Hays High’s Brady Werth scored nine points in a losing effort as his Blue team lost 118-91 to the White at the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game Saturday night in Salina. Werth was one of three future Fort Hays State players who played in the game. McPherson’s Kyler Kinnamon scored 14 and Scott City’s Trey O’Neil added 11 for the White team which went on an 18-0 run to close out the first half.

Maize South’s Kade Kordonowy led six players in double figures for the White with 26 points while K-State signee Dean Wade out of St. John added 15.

Lane Bieberle, an FHSU football signee, scored five for the Blue team.

Topeka Seaman’s Tatyana Legette, a future Fort Hays State player, scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds in a losing effort as the White beat the Blue 63-55 in the girls’ game.

Legette scored all of her points in the first half including a 3-pointer with six seconds left in the first half to give the Blue its first lead of the game.

Ellinwood’s Rachel Doll scored four points and Hoxie’s Carlie Heim added three. Both are headed to Fort Hays State in the fall.

The Hays Eagles Junior American Legion baseball team picked up two more wins Saturday in Garden City. The Junior Eagles scored three in the seventh to rally past Lakin 5-4 then knocked off the Southwest Hitters 5-2. They have now won six straight and are now 11-9 on the season.

The Eagles and Lakin traded the lead four times, with Hays finally taking the lead for good in the seventh inning on Trey VanPelt’s two-run triple that scored Dawson Harman and Hunter Brown.

Brown allowed one run on two hits over 1 1/3 innings of relief for the win.

Alex Fisher drove in two with a fifth inning double to lead the Eagles in their second game Saturday against the Southwest Hitters.

The Hitters jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first but Hays answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning. They never trailed after scoring one run in the fourth on an RBI double by Jace Armstrong.

Tyrone Wynn allowed two runs on five hits over 5 1/3 innings for the win.

The Hays Monarchs 18U American Legion baseball team moved to 3-1 in Garden City with a 7-5 win over Hooker, Oklahoma Saturday afternoon to move to 11-3 on the season.

The Monarchs scored two in the first and two more in the second for a 4-1 lead then scored single runs in the sixth and seventh.

Liam Stults got hits in each of his four at bats. He doubled in the fourth inning and singled in the first, second, and seventh innings.

Stults also got the win, despite allowing five runs over 5 1/3 innings. Stults struck out four, walked four and gave up eight hits.

Stults, Ryan Schippers and Jared Vitztum combined for seven of the Monarchs 12 hits and six RBIs.

Ricky Hockett pitched a complete game shutout and six different Hays Monarchs drove in runs as the 18U Monarchs blank Hugoton 8-0 Saturday morning in Garden City.

Hockett allowed just two hits while striking out five and walking two over six innings.

The Monarchs scored a run in the first then added five in the third to take control.

Jared Vitztum and Braiden Werth both had two hits and each drove in a run as the Monarchs win for the fifth time in six games to improve to 10-3 on the season.

Grant Coffman drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh, lifting the Hays Eagles Junior American Legion to a 4-3 win over the Liberal Rattlers Friday evening in Garden City. Earlier in the day they rolled to a 13-1 run-rule victory over Garden City. The Junior Eagles have now won four straight to improve to 9-9 on the season.

Dawson Harmon opened the inning with a walk. Hunter Brown laid down a successful sacrifice bunt followed by walks to Trey VanPelt and Tyrone Wynn.

Tate Garcia allowed just two earned runs on four hits over four innings and picks up the win.

Earlier in the

Alex Fisher knocked in four and Trey Van Pelt three in the first game against Garden City. Hunter Brown doubled and tripled and drove in two.

Grant Coffman picked up the complete game win, allowing one run on three hits with three strikeouts over three innings.

The Hays Monarchs split their two games Friday in Garden City. The Monarchs scored five runs in the fourth inning and Ryan Ruder allowed just two hits in an 11-0 win over Hooker, Oklahoma. Butler County then scored eight runs in the second in a 13-4, four inning run-rule victory. The Monarchs are now 9-3 on the season.

Against Hooker, the Monarchs got on the board with two runs in the top of the first when Liam Stults singled and then came into score on a wild pitch. Stults was 1-for-2 with a triple and two RBIs.

In the five run fourth the Monarchs scored on an RBI single by Ricky Hockett, a wild pitch, a two-run error and a RBI double by Jordan Gottschalk.

Starter Ryan Ruder allowed just two hits and struck out five over five innings to pick up the victory.

The Monarchs scored four in the first against Butler County on doubles from Ryan Schippers and Ricky Hockett.

Jared Vitztum allowed 12 runs (six earned) on nine hits and takes the loss.

Kansas Athletics

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Kansas guard Kelly Oubre, Jr., was the overall No. 15 choice of the Atlanta Hawks in the 2015 NBA Draft at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn Thursday. 

This marks the sixth-straight season a Jayhawk has been selected in the first round. Historically, Oubre becomes the 77th player to be drafted in Kansas men’s basketball history and the 19^th in the Bill Self-era. 

“Whoever winds up getting me, I’m definitely going to give them 110 percent effort,” Oubre told the ESPN audience after hearing he could be traded to the Washington Wizards. “I want to show everybody what I can do and be great someday.” 

An All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection, Oubre averaged 9.3 points and 5.0 rebounds for the Jayhawks in 2014-15. A member of the 2015 Big 12 All-Newcomer Team, the New Orleans native with a 71-inch wingspan, was second on the KU squad with 41 steals and led the Jayhawks in steals 11 times during the season.

Oubre started 27 games for KU including the last 26 contests, missing only Senior Night as Jayhawk senior Christian Garrett replaced him against West Virginia (3/3).

Named one of 10 finalists for the USBWA Wayman Tisdale Award honoring the top freshman in the country, Oubre was a two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week in 2014-15. He recorded three games of 20 or more points, including a career-high 25 points against TCU in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship, March 12, at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He also recorded three double-doubles on the season.

Kansas posted a 27-9 overall record in 2014-15 and won its 11th-straight, 15th Big 12 and NCAA-leading 58th overall conference regular-season championship with a 13-5 league record. The Jayhawks had the toughest schedule in the nation and its 10 victories against Associated Press nationally-ranked teams at tip were the most for KU in a season. Kansas faced 16 ranked teams at tip which were four more than the previous high for a season set three times (1994-95, 2002-03 and 2011-12). Included were 2015 Final Four teams Kentucky and Michigan State.