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By CONOR [email protected]

Midway through the con-ference schedule last season, the Fort Hays State Univer-sity men’s basketball team, in contention for an MIAA title, had back-to-back road trips to Lincoln (Mo.) University and University of Nebraska-Omaha on a Saturday and Wednesday, respectively.

Fort Hays easily won both contests, but then had to play Northwest Missouri State University, one of the con-

ference’s weaker squads, at home three days after the UNO victory.

Fort Hays, fatigued from the road trip, lost.

“That was the game that probably took us away from a chance to win a conference championship,” coach Mark Johnson said.

This season, a similar scenario existed. On Jan. 14 and Wednesday, Fort Hays won key road games against Pittsburg State University and Emporia State Univer-sity.

Then, FHSU faced Lincoln, one of the league’s lesser squads, at home Saturday. Johnson reminded his team about last season and cautioned them about a letdown.

Fort Hays didn’t play its best, but managed to not replicate last year’s home loss to Northwest. The Tigers led all contest, and won 78-63 at Gross Memorial Coliseum.

“The guys who were here last year remembered that, and we really wanted to close up this little three-game week that we have had,” senior forward Matt Simmons said. “I think everybody stepped up tonight.”

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CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES ARE PLAYED

OUT TODAY. PAGE B6

New record

TMP’S RACHEL JACOBS PUTS HER NAME IN THE TMP

RECORD BOOKS. PAGE B2

Tourney done

THE HHS BOYS PLAY FOR SEVENTH

AT THE TOC. PAGE B3

MIAA scoresSEE A LIST OF GAMES FROM AROUND THE CONFERENCE

SATURDAY. PAGE B4

Good fi nish?THE TMP BOYS

PLAY FOR THIRD AT THE TROJAN CLASSIC.

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Fort Hays sophomore Katelyn Edwards, right, drives the ball past Lincoln sophomore Bria Dillard during the second half Saturday at GMC.

FHSU falls in OTBy CONOR [email protected]

Fort Hays State University women’s basketball coach Tony Hobson believes close games are decided by rebounding and free throws. On Saturday afternoon against Lincoln (Mo.) University, FHSU shot 7-of-16 (44 percent) from the foul line. Hobson believed it was the worst free throw percentage by one of his teams in 25 years of coaching.

Fort Hays outrebounded Lincoln by three, but Lincoln grabbed two offensive rebounds in the fi nal seconds of overtime. The rebounds eventually led to a foul by Tiger sophomore Katelyn Edwards on Lincoln sophomore Bria Dillard.

Dillard hit two free throws with 3.5

seconds left and Fort Hays suffered a dis-appointing loss, 76-75, at Gross Memorial Coliseum.

“We gave them three chances at the end of overtime without rebounding the ball,” Hobson said. “They beat us to loose balls and they made their free throws. End of story.”

The free throws and last-second foul trumped a strong offensive contest from Fort Hays and Edwards, who scored a career-high 33 points on 15-of-24 shoot-ing.

FHSU, which was shooting 37 percent in conference play, sank 49 percent of its shots. Lincoln shot 38 percent from the fi eld, but went 10-of-11 from the foul line.

SEE LOSS, B4

Tigers roll by

Lincoln

Late 3-point play lifts Kansas past Texas in AustinAUSTIN, Texas (AP) —

What looked like a rout soon turned into another Kansas-Texas classic.

And in the end, the Jayhawks walked away with another hard-fought win over the Longhorns.

Jeff Withey made a layup and free throw with 37 seconds to play and Thomas Robinson added a free throw with 8 seconds left, giving No. 7 Kansas a 69-66 win Satur-day after Texas rallied from a big early defi cit.

Texas had a last chance to force overtime, but J’Covan Brown’s 3-pointer with 2 seconds to play bounced off the rim. Brown led Texas with 24 points.

“To win on the road shows a lot of toughness,” said

Tyshawn Taylor, who scored 22 points for the Jayhawks in their fi rst game since hand-ing Baylor its fi rst loss of the season. Robinson fi nished with 17 points and nine rebounds and Withey scored 12.

While the win over Baylor came at home, this one was on the road in a tough environ-ment and required a late rally after the Jayhawks blew a big lead against a Texas team that counts six freshmen in its nine recruited scholarship players.

Kansas coach Bill Self liked how his team pulled it out.

“We needed that,” he said. “This is the best win we have had all year ... I thought we were fortunate.”

After the game, Taylor was already looking ahead to the rematch at Kansas on March

3. Last season, Texas beat Kansas in Lawrence to end the Jayhawks’ 69-game home winning streak.

“I’m sure it’s going to be another dogfi ght,” Taylor said.

So many Kansas-Texas games are.

Kansas (16-3, 6-0) is the only Big 12 team still unde-feated in conference play and came in confi dent against a young Texas lineup. Taylor was sharp early and the Jay-hawks quickly built a 15-point lead.

Texas came in desperate for a big win this season and things got chippy in the fi rst half when Robinson and Texas’ Alexis Wangmene were whistled for technical fouls after they tangled at midcourt.

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Kansas’ Elijah Johnson looks to pass the ball during a scram-ble on the fl oor in the fi rst half Saturday in Austin, Texas. SEE KU, B4

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Hays High sophomore Preston Weigel, left, competes against St. Thomas Aquinas junior Johnny Perz during their 170-pound championship match in the Bob Kuhn Prairie Senior Classic on Saturday at the HHS gym.

Phillipsburg junior Caleb Studley, left, goes for the legs of Larned senior Brenden Lewis during their 132-pound championship match.

By RANDY [email protected] came down to the

fi nal match.In the end, the Hays

High School wrestling team didn’t defend its title from a year ago at the Bob Kuhn Prairie Senior Classic.

Two teams had a chance to win heading into the 285-pound match between Indian senior Luke Madden and St. Thomas Aquinas senior Eric Mason, ranked No. 1 in Class 5A.

Mason won a 13-4

major decision to give St. Thomas Aquinas the title with 181 1⁄2 points.

Hays High was sec-ond with 176 1⁄2, and McPherson third with 161.

The Indians had three wrestlers in the fi nals. Sopho-more Preston Weigel, ranked

No. 1 in Class 5A, won at 170 pounds, and se-nior Cash Drylie’s win at 220 got the Indian fans whooping and hollering as HHS rallied to set up the deciding match.

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[email protected] — If not this game, surely next.

Still, Thomas More Prep-Marian girls’ basketball coach Alan Billinger wanted the record to fall Friday. He

was too nervous to go through this again.Rachel Jacobs, a senior forward for the Monarchs,

broke the school’s career scoring record in a 64-43 win over Goodland in the consolation semifi nals of the Hillsboro Trojan Classic at Robert C. Brown Gymnasium.

Jacobs needed 14 points to pass Kaylee Hoffman, who scored 1,325 points from 2006-10. It wasn’t

easy, but Jacobs got the record with 28 seconds left in the game. Jacobs swished a 3-pointer from the right baseline on an out-of-bounds play to give her 15 points for the game and 1,327 for her career.

“Congratulations to Rachel,” Billinger said. “This is a phenomenal feat.

“Kaylee Hoffman was a tremendous ball player for us, and Rachel is, too. By the time she gets done with that record, it’s going to be awesome,” he added.

Jacobs, a four-year starter who also broke the school’s rebounding record

earlier this season, will keep the scor-ing record all in the family.

“She’s my cousin, so it kind of means something,” Jacobs said of Hoffman. “It feels pretty good. I’ve been working the last four years for it, and it fi nally paid off.”

Jacobs had eight points at halftime and added a 3-pointer in the third

quarter. Needing three points and with the Monarchs comfortably ahead, Jacobs stayed in the game.

RACHEL JACOBS AND THE MONARCHS WERE IN ACTION AGAIN SATURDAY AGAINST REPUBLIC CO. SEE PAGE B3.

“…By the time she gets done with that record, it’s going to be awesome.” Alan Billinger, TMP coach

MONARCHS PULL AWAY

FOR WINBy RANDY GONZALES

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Monarchs struggled in the fi rst quarter against a winless Goodland squad.

But the Thomas More Prep-Marian girls’ basketball team — led by junior point guard Heather Ruder — kicked it into high gear in the second quarter of Friday’s consolation semifi nals of the Hillsboro Trojan Classic to take a 64-43 win.

Not only did the win send the Monarchs into Saturday’s fi fth-place game, but senior forward Rachel Jacobs also broke the school’s career scoring record (see sidebar).

TMP, which led 14-13 after the fi rst quarter, scored the fi rst 24 points of the second quarter and held Goodland without a basket in the period to take a 38-17 halftime lead.

“I thought we played a great second quarter, really put a lot of pressure on them,” TMP coach Alan Billinger said.

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By CODY [email protected]

DODGE CITY — The Hays High School boys’ basketball team might have lost its fourth straight con-test, but coach Rick Keltner saw some positives he hasn’t seen.

Hays High lost 49-28 to St. James Academy on Friday, in the consolation semifi nal round of the Touranment of Champions at United Wireless Arena.

“I was really proud of (senior David Cardinal). He’s a strong athlete and he came in and did some good things,” coach Rick Keltner said. “He worked hard and did a good job.”

Cardinal played in just his fi fth game of the season for the Indians, coming in to give HHS the physical play the Indians were lacking against St. James early in the game.

The Indians were coming off a game against a physical Dodge City team, where they had an edge on the boards, but were unable to contain St. James senior Clint McCullough, who notched a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds.

“They were just more physi-cal and stronger than us. We didn’t block out as aggressive-ly as we did against Dodge City,” Keltner said. “We never found McCullough all night. He kept getting to the boards against us.”

Hays High got a 3-pointer to start the game from junior gaurd Derek Bixenman, but the Indians couldn’t stop McCullough who scored eight fi rst-quarter points, part of an 8-0 run to help St. James build a 10-8 lead.

The Indians missed six straight

shots in the second before an offensive spark from sophomore Lane Clark. HHS was trailing 14-8 when Clark scored back-to-back 3s to tie the game with two minutes remaining in the half.

“We had to make plays so I wanted to step up and try to help the team out,” said, Clark who hit three 3s and fi nished with nine.

“Lane’s a guy who in practice has made 10 3s in a row

multiple times,” Keltner said. “I was really glad with the way he stepped up.”

The 6-foot-6 McCullough had an answer, sparking a 6-0 run, while HHS missed three shots and had two turnovers in the fi nal two minutes.

“I thought when we tied it up we were making good plays. But then

after that we turned it over like fi ve times with bad shots and turnovers. It seemed like as soon as we got close we didn’t handle it very well,” Keltner said.

Keltner used the second half to try out combinations of players who hadn’t seen much playing time this season. All 12 Indians saw at least fi ve minutes of playing time.

“We wanted to just try some differ-ent combinations and get kids some tournament experience,” Keltner said.

The Indians started the second half out with two straight baskets, includ-ing an alley-oop by sophomore Jordan Windholz, but struggled from there.

St. James used their physical play in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach for the Indians. HHS was outrebounded 13-2 in the fourth quarter.

Hays High boys drop game Friday in Dodge

Boys

Plainville 72

Smith Center 44Plainville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 13 25 12 — 72

Smith Center . . . . . . . . . . . .12 7 13 12 — 44

Plainville — Hadley Gillum 14, Andrew

Casey 15, Kyle Becker 12, Jameson Klein

12, Weiser 6, Husmann 2, Brungardt 7,

Diaz 4.

Smith Center — Trevor Overmiller 15,

Hobelmann 7, Terrill 4, Cox 9, Buckmaster

5, Brooks 4.

Oakley 58, Oberlin 52Oberlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 12 11 20 — 52

Oakley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 19 12 12 — 58

Oberlin — May 5, Shields 5, Dalton

Jones 17, McEvoy 6, Zach May 13, Brugge-

man 6.

Oakley — Kody Gabel 12, JeJerrik

Keller 13, Herl 7, Hubert 6, Llewellyn 4,

Austin Baalman 16.

Hoxie 69, Atwood 40Atwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6 13 4 — 40

Hoxie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 21 23 8 — 69

Atwood — Tiemeyer 2, Capo 4, Leitner 3,

Peterson 4, Collin Clark 11, Kogl 16.

Hoxie — Katt 3, C. Spresser 2, Kade

Spresser 13, Chase Kennedy 11, Friess 6,

Jaxsen Moss 30, Pope 4.

Norton 72, Trego 66WaKeene-Trego (5-9) . . . . . 11 11 19 25 —66

Norton (6-5) . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 14 18 25 — 72

WaKeeney — Ghumm 7, John Griffith

30, Clayton Riedel 14, Pfannenstiel 5, Fritz

8, Weber 2.

Norton — Tye Nickell 12, Jacob Brooks

16, Zach Hartwell 11, Jordan Wahlmeier 10,

Ellis 8, Dalton Miller 10, Gilgenbach 5.

Phillipsburg 58, Stockton 32Phillipsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 13 15 15 — 58

Stockton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8 17 5 — 32

Phillipsburg — Sage 2, Sean Newlan 25,

Seth Derr 10, Thompson 5, Juenemann 7,

Dusin 6, Aherin 2.

Stockton — Bellerive 6, Deutscher 1, J.

Williams 6, Beougher 10, Wiltfong 2, Lowry

5, Moll 2.

Hill City 49, Ellis 45Hill City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11 20 9 — 49

Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7 6 16 — 45

Hill City — Matt Craig 16, Solomon Wil-

son 14, Pfeifer 9, Jones 4, Isakson 6.

Ellis — Pfeifer 4, Weber 2, Blake Hud-

son 11, Werth 7, Mick 4, Brown 2, Walters 4,

Lohrmeyer 7, Gehring 4.

Quinter 53

Western Plains 25Quinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 14 18 8 — 53

Western Plains . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 4 8 — 25

Quinter — Waggoner 3, Chance Smith 1,

Crist 9, Tebow 6, Reed 8, J. Ochs 6, Kerns

4, Brian Ochs 16.

Western Plains — Beckett 2, Mendez

, Baker 2, Wentz 3, Kraus 3, Ryersee 3,

Moore 9.

Ness City 78, St. Francis 55St. Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 12 18 11 — 55

Ness City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 19 18 22 — 78

St. Francis — Schlitz 5, Nelson 1, Isaac

Schiltz 26, Ladenberger 6, Tygart 4, Dylan

Peter 13.

Ness City — Dalton Gants 11, Drew

Clarke 28, Colin Foos 17, Ratliff 8, Stoeck-

lein 3, VonLehe 9, Frusher 2.

Golden Plains 38

Triplains-Brewster 33Golden Plains . . . . . . . . . . 14 10 3 11 — 38

Triplains-Brewster . . . . . . . . 4 6 8 15 — 33

Golden Plains — Cole Christensen 14,

Weber 7, Walter 6, Schwartz 5, G. Spresser

3, Koerperich 2, Bermudez 1.

Triplains-Brewster — N Jorgensen 14,

Scmidt 5, Lamb 5, Allen 3, Luckert 2.

Hoisington 65, Victoria 51Hoisington . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 17 17 15 — 65

Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11 10 22 — 51

Hoisington — Schremmer 2, Cody Stetler

22, Becker 4, Linsner 5, Kaiser 2, Anthony

Broeder 13, Crawford 5, Derrick Kaiser 10,

Gaddis 2.

Victoria — Corey Dinkel 13, Gagnon 4,

Ottley 4, Bryan Dome 26, Roth 4, Dreiling

5, Braun 8, Hobbs 7, Nowak 4.

Girls

Oakley 42, Atwood 37Atwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 9 13 — 37

Oakley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 19 4 9 — 42

Atwood — Wolters 6, Leitner 1, With-

ington 9, Hillary Chavatal 17, Reuber 2,

Oelschlager 2.

Oakley — M. Rath 2, K. Rath 2, L.

Dennis 24, Hemmert 6, Weiser 2, Jirah 2,

Pilkington 2, Sperber 2.

Quinter 70, St. Francis 58St. Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 15 17 11 — 58

Quinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 14 19 15 — 70

St. Francis — Bandel 3, Neitzel 4, Hill 7,

Schlepp 6, Brunk 9, Kaitlin Figgins 27.

Quinter — Kayla Zerr 17, Kuntz 2, Crist

2, Brooke Flax 28, Werth 6, Schneider 6.

Ellis 55, Hill City 51 (OT)Hill City . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2 14 13 2 — 51

Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 16 11 13 6 — 55

Hill City — Collins 7, Gansel 6, Stewart

9, Keith 6, Cooper 4, Van Loenen 3, Haley

Dinkel 16.

Ellis — Aschenbrenner 2, Bailey Hens-

ley 23, S. Gottschalk 4, Soneson 7, Green-

way 10, M. Gottschalk 2, Honas 7.


Stockton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 8 9 — 28

Phillipsburg — Kellerman 9, Wilkinson

2, Raegan Vanderplas 11, Gower 8, Orr 6,

Bartels 9, Dusin 11, Rodriquez 7.

Stockton — Lindsey 2, Alyssa Conyac 10,

Brown 5, Beougher 2, Scott 2, Green 3.

Oberlin 61, Western Plains 28Oberlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 19 9 16 — 61

Western Plains . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5 9 5 — 28

Oberlin — Darbi Rouse 11, Jamie

Soderlund 10, Hissong 2, Murray 7, Miki

Dorshorst 15, Baker 5, Castle 2, May 9.

Western Plains — Hair 8, Paredes 6, M

Hagelganz 13, Schuckman 1.

Hoxie 68, Ness City 19Ness City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 9 6 2 — 19

Hoxie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 19 22 9 — 68

Ness City — Johnson 2, Seib 1, Ky.

Stoecklein 5, Ke. Stoecklein 5, Rubottom 6.

Hoxie — Mense 9, Shelby Heim 10,

Spresser 6, S. Farber 3, Stithem 5, K.

Farber 3, Carly Heim 16, Lexi Schamberger

12, Allmer 4.

Golden Plains 58


Triplains-Brewster . . . . . . . 6 15 12 16 — 49

Golden Plains — Jordan Christensen 18,

H. Spresser 9, Angela Ritter 16, Juenemann

4, Lobato 2.

Triplains-Brewster — Brittany Plummer

14, April Mays 11, Kasey Hoyt 10, Rogge 9.

Smith Center 84

Plainville 30Plainville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 11 4 9 — 30

Smith Center . . . . . . . . . . . 25 18 27 14 — 84

Plainville — Frederking 4, Friend 9,

Pywell 4, Copeland 2, Junkermeier 5, Sears

3, Royer 3.

Smith Center — Cox 9, McCall 5, Sydney

Benoit 16, McKenzie Benoit 13, Tangie Hile-

man 27, Albert 6, Ryan 4, VanderGiesen 2,

Dietz 2.

Friday’s area high school basketball boxscores

STEVEN HAUSLER • HAYS DAILY NEWS

Hill City boys’ coach Keith Riley, looks up at the clock during the MCL Tournament last week at Gross Memorial Coliseum. Riley’s Ringnecks won 49-45 in Ellis on Friday, giving Riley his 600th career victory.

By RANDY [email protected] — For

three quarters, the Monarchs gave Hillsboro all it wanted.

But Hillsboro wanted it more in the fourth quarter. The Trojans outscored the Thomas More Prep-Marian boys’ basketball team by 13 points in the fi nal period on the way to a 51-36 win in Friday’s semifi nals of the Hillsboro Trojan Classic.

“I thought our guys battled tough to a tie in the fi rst half, through three quarters,” TMP coach Joe Hertel said. “... In the fourth quarter, it

just fell apart for us.

“We played like winners for three, I’m proud of that effort,” he added.

Hillsboro advanced to Saturday night’s title

game with Hesston, while TMP was in the third-place game against Wamego.

TMP (7-4) jumped out to a 9-2 lead, but Hillsboro scored the fi nal nine points of the fi rst quarter to take an 11-9 lead. It was tied at halftime 19-19.

The Monarchs led 30-28 late in the third quarter when senior point guard Drew O’Brien was knocked to the fl oor at halfcourt and was whistled for a violation. O’Brien bounced the ball hard and was called for a technical foul with 9.9 sec-onds left in the period. Senior Luke Moore made one of the technical free throws, then junior guard Shaq Thiessen drilled a 3-pointer just before the buzzer to give the Trojans a 32-30 lead.

“The technical foul is an unfortunate thing,” Hertel said. “I expect our guys to be self-discplined.

“No matter what, that can’t happen, not in a game like this,” he added.

Hertel said the technical seemed to affect the Mon-archs in the fourth quarter. Hillsboro (9-3) outscored TMP 10-4 in the fi rst 2:22 of the period before senior forward Jacob Fouts — the team’s leading scorer on the season — made his only basket of the game to get the Monarchs within 42-36.

Hillsboro knocks down

Monarchs

SEE MONARCHS, B4

Going into the finals, Hays High was in first place with 168 1⁄2 points, with St. Thomas Aquinas second with 161 1⁄2, and McPherson in third with 161.

St. Thomas Aquinas had five wrestlers in the finals, with Hays High three and McPherson also with three.

Thomas More Prep-Marian finished with six points. Senior 126-pound-er Dylan Schumacher, a three-time state champion in Class 3-2-1A, did not wrestle due to an injury.

Finals results (win-ners and local, area placers):

At 106, ranked No. 1 in Class 6A, sophomore Luke Henes (28-1) of St. Thomas Aquinas pinned senior David Montoya of Dodge City in the first period. Phillipsburg’s Kyle Witmer finished fifth.

At 113, senior Jason Perez of Ulysses, ranked third in 4A and one of two defending state cham-pions in the tournament, gave up a late point in the third period and lost in overtime to senior Alex Garcia (20-6) of Dodge City, ranked first in 6A.

At 120, McPherson se-nior Tim Prescott, ranked No. 2 in 4A and who won by major decision 12-2 over Hays High senior Kevin Arnhold in the semi-finals, lost by major decision to freshman Isaac Dulgar-ian (28-1) of St. Thomas Aquinas, ranked first in 5A. Arnhold lost the fifth-place match.

At 126, junior Dane Edwards (24-3) from Dodge City, ranked No. 2 in 6A, pinned in the first period McPherson junior Kaden Kretzer, who won 8-3 over HHS senior Der-ek Stiles in the semifinals. In the third-place match, Stiles won 2-0 in over-time over Phillipsburg’s Mason Bannister.

At 132, Phillipsburg ju-

nior Caleb Studley (23-7) scored two points with less than a minute left in the third period to win 2-1 over senior Brenden Lewis from Larned. Hays High junior Cade Albert lost the fifth-place match 8-2 to Hugoton freshman Genesis Martinez.

At 138, ranked No. 2 in 5A, senior Tommy Wlliams (31-2) of St. Thomas Aquinas won 7-5 over Buhler junior Jake Gehring. For third place, Phillipsburg sophomore Michael Dusin won 9-5 over Hoisington junior Zach Sanders, who de-feated HHS junior Jake Sedbrook 13-8 in the con-solation semifinals. Sed-brook lost the fifth-place match 10-4 to Spring Hill sophomore Blake Lewis.

At 145, Hoisington junior Chance Demel (23-2) pinned in the first period Buhler sophomore Scott Whitson, who won 6-3 over Ellis junior Gage Younger in the semifinals. Younger, who decisioned Phillipsburg senior Ross Coomes 4-2 in the conso-lation semifinals, won 3-1 over Hugoton junior Law-son Fiss for third place. Fiss pinned Russell junior Regis Weiss in the con-solation semis. Coomes ended up fifth.

At 152, fifth-ranked (4A) senior Razzy Mo-rales (21-2) of Ulysses, who won 3-1 over Ellis

senior Austin Lo-pez in the semi-finals, defeated 5-2 junior Patrick Weaver (No. 6, 4A) from Hugo-

ton, who had an 18-1 technical fall over Good-land sophomore John Peden in the semis. Lopez finished third and Russell senior Nash Karst lost his fifth-place match.

At 160, senior Jacob Eggers of Dodge City, No. 2 in 6A, won 6-0 over Ellis senior Riley Hunsicker in the semis, then led 1-0 entering the third period over Oakley senior Eric Albers in the finals. But Albers (24-0) got a takedown with 32

seconds left and won 2-1. For third place, freshman Ben Ewing of St. Thomas Aquinas, who had a 17-4 major decision over HHS junior Kyler Meyers in the consolation semis, lost 6-4 in three overtimes to Hunsicker. Meyers finished fifth after a 9-6 decision over McPherson senior Jordan Sponsel.

At 170, Hays High sophomore Preston Wei-gel (26-0), ranked first in Class 5A, won 7-0 over junior Johnny Perz of St. Thomas Aquinas. For third place, Oakley junior Jason Bergkren pinned senior Ty Haller of Hugoton.

At 182, Goodland sophomore Tyler Gastineau lost 8-5 to Hoisington senior Eric Hellerud (now 8-0 and No. 4, 3-2-1A), who was a 4-1 winner over HHS senior Brandon Weigel in the semifinals. Senior Tyler Higgins of Goddard Eisenhower finished third, with Weigel fourth.

At 195, McPherson se-nior Taylor Krier pinned HHS junior Chandler Rule in the semis to reach the title match, where he lost 6-4 to senior Laine Herl of Goodland. For

third place, Rule was pinned by senior Coby Morris of Spring Hill.

At 220, Hays High senior Cash Drylie (No. 2 5A, 25-1) had an 11-2 major decision over McPherson senior An-drew Archer in the semi-finals to make the finals, where he got a reversal with less than 30 seconds left for a 4-2 win over Goodland senior Riley Oharah (25-1), No. 1 in 3-2-1A. In the third-place

match, WaKeeney-Trego senior Ethan James lost 8-6 to Hoisington senior Cody Batt. Phillipsburg senior Dillon Coomes lost the fifth-place match.

At 285, Hays High senior Luke Madden lost a 13-4 major decision to senior Eric Mason (No. 1, 5A) of St. Thomas Aquinas. Trego senior Dustin Zahn was pinned by senior Austin Crump of Campus in the third-place match..


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She missed her fi rst three shots in the fourth quarter before she was fouled with 1:27 left in the game.

Needing two points to tie, Jacobs — a 96 percent foul shooter who had only missed one all season — made her fi rst at the line but missed the second.

“I thought, ‘Man, I jinxed her or something,’

“ Billinger said. “We’re going to have to go another game.”

With the rest of the starters out of the game, Jacobs got her chance for the record when the ball was knocked out of bounds under the Monarch basket with less than a minute re-maining. Billinger called an out-of-bounds play he just

recently installed, setting Jacobs up for a corner trey. Nothing but net. Jacobs had the record.

“I really liked fi nishing it off like that,” said Jacobs, known for her 3-point shooting.

Billinger was relieved the record fell.

“I certainly thought one more game,” Billinger

said. “I was getting a little uptight.

“I’m so glad it’s over,” he added. “She didn’t know anything about it, and I did. I really honestly thought she would get it in the fi rst half.”

Jacobs, who has signed with Fort Hays State Uni-versity, isn’t done re-writing the record book, Billinger

said.“She’s just been an asset

for four years — offensively, defensively, rebounding; she broke the rebounding record earlier this year,” Billinger said. “By the time she’s done, she’s going to have a lot of records.

“We’re very proud of her, and thankful she’s on our team.”

“I thought we got out, ran the ball a lot better that second quarter,” Billinger added.

Ruder helped the Mon-archs force eight turnovers in the second quarter, leading to layups at the other end. TMP (8-3) made its seven fi rst shots of the second quarter — including three layups and

a jumper by Ruder. For the game, TMP scored 27 points off turnovers.

“What can you say about Ruder’s hands,” Billinger said. “My goodness, what a pest out there.

“Did a great job for us, getting steals and defl ections and everything else,” he added.

Gooodland (0-10) out-scored TMP 17-16 in the third quarter, as the Monarchs started out slow, making just one of their fi rst seven shots.

But TMP, ranked No. 10 in Class 3A, outscored Good-land 14-8 the rest of the period to lead by 20 (54-34) heading into the fourth.

Ruder led all scorers with 19 points and added a game-high seven assists. Senior forward Jenna Lang added a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds, while Jacobs scored 15 points, grabbed eight rebounds, blocked four shots and made four steals. Senior Rebecca Pray added 10 points.

Once again, the Monarchs were led by their big three of Jacobs, Lang and Ruder (50 points).

“I know where they’re go-ing to be on the court, where I need to be,” Jacobs said.

Goodland got 10 points each from sophomore twin sisters Berkley and Brianna White.

WIN, FROM B2

RECORD, FROM B2


Ellis junior Gage Younger, top, wrestles TMP sophomore Austin J. Werth during their 145-pound match during the fi rst day of the Bob Kuhn Prairie Senior Classic on Friday at the HHS gym.

Trego senior Ethan James, top, wrestles Hoisington senior Cody Batt during their 220-pound match Friday.

CLASSIC, FROM B1


HILLSBORO — The Thomas More Prep-Marian girls’ basketball team entered the 2012 Trojan Classic as the defending champ, and left in fi fth place.

The Monarchs beat Repub-lic County on Saturday 62-39, behind strong shooting and balanced scoring. TMP had three players in double fi gures, and shot a combined 47 percent from the fl oor. Senior Jenna Lang led the Monarchs with 16 points, behind a 5-of-7 shooting performance. Lang was a perfect 3-for-3 from the free throw line and 3-of-4 from 3-point range.

“The 3-point basket is her spot,” TMP coach Alan Billinger said.

The 3-point baskets by Lang helped open the court for senior Rachel Jacobs and junior Heather Ruder. Jacobs, who set the school’s new ca-reer scoring record Friday, fi n-ished with 14 points and seven rebounds, while Ruder added 12 points for the Monarchs.

“When you can shoot the 3-point shot and make it then it’s just going to open up the middle. That’s what it did for Rachel today,” Billinger said

TMP (9-3) fell behind 6-5 halfway through the quarter, but Jacobs and Ruder each scored twice to help TMP go on a 10-0 run to end the fi rst quarter with the Monarchs ahead 16-6.

“We were controlling the boards and once we started shooting, we were on fi re. We used our height advantage to grab the boards and get running down the court,” Billinger said.

By GARRETT RITONYASpecial to The Hays Daily News

DODGE CITY — Saturday afternoon’s contest between Hays High School and the Ulysses Tigers was each squad’s fi nal shot in picking up a win at the 69th annual Tourna-ment of Champions.

Despite fi nding themselves up nine with seven minutes to go, the Indians watched as their lead crumbled, as Ulysses’ Garrett Kissell made a layup with one second to play to give the Tigers a 40-38 victory at United Wireless Arena.

“I thought we played great, I truly did, I thought the fi rst three quarters, and I’m not saying we played perfect basketball, but we played great,” HHS coach Rick Keltner said. “We communicated better, which I was really pleased with. Of course, we collapsed in the fourth quarter, which I’m not pleased with, but we will get better and we have to get tougher and we have a week to do so.”

The Indians encountered a bend, but don’t break Ulysses, a Class 4A squad that gave the larger teams a run in every game.

The fi rst quarter was an indica-

tion of the struggle between the two evenly matched teams, but Keltner had his boys fi ring on all cylinders, coming off a season-low 28 points on Friday in a loss to St. James Academy. After the Saturday loss, Hays High has scored 39 or fewer points in fi ve straight games.

Derek Bixenman, the Indians’ six-foot junior and leading scorer, had a hot hand early, with two 3s in the see-saw fi rst quarter.

Kissell matched the production for Ulysses. The 6-5 senior worked the inside, sinking three of his eight buckets in the fi rst half.

The Indians clawed their way to an 11-10 lead at the end of one, but couldn’t capitalize on opportu-nities, racking up seven turnovers in the fi rst half.

Ulysses regained the lead mo-mentarily on a Kissell fi eld goal, but a trey from sophomore Lane Clark put the Indians back up by one as the second quarter came to an end.

The Indians controlled most

of the quarter, building their lead to nearly double digits as Kade Parker and Bixenman continued to hit big shots.

With the fi nal seconds ticking off the clock in the third, Clark set up the offense, then found Bixenman wide open at the top of the key, and the junior sank the buzzer-beater, giving the Indians a 34-26 lead enter-

ing the fi nal period.The Indians held the Tigers

without a fi eld goal in the third, and the drought continued through the fi rst three minutes of the fourth,

but Ulysses battled back, tying the game at 38 with less

than a minute to play. “We came out and played hard

defensively, we’ve been practicing those long shots and today I was hit-ting them,” Bixenman said.

“We just need to get our defensive mindsets right and not give up leads like that.”

Ulysses junior Chase Newell threw up a three with less than10 seconds to go. The ball clanked off the rim and into the awaiting arms of Kissell, who put it back in for the two-point

lead as the fi nal second ran off the clock, capping a 14-1 run by Ulysses to close the game.

Bixenman led all Hays High scor-ers with 16 points on 4-of-7 shooting from three-point land, while Parker fi nished with nine points. Brady Werth led the Indians on the boards with nine.

Even though the Tigers were only able to shoot 29 percent for the game, they hit 17-of-23 at the free throw line.

“I thought we made some good plays, but obviously, we just didn’t make enough of them,” Keltner said. “We’re young, I know I keep saying that, but when you have young kids, there’s a chance you might get beat once in a while. So sometimes you have to measure your progress from things not on the scoreboard. Today I thought we showed some heart, came out and really battled and did some things that I’m really proud of.”

With the loss, the Indians fall to 4-8, and will next be in action on Jan. 31 at the HHS gym against Salina South.

“We’re going to get more physi-cal,” Keltner said.

Buzzer-beater sinks Hays High boys in seventh-place game at TOC

By CODY GIEFER [email protected]

HILLSBORO — The Thomas More Prep-Marian boys’ basketball team started the third-place game against Wamego in the Trojan Clas-sic strong with four quick points and a good presence on the boards. Wamego was later able to take control with the same type of game in a 46-36 win.

“I like a physical game. I just want my kids to go in every game and play hard, physical and challenge the other team,” TMP coach Joe Hertel said.

Wamego used its size to force the Monarchs into missing second-chance op-portunities on the offensive end all night. In the fi rst quarter, the Red Raiders hit 6-of-7 from the fl oor inside the paint to build a 12-9 lead after one.

“We had a lot of close-in shots that we didn’t make. If we had made them, it could have given us a cushion at halftime instead of being even,” Hertel said.

In the second quarter the Monarchs again missed second-chance opportunities while allowing Wamego to maintain an 18-14 lead with three minutes remaining in the half. But, TMP went on an 8-4 run to end the quar-ter, and forced a 22-22 tie going into the break. Seniors Drew O’Brien and Colby Schippers hit back-to-back 3-pointers to tie the game.

“They were huge for us. They gave us a huge lift and allowed us to stay in the game,” Hertel said. “Those allowed us to come into the second half pumped up.”

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Local CalendarTuesdayHays High

Wrestling (V/JV) vs. Dodge City at

HHS gym, 4 p.m.

Boys’ swimming (V) at Great Bend,

4 p.m.

ThursdayHays High

Girls’ basketball (V) at McPherson

tournament, TBA

Girls’ & boys’ basketball (9th) at

Great Bend tournament, TBA

TMP

Girls’ & boys’ basketball (V/JV) at

Hoisington, 6 p.m.

Boys’ basketbal (9th) at Hoisington,

4:30 p.m.

Felten Middle School

Boys’ basketball (A) at Felten Invi-

tational, TBA

Kennedy Middle School

Wrestling at Russell, 3:45 p.m.

FridayHays High


tournament, TBA

Wrestling (V) at Garden City Invita-

tional, noon

TMP

Wrestling (V/JV) vs. Plainville at Al

Billinger Fieldhouse, 6 p.m.

SaturdayFort Hays

Women’s & men’s basketball vs. NW

Missouri at Maryville, Mo., 1 & 3 p.m.

Hays High


tournament, TBA




tional, 10 a.m.

TMP

Wrestling (JV) at Larned Invita-

tional, 9 a.m.



tational, TBA

SundayFort Hays

Wrestling at Kansas Cup at Baldwin

City, 9 a.m.

BasketballCollege standings

MIAA

Men Conference Overall

W-L W-L

Missouri Southern 8-3 16-3

Northwest Missouri 7-3 13-3

Central Missouri 7-3 11-4

Washburn 7-3 13-5

Fort Hays 7-4 13-4

Pittsburg State 7-4 11-7

Emporia State 4-6 8-8

Southwest Baptist 4-6 11-8

Truman State 3-8 5-13

Lincoln 3-8 3-13

Missouri Western 1-10 6-11

Saturday’s results

Mo. Southern 80, Truman 74

Washburn 78, Neb-Omaha 56

Pitt State 69, Mo. WEstern 67

Fort Hays 78, Lincoln 63

Central Mo. at Southwest Baptist (N)

Today’s games

NW Missouri at Emporia State, 3:30

p.m.

Wednesday’s games

Truman at Pitt State, 7:30 p.m.

NW Missouri at Washburn, 7:30 p.m.

SW Baptist at Lincoln, 7:30 p.m.

Mo. Western at Emporia, 7:30 p.m.

Central Mo. at Mo. Southern, 7:30

p.m.

Saturday’s games

Emporia at Truman, 3 p.m.

Washburn at Mo. Western, 3:30 p.m.

Fort Hays at NW Missouri, 3:30 p.m

Pitt State at Central Mo., 3:30 p.m.

Lincoln at Lindenwood, 4 p.m.

Mo. Southern at SW Baptist, 7:30

p.m.

Women Conference Overall

W-L W-L


Washurn 9-1 16-3



Fort Hays 6-5 14-5

Lincoln 5-6 11-6







Truman 72, Mo. Southern 53

Pitt State 86, Mo. Western 68

Lincoln 76, Fort Hays 75 (OT)


Today’s games


p.m.

Wednesday’s games






p.m.

Saturday’s games






p.m.

Big 12


W-L W-L

Kansas 6-0 16-3

Missouri 5-1 18-1

Baylor 4-2 17-2

Iowa State 4-2 14-5

Kansas State 3-3 14-4

Oklahoma 2-4 12-6

Texas 2-4 12-7

Oklahoma State 2-4 9-10

Texas A&M 2-4 11-7

Texas Tech 0-6 7-11


Kansas State 66, Oklahoma State 58

Missouri 89,Baylor 88

Texas A&M 81, Oklahoma 75

Kansas 69, Texas 66

Iowa State 76, Texas Tech 52

Monday’s game

Texas A&M at Kansas, 7 p.m.

(ESPN)

Tuesday’s games

Baylor at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Iowa State at Texas, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s games

Missouri at Oklahoma State, 6:30

p.m.

Kansas State at Texas Tech, 8 p.m.

(ESPNU)

Saturday’s games

Texas at Baylor, noon (CBS)

Texas Tech at Missouri, 12:30 p.m.

Kansas at Iowa State, 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Oklahoma State at Texas A&M, 3

p.m.

Oklahoma at Kansas State, 6 p.m.


W-L W-L

Baylor 5-0 18-0

Kansas 4-1 15-2


Texas A&M 3-2 12-4

Oklahoma 4-2 12-5

Texas Tech 2-3 14-3


Texas 1-4 11-6

Missouri 0-5 10-6

Iowa State 0-4 9-6


Oklahoma 73, Texas 67

Oklahoma State at Missouri, 4 p.m.

Texas A&m at Kansas (N)

Kansas State at Baylor (N)

Today’s game

Texas Tech at Iowa State, 1:30 p.m.

(FSN)

Tuesday’s game

Texas A&M at Oklahoma State, 7

p.m.

Wednesday’s games

Iowa State at Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Texas Tech at Kansas, 7 p.m.

Missouri at Texas, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s game

Baylor at Oklahoma, 7 p.m. (FSN)

Saturday’s games

Kansas State at Oklahoma State,

11:30 a.m. (FSN)

Texas at Texas tech, 2 p.m.

Oklahoma at Missouri, 4:30 p.m.

Kansas at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s game

Iowa State at Texas A&M, 1 p.m.

(FSN)

College boxscoresMen

Kansas 69, Texas 66KANSAS (16-3)

Robinson 8-16 1-4 17, Releford 2-7 0-2 4,

Withey 2-7 8-9 12, Taylor 7-13 5-7 22, John-

son 4-8 0-0 9, Teahan 1-3 0-0 3, Wesley 1-2

0-1 2, Young 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-56 14-23 69.

TEXAS (12-7)

Wangmene 0-2 0-0 0, Chapman 4-9

7-7 15, Lewis 1-6 0-0 3, Kabongo 1-4 0-0 3,

Brown 7-26 7-7 24, McClellan 3-5 2-2 11,

Bond 3-3 0-1 6, Holmes 2-6 0-0 4. Totals

21-61 16-17 66.

Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 30 — 69

Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 39 — 66

3-Point Goals—Kansas 5-15 (Taylor

3-6, Teahan 1-3, Johnson 1-4, Releford

0-2), Texas 8-19 (McClellan 3-4, Brown

3-8, Kabongo 1-2, Lewis 1-3, Holmes 0-2).

Fouled Out—Kabongo.

Rebounds—Kansas 35 (Robinson 9),

Texas 42 (Chapman 9). Assists—Kansas

10 (Taylor 4), Texas 14 (Brown 7). Total

Fouls—Kansas 19, Texas 23. Technicals—

Robinson, Wangmene. A—16,734.

Kansas State 66, Oklahoma

State 58 KANSAS ST. (14-4)

Samuels 3-9 6-10 12, Gipson 3-5 0-1 6,

Rodriguez 3-8 6-11 14, McGruder 5-13 3-4

14, Spradling 1-5 6-8 8, Southwell 0-1 0-0 0,

Irving 2-4 2-2 6, Ojeleye 1-4 0-0 2, Diaz 2-5

0-4 4, Jones 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-55 23-40 66.

OKLAHOMA ST. (9-10)

Nash 1-4 2-2 4, Cobbins 3-4 2-3 8, B.

Williams 2-7 5-6 9, Page 4-17 8-9 17, Brown

3-9 8-9 14, Guerrero 3-5 0-0 6, Soucek 0-0

0-0 0, Sager 0-0 0-0 0, George 0-0 0-0 0,

Jurick 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-46 25-29 58.

Kansas State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 35 — 66

Oklahoma State . . . . . . . . . . . .24 34 — 58

3-Point Goals—Kansas St. 3-14

(Rodriguez 2-4, McGruder 1-3, Irving 0-1,

Southwell 0-1, Jones 0-1, Spradling 0-2,

Samuels 0-2), Oklahoma St. 1-16 (Page

1-9, Brown 0-1, Nash 0-2, B. Williams 0-4).

Fouled Out—Brown, Gipson, Guerrero,

B. Williams.

Rebounds—Kansas St. 50 (Samuels

12), Oklahoma St. 29 (Cobbins 8).

Assists—Kansas St. 6 (Rodriguez 3),

Oklahoma St. 8 (Guerrero, Nash, Page

2). Total Fouls—Kansas St. 23, Oklahoma

St. 28. Technicals—Gipson, Oklahoma St.

Bench. A—10,338.

Fort Hays 78, Lincoln 63LINCOLN (3-13, 3-8)

Cedric Ridle 15-29 3-6 38, Matt Morris

6-8 4-5 19, Williams 0-7 4-4 4, Edmond 0-3

2-4 2, Heckemeyer 0-2 0-0 0, Motley 0-2 0-0

0. Totals — 21-51 13-19 63.

FORT HAYS (13-4, 7-4)

Matt Simmons 6-9 1-4 13, Omar Mc-

Dade 5-12 2-2 14, Tyrone Phillips 8-14 4-4

23, Lance Russell 7-10, McKenzie 1-8 0-0 2,

Dayee 1-6 0-0 3, Morse 1-3 0-0 3, Dreiling

1-1 0-0 3, Ball 0-1 0-0 0, Rodenburg 0-1 0-0

0. Totals — 30-65 8-12 78.

Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 44 — 63

Fort Hays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 45 — 78

3-point goals — Lincoln 8-16 (Wil-

liams 0-1, Heckemeyer 0-1, Ridle 5-8,

Motley 0-2, Morris 3-4); Fort Hays 10-27

(McDade 2-8, Phillips 3-4, Dayee 1-6,

Morse 1-2, Dreiling 1-1, Ball 0-1, Russell

2-4, Rodenburg 0-1). Assists — Lincoln 8

(Williams 7); Fort Hays 21 (McDade 7).

Steals — Lincoln 4 (Four with 1); Fort

Hays 7 (McKenzie 3). Blocks — Lincoln

0; Fort Hays 3 (Simmons 3).

Rebounds — Lincoln 31 (Morris 8);

Fort Hays 40 (Simmons 16). Turnovers —

Lincoln 12, Fort Hays 7. A — 2,936.

Women

Lincoln 76

Fort Hays 75 (OT)LINCOLN (11-6, 5-6)

Vivian Essuon 5-11 0-0 12, Jackeya

Mitchell 4-100 1-1 13, Freddie Sims 4-14

5-5 16, Arriana Walker 8-19 2-2 19, Bria

Dillard 4-9 2-2 10, Booker 3-12 0-1 6. Totals

— 30-79 10-11 76

FORT HAYS (14-5, 6-5)

Katelyn Edwards 15-24 1-2 33, Kate

Lehman 10-16 1-7 21, Keyser 1-5 0-1 2, So-

renson 2-4 0-0 5, Bechard 3-7 2-2 9, Weiser

0-2 3-4 3, Brown 0-2 0-0 0, Nelson 0-2 0-0

0, Shaw 1-3 0-0 2, Durler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals

— 32-65 7-16 75.

Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 29 6 — 76

Fort Hays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 31 5 — 75

3-point goals — Lincoln 6-13 (Mitchell

2-2, Sims 3-6, Walker 1-2, Emerson 0-2,

Dillard 0-1); Fort Hays 4-19 (Keyser

0-3, Sorenson 1-2, Bechard 1-4, Edwards

2-5, Weiser 0-1, Brown 0-2, Nelson 0-1,

Shaw 0-1). Assists — Lincoln 15 (Walker

6); Fort Hays 17 (Bechard 6). Steals

— Lincoln 9 (Emerson 3, Walker 3); Fort

Hays 3 (Three with 1); Blocks — Lincoln

4 (Booker 3); Fort Hays 14 (Lehman 8).

Rebounds — Lincoln 42 (Booker 10);

Fort Hays 45 (Lehman 7, Bechard 7).

Turnovers — Lincoln 11, Fort Hays 16.

A — 2,436.

High school tourneysTournament of

Champions(at Dodge City’s

United Wireless Arena)

Thursday’s results

Wichita East 60, Ulysses 39

Hutchinson 50, Manhattan 36

Wichita Heights 60, St. James

Academy 43

Dodge CIty 43, Hays High 36

Friday’s championship semifi nals

Wichita East 64, Hutchinson 38

Wichita Heights 47, Dodge City 33

Friday’s consolation semifi nals

Manhattan 46, Ulysses 38

St. James Academy 49, Hays High 28.

Saturday’s fi nals

Seventh place — Ulysses 40, Hays

High 38

Fourth place — St. James Academy

47, Manhattan 43

Third place — Hutcinson 44, Dodge

City 37

Championship — Wichita Heights vs.

Wichita East (N)

Trojan Classic(at Hillsboro High School)

Boys

First round

Monday’s results

TMP 63, Winfi eld 61 (OT)

Hesston 60, Riley Co. 49

Tuesday’s results

Hillsboro 65, Goodland 27

Wamego 40, Republic Co. 38

Semifi nals

Consolation bracket

Republic Co. 57, Riley Co. 49

Winfi eld 77, Goodland 57

Championship bracket

Hesston 43, Wamego 49 (OT)

Hillsboro 51, TMP 36


Seventh-place — Riley Co. 59,

Goodland 53

Fifth place — Winfi eld 62, Republic

Co. 59

Third place — Wamego 46, TMP 36

Championship — Hesston vs. Hills-

boro (N)

Girls

First round

Monday’s results

Riley Co. 59, Winfi eld 17

Hesston 49, Rebublic Co. 34

Tuesday’s results

Wamego 57, TMP 43


Semifi nals

Consolation bracket

Republic Co. 45, Winfi eld 31

TMP 64, Goodland 43


Riley County 44, Hesston 32

Hillsboro 57, Wamego 46


Seventh place — Winfi eld 60, Good-

land 46

Fifth place —TMP 62, Republic Co. 39

Third place — Wamego vs. Hesston

Championship game — Hillsboro vs.

Riley County (N)

High school rankingsKBCA (Jan. 16)

BoysClass 6A

1. Wichita Heights

2. Olathe Northwest

3. Blue Valley Northwest

4. Blue Valley North

5. Olathe South

6. Topeka Hight

7. Leavenworth

8. Wichita Northwest

9. Wichita East

10. Derby

Class 5A

1. Lansing

2. Andover Central

3. Emporia

4. Goddard Eisenhower

5. Topeka Highand Park

6. St. Thomas Aquinas

7. Bishop Miege

8. Kapaun Mt. Carmel

9. K.C. Washington

10. Salina Central

Class 4A

1. Ottawa

2. Basehor-Linwood

3. Buhler

4. Pratt

5. Topeka-Hayden

6. McPherson

7. Abilene

8. Andale

9. Wichita Collegiate

10. Parsons

Class 3A

1. Scott City

2. Atchison County

3. Moundridge

4. Sedgwick

5. Rock Creek

6. Riley County

7. Hoisington

8. Nemaha Valley

9. Beloit

10. Silver Lake

Class 2A

1. Meade

2. Sterling

3. Repbulic County

4. Plainville

5. Berean Academy

6. Medicine Lodge

7. Lyndon

8. Ness City

9. Smith Center

10. Oxford

Class 1A, Division I

1. Ashland

2. Lakeside

3. Centralia

4. Flinthills

5. Macksville

6. South Gray

7. Hanover

8. South Haven

9. Udall

10. White City

Class 1A, Division II

1. Hope

2. Baileyville-B&B

3. Wilson

4. Bern

5. Otis-Bison

6. Fowler

7. Moscow

8. Greeley County

9. Cheylin

10. Colony-Crest

GirlsClass 6A

1. Olathe Northwest

2. Wichita Heights

3. Olathe South

4. Manhattan

5. Maize


7. Olathe East

8. Gardner-Edgerton

9. Shawnee Mission South

10. Shawnee Mission Northwest

Class 5A

1. Blue Valley

2. Salina Central


4. Highland Park

5. Topeka Seaman

6. Wichita-Bishop Carroll

7. Andover

8. Hays High

9. Mill Valley

10. Newton

Class 4A

1. Holton

2. McPherson

3. Ottawa

4. Bonner Springs

5. Abilene

6. Andale

7. Wamego

8. Pratt

9. Wellington

10. Colby

Class 3A

1. Riley County

2. Hillsboro

3. Atchison County

4. Cimarron

5. Southwestern Heights

6. Garden Plains

7. Burlington

8. Frontenac

9. Remington

10. TMP-Marian

Class 2A

1. Washington County

2. Berean Academy

3. Olpe

4. Smith Center

5. Oswego

6. Jefferson County North

7. Oakley

8. Republic County

9. Kinsley

10. Northern Heights


1. St. John

2. Hoxie

3. Waverly

4. Coldwater-South Central

5. Thunder Ridge

6. Dexter-Cedarvale

7. Spearville

8. Deerfi eld

9. Pike Valley

10. Valley Heights


1. Norwich

2. Wilson

3. Ingalls

4. Wetmore

5. Central Christian

6. Hope

7. Frankfort

8. Greeley County

9. Victoria

10. St. John’s-Tipton

High school boxscoresSaturday

Boys

Oakley 51, Quinter 32Oakley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 10 11 17 — 51

Quinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 6 13 — 32

Oakley — K. Gabl 6, Moellering 2,

Keller 5, Herl 10, Stewart 1, Llewellyn 13,

Baalman 14.

Quinter — Waggoner 1, Crist 5, Reed

9, J. Ochs 4, B. Ochs 13.

Oberlin 60, Western Plains 21Western Plains. . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 4 2 — 21

Oberlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 20 18 8 — 60

Western Plains — Beckkett 2, Mendez

2, Baker 2, Wentz 6, Ryersee 2, Moore 7.

Oberlin — May 4, Shields 2, James 22,

May 16, McHugh 4, Bruggeman 4, Breth

4, Erickson 2, Berry 2.

Thunder Ridge 66

St. John’s-Beloit 62 (OT)St. John’s . . . . . . . . . . .10 11 18 13 10 — 62

Thunder Ridge . . . . . . . 6 13 14 19 14 — 66

St. John’s — Peters 2, Perez 4,

Thomas 1, Dubbert 13, Kee 13, C. Eilert

14, L. Eilert 15.

Thunder Ridge — Lowe 8, Reed 3,

Garrett Krueger 15, Austin Herman 19,

Dylan Burtton 17, Larson 3, Atchison 1.

Girls

TMP 62, Republic County 39REPUBLIC COUNTY (8-3)

Hobelman 2-4 0-2 4, Hedstrom 0-1

0-0 0, McCall 3-7 2-2 8, Anderson 2-7 0-0

4, Johnson 2-9 0-0 6, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0,

Nutsch 1-7 2-2 4, Cottonmyre 5-11 3-4 13.

Totals – 15-46 7-10 39.

TMP (9-3)

Mindrup 1-5 0-0 2, Schuckman 2-4 2-2

6, Pray 4-7 0-0 8, Rachel Jacobs 6-12 2-2 14

30, Heather Ruder 5-8 0-2 12, Gottschalk

1-1 0-0 2, Jenna Lang 5-7 3-3 16, Pfeifer

0-7 0-0 0, Younie 1-2 0-0 2 . Totals – 25-53

7-9 62.

Republic County . . . . . . . . . 6 3 13 17 – 39

TMP-Marian . . . . . . . . . . . .16 18 20 8 - 62

3-point goals – Republic County 2-8

(McCall 0-1, Johnson 2-7); TMP-Marian

5-15 (Mindrup 0-3, Pray 0-1, Jacobs 0-3,

Ruder 2-2, Lang 3-4, Pfeifer 0-1, Younie

0-1). Fouls – Russell 11, TMP-Marian

11. Technical fouls – none. Fouled out

– None.

Rebounds – Republic County 24

(Hobelman 7); TMP-Marian 25 (Jacobs

7). Turnovers – Republic County 17,

TMP-Marian 12.

St. Francis 67

Western Plains 31Western Plains. . . . . . . . . . 6 11 12 2 — 31

St. Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 14 21 6 — 67

Western Plains — Hair 7, Paredes

8, Fairbank 3, Jenner 4, Hagelganz 8

Darianna Schuckman 1.

St. Francis — Bandel 19, Neitzel 9,

Mills 2, Hill 2, Schlepp 8, Brunk 4, Wiley

2, Figgins 22.

Quinter 51, Oberlin 36Oberlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 12 13 — 36

Quinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7 18 13 — 51

Oberlin — Rouse 2, Soderlund 2,

Hissong 3, Murray 9, Dorshorst 11, Klima

4, Baker 5.

Quinter — Zerr 9, Crist 7, Flax 12,

Reed 9, Werth 12, Schneider 2.

Lincoln 53

Thunder Ridge 40Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 16 12 9 — 53

Thunder Ridge . . . . . . . . . 6 10 10 14 — 40

Lincoln — Davied 1, Crist 5, Pit-

tenger 4, Farris 28, Huskey 2, Pittman 7,

Feldkamp 6.

Thunder Ridge — Schmid 6, Atchison

12, Kirchhoff 10, Boden 4, Bienhoff 8.

Friday

Boys

St. James Academy 49

Hays High 28ST. JAMES ACADEMY (6-6)

Huppe 1-8 0-0 2, Mayfi eld 0-1 0-0 0,

Maskus 1-4 2-2 4, Leimbach 2-3 0-0 4,

Krause 1-1 1-2 3, Frank 2-4 0-0 4, Enger

1-4 0-0 3, Eiser 0-0 0-0 0, Clint McCullough

13-21 0-2 27, Eckelman 0-0 0-2 0, Wittman

1-3 0-0 2. Totals – 22-49 3-8 49.

HAYS HIGH (4-7, 1-2)

Niernberger 0-3 0-0 0, Petz 0-3 0-0 0,

Lynd 0-2 0-0 0 Windholz 1-5 0-0 2, Clark

3-4 0-0 9, Downing 0-1 0-0 0, Rounkles 0-1

0-0 0, Cardinal 0-1 1-4 1, Parker 1-2 0-0 2,

Derek Bixenman 4-11 3-4 12, Gonzales 1-3

0-0 2, Werth 0-4 0-0 0 Totals – 10-40 4-8 28.

St. James . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 15 14 – 49

Hays High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 6 11 3 – 28

3-point goals – St. James 2-14 (Huppe

0-4, Mayfi eld 0-1, Maskus 0-2, Leimbach

0-1, Enger 1-4, McCullough 1-2); Hays

High 4-18 (Niernberger 0-1, Petz 0-3, Lynd

0-2, Windholz 0-2, Clark 3-4, Downing,

0-1, Bixenman 1-5). Fouls – St. James

12, Hays High 11. Technical fouls – none.

Fouled out – None.

Rebounds – St. James 35 (Mc-

Cullough 10); Hays High 26 (Cardinal 6).

Turnovers – St. James 9, Hays High 11.

Hillsboro 51, TMP 36HILLSBORO (9-3)

Shaq Thiessen 5-12 1-2 13, Allen 1-6 0-0

2, Ollenburger 1-4 0-4 2, Weinbrenner 2-9

4-4 9, Wiebe 3-5 2-2 8, Dick 0-3 0-0 0, Moore

2-3 2-3 6, Christian Ratzlaff 5-12 0-0 11.

Totals — 19-54 9-15 51.

TMP (7-4)

Hammeke 1-6 0-0 3, O’Brien 2-2 0-0 4,

C. Schippers 3-4 0-0 6, Zimmerman 0-1 0-0

0, Lin 0-2 0-0 0, Fouts 1-6 2-2 4, P. Schip-

pers 2-3 0-0 4, Pfeifer 2-4 1-2 5, Megaffi n

0-0 0-0 0, Walters 0-0 0-0 0, Kelton Schuck-

man 2-8 6-6 10. Totals — 13-36 9-10 36.

Hillsboro . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 8 13 19 — 51

TMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 11 6 — 36

3-Point Goals — Hillsboro 4-11 (Thies-

sen 2-4, Ollenburger 0-1, Weinbrenner 1-2,

Dick 0-1, Ratzlaff 1-3); TMP 1-4 (Ham-

meke 1-2, Lin 0-2). Fouls — Hillsboro 12,

TMP 14. Fouled out — none. Technical

fouls — O’Brien, TMP.

Rebounds — Hillsboro 18 (Thiessen

6); TMP 30 (P. Schippers 8). Turnovers

— Hillsboro 8, TMP 23.

Girls

TMP 64, Goodland 43TMP (8-3)

Mindrup 0-0 0-0 0, Marsell 0-0 0-1 0,

Schuckman 1-2 0-0 2, Rebecca Pray 4-9

2-2 10, Rachel Jacobs 6-15 1-2 15, Heather

Ruder 9-15 0-0 19, Gottschalk 0-1 0-0 0,

Jenna Lang 5-17 5-7 16, Pfeifer 1-5 0-0 2,

Younie 0-2 0-0 0. Totals — 26-66 8-12 64.

GOODLAND (0-10)

Bedore 2-5 1-2 6, Cochran 2-10 1-1 5,

Berkley White 5-10 0-0 10, Brianna White

3-9 4-5 10, Winston 0-0 0-0 0, Hinger 0-6 0-0

0, Mayer 0-5 1-4 1, DeLaRosa 0-0 0-0 0,

Siruta 3-8 2-2 9. Totals — 15-53 11-16 43.

TMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 24 16 10 — 64

Goodland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6 15 9 — 43

3-Point Goals — TMP 4-16 (Jacobs

2-3, Ruder 1-5, Lang 1-6, Younie 0-2);

Goodland 2-11 (Bedore 1-1, Cochran 0-3,

Br. White 0-4, Mayer 0-1, Siruta 1-2).

Fouls — TMP 15, Goodland 13. Fouled

out — none. Technical fouls — none.

Rebounds — TMP 30 (Lang 10);

Goodland 32 (Siruta 8). Turnovers —

TMP 11, Goodland 22.

TV CalendarToday

EXTREME SPORTS

2:30 p.m.

NBC — Winter Dew Tour, Pantech

Invitational, at Killington, Vt.

NFL FOOTBALL

2 p.m.

CBS — Playoffs, AFC Championship

game, Baltimore at New England

5:30 p.m.

FOX — Playoffs, NFC Championship

game, N.Y. Giants at San Francisco

NHL

11:30 a.m.

NBC — Washington at Pittsburgh

SOCCER

9:30 a.m.

FOX — Premier League, Manchester

United at Arsenal

TENNIS

8 p.m.

ESPN2 — Australian Open, round of

16, at Melbourne, Australia

2:30 a.m.



WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

1:30 p.m.

FSN — Texas Tech at Iowa St.

2 p.m.

ESPN2 — Iowa at Penn St.

3:30 p.m.

FSN — Colorado at Arizona

4 p.m.

ESPN2 — Louisville at Georgetown

5:30 p.m.

FSN — Washington St. at California

7:30 p.m.

FSN — Memphis at UAB

MondayMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

6 p.m.

ESPN — Syracuse at Cincinnati

8 p.m.

ESPN — Texas A&M at Kansas

NBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m.

WGN — New Jersey at Chicago

TENNIS

8 p.m.

ESPN2 — Australian Open, quarterfi -

nals, at Melbourne, Australia

2:30 a.m.



But TMP was held score-less over the fi nal 5:25 — getting off just two shots — as Hillsboro went on a 9-0 run to end the game.

“It was a battle,” Her-tel said. “It was a battle Hillsboro deserved to win tonight.”

TMP had trouble get-ting into its offense against Hillsboro’s aggressive, man-to-man defense. TMP had 23 turnovers to Hillsboro’s eight.

“The biggest thing, we fl at could not separate to get open,” Hertel said.”They were all over us like you know what.”

Hillsboro’s defense was just a little too good at times, Hertel said.

“I thought there was a little bit of holding going on coming off the picks,” Hertel said. “They played hard and they played tough — they really took us com-pletely out of our offense.

“They’re just quicker than we are,” he added. “When they’re quicker and they’re willing to play out there high, you got to be really sharp the way you execute your offense. We turned it over way too many times.”

Senior center Kelton Schuckman led TMP with 10 points off the bench. Senior forward Pierce Schip-pers grabbed a game-high eight rebounds as TMP out-rebounded Hillsboro 30-18.

“I like what Kelton did,” Hertel said. “... I thought he played better than the last couple games.”

Hillsboro got a game-high 13 points from Thiessen off the bench.

“From the fi lm I see, that kid belongs in the starting lineup,” Hertel said. “I did nothing but praise the kid all week, based on what I’d seen. He didn’t disappoint me — he has game, and a lot of it.”

MONARCHS, FROM B2

“I feel like we are not hav-ing trouble scoring the ball as a team,” Edwards said. “We are not playing the kind of defense that we were at the beginning of the season and that’s what hurt us, too. I think free throws are a big part of it, too.”

Fort Hays, receiving votes in the national rankings, lost its third in a row, and dropped to 14-5, 6-5 in the MIAA. Lincoln ended a fi ve-game skid in MIAA play and moved to 11-6, 5-6 in the MIAA. Two of the Tigers’ three con-secutive losses have come in overtime. All fi ve of FHSU’s defeats have come within 11 points.

“You have to make some free throws,” Hobson said. “If we continue to miss free throws down the stretch like that, we are going to lose close games.”

Freshman center Kate Leh-man delivered another solid performance with 21 points, seven rebounds and a career-high eight blocks. However, Lehman, a 60 percent free throw shooter, went 1-of-7 from the foul line.

Junior Traci Keyser, Fort Hays’ school-record holder for single-season free throw percentage and an 88 percent free throw shooter this winter, missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 32 seconds left in regulation, and FHSU up 70-68. It marked Keyser’s fi rst missed foul shot since Jan. 4.

“You can go right down the line,” Hobson said. “We’ve just got to get that out of our head and be more clutch. We have to make those.”

In the fi rst half, Fort Hays committed 10 turnovers and Lincoln, the conference’s sec-ond-leading team in steals per game, collected eight steals. The Blue Tigers outscored Fort Hays 15-6 in points off turnovers and led 41-39 at intermission. Junior Arriana Walker paced Lincoln with 19 points and three steals.

“We didn’t take care of the ball,” Hobson said. “We had 10 turnovers at the half, fi ve or six we just gave to them. They weren’t forced. They were just loose plays by our guards and we weren’t strong with the ball. (Lincoln) is very quick,

athletic. On the ball defense is good. If you are half a count slow on your handling, they are going to get a hand on it.”

Fort Hays, led by Edwards and Lehman, took the lead at 55-53 with 8:42 left on a Leh-man layup.

Lehman, averaging 15.7 points per contest in the last seven games, scored in her usual way: layups, turnaround jumpers and post moves.

Edwards scored often on the inside, but also displayed a long-range game for the fi rst time all season.

Edwards had been hitting treys in practice, but Hobson said she’d been “reluctant” to take them in games. On Sat-urday, Edwards fi nished 2-of-5 on 3s. She was 0-of-3 for the season before the contest. In school annals, Edwards’ 15 fi eld goals tied for fourth all-time for a single game. Her 33 points were two off the top-10 list in FHSU history.

“That used to be all that I did,” she said. “They were sagging off me and I just de-cided if they were going to do that, then I was going to have to do something else.”

Fort Hays pushed its lead to seven with 7:02 left in regula-tion, but the Tigers’ poor free throw shooting kept Lincoln in the game.

“I am dumbfounded by it,” Edwards said. “We are a lot better free throw shooters than what we showed tonight.”

FHSU had a chance to win the game at the end of regulation, but couldn’t get a good shot off. In the overtime, Fort Hays led 75-74 on an Edwards layup with 1:38 left.

Lincoln started the game-winning possession with 32 seconds remaining. Walker missed two jumpers before Edwards fouled Dillard near the basket when she turned to shoot.

“I thought I might go and get my hand on it and then she turned into me,” Edwards said. “I thought we had the rebound and I was probably in bad position to begin with.”

Fort Hays will have a week off before they travel to Northwest Missouri State University next Saturday for the start of a three-game road trip.

LOSS, FROM B1

The Jayhawks still led by 14 early in the second half before Brown slowly started reeling them in.

Clint Chapman scored 15 and gave Texas its fi rst lead at 59-58 with just over 5 minutes to play. Brown, who scored just four points in the fi rst half, kept fi ring up shots in the second. His 3-pointer with 3:20 to play put Texas up 64-60.

Brown, who had two 3-pointers reviewed by game offi cials earlier, turned and shook three fi ngers in the air after making it. Brown has aver-aged 26 points in Texas’ three straight losses but was just 7-of-26 shooting against Kansas.

Kansas retook the lead on a three-point play by Taylor before Brown made two free throws. Kansas looked to be in trouble when Taylor then missed two from the line and Robinson missed a layup before Withey’s three-point play.

Brown had a chance to tie it before he missed with 15 seconds left. Kansas’ Travis Releford grabbed the rebound before Robinson’s fi nal trip to the line.

Taylor said Kansas was determined to keep Brown from getting a good shot on the last play.

“He still got a good look. That scared me,” Taylor said. “He made his best plays late in the game.”

Texas has now lost fi ve games by six points or less. The Longhorns had to replace all fi ve starters this season and the youthful lineup has struggled to fi nish games.

Brown has shouldered much of the burden, often taking over the offense late in games.

“There’s no pressure,” Brown said. “I want to be a big-time player and big-time players need to make big-time shots.”

KU, FROM B1

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Frank Martin was in disbelief that Kansas State’s lead could be slipping away in Gallagher-Iba Arena again.

He’d seen a lead fade with a series of turnovers his fi rst time coaching in the building. A rebound bounced off one of his players’ heads to spark an Oklahoma State rally the next time he was back.

This time had a different ending.

Freshman Angel Rodriguez scored 14 points in his second start, Jamar Samuels added 12 points and 12 rebounds and No. 25 Kansas State snapped an 11-game losing streak at Gallagher-Iba by beating Okla-homa State 66-58 on Saturday.

“Every year I’ve been here, something’s happened where we’ve unraveled and K-State hasn’t won here since ‘93. You know these things,” Martin said. “I don’t tell them that.

“You sit there and you’re saying, ‘This can’t happen again.’ I was real proud of the way that they stayed the course.”

The Wildcats (14-4, 3-3 Big 12) held Oklahoma State without a made basket for a 15-minute stretch spanning halftime, building up a 46-33 lead after Will Spradling’s runner in the lane with 9:08 to play. Then, they held off a late charge as the Cowboys (9-10, 2-4) pulled within 59-56 with just over 2 minutes left.

Rodriguez and Rodney McGruder combined to make seven of 10 free throws down the stretch to seal the Wildcats’

fi rst win in Stillwater since 1993. It was the team’s longest losing streak in any conference venue, starting when both teams were in the Big Eight.

“We got the W in Stillwater. I’ve never won in this place, and it feels good to win,” Samuels said.

“It’s good to get a road win in the Big 12, and to be in Still-water makes it a lot better.”

Keiton Page had 17 points on 4-for-17 shooting to lead Oklahoma State, and Markel Brown scored 14.

Brown converted a three-point play off a steal that led to a two-handed slam during a string of nine straight points for the Cowboys to get the lead down to four. Page’s 3-pointer from the left wing — Okla-homa State’s only make in 16 attempts from 3-point range — cut it to 59-56 with 2:01 remaining.

Kansas State didn’t allow another point until Page’s jumper at the buzzer, secur-ing the victory at the foul line despite making only 23 of 40 free throws during the game.

“This is one of most intimidating places that I’ve ever coached a basketball game in,” Martin said. “The crowd, the way it sits right on top of you, it seems like the court is smaller because everything is so congested there.

“It’s awesome. I mean, it’s incredible.”

McGruder, who had been averaging 22.7 points over the previous seven games, fi nished with 14. The Wildcats had a 50-29 rebounding advantage

while playing without top shot blocker Jordan Henriquez, who was suspended indefi nitely for conduct detrimental to the team.

There were 52 fouls called in a physical game, and Cowboys coach Travis Ford — who earned a technical foul late in the fi rst half — suggested there could have been 102.

“That was a wild deal, that game. That takes the game back,” Ford said. “Good grief.”

Ford said he spent the two days before the game marvel-ing at how roughly Kansas State’s previous game against Texas had been and feeling grateful his team hadn’t played in it — until the Cowboys’ turn

ended up much the same.“That’s going to be a tough

night for us when it’s played like that,” Ford said. “This time next year, we’ll be able to battle — when these guys get a little bigger and stronger and we get other players back.”

Both teams entered the day stacked up in a four-way tie for fi fth place in the conference, along with Texas and Okla-homa.

Kansas State charged ahead to stay with a 13-0 run midway through the fi rst half, getting the fi rst 11 points in a 40-second span. Rodriguez hit a 3-pointer from the left wing to get it started, and the Wildcats didn’t even have to go back

across midcourt to score the next eight.

Rodriguez stole a backdoor pass and got fouled while con-verting a fast-break layup. He missed the free throw but the rebound went out of bounds to Kansas State, and Thomas Gipson scored underneath also while getting fouled. He, too, missed the free throw and Samuels tipped it in. An Okla-homa State turnover on the inbounds play led to another bucket by Gipson underneath.

The Cowboys fi nally crossed the center line before Gipson’s hook shot made it 21-11 with 10:34 left before halftime.

Michael Cobbins led Okla-homa State back, converting a pair of three-point plays during a 10-0 response. The second, off of a two-handed dunk of LeBryan Nash’s alley-oop, got the Cowboys back within 24-23 with 3:58 to go before the half.

The Cowboys then missed their fi nal three shots of the fi rst half and 10 straight to start the second half.

Brown fi nally snapped the drought with a layup that led to a three-point play with 8:57 remaining, and the Cow-boys were still within striking distance down 46-36 but never could overcome the defi cit.

“Defense is always the most important thing in our team. That’s how we play,” Rodriguez said. “We knew that it wasn’t going to be an easy game here. We took the challenge, we stepped up and played good ‘D’ and it gave us a win.”

WACO, Texas (AP) — Ricardo Ratliffe scored a career-high 27 points and No. 5 Missouri held on for an 89-88 victory over No. 3 Baylor after a furious late rally Saturday by the Bears.

Ratliffe had a big two-handed slam dunk midway through the second half when he scored six points in an 8-0 spurt that put the Tigers (18-1, 5-1 Big 12) up 68-58. Missouri still had a 10-point lead with 3:07 left then didn’t score again until Ratliffe’s two free throws with a minute left.

Missouri had to make 10 of 12 free throws in the fi nal minute for the victory. Marcus Denmon’s free throw with 4 seconds left made it 89-85 before Brady Heslip hit a game-ending 3-pointer for Baylor (17-2, 4-2), which has lost two in a row after a 17-0 start.

Quincy Miller led Baylor with 29 points while Pierre Jackson had 20 points and 15 assists. Quincy Acy had 18 points with nine rebounds while Heslip had 10 points.

Jackson had 11 points and three assists in the fi nal 2:06 when Baylor closed the game with a 19-10 run. Jackson started that when he drove and was fouled, yelling out “and one!” before he even hit the fl oor and the ball fell through the hoop. He made the free throw, cut-ting the defi cit to 79-72.

After Denmon’s last free throw, his fi fth in the fi nal 33 seconds, Jackson tried to throw up a 3-pointer and draw a foul in the same motion. The ball wound up in Heslip’s hands along the left wing with no one around him.

Phil Pressey had 18 points for the Tigers while Denmon had 15 and Kim English 10.

The top two scoring and shooting teams in the Big 12 certainly lived up to that billing in the league’s fi rst top-fi ve matchup that didn’t involve either Kansas or Texas.

Missouri shot 55 per-cent (30 of 55), and Baylor fi nished at 57 percent (36 of 63).

Baylor was coming off a 92-74 loss at No. 7 Kansas that ended the Bears’ record 17-game winning streak. The loss to Missouri ended their 10-game home winning streak.

The Tigers, who have won four in a row since their loss at Kansas State two weeks ago, led only 58-56 midway through the second half when Pressey had a turnover.

Heslip tried a 3-pointer and appeared to be hit when he shot, but there was no foul and coach Scott Drew was called for a technical foul.

Denmon made both of those free throws, then after a layup by Acy, Ratliff had his big dunk and added two free throws between con-

secutive turnovers by Jack-son. Ratliffe’s layup after Pressey’s steal made it 68-58 with 8 minutes left.

Missouri led 39-35 at the half after a 6-0 run that in-cluded consecutive putback baskets.

By that point, the Tigers had a 14-0 advantage in second-chance points and its 10 offensive rebounds were only one fewer than the Bears’ total rebounds. Mis-souri fi nished with a 32-26 rebounding edge, and 18-11 advantage on second-chance points.

Florida State 76

No. 4 Duke 73DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Michael

Snaer hit a 3-pointer as time expired

and Florida State beat No. 4 Duke 76-73

on Saturday, snapping Duke’s 45-game

homecourt winning streak.

With the game tied, Luke Loucks

sprinted up the middle of the court

before zipping a pass over to Snaer

on the right side in front of the FSU

bench. Snaer quickly launched a shot

that dropped cleanly through the net,

stunning the once-rowdy crowd at Cam-

eron Indoor Stadium and sending the

Seminoles’ bench spilling onto the court

in celebration.

Snaer scored 14 points — including

a banked-in 3 to beat the buzzer on the

fi nal play of the fi rst half — and the

Seminoles (13-6, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Con-

ference) won their fourth straight game.

Austin Rivers had 19 points and tied

the game on a driving basket with 4.9

seconds left for the Blue Devils (16-3,

4-1).


SPORTS


HDNEWS.NET

TONY GUTIERREZ • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Missouri’s Kim English, Phil Pressey, center, and Ricardo Ratliffe, right, celebrate after Baylor’s Pierre Jackson fouled Pressey in the second half of Saturday’s game in Waco, Texas.

No. 5 Missouri holds on for win at Baylor

SUE OGROCKI • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kansas State guard Angel Rodriguez, left, celebrates late in the game against Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla. on Saturday.

Kansas State picks up rare win in Stillwater, downs OSU

TMP took over the game in the second quarter, scoring 11 straight points before miss-ing. The Monarchs forced Republic County (8-3) into fi ve turnovers and a 1-of-15 shooting performance in the second quarter.

“We were not shooting well today. We were missing open shots,” said Republic County assistant coach Molly Williams, who was fi lling in for head coach Jake Lull.

TMP held Republic County to three second quar-ter points, building a a 34-9 lead going into halftime.

The third quarter saw the Monarchs continue to roll, compiling a 54-22 lead going into the fi nal quarter. The Monarchs were 4-of-4 on free throws in the quarter, and fi nished the game 7-of-9 at the line. With the Monarchs largest lead leading 52-18, Billinger used his bench.

“It was very good experi-ence for them. They needed it, because this was a quick team and it was good to have them tested against that quickness,” Billinger said.

With reserve players in for TMP during the fourth quarter, Republic County made a run. The Buffaloes outscored TMP 17-8 in the fourth quarter, led by Michelle Cottenmyre, who led the Buffs with 13 points — 11 in the second half.

Fort Hays, ranked No. 25 in NCAA Division II, won its third straight contest, and earned its first home victory since Dec. 17. The Tigers improved to 13-4, 7-4 in the MIAA and remain one game out of first place. Lincoln dropped to 3-13, 3-8 MIAA.

“I thought for the most part, we were playing hard, you just worry about the sharpness,” Johnson said. “You can’t have excuses. If you want to do good, you’ve got to do it. If it was easy to be good, every team in America would be good. No team would have a losing record. It takes hard work, but also besides the hard work, it takes focus. At times, we struggled to focus.”

Senior Karron McKenzie, the

team’s leading scorer, had just two points, while senior point guard Kendrick Morse had only three.

“I don’t feel like it was a mental or a physical thing,” Johnson said. “I think our bod-ies were moving. When you are not sharp, you just don’t play well. I don’t know, a couple of us still weren’t quite over (the road trip), and weren’t as sharp as they needed to be.”

But four players — Simmons, Omar McDade, Lance Russell and Tyrone Phillips — enjoyed big performances.

Simmons collected 13 points, 16 rebounds and four assists for his fourth double-double of the year.

Russell set his career high with 17 points, while McDade

(14 points) and Phillips (team-high 23 points) were each one off their career bests. They helped Fort Hays build a 16-point lead late in the first half and lead 33-19 at intermission.

Lincoln junior guard Cedric Ridle had all 19 of his team’s points in the first half and finished with a game-high 38 on 15-of-29 shooting.

“Luckily, we had those four guys to get that done,” Johnson said. “At times, I thought we played pretty well and did some good things, at times we didn’t. It was just a very inconsistent performance.”

Simmons, known for his re-bounding, defense and passing ability, enjoyed his most points in a single game since Dec. 17 and finished one off his season-

high for assists. He had his third consecutive double-digit rebounding performance and 10th of the season.

“It’s not really about points for me,” he said.

“I like to come in and do whatever I can to help the team win. If that means score zero points and grab 40 rebounds, it doesn’t matter to me. I will set as many screens as it takes, go get as many rebounds as I can, whatever helps the team win.”

Phillips, who also helped the team start strong in Wednes-day’s victory versus ESU, en-joyed 14 first half points.

He finished 8-of-14 from the field and 3-of-4 from 3-point range.

“He has got a little bit of quickness and what he can do

with his quickness is get him-self open,” Johnson said. “Not necessarily off the bounce, but just off screens, moving.”

Russell and McDade had combined for four double figure performances before Satur-day, three by McDade. Russell finished 7-of-10 from the field, while McDade was 5-of-12 with a team-high seven assists and one turnover.

“At the Emporia game and then today, (Omar) has played some of his better basketball,” Johnson said. “…Lance was re-ally big in the second half and played well.”

Fort Hays will have a week off before they travel to North-west Missouri State University next Saturday for the start of a three-game road trip.

TIGERS, FROM B1

FIFTH, FROM B3

The TMP perimeter de-fense forced Wamego into an 0-for-7 shooting performance from behind the 3-point line in the fi rst half. Wamego was also held to 36 percent shoot-ing in the game, 38 percent in the fi rst half.

The second half was a de-fensive battle with both teams exchanging turnovers and no team scoring in the fi rst two minutes of the third quar-ter. Junior Isaac Poe scored Wamego’s fi rst fi ve points of the half to help the Red Raiders build a 35-28 lead going into the fi nal quarter. Poe fi nished with a team high 15 points, including six in the third quarter.

TMP (7-5) struggled from the fi eld in the second half, missing their fi rst fi ve shots before senior Jacob Fouts scored halfway through the third quarter.

Following Fouts’ basket, senior Nick Hammeke made what appeared to be a trey, but the shot was ruled just inside the arc. After the call, Wamego junior Brady Hemphill made two free throws from a technical foul on the TMP bench.

From there, it went downhill for the Monarchs, as Wamego (3-6) was able to build and maintain a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter.

“We couldn’t connect of-fensively. Scoring that few in a half has been an Achilles heel for us this year,” Hertel said.

The Monarchs, led by eight points for Fouts, shot 22 percent from the fi eld in the second half, only connecting on 5-of-23.

THIRD, FROM B3

Colts owner: Coach to be picked next week

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colts owner Jim Irsay says the Indianapolis team expects to decide on a new head coach next week.

Irsay made the announce-ment on his Twitter account Saturday.

Irsay’s tweet read: “The (hash)1 pick debate will rage on,what a great year to have it..the HC search is wide ranging n thorough,decision by mid 2 late next week.”

The Colts fi red coach Jim Caldwell on Tuesday after three seasons. The team went to the Super Bowl dur-ing Caldwell’s fi rst year, but fi nished a dismal 2-14 this season.

The day after they locked up the No. 1 overall draft pick, Irsay fi red team vice chairman Bill Polian and his son, general manager Chris.

The Colts played the season without Peyton Man-ning, who had his third neck surgery in September.

Steelers sign former Heisman winner Troy Smith

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The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed 2006 Heisman Trophy quarterback Troy Smith to a reserve/futures contract.

Smith spent three sea-sons with the Baltimore Ravens from 2007-09, beat-ing the Steelers as a rookie starter in 2007. He was with the San Francisco 49ers in 2010. He last played with the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.

Pittsburgh quarterbacks Byron Leftwich and Charlie Batch will become unre-stricted free agents in the offseason, and Smith gives the team depth heading into mini-camp and organized team activities.

The Steelers also signed cornerback Walter McFad-den, who played for the Oakland Raiders in 2010 and split his time between the Raiders and the Cincin-nati Bengals in 2011.

Pittsburgh also signed wide receivers Tyler Beiler, David Gilreath, Derrick Wil-liams and Jimmy Young.

Mularkey adds 4 more assistants to staff

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — New Jacksonville Jaguars coach Mike Mular-key has added four more coaches to his staff.

Mularkey hired special teams coordinator John Bonamego, running backs coach Sylvester Croom, tight ends coach Bobby Johnson and receivers coach Jerry Sullivan on Friday.

Bonamego spent last season as an assistant special teams coach in New Orleans. This will mark his second time in Jacksonville. He worked for the Jaguars from 1999 to 2002, spend-ing his fi nal season as special teams coordinator.

The 57-year-old Croom spent the last three years as running backs coach in St. Louis. Johnson spent the past two seasons as as-sistant offensive line coach for Buffalo following 15 years at the college level.

The 65-year-old Sullivan did not coach in 2011. He previously served as receiv-ers coach/senior assistant for San Francisco (2005-10).

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MIAMI (AP) — A month of wrenching emotion for Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin took another turn Friday when he landed the Miami Dol-phins’ head coaching job.

The deal was sealed less than two weeks after Philbin’s 21-year-old son drowned in an icy Wiscon-sin river. The Dolphins confi rmed the hiring in a news release and plan a news conference Saturday.

Philbin, who has never been a head coach, fi rst interviewed with Miami on Jan. 7. The body of son Michael, one of Philbin’s six chil-dren, was recovered the next day in Oshkosh.

After spending a week away from the Packers, Philbin rejoined

the team last Sunday for its divi-sional playoff loss to the New York Giants.

Philbin has been with Green Bay since 2003, serving as offensive coordinator since 2007. Coach Mike McCarthy called the plays, but Philbin put together the game plan for one of the NFL’s most prolifi c offenses.

The Dolphins’ top choice, Jeff Fisher, turned them down a week ago to become coach of the St. Louis Rams. Miami owner Stephen Ross and general manager Jeff Ireland then conducted a second round of interviews this week with

Philbin, Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy and Todd Bowles, the Dolphins’ interim coach at the end of the season.

“Joe has all the attributes that we were looking for when we started this process,” Ross said in a statement. “Jeff Ireland and I felt Joe was the right choice to bring the Dolphins back to the success we enjoyed in the past.”

The Dolphins are com-ing off a third consecutive losing season, their longest such stretch since the 1960s.

Even so, Philbin called them “one of the premier franchises in profes-sional sports.”

“The Dolphins have a strong

nucleus to build around,” he said in a statement. “And working with everyone in the organization, I know that together we will return the team to its winning tradition.”

Ross fi red Tony Sparano last month with three games to go in his fourth year as the Dolphins’ coach.

When the search for a new coach began, Ross said he would like to give the franchise much-needed stability by hiring “a young Don Shula.”

Instead he chose the 50-year-old Philbin, who has 28 years of coach-ing experience, including 19 years in college.

With Philbin’s help, the Pack-ers have ranked in the top 10 in

the NFL in yardage each of the past fi ve seasons, including third in 2011. A year ago they won the Super Bowl.

“A huge congratulations to Joe Philbin,” Green Bay tight end Jermichael Finley tweeted. “No one deserves it more than this guy. The Pack will miss him!”

The hiring might give the Dolphins an edge if they decide to pursue Packers backup quarterback Matt Flynn, who becomes a free agent this offseason.

Flynn set Packers records with 480 yards passing and six touch-downs in their regular-season fi -nale. Philbin played a major role in the development of Flynn and Pro Bowl quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Giants boasted a phys-ical, intimidating defense with athletic linebackers and stout linemen capable of stifl ing the NFL’s most productive of-fenses. San Francisco featured a high-powered passing attack led by an eventual Hall of Fame quarterback in his prime with receivers capable of turn-ing short passes into big gains.

When the San Francisco 49ers host the New York Gi-ants in the NFC championship game Sunday for a shot at the Super Bowl, the matchup conjures memories from a previous era of this great rivalry — even if the roles are somewhat reversed.

The elite quarterback now is New York’s Eli Manning, who connects on big plays to Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz in a similar fashion to how Joe Montana and Jerry Rice did for the dominant Niners in the 1980s.

San Francisco’s current front seven led by relentless de-fensive lineman Justin Smith, rookie pass-rushing special-ist Aldon Smith and fi erce linebackers Patrick Willis and NaVorro Bowman resembles that old Giants group featur-ing Hall of Famers Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson.

And who could have pre-dicted this surprising pairing?

The Giants (11-7) toppled defending champion Green Bay 37-20 last Sunday when everybody fi gured the road to the Super Bowl would go through Lambeau Field. Instead, New York is traveling West to San Francisco to face the upstart 49ers (14-3) in a meeting of franchises with so many fresh faces on the big stage.

Jim Harbaugh’s “mighty men” as he calls them stunned Drew Brees and the favored Saints 36-32 when Alex Smith hit Vernon Davis for the game-winning 14-yard touchdown with 9 seconds remaining.

Smith knows both the 49ers and Giants showed it’s anybody’s game come playoff time.

“Look at last week, I think everybody thought the road was going to go through Lam-beau. I think everybody as-sumed the NFC championship game was going to get played there and look what happens,” Smith said. “These teams at

this point, everybody’s as good as each other and it’s all going to come down to how you execute on that day. We’re all capable of beating each other, that’s for sure.”

Smith and Manning each orchestrated fi ve fourth-quarter comebacks during the regular season, yet Manning missed in a 27-20 loss at San Francisco on Nov. 13 when Justin Smith batted away his last-ditch pass attempt on fourth down in the waning moments.

“This is about the NFC championship. It’s an opportu-nity to get this win and go on to the Super Bowl,” Manning said. “We played them once before. We know they’re a good team. There’s no deny-ing that. They’re playing great football. They’re playing with great confi dence. It’s going to be exciting going out there and having another shot and seeing what we can do.”

Niners long snapper Brian Jennings is the only one left on either side from San Francis-co’s last trip to the playoffs in January 2003, when the 49ers rallied for a stunning 39-38 comeback victory against the Giants at Candlestick Park. San Francisco also had beaten New York during the regular

season that year.It’s sold out for Sunday’s

game with rain in the forecast as the 49ers look for their fi rst trip to the NFC title game since the 1997 season. Former 49ers owner Eddie DeBar-tolo Jr. will serve as honorary captain after team president and nephew, Jed York, called

him immediately after beating the Saints with the thoughtful invite.

Fittingly, DeBartolo owned the team from 1977-98, when the 49ers won fi ve Super Bowls. He was affectionately known as “Mr. D” to his players and coaches.

The only other time these

two franchises faced off in the conference champion-ship the game fi nished in memorable fashion. On Jan. 20, 1991, Roger Craig fumbled with the 49ers lead-ing 13-12 late in the fourth quarter and the Giants went on to win 15-13 to deny San Francisco a chance at a third straight Super Bowl title. New York then beat the Bills to capture its second Super Bowl.

These teams met six times in the playoffs between the 1981 and ‘94 seasons with the winner going on to win the Super Bowl four times.

There shouldn’t be too many elements of surprise Sunday considering how recently they last played, though Harbaugh is always good for a few tricks.

“That fi rst game has nothing to do with what happens Sunday night,” Gi-ants safety Antrel Rolle said.

Davis had a career day against New Orleans with seven catches for 180 yards — the most yards receiving by a tight end in a playoff game — so the Giants certainly will try to neutral-ize him and put constant pressure on a never-more-confi dent Smith.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady and the New England Patriots made it to the AFC championship game with a high-powered offense that piled up points and yards.

Ray Lewis and the Balti-more Ravens got there with a hard-hitting defense that made it a major challenge for op-ponents to move the ball.

On Sunday, one of those teams will advance to the Su-per Bowl because, most likely, of what they do best.

“We’ve got our hands full this week,” Lewis said. “You watched what they did last week against Denver, just the way they came out and ran their offense, how effi cient (Bra-dy) was, how many different receivers he hit with the ball. I think their offense, period, is playing at a very high level.”

From start to fi nish, Brady picked apart the Denver de-fense in a 45-10 divisional playoff win.

The Patriots (14-3) needed fi ve plays to score on their fi rst series on Brady’s 7-yard pass to Wes Welker. It took them seven plays to reach the end zone on their second series on

Brady’s 10-yard pass to Rob Gronkowski. By halftime, Brady had thrown fi ve of his six touchdown passes.

He had plenty of time to survey the fi eld as the Broncos put little pressure on him. The Ravens don’t plan to let that happen.

“You don’t want him back there just like, ‘Oh, we’re just going to play catch today,”’ Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs said. “You don’t want him to zone in, get in his zone, so to say. So I think pressure is going to be crucial, but it’s always crucial. But, particularly when you are playing these type of quarterbacks, it’s pivotal.”

Brady’s regular season was exceptional, even by his lofty standards. He threw for 5,235 yards, second most in NFL history, with 39 touchdown passes, 12 interceptions and the league’s third best quarterback rating of 105.6, behind only Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees.

The Patriots, with Welker and Gronkowski doing most of the damage, were second in the NFL with 428 yards per game and third with an average of

32.1 points.“It’s a very clever of-

fense,” Baltimore coach John Harbaugh said. “It’s well put together.”

Just like the Ravens defense.Baltimore (13-4) allowed

the third fewest average yards, 288.9, and points, 16.6, this season. It had four take-aways in last Sunday’s 20-13 divisional playoff win over the Houston Texans, the last by Ed Reed with 1:51 left. Lewis had a team-high seven tackles.

“They’re great players. I’ve played against both those guys quite a few times,” Brady said. “You always enjoy going up against the best because you can really measure where you’re at. You can’t take plays off against those guys. You can’t take things for granted when you’re out there against them. You have to see where they’re at on every play be-cause they’re guys who change the game.”

And don’t forget Suggs. He led the AFC with 14 sacks, and, with Lewis and Reed were picked as Pro Bowl starters this season.

The Ravens have a “very attacking type defense,” Welker

said. “They’re very physical. They run to the football really well. They rush well, cover well, tackle well across the board. They have a lot of great players and a lot of playmak-ers.”

But they haven’t faced a

passing attack with the weap-ons the Patriots have. Welker led the NFL with 122 catches and 1,569 yards receiving. Gronkowski was fi fth with 90 catches and set an NFL record of 17 touchdown catches by a tight end.

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San Francisco quarterback Alex Smith passes against the Saints during last Saturday’s game in San Francisco.

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9-7 • (2-0) 13-3 • (1-0)OFFENSE

Total yards (avg.): 385.1Passing Rushing

SCORINGPoints for

25.0

295.9

297.5

89.2

133.5

24.6

11.030.5

DEFENSEYards allowed (avg.): 376.4

RushingPassing

(PPG)

255.1 121.2

212.0 105.5 435.037.0


Pts. allowedPoints for

Pts. allowed

183.1

264.0

127.8

143.0

14.323.8

32.036.0

Yards allowed (avg.): 308.2RushingPassing

230.9 77.2

Postseason: 431.0

Postseason: 317.5 Postseason: 472.0

Postseason Postseason

Postseason: 407.0

Regular-season • Postseason stats

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12-4 • (1-0) 13-3 • (1-0)

OFFENSETotal yards (avg.): 338.7Passing Rushing

SCORING

Points for Pts. allowed16.6

213.9

140.0

124.8

87.0

24.6

13.020.0


RushingPassing

(PPG)

196.2 92.6

184.0 131.0 108.0 144.0


Points for Pts. allowed

317.8

363.0

110.2

146.0

21.432.1

10.045.0


293.9 117.1

Postseason: 227.0



Postseason: 509.0



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RECORDRECORDBy RANDY GONZALES

[email protected] — If not this game, surely next.

Still, Thomas More Prep-Marian girls’ basketball coach Alan Billinger wanted the record to fall Friday. He

was too nervous to go through this again.Rachel Jacobs, a senior forward for the Monarchs,

broke the school’s career scoring record in a 64-43 win over Goodland in the consolation semifi nals of the Hillsboro Trojan Classic at Robert C. Brown Gymnasium.

Jacobs needed 14 points to pass Kaylee Hoffman, who scored 1,325 points from 2006-10. It wasn’t

easy, but Jacobs got the record with 28 seconds left in the game. Jacobs swished a 3-pointer from the right baseline on an out-of-bounds play to give her 15 points for the game and 1,327 for her career.

“Congratulations to Rachel,” Billinger said. “This is a phenomenal feat.

“Kaylee Hoffman was a tremendous ball player for us, and Rachel is, too. By the time she gets done with that record, it’s going to be awesome,” he added.

Jacobs, a four-year starter who also broke the school’s rebounding record

earlier this season, will keep the scor-ing record all in the family.

“She’s my cousin, so it kind of means something,” Jacobs said of Hoffman. “It feels pretty good. I’ve been working the last four years for it, and it fi nally paid off.”

Jacobs had eight points at halftime and added a 3-pointer in the third

quarter. Needing three points and with the Monarchs comfortably ahead, Jacobs stayed in the game.

RACHEL JACOBS AND THE MONARCHS WERE IN ACTION AGAIN SATURDAY AGAINST REPUBLIC CO. SEE PAGE B3.

“…By the time she gets done with that record, it’s going to be awesome.” Alan Billinger, TMP coach

MONARCHS PULL AWAY

FOR WINBy RANDY GONZALES

[email protected] — The

Monarchs struggled in the fi rst quarter against a winless Goodland squad.

But the Thomas More Prep-Marian girls’ basketball team — led by junior point guard Heather Ruder — kicked it into high gear in the second quarter of Friday’s consolation semifi nals of the Hillsboro Trojan Classic to take a 64-43 win.

Not only did the win send the Monarchs into Saturday’s fi fth-place game, but senior forward Rachel Jacobs also broke the school’s career scoring record (see sidebar).

TMP, which led 14-13 after the fi rst quarter, scored the fi rst 24 points of the second quarter and held Goodland without a basket in the period to take a 38-17 halftime lead.

“I thought we played a great second quarter, really put a lot of pressure on them,” TMP coach Alan Billinger said.

SEE WIN, B3SEE RECORD, B3


DODGE CITY — The Hays High School boys’ basketball team might have lost its fourth straight con-test, but coach Rick Keltner saw some positives he hasn’t seen.

Hays High lost 49-28 to St. James Academy on Friday, in the consolation semifi nal round of the Touranment of Champions at United Wireless Arena.

“I was really proud of (senior David Cardinal). He’s a strong athlete and he came in and did some good things,” coach Rick Keltner said. “He worked hard and did a good job.”

Cardinal played in just his fi fth game of the season for the Indians, coming in to give HHS the physical play the Indians were lacking against St. James early in the game.

The Indians were coming off a game against a physical Dodge City team, where they had an edge on the boards, but were unable to contain St. James senior Clint McCullough, who notched a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds.

“They were just more physi-cal and stronger than us. We didn’t block out as aggressive-ly as we did against Dodge City,” Keltner said. “We never found McCullough all night. He kept getting to the boards against us.”

Hays High got a 3-pointer to start the game from junior gaurd Derek Bixenman, but the Indians couldn’t stop McCullough who scored eight fi rst-quarter points, part of an 8-0 run to help St. James build a 10-8 lead.

The Indians missed six straight

shots in the second before an offensive spark from sophomore Lane Clark. HHS was trailing 14-8 when Clark scored back-to-back 3s to tie the game with two minutes remaining in the half.

“We had to make plays so I wanted to step up and try to help the team out,” said, Clark who hit three 3s and fi nished with nine.

“Lane’s a guy who in practice has made 10 3s in a row

multiple times,” Keltner said. “I was really glad with the way he stepped up.”

The 6-foot-6 McCullough had an answer, sparking a 6-0 run, while HHS missed three shots and had two turnovers in the fi nal two minutes.

“I thought when we tied it up we were making good plays. But then

after that we turned it over like fi ve times with bad shots and turnovers. It seemed like as soon as we got close we didn’t handle it very well,” Keltner said.

Keltner used the second half to try out combinations of players who hadn’t seen much playing time this season. All 12 Indians saw at least fi ve minutes of playing time.

“We wanted to just try some differ-ent combinations and get kids some tournament experience,” Keltner said.

The Indians started the second half out with two straight baskets, includ-ing an alley-oop by sophomore Jordan Windholz, but struggled from there.

St. James used their physical play in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach for the Indians. HHS was outrebounded 13-2 in the fourth quarter.

Hays High boys drop game Friday in Dodge

Boys

Plainville 72

Smith Center 44Plainville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 13 25 12 — 72

Smith Center . . . . . . . . . . . .12 7 13 12 — 44

Plainville — Hadley Gillum 14, Andrew

Casey 15, Kyle Becker 12, Jameson Klein

12, Weiser 6, Husmann 2, Brungardt 7,

Diaz 4.

Smith Center — Trevor Overmiller 15,

Hobelmann 7, Terrill 4, Cox 9, Buckmaster

5, Brooks 4.

Oakley 58, Oberlin 52Oberlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 12 11 20 — 52

Oakley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 19 12 12 — 58

Oberlin — May 5, Shields 5, Dalton

Jones 17, McEvoy 6, Zach May 13, Brugge-

man 6.

Oakley — Kody Gabel 12, JeJerrik

Keller 13, Herl 7, Hubert 6, Llewellyn 4,

Austin Baalman 16.

Hoxie 69, Atwood 40Atwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6 13 4 — 40

Hoxie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 21 23 8 — 69

Atwood — Tiemeyer 2, Capo 4, Leitner 3,

Peterson 4, Collin Clark 11, Kogl 16.

Hoxie — Katt 3, C. Spresser 2, Kade

Spresser 13, Chase Kennedy 11, Friess 6,

Jaxsen Moss 30, Pope 4.

Norton 72, Trego 66WaKeene-Trego (5-9) . . . . . 11 11 19 25 —66

Norton (6-5) . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 14 18 25 — 72

WaKeeney — Ghumm 7, John Griffith

30, Clayton Riedel 14, Pfannenstiel 5, Fritz

8, Weber 2.

Norton — Tye Nickell 12, Jacob Brooks

16, Zach Hartwell 11, Jordan Wahlmeier 10,

Ellis 8, Dalton Miller 10, Gilgenbach 5.


Stockton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8 17 5 — 32

Phillipsburg — Sage 2, Sean Newlan 25,

Seth Derr 10, Thompson 5, Juenemann 7,

Dusin 6, Aherin 2.

Stockton — Bellerive 6, Deutscher 1, J.

Williams 6, Beougher 10, Wiltfong 2, Lowry

5, Moll 2.

Hill City 49, Ellis 45Hill City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11 20 9 — 49

Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7 6 16 — 45

Hill City — Matt Craig 16, Solomon Wil-

son 14, Pfeifer 9, Jones 4, Isakson 6.

Ellis — Pfeifer 4, Weber 2, Blake Hud-

son 11, Werth 7, Mick 4, Brown 2, Walters 4,

Lohrmeyer 7, Gehring 4.

Quinter 53

Western Plains 25Quinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 14 18 8 — 53

Western Plains . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 4 8 — 25

Quinter — Waggoner 3, Chance Smith 1,

Crist 9, Tebow 6, Reed 8, J. Ochs 6, Kerns

4, Brian Ochs 16.

Western Plains — Beckett 2, Mendez

, Baker 2, Wentz 3, Kraus 3, Ryersee 3,

Moore 9.

Ness City 78, St. Francis 55St. Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 12 18 11 — 55

Ness City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 19 18 22 — 78

St. Francis — Schlitz 5, Nelson 1, Isaac

Schiltz 26, Ladenberger 6, Tygart 4, Dylan

Peter 13.

Ness City — Dalton Gants 11, Drew

Clarke 28, Colin Foos 17, Ratliff 8, Stoeck-

lein 3, VonLehe 9, Frusher 2.

Golden Plains 38


Triplains-Brewster . . . . . . . . 4 6 8 15 — 33

Golden Plains — Cole Christensen 14,

Weber 7, Walter 6, Schwartz 5, G. Spresser

3, Koerperich 2, Bermudez 1.

Triplains-Brewster — N Jorgensen 14,

Scmidt 5, Lamb 5, Allen 3, Luckert 2.

Hoisington 65, Victoria 51Hoisington . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 17 17 15 — 65

Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11 10 22 — 51

Hoisington — Schremmer 2, Cody Stetler

22, Becker 4, Linsner 5, Kaiser 2, Anthony

Broeder 13, Crawford 5, Derrick Kaiser 10,

Gaddis 2.

Victoria — Corey Dinkel 13, Gagnon 4,

Ottley 4, Bryan Dome 26, Roth 4, Dreiling

5, Braun 8, Hobbs 7, Nowak 4.

Girls

Oakley 42, Atwood 37Atwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 9 13 — 37

Oakley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 19 4 9 — 42

Atwood — Wolters 6, Leitner 1, With-

ington 9, Hillary Chavatal 17, Reuber 2,

Oelschlager 2.

Oakley — M. Rath 2, K. Rath 2, L.

Dennis 24, Hemmert 6, Weiser 2, Jirah 2,

Pilkington 2, Sperber 2.

Quinter 70, St. Francis 58St. Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 15 17 11 — 58

Quinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 14 19 15 — 70

St. Francis — Bandel 3, Neitzel 4, Hill 7,

Schlepp 6, Brunk 9, Kaitlin Figgins 27.

Quinter — Kayla Zerr 17, Kuntz 2, Crist

2, Brooke Flax 28, Werth 6, Schneider 6.

Ellis 55, Hill City 51 (OT)Hill City . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2 14 13 2 — 51

Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 16 11 13 6 — 55

Hill City — Collins 7, Gansel 6, Stewart

9, Keith 6, Cooper 4, Van Loenen 3, Haley

Dinkel 16.

Ellis — Aschenbrenner 2, Bailey Hens-

ley 23, S. Gottschalk 4, Soneson 7, Green-

way 10, M. Gottschalk 2, Honas 7.


Stockton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 8 9 — 28

Phillipsburg — Kellerman 9, Wilkinson

2, Raegan Vanderplas 11, Gower 8, Orr 6,

Bartels 9, Dusin 11, Rodriquez 7.

Stockton — Lindsey 2, Alyssa Conyac 10,

Brown 5, Beougher 2, Scott 2, Green 3.

Oberlin 61, Western Plains 28Oberlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 19 9 16 — 61

Western Plains . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5 9 5 — 28

Oberlin — Darbi Rouse 11, Jamie

Soderlund 10, Hissong 2, Murray 7, Miki

Dorshorst 15, Baker 5, Castle 2, May 9.

Western Plains — Hair 8, Paredes 6, M

Hagelganz 13, Schuckman 1.

Hoxie 68, Ness City 19Ness City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 9 6 2 — 19

Hoxie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 19 22 9 — 68

Ness City — Johnson 2, Seib 1, Ky.

Stoecklein 5, Ke. Stoecklein 5, Rubottom 6.

Hoxie — Mense 9, Shelby Heim 10,

Spresser 6, S. Farber 3, Stithem 5, K.

Farber 3, Carly Heim 16, Lexi Schamberger

12, Allmer 4.

Golden Plains 58


Triplains-Brewster . . . . . . . 6 15 12 16 — 49

Golden Plains — Jordan Christensen 18,

H. Spresser 9, Angela Ritter 16, Juenemann

4, Lobato 2.

Triplains-Brewster — Brittany Plummer

14, April Mays 11, Kasey Hoyt 10, Rogge 9.

Smith Center 84

Plainville 30Plainville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 11 4 9 — 30

Smith Center . . . . . . . . . . . 25 18 27 14 — 84

Plainville — Frederking 4, Friend 9,

Pywell 4, Copeland 2, Junkermeier 5, Sears

3, Royer 3.

Smith Center — Cox 9, McCall 5, Sydney

Benoit 16, McKenzie Benoit 13, Tangie Hile-

man 27, Albert 6, Ryan 4, VanderGiesen 2,

Dietz 2.

Friday’s area high school basketball boxscores

STEVEN HAUSLER • HAYS DAILY NEWS

Hill City boys’ coach Keith Riley, looks up at the clock during the MCL Tournament last week at Gross Memorial Coliseum. Riley’s Ringnecks won 49-45 in Ellis on Friday, giving Riley his 600th career victory.

By RANDY [email protected] — For

three quarters, the Monarchs gave Hillsboro all it wanted.

But Hillsboro wanted it more in the fourth quarter. The Trojans outscored the Thomas More Prep-Marian boys’ basketball team by 13 points in the fi nal period on the way to a 51-36 win in Friday’s semifi nals of the Hillsboro Trojan Classic.

“I thought our guys battled tough to a tie in the fi rst half, through three quarters,” TMP coach Joe Hertel said. “... In the fourth quarter, it

just fell apart for us.

“We played like winners for three, I’m proud of that effort,” he added.

Hillsboro advanced to Saturday night’s title

game with Hesston, while TMP was in the third-place game against Wamego.

TMP (7-4) jumped out to a 9-2 lead, but Hillsboro scored the fi nal nine points of the fi rst quarter to take an 11-9 lead. It was tied at halftime 19-19.

The Monarchs led 30-28 late in the third quarter when senior point guard Drew O’Brien was knocked to the fl oor at halfcourt and was whistled for a violation. O’Brien bounced the ball hard and was called for a technical foul with 9.9 sec-onds left in the period. Senior Luke Moore made one of the technical free throws, then junior guard Shaq Thiessen drilled a 3-pointer just before the buzzer to give the Trojans a 32-30 lead.

“The technical foul is an unfortunate thing,” Hertel said. “I expect our guys to be self-discplined.

“No matter what, that can’t happen, not in a game like this,” he added.

Hertel said the technical seemed to affect the Mon-archs in the fourth quarter. Hillsboro (9-3) outscored TMP 10-4 in the fi rst 2:22 of the period before senior forward Jacob Fouts — the team’s leading scorer on the season — made his only basket of the game to get the Monarchs within 42-36.

Hillsboro knocks down

Monarchs

SEE MONARCHS, B4

Going into the finals, Hays High was in first place with 168 1⁄2 points, with St. Thomas Aquinas second with 161 1⁄2, and McPherson in third with 161.

St. Thomas Aquinas had five wrestlers in the finals, with Hays High three and McPherson also with three.

Thomas More Prep-Marian finished with six points. Senior 126-pound-er Dylan Schumacher, a three-time state champion in Class 3-2-1A, did not wrestle due to an injury.

Finals results (win-ners and local, area placers):

At 106, ranked No. 1 in Class 6A, sophomore Luke Henes (28-1) of St. Thomas Aquinas pinned senior David Montoya of Dodge City in the first period. Phillipsburg’s Kyle Witmer finished fifth.

At 113, senior Jason Perez of Ulysses, ranked third in 4A and one of two defending state cham-pions in the tournament, gave up a late point in the third period and lost in overtime to senior Alex Garcia (20-6) of Dodge City, ranked first in 6A.

At 120, McPherson se-nior Tim Prescott, ranked No. 2 in 4A and who won by major decision 12-2 over Hays High senior Kevin Arnhold in the semi-finals, lost by major decision to freshman Isaac Dulgar-ian (28-1) of St. Thomas Aquinas, ranked first in 5A. Arnhold lost the fifth-place match.

At 126, junior Dane Edwards (24-3) from Dodge City, ranked No. 2 in 6A, pinned in the first period McPherson junior Kaden Kretzer, who won 8-3 over HHS senior Der-ek Stiles in the semifinals. In the third-place match, Stiles won 2-0 in over-time over Phillipsburg’s Mason Bannister.

At 132, Phillipsburg ju-

nior Caleb Studley (23-7) scored two points with less than a minute left in the third period to win 2-1 over senior Brenden Lewis from Larned. Hays High junior Cade Albert lost the fifth-place match 8-2 to Hugoton freshman Genesis Martinez.

At 138, ranked No. 2 in 5A, senior Tommy Wlliams (31-2) of St. Thomas Aquinas won 7-5 over Buhler junior Jake Gehring. For third place, Phillipsburg sophomore Michael Dusin won 9-5 over Hoisington junior Zach Sanders, who de-feated HHS junior Jake Sedbrook 13-8 in the con-solation semifinals. Sed-brook lost the fifth-place match 10-4 to Spring Hill sophomore Blake Lewis.

At 145, Hoisington junior Chance Demel (23-2) pinned in the first period Buhler sophomore Scott Whitson, who won 6-3 over Ellis junior Gage Younger in the semifinals. Younger, who decisioned Phillipsburg senior Ross Coomes 4-2 in the conso-lation semifinals, won 3-1 over Hugoton junior Law-son Fiss for third place. Fiss pinned Russell junior Regis Weiss in the con-solation semis. Coomes ended up fifth.

At 152, fifth-ranked (4A) senior Razzy Mo-rales (21-2) of Ulysses, who won 3-1 over Ellis

senior Austin Lo-pez in the semi-finals, defeated 5-2 junior Patrick Weaver (No. 6, 4A) from Hugo-

ton, who had an 18-1 technical fall over Good-land sophomore John Peden in the semis. Lopez finished third and Russell senior Nash Karst lost his fifth-place match.

At 160, senior Jacob Eggers of Dodge City, No. 2 in 6A, won 6-0 over Ellis senior Riley Hunsicker in the semis, then led 1-0 entering the third period over Oakley senior Eric Albers in the finals. But Albers (24-0) got a takedown with 32

seconds left and won 2-1. For third place, freshman Ben Ewing of St. Thomas Aquinas, who had a 17-4 major decision over HHS junior Kyler Meyers in the consolation semis, lost 6-4 in three overtimes to Hunsicker. Meyers finished fifth after a 9-6 decision over McPherson senior Jordan Sponsel.

At 170, Hays High sophomore Preston Wei-gel (26-0), ranked first in Class 5A, won 7-0 over junior Johnny Perz of St. Thomas Aquinas. For third place, Oakley junior Jason Bergkren pinned senior Ty Haller of Hugoton.

At 182, Goodland sophomore Tyler Gastineau lost 8-5 to Hoisington senior Eric Hellerud (now 8-0 and No. 4, 3-2-1A), who was a 4-1 winner over HHS senior Brandon Weigel in the semifinals. Senior Tyler Higgins of Goddard Eisenhower finished third, with Weigel fourth.

At 195, McPherson se-nior Taylor Krier pinned HHS junior Chandler Rule in the semis to reach the title match, where he lost 6-4 to senior Laine Herl of Goodland. For

third place, Rule was pinned by senior Coby Morris of Spring Hill.

At 220, Hays High senior Cash Drylie (No. 2 5A, 25-1) had an 11-2 major decision over McPherson senior An-drew Archer in the semi-finals to make the finals, where he got a reversal with less than 30 seconds left for a 4-2 win over Goodland senior Riley Oharah (25-1), No. 1 in 3-2-1A. In the third-place

match, WaKeeney-Trego senior Ethan James lost 8-6 to Hoisington senior Cody Batt. Phillipsburg senior Dillon Coomes lost the fifth-place match.

At 285, Hays High senior Luke Madden lost a 13-4 major decision to senior Eric Mason (No. 1, 5A) of St. Thomas Aquinas. Trego senior Dustin Zahn was pinned by senior Austin Crump of Campus in the third-place match..


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She missed her fi rst three shots in the fourth quarter before she was fouled with 1:27 left in the game.

Needing two points to tie, Jacobs — a 96 percent foul shooter who had only missed one all season — made her fi rst at the line but missed the second.

“I thought, ‘Man, I jinxed her or something,’

“ Billinger said. “We’re going to have to go another game.”

With the rest of the starters out of the game, Jacobs got her chance for the record when the ball was knocked out of bounds under the Monarch basket with less than a minute re-maining. Billinger called an out-of-bounds play he just

recently installed, setting Jacobs up for a corner trey. Nothing but net. Jacobs had the record.

“I really liked fi nishing it off like that,” said Jacobs, known for her 3-point shooting.

Billinger was relieved the record fell.

“I certainly thought one more game,” Billinger

said. “I was getting a little uptight.

“I’m so glad it’s over,” he added. “She didn’t know anything about it, and I did. I really honestly thought she would get it in the fi rst half.”

Jacobs, who has signed with Fort Hays State Uni-versity, isn’t done re-writing the record book, Billinger

said.“She’s just been an asset

for four years — offensively, defensively, rebounding; she broke the rebounding record earlier this year,” Billinger said. “By the time she’s done, she’s going to have a lot of records.

“We’re very proud of her, and thankful she’s on our team.”

“I thought we got out, ran the ball a lot better that second quarter,” Billinger added.

Ruder helped the Mon-archs force eight turnovers in the second quarter, leading to layups at the other end. TMP (8-3) made its seven fi rst shots of the second quarter — including three layups and

a jumper by Ruder. For the game, TMP scored 27 points off turnovers.

“What can you say about Ruder’s hands,” Billinger said. “My goodness, what a pest out there.

“Did a great job for us, getting steals and defl ections and everything else,” he added.

Gooodland (0-10) out-scored TMP 17-16 in the third quarter, as the Monarchs started out slow, making just one of their fi rst seven shots.

But TMP, ranked No. 10 in Class 3A, outscored Good-land 14-8 the rest of the period to lead by 20 (54-34) heading into the fourth.

Ruder led all scorers with 19 points and added a game-high seven assists. Senior forward Jenna Lang added a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds, while Jacobs scored 15 points, grabbed eight rebounds, blocked four shots and made four steals. Senior Rebecca Pray added 10 points.

Once again, the Monarchs were led by their big three of Jacobs, Lang and Ruder (50 points).

“I know where they’re go-ing to be on the court, where I need to be,” Jacobs said.

Goodland got 10 points each from sophomore twin sisters Berkley and Brianna White.

WIN, FROM B2

RECORD, FROM B2


Ellis junior Gage Younger, top, wrestles TMP sophomore Austin J. Werth during their 145-pound match during the fi rst day of the Bob Kuhn Prairie Senior Classic on Friday at the HHS gym.

Trego senior Ethan James, top, wrestles Hoisington senior Cody Batt during their 220-pound match Friday.

CLASSIC, FROM B1


HILLSBORO — The Thomas More Prep-Marian girls’ basketball team entered the 2012 Trojan Classic as the defending champ, and left in fi fth place.

The Monarchs beat Repub-lic County on Saturday 62-39, behind strong shooting and balanced scoring. TMP had three players in double fi gures, and shot a combined 47 percent from the fl oor. Senior Jenna Lang led the Monarchs with 16 points, behind a 5-of-7 shooting performance. Lang was a perfect 3-for-3 from the free throw line and 3-of-4 from 3-point range.

“The 3-point basket is her spot,” TMP coach Alan Billinger said.

The 3-point baskets by Lang helped open the court for senior Rachel Jacobs and junior Heather Ruder. Jacobs, who set the school’s new ca-reer scoring record Friday, fi n-ished with 14 points and seven rebounds, while Ruder added 12 points for the Monarchs.

“When you can shoot the 3-point shot and make it then it’s just going to open up the middle. That’s what it did for Rachel today,” Billinger said

TMP (9-3) fell behind 6-5 halfway through the quarter, but Jacobs and Ruder each scored twice to help TMP go on a 10-0 run to end the fi rst quarter with the Monarchs ahead 16-6.

“We were controlling the boards and once we started shooting, we were on fi re. We used our height advantage to grab the boards and get running down the court,” Billinger said.

By GARRETT RITONYASpecial to The Hays Daily News

DODGE CITY — Saturday afternoon’s contest between Hays High School and the Ulysses Tigers was each squad’s fi nal shot in picking up a win at the 69th annual Tourna-ment of Champions.

Despite fi nding themselves up nine with seven minutes to go, the Indians watched as their lead crumbled, as Ulysses’ Garrett Kissell made a layup with one second to play to give the Tigers a 40-38 victory at United Wireless Arena.

“I thought we played great, I truly did, I thought the fi rst three quarters, and I’m not saying we played perfect basketball, but we played great,” HHS coach Rick Keltner said. “We communicated better, which I was really pleased with. Of course, we collapsed in the fourth quarter, which I’m not pleased with, but we will get better and we have to get tougher and we have a week to do so.”

The Indians encountered a bend, but don’t break Ulysses, a Class 4A squad that gave the larger teams a run in every game.

The fi rst quarter was an indica-

tion of the struggle between the two evenly matched teams, but Keltner had his boys fi ring on all cylinders, coming off a season-low 28 points on Friday in a loss to St. James Academy. After the Saturday loss, Hays High has scored 39 or fewer points in fi ve straight games.

Derek Bixenman, the Indians’ six-foot junior and leading scorer, had a hot hand early, with two 3s in the see-saw fi rst quarter.

Kissell matched the production for Ulysses. The 6-5 senior worked the inside, sinking three of his eight buckets in the fi rst half.

The Indians clawed their way to an 11-10 lead at the end of one, but couldn’t capitalize on opportu-nities, racking up seven turnovers in the fi rst half.

Ulysses regained the lead mo-mentarily on a Kissell fi eld goal, but a trey from sophomore Lane Clark put the Indians back up by one as the second quarter came to an end.

The Indians controlled most

of the quarter, building their lead to nearly double digits as Kade Parker and Bixenman continued to hit big shots.

With the fi nal seconds ticking off the clock in the third, Clark set up the offense, then found Bixenman wide open at the top of the key, and the junior sank the buzzer-beater, giving the Indians a 34-26 lead enter-

ing the fi nal period.The Indians held the Tigers

without a fi eld goal in the third, and the drought continued through the fi rst three minutes of the fourth,

but Ulysses battled back, tying the game at 38 with less

than a minute to play. “We came out and played hard

defensively, we’ve been practicing those long shots and today I was hit-ting them,” Bixenman said.

“We just need to get our defensive mindsets right and not give up leads like that.”

Ulysses junior Chase Newell threw up a three with less than10 seconds to go. The ball clanked off the rim and into the awaiting arms of Kissell, who put it back in for the two-point

lead as the fi nal second ran off the clock, capping a 14-1 run by Ulysses to close the game.

Bixenman led all Hays High scor-ers with 16 points on 4-of-7 shooting from three-point land, while Parker fi nished with nine points. Brady Werth led the Indians on the boards with nine.

Even though the Tigers were only able to shoot 29 percent for the game, they hit 17-of-23 at the free throw line.

“I thought we made some good plays, but obviously, we just didn’t make enough of them,” Keltner said. “We’re young, I know I keep saying that, but when you have young kids, there’s a chance you might get beat once in a while. So sometimes you have to measure your progress from things not on the scoreboard. Today I thought we showed some heart, came out and really battled and did some things that I’m really proud of.”

With the loss, the Indians fall to 4-8, and will next be in action on Jan. 31 at the HHS gym against Salina South.

“We’re going to get more physi-cal,” Keltner said.

Buzzer-beater sinks Hays High boys in seventh-place game at TOC

By CODY GIEFER [email protected]

HILLSBORO — The Thomas More Prep-Marian boys’ basketball team started the third-place game against Wamego in the Trojan Clas-sic strong with four quick points and a good presence on the boards. Wamego was later able to take control with the same type of game in a 46-36 win.

“I like a physical game. I just want my kids to go in every game and play hard, physical and challenge the other team,” TMP coach Joe Hertel said.

Wamego used its size to force the Monarchs into missing second-chance op-portunities on the offensive end all night. In the fi rst quarter, the Red Raiders hit 6-of-7 from the fl oor inside the paint to build a 12-9 lead after one.

“We had a lot of close-in shots that we didn’t make. If we had made them, it could have given us a cushion at halftime instead of being even,” Hertel said.

In the second quarter the Monarchs again missed second-chance opportunities while allowing Wamego to maintain an 18-14 lead with three minutes remaining in the half. But, TMP went on an 8-4 run to end the quar-ter, and forced a 22-22 tie going into the break. Seniors Drew O’Brien and Colby Schippers hit back-to-back 3-pointers to tie the game.

“They were huge for us. They gave us a huge lift and allowed us to stay in the game,” Hertel said. “Those allowed us to come into the second half pumped up.”

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Local CalendarTuesdayHays High

Wrestling (V/JV) vs. Dodge City at

HHS gym, 4 p.m.

Boys’ swimming (V) at Great Bend,

4 p.m.

ThursdayHays High


tournament, TBA



TMP

Girls’ & boys’ basketball (V/JV) at

Hoisington, 6 p.m.

Boys’ basketbal (9th) at Hoisington,

4:30 p.m.



tational, TBA

Kennedy Middle School

Wrestling at Russell, 3:45 p.m.

FridayHays High


tournament, TBA


tional, noon

TMP

Wrestling (V/JV) vs. Plainville at Al

Billinger Fieldhouse, 6 p.m.

SaturdayFort Hays

Women’s & men’s basketball vs. NW

Missouri at Maryville, Mo., 1 & 3 p.m.

Hays High


tournament, TBA




tional, 10 a.m.

TMP

Wrestling (JV) at Larned Invita-

tional, 9 a.m.



tational, TBA

SundayFort Hays

Wrestling at Kansas Cup at Baldwin

City, 9 a.m.

BasketballCollege standings

MIAA


W-L W-L




Washburn 7-3 13-5

Fort Hays 7-4 13-4





Lincoln 3-8 3-13



Mo. Southern 80, Truman 74

Washburn 78, Neb-Omaha 56

Pitt State 69, Mo. WEstern 67

Fort Hays 78, Lincoln 63


Today’s games


p.m.

Wednesday’s games






p.m.

Saturday’s games





Lincoln at Lindenwood, 4 p.m.


p.m.


W-L W-L


Washurn 9-1 16-3



Fort Hays 6-5 14-5

Lincoln 5-6 11-6







Truman 72, Mo. Southern 53

Pitt State 86, Mo. Western 68

Lincoln 76, Fort Hays 75 (OT)


Today’s games


p.m.

Wednesday’s games






p.m.

Saturday’s games






p.m.

Big 12


W-L W-L

Kansas 6-0 16-3

Missouri 5-1 18-1

Baylor 4-2 17-2

Iowa State 4-2 14-5


Oklahoma 2-4 12-6

Texas 2-4 12-7


Texas A&M 2-4 11-7

Texas Tech 0-6 7-11


Kansas State 66, Oklahoma State 58

Missouri 89,Baylor 88

Texas A&M 81, Oklahoma 75

Kansas 69, Texas 66

Iowa State 76, Texas Tech 52

Monday’s game

Texas A&M at Kansas, 7 p.m.

(ESPN)

Tuesday’s games

Baylor at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Iowa State at Texas, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s games

Missouri at Oklahoma State, 6:30

p.m.

Kansas State at Texas Tech, 8 p.m.

(ESPNU)

Saturday’s games

Texas at Baylor, noon (CBS)

Texas Tech at Missouri, 12:30 p.m.

Kansas at Iowa State, 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Oklahoma State at Texas A&M, 3

p.m.

Oklahoma at Kansas State, 6 p.m.


W-L W-L

Baylor 5-0 18-0

Kansas 4-1 15-2


Texas A&M 3-2 12-4

Oklahoma 4-2 12-5

Texas Tech 2-3 14-3


Texas 1-4 11-6

Missouri 0-5 10-6

Iowa State 0-4 9-6


Oklahoma 73, Texas 67

Oklahoma State at Missouri, 4 p.m.

Texas A&m at Kansas (N)

Kansas State at Baylor (N)

Today’s game

Texas Tech at Iowa State, 1:30 p.m.

(FSN)

Tuesday’s game

Texas A&M at Oklahoma State, 7

p.m.

Wednesday’s games

Iowa State at Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Texas Tech at Kansas, 7 p.m.

Missouri at Texas, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s game

Baylor at Oklahoma, 7 p.m. (FSN)

Saturday’s games

Kansas State at Oklahoma State,

11:30 a.m. (FSN)

Texas at Texas tech, 2 p.m.

Oklahoma at Missouri, 4:30 p.m.

Kansas at Baylor, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s game

Iowa State at Texas A&M, 1 p.m.

(FSN)

College boxscoresMen

Kansas 69, Texas 66KANSAS (16-3)

Robinson 8-16 1-4 17, Releford 2-7 0-2 4,

Withey 2-7 8-9 12, Taylor 7-13 5-7 22, John-

son 4-8 0-0 9, Teahan 1-3 0-0 3, Wesley 1-2

0-1 2, Young 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-56 14-23 69.

TEXAS (12-7)

Wangmene 0-2 0-0 0, Chapman 4-9

7-7 15, Lewis 1-6 0-0 3, Kabongo 1-4 0-0 3,

Brown 7-26 7-7 24, McClellan 3-5 2-2 11,

Bond 3-3 0-1 6, Holmes 2-6 0-0 4. Totals

21-61 16-17 66.

Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 30 — 69

Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 39 — 66

3-Point Goals—Kansas 5-15 (Taylor

3-6, Teahan 1-3, Johnson 1-4, Releford

0-2), Texas 8-19 (McClellan 3-4, Brown

3-8, Kabongo 1-2, Lewis 1-3, Holmes 0-2).

Fouled Out—Kabongo.

Rebounds—Kansas 35 (Robinson 9),

Texas 42 (Chapman 9). Assists—Kansas

10 (Taylor 4), Texas 14 (Brown 7). Total

Fouls—Kansas 19, Texas 23. Technicals—

Robinson, Wangmene. A—16,734.

Kansas State 66, Oklahoma

State 58 KANSAS ST. (14-4)

Samuels 3-9 6-10 12, Gipson 3-5 0-1 6,

Rodriguez 3-8 6-11 14, McGruder 5-13 3-4

14, Spradling 1-5 6-8 8, Southwell 0-1 0-0 0,

Irving 2-4 2-2 6, Ojeleye 1-4 0-0 2, Diaz 2-5

0-4 4, Jones 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-55 23-40 66.

OKLAHOMA ST. (9-10)

Nash 1-4 2-2 4, Cobbins 3-4 2-3 8, B.

Williams 2-7 5-6 9, Page 4-17 8-9 17, Brown

3-9 8-9 14, Guerrero 3-5 0-0 6, Soucek 0-0

0-0 0, Sager 0-0 0-0 0, George 0-0 0-0 0,

Jurick 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-46 25-29 58.

Kansas State . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 35 — 66

Oklahoma State . . . . . . . . . . . .24 34 — 58

3-Point Goals—Kansas St. 3-14

(Rodriguez 2-4, McGruder 1-3, Irving 0-1,

Southwell 0-1, Jones 0-1, Spradling 0-2,

Samuels 0-2), Oklahoma St. 1-16 (Page

1-9, Brown 0-1, Nash 0-2, B. Williams 0-4).

Fouled Out—Brown, Gipson, Guerrero,

B. Williams.

Rebounds—Kansas St. 50 (Samuels

12), Oklahoma St. 29 (Cobbins 8).

Assists—Kansas St. 6 (Rodriguez 3),

Oklahoma St. 8 (Guerrero, Nash, Page

2). Total Fouls—Kansas St. 23, Oklahoma

St. 28. Technicals—Gipson, Oklahoma St.

Bench. A—10,338.

Fort Hays 78, Lincoln 63LINCOLN (3-13, 3-8)

Cedric Ridle 15-29 3-6 38, Matt Morris

6-8 4-5 19, Williams 0-7 4-4 4, Edmond 0-3

2-4 2, Heckemeyer 0-2 0-0 0, Motley 0-2 0-0

0. Totals — 21-51 13-19 63.

FORT HAYS (13-4, 7-4)

Matt Simmons 6-9 1-4 13, Omar Mc-

Dade 5-12 2-2 14, Tyrone Phillips 8-14 4-4

23, Lance Russell 7-10, McKenzie 1-8 0-0 2,

Dayee 1-6 0-0 3, Morse 1-3 0-0 3, Dreiling

1-1 0-0 3, Ball 0-1 0-0 0, Rodenburg 0-1 0-0

0. Totals — 30-65 8-12 78.

Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 44 — 63

Fort Hays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 45 — 78

3-point goals — Lincoln 8-16 (Wil-

liams 0-1, Heckemeyer 0-1, Ridle 5-8,

Motley 0-2, Morris 3-4); Fort Hays 10-27

(McDade 2-8, Phillips 3-4, Dayee 1-6,

Morse 1-2, Dreiling 1-1, Ball 0-1, Russell

2-4, Rodenburg 0-1). Assists — Lincoln 8

(Williams 7); Fort Hays 21 (McDade 7).

Steals — Lincoln 4 (Four with 1); Fort

Hays 7 (McKenzie 3). Blocks — Lincoln

0; Fort Hays 3 (Simmons 3).

Rebounds — Lincoln 31 (Morris 8);

Fort Hays 40 (Simmons 16). Turnovers —

Lincoln 12, Fort Hays 7. A — 2,936.

Women

Lincoln 76

Fort Hays 75 (OT)LINCOLN (11-6, 5-6)

Vivian Essuon 5-11 0-0 12, Jackeya

Mitchell 4-100 1-1 13, Freddie Sims 4-14

5-5 16, Arriana Walker 8-19 2-2 19, Bria

Dillard 4-9 2-2 10, Booker 3-12 0-1 6. Totals

— 30-79 10-11 76

FORT HAYS (14-5, 6-5)

Katelyn Edwards 15-24 1-2 33, Kate

Lehman 10-16 1-7 21, Keyser 1-5 0-1 2, So-

renson 2-4 0-0 5, Bechard 3-7 2-2 9, Weiser

0-2 3-4 3, Brown 0-2 0-0 0, Nelson 0-2 0-0

0, Shaw 1-3 0-0 2, Durler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals

— 32-65 7-16 75.

Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 29 6 — 76

Fort Hays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 31 5 — 75

3-point goals — Lincoln 6-13 (Mitchell

2-2, Sims 3-6, Walker 1-2, Emerson 0-2,

Dillard 0-1); Fort Hays 4-19 (Keyser

0-3, Sorenson 1-2, Bechard 1-4, Edwards

2-5, Weiser 0-1, Brown 0-2, Nelson 0-1,

Shaw 0-1). Assists — Lincoln 15 (Walker

6); Fort Hays 17 (Bechard 6). Steals

— Lincoln 9 (Emerson 3, Walker 3); Fort

Hays 3 (Three with 1); Blocks — Lincoln

4 (Booker 3); Fort Hays 14 (Lehman 8).

Rebounds — Lincoln 42 (Booker 10);

Fort Hays 45 (Lehman 7, Bechard 7).

Turnovers — Lincoln 11, Fort Hays 16.

A — 2,436.

High school tourneysTournament of

Champions(at Dodge City’s

United Wireless Arena)

Thursday’s results

Wichita East 60, Ulysses 39

Hutchinson 50, Manhattan 36

Wichita Heights 60, St. James

Academy 43

Dodge CIty 43, Hays High 36

Friday’s championship semifi nals

Wichita East 64, Hutchinson 38

Wichita Heights 47, Dodge City 33

Friday’s consolation semifi nals

Manhattan 46, Ulysses 38

St. James Academy 49, Hays High 28.


Seventh place — Ulysses 40, Hays

High 38

Fourth place — St. James Academy

47, Manhattan 43

Third place — Hutcinson 44, Dodge

City 37

Championship — Wichita Heights vs.

Wichita East (N)

Trojan Classic(at Hillsboro High School)

Boys

First round

Monday’s results

TMP 63, Winfi eld 61 (OT)

Hesston 60, Riley Co. 49

Tuesday’s results


Wamego 40, Republic Co. 38

Semifi nals

Consolation bracket

Republic Co. 57, Riley Co. 49

Winfi eld 77, Goodland 57


Hesston 43, Wamego 49 (OT)

Hillsboro 51, TMP 36


Seventh-place — Riley Co. 59,

Goodland 53

Fifth place — Winfi eld 62, Republic

Co. 59

Third place — Wamego 46, TMP 36

Championship — Hesston vs. Hills-

boro (N)

Girls

First round

Monday’s results

Riley Co. 59, Winfi eld 17

Hesston 49, Rebublic Co. 34

Tuesday’s results

Wamego 57, TMP 43


Semifi nals

Consolation bracket

Republic Co. 45, Winfi eld 31

TMP 64, Goodland 43


Riley County 44, Hesston 32

Hillsboro 57, Wamego 46


Seventh place — Winfi eld 60, Good-

land 46

Fifth place —TMP 62, Republic Co. 39

Third place — Wamego vs. Hesston

Championship game — Hillsboro vs.

Riley County (N)

High school rankingsKBCA (Jan. 16)

BoysClass 6A

1. Wichita Heights

2. Olathe Northwest

3. Blue Valley Northwest


5. Olathe South

6. Topeka Hight

7. Leavenworth

8. Wichita Northwest

9. Wichita East

10. Derby

Class 5A

1. Lansing

2. Andover Central

3. Emporia

4. Goddard Eisenhower

5. Topeka Highand Park

6. St. Thomas Aquinas

7. Bishop Miege


9. K.C. Washington

10. Salina Central

Class 4A

1. Ottawa

2. Basehor-Linwood

3. Buhler

4. Pratt

5. Topeka-Hayden

6. McPherson

7. Abilene

8. Andale

9. Wichita Collegiate

10. Parsons

Class 3A

1. Scott City

2. Atchison County

3. Moundridge

4. Sedgwick

5. Rock Creek

6. Riley County

7. Hoisington

8. Nemaha Valley

9. Beloit

10. Silver Lake

Class 2A

1. Meade

2. Sterling

3. Repbulic County

4. Plainville

5. Berean Academy

6. Medicine Lodge

7. Lyndon

8. Ness City

9. Smith Center

10. Oxford


1. Ashland

2. Lakeside

3. Centralia

4. Flinthills

5. Macksville

6. South Gray

7. Hanover

8. South Haven

9. Udall

10. White City


1. Hope

2. Baileyville-B&B

3. Wilson

4. Bern

5. Otis-Bison

6. Fowler

7. Moscow

8. Greeley County

9. Cheylin

10. Colony-Crest

GirlsClass 6A

1. Olathe Northwest

2. Wichita Heights

3. Olathe South

4. Manhattan

5. Maize


7. Olathe East

8. Gardner-Edgerton

9. Shawnee Mission South

10. Shawnee Mission Northwest

Class 5A

1. Blue Valley

2. Salina Central


4. Highland Park

5. Topeka Seaman

6. Wichita-Bishop Carroll

7. Andover

8. Hays High

9. Mill Valley

10. Newton

Class 4A

1. Holton

2. McPherson

3. Ottawa

4. Bonner Springs

5. Abilene

6. Andale

7. Wamego

8. Pratt

9. Wellington

10. Colby

Class 3A

1. Riley County

2. Hillsboro

3. Atchison County

4. Cimarron

5. Southwestern Heights

6. Garden Plains

7. Burlington

8. Frontenac

9. Remington

10. TMP-Marian

Class 2A

1. Washington County

2. Berean Academy

3. Olpe

4. Smith Center

5. Oswego

6. Jefferson County North

7. Oakley

8. Republic County

9. Kinsley

10. Northern Heights


1. St. John

2. Hoxie

3. Waverly

4. Coldwater-South Central

5. Thunder Ridge

6. Dexter-Cedarvale

7. Spearville

8. Deerfi eld

9. Pike Valley

10. Valley Heights


1. Norwich

2. Wilson

3. Ingalls

4. Wetmore

5. Central Christian

6. Hope

7. Frankfort

8. Greeley County

9. Victoria

10. St. John’s-Tipton

High school boxscoresSaturday

Boys

Oakley 51, Quinter 32Oakley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 10 11 17 — 51

Quinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 6 13 — 32

Oakley — K. Gabl 6, Moellering 2,

Keller 5, Herl 10, Stewart 1, Llewellyn 13,

Baalman 14.

Quinter — Waggoner 1, Crist 5, Reed

9, J. Ochs 4, B. Ochs 13.

Oberlin 60, Western Plains 21Western Plains. . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 4 2 — 21

Oberlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 20 18 8 — 60

Western Plains — Beckkett 2, Mendez

2, Baker 2, Wentz 6, Ryersee 2, Moore 7.

Oberlin — May 4, Shields 2, James 22,

May 16, McHugh 4, Bruggeman 4, Breth

4, Erickson 2, Berry 2.

Thunder Ridge 66

St. John’s-Beloit 62 (OT)St. John’s . . . . . . . . . . .10 11 18 13 10 — 62

Thunder Ridge . . . . . . . 6 13 14 19 14 — 66

St. John’s — Peters 2, Perez 4,

Thomas 1, Dubbert 13, Kee 13, C. Eilert

14, L. Eilert 15.

Thunder Ridge — Lowe 8, Reed 3,

Garrett Krueger 15, Austin Herman 19,

Dylan Burtton 17, Larson 3, Atchison 1.

Girls

TMP 62, Republic County 39REPUBLIC COUNTY (8-3)

Hobelman 2-4 0-2 4, Hedstrom 0-1

0-0 0, McCall 3-7 2-2 8, Anderson 2-7 0-0

4, Johnson 2-9 0-0 6, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0,

Nutsch 1-7 2-2 4, Cottonmyre 5-11 3-4 13.

Totals – 15-46 7-10 39.

TMP (9-3)

Mindrup 1-5 0-0 2, Schuckman 2-4 2-2

6, Pray 4-7 0-0 8, Rachel Jacobs 6-12 2-2 14

30, Heather Ruder 5-8 0-2 12, Gottschalk

1-1 0-0 2, Jenna Lang 5-7 3-3 16, Pfeifer

0-7 0-0 0, Younie 1-2 0-0 2 . Totals – 25-53

7-9 62.

Republic County . . . . . . . . . 6 3 13 17 – 39

TMP-Marian . . . . . . . . . . . .16 18 20 8 - 62

3-point goals – Republic County 2-8

(McCall 0-1, Johnson 2-7); TMP-Marian

5-15 (Mindrup 0-3, Pray 0-1, Jacobs 0-3,

Ruder 2-2, Lang 3-4, Pfeifer 0-1, Younie

0-1). Fouls – Russell 11, TMP-Marian

11. Technical fouls – none. Fouled out

– None.

Rebounds – Republic County 24

(Hobelman 7); TMP-Marian 25 (Jacobs

7). Turnovers – Republic County 17,

TMP-Marian 12.

St. Francis 67

Western Plains 31Western Plains. . . . . . . . . . 6 11 12 2 — 31

St. Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 14 21 6 — 67

Western Plains — Hair 7, Paredes

8, Fairbank 3, Jenner 4, Hagelganz 8

Darianna Schuckman 1.

St. Francis — Bandel 19, Neitzel 9,

Mills 2, Hill 2, Schlepp 8, Brunk 4, Wiley

2, Figgins 22.

Quinter 51, Oberlin 36Oberlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 12 13 — 36

Quinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7 18 13 — 51

Oberlin — Rouse 2, Soderlund 2,

Hissong 3, Murray 9, Dorshorst 11, Klima

4, Baker 5.

Quinter — Zerr 9, Crist 7, Flax 12,

Reed 9, Werth 12, Schneider 2.

Lincoln 53

Thunder Ridge 40Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 16 12 9 — 53

Thunder Ridge . . . . . . . . . 6 10 10 14 — 40

Lincoln — Davied 1, Crist 5, Pit-

tenger 4, Farris 28, Huskey 2, Pittman 7,

Feldkamp 6.

Thunder Ridge — Schmid 6, Atchison

12, Kirchhoff 10, Boden 4, Bienhoff 8.

Friday

Boys

St. James Academy 49

Hays High 28ST. JAMES ACADEMY (6-6)

Huppe 1-8 0-0 2, Mayfi eld 0-1 0-0 0,

Maskus 1-4 2-2 4, Leimbach 2-3 0-0 4,

Krause 1-1 1-2 3, Frank 2-4 0-0 4, Enger

1-4 0-0 3, Eiser 0-0 0-0 0, Clint McCullough

13-21 0-2 27, Eckelman 0-0 0-2 0, Wittman

1-3 0-0 2. Totals – 22-49 3-8 49.

HAYS HIGH (4-7, 1-2)

Niernberger 0-3 0-0 0, Petz 0-3 0-0 0,

Lynd 0-2 0-0 0 Windholz 1-5 0-0 2, Clark

3-4 0-0 9, Downing 0-1 0-0 0, Rounkles 0-1

0-0 0, Cardinal 0-1 1-4 1, Parker 1-2 0-0 2,

Derek Bixenman 4-11 3-4 12, Gonzales 1-3

0-0 2, Werth 0-4 0-0 0 Totals – 10-40 4-8 28.

St. James . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 15 14 – 49

Hays High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 6 11 3 – 28

3-point goals – St. James 2-14 (Huppe

0-4, Mayfi eld 0-1, Maskus 0-2, Leimbach

0-1, Enger 1-4, McCullough 1-2); Hays

High 4-18 (Niernberger 0-1, Petz 0-3, Lynd

0-2, Windholz 0-2, Clark 3-4, Downing,

0-1, Bixenman 1-5). Fouls – St. James

12, Hays High 11. Technical fouls – none.

Fouled out – None.

Rebounds – St. James 35 (Mc-

Cullough 10); Hays High 26 (Cardinal 6).

Turnovers – St. James 9, Hays High 11.

Hillsboro 51, TMP 36HILLSBORO (9-3)

Shaq Thiessen 5-12 1-2 13, Allen 1-6 0-0

2, Ollenburger 1-4 0-4 2, Weinbrenner 2-9

4-4 9, Wiebe 3-5 2-2 8, Dick 0-3 0-0 0, Moore

2-3 2-3 6, Christian Ratzlaff 5-12 0-0 11.

Totals — 19-54 9-15 51.

TMP (7-4)

Hammeke 1-6 0-0 3, O’Brien 2-2 0-0 4,

C. Schippers 3-4 0-0 6, Zimmerman 0-1 0-0

0, Lin 0-2 0-0 0, Fouts 1-6 2-2 4, P. Schip-

pers 2-3 0-0 4, Pfeifer 2-4 1-2 5, Megaffi n

0-0 0-0 0, Walters 0-0 0-0 0, Kelton Schuck-

man 2-8 6-6 10. Totals — 13-36 9-10 36.

Hillsboro . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 8 13 19 — 51

TMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10 11 6 — 36

3-Point Goals — Hillsboro 4-11 (Thies-

sen 2-4, Ollenburger 0-1, Weinbrenner 1-2,

Dick 0-1, Ratzlaff 1-3); TMP 1-4 (Ham-

meke 1-2, Lin 0-2). Fouls — Hillsboro 12,

TMP 14. Fouled out — none. Technical

fouls — O’Brien, TMP.

Rebounds — Hillsboro 18 (Thiessen

6); TMP 30 (P. Schippers 8). Turnovers

— Hillsboro 8, TMP 23.

Girls

TMP 64, Goodland 43TMP (8-3)

Mindrup 0-0 0-0 0, Marsell 0-0 0-1 0,

Schuckman 1-2 0-0 2, Rebecca Pray 4-9

2-2 10, Rachel Jacobs 6-15 1-2 15, Heather

Ruder 9-15 0-0 19, Gottschalk 0-1 0-0 0,

Jenna Lang 5-17 5-7 16, Pfeifer 1-5 0-0 2,

Younie 0-2 0-0 0. Totals — 26-66 8-12 64.

GOODLAND (0-10)

Bedore 2-5 1-2 6, Cochran 2-10 1-1 5,

Berkley White 5-10 0-0 10, Brianna White

3-9 4-5 10, Winston 0-0 0-0 0, Hinger 0-6 0-0

0, Mayer 0-5 1-4 1, DeLaRosa 0-0 0-0 0,

Siruta 3-8 2-2 9. Totals — 15-53 11-16 43.

TMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 24 16 10 — 64

Goodland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6 15 9 — 43

3-Point Goals — TMP 4-16 (Jacobs

2-3, Ruder 1-5, Lang 1-6, Younie 0-2);

Goodland 2-11 (Bedore 1-1, Cochran 0-3,

Br. White 0-4, Mayer 0-1, Siruta 1-2).

Fouls — TMP 15, Goodland 13. Fouled

out — none. Technical fouls — none.

Rebounds — TMP 30 (Lang 10);

Goodland 32 (Siruta 8). Turnovers —

TMP 11, Goodland 22.

TV CalendarToday

EXTREME SPORTS

2:30 p.m.

NBC — Winter Dew Tour, Pantech

Invitational, at Killington, Vt.

NFL FOOTBALL

2 p.m.

CBS — Playoffs, AFC Championship

game, Baltimore at New England

5:30 p.m.

FOX — Playoffs, NFC Championship

game, N.Y. Giants at San Francisco

NHL

11:30 a.m.

NBC — Washington at Pittsburgh

SOCCER

9:30 a.m.

FOX — Premier League, Manchester

United at Arsenal

TENNIS

8 p.m.



2:30 a.m.



WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

1:30 p.m.

FSN — Texas Tech at Iowa St.

2 p.m.

ESPN2 — Iowa at Penn St.

3:30 p.m.

FSN — Colorado at Arizona

4 p.m.

ESPN2 — Louisville at Georgetown

5:30 p.m.

FSN — Washington St. at California

7:30 p.m.

FSN — Memphis at UAB

MondayMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

6 p.m.

ESPN — Syracuse at Cincinnati

8 p.m.

ESPN — Texas A&M at Kansas

NBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m.

WGN — New Jersey at Chicago

TENNIS

8 p.m.



2:30 a.m.



But TMP was held score-less over the fi nal 5:25 — getting off just two shots — as Hillsboro went on a 9-0 run to end the game.

“It was a battle,” Her-tel said. “It was a battle Hillsboro deserved to win tonight.”

TMP had trouble get-ting into its offense against Hillsboro’s aggressive, man-to-man defense. TMP had 23 turnovers to Hillsboro’s eight.

“The biggest thing, we fl at could not separate to get open,” Hertel said.”They were all over us like you know what.”

Hillsboro’s defense was just a little too good at times, Hertel said.

“I thought there was a little bit of holding going on coming off the picks,” Hertel said. “They played hard and they played tough — they really took us com-pletely out of our offense.

“They’re just quicker than we are,” he added. “When they’re quicker and they’re willing to play out there high, you got to be really sharp the way you execute your offense. We turned it over way too many times.”

Senior center Kelton Schuckman led TMP with 10 points off the bench. Senior forward Pierce Schip-pers grabbed a game-high eight rebounds as TMP out-rebounded Hillsboro 30-18.

“I like what Kelton did,” Hertel said. “... I thought he played better than the last couple games.”

Hillsboro got a game-high 13 points from Thiessen off the bench.

“From the fi lm I see, that kid belongs in the starting lineup,” Hertel said. “I did nothing but praise the kid all week, based on what I’d seen. He didn’t disappoint me — he has game, and a lot of it.”

MONARCHS, FROM B2

“I feel like we are not hav-ing trouble scoring the ball as a team,” Edwards said. “We are not playing the kind of defense that we were at the beginning of the season and that’s what hurt us, too. I think free throws are a big part of it, too.”

Fort Hays, receiving votes in the national rankings, lost its third in a row, and dropped to 14-5, 6-5 in the MIAA. Lincoln ended a fi ve-game skid in MIAA play and moved to 11-6, 5-6 in the MIAA. Two of the Tigers’ three con-secutive losses have come in overtime. All fi ve of FHSU’s defeats have come within 11 points.

“You have to make some free throws,” Hobson said. “If we continue to miss free throws down the stretch like that, we are going to lose close games.”

Freshman center Kate Leh-man delivered another solid performance with 21 points, seven rebounds and a career-high eight blocks. However, Lehman, a 60 percent free throw shooter, went 1-of-7 from the foul line.

Junior Traci Keyser, Fort Hays’ school-record holder for single-season free throw percentage and an 88 percent free throw shooter this winter, missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 32 seconds left in regulation, and FHSU up 70-68. It marked Keyser’s fi rst missed foul shot since Jan. 4.

“You can go right down the line,” Hobson said. “We’ve just got to get that out of our head and be more clutch. We have to make those.”

In the fi rst half, Fort Hays committed 10 turnovers and Lincoln, the conference’s sec-ond-leading team in steals per game, collected eight steals. The Blue Tigers outscored Fort Hays 15-6 in points off turnovers and led 41-39 at intermission. Junior Arriana Walker paced Lincoln with 19 points and three steals.

“We didn’t take care of the ball,” Hobson said. “We had 10 turnovers at the half, fi ve or six we just gave to them. They weren’t forced. They were just loose plays by our guards and we weren’t strong with the ball. (Lincoln) is very quick,

athletic. On the ball defense is good. If you are half a count slow on your handling, they are going to get a hand on it.”

Fort Hays, led by Edwards and Lehman, took the lead at 55-53 with 8:42 left on a Leh-man layup.

Lehman, averaging 15.7 points per contest in the last seven games, scored in her usual way: layups, turnaround jumpers and post moves.

Edwards scored often on the inside, but also displayed a long-range game for the fi rst time all season.

Edwards had been hitting treys in practice, but Hobson said she’d been “reluctant” to take them in games. On Sat-urday, Edwards fi nished 2-of-5 on 3s. She was 0-of-3 for the season before the contest. In school annals, Edwards’ 15 fi eld goals tied for fourth all-time for a single game. Her 33 points were two off the top-10 list in FHSU history.

“That used to be all that I did,” she said. “They were sagging off me and I just de-cided if they were going to do that, then I was going to have to do something else.”

Fort Hays pushed its lead to seven with 7:02 left in regula-tion, but the Tigers’ poor free throw shooting kept Lincoln in the game.

“I am dumbfounded by it,” Edwards said. “We are a lot better free throw shooters than what we showed tonight.”

FHSU had a chance to win the game at the end of regulation, but couldn’t get a good shot off. In the overtime, Fort Hays led 75-74 on an Edwards layup with 1:38 left.

Lincoln started the game-winning possession with 32 seconds remaining. Walker missed two jumpers before Edwards fouled Dillard near the basket when she turned to shoot.

“I thought I might go and get my hand on it and then she turned into me,” Edwards said. “I thought we had the rebound and I was probably in bad position to begin with.”

Fort Hays will have a week off before they travel to Northwest Missouri State University next Saturday for the start of a three-game road trip.

LOSS, FROM B1

The Jayhawks still led by 14 early in the second half before Brown slowly started reeling them in.

Clint Chapman scored 15 and gave Texas its fi rst lead at 59-58 with just over 5 minutes to play. Brown, who scored just four points in the fi rst half, kept fi ring up shots in the second. His 3-pointer with 3:20 to play put Texas up 64-60.

Brown, who had two 3-pointers reviewed by game offi cials earlier, turned and shook three fi ngers in the air after making it. Brown has aver-aged 26 points in Texas’ three straight losses but was just 7-of-26 shooting against Kansas.

Kansas retook the lead on a three-point play by Taylor before Brown made two free throws. Kansas looked to be in trouble when Taylor then missed two from the line and Robinson missed a layup before Withey’s three-point play.

Brown had a chance to tie it before he missed with 15 seconds left. Kansas’ Travis Releford grabbed the rebound before Robinson’s fi nal trip to the line.

Taylor said Kansas was determined to keep Brown from getting a good shot on the last play.

“He still got a good look. That scared me,” Taylor said. “He made his best plays late in the game.”

Texas has now lost fi ve games by six points or less. The Longhorns had to replace all fi ve starters this season and the youthful lineup has struggled to fi nish games.

Brown has shouldered much of the burden, often taking over the offense late in games.

“There’s no pressure,” Brown said. “I want to be a big-time player and big-time players need to make big-time shots.”

KU, FROM B1

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Frank Martin was in disbelief that Kansas State’s lead could be slipping away in Gallagher-Iba Arena again.

He’d seen a lead fade with a series of turnovers his fi rst time coaching in the building. A rebound bounced off one of his players’ heads to spark an Oklahoma State rally the next time he was back.

This time had a different ending.

Freshman Angel Rodriguez scored 14 points in his second start, Jamar Samuels added 12 points and 12 rebounds and No. 25 Kansas State snapped an 11-game losing streak at Gallagher-Iba by beating Okla-homa State 66-58 on Saturday.

“Every year I’ve been here, something’s happened where we’ve unraveled and K-State hasn’t won here since ‘93. You know these things,” Martin said. “I don’t tell them that.

“You sit there and you’re saying, ‘This can’t happen again.’ I was real proud of the way that they stayed the course.”

The Wildcats (14-4, 3-3 Big 12) held Oklahoma State without a made basket for a 15-minute stretch spanning halftime, building up a 46-33 lead after Will Spradling’s runner in the lane with 9:08 to play. Then, they held off a late charge as the Cowboys (9-10, 2-4) pulled within 59-56 with just over 2 minutes left.

Rodriguez and Rodney McGruder combined to make seven of 10 free throws down the stretch to seal the Wildcats’

fi rst win in Stillwater since 1993. It was the team’s longest losing streak in any conference venue, starting when both teams were in the Big Eight.

“We got the W in Stillwater. I’ve never won in this place, and it feels good to win,” Samuels said.

“It’s good to get a road win in the Big 12, and to be in Still-water makes it a lot better.”

Keiton Page had 17 points on 4-for-17 shooting to lead Oklahoma State, and Markel Brown scored 14.

Brown converted a three-point play off a steal that led to a two-handed slam during a string of nine straight points for the Cowboys to get the lead down to four. Page’s 3-pointer from the left wing — Okla-homa State’s only make in 16 attempts from 3-point range — cut it to 59-56 with 2:01 remaining.

Kansas State didn’t allow another point until Page’s jumper at the buzzer, secur-ing the victory at the foul line despite making only 23 of 40 free throws during the game.

“This is one of most intimidating places that I’ve ever coached a basketball game in,” Martin said. “The crowd, the way it sits right on top of you, it seems like the court is smaller because everything is so congested there.

“It’s awesome. I mean, it’s incredible.”

McGruder, who had been averaging 22.7 points over the previous seven games, fi nished with 14. The Wildcats had a 50-29 rebounding advantage

while playing without top shot blocker Jordan Henriquez, who was suspended indefi nitely for conduct detrimental to the team.

There were 52 fouls called in a physical game, and Cowboys coach Travis Ford — who earned a technical foul late in the fi rst half — suggested there could have been 102.

“That was a wild deal, that game. That takes the game back,” Ford said. “Good grief.”

Ford said he spent the two days before the game marvel-ing at how roughly Kansas State’s previous game against Texas had been and feeling grateful his team hadn’t played in it — until the Cowboys’ turn

ended up much the same.“That’s going to be a tough

night for us when it’s played like that,” Ford said. “This time next year, we’ll be able to battle — when these guys get a little bigger and stronger and we get other players back.”

Both teams entered the day stacked up in a four-way tie for fi fth place in the conference, along with Texas and Okla-homa.

Kansas State charged ahead to stay with a 13-0 run midway through the fi rst half, getting the fi rst 11 points in a 40-second span. Rodriguez hit a 3-pointer from the left wing to get it started, and the Wildcats didn’t even have to go back

across midcourt to score the next eight.

Rodriguez stole a backdoor pass and got fouled while con-verting a fast-break layup. He missed the free throw but the rebound went out of bounds to Kansas State, and Thomas Gipson scored underneath also while getting fouled. He, too, missed the free throw and Samuels tipped it in. An Okla-homa State turnover on the inbounds play led to another bucket by Gipson underneath.

The Cowboys fi nally crossed the center line before Gipson’s hook shot made it 21-11 with 10:34 left before halftime.

Michael Cobbins led Okla-homa State back, converting a pair of three-point plays during a 10-0 response. The second, off of a two-handed dunk of LeBryan Nash’s alley-oop, got the Cowboys back within 24-23 with 3:58 to go before the half.

The Cowboys then missed their fi nal three shots of the fi rst half and 10 straight to start the second half.

Brown fi nally snapped the drought with a layup that led to a three-point play with 8:57 remaining, and the Cow-boys were still within striking distance down 46-36 but never could overcome the defi cit.

“Defense is always the most important thing in our team. That’s how we play,” Rodriguez said. “We knew that it wasn’t going to be an easy game here. We took the challenge, we stepped up and played good ‘D’ and it gave us a win.”

WACO, Texas (AP) — Ricardo Ratliffe scored a career-high 27 points and No. 5 Missouri held on for an 89-88 victory over No. 3 Baylor after a furious late rally Saturday by the Bears.

Ratliffe had a big two-handed slam dunk midway through the second half when he scored six points in an 8-0 spurt that put the Tigers (18-1, 5-1 Big 12) up 68-58. Missouri still had a 10-point lead with 3:07 left then didn’t score again until Ratliffe’s two free throws with a minute left.

Missouri had to make 10 of 12 free throws in the fi nal minute for the victory. Marcus Denmon’s free throw with 4 seconds left made it 89-85 before Brady Heslip hit a game-ending 3-pointer for Baylor (17-2, 4-2), which has lost two in a row after a 17-0 start.

Quincy Miller led Baylor with 29 points while Pierre Jackson had 20 points and 15 assists. Quincy Acy had 18 points with nine rebounds while Heslip had 10 points.

Jackson had 11 points and three assists in the fi nal 2:06 when Baylor closed the game with a 19-10 run. Jackson started that when he drove and was fouled, yelling out “and one!” before he even hit the fl oor and the ball fell through the hoop. He made the free throw, cut-ting the defi cit to 79-72.

After Denmon’s last free throw, his fi fth in the fi nal 33 seconds, Jackson tried to throw up a 3-pointer and draw a foul in the same motion. The ball wound up in Heslip’s hands along the left wing with no one around him.

Phil Pressey had 18 points for the Tigers while Denmon had 15 and Kim English 10.

The top two scoring and shooting teams in the Big 12 certainly lived up to that billing in the league’s fi rst top-fi ve matchup that didn’t involve either Kansas or Texas.

Missouri shot 55 per-cent (30 of 55), and Baylor fi nished at 57 percent (36 of 63).

Baylor was coming off a 92-74 loss at No. 7 Kansas that ended the Bears’ record 17-game winning streak. The loss to Missouri ended their 10-game home winning streak.

The Tigers, who have won four in a row since their loss at Kansas State two weeks ago, led only 58-56 midway through the second half when Pressey had a turnover.

Heslip tried a 3-pointer and appeared to be hit when he shot, but there was no foul and coach Scott Drew was called for a technical foul.

Denmon made both of those free throws, then after a layup by Acy, Ratliff had his big dunk and added two free throws between con-

secutive turnovers by Jack-son. Ratliffe’s layup after Pressey’s steal made it 68-58 with 8 minutes left.

Missouri led 39-35 at the half after a 6-0 run that in-cluded consecutive putback baskets.

By that point, the Tigers had a 14-0 advantage in second-chance points and its 10 offensive rebounds were only one fewer than the Bears’ total rebounds. Mis-souri fi nished with a 32-26 rebounding edge, and 18-11 advantage on second-chance points.

Florida State 76No. 4 Duke 73

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Michael Snaer hit a 3-pointer as time expired and Florida State beat No. 4 Duke 76-73 on Saturday, snapping Duke’s 45-game homecourt winning streak.

With the game tied, Luke Loucks sprinted up the middle of the court before zipping a pass over to Snaer on the right side in front of the FSU bench. Snaer quickly launched a shot that dropped cleanly through the net, stunning the once-rowdy crowd at Cam-eron Indoor Stadium and sending the Seminoles’ bench spilling onto the court in celebration.

Snaer scored 14 points — including a banked-in 3 to beat the buzzer on the fi nal play of the fi rst half — and the Seminoles (13-6, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Con-ference) won their fourth straight game.

Austin Rivers had 19 points and tied the game on a driving basket with 4.9 seconds left for the Blue Devils (16-3, 4-1).


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Missouri’s Kim English, Phil Pressey, center, and Ricardo Ratliffe, right, celebrate after Baylor’s Pierre Jackson fouled Pressey in the second half of Saturday’s game in Waco, Texas.

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Kansas State guard Angel Rodriguez, left, celebrates late in the game against Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla. on Saturday.

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TMP took over the game in the second quarter, scoring 11 straight points before miss-ing. The Monarchs forced Republic County (8-3) into fi ve turnovers and a 1-of-15 shooting performance in the second quarter.

“We were not shooting well today. We were missing open shots,” said Republic County assistant coach Molly Williams, who was fi lling in for head coach Jake Lull.

TMP held Republic County to three second quar-ter points, building a a 34-9 lead going into halftime.

The third quarter saw the Monarchs continue to roll, compiling a 54-22 lead going into the fi nal quarter. The Monarchs were 4-of-4 on free throws in the quarter, and fi nished the game 7-of-9 at the line. With the Monarchs largest lead leading 52-18, Billinger used his bench.

“It was very good experi-ence for them. They needed it, because this was a quick team and it was good to have them tested against that quickness,” Billinger said.

With reserve players in for TMP during the fourth quarter, Republic County made a run. The Buffaloes outscored TMP 17-8 in the fourth quarter, led by Michelle Cottenmyre, who led the Buffs with 13 points — 11 in the second half.

Fort Hays, ranked No. 25 in NCAA Division II, won its third straight contest, and earned its first home victory since Dec. 17. The Tigers improved to 13-4, 7-4 in the MIAA and remain one game out of first place. Lincoln dropped to 3-13, 3-8 MIAA.

“I thought for the most part, we were playing hard, you just worry about the sharpness,” Johnson said. “You can’t have excuses. If you want to do good, you’ve got to do it. If it was easy to be good, every team in America would be good. No team would have a losing record. It takes hard work, but also besides the hard work, it takes focus. At times, we struggled to focus.”

Senior Karron McKenzie, the

team’s leading scorer, had just two points, while senior point guard Kendrick Morse had only three.

“I don’t feel like it was a mental or a physical thing,” Johnson said. “I think our bod-ies were moving. When you are not sharp, you just don’t play well. I don’t know, a couple of us still weren’t quite over (the road trip), and weren’t as sharp as they needed to be.”

But four players — Simmons, Omar McDade, Lance Russell and Tyrone Phillips — enjoyed big performances.

Simmons collected 13 points, 16 rebounds and four assists for his fourth double-double of the year.

Russell set his career high with 17 points, while McDade

(14 points) and Phillips (team-high 23 points) were each one off their career bests. They helped Fort Hays build a 16-point lead late in the first half and lead 33-19 at intermission.

Lincoln junior guard Cedric Ridle had all 19 of his team’s points in the first half and finished with a game-high 38 on 15-of-29 shooting.

“Luckily, we had those four guys to get that done,” Johnson said. “At times, I thought we played pretty well and did some good things, at times we didn’t. It was just a very inconsistent performance.”

Simmons, known for his re-bounding, defense and passing ability, enjoyed his most points in a single game since Dec. 17 and finished one off his season-

high for assists. He had his third consecutive double-digit rebounding performance and 10th of the season.

“It’s not really about points for me,” he said.

“I like to come in and do whatever I can to help the team win. If that means score zero points and grab 40 rebounds, it doesn’t matter to me. I will set as many screens as it takes, go get as many rebounds as I can, whatever helps the team win.”

Phillips, who also helped the team start strong in Wednes-day’s victory versus ESU, en-joyed 14 first half points.

He finished 8-of-14 from the field and 3-of-4 from 3-point range.

“He has got a little bit of quickness and what he can do

with his quickness is get him-self open,” Johnson said. “Not necessarily off the bounce, but just off screens, moving.”

Russell and McDade had combined for four double figure performances before Satur-day, three by McDade. Russell finished 7-of-10 from the field, while McDade was 5-of-12 with a team-high seven assists and one turnover.

“At the Emporia game and then today, (Omar) has played some of his better basketball,” Johnson said. “…Lance was re-ally big in the second half and played well.”

Fort Hays will have a week off before they travel to North-west Missouri State University next Saturday for the start of a three-game road trip.

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The TMP perimeter de-fense forced Wamego into an 0-for-7 shooting performance from behind the 3-point line in the fi rst half. Wamego was also held to 36 percent shoot-ing in the game, 38 percent in the fi rst half.

The second half was a de-fensive battle with both teams exchanging turnovers and no team scoring in the fi rst two minutes of the third quar-ter. Junior Isaac Poe scored Wamego’s fi rst fi ve points of the half to help the Red Raiders build a 35-28 lead going into the fi nal quarter. Poe fi nished with a team high 15 points, including six in the third quarter.

TMP (7-5) struggled from the fi eld in the second half, missing their fi rst fi ve shots before senior Jacob Fouts scored halfway through the third quarter.

Following Fouts’ basket, senior Nick Hammeke made what appeared to be a trey, but the shot was ruled just inside the arc. After the call, Wamego junior Brady Hemphill made two free throws from a technical foul on the TMP bench.

From there, it went downhill for the Monarchs, as Wamego (3-6) was able to build and maintain a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter.

“We couldn’t connect of-fensively. Scoring that few in a half has been an Achilles heel for us this year,” Hertel said.

The Monarchs, led by eight points for Fouts, shot 22 percent from the fi eld in the second half, only connecting on 5-of-23.

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Colts owner: Coach to be picked next week

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Colts owner Jim Irsay says the Indianapolis team expects to decide on a new head coach next week.

Irsay made the announce-ment on his Twitter account Saturday.

Irsay’s tweet read: “The (hash)1 pick debate will rage on,what a great year to have it..the HC search is wide ranging n thorough,decision by mid 2 late next week.”

The Colts fi red coach Jim Caldwell on Tuesday after three seasons. The team went to the Super Bowl dur-ing Caldwell’s fi rst year, but fi nished a dismal 2-14 this season.

The day after they locked up the No. 1 overall draft pick, Irsay fi red team vice chairman Bill Polian and his son, general manager Chris.

The Colts played the season without Peyton Man-ning, who had his third neck surgery in September.

Steelers sign former Heisman winner Troy Smith

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The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed 2006 Heisman Trophy quarterback Troy Smith to a reserve/futures contract.

Smith spent three sea-sons with the Baltimore Ravens from 2007-09, beat-ing the Steelers as a rookie starter in 2007. He was with the San Francisco 49ers in 2010. He last played with the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.

Pittsburgh quarterbacks Byron Leftwich and Charlie Batch will become unre-stricted free agents in the offseason, and Smith gives the team depth heading into mini-camp and organized team activities.

The Steelers also signed cornerback Walter McFad-den, who played for the Oakland Raiders in 2010 and split his time between the Raiders and the Cincin-nati Bengals in 2011.

Pittsburgh also signed wide receivers Tyler Beiler, David Gilreath, Derrick Wil-liams and Jimmy Young.

Mularkey adds 4 more assistants to staff

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — New Jacksonville Jaguars coach Mike Mular-key has added four more coaches to his staff.

Mularkey hired special teams coordinator John Bonamego, running backs coach Sylvester Croom, tight ends coach Bobby Johnson and receivers coach Jerry Sullivan on Friday.

Bonamego spent last season as an assistant special teams coach in New Orleans. This will mark his second time in Jacksonville. He worked for the Jaguars from 1999 to 2002, spend-ing his fi nal season as special teams coordinator.

The 57-year-old Croom spent the last three years as running backs coach in St. Louis. Johnson spent the past two seasons as as-sistant offensive line coach for Buffalo following 15 years at the college level.

The 65-year-old Sullivan did not coach in 2011. He previously served as receiv-ers coach/senior assistant for San Francisco (2005-10).

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MIAMI (AP) — A month of wrenching emotion for Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin took another turn Friday when he landed the Miami Dol-phins’ head coaching job.

The deal was sealed less than two weeks after Philbin’s 21-year-old son drowned in an icy Wiscon-sin river. The Dolphins confi rmed the hiring in a news release and plan a news conference Saturday.

Philbin, who has never been a head coach, fi rst interviewed with Miami on Jan. 7. The body of son Michael, one of Philbin’s six chil-dren, was recovered the next day in Oshkosh.

After spending a week away from the Packers, Philbin rejoined

the team last Sunday for its divi-sional playoff loss to the New York Giants.

Philbin has been with Green Bay since 2003, serving as offensive coordinator since 2007. Coach Mike McCarthy called the plays, but Philbin put together the game plan for one of the NFL’s most prolifi c offenses.

The Dolphins’ top choice, Jeff Fisher, turned them down a week ago to become coach of the St. Louis Rams. Miami owner Stephen Ross and general manager Jeff Ireland then conducted a second round of interviews this week with

Philbin, Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy and Todd Bowles, the Dolphins’ interim coach at the end of the season.

“Joe has all the attributes that we were looking for when we started this process,” Ross said in a statement. “Jeff Ireland and I felt Joe was the right choice to bring the Dolphins back to the success we enjoyed in the past.”

The Dolphins are com-ing off a third consecutive losing season, their longest such stretch since the 1960s.

Even so, Philbin called them “one of the premier franchises in profes-sional sports.”

“The Dolphins have a strong

nucleus to build around,” he said in a statement. “And working with everyone in the organization, I know that together we will return the team to its winning tradition.”

Ross fi red Tony Sparano last month with three games to go in his fourth year as the Dolphins’ coach.

When the search for a new coach began, Ross said he would like to give the franchise much-needed stability by hiring “a young Don Shula.”

Instead he chose the 50-year-old Philbin, who has 28 years of coach-ing experience, including 19 years in college.

With Philbin’s help, the Pack-ers have ranked in the top 10 in

the NFL in yardage each of the past fi ve seasons, including third in 2011. A year ago they won the Super Bowl.

“A huge congratulations to Joe Philbin,” Green Bay tight end Jermichael Finley tweeted. “No one deserves it more than this guy. The Pack will miss him!”

The hiring might give the Dolphins an edge if they decide to pursue Packers backup quarterback Matt Flynn, who becomes a free agent this offseason.

Flynn set Packers records with 480 yards passing and six touch-downs in their regular-season fi -nale. Philbin played a major role in the development of Flynn and Pro Bowl quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Giants boasted a phys-ical, intimidating defense with athletic linebackers and stout linemen capable of stifl ing the NFL’s most productive of-fenses. San Francisco featured a high-powered passing attack led by an eventual Hall of Fame quarterback in his prime with receivers capable of turn-ing short passes into big gains.

When the San Francisco 49ers host the New York Gi-ants in the NFC championship game Sunday for a shot at the Super Bowl, the matchup conjures memories from a previous era of this great rivalry — even if the roles are somewhat reversed.

The elite quarterback now is New York’s Eli Manning, who connects on big plays to Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz in a similar fashion to how Joe Montana and Jerry Rice did for the dominant Niners in the 1980s.

San Francisco’s current front seven led by relentless de-fensive lineman Justin Smith, rookie pass-rushing special-ist Aldon Smith and fi erce linebackers Patrick Willis and NaVorro Bowman resembles that old Giants group featur-ing Hall of Famers Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson.

And who could have pre-dicted this surprising pairing?

The Giants (11-7) toppled defending champion Green Bay 37-20 last Sunday when everybody fi gured the road to the Super Bowl would go through Lambeau Field. Instead, New York is traveling West to San Francisco to face the upstart 49ers (14-3) in a meeting of franchises with so many fresh faces on the big stage.

Jim Harbaugh’s “mighty men” as he calls them stunned Drew Brees and the favored Saints 36-32 when Alex Smith hit Vernon Davis for the game-winning 14-yard touchdown with 9 seconds remaining.

Smith knows both the 49ers and Giants showed it’s anybody’s game come playoff time.

“Look at last week, I think everybody thought the road was going to go through Lam-beau. I think everybody as-sumed the NFC championship game was going to get played there and look what happens,” Smith said. “These teams at

this point, everybody’s as good as each other and it’s all going to come down to how you execute on that day. We’re all capable of beating each other, that’s for sure.”

Smith and Manning each orchestrated fi ve fourth-quarter comebacks during the regular season, yet Manning missed in a 27-20 loss at San Francisco on Nov. 13 when Justin Smith batted away his last-ditch pass attempt on fourth down in the waning moments.

“This is about the NFC championship. It’s an opportu-nity to get this win and go on to the Super Bowl,” Manning said. “We played them once before. We know they’re a good team. There’s no deny-ing that. They’re playing great football. They’re playing with great confi dence. It’s going to be exciting going out there and having another shot and seeing what we can do.”

Niners long snapper Brian Jennings is the only one left on either side from San Francis-co’s last trip to the playoffs in January 2003, when the 49ers rallied for a stunning 39-38 comeback victory against the Giants at Candlestick Park. San Francisco also had beaten New York during the regular

season that year.It’s sold out for Sunday’s

game with rain in the forecast as the 49ers look for their fi rst trip to the NFC title game since the 1997 season. Former 49ers owner Eddie DeBar-tolo Jr. will serve as honorary captain after team president and nephew, Jed York, called

him immediately after beating the Saints with the thoughtful invite.

Fittingly, DeBartolo owned the team from 1977-98, when the 49ers won fi ve Super Bowls. He was affectionately known as “Mr. D” to his players and coaches.

The only other time these

two franchises faced off in the conference champion-ship the game fi nished in memorable fashion. On Jan. 20, 1991, Roger Craig fumbled with the 49ers lead-ing 13-12 late in the fourth quarter and the Giants went on to win 15-13 to deny San Francisco a chance at a third straight Super Bowl title. New York then beat the Bills to capture its second Super Bowl.

These teams met six times in the playoffs between the 1981 and ‘94 seasons with the winner going on to win the Super Bowl four times.

There shouldn’t be too many elements of surprise Sunday considering how recently they last played, though Harbaugh is always good for a few tricks.

“That fi rst game has nothing to do with what happens Sunday night,” Gi-ants safety Antrel Rolle said.

Davis had a career day against New Orleans with seven catches for 180 yards — the most yards receiving by a tight end in a playoff game — so the Giants certainly will try to neutral-ize him and put constant pressure on a never-more-confi dent Smith.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady and the New England Patriots made it to the AFC championship game with a high-powered offense that piled up points and yards.

Ray Lewis and the Balti-more Ravens got there with a hard-hitting defense that made it a major challenge for op-ponents to move the ball.

On Sunday, one of those teams will advance to the Su-per Bowl because, most likely, of what they do best.

“We’ve got our hands full this week,” Lewis said. “You watched what they did last week against Denver, just the way they came out and ran their offense, how effi cient (Bra-dy) was, how many different receivers he hit with the ball. I think their offense, period, is playing at a very high level.”

From start to fi nish, Brady picked apart the Denver de-fense in a 45-10 divisional playoff win.

The Patriots (14-3) needed fi ve plays to score on their fi rst series on Brady’s 7-yard pass to Wes Welker. It took them seven plays to reach the end zone on their second series on

Brady’s 10-yard pass to Rob Gronkowski. By halftime, Brady had thrown fi ve of his six touchdown passes.

He had plenty of time to survey the fi eld as the Broncos put little pressure on him. The Ravens don’t plan to let that happen.

“You don’t want him back there just like, ‘Oh, we’re just going to play catch today,”’ Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs said. “You don’t want him to zone in, get in his zone, so to say. So I think pressure is going to be crucial, but it’s always crucial. But, particularly when you are playing these type of quarterbacks, it’s pivotal.”

Brady’s regular season was exceptional, even by his lofty standards. He threw for 5,235 yards, second most in NFL history, with 39 touchdown passes, 12 interceptions and the league’s third best quarterback rating of 105.6, behind only Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees.

The Patriots, with Welker and Gronkowski doing most of the damage, were second in the NFL with 428 yards per game and third with an average of

32.1 points.“It’s a very clever of-

fense,” Baltimore coach John Harbaugh said. “It’s well put together.”

Just like the Ravens defense.Baltimore (13-4) allowed

the third fewest average yards, 288.9, and points, 16.6, this season. It had four take-aways in last Sunday’s 20-13 divisional playoff win over the Houston Texans, the last by Ed Reed with 1:51 left. Lewis had a team-high seven tackles.

“They’re great players. I’ve played against both those guys quite a few times,” Brady said. “You always enjoy going up against the best because you can really measure where you’re at. You can’t take plays off against those guys. You can’t take things for granted when you’re out there against them. You have to see where they’re at on every play be-cause they’re guys who change the game.”

And don’t forget Suggs. He led the AFC with 14 sacks, and, with Lewis and Reed were picked as Pro Bowl starters this season.

The Ravens have a “very attacking type defense,” Welker

said. “They’re very physical. They run to the football really well. They rush well, cover well, tackle well across the board. They have a lot of great players and a lot of playmak-ers.”

But they haven’t faced a

passing attack with the weap-ons the Patriots have. Welker led the NFL with 122 catches and 1,569 yards receiving. Gronkowski was fi fth with 90 catches and set an NFL record of 17 touchdown catches by a tight end.

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San Francisco quarterback Alex Smith passes against the Saints during last Saturday’s game in San Francisco.

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9-7 • (2-0) 13-3 • (1-0)OFFENSE


SCORINGPoints for

25.0

295.9

297.5

89.2

133.5

24.6

11.030.5


RushingPassing

(PPG)

255.1 121.2

212.0 105.5 435.037.0


Pts. allowedPoints for

Pts. allowed

183.1

264.0

127.8

143.0

14.323.8

32.036.0


230.9 77.2

Postseason: 431.0



Postseason: 407.0


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12-4 • (1-0) 13-3 • (1-0)

OFFENSETotal yards (avg.): 338.7Passing Rushing

SCORING

Points for Pts. allowed16.6

213.9

140.0

124.8

87.0

24.6

13.020.0


RushingPassing

(PPG)

196.2 92.6

184.0 131.0 108.0 144.0


Points for Pts. allowed

317.8

363.0

110.2

146.0

21.432.1

10.045.0


293.9 117.1

Postseason: 227.0



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