Thomas More Prep-Marian Monarch Senior Rachel Jacobs signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Fort Hays State University this (Mon) afternoon in the TMP Cafeteria. Jacobs, was named to the all league team for the last three years, was selected first team All-State as a Junior and a member of the 3A State Champion team as a Sophomore. Jacobs said that signing with Fort Hays meant staying and playing at home.
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FHSU Men’s Basketball Opens Season With Road Win At UNK
The Fort Hays State men’s basketball team overcame a sluggish start to knock off Nebraska-Kearney 65-51 in the season opener for both Sunday afternoon at the Health and Sports Center in Kearney, Neb.
The Tigers fell behind early by six before using a 9-0 run to take the lead midway through the first half and would lead by two at the half.
After UNK scored five straight to tie the game at 38, the Tigers scored nine unanswered to take the lead for good. Kendrick Morse capped the run with a steal and layup. He would add a 3-point basket to push the lead to 11.
Markus Yarbrough led two Tigers in double-figures with 11 points. Karron McKenzie added 10 before fouling out. Matt Simmons tied a career-high with 16 rebounds.
Fort Hays State shot 47-percent for the game and hit 4-of-10 from 3-point range, but just 1-for-5 in the second half. They also out-rebounded the Lopers.
FHSU returns home Tuesday to host Bethany College at 7pm at Gross Colsieum.
Mark Johnson Postgame Interview
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Sean Dreiling Postgame Interview
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Game Highlights
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FHSU Women’s Basketball Upsets No. 20 Tarleton State
The Fort Hays State women’s basketball team shook off an early double-figure deficit to pick up their third straight win over a ranked team, defeating No. 20 Tarleton State 67-56 Sunday at the St. Mary’s Classic in San Antonio, Texas.
FHSU trailed 10-0 four minutes into the game, but regrouped to take a 41-30 halftime lead and never led by less than seven in the second half.
The Tigers shot just 28-percent for the game but outrebounded the TexAnns by 17 and hit 29 of thier 33 free throw attempts.
Katelyn Edwards led four Tigers in double-figures with a game-high 20 points and 13 rebounds. Traci Keyser added 17 points and was 8-for-8 from the free throw line. Senior guards Bechard and Kimber Weiser each scored 10.
The win improves the Lady Tigers t0 2-0 for the third consecutive season. They return to action Wednesday at Gross Coliseum against Tabor College at 7pm.
Six Hays High Players Named To WAC Football First Team
The Western Athletic Conference football first team consisted of six Hays High Indians. Three on offense included tailback David Cardinal, fullback Mark Mathis, and offensive lineman Brandon Weigel. On defense defensive linemen Cade Sharp and Zachary Binder were named first team along with linebacker Kyler Meyers. Cardinal, Sharp, and Meyers are each juniors while Weigel Mathis and Binder are seniors.
David Cardinal was also name Player of The Year in the Western Athletic Conference. Cardinal ran for 1464 yards and 19 touchdowns and had five catches for 66 yards. Cardinal led the league in rushing and was the only back to cross 100o yards on the season and tied for the league lead in rushing touchdown with 18 during the nine game regular season.
Mark Mathis ran for 533 yards and six touchdowns from his fullback position. Mathis finished sixth in rushing and seventh in rushing touchdowns in the WAC during the regular season.
Mathis was also an intregal part of the blocking scheme for Hays High along with fellow first teamer offensive lineman Brandon Weigel who was also earned honorable mention as a junior. The Indians rushed for 3481 yards in ten games.
Kyler Meyers finished the season with a team high 100 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 fumble recovery. Meyers finished third in tackles in the WAC during the regular season. Meyers also finished in a tie for eighth in tackles for loss. Meyers has 126 tackles through his junior year.
Zachary Binder moved from linebacker to defensive end for his senior season and finished with 49 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, and 2 fumble recoveries. Binder finished first fumble recoveries and second in forced fumbles. Binder finished his career sith 156 tackles.
Cade Sharp finished his junior year with 51 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, 1 fumble recovery and 1 forced fumble. Sharp was part of defense that allowed 20 points per game and forced 22 turnovers.
Several Indians were also named to the Honorable Mention team including: senior Josh Rounkles, senior Luke Madden, junior Chandler Rule, junior Adam Deterding, junior Jake Sedbrook, senior Will Staab, senior Austin Unrein, senior Dylan Scoby, junior Emilio Mitchell, and senior TJ Dreiling.
Hays High went 8-2 on the season and made the playoffs for the first time since 1995. The Indians shared the league title with Garden City and Great Bend each going 3-1 in league play.
FHSU Women’s Basketball Opens Season With Road Win
The Fort Hays State women’s basketball team opened the 2011-12 season on Saturday night (Nov. 12) at the St. Mary’s Classic in San Antonio, Texas. Facing tournament host St. Mary’s (Texas), the Lady Tigers led by two after a sluggish first half and pulled away and never trailed in the second half on their way to the season opening 70-60 win.
Both teams struggled offensively, but St. Mary’s still managed to shoot a better field goal percentage (45.5% to 43.5%) and outrebound (35 to 32) the Lady Tigers, but FHSU used a big advantage at the free throw line to get the victory. Fort Hays State hit 26-of-41 attempts (63.4%) from the stripe, while the Rattlers hit just 12-of-25 (48.0%).
Crista Bechard was one of five players for Fort Hays State to score in double figures with a game-high 16 points. She was 4-for-8 from the field and hit 7-of-10 shots from the free throw line. Traci Keyser and Melissa Nelson had 14 and 13 points, respectively, while Katelyn Edwards and Keriann Shaw each added 10.
Fort Hays State opens the season 1-0 and will face No. 20 Tarleton State on Sunday (Nov. 13) at 1:00 pm.
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FHSU Men’s Basketball vs. Bethany (LISTEN LIVE)
Strong Second Half Lifts Missouri Western Past FHSU
Fort Hays State’s Andre Smith raced 77 yards on the first play of the game and scored one play later to grab the 7-0 lead, but Missouri Western scores the games final 34 points and defeats the Fort Hays State Tigers 55-17 at Lewis Field.
The Tigers pulled within four on a Tyler Kimbrough 27 yard field goal after Alex Whitehill returned an interception to the nine yard line, but Western answered with a nine-play scoring drive to push their lead to 28-17 at halftime.
Western owned the second half, scoring a touchdown following a Keke Paul fumble on a punt return, then returned a Blake McAhren interceptoin 35 yards for a score.
Fort Hays, who had 144 yards of offense following their first two possessions, were held to just 153 the rest of the way. Andre Smith rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns. Anthony Sheppard completed 7-of-11 passes for 95 yards but missed the entire second half with a concussion. Anthony Smith had five catches for 53 yards.
Tiger linebacker Alex Whitehill recorded a career-high 21 tackles to set the FHSU single-season tackle record. Punter Ethan Kosjer ends as the Tigers single-season and career punt yardage leader.
FHSU ends the season 4-7 and 3-8 in the MIAA.
Coaches Interview:
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Player Interviews:
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Game Highlights:
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FHSU Lady Tigers Host Tabor College (LISTEN LIVE)
Mix103 Lacrosse beats Meade 21-12
The LaCrosse Leopards used a big second half to down the Meade Buffaloes on Friday night to advance to the class 2-1A sub-state championship game next Friday night. On their second possession of the game the Meade Buffaloes scored their first touchdown, a Trevin Wiens two yard touchdown run to take a 6-0. The Leopards answered back and took their first lead of the game on their very next possession, a Kip Keeley two yard touchdown run and the PAT made it 7-6, LaCrosse. And that is how the first quarter ended.
Four minutes and fifty-four seconds into the second quarter Meade got on the board for the second time in the game, it would be their last time as well, a Chris Hardaway three yard run. The halftime score was 12-7 Meade.
The Leopards got the ball to begin the second half and wasted no time getting on the board. LaCrosse put together a six play sixty-five yard drive and capped it out with an Austin Webs eight yard touchdown run to take a 14-12 lead. After LaCrosse forced a Meade three and out the offense went right back to work and scored on an eight play sixty-three yard drive capped off by a Taylor Stull one yard run, LaCrosse led 21-12 and went on to win by that score.
LaCrosse out gained Meade 184-39 in the second half and had 254 total yards of offense in the game, led by quarterback Taylor Stull who rushed for 159 yards and one touchdown. Trevin Wiens rushed for 111 yards and one touchdown for the Buffaloes.
With the win LaCrosse improves to 11-0 on the season and will play the Plainville Cardinals in the sub-state championship next Friday night in Plainville. The Cardinals picked up a 6-0 win over Stanton County on Friday night.
Game Wrap
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Game Highlights
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Coach Jon Webster
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Y102 GOTW: Thunder Ridge defeats Otis-Bison
Thunder Ridge defeats Otis-Bison tonight 54 to 26. Listen below for the game wrap up and highlights with Dustin Armbruster!
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High School Football Playoff Scores
Playoffs Round 3-November 11th
Class 6A
(1)SM-West 16 Olathe-East 46
(3)Olathe-South 55 SM-East 42
(4)Garden City 3 Wichita Heights 35
(2)Manhattan 28 Derby 39
Class 5A
(4)Stillwell-Blue Valley 24 (1)Bishop Miege 21
Garnder-Edgerton 32 (3)Shawnee Heights 0
(4)Emporia 7 (1)Bishop Carroll 40
(3)Kapaun-Mt. Carmel 14 Hutchinson 42
Class 4A
Blue Valley SW 21 Paola 35
Eudora 20 Chanute 13
Topeka-Hayden 21 Buhler 14
Rose Hill 56 Ulysses 14
Class 3A
Caney Valley 8 St. George-Rock Creek 16
Silver Lake 26 Galena 6
Beloit 34 Garden Plain 50
Scott Community (11-0) _____ Conway Springs (10-1) _____ (Sat.)
Class 2A
St. Mary’s Colgan 59 Doniphan-West 14
Wathena-Riverside 18 Centralia 52
Plainville 6 Stanton Co. 0
LaCrosse 21 Meade 12
8 Man 1
Madison/Hamilton 52 Lakeside 6
South Gray 42 Osborne 38
8 Man II
Baileyville B&B (10-0) _____ South Haven (11-0) _____ (Sat.)
Otis Bison 26 Thunder Ridge 54
Plainville defeats Stanton County 6-0
District 6 will be well represented at Sub-State next weekend in Class 2-1A as both Plainville and LaCrosse picked up wins Friday night on the road. The Cardinals traveled to Johnson City Friday and pulled out a 6-0 victory against Stanton County.
After rolling Sacred Heart 52-21 in the first round of the playoffs, the Plainville football team had a much tougher task in the second round against the Trojans.
The Cardinals (10-1) put together a 14-play drive to start the game and moved the ball inside the Stanton County 10-yard line before senior Kyle Becker through an interception at the 5-yard line.
Plainville would force a 3-and-out defensively and the get the ball back at the Trojan 44-yard line on their second drive. This time the Cardinals would get the score they were looking for on a 1-yard run by Becker. With Harrison Gilliland out of the game due to an injury from last week, Becker carried the ball a lot more with 15 carries for 54 yards. Plainville would be unsuccessful on the two-point conversion.
Stanton County (9-2) nearly put something together at the end of the first half but ran out of time to finish their drive.
With neither team able to get the offense going in the second half either, the Trojans finally broke through with some success early in the 4th quarter. Stanton County got it down to the Plainville 1-yard line but on 4th-and-goal, junior Quinn Kendrick was denied by the Cardinal defense on a quarterback sneak.
Plainville tacked on their second shutout win of the season against a Stanton County team that was averaging 47 points per game. (3rd best scoring offense in 2-1A)
Plainville’s Trevor Axelson finished with 11 carries for 42 yards, and Dalton Werner ended with nine carries for 40 yards.
Plainville, enjoying their first winning season in 17 years, will host the Sub-State game next week against LaCrosse. The 11-0 Leopards knocked off the defending state champ Meade 21-12 on Friday. The game Friday night in Plainville will be a rematch of the last week of the regular season where the Leopards defeated the Cardinals 14-8 in LaCrosse.
Cole Reif’s game wrap:
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