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Fort Hays State’s Kate Lehman was named the MIAA Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Week for the second time this season, announced Monday (Dec. 8) by the conference office.

Lehman had two double-doubles while helping FHSU knock off No. 21 Central Missouri (76-75 in OT) and Missouri Western (81-59). The senior finished the week with averages of 20.5 points and 11.5 rebounds per game, adding 11 total blocks to move into fifth all-time in NCAA Division II history, passing the 400 career blocks mark. Against UCM, Lehman had 19 points, 11 rebounds and eight blocks, just missing a triple-double. Lehman had her fifth 20-plus scoring effort of the season against MWSU, tallying 22 points to go with 12 rebounds. She shot 62.5 percent from the field for the week, hitting 15 of her 24 attempts.

The award is the 10th of its kind for Lehman in her career.  She was also named Athlete of the Week this season on Nov. 24.  The center is averaging 20.8 points, 10.8 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game on the season.

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Fort Hays State’s Trey Page claimed an individual championship at 285 pounds while six wrestlers place in the Top 4 at the Bob Smith Open on Sunday, Dec. 7. Adam Ludwin, Bradley Little and Jon Inman took second at the event, while Garrett Jones and Cash Drylie were fourth.

As a team, the Tigers went 72-51 on the afternoon, picking up 17 falls – second most in the tournament behind Nebraska-Kearney (19). Additionally, FHSU had a tournament high four technical falls on the day, including three straight from Page.

Page’s first tech fall came by shutout, a 16-0 victory over Oscar Soto (NW Kansas Tech).  From there, Page (285) posted another shutout, taking down Shawn Beeson of NE Oklahoma A&M, 15-0. His third and final tech fall of the day was another shutout (17-0) over Riley Fielder (Oklahoma City).  In the semifinal, Page’s match with Tuli Laulu (Adams State) was a narrow 5-3 decision, but the senior heavyweight returned to his dominant ways in the finals, knocking off Ivan DeLeon (Nebraska-Kearney) by major decision, 13-3.

Ludwin’s day began with a bye in the first round before he picked up an 8-2 decision over CSU-Pueblo’s Gage Currier in the second round.  In the quarterfinals, Ludwin (125) won by decision (6-4) over Quinton Harrison (Bethany), setting up a rematch of Friday night’s contest against Zach D’Amico (Central Oklahoma).  Though he dropped the Friday contest, 2-1, Ludwin picked up a revenge victory over D’Amico to reach the finals, shutting the Bronchos’ 125-pounder out, 6-0.  In the finals, however, Ludwin ran out of steam, dropping a 7-2 decision in overtime to Aaron LaFarge of Oklahoma City.

After a first round bye, Little (165) won by major decision (12-3) over NE Oklahoma A&M’s Danny Carrilla in the second round before taking down Jonathan Blackwell (Bethany), 8-3, in the quarterfinals.  Little reached the finals with a pin in 6:24 over Colby CC’s Gavin Grater, but saw his run come to an end in the finals, falling to Zach Skates (Oklahoma City), 6-2.

Inman (184) looked unbeatable early, picking up two straight falls over Trevor Whitaker of Bethany (6:57) and Anthony Ball of CSU-Pueblo (4:43), before rolling through the quarterfinals with an 11-4 decision over UNK’s Zach Stodden.  In the semifinals, Inman doubled up NE Oklahoma A&M’s Brock Warren, 12-6 to square off with Division I opponent Aaron Studebaker of Nebraska. Up early in the match, a late takedown by Studebaker ended Inman’s day in second place by 6-5 decision.

Garrett Jones and Cash Drylie each made the quarterfinals of their respective brackets, and after dropping to the consolation bracket, wrestled their ways back to the third place match.  Once there, Jones fell by decision, 8-3, to Gerald Huff (Adams State) and Drylie dropped a 12-5 contest to Miguel Tovar (Oklahoma City).

The Tigers continue the tournament portion of its regular season schedule next weekend (Sunday, Dec. 14) at the Newman Invitational in Wichita, Kan.  Last season, the Tigers won the team title despite any individual championships, though nine Tigers made the championship matches.

Complete Results for FHSU at the Bob Smith Open are below…

125 Pounds
Adam Ludwin – Second Place
Champ. Round 1 – Adam Ludwin (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Adam Ludwin (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Gage Currier (CSU-Pueblo) (Dec 8-2)
Quarterfinal – Adam Ludwin (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Quinton Harrison (Bethany) (Dec 6-4)
Semifinal – Adam Ludwin (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Zach D`Amico (Central Oklahoma) (Dec 6-0)
1st Place Match – Aaron LaFarge (Oklahoma City) won by decision over Lawson Ludwin (Fort Hays State) (Dec 7-2)

133 Pounds
Garrett Jones – Fourth Place
Champ. Round 1 – Garrett Jones (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Garrett Jones (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Sam Hughes (CSU-Pueblo) (Maj 13-2)
Quarterfinal – Gerald Huff (Adams State) won by decision over Garrett Jones (Fort Hays State) (Dec 6-3)
Cons. Round 4 – Garrett Jones (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Sean Murphy (Nebraska) (Dec 8-2)
Cons. Round 5 – Garrett Jones (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Ryan Bauer (Nebraska-Kearney) (Dec 9-7)
Cons. Semi – Garrett Jones (Fort Hays State) won by forfeit over Josh Ailey (NE Oklahoma A&M) (FF)
3rd Place Match – Gerald Huff (Adams State) won by decision over Garrett Jones (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-3)

Anthony Calderon
Champ. Round 1 – Zane Rich (Western State) won by decision over Anthony Calderon (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-6)
Cons. Round 1 – Anthony Calderon (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Aris Shino (Nebraska) (Dec 3-1)
Cons. Round 2 – Sam Hughes (CSU-Pueblo) won by major decision over Anthony Calderon (Fort Hays State) (Maj 10-2)

Cesar Regalado
Champ. Round 1 – Cesar Regalado (Fort Hays State) won by decision over James Lohman (Bethany) (Dec 8-1)
Champ. Round 2 – Brandon Thompson (Unattached) won by fall over Cesar Regalado (Fort Hays State) (Fall 2:26)
Cons. Round 2 – Cesar Regalado (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Damion Walls Jr. (Bethany) (Dec 10-5)
Cons. Round 3 – Sean Murphy (Nebraska) won by decision over Cesar Regalado (Fort Hays State) (Dec 6-3)

141 Pounds
William Homalon
Champ. Round 1 – William Honalon (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Byron Vaughn (Colby CC) (Fall 0:41)
Champ. Round 2 – Dusty Hone (Oklahoma State) won by tech fall over William Honalon (Fort Hays State) (TF 20-4)
Cons. Round 2 – Eric Hughes (CSU-Pueblo) won by major decision over William Honalon (Fort Hays State) (Maj 25-15)

Nathan Toft
Champ. Round 1 – Nathan Toft (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Sebastian Cuffel (NW Kansas Tech) (Dec 6-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Tim Urenda (CSU-Pueblo) won by fall over Nathan Toft  (Fort Hays State) (Fall 1:15)
Cons. Round 2 – Tyler Dryden (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Nathan Toft  (Fort Hays State) (Dec 6-0)

Noah Killip
Champ. Round 1 –  Noah Killip  (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Eric Hughes (CSU-Pueblo) (Maj 12-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Noah Killip (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Brett LaBudda (Nebraska-Kearney) (Dec 6-3)
Quarterfinal – Noah Killip (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Will Steltzlen (Central Oklahoma) (Dec 3-2)
Semifinal – Tim Urenda (CSU-Pueblo) won by decision over Noah Killip (Fort Hays State) (Dec 6-5)
Cons. Semi – Andrew Riedy (Nebraska-Kearney) won by fall over Noah Killip (Fort Hays State) (Fall 3:47)

Jacob Kay
Champ. Round 1 – Jacob Kay (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Jonah Whitt (Air Force Prep) (Fall 4:56)
Champ. Round 2 – Will Steltzlen (Central Oklahoma) won by decision over Jacob Kay (Fort Hays State) (Dec 5-4)
Cons. Round 2 – Jacob Kay (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Kyle Fantin (CSU-Pueblo) (Fall 2:32)
Cons. Round 3 – Jacob Kay (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Brett LaBudda (Nebraska-Kearney) (Dec 6-2)
Cons. Round 4 – Jacob Kay (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Martin Ramirez (Adams State) (Fall 6:49)
Cons. Round 5 – Andrew Riedy (Nebraska-Kearney) won by fall over Jacob Kay (Fort Hays State) (Fall 2:11)

Tyler Dryden
Champ. Round 1 – Keith Surber (Nebraska-Kearney) won by tech fall over Tyler Dryden (Fort Hays State) (TF 16-1)
Cons. Round 1 – Tyler Dryden (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Travis Rodenbaugh (Newman) (Fall 2:49)
Cons. Round 2 – Tyler Dryden (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Nathan Taft (Fort Hays State) (Dec 6-0)
Cons. Round 3 – Andrew Riedy (Nebraska-Kearney) won by fall over Tyler Dryden (Fort Hays State) (Fall 6:08)

149 Pounds
Jace Lopez
Champ. Round 1 – Jace Lopez (Fort Hays State) won by decision over John Risewick (Bethany) (Dec 5-2)
Champ. Round 2 – Parker Bohannan (Oklahoma City) won by decision over Jace Lopez (Fort Hays State) (Dec 3-1)
Cons. Round 2 – Jace Lopez (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Christian Frame (Newman) (Dec 8-7)
Cons. Round 3 – Jonce Blaylock (Oklahoma State) won by injury default over Jace Lopez (Fort Hays State) (Inj. 0:00)

Matt Ziegler
Champ. Round 1 – Matt Ziegler (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Christian Frame (Newman) (Dec 8-5)
Champ. Round 2 – D`yon Santiago (Adams State) won by decision over Matt Ziegler (Fort Hays State) (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 2 – Matt Ziegler (Fort Hays State) won by decision over John Risewick (Bethany) (Dec 6-2)
Cons. Round 3 – Victor Haro (NW Kansas Tech) won by decision over Matt Ziegler (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-2)

Ky Biddle
Champ. Round 1 – Victor Haro (NW Kansas Tech) won by decision over Ky Biddle (Fort Hays State) (Dec 7-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Ky Biddle (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Lane Lassiter (NE Oklahoma A&M) (Dec 11-9)
Cons. Round 2 – Jonce Blaylock (Oklahoma State) won by major decision over Ky Biddle (Fort Hays State) (Maj 13-4)

157 Pounds
Jace Nordyke
Champ. Round 1 -Jace Nordyke (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Zach Duwe (Newman) (Maj 10-1)
Champ. Round 2 – Gavin Grater (Colby CC) won by fall over Jace Nordyke (Fort Hays State) (Fall 5:26)
Cons. Round 2 – Austin Chauncey (Nebraska) won by major decision over Jace Nordyke (Fort Hays State) (Maj 14-2)

Bradley Little – Second Place
Champ. Round 1 – Bradley Little (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Bradley Little (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Danny Carrillo (NE Oklahoma A&M) (Maj 12-3)
Quarterfinal – Bradley Little (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Jonathan Blackwell (Bethany) (Dec 8-3)
Semifinal – Bradley Little (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Gavin Grater (Colby CC) (Fall 6:24)
1st Place Match – Zach Skates (Oklahoma City) won by decision over Bradley Little (Fort Hays State) (Dec 6-2)

Kregg Clarke
Champ. Round 1 – Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Dawaylan Barnes (NE Oklahoma A&M) (Dec 7-3)
Quarterfinal – Shawn Beiriger (Western State) won by fall over Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays State) (Fall 5:17)
Cons. Round 4 – Ryan Pellow (Western State) won by decision over Kregg Clarke (Fort Hays State) (Dec 7-4)

165 Pounds
TJ Setter
Champ. Round 1 – Ryan Blees (Oklahoma State) won by fall over Tj Setter (Fort Hays State) (Fall 3:39)
Cons. Round 1 – Tj Setter (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Tj Setter (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Michael Lambert (Nebraska-Kearney) (Dec 8-3)
Cons. Round 3 – Tanner Ogden (Bethany) won by tech fall over Tj Setter (Fort Hays State) (TF 18-2)

Bryce Lewis
Champ. Round 1 – Bryce Lewis (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Bryce Lewis (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Tanner Ogden (Bethany) (Dec 7-5)
Quarterfinal – Justin Samora (Adams State) won by decision over Bryce Lewis (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-1)
Cons. Round 4 – Bryce Lewis (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Koery Windham (Adams State) (Dec 6-2)
Cons. Round 5 – Alex Mossing (Air Force Prep) won by decision over Bryce Lewis (Fort Hays State) (Dec 4-2)

174 Pounds
Collins Kalin
Champ. Round 1 – Blane Culp (Central Oklahoma) won by decision over Collins Kalin (Fort Hays State) (Dec 5-1)
Cons. Round 1 – Collins Kalin (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Tanner O`Donnell (Bethany) won by decision over Collins Kalin (Fort Hays State) (Dec 7-6)

Dylan Wiesner
Champ. Round 1 – Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Mark Mabry (Adams State) won by major decision over Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays State) (Maj 13-3)
Cons. Round 2 – Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Joshua Ortiz (Baker) (Dec 9-3)
Cons. Round 3 – Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Micquille Robinson (Fort Hays State) (Dec 4-3)
Cons. Round 4 – Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Allen Emmons (CSU-Pueblo) (Dec 11-6)
Cons. Round 5 – Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Jared Bass (Oklahoma City) (Dec 7-4)
Cons. Semi – Chance Bila (Nebraska-Kearney) won by decision over Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-7)

Josh Rodriguez
Champ. Round 1 – Josh Rodriguez (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Mario Garcia (Adams State) (Dec 11-4)
Champ. Round 2 – Josh Rodriguez (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Shaquille Dent (Colby CC) (Fall 1:31)
Quarterfinal – Josh Rodriguez (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Allen Emmons (CSU-Pueblo) (Dec 9-8)
Semifinal – Jacobe Smith (NE Oklahoma A&M) won by decision over Josh Rodriguez (Fort Hays State) (Dec 12-5)
Cons. Semi – Mark Mabry (Adams State) won by injury default over Josh Rodriguez (Fort Hays State) (Inj. 0:00)

Micquille Robinson
Champ. Round 1 – Micquille Robinson (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Chance Bila (Nebraska-Kearney) won by major decision over Micquille Robinson (Fort Hays State) (Maj 13-5)
Cons. Round 2 – Micquille Robinson (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Noland Puletasi (Wentworth JC) (Maj 14-3)
Cons. Round 3 – Dylan Wiesner (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Micquille Robinson (Fort Hays State) (Dec 4-3)

Nathan Shipley
Champ. Round 1 – Nathan Shipley (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Noland Puletasi (Wentworth JC) (TF 16-1)
Champ. Round 2 – Jared Bass (Oklahoma City) won by decision over Nathan Shipley (Fort Hays State) (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Round 2 – Nathan Shipley (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 – Jamie Shawver (Oklahoma City) won by decision over Nathan Shipley(Fort Hays State) (Dec 3-2)

184 Pounds
Jon Inman – Second Place
Champ. Round 1 – Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Trevor Whittaker (Bethany) (Fall 6:57)
Champ. Round 2 – Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Anthony Ball (CSU-Pueblo) (Fall 4:43)
Quarterfinal – Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Zach Stodden (Nebraska-Kearney) (Dec 11-4)
Semifinal – Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Brock Warren (NE Oklahoma A&M) (Dec 12-6)
1st Place Match – Aaron Studebaker (Nebraska) won by decision over Jon Inman (Fort Hays State) (Dec 6-5)

197 Pounds
Skyler Hittle
Champ. Round 1 – Richard Bencomo (Adams State) won by decision over Skyler Hittle (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-1)
Cons. Round 1 – Skyler Hittle (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 – Skyler Hittle (Fort Hays State) won by decision over John Loflin (Western State) (Dec 6-1)
Cons. Round 3 – Rakim Dean (Colby CC) won by decision over Skyler Hittle (Fort Hays State) (Dec 4-3)

Cash Drylie – Fourth Place
Champ. Round 1 – Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Kyler Atwood (Bethany) (Dec 10-3)
Champ. Round 2 – Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Austin Beaman (CSU-Pueblo) (Fall 1:41)
Quarterfinal – Anthony McLaughlin (Air Force Prep) won in overtime over Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) (OT 3-1)
Cons. Round 4 – Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Brady Radik (Nebraska-Kearney) (Fall 2:52)
Cons. Round 5 – Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Kyler Atwood (Bethany) (Dec 7-4)
Cons. Semi – Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) won by decision over John Finn (Central Oklahoma) (Dec 9-8)
3rd Place Match – Miguel Tovar (Oklahoma City) won by decision over Cash Drylie (Fort Hays State) (Dec 12-5)

285 Pounds
Zach Kearney
Champ. Round 1 – Zach Kearney (Fort Hays State) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 – Zach Kearney (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Amer Tipura (Adams State) (Fall 1:27)
Quarterfinal – Niko Bogojevic (CSU-Pueblo) won by major decision over Zach Kearney (Fort Hays State) (Maj 10-2)
Cons. Round 4 – Cody Sivertsen (Oklahoma City) won by decision over Zach Kearney (Fort Hays State) (Dec 5-3)

Casey Hilton
Champ. Round 1 – Casey Hilton (Fort Hays State) won by fall over Quincy Starling (Colorado) (Fall 3:39)
Champ. Round 2 – Ivan DeLeon (Nebraska-Kearney) won by tech fall over Casey Hilton (Fort Hays State) (TF 17-0)
Cons. Round 2 – Jacob Crane (Pratt CC) won by decision over Casey Hilton (Fort Hays State) (Dec 8-4)

Trey Page – First Place
Champ. Round 1 – Trey Page (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Oscar Soto (NW Kansas Tech) (TF 16-0)
Champ. Round 2 – Trey Page (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Shawn Beeson (NE Oklahoma A&M) (TF 15-0)
Quarterfinal – Trey Page (Fort Hays State) won by tech fall over Riley Fielder (Oklahoma City) (TF 17-0)
Semifinal – Trey Page (Fort Hays State) won by decision over Tuli Laulu (Adams State) (Dec 5-3)
1st Place Match – Jack Page (Fort Hays State) won by major decision over Ivan DeLeon (Nebraska-Kearney) (Maj 13-3)

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

Craig Nicholson fought off early foul trouble to score a game-high 23 points and lead the Fort Hays State Tigers to a 90-78 win over Missouri Western Saturday afternoon at Gross Coliseum. Nicholson picked up two fouls in the first five minutes and only played 31 minutes but hit 8-of-9 from the field, was 2-for-2 from beyond the arc and hit all five of his free throw attempts.
Mark Johnson Postgame Interview

 

The Tigers trailed by five in the first half but an 8-0 run gave them the lead for good. A Nicholson 3-pointer near the end of the first half put FHSU up 42-32 at the half. They would score the first four points of the second half to go up 14, but Western cut that lead to seven before a 6-0 Tiger run put the game away.

Game Highlights

Jake Stoppel recorded his second double-double of the season, scoring 18 and grabbing 11 rebounds. Dom Samac scored 13, Achoki Moikobu 12 and James Fleming 11.

The Tigers shoot 53-percent from the floor including 7-of-19 from 3-point range. They go 23-of-26 from the free throw line and out-rebound the Griffons by eight.

FHSU is now 5-3 overall and 1-1 in the MIAA. They host Northwestern Oklahoma State Monday at 7pm.

By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays Post

Kate Lehman led three Lady Tigers in double-figures with 22 points as Fort Hays State runs their win streak to six with an 81-57 victory over Missouri Western Saturday afternoon at Gross Coliseum. Lehman also grabbed 12 rebounds for her 41st career double-double. Chelsea Mason hit five 3-pointers and scored 20 and Beth Bohuslavsky added a career-high 18 as FHSU improves to 7-1 overall and 2-0 in the MIAA.

Tony Hobson Postgame Interview

 

The Lady Tigers led from wire to wire, scoring the first four and building the lead to 17 by halftime. A Chelsea Mason three pushed the lead to 25 in the second half, Missouri Western answered with an 11-2 run to pull within 16. Following a timeout, FHSU responds with a 13-2 run to put the game away.

Game Highlights

 

Missouri Western was led by LaQuinta Jefferson who scores 17. The Griffons see their five-game win streak end and falls to 5-2 and 0-2 in the MIAA.