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Tigers Roll in Exhibition Opener

Posted on October 30, 2013October 30, 2013

Fort Hays State went on a 23-0 first half run to take control and beat the Bethel Threshers 94-68 in their exhibition opener Wednesday night at Gross Coliseum.

Coach Johnson Post Game Interview 10-30

The Tigers led by as many as 38 in the first half before settling for a 55-22 lead at the break. The Tigers pushed the lead to 44 in the second half before the Threshers went on a 27-10 to close the gap late.

Fleming Post Game Interview 10-30

Fort Scott Community College transfer James Fleming hit 6-of-7 three-point attempts and was 8-for-10 from the floor and led the Tigers with 22 points. Jared Tadlock, a transfer from Miami (Ohio) University went 4-for-4 from beyond the arc and added 19 points. Dwayne Brunson scored 11 and Tomislav Gabric added 10. Achoki Moikobu dished out 10 assists with Craig Nicholson adding seven.

Tiger Highlights 10-30

FHSU shot 52-percent from the floor including 14-of-27 from 3-point range. They did struggle from the foul line where they were just 12-of-20.

The Tigers close out their exhibition schedule Tuesday at No. 6 Kansas.

Chiefs make roster moves

Posted on October 30, 2013October 30, 2013

The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Wednesday that the club has elevated offensive lineman Rokevious Watkins to the active 53-man roster and waived tight end Kevin Brock. Additionally, the team has signed tight end Dominique Jones to the club’s practice squad roster.

Watkins (6-3, 338) has served on the Chiefs practice squad since Sept. 1, 2013. He played in one contest his rookie season in 2012 with the St. Louis Rams. He originally entered the NFL as a fifth-round selection (150th overall) of the Rams in the 2012 NFL Draft. Watkins played collegiately at South Carolina where he was an All-SEC selection. The Fairburn, Ga., native prepped at Creekside High School, the same high school as Chiefs Pro Bowl safety Eric Berry.

Jones (6-3, 270) has played in 10 games (three starts) in two NFL seasons with the Indianapolis Colts (2012-13). He owns three receptions for 42 yards (14.0 avg.). He originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Colts on April 30, 2012. Jones spent the majority of his time with Indianapolis on the club’s practice squad roster and served a brief stint on Miami’s practice squad in 2012 as well. He played collegiately at Shepherd University where he totaled 34 receptions for 403 yards and nine touchdowns his senior season. The San Diego, Calif., native prepped at Horizon Christian Academy.

Brock (6-5, 260) has seen action in six contests in four NFL seasons. He owns five career catches for 63 yards (12.6 avg.). In four games with the Chiefs, Brock tallied three receptions for 36 yards (12.0 avg.). He originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Carolina Panthers in 2009. He first joined the Chiefs on Feb. 12, 2013 after stints in Buffalo (2011-12), Oakland (2010-11), Dallas (2010), Chicago (2009-10), Pittsburgh (2009) and with the New York Jets (2009). The Hackensack, N.J., native, played tight end at Rutgers and prepped at Hackensack High School.

— Chiefs Media Relations —

FHSU Wrestling Picked 3rd in MIAA Preseason Poll

Posted on October 30, 2013

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Defending National Champion Nebraska-Kearney will sit atop the MIAA preseason wrestling poll entering the 2013-14 season. Nebraska-Kearney will be looking to defend their MIAA Tournament Championship while regular season dual champion Central Oklahoma is picked to finish second just three points behind the Lopers.

Nebraska-Kearney had two national champions and seven total All-American while Central Oklahoma had one individual national champion and six total All-Americans. Nebraska-Kearney went 8-2 overall in duals in 2012-13 and finished 4-1 in league duals while the Bronchos where 11-0 in duals and went a perfect 5-0 in league meetings.

Fort Hays State, who finished fourth at last year at the MIAA Championships, is picked to finish third in this season’s preseason poll. The Tigers went 8-7 in duals last season and finished 2-3 overall in league play.

Lindenwood is picked to finish fourth in the league this season just one point behind the Tigers of Fort Hays State. They went 2-7 in duals last year and were 1-4 against MIAA squads.

Central Missouri is picked to finish fifth by the coaches after going 6-6 overall in duals and finishing 2-3 against league opponents. Truman, who had an All-American at the 2012-13 National Championships is picked to finish fourth. The Bulldogs were 6-6 overall in duals and went 1-4 in league play.

Newman, the league newcomer, is picked to finish seventh after going 3-9 last season in duals. The Jets went 1-1 in matches against teams that are currently in the MIAA in duals last season.

The majority of the MIAA teams will take to the mat on either Nov. 2-3 or Nov. 9-10 with most taking part in early season tournaments. The league matches are slated to fire up at the first of the new year.

2013-14 MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Nebraska-Kearney (5) 35
2. Central Oklahoma (2) 32
3. Fort Hays State 23
4. Lindenwood 22
5. Central Missouri 14
6. Truman State 11
7. Newman 10

— MIAA Media Relations —

(AUDIO) Weekly FHSU Football Press Conference

Posted on October 30, 2013

Three Royals make history

Posted on October 30, 2013October 30, 2013

The Kansas City Royals made history on Tuesday night. For the first time, three Royals players took home American League Rawlings Gold Glove awards.

Left fielder Alex Gordon, first baseman Eric Hosmer and catcher Salvador Perez were honored as the best defenseman at their respective positions.

It is the first time since 1989 that Kansas City has had multiple players win a Gold Glove in the same season.

Gordon became the first Royal to win three-straight Gold Glove awards since second baseman Frank White won six straight from 1977-82.

Gordon joins Amos Otis (1971, 1973-74) as the only Royals outfielder to win three awards.

“I’ve got a trophy case back in Lincoln, so this one won’t be the chip-and-dip tray,” Gordon said. “This one will actually go up in the trophy case. It means a lot. The first one was pretty special, just because it’s the first one, but to be able to share it with two teammates makes this one the best one of all.”

Gordon tied for the Major-League lead with 17 outfield assists, after finishing second in 2012 and first in 2011.

His 54 assists since the start of 2011 are the most in baseball — 16 more than Detroit’s Torii Hunter. Gordon led AL left fielders in games played (160), innings (1,3641/3), total chances (341) and putouts (323), while committing just one error for a .997 fielding percentage.

Hosmer became the first Royals first baseman to be honored with a Gold Glove, and was the first Royals infielder to be honored since Mark Grudzielanek (2B) in 2006.

A finalist for a Gold Glove in 2012, Hosmer earned the award after leading AL first baseman in games played (158) and assists (122). He also finished second in innings (1,3721/3), total chances (1,335) and putouts (1,205). His .994 fielding percentage ranked fourth among the league’s first basemen with at least 1,200 chances.

Perez is just the second Royals’ catcher to be honored with a Gold Glove, joining Bob Boone in 1989.

Named an All-Star for the first time in his career, Perez led AL catchers in assists with 71, which was a team record. He also threw out 23 runners. His 35.2 caught stealing percentage ranked second among qualifying catchers. Perez also ranked second among AL backstops in games (137), innings (11151/3), total chances (1,008), putouts (930).

He was also charged with just three passed balls, the fewest among AL catchers with at least 100 games behind the plate.

The Royals now have 23 Gold Gloves honorees in franchise history.

— Associated Press —

HHS Advances, TMP-Marian Eliminated from State Soccer Playoffs

Posted on October 30, 2013

The Hays High boys soccer team advances in the 5A state playoffs following a 1-0 victory over Newton Tuesday night. The Indians improve to 7-10 on the season and will face Salina South Thursday at 6pm in Salina. The Cougars (12-4-1) defeated Great Bend 4-2 Tuesday.
The TMP-Marian Monarchs were eliminated from the 4-3-2-1A playoffs, losing 4-0 at No. 2 seed Wichita Independent. The Monarchs end their season 4-14.

FHSU Volleyball Falls To No. 7 Nebraska-Kearney

Posted on October 30, 2013October 30, 2013

The Fort Hays State volleyball hadn’t won a set over rival Nebraska-Kearney since 2005. They ended that streak on Tuesday night but the Lopers continued their dominance over the Tigers defeating them for the 16th straight match 3-1 at Gross Coliseum, snapping the Tigers six-match win streak. FHSU fals to 12-13 overall and 3-8 in the MIAA while the seventh-ranked Lopers improve to 22-3 and 8-2 in the conference.

Kurt Kohler Postgame Interview

Taylor Mares hit .296 in the match and led the Tigers with 13 kills. Libby Ary recorded a team-high 14 assists while Makenzie Weinman had 18 digs and Jenna Ulrich six block assists.

UNK scored the first three points of the opening set and won it 25-13. The Tigers rallied from a 16-11 deficit in the second with a 7-1 run and win the set 25-22. They raced out to a 5-1 lead in the third but the Lopers used a 12-3 run late to take control and win 25-18. UNK dominated the fourth 25-11.

The Tiger hit .057 for the match compared to UNK’s .264.

Fort Hays State hits the road this weekend for MIAA matches at Central Oklahoma and Pittsburg State. The Tigers take on UCO at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, and PSU on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m.

Kansas Rolls in Exhibition Opener

Posted on October 30, 2013

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Top prospect Andrew Wiggins scored 16 points in his Allen Fieldhouse debut, leading Kansas to a 97-57 rout of Pittsburg State in its exhibition opener Tuesday night.

Wiggins, who many believe will be the No. 1 pick in next year’s NBA draft, got off to an inauspicious start for the Jayhawks when he traveled the first time he touched the ball. Wiggins appeared jittery playing in front of a raucous crowd and struggled to get into rhythm.

Then again, new rules against hand-checking led to a plethora of fouls, and nobody got into much of a rhythm. The teams combined for 50 fouls and 61 free throws.

Wiggins wasn’t without highlights. He made a strong move along the baseline to score his first basket of the game, and then caught an alley-oop pass from Jamari Traylor and slammed it down over the Gorillas’ Trevor Gregory as the crowd roared.

Wiggins returned the favor later in the game, throwing up a pass that 7-footer Joel Embiid – another of the Jayhawks’ talented freshmen – threw down over a defender.

Perry Ellis had 16 points and eight rebounds, Andrew White III added 12 points and freshman Brannen Greene finished with 10 for the Jayhawks, who were chosen as co-favorites with Oklahoma State to win the Big 12 for an unprecedented 10th straight season.

Devon Branch had 25 points for Pittsburg State and Alex Williams added 15.

The Gorillas, a strong Division II program, hung around most of the first half. Josiah Gustafson’s 3-pointer just past the midway point got them within 21-20, and at one point Kansas coach Bill Self irritatingly called a timeout to lay into his defense.

Whatever he said in the huddle must have worked.

The Jayhawks went on a 12-2 run over the next few minutes, seizing control of the game. The production came from just about everyone in their young but talented lineup, including Wiggins, who started it with a basket and ended it with his rim-rattling dunk.

Kansas led 50-32 at halftime, and stretched the lead to 60-36 in the opening minutes of the second half, allowing Self to start tinkering with lineups the rest of the way.

He won’t have much time to play around with them.

The Jayhawks play Fort Hays State in their final exhibition game next Tuesday, and then open the season against Louisiana Monroe on Nov. 8. But the patsies end in a hurry – after that, the Jayhawks face Duke as part of the Champions Classic in Chicago, and then embark on the rest of a loaded non-conference slate that includes games at Florida and against Georgetown.

All before the start of a rugged Big 12 slate.

FHSU Men’s Soccer Falters at Home

Posted on October 29, 2013

No. 18 Fort Hays State University fell, 2-1, to West Texas A&M on Tuesday afternoon in Hays, Kan.

The Tigers drop to 10-3-2 on the year while the Buffs improve to 11-3-1.

FHSU managed just six shots in the game, four of which came in the first half, including Ricardo Yeverino’s 10th goal of the season. Yeverino had three of the Tigers’ shots, while David Lucio, Diego Cabral and Perry Dicker accounted for the other half.

Fort Hays State took a 1-0 lead just 10:01 into the contest when Daniel Peralta fired a pass from midfield that found Yeverino, who gathered himself on the left half of the box after deking a defender and drilled a shot into the right side of the net.

At half, Fort Hays State led, 1-0.

In the 63rd minute, Eric Gonzalez of West Texas A&M tied the match when his shot from the upper left corner of the box went over goalie Kent Freund’s outstretched hands. Freund managed to get a fingertip on it, but the ball was already too deep in the net for a save.

The Buffs would take the lead inside the final 10 minutes of regulation. At 83:26, a cross deflected off an FHSU defender into the lap of Christopher Hutton, who was alone in front of the net. His shot went past a diving Freund for the lead.

FHSU closes out the regular season this weekend on the road. The Tigers travel to Southern Nazarene for a 7 p.m. conference matchup on Friday, Nov. 1, before a rematch with West Texas A&M on Sunday, Nov. 3. Sunday’s match is scheduled for 3 p.m.

— FHSU Sports Information —

FHSU Women’s Basketball Receiving Votes in Preseason Poll

Posted on October 29, 2013October 29, 2013

Three MIAA teams are ranked in the initial Women’s Basketball Preseason poll. Emporia State, who won the MIAA post-season tournament is the highest ranked team coming in at #5 in the nation. Central Missouri has been picked in the #8 spot in the preseason top 25. Washburn, who won the regular season crown in 2012-13, has been picked 22nd overall by the nation’s coaches. Pittsburg State, Northeastern State and Fort Hays State also received votes in the poll released today.

— MIAA Media Relations —

The Lady Tigers are coming off a 22-7 season a year ago, finishing fifth in the MIAA at 12-6. They are picked fourth in both the MIAA coaches and media preseason rankings. They open with an exhibition game at Creighton on Monday, November 4th. They open the season Wednesday, November 13th at Northwestern Oklahoma State.

Rank	Institution – First Place Votes	Last Year’s Final Rank	Last Year’s Final Record	Points
1	BentleyUniversity (Mass.) -18	7	30-2	694
2	GannonUniversity (Pa.) -2	6	31-5	678
3	ClaytonStateUniversity (Ga.) -3	5	32-1	649
4	Nova Southeastern University (Fla.)	12	23-9	535
5	Emporia State University (Kan.)	18	23-9	494
6	WesternWashingtonUniversity -1	3	29-4	477
7	StonehillCollege (Mass.)	11	24-5	468
8	University of Central Missouri	16	24-6	466
9	ConcordiaUniversity (Minn.)	24	23-7	437
10	MidwesternStateUniversity (Texas)	19	26-6	367
11	HolyFamilyUniversity (Pa.)	13	28-3	347
12	DeltaStateUniversity (Miss.)	NR	21-10	336
13	ColoradoMesaUniversity	8	31-2	332
14	AugustanaCollege (S.D.)	4	28-7	304
15	AshlandUniversity (Ohio) -7	1	37-1	280
16	DowlingCollege (N.Y.)	2	20-4	260
17	CaliforniaStateUniversity – Chico	22	23-6	216
T18	LewisUniversity (Ill.)	23	24-6	210
T18	SimonFraserUniversity (BC)	9	25-6	210
20	University of South Carolina – Aiken	NR	22-8	196
21	Michigan Technological University	NR	21-9	195
22	Washburn University (Kan.)	14	23-6	159
23	MinnesotaStateUniversity – Mankato	17	26-6	156
24	LimestoneCollege (S.C.)	10	27-4	141
25	RollinsCollege (Fla.)	NR	22-9	132

Others Receiving Votes: Glenville State College (W.Va.) 126; Shaw University (N.C.) 117; University of Indianapolis (Ind.) 109; West Liberty University (W.Va.) 67; Edinboro University (Pa.) 62; University of Findlay (Ohio) 60; Academy of Art University (Calif.) 58; Metropolitan State University of Denver (Colo.) 47; Montana State University – Billings 45; Seattle Pacific University (Wash.) 39; Arkansas Tech University 36; Lenoir-Rhyne University (N.C.) 35; California University of Pennsylvania 29; New York Institute of Technology 29; Tarleton State University (Texas) 29; Pittsburg State University (Kan.) 28; University of California – San Diego 28; Newberry College (S.C.) 24; Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 22; Ferris State University (Mich.) 22; University of District of Columbia (DC) 18; University of Southern Indiana (Ind.) 18; Assumption College (Mass.) 17; Livingstone College (N.C.) 17; University of Colorado – Colorado Springs 17; Winston-Salem State University (N.C.) 17; Northeastern State University (Okla.) 16; Saint Mary’s University (Texas) 15; Fayetteville State University (N.C.) 13; Saint Cloud State University (Minn.) 12; Southwestern Oklahoma State University 12; University of Tampa (Fla.) 11; West Texas A&M University 11; Colorado School of Mines 10; Quincy University (Ill.) 10; Bellarmine University (Ky.) 9; Wayne State College (Neb.) 9; Wayne State University (Mich.) 9; Drury University (Mo.) 8; Fort Lewis College (Colo.) 8; Georgia Regents University Augusta 7; North Georgia College & State University 7; Florida Institute of Technology 6; Franklin Pierce University (N.H.) 6; Hillsdale College (Mich.) 6; University of North Alabama 6; Tuskegee University (Ala.) 5; Wingate University (N.C.) 5; Harding University (Ark.) 4; California State University – Monterey Bay 2; CW Post Campus – LIU (N.Y.) 2; Fort Hays State University (Kan.) 2; Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2; Pace University (N.Y.) 2; Barton College (N.C.) 1; California State Polytechnic University – Pomona 1; Clark Atlanta University (Ga.) 1; Northwest Nazarene University (Idaho) 1; University of Minnesota – Duluth 1.

FHSU’s Babyak Named MIAA Women’s Soccer Defensive Athlete of the Week

Posted on October 29, 2013

Jamie Babyak of the Fort Hays State University women’s soccer team was named the MIAA Defensive Athlete of the Week, as announced by the conference office Tuesday (Oct. 29).

Babyak, a junior defender from Austin, Texas, scored her first goal and tallied her first assist of the 2013 season in the Tiger’s 3-1 win over MIAA opponent Lindenwood last Friday evening (Oct. 25). She played the entire 90 minutes of the match.

Babyak’s free kick from 50 yards out found the head of teammate Margaret Meier for a header goal at 66:48, and just over three minutes later, scored for herself on a 45-yard free kick just over an outstretched goalie’s arms.

The Tigers travel to Kearney, Neb., on Friday, Nov. 1 for their season finale against Nebraska-Kearney. The match is scheduled for 7 p.m.

— FHSU Sports Information —

TMP-Marian Boys Soccer Wins Postseason Opener

Posted on October 29, 2013

The TMP-Marian boys soccer team wins their postseason opener. The Monarchs blank Towanda-Circle 4-0 Monday at the TMP Field to move to 4-13. They will now play No. 2 seed Wichita Independent Tuesday evening at six in Wichita. Independent is 12-4 on the season.

Hays High opens their postseason as the No. 12 seed in the 5A Central/South Central Regional and plays Newton Tuesday at seven at Bethel College. The Indians are 6-10 and the Railers 9-4-3.

(AUDIO) Tiger Talk

Posted on October 28, 2013October 29, 2013