Oakley scored 21 first quarter points and didn’t look back from there as they went on the road to beat the TMP Monarchs 42-7 on Friday night. Oakley used a short field in the for their first three scores, scoring on drives of 54, 53 and 30 yards. Kendrick Smith, Colter Stoll and Macoy Rains all scored.
TMP’s defense would tighten up in the second quarter as the Monarchs held the Plainsmen out of the endzone. The TMP offense was able to get the wheels turning as Chase Romme capped off a four play, 42 yard drive with a 35 yard touchdown run on fourth down and two. That would be all of the scoring TMP could muster.
The Monarchs had the ball to start the third quarter but had to punt and Oakley scored on the ensuing drive. The final score for the Plainsmen came late on a two yard run from Tyler Park. TMP turned the ball over five times tonight which brings their turnover total from the last three games to 16.
Oakley improves to 3-3 on the season and will travel to Ellis next week. TMP drops to 1-5 and will be on the road in Beloit next week when they start district play.
The Hays High Indians traveled to Dodge City on Friday night to take on the fourth most potent offense in all of 11-man football. The Red Demons entered the evening averaging 52 points and 502 yards per contest. Dodge City was held to under their average in both points and yards but pulled out the win 37-3 over Hays.
It took all of three offensive plays for Dodge City to show their offensive fireworks. Hays opened the game with two punts and an interception. Dodge City responded with three pass plays all from Caden Walters to Eric Reid for 184 yards and three scores. The Red Demons led 21-0 with 4:24 left to go in the first quarter. Dodge City tacked on a Tyler Trent touchdown run in the first quarter and second quarter to lead 35-0 at half time.
Highlights
The Hays defense came to play in the second half. The Indians forced three fumbles, picked off a pass, and forced a change of possession on downs holding Dodge City out of the end zone in the second half. The Indian’s only scoring drive came following a Dodge City fumble to open the third quarter. Logan Clark kicked a 32 yard field goal to cap a 12 play-4:40 drive.
The lone points for Dodge City in the second half came when Hays fumbled in their own end zone and covered it up for a Red Demon safety.
Coach Randall Rath
Hays falls to 2-4 on the year and finishes WAC play at 1-3. Dodge City improves to 4-2 and is 3-0 in the conference. Dodge City will play Garden City for the outright league title in week 9.
Hays is at home to open district play next week against undefeated Buhler.
HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State battled to a five-set win against Emporia State on Friday evening,, moving to 11-8 overall and 3-4 in the MIAA. The win pulled FHSU even with Emporia State (8-8, 3-4 MIAA) in the conference standings and snapped a six-match losing streak to the Hornets. FHSU won by scores of 25-10, 20-25, 25-16, 23-25, 15-11.
Coach Kurt Kohler
Fort Hays State took advantage of a flat Emporia State effort, jumping to a 7-0 lead in the first set before ESU finally got on the board. The Tigers received little resistance from the Hornets throughout the set as they ran away with the set by 15. FHSU hit .333 in the opening set and held ESU to a -.229 hitting percentage.
The Hornets showed signs of life early in the second set, jumping out to a 4-0 lead before FHSU crawled back to tie the set 11-11. However, too many unforced errors would cost the Tigers in the set as they committed five service errors and five attack errors that were not blocked, giving away 10 points. It proved too much with just a .190 attack percentage in the set as the Hornets won 25-20 to tie the match.
FHSU rebounded with another convincing win in the third set, 25-16, outhitting ESU .267 to .077. However, another sluggish start in the fourth set was too much to overcome in a 25-23 loss. The Tigers rallied midway through the set and eventually led 20-19 before giving up three of the final four points of the set following a 22-22 tie. By the end of the fourth set, the Tigers were outhitting the Hornets .231 to .098 but found themselves in a 2-2 tie.
The fifth set was tight throughout as the teams battled to an 11-11 tie. Fort Hays State found the burst it needed at the right time, reeling off four straight points to win the match. A Sydney Dixon kill and Kailey Klibbe service ace fueled the run, coupled with two hitting errors by the Hornets.
Crystal Whitten had a tremendous double-double effort of 23 kills and 16 digs. She hit .409 in the match. Mallory Flagorhad a double-double with 15 kills and 14 digs. Hannah Wagy had 47 assists, and Klibbe led in digs with 20. Wagy also had a double-double, adding 18 digs to her assist total. Megan Anderson provided nine blocks (1 solo, 8 assisted).
FHSU outhit ESU .238 to .106 in the match. Both teams produced 12 points off blocks, but FHSU led in kills 60-53 and in digs 83-78.
Josie Williams led ESU with 15 kills, while Shayla Cotman added 11. Sydney Hartman had 25 assists and Kelly Holden had 26 digs.
The Tigers take on No. 12 Washburn on Saturday (Oct. 10) at 2 pm in Hays. FHSU handed Washburn its first loss of the season two weeks ago. The Ichabods are coming off a 3-0 road loss to No. 16 Nebraska-Kearney on Friday evening. The Ichabods are now 17-2 overall, 5-2 MIAA.
Fort Hays State Athletics will enshrine several new members into the Tiger Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 31, 2015. The inductees include Jeff Bieker (baseball), Jayme Eichner (volleyball), Daryl Henning (wrestling), Jim Montgomery (track & field), Vicki Thom Smith (gymnastics), and Ed & Donna Stehno (contributors). The induction ceremony will take place the morning of October 31 at the Memorial Union Ballroom on the campus of Fort Hays State University at 10 am. The inductees will also be recognized at halftime of the football game vs. Nebraska-Kearney at 2:30 pm.
Jeff Bieker – Baseball
Bieker played three years at Fort Hays State from 2003-2005 and did not play his senior year after getting drafted by the Oakland A’s in the summer of 2005. He is arguably the best hitter to ever play at FHSU as he tops the all-time lists in batting average (.421), home runs (58), and slugging percentage (.879). He is second all-time in RBI (191) and total bases (430) and would have easily passed those marks as a senior, had he opted to stay at FHSU. He was a three-time All-RMAC selection in the outfield, the 2003 RMAC Freshman of the Year, 2005 RMAC Player of the Year, 2005 West Region Player of the Year, 2005 All-America First Team selection by the NCBWA and a All-America selection by the ABCA in both 2004 and 2005. He hit a single-season school record 23 home runs in both 2004 and 2005, only one of two players with 20 or more homers in a season at FHSU. He led all NCAA divisions in home runs per game (.53) and slugging percentage (1.013) as a sophomore in 2004. He is the only player to ever slug over 1.000 in a season at FHSU. He led NCAA Division II in home runs as a junior in 2005. His .436 batting average in 2004 is also a single-season record at FHSU. He played for two years in the Oakland A’s minor league system.
Jayme Eichner – Volleyball
Jayme Eichner is arguably the best setter and one of the best all-around players in FHSU Volleyball history, competing from 2001 to 2004. She owns the school record for assists with 5,878, over 3,000 more than the next closest player in FHSU history, NAIA or NCAA era. She averaged 12.61 assists per set for her career, helping the Tigers to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2003 and 2004. She was the catalyst for Fort Hays State’s best team in NCAA history in 2004, helping the Tigers to a record of 31-5 overall and a top-10 ranking in the nation. She helped lead FHSU to the regional final as a senior, falling just a win short of the Elite Eight. In 2004, she recorded an FHSU single-season record of 1,644 assists and she appears in the school’s top 10 list for all four of her seasons, recording 1,456 in 2002 (3rd), 1,454 in 2003 (4th), and 1,324 in 2001 (7th). She also owns the top three single-season assists per set marks in school history with 13.37 per set in 2004, 13.22 per set in 2003, and 12.34 per set in 2002. Her 11.51 mark in 2001 ranks seventh. She owns the top four single-game assist performances during the rally scoring era at FHSU, the best being 74 against Rockhurst in a 5-set match in 2003. She had three matches with 70 or more assists in her career. Along with being the table-setter for a potent offensive attack, she also thrived defensively by ranking fourth in career digs at FHSU during the Division II era with 1,393, averaging 2.99 per set. She also owns the school record for career service aces in the Division II era at FHSU with 153 and the single-season rally scoring era record with 44. Eichner was a four-time All-RMAC selection, including first-team honors as a senior. She was also an all-region first team selection as a senior.
Daryl Henning – Wrestling
Henning was a two-time All-American for the Tigers in wrestling. He was the 1981 National Champion at 158 pounds in his senior year, helping the team to a sixth-place finish as a team at nationals. He finished fourth nationally in 1979 as a sophomore, helping the team to a seventh-place finish that year. Henning was the second-ever national champion for FHSU in wrestling, ending an 11-year drought without a champion after Leland Tresner was the first national champion at FHSU in 1969.
Jim Montgomery – Track & Field
Jim Montgomery was one of the first NAIA individual national champions in FHSU outdoor track and field history and a two-time All-American. He, along with teammate Alan Feist, who is already in the Tiger Sports Hall of Fame, both won individual outdoor national championships in 1953. Montgomery was a national champion in the pole vault with a mark of 13-feet, 3-inches as a sophomore in 1953. He backed that up with another All-American effort in the pole vault in 1954 as a junior, finishing second with a better effort of 13-feet, 6.875-inches. He qualified for the national meet once again in 1955, but was unable to attend.
Vicki Thom Smith – Gymnastics
Vicki Thom Smith was a three-time All-American performer in women’s gymnastics. As a freshman in 1982, she placed second nationally in the floor exercise and uneven bars to earn two All-America honors. She, along with fellow All-American Shae Donham helped the team to a fourth-place finish at nationals in 1985. Smith finished fifth in the floor exercise to earn All-American honors that year. She was also a member of the team that finished fifth at nationals in 1984, placing seventh in the balance beam and eighth in floor exercise.
Ed & Donna Stehno – Contributors
Ed and Donna Stehno are members of Fort Hays State Athletics’ Difference Makers and in 2013, the couple pledged a $1 million gift to the FHSU Foundation. The bulk of their donation is going to athletic scholarships. They served as national co-chairs of the Cornerstone Campaign, which was the largest capital campaign in the history of the university. The goal of the campaign was to raise $60 million, but when the campaign ended, nearly $69 million had been raised.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals at their own game Thursday night, relying on sharp pitching from Collin McHugh and stingy defense behind him for a 5-2 victory in the opener of their AL Division Series.
McHugh (1-0) allowed four hits, including a pair of solo homers by Kendrys Morales, while pitching around a 49-minute rain delay. The right-hander lasted six innings before turning the game over to his bullpen, which scattered just three runners over the final three frames.
Tony Sipp, Will Harris and Oliver Perez got the game to Luke Gregerson, part of Oakland’s wild-card collapse in Kansas City last year. He handled the ninth to earn the save.
George Springer and Colby Rasmus went deep for the homer-happy Astros, but they also scored via the same sort of small ball the Royals used in reaching the World Series last season.
FAYETTE, Iowa – Falling down 2-0 by halftime, Fort Hays State assembled a furious second half rally with three goals to knock off 14th-ranked Upper Iowa 3-2 in a key MIAA match on Thursday afternoon. The Tigers improved to 8-3 overall, 2-1 in the MIAA, while the Peacocks dropped to 7-2-1 overall, 2-2 in the MIAA.
Upper Iowa built a 2-0 lead in the match as Ryan Pinkerton scored in the 20th minute and Joaquin Alonso in the 42nd minute, but the Tigers would fight back quickly in the second half.
FHSU drew a penalty kick in the 47th minute and Maurizio Costacapitalized on the opportunity, burying the shot just under the crossbar to make it 2-1. Later in the 73rd minute, the Tigers had a great counter attack as Damion Cooper found Paul Luna on a run in the middle of the field. Luna got to the ball just before the charging goalkeeper, chipped the ball up over the keeper, and tapped the ball in the net to equalize the match 2-2.
Just over seven minutes later in the 80th minute, David Lucio ripped a shot from the left side just outside of the box and it bent past the keeper near post to vault the Tigers into the lead, 3-2. Upper Iowa was only able to get two shots off the rest of the way.
Michael Yantz moved to 8-3 overall at goalkeeper with five saves. Ludin Gonzales went to 0-1 on the season with the loss, making one save in his first start of the season. The match was physical, mainly in the second half as a total of nine yellow cards were issued in the match (five to Upper Iowa, four to FHSU). The Peacocks doubled up the Tigers in shots, 14-7, but the Tigers were more efficient with their opportunities.
Fort Hays State meets Lindenwood on Saturday at 1 pm in St. Charles in a battle of first-place teams in the MIAA.
Both the TMP-Marian boys and girls cross country team’s win the Mid-Continent League meet Thursday in Phillipsburg. Colby actually won both races but is not a member of the league. The Monarchs Andrew Hess won the boys race by nearly 55 seconds over Norton’s Ryan Thrailkill. The Monarchs Mark Loftus was third followed by Ricky Hockett, Trevor Pfeifer and Paul Brull who come in fifth, sixth and seventh respectively.
Trego’s Helen Giefer wins the girls race by 2 1/2 minutes over TMP’s Julia Werth. The Monarchs Rachel Hamel came in third, Shelby Stauffer fifth and Alicia Lechman 10th.
BOYS INVITATIONAL RESULTS
1. Colby – 10 BOYS MCL RESULTS
1. TMP-Marian – 15
2. Norton – 34
3. Hill City – 66
4. Trego – 66
5. Oakley – 80
6. Smith Center – 88
BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1. Andrew Hess – TMP-Marian (16:40.33)
2. Ryan Thrailkill – Norton (17:34.79)
3. Mark Loftus – TMP-Marian (17:36.67)
4. Cale Patterson – Norton (17:53.15)
5. Rocky Hockett – TMP-Marian (17:56.67)
6. Trevor Pfeifer – TMP-Marian (17:57.34)
7. Paul Brull – TMP-Marian (18:10.44)
8. Michael Poe – Hill City (18:30.88)
9. Willie Ortega – Trego (18:35.05)
10. Bernard Giefer – Trego (18:39.14)
Eagle Communications announced today the launch of the MLB Network for its television subscribers in Kansas and Nebraska. The MLB network is scheduled to broadcast the Kansas City Royals vs Houston Astros game in the American League Division Series at 3 p.m. Sunday.
“We know that live sports programming is very important to our customers and we’ve been working with the MLB Network for quite some time to bring their baseball coverage to Eagle,” said Travis Kohlrus, Eagle Communications Broadband general manager. “We’re excited to be the only local provider to carry the MLB Network and bring it to our customers just in time to watch the Kansas City Royals in the ALDS.”
MLB Network is the ultimate television destination for baseball fans, featuring the multiple Emmy Award-winning MLB Tonight, live regular season and Postseason game telecasts, original programming, highlights, and insights and analysis from the best in the business, including Bob Costas, Peter Gammons, Jim Kaat, Al Leiter and Harold Reynolds. MLB Network debuted on January 1, 2009 in a record-setting 50 million homes and is currently distributed in approximately 70 million homes throughout the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.
“We are looking forward to launching MLB Network in HD with Eagle Communications,” said Rob McGlarry, President of MLB Network. “MLB Network offers comprehensive coverage, access and an insider’s perspective on the sport that has never been seen before. This partnership helps us expand our reach and accomplish our goal of bringing MLB Network to as many fans as possible in the highest quality of television.”
The MLB Network will be launched on Friday. Channel information is as follows:
• Hays, Ellis, Russell, WaKeeney, Munjor and Victoria, Kansas: 87 (SD) and 687 (HD)
• Abilene, Chapman, Solomon, Enterprise, Clay Center, Wakefield, Hillsboro, Marion, and Florence, Kansas : 68 (SD) and 668 (HD)
• Central City, Albion, Cedar Rapids, Fullerton, Genoa, Humphrey, Monroe, Newman Grove, Osceola, Palmer, Columbus, Polk,Richland, Rising City, Schuyler, Shelby, Silver Creek, Spalding,St. Edward and Stromsburg, Nebraska: 72 (SD) and 672 (HD)
Eagle Communications, Inc. is a Kansas-based Broadband Services and Media Company with more than 270 employee-owners. The company operates 28 radio stations in Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri as well as cable TV systems in 59 Kansas, Nebraksa and Colorado communities. The company also offers e-business solutions, web hosting, telephone service, high-speed Internet, and wireless Internet in most service areas. For more information logon to www.eaglecom.net.
IRVING, Texas – Kansas senior forward Perry Ellis, junior guard Frank Mason III, and freshman forward Cheick Diallo each garnered recognition on the 2015-16 All-Big 12 Preseason Team as voted on by the league’s men’s basketball coaches, the conference office announced Thursday.
Ellis is on the five-member All-Big 12 Preseason Team, while Mason is an honorable mention selection as the recipient of at least one vote by the league’s coaches who could not vote for their own student-athlete. Diallo was voted as KU’s third-straight Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year.
Ellis, a unanimous selection, is one of four 2015 All-Big 12 First Team selections named to the all-conference preseason team. He is joined on the preseason team by Buddy Hield of Oklahoma, Rico Gathers of Baylor, Georges Niang of Iowa State and Isaiah Taylor of Texas. Hield, Gathers and Niang, along with Ellis, were all-league first-team honorees last year. Hield, the reigning Big 12 Player of the Year, was the coaches’ preseason player of the year selection, while Iowa State junior Deonte Burton is the preseason newcomer of the year.
A two-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree from Wichita, Kansas, Ellis was the only player in the Big 12 last season to rank in the top seven in scoring (seventh at 13.8), field goal percentage (seventh at 45.7) and rebounding (fourth at 6.9).
Ellis is appearing on the preseason all-league team for the second straight season. This marks the 10th-consecutive year at least one Jayhawk has appeared on the Preseason All-Big 12 Team. Heading into the 20th season of the Big 12 Conference, beginning in 1996-97, KU has had an all-time best 28 preseason all-league honorees.
Mason, from Petersburg, Virginia, ranked ninth in the Big 12 in scoring at 12.6 points per game and he was also among the league leaders in assists (fifth at 3.9), steals (ninth at 1.4), free throw percentage (ninth at 78.6) and assist-to-turnover ratio (fifth at 1.9).
Diallo, the 2015 McDonald’s All American Game Most Valuable Player, enters his first year at Kansas after being listed on almost every high school All-America squad last spring as a senior at Our Savior New American High School in New York. The Kayes, Mali, Africa, native averaged 17.6 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game during his senior campaign.
Diallo is the third-straight Jayhawk to be named preseason freshman of the year joining Cliff Alexander last season, and Andrew Wiggins in 2013-14. KU has had seven Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year selections starting with Nick Collison in 1999-2000.
Big 12 Preseason Honors Preseason Player of the Year – Buddy Hield (Oklahoma)
Preseason Newcomer of the Year – Deonte Burton (Iowa State)
Preseason Freshman of the Year – Cheick Diallo (KANSAS)
Preseason All-Big 12 Team Rico Gathers (Baylor)
Georges Niang* (Iowa State) Perry Ellis* (KANSAS) Buddy Hield* (Oklahoma)
Isaiah Taylor (Texas)
Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Taurean Prince (Baylor)
Jameel McKay (Iowa State)
Monte Morris (Iowa State) Frank Mason III (KANSAS) Phil Forte (Oklahoma State)
Devin Williams (West Virginia)
* – Unanimous Selection The All-Big 12 Preseason Team is selected by the conference coaches, who could not vote for their own student-athletes.
Listen as Royals broadcaster Steve Physioc visits with Gerard Wellbrock about the American League Division Series between the Kansas City Royals and Houston Astros.
Listen to all of the Royals postseason action on KAYS (1400-AM).
The Hays High Indians will have a different look to their football schedule for 2016 and 2017. The Indians will open 2016 at Scott City, a team they have played three time prior. The two played in 2002 and 2003. Scott City winning 13-12 in 2002 and Hays taking the 2003 game 23-20. The two also played back in 1931 with Hays winning 6-0.
Weeks two through four remain with the same Western Athletic Conference games as before with Great Bend, Liberal and Garden City.
Week 5 the Indians will welcome Valley Center to town. The two have only met one time prior and that was in the 5A playoffs in 1995. Valley Center won the game 28-7.
Hays will finish their WAC schedule with Dodge City in week 6.
The Indians district schedule gets a bit of a tweak as well. McPherson moves from the final game of the season to Week 7. Abilene remains in the Week 8 slot. To finish district play and the regular season the Indians will travel to Wamego in Week 9. The Indians have never faced the Red Raiders. Wamego is competed last year and this year in 4A-II.
Scott City is moving from 3A to 4A-II after ten years. Valley who is the 8th smallest 5A school football. Those two schools replace 6A schools Olathe Northwest and Wichita South on the schedule.
Wamego replaces Buhler in the district schedule that is set up by KSHSAA.
2016 Football Schedule
1. @ Scott City
2. @ Great Bend
3. v Liberal
4. @ Garden City
5. v Valley Center
6. v Dodge City
7. @ McPherson (district)
8. v Abilene (district)
9. @ Wamego (district)
The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released the new districts for high school football for the 2016 and 2017 seasons on Wednesday.
Hays High will join Abilene, McPherson and Wamego in 4A Division 1 District 8.
TMP-Marian will have Norton Community, Phillipsburg and Russell in 3A District 14.
Ellis joins La Crosse, Oakley and Plainville make up 2-1A District 7.
Victoria moves to 1A Division I and will have Bennington, Lincoln, Logan/Palco, Osborne and Solomon with them in District 4.
Trego-WaKeeney is also 1A Division I and will join Atwood-Rawlins County, Hill City, Hoxie, Oberlin-Decatur Community, Quinter and St. Francis in District 8
Fort Hays State Weekly Football Press Conference
October 6, 2015
Fort Hays State head football coach Chris Brown along with select players met with members of the media on Tuesday. The 4-1 Tigers, who are receiving votes in the latest AFCA Division II coaches poll, look for their second straight win this Saturday when they travel to St. Joseph to face 3-2 Missouri Western. Kickoff is at 1 p.m.
