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HHS girls third, boys fifth at WAC track

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The Hays High girls finished third and the boys fifth at the Western Athletic Conference track and field meet in Dodge City Thursday.

The Indian girls had two first and three second place finishes. Kali Pitcock wins the 100 meter hurdles and Lexi Summers the long jump. Ashlyn Parish was second in the 300 meter hurdles. Mattison Schlaefli was second in the javelin and the 4×800 relay was second.

Hayden Kreutzer won the pole vault and Ethan Nunnery the triple jump to lead the boys. Shane Berens finished second in the discus.

TMP-Marian girls soccer ends season in draw

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The TMP-Marian girls soccer team closed out the regular season by playing to a 0-0 tie with Wichita North Thrusday at the Bickle/Schmidt Sports Complex.

The Monarchs are now 10-3-1. They find out who, where and when they play for regionals next week on Saturday.

HHS girls soccer wins regular season finale

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Hays High girls soccer team ended their regular season with a 4-1 win over Salina Central Thursday.

Courtney Mollecker scored on a penalty kick in the first then Talyn Kleweno netted three goals in the second.

The Indians end the regular season 7-8-1. They find out their regional pairings on Saturday.

Kentucky’s visit to Kansas highlights Big 12-SEC Challenge

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IRVING, Texas (AP) – Kentucky’s visit to Kansas highlights the first Big 12-SEC Challenge to be held while both conferences are in the middle of their league schedules.

The two winningest programs in college basketball will meet for the second straight season on Jan. 30, when all 10 of the matchups will be held. The Wildcats lead the series 22-6 and have won the past three meetings, including the NCAA title game in 2012. But the Jayhawks have beaten Kentucky three straight times at home.

Other first-time matchups in the third year of the challenge series are Georgia-Baylor, Tennessee-TCU, Iowa State-Texas A&M, Oklahoma-LSU, West Virginia-Florida, Oklahoma State-Auburn and Texas Tech-Arkansas in the 96th meeting between former Southwest Conference rivals.

It’s the second meeting in the series for Vanderbilt-Texas and Mississippi-Kansas State.

Escobar, Royals earn split with win over Rangers

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Alcides Escobar had three hits and accounted for five runs, Eric Hosmer homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 6-3 on Thursday for a split of the four-game series.

Escobar led off the game with a single and scored on Alex Gordon’s fielder’s choice on a shattered-bat grounder. Escobar added a two-run single in the fourth, then had an RBI single before scoring on Hosmer’s drive in the sixth.

Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie (3-2) gave up two runs over five innings to win his second consecutive start. He struck out one and didn’t walk a batter, but twice hit Prince Fielder with pitches.

Greg Holland worked the ninth for his seventh save in eight chances, even after consecutive two-out walks.

Ross Detwiler (0-5) is winless in his first seven starts for Texas, which acquired the right-hander from Washington over the winter. Detwiler gave up nine hits and three runs in five innings.

Czarnecki named to Daktronics All-Central Region First Team

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FHSU Sports Information

Fort Hays State senior Kevin Czarnecki was named to the Daktronics All-Central Region Baseball Team for the 2015 season. Czarnecki earned first team honors as a utility player.

2015 Daktronics All-Central Region Baseball Team

Czarnecki led the Tigers with a .415 batting average, 17 doubles, 71 hits, 53 runs scored, and an on-base percentage of .495. Of the 11 players named to the all-region first team, Czarnecki ranked second in on-base (.495) + slugging percentage (.737) at 1.232, only behind Dean Long of Emporia State at 1.266. Czarnecki recorded 30 extra-base hits, adding 12 home runs and a triple to his team-best 17 doubles. Czarnecki finished the season on an impressive 21-game hitting streak and 37-consecutive game streak of reaching base. He also led the team in multi-hit games with 27. Czarnecki started at three different positions in 2015, 21 times at first base, 15 times at designated hitter, and 11 times at third base.

Czarnecki finished his career at FHSU with a .384 batting average, 126 hits, 25 doubles, 20 home runs, and 84 RBI. With the first-team selection, he will now be considered for All-America honors.

Fielder, Choo homer as Rangers beat Royals

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By SCHUYLER DIXON
AP Sports Writer

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Prince Fielder homered and had three hits, Shin-Soo Choo hit a leadoff home run for the second straight game and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 Wednesday night.

Choo pulled a 98 mph fastball from Yordano Ventura into the right-field seats, and Fielder gave the Rangers a 4-0 lead with a two-run homer in the second inning.

Texas rookie Delino DeShields had three hits, including his first triple, and scored twice.

Yovani Gallardo (3-5) took a shutout into the seventh inning before allowing run-scoring doubles by Kendrys Morales and Salvador Perez. Gallardo snapped a four-start losing streak that matched a career worst.

The first five Texas hitters reached against Ventura (2-3), who gave up at least four runs for the fourth time in five starts.

TMP-Marian No. 2 seed, Hays High No. 3 seed for upcoming regional softball tournaments

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Monarch softball seeded second in Larned regional
The TMP-Marian (10-10) softball team is the No. 2 seed in the Larned 4A Division II regional and will play Larned (8-12) in the first round Tuesday (May 19) at 4:45 pm. Hoisington (11-9) is the No. 1 seed and will take on Nickerson (0-20) in the other first round matchup with the winners meeting in the finals at 6:30 pm the same day.

Larned 4A-DII Softball Regional Bracket

Hays High softball seeded third at Andale regional
The Hays High (3-15) softball team is seeded third at the Andale 4A Division I softball regional and will play McPherson (11-9) in the opening round Tuesday (May 19) at 3 pm. Host Andale (12-6) is the No. 1 seed and will play Buhler (1-19) in the other first round game. The finals are set for 6 pm.

Andale 4A-DI Softball Regional Bracket

Ellis softball seeded third at Lincoln regional
The Ellis (8-10) softball teams is the No. 3 seed for the Lincoln 2-1A regional and will take on Bennington (0-18) in the first round on Monday (May 18). The winner will face Salina-Sacred Heart (13-6) , who received a first round bye, on Tuesday (May 19) at 4:45pm.

Lincoln 2-1A Softball Regional Bracket

Plainville/Stockton seeded seventh at Beloit
The Plainville/Stockton (0-20) is the No. 7 seed and will take on host Beloit (13-7) in the first round of the Beloit 3A softball regional on Monday (May 18) at 6 pm. Russell is the six seed and opens with Republic County at 3 pm Monday.

Belolit 3A Softball Regional Bracket

Hays High No. 4 seed, TMP-Marian No. 2 in regional baseball tournaments

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Hays High seeded fourth in own baseball regional
The Hays High (9-9) baseball team is seeded fourth and will host McPherson (13-7) in the first round of the Hays 4A Division I baseball regional at 2pm Tuesday (May 19) at the Hays High Field. Buhler (13-7) is seeded second and will play Ulysses (11-7) at 2pm with he winners meeting in the finals at 6pm.

Hays 4A-DI Regional Baseball Bracket

TMP-Marian No. 2 seed in Hoisington
The TMP-Marian baseball team is the No. 2 seed in next week’s Hoisington 4A Division II regional. The Monarchs (13-4) will play Russell/Victoria (13-5) in the first round at 4pm Tuesday (May 19). No. 1 seed Larned will play the host Cardinals in the first game at 2pm with the finals set for 6pm the same day.

Hoisington 4A-DII Regional Baseball Bracket

Ellis No. 3 seed in the Spearville regional
The Ellis baseball team is the No. 3 seed in the 2-1A Spearville regional next week. The Railers (10-6) get a first-round bye and will play the No. 2 seed Spearville (8-4), who also gets a first-round bye in the semifinals on May 18 at 6 p.m. in Dodge City.

Spearville 2-1A Regional Baseball Bracket

 

Gordon homers in 10th to give Royals win over Rangers

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By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Alex Gordon homered on the first pitch of the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 7-6 Tuesday night.

Gordon greeted reliever Stolmy Pimentel (0-1) by pulling a ball into the seats down the right-field line.

Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas also homered for the AL Central leaders, who had gone ahead on an RBI groundout by Lorenzo Cain in the ninth. Adrian Beltre’s two-out RBI single in the bottom half tied the game again.

After Greg Holland (1-0) took over in the ninth and blew his first save in seven chances this year, the right-hander returned to throw a perfect 10th. It was his first outing this season that lasted more than one inning.

HHS baseball wins fifth straight WAC title with sweep of Liberal

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The Hays High baseball team closed out their regular season with a pair of home wins over Liberal Tuesday to win their fifth consecutive Western Athletic Conference title. The Indians take the opener 4-2 then win the second game 5-2 to finish at 9-9 and 6-2 in the WAC.

Cole Schumacher held the Redskins to three hits in the opener, striking out six and walking six. The Indians pound out 13 hits to overcome four errors. Connor Rule homered, Dalton Stout tripled and drove in two and Marcus Altman doubled.

The Indians score three in the fourth to break open a one-run game in the second contest. Dalton Stout doubled and drove in three. Marcus Altman homered helping his own cause on the mound where he struck out five and walked seven but picks up the win. Tathan Burkhart threw 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for the save.

HHS softball swept by Garden City

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The Hays High softball team saw their losing streak grow to five with a pair of losses to Garden City Tuesday at the Glassman Ballpark. The Indians lose 5-0 and 15-6 to fall to 3-15 on the year.

Abbie Dart held the Indians to two hits in the first game. The Buffs took charge early by scoring two in the first then added two in the sixth and one in the seventh. Madison Prough allowed all five runs on 11 hits and takes the loss.

The Indians ended a 19-inning scoreless streak in game two, scoring in the third when Albany Schaffer scored on a Nicole Dinkel groundout. The Indians would add three in the fourth to pull within 6-4 but Garden City answers with three in the fifth then two in the sixth and seventh. Tessa Stickel had two hits and drove in two. Erika Arnhold takes the loss.

Hays closes out the regular season Thursday at Liberal.

TMP-Marian softball swept at Great Bend

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The TMP-Marian softball team saw their three-game game win streak come to an end Tuesday with a couple of losses at Great Bend. The Monarchs managed just one run on the day losing, 10-0 and 7-1 to finish the regular season 10-10.

Alison Helget and Bailey Lacy had the only hits in game one for TMP, which saw Great Bend score two in the second, three in the third and five in the fourth. Helget takes the loss after allowing all 10 runs, seven earned, on 11 hits, striking out two and walking just one.

Bailey Lacy struck out eight and walked only one but takes the loss in the second game. Kelli Veach doubled and scored the Monarchs only run of the day on a Laurel Hagemen single in the fourth.

The Monarchs will find out who and when they play in next week’s regional tournament sometime Wednesday.

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