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Five Tigers named to D2CCA All-Central Region men’s soccer team Castorino Region Player of the Year

Posted on December 1, 2015December 1, 2015

FHSU Athletics

HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State had five student-athletes named to the D2CCA Men’s Soccer All-Central Region Team, released on Monday (Nov. 30). Four of the five earned first team honors and one garnered a second team selection. Mauricio Castorino was named the D2CCA Central Region Player of the Year after garnering MIAA Player of the Year and All-MIAA First Team honors. The D2CCA All-Region Team is voted on by the sports information directors of the Central Region in men’s soccer.

Earning first team honors were forwards Castorino and Maurizio Costa, midfielder David Lucio and defender Killian Gorman. All four also earned All-MIAA First Team honors. Luan Silva earned a second-team nod at defender. All five were instrumental in leading FHSU to a new program record for wins as the Tigers finished the year at 13-5-2.

Finishing the season with 10 goals and eight assists, Castorino led the MIAA in points for the season with 28. Castorino adds this honor on top of conference player of the year and all-conference first team honors. He was the MIAA Freshman of the Year in 2014 before earning conference player of the year honors this year.

Costa finished the year with 20 points, providing nine goals and two assists for the Tigers. He led the team in game-winning goals with three and buried all four penalty kick opportunities he had in the regular season.

Lucio earns an all-region nod for the second-straight year after second team honors last year. He is the only senior of the five to earn all-region honors this year. Lucio finished the year with 11 points, putting in four goals with three assists. Three of his points came during the postseason with a goal and an assist. He ranked fourth on the team in minutes played with 1584, while starting all 20 contests.

Gorman went the distance on the field for the Tigers in 2015, playing every minute possible as a defender. He helped the Tigers to a 1.24 goals against average and five shutouts. He had a goal in Fort Hays State’s 4-2 Central Regional Final win over Upper Iowa in the NCAA Tournament and finished the year with three points.

Silva was a more offensive minded defenseman for the Tigers, providing two goals and two assists for the season for a total of six points. He played 1,330 minutes and had one game-winning goal.

Castorino, Costa, Gorman, and Silva were all sophomores in 2015 and return to the team next year. Lucio departs after helping the Tigers to two-straight NCAA Central Region Championships and four consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament.

Below is the D2CCA Men’s Soccer All-Central Region Team for 2015.

2015 D2CCA Men’s Soccer All-Central Region Team

First Team
Pos                Name                                           School                                                    Yr             Hometown
GK                 Connor Rortvedt                          Upper Iowa                                             So.            Verona, Wis.
F Mauricio Castorino Fort Hays State                                     So.            Asuncion, Paraguay
F                    Crosby Lee                                  Northeastern State                                 Sr.            Golden, Colo.
F Maurizio Costa Fort Hays State                                     So.            Asuncion, Paraguay
F                    Tinashe Chigede                         Ouachita Baptist                                     So.            Tulsa, Okla.
MF                 Trevor Reed                                Northeastern State                                 So.            Cabot, Ark.
MF                 Joseph Garcia                             Northeastern State                                 Fr.             Grand Prairie, Texas
MF                 Johnny McBeth                           Upper Iowa                                             So.            Glasgow, Scotland
MF David Lucio Fort Hays State                                      Sr.            Wichita, Kan.
D                    Eric Crawford                              Northeastern State                                 Sr.            Ontario, Canada
D Killian Gorman Fort Hays State                                      So.            Manhattan, Kan.
D                    Hugo Alves                                  Upper Iowa                                             Sr.            Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
D                    Logan Dahnert                             Upper Iowa                                             So.            Fort Atkinson, Wis.

Second Team
Pos                Name                                          School                                                    Yr             Hometown
GK                 Eric Shephard                             Northeastern State                                 Sr.            Allen, Texas
F                    Jackson Buchanan                     Harding                                                   Jr.             Tulsa, Okla.
F                    Ryan Pinkerton                           Upper Iowa                                             Jr.             Apple Valley, Calif.
F                    Garrett Gibson                            Southwest Baptist                                   Jr.             Raymore, Mo.
F                    Andre Hayne                               Lindenwood                                            Sr.            Vitoria, Brazil
MF                 Alfredo Paez                               Lindenwood                                            Sr.            Caracas, Venezuela
MF                 Josiah Ireland                             Harding                                                   Sr.            Searcy, Ark.
MF                 Jason Diaz                                  Harding                                                   Fr.             Waco, Texas
MF                 Josue Morales                            Northeastern State                                 Sr.            Houston, Texas
D                    Phillip White                               Harding                                                   Jr.             Tulsa, Okla.
D                    Tyler Mouton                              Ouachita Baptist                                     So.            Flower Mound, Texas
D                    Paul Samia                                 Northeastern State                                 Sr.            Colorado Springs, Colo.
D Luan Silva Fort Hays State                                      So.            Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Central Region Player of the Year: Mauricio Castorino, Fort Hays State, So., F (Asuncion, Paraguay)

Royals and reliever Tim Collins agree to 1-year deal

Posted on December 1, 2015

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Relief pitcher Tim Collins and the Kansas City Royals have agreed to a one-year contract for $1,475,000.

Collins had Tommy John surgery on March 11 and missed Kansas City’s run to a World Series championship last season. The 5-foot-7 lefty has spent his entire major league career with the Royals, going 12-17 with a 3.54 ERA in 228 appearances over four seasons. He has 220 strikeouts and 121 walks in 211 innings.

The 26-year-old Collins had been eligible for salary arbitration. He can earn a $50,000 bonus for making the All-Star team.

The terms of Collins’ deal are the same as his 2015 contract.

Kansas City has seven players still eligible for arbitration: third baseman Mike Moustakas; outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Jarrod Dyson; pitchers Louis Coleman, Danny Duffy and Greg Holland; and catcher Drew Butera.

Listen to Monday’s Tiger Talk with FHSU basketball coaches Tony Hobson and Mark Johnson

Posted on November 30, 2015November 30, 2015

Click below to listen to this week’s Tiger Talk with Fort Hays State women’s head basketball coach Tony Hobson and men’s head basketball coach Mark Johnson. Tiger Talk airs Monday evenings at 6 p.m. on your home for Fort Hays State sports, Tiger Radio Mix-103.

Jayhawks prepare for first game with Diallo on floor

Posted on November 30, 2015

By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Even though the NCAA has cleared five-star prospect Cheick Diallo to begin playing for No. 4 Kansas this week, it hasn’t stopped Jayhawks coach Bill Self ripping its investigation.

During a news conference Monday, Self called the months-long saga an exercise in frustration, and that “I don’t think anything done by the NCAA was done in the kid’s best interest at all.”

The NCAA forced Diallo to miss the first four games this season while examining coursework from a New York prep school. Ultimately, it ruled he had accepted a small amount of improper benefits and docked the 6-foot-9 forward from Mali a fifth game.

With all of that in the past, Diallo finally will take the floor Tuesday night when the Jayhawks (4-1) play Loyola at Allen Fieldhouse.

KU’s Selden earns Big 12 weekly honor

Posted on November 30, 2015

Kansas Athletics

IRVING, Texas – Kansas guard Wayne Selden, Jr. has been named the Phillips 66 co-Big 12 Player of the Week the league office announced Monday. Selden earned the honor in a vote by a media panel which covers the league and won the accolade along with Iowa State’s Monté Morris.

Selden was named co-MVP of the Maui Invitational after averaging 19.3 points as the Jayhawks won the title. The Roxbury, Massachusetts junior shot 66.7 percent from the field, including 70.6 percent from 3-point range, while adding 4.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per contest. He had his top performance in the championship game, matching his career-high with 25 points in a victory over No. 19 Vanderbilt. Selden scored at least 15 points in each victory in Maui and leads Kansas with 17.0 points per game. He earned co-MVP honors with teammate Frank Mason III.

This is the second weekly honor for Selden from the conference office. He was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Jan. 13, 2014, during his freshman season.

Morris averaged 16 points, 7.7 assists and four rebounds on his way to earning Emerald Coast Classic Most Outstanding Player honors.

K-State’s Burns picks up third-straight Big 12 weekly honor

Posted on November 30, 2015December 1, 2015

Kansas State Athletics

MANHATTAN, Kan. – For the third-consecutive week, Kansas State senior Morgan Burns was named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week – the first player in school history to earn three-straight conference weekly honors – following his performance in K-State’s 45-14 win over Kansas, the conference office announced.

It was the first time any Big 12 player had won three-straight weekly honors since Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell in 2008. With Burns’ three honors in addition to Jack Cantele’s accolade following the Louisiana Tech game, K-State now has an impressive 19 Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors since 2011 (3.8 per year).

Burns was all over the field against the Jayhawks as he got the game underway by tackling the KU punter for a loss and forcing a fumble on a Jayhawk punt attempt, which then led to the game’s first touchdown on the next play. Later in the first quarter, Burns recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown, K-State’s nation-leading 100th non-offensive touchdown since 1999.

Two plays after the score, Burns intercepted a second-down pass attempt. He finished the game with three additional tackles and a pass breakup in addition to his fumble return score, forced fumble and interception.

K-State hosts the regular-season finale this Saturday against West Virginia in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The game will kick at 3:30 p.m., and will also be broadcast by FS1.

Broncos beat Patriots on Anderson’s OT run

Posted on November 30, 2015

By ARNIE STAPLETON
AP Pro Football Writer

DENVER (AP) – Tom Brady lost yet another one of his trusted targets and this time he also lost a game.

C.J. Anderson scored on a 48-yard run with 12:32 left in overtime, powering the Denver Broncos past the New England Patriots 30-24 on a snowy Sunday night.

Watching from the cozy indoors at field level was Peyton Manning as Brock Osweiler and the Broncos (9-2) overcame an early 14-0 deficit and handed the Patriots (10-1) their first loss since 2014.

Now, the Carolina Panthers (11-0) are the NFL’s only remaining unbeaten team.

Osweiler threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to Bubba Caldwell with 1:09 left in regulation to put the Broncos up 24-21. But Brady, playing without injured star tight end Rob Gronkowski, needed just five plays to drive the Patriots 51 yards and into range for Stephen Gostowski’s 47-yard field goal that tied it at the end of regulation.

New England won the coin toss and elected to receive, but thanks to a sack by Von Miller, Denver forced a three-and-out and, on third-and-1 from the New England 48, Anderson raced around the left sideline and into the north end zone.

Gronkowski injured his right knee with 2:49 left in regulation and was carted off. There was no immediate word on his status.

Kansas State escapes with win over South Carolina State

Posted on November 29, 2015

By TATE STEINLAGE
Associated Press

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Justin Edwards scored 18 points, including four key free throws in the final 17 seconds, and Kansas State avoided an upset bid by South Carolina State, 68-66, on Sunday.

The Bulldogs pulled within 64-61 with 21 seconds remaining on an Ed Stephens 3-pointer, but Edwards sealed the game at the line.

South Carolina State kept it close for most of the game, recovering after Wesley Iwundu rattled off three-straight buckets and dished out an assist to Kamau Stokes for a 3-pointer to extend Kansas State’s halftime lead to 50-39 with 15:07 left.

Dean Wade finished with 12 points and Iwundu 11. Stephen Hurt had 10 points, 10 rebounds and two assists for Kansas State (5-1).

Stephens scored 24 points and Eric Eaves 21 for South Carolina State (3-4). Together, they accounted for 68 percent of the Bulldogs’ scoring.

Chiefs hold off Bills for 5th straight win

Posted on November 29, 2015

By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Smith threw for 255 yards and two touchdowns, Spencer Ware ran for 114 yards and a score, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills 30-22 on Sunday in a matchup of teams in the AFC wildcard race.

Jeremy Maclin had nine receptions for 160 yards and a touchdown, and Cairo Santos hit three field goals for the Chiefs (6-5), who have won five straight after a five-game skid.

Tyrod Taylor had 291 yards passing and three touchdowns for Buffalo (5-6), but he was mostly held in check in the second half. So was Sammie Watkins, who had all six catches for 158 yards and his two touchdowns over the first 30 minutes.

The Bills had a chance for a tying touchdown when they took over at their own 10 with 3:25 left, but the Chiefs stopped them on fourth-and-9 with 2:16 to go to seal it.

Uthoff leads Iowa past No. 20 Wichita State

Posted on November 29, 2015

By MARK DIDTLER
Associated Press

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jarrod Uthoff scored 22 points, Adam Woodbury had 15 and Iowa beat No. 20 Wichita State 84-62 in the seventh place game at the AdvoCare Invitational on Sunday.

Mike Gesell added 14 points for Iowa (4-2)

Wichita State (2-4) got 14 from Eric Hamilton. Ron Baker, who entered averaging 20.2 points, was held to eight.

Both teams lost their first two game at the invitational.

Short-handed Wichita State played without forward Anton Grady, who is at an area hospital recovering from what doctors believe is a spinal cord concussion that happened during a collision with an Alabama player in Friday’s game. Doctors found no signs of spinal cord trauma.

Wichita State senior guard Fred VanVleet sat out all three games of the invitational with a hamstring injury.

Tigers rally past Sterling to move to 5-0

Posted on November 28, 2015November 28, 2015

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State outscored Sterling College 47-28 in the second half as they rally from an eight-point first half deficit for an 86-70 win Saturday night at Gross Coliseum. The Tigers scored the final four points of the first half to pull within three at halftime then tallied the first seven points of the second half to grab the lead for good.

Mark Johnson Postgame Interivew

Jake Stoppel Postgame Interview

Game Highlights

FHSU heated it up in the second half, shooting 55-percent while holding the Warriors to 32-percent.

Dom Samac scored 16 of his game-high 20 in the second half to lead the Tigers. Rob Davis hit five 3-pointers and scored 19 while Jake Stoppel added 10 points and 11 rebounds. Craig Nicholson dished out eight of the Tigers 23 assists.

Brandon Givens his six 3-pointers (five in the first half) and lead Sterling with 19 points. Terrance Boyd added 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Fort Hays State improves to 5-0 with the win. They open MIAA play Wednesday at home against Washburn.

K-State special teams send Wildcats to win over Kansas

Posted on November 28, 2015November 28, 2015

By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State scored a pair of touchdowns after botched Kansas punts in the first quarter, and the Wildcats rolled from there to a 45-14 victory over their biggest rival on Saturday.

Joe Hubener threw for 133 yards while running for two touchdowns, Winston Dimel also ran for two scores, and Kansas State (5-6, 2-7 Big 12) moved within a victory over West Virginia in its home finale next weekend of becoming bowl eligible for the sixth straight season.

The Wildcats’ Morgan Burns scored a touchdown on special teams for the third straight game, though this one was a blocked punt recovery. His previous two were 100-yard kickoff returns.

Ryan Willis threw for 215 yards with two touchdowns and a pick for Kansas (0-12, 0-9), which concluded its first season under David Beaty by going winless for the first time since 1954.

FHSU women have no problem with Sterling; move to 6-0

Posted on November 28, 2015November 28, 2015

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State scored 15 unanswered points after falling behind by one in the first quarter and cruise to a 94-45 win over Sterling College Saturday evening at Gross Coliseum. The 7th-ranked Tigers used a 34-6 first half run to go up 27 in the second quarter and led by 31 at halftime and by as many as 51 in the second half as they wrap up non-conference play 6-0.

Tony Hobson Postgame

Game Highlights

Paige Lunsford and Beth Bohuslavsky led six Tigers in double-figures with 15 points each. Nikola Kacperska scored 14 off the bench, Jill Faxon added 12. Taylor Chandler and Chelsea Mason both scored 11. Chandler led the Tigers with six rebounds and dished out three assists with no turnovers and hit all three of her 3-point tries.

FHSU shot 50-percent from the floor and were 10-of-26 from 3-point range. They only turned the ball over five times while forcing 26 and outscored the Warriors 33-0 off turnovers.