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FHSU Softball Blows 4-0 Leads, Drops First Game Of The Season

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The Fort Hays State softball team was handed a 7-4 loss by Abilene Christian on Sunday at the Midwestern State Invitational in Wichita Falls, Texas. The Tigers had a 4-0 lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning, but Abilene Christian tied the game at 4-4 and got a three-run walk-off home run from Erin Gilliland to hand the Tigers their first loss of the season.

Fort Hays State struck quick, with Maddie Holub hitting a solo home run in the top of the first inning. The Tigers would go up 2-0 on a sac fly by Breanna Beckerman which scored Amanda Vaupel. Holub struck again in the third inning, this time with a two-run shot to put FHSU up 4-0. There were chances to extend the lead, but Holub was gunned down at the plate to end the fourth inning and the Tigers left runners on second and third in the fifth inning.

The Wildcats turned to their third pitcher of the game, Peyton Mosley, in the fifth inning after FHSU had two runners on and she responded by not allowing a hit the rest of the way. Fort Hays State had 10 hits off of the other ACU pitchers and also took advantage of three Wildcat errors.

Holub was strong in the circle, allowing just two hits in the first six innings, before the Wildcats came to life in the seventh. ACU tied the game at four on a fielder’s choice, leaving two runners still on base when Gilliland came to the plate for the walk-off home run. Holub gets her first loss of the season, moving to 2-1, after allowing seven runs on seven hits. She also allowed seven walks and had two wild pitches, but she struck out nine batters. Holub has struck out at least nine batters in all three of her starts this season.

The Tigers, now 4-1 on the season, travel to Denton, Texas next weekend to play in the Texas Women’s Tournament. They are scheduled to face Abilene Christian again next Sunday (Feb. 26) on the final day of that tournament.

– FHSU Sport Information –

Late Cold Spell Costs Tigers In Double-Overtime Loss At No. 16 Missouri Southern

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The Fort Hays State Tigers were held scoreless over the final 6:11 of regulation after going up ten and fall to No. 16 Missouri Southern 80-73 in two overtimes Saturday afternoon in Joplin. It’s the second straight game in which the Lions erase a double-figure second half deficit to win in overtime.

The Tigers led by 11 with 8:18 to play but would score only two more points the rest of regulation and were held to just two in the first overtime before Lance Russell knocked in a corner 3-pointer with :10 to play to force the second OT.

MSSU hit 12-of-14 free throws in the two overtime periods to keep the Tigers at bay.

Fort Hays held the Lions, who lead the MIAA and are ninth in Division II in field goal percentage, to just 39-percent for the game.

Kendrick Morse led four Tigers in double-figures with 19 points. Karron McKenzie added 17 points and 12 rebounds. Matt Simmons scored 12 and grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked two shots, playing 49 of the games 50 minutes.

The loss is the second straight for the Tigers who fall to 16-8 and 10-8 in the MIAA. The Lions improve to 22-5 and 14-5 in the MIAA with their third straight overtime win at home.

Mark Johnson Postgame Interview
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Game Highlights
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Lehman’s Career Day Helps Lady Tiger To Road Win At Missouri Southern

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The Fort Hays State Lady Tigers shot 52-percent in the second half including 3-of-5 from 3-point range as they rally from a 10-point first half deficit to defeat Missouri Southern 67-58 Saturday afternoon in Joplin.

Kate Lehman led the Tigers with a career day, scoring 28 points, grabbing 17 rebounds and blocking six shots. Lehman was 13-of-14 from the field, missing only her final shot of the game.

Fort Hays State used an 18-7 run over a 5:45 stretch of the second half, keyed by two Kimber Weiser 3-pointers, to build an eight-point lead.

The Lady Tigers led early by four, but a six-minute scoreless drought saw them fall behind by ten with 1:54 to play in the first half and were down 31-25 at the break.

Wieser and Kaiameka Brown both scored 12 for FHSU who has own four straight to improve to 19-7 and 10-7 in the MIAA.

Tony Hobson Postgame Interview
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Game Highlights
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Ness City boys and Victoria girls win on Friday Night

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Friday night’s Y102 Area Game of the Week saw the Ness City Eagles and the Victoria Knights matchup in a Central Prairie League showdown. In the girls game it looked as though the Ness City lady Eagles would put an end to their seven game losing streak.

The Eagles jumped out to and 8-5 lead in the first quarter behind four from both Kenzie Stoeklein and Ashleigh Seib, and they led 12-11 after the first quarter. Victoria opened the second quarter on a 4-0 run, behind Audra Novak who scored 9 of her 20 points in the first half, and the Knights led 15-12. But Ness City answered with a 6-0 run of their own taking the lead 21-19 heading into the half. Ness City lead was seven after three quarters.

Into the fourth quarter Victoria went back to Nowak inside and closed the gap to 32-30. Ness City led by 5, 40-35 with just over two minutes let to play in the game but the lady Knights turned up the defense pressure and closed the game on a 7-0 run in the closing minutes. Kristin Huser knocked down a three to cut the lead to two and on the very next possession Audra Nowak tied the game at 40 with her 20th point of the night. Then Huser forced a turnover and took it the length of the floor and laid it home with 7.4 seconds left. Out of a timeout Huser stole the inbounds pass and sealed the 42-40 win for the Knights.

Audra Nowak led all scorers with 20 points and Huser finished with 8. Ashleigh Seib had a game-high 10 for Ness City and Erin Flax chipped in 9. Victoria improved to 13-6 while the Eagles dropped to 5-13.

In the boys matchup the Victoria Knights gave the Ness City Eagles all the wanted and even a little more but they fell short tonight 59-46. Victoria took a 4-3 early in the first quarter and that would be their only lead of the game. The first three shots Ness City made were 3-pointers and you get the feeling it could be that kind of night. Dalton Gantz knocked home the first two and Drew Clarke added one more in the opening quarter as Ness City led 13-4 after one.

The Eagles lead was as much as 11 early in the second quarter before that Knights went on a 7-0 run to cut the lead to four but Koltyn Ratliff hit a three to extend the lead back to seven. Ness City led by five at halftime. The two teams traded baskets to begin the third quarter and Victoria got within three once and four a couple of times but trailed by nine after three.

Ness City closed out the third and begin the fourth quarter on a 9-0 run and came away with the 59-46 win. Ness City Colin Foos had 14 of his game-high 18 in the second half. Dalton Gantz and Drew Clarke both finished with 16 points. Sam Ottley scored 11 of his team-high 13 points for the Knights and Lane Braun added 10.

Ness City improves to 15-3 and the Knights fall to 8-11. The Knights are off until the 24th when they host Lincoln and the Eagles will host Dighton on Tuesday.

Girls Highlights
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Boys Highlights
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Friday Night Basketball Scores 2/17/12

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BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Abilene64,ClayCenter40
AndoverCentral 38,Andover33
ArkansasCity51,ValleyCenter39
BereanAcademy39, Remington 30
Buhler 59, Winfield 34
Burlington50, Fredonia 42
BV Northwest 50, BV West 47
Dodge City45,Great Bend33
Emporia101, TopekaWest 56
Garden Plain 46, Chaparral 43
Goddard-Eisenhower 76, McPherson 60
Hillsboro69, Kingman 52
Holton 61, Perry-Lecompton 34
Kapaun MountCarmel 55,Wichita North 49
MillValley63, KC Piper 49
OlatheNorthwest 40,OlatheSouth 37
Ottawa63, Baldwin 47
Pratt 49,HutchinsonCentral Christian 33
Pratt 49, Hesston 33
Pretty Prairie 41, Cunningham 24
RepublicCounty62,SalinaSacred Heart 44
Rock Hills 47, Palco 40
Sabetha 50, Jefferson West 42, Ot
SilverLake49, Rock Creek 40
Smoky Valley 56,Sterling53
St. John’sMilitary 75, Flint Hills Job Corps 41
Topeka71,Junction City27
WichitaCollegiate 55, Andale 42

Colby Classic Tournament
Hogan Prep, Mo. 54, Sunrise Christian 42

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

Andale 47,WichitaCollegiate 40
Andover52,AndoverCentral 35
AtchisonCounty48, Pleasant Ridge 25
Belle Plaine 42,WichitaTrinity 35
Beloit48,Minneapolis35
Bennington51,Marion48
BereanAcademy55, Remington 40
BlueValleyStilwell 51, Bishop Miege 34
Bluestem 48,WichitaIndependent 42″
Bonner Springs 60, Tonganoxie 55
Buhler 50, Winfield 29
Burlingame31,West Franklin28
Burlington78, Fredonia 25
BV North 59, Blue Valley Southwest 18
BV Northwest 57, BV West 42
Cair Paravel 58, Marais des Cygnes Valley 49
Caldwelldef. ElkValley, forfeit
Caney Valley 67, Cherryvale 56
CentralHeights45, Osawatomie 36
ChaseCounty57, Centre 40
ClayCenter40,Abilene39
Deerfield42, Weskan 36
Dodge City47,Great Bend35
Ell-Saline 52, Ellinwood 42
Ellis 38, Norton 26
Emporia 41,Topeka West 38
Frontenac 67, Girard 60
Garden Plain 65, Chaparral 38
Golden Plains 65, Cheylin 34
GreeleyCounty 72, St. Francis 50
Hartford56,WichitaDefenders 24
Haven 64, Halstead 33
Hays 48, Garden City 43
Hays-TMP-Marian 43,Cimarron36
Hesston 44, Pratt 40
HillCity49, Osborne 40
Hillsboro 45, Kingman 26
Holcomb 70,ScottCity46
Holton 54, Perry-Lecompton 14
Hutchinson49,Derby40
Immaculata 45, McLouth 33
Ingalls 53,Ashland34
Inman 41, Little River 27
JacksonHeights48, KC Christian 36
Kapaun MountCarmel71,WichitaNorth 50
KC Bishop Ward 51, KC Turner 43
KC Schlagle 52, KCWyandotte37
KC Sumner 42, KC Washington 11
Lansing44, Basehor-Linwood 40
Lebo 43, Southern Coffey 42
Lincoln48,St. John’sBeloit37
Madison 50, Lyndon 41
Maize 68,WichitaCampus 28
Maize South 33,Clearwater30
Manhattan52,ShawneeHeights26
Marysville 68, Chapman 36
McPherson 67, Goddard-Eisenhower 22
Medicine Lodge 43, Douglass 36
Mill Valley 36, KC Piper 19
Moundridge 52, Peabody-Burns 33
Nemaha Valley 49, Royal Valley 38
Oakley 64, Wallace County 58
OlatheEast 56,Lawrence29
OlatheNorthwest 48,OlatheSouth 46
Olpe 66, Sedgwick 36
Onaga 54,Bern42
Otis-Bison 45, Western Plains 10
Ottawa40, Baldwin 19
Phillipsburg59, Trego 52
PikeValley36, Sylvan-Lucas 27
Pittsburg38, Iola 29
Pretty Prairie 26, Cunningham 20
RawlinsCounty48, Quinter 28
RepublicCounty58,SalinaSacred Heart 25
RileyCounty55, Rossville 30
Rock Hills 55, Palco 48
Rose Hill 58,El Dorado34
Russell 60, Southeast Saline 58
Sabetha 54, Jefferson West 20
SalinaCentral 48,Newton45
Santa Fe Trail54, Hiawatha 16
SilverLake42, Rock Creek 35
SM Northwest 53,Leavenworth38
SM South 40, SM West 37
SmithCenter72,Stockton28
South Haven 44, Cedar Vale/Dexter 41
Spearville 70, Fowler 28
St. John59, Macksville 26
St. Mary’s 43,Centralia36
St. Thomas Aquinas 42, Gardner-Edgerton 39
Sterling51, Smoky Valley 44
SunriseChristian 61, Hogan Prep,Mo.47
Topeka49,Junction City24
Topeka Seaman 42, TopekaHayden 31
Wabaunsee 63, Herington 46
Washburn Rural 55,Highland Park33
WashingtonCounty68,ValleyHeights31
Wellington53, Circle 35
Wetmore 56, Axtell 23
WichitaCounty36, Sublette 31
WichitaEast 46,WichitaNorthwest 37
WichitaHeights57,WichitaSouth 28
WichitaSoutheast 61,WichitaWest 38
Elwood Tournament
Doniphan West 39, Riverside 20
Haven Tournament
Cheney 33,ConwaySprings 25

Late Run Lifts Southwest Baptist Past Fort Hays State

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Southwest Baptist used a 13-4 run over a 8:40 stretch of the second half to build a nine-point lead and defeat the Fort Hays State Tigers 66-61 Thursday night in Bolivar.

The Tigers rallied from five down to tie the game at 46 with 9:24 to play but the Bearcats push the lead to nine keyed by back-to-back 3-pointers from Jake Littrel. Fort Hays closed within three on back-to-back Moses Dayee 3-pointers, but would never get any closer.

Karron McKenzie scored 15 first half points and Moses Dayee hit four first half 3’s helping the Tigers build a 30-27 halftime lead.

FHSU held the Bearcats to 37-percent shooting for the game and 7-for-23 from 3-point range  but could manage just 39-percent shooting themselves as they fall to 16-7 and 10-7 in the MIAA. SBU improves to 17-10 and 10-8 in the MIAA as they win for the 11th time in their last 14 games.

Mark Johnson Postgame Interview
Boys Coach
Game Highlights
Boys Highlights

Hot Shooting Second Half Lifts FHSU Women Past Southwest Baptist

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The Fort Hays State Lady Tigers shoot 53-percent in the second half including 5-of-7 from 3-point range to knock off Southwest Baptist 78-71 Thursday night for their first ever win at the Meyer Sports Center in Bolivar.

The Bearcats closed the first half on a 7-2 run to tie the game 28-28 at the half. SBU scored the first four points of the second half to go up four, but the Tigers answer with seven straight for a 37-34 advantage.

Up by one, FHSU used a 13-3 run capped by a Traci Keyser 3-pointer to go up 11 with 9:55 to play.

Kaiameka Brown led five Tigers in double-figures with 13 points, hitting 6-of-8 free throws. Traci Keyser was 2-for-2 from beyond the arc and scored 12, all in the second half. Kate Lehman recorded her seventh double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Kate Edwards and Kimber Wieser both add 10.

The Tigers have won three straight and improve to 18-7 and 10-7 in the MIAA.

Tony Hobson Postgame Interview

Girls Coach

Game Highlights

Girls Highlights

Tiger Wrestlers Drop Final Two Duals

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The Fort Hays State wrestlers hosted two of the RMAC elite on Wednesday night (Feb. 15) at Gross Memorial Coliseum. The No. 15 Tigers fell to No. 7 Grand Canyon, 22-12, in the first dual and lost to No. 4 Nebraska-Kearney, 19-12, in the nightcap. FHSU is now 7-5 on the season and 3-5 in the RMAC.

Grand Canyon 22, FHSU 12

The Tigers took four of the 10 matches, all in decisions to score 12 points against No. 7 Grand Canyon, but the Lopes won six matches, including a pin and a major decision for the 22-12 score.

FHSU jumped out to a 6-0 lead, taking the first two matches. Kyle Johnson started the dual with a close 3-2 win over Lino Estrado at 133 pounds. C.J. Napier continued the Tiger winning streak, defeating Vince Hererra in an 8-3 decision and upping the Tiger advantage to 6-0.

The Lopes won the next two matches to tie the score at 6-6. In a battle of top wrestlers, No. 8 Bobby Ward defeated No. 2 Mitchell Means, 7-3, in a decision. Grand Canyon’s Teddy Bristol then won a tight 5-4 decision over Derek Koehn at 157 pounds.

FHSU’s Sam Thoman gave the Tigers a lead at 9-3 after Thoman won a 3-0 decision over David Wilbur in the 165-pound class.

The Lopes pulled away with 13-straight points in three matches. A major decision win by Victor Carazo over Josh Rodriguezstarted the run then Brett Sanchez upset No. 1 Walker Clarke, 4-1, to push Grand Canyon’s lead to 13-9. An early pin by Celic Bell of Grand Canyon upped their score to 19 points as Bell pinned Tanner Kriss at 0:28.

Senior Justin Glenn win an exciting 3-2 decision over No. 3 Jordan Johnson at heavyweight to give the Tigers their final three points and 12 points total in the dual.

A late comeback by Kyle Mccrite downed Collin Hase, 11-8, at 125 pounds in the final match of the dual, upping the Lopes score to 22-12.

Nebraska-Kearney 19, FHSU 12

After losing the first six matches to fall behind 19-0, the Tigers rallied to win the final four matches for the final 19-12 in favor of the visiting Lopers.

The Tigers dropped the first six matches in the dual to fall behind 19-0, but won the last four for the final 19-12 score.

FHSU then won the next four matches to score 12 points. No. 1 Walker Clarke redeemed himself after his earlier loss to defeat Ross Brunkhardt by a close 3-2 score. Tanner Kriss made it two straight Tiger wins, defeating Matt Lenagh, 6-1, and upping the Tiger score to six points. Justin Glenn notched his second win of the night, defeating Kevin Barrett by a close 3-2 score to pull the Tigers to 10 at 19-9. Glenn was undefeated in duals for the Tigers this season. At 125 pounds, Collin Hase won 6-4 over Jordan White for the final 19-12 score.

With the losses, FHSU is 7-5 on the season and 3-5 in the RMAC.

The Tigers now prepare for the NCAA Division II West Regionals/RMAC Champions on Feb. 25-26, hosted by Fort Hays State at Gross Memorial Coliseum. The event starts at 9 p.m. on Saturday.

– FHSU Sports Information –

FHSU Men’s Basketball No. 10 In South Central Region Rankings

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The Fort Hays State men’s basketball team debut’s at No. 10 in the first South Central Region rankings out this afternoon. The rankings are used to determine the field in the NCAA II basketball tournament.

The Lady Tigers did make the women’s poll.

Below are both polls. Records are against Division II opponents and in-region.

Men’s South Central Region Rankings (February 15, 2012)
1. Tarleton State (16-2) (15-2)
2. Midwestern State (16-2) (16-2)
3. Arkansas Tech (14-3) (14-3)
4. Northwest Missouri State (15-3) (15-3)
5. Washburn (15-6) (15-6)
6. Missouri Southern (17-5) (17-5)
7. Central Missouri (13-6) (13-6)
8. West Texas A&M (15-6) (15-6)
9. Incarnate Word (12-9) (12-9)
10.Fort Hays State (12-6) (12-6)

Women’s South Central Region Rankings (February 15, 2012)
1. Pittsburg State (20-2) (20-2)
2. Northeastern State (20-3) (15-3)
3. Washburn (18-4) (15-4)
4. Tarleton State (16-5) (16-5)
5. Midwestern State (18-4) (18-4)
6. Emporia State (17-5) (15-5)
7. Central Missouri (15-6) (15-6)
8. Arkansas Tech (16-3) (16-3)
9. West Texas A&M (14-7) (14-6)
10. Newman (14-5) (14-5)

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