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Brunson Named MIAA Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week

FHSU-MBB-BrunsonFort Hays State junior Dwayne Brunson was named the MIAA Men’s Basketball Athlete of the Week on Monday for his efforts last week in a pair of road wins at Northwest Missouri State and Nebraska-Kearney. Brunson is a native of Queens, N.Y., and leads the Tigers in scoring, currently at 15.7 points per game.

Brunson averaged 22.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.0 blocked shots, and 2.0 steals per game last week. He scored a career-high 35 points at Nebraska-Kearney, shooting a very efficient 14-of-16 from the field, also recording seven rebounds and five blocked shots in the game. He was also a perfect 7-of-7 from the free-throw line. The 35 points was the most scored in a game by a Tiger since the 1998 season when Chris Danner had 36 against Nebraska-Kearney. It marked the most points scored by a Tiger under head coach Mark Johnson, as the previous high was 34 by Dominique Jones against Midwestern State during the 2010-11 season. Brunson also reached double figures in scoring in the win at Northwest Missouri State with 10 points and six rebounds. Brunson has scored in double figures in 20 of 23 games for FHSU this year.

This is the third time a Fort Hays State player has been selected for the honor this year in men’s basketball. Freshman point guard Craig Nicholson has earned the honor twice already this year.

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Four Hays High Wrestlers Qualify for State Tournament

The Hays High Indian wrestling team had four individuals qualify for this weekend’s state tournament in Wichita, by finishing in the top four at the Great Bend regional.

The Indians Preston Weigel won the 195 pound weight class to remain perfect on the season at 41-0. At 145 Jake Sedbrook finished 4th. Leroy Franco also finished fourth at 152 pounds. At 170 pounds Kyler Meyer finished 3rd.

The Indians finished 7th as a team and Great Bend won the Regional Championship.

The 5 and 6A state tournament begins Friday morning at Hartman Arena in Wichita.

At the 3-2-1A Regional tournament in Norton the Blue Jays won the tournament and qualified nine wrestlers to the state tournament in Hays.

The Plainville Cardinals qualified six wrestlers and finished 3rd.

Ellis’ Gage Younger finished 2nd at 152 pounds.

Trego’s Brandon Schoenthaler finished 4th at 145 pounds and Cameron Staples also finished 2nd at 170 pounds.

The 3-2-1A State Tournament begins at 10:00 a.m. Friday morning at Gross Coliseum.

Tiger Baseball Swept by No. 9 Central Missouri

FHSU-BSB-SantoscoyA rough weekend for the Fort Hays State baseball team which was outscored 43-11 and swept by No. 9 Central Missouri. The Mules wrapped up the series with a 10-0, seven inning run-rule win yesterday.

The Tigers commit seven errors resulting in five unearned runs. Starter Robert VanCour took the loss, allowing three unearned runs in an inning and a third.

The Tigers fall to 3-4 in the season and 0-3 in the conference. They host Washburn in a double-header beginning at 1:30 Wednesday.

FHSU Softball Goes 5-1 on the Weekend

FHSU-SB-HolubThe Tiger softball team goes 5-1 in Bentonville, Arkansas over the weekend.

The Tigers dropped their first of the year 6-1 to Illinois-Springfield in their first game yesterday but bounced back to beat Nebraska-Kearney 6-0.

Maddie Holub struck out 12 against the Lopers in the complete game shutout and has now gone 23 innings without allowing an earned run to start the season.

The Tigers are now 7-1 on the season.

HHS Swimmers Home from State Meet

After a difficult day in the pool on Friday, the Hays High swimmers finished 13thHHS swimmers out of the 26 teams at state swimming. An improvement from last year when they finished 21st. Their 400 freestyle relay team of seniors Connor Hess, Derek Drees Blake Mathews, and Josh Brungardt placed eighth with a time of three minutes and 35.56 seconds.

Brunson’s 35 Points Lifts Tigers Over Nebraska-Kearney


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 The Fort Hays State Tigers went on a 44-18 run spanning the first and second halves after falling behind by 10 with 7:15 ot play in the first half and defeat Nebraska-Kearney 82-70 Saturday afternoon at the Health and Sports Center. The victory is the Tigers seventh-straight over the Lopers and their seventh-straight overall as they improve to 17-6 nd 11-4 in the MIAA where they remained tied for first with Central Missouri. The Lopers have lost three-straight and fall to 6-16 and 3-11 in the MIAA.

Dwayne Brunson scored a career-high 35, hitting 14-of-16 from the field and 7-for-7 at the free throw line. He also led the Tigers with seven rebounds. Lance Russell added 18 points and Craig Nicholson 11 despite playing just 20 minutes due to foul trouble.

The Tigers builtAfter building a 19-point lead with 7:03 to play, the Tigers had to hold on as the Lopers pulled within nine late.

Nebraska-Kearney came out on fire and led by 10 with 7:15 to play in the first half, but the Tigers answered with an 11-0 run and took their first lead at 30-29 on a Lance Russell layup. They would lead by as many as four before settling for a 39-37 halftime lead.

The Tigers shoot a season-high 62-percent and were 16-of-18 from the free throw line. The Lopers, who hit on 78-percent of their shots over the first 10 minutes but hit only 35-percent in the second half and 43-percent for the game.

Mark Johnson Interview
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Dwayne Brunson Interview
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Game Highlights
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Lady Tigers Win Sixth-Straight With Win in Kearney

FHSU-WBB-KeyserThe Fort Hays State Lady Tigers closed with an 18-4 run after Nebraska-Kearney had taken a tw0-point with 6:45 to play and beat the Lopers 62-50 Saturday afternoon at the Health and Sports Center in Kearney. It’s the Lady Tigers fifth-straight win over UNK and their sixth-straight overall as they improve to 18-5 and 10-5 in the MIAA. The Lopers fall to 6-15 and 3-11 in the conference.

The Lady Tigers used a 14-3 run to go up 11 with 14:30 to play but the Lopers responded with a 15-2 run over the next seven-plus minutes to grab their second lead of the game.

Traci Keyser recoreded her second career double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Lady Tigers. Kate Lehman scored 14 despite hitting just 6-of-14 shooting. Kate Edwards added 12 points.

The Lady Tigers warmed up late to shoot 41-percent from the floor but hit just 4-of-12 from three-point range and 10-of-18 from the free throw line.

Tony Hobson Interview
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Game Highlights
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02-15-13 Basketball Scores

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Local Scores
Dighton 45, Rawlins County 27
Ellis 45, Norton 32
Garden City 47, Hays 43
Great Bend 59, Dodge City 44
Hays-TMP-Marian 54, Plainville 27
Hill City 57, Osborne 54
Hoxie 56, Oakley 27
Logan 35, Western Plains 30
Ness City 64, Victoria 48
Quinter 55, Oberlin-Decatur 38

State-Wide Scores
Andale 55, Circle 33
Andover 60, Maize South 48
Andover Central 66, Goddard 24
Atchison 63, KC Harmon 16
Atchison County 52, Pleasant Ridge 36
Attica 50, Stafford 31
Augusta 37, Wichita Collegiate 30
Baileyville-B&B 50, Clifton-Clyde 18
Baldwin 35, Ottawa 33
Baxter Springs 43, Columbus 40
Beloit 54, Minneapolis 41
Berean Academy 48, Remington 38
Bucklin 46, Hodgeman County 38
Burlington 77, Neodesha 21
Cedar Vale/Dexter 37, South Haven 36
Central Plains 62, Kinsley 37
Chase County 56, Centre 53
Cheney 41, Douglass 28
Cherryvale 57, Eureka 41
Cheylin 43, Healy 6
Clearwater 50, Wellington 38
Conway Springs 56, Wichita Independent 34
Council Grove 60, Sedgwick 50
El Dorado 51, Rose Hill 45
Elkhart 44, Southwestern Hts. 40
Ellsworth 58, Larned 21
Goessel 53, Canton-Galva 34
Golden Plains 39, Wheatland-Grinnell 37
Herington 40, Wabaunsee 39
Hesston 50, Smoky Valley 24
Hillsboro 46, Haven 39
Hoisington 39, Hutchinson Trinity 20
Holcomb 75, Ulysses 31
Holton 40, Perry-Lecompton 31
Hope 42, Wichita Northfield 15
Horton 41, Valley Falls 40, OT
Hugoton 50, Goodland 34
Hutchinson 62, Arkansas City 23
Immaculata 45, McLouth 43
Independence 57, Fort Scott 46
Ingalls 64, Ashland 42
Inman 46, Little River 39
Iola 35, Wellsville 27
Jackson Heights 66, KC Christian 56
Jayhawk Linn 56, Altoona-Midway 3
Jefferson North 52, Troy 24
KC Sumner 53, KC Washington 43
Kingman 47, Nickerson 28
Kiowa County 50, South Gray 33
Labette County 66, Parsons 27
Lakin 48, Syracuse 27
Lawrence Free State 60, Olathe North 55
Lebo 43, Southern Coffey 28
Lincoln 73, Natoma 53
Madison 53, Lyndon 37
Maize 55, Salina South 48
Manhattan 65, Highland Park 33
Marysville 61, Chapman 43
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 48, Oskaloosa 28
McPherson 57, Buhler 29
Meade 47, Johnson-Stanton County 30
Medicine Lodge 62, Belle Plaine 46
Mill Valley 54, Lansing 27
Moundridge 57, Peabody-Burns 22
Mulvane 50, Winfield 42
Nemaha Valley 47, Royal Valley 37
Newton 49, Derby 43
Northern Heights 58, Hartford 32
Norwich 60, Fairfield 40
Olathe Northwest 55, Olathe South 38
Onaga 61, Blue Valley 38
Oxford 55, Flinthills 25
Pike Valley 46, Lakeside 33
Pittsburg Colgan 34, Galena 25
Pratt 62, Halstead 17
Pretty Prairie 30, Cunningham 29
Republic County 45, Salina Sacred Heart 23
Riley County 41, Rossville 20
Russell 48, Southeast Saline 45
Sabetha 37, Jefferson West 33
Salina Central 49, Wichita Campus 31
Santa Fe Trail 72, Hiawatha 38
Shawnee Heights 44, Topeka West 33
Silver Lake 50, Rock Creek 34
Smith Center 73, Stockton 32
Solomon 54, Otis-Bison 32
South Barber 52, Burrton 24
St. John 66, Macksville 15
St. John’s Beloit 51, Tescott 34
St. Mary’s 49, Centralia 42
St. Thomas Aquinas 56, Gardner-Edgerton 37
Sterling 62, Lyons 59
Sylvan-Lucas 42, Chase 37
Thunder Ridge 62, Southern Cloud 33
Topeka 42, Junction City 36
Topeka Seaman 54, Emporia 36
Triplains-Brewster 56, Palco 53
Valley Center 64, Goddard-Eisenhower 40
Valley Heights 52, Washington County 48
Wamego 75, Concordia 24
Washburn Rural 53, Topeka Hayden 45
Waverly 65, Cornerstone Alt. Charter 51
Wichita Bishop Carroll 46, Wichita North 32
Wichita Northwest 52, Wichita Southeast 39
Wichita South 51, Wichita Heights 36
Wichita Trinity 44, Bluestem 19
Wilson 68, Rock Hills 24

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Local Scores
Dodge City 35, Great Bend 28
Hays 45, Garden City 36
Hays-TMP-Marian 73, Plainville 57
Hill City 56, Osborne 52
Hoxie 52, Oakley 44

State-Wide Scores
Anderson County 69, Prairie View 42
Andover 69, Maize South 52
Andover Central 61, Goddard 39
Atchison County 70, Pleasant Ridge 32
Baileyville-B&B 41, Clifton-Clyde 40
Basehor-Linwood 65, KC Turner 48
Beloit 63, Minneapolis 33
Bennington 67, Marion 55
Berean Academy 46, Remington 33
Burlington 49, Neodesha 43
BV West 65, BV Northwest 52
Caldwell 53, Elk Valley 31
Central Heights 80, Osawatomie 70
Central Plains 60, Kinsley 39
Centralia 55, St. Mary’s 34
Chaparral 62, Garden Plain 49
Cheney 56, Douglass 49
Clearwater 51, Wellington 41
Derby 54, Newton 46
El Dorado 37, Rose Hill 30
Ell-Saline 48, Ellinwood 45, OT
Emporia 61, Topeka Seaman 44
Fairfield 67, Norwich 45
Fowler 67, Spearville 39
Gardner-Edgerton 71, St. Thomas Aquinas 48
Goddard-Eisenhower 60, Valley Center 43
Goessel 45, Canton-Galva 40
Halstead 47, Pratt 45
Hartford 70, Northern Heights 58
Haven 58, Hillsboro 35
Herington 64, Wabaunsee 46
Hesston 54, Smoky Valley 31
Highland Park 56, Manhattan 29
Hodgeman County 55, Bucklin 40
Hoisington 57, Hutchinson Trinity 35
Holton 77, Perry-Lecompton 41
Hutchinson 72, Arkansas City 31
Hutchinson Central Christian 64, Pratt Skyline 22
Independence 57, Fort Scott 46
Inman 50, Little River 37
Jackson Heights 66, KC Christian 56
Jayhawk Linn 63, Altoona-Midway 41
Junction City 78, Topeka 69, OT
Kapaun Mount Carmel 79, Wichita West 59
KC Harmon 53, Atchison 48
Kingman 60, Nickerson 54
Labette County 55, Parsons 49
Lansing 50, Mill Valley 37
Larned 54, Ellsworth 43
Lawrence Free State 60, Olathe North 55
Lebo 40, Southern Coffey 39
Lyndon 59, Madison 15
Maize 67, Salina South 30
Manhattan CHIEF 66, Topeka Heritage Christian 53
Marais des Cygnes Valley 58, Veritas Christian 35
Marysville 49, Chapman 47, OT
McPherson 80, Buhler 39
Moundridge 65, Peabody-Burns 22
Natoma 68, Lincoln 56
Nemaha Valley 53, Royal Valley 35
Northeast-Arma 62, Uniontown 39
Olathe East 69, Lawrence 59
Olathe South 54, Olathe Northwest 38
Onaga 45, Blue Valley 42
Ottawa 62, Baldwin 48
Oxford 55, Flinthills 31
Phillipsburg 77, Trego 49
Pike Valley 46, Lakeside 33
Pittsburg Colgan 46, Galena 39
Quinter 64, Oberlin-Decatur 55
Republic County 56, Salina Sacred Heart 43
Riley County 66, Rossville 62
Rock Hills 46, Wilson 22
Sabetha 56, Jefferson West 47
Salina Central 70, Wichita Campus 33
Santa Fe Trail 38, Hiawatha 33
Sedan 71, Argonia 31
Sedgwick 65, Council Grove 64
Shawnee Heights 65, Topeka West 49
Silver Lake 61, Rock Creek 53
SM East 66, SM North 34
SM Northwest 63, Leavenworth 60
SM South 55, SM West 50
Solomon 72, Otis-Bison 37
Southeast Saline 73, Russell 29
Southwestern Hts. 76, Elkhart 56
St. John 73, Macksville 57
St. John’s Beloit 57, Tescott 35
St. John’s Military 59, Wichita Home School 56
Sterling 62, Lyons 57
Topeka Hayden 48, Washburn Rural 30
Triplains-Brewster 38, Palco 36
Valley Falls 70, Horton 61
Wamego 76, Concordia 71
Washington County 57, Valley Heights 44
West Franklin 67, Burlingame 64
Western Plains 66, Logan 40
Wichita Collegiate 69, Augusta 52
Wichita Heights 48, Wichita South 37
Wichita Heights 48, Wichita South 37
Wichita Independent 69, Conway Springs 58
Wichita North 52, Wichita Bishop Carroll 40
Wichita Northfield 57, Hope 55
Wichita Northwest 68, Wichita Southeast 66
Winfield 52, Mulvane 50

 

TMP Takes Two from Plainville

TMPGIRLS:  TMP 54  Plainville 27

Heather Ruder scored 24 points and her team roared out to a 34-7 halftime lead on Plainville and never looked back.  Plainville struggled without senior Hannah Friend scoring only 2 points in the 2nd Quarter.  TMP is now 6-12 on the season and will play at Colby on Tuesday Night.

Rose McFarland Interview:

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BOYS:  TMP 73   Plainville 57

TMP trailed by 10 points a couple of times in the first half but fought back to within 6, 35-29 at halftime.  The Monarchs were forced to make an adjustment against Plainville Junior Hadley Gillum who had 19 points at the half and adjust they did.  Gillum was held to 4 second half points and saw his team get outscored in the second half, 44-22.

Jordan Gottschalk led TMP with 18 points, Ryan Mayorga added 14, Shane Zimmerman 13 and Tanner Unrein 10.  The win moves TMP to 7-11 on the year and they too will play at Colby on Tuesday.

Joe Hertel Interview:

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Hays High Splits Meeting With Garden City

IndianHays High 43 – Garden City 47 (Ladies)

The Hays High Lady Indians led for the first 27:10 of the game on Friday night in Garden City.  It was the last 4:50 that they couldn’t regain that lead, falling to the state ranked Buffaloes 47-43.

Turnovers hurt the Indians, totally 26 in the game.  Hays was also out shot at the free throw line 27-8 in the loss.  Garden hit 18 of their 27 attempts, while the Indians made 4 of 8.

The biggest shot of the game, that seemed to turn the momentum to Garden City was at the end of the third quarter.  The Indians scored a field goal with less than ten second left on the clock.  That was more than enough time for Jackensie Tornero to hit her only field goal…a running three pointer from just past mid-court that hit only net and pulled Garden City within one point.

Hays shot 18 of 40 in the game and made 3 of 4 three pointers.  Garden City was 13 of 43 and made 3 of 11 threes.

The Indians were led by Katelyn Schumacher with 17 points and 9 rebounds, her second consecutive game with those exact humbers.

Hays is now 8-10 and 3-3 in the WAC.  Garden City claims the conference title at 7-0 with one game left for them to play in conference.  Garden City is 16-3 overall.

We apologize for not having comments from coach Kirk Maska available, due to technical difficulties.

Lady Indian Highlights 2-15

 

Hays High 45 – Garden City 36 (Boys)

Hays and Garden City scored 128 points the first time the two met up, with Hays coming out on top 74-54.  The two teams combined barely cleared Hays’ winning score from the first game in the Indian’s 45-36 win on Friday night in Garden City.

Garden led just once in the game at 6-4, then Hays took at lead at 8-6 to end the first quarter.  Hays would not surrender the lead rest of the night.  The Indians led by four at half time and eight after three quarters.  It wasn’t easy though.  Garden City got with in one point of a tie on five different occasions in the second and third quarter.

Hays did eventually push the lead to ten in the fourth quarter twice.  Garden City got with in five at 41-36, but Kade Parker and Nick Petz each hit a pair of free throws to seal the victory.

Both teams shot 31% on the evening, Hays 15-48 and Garden City 14-45.  Neither team shot well beyond the arc, Hays 3-18 and Garden City 4-18.  Hays though made the most of their opportunities at the line going 12 of 15, Garden City was 4-4.

The Indians held a significant advantage on the boards 42-20.

The Indians were led by Brady Werth’s fourth career double-double, 19 points and 12 rebounds.  Nick Petz tallied a second consecutive double figure performance with 11.

Hays improves to 12-6 on the season and 4-2 in conference.  Garden City ranked 6th in 6A this week, falls to 12-7 and 3-4 in conference.

The win for Hays keeps the Indians in the race for a conference championship.  They head to Dodge City on Tuesday to take on the conference leading Red Demons who are 5-1 in league after a win over Great Bend on Friday.

A win for the Red Demons will secure the conference championship.  A win for Hays High will tie the Indians and Red Demons atop the standings with one game remaining.

Keltner Post Game Interview 2-15
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HHS Swim Team at State Meet Today and Saturday

The Hays High Boys Swim Team is on the way to the State Swim meet Friday and Saturday  in TopekaHHS swimmers (Hummer Sports Complex).

State Qualifiers include: Blake Mathews, 200 free and 100 free, relays; Connor Hess, 200 IM and 100 back, relays; Joshua Brungardt, relays; Derek Drees, 50 free, 100 butterfly, and relays; Max Mathews, 100 butterfly, and relays; Cade Sharp, relays; Ben Rajewski, 500 free; Austin Chambers, 100 breaststroke. All three relay teams qualified for state. The 400 free relay has broken the school record set in 1994. Good luck to of all of the swimmers!!

 

Friday evening update: The boys have established at least one and possibly two new school records during Friday’s competition.

Saturday evening update: Team finished a great season with a 13th place finish at the state meet in Topeka.

Hays High Wrestling Gears Up For Regional Wrestling

The Hays High wrestling team will make a short road trip for the regional tournament this, traveling only to Great Bend for the state qualifier.  Hays returns two state placers from last year’s team this weekend in Preston Weigel and Kyler Meyers.  Ethan Deterding also placed last year, but has been injured since the Bob Kuhn Prairie Classic and won’t be able to return for this weekend.

Wrestling starts at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday with the top four in each thirteen weight classes advancing to the 5A tournament in Wichita next Friday and Saturday.

Hays will compete with Great Bend, Liberal, Maize South, Newton, Salina Central, Salina South, and Valley Center.

The Hays Indians did have a successful season going 20-9 in duals.  The seniors on this year’s team have been involved in 66 dual wins over their four years.

Hear the comments of coach John Halfiger below:

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