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HHS girls fourth, boys fifth at WAC cross country meet

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The Hays High girls finished fourth and the boys fifth at the Western Athletic Conference cross country meet Thursday in Liberal. Dodge City won the girls race with 33 points while the Indians scored 80. Haley George led the Indian girls with a 12th place finish.

Click on links below for complete results.
Boys WAC cross country results
Girls WAC cross country results

In the boys race, Dodge City won with 27 points. The Indians scored 110. Ethan Shippy was the top Hays High runner with a 12th place finish.

“The overall results may not truly show it, but coaching staff was very proud of the way our athletes competed” said head coach Jerold Harris. “Our ladies took a step forward and competed tougher than we have in the past few weeks. Our varsity guys did what they always do, competed tough”.

Boys Team Results
1. Dodge City – 27
2. Garden City – 62
3. Liberal – 74
4. Great Bend – 86
5. Hays High – 110

Girls Team Results
1. Dodge City – 33
2. Garden City – 65
3. Liberal – 70
4. Hays High – 80
5. Great Bend – 102

TMP-Marian volleyball splits first two matches at MCL tournament

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The TMP-Marian volleyball team went 1-1 to start pool play at the Mid-Continent League tournament Thursday in Stockton.

The Monarchs defeated Oakley 25-14, 25-17 then lost to Smith Center 22-25, 15-25 and are now 29-4 on the year.

TMP-Marian will play Plainville and Hill City when pool play resumes Saturday in their efforts to advance to bracket play later in the day.

Royals start Volquez, Blue Jays go with Estrada in ALCS

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By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Royals are sending Blue Jays antagonist Edinson Volquez to the mound for Game 1 of their AL Championship Series while Toronto is countering with Marco Estrada.

The opening game is Friday night at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.

It was Volquez whose inside pitching drew the ire of the Blue Jays in early August, eventually leading to a pair of bench-clearing incidents during their game at Rogers Centre. After the game, he called Blue Jays star Josh Donaldson “a little baby” for complaining about his pitching.

The Royals will start Yordano Ventura in Game 2 on Saturday, while Johnny Cueto will pitch the third game in Toronto. The Blue Jays will put David Price on the mound in Game 2, followed by Marcus Stroman and knuckleballer R.A. Dickey.

Kansas picked to win 12th-straight Big 12 title

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Big 12 Logo2 (new)IRVING, Texas – For the 14th time in the 20-year history of the Big 12, Kansas men’s basketball has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the conference regular-season championship as the league released its coaches’ preseason poll Thursday.

Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams in the poll and KU received nine first-place votes and a total of 81 points. Oklahoma edged Iowa State, 70-68, for second and third, respectively. Texas placed fourth followed by Baylor, West Virginia and Oklahoma State. Kansas State and TCU tied for eighth in the poll and Texas Tech placed 10th. Points are awarded with nine for first, eight for second, seven for third, etc., in the coaches’ votes.

Kansas has won, or tied for, 14 of the 19 Big 12 regular-season titles, including the last 11 consecutive, a streak which ranks tied for second all-time in NCAA Division I history. Last year KU went 27-9 overall and won the league race with a 13-5 record.

Kansas returns four starters and 11 letterwinners from last season’s 27-9 team that won KU’s 11th-straight, 15th Big 12 and NCAA-leading 58th overall conference regular-season title with a 13-5 league record.

Senior forward Perry Ellis is one of four returning all-conference Jayhawks from 2014-15. A Wichita, Kansas native, Ellis was an All-Big 12 First Team selection last season and reseason selection this year, leading Kansas in scoring (13.8 ppg) and rebounding (6.9 rpg). The 2014 Orlando Classic MVP, Ellis was also named to the 2015 Academic All-Big 12 First Team and the 2015 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Guard Frank Mason III, from Petersburg, Virginia, was an All-Big 12 Second Team honoree who was second on the team in scoring with 12.6 points per game and led Kansas with 142 assists and 50 steals in 2014-15. Mason’s 42.9 percent shooting from three-point range was best on the KU team last season. Guard Wayne Selden, Jr., from Roxbury, Massachusetts, was a 2015 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection who led Kansas with 46 three-pointers made last year as he averaged 9.4 points per contest. Chicago senior forward Jamari Traylor (4.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg in 2014-15) started 18 games last season for KU.

Historically, the preseason favorite has gone on to finish first in the regular-season 12 times, which does not include 1996-97 as a coaches’ poll was not conducted. Kansas has been the preseason favorite in 11 of its 14 Big 12 regular-season titles, missing 1996-97 (no poll), 2005-06 (third) and 2010-11 (second).

 

2015-16 Big 12 Coaches’ Preseason Poll
Place. School (first-place votes) – total points
1. KANSAS (9) – 81
2. Oklahoma – 70
3. Iowa State (1) – 68
4. Texas – 51
5. Baylor – 49
6. West Virginia – 47
7. Oklahoma State – 33
8. Kansas State – 18
8. TCU – 18
10. Texas Tech – 15

Cueto tosses gem as Royals beat Astros in ALDS clincher

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Photos by Chris Vleisides

By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer

Johnny Cueto allowed 2 hits over 8 innings vs. the Astros in Game 5 of the ALDS. (Chris Vleisides)
Johnny Cueto allowed 2 hits over 8 innings vs. the Astros in Game 5 of the ALDS. (Chris Vleisides)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Johnny Cueto delivered a masterpiece on his biggest stage yet, pitching eight dominant innings Wednesday night and leading the never-say-die Kansas City Royals to a 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros and back to the American League Championship Series.

Alex Rios hits a double to give the Royals a 3-2 lead vs. the Astros in Game 5 of the ALDS. (Chris Vleisides)
Alex Rios hits a double to give the Royals a 3-2 lead vs. the Astros in Game 5 of the ALDS. (Chris Vleisides)

Cueto (1-0) allowed two hits, a single by Evan Gattis followed by Luis Valbuena’s second-inning homer, before retiring the final 19 batters he faced. He struck out eight without a walk in the kind of clutch performance the Royals expected when they traded for him.

When Wade Davis breezed through the ninth, the Royals poured onto the field to celebrate.

The defending AL champs will host the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 on Friday night. The teams have met once before in the ALCS with the Royals winning in seven games in 1985 – they would go on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals for their only World Series triumph.

HHS and TMP-Marian hold spots in latest KVA rankings

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No change for Hays High and TMP-Marian in the latest KVA rankings out on Wednesday. The Indians remain fifth in 4A Division I and the Monarchs seventh in 3A.

La Crosse holds at No. 4 in 1A Division I.

Complete rankings below…

Class 6A
1. Olathe Northwest 27-1 (1)
2. Blue Valley West 30-3 (2)
3. Olathe East 21-7 (3)
4. Blue Valley North 18-8 (6)
5. Shawnee Mission East 26-5 (5)
6. Blue Valley Northwest 15-12 (8)
7. Manhattan 19-11 (9)
8. Washburn Rural 20-9 (10)
9. Wichita East 27-5 (7)
10. Derby 29-6 (4)

Class 5A
1. St. James Academy 28-1 (1)
2. Shawnee Heights 31-4 (2)
3. St. Thomas Aquinas 23-7 (3)
4. Lansing 27-3 (4)
5. Newton 29-7 (5)
6. Emporia 25-5 (8)
7. Bishop Carroll 22-5 (6)
8. Goddard-Eisenhower 24-5 (7)
9. Maize 17-14 (9)
10. Andover 15-13 (10)

Class 4A – Division 1
1. Bishop Miege 17-11 (1)
2. McPherson 28-7 (2)
3. Abilene 26-4 (4)
4. Louisburg 23-10 (3)
5. Hays 24-6 (5)
6. Basehor-Linwood 23-9 (6)
7. Andale 23-12 (7)
8. Circle 21-8 (8)
9. Rose Hill 19-9 (9)
10. DeSoto 20-12 (10)

Class 4A – Division 2
1. Topeka-Hayden 22-7 (1)
2. Rock Creek 25-4 (2)
3. Kingman 29-5 (3)
4. Burlington 20-6 (4)
5. Pratt 19-9 (5)
6. Smoky Valley 19-8 (6)
7. Frontenac 17-9 (7)
8. Anderson County 19-7 (8)
9. Holcomb 18-9 (9)
10. Holton 21-10 (10)

Class 3A
1. Silver Lake 31-2 (1)
2. Garden Plain 27-1 (2)
3. Douglass 22-2 (3)
4. Southeast of Saline 28-3 (4)
5. Beloit 26-4 (5)
6. Cheney 19-6 (9)
7. Thomas More Prep-Marian 28-3 (7)
8. Hesston 20-7 (6)
9. Nemaha Central 21-8 (8)
10. Marion 23-3 (NR)

Class 2A
1. Central Plains 26-0 (1)
2. Spearville 30-2 (2)
3. St. Mary’s Colgan 24-2 (3)
4. Ness City 24-3 (4)
5. Heritage Christian Academy 23-3 (5)
6. Valley Falls 29-3 (6)
7. South Central 26-5 (8)
8. Jefferson County North 22-6 (NR)
9. Kiowa County 23-7 (9)
10. Washington County 18-8 (7)

Class 1A – Division 1
1. Goessel 29-0 (1)
2. Centralia 29-1 (2)
3. Hoxie 26-0 (3)
4. LaCrosse 22-4 (4)
5. Waverly 23-4 (5)
6. Flinthills 30-3 (6)
7. Hanover 24-7 (7)
8. St. Paul 19-8 (8)
9. Immaculata 17-11 (9)
10. Otis-Bison 21-8 (NR)

Class 1A – Division 2
1. Beloit-St. John’s/Tipton 25-3 (1)
2. Axtell 22-7 (2)
3. Dighton 18-8 (3)
4. Northern Valley 18-6 (4)
5. Wheatland-Grinnell 23-5 (5)
6. Logan 22-3 (6)
7. Attica 21-4 (7)
8. South Barber 14-4 (8)
9. Sylvan-Lucas 19-7 (NR)
10. Golden Plains 18-7 (10)

FHSU Women’s Basketball Picked No. 5 in DII Bulletin Preseason Top 25

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FHSU Sports Information
Fort Hays State Women’s Basketball was picked No. 5 in the Division II Bulletin Preseason Top 25 for the 2015-16 season. The Tigers join Emporia State as teams selected to the Top 25.

Coming off the program’s best season in its NCAA Division II history, the FHSU women finished at 30-4 overall and ranked No. 8 in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Final Poll. The Tigers enjoyed a ranking as high as No. 2 in the nation during the regular season and the long-time rivalry with Emporia State went to another level last season. The Tigers were receiving votes in the national poll for about half the season until finally entering the top 25 in late January. Following a convincing win over No. 4 Pittsburg State, the Tigers leaped into the top 10 and remained there the rest of the season.

Fort Hays State and Emporia State met four times during the 2014-15 season. As the No. 6 ranked team in the nation, FHSU knocked off No. 2 Emporia State by 10 points in Emporia and then won by the same margin just over a week later in Hays as the No. 3 team in the nation, while ESU held the No. 6 ranking. FHSU went on to win the MIAA Regular Season Championship, but ESU would take both meetings in the postseason. The Hornets, ranked No. 10, defeated the No. 4 ranked Tigers by three points in the MIAA Tournament Final, then knocked the Tigers out of the NCAA Tournament in the Central Regional Final in Hays by five points. The Hornets were ranked No. 9 and the Tigers were No. 6 in the final epic battle of the season in front of nearly 5,000 fans at Gross Memorial Coliseum.

As two of the nation’s top programs last year, FHSU and ESU caught the attention of several media organizations nationwide. Emporia State has been tabbed as the No. 1 team in the Division II Bulletin Preseason Poll, while FHSU earned the No. 5 spot. Emporia State went on to make the national semifinals last year before bowing out of the NCAA Tournament.

Click HERE for a link to the release of the Division II Bulletin Preseason Top 25.

FHSU football holds weekly football press conference

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Fort Hays State Weekly Football Press Conference
October 13, 2015

Fort Hays State head football coach Chris Brown along with select players met with members of the media on Tuesday. The 4-2 Tigers return home to face MIAA co-leader Emporia State who’s ranked 13th in the latest AFCA poll. Kickoff is at 2 p.m. at Lewis Field.

Head coach Chris Brown


FHSU-FB-Players
Bandit back Daniel Lindsey


WR Evan Jennings


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FHSU men’s golf finishes 18th in final meet of the fall

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Fort Hays State men’s golf finished 18th at the Missouri Western Holiday Inn Express Classic, held October 12-13 at the St. Joseph Country Club. The Tigers finished ninth among the MIAA teams that competed in the event. It was the second mandatory MIAA event of the season.

Landon Fox was the top finisher for FHSU, shooting rounds of 79, 74, 74 to tie for 30th at 227. Lane Pauls shot rounds of 80, 75, and 85 to tie for 76th. Koby Beougher logged rounds of 82, 80, and 82 to tie for 82nd, while Jake Weller shot 85, 81, and 82 to tie for 88th. Cash Hobson tied for 94th with rounds of 84, 86, and 87.

Fort Hays State shot 958 as a team. Central Missouri won the tournament with 871, three strokes ahead of Central Oklahoma with 874. Brent Williamson of Northeastern State was the individual medalist, shooting a total of 210.

This was the final tournament of the fall season for the Tigers.

FHSU men’s soccer jumps back into NSCAA Top 25

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After a one-week absence from the NSCAA Division II Top 25, Fort Hays State men’s soccer jumped back into the rankings on Tuesday (Oct. 13) at No. 24. The Tigers knocked off No. 14 Upper Iowa last week to make a push back into the poll and now sit at 8-3-1 overall for the season.

The Tigers join Northeastern State (No. 17) as the only two teams from the MIAA in the Top 25 this week. Lindenwood is receiving votes, while Upper Iowa dropped completely out of the poll. Fort Hays State has a record of 2-1-1 in the MIAA, tied for the conference lead after a 3-2 win over Upper Iowa and a 0-0 tie with Lindenwood.

The Tigers have now been in the Top 25 in six of the seven polls released by the NSCAA this year, preseason poll included. Below is the NSCAA Division II Poll for October 13, 2015.

Rank School Prev. W-L-T
1 Pfeiffer University 2 11-0-0
2 Midwestern State University 1 9-0-1
3 Southern New Hampshire University 3 10-0-0
4 Palm Beach Atlantic University 4 11-0-1
5 University Of Charleston 5 10-1-0
6 California State University-Dominguez Hills 7 8-1-2
7 Wingate University 8 10-0-2
8 Colorado School Of Mines 13 10-0-1
9 Millersville University 9 11-0-1
10 Northwood University (Mich.) 11 9-1-0
11 LIU Post 17 8-1-2
12 Seattle Pacific University 18 8-1-2
13 St. Edward’s University 6 8-1-2
14 Rockhurst University 22 8-1-2
15 Lee University 23 8-1-1
16 Young Harris College 19 9-1-0
17 Northeastern State University 24 8-4-0
18 Urbana University 20 9-1-1
19 Saginaw Valley State University RV 10-2-0
20 Wilmington University RV 10-1-0
21 Lander University 25 9-1-0
22 Cal Poly Pomona RV 6-1-3
23 Eckerd College NR 6-1-1
24 Fort Hays State University RV 8-3-1
25 Notre Dame College NR 8-3-0

Also receiving votes: Fort Lewis College (12), Fresno Pacific University (9), Lindenwood University (5), Limestone College (5), Bloomsburg University (3), Quincy University (3), University Of West Florida (3), Merrimack College (3), Northwest Nazarene University (1).

Chiefs place Charles on injured reserve with torn ACL

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs placed Jamaal Charles on injured reserve Tuesday after the star running back tore the ACL in his right knee while making a cut against the Chicago Bears.

Charles had an MRI on Monday that confirmed the extent of the injury.

The Chiefs filled his roster spot by promoting running back Spencer Ware from the practice squad. Ware is a former sixth-round pick out of LSU who spent the offseason with Kansas City.

The Chiefs also released linebacker Tyrell Adams, cornerback Jeremy Harris and offensive lineman Daniel Munyer from the practice squad Tuesday.

Running back Darrin Reaves, offensive lineman Michael Liedtke, cornerback Saalim Hakim and linebacker Jayson DiManche were signed to replace them.

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