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Volquez to start World Series opener for Royals
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Edinson Volquez will start the World Series opener for Kansas City, followed by Johnny Cueto in Game 2.
Yordano Ventura will start Game 3 at Citi Field on Friday, followed by Chris Young in Game 4.
New York’s rotation opens with Matt Harvey, and Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz follow.
Volquez was 13-9 with a 3.55 ERA during the regular season and 1-2 with a 4.32 ERA during three starts in the playoffs.
Chiefs turn back Steelers to snap 5-game losing streak
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Alex Smith threw for 251 yards and a touchdown, Cairo Santos kicked three field goals and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the injury-filled Pittsburgh Steelers 23-13 on Sunday to snap a five-game losing streak.
Charcandrick West added 110 yards rushing and his first career touchdown for the Chiefs (2-5), and Eric Berry intercepted his first pass since his cancer diagnosis last December.
Meanwhile, the Chiefs shut down Pittsburgh’s Landry Jones, who made his first NFL start in place of the injured Ben Roethlisberger and Mike Vick. Jones threw for 209 yards and a touchdown, but he was also picked off twice and lost a fumble.
LeVeon Bell ran for 121 yards for the Steelers (4-3). Antonio Brown had six catches for 124 yards, and Martavis Bryant caught his 11th touchdown pass in 12 games.
FHSU women’s soccer picks up key MIAA win over Emporia State
FHSU Athletics
HAYS, Kan. – It only took one goal on Sunday (Oct. 25) to determine a winner between Fort Hays State and Emporia State. FHSU came out on top for a second time this season over ESU pushing its record to 8-7-1 overall, 5-4 in the MIAA, while Emporia dropped to 9-6-1 overall and 4-4-1 in the MIAA.
Cassi Moosburger had the lone goal of the match, her fourth of the season, which provided the Tigers with the 1-0 win. Moosburger received the ball off the heads of Taryn Schnell and Silvana Romero and used her left foot to shelf it perfectly in the upper left hand corner of the net.
Despite outshooting the Tigers 10-6 in the game, the Hornets were unable to get anything past FHSU goalkeeper Abbie Flax. Flax recorded six saves in net and pushed her overall record to 3-1 this season.
The win was key for the Tigers as they moved into a fourth-place tie in the MIAA standings. The top four teams in the standings will host a first-round MIAA Tournament game.
Fort Hays State wraps up the regular season with two more games this upcoming week. The first is a home match against Nebraska-Kearney on Friday (Oct. 30), which will be Senior Night, and then they head to Topeka to take on Washburn Sunday (Nov. 1).
Turnovers cost Tigers in loss at No. 3 Northwest Missouri State
By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post
MARYVILLE, Mo. – No. 3 Northwest Missouri State scored 24 points off of four Fort State turnovers and defeat the Tigers 45-24 in front of over 9,082 at Bearcat Stadium. Treveon Albert threw interceptions on the Tigers first two possessions leading the Bearcats to a 14-0 lead less than five minutes into the game.
The Bearcats built a 35-0 lead late in the second quarter before Daniel Lindsey’s 85-yard kickoff return.
Chris Brown Postgame Press Conference
Daniel Linsdey / Evan Jennings Postgame Interview
Game Highlights
A DeAndre James interception set up a Treveon Albert touchdown run to pull the Tigers within 35-14 in the third quarter. Albert fumbled on the Tigers next possession setting up a Bearcat touchdown pushing their lead to 42-14.
Albert would connect on a 44-yard touchdown pass to Evan Jennings to but the lead to 21 but they could get no closer.
FHSU was held to 277 yards of total offense, 182 on the ground and 95 through the air. Albert led the Tigers with 74 yards rushing while going 6-of-18 through the air with three interceptions. Derek Kendall-Campbell added 62 yard on the ground and Shaquille Cooper 47.
Brock Long led the defense with 17 tackles including two sacks and six for loss.
Holthus Hotline with ‘Voice of the Chiefs’ Mitch Holthus
Listen as ‘Voice of the Chiefs’ Mitch Holthus reviews last Sunday’s road loss at Minnesota and and preview’s this Sunday’s home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Holthus Hotline airs Saturday at 6:30am during the Chiefs season.
Royals return to World Series, beat Blue Jays in ALCS Game 6
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lorenzo Cain sprinted home from first base on Eric Hosmer’s single in the eighth inning, Wade Davis weathered a 45-minute rain delay and a white-knuckle ninth, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 Friday night to earn their second straight trip to the World Series.
The victory in Game 6 of the AL Championship Series sent the Royals into the World Series, starting Tuesday night at home against the New York Mets.
After the delay, Cain promptly worked a leadoff walk from closer Roberto Osuna, and Hosmer followed with a clean single that Bautista fielded down the right-field line.
Rather than hit the cutoff man, though, Bautista threw to second to keep Hosmer to a single. That gave the speedy Cain, running full speed the entire way, enough time to beat the relay throw from second base with a textbook slide that ignited a sellout crowd.
Davis retired Josh Donaldson on a grounder with runners on second and third to end it.
FHSU volleyball battles in first set but falls to No. 12 Central Missouri
FHSU Athletics
HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State fell to No. 12 ranked Central Missouri in straight sets on Friday evening (Oct. 23). The Tigers had three set point opportunities in the first set, but fell 32-30, before dropping the next two sets 25-14 and 25-19. The Tigers moved to 13-11 overall and 4-7 in the MIAA, while the Jennies moved to 20-3 overall and 8-2 in the MIAA.
Fort Hays State trailed 24-22 in the first set before kills by Rebekah Spainhour and Crystal Whitten made it a win-by-two scenario. FHSU fended off another set point with a kill by Megan Anderson and then had three consecutive chances to put the opening set away. A calm and resilient UCM team thwarted every opportunity with solid defense and eventually pulled out the set 32-30.
FHSU remained close in the second set to the point where UCM led 12-11, but then the wheels came off and the Tigers never recovered. UCM went on a 10-0 burst that included five errors by the Tigers. The Jennies won the set by 11. UCM used efficient offense in the third set to put the Tigers away, hitting .378. That upped the Jennies’ hitting percentage to .325 for the match. FHSU hit just .134.
Mallory Flagor led the Tigers in kills with 11, while Whitten added nine and Spainhour had seven. Hannah Wagy had 33 assists and Kailey Klibbe had a team-high 20 digs.
Carly Sojka led the Jennies with 13 kills, while Maddie Jones added 11. The Tigers had no answer for setter Kourtney Thompson, who picked up nine kills by dumping balls over the net to go with her 37 assists. She hit .750 in the match. Annie Reilly was a defensive machine for UCM, recording 25 digs.
The Tigers return to action on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 24) against Lindenwood at Gross Memorial Coliseum. Match time is set for 2 pm.
High School Football Scoreboard Oct. 23
6A District 8
*Garden City 21 Wichita NW 38
*Dodge City 34 Hutchinson 72
5A District 6
*Salina Central 38 Great Bend 57
Newton 30 Salina South 53
4A-1 – District 8
*Hays 7 Abilene 38
McPherson 28 Buhler 44
4A-2 – District 7
*Clay Center 35 Colby 42
*Concordia 35 Goodland 0
4A-2 – District 8
*Hugoton 35 Larned 28
*Pratt 7 Holcomb 33
3A – District 14
*Norton 35 Beloit 16
*Russell 19 TMP 6
3A – District 15
Sterling 0 Hoisington 56
3A – District 16
Cimarron 55 Southwestern Heights 12
*Lakin 0 Scott City 55
2A – District 6
*Smith Center 55 Bennington 12
*Ell-Saline 0 Phillipsburg 52
2A – District 7
Plainville 12 Oakley 33
8-Man Division 1 – District 4
*Osborne 40 Wakefield 86
8-Man Division 1 – District 5
*Central Plains 46 Solomon 14
8-Man Division 1 – District 6
*Pratt-Skyline 66 Kinsley 26
8-Man Division 1 – District 7
*Trego Com. 48 Ness City 6
*Hodgeman Co. 0 Spearville 46
8-Man Division 1 – District 8
* St. Francis 46 Stockton 0
*Hill City 18 Logan-Palco 46
8-Man Division 2 – District 7
*Northern Valley 6 Otis-Bison 52
Mid-Continent League
*Ellis 64 Sublette 6
Northwest Kansas League
* Lincoln 54 Quinter 8
Abilene 38, Hays 7
Andale 49, Clearwater 8
Anderson County 22, Iola 21
Andover Central 70, Circle 6
Ashland 46, Fairfield-Cunningham 0
Atchison 25, Basehor-Linwood 20
Atchison County 24, McLouth 20
Attica/Argonia 56, Norwich 0
Augusta 42, Coffeyville 0
Axtell 60, BV Randolph 12
Bishop Miege 42, Louisburg 6
Blue Valley Stillwell 49, Olathe South 16
Buhler 44, McPherson 28
Burlingame 48, Peabody-Burns 0
BV Northwest 21, Gardner-Edgerton 7
Caldwell 66, South Haven 20
Central Burden 54, Sedan 32
Central Plains 46, Solomon 14
Centralia 44, St. Mary’s 15
Centre 54, Wilson 8
Chase 52, Tescott 0
Cheney 35, Anthony-Harper-Chaparral 28
Cherryvale 28, Riverton 24
Colby 42, Clay Center 35
Columbus 54, Frontenac 43
Concordia 35, Goodland 0
Conway Springs 50, Belle Plaine 16
Crest 56, Southern Coffey 20
Derby 51, Wichita South 13
Dighton/Healy 46, South Gray 8
Douglass 14, Bluestem 6
Ellinwood 40, Little River 24
Ellis 64, Sublette 6
Erie 39, Northeast-Arma 14
Eudora 27, DeSoto 24
Fort Scott 28, Labette County 25
Frankfort 58, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 8
Fredonia 42, Eureka 0
Galena 49, Southeast 0
Girard 26, Burlington 0
Goddard 53, Arkansas City 6
Goddard-Eisenhower 27, Liberal 6
Goessel def. Canton-Galva, forfeit
Great Bend 57, Salina Central 38
Halstead 32, Garden Plain 28
Hartford 65, Altoona-Midway 8
Hesston 27, Council Grove 0
Hoisington 56, Sterling 0
Holcomb 33, Pratt 7
Holton 28, Perry-Lecompton 6
Hoxie 58, Golden Plains 0
Hugoton 35, Larned 28
Hutchinson 72, Dodge City 34
Independence 21, Winfield 14
Ingalls 66, Deerfield 0
Jackson Heights 42, Wabaunsee 7
Jefferson North 58, Maranatha/Immaculata (FB) 20
Jefferson West 35, Royal Valley 21
Junction City 53, Wichita East 0
Kapaun Mount Carmel 51, Andover 27
KC Piper 33, Tonganoxie 6
Kingman 26, Hutchinson Trinity 0
Kiowa County 58, St. John 6
LaCrosse 42, Wichita County 0
Lawrence 31, Olathe North 28
Lawrence Free State 31, Manhattan 14
Lincoln 54, Quinter 8
Logan/Palco 46, Hill City 18
Lyons 21, Ellsworth 13
Madison/Hamilton 50, Flinthills 8
Marion 50, Herington 6
Meade 56, Elkhart 0
Mill Valley 48, Bonner Springs 14
Mission Valley 28, Northern Heights 22
Moscow 21, Fowler 0
Mulvane 42, Wellington 30
Nemaha Central 40, Rock Creek 14
Neodesha 31, Caney Valley 14
Nickerson 47, Chapman 0
Norton 35, Beloit 16
Oakley 33, Plainville 12
Olathe Northwest 24, Olathe East 7
Olpe 28, Chase County 6
Onaga 30, Valley Falls 2
Osawatomie 48, KC Bishop Ward 7
Otis-Bison 52, Northern Valley 6
Ottawa 19, Baldwin 3
Paola 55, Chanute 7
Parsons 62, Baxter Springs 6
Phillipsburg 52, Ell-Saline 0
Pittsburg 35, Blue Valley Southwest 7
Pittsburg Colgan 31, Humboldt 8
Pleasant Ridge 32, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 27
Pratt Skyline 66, Kinsley 26
Pretty Prairie 74, South Barber 26
Rawlins County 56, Oberlin-Decatur 32
Remington 45, Oswego 12
Republic County 26, Valley Heights 21
Riverside 55, Hiawatha 0
Rock Hills 52, Lakeside 6
Rossville 61, Osage City 7
Rural Vista 50, Lebo 14
Russell 19, Hays-TMP-Marian 6
Sabetha 55, Horton 0
Salina Sacred Heart 47, Moundridge 15
Salina South 53, Newton 30
Santa Fe Trail 23, Prairie View 12
Satanta 58, Rolla 8
Scott City 55, Lakin 0
Sedgwick 54, Medicine Lodge 7
Shawnee Heights 41, Topeka West 20
Silver Lake 48, Oskaloosa 0
SM West 56, SM South 0
Smith Center 55, Bennington 12
South Central 54, Macksville 6
Southeast Saline 49, Hillsboro 7
Spearville 46, Hodgeman County 0
Spring Hill 42, KC Sumner 20
St. Francis 46, Stockton 0
St. James Academy 28, KC Turner 0
St. Thomas Aquinas 42, BV West 6
Sylvan-Lucas 48, Burrton 0
Syracuse 40, Johnson-Stanton County 0
Topeka 34, Washburn Rural 10
Topeka Hayden 48, El Dorado 0
Topeka Seaman 48, Highland Park 7
Trego 50, Ness City 6
Triplains-Brewster 61, Weskan 28
Troy 47, Inman 26
Udall 58, Cedar Vale/Dexter 8
Ulysses 57, Rose Hill 7
Uniontown 52, Pleasanton 6
Valley Center 28, Maize 7
Wakefield 86, Osborne 40
Wallace County 52, Cheylin 0
Wamego 18, Smoky Valley 14
Washington County 14, Marysville 0
Wellsville 61, West Franklin 0
West Elk 54, Oxford 8
Wichita Bishop Carroll 42, Maize South 14
Wichita Collegiate 63, Wichita Independent 14
Wichita Heights 27, Emporia 25
Wichita Home School 64, Hutchinson Central Christian 18
Wichita Northwest 38, Garden City 21
Wichita Trinity 52, Haven 7
Russell keeps playoff hopes alive, tops TMP
Russell 19, TMP 6
Russell scored a first quarter touchdown and the Broncos were able to hold the lead the entire game in a 19-6 victory over TMP. The one yard touchdown run from Kelton Suchy, the first of two for the game, put Russell up 7-0 with only 12 seconds remaining in the first quarter. That would be the only score of the first half.
The Broncos would take the ball after the opening kickoff of the second half. They had an 8 play, 69 yard drive to start the second half that ended with the second of the two Suchy one yard touchdown run. The Broncos led 13-0 going into the fourth quarter.
TMP would recover a Russell fumble at the Bronco 26 yard line. Two plays later the Monarchs got a 22 yard touchdown run from Luke Ruder. That would be all that TMP would get. Russell sealed the game with a 47 yard touchdown run from Reshean Holloway with 6:09 remaining in the game. Russell improves to 3-5 on the year and 1-1 in 3A, District 14 play. TMP drops to 1-7 and 0-2 in district play. The Monarchs will close their season next Thursday in Norton.
JOHN MONTGOMERY POST-GAME
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Hays Falls At Abilene
By Dustin Armbruster
For a second week in a row the Hays High Indians took on an undefeated team in district play, as they traveled to Abilene on Friday night. For Hays at 0-1 in district play the game was essentially a must win to have a legitimate shot at the 4A-1 playoffs.
The Indians opened the game with a 78 yard kick-off return to the Abilene seven yard line by Jordan Betts. Hays though could not score on four plays and lost their quarterback Kohlton Meyers to a back injury on the 4th and Goal try.
Abilene would break off a 78 yard run by fullback Parker O’Neal on third down to complete a 6 play 99 yard drive.
With Meyers out of the game and back up quarterback Maddux Winter out with an injury as well, Hays turned to tailback Hunter Brown at quarterback two drives later. Abilene would score on their next two drives taking a 22-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Hays turned the ball over three times in the first half on two fumbles and an interception. The Indians did find success late in the first half when Brown hit Keith Dryden on a 49 yard touchdown pass to make the score 22-7. Abilene would make up the points on the kickoff however when Harley Hazlett returned the kick for a touchdown making the score 29-7 at half.
Highlights
Coach Randall Rath
There were only five total drives in the second half. Abilene scored a 30 yard field goal and one yard touchdown run. Hays punted and drove down inside the one yard line but could not score.
Hays falls to Abilene 38-7 and goes to 2-6 on the year and 0-2 in district play. Abilene locks up a playoff spot with a 2-0 district record as Buhler also has a 2-0 district record after week 8. Those two will meet up for district crown in Buhler.
Hays will host McPherson who is 0-2 in district play on senior night at Lewis Field Stadium.
Hays finishes the regular season at home next week for senior night against McPherson.
Kansas Shrine Bowl announces head coaches for 2016 game
Kansas Shrine Bowl Release
KANSAS-The Kansas Shrine Bowl Board of Directors would like to announce 2016 Head Coaches for the 43rd Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star Football game; leading the East squad, Topeka Seaman High School’s, Blake Pierce; and for the West squad, Randall Zimmerman from Junction City High School.
The 43rd annual Kansas Shrine Bowl will be played Saturday July 30th, 2016 in Emporia, Kansas at Welch Stadium on Emporia State University campus. Kickoff will be at 7:00 pm.
Coach Blake Pierce is a 28 year coach, coaching in his fourth Shrine Bowl. Coach Pierce graduated from Topeka Seaman High School in Topeka, Kansas he then went on to Emporia State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Education majoring in Biology. Before becoming head coach at Topeka Seaman, Coach Pierce was an assistant at Washburn Rural High School, Osage City High School and Topeka Seaman High School.
Returning for his seventh Shrine Bowl, Coach Randall Zimmerman has been coaching for 29 years. Before coaching at Junction City High School, Coach Zimmerman has also coached at Sacred Heart High School and Phillipsburg High School. A graduate of Grinnell High School and receiving his Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education at Fort Hays State University, Coach Zimmerman continued his education at Kansas State University where he received his Masters in Educational Leadership.
Nominations for all-star football players have begun, and final rosters will be released at the first of the year.
All Shrine Bowl events are produced and presented to benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children [SHC]. SHC is a health care system of 22 hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing pediatric specialty care, innovative research, and outstanding teaching programs for medical professionals. Children up to the age of 18 are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of the patients’ ability to pay. Tickets and additional information are available at www.kansasshrinebowl.com or by calling 800-530-5524.
FHSU to host MIAA Cross Country Championships Saturday at Sand Plum Nature Trail
FHSU Athletics
| 2015 MIAA Cross Country Championships Sand Plum Nature Trail – Victoria, Kan. Women’s 6K Race – 10 am; Men’s 8K Race – 11 am; Awards Ceremony – 12:15 pm Championship Central Page |
Fort Hays State hosts the 2015 MIAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday morning at Sand Plum Nature Trail, just outside of Victoria, Kan. Nine men’s teams and 11 women’s teams will compete in the event. Missouri Southern is the defending conference champion in both men’s and women’s cross country.
The event is set to begin at 10 am with the women’s 6K race. The men follow with their 8K race at 11 am. The awards presentation will be held at 12:15 pm.
Tyler Rush of Missouri Southern is the top returner of the men’s top 10 finishers at the 2014 MIAA Championships in Bolivar, Mo. A sophomore last year, Rush finished second in a time of 24:47.04. Other returners from last year’s top 10 include Austin Bogina of Pittsburg State, Wick Cunningham of Northwest Missouri State, Drew Cargill of Southwest Baptist, and Nicholas Stewart of Lindenwood.
On the women’s side, Elizabeth Luckel of Southwest Baptist is the top returner of the top 10 finishers at the 2014 MIAA Championships. A junior last year, Luckel won the individual title on her home course with a time of 21:38.54, over 13 seconds faster than the next finisher. She will be a favorite for the title once again this year. Other returners from last year’s top 10 include Hannah DeVries of Pittsburg State, Emily Harris of Missouri Southern, Kindra Emberton of Missouri Southern, Maddie Brown of Central Oklahoma, and Katherine Sitzes of Southwest Baptist.
Fort Hays State’s Cory Keehn looks for the fourth All-MIAA honor of his career. After earning honorable mention status his freshman year, Keehn was an All-MIAA performer as a sophomore and junior. He won the individual MIAA championship as a sophomore in 2012 and then took 10th as a junior in 2013. Following a redshirt year in 2014, Keehn is back in 2015 as one of the top runners in the MIAA.
On the women’s side for FHSU, Chelsea Jackson and Micki Krzesinski each earned honorable mention all-conference status in 2014. Jackson finished 11th and Krzesinski finished 18th at last year’s conference meet. Both have been frontrunners for the Tigers this year as they look to break into the top 10 overall.
Live results will be available for the event at the Championships Central Page link above.