We have a brand new updated website! Click here to check it out!

Category: Sports

Late First Half Surge Lifts Central Missouri Past Fort Hays State

Posted on
(Photo/FHSU Athletics)

Central Missouri used a 29-8 run spanning the first and second halves to build a 22-point lead and knock off the No. 8 ranked Fort Hays State Tigers 78-40 Wednesday night in Warrensburg.

The 38-point loss was the largest for the Tigers since joining the MIAA and the worst in Mark Johnson’s 11 years as head coach and the worst since losing by 40 at Kansas in 2003. The 40 points scored ties the Tigers lowest total in MIAA play, matching the 40 they scored at Northwest Missouri State in 2007.

The Tigers shoot a season low 25.5-percent (13-51) including 4-of-18 from 3-point range while getting outrebounded by 13.

The Mules used an 18-3 run late in the first half to go up 20 after the Tigers had pulled within four on a Karron McKenzie steal and jam with 6:37 to play. The Tigers shot just 26-percent in the first half including 2-of-9 from 3-point range.

Karron McKenzie was the only Tiger to reach double-figures with 12 points. Nobody else scored more than five.

Mark Johnson Postgame Interview
menspost1-4-12

Game Highlights
mensHL1-4-12

Slow Start Dooms FHSU Women’s Basketball At Central Missouri

Posted on
(FHSU Athletics Photo)

The Fort Hays State Lady Tigers hit just one of their first 12 shots to start the game, falling behind 13-2 and could never recover, losing 76-66 at Central Missouri Wednesday night.

Fort Hays State, who missed their first 12 3-point tries, trailed by 20 at the half and as many 22 with 18:early in the second half made before pulling to within eight with 6:30 to play. Central Missouri responded with a 6-2 run to go up 12. Traci Keyser hit two free throws to make it 69-63 with 1:16. She hit a 3-pointer 73-66 with :30 left but the Tigers could get no closer.

Fort Hays State shot just 28-percent in the first half and went 0-for-9 from 3-point range in the first half and trailed 44-24 at halftime.

Freshman Kate Lehman turned in her second straight big game, leading the Tigers with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Traci Keyser added 17 and a career-high 12 boards.

FHSU drops to 12-2 and 4-2 in the MIAA while the Jennies improve to 9-4 and 3-4 in the conference.

Post Game Interview:
ladiespost1-4-12

Area Football Players Selected to Shrine Bowl

Posted on

Seven area athletes were selected to the 2012 Kansas Shrine Bowl. The Kansas Shrine Bowl released the East and West rosters this week. This year’s game, which benefits the Shriners’ Hospital for Children, will be played at Welch Stadium at Emporia State University in Emporia on July 28th. Hay High’s Zach Binder, Ellis’ Jared Herl, La Crosse’s Tayler Stull, Plainville’s Andrew Casey, Smith Center’s Truitt Kuhlmann, Great Bend’s Tyler Uselton and Thunder Ridge’s Joel Struckhoff were all named to the roster released Tuesday. Two area coaches were also selected as assistant coaches on the West team; Hays High coach Ryan Cornelsen and La Crosse coach Jon Webster. Garden City’s Brian Hill was selected as head coach.

Whitehill and Kosjer Named to Don Hansen All-Super Region First Team

Posted on
(Photo/FHSU Athletics)

Fort Hays State football seniors Alex Whitehill and Ethan Kosjer added to their long list of accomplishments for the 2011 season as they were honored as Don Hansen All-Super Region 4 First Team selections. Both Whitehill and Kosjer have been named Daktronics All-Super Region 4 First Team selections and Daktronics All-Americans this year.

Whitehill, native of McPherson, Kan., has been named an All-MIAA First Team, Daktronics All-Super Region 4 First Team, Daktronics All-American First Team, and CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-American First Team selection so far this year. He adds this honor as his second all-region first team selection this year. He finished the season leading NCAA Division II in tackles with 164, just five short of the Division II single-season record. However, he did set a new school record for tackles in a season, breaking the old mark of 150 set by Junior Hartig in 1979. He also set a new NCAA Division II record for assisted tackles in a season with 106, breaking the old mark of 105 set by Brian Holliday of Fayetteville State in 2002. Whitehill recorded at least 10 tackles in nine of 11 games this year and never had less than seven in a game. He had at least 20 tackles in a game three times this year.

Kosjer also adds this honor as his second all-region first team selection this year. He has earned All-MIAA First Team, Daktronics All-Super Region 4 First Team, and Daktronics All-American Second Team honors so far this year. The Douglass, Kan., native led the MIAA in punting average for the second straight season, this year at 44.4 yards per boot. He also led all of Super Region 4 in punting average. Kosjer ended the season ranked third in NCAA Division II in punting average. He set new single-season and career records at FHSU for punting average. His 44.4 yards per kick this year eclipsed the old mark of 43.2 set by Adam Ryan in 2000 and his career average of 42.7 passed the mark of 41.4, also set by Ryan.

– FHSU Sports Information –

High School Basketball Scores 1/03/12

Posted on


BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 60, Chapman 30
Andale 62, Clearwater 57
Arkansas City 39, Valley Center 34
Ashland 52, Hodgeman County 38
Atchison County 51, Immaculata 48
Augusta 70, El Dorado 58
Baileyville-B&B 53, Blue Valley 33
Berean Academy 50, Canton-Galva 17
Bern 69, Axtell 39
Bonner Springs 59, Tonganoxie 28
Buhler 70, Rose Hill 41
Burlington, Okla. 88, Attica 40
Burrton 43, Fairfield 28
BV North 70, Gardner-Edgerton 41
BV Northwest 56, Bishop Miege 40
BV West 61, Lawrence Free State 49
Carl Junction, Mo. 69, Labette County 65
Centralia 54, Wetmore 45
Clifton-Clyde 47, Valley Heights 44, 2OT
Colby 64, Goodland 57
Concordia 58, Clay Center 52
Council Grove 59, West Franklin 41
Derby 64, Newton 42
DeSoto 61, Paola 43
Dighton 52, Oakley 46
Dodge City 45, Garden City 36
Ell-Saline 48, Hutchinson Trinity 37
Ellsworth 63, Russell 29
Emporia 75, Manhattan 40
Flinthills 67, Central Burden 45
Fowler 60, Bucklin 28
Garden Plain 52, Cheney 48
Goddard-Eisenhower 53, Wichita Campus 38
Greeley County 43, Deerfield 39
Hanover 56, Onaga 52
Hays-TMP-Marian 62, Larned 22
Herington 51, Chase County 47
Highland Park 52, Topeka Hayden 50
Hill City 66, Quinter 50
Hillsboro 54, Halstead 45
Hoisington 61, Central Plains 54
Hope 52, Goessel 40
Horton 50, Jackson Heights 39
Hutchinson 64, Salina South 39
KC Turner 48, KC Bishop Ward 38
Macksville 68, Cunningham 58
Maize South 53, Circle 50
McCook, Neb. 78, Phillipsburg 65
McLouth 59, Oskaloosa 38
McPherson 56, Great Bend 37
Medicine Lodge 71, Wichita Independent 57
Moundridge 45, Bennington 39
Ness City 60, Kinsley 46
Olpe 39, Southern Coffey 25
Parsons 57, Fort Scott 51
Pratt 59, Hays 42
Pratt Skyline 67, Chase 36
Remington 54, Marion 35
Republic County 46, Minneapolis 35
Rolla 42, Boise City, Okla. 33
Salina Central 61, Maize 58, OT
Salina Sacred Heart 61, Southeast Saline 54, 2OT
Scott City 71, Hugoton 35
Sedgwick 57, Inman 48
Seneca, Mo. 48, Pittsburg Colgan 41
Silver Lake 47, Rossville 31
Smith Center 70, Pike Valley 52
Smoky Valley 59, Lyons 35
South Central 54, South Barber 34
South Gray 59, Ingalls 19
St. Francis 77, Golden Plains 40
St. Thomas Aquinas 66, Blue Valley Stilwell 58
Sterling 59, Haven 40
Udall 70, Argonia 31
Ulysses 44, Liberal 35
Washington County 57, Linn 55
Waverly 87, Burlingame 57
White City 57, Solomon 54
Wichita Collegiate 56, Wellington 31
Wichita East 62, Wichita West 53
Wichita North 68, Wichita Southeast 60
Wichita Trinity 51, Belle Plaine 39
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 44, Chapman 16
Andale 65, Clearwater 33
Andover Central 46, Andover 41
Ashland 48, Hodgeman County 38
Augusta 38, El Dorado 31
Axtell 29, Bern 28
Baileyville-B&B 50, Blue Valley 29
Beloit 60, Osborne 30
Berean Academy 41, Canton-Galva 15
Bishop Miege 53, BV Northwest 45
Boise City, Okla. 50, Rolla 29
Bonner Springs 48, Tonganoxie 32
Bucklin 66, Fowler 17
Buhler 52, Rose Hill 44
Burlington, Okla. 63, Attica 40
BV North 49, Gardner-Edgerton 43
Centre 41, Peabody-Burns 27
Chase County 46, Herington 22
Clay Center 48, Concordia 39
Colby 52, Goodland 29
Cunningham 51, Macksville 24
Deerfield 50, Greeley County 45
DeSoto 41, Paola 36
Douglass 58, Bluestem 27
Ell-Saline 53, Hutchinson Trinity 48
Ellsworth 45, Russell 38
Fairfield 54, Burrton 31
Fort Scott 39, Parsons 36
Frankfort 52, Southern Cloud 34
Garden City 35, Dodge City 33
Garden Plain 52, Cheney 44
Golden Plains 50, St. Francis 44
Hanover 49, Onaga 26
Haven 54, Sterling 52, OT
Hays-TMP-Marian 63, Larned 39
Hesston 57, Kingman 32
Highland Park 43, Topeka Hayden 31
Hill City 67, Quinter 57
Hillsboro 61, Halstead 16
Hoisington 43, Central Plains 34
Hope 42, Goessel 35
Horton 61, Jackson Heights 43
Hoxie 77, Triplains-Brewster 32
Hutchinson 56, Salina South 44
Jefferson North 58, Jefferson West 24
Kapaun Mount Carmel 30, Wichita South 23
KC Bishop Ward 47, KC Turner 29
Kinsley 44, Ness City 26
Lyons 50, Smoky Valley 39
Maize 61, Salina Central 57
Maize South 40, Circle 29
Manhattan 48, Emporia 25
McPherson 52, Great Bend 33
Moundridge 45, Bennington 13
Newton 49, Derby 42
Northern Heights 55, Mission Valley 38
Oakley 47, Dighton 34
Olathe South 71, Lincoln College Prep, Mo. 50
Osage City 44, Lyndon 39
Oskaloosa 57, McLouth 45
Oswego 61, Galena 31
Phillipsburg 67, McCook, Neb. 58
Pittsburg Colgan 51, Seneca, Mo. 41
Pratt 42, Hays 30
Pratt Skyline 63, Chase 23
Remington 47, Marion 22
Republic County 40, Minneapolis 20
Salina Sacred Heart 56, Southeast Saline 40
Scott City 35, Hugoton 33
Sedgwick 48, Inman 24
Silver Lake 53, Rossville 31
Smith Center 70, Pike Valley 52
South Central 53, South Barber 39
South Haven 41, Caldwell 35
Spring Hill 50, Eudora 22
Stockton 58, Northern Valley 57
Topeka Seaman 35, Junction City 30
Ulysses 44, Liberal 35
Valley Center 46, Arkansas City 27
Valley Heights 24, Clifton-Clyde 20
Victoria 48, Plainville 41, OT
Washburn Rural 65, Topeka West 27
Washington County 55, Linn 26
Waverly 47, Burlingame 37
Wellington 49, Wichita Collegiate 33
Wetmore 49, Centralia 35
White City 39, Solomon 35
Wichita Campus 53, Goddard-Eisenhower 40
Wichita Heights 63, Bishop Carroll 28
Wichita Trinity 49, Belle Plaine 34
Wichita West 77, Wichita East 53

TMP-Marian Boys Destroy Larned

Posted on

Thomas More Prep – Marian’s Taylor Pfeifer was able to score the same amount as Larned as a team and the Monarch’s rolled Tuesday night in Larned with a 62-22 victory.

The Monarchs held a 15-point lead at halftime and outscored the Indians (1-4) 17-3 in the fourth to go on for their fifth straight win and second conference win.

Pfeifer scored TMP’s first 10 points on his way to a game-high 22 points. Tuesday’s game was the second time Pfeifer has scored over 20 points on the season.

Senior Jacob Fouts added 15 points for TMP. Larned, who suffered their fourth straight loss, was led in scoring by sophomore Cameron Brown with eight points.

TMP (5-2) has a week off before returning to action next Tuesday (1/10) as they’ll face Abilene on the road. The Cowboys are undefeated and ranked in Class 4A.

Coach’s Interview

boys coach

Highlights

boys highlights

TMP-Marian Girls Cruise by Larned

Posted on

The trio of Rachel Jacobs, Jenna Lang, and Heather Ruder combined for 49 points Tuesday night in Larned as Thomas More Prep – Marian eased by the Lady Indians 63-39.

Senior Jacobs scored the first seven points of the game and the Lady Monarchs (5-2) blitzed Larned early. Jacobs finished with a game-high 20 points.

TMP built a 28-point lead at halftime which allowed coach Alan Billinger to rest most of his starters the entire third quarter.

Senior Lang added a season-high 16 points and junior Ruder chipped in 13. TMP has won three straight games and improved to 2-0 in conference play.

The Lady Monarchs are off until next Tuesday (1/10) when they will travel to Abilene.

Coach’s Interview

girls coach

Highlights

girls highlights

Hays High Boys Fall to Pratt 59-42

Posted on

The Hays High Indians fell behind to Pratt early and never caught up. Pratt ended up defeating Hays 59-42 on Tuesday night.

On the boy’s side, Pratt jumped out a 16-0 lead and allowed Hays to score just 15 first half points in route to a 59-42 win by the state ranked Greenbacks. Hays High did shoot 46% from the field including six threes, but turned the ball over 24 times. The Indians were led in scoring by a career high 14 points from freshman Brady Werth, who also grabbed four rebounds, blocked three shots, and made all six of this free throws.

Post Game Interview:
Rick Keltner Post Game v Pratt

Highlights:
hhsboys1-3-12HL

Hays High Lady Indians fall to Pratt 42-30

Posted on

The Lady Indians never led in the game and fell behind by 15 late in the third quarter, but rallied with a 9-0 run including seven straight points from Katelyn Gulley and had the ball, but a turnover led to a three point play by Pratt and the Indians never recovered. No lady Indian scored in double figures in the 42-30 loss. Hays High shot just 24% and committed 23 turnovers.

 

 

Post Game:
Kirk Maska Post Game v Pratt
Highlights:
hhsgirlshl1312

FHSU Up One To No. 8 In Latest NCAA II Poll

Posted on

The Fort Hays State men’s basketball team moved up one spot to No. 8 in the latest set of NCAA Division II rankings, released on Tuesday. The Tigers benefitted from Missouri Southern’s loss this past weekend to Pittsburg State, which dropped the Lions from No. 6 to No. 14 in this week’s poll. All other teams in front of the Tigers avoided losses over the past week.

Fort Hays State’s victory at Truman was not figured into this week’s poll, as Monday games are not figured in on a weekly basis. The poll just considers games played up to the Sunday previous to the release of the poll.

Fort Hays State’s win at Truman and Wednesday’s game at Central Missouri, along with their home contest against Southwest Baptist this Saturday will be figured into the next poll to be released next Tuesday, January 10. The Top 15 match-up between FHSU and Missouri Southern on Monday, January 9 in Hays will be figured into the January 17 poll. It will be the second-straight year that the FHSU vs. Missouri Southern game in Hays will feature Top 15 ranked teams.

Fort Hays State has a very difficult road test on Wednesday at Central Missouri, which sits at 7-4 overall and 3-3 in the MIAA. The Mules are always very tough at home as the Tigers have only won once in Warrensburg since joining the MIAA in 2006-07. That win was in 2009-10, when Central Missouri was the No. 1 team in the nation and the Tigers were ranked No. 13.

The No. 8 ranking is the highest of the season so far for Fort Hays State. The Tigers and Missouri Southern are the only teams from the MIAA in the Top 25 once again this week, although Northwest Missouri State has moved back into the receiving votes section. The Bearcats’ only loss this year was to Fort Hays State in Hays on December 17. FHSU, Northwest Missouri State, and Washburn are currently tied for the MIAA lead as of Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 3).

This week’s national poll is listed below…

1.
 Metropolitan State (Colo.)
12-0
197
 (5 first place votes)
2.
 Southern Indiana
10-0
189
 (1 first place vote)
3.
 Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.)
12-0
183
 (1 first place vote)
4.
 Kentucky Wesleyan
10-0
180
 (1 first place vote)
5.
 Bellarmine (Ky.)
9-1
170
6.
 Cal Poly Pomona
8-0
158
7.
 West Liberty (W.Va.)
10-1
153
8.
 Fort Hays State (Kan.)
9-1
137
9.
 Tarleton State (Texas)
10-1
135
10.
 Winona State (Minn.)
10-1
127
11.
 Northern Kentucky
10-0
120
12.
 Colorado School of Mines
10-1
104
13.
 Alabama-Huntsville
8-2
99
14.
 Missouri Southern
11-2
91
15.
 Bowie State (Md.)
8-1
84
16.
 Midwestern State (Texas)
11-0
81
17.
 Findlay (Ohio)
10-2
73
18.
 Alaska-Anchorage
9-2
64
19.
 Minnesota State-Moorhead
9-0
55
20.
 Indiana (Pa.)
8-2
29
21.
 Augustana (S.D.)
8-2
27
22.
 Arkansas Tech
8-2
26
23.
 Western Washington
12-2
20
24.
 Benedict (S.C.)
3-1
17
25.
 West Georgia
13-1
11

Others receiving votes: Georgia Southwestern 10, Southwestern Oklahoma State 9, Christian Brothers (Tenn.) 8, Clayton State (Ga.) 8, Bentley (Mass.) 8, Hillsdale (Mich.) 7, Montevallo (Ala.) 7, St. Cloud State (Minn.) 5, Northwest Missouri State 3, Humboldt State (Calif.) 2, Western Oregon 2, Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 1, West Texas A&M 1.

MIAA Teams in Bold

Kansas’ Thomas Named Big 12 Player of the Week

Posted on

(AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
Kansas junior Thomas Robinson has been named Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week, for games of Dec. 26 – Jan. 1 in voting by a panel of media covering the conference. It is the third honor this season for Robinson.

A 6-10 forward from Washington, D.C., Robinson averaged 19.5 points and 14.0 rebounds as Kansas recorded victories over Howard (89-34) and North Dakota (84-58). He shot 70 percent (14-of-20) from the field on the week, while making 71.4 percent (10-of-14) of his shots from the free-throw line. He also had six assists, one block and three steals.

Robinson’s top performance came versus North Dakota, as he finished with career-highs of 30 points and 21 rebounds. It was the sixth time in Big 12 history that a player has posted at least 30 points and 20 rebounds in the same game and first time a Jayhawk player has done so since Feb. 13, 1961 (Wayne Hightower).

Robinson has 17.7 points and 12.2 rebounds per game this season, the only player in the Big 12 averaging a double-double. He was also named Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week Nov. 27 and Dec. 12.

– KU Media Relations –

Copyright Eagle Radio | FCC Public Files | EEO Public File