Ashland 54
Ingalls 68, Fowler 49
Goodland Tournament
Burlington 45, Goodland 36
McCook, Neb. 51, Oakley 34
Norton 57, Yuma, Colo. 35
Wallace County 79, Wray, Colo. 47
Herington Tournament
Southeast 63, Madison/Hamilton 18
Hugoton Tournament
Southwestern Hts. 66, Perryton, Texas 50
Ulysses 47, Gruver, Texas 46
Kingman Tournament
Conway Springs 52, Wellington 51
Haven 51, Wichita Sunrise 47
Larned Tournament
Ellinwood 52, Kiowa County 50
Macksville 70, Kinsley 59
Leavenworth Tournament
Liberty, Mo. 55, Topeka 49
Marion Tournament
Belle Plaine 41, Marion 38
Marmaton Valley Tournament
Northeast-Arma 60, West Elk 40
Minneapolis Tournament
Bennington 49, Halstead 48
Minneapolis 54, Solomon 46
Moundridge Tournament
Lyons 48, Inman 38
Moundridge 49, Hillsboro 44
Pleasanton Tournament
Drexel, Mo. 42, Jayhawk Linn 41, OT
Prairie View 42, Pleasanton 31
St. Mary’s Tournament
Mission Valley 63, Northern Heights 53
Trego Tournament
Hodgeman County 58, Western Plains 21
Ness City 62, LaCrosse 26
Yates Center Tournament
Marais des Cygnes Valley 53, Cherryvale 47

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Arkansas City 49, Winfield 40
Garden City 58, Palmer Ridge, Colo. 45
Hays 58, Colby 37
Liberal 59, Clinton, Okla. 35
Pleasanton 35, Prairie View 30
Topeka 61, Blue Valley Southwest 56
Wichita Trinity 51, Scott City 40
Central Heights Tournament
Coffeyville 30, Central Heights 28
Metro Academy 47, Independence 44
Spring Hill 39, West Franklin 16
Cheney Tournament
Hutchinson Trinity 47, Chaparral 37
Valley Center 37, Cheney 36
Circle Tournament
Wichita Independent 38, Mulvane 34
Douglass Tournament
Douglass 88, Bluestem 22
Fredonia 47, Sedgwick 40
Fowler Tournament
Ashland 40, Deerfield 18
Ingalls 53, Fowler 15
Goodland Tournament
Goodland 52, McCook, Neb. 47
Wallace County 51, Burlington 46
Wray, Colo. 71, Norton 34
Yuma, Colo. 81, Oakley 28
Herington Tournament
Southeast 68, Madison/Hamilton 39
Hugoton Tournament
Gruver, Texas 65, Ulysses 19
Hugoton 58, Hooker, Okla. 41
Perryton, Texas 51, Southwestern Hts. 42
Humboldt Tournament
Uniontown 37, Erie 33
Kingman Tournament
Haven 45, Wichita Sunrise 36
Wellington 55, Conway Springs 35
Larned Tournament
Kinsley 53, Macksville 28
Larned 43, Ellinwood 27
Louisburg Tournament
Burlington 46, Louisburg 32
Marion Tournament
Marion 45, Belle Plaine 14
Minneapolis Tournament
Halstead 39, Bennington 29
Minneapolis 52, Solomon 15
Moundridge Tournament
Hillsboro 60, Moundridge 52
Inman 41, Lyons 39
Pleasanton Tournament
Drexel, Mo. 52, Jayhawk Linn 36
Rolla Tournament
Moscow 59, South Baca, Colo. 54
St. Mary’s Tournament
Northern Heights 46, Mission Valley 30
Trego Tournament
Hodgeman County 39, Western Plains 27
LaCrosse 45, Ness City 33
Yates Center Tournament
Marais des Cygnes Valley 48, Hartford 32

Hays sweeps Colby for a second time

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Girls: Hays 58, Colby 37
Following Thursday night’s games, the Hays High Indians were already a quarter done with their basketball schedule. In the first eight days of the season Hays played five games, beginning and ending with Colby on the Indian’s home floor.

Hays trailed only once in the first half, but used a 7-0 run to erase a 6-5 deficit. Leading at 12-6 midway through the first quarter, Colby scored the final six points of the quarter to tie the game at 12. The Indians forced Colby into 17 first half turnovers leading to several fast break opportunities. Hays took a 29-17 halftime lead thanks to a 17-5 second quarter. Hays jumped out for good on a 11-0 run in the second quarter.

Highlights

The Lady Indians were never threatened in the second half. Colby trimmed the lead to thirteen before Mattie Hutchison scored 11 consecutive points for Hays to put the Eagles out of the reach, winning 58-37. Savannah Schneider led the way with 13 and Mattie Hutchison scored 12, career highs for both freshman. The 37 points allowed by Hays is the fewest allowed this year to an opponent by the Lady Indians.

Coach Kirk Maska

Hays is 2-3 on the season with both wins coming against Colby. Hays is on the road Tuesday at Junction City to finish the 2015 portion of the basketball season.

Boys: Hays 73, Colby 35
Hays scored 50 in the first half of the game versus Colby last Thursday. The Indians didn’t quite match that this time around, but close…scoring 49. Hays used first half runs of 9-2, 11-2, and 16-0 to lead 49-17 at half. Hays committed just one turnover in the first half while Colby had 19.

Highlights

Hays cruised through the second quarter on their way to a 73-35. The Indians pushed their lead as high as 44 in the second half and forced 27 turnovers in the game. The Indians put four in double figures led by the 15 of Isaiah Nunnery. Maddux Winter scored 12, Shane Berens added 11 and Keith Dryden chipped in 10. Colby was led by freshman Jordan Schippers with 19 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double. Hays High moves to 3-1 and will travel to Junction City on Tuesday to finish off the 2015 portion of their schedule.

Coach Rick Keltner

Royals finalize $25 million, 3-year deal with Joakim Soria

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Royals finalized a three-year, $25 million deal with Joakim Soria on Thursday, reuniting the former All-Star reliever with the club where he spent his first five seasons.

Soria will make $7 million next season, $8 million the following and $9 million in 2018, with up to $4 million in incentives each year. The $10 million option for 2019 has a $1 million buyout.

Soria was one of the game’s premier closers during his first stint in Kansas City, but he missed the 2012 season for Tommy John surgery and the Royals decided not to exercise their option on him.

He signed with Texas and since pitched for Detroit and Pittsburgh, going 3-1 with 24 saves and a 2.53 ERA for the Tigers and Pirates last season.

Shockers hang on to beat UNLV

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Fred VanVleet scored 17 points on 7-of-15 shooting to help lead Wichita State to a 56-50 win over UNLV in a Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge game on Wednesday night.

Ron Baker added 13 points and six boards for the Shockers (4-4), who have won consecutive games following a three-game losing streak.

After Zach Brown made two free throws to give Wichita State a 47-37 lead with 7:49 left to play, the Rebels (7-2) reeled off seven straight points, capped by Patrick McCaw’s 3-pointer, which cut the lead to three (47-44).

A Jerome Seagears 3-pointer with 24 seconds left trimmed the Shockers lead to 52-50. But UNLV could not get over the hump as Conner Frankamp and Baker each hit a pair of free throws to ice the game.

K-State downs Coppin State with strong 2nd half

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Justin Edwards and Wesley Iwundu scored 14 points each, and Kansas State cruised past Coppin State 83-58 on Wednesday night.

Dean Wade and Stephen Hurt scored 12 points apiece and Austin Budke added 11 to round out a balanced effort for the Wildcats (7-1), who are off to their best start since the 2012-13 season.

Kansas State never trailed, building a 13-point halftime lead that grew to 66-44 on an emphatic, one-handed dunk by Iwundu in transition with 8:01 left in the game.

Terry Harris Jr. scored nine of his 14 points in the first half to lead Coppin State (2-7). James Sylvester added 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

Coppin State was 8 of 34 from the field in the second half and shot 29 percent overall, including 2 of 21 from 3-point range.

Greene back to lead No. 2 Kansas to rout of Holy Cross

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Courtesy Kansas Athletics

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Brannen Greene returned from suspension to score 14 points, Wayne Selden Jr. had 15 and second-ranked Kansas rolled to a 92-59 victory over Holy Cross on Wednesday night.

Frank Mason III added 13 points, Perry Ellis and Cheick Diallo scored 12 apiece, and Devonte Graham finished with 10 for the Jayhawks (7-1), who blew most of a 20-point lead before building an even bigger margin in the second half and cruising down the stretch.

Karl Charles led Holy Cross (3-6) with 12 points. Malachi Alexander had 11.

Greene had been suspended six games for conduct detrimental to the team, forcing the Jayhawks’ top outside shooter to miss the trip to the Maui Invitational. But coach Bill Self trimmed the suspension by a game and Greene made the most of his return, going 3 of 4 from beyond the arc.

Castorino adds another All-America honor; named honorable mention by D2CCA

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FHSU Athletics

Fort Hays State’s Mauricio Castorino earned a second All-America honor for the 2015 season on Wednesday.. He was named an All-America Honorable Mention selection by D2CCA. Castorino had already been named a Third Team All-America selection by the NSCAA in 2015.

Castorino is the first player in Fort Hays State soccer history to earn All-America honors from both the coaches’ association and sports information directors nationwide in the same season. Sports information directors from NCAA Division II schools and conferences sponsoring men’s soccer selected the D2CCA All-America teams. The process begins at the regional level with all first team all-region picks advancing to the national ballot. This is the 10th year of the Men’s Soccer All-America and All-Region teams. A total of 52 student-athletes filled out the three teams and honorable mention selections.

Castorino was the D2CCA Central Region Player of the Year and the MIAA Player of the Year, helping the Tigers to a record of 13-5-2 on the season. His 10 goals and eight assists produced an MIAA high 28 points.

The Division II Conference Commissioners Association encourages and promotes Division II athletics and high standards of sportsmanship as important elements of higher education. The CCA is a key
communications link among the conferences as they discuss views, policies and regulations that impact Division II intercollegiate athletics and works closely with the NCAA as a communications channel to NCAA Division II member colleges and universities.

Here is a link to the D2CCA All-America Teams for 2015.

Tuesday’s High School basketball scores

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High School Scoreboard WhitmoreBOYS’ BASKETBALL
Andover Central 67, Hutchinson 37
Ashland 51, Fowler 19
Atchison 68, Falls City, Neb. 34
Beloit 57, Clay Center 43
Buhler 52, Goddard 46
BV North 69, SM Northwest 64, OT
BV Randolph 58, Linn 40
Central Burden 54, Norwich 43
Centralia 50, Axtell 43
Concordia 63, Republic County 31
Deerfield 56, Ingalls 43
Derby 60, Andale 51
Fredonia 77, Douglass 45
Goddard-Eisenhower 59, Salina Central 51
Goessel 49, Elyria Christian 30
Granada, Colo. 63, Syracuse 55
Hays 74, Pratt 49
Hesston 69, Emporia 58
Holton 46, Perry-Lecompton 32
Horton 78, McLouth 31
Jefferson North 38, Immaculata 29
Labette County 62, Frontenac 40
Liberal 56, Guymon, Okla. 35
Lyndon 58, Burlingame 54
Maize 71, Arkansas City 43
Maize South 54, Wichita Campus 38
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 46, Oskaloosa 38
McPherson 69, Andover 45
Mill Valley 88, Gardner-Edgerton 58
Moundridge 57, Inman 38
Nemaha Central 49, Jefferson West 40
Parsons 69, Baxter Springs 42
Pittsburg Colgan 41, Jasper, Mo. 23
Riverside 52, Hiawatha 43
Rock Creek 62, Abilene 51
Royal Valley 47, Atchison County 23
Sabetha 66, Marysville 51
Shawnee Heights 58, Lansing 42
Silver Lake 70, Council Grove 67
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 52, Lakeside 26
Topeka Seaman 55, KC Turner 52
Troy 81, Wetmore 41
Valley Falls 70, Pleasant Ridge 35
Wabaunsee 66, Chase County 52
Wakefield 65, Clifton-Clyde 45
Walsh, Colo. 65, Johnson-Stanton County 59
Wamego 63, Riley County 26
Washburn Rural 52, Topeka West 47
Washington County 71, Hanover 61
Wichita Bishop Carroll 50, Wichita Northwest 47
Wichita East 68, Wichita Southeast 67
Wichita Heights 73, Wichita West 30
Wichita North 68, Wichita South 66
Wilson 36, Sylvan-Lucas 31
Blue Valley Tournament
Blue Valley Stillwell 58, KC East Christian 46
Highland Park 76, KC Sumner 54
Lawrence 62, Grandview, Mo. 50
Brewster (SageBrush)Tournament
Healy 72, Heartland Christian 71
St. Francis 58, Weskan 45
Caldwell Tournament
Argonia 42, Caldwell 38
Chapman Tournament
Chapman 65, Rossville 63
Salina Sacred Heart 61, El Dorado 42
Cheney Tournament
Clearwater 40, Hutchinson Trinity 32
Wichita Collegiate 105, Valley Center 82
Cimarron Tournament
Minneola 58, Bucklin 25
South Gray 65, Sublette 51
Circle Tournament
Circle 73, Wichita Independent 65
Douglass Tournament
Fredonia 41, Douglass 32
Eudora Tournament
Harrisonville, Mo. 56, KC Harmon 42
Paola 75, Wellsville 49
Bonner Springs 52, Eudora 45
Truman, Mo. 61, Olathe Northwest 58
Fairfield Tournament
Flinthills 67, Cunningham 58
Fairfield 53, Chase 49
Otis-Bison 49, Cunningham 32
Garden Plain Tournament
Garden Plain 49, Rose Hill 36
Herington Tournament
Humboldt 68, Uniontown 36
Rural Vista 52, Madison/Hamilton 14
Kingman Tournament
Sterling 63, Haven 59
Wellington 62, Kingman 49
Lakeside Tournament
Osborne 74, Thunder Ridge 52
Larned Tournament
St. John 80, Kinsley 38
Lincoln Tournament
Central Plains 74, Nickerson 35
Lincoln 53, Ell-Saline 41
Marion Tournament
Berean Academy 60, Eureka 42
Marmaton Valley Tournament
Olpe 38, West Elk 25
Minneapolis Tournament
Bennington 53, Minneapolis 49, OT
Halstead 55, Solomon 26
Moundridge Tournament
Lyons 50, Moundridge 46
Pike Valley Tournament
Rock Hills 49, Smith Center 36
Wakefield 65, Clifton-Clyde 45
Pleasanton Tournament
Jayhawk Linn 50, Pleasanton 44
Prairie View 48, Drexel, Mo. 28
Quinter Tournament
Dighton 51, Cheylin 35
Ellis 69, Rawlins County 54
Hoxie 64, Quinter 33
Wheatland-Grinnell 50, Golden Plains 39
St. Mary’s Tournament
Northern Heights 56, Onaga 46
Trego Tournament
Stockton 44, Trego 40
Victoria 56, Northern Valley 34
Udall Tournament
Attica 56, ACCA 34
Udall 62, Cedar Vale/Dexter 44
Yates Center Tournament
Hartford 65, Cherryvale 64

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 43, Rock Creek 17
Andover Central 45, Hutchinson 22
Baldwin 62, Anderson County 39
Burlingame 51, Lyndon 43
BV Randolph 33, Linn 28
Centralia 56, Axtell 55
Clay Center 54, Beloit 49
Derby 56, Andale 37
Falls City, Neb. 40, Atchison 38
Galena 39, Oswego 30
Garden Plain 44, Rose Hill 41
Gardner-Edgerton 51, Mill Valley 42
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 42, Tescott 23
Goddard 42, Buhler 25
Guymon, Okla. 54, Liberal 50
Hesston 37, Emporia 34
Hiawatha 48, Riverside 18
Holly, Colo. 54, Greeley County 30
Holton 68, Perry-Lecompton 32
Horton 43, McLouth 27
Ingalls 70, Deerfield 17
Jasper, Ind. 64, Pittsburg Colgan 42
Jefferson North 38, Immaculata 29
KC Schlagle 55, Highland Park 37
Maize 52, Arkansas City 33
Maize South 73, Wichita Campus 44
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 54, Oskaloosa 23
Maywood-Hayes Center, Neb. 44, Oberlin-Decatur 21
McPherson 54, Andover 25
Natoma 41, Palco 33
Nemaha Central 38, Jefferson West 31
Olathe Northwest 73, Olathe East 24
Parsons 41, Baxter Springs 33
Pratt 43, Hays 25
Republic County 42, Concordia 29
Riley County 57, Wamego 43
Royal Valley 38, Atchison County 20
Sabetha 57, Marysville 22
Salina Central 69, Goddard-Eisenhower 57
Shawnee Heights 50, Lansing 31
Silver Lake 55, Council Grove 41
Troy 35, Wetmore 34
Valley Falls 64, Pleasant Ridge 25
Valley Heights 63, Frankfort 47
Wabaunsee 44, Chase County 25
Washburn Rural 64, Topeka West 36
Washington County 56, Hanover 46
Wichita Bishop Carroll 53, Wichita Northwest 22
Wichita East 50, Wichita Southeast 49
Wichita Heights 92, Wichita West 14
Wichita South 66, Wichita North 17
Wilson 53, Sylvan-Lucas 50
Brewster (Sagebrush) Tournament
Heartland Christian 50, Healy 28
Weskan 56, St. Francis 47
Caldwell Tournament
Caldwell 53, Argonia 37
Norwich 51, Central Burden 6
Chapman Tournament
El Dorado 45, Salina Sacred Heart 41
Rossville 69, Chapman 48
Cheney Tournament
Clearwater 38, Hutchinson Trinity 37
Valley Center 42, Wichita Collegiate 35
Cimarron Tournament
Cimarron 43, Bucklin 18
Sublette 54, Minneola 26
Circle Tournament
Circle 50, Wichita Independent 40
Douglass Tournament
Fredonia 41, Douglass 32
Sedgwick 40, Bluestem 30
Fairfield Tournament
Cunningham 32, Otis-Bison 25
Fairfield 43, Chase 41
Goessel Tournament
Canton-Galva 56, Hutchinson Central Christian 31
Goessel 40, Elyria Christian 22
Herington Tournament
Madison/Hamilton 61, Rural Vista 33
Humboldt Tournament
Erie 40, Crest 19
Humboldt 50, Uniontown 37
Kingman Tournament
Sterling 61, Haven 35
Wellington 47, Kingman 41
Lakeside Tournament
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 58, Lakeside 32
Thunder Ridge 84, Osborne 33
Larned Tournament
St. John 49, Kinsley 44
Lincoln Tournament
Central Plains 74, Nickerson 35
Lincoln 45, Ell-Saline 26
Louisburg Tournament
Iola 42, Louisburg 37
Marion Tournament
Berean Academy 60, Eureka 38
Marmaton Valley Tournament
Olpe 92, West Elk 43
Minneapolis Tournament
Halstead 51, Solomon 18
Minneapolis 57, Bennington 37
Moundridge Tournament
Hillsboro 42, Inman 35
Moundridge 58, Lyons 24
Pike Valley Tournament
Clifton-Clyde 38, Wakefield 23
Smith Center 55, Rock Hills 19
Smith Center 55, Rock Hills 19
Pleasanton Tournament
Jayhawk Linn 42, Pleasanton 29
Prairie View 45, Drexel, Mo. 29
Quinter Tournament
Ellis 69, Quinter 50
Golden Plains 47, Wheatland-Grinnell 28
Hoxie 69, Rawlins County 24
Trego Tournament
Stockton 63, Trego 37
Victoria 53, Northern Valley 27
Yates Center Tournament
Cherryvale 52, Hartford 17
Sedan 37, Marais des Cygnes Valley 35

Hays splits in Pratt

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Girls: Pratt 43, Hays 25

Things started well in the first quarter for the Hays High Lady Indians in Pratt on Tuesday. Hays used a 10-3 run to go up 12-8 with 2:45 left in the first quarter. Hays though would score just two more field goals in the rest of the first half, getting outscored 13-4 in the 2nd quarter. Hays trailed at half time 26-16.

Highlights

Hays fell behind by as many as 15 points twice in the third quarter before closing the half on a 6-2 spurt to pull within 11 at 36-25. The Indians had five total chances to cut the deficit to single digits in the second half, but never could get a big shot to go in. Hays scored 12 points in the first quarter, then tallied only 13 over the next three quarter and was shutout in the fourth quarter. Pratt moves to 2-0 with the 43-25 victory. Pratt is ranked 8th in Class 4A-D2. Hays drops to 1-3.

Coach Kirk Maska

The Indians were led in scoring by Audra Schmeidler with 15. Pratt’s Breann Becker scored 20.

Boys: Hays 74, Pratt 49

Every once in a great while, a player takes over a game. And on rare occasions changes the view on a game in the first half. Drew Young had it going early in the Hays High Indians first road trip of the season to Pratt on Tuesday. Young set a new career high of 18 points in the first half of the game helping his team to an early 18-4 lead. The Indians pushed their lead to 16 in the second quarter only to have Pratt go on a 10-2 run cutting the lead down eight. The Indians scored the final seven of the second quarter to lead 40-25 at half time.

Highlights

The Indians lead was never less than 12 in the second half as the Indians cruise to a 74-49 victory. The only scary moment of the second half came when Young with a career high 25 rolled his ankle on a play to end the third quarter. Young did walk off the court, but did not return for the fourth quarter.

Coach Rick Keltner

Three seniors scored 63 of the Indian’s 74 points. Young led all scoring with a career high 25. Isaiah Nunnery matched his career high for a third time with 23 and Keith Dryden scored 15.

Hays is 3-1 on the year and returns home on Thursday to play Colby. It will be the Indians sixth game in eight days.

Bill Snyder inducted into College Football Hall of Fame

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Kansas State Athletics

NEW YORK – Bill Snyder, the architect of the “greatest turnaround in the history of college football,” became just the fourth person in the history of college football to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as an active coach as the legendary K-State coach was officially enshrined Tuesday as part of the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2015.

A five-time national coach of the year honoree and seven-time conference coach of the year recipient, Snyder joins Bobby Bowden (Florida State), Joe Paterno (Penn State) and John Gagliardi (St. John’s) as active coaches to be enshrined.

Other members of the 2015 class include Nebraska linebacker Trev Alberts, Oklahoma linebacker Brian Bosworth, Arizona State linebacker Bob Breunig, Millsaps (Miss.) defensive lineman Sean Brewer, Pittsburgh offensive tackle Ruben Brown, Florida split end Wes Chandler, Notre Dame split end Thom Gatewood, Yale running back Dick Jauron, Michigan State halfback Clinton Jones, Washington offensive tackle Lincoln Kennedy, Michigan running back Rob Lytle, Marshall quarterback Michael Payton, Kentucky defensive end Art Still, Texas Tech linebacker Zach Thomas and Texas running back Ricky Williams.

Snyder has compiled an amazing 193-100-1 record in his 24 years as the helm of the Wildcat program. He ranks 29th all-time in victories among FBS coaches and continues to climb the ladder with each win.

“Obviously this is a very humbling honor, and I am certainly grateful to those who nominated me, those who voted for me and for Steve Hatchell and the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame for all they have done for our remarkable game of college football,” said Snyder. “It is, however, not a one-person honor but one for a large collection of wonderful people who have had a major impact on our program and any successes that I may have had. Recognition such as this would not have been possible for me if it wasn’t for my mother’s and grandfather’s guidance as a young boy, nor for my immediate family (wife Sharon, daughters Shannon, Meredith and Whitney and sons Sean and Ross) who have sacrificed so very much over the years.

“The opportunities given to us by our central athletic administration (past and present) have been a significant part of our successes here at Kansas State as has the fan (family) support we have had from our student bodies and the Kansas State people throughout the country. All inclusively they represent the passion, caring and love of the Wildcat Football Family.”

Called the “coach of the century” by hall of fame coach Barry Switzer, Snyder’s accomplishments at K-State are nearly unthinkable considering what he inherited during his first tour of duty beginning in 1989. The Wildcat program was in the midst of an 0-26-1 run when he was hired and had been just one bowl game in its first 93 seasons.

During a the span of 11-straight bowl seasons (1993-2003), Snyder’s Wildcats won nearly 80 percent of their games, chalking up 109 victories – a staggering 10 wins per season – and making K-State the nation’s second winningest program over that period. His first tenure included a Big 12 Championship in 2003 in a 35-7 win over No. 1 Oklahoma, while his 1998 team held a No. 1 ranking in the BCS Standings. Snyder retired from coaching prior to the last game of the 2005 season, and the Wildcats sent him out with a 36-28 come-from-behind home victory over Missouri in the first game of the newly renamed Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

“The entire K-State Nation joins President Schulz and me in congratulating Coach Snyder on being named a NFF College Football Hall of Fame member and being recognized as one of the top coaches in the history of the game,” Athletics Director John Currie said. “The impact he and Sharon and their family have had on Kansas State University and Manhattan since his arrival in 1989 is incalculable, and his leadership and mentoring are truly remarkable and inspirational. Coach Snyder’s legacy of integrity and commitment to excellence transcends not only football but perhaps all of intercollegiate athletics and higher education.”

Following a three-year hiatus, Snyder returned to the sidelines in 2009, and it has been more of the same as his teams have accumulated a 53-30 record through seven seasons and currently rank among the leaders in the Big 12 in conference wins since 2011 with 30.

The Wildcats are in the midst of six-straight bowl seasons, including a pair of 10-win campaigns in 2011 (10-3) and 2012 (11-2). The 2012 Wildcats captured the program’s second Big 12 Championship and held another No. 1 national ranking. After turning 75 years old on Oct. 7, 2014 – which qualified him to be included on this year’s hall of fame ballot – Snyder’s team promptly traveled to No. 11 Oklahoma and pulled out a 31-30 victory, a key component of the Wildcats’ nine-win season in 2014.

“This is such a fitting honor for a tremendous man who has represented Kansas State University, the state of Kansas and all of college athletics with the utmost class and integrity,” said K-State President Kirk Schulz. “Coach Snyder, in so many ways, epitomizes the core values central to our University’s founding and ongoing quest for excellence through a tireless work ethic, an unrelenting commitment to improvement and never giving up. We are so proud of him on behalf of the student-athletes, the entire K-State family and countless others who have benefitted from his positive leadership.”

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