A good start to the season for the Hays High baseball team as they take two from Kapaun Mt. Carmel, 7-3 and 3-0.
Austin Unrein allowed one run on one hit over six innings in the opener, striking out five and walking one. Hayden Hutchison pitched a complete game four-hitter in game two, striking out seven and walking none.
Hutchison and Trevor Henningsen both drove in two in the first game while Unrein had three hits in game two.
The TMP-Marian baseball team split their season-opening doubleheader in Scott City Tuesday. The Monarchs dropped the opener 3-1 but came back to win game two 11-0 in five innings.
No other details about the games were made available.
MIAA BASEBALL HITTER OF THE WEEK
JC Ochoa, 1B/DH, Fort Hays State
Ochoa batted .667 in a week that saw the Tigers knock off the nation’s top ranked team, Central Missouri, three out of four times. Against Central Missouri alone, Ochoa batted .643, going 9-of-14 in the series with 6 RBI and 7 runs scored. For the week, Ochoa recorded a .714 on-base percentage. The senior from Littleton, Colo., reached base safely in 18 of his 21 plate appearances throughout the week. In the series opener on Saturday with UCM, Ochoa had a2-RBI single in the fifth that gave FHSU extra insurance in a 6-1 win. In the second game Saturday, he drew a walk in the ninth inning and he came around to score the winning run from second on a walk-off single by Jay Sanders for an 8-7 win. Ochoa produced his most RBIs in a game for the series in the first game Sunday, driving in three of the team’s five runs. He reached base safely in each one of his plate appearances on Sunday. He scored four of the five times he reached base in the 14-6 win against the Mules in the series finale. Ochoa scored a team-high 10 runs and 7 RBI for the week with 10 singles and two doubles. He was also a perfect 2-of-2 on stolen base attempts.
MIAA BASEBALL CO-PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
Shawn Lewick, LHP, Fort Hays State
Lewick threw a complete game against top-ranked Central Missouri in the series opener in Hays, allowing just one run in a 6-1 victory. The senior from Pretty Prairie, Kan., struck out seven, while scattering seven hits and walking five. He pitched six shutout innings before allowing the lone run in the seventh. Lewick worked around runners in scoring position in the first and second innings and got out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth with just one out, getting a strikeout and an infield line out. He improved to 2-1 on the season with the win and continues to lead FHSU in ERA at 2.43.
Kerry Schachenmeyer, RHP, Washburn
Schachenmeyer pitched a com–plete-game shutout Saturday as Washburn won 11-0 against Southwest Baptist as part of a four-game sweep. The senior from Raymond, Neb., allowed just three hits and struck out four. In the fourth inning, he allowed a single and then walked two to load the bases. He got the next batter to fly out to end the inning and leave all three on base. He allowed just one batter the final three innings with a hit-by-pitch.
2012 MIAA Baseball Student-Athletes of the Week
2/21 – Hitter: Ashton McCoy, SS, ESU; Pitcher: Cody Griebling, RHP, MSSU
2/28 – Hitter: Ryan Abernathy, OF, NWMSU; Pitcher: Ryan Wheat, RHP, MSSU
3/6 – Hitter: Dane Kolkmeyer, CF, MSSU; Pitcher: Matt Stalcup, LHP, PSU
3/13 – Hitter: Drew Miller, C, SBU; Pitcher: Cody Griebling, RHP, MSSU
3/20 – Hitter: Tyler Christophel, OF, SBU; Brett Ash, RHP, WU
3/27 – Hitter: JC Ochoa, 1B/DH, FHSU; Pitcher: Shawn Lewick, LHP, FHSU, Kerry Schachenmeyer, RHP, WU
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Hays State junior pitcher Maddie Holub has been named the MIAA Softball Pitcher of the Week for the week of March 20-26, as selected by a conference SID panel. This is the second time this season, and in her career, that Holub has earned an MIAA weekly honor, but her first as a pitcher. She previously won the conference’s Hitter of the Week for the week of February 21.
Holub threw two complete games over the weekend for Fort Hays State, picking up wins as the Tigers defeated Lincoln 6-2 and Lindenwood 7-0. She allowed just four hits and two runs in 14 innings of action and struck out 21 batters, leaving her with an ERA of 1.00 for the week. Against Lincoln, Holub allowed three hits and two earned runs, striking out 11. She followed that against Lindenwood by taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning before allowing the Lions their only hit, a leadoff single. She also added 10 more strikeouts against the Lions.
Holub, a Hays native, is having a stellar junior season. She has improved her record to 11-5 and tied the FHSU single-season record with three saves. Holub has struck out 10 or more batters in her last three starts and in 10 of 15 starts for the year. She has 176 strikeouts on the year, which is the second-most in a season in Fort Hays State history.
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Kansas City, MO – Frank Martin is about to become head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks.
That’s according to the Star, which on Monday quoted a source that confirmed a report in a Columbia, South Carolina paper revealing that Martin will be formally introduced on Tuesday.
In addition, The State reported that the university’s Board of Trustees will have a meeting scheduled for 10 a.m. (et) Tuesday in order to discuss and approve Martin’s new contract.
The 46-year-old Martin completed his fifth season at Kansas State, having led the Wildcats to three consecutive NCAA Tournament berths. This past season, K- State finished 22-11 overall (10-8 in the Big 12), topping Southern Miss before bowing out to Syracuse in the tourney.
Martin compiled a 117-54 mark, with a 50-32 in-conference record since 2007.
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Fort Hays State split the final two games of a four-game series with No. 1 ranked Central Missouri on Sunday (Mar. 25), dropping the first contest 13-5, but rebounding to win game two 14-6. The Tigers took three of four games in the series with the top-ranked Mules, moving back into good position in the MIAA standings now at 9-11 overall and 7-8 in the MIAA.
Game 1: Central Missouri 13, Fort Hays State 5
Fort Hays State jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first on a JC Ochoa RBI single. The Tigers could have had a big inning in the first, but two runners were caught stealing in the inning.
FHSU starter Connor Beer escaped a bases loaded jam in the first, but could not push through another tight situation in the second as the Mules scored four runs to take a 4-1 lead. They would never relinquish the lead from that point.
The Tigers made it interesting in the third, down 5-1 entering the inning. A run came across for FHSU on a Ryan Busboom ground ball that resulted in a double play. Later, back-to-back doubles netted RBIs for Ochoa and Brandon Hoefler, pulling the Tigers within one at 5-4.
The Mules would score eight unanswered runs from that point with three in the fourth, four in the fifth, and one in the sixth, before the Tigers picked up their final run in the seventh on another RBI single by Ochoa. Ochoa drove in three of the five runs for FHSU in the first game.
Beer took the loss for FHSU, dropping to 1-3 on the season. He allowed seven runs (six earned) in 3.1 innings of work. Casey Pierce allowed five runs in 0.2 innings of relief. The last UCM run came off Tyler Treinen, but it was unearned. He and Ethan Weber did not allow an earned run in three innings logged between the two of them.
Dane Krone picked up the win in relief for UCM, pitching 1.1 innings. He spelled the starter Chris Fitzpatrick, who gave up four runs to the Tigers. Ethan Gibbons got a save for UCM, pitching the final three innings, allowing just one run.
Game 2: Fort Hays State 14, Central Missouri 6
Central Missouri jumped on FHSU early with two runs in the first and second innings to take a 4-0 lead. An error comitted on the first batter of the game led to two Central Missouri runs in the first when the Tigers should have been out of the inning. Three consecutive singles in the second led to two more UCM runs.
The Tigers began their comeback charge in the second, plating three runs. A pair of singles and a walk set up a two-RBI single by Shane Wade to put FHSU on the board. Chris Sontoscoy followed later with another RBI single to put the Tigers within one at 4-3.
The Tiger offense errupted in the third inning for six runs to take a 9-4 lead, a lead they would not relinquish the rest of the way. After a single and double to start the inning, JC Ochoa tied the game with an RBI single down the right field line. The hit parade continued after UCM recorded the first out of the inning. FHSU had four consecutive singles, which netted RBIs for Wade and Brett Macari. Ochoa scored on a wild pitch between the RBIs by Wade and Macari. Sheldon Howell picked up an RBI by getting hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to make it 8-4. A sacrifice fly RBI by Mace Krol capped the six-run rally.
FHSU pushed its advantage to 10-4 in the fourth scoring on a bases loaded double play off the bat of Macari.
After Tayler Davis pitched the first 2.1 innings, FHSU reliever Jesse Hart stepped in to give the Tigers five strong innings on the mound. He worked out of a bases loaded jam with one out in the third before the Tigers exploded for six runs to take the lead. He held the Mules scoreless in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings. He only earned run allowed was in the fifth on a single. He allowed one other run in the top of the eighth, but it was unearned.
FHSU pushed its lead back to six in the sixth at 11-5 with an RBI double by Wade. After a UCM run in the eighth, FHSU tacked on three more runs in the bottom half of the inning with an RBI groundout by Brandon Hoefler and a two-RBI double by Santoscoy.
Brett Macari picked up the final five outs of the game to seal the FHSU win and series win. He allowed Jesse Hart to pick up the win and move to 1-0 on the season. Hart allowed just three hits in his five innings of work, while walking five and striking out three.
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ST. LOUIS — Tyshawn Taylor broke out of his slump in a big way, scoring 22 points and leading Kansas back to the Final Four with an 80-67 victory over former coach Roy Williams and top-seeded North Carolina on Sunday.
The second-seeded Jayhawks (31-6) will play Ohio State on Saturday in their first Final Four appearance since winning the 2008 national championship.
Taylor led five Jayhawks in double figures. Player of the year candidate Thomas Robinson added 18 points and nine rebounds, and Elijah Johnson kept up his blistering pace in the NCAA tournament with 10 points, including a 3-pointer with 3:07 to play that sparked Kansas’ 12-0 run to end the game.
Jeff Withey made two monster blocks to deny the Tar Heels during the run — including one that set up a big three-point play by Taylor.
James Michael McAdoo scored 15 for the Tar Heels (32-6), who played better in their second game without injured point guard Kendall Marshall. But North Carolina couldn’t overcome a 5:46 field goal drought to end the Midwest Regional final.
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The Fort Hays State softball team picked up their 20th win of the season on Sunday after splitting a doubleheader against Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. The Tigers won the first game 7-0 but fell to the Lions in the second by a score of 9-3. Fort Hays State is now 20-8 (7-1 MIAA) on the year.
Game 1: Fort Hays State 7, Lindenwood 0
Maddie Holub allowed a leadoff single in the bottom of the seventh inning, but the Lions got nothing else in the first game as the Tigers picked up their 20th victory of the season.
The teams were scoreless through the first three innings before the Tigers broke through in the fourth with an RBI single from Chelsey Rottinhaus to go on top 1-0. Adriana Wortley hit a two-run home run, her fifth on the year and second in as many days, in the top of the sixth before Rottinghaus hit an RBI triple, her first of the year, to put the Tigers ahead 4-0 after six.
Madison Putman led off the seventh with her first triple of the season and came around to score on a Taylor Nelson single as FHSU picked up some insurance runs in the top of the final inning. Nelson came around to score after a Lion error and Rottinghaus got her third RBI hit with a single later in the inning.
Holub was the real story of the game for the Tigers, allowing just one hit and striking out 10 batters and improving her record to 11-5 on the year.
Game 2: Lindenwood 9, Fort Hays State 3
The Tigers got on top early in the second game, with Nelson drawing a leadoff walk and coming around to score on a Lindenwood error to put FHSU up 1-0. The Lions came back with three runs in the bottom of the second inning off Tiger starting pitcher Katelyn Shattleroe to go up 3-1.
Morrison relieved Shattleroe in the second inning and retired the first eight batters she faced, allowing the Tigers to get back into the game. Nelson led off the fifth inning with a double and ended up scoring on an error by the Lions. FHSU would get another run on an Amanda Vaupel RBI single, which tied the game at 3-3.
Lindenwood responded in the bottom of the fifth, scoring three runs to go back on top 6-3. The Tigers mounted a rally in the sixth, getting runners on second and third with one out, but they were unable to push either across and cut into the deficit. The Lions added three insurance runs in the sixth for the final margin of 9-3.
Shattleroe started the game for FHSU, but lasted just 1.2 innings and allowed three runs before coming out. Morrison took the loss and drops to 2-2 on the year. She pitched the final 4.1 innings, allowing seven hits and six runs.
Fort Hays State, who is currently in third place in the MIAA standings, will meet the two teams that are ahead of them next weekend. The Tigers take on Missouri Western on Friday and travel to Emporia State on Saturday.
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Fort Hays State continued its hot play of late to sweep the Saturday doubleheader from the nation’s top ranked team, Central Missouri, by scores of 6-1 and 8-7. The Tigers used a great pitching effort from Shawn Lewick in game one, then Jay Sanders delivered a walk-off single in the ninth inning of game two to lift the Tigers to a pair of victories.
Game 1: Fort Hays State 6, Central Missouri 1
Shawn Lewick threw a complete game to help the Tigers to a 6-1 victory in the series opener. Lewick blanked the Mules for six innings before finally allowing a run in the seventh.
Lewick worked around runners in scoring position for the Mules in the first and second innings. He then escaped a bases-loaded jam in the sixth with one out, getting a strikeout and a lineout to third base to end the inning. With one out in the seventh, the Mules loaded the bases once again on Lewick, but he surrendered just a fielder’s choice RBI for the second out then ended the game with a flyout to short left field.
Lewick finished the game with seven strikeouts. He allowed seven hits and walked five. The only run he allowed was earned.
Mace Krol put the Tigers on the board early with a sacrifice fly RBI in the first inning. Anthony Salinas pushed the lead to 2-0 in the second with an RBI single. Krol returned to the plate in the third and delivered a two-run home run to right field to give FHSU a 4-0 cushion. JC Ochoa gave the Tigers even more insurance in the fifth with a two-RBI single to make it 6-0.
Kurtis Schulyer took the loss for Central Missouri, going 4.2 innings in his start. Five of the six runs he allowed were earned.
Game 2: Fort Hays State 8, Central Missouri 7
Central Missouri looked to be methodically pulling away with game two, leading 5-0 after 4 1/2 innings. However, the Tiger bats finally came to life in the bottom of the fifth with three runs to make it an interesting game the rest of the way.
Sheldon Howell sparked the rally with an RBI single to make it 5-1, followed by a Mace Krol sacrifice fly RBI to make it 5-2. A Ryan Busboom RBI double pulled the Tigers within two at 5-3 going to the top of the sixth.
FHSU tightened the screws a bit more in the seventh when Krol delivered an RBI single to make it 5-4, but the Tigers ended the inning with a runner at third on a line drive double play, with the runner getting doubled off first base.
Central Missouri pushed its lead back to three in the top of the eighth with two more runs to make it 7-4 on a Kevin Gratza RBI double and Ben Cox RBI single.
BrandonHoefler delivered a huge blow for the Tigers in the bottom of the eighth with a two-run home run. An error by the Mule third baseman allowed the runner to get on before the Hoefler blast. The Mule third baseman then committed another error to allow Shane Wade to reach base. A sacrifice bunt by pinch hitter Chris Santoscoy set the table for an Anthony Salinas RBI single that tied the game.
After a leadoff walk by the Mules in the ninth against FHSU reliever Tyler Treinen, head coach Steve Johnson went to the pen for the fifth time in the game to get closer Brett Macari. Macari worked around the walk, getting the last two batters of the inning for UCM to strikeout swinging stranding the runner on second.
After Ryan Busboom nearly hit a ball out of the park to right-center field to open the Tigers’ half of the ninth, JC Ochoa drew a walk and Brandon Hoefler singled to put runners at first and second with one out. Hometown product Jay Sanders delivered the walk-off game winning single to left field as Ochoa just beat the tag attempt of the catcher on a throw that was to the first base side of home plate. The game-winning hit came off reliever Aaron Baker, who entered the game just before Sanders’ at bat. The game-winning run belonged to UCM reliever Travis Unthank.
Even in the 8-7 win, the Tigers worked around 15 Central Missouri walks in the game. The Mules stranded 17 baserunners in the second game.
Macari picked up the win in his one inning of relief. He is now 2-0 on the season. Travis Unthank took the loss for UCM, allowing the final two runs of the game to FHSU. Just one of the runs (the game-winner in the ninth) was earned.
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The Fort Hays State softball team picked up two wins over Lincoln on Saturday afternoon (March 24) in Jefferson City, Mo. The Tigers, who have now won 10 of their last 12 games, got the wins by scores of 6-2 and 4-1 to improve their record to 19-7 (7-1 MIAA) on the year.
Game 1: Fort Hays State 6, Lincoln 2
Fort Hays State jumped on top early in the first game, scoring three runs in the first two innings to take command. Amanda Vaupel had an RBI in the first while Taylor Nelson plated two on a single of her own in the second to put the Tigers up 3-0 after two.
The Tiger offense added two more runs in the top of the fourth after a two-RBI double from Callie Wright pushed the lead to 5-0. Lincoln battled back for their only two runs in the bottom of the inning, but FHSU added an RBI from Kellsi Olsen in the fifth to push the lead back to four at 6-2.
Maddie Holub took care of things from there, allowing just three hits and two runs as she improved her record to 10-5 on the year. Holub, who entered the week ranked No. 4 in NCAA Division II in strikeouts, notched 11 more against the Blue Tigers, giving her 166 for the year.
Game 2{ Fort Hays State 4, Lincoln 1
The Tigers got another strong pitching outing in the second game, this time from freshman Abby Morrison. Morrison threw her first complete game of the season and picked up her second straight victory after allowing four hits and one run, which was unearned. She also struck out three Blue Tigers and improved her record to 2-1 on the year.
The Fort Hays State offense managed two hits in the first three innings before Adriana Wortley put the Tigers ahead with a solo home run in the top of the fourth inning. FHSU put together a two-out rally in the fifth inning after Madison Putman eached on a Blue Tiger error. Nelson and Wright came through with back-to-back RBI doubles to make Lincoln pay and put FHSU up 3-0. Putman drew a bases-loaded walk in the sixth inning for an insurance run and a 4-0 Tiger lead.
Lincoln scored their lone run in the bottom of the sixth, but that would be all that Morrison allowed.
Fort Hays State will play in Missouri again on Sunday. The Tigers will meet future-MIAA member Lindenwood in St. Charles, Mo., in a doubleheader starting at 11:00 am.
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ST. LOUIS – Thomas Robinson had 18 points and 15 rebounds, Jeff Withey blocked 10 shots to finish one shy of the NCAA Tournament record, and No. 2 seed Kansas held on to beat North Carolina State, 60-57, Friday night in the Midwest Regional semifinals.
The Jayhawks (30-6), who hit only 1 of 14 3-pointers and finished 37.5 percent from the floor overall, advanced when Richard Howell’s off-balance heave at the buzzer came up well short.
Elijah Johnson added 11 points for the Jayhawks, including a layup off an inbound pass from Tyshawn Taylor with 13.5 seconds remaining that gave them a calming cushion.
N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried called a timeout to set up a play, but Scott Wood stepped out of bounds while fielding a cross-court pass with five seconds left.
C.J. Leslie had 18 points for the 11th-seeded Wolfpack (24-13), despite sitting much of the second half with four fouls. Wood finished with 12 points on 2-for-10 shooting.
Howell had 4 points and 16 rebounds for N.C. State, which led at halftime, 33-32.
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The four-game conference baseball series with Central Missouri this weekend has been pushed to doubleheaders Saturday and Sunday (Mar. 24-25) due to the damp conditions in Hays. The teams will play a doubleheader at 3 pm on Saturday and a doubleheader at 12 pm on Sunday.
Central Missouri enters the weekend at 16-2 overall, 11-1 in the MIAA, and ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division II. The Tigers are 6-10 overall and 4-7 in the MIAA.
Fort Hays State enters the series on a four-game win streak after sweeping three games from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., and a win over Bethany College in Hays on Tuesday evening.
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Tim Tebow has been traded to the Jets.
The team said Wednesday it has acquired the polarizing quarterback from the Broncos. Denver general manager Brian Xanders says the Broncos will receive fourth- and sixth-round draft picks, while New York gets a seventh-rounder – all in 2012. The trade first was reported by Fox Sports.
Denver started shopping Tebow after signing Peyton Manning. Tebow is expected to complement starter Mark Sanchez, who received a $40.5 million contract extension, with $20.5 million guaranteed, earlier this month. The Jets also had pursued Manning.
Tebow led the Broncos to the playoffs last season – along the way beating Sanchez and the Jets, who missed the postseason. But Denver executive John Elway believed Manning gave the team a better chance at winning a championship now.
