The TMP-Marian baseball team scored 11 runs in both of their games at Goodland Friday, sweeping the Cowboys by scores of 11-8 and 11-2. The Monarchs jumped out early in the first game, scoring three in the first. Down 4-3, they score seven in the fourth and would never give up the lead. Liam Stults struck out five over five innings and picks up the win. Justin Pfeifer drove in five runs.
Like the first game, the Monarchs scored three in the first but this time they never let it slip away. They added four in the fourth. Braiden Werth had three of TMP’s 16 hits. Jordan Gottschalk drove in three. Cameron Brin struck out six and picks up the complete game victory.
The Monarchs are now 9-3. They host Russell/Victoria Tuesday.
In March, Hays High School Athletics Director and Assistant Principal Clint Albers turned in his resignation. Approximately one month later Chris Michaelis has been named to that same position at the high school.
Michaelis has been a teacher and coach at Hays High for past 18 years. He previously taught in Manhattan at a private school.
Michaelis coached the girls’ soccer program for 17 years and the boys program for nearly as long minus a small hiatus in the early 2000’s. He has also been a teacher at Hays High during his entire tenure at Hays.
Michaelis said he’s considered taking the next step in becoming an athletic director or assistant principal and the opportunity to do so at Hays High School was the perfect scenario.
Over the past couple of sports seasons, he was also named the events coordinator which gave him a behind the scenes look at how things worked, well before the job ever came open.
Michaelis will take over his new duties July 1, 2014.
Two days after finishing third at their own Bob Blazer Invitational, the Hays High boys golf team finishes second at the Dodge City Invitational Thursday at the par 71 Mariah Hills Golf Course.
The Indians shoot a 316 and finish 26 shots behind the host Red Demons. Nathan Romme led the Indians with a 6-over-par 77 and placed ninth. Payton Ruder and Lane Clark both tied for 12th with a 79.
Hays High’s busy week continues Friday at the Salina South Invitational.
Hays High Results Nathan Romme-77 9th place
Payton Ruder-79 T12th place
Lane Clark-79 T12th place
Kaden Beilman-81 T21st place 316 2nd place
Chase Lynd-82 T23rd place
Cash Hobson-83 T25th place
Team Results 1. Dodge City 292 2. Hays 316 3. Garden City 316
4. Maize 322
5. Wichita Northwest 325
6. Goddard Eisenhower 336
7. TMP-Marian 341
8. Ulysses 343
9. Topeka West 344
10. Great Bend 345
11. Wichita East 347
12. Wichita North 395
Top 10 Medalists: 1. Levi Bone-Dodge City 67
2. Jace Larson-Dodge City 73
3. Kameron Miller-Dodge City 74
4. Kale Reynolds-Maize 75
5. Taylor Larsen-Garden City 76
6. Alec Lakin-Maize 76
7. Evan Lay-Wichita East 76
8. Austin Swender-Garden City 77 9. Nathan Romme-Hays 77 10. Chance Haney-Great Bend 78
The Hays High baseball team hit three home runs which propelled them to a 7-1 win over Pratt in game one of their makeup doubleheader Thursday at the Hays High field. The Indians win the second game 8-3 to run their winning streak to four. The games were originally scheduled for April 3rd but had to be moved due to weather.
Layne Downing hit a solo homer in the second to give the Indians an early 1-0 lead. Marcus Altman’s two-run shot an inning later put them up 3-0. Jarett’s Pfannenstiel’s two-run shot in the sixth highlighted a three-run inning for the final margin.
Connor Rule’s two-run first inning double gave the Indians the early lead in game two as they score seven of their eight runs in the first three innings. Rule and Cole Schumacher both had two of the Indians eight hits.
Schumacher picked up the complete game victory in the opener, striking out eight and walking just one and allowing one unearned run. Marcus Altman gets the win in the second game, going six innings in game two, striking out eight and walking four while allowed three runs on two hits.
The Indians are now 7-5 and return to Western Athletic Conference play at home Tuesday against Great Bend.
The Hays High softball team ran their winning streak to five with a pair of 1-0 wins over Pratt Thursday at the Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex. The games were originally scheduled for April 3rd but were postponed due to inclement weather.
Hannah Hearld strikes out 11 in the opener. The Indians score the game’s only run in the third. Haley Wells had two of the Indians three hits.
Hearld struck out nine in the second contest. Nicole Dinkel drove in the only run with a single in the second. Hays wins despite being out hit 6-3. The Greenbacks committed three errors.
The Indians are now 9-1 on the season. They travel to Great Bend Tuesday.
The TMP-Marian softball team committed seven errors in a 7-1 game one loss in Ellinwood Thursday. They commit six more errors in the second game and lose 9-4. All seven of the Eagles runs in the first contest were unearned.
Jodi Veach drove in TMP’s lone run in the first game. TMP was down 6-0 in the second contest until scoring three in the fifth. Ellinwood answered with three in the bottom of the inning.
Alison Helget struck out six in the opener and five in the second game but takes the loss in both.
The Monarchs are now 5-9 on the season. They host Goodland Tuesday.
The Hays High girls’ soccer team ran their win streak to six yesterday, defeating Liberal 3-0. Tressa Becker scored two goals and Talyn Kleweono added another as the Indians remain unbeaten in the Western Athletic Conference at 5-0 and move to 8-2 overall.
Earlier this season, the Indians needed two overtimes to defeat the Redskins in Liberal.
The Hays high boys tennis team was at the Salina South Invitational Thursday. Their results are below…
No. 1 singles- Mikey Ploutz
L 8-0 Ray Stunk (Valley Center)
L 8-2 vs. Skylar Hendrick (Salina Central)
W 8-5 vs. Logan VanDerWege (hays)
L 8-0 vs. James Dilollo (Andover)
No. 2 singles- Logan VanDerWege
L 8-0 vs. Gabe Johnson (abilene)
L 8-1 vs. Will Bochte (Smoky Valley)
L 8-5 vs. Mikey Ploutz (Hays)
L 8-1 vs. JD Warren (Salina South)
No. 1 doubles- Andrew McGinnis/Austin Berry
L 8-1 vs. Jones/Buffo (Valley Center)
W 8-7 (7-3) vs. Schaeffer/Bayles (andover)
W 8-3 vs. Koshgarian/Kraus (Salina South)
W 8-7 (7-4) vs. Jett/Leiker (Salina Central) 9th Place
No. 2 doubles- Brayden Dreher/Jacob Alexander
L 8-0 vs. Rochat/Wilson (Andover)
L 8-0 vs. Hageman/Koop (Abilene)
L Minson/Schiffner (Abilene)
L 8-0 vs. Dahlsten/Yenni (Smoky Valley)
CLEVELAND (AP) – Corey Kluber struck out a career-high 11 and pitched a four-hitter for his first complete game, and David Murphy and Asdrubal Cabrera drove in two runs apiece, leading the Indians to a 5-1 win over the Royals on Thursday.
Kluber (2-2) didn’t walk a batter and let Cleveland manager Terry Francona give some needed rest to his bullpen.
Murphy and Cabrera delivered big hits in the Indians’ five-run fifth off Bruce Chen (1-2), who controlled Cleveland’s lineup for four innings.
The Indians have won four of five to get back to .500.
The Royals scored an unearned run off Kluber in the seventh when Omar Infante singled and scored when Indians first baseman Nick Swisher made a half-hearted attempt at Mike Moustakas’ grounder, which got by him for an error and rolled all the way into the right-field corner.
Other than that, Kansas City’s hitters were unable to do much against Kluber, whose previous long outing was 8 2-3 innings last July against the White Sox. He’s 3-0 in four career starts against the Royals.
Chen coasted through four innings, dominating the Indians with a mix of off-speed pitches before they touched him for five runs and chased him in the fifth.
The left-hander retired 11 straight before Carlos Santana led off with a double, snapping an 0-for-16 slide with just his third hit in 48 at-bats. Michael Brantley followed with a single to center for his team-leading 19th RBI, giving Cleveland a 1-0 lead.
The Indians didn’t stop there as Murphy slapped a two-run single to left, and Cabrera made it 5-0 with his double down the left-field line to end Chen’s outing.
It was Cleveland’s biggest inning this season, and it gave Kluber more than enough cushion to finish off the Royals.
Kansas City managed just one hit off Kluber in the first four innings, and then the Royals ran their way out of a scoring chance in the fifth.
Alcides Escobar singled with two outs and Jarrod Dyson followed with a base hit. Escobar hesitated rounding second, and his indecision cost him as Brantley threw him out from center trying to take third.
The Royals turned a nifty double play to end the first.
With a Cabrera at third, first baseman Eric Hosmer fielded Jason Kipnis’ hard grounder, stepped on first and threw home. Catcher Brett Hayes made a sweeping tag on Cabrera, who was called out. Crew chief Bill Miller called for a review to see if Hayes had blocked the plate, but the call was confirmed.
NOTES: Kluber’s complete game was the first for the Indians since Justin Masterson’s on June 30 last season. … Brantley came in leading the Indians in virtually every offensive category, including batting average, runs, hits, steals and RBIs. … The Indians and Cincinnati Reds entered the day as the only teams yet to play in an extra-inning game this season. … Royals 1B coach Rusty Kuntz returned to the team after undergoing surgery surgery on his broken left arm. Kuntz was struck during pregame batting practice on Monday. … The Royals open a three-game series in Baltimore on Friday with Yordano Ventura (1-1) facing Ubaldo Jimenez (0-3). … The Indians are out West for a three-game interleague series in San Francisco.
The Fort Hays State men’s basketball program has has added two local standouts to their roster for the 2014-15 season.
The Tigers announced on Twitter Thursday that Plainville’s Hadley Gillium and Hoxie’s Kade Spresser have committed to play at FHSU.
Gillium, a 6’5″ forward, averaged 21 points and 14.5 rebounds this past season leading the Cardinals to a runner-up finish at the class 2A state tournament in Manhattan.
Spresser, a 6’1″ guard, led the Indians to a runner-up finished at the 1A-Division 1 state tournament this past season, averaging 20.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game.
The two join Dom Samac who is transferring to Fort Hays State after two seasons at Denver University. The 6’9″ forward from Zagreb, Croatia will have two seasons of eligibility remaining. Samac played in 17 games, making 11 starts for the Pioneers, averaging 3.5 points and 1.5 rebounds in 2013-14. He appeared in six games as a freshman.
CLEVELAND (AP) – Jason Kipnis drove in Nick Swisher with a two-out double in the seventh inning, sending the Cleveland Indians to a 5-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.
Kipnis ripped his double off Kelvin Herrera (0-1) into the gap in right-center, deep enough to easily score Swisher, who reached on a two-out single. The Indians tacked on an insurance run in the eighth on pinch-hitter Lonnie Chisenhall’s bloop RBI single.
Bryan Shaw (1-0) finished the seventh and got one out in the eighth. Cody Allen retired two, and John Axford worked the ninth for his AL-leading eighth save.
Michael Bourn had three hits and two RBIs for the Indians.
Salvador Perez and Mike Moustakas hit back-to-back homers in the second for Kansas City.
Fort Hays State junior Trey Herman earned All-MIAA honors for the 2013-14 season, helping Fort Hays State to a 10th-place finish at the MIAA Championships in Lawrence, Kan. The tournament was held on the Championship Course at Alvamar Golf Club, a par-72 layout.
Herman, who led the MIAA Individual Point Standings entering the
Courtesy FHSU Athletics
MIAA Championships, was overtaken by Central Missouri’s Travis Mays for MIAA Golfer of the Year. Mays entered the tournament five points back of Herman, but leaped in front by tying for second at the MIAA Championships, generating 13.5 points to his total to finish with 43.5 for the year. Herman tied for 15th, gaining just 0.33 points and finishing the year at 35.33, good for second in the point standings.
By finishing second in the overall point standings for the year, Herman earned All-MIAA honors, the first for a Tiger since Kevin Quinley earned the honors in 2011 by finishing eighth in the point standings. Herman is the highest-ever finisher for FHSU in the point standings race.
Herman shot 9-over par for the three-round tournament with rounds of 76, 74, and 75. He had a rough start to his final day, 3-over par through his first two holes, but played the remaining 16 in even par. It was not enough to reel in the red-hot Mays, who started the day at 1-under par overall and came back to the field just a bit with a 2-over 74 on the final day.
To compare the two golfers in the MIAA sanctioned events for the year, Herman tied for second at Nebraska-Kearney, tied for third at Central Missouri in the fall, then finished eighth at Central Oklahoma and a tie for 15th at the MIAA Championships in the spring. Mays tied for seventh at Nebraska-Kearney, tied for ninth at Central Missouri, finished seventh at Central Oklahoma, and then tied for second at the MIAA Championships. Though neither won a MIAA sanctioned tournament this year, they were the steadiest players in the conference.
Central Missouri, the No. 5 ranked team in NCAA Division II, won the MIAA Championship Tournament with a three-round score of 867 and in the process sealed first place in the regular season team standings as well with 56 points. Northeastern State finished second in the tournament (883) and in the regular season standings (49 points), and Central Oklahoma finished third in both as well (902 and 43 points). FHSU finished 10th at the tournament (938) and was eighth in the team standings with 28.5 points.
Grant Storey tied for 31st at the tournament with rounds of 75, 80 and 77 for a total of 232. Jeff Heptig was eight strokes back of that in a tie for 47th, shooting rounds of 80, 85, and 75. Nick VonLintel tied for 49th with rounds of 78, 80, and 83. Sam Christianson was 58th with rounds of 83, 85, and 83.
Herman will now wait to see if he is selected to compete at regionals as an individual. Selections are made on Friday, April 25 for the regional.
Men’s All-MIAA Team
Travis Mays, Central Missouri (43.5), Golfer of the Year Trey Herman, Fort Hays State (35.33)
Michael Colgate, Nebraska-Kearney (28)
Cy Moritz, Central Missouri (26.75)
Ryan Dyck, Lindenwood (26.5), Freshman of the Year
Brad Hager, Northeastern State (24.5)
Lance Lawson, Nebraska-Kearney (23)
Teddy Jones, Central Missouri (22.5)
Brian Lilevold, Lincoln (21)
Jake Smock, Lindenwood (17.5)
Eric Kline, Central Oklahoma (17)
Max Lazzo, Washburn (15)
Clayton Moles, Southwest Baptist (14.25)
Sam Migdal, Central Missouri (14)
Robby Hughey, Central Missouri (12.75)
Men’s Final Team Standings (through 4 events)
1. Central Missouri (56)
2. Northeastern State (49)
3. Central Oklahoma (43)
4. Lindenwood (41)
5. Nebraska-Kearney (39)
6. Washburn (33)
7. Lincoln (31) 8. Fort Hays State (28.5)
9. Missouri Western (28)
10. Missouri Southern (25.5)
11. Pittsburg State (9)
12. Southwest Baptist (7)
Tiger women finish eighth
The Fort Hays State women’s golf team closed out the 2013-14 season by placing eighth at the MIAA Championships in Lawrence, Kan. The tournament was held at the Alvamar Golf Club on the Member’s Course.
Courtesy FHSU Athletics
Samantha Hobson led Fort Hays State in the final event of the year by finishing in 26th individually. She shot rounds of 96, 88, and 89 for a 273 total. Quillen Eichhorn finished 35th in her hometown, shooting rounds of 99, 95, and 92. Kaycee Beilman tied for 36th with rounds of 96, 96, and 100. Megan DeWerff tied for 39th with rounds of 101, 99, and 100. Natalie Bethel, who withdrew from the second round, shot rounds of 102 on both the first and third days of competition.
Fort Hays State shot 1151 as a team over three rounds. Central Oklahoma won the tournament by 15 strokes, shooting 958. Northeastern State was second with 973. Northwest Missouri State finished third with 1047. Baylee Price of Northeastern State won the tournament with a total of 233.
Fort Hays State softball remained eighth in the second version of the NCAA Division II Central Region Rankings, released Wednesday. The Tigers debuted at No. 8 in last week’s poll, and one other version will be released leading up to the NCAA Division II Softball Selection Show, set for March 5 at 10 a.m. ET. The eight teams selected will advance to the NCAA Regional, set for May 9-11.
The Central Region is made up of teams from the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and the Great American Conference, with three automatic bids being given to winners of the conference tournaments. The other five slots in the NCAA Regional are awarded on an at-large basis, with the top two seeds serving as tournament hosts. The winner of each regional site will advance to the NCAA Super Regional, May 16-17. The NCAA Championships will take place May 22-26 in Salem, Va.
Emporia State, previously second, moved up to No. 1 in the regional rankings with a 29-10 Division II record and a 38-10 In-Region record. ESU swept the Tigers at home in a mid-March doubleheader, and is currently tied for first in the MIAA standings with Central Oklahoma. ESU went 3-1 in MIAA last week, sweeping Central Missouri and splitting with Southwest Baptist at home.
Winona State (32-6 DII, 22-6 In-Region) jumped three spots to second in the rankings after going 8-0 last week with sweeps of Minnesota State (previously No. 1 regionally) and Wayne State (previously No. 9 regionally). The Tigers were scheduled to play Winona State at the Teri Mathis Tournament earlier this season, which was canceled due to wintry weather.
Minnesota State-Mankato dropped three spots to No. 3 in the second version of the rankings, losing two games to Winona State but picking up sweeps over Wayne State, Augustana and Sioux Falls. MSU-Mankato holds a 36-8 Division II record and a 31-6 In-Region record. FHSU defeated MSU-Mankato, 11-3, earlier this season in Bentonville, Ark.
Augustana (35-10 DII, 29-10 In-Region) and Central Oklahoma (36-12 DII and In-Region) each slid one spot to fourth and fifth, respectively, from last week’s rankings. FHSU split with UCO earlier this season in Edmond, Okla., snapping the Bronchos’ 35-game home winning streak with a 4-1 win in Game 1 of a doubleheader.
Missouri Western (31-15 DII and In-Region) and Southeastern Oklahoma (32-14 DII and In-Region) flipped spots for the week. MWSU moved from seventh to No. 6 while Southeastern slipped to No. 7 as one of three teams from the GAC in the rankings. MWSU took both games from the Tigers earlier this month and were idle last week.
Staying at eighth, FHSU (26-17 DII, 24-16 In-Region) did not play last week but closes out its regular season with home and away doubleheaders against Nebraska-Kearney, April 26-27, respectively. Senior Day for the Tigers is Saturday (April 26) with games at 2 and 4 p.m.
Two squads from the GAC close out the rankings as Southern Arkansas (28-22 DII, 25-20 In-Region) jumped into the ninth spot and East Central (29-22 DII and In-Region) remained 10th. Southern Arkansas went 3-1 last week against Southern Nazarene, and has picked up eight wins this season against teams that are ranked regionally throughout the nation. East Central swept Rogers State and split with Northwestern Oklahoma State in doubleheaders last week.
Below are the complete Central Region Rankings for April 23…
