The TMP-Marian girls soccer team improved to 4-2 with a 10-0 shutout of Wichita Word of Life in Wichita Tuesday.
Bailey Hageman led the way with four goals, Deonna Wellbrock and Madison Koerner both score two. Kayla Vitztum and Alyssa Keil both add one.
The Monarchs are back at home Thursday against Great Bend.
FHSU Athletics
The Fort Hays State women’s and men’s golf teams continued play at the MIAA Championships in Lawrence, Kan., on Tuesday (Apr. 21) at Alvamar Golf Club. The women improved to eighth in the standings, while the men remained 11th.
In women’s action, Samantha Hobson almost covered Fort Hays State’s entire 18-shot improvement from day one by shooting 16 strokes better than she did on day one. Hobson carded an 81 after a rough first day of 97. She is now tied for 29th individually. Megan DeWerff and Abby Schmidtberger both saw one stroke improvements. DeWerff carded a 92 and Schmidtberger shot 93. Quillen Eichhorn matched her first-day total of 94. Hadley Tharp also shot 94 after carding 98 on the first day.
FHSU shot 360 as a team on day two. FHSU has a two-day total of 738. Central Oklahoma leads as a team at 631, while Lindenwood and Northeastern State are 13 strokes back at 644.
In men’s action, Trey Herman shot three strokes better on day two with a 3-over par 75. He remains in the top 10 of the individual standings, currently tied for eighth. Dylan Wonnacott was eight strokes better with an 80. Kade Megaffin was seven strokes better with an 84. Grant Storey had a huge improvement, shooting 27 strokes better with a 3-over 75 after shooting 102 in the first round. Billy Frey remained consistent, shooting 91 for the second straight day.
Fort Hays State shot 314 as a team on the second day, 34 strokes better than its day one total. The Tigers are at 662 overall. Central Missouri leads the way at 600, while Central Oklahoma is in second with 615 and Washburn is in third with 630.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – The race to replace one of the most prolific passers in Kansas State history may boil down to a junior who never started at game at quarterback in high school and a sophomore who was born more than six years after Bill Snyder took over the program.
Joe Hubener was the primary backup to Jake Waters last season, a former walk-on who played wide receiver and defensive back in high school. But based on his experience in 2014, he may have the slight edge for the No. 1 spot heading into Saturday’s spring game.
Jesse Ertz is the relative newcomer. He threw for more than 7,300 yards as a prep player in Iowa, breaking the state’s career record with 98 touchdown passes.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Major League Baseball suspended Kansas City’s Kelvin Herrera for five games and fined him and fellow pitcher Yordano Ventura after both targeted Brett Lawrie during a testy series against Oakland over the weekend.
Herrera was tossed in the eighth inning of Sunday’s game after throwing behind Lawrie. Ventura was ejected from Saturday’s game when he hit Lawrie with a pitch after Josh Reddick’s home run.
Both incidents came after Lawrie’s hard slide into Alcides Escobar injured the left knee of the Kansas City shortstop on Friday and caused benches to clear. Escobar called it a “dirty slide” and did not play Saturday or Sunday.
MLB did not disclose the amounts of the fines. Herrera can appeal his suspension or it can take effect beginning Tuesday night against Minnesota.
The Hays High girls soccer team suffers another tough loss, losing 1-0 to Garden City Monday at the Hays High Field.
The Buffs, who were held without a shot on goal in the first half, scored the only goal of the match in the 18th minute of the second half.
The Indians fall to 2-6-1 overall and 0-3-1 in the Western Athletic Conference. They travel to Liberal on Thursday.
FHSU Athletics
The Fort Hays State women’s and men’s golf teams are competing at the MIAA Championships in Lawrence, Kan., held at the Alvamar Golf Club. Fort Hays State’s women sit in ninth place and the men are 11th after the first round of competition on Monday.
Megan DeWerff led the Tiger women with a 93 in the first round, tying her for 36th individually. Abby Schmidtberger and Quillen Eichhorn were each one stroke back with 94, and Samantha Hobson shot 97. Hadley Tharp also competed and shot 98. The Tigers shot 378 as a team.
Central Oklahoma leads the women’s tournament after shooting 320. Northeastern State is just one stroke back and Lindenwood is third after a 331.
Trey Herman led the Tiger men with a round of 78, currently tied for sixth individually. Dylan Wonnacott shot 88, while Kade Megaffin and Billy Frey each shot 91. Grant Storey shot 102. FHSU shot 348 as a team.
Central Missouri leads the men’s tournament after shooting 310. Central Oklahoma (315) is second and Washburn (322) is third.
By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Edinson Volquez dodged trouble for seven innings, and the Kansas City Royals scored a pair of runs on wild pitches before pounding the bumbling Minnesota Twins, 7-1 on Monday night.
Alcides Escobar returned from a sprained knee to score a run, and Kendrys Morales and Paulo Orlando drove in a pair each as the Royals finally figured out Twins nemesis Kyle Gibson.
The right-hander gave up four runs in five-plus innings. Gibson (1-2) had earned the win in his first four starts against Kansas City, including a dominant performance in a 3-1 victory last week at Target Field.
Volquez (2-1) was more than his match Monday night at Kauffman Stadium. He allowed five hits while striking out five with only one walk, wiggling out of jams whenever he got into them.
The Royals’ defense, featuring three Gold Glove winners, sure helped him out.
Kansas Athletics
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Brandon Schneider, who has led Stephen F. Austin women’s basketball to the 2014 and 2015 Southland Conference regular-season titles, has been named head women’s basketball coach at the University of Kansas.
Schneider will be formally announced at a press conference scheduled for Tuesday, April 21 at 10 a.m., in the Allen Fieldhouse media room.
In five seasons at SFA, Schneider’s teams have won 95 games and reached postseason play three times, including an appearance in the championship game of the 2014 Women’s Basketball Invitational.
Before going to SFA, Schneider won 306 games and the 2010 NCAA Division II National Championship at Emporia State University in Kansas. He led the Lady Hornets to 11 NCAA tournament appearances in his 12 seasons in Emporia, winning 81 percent of his games there. In addition to the 2010 NCAA Championship, his Lady Hornets reached the Division II Final Four in 1999, two Elite Eights (2000 and 2006) and three Sweet 16’s (2001, 2005, 2008).
Schneider is a 1995 graduate of Wayland Baptist University and was a four-year letterman in basketball. He came to coaching naturally: His father, Bob, won more than 1,000 women’s basketball games in a coaching career that spanned 43 years, and coached West Texas A&M to the NCAA Division II Championship game in 1988.
“Brandon is an excellent fit for the University of Kansas,” said KU Athletics Director Sheahon Zenger. “He is an exceptional teacher, and someone who has spent his entire career in Kansas and Texas. He is known as a terrific recruiter and a firm, knowledgeable coach. And we know he has coaching in his blood, having watched his dad have so much success for so many years. We are confident that Brandon’s teams at KU will display the same tenacity and competitiveness that his teams have shown at Emporia State and Stephen F. Austin.”
Schneider and his wife, Ali, have two sons, Cash and Cole.
Hays High had three golfers in the top-10 and finished third at their own Bob Blazer/Hays High Invitational Monday at the Smoky Hill Country Club.
Payton Ruder led the Indians with an eight-over par 79 to finish fifth. Nathan Romme also shot a 79 and was seventh. Cash Hobson fired an 80 to finish ninth. Garden City’s Daniel Gaspar won the individual title with a three-over 74.
The Indians had a team score of 329 which was two shots back of second place Hutchinson and 17 back for first place Garden City.
By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post
Fort Hays State Justin Hersch rebounded from a five-run third inning with five straight scoreless frames leading the Tigers to a 12-10 win over Emporia State in game two of their doubleheader Monday afternoon at Larks Park. The Hornets broke open a 3-3 game to win the opener 11-5.
The Tigers are now 15-27 overall and 12-20 in the MIAA while the Hornets fall to 30-11 and 20-11 in the conference.
Steve Johnson Postgame Interview
Game 2 Highlights
Hersch (2-3), who threw 141 pitches, struck out a season-high 10 and retired 11 straight before giving up a one-out double in the ninth falling short of the compete game.
Cooper Langley led the Tiger offense with four hits including a two-run homer in the fourth. Langley drove in five. Andre Vieyra also hit a two-run homer and drove in three. Alex King hit a solo blast in the third after the Hornets had scored five in the top of the inning to tie the game 7-7.
Emporia State hit five home runs, in the first game, four of them in the final two innings. ESU scored eight of their 11 runs in the last two frames, breaking open a 3-3 game with five in the sixth and three more in the seventh.
Starter Joe Mapes (1-1) takes the loss for the Tigers allowing four runs (two earned) on six hits over five innings. Kevin Czarnecki had two doubles and drove in two. Andre Vieyra homered.
By DUSTIN ARMBRUSTER
Hays Post
Sometimes it takes one good year to make everybody take notice. In the spring of 2014, that is exactly what Mattie Schlaefli did in javelin. A year ago she placed second in the 5A State Javelin Throw, uncorking a throw of 128′-11″. It wasn’t her best throw of the year, having thrown 130′-9″ earlier in the year, just three inches short of the Western Athletic Conference meet record. All of that was enough to put collegiate coaches on alert of her ability. On Monday the senior signed her National Letter of Intent to compete at Fort Hays State University.
Mattie Schlaefli
The Tigers are well known in NCAA D-II for their javelin throwers. Current FHSU freshman Estefania Lopez has the best throw in the nation by over nine feet. Sophomore Madison Wolf is third in the nation, trailing second place by two inches. And sophomore Megan Honas currently ranks 13th in the nation.
Coach Kirk Maska
Schlaefli has only thrown in one meet this season after suffering an ankle injury in the next to last regular season game of basketball season. Her event coach Kirk Maska said he expects Mattie to be back to the 130′ mark or better by the regional and state competition, now that she has been cleared to participate again.
By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post
Emporia State’s Dean Long hit a two-out eight inning grand slam off of Tiger closer Austin Unrein to tie then Cody Bobbit singled to center in the 11th inning to give the Hornets their first lead as they rally for a 12-11 comeback win over the Fort Hays State Tigers Sunday at Larks Park. The game was a completion of Saturday’s suspended game.
Steve Johnson Postgame Interview
Game Highlights
The Tigers never trailed until the 11th and held leads of 8-3 and 11-7. Starter Steven Federau battled a strong north wind blowing out and gave up seven runs on 11 hits over 5 1/3 inings. Austin Unrein takes the loss, allowing four runs on five hits over 3 2/3 innings of relief.
Cooper Langley hit one of the Tigers four home runs and drove in four. Unrein, Andre Vieyra and Alex King also went deep.
The two team close out the series with a doubleheader beginning at noon Monday. You can hear game two on KAYS beginning around 2:30pm
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Royals overcame five ejections to beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 Sunday behind Kendrys Morales’ tiebreaking two-run double in a three-run eighth inning.
Royals manager Ned Yost and pitching coach Dave Eiland were ejected in the first inning after Lorenzo Cain was hit by a Scott Kazmir pitch and both teams were issued a warning by plate umpire Greg Gibson. After the warning was issued Sunday, Yost came out to argue and was immediately ejected by Gibson.
In the eighth inning, Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera was ejected after throwing behind Brett Lawrie. Bench coach Don Wakamatsu, who was acting as manager after Yost’s ejection, also ejected during the argument along with injured Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar.
