By GERARD WELLBROCK
Hays High senior Preston Wiegel takes first place at the USA Wrestling Cliff Keen Folkstyle National in Cedar Rapids, Iowa over the weekend.
After receiving a first-round bye, Weigel won three straight matches by technical fall. He then defeated Carter Isley of Iowa 8-0 in a major decision in the title match at 195.
Weigel is a three-time state champion, going more than two seasons without losing a match.
Hays High’s Reagan Kaiser was named to the All-Tournament team at the McPherson Soccer Invitational.
The Indians finished 1-2 after losing 1-0 to Newton in the third place game Saturday. They are now 2-2 on the season and are back on the road Tuesday at Dodge City.
By ALAN ESKEW
Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chris Sale gave up four singles in eight scoreless innings as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Sunday.
Alexei Ramirez and Tyler Flowers each drove in a pair of runs as the White Sox won the series finale after dropping the first two games.
Sale (2-0) struck out six and walked one. In his previous four starts against the Royals, the White Sox had backed him with one run, enough to beat James Shields 1-0 in the 2012 opener.
Shields (0-1) took the loss in this one, too, giving up a run on five hits, striking out six, walking none and hitting two batters in seven innings.
By GERARD WELLBROCK
The Fort Hays State football team held their second scrimmage of the spring Saturday morning at Lewis Field. Quarterback Treveon Albert threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown on the No. 1 offense first possession but responded with 70-yard scoring drive, ending in a 29-yard touchdown pass to tight end Zach Gaughan.
Listen below as coach Chris Brown talks about the scrimmage and his team’s spring camp…
The Tigers close out spring camp with their spring scrimmage next Saturday at 2pm.
By GERARD WELLBROCK
Fort Hays State came up short in their effort to win their first conference series this season, losing 16-6 to Central Oklahoma Saturday in Edmond in a game called after eight innings by run rule. The loss gives the Tigers their fourth straight series split since losing nine straight. They are now 12-20 overall and 10-18 in the MIAA. The second-place Bronchos improve t0 24-9 and 19-9 in the conference.
The Broncos hit three doubles and took advantage of a Tiger error to take a 3-0 lead in the first. Central added another run in the second before Fort Hays State scored in the third on a James Denton home run to make it a 4-1 game.
UCO would answer with three home runs and score seven unearned runs in the bottom of the inning to go up 11-1. Reliever Steven Federau gave up a three-run homer and Nathan Zimmerman a three-run and two-run blast.
The Tigers would score three in the fourth on an Austin Unrein sac fly and James Denton two-run homer to close the gap to 11-4. It would remain that way until the sixth when UCO scored three. The Tigers avoided a run-rule with two in the top of the seventh on a Kevin Czarnecki single and Unrein double.
The Bronchos plated two in the eighth to end the game an inning early.
Kevin Czarnecki went 3-for-4 while James Denton drove in three and Austin Unrein two. Joe Mapes takes the loss. The Tiger starter allowed four runs, two earned, on five hits over two innings.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez hit a go-ahead RBI double with two outs in the eighth inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 Saturday.
Alex Gordon doubled off left-hander Scott Downs (0-1) before Perez hit Maikel Cleto’s second pitch down the left-field line.
Wade Davis (1-1) let the White Sox tie it at three when gave up two runs in the eighth on two singles, a walk, a hit batter and sacrifice fly.
Greg Holland worked around a leadoff walk for his second save in two days.
Royals right fielder Norichika Aoki prevented the White Sox from taking a lead when he made a lunging catch of Alexei Ramirez line drive to end the eighth with two runners on base.
Conor Gillaspie hit an RBI single in the eighth before Paul Konerko’s sacrifice fly tied it and gave him 146 RBIs against Kansas City, the most by any opponent.
Royals left-hander Bruce Chen allowed one unearned run on six singles, walked none and struck out seven in 6 1-3 innings, but had to settle for a no-decision.
White Sox left-hander John Danks did not allow a hit until the fourth inning, when six straight Kansas City batters reached base.
Omar Infante, Eric Hosmer, Butler and Alex Gordon opened the inning with singles. Butler’s single scored Infante for the first run, while Mike Moustakas walked with the bases loaded for the other run. Butler drove in another run in the fifth with a sacrifice fly.
Moustakas’ fielding error led to an unearned White Sox run in the fifth. Adam Eaton’s groundout scored Ramirez.
NOTES: The Royals designated for assignment IF Pedro Ciriaco, who has a .277 career batting average in the majors with four clubs, and purchased the contract of RHP Aaron Brooks from Triple-A Omaha. With the addition of Brooks, the Royals have a 12-man pitching staff. Brooks, who was a starter in the minors, will go to the bullpen. . The White Sox have lost their first two away games after going an AL worst 26-55 in road games last year. . White Sox RF Avisail Garcia, in an 0-for-13 funk, was given the day off. . Aces LHP Chris Sale of the White Sox and RHP James Shields of the Royals are set to pitch Sunday. That game can be heard on KAYS (1400-AM) beginning at 12:30pm.
FHSU Sports Information
The Tigers’ softball team split its conference doubleheader with Northwest Missouri State on Saturday. Fort Hays State dropped the first game, 7-4, in Maryville, Mo., before rallying late to win in extra innings, 3-2, in Game 2.
FHSU snapped a four-game losing streak with the win, moving to 23-16 on the season and 12-8 in the MIAA. NWMSU is now 15-19 overall and 8-8 in the conference.
FHSU returns to the field next weekend, April 11-12 with road doubleheaders at Missouri Southern on Friday (April 11) and Pittsburg State on Saturday (April 12).
Game 1: NWMSU 7, FHSU 4
Fort Hays State fell behind early and couldn’t recover, dropping a 7-4 contest in Game 1 of a doubleheader with Northwest Missouri State.
Paxton Duran (13-7) took the loss, throwing 2.2 innings and giving up four runs on five hits. Katlyn Kern entered in the third, allowing two runs on four hits in 1.1 innings before Kelsey Kimminau closed out the final two innings, giving up a run on three hits with two strikeouts.
Samantha Villarreal had two home runs and three RBI in the game, finishing 3-of-3 at the plate. Bianca Adame, Danie Brinkmann and Kellsi Olsen were all 1-for-3 in the game.
NWMSU took a 2-0 lead in the first as Stephanie Mark hit a two-run shot to left field.
Leading off the second, Villarreal cut the lead in half (2-1) with a solo shot to left center – her third home run of the season. FHSU had two more reach in the inning, but were stranded in the scoring threat.
In the third, NWMSU added another two runs, taking advantage of three singles and two FHSU errors to stretch the lead to 3-1.
Villarreal answered in the fourth with her second home run of the day, lining a shot over the center field to pull the Tigers back within two, 4-2.
Mark’s 2-RBI single in the bottom of the fourth put the Bearcats up by four (6-2) before the Tigers again climbed back within striking distance in the fifth.
Olsen led off the inning with a bunt single, reaching second on Adame’s sacrifice bunt, and with two outs, Brinkman’s single up the middle plated Olsen to shrink the deficit to 6-3. Villarreal followed with her third hit of the day, a single into center field that skipped past NWSU’s Jordan Ereth, allowing Kelli Koehler (who pinch ran for Brinkmann) to score.
A solo home run from Madison Jones in the fifth gave NWMSU back a three-run lead (7-4) that the Tigers couldn’t overcome.
Game 2: FHSU 3, NWMSU 2, 8 innings
Fort Hays State rallied late to force extras, clinching the victory with an eighth inning run to defeat Northwest Missouri State, 3-2, in the doubleheader finale.
Kelsey Kimminau started the second game, tossing four innings and giving up two runs on four hits, striking out one. Jordan Jones threw into the sixth, totaling 1.1 innings with two strikeouts before Paxton Duran replaced her. Duran threw the final 2.2 innings for the win, striking out two while moving to 14-7 this season.
Bianca Adame was 2-for-4 with a run while Courtney Dobson was 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI. Kylie Strand and Callie Wright each went 1-for-3, with Wright supplying the game-tying RBI double.
NWMSU took a 2-0 lead in the third, using three hits, including Stephanie Mark’s RBI double, to score two runs.
In the sixth, Dobson took a pitch off the left field scoreboard to put FHSU back within one, down 2-1. It was Dobson’s first home run of the season.
FHSU put together late inning drama to tie the game, starting with Strand’s two out single in the seventh. Strand came all the way around on Wright’s RBI double in the next at-bat, knotting it at 2-all and forcing extra innings.
Adame led off the eighth with a single to shortstop, and while stealing second, advanced to third on an overthrow by the catcher. Dobson’s pop up to the second baseman went into the outfield, causing an off-balanced catch that allowed Adame to come home and give FHSU its first lead of the afternoon, 3-2.
After NWMSU loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth, Amanda Vaupel’s diving catch in center field sealed the victory.
The Hays High girls’ soccer team dropped their semifinal match of the McPherson Invitational 4-0 to Maize South Friday night. The Mavericks held a 1-0 lead at the half following a goal at 32:52.
They would score again at 32:13 then add two more less than a minute apart at 18:16 and 17:23 for the final margin.
Hays had six shots on goal to the Mavericks 10. Both goalies recorded six saves.
The Indians are now 2-1 on the season and will play Newton in the third-place match at 2pm Saturday. The Railers lost 2-1 to Andover Central in the other semifinal Friday.
A historic run calls for some immortality.
Eagle Community Television is offering a DVD set featuring key moments in Hays High School’s record-setting, 23-win season — a year that ended with a fourth place finish in the state tournament.
Eagle has produced three DVD sets for Indian fans to remember the 2013-14 season. The first is a $80 three-disc set that includes 5A State Tournament games, and a second, a $150 six-disc set, includes the state tourney games and games from the Dodge City Tournament of Champions.
The third set chronicles the entire 2013-14 season, minus the state tournament games, for $500.
For more information or to order a copy, call Eagle Community Television at (785) 628-0467.
FHSU Sports Inf0rmation
Fort Hays State Softball dropped a conference doubleheader on Friday (April 4) at Missouri Western, falling in Game 1, 3-0, before dropping the finale, 5-2.
FHSU drops to 22-15 on the season and 11-7 in the MIAA while Missouri Western is now 24-14 (9-7 MIAA).
Fort Hays State continues its road trip Saturday with a doubleheader at Northwest Missouri State. Game action in Maryville, Mo., is set for Noon and 2 p.m.
Game 1: Missouri Western 3, FHSU 0
Fort Hays State struggled at the plate as it dropped Game 1 of a doubleheader with Missouri Western, 3-0.
Paxton Duran took the loss, falling to 13-6 on the season after allowing three runs on eight hits, striking out seven batters.
FHSU mustered just three hits in the first game, as Bianca Adame went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases to lead the offense. Amanda Vaupel’s single in the fifth was the Tigers’ other hit on the day.
Missouri Western’s Tiffany Gillaspy hit a solo shot with two outs in the first to give the Griffons an early lead. That advantage stretched to 2-0 in the fourth as MWUS’s Katie Klosterman hit a double and later came home on Bre Fleschner’s RBI single.
The Griffons’ final run came in the fifth, as MWSU put the game away off of two hits and a walk for a run.
Down 3-0 with one out in the sixth, Adame singled through the right side before stealing second and taking third on an overthrow, but two straight strikeouts ended FHSU’s threat.
Game 2: Missouri Western 5, FHSU 2
A five-run second was too much for the Tigers to overcome as it dropped Game 2 of the doubleheader, 5-2, on Friday.
Sarah Cochran dropped to 0-2 on the year, tagged for four runs and three hits in 1.2 innings thrown. Kelsey Kimminau entered in the second, tossing the final 4.1 with a strikeout and scattering four hits for a run.
Danie Brinkmann finished 2-for-2 with a double, a run and a walk for the game, while Jenna Lang was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Amanda Vaupel had an RBI double as well.
MWSU’s offense alive came in the second, racking up five runs on four hits to chase Cochran from the game and take the lead for good.
With one out in the sixth, Brinkmann and Vaupel hit back-to-back doubles to get on the scoreboard, down 5-1. Brinkmann’s double to left center was followed by Vaupel’s RBI double into left, scoring Brinkmann. Later in the inning with two outs, Lang’s double to center field plated Vaupel, cutting the deficit to three (5-2).
FHSU Sports Information
Fort Hays State baseball split a pair of games decided by one run on Saturday at Central Oklahoma, dropping game one 2-1 before winning game two 5-4. Fort Hays State moved to 12-19 overall and 10-17 in the MIAA with the split, while UCO moved to 23-9 overall, 18-9 in the MIAA.
Game 1: Central Oklahoma 2, Fort Hays State 1
Following a slugfest on Thursday afternoon that saw the Tigers and Bronchos combine for 40 runs, the teams locked up in a pitcher’s duel in the first game on Friday, pitting Ricky Reeves of UCO against Tyler Patty of FHSU.
The Bronchos took the lead in the second inning with a fielder’s choice RBI from Wacey Henderson. The Bronchos collected three hits through the first three innings, but Patty held them hitless in the fourth and fifth, keeping the game at 1-0 in favor of UCO through five innings.
Reeves of UCO had a no-hitter going through 5.2 innings, but FHSU made UCO pay for an error at the start of the sixth as Gus Strunk broke up the no-no with a two-out RBI double to tie the game 1-1.
Patty looked as though he’d get the Tigers to the seventh still knotted at 1-1 by getting the first two batters of the sixth out, but UCO rallied with a walk and then a pair of singles to make it 2-1. Brad Lamberti had the go-ahead RBI single for the Bronchos.
Horace Johnson led off the seventh with a single and moved up to second on a sacrifice bunt by Kevin Czarnecki but the Tigers could not get the tying run across falling by a run.
In his 6.0 innings of work, Patty allowed two runs on five hits, walked three, and struck out two. Reeves went 6.1 innings, allowing one unearned run on two hits and struck out five. Phillip Wilson got the final two outs of the game for UCO to pick up the save.
Game 2: Fort Hays State 5, Central Oklahoma 4
Fort Hays State starting pitcher Austin Unrein had a great outing in the second game to help the Tigers gain a split with Bronchos in Friday’s doubleheader. After allowing one run in the first inning, Unrein settled in to hold UCO scoreless for five consecutive innings.
The Tiger offense took advantage of an error that would have ended the top of the second inning, but it resulted in a run scoring to tie the game. Clayton Garland then made the error hurt by driving a single back up the middle to score two more runs and make it 3-1 in favor of FHSU.
With Unrein keeping the Bronchos off the board, the Tigers tacked on two more in the top of the seventh. Cooper Langley had a double, then Gabe Cook followed that with an RBI triple and James Denton knocked him in with a sacrifice fly to make it 5-1 Tigers with just a half inning to go in the game.
Like they did on Thursday, the Bronchos did not go away without a fight. Unrein walked the first batter in the seventh, which ended his day on the mound. Gabe Cook came in looking to shut the door. Cook got the first batter he faced looking at strike three, but then he gave up a double and then a single, making it 5-2. A walk loaded the bases, then a groundout pushed another run across making it 5-3 with runners at second and third. A wild pitch allowed another run to come in and the Tigers were clinging to a 5-4 lead. On a 3-2 count, Cook got the batter to line out to first base and end the game.
Unrein improved to 3-1 on the season with the win. He allowed two runs on seven hits and two walks, while striking out one. Cook allowed two runs on two hits and a walk with one strikeout.
Mason Justice took the loss for UCO, going 3.0 innings. All three of his runs allowed in the second were unearned. He allowed five hits and three walks, but struck out six. Tanner Ferrell gave up the final two runs to the Tigers in the seventh.
The Tigers look to take three out of four games in the series on Saturday (Apr. 5) when the teams meet at 12 pm.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Gordon got the big hit and Norichika Aoki and Omar Infante spent all day setting the table.
Gordon hit a three-run double in the first inning and Jeremy Guthrie pitched effectively into the sixth inning as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 7-5 in their home opener Friday.
Aoki and Infante were acquired in the offseason to get on base at the top of the order. They each had three hits, and Aoki worked a walk, too.
“That’s why we made those additions, guys who can get on base and put the ball in play,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “Nori and Omar were on base seven times, which was big. That set the table for Gordy’s big double. It was a good offensive day for us.”
Guthrie allowed four runs on seven hits, four walks and a hit batter in 5 2-3 innings.
“It was just windy,” Guthrie said. “It was never really cold. The grip is not perfect in conditions like that, but … we’re fortunate enough that we’re moving around every play, so we stay pretty warm.”
Lorenzo Cain drove in two runs with a two-out fifth inning single that put Kansas City ahead 7-2.
The Royals jumped on White Sox rookie right-hander Erik Johnson for six hits and four runs in the first two innings. Johnson retired only 14 of the 28 batters he faced, yielding seven runs on 10 hits, three walks and a hit batter to take the loss.
“The biggest thing is that I’ve got to compete better for my team,” Johnson said. “We were right there. We put five runs on the board after I put them in a hole. You’ve got to give credit to our offense for never giving up.”
Jose Abreu and Conor Gillaspie hit sacrifice flies against Guthrie, and Adam Eaton hit a two-run single off reliever Kelvin Herrera in the sixth, but both runs were charged to Guthrie.
Tyler Flowers, who went 4-for-4 Thursday against Minnesota, had hits in his first three at-bats, but the streak ended in the eighth when Aoki dropped his fly ball to right.
“I thought we came up with a couple of big hits,” Flowers said. “But Guthrie made some good pitches in situations that could have escalated into bigger innings. We had him on the ropes a couple of times, but missed a couple of hits here or there. We were probably a couple of hits away.”
The Royals, who had not made a challenge in spring training or in the first two games against the Tigers, asked the umpires to review a call in the seventh when Abreu was called safe at first on a throwing error by third baseman Mike Moustakas that pulled Eric Hosmer’s foot off the bag. After a two minute, 49 second delay, the call was upheld.
“I figured it was a good time to take a shot at it,” Yost said. “I thought it would be a 50-50 chance.”
Greg Holland pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his first save after setting a Royals’ record with 47 saves last season.
Notes: RHP Nate Jones was put on the disabled list by the White Sox with a muscle strain in his left hip. RHP Jake Petricka was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte. Jones had allowed four runs without retiring a batter in his first two appearances. Petricka pitched 2 1-3 scoreless innings after Johnson was pulled in the fifth. . LHP Bruce Chen, who is 7-2 against the White Sox since the start of the 2011 season, starts Saturday. LHP John Danks will make his first White Sox start.
Hays High’s Ana Goodlett finished second in the 100 backstroke and third in the 200 IM to lead the Indians girls’ swim team at the Great Bend Invitational Thursday.
The Indians 400 free relay finished second and the 200 free relay finished third.
Click on link below for the Indians results…
