Kansas City, Mo. – Two undefeated teams remain after some games came down to the wire in week nine of MIAA football.

Central Missouri 56, Nebraska-Kearney 0 
Central Missouri held Nebraska-Kearney to just 223 yards of total offense as they picked up a win on the road. UCM managed 561 yards of total offense as they moved to 5-4 on the season.

For the Mules Hayden Hawk was 23 of 26 for 328 yards and four touchdowns. Ronrei Lloyd caught 12 passes for 188 yards and a touchdown while Anthony Kirkwood added eight catches for 91 yards and two scores. On defense Ricky Spratley and Alex Perlin each finished with six total stops. For the Lopers Romero Cotton carried the ball 15 times for 63 yards. Through the air Bronson Marsh was 8 of 15 for 99 yards. Defensively Tyke Kozeal led all players with 17 tackles while Kellen Werner had 13 stops.

#14 Emporia State 35, #12 Missouri Western 30 
#14 Emporia State had six turnovers including one with less than 20 seconds to pick up a win on the road at #12 Missouri Western. MWSU outgained ESU by more than 100 yards, but could not overcome the turnovers as ESU remained unbeaten.

For the Hornets Brent Wilson was 19 of 32 for 159 yards and three touchdowns. Antonio Brown rushed for 109 yards as Dozie Iwuagwa scored two rushing touchdowns and Kavaski Ervin caught two touchdown scores. Tariq Allen and Josh Monteagudo each had 12 tackles and pulled down an interception. For the Griffons Travis Partridge threw for 298 yards and two touchdowns adding 130 yards on the ground and a score. Stephon Weaver caught 10 passes for 163 yards and a touchdown. On defense John Oglesby had 11 tackles and Michael Jordan and Jorge Belcher each picked off a pass.

#7 Pittsburg State 70, Northwestern Oklahoma State 0 
#7 Pittsburg State held serve at home holding Northwestern Oklahoma State to just 128 yards of total offense. PSU managed 634 yards of total offense as they moved to 8-1 on the year.

For the Gorillas Anthony Abenoja was 10 of 12 for 256 yards and four touchdowns. Jeff Seybold rushed for 125 yards and three touchdowns and John Brown caught four passes for 132 yards with two scores. Defensively Tyler Disney led the way with six tackles and Aries Herrion and Dylan Case each picked off a pass.

Fort Hays State 63, South Dakota Mines 17 
Fort Hays State forced three turnovers as they picked up a win at home over South Dakota Mines. For the Tigers it was their fifth straight win pushing them to 5-4 on the season.

For FHSU Treveon Albert was 11 of 20 for 247 yards and two touchdowns and Edin Kovac also added two TD passes. Albert also added a rushing score as Andre Smith scored twice on the ground and Keaton Callins caught two touchdown passes. On defense Michael Jordan had 10 total tackles to lead the team as well as picking off a pass.

Northeastern State 31, Southwest Baptist 3
Northeastern State racked up 305 yards on the ground as they picked up a win at home over Southwest Baptist. NSU allowed only a field goal to SBU as they picked up their first win of the season.

For the RiverHawks Steven Hopper carried the ball 25 times for 228 yards and three touchdowns. Terrance Dixon added 79 yards rushing and a score. On defense Langston Jones pulled down 16 tackles and Darrain Winston picked off a pass. For the Bearcats Joey Dominguez was 18 of 36 for 166 yards. Derwyn Lauderdale caught 12 passes for 115 yards in the game. Zach Moore led the way on defense for SBU with nine total stops.

Central Oklahoma 49, Lincoln 42 
Central Oklahoma racked up 475 yards of offense as they won a shootout at home over Lincoln. LU added 447 yards of offense to the game as UCO picked up their first win of the year.

Joshua Birmingham carried the ball 29 times for 130 yards and four touchdowns. Adrian Nelson threw for 104 yards and one touchdown which was caught by Connor Pulley and Marquez Clark added a special teams touchdown and had 165 yards receiving.  On defense Kenny Allen has 14 stops and Thomas Hill made 10 tackles. For the Blue Tigers Jacob Morris was 17 of 31 for 200 yards and three touchdowns. He also added 110 yards rushing with one score while Morris Henderson added 181 yards rushing with one touchdown. On defense Markuice Savage had nine tackles while Kendrick Causey and Timmy Dunn added eight stops each.

#2 Northwest Missouri 52, #8 Washburn 21 
#2 Northwest Missouri jumped out to a 28-0 lead and held on to win at home over #8 Washburn. NWMSU racked up 481 yards of total offense and forced six turnovers to remain unbeaten on the year.

For the Bearcats Trevor Adams was 23 of 27 for 306 yards and three touchdowns. Billy Creason had 77 yards on the ground with one score and Brady Bolles rushed for two touchdowns. DJ Gnader led the defense with seven tackles and Bryce Enyard picked off two passes. For the Ichabods Mitch Buhler was 16 of 35 for 194 yards and two touchdowns. Dajuan Beard caught seven passes for 89 yards and Tore’ Hurst and Connor Crimmins pulled in two touchdown grabs. On defense Bryce Atagi led the way with nine total tackles and Cameron Jackson added one and a half sacks.

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The Fort Hays State Tigers gained 537 yards of offense and set a school record for points as they win their fifth-straight, 63-17 over South Dakota Mines Saturday afternoon at Lewis Field. The win improves FHSU to 5-4 overall while the Hardrockers fall to 5-4.

Chris Brown Postgame Interview

The Tigers scored their first touchdown on Keaton Callins’ 60-yard punt returns for a touchdown to give the Tigers their first score. DeAndre James 81-yard kickoff return set up Andre Smith’s 11-yard TD run to push the Tigers lead to 14-3 with 3:41 to play in the first quarter.

Ed Willams hauled in a 79-yard TD pass from Treveon Albert with 1:06 to play in the first quarter to push the lead to 21-3. Albert added a 27-yard touchdown run late in the second to give FHSU a 28-10 halftime lead

Treveon Albert / Michael Jordon Postgame Interview

The Tigers opened the third quarter with a seven-play, 58-yard touchdown capped by Andre Smith’s second touchdown run of the game from two yards out. The Hardrockers answered with a 10-play, 75-yard drive  to cut the gap to 35-17.

Game Highlights

The Tigers would score the games final 28 points on a Callins 20-yard catch, a Kenneth Iheme 38-yard run, Zach Gaugham 10-yard catch and Evan Jennings 34-yard catch.

Albert completed 11-of-20 passes for 247 yards and two touchdowns. Callins led the Tigers with six receptions for 109 yards and a score. Edward Smith led the Tigers ground game with 72 yards.

Micheal Jordan led the Tigers defense with 10 tackles and one of their three interceptions. Michael Terry and Zach Nash had the other two.

The Fort Hays State University men’s basketball team earned national recognition Friday by receiving votes in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II Top 25 men’s basketball poll.

The Tigers received 12 votes in the preseason version of poll, and is one of two MIAA teams to represent the conference in the poll, joining Northeastern State.  NSU was voted 17th with 166 points.

Metropolitan State of the RMAC topped the poll with 10 first-place votes and 393 overall voting points, followed by Seattle Pacific, West Liberty, Bellarmine and Minnesota State to round out the top five.

FHSU opened its season last Wednesday in a 94-68 exhibition victory over Bethel.  The Tigers travel to Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan., next Tuesday, Nov. 5 to take on Kansas University in an exhibition at 7 p.m.

Regular season play for the Tigers begins Nov. 9-10 at the Southwest Minnesota State Tournament in Marshall, Minn.  FHSU will take on the Mustangs on Saturday (Nov. 9) at 5 p.m., and Upper Iowa on Sunday (Nov. 10) at 2 p.m.

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Below is the complete NABC Division II Top 25 poll…

NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Nov. 1, 2013 – Pre-season poll) Rank       Team (first-place votes)                     Record                   Points                     Pvs 1              Metropolitan State (10)                       32-3                        393                         3 2              Seattle Pacific (2)                                 27-4                        379                         2 3              West Liberty (2)                                    34-2                        355                         1 4              Bellarmine (1)                                      24-8                        335                         14 5              Minnesota State                                   28-5                        318                         6 6              South Carolina Aiken (1)                   25-8                        288                         20 7              Cal Poly Pomona                                28-3                        282                         5 8              Drury                                                      31-4                        262                         7 9              Florida Southern                                  27-6                        227                         8 10           Western Washington                          31-3                        216                         4 11           Findlay                                                   22-8                        211                         22 12           Kentucky Wesleyan                            20-8                        202                         NR 13           Midwestern State                                 22-9                        197                         NR 14           Indiana (Pa.)                                         26-6                        185                         10 15           Lincoln Memorial                                25-6                        172                         13 16           Saint Anselm                                        23-6                        169                         11 17           Northeastern State                              19-9                        166                         NR 18           Southern Indiana                                 23-8                        112                         15 19           Alabama-Huntsville                            25-6                        85                           9 20           Winona State                                        27-8                        80                           NR 21           Winston-Salem State                          21-7                        69                           16 22           Carson-Newman                                 20-8                        61                           NR 23           North Alabama                                    19-9                        57                           NR 24           Livingstone                                           22-7                        41                           NR 25           Harding                                                 22-10                     38                           NR Others receiving votes: Christian Brothers 30, Philadelphia 30, Fort Lewis 27, Augustana (S.D.) 25, Cal State-San Bernardino 20, Montevallo 20, Tarleton State 20, Bowie State 18, Alaska-Anchorage 16, Franklin Pierce 16, Benedict 15, Dixie State 13, Fort Hays State 12, Arkansas Tech 8, Alderson-Broaddus 7, Anderson 5, New Haven 5, East Stroudsburg 4, Florida Tech 4, Stillman 3, Bridgeport 1, St. Cloud State 1. Records are from 2012-13 season.  Previous ranking was final ranking from 2012-13 season.