It was a clean sweep for the Southeast of Saline Trojans over Ellsworth Tuesday night.

The Southeast of Saline Lady Trojans beat the Ellsworth Lady Bearcats 55 to 48.&nbsp; Lady Trojan scoring was lead by Alaina Yianakopulos with 17, Karsyn Schlesener with 14, Meredith Tillburg and Avery Caselman both with 8, Mallorie Pearson with 4 and Madison Fear and Keely Orr both with 2.

The Lady Trojans are 13-5 on the year and their next game is Friday night on the Southeast of Saline Campus against Russell.&nbsp; Pregame starting at 550pm and can be heard on KINA (910AM and 107.5FM).

Southeast of Saline Lady Trojans Coach Shauna Smith had this to say after the game:

The Southeast of Saline Trojans beat the Ellsworth Bearcats 61 to 52.&nbsp; Trojan scoring was lead by Jaxson Gebhardt and Eli Harris both with 14, Eli Sawyers with 11, Seth Eklund and Bryant Banks both with 10 and Nakari Morrical-Palmer with 2.

The Trojans are 12-6 on the year and their next game is Friday night on the Southeast of Saline Campus against Russell.&nbsp; The game will begin right after the Lady Trojan game and can be heard on KINA (910AM and 107.5FM).

Southeast of Saline Trojans Coach Bryson Flax had this to say after the game:

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 </figure>It was a clean sweep for the Southeast of Saline Trojans over Ellsworth Tuesday night.The Southeast of Saline Lady Trojans beat the Ellsworth Lady Bearcats 55 to 48.&nbsp; Lady Trojan scoring was lead by Alaina Yianakopulos with 17, Karsyn Schlesener with 14, Meredith Tillburg and Avery Caselman both with 8, Mallorie Pearson with 4 and Madison Fear and Keely Orr both with 2.The Lady Trojans are 13-5 on the year and their next game is Friday night on the Southeast of Saline Campus against Russell.&nbsp; Pregame starting at 550pm and can be heard on KINA (910AM and 107.5FM).Southeast of Saline Lady Trojans Coach Shauna Smith had this to say after the game:<div><iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/763028947&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe></div>The Southeast of Saline Trojans beat the Ellsworth Bearcats 61 to 52.&nbsp; Trojan scoring was lead by Jaxson Gebhardt and Eli Harris both with 14, Eli Sawyers with 11, Seth Eklund and Bryant Banks both with 10 and Nakari Morrical-Palmer with 2.The Trojans are 12-6 on the year and their next game is Friday night on the Southeast of Saline Campus against Russell.&nbsp; The game will begin right after the Lady Trojan game and can be heard on KINA (910AM and 107.5FM).Southeast of Saline Trojans Coach Bryson Flax had this to say after the game:<div><iframe width="100%" height="20" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/763030801&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true"></iframe></div>

Southeast of Saline sweeps Ellsworth

CONCORDIA -- 13 runs on 15 hits would be more than enough offense for the Cloud County Community College baseball team in a 13-1, seven-inning home win over Southeast Community College at Lee Doyen Field in Concordiaon Tuesday.

Through seven games, Cloud County now holds a 7-1 overall record while snapping the four-game winning streak of the Storm who fall to 4-3 overall on the year.&nbsp;

"Today was a pretty complete effort and it was good to get another win in front of our home crowd" said head coach Eric Gilliland in a post-game interview. "We got a quality start out of&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/dow_haden_y931" target="_blank">Haden Dow</a>&nbsp;on the mound and the offense was good up and down the lineup to produce 13 runs in seven innings of baseball."&nbsp;

Making quick work of things in the top of the first, Cloud County would waste no time on offense getting things going as an infield single and walk to lead things off would put two runners aboard for the T-Birds with no outs. Following a&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/loranger_clayton_4xb6" target="_blank">Clayton Loranger</a>&nbsp;lineout, sophomore&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/nelson_ty_y6b5" target="_blank">Ty Nelson</a>&nbsp;would just miss out on a three-run home run as a long drive to right field would hit off the top portion of the outfield wall in what would become a long RBI single to score&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/rice_alex_0qpl" target="_blank">Alex Rice</a>&nbsp;and put CCCC up 1-0.&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/larsen_griffin_ncn6" target="_blank">Griffin Larsen</a>&nbsp;would then add the second infield single of the inning on a rocket shot to third base to load the bases to allow&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/olson_noah_wvnf" target="_blank">Noah Olson</a>&nbsp;to drive in a run on a sacrifice fly.&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/stevens_trevor_wwou" target="_blank">Trevor Stevens</a>&nbsp;would drive in Cloud County's third run of the inning to stake the T-Birds to a 3-0 lead after one inning of play as an out at third on an aggressive base running play would end the inning.&nbsp;

A bit of a shaky second would see Southeast respond with a run on two hits and an error as a leadoff single, groundout, walk, and fielding error would load the bases with one out. The Storm would then get an RBI infield single on a comebacker to the mound that would go off of pitcher&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/dow_haden_y931" target="_blank">Haden Dow</a>&nbsp;and get lost momentarily to allow all runners to advance safely, but the freshman would have a response by getting a strikeout and fielder's choice to end the inning and strand three runners in what looked to be a big inning for SCC. The next three-plus innings of baseball would go hitless as neither team would be able to move a runner past second as two runners would be cut down trying to steal to go along with two strikeouts.&nbsp;

More offense would be found by CCCC in the bottom of the fifth as a one-out rally would see Rice get things started with an infield single before&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/parsons_jaden_gx2c" target="_blank">Jaden Parsons</a>&nbsp;would hit a single into left field. A Loranger double down the third-base line would see the ball end up in foul territory as the T-Birds would send Rice around to score and move Parsons to third as the score would become a 4-1 game with just one out and two runners on base. A pitching change for Southeast wouldn't do much good for the Storm as Nelson would just miss out once again on a potential three-run home run with a two-RBI double off the right field fence in a similar spot to his first as the game would finally be broke open. SCC would manage to get out of the inning without any more damage, with the T-Birds settling for three runs on four hits and stranding one runner.&nbsp;

It would be Cloud County's turn to make a call to the bullpen as&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/aikman_carl_wvwr" target="_blank">Carl Aikman</a>&nbsp;would come on in relief of Dow, making his second appearance of the year and getting some defensive help as a leadoff single would be erased by a 5-4-3 double-play. Southeast would then start to gain momentum with back-to-back singles and a hit batter to load the bases, but Aikman would shut things down with a fly out to center field to escape CCCC's second bases-loaded jam of the game and keep things a 6-1 ballgame.&nbsp;

Adding to their lead in the bottom of the sixth,&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/pratt_davis_jp59" target="_blank">Davis Pratt</a>&nbsp;would hit a one-out double to put a runner on before an&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/scott_ed_7ee7" target="_blank">Ed Scott</a>&nbsp;walk and Rice walk would load the bases with just one out. Parsons would move everyone up a base on an RBI single into left field to force another pitching change for SCC, with Loranger adding another blow on a two RBI single before advancing to second an a throwing error. The inning would come to an end on a strikeout and groundout, but the damage would be done as a four-run inning would turn a five-run lead into a 10-1 blowout in favor of the T-Birds.&nbsp;

Wanting to end things via run-rule, Cloud County would get a strikeout and pair of flyouts to retire Southeast in order in the top of the seventh and then put up three straight singles to lead off the inning and load the bases with no outs. Needing just one run to end the game, Scott would deliver with a bases-clearing RBI double into the right-center field gap and collect three RBI as the game would end with a 12-run Cloud County margin of victory.&nbsp;

Six players for Cloud County would record two hits each, with the top four batters in the lineup (Rice, Parsons, Loranger, Nelson) accounting for eight hits and seven RBI. Loranger and Nelson would each drive in three runs to go along with a three-RBI performance from Scott who would go one-for-three with one of Cloud County's four extra-base hits.&nbsp;

A dominant pitching performance would be put together by Dow and Aikman, with Dow going five innings to get the win and allowing just one run on two hits while striking out four of the 21 batters he would face. Aikman tossed the final two innings in relief and struck out one whiel allowing three hits in the two shutout innings.&nbsp;

In a previously announced change to the weekend schedule, Cloud County is now slated to face off against Marshalltown Community College in a four-game series beginning on Friday at 1 p.m. Both Friday and Saturday will feature doubleheaders as Cloud County continues their seven-game home stand at Lee Doyen Field.&nbsp;

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CONCORDIA -- 13 runs on 15 hits would be more than enough offense for the Cloud County Community College baseball team in a 13-1, seven-inning home win over Southeast Community College at Lee Doyen Field in Concordiaon Tuesday.Through seven games, Cloud County now holds a 7-1 overall record while snapping the four-game winning streak of the Storm who fall to 4-3 overall on the year.&nbsp;"Today was a pretty complete effort and it was good to get another win in front of our home crowd" said head coach Eric Gilliland in a post-game interview. "We got a quality start out of&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/dow_haden_y931" target="_blank">Haden Dow</a>&nbsp;on the mound and the offense was good up and down the lineup to produce 13 runs in seven innings of baseball."&nbsp;Making quick work of things in the top of the first, Cloud County would waste no time on offense getting things going as an infield single and walk to lead things off would put two runners aboard for the T-Birds with no outs. Following a&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/loranger_clayton_4xb6" target="_blank">Clayton Loranger</a>&nbsp;lineout, sophomore&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/nelson_ty_y6b5" target="_blank">Ty Nelson</a>&nbsp;would just miss out on a three-run home run as a long drive to right field would hit off the top portion of the outfield wall in what would become a long RBI single to score&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/rice_alex_0qpl" target="_blank">Alex Rice</a>&nbsp;and put CCCC up 1-0.&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/larsen_griffin_ncn6" target="_blank">Griffin Larsen</a>&nbsp;would then add the second infield single of the inning on a rocket shot to third base to load the bases to allow&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/olson_noah_wvnf" target="_blank">Noah Olson</a>&nbsp;to drive in a run on a sacrifice fly.&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/stevens_trevor_wwou" target="_blank">Trevor Stevens</a>&nbsp;would drive in Cloud County's third run of the inning to stake the T-Birds to a 3-0 lead after one inning of play as an out at third on an aggressive base running play would end the inning.&nbsp;A bit of a shaky second would see Southeast respond with a run on two hits and an error as a leadoff single, groundout, walk, and fielding error would load the bases with one out. The Storm would then get an RBI infield single on a comebacker to the mound that would go off of pitcher&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/dow_haden_y931" target="_blank">Haden Dow</a>&nbsp;and get lost momentarily to allow all runners to advance safely, but the freshman would have a response by getting a strikeout and fielder's choice to end the inning and strand three runners in what looked to be a big inning for SCC. The next three-plus innings of baseball would go hitless as neither team would be able to move a runner past second as two runners would be cut down trying to steal to go along with two strikeouts.&nbsp;More offense would be found by CCCC in the bottom of the fifth as a one-out rally would see Rice get things started with an infield single before&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/parsons_jaden_gx2c" target="_blank">Jaden Parsons</a>&nbsp;would hit a single into left field. A Loranger double down the third-base line would see the ball end up in foul territory as the T-Birds would send Rice around to score and move Parsons to third as the score would become a 4-1 game with just one out and two runners on base. A pitching change for Southeast wouldn't do much good for the Storm as Nelson would just miss out once again on a potential three-run home run with a two-RBI double off the right field fence in a similar spot to his first as the game would finally be broke open. SCC would manage to get out of the inning without any more damage, with the T-Birds settling for three runs on four hits and stranding one runner.&nbsp;It would be Cloud County's turn to make a call to the bullpen as&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/aikman_carl_wvwr" target="_blank">Carl Aikman</a>&nbsp;would come on in relief of Dow, making his second appearance of the year and getting some defensive help as a leadoff single would be erased by a 5-4-3 double-play. Southeast would then start to gain momentum with back-to-back singles and a hit batter to load the bases, but Aikman would shut things down with a fly out to center field to escape CCCC's second bases-loaded jam of the game and keep things a 6-1 ballgame.&nbsp;Adding to their lead in the bottom of the sixth,&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/pratt_davis_jp59" target="_blank">Davis Pratt</a>&nbsp;would hit a one-out double to put a runner on before an&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/scott_ed_7ee7" target="_blank">Ed Scott</a>&nbsp;walk and Rice walk would load the bases with just one out. Parsons would move everyone up a base on an RBI single into left field to force another pitching change for SCC, with Loranger adding another blow on a two RBI single before advancing to second an a throwing error. The inning would come to an end on a strikeout and groundout, but the damage would be done as a four-run inning would turn a five-run lead into a 10-1 blowout in favor of the T-Birds.&nbsp;Wanting to end things via run-rule, Cloud County would get a strikeout and pair of flyouts to retire Southeast in order in the top of the seventh and then put up three straight singles to lead off the inning and load the bases with no outs. Needing just one run to end the game, Scott would deliver with a bases-clearing RBI double into the right-center field gap and collect three RBI as the game would end with a 12-run Cloud County margin of victory.&nbsp;Six players for Cloud County would record two hits each, with the top four batters in the lineup (Rice, Parsons, Loranger, Nelson) accounting for eight hits and seven RBI. Loranger and Nelson would each drive in three runs to go along with a three-RBI performance from Scott who would go one-for-three with one of Cloud County's four extra-base hits.&nbsp;A dominant pitching performance would be put together by Dow and Aikman, with Dow going five innings to get the win and allowing just one run on two hits while striking out four of the 21 batters he would face. Aikman tossed the final two innings in relief and struck out one whiel allowing three hits in the two shutout innings.&nbsp;What's next?In a previously announced change to the weekend schedule, Cloud County is now slated to face off against Marshalltown Community College in a four-game series beginning on Friday at 1 p.m. Both Friday and Saturday will feature doubleheaders as Cloud County continues their seven-game home stand at Lee Doyen Field.&nbsp;--<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com">cloudtbirds.com</a>--

Cloud County blasts Southeast 13-1 in seven innings

MANHATTAN –&nbsp;For the third time in program history and the first time since the 2001-02 season, Kansas State women’s basketball has swept the Big 12 Conference weekly awards as Peyton Williams garnered the Player of the Week nod and Ayoka Lee collected her record-setting 10th&nbsp;Freshman of the Week honor.

The last K-State duo to earn Big 12 Player and Freshman/Newcomer of the Week honors in the same week was Nicole Ohlde and Kendra Wecker on Jan. 7, 2002. Prior to that, Nicky Ramage and Olga Firsova earned the citations in the same week on Nov. 23, 1998.

With her 10th&nbsp;Big 12 Freshman of the Week award, Lee surpasses the previous record of nine held by Courtney Paris of Oklahoma in the 2005-06 season.

Williams earned her second career Big 12 Player of the Week honor by setting new school standards in a pair of categories and registered a new career-high for points while helping the Wildcats rally to two road wins last week. Williams averaged 22.5 points, 13.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.5 steals. She was also 14-of-17 from the foul line.

At West Virginia, Williams tallied 14 points which included 10 points in the fourth quarter in which K-State rallied from an 18-point deficit in the final seven minutes of the fourth quarter. She also hauled in eight rebounds and dished out four assists.

With her eight rebounds at West Virginia, Williams became the fifth player in program history with 900 or more career rebounds.

At Oklahoma, Williams came one rebound short of the first 30-point, 20-rebound double-double in school history. Williams finished with her 12th double-double of the season on a career-high 31 points on 9-of-15 shooting and included a career-high 12-of-15 effort from the free throw line including the clinching free throws in overtime. She also hauled in 19 rebounds, tied her career-high with six assists and pocketed a personal season-high five steals.

With her 19 rebounds, Williams tied the school record for career games with 15 or more rebounds with seven and tied the school record for double-doubles with 10 or more points and 15 or more rebounds with seven. Her 19 rebounds also moved her past Shalee Lehning for fourth in school history for career rebounds with 919.

For the season, Williams is averaging a double-double with 16.0 points and 11.8 rebounds with a .473 field goal percentage and a .755 free throw percentage. She is one of two players, Lee is the other, in league play to average a double-double with 16.9 points and 11.5 rebounds.

Lee set a pair of school records during the week and averaged 19.5 points on a .607 field goal percentage. She also averaged 14.5 rebounds, 5.0 blocks and 2.5 steals.

At West Virginia, the Byron, Minn., product set the school record for double-doubles and blocked shots in a freshman season with 15 points, 16 rebounds, six blocks and two steals. Lee aided K-State's 24-5 rally from an 18-point fourth quarter deficit for the win by completing a three-point play with 22 seconds remaining to give the Wildcats a one-point lead.

At Oklahoma, Lee registered her 14th double-double of the season by tying her career-high with 24 points on a career-best 11-of-17 effort from the field. She also pulled in 13 rebounds, pocketed three steals and blocked four shots.

With her efforts last week, Lee secured the school records for double-doubles (14) and blocked shots (71) in a freshman season. She is just the second freshman in school history with 250 or more rebounds in a debut season.

For the season, Lee leads all Big 12 freshman in scoring (16.0 ppg), rebounds (11.1 rpg) and blocks (3.1 bpg).

K-State returns to Bramlage Coliseum on Wednesday, as the Wildcats host TCU at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday’s game will be the annual Play 4 Kay game, as the first 1,500 fans will receive a free pink K-State women’s basketball t-shirt. For tickets, contact the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS or visit <a href="http://kstatesports.com/tickets">kstatesports.com/tickets</a>.

Wednesday’s game will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as well as on the K-State Sports Network and for free on <a href="http://kstatesports.com">kstatesports.com</a>.

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 </figure>MANHATTAN –&nbsp;For the third time in program history and the first time since the 2001-02 season, Kansas State women’s basketball has swept the Big 12 Conference weekly awards as Peyton Williams garnered the Player of the Week nod and Ayoka Lee collected her record-setting 10th&nbsp;Freshman of the Week honor.The last K-State duo to earn Big 12 Player and Freshman/Newcomer of the Week honors in the same week was Nicole Ohlde and Kendra Wecker on Jan. 7, 2002. Prior to that, Nicky Ramage and Olga Firsova earned the citations in the same week on Nov. 23, 1998.With her 10th&nbsp;Big 12 Freshman of the Week award, Lee surpasses the previous record of nine held by Courtney Paris of Oklahoma in the 2005-06 season.Williams earned her second career Big 12 Player of the Week honor by setting new school standards in a pair of categories and registered a new career-high for points while helping the Wildcats rally to two road wins last week. Williams averaged 22.5 points, 13.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.5 steals. She was also 14-of-17 from the foul line.At West Virginia, Williams tallied 14 points which included 10 points in the fourth quarter in which K-State rallied from an 18-point deficit in the final seven minutes of the fourth quarter. She also hauled in eight rebounds and dished out four assists.With her eight rebounds at West Virginia, Williams became the fifth player in program history with 900 or more career rebounds.At Oklahoma, Williams came one rebound short of the first 30-point, 20-rebound double-double in school history. Williams finished with her 12th double-double of the season on a career-high 31 points on 9-of-15 shooting and included a career-high 12-of-15 effort from the free throw line including the clinching free throws in overtime. She also hauled in 19 rebounds, tied her career-high with six assists and pocketed a personal season-high five steals.With her 19 rebounds, Williams tied the school record for career games with 15 or more rebounds with seven and tied the school record for double-doubles with 10 or more points and 15 or more rebounds with seven. Her 19 rebounds also moved her past Shalee Lehning for fourth in school history for career rebounds with 919.For the season, Williams is averaging a double-double with 16.0 points and 11.8 rebounds with a .473 field goal percentage and a .755 free throw percentage. She is one of two players, Lee is the other, in league play to average a double-double with 16.9 points and 11.5 rebounds.Lee set a pair of school records during the week and averaged 19.5 points on a .607 field goal percentage. She also averaged 14.5 rebounds, 5.0 blocks and 2.5 steals.At West Virginia, the Byron, Minn., product set the school record for double-doubles and blocked shots in a freshman season with 15 points, 16 rebounds, six blocks and two steals. Lee aided K-State's 24-5 rally from an 18-point fourth quarter deficit for the win by completing a three-point play with 22 seconds remaining to give the Wildcats a one-point lead.At Oklahoma, Lee registered her 14th double-double of the season by tying her career-high with 24 points on a career-best 11-of-17 effort from the field. She also pulled in 13 rebounds, pocketed three steals and blocked four shots.With her efforts last week, Lee secured the school records for double-doubles (14) and blocked shots (71) in a freshman season. She is just the second freshman in school history with 250 or more rebounds in a debut season.For the season, Lee leads all Big 12 freshman in scoring (16.0 ppg), rebounds (11.1 rpg) and blocks (3.1 bpg).K-State returns to Bramlage Coliseum on Wednesday, as the Wildcats host TCU at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday’s game will be the annual Play 4 Kay game, as the first 1,500 fans will receive a free pink K-State women’s basketball t-shirt. For tickets, contact the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS or visit <a href="http://kstatesports.com/tickets">kstatesports.com/tickets</a>.Wednesday’s game will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as well as on the K-State Sports Network and for free on <a href="http://kstatesports.com">kstatesports.com</a>.--<a href="http://kstatesports.com">kstatesports.com</a>--

K-State women sweep Big 12 Weekly Awards



COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- USA Basketball announced its 2020 Men's and Women's 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament teams, which includes four men and four women. Former FHSU Men's Basketball standout Dominique Jones was one of four players named to the men's team. 

A total of 16 men were invited to training camp Feb. 13-14 in Chicago and Jones emerged as one of four players chosen with the task of qualifying the United States for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/90fba0d7-27f4-4589-bed8-312d58248965?elinkdata=146363" target="_blank">USA Basketball Official Release</a>

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/2112cfe7-717c-4f32-83df-a6a1b8d27e6f?elinkdata=146363" target="_blank">2020 USA 3x3 Qualifying Team Profiles</a>

The 2020 FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament will be March 18-22 in Bengaluru, India. The top three finishing men's and women's 3x3 teams will earn berths into the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games 3x3 basketball competition.

3x3 basketball is played on a half court with a 10-minute clock, and a 12-second shot clock, the first team to 21 points, or the team in the lead at the end of regulation.

As per FIBA regulations, all teams taking part in the FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament must include at least two athletes ranked among the federation's top 10 FIBA 3x3 athletes.

Jones will join Canyon Barry, Robbie Hummel, and Kareem Maddox as the four players to represent the United States. Jones, Hummel, and Maddox are the top three ranked FIBA 3x3 men's players from the United States. Jones is currently the No. 1 ranked player from the United States in the FIBA 3x3 World Rankings, while holding a world ranking of No. 9.

Jones was an All-America performer at Fort Hays State in 2011, while Hummel was an All-America performer at Purdue University in 2010 and 2012 and went on to play for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA for two seasons. Barry was the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year for NCAA Division I at the University of Florida in 2017 and currently plays for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. Maddox was an all-conference performer and conference defensive player of the year at Princeton University in 2011.

An interesting note about two of the four chosen to the USA 3x3 Qualifying Team for 2020 is their unique free-throw shooting styles. As many FHSU fans remember, Dominique Jones shoots his free throws one-handed, without placing a guide hand on the ball. Canyon Barry, son of NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry, shoots his free throws underhand just like his father did.

Jones and Maddox were members of USA's 3x3 Team that won the Gold Medal at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru in the summer of 2019.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/8e8b85b4-3b80-4b26-94ee-d8c4fdff9100?elinkdata=146363" target="_blank">See Story</a>

Maddox, Hummel, and Barry were all part of USA's 2019 FIBA World Cup Gold Medal Team.

Recently in November of 2019, Jones was named the 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Regular Season MVP.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/596da68d-6192-43cb-b18c-f7d15e1587f3?elinkdata=146363" target="_blank">See Release</a>

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a3d4a778-cadd-4a64-8004-ebe4f19da856?elinkdata=146363" target="_blank">Dominique Jones Team USA 3x3 Basketball Profile</a>

Jones has enjoyed a tremendous professional career on the FIBA 3x3 World Tour. He currently holds the No. 1 national ranking in the FIBA points system for players from the United States on the World Tour, and sits among the top 10 players in the world. Jones has helped his 3x3 team from New York/Harlem to several team titles in FIBA World Tour tournaments over the past few years.

Jones was a two-year standout player at Fort Hays State, helping the Tigers to NCAA Tournament appearances in 2009-10 and 2010-11 as the team's point guard. He nearly scored 1,000 points in his two years, finishing with 983. He also averaged 5.1 assists per game in his career, fifth-best in program history with a total of 324. With his unique one-handed free-throw shooting style, Jones shot 80 percent at the line in his career at FHSU. He shot 40.2 percent from beyond the 3-point line, draining 132 shots from long range.

Jones was an NABC All-America selection as a senior in 2010-11 with 592 points and 207 assists for the season (17.9 ppg, 6.3 apg). He was a two-time All-MIAA First Team selection and helped guide the Tigers to an MIAA Tournament Championship in 2011. He helped the team to a record of 49-14 over the two years, reaching No. 3 in the NABC national rankings both seasons. He is one of four players to earn All-America honors under current FHSU head coach&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/d44f264e-9cc6-4d49-a58d-5f48fdec6218?elinkdata=146363" target="_blank">Mark Johnson</a>. Prior to his time at FHSU, Jones was a two-time all-region performer at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, a member of the NJCAA.

Following his time at FHSU, Jones went on to play professional basketball in Europe before returning to the United States. He enjoyed a brief stint with the Harlem Globetrotters in the summer of 2015 before turning his focus to traveling the world playing in FIBA 3x3 World Tour events. Now he gets a chance to help Team USA qualify for the 2020 Olympics in 3x3 Basketball.

--<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com">fhsuathletics.com</a>--

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- USA Basketball announced its 2020 Men's and Women's 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament teams, which includes four men and four women. Former FHSU Men's Basketball standout Dominique Jones was one of four players named to the men's team. A total of 16 men were invited to training camp Feb. 13-14 in Chicago and Jones emerged as one of four players chosen with the task of qualifying the United States for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/90fba0d7-27f4-4589-bed8-312d58248965?elinkdata=146363" target="_blank">USA Basketball Official Release</a><a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/2112cfe7-717c-4f32-83df-a6a1b8d27e6f?elinkdata=146363" target="_blank">2020 USA 3x3 Qualifying Team Profiles</a>The 2020 FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament will be March 18-22 in Bengaluru, India. The top three finishing men's and women's 3x3 teams will earn berths into the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games 3x3 basketball competition.3x3 basketball is played on a half court with a 10-minute clock, and a 12-second shot clock, the first team to 21 points, or the team in the lead at the end of regulation.As per FIBA regulations, all teams taking part in the FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament must include at least two athletes ranked among the federation's top 10 FIBA 3x3 athletes.Jones will join Canyon Barry, Robbie Hummel, and Kareem Maddox as the four players to represent the United States. Jones, Hummel, and Maddox are the top three ranked FIBA 3x3 men's players from the United States. Jones is currently the No. 1 ranked player from the United States in the FIBA 3x3 World Rankings, while holding a world ranking of No. 9.Jones was an All-America performer at Fort Hays State in 2011, while Hummel was an All-America performer at Purdue University in 2010 and 2012 and went on to play for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA for two seasons. Barry was the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year for NCAA Division I at the University of Florida in 2017 and currently plays for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. Maddox was an all-conference performer and conference defensive player of the year at Princeton University in 2011.An interesting note about two of the four chosen to the USA 3x3 Qualifying Team for 2020 is their unique free-throw shooting styles. As many FHSU fans remember, Dominique Jones shoots his free throws one-handed, without placing a guide hand on the ball. Canyon Barry, son of NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry, shoots his free throws underhand just like his father did.Jones and Maddox were members of USA's 3x3 Team that won the Gold Medal at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru in the summer of 2019.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/8e8b85b4-3b80-4b26-94ee-d8c4fdff9100?elinkdata=146363" target="_blank">See Story</a>Maddox, Hummel, and Barry were all part of USA's 2019 FIBA World Cup Gold Medal Team.Recently in November of 2019, Jones was named the 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Tour Regular Season MVP.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/596da68d-6192-43cb-b18c-f7d15e1587f3?elinkdata=146363" target="_blank">See Release</a><a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a3d4a778-cadd-4a64-8004-ebe4f19da856?elinkdata=146363" target="_blank">Dominique Jones Team USA 3x3 Basketball Profile</a>Jones has enjoyed a tremendous professional career on the FIBA 3x3 World Tour. He currently holds the No. 1 national ranking in the FIBA points system for players from the United States on the World Tour, and sits among the top 10 players in the world. Jones has helped his 3x3 team from New York/Harlem to several team titles in FIBA World Tour tournaments over the past few years.Jones was a two-year standout player at Fort Hays State, helping the Tigers to NCAA Tournament appearances in 2009-10 and 2010-11 as the team's point guard. He nearly scored 1,000 points in his two years, finishing with 983. He also averaged 5.1 assists per game in his career, fifth-best in program history with a total of 324. With his unique one-handed free-throw shooting style, Jones shot 80 percent at the line in his career at FHSU. He shot 40.2 percent from beyond the 3-point line, draining 132 shots from long range.Jones was an NABC All-America selection as a senior in 2010-11 with 592 points and 207 assists for the season (17.9 ppg, 6.3 apg). He was a two-time All-MIAA First Team selection and helped guide the Tigers to an MIAA Tournament Championship in 2011. He helped the team to a record of 49-14 over the two years, reaching No. 3 in the NABC national rankings both seasons. He is one of four players to earn All-America honors under current FHSU head coach&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/d44f264e-9cc6-4d49-a58d-5f48fdec6218?elinkdata=146363" target="_blank">Mark Johnson</a>. Prior to his time at FHSU, Jones was a two-time all-region performer at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, a member of the NJCAA.Following his time at FHSU, Jones went on to play professional basketball in Europe before returning to the United States. He enjoyed a brief stint with the Harlem Globetrotters in the summer of 2015 before turning his focus to traveling the world playing in FIBA 3x3 World Tour events. Now he gets a chance to help Team USA qualify for the 2020 Olympics in 3x3 Basketball.--<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com">fhsuathletics.com</a>--

FHSU alum Jones selected to USA 3x3 Olympic qualifying team

CONCORDIA -- Cloud County Community College baseball player Griffin Larsen has been named Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference player of the week for his performance during the week of Feb. 10-16.

The award comes as Larsen helped the T-Birds to a 3-1 overall record last week, making the start in three of four gmames while going six-for-10 at the plate with two doubles, one triple, one home run, three walks, and two hit-by-pitches.&nbsp;The Overland Park native had a 1.300 slugging percentage while driving in five runs and scoring six times and had a .733 on-base percentage. Behind the plate as catcher in three of the games, Larsen would record 23 putouts and three assists.&nbsp;

Larsen becomes the first T-Bird of 2020 to earn KJCCC Player of the Week honors and first since Jackson Dietel who won the award on April 17, 2019.&nbsp;

CONCORDIA -- Cloud County Community College baseball player Griffin Larsen has been named Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference player of the week for his performance during the week of Feb. 10-16.The award comes as Larsen helped the T-Birds to a 3-1 overall record last week, making the start in three of four gmames while going six-for-10 at the plate with two doubles, one triple, one home run, three walks, and two hit-by-pitches.&nbsp;The Overland Park native had a 1.300 slugging percentage while driving in five runs and scoring six times and had a .733 on-base percentage. Behind the plate as catcher in three of the games, Larsen would record 23 putouts and three assists.&nbsp;Larsen becomes the first T-Bird of 2020 to earn KJCCC Player of the Week honors and first since Jackson Dietel who won the award on April 17, 2019.&nbsp;--<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com">cloudtbirds.com</a>--

Griffin Larsen named KJCCC Player of the Week

The Kansas City Royals celebrate slugger John Mayberry. From the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Royals/">Kansas City Royals</a> Facebook page:

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Royals celebrate John Mayberry

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:

Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 92, Michigan St. 87, Michigan 83, LSU 55, Rhode Island 39, Virginia 32, Cincinnati 14, Stephen F. Austin 14, Illinois 12, N. Iowa 9, Utah St. 8, Florida 6, Rutgers 6, ETSU 5, Saint Mary's (Cal) 4, Richmond 3, Tulsa 3, New Mexico St. 2, SMU 2, Arizona St 1, Wright St. 1.

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 </figure>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThe top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:		Record/Pts/Prv1. Baylor (48)	23-1	1559	12. Gonzaga (14)	26-1	1518	23. Kansas (1)	22-3	1434	34. San Diego St.	26-0	1404	45. Dayton	23-2	1294	66. Duke	22-3	1285	77. Maryland	21-4	1194	98. Florida St.	21-4	1088	89. Penn St.	20-5	1024	1310. Kentucky	20-5	1011	1211. Louisville	21-5	837	512. Villanova	19-6	824	1513. Auburn	22-3	818	1114. Oregon	20-6	742	1715. Creighton	20-6	718	2316. Seton Hall	18-7	672	1017. West Virginia	18-7	552	1418. Colorado	20-6	501	1619. Marquette	17-7	404	1820. Iowa	18-8	254	2121. Butler	19-7	242	1922. Houston	20-6	237	2023. BYU	21-7	188	—24. Arizona	18-7	102	—25. Ohio St.	17-8	95	—Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 92, Michigan St. 87, Michigan 83, LSU 55, Rhode Island 39, Virginia 32, Cincinnati 14, Stephen F. Austin 14, Illinois 12, N. Iowa 9, Utah St. 8, Florida 6, Rutgers 6, ETSU 5, Saint Mary's (Cal) 4, Richmond 3, Tulsa 3, New Mexico St. 2, SMU 2, Arizona St 1, Wright St. 1.

Jayhawks hang on to No. 3 in latest AP Top 25 poll

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Adalberto Mondesi might be one of the best-kept secrets in baseball. 

Five seasons after he became the only player to make his big league debut in the World Series, the 24-year-old Mondesi has blossomed into an emerging star for the Kansas City Royals. 

Last season, his 10 triples tied for the most in the majors and his 43 stolen bases ranked second. He did that despite injuries limiting him to 102 games.

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Adalberto Mondesi might be one of the best-kept secrets in baseball. Five seasons after he became the only player to make his big league debut in the World Series, the 24-year-old Mondesi has blossomed into an emerging star for the Kansas City Royals. Last season, his 10 triples tied for the most in the majors and his 43 stolen bases ranked second. He did that despite injuries limiting him to 102 games.

At 24, Mondesi emerging as star shortstop for Royals

EDMOND, Okla. – After suffering their loss of the season in their opening game of the day to Coffeyville, the Cloud County Community College baseball team would rally in the ninth inning to force extra-innings before going on to earn a 5-4, 11-inning win over Seminole State College to split a doubleheader at the University of Central Oklahoma Junior College Jamboree in Edmond, Okla., on Sunday.

The Sunday split gives Cloud County a 5-1 overall record after going 2-1 on the weekend as the Red Ravens and Trojans will finish off the weekend with a game against each other later tonight.

"I was very proud of the guys and how we played this weekend to go 2-1 overall" said head coach Eric Gilliland in a post-game interview. 

"We didn't play our best baeball against Coffeyville in our opener today, but we responded with a big effort against Seminole State who is as talented of a team as we will play this year." 

"It was fun to watch our guys compete against three quality teams this weekend in a great venue at the University of Central Oklahoma."&nbsp;

­­Facing off against a Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference cross division-foe, it would very much be a pitcher's duel between the two teams as both Cloud County and Coffeyville would see their starting pitcher's go deep into the game. Following a strong start by the T-Birds in the top of the first, Cloud County would use a leadoff walk from&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/parsons_jaden_gx2c" target="_blank">Jaden Parsons</a>&nbsp;and failed pickoff to put a runner on third with no outs. A ground two batters later would allow Parsons to score as the T-Birds would strike first with the lone run in the inning despite being held hitless in their first at-bat.

Coffeyville would have a response in the top of the second, using a leadoff double and sacrifice bunt to put a runner 90 feet from scoring as the Red Ravens would push the run across with a one-out RBI single. After picking off the runner at first, starting pitcher&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/jans_tylor_gxq8" target="_blank">Tylor Jans</a>&nbsp;would be able to get out of the inning while keeping things tied up at 1-1. The T-Birds would be unable to do anything with a one-out single in the bottom half of the frame, bringing the Red Ravens back up to the plate where Coffeyville would take their first lead of the game with a pair of two-out hits before seeing the inning-end on the base paths with another pick off from Jans.

Cloud County would appear to have something going in the bottom of the third, using a Parsons one-out single to go along with a stolen base and wild pitch to move him to third after a strikeout. The inning would end with the T-Birds coming up empty however as Parsons would get caught in a rundown on a&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/loranger_clayton_4xb6" target="_blank">Clayton Loranger</a>&nbsp;swinging bunt and be put out on the base paths to end the third. &nbsp;

In the top of the fourth, Coffeyville would see a leadoff baserunner reach on an error erased as a strikeout and inning-ending double play by Cloud County would put the Red Ravens down without any real threat to add to their lead. The T-Birds would draw just a walk in the bottom half of the fourth, seeing the inning end on the base paths on a stolen base attempt by&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/pratt_davis_jp59" target="_blank">Davis Pratt</a>&nbsp;as Coffeyville starter Raymond Farrell would limit the T-Birds to just two hits in four innings. Both teams would be held scoreless in the fifth, keeping things a one-run game going to the sixth as the game would be broken open in the final two innings.

A big sixth inning by Coffeyville would see Red Ravens take advantage of three errors and three hits along with a passed ball on a third strike to put up five runs and go up 7-1 after being limited to just three runs in their first three games combined. A&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/larsen_griffin_ncn6" target="_blank">Griffin Larsen</a>&nbsp;solo homer with two outs would be all that Cloud County could muster in the bottom half of the inning to make things a 7-2 deficit going into the seventh and final inning of the game as Coffeyville would tack on two more in the top of the seventh. The T-Birds would threaten to try and put together a late rally with their final three outs, loading the bases with one out in the bottom of the seventh and getting an RBI groundout from Parsons to plate one final run as the game would come to an end with the Red Ravens taking the six-run decision.

<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/scott_ed_7ee7" target="_blank">Ed Scott</a>&nbsp;would be the lone T-Bird to register multiple hits in the game, going two-for-three at the plate with the other four hits for Cloud County coming from Parsons, Larsen,&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/pearson_nick_uuzg" target="_blank">Nick Pearson</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/charchun_kyler_5bbs" target="_blank">Kyler Charchun</a>. Three pitchers would be used in the contest by the T-Birds, with Jans going five innings while&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/asher_trey_gob1" target="_blank">Trey Asher</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/leroux_jarod_53yu" target="_blank">Jarod Leroux</a>&nbsp;would combine to close out the final two innings.

Things would get off to a slow start for both teams as Cloud County and Seminole State would be limited to just one hit each through the first three innings of action to keep the game scoreless heading to the fourth. A Larsen single to lead off the top of the fourth would appear to have the T-Birds with an opportunity to break the deadlock, but a double play and pop out would put a quick end to the top of the fourth. Seminole State would then squander a leadoff double as a pair of groundouts and strikeout would strand the runner at second to keep things where they started after four innings of action.

A wild top of the fifth for Cloud County would see the T-Birds start things off with a flyout followed by a&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/laux_connor_7v0c" target="_blank">Connor Laux</a>&nbsp;single that would be followed up by and Scott double to put two runners in scoring position. A strikeout would then threaten to put an end to the threat, but&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/rice_alex_0qpl" target="_blank">Alex Rice</a>&nbsp;and Loranger would draw back-to-back walks to bring in the first run of the game. Larsen would keep the rally going by drawing a third walk to give Cloud County a 2-0 lead and knock the Trojan starting pitcher out of the game as the top of the fifth would end on the next batter following the change.

The T-Birds would then use their second double-play of the game to erase a leadoff walk and single for Seminole State as a strikeout would once again end a Trojan threat to keep things at a two-run CCCC lead. Cloud County would then add to their lead in the top of the sixth with a one-out walk and two-out RBI double from Scott to drive in&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/nelson_ty_y6b5" target="_blank">Ty Nelson</a>. Following a Parsons walk, Rice would hit what would appear to be an RBI single, but Scott would be thrown out at the plate to end the inning and erase what would be a second run in the sixth for the T-Birds.

With Seminole State held to just three hits in five innings, the Trojans would manage to get a leadoff triple and sacrifice fly to put a run across in the bottom of the sixth, but then squander a one-out walk with a pair of groundouts to trail 3-1 heading to the seventh. Cloud County would be held scoreless in the top of the seventh, and then see three-straight Seminole State hits cut the lead to 3-2 with the go-ahead run at third. A failed double-steal would see the Trojan runner gunned down at home but move another runner into scoring position. Seminole State would then follow up with a strikeout before tying the game on an RBI single and get back-to-back walks to load the bases with two outs. A strikeout would end the inning and keep the Trojans from taking their first lead of the game.

Nelson would lead things off for Cloud County in the top of the eighth with a double and move to third on a sacrifice bunt, but a groundout to first and strikeout would prevent CCCC from reclaiming the lead to send things to the bottom of the eighth. Seminole State would then make the most of their opportunity in the bottom of the eighth, getting a leadoff double and throwing error to take their first lead of the game at 4-3 and put a runner on second with no outs. A sacrifice bunt would move the would-be insurance run to third, but the inning would end on a dropped third strike that would lead to a 2-3-2 inning-ending double play to keep the deficit for CCCC at just one.

Needing a run to extend the game, Cloud County would see a strikeout put the T-Birds down to their final two outs, but Loranger would get a rally started with a double before coming around to tie things up on a Larsen RBI single. The T-Birds would then get a walk and flyout to move Larsen from second to third before seeing Nelson get hit by a pitch to load the bases to threaten to take the lead once more. Seminole State would thwart the CCCC rally with a strikeout to keep things tied with a chance to end the game in the bottom of the ninth.

After putting the game-winning run 90 feet away with two outs, but it would be Cloud County's turn to turn away a potential game-winning run with a strikeout to send the game to extra-innings. A scoreless 10th by both teams would take the game to the 11th where Cloud County would use a hit batter and wild pitch to move Larsen into scoring position for Nelson to hit a go-ahead RBI double. The Trojans would then go down in order in the 11th as&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/pierce_bradan_axfy" target="_blank">Bradan Pierce</a>&nbsp;would earn the save by striking out two of the three batters he faced to end the game.

Larsen and Nelson would be the offensive spark needed in the game as the duo would combine for four hits and three RBI while also scoring twice in the victory. Earning the win on the mound would be&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/wilde_evan_s1rz" target="_blank">Evan Wilde</a>&nbsp;in relief as the freshman would go 3.1 innings and strike out five while allowing just one unearned run.

Cloud County will open a seven-game homestand beginning on Tuesday with a 2 p.m. non-conference tilt with Southeast Community College. The Game will be part of five home games next week as CCCC will also host Marshalltown Community College for a four-game set over the weekend.

EDMOND, Okla. – After suffering their loss of the season in their opening game of the day to Coffeyville, the Cloud County Community College baseball team would rally in the ninth inning to force extra-innings before going on to earn a 5-4, 11-inning win over Seminole State College to split a doubleheader at the University of Central Oklahoma Junior College Jamboree in Edmond, Okla., on Sunday.The Sunday split gives Cloud County a 5-1 overall record after going 2-1 on the weekend as the Red Ravens and Trojans will finish off the weekend with a game against each other later tonight."I was very proud of the guys and how we played this weekend to go 2-1 overall" said head coach Eric Gilliland in a post-game interview. "We didn't play our best baeball against Coffeyville in our opener today, but we responded with a big effort against Seminole State who is as talented of a team as we will play this year." "It was fun to watch our guys compete against three quality teams this weekend in a great venue at the University of Central Oklahoma."&nbsp;AGAINST COFFEYVILLE­­Facing off against a Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference cross division-foe, it would very much be a pitcher's duel between the two teams as both Cloud County and Coffeyville would see their starting pitcher's go deep into the game. Following a strong start by the T-Birds in the top of the first, Cloud County would use a leadoff walk from&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/parsons_jaden_gx2c" target="_blank">Jaden Parsons</a>&nbsp;and failed pickoff to put a runner on third with no outs. A ground two batters later would allow Parsons to score as the T-Birds would strike first with the lone run in the inning despite being held hitless in their first at-bat.Coffeyville would have a response in the top of the second, using a leadoff double and sacrifice bunt to put a runner 90 feet from scoring as the Red Ravens would push the run across with a one-out RBI single. After picking off the runner at first, starting pitcher&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/jans_tylor_gxq8" target="_blank">Tylor Jans</a>&nbsp;would be able to get out of the inning while keeping things tied up at 1-1. The T-Birds would be unable to do anything with a one-out single in the bottom half of the frame, bringing the Red Ravens back up to the plate where Coffeyville would take their first lead of the game with a pair of two-out hits before seeing the inning-end on the base paths with another pick off from Jans.Cloud County would appear to have something going in the bottom of the third, using a Parsons one-out single to go along with a stolen base and wild pitch to move him to third after a strikeout. The inning would end with the T-Birds coming up empty however as Parsons would get caught in a rundown on a&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/loranger_clayton_4xb6" target="_blank">Clayton Loranger</a>&nbsp;swinging bunt and be put out on the base paths to end the third. &nbsp;In the top of the fourth, Coffeyville would see a leadoff baserunner reach on an error erased as a strikeout and inning-ending double play by Cloud County would put the Red Ravens down without any real threat to add to their lead. The T-Birds would draw just a walk in the bottom half of the fourth, seeing the inning end on the base paths on a stolen base attempt by&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/pratt_davis_jp59" target="_blank">Davis Pratt</a>&nbsp;as Coffeyville starter Raymond Farrell would limit the T-Birds to just two hits in four innings. Both teams would be held scoreless in the fifth, keeping things a one-run game going to the sixth as the game would be broken open in the final two innings.A big sixth inning by Coffeyville would see Red Ravens take advantage of three errors and three hits along with a passed ball on a third strike to put up five runs and go up 7-1 after being limited to just three runs in their first three games combined. A&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/larsen_griffin_ncn6" target="_blank">Griffin Larsen</a>&nbsp;solo homer with two outs would be all that Cloud County could muster in the bottom half of the inning to make things a 7-2 deficit going into the seventh and final inning of the game as Coffeyville would tack on two more in the top of the seventh. The T-Birds would threaten to try and put together a late rally with their final three outs, loading the bases with one out in the bottom of the seventh and getting an RBI groundout from Parsons to plate one final run as the game would come to an end with the Red Ravens taking the six-run decision.<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/scott_ed_7ee7" target="_blank">Ed Scott</a>&nbsp;would be the lone T-Bird to register multiple hits in the game, going two-for-three at the plate with the other four hits for Cloud County coming from Parsons, Larsen,&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/pearson_nick_uuzg" target="_blank">Nick Pearson</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/charchun_kyler_5bbs" target="_blank">Kyler Charchun</a>. Three pitchers would be used in the contest by the T-Birds, with Jans going five innings while&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/asher_trey_gob1" target="_blank">Trey Asher</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/leroux_jarod_53yu" target="_blank">Jarod Leroux</a>&nbsp;would combine to close out the final two innings.AGAINST SEMINOLE STATEThings would get off to a slow start for both teams as Cloud County and Seminole State would be limited to just one hit each through the first three innings of action to keep the game scoreless heading to the fourth. A Larsen single to lead off the top of the fourth would appear to have the T-Birds with an opportunity to break the deadlock, but a double play and pop out would put a quick end to the top of the fourth. Seminole State would then squander a leadoff double as a pair of groundouts and strikeout would strand the runner at second to keep things where they started after four innings of action.A wild top of the fifth for Cloud County would see the T-Birds start things off with a flyout followed by a&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/laux_connor_7v0c" target="_blank">Connor Laux</a>&nbsp;single that would be followed up by and Scott double to put two runners in scoring position. A strikeout would then threaten to put an end to the threat, but&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/rice_alex_0qpl" target="_blank">Alex Rice</a>&nbsp;and Loranger would draw back-to-back walks to bring in the first run of the game. Larsen would keep the rally going by drawing a third walk to give Cloud County a 2-0 lead and knock the Trojan starting pitcher out of the game as the top of the fifth would end on the next batter following the change.The T-Birds would then use their second double-play of the game to erase a leadoff walk and single for Seminole State as a strikeout would once again end a Trojan threat to keep things at a two-run CCCC lead. Cloud County would then add to their lead in the top of the sixth with a one-out walk and two-out RBI double from Scott to drive in&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/nelson_ty_y6b5" target="_blank">Ty Nelson</a>. Following a Parsons walk, Rice would hit what would appear to be an RBI single, but Scott would be thrown out at the plate to end the inning and erase what would be a second run in the sixth for the T-Birds.With Seminole State held to just three hits in five innings, the Trojans would manage to get a leadoff triple and sacrifice fly to put a run across in the bottom of the sixth, but then squander a one-out walk with a pair of groundouts to trail 3-1 heading to the seventh. Cloud County would be held scoreless in the top of the seventh, and then see three-straight Seminole State hits cut the lead to 3-2 with the go-ahead run at third. A failed double-steal would see the Trojan runner gunned down at home but move another runner into scoring position. Seminole State would then follow up with a strikeout before tying the game on an RBI single and get back-to-back walks to load the bases with two outs. A strikeout would end the inning and keep the Trojans from taking their first lead of the game.Nelson would lead things off for Cloud County in the top of the eighth with a double and move to third on a sacrifice bunt, but a groundout to first and strikeout would prevent CCCC from reclaiming the lead to send things to the bottom of the eighth. Seminole State would then make the most of their opportunity in the bottom of the eighth, getting a leadoff double and throwing error to take their first lead of the game at 4-3 and put a runner on second with no outs. A sacrifice bunt would move the would-be insurance run to third, but the inning would end on a dropped third strike that would lead to a 2-3-2 inning-ending double play to keep the deficit for CCCC at just one.Needing a run to extend the game, Cloud County would see a strikeout put the T-Birds down to their final two outs, but Loranger would get a rally started with a double before coming around to tie things up on a Larsen RBI single. The T-Birds would then get a walk and flyout to move Larsen from second to third before seeing Nelson get hit by a pitch to load the bases to threaten to take the lead once more. Seminole State would thwart the CCCC rally with a strikeout to keep things tied with a chance to end the game in the bottom of the ninth.After putting the game-winning run 90 feet away with two outs, but it would be Cloud County's turn to turn away a potential game-winning run with a strikeout to send the game to extra-innings. A scoreless 10th by both teams would take the game to the 11th where Cloud County would use a hit batter and wild pitch to move Larsen into scoring position for Nelson to hit a go-ahead RBI double. The Trojans would then go down in order in the 11th as&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/pierce_bradan_axfy" target="_blank">Bradan Pierce</a>&nbsp;would earn the save by striking out two of the three batters he faced to end the game.Larsen and Nelson would be the offensive spark needed in the game as the duo would combine for four hits and three RBI while also scoring twice in the victory. Earning the win on the mound would be&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/bsb/2019-20/bios/wilde_evan_s1rz" target="_blank">Evan Wilde</a>&nbsp;in relief as the freshman would go 3.1 innings and strike out five while allowing just one unearned run.What's next?Cloud County will open a seven-game homestand beginning on Tuesday with a 2 p.m. non-conference tilt with Southeast Community College. The Game will be part of five home games next week as CCCC will also host Marshalltown Community College for a four-game set over the weekend.--<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com">cloudtbirds.com</a>--

T-Bird baseball splits Sunday contests



OKLAHOMA CITY - Fort Hays State moved to 6-4 overall on the season with a split of its games on Sunday in Oklahoma City at Tom Heath Field, home of the Oklahoma Christian University softball team. 

The Tigers fell in their first contest of the day to Colorado Christian, 7-2, before posting a history-making win with a 1-0, 8-inning, win over Oklahoma Baptist. In the win over OBU,&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/b06fe8d8-a9f0-446b-9599-51269afa4404?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Michaelanne Nelson</a>&nbsp;became the first player in FHSU history to throw an extra-inning no-hitter and sixth player in program history to throw a complete-game no-hitter.

Colorado Christian 7, Fort Hays State 2

The Tigers struggled with situational hitting in their first game for the second straight day, not able to push runs across in good run-scoring opportunities early.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/f2d7950e-de22-4854-941f-4d29175aee40?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Hannah Gates</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/3fa3d69c-a60b-4612-8e1e-ab85ed8e4583?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Terran Caldwell</a>&nbsp;opened the game with back-to-back singles, but there was no more movement after a fielder's choice, pop up, and foul pop up.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/f0b2334c-13da-4a32-aaf4-a90c66057ea3?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Lily Sale</a>&nbsp;opened the third inning with a single and then took an extra base when the CCU defense left second base vacated. The next batter struck out, but Caldwell singled to left center. Sale held up to see if the ball would be caught, placing runners at first and third, but then a pop up and ground out ended the threat.

After working a 1-2-3 first inning,&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/f1db6582-14dc-4c7f-abe6-f0fee1990dc5?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Hailey Chapman</a>&nbsp;struggled with command to open the second inning throwing six straight balls. With a runner already on first, the second batter took advantage of being ahead in the count and roped a ball for a double, putting runners at second and third. A sacrifice fly plated Colorado Christian's first run.

The Cougars benefitted from a Tiger throwing error with two outs in the fourth, scoring two runs on a routine grounder that should have been the end of the inning. CCU led 3-0 after four innings. The Cougars tacked on two more in the fifth with an RBI triple and RBI single.

Fort Hays State finally cashed in during the sixth inning after Caldwell singled and&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/e83ed37e-310c-4689-b778-dbf7cd74f4a1?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Kristen Reed</a>&nbsp;walked to open the frame. CCU made a pitching change with Reamer entering the circle. The Tigers struggled to move the runners again with a pop up and a strikeout, but&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/d8364813-4136-4a4c-af34-337ec47ad8c8?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Bailey Boxberger</a>&nbsp;kept the inning alive with a single to the right side, loading the bases.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/c0ce3246-68ce-4b2d-b49b-b7a5bc76fb1f?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Grace Philop</a>&nbsp;then delivered a clutch 2-RBI single up the middle, making the score 5-2 in favor of CCU. The Tigers nearly plated another run as&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/91d551a9-7d0e-4851-ab33-b6e38b9a0c44?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Loren Beggs</a>&nbsp;hit a drive to left center, but the center fielder ran it down to end the Tiger threat.

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/969b6de0-488e-438a-a30b-27bb94713e7d?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Mahealani Haegele</a>&nbsp;saw her first action as a Tiger in the pitching circle during the sixth. With one out, Chapman allowed two batters to reach base, prompting the change. The Cougars had two straight singles to plate a run and a sacrifice fly plated another, pushing their advantage back to five. Haegele recorded her first strikeout as a Tiger to end the inning.

Caldwell finished the game 3-of-4 at the plate, the only Tiger with a multi-hit game. Chapman took the loss, moving to 3-3 on the season. She lasted 5.1 innings with five strikeouts, while allowing five hits and four walks. Romero picked up the win for Colorado Christian, allowing two runs on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

Fort Hays State 1, Oklahoma Baptist 0 (8 innings)

After fighting off some first-inning shakiness in control,&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/09320b77-1ed4-4cde-8c4e-552a95437170?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Michaelanne Nelson</a>&nbsp;settled in nicely the remainder of her no-hit bid. However, seven innings was not enough to determine a winner, so Nelson had to toss an extra no-hit frame to keep Oklahoma Baptist scoreless and give her team a chance to win in the eight with the international tiebreaker format already in use.

As the home team, Fort Hays State had plenty of opportunities to take a lead or win throughout the regulation seven innings of play, but baserunning mistakes in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings hindered the Tigers from plating runs. In the fifth, the Tigers ran into the third out of the inning trying to take third base on an errant throw from the outfield. OBU recovered in time to make the tag at third. In the sixth with runners at second and first, the runners were not in position to tag on a deep fly ball to left center. A batter later, they tried to swipe third and second on a pitch in the dirt, but the catcher recovered quickly and gunned down the lead runner for FHSU at third. In the seventh, the leadoff hitter reached first and then after stealing second, strayed off the base and was tagged out.

The Tigers even had a great run-scoring opportunity in the fourth, but struggles with situational hitting persisted from game one. With one out and runners at first and third, OBU pitcher Katie Long got out of the jam with an infield pop up and a strikeout.

Nelson was able to work out of some trouble in the first. After getting the first two batters on grounders right back to her, she hit a batter, walked a batter, and hit another to load the bases. However, she got out of the pickle with a fly ball to right field. The only other two baserunners allowed throughout the rest of the game came on walks in the second and fourth innings. Nelson and the Tiger defense nailed the door shut the rest of the way.

Despite the offense struggling to find the winning run for Nelson, she remained poised in the international tiebreak format. OBU had a runner placed on second to start the eighth, but Nelson was able to catch a bunt popped up back to her. She turned and fired to second, nearly getting a double play right out of the gate. From there, she got a pop up to shortstop and then a strikeout looking on the outside corner to preserve her no-hitter through 24 outs.

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/1984e907-e7bf-48da-902d-66f739758dc5?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Katie Adler</a>&nbsp;started the Tiger half of the eighth on second as the last batter to make an out in the seventh. The Tigers were looking to sacrifice her over, but a passed ball allowed Adler to get to third. However,&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/dcc6e72a-47e6-4d79-ae41-83338439b9cc?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Hannah Gates</a>&nbsp;struck out looking as Adler stood at third with one out. Then&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/dbeabfeb-5584-49a5-b8c1-794c80cf083a?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Terran Caldwell</a>, the hottest hitter for FHSU on the day, finally delivered the clutch hit FHSU had been looking for throughout the game. She drove a ball into the left-center gap, easily allowing Adler to score from third and give Nelson and the Tigers the 1-0 win. Caldwell finished the day 5-of-7 at the plate between the two games.

Nelson became the first-ever Tiger to hurl a no-hitter in extra innings during the program's NCAA Division II history, which began in 1999. It was the 13th&nbsp;no-hitter in Division II history for Fort Hays State, while she became the sixth individual in the program's Division II history to throw a complete-game no-hitter. FHSU now has 12 complete-game no hitters in its history and one combined no-hitter. Head coach&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/8c6604c4-f6d4-49f1-acc6-f745aa5ee5dc?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Adrian Pilkington</a>, then with the last name of Mohr, joined&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/efb963e1-4501-4c3b-92cb-abf88c4ffa40?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Maddie Holub</a>&nbsp;in the combined no-hitter against Newman University in 2010.

Nelson's gem was the first no-hitter for FHSU since March 21, 2014, when Paxton Duran won a 1-0 battle against Northeastern State in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. In fact, the last three Tiger no-hitters have been thrown against schools from the state of Oklahoma, with the one prior to Duran's being Holub's seventh career no-hitter against Central Oklahoma during the 2013 MIAA Tournament. Nelson had the honor of throwing her first no-hitter as a Tiger in her home state, as she hails from Perry just up the road to the north a bit from the Edmond/Oklahoma City area.

Nelson finished the game with nine strikeouts. Following the walk in the fourth, she retired the last 14 OBU batters she faced and struck out the side in the seventh. She moved to 3-1 on the season with the win.



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OKLAHOMA CITY - Fort Hays State moved to 6-4 overall on the season with a split of its games on Sunday in Oklahoma City at Tom Heath Field, home of the Oklahoma Christian University softball team. The Tigers fell in their first contest of the day to Colorado Christian, 7-2, before posting a history-making win with a 1-0, 8-inning, win over Oklahoma Baptist. In the win over OBU,&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/b06fe8d8-a9f0-446b-9599-51269afa4404?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Michaelanne Nelson</a>&nbsp;became the first player in FHSU history to throw an extra-inning no-hitter and sixth player in program history to throw a complete-game no-hitter.Colorado Christian 7, Fort Hays State 2The Tigers struggled with situational hitting in their first game for the second straight day, not able to push runs across in good run-scoring opportunities early.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/f2d7950e-de22-4854-941f-4d29175aee40?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Hannah Gates</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/3fa3d69c-a60b-4612-8e1e-ab85ed8e4583?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Terran Caldwell</a>&nbsp;opened the game with back-to-back singles, but there was no more movement after a fielder's choice, pop up, and foul pop up.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/f0b2334c-13da-4a32-aaf4-a90c66057ea3?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Lily Sale</a>&nbsp;opened the third inning with a single and then took an extra base when the CCU defense left second base vacated. The next batter struck out, but Caldwell singled to left center. Sale held up to see if the ball would be caught, placing runners at first and third, but then a pop up and ground out ended the threat.After working a 1-2-3 first inning,&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/f1db6582-14dc-4c7f-abe6-f0fee1990dc5?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Hailey Chapman</a>&nbsp;struggled with command to open the second inning throwing six straight balls. With a runner already on first, the second batter took advantage of being ahead in the count and roped a ball for a double, putting runners at second and third. A sacrifice fly plated Colorado Christian's first run.The Cougars benefitted from a Tiger throwing error with two outs in the fourth, scoring two runs on a routine grounder that should have been the end of the inning. CCU led 3-0 after four innings. The Cougars tacked on two more in the fifth with an RBI triple and RBI single.Fort Hays State finally cashed in during the sixth inning after Caldwell singled and&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/e83ed37e-310c-4689-b778-dbf7cd74f4a1?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Kristen Reed</a>&nbsp;walked to open the frame. CCU made a pitching change with Reamer entering the circle. The Tigers struggled to move the runners again with a pop up and a strikeout, but&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/d8364813-4136-4a4c-af34-337ec47ad8c8?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Bailey Boxberger</a>&nbsp;kept the inning alive with a single to the right side, loading the bases.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/c0ce3246-68ce-4b2d-b49b-b7a5bc76fb1f?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Grace Philop</a>&nbsp;then delivered a clutch 2-RBI single up the middle, making the score 5-2 in favor of CCU. The Tigers nearly plated another run as&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/91d551a9-7d0e-4851-ab33-b6e38b9a0c44?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Loren Beggs</a>&nbsp;hit a drive to left center, but the center fielder ran it down to end the Tiger threat.<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/969b6de0-488e-438a-a30b-27bb94713e7d?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Mahealani Haegele</a>&nbsp;saw her first action as a Tiger in the pitching circle during the sixth. With one out, Chapman allowed two batters to reach base, prompting the change. The Cougars had two straight singles to plate a run and a sacrifice fly plated another, pushing their advantage back to five. Haegele recorded her first strikeout as a Tiger to end the inning.Caldwell finished the game 3-of-4 at the plate, the only Tiger with a multi-hit game. Chapman took the loss, moving to 3-3 on the season. She lasted 5.1 innings with five strikeouts, while allowing five hits and four walks. Romero picked up the win for Colorado Christian, allowing two runs on five hits and a walk with four strikeouts.Fort Hays State 1, Oklahoma Baptist 0 (8 innings)After fighting off some first-inning shakiness in control,&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/09320b77-1ed4-4cde-8c4e-552a95437170?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Michaelanne Nelson</a>&nbsp;settled in nicely the remainder of her no-hit bid. However, seven innings was not enough to determine a winner, so Nelson had to toss an extra no-hit frame to keep Oklahoma Baptist scoreless and give her team a chance to win in the eight with the international tiebreaker format already in use.As the home team, Fort Hays State had plenty of opportunities to take a lead or win throughout the regulation seven innings of play, but baserunning mistakes in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings hindered the Tigers from plating runs. In the fifth, the Tigers ran into the third out of the inning trying to take third base on an errant throw from the outfield. OBU recovered in time to make the tag at third. In the sixth with runners at second and first, the runners were not in position to tag on a deep fly ball to left center. A batter later, they tried to swipe third and second on a pitch in the dirt, but the catcher recovered quickly and gunned down the lead runner for FHSU at third. In the seventh, the leadoff hitter reached first and then after stealing second, strayed off the base and was tagged out.The Tigers even had a great run-scoring opportunity in the fourth, but struggles with situational hitting persisted from game one. With one out and runners at first and third, OBU pitcher Katie Long got out of the jam with an infield pop up and a strikeout.Nelson was able to work out of some trouble in the first. After getting the first two batters on grounders right back to her, she hit a batter, walked a batter, and hit another to load the bases. However, she got out of the pickle with a fly ball to right field. The only other two baserunners allowed throughout the rest of the game came on walks in the second and fourth innings. Nelson and the Tiger defense nailed the door shut the rest of the way.Despite the offense struggling to find the winning run for Nelson, she remained poised in the international tiebreak format. OBU had a runner placed on second to start the eighth, but Nelson was able to catch a bunt popped up back to her. She turned and fired to second, nearly getting a double play right out of the gate. From there, she got a pop up to shortstop and then a strikeout looking on the outside corner to preserve her no-hitter through 24 outs.<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/1984e907-e7bf-48da-902d-66f739758dc5?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Katie Adler</a>&nbsp;started the Tiger half of the eighth on second as the last batter to make an out in the seventh. The Tigers were looking to sacrifice her over, but a passed ball allowed Adler to get to third. However,&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/dcc6e72a-47e6-4d79-ae41-83338439b9cc?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Hannah Gates</a>&nbsp;struck out looking as Adler stood at third with one out. Then&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/dbeabfeb-5584-49a5-b8c1-794c80cf083a?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Terran Caldwell</a>, the hottest hitter for FHSU on the day, finally delivered the clutch hit FHSU had been looking for throughout the game. She drove a ball into the left-center gap, easily allowing Adler to score from third and give Nelson and the Tigers the 1-0 win. Caldwell finished the day 5-of-7 at the plate between the two games.Nelson became the first-ever Tiger to hurl a no-hitter in extra innings during the program's NCAA Division II history, which began in 1999. It was the 13th&nbsp;no-hitter in Division II history for Fort Hays State, while she became the sixth individual in the program's Division II history to throw a complete-game no-hitter. FHSU now has 12 complete-game no hitters in its history and one combined no-hitter. Head coach&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/8c6604c4-f6d4-49f1-acc6-f745aa5ee5dc?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Adrian Pilkington</a>, then with the last name of Mohr, joined&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/efb963e1-4501-4c3b-92cb-abf88c4ffa40?elinkdata=146299" target="_blank">Maddie Holub</a>&nbsp;in the combined no-hitter against Newman University in 2010.Nelson's gem was the first no-hitter for FHSU since March 21, 2014, when Paxton Duran won a 1-0 battle against Northeastern State in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. In fact, the last three Tiger no-hitters have been thrown against schools from the state of Oklahoma, with the one prior to Duran's being Holub's seventh career no-hitter against Central Oklahoma during the 2013 MIAA Tournament. Nelson had the honor of throwing her first no-hitter as a Tiger in her home state, as she hails from Perry just up the road to the north a bit from the Edmond/Oklahoma City area.Nelson finished the game with nine strikeouts. Following the walk in the fourth, she retired the last 14 OBU batters she faced and struck out the side in the seventh. She moved to 3-1 on the season with the win.

--<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com">fhsuathletics.com</a>--

FHSU's Nelson makes history with extra-inning no-hitter

WICHITA --&nbsp;Dexter Dennis&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tyson Etienne&nbsp;both topped 20 points to lead Wichita State to an 82-57 rout of Tulane on Sunday afternoon at a sold-out Charles Koch Arena.

Wichita State (19-6, 7-5 American) posted its 100th&nbsp;win by 20-or-more points under&nbsp;Gregg Marshall&nbsp;(2007-pr.).

The Shockers led 50-20 at halftime. The 30-point midway margin tied for the sixth-largest in school history.

Dennis scored a career-high 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting to go with nine rebounds. He was 4-of-5 from distance.

Etienne (20 points) tied WSU’s freshman record with six three-pointers on eight attempts. That matches a mark set six other times, most recently by Dennis last year and by&nbsp;Landry Shamet&nbsp;during the 2016-17 season.

Jaime Echenique&nbsp;added 10 points and five rebounds.

Jamarius Burton&nbsp;scored nine points and handed out a game-high seven assists with just one turnover. He becomes just the sixth Shocker to reach 200 career assists by the end of his sophomore season, joining a list that includes both Shamet and Fred VanVleet.

Jordan Walker&nbsp;scored a team-high 14 points off the bench to lead Tulane (10-15, 2-11), which has dropped its last nine games.

Tulane entered the day ranked 13th&nbsp;nationally in turnover margin but among the bottom 10 in rebounding margin.

That’s precisely how things played out. The Shockers were plus-17 on the glass (48-31) but committed 16 turnovers to the Green Wave’s eight.

The Shockers shot 48.3 percent from the field and a season-best 54.2 percent from beyond the arc. Eight of their 13 threes came in the first half.

By contrast, Tulane made just 2-of-18 threes and finished up at 34.5 percent.

The Shockers made 15 of their first 23 shots to start the game.

Dennis hit three triples in just over five minutes. Etienne drilled back-to-back to put the Shockers up 24-10 near the midway point.

It was a 24-12 game before Wichita State exploded with a 17-2 run, fueled by transition baskets.

One of the highlights came near the 8:00-mark when&nbsp;Asbjørn Midtgaard&nbsp;swatted a shot, and&nbsp;Grant Sherfield&nbsp;lobbed to ball to Dennis for an alley-oop slam.

Etienne’s third three of the half made it a 32-point lead (50-18) with 38 seconds to play in the half.

The teams traded baskets for much of the second half. The Green Wave used a 10-0 run to close to within 70-48 with 7:01 to play.

The Shockers responded with a 9-0 push, fueled by Etienne’s fifth and sixth three-pointers of the day.

--<a href="http://goshockers.com">goshockers.com</a>--

WICHITA --&nbsp;Dexter Dennis&nbsp;and&nbsp;Tyson Etienne&nbsp;both topped 20 points to lead Wichita State to an 82-57 rout of Tulane on Sunday afternoon at a sold-out Charles Koch Arena.Wichita State (19-6, 7-5 American) posted its 100th&nbsp;win by 20-or-more points under&nbsp;Gregg Marshall&nbsp;(2007-pr.).The Shockers led 50-20 at halftime. The 30-point midway margin tied for the sixth-largest in school history.Dennis scored a career-high 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting to go with nine rebounds. He was 4-of-5 from distance.Etienne (20 points) tied WSU’s freshman record with six three-pointers on eight attempts. That matches a mark set six other times, most recently by Dennis last year and by&nbsp;Landry Shamet&nbsp;during the 2016-17 season.Jaime Echenique&nbsp;added 10 points and five rebounds.Jamarius Burton&nbsp;scored nine points and handed out a game-high seven assists with just one turnover. He becomes just the sixth Shocker to reach 200 career assists by the end of his sophomore season, joining a list that includes both Shamet and Fred VanVleet.Jordan Walker&nbsp;scored a team-high 14 points off the bench to lead Tulane (10-15, 2-11), which has dropped its last nine games.Tulane entered the day ranked 13th&nbsp;nationally in turnover margin but among the bottom 10 in rebounding margin.That’s precisely how things played out. The Shockers were plus-17 on the glass (48-31) but committed 16 turnovers to the Green Wave’s eight.The Shockers shot 48.3 percent from the field and a season-best 54.2 percent from beyond the arc. Eight of their 13 threes came in the first half.By contrast, Tulane made just 2-of-18 threes and finished up at 34.5 percent.The Shockers made 15 of their first 23 shots to start the game.Dennis hit three triples in just over five minutes. Etienne drilled back-to-back to put the Shockers up 24-10 near the midway point.It was a 24-12 game before Wichita State exploded with a 17-2 run, fueled by transition baskets.One of the highlights came near the 8:00-mark when&nbsp;Asbjørn Midtgaard&nbsp;swatted a shot, and&nbsp;Grant Sherfield&nbsp;lobbed to ball to Dennis for an alley-oop slam.Etienne’s third three of the half made it a 32-point lead (50-18) with 38 seconds to play in the half.The teams traded baskets for much of the second half. The Green Wave used a 10-0 run to close to within 70-48 with 7:01 to play.The Shockers responded with a 9-0 push, fueled by Etienne’s fifth and sixth three-pointers of the day.--<a href="http://goshockers.com">goshockers.com</a>--

Dennis, Etienne shoot Shockers past Tulane, 82-57

PITTSBURG -- The Cloud County Community College track and field teams made their presence known on day two of the fifth annual Pittsburg State Unviersity Gorilla Classic as the T-Birds would add five national qualifying marks and see another school-record fall inside the Plaster Center in Pittsburg on Saturday.

The five new national qualifying marks would come from four different CCCC athletes as the T-Bird men would four top-10 finishes as part of the marks.&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/newman_richard_z97m" target="_blank">Richard Newman</a>&nbsp;would add his second national qualifying mark of the season by running a time of 6.87 in the 60 meters while&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/lawrence_courtney_pi40" target="_blank">Courtney Lawrence</a>&nbsp;continued to break his own school-record in the shot put by putting up a mark of 17.96 meters (58 ft. - 11.25 in.). Joining the national qualifier club for the T-Birds would be&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/maglakelidze_goga_xb7p" target="_blank">Goga Maglakelidze</a>&nbsp;in the triple jump (14.44 meters, 47 ft. - 8.75 in.) and&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/holland_stephen_93l2" target="_blank">Stephen Holland</a>&nbsp;in the 400 meters (49.03) while&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/geta_habtamu_2p8j" target="_blank">Habtamu Geta</a>&nbsp;posted national qualifying times of 1:57.67 in the 800 meters and 8:44.52 in the 3,000 meters.&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/kenyi_santino_akrn" target="_blank">Santino Kenyi</a>&nbsp;would run a season-best time in the 800 meters (1:53.98) to take fourth overall in the event while the 4x400 meter relay team (Holland,&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/hernandez_andres_k88i" target="_blank">Andres Hernandez</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/lukava_davit_9jf6" target="_blank">Davit Lukava</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/roman_wayde_q1f6" target="_blank">Wayde Roman</a>) lowered their season-best time to 3:16.31 to take sixth out of 41 relay teams.&nbsp;

The Cloud County women would be limited in their Saturday action but have athletes competing nonetheless as&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/wtrack/2019-20/bios/hatton_aliya_yit5" target="_blank">Alyia Hatton</a>&nbsp;would earn the best finish for the women with an eighth-place finsih in the 60 hurdles (8.89 in the preliminaries and 8.97 in the finals).&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/wtrack/2019-20/bios/doran_paige_25zq" target="_blank">Marie Forbes</a>&nbsp;would compete in the shot put (11.98 meters, 39 ft. - 3.75 in.) and&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/wtrack/2019-20/bios/johnson_kya_68j1" target="_blank">Kya Johnson</a>&nbsp;in the 800 meters (2:25.17) with Johnson just missing out on a national qualifying time to finish out the T-Bird women's competitors.&nbsp;

The NJCAA Region VI Indoor Championships will see the T-Birds make a return trip to the Plaster Center to compete in the two-day meet Feb. 21 and 22. Cloud County is looking to repeat as Indoor Champions on the men's side while the women will look to contend with Barton for an indoor title after finishing as 2019 region runner-up.&nbsp;

PITTSBURG -- The Cloud County Community College track and field teams made their presence known on day two of the fifth annual Pittsburg State Unviersity Gorilla Classic as the T-Birds would add five national qualifying marks and see another school-record fall inside the Plaster Center in Pittsburg on Saturday.The five new national qualifying marks would come from four different CCCC athletes as the T-Bird men would four top-10 finishes as part of the marks.&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/newman_richard_z97m" target="_blank">Richard Newman</a>&nbsp;would add his second national qualifying mark of the season by running a time of 6.87 in the 60 meters while&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/lawrence_courtney_pi40" target="_blank">Courtney Lawrence</a>&nbsp;continued to break his own school-record in the shot put by putting up a mark of 17.96 meters (58 ft. - 11.25 in.). Joining the national qualifier club for the T-Birds would be&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/maglakelidze_goga_xb7p" target="_blank">Goga Maglakelidze</a>&nbsp;in the triple jump (14.44 meters, 47 ft. - 8.75 in.) and&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/holland_stephen_93l2" target="_blank">Stephen Holland</a>&nbsp;in the 400 meters (49.03) while&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/geta_habtamu_2p8j" target="_blank">Habtamu Geta</a>&nbsp;posted national qualifying times of 1:57.67 in the 800 meters and 8:44.52 in the 3,000 meters.&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/kenyi_santino_akrn" target="_blank">Santino Kenyi</a>&nbsp;would run a season-best time in the 800 meters (1:53.98) to take fourth overall in the event while the 4x400 meter relay team (Holland,&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/hernandez_andres_k88i" target="_blank">Andres Hernandez</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/lukava_davit_9jf6" target="_blank">Davit Lukava</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/mtrack/2019-20/bios/roman_wayde_q1f6" target="_blank">Wayde Roman</a>) lowered their season-best time to 3:16.31 to take sixth out of 41 relay teams.&nbsp;The Cloud County women would be limited in their Saturday action but have athletes competing nonetheless as&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/wtrack/2019-20/bios/hatton_aliya_yit5" target="_blank">Alyia Hatton</a>&nbsp;would earn the best finish for the women with an eighth-place finsih in the 60 hurdles (8.89 in the preliminaries and 8.97 in the finals).&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/wtrack/2019-20/bios/doran_paige_25zq" target="_blank">Marie Forbes</a>&nbsp;would compete in the shot put (11.98 meters, 39 ft. - 3.75 in.) and&nbsp;<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com/sports/wtrack/2019-20/bios/johnson_kya_68j1" target="_blank">Kya Johnson</a>&nbsp;in the 800 meters (2:25.17) with Johnson just missing out on a national qualifying time to finish out the T-Bird women's competitors.&nbsp;What's next?The NJCAA Region VI Indoor Championships will see the T-Birds make a return trip to the Plaster Center to compete in the two-day meet Feb. 21 and 22. Cloud County is looking to repeat as Indoor Champions on the men's side while the women will look to contend with Barton for an indoor title after finishing as 2019 region runner-up.&nbsp;--<a href="http://cloudtbirds.com">cloudtbirds.com</a>--

Cloud County Track finishes strong at Gorilla Classic

PITTSBURG -- The Fort Hays State men's track and field team picked up another provisional performance and nearly had several others at the 5th Annual Gorilla Classic this weekend.

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/b4ee0cd2-59ec-4e25-b76f-404fe6ba7a32?elinkdata=146235" target="_blank">Ryan Stanley</a>&nbsp;cleared the provisional mark in the pole vault for the sixth time this season, placing fifth after clearing the 16-6.75 bar.

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/741c038d-6a07-4048-b071-8b5cc1bd3491?elinkdata=146235" target="_blank">Malcom Gardner</a>&nbsp;completed the 200m dash in 21.74, good for eighth place in the 74-man field. His time was just .05 seconds off the provisional pace.

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a804a007-5c64-4f3a-a125-f3928439a31e?elinkdata=146235" target="_blank">Caleb Carrasco</a>&nbsp;narrowly missed out on a provisional performance in the mile run, finishing second in the race with a time of 4:11.47, just .23 shy of the provisional mark.

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a4d11383-5944-4f8a-a137-c934da76b85f?elinkdata=146235" target="_blank">Trever Medina</a>&nbsp;placed 13th in the 600y run with a time of 1:13.82, two seconds shy of the program record.

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/9274dff1-9086-408a-8a5e-7735b2a0acd5?elinkdata=146235" target="_blank">Aaron Mangan</a>&nbsp;completed the 800m run in 1:55.53, less than three seconds off the provisional pace.

The Tigers will head to Lincoln, Neb., for the Nebraska Tune-Up next Friday for their final meet before heading into the postseason with the MIAA Championships at the end of the month.



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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/2/1581896881872.jpeg" alt="FHSU 's Malcom Gardner. Photo courtesy <a href="http://fhsuathletics.com">fhsuathletics.com</a>" />
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 </figure>PITTSBURG -- The Fort Hays State men's track and field team picked up another provisional performance and nearly had several others at the 5th Annual Gorilla Classic this weekend.<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/b4ee0cd2-59ec-4e25-b76f-404fe6ba7a32?elinkdata=146235" target="_blank">Ryan Stanley</a>&nbsp;cleared the provisional mark in the pole vault for the sixth time this season, placing fifth after clearing the 16-6.75 bar.<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/741c038d-6a07-4048-b071-8b5cc1bd3491?elinkdata=146235" target="_blank">Malcom Gardner</a>&nbsp;completed the 200m dash in 21.74, good for eighth place in the 74-man field. His time was just .05 seconds off the provisional pace.<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a804a007-5c64-4f3a-a125-f3928439a31e?elinkdata=146235" target="_blank">Caleb Carrasco</a>&nbsp;narrowly missed out on a provisional performance in the mile run, finishing second in the race with a time of 4:11.47, just .23 shy of the provisional mark.<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a4d11383-5944-4f8a-a137-c934da76b85f?elinkdata=146235" target="_blank">Trever Medina</a>&nbsp;placed 13th in the 600y run with a time of 1:13.82, two seconds shy of the program record.<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/9274dff1-9086-408a-8a5e-7735b2a0acd5?elinkdata=146235" target="_blank">Aaron Mangan</a>&nbsp;completed the 800m run in 1:55.53, less than three seconds off the provisional pace.The Tigers will head to Lincoln, Neb., for the Nebraska Tune-Up next Friday for their final meet before heading into the postseason with the MIAA Championships at the end of the month.

--<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com">fhsuathletics.com</a>--

FHSU men's track and field posts strong marks in Pittsburg

NORMAN, Okla. –&nbsp;K-State overcame another fourth quarter deficit to secure an overtime win, 87-83, on Sunday afternoon against Oklahoma at Lloyd Noble Center. 

Paired with its wins over the Sooners in 2018-19, K-State has won consecutive games at Oklahoma for the third time in program history and the first time since the 1988-89 and 1990-91 seasons.

Peyton Williams and Ayoka Lee combined for 55 points and 32 rebounds. The 55 combined points are the fifth-most by two K-State teammates in school history and the most since Brittany Chambers and Mariah White set the school record of 57 on Feb. 9, 2013, at Iowa State.

Williams registered a career-high 31 points, including 25 in the second half, and tallied 19 rebounds, six assists and a season-high five steals. This was Williams’s 12th&nbsp;double this season and the 33rd&nbsp;of her career.

Lee tallied her 14th&nbsp;double-double this season with 24 points, 13 rebounds, four blocks and three steals.

K-State (12-11, 6-6 Big 12) jumped out to an early 11-2 advantage, as Lee registered seven points, three rebounds and two blocks to force an Oklahoma timeout. The Wildcats would keep the a nine-point advantage at the end of the frame, 19-10, as Lee finished with 11 points in the quarter.

Oklahoma (12-13, 5-8 Big 12) started the second quarter with a 7-0 run and tie the game at 19, as Jessi Murcer scored all seven points to force a K-State timeout with 8:41 remaining.

The Wildcats responded with a 9-0 run to rebuild its lead to nine, 28-19, with 6:26 to play. Christianna Carr started the run with a three-pointer and would score seven points in the second stanza.

The Sooners ended the quarter with an 18-7 run, but K-State’s Jasauen Beard connected on a 3-pointer from the wing before the halftime buzzer to bring Wildcats within two, 37-35, at the half.

Oklahoma took a seven-point advantage, 44-37, with 8:36 to play in the third quarter. K-State responded with a 13-2 run to jump back in front 50-46 with 4:47 remaining. Williams scored eight of the 13 points during the run.

After the Sooners took a brief one-point lead, 51-50, Williams finished an old-fashioned 3-point play on a putback with 4:09 to play in the third. Oklahoma would use a 7-3 run to end the quarter and hold a 61-57 lead entering the fourth frame.

The Sooners started the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer to improve their lead to seven, 64-57. The Wildcats answered with a 9-0 run capped by a three-pointer from Savannah Simmons with 5:53 remaining.

The teams were tied three ties in the final three minutes, as Lee finished a layup on a no-look dish from Williams to square the game at 74 with 1:07 to play. The teams ended regulation tied at 75.

In overtime, Williams scored four points to stake the Wildcats to an 83-79 lead with 2:09 to play. Oklahoma closed within one, 83-82, but Lee then finished a jumper after a dish from Williams with 51 seconds to keep K-State in front by three, 85-82. Williams then gave K-State an 87-83 lead with seven seconds remaining.

Kansas State ended the afternoon shooting 38.6 percent (32-of-83) from the field. The 83 field goal attempts marked the first time K-State attempted 80 or more field goals in a game since carding 81 against Kansas on Feb. 2, 2013.

Oklahoma shot 38.7 percent (29-of-75) from the field.

Wednesday’s game will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as well as on the K-State Sports Network and for free on <a href="http://kstatesports.com/tickets">kstatesports.com/tickets</a>.

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 </figure>NORMAN, Okla. –&nbsp;K-State overcame another fourth quarter deficit to secure an overtime win, 87-83, on Sunday afternoon against Oklahoma at Lloyd Noble Center. Paired with its wins over the Sooners in 2018-19, K-State has won consecutive games at Oklahoma for the third time in program history and the first time since the 1988-89 and 1990-91 seasons.Peyton Williams and Ayoka Lee combined for 55 points and 32 rebounds. The 55 combined points are the fifth-most by two K-State teammates in school history and the most since Brittany Chambers and Mariah White set the school record of 57 on Feb. 9, 2013, at Iowa State.Williams registered a career-high 31 points, including 25 in the second half, and tallied 19 rebounds, six assists and a season-high five steals. This was Williams’s 12th&nbsp;double this season and the 33rd&nbsp;of her career.Lee tallied her 14th&nbsp;double-double this season with 24 points, 13 rebounds, four blocks and three steals.K-State (12-11, 6-6 Big 12) jumped out to an early 11-2 advantage, as Lee registered seven points, three rebounds and two blocks to force an Oklahoma timeout. The Wildcats would keep the a nine-point advantage at the end of the frame, 19-10, as Lee finished with 11 points in the quarter.Oklahoma (12-13, 5-8 Big 12) started the second quarter with a 7-0 run and tie the game at 19, as Jessi Murcer scored all seven points to force a K-State timeout with 8:41 remaining.The Wildcats responded with a 9-0 run to rebuild its lead to nine, 28-19, with 6:26 to play. Christianna Carr started the run with a three-pointer and would score seven points in the second stanza.The Sooners ended the quarter with an 18-7 run, but K-State’s Jasauen Beard connected on a 3-pointer from the wing before the halftime buzzer to bring Wildcats within two, 37-35, at the half.Oklahoma took a seven-point advantage, 44-37, with 8:36 to play in the third quarter. K-State responded with a 13-2 run to jump back in front 50-46 with 4:47 remaining. Williams scored eight of the 13 points during the run.After the Sooners took a brief one-point lead, 51-50, Williams finished an old-fashioned 3-point play on a putback with 4:09 to play in the third. Oklahoma would use a 7-3 run to end the quarter and hold a 61-57 lead entering the fourth frame.The Sooners started the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer to improve their lead to seven, 64-57. The Wildcats answered with a 9-0 run capped by a three-pointer from Savannah Simmons with 5:53 remaining.The teams were tied three ties in the final three minutes, as Lee finished a layup on a no-look dish from Williams to square the game at 74 with 1:07 to play. The teams ended regulation tied at 75.In overtime, Williams scored four points to stake the Wildcats to an 83-79 lead with 2:09 to play. Oklahoma closed within one, 83-82, but Lee then finished a jumper after a dish from Williams with 51 seconds to keep K-State in front by three, 85-82. Williams then gave K-State an 87-83 lead with seven seconds remaining.Kansas State ended the afternoon shooting 38.6 percent (32-of-83) from the field. The 83 field goal attempts marked the first time K-State attempted 80 or more field goals in a game since carding 81 against Kansas on Feb. 2, 2013.Oklahoma shot 38.7 percent (29-of-75) from the field.K-State returns to Bramlage Coliseum on Wednesday, as the Wildcats host TCU at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday’s game will be the annual Play 4 Kay game, as the first 1,500 fans will receive a free pink K-State women’s basketball t-shirt. For tickets, contact the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS or visit <a href="http://kstatesports.com/tickets">kstatesports.com/tickets</a>.Wednesday’s game will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+, as well as on the K-State Sports Network and for free on <a href="http://kstatesports.com/tickets">kstatesports.com/tickets</a>.--<a href="http://kstatesports.com">kstatesports.com</a>--

K-State women sweep season series with OT win at Okla.



PITTSBURG -- The Fort Hays State women's track and field team picked up another provisional performance and broke two school records at the 5th Annual Gorilla Classic this weekend.

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/1dd60114-2ddd-416d-ae79-e250eba39e07?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Summer Kragel</a>&nbsp;won the high jump after clearing a provisional height of 5-7.25, just two inches off the school record. Her new personal-best jump moves her into a tie for 14th on the national list.

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/657e84d3-cb6a-4883-8ec0-ba6e6fdd4ee2?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Emily Salmans</a>&nbsp;set a new program record in the 800m run, crossing the line in 2:16.80 to place ninth. She broke an eight-year old record set by&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a3934c3e-6884-450f-a08c-05117e0e0729?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Jordan Ortega</a>&nbsp;by .37 seconds.

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/46fe1cd8-278b-4db9-8244-edbfaa772fdb?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Peri Lange</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/2ce5329c-a7cf-4ff5-905a-710a7005e239?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Lindsay Shupe</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/3f37a711-678e-466a-9afe-80bff03b6296?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Layne Needham</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/10e6c725-2418-42e5-9bdc-6f3b7aa0f322?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Lyric Holman</a>&nbsp;combined to shatter the program record in the 4x400m relay by more than three-and-a-half seconds. The Tigers combined to post a time of 3:51.70, just .07 longer than the provisional mark.

Lange also ran the third-fastest time in qualifying for the 60m hurdles, posting a time of 8.97, while placing ninth in the 600y run with a mark of 1:26.81.

The Tigers will head to Lincoln, Neb., for the Nebraska Tune-Up next Friday for their final meet before heading into the postseason with the MIAA Championships at the end of the month.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/2/1581895687137.jpeg" alt="FHSU's Lindsay Shupe. Photo courtesy <a href="http://fhsuathletics.com">fhsuathletics.com</a>" />
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PITTSBURG -- The Fort Hays State women's track and field team picked up another provisional performance and broke two school records at the 5th Annual Gorilla Classic this weekend.<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/1dd60114-2ddd-416d-ae79-e250eba39e07?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Summer Kragel</a>&nbsp;won the high jump after clearing a provisional height of 5-7.25, just two inches off the school record. Her new personal-best jump moves her into a tie for 14th on the national list.<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/657e84d3-cb6a-4883-8ec0-ba6e6fdd4ee2?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Emily Salmans</a>&nbsp;set a new program record in the 800m run, crossing the line in 2:16.80 to place ninth. She broke an eight-year old record set by&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/a3934c3e-6884-450f-a08c-05117e0e0729?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Jordan Ortega</a>&nbsp;by .37 seconds.<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/46fe1cd8-278b-4db9-8244-edbfaa772fdb?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Peri Lange</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/2ce5329c-a7cf-4ff5-905a-710a7005e239?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Lindsay Shupe</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/3f37a711-678e-466a-9afe-80bff03b6296?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Layne Needham</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/10e6c725-2418-42e5-9bdc-6f3b7aa0f322?elinkdata=146203" target="_blank">Lyric Holman</a>&nbsp;combined to shatter the program record in the 4x400m relay by more than three-and-a-half seconds. The Tigers combined to post a time of 3:51.70, just .07 longer than the provisional mark.Lange also ran the third-fastest time in qualifying for the 60m hurdles, posting a time of 8.97, while placing ninth in the 600y run with a mark of 1:26.81.The Tigers will head to Lincoln, Neb., for the Nebraska Tune-Up next Friday for their final meet before heading into the postseason with the MIAA Championships at the end of the month.--<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com">fhsuathletics.com</a>--

Two records, one provisional for Tiger women's track and field



HAYS -- The Fort Hays State baseball team rallied for another come-from-behind victory on Sunday, completing the series sweep of New Mexico Highlands with a 7-6 victory. 

After opening the year with four wins over MSU Denver, the Tigers have now swept multiple series for the first time since 2016.

After trailing by as many as six in Saturday's game three victory, the Tigers (9-3) fell behind 5-0 through two innings in Sunday's finale. New Mexico Highlands (0-4) quickly jumped in front with a three-run home run in the first before tacking on two more runs in the second.

Tiger starter&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/b70ada67-1a5d-42d0-b427-b6db5588e51e?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Ryan Ruder</a>&nbsp;settled in after the first time through the lineup, holding the Cowboys scoreless over his final three innings of work and allowing just four baserunners.

The Tigers took their time getting the bats going on offense, with just two hitters reaching base over the first three frames. They had a great chance to cut into the lead with the bases loaded and no one out in the fourth, but NMHU starter Kalen Hammer worked out of the jam with two strikeouts and a groundout to maintain the 5-0 lead.

After Ruder posted another zero in the top half of the fifth, Fort Hays State got to work in the home half.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/de79dd19-b713-4ff3-962a-fb6b4865802a?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Drake Angeron</a>&nbsp;worked a walk and swiped his 12th bag of the season before coming in to score on a two-out double from&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/0a6236cf-1610-4b22-8408-f75e3d43d921?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Grant Schmidt</a>.

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/51e09660-0266-4e83-b8bf-4850922c8df9?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Dylan Hamilton</a>&nbsp;came out of the pen to open the sixth inning, tossing 3.1 strong innings of relief. The righty retired the first nine batters he faced, giving the Tiger offense a chance to complete the comeback.

Fort Hays State added two more runs in the sixth, closing within 5-3.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/88200c7a-9f4e-4278-866a-696e2fba4f96?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Jared Maneth</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/23ec1334-c174-4f3b-8583-a2685f5a2b71?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Jaxson Webb</a>&nbsp;opened the inning with consecutive walks, forcing Highlands to go to the bullpen. Cameron Polich, the Cowboy reliever, walked the first batter he faced to load the bases before a run came in to score on a passed ball.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/8bb97824-6987-4242-9bd3-37df958a0898?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Griffin Brunson</a>&nbsp;added another run with an RBI groundout, but Polich got out of the inning with a strikeout and another groundout.

The Tigers batted around in the seventh after another 1-2-3 inning from Hamilton, pushing across three runs to take their first lead of the afternoon, 6-5.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/cfcfe476-8b50-4dea-9a1c-fd909fd1991b?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Garrett Stephens</a>&nbsp;led things off with a double into the right-field corner before walks to&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/2d9eb9a7-a379-45f0-bdb7-a54fb896e0c3?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Corbin Truslow</a>&nbsp;and Maneth loaded the bases. A pitch came inside and hit Webb in the ensuing at-bat, plating one run to trim the deficit to one.

<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/34e244d6-8ef5-4702-a4fa-9f044e4c55d6?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Tyler Olson</a>&nbsp;then came through with the bases-loaded hit the Tigers had been looking for all afternoon, driving in a pair with a sharp shot through the hole at short. Truslow slid in safely under the relay throw from left, putting the Tigers in front by one.

Hamilton made quick work of the Cowboys again in the eighth before Stephens provided what proved to be a very important insurance run. The senior catcher crushed a 1-0 pitch over the fence in left field, tallying his fifth home run of the season to give the Tigers a 7-5 advantage.

Hamilton got one out in the ninth before giving way to&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/459be87d-b531-45ca-81f9-046c86a2e305?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Jacob Douglas</a>, who came on looking for his second save in as many days. The junior struck out the first batter he faced before the Cowboys made things interesting, rattling off consecutive singles to load the bases for Clayton Hale, the NMHU clean-up hitter. After allowing three home runs to Hale over the first three games of the series, the Tigers pitched him very carefully, ultimately walking him to drive in a run. Douglas bounced back with a six-pitch strikeout to secure the victory.

Ruder did not factor into the decision after allowing five runs and striking out five over five innings of work. Hamilton (1-0) did not give up a hit over his 3.1 innings on the bump, striking out three and allowing just the one run in the ninth. Douglas (2) earned the save after striking out two of the five batters he faced.

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HAYS -- The Fort Hays State baseball team rallied for another come-from-behind victory on Sunday, completing the series sweep of New Mexico Highlands with a 7-6 victory. After opening the year with four wins over MSU Denver, the Tigers have now swept multiple series for the first time since 2016.After trailing by as many as six in Saturday's game three victory, the Tigers (9-3) fell behind 5-0 through two innings in Sunday's finale. New Mexico Highlands (0-4) quickly jumped in front with a three-run home run in the first before tacking on two more runs in the second.Tiger starter&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/b70ada67-1a5d-42d0-b427-b6db5588e51e?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Ryan Ruder</a>&nbsp;settled in after the first time through the lineup, holding the Cowboys scoreless over his final three innings of work and allowing just four baserunners.The Tigers took their time getting the bats going on offense, with just two hitters reaching base over the first three frames. They had a great chance to cut into the lead with the bases loaded and no one out in the fourth, but NMHU starter Kalen Hammer worked out of the jam with two strikeouts and a groundout to maintain the 5-0 lead.After Ruder posted another zero in the top half of the fifth, Fort Hays State got to work in the home half.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/de79dd19-b713-4ff3-962a-fb6b4865802a?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Drake Angeron</a>&nbsp;worked a walk and swiped his 12th bag of the season before coming in to score on a two-out double from&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/0a6236cf-1610-4b22-8408-f75e3d43d921?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Grant Schmidt</a>.<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/51e09660-0266-4e83-b8bf-4850922c8df9?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Dylan Hamilton</a>&nbsp;came out of the pen to open the sixth inning, tossing 3.1 strong innings of relief. The righty retired the first nine batters he faced, giving the Tiger offense a chance to complete the comeback.Fort Hays State added two more runs in the sixth, closing within 5-3.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/88200c7a-9f4e-4278-866a-696e2fba4f96?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Jared Maneth</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/23ec1334-c174-4f3b-8583-a2685f5a2b71?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Jaxson Webb</a>&nbsp;opened the inning with consecutive walks, forcing Highlands to go to the bullpen. Cameron Polich, the Cowboy reliever, walked the first batter he faced to load the bases before a run came in to score on a passed ball.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/8bb97824-6987-4242-9bd3-37df958a0898?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Griffin Brunson</a>&nbsp;added another run with an RBI groundout, but Polich got out of the inning with a strikeout and another groundout.The Tigers batted around in the seventh after another 1-2-3 inning from Hamilton, pushing across three runs to take their first lead of the afternoon, 6-5.&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/cfcfe476-8b50-4dea-9a1c-fd909fd1991b?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Garrett Stephens</a>&nbsp;led things off with a double into the right-field corner before walks to&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/2d9eb9a7-a379-45f0-bdb7-a54fb896e0c3?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Corbin Truslow</a>&nbsp;and Maneth loaded the bases. A pitch came inside and hit Webb in the ensuing at-bat, plating one run to trim the deficit to one.<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/34e244d6-8ef5-4702-a4fa-9f044e4c55d6?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Tyler Olson</a>&nbsp;then came through with the bases-loaded hit the Tigers had been looking for all afternoon, driving in a pair with a sharp shot through the hole at short. Truslow slid in safely under the relay throw from left, putting the Tigers in front by one.Hamilton made quick work of the Cowboys again in the eighth before Stephens provided what proved to be a very important insurance run. The senior catcher crushed a 1-0 pitch over the fence in left field, tallying his fifth home run of the season to give the Tigers a 7-5 advantage.Hamilton got one out in the ninth before giving way to&nbsp;<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com/services/go.ashx/459be87d-b531-45ca-81f9-046c86a2e305?elinkdata=146267" target="_blank">Jacob Douglas</a>, who came on looking for his second save in as many days. The junior struck out the first batter he faced before the Cowboys made things interesting, rattling off consecutive singles to load the bases for Clayton Hale, the NMHU clean-up hitter. After allowing three home runs to Hale over the first three games of the series, the Tigers pitched him very carefully, ultimately walking him to drive in a run. Douglas bounced back with a six-pitch strikeout to secure the victory.Ruder did not factor into the decision after allowing five runs and striking out five over five innings of work. Hamilton (1-0) did not give up a hit over his 3.1 innings on the bump, striking out three and allowing just the one run in the ninth. Douglas (2) earned the save after striking out two of the five batters he faced.Stephens collected three of the seven hits for the Tigers, finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Stephens and Maneth both scored two runs while Olson drove in a team-high two RBI.The Tigers will continue non-conference play with another home four-game series next weekend when CSU-Pueblo comes to town. The set begins with a single game on Friday at 3 p.m.

--<a href="http://fhsuathletics.com">fhsuathletics.com</a>--