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Latest KVA Rankings Released

Posted on October 23, 2013

The Kansas Volleyball Association is pleased to announce the
2013 Week 7 Volleyball Rankings sponsored by PrepVolleyball.com.

Rank – School – Record – Last Week’s Rank

Class 6A
1. Stilwell-Blue Valley 26-8 (1)
2. Blue Valley West 22-10 (2)
3. Blue Valley Northwest 28-8 (3)
4. Olathe East 31-5 (4)
5. Olathe Northwest 29-7 (5)
6. Olathe South 20-12 (6)
7. Manhattan 24-11 (7)
8. Derby 22-15 (8)
9. Wichita East 26-10 (9)
10. Garden City 23-11 (NR)

Class 5A
1. St. James Academy 37-0 (1)
2. St. Thomas Aquinas 30-6 (3)
3. Mill Valley 28-5 (4)
4. Kapaun Mt. Carmel 31-4 (2)
5. Shawnee Heights 26-9 (6)
6. Topeka-Seaman 30-9 (5)
7. Andover 30-5 (8)
8. Valley Center 30-5 (7)
9. Bishop Carroll 25-10 (10)
10. Great Bend 27-9 (9)

Class 4A – Division 1
1. McPherson 34-2 (1)
2. Bishop Miege 27-10 (2)
3. Topeka-Hayden 30-8 (3)
4. Chanute 36-1 (4)
5. Louisburg 34-2 (5)
6. Rose Hill 27-8 (6)
7. Baldwin 30-6 (7)
8. Wamego 25-6 (8)
9. Abilene 30-8 (9)
10. Andover Central 21-13 (NR)

Class 4A – Division 2
1. Santa Fe Trail 33-4 (2)
2. Burlington 32-2 (1)
3. Wichita-Trinity Academy 31-4 (5)
4. Clearwater 27-6 (3)
5. Goodland 27-7 (6)
6. Pratt 24-7 (4)
7. Frontenac 28-8 (8)
8. Perry-Lecompton 23-13 (NR)
9. Clay Center 21-14 (7)
10. Holton 21-14 (NR)

Class 3A
1. Silver Lake 28-6 (1)
2. Hesston 28-6 (2)
3. Cheney 27-7 (3)
4. Southeast of Saline 30-4 (4)
5. Garden Plain 29-7 (5)
6. Marysville 28-12 (NR)
7. Phillipsburg 28-8 (6)
8. Alma-Wabaunsee 30-5 (7)
9. Hoisington 27-7 (8)
10. Wellsville 27-8 (NR)

Class 2A
1. Hillsboro 33-1 (1)
2. Smith Center 33-4 (2)
3. Jefferson County North 29-8 (3)
4. Washington County 27-7 (4)
5. Ellinwood 33-2 (5)
6. Olpe 26-5 (6)
7. Ell-Saline 21-8 (7)
8. Mission Valley 29-7 (NR)
9. Bucklin/Ashland 26-5 (10)
10. Greensburg-Kiowa County 24-7 (9)

Class 1A – Division 1
1. Centralia 29-5 (1)
2. Caldwell 31-3 (2)
3. Hoxie 32-3 (4)
4. Spearville 25-5 (3)
5. Goessel 29-8 (6)
6. Waverly 27-8 (5)
7. Lebo 22-11 (7)
8. St. Paul 17-13 (8)
9. Lost Springs-Centre 25-9 (9)
10. Linn 21-12 (NR)

Class 1A – Division 2
1. Baileyville B&B 32-3 (1)
2. Argonia 30-3 (2)
3. Sharon Springs-Wallace County 31-4 (3)
4. Wheatland-Grinnell 23-12 (6)
5. Rexford-Golden Plains 27-8 (7)
6. Weskan 25-10 (5)
7. Almena-Northern Valley 23-8 (4)
8. Beloit-St. John’s/Tipton 25-8 (8)
9. Logan 21-12 (9)
10. Tescott 20-12 (NR)

Sub-State Volleyball Brackets

Posted on October 23, 2013October 24, 2013

The sub-state volleyball brackets were released Wednesday morning for the tournaments on Saturday, October 26^th.

At the 5A Liberal sub-state the Hays High Indians are the No. 5 seed at 12-22 and they take on the No. 4 seed and host Liberal, who is 21-16 on the season. The first match gets underway at 2:00 p.m. and the Indians play the second match on the west court.

5A Liberal Sub-State bracket

The TMP-Marian Monarchs travel to Cimarron on Saturday and they will be the No. 8 seed with a record of 6-26. The Monarchs open the tournament with No. 1 seed Hoisington on the north court at 2:00 p.m.

3A Cimarron Sub-State bracket

At the 2A Hill City site Smith Center is 33-4 and the No. 1 seed and they open with Hill City, the No. 8 seed at 6-22. Ellis is the No. 3 seed at 23-12 and they take on Trego Community, the No. 6 seed at 13-21 in the first round. Plainville is the No. 4 seed with a record of 15-17 and they take on No. 5 Ness City at 13-16. Rawlins County is the No. 2 seed and they take on No. 7 seed Decatur Community. The first match gets underway at 1:00 p.m.

2A Hill City Sub-State bracket

Victoria is the No. 1 seed at the Lincoln 1A Division 1 sub-state. The have an opening round bye and will take on the will over the No. 4 versus No. 5 match-up between Macksville and Fairfield. Host Lincoln is the No. 2 seed and they also have a first round bye and will take on No. 3 seed La Crosse, who also gets a first round bye, in the second round.

1A-DI Lincoln Sub-State bracket

1A-DI Hoxie Sub-State bracket

1A-DII Natoma Sub-State bracket

1A-DII Ransom-Western Plains bracket

FHSU Men’s Basketball Picked First in MIAA Preseason Polls

Posted on October 23, 2013

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State, who sat tied atop the standings last season, enters the season as the coaches pick to win the league and also the league’s top pick in the media poll. In the coaches poll FHSU sits atop the league despite receiving one less first place vote than NWMSU who sits just four points behind them. Five different teams grabbed at least one first place vote in the 2013-14 coaches poll with six drawing first place nods in the media poll.

Northwest Missouri, who played in the MIAA Tournament Championship game, got nine first place votes and sits second in the media poll. Central Missouri, who also tied for first place in 2012-13, is is just two points ahead of Northeastern State, who received a first place vote, in the coaches poll. The two teams are divided by just five points in the media poll as each received first place votes. Central Oklahoma received a first place vote and sits fifth in the coaches poll while Washburn got a first place vote in the media and were picked fifth. Missouri Southern also tallied a first place vote and is sixth in the coaches poll with UCO being picked sixth by the media. Washburn is seventh in the coaches poll, while Pittsburg State was picked seventh by the media and eighth by the coaches.

In the media poll Lindenwood is eighth by just one point over Missouri Southern who received a first place vote. Emporia State is ninth in the coaches poll just two points ahead of a Lindenwood and sit 10th in the media poll. In the coaches poll Missouri Western is ahead of Southwest Baptist for 11th and 12th place. In the media poll the teams flip-flop as the Bearcats hold the 11 spot by just one points. In both polls Nebraska-Kearney has been picked 13th with Lincoln slated to finish in 14th place.

The MIAA slate of game is scheduled to get underway for many teams around the league on December 5, 2013.

2013-14 MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Fort Hays State (5)           153
2. Northwest Missouri (6)     149
3. Central Missouri               129
4. Northeastern State (1)     127
5. Central Oklahoma (1)       113
6. Missouri Southern (1)       104
7. Washburn                         101
8. Pittsburg State         93
9. Emporia State            83
10. Lindenwood                     81
11. Missouri Western             54
12. Southwest Baptist            46
13. Nebraska-Kearney           26
14. Lincoln                             15

2013-14 MIAA Preseason Media Poll
1. Fort Hays State (13)         353
2. Northwest Missouri (9)     330
3. Central Missouri (2)          301
4. Northeastern State (1)     296
5. Washburn (1)           265
6. Central Oklahoma            234
7. Pittsburg State                 204
8. Lindenwood                    195
9. Missouri Southern (1)     194
10. Emporia State               164
11. Southwest Baptist         103
12. Missouri Western          102
13. Nebraska-Kearney          64
14. Lincoln                             30

— MIAA Media Relations —

(AUDIO) FHSU Weekly Football Press Conference

Posted on October 23, 2013

FHSU Women’s Golf 12th at MIAA Fall Preview

Posted on October 23, 2013

The Fort Hays State women’s golf team finished 12th at the MIAA Fall Preview Tournament held at Whitmoor Country Club in St. Charles, Mo., October 21-22. The Tigers were eighth out of the nine MIAA teams competing at the designated fall event for the conference in women’s golf.

Megan DeWerff led the way for FHSU with rounds of 83 and 86, tying for 31st with a total of 169. Samantha Hobson shot rounds of 94 and 83 for a total of 177, tying for 50th. Natalie Bethel had rounds of 94 and 100, finishing 71st, and Quillen Eichhorn had rounds of 94 and 100 to tie for 75th. Kaycee Beilman also played and shot rounds of 99 and 96.

The Tigers shot 726 as a team over two rounds. Central Oklahoma won the tournament with a total of 620. They were 21 strokes ahead of the next MIAA finisher, Northeastern State. Bethany Darrough of Central Oklahoma won the tournament with rounds of 73 and 79.

This tournament concludes the fall portion of the women’s golf schedule for FHSU.

— FHSU Sports Information —

HHS Boys Soccer Shutout at Garden City

Posted on October 23, 2013October 23, 2013

The Hays High boys soccer team loses 9-0 at Garden City Tuesday. No other details were reported.

FHSU Men’s Soccer Moves Up in National Poll

Posted on October 22, 2013

Fort Hays State Men’s Soccer moved up one spot to No. 17 in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll, released Tuesday.

The Tigers picked up a 2-1 win over Upper Iowa on Friday. Ricardo Yeverino scored for the fourth straight game while assisting in the third straight. Michael Cole also scored in the game while Diego Cabral added an assist.

No. 5 Lindenwood and No. 25 Northeastern State join FHSU in the poll as representatives of the MIAA. The Tigers host NSU this Friday at 7 p.m.

— FHSU Sports Information —

High School State Golf

Posted on October 22, 2013October 22, 2013

The high school girl’s golf season came to an end Monday with State Tournaments across the state. At the 5A State tournament in Wichita at the Tex Consolver Golf Course, the Hays High Indians finished 8^th as a team.

The Indians combined for a 393. The Indians shot a 205 on the front nine and a 188 on the back nine.

Lexie Schaben led the way for the Indians with a 94, tied for 21^st and Katie Brungardt finished in a tied for 27^th with a 96.

Kaupaun Mt. Carmel won the team championship with a 360 and Alisa Kim from Salina Central shot a 77 and was the individual champion.

At the 3A state tournament at South wind County Club in Garden City, TMP-Marian’s Monica Michaud finished 23^rd with a 106 and Hannah Michaud finished with a round of 128.

5A Hays High Results:

Lexie Schaben 50-44=94 tie 21^st

Katie Brungardt 52-44=96 tie 27^th

Elissa Jensen 52-48=100 tie 37^th

Rhian Patterson 51-52=103 tie 46^th

393 – 8^th Place

Taylor DeBoer 57-54=111 tie 64^th place

Macie Mayo 58-56=114 tie 73^rd

3A TMP-Marian Results:

Monica Michaud 49-57=106

Hannah Michaud 57-71=128

Tiger Volleyball Team Sweeps Friends University

Posted on October 22, 2013

Fort Hays State pushed its win streak to four games with a sweep of Friends University in Monday’s doubleheader. The Tigers took Game 1, 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-21) and Game 2, 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-23).

FHSU (10-12, 1-7 MIAA) inched closer to the .500 mark with the victories, while Friends dropped to 19-8 (10-1 KCAC).

In the first match, The Tigers were led by Haley Corkill (12 kills, 13 digs) and Camille Hubert (12 kills, 12 digs). Tara Hoekman was close behind with nine kills.

Kelsey Broadwell (21 assists) and Raegan Vanderplas (17 assists) split time in the setter role while Rebekah Spainhour, Hoekman, Rachel Szczepanski and Lacie Shoemaker all had block assists in the match.

Tied at 15-all in the first set, FHSU would jump ahead 19-16, but Friends would not falter, tying the match at 19 and 21 before the Tigers took control, winning the set point on a Szczepanski kill.

In the second set, the Tigers would lead by as many as five before Friends tied the match, 15-15. After a timeout, however, FHSU would regain composure and cruise, closing the game on a 10-3 run to take the set, 25-18.

FHSU would again fall behind to start the third frame before rattling off four unanswered to lead, 5-3. Later in the decisive set, tied 15-15, the Tigers burst out on a 5-0 run, pulling ahead for good. FHSU won the set, and match, 25-21.

In the second contest of the night, FHSU’s Madison Schwartz and Taylor Mares led the way with 15 kills. Mares’ .421 hitting percentage was a team high.

Vanderplas (26 assists) and Broadwell (20 assists) once again sparked the Tigers. Jenna Ulrich continued her torrid pace as a blocker, knocking down six attacks (one solo block) on the night.

Makenzie Weinman’s defense played a crucial role in the four-set win as she dug out 34 attacks, 22 more than the nearest Tiger (Schwartz).

Despite leading by as many as six (12-6) in the first set, FHSU would falter, 25-21 to fall behind in the match, 0-1.

The second set started slow for the Tigers as Friends jumped out to a 7-1 lead before FHSU slowly crawled back into contention. Down 7-11, FHSU sprung off four straight points to tie. Those four unanswered points were part of a larger 6-1 run that gave the Fort Hays State a 13-12 lead. Tied at 15-all, FHSU broke out on a 5-1 run to grab the lead for good. The Tigers would take advantage of three straight errors by the Falcons to take the set, 25-22.

Out of intermission, FHSU led until 11-11, when the two squads would start back-and-forth play that brought them to a 23-23. At that point, Mares and Schwartz capitalized with kills to put the set away, 25-23.

The final set of the night proved to be another battle for the Tigers, as both teams played back-and-forth throughout. FHSU would lead by as many as three and trail by as many as two, until 23-22. Mares’ 14th and 15th kills of the night sandwiched a Falcon kill to give FHSU the match, 25-23.

Fort Hays State continues its home stand this weekend with conference matches against Missouri Southern on Friday, Oct. 25 and Southwest Baptist on Saturday, Oct. 26. Friday’s action is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

-FHSU Sports Information-

(AUDIO) Tiger Talk

Posted on October 21, 2013October 21, 2013

FHSU’s Terry Named MIAA Defensive Player of the Week

Posted on October 21, 2013October 21, 2013

Fort Hays State junior linebacker Michael Terry was named the MIAA Football Defensive Athlete of the Week on Mondayfor his efforts in the 56-14 win over Southwest Baptist this past Saturday. Terry helped the Tigers move to 3-4 overall on the season and extend their win streak to three games.

Terry had a career-high 16 tackles for the Tigers and a 94-yard fumble return that set up a touchdown for the Tigers. With the score 21-7 in favor of FHSU early in the third quarter, Terry scooped a fumble by SBU in the endzone and nearly returned it the length of the field for a touchdown, but was tripped up just six yards short. It came at the end of a goal-line stand by FHSU, which held SBU out of the endzone for three straight plays with the ball on the 1-yardline. His return set up a touchdown that pushed the FHSU lead to 28-7. Terry had nine of his 16 tackles by halftime, helping hold SBU to just 124 yards of total offense in the opening half.

— FHSU Sports Information —

Chiefs Hold Off Texans, Move to 7-0

Posted on October 20, 2013October 21, 2013

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Jamaal Charles carried the Kansas City Chiefs to another victory.

His defense helped shoulder the load once again.

Charles ran for 86 yards and a touchdown, Alex Smith also ran for a score and the scrappy Chiefs held off the banged-up Houston Texans 17-16 on Sunday to remain unbeaten.

The Chiefs were forced to punt the ball to Houston with 1:46 left in the game.

But after Case Keenum threw an incompletion on first down, the young quarterback was stripped by linebacker Tamba Hali at his 2. Derrick Johnson recovered the fumble for the Chiefs.

Smith simply kneeled on it from there as time ran out, allowing Kansas City (7-0) to extend the second-best start in franchise history. The 2003 team began the season 9-0.

Meanwhile, the Texans are riding their first five-game skid since Nov. 6-Dec. 11, 2005.

Keenum, making his first NFL start in place of the injured Matt Schaub, threw for 271 yards and a touchdown for the Texans (2-5).

But he didn’t get much help from his run game after Arian Foster left in the first quarter with a hamstring injury and did not return.

Ben Tate, who also briefly left with an injury, had just 50 yards rushing for Houston.

The Chiefs’ defense, which led the NFL in scoring coming into the game, continually made big plays.

They held the Texans to a field goal after facing first-and-goal at the 1-yard line in the third quarter, and then kept turning Houston back on every series in the fourth quarter.

Charles finished with 123 yards from scrimmage, joining O.J. Simpson as the only players in NFL history with at least 100 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown in the first seven games of a season. Simpson did it in the first nine games of the 1975 season.

The Texans opened the scoring on Randy Bullock’s 48-yard field goal, but the drive proved costly when Foster left for the locker room. When he emerged a short while later, he was wearing a gray sweatsuit and his afternoon was done.

The Chiefs answered with an 82-yard drive that was helped along by a roughing-the-passer penalty on Texans defensive end Jared Crick. Charles did most of the work on the drive, so it was only fitting that he plunged in from a yard to give Kansas City a 7-3 lead.

Keenum, clearly unperturbed by the crowd inside Arrowhead Stadium, calmly guided Houston back into the lead. He hit DeVier Posey for a 42-yard reception, and then found DeAndre Hopkins — who had run right past cornerback Sean Smith — for a 29-yard touchdown reception.

The Texans still led 10-7 when they pinned Kansas City at its 3-yard line midway through the second quarter. Smith proceeded to guide the Chiefs 97 yards in 15 plays — he was 8 of 8 for 75 yards on the drive — and used all but 56 seconds on the clock to regain the lead.

Smith scored on a 5-yard draw when he froze the defense on a fake handoff to nobody.

Bullock tacked on two more field goals for Houston, and Ryan Succop hit one for the Chiefs, who came within inches of extending their 17-16 lead early in the fourth quarter.

Tight end Anthony Fasano caught a pass at the goal line and was ruled down, and Chiefs coach Andy Reid challenged the spot to no avail — he thought it was a touchdown.

Charles was stuffed on the next play, and Smith’s pass to wide open Sean McGrath on fourth down was out of bounds.

It turned out that it didn’t matter. The Chiefs’ defense made sure of that.

FHSU Women’s Soccer Rolls in 4-0 Victory Over Northwest Missouri State

Posted on October 20, 2013

Fort Hays State University’s offense exploded for four goals in the shutout conference victory over Northwest Missouri State on Sunday.

The Tigers (6-7-3, 2-4-3 MIAA) fired 16 shots in the contest, putting half of them on goal to overpower the Bearcat (4-8-2, 2-5-1 MIAA) defense and clinch their second conference win of the season.

Hannah Smith got things going early in the contest, as Amanda Talbott took a corner kick and crossed the ball into the box for Smith, whose header at 1:43 was her first goal of the season.

Just after halftime (50:31), Hannay Jurgens would get on the board for the Tigers. Jurgens took a pass from Hailey Davey into a one-on-one situation, where she put it past goalie Kelsey Adams for the Tigers’ second goal of the day.

Soon after, in the 54th minute, Kylee Loneker scored her first of two goals on the day. Smith’s pass to Loneker put her in the Tigers’ second one-on-one situation of the day, and Loneker executed perfectly. Smith pushed her point total to three for the day with the assist, her first of the season.

Nearing the end of regulation, at 81:48, Loneker’s second goal of the day gave a potent offense attack another reason to smile, scoring off of Cenadya Guzman’s first assist of the year.

Goalie Kelsey Grey, starting her second consecutive game, posted a shutout with seven saves in 90 minutes of action.

Fort Hays State closes out the home portion of its 2013 schedule on Friday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m., in a conference matchup against first-place Lindenwood.

— FHSU Sports Information —