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Kansas Native Ready To Battle Mayweather

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Victor Ortiz has a vision in his mind of people all over Garden City tuned in to their television sets to watch him battle undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday night.

The Kansas City Star reports that Ortiz envisions his friends in Lawrence doing the same thing, including a bunch of fraternity members sitting around a TV and bonding over their adopted brother.

The 24-year-old Garden City native remained humble as he rose through the boxing ranks, unlike the flashy Mayweather, a 34-year-old who at 41-0 is a big favorite to win the fight.

Ortiz holds the World Boxing Council Welterweight championship and is given a puncher’s chance of beating Mayweather.

The two square off in Las Vegas in a fight billed as “Star Power” by promoters.

Y102 Game of the Week: Norton @ Plainville (listen live)

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The Country Bull Y102 Area Game of the Week features a pair of 2-0 Mid-Continent League teams, the Norton Blue Jays and the Plainville Cardinals.

Coming into the season most people thought that these two teams were on different paths. The Blue Jays are coming off a 9-1 campaign last season, but return just two full time starters from a year ago. Gone are two All-State linemen, a running back who rushed for over 1,700 yards and a starting quarterback. The only offensive starter returning is Dillon McConney, the wide receiver caught five passes a year ago.

In the early goings of the season they have had no problem finding players to step up and fill those spots. In wins over Ellis and St. Francis the Blue Jays offense, led by quarterback Jordan Wahlmeier, the Blue Jays have outscore their opponents 91-15. Tye Nickell, Jacob Brooks and Trey Millian have stepped up to carry the load on the ground. McConney, Carson McKenna and Brooks have also been big targets in the passing game early on this season.

While the Norton Blue Jays had so little experience returning, the Plainville Cardinals have 18 starters returning from last season’s team that finished 3-6. Third year head coach Joe Simon and the Plainville Cardinals have struggled recently but it appears that they are prime for a return to the winning ways of the 1980’s and early 90’s.

The Cardinals downed Phillipsburg and Ellis in the first two weeks of the season. Plainville comes into Friday night’s game averaging 410 yards of offense per game, 397 yards coming on the ground. Running back Trevor Alexson leads the way so far this season, with 278 yards rushing and leading rusher from a year ago Harrison Gilliland has 198 yards rushing through the first two games of the year. Quarterback Kyle Becker and offensive linemen Jameson Klein, Nathan Thyfault, Brady Chard and Todd Addleman as well as tight end Andrew Casey all started last season.

The Mid-Continent League showdown between the Norton Blue Jays and the Plainville Cardinals will kickoff at 7pm from Plainville, with our coverage beginning at 6:30pm with the Fort Hays State University Office of Admissions Pre-Game Show on the Country Bull Y102.

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FHSU Women’s Soccer Plays To Draw

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(Photo by CTELT/Mitch Weber)

Despite a 22-8 advantage in shots byFort Hays State, the goals were equal in a 1-1 draw between the FHSU women’s soccer team and Emporia State on Thursday night (Sept. 15) at the FHSU Soccer Stadium in Hays.

The game counted as a non-confernce match for both teams despite both being members of the MIAA.

The Hornets took the lead in the 12th minute, scoring off a header from Mallory Walden on a corner kick from Sarah Anderson. The goal was the only score of the first half, as the two teams were equal in shots with five apiece in the first 45 minutes.

Cindy Benitez put in the equalizer, her first goal on the season, in the 56th minute of the match, scoring from about 30 yards away on a shot that sailed in over the outstretched arms of the Emporia State goalkeeper.

The second half play was dominated by the Tigers. FHSU had 14 second half shots, while holding Emporia State to zero. The Tigers had many scoring opportunities in the second 45 minutes, but FHSU only managed the one goal.

After two overtime periods of 10 minutes each, the game ended with the final score of 1-1. The Tigers record is now 1-3-1 on the season.

FHSU takes to the road again this weekend, traveling to Washburn on Saturday (Sept. 17) for a 6 p.m. road contest. The match is the first of the MIAA conference season for the Tigers.

– FHSU Sports Information –

Hays High Boys Soccer Falls At Dodge City

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The Hays High boys soccer teams loses 3-1 in Dodge City Thursday.

The Indians trailed 1-0 at halftime but the Red Demons score two goals close together midway through the second to put the match away. Kellen Griffin scored the lone goal for the Indians on a free kick with around eight minutes to play.

Hays High was shorthanded two players after they received red cards against Great Bend and had to sit out.

Hays drops to 2-5 and 0-3 in the WAC.

Royals Win Fifth Straight

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Melky Cabrera had four hits, including a home run, and Billy Butler hit a three-run homer to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 7-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night.

The loss officially eliminated the White Sox from the playoffs. The Royals’ five-game winning streak is their longest since they won five straight from Sept. 7-11, 2009.

Cabrera’s four-hit game matched a career high and his double in the sixth was his 40th as an outfielder – he has one as a DH. The Royals are the first team in major league history to have three outfielders with 40 or more doubles. Alex Gordon and Jeff Francoeur both have 45.

Butler’s 19th home run in the sixth inning came off Mark Buehrle (11-9), who has lost five of his last six starts.

TMP Girls Cross Country 2nd At Hays High Invite

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The TMP-Marian girls cross country team finished second with 45 points, nine behind first place Norton in the 1-4A Division at the Thursday’s Hays High Invitational.

The Monarchs Heather Ruder was the winner of the division and had the lowest girls time at 14:55.22. TMP’s Allison Pfeifer was third (15:26.40). Cassidy Rathbun finished ninth for Plainville (16:31.25).

The Hays High girls finished fifth out of six teams in the 5-6A Division. April Johnson was their top runner, finishing 12th.

The Hays High boys were fourth in the 5-6A Division while the Monarchs were fourth in 1-4A. Derek Drees was the Indians top runner, finishing eighth (17:00.30). Lucas Walker finished ninth to lead TMP (18:13.50). Brady Johnson from Plainville won the 1-4A Division  (15:45.59).

Hays High Volleyball Goes 1-2 In Pratt

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The Hays High girls volleyball team goes 1-2 at the Pratt Quadrangular. The Indians lose 2-0 to the host Greenbacks (16-25, 18-25), defeat Garden City in three (25-21, 19-25, 25-22) then fall to Ulysses in two (22-25, 22-25). The Indians are now 9-4 on the season.

Larks Land Eight On All-Jayhawk League Team. Cornell Player Of The Year

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Hays Larks centerfielder Aaron Cornell is the Jayhawk League Player of the Year. The Oklahoma State signee is one of eight Larks named to the Jayhawk League’s All-League team.

Cornell led the Larks with 44 runs scored and hit a team-high 17 doubles. He was second on the squad with 7 home runs and 33 RBI’s.He’s joined on the first team by second baseman Sean Wilson, outfielder Cody Gougler, starting pitcher Justin Ziegler and relief pitcher Michael Burchett.

Shortstop Elvin Rodrigez, outfielder Jon Ryan and designated hitter MacKenzie Handel were all named to the second team.

The Larks finished second in the Jayhawk League and went 2-2 at the NBC World Series. The finished the season 30-18.

2011  Jayhawk League  All-League Team

Player of the Year: Aaron Cornell-Hays
Pitcher of the Year: Dexter Spitsnogle-Haysville

1st Team
First Base: Will Hagel-Dodge City
Second Base: Sean Wilson-Hays
Shortstop: Ross Kivett-Liberal
Third Base: Jordan Parr-Derby
Catcher: Shelby Anderson-Haysville
Outfield: Kyle Burnham-Derby
Outfield: Aaron Cornell-Hays
Outfield: Cody Gougler-Hays
Utility: Blake Bergeron-Liberal
Designated Hitter: Ryan Walterhouse-Derby
Starting Pitcher: Dexter Spitsnogle-Haysville
Starting Pitcher: Justin Ziegler-Hays
Starting Pitcher: Patrick Shreve-Liberal
Relief Pitcher: Michael Burchett-Hays
Relief Pitcher: Cale Elam-Liberal
Relief Pitcher: Anthony Collazo-Haysville

2nd Team
First Base: Reyn Nagamine-Liberal
Second Base: PJ Garcia-Haysville
Shortstop: Elvin Rodriguez-Hays
Third Base: Mike Moore-Haysville
Catcher: Greg McCall-Liberal
Outfield: KC Pfister-Haysville
Outfield: Jon Ryan-Hays
Outfield: Michael Camporeale-Derby
Utility: Robbie Rea-El Dorado
Designated Hitter: MacKenzie Handel-Hays
Starting Pitcher: Chris Brookey-Haysville
Starting Pitcher: Spencer Blades-Derby
Starting Pitcher: Philip Gerber-Derby
Relief Pitcher: Case Ingvardsen-Dodge City
Relief Pitcher: Juan Guerra-Derby
Relief Pitcher: Randall Bulliard-Haysville

FHSU Men’s Soccer Doubles Up Doane

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The Fort Hays State men’s soccer team raced out to a 3-0 lead and defeat Doane College 4-2 Wednesday night at the FHSU Soccer Stadium.

Ricardo Yeverino scored 11 minutes into the contest on a pass from Diego Cabrel. Jaccob Rangel scored his first goal of the season at 30:41. Diego Cabrel made it 3-0 at the 60:12 mark.

Doane scored two goals less than two minutes apart to pull within one before Yeverino put the game away, scoring on a breakaway at 85:13.

Kent Freund made his first start in goal for the Tigers making nine saves while giving up the two goals.

The Tigers improve to 3-2. They travel to West Texas A&M Sunday.

Royals Sweep Minnesota

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KANSAS CITY,Mo. (AP) – Mike Moustakas had three hits and drove in two runs and Luke Hochevar pitched six solid innings to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Wednesday.

The Royals have won four straight, matching the longest winning streak of the season, while the Twins have lost 19 of 23 and are in last place in the AL Central after winning the division the past two years.

Moustakas drove in runs in the second and fourth inning with singles. He doubled and scored in the two-run sixth inning.

Hochevar (11-11) gave up two runs on five hits in six innings. He improved to 6-3 in 12 starts since the All-Star break.

The Royals open a four-game series with the Chicago White Sox Thursday night. We’ll join the game at seven o’clock following Hawk Talk on KAYS (1400-AM).

AUDIO – Chris Brown Weekly Press Conference (9-13-11)

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Fort Hays State head football coach Chris Brown gathered with the media for his weekly press conference following Tuesday’s practice. The Tigers host Southwest Baptist in a non-conference game Saturday at 7pm. The Fort Hays Auto Sales Pre-game Show begins at 6pm on Tiger Radio Mix-103.

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Anthony Sheppard
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Andre Smith
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Chen Leads Royals To Win Over Minnesota

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KANSAS CITY,Mo. (AP) – Bruce Chen pitched eight crisp innings, Alex Gordon homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 4-0 on Tuesday night.

Chen (11-7) allowed two singles, struck out eight and walked one. He was 0-2 with a 7.94 ERA in his previous two starts.

Chen yielded a leadoff single to Ben Revere, who stole second. He was the only Twin to get past first base against the left-hander. Danny Valencia singled in the fifth for Minnesota’s only other hit off Chen.

Luke Hochevar pitches in the series finale Wednesday afternoon with Royals pre-game at 2:35pm on KAYS (1400-AM).

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