The Hays High girls’ golf team wins their own tournament Tuesday, edging Garden City by one stroke at Smoky Hill Country Club. Elissa Jensen led the Indians with a 45 and finished second, one shot behind Garden City’s Danielle Gaspar. Taylor DeBoer finished fourth for Hays with a 47 and Rhian Patterson was sixth with a 50.
TMP-Marian finished fourth with a 213, 19 shots behind the Indians. Karee Dinkel shot a 50 and finished eighth.
The Hays High volleyball team opened their season with a pair of wins Tuesday night at the Hays High gym, defeating Larned (25-25, 25-13) and La Crosse (25-20, 25-17).
Tessa Stickel led the way with six kills and five digs in the opener against Larned. Madison Prough had 10 assists and four service aces. Ashlyn Parish had four kills and three solos blocks.
Stickel led the way with nine kills against La Crosse while Ashlyn Parish had six kills. Albany Schaffer recorded 13 digs. Madison Prough had 13 assists. Kylie Brown had four solo blocks and two block assists.
The Hays High boys soccer team dropped their season opener Tuesday in Garden City 4-1. The Buffs held a 2-0 lead at the half. Nathan Romme scored the Indians lone goal in the 51st minute off an assist from Logan Renz.
Conner Staab had nine saves in goal.
The 0-1 Indians host McPherson in their home opener Thursday at 4pm.
Football season is ready to kick off with a full slate of coverage from Eagle Radio of Hays.
Gerard Wellbrock, the Voice of the Tigers, will have the call on every Fort Hays State University game, beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday. Pregame begins at 6 p.m. on KJLS-103.3. The remainder of the games will kick off at 2 p.m. Saturdays.
Dustin Armbruster will be behind the mic for Hays High School games, beginning Friday on KFIX-96.9. Jeremy McGuire will have the call for Thomas More Prep-Marian Monarch games each Friday on KAYS-1400 AM. Video of Indians and Monarch games also will be broadcast live at Hays Post.
And Eagle’s Jonathan Zweygardt will be traveling northwest Kansas offering the best of regional football in the The Bull-101.9 Game of the Week.
All high school games kick off at 7 p.m., with pregame beginning at 6:30 p.m.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tough to catch the Kansas City Royals when they are leading after six innings. Greg Holland leads one of the majors’ best bullpens.
Ventura pitched into the seventh inning and three relievers shut the door in a 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night.
Kansas City Royals (Chris Vleisides)
“With Ventura throwing the ball so well, it allowed to get us into the seventh inning with our big three spot with a lead,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “We were in good shape from that point.”
The Big Three — Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis and Holland — combined for 2 2-3 hitless innings after Ventura departed. The Royals are 54-3 when taking a lead into the seventh.
“We had a chance until they brought in Herrera, Davis and Holland, three outstanding arms,” Rangers manager Ron Washington said. “They might be three of the best arms in baseball.”
Ventura (11-9) allowed three runs, two earned, and five hits in 6 1-3 innings. The right-hander, who was skipped on his previous turn in the rotation due to a sore back, struck out seven and walked four.
Salvador Perez homered and drove in three runs for Kansas City, which finished with 10 hits.
Holland struck out two in a perfect ninth, earning his 41st save in 43 chances. It was Holland’s third straight day of work.
“It’s kind of a double-edged sword for me,” he said. “We’re in a playoff race and you never know when you’re going to get another chance to go to the playoffs. Kansas City hasn’t been there in a while, a long time exactly.
“You want to do everything you can, but you also want to be smart about it. If I go out there at 40 or 50 percent and don’t get the job done because of it, that’s me being selfish for wanting to pitch. You’ve got to understand the situation that if you need a day, you’ve got to express that to the coaching staff.”
Perez, who had three hits, went deep in the third with Alex Gordon aboard. His two-out double in the first scored Gordon, who had singled and swiped second.
Colby Lewis (9-12) pitched seven innings for Texas, yielding four runs and nine hits. The right-hander had thrown a complete game in winning each of his previous two road starts.
“I missed with a couple of pitches early in the game but I sharpened up later,” Lewis said.
Carlos Peguero, who was just brought up from Triple-A Omaha, doubled in the fifth and scored on Mike Moustakas’ single to give the Royals a 4-0 advantage.
Texas responded with a run in the sixth on Adrian Beltre’s groundout. Tomas Telis and Michael Choice each had an RBI single in the seventh, cutting the Royals’ lead to one run.
TWO CHALLENGES
The Rangers lost a replay review and won another one. With runners on the corners in the second, Rangers catcher Tomas Telis grounded into a double play to end the inning. Washington wanted a review, believing Telis was safe, but the ruling on the field was upheld. In the seventh, Jarrod Dyson doubled for the Royals, but went over the bag. Umpire Fieldin Culbreth said Dyson got back safely. A review overruled him and Dyson was out.
UP NEXT:
Rangers: LHP Derek Holland will make his first start of the season after having knee surgery on Jan. 10. He went 2-1 with a 4.43 ERA in six rehab starts in the minors.
Royals: RHP Jeremy Guthrie (10-10) goes for Kansas City. Guthrie is 2-0 with a 4.29 ERA in his last three starts.
TRAINER’S ROOM:
Rangers: RHP Miles Mikolas, who was skipped his previous start with shoulder fatigue, has not progressed and may not pitch Thursday in his next scheduled start.
Royals: DH Josh Willingham has not played since Friday because of a bad back. He will try to swing the bat Tuesday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Alex Smith didn’t have much choice when he was traded from San Francisco to Kansas City last year.
He had the final say when it came to staying with the Chiefs, though.
One day after signing a four-year extension that should solidify his future through the 2018 season, Smith expressed relief at being able to focus solely on football – rather than negotiations that had been going on for months, and that were threatening to bleed into the regular season.
Smith said he made it clear to his agent, Tom Condon, he wanted an agreement done before the start of the season. Chiefs general manager John Dorsey said that was also his goal.
The Chiefs open the regular season against Tennessee on Sunday.
Kansas City, Mo. – The MIAA has announced their distribution partners for the 2014 MIAA Television Network Game of the Week. The MIAA is pleased to have several returning distribution partners as well as two new distribution partners who have joined the network for the 2014 season.
The returning distribution partners are:
• KSMO-TV which serves 100% of the Kansas City market and is available over-the-air on through a cable or satellite provider. • Cox Communications KS serving communities across the state of Kansas including Topeka, Pittsburg, and Wichita. • Cox Communications Oklahoma serving communities across the state of Oklahoma including the Tulsa and Oklahoma City markets. • Eagle Communications which serves western Kansas and parts of central Kansas
New distribution partners for 2014 are:
• The News-Press NOW channel in St. Joseph, Missouri. Serving northwest Missouri including the St. Joseph and Maryville markets. In addition, four of the broadcasts (Sept. 4, Oct. 25, Nov. 8, and Nov. 15 ) will be simulcast on their Fox 26 KNPN channel. • KGCS-TV in Joplin, Missouri. KGCS-TV is a broadcast station licensed to Missouri Southern State University that serves more than 167,000 households across a region including southwest Missouri, as well as parts of southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma.
Additional affiliates may pick up selected broadcasts on an individual basis and will be announced by the league office each week.
2014 MIAA Television Network Football Schedule Thursday Sept. 4 Nebraska-Kearney at Northwest Missouri 7:00 p.m. Saturday Sept. 13 Fort Hays State at Northeastern State 2:00 p.m. Saturday Sept. 20 Pittsburg State at Washburn 2:00 p.m. Saturday Sept. 27 Fort Hays State at Pittsburg State 2:00 p.m. Saturday Oct. 4 Central Oklahoma at Nebraska-Kearney 2:00 p.m. Saturday Oct. 11 Missouri Southern at Central Oklahoma 2:00 p.m. Saturday Oct. 18 Northeastern State at Missouri Southern 2:00 p.m. Saturday Oct. 25 Emporia State at Missouri Western 2:00 p.m. Saturday Nov. 1 Lindenwood at Central Missouri 2:00 p.m. Saturday Nov. 8 Northwest Missouri at Emporia State 2:00 p.m. Saturday Nov. 15 Flex Game/Opponents to be announced 2:00 p.m.
Available Channels
KSMO-TV (Kansas City)—-broadcast over the air on Channel 62. Check you local cable/satellite programming guide for your specific channel number. The Cox Channel KS—-Channels 22, 122, 2022 (HD) and 2122 News-Press NOW Channel (St. Joseph, MO)—-broadcast over the air on 26.2 and channel 3 and 603 (HD) on Suddenlink cable. In addition, broadcasts on Sept. 4, Oct. 25, Nov. 8 and Nov. 15 will be simulcast on Fox 26 KNPN which is broadcast over the air on 26.1 and on channel 4 and 604 (HD) on Suddenlink cable and on channel 4 and 204 (HD) on Rainbow cable in Hiawatha. It is also available on Dish (Ch. 4) and Direct TV (Ch. 26) KGCS-TV (Joplin)—-broadcast over the air on channel 22. Check your local cable provider for your specific channel number. Eagle Communication (KS)—-Channel 204 and on 601 (HD) in some communities Cox Oklahoma—-Games will be televised on a tape-delayed basis eachSunday night at 7:00pm on Channel 703
All MIAA football games will also be web streamed live on a pay-per-view basis. Please visit Game Central Watch Live, https://portal.stretchinternet.com/miaa for more info.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Jordan Schafer and the Minnesota Twins finally broke it open in the 10th inning.
Schafer tied a career high with four RBIs, leading the Twins to an 11-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
Bruce Chen (2-4), the sixth pitcher for the AL Central-leading Royals, gave up five hits and walked two in the 10th.
“I didn’t make good pitches and they get base hit after base hit after base hit,” Chen said.
Eduardo Nunez singled home the go-ahead run and Schafer had a two-run single. Brian Dozier added a two-run double and Kurt Suzuki capped the burst with an RBI double for his third hit of the game.
“It was another one where we could have won or lost,” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. “We could have won all three or lost all three. Tonight was no different. We hung in there and finally had the big inning. It was a nice win for us after two tough losses.”
Minnesota had lost its last four games against Kansas City and seven of eight overall in the season series. Schafer had three hits while extending his hitting streak to eight games.
“Anytime you can help your team, it’s good, whether it’s with defense or stolen bases or scoring runs,” said Schafer, who stole a base and scored two runs.
Anthony Swarzak (3-1) picked up the victory.
Alex Gordon homered off Ryan Pressly to lead off the Royals seventh, tying it at 5.
Twins left-hander Tommy Milone was pulled after 5 1-3 innings, giving up four runs and nine hits. He is winless in four starts since the Twins acquired him in a July 31 trade with Oakland.
Royals right-hander Jeremy Guthrie, who was 5-1 in his previous six starts, exited after six innings. He gave up five runs and nine hits.
ROYALS ADD NIX
The Royals claimed INF Jayson Nix off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he was 4 for 36 in 16 games. Nix, 32, began the season with Philadelphia and also played in the minors with Durham, the Rays’ Triple-A club.
DOZIER’S HOT
Dozier went 3 for 5 for his ninth three-hit game of the season. He is hitting .400 with eight RBIs since Aug 22.
STREAKING HERRERA
Royals RHP Kelvin Herrera pitched the eighth to extend his scoreless inning streak to 23 1-3 innings.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Twins: 1B Joe Mauer didn’t start for the first time since returning Aug. 11 after missing 34 games with a right oblique strain. “I watched him last night,” Gardenhire said. “I thought he was dragging a little bit. You’ve got to do it for him. He’s in the training room, getting treatment every day like everybody else.” Mauer walked as a pinch hitter in the 10th and stayed in the game to play 1B.
Royals: LHP Scott Downs (stiff neck) was activated from the disabled list. â?¦ 1B Eric Hosmer (fractured right hand) participated in batting practice for the first time since going on the disabled list Aug. 1. â?¦ RHP Michael Mariot (right hamstring injury) was recalled from Triple-A Omaha and transferred to the 60-day disabled list.
UP NEXT
Twins: Rookie RHP Trevor May (0-3) is looking for his first big league victory Friday night at Baltimore. He gave up five runs and 11 hits in 5 1-3 innings in an 8-6 loss to Detroit on Saturday.
Royals: LHP Jason Vargas will start Friday night’s series opener against the Indians. He has a 1.24 ERA in his 10 wins and a 6.29 ERA in his six losses.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Matt Flynn and Scott Tolzien each threw for two touchdowns in their competition to back up starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas Chiefs 34-14 in a preseason finale Thursday night.
Kansas City Chiefs
Flynn threw for 102 yards and Tolzien had 139 in splitting reps by quarter in the evening’s most closely watched position battle. Coach Mike McCarthy could keep both players anyway a season after Rodgers missed seven weeks with a collarbone injury.
The Chiefs’ defense looked lost at times. Kansas City also had seven penalties in the first half, which ended with Green Bay up by 13.
Packers undrafted free agent Jayrone Elliott got his fifth sack of the preseason, beating Chiefs first-string tackle Donald Stephenson.
Chiefs receiver A.J. Jenkins made an impressive, diving 45-yard catch before leaving with a concussion.
Alex Delton has been a hot commodity in college football circles over the past 18 months. Delton had already let his intentions be known early in 2014, that he was going to attend Kansas State University. Thursday at Hays High School, he made it as official as he could by signing his scholarship agreement. He will still have to sign a National Letter of Intent in February 2015.
Signing in late August does two things for Delton. First it puts his mind to rest about picking where to continue his education and football career. Secondly, it allows him to attend KSU in the spring of 2015 and get a jump at competing for the quarterback job with the Wildcats. Alex worked out a plan with administrators and counselors at Hays High to graduate in December.
In his Indian career, Delton has thrown for 1,878 yards and 26 touchdowns against 9 interceptions. Delton is a dual-threat, rushing for 1,390 yards and 21 scores. Alex though garnered most of the college scout’s attention at camps that he attended, including the Under Armour camp in Florida.
While Delton could spend time talking simply about himself, he instead spends time praising coaches, family and teammates for helping him achieve his dream of playing college football.
Alex Delton
Delton enters his third season as the starting quarterback for the Indians. He played limited time as a freshman as a backup QB and missed part of his junior season to a leg injury.
New Indian head coach Bo Black has the unique experience of not only having Delton on his team for 2014, but also coached against him the past two seasons.
Bo Black
Former Indian head coach and current Hutchinson Salthawk coach Ryan Cornelsen made the trip to watch his former quarterback sign. Cornelsen was asked by Delton to attend Thursday’s signing, but didn’t agree to make the trip until coach Black had given his approval first.
Ryan Cornelsen
The Hays High Indians will kick-off the 2014 season next Friday, as the travel to Olathe. The Indians will take on the Northwest Ravens at 5:30 on 96.9 KFIX and hayspost.com.
