Weekly MHS sports schedule

• MONDAY •

9:00 — Varsity tennis at Wichita Collegiate

3:00 — Varsity golf at Derby

3:30 — JV track and field at Salina

• TUESDAY •

10:00 — Varsity tennis at Hesston

3:00 — JV golf at Campus

3:00 — JV tennis at Newton

3:30 — Swimming at Hutchinson

4:30 — Varsity soccer at Hutchinson

6:00 — JV soccer at Hutchinson

• WEDNESDAY •

9:00 — Varsity tennis at Valley Center

• THURDSAY •

10:00 — JV tennis at Wichita Collegiate

3:00 — MHS Invitational Track and Field at McPherson Stadium

4:00 — Varsity, JV baseball at Circle

4:00 — Swimming at Emporia

4:30 — Varsity, JV softball at Circle

5:15 — JV soccer at Trinity Academy

7:00 — Varsity soccer at Trinity Academy

• FRIDAY •

8:00 — Varsity golf at Hutchinson

3:00 — JV tennis at McPherson High Tennis Complex

4:00 — Swimming at Great Bend

• SATURDAY •

9:00 — JV tennis at Buhler

11:15 — JV baseball at Topeka Seaman

Sign up for Optimist Club golf tourney

The 10th annual McPherson Optimist Club Memorial Golf Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, May 12, at Turkey Creek.

This is one of the many activities during All Schools Day weekend.

This 4-person scramble has an 8 a.m. shotgun start. The cost is $250 per team, which includes a cart, lunch and course improvement package.

There will be numerous prizes awarded.

To register, call 620-245-1532 or [email protected]

Swather girls win prestigious Halstead title

HALSTEAD — Hesston High’s girls won the Conrad Nightingale Invitational Track and Field championship on Friday by outlasting 15 other schools.

It’s the eighth time the Swathers have won the title in the history of the event. The Swathers won the 4 x 400 relay to give them 79 points, clipping Berean Academy by 2.

Other wins for the Swathers were by Celbi Richardson in the shot and Elise Kaiser in the 400.

The Hesston boys tallied 66, with Kingman scoring 104 1/2 for the win.

Parker Roth won the 100 and 200, while Reese Nebel took first in the high jump. This is 6 of the last 8 years the Swathers have finished in the Top 4.

• BOYS •

High jump — 1. Nebel, 6-4.

Long jump — 3. P. Roth, 20-2 1/2.

Triple jump — 5. Martin, 38-10 1/2.

3200 — 5. Yang, 11:03.57. 7. Funk, 11:19.8.

4 x 800 relay — 3. Hesston (Vogt, Ramirez, Nebel and McDonald), 8:45.55.

100 — 1. P. Roth, 11.12. 

4 x 100 relay — 2. Hesston (J. Roth, Fleming, Martin and P. Roth), 45.4.

300 hurdles — 4. Nebel, 42.56.

800 — 7. Vogt, 2:11.53. 8. McDonald, 2:15.37.

200 — 1. P. Roth, 23.08.

4 x 400 relay — 4. Hesston (Vogt, Ramirez, Nebel and McDonald), 3:41.35.

• GIRLS •

Pole vault — 2. Klassen, 10-0.

Shot — 1. Richardson, 38-0. 8. Enge, 32-6.

Discus — 2. Richardson, 116-0. 3. Enge, 112-8.

Javelin — 9. Clark, 93-2.

100 hurdles — 3. Kaiser, 17.36.

100 — 5. Schott, 13.5.

1600 — 5. Weber, 6:00.95.

4 x 100 relay — 7. Hesston (Vogt, Schott, Clark and Klassen), 54.6.

400 — 1. Kaiser, 1:01.88.

300 hurdles — 3. Vogt, 51.34.

200 — 3. Schott, 27.68. 6. Kaiser, 28.04.

4 x 400 relay — 1. Hesston (Schott, Vogt, Klassen and Kaiser), 4:16.79.

C-G Junior High thinclads pile up many firsts

GOESSEL — Goessel was the site and Canton-Galva was the host of a middle school track and field meet on Friday which produced another good day for the Eagles.

The seventh-grade boys received a triple from Garrett Maltbie in the high jump, triple jump and 400. TJ Koehn was strong as well by doubling in the 800 and 1,600.

Tyson Struber and Morgan Becker continued to excel for the eighth-grade boys. Struber tripled (100, 200 and 200 hurdles) and Becker doubled (800 and 1,600). Hayden Lance had a first as well in the 3,200.

For the girls, the seventh-graders had gold-medal performances from Madelyn Johnson (100 hurdles, 200 hurdles), Sage Toews (200), Mimi Craig (shot) and Brecken Pearson (discus). For the eighth-graders, Gracie Kidd had a double (shot, discus) and Nicole Miller won the 400.

• Canton-Galva Results •

• 7th Boys •

• Team Scores •

 Goessel 120, Canton-Galva 80, Herington 73, Hope 19, Centre 19.

• C-G Results •

Shot put--3rd Ryder Norstrom 25-7.25, 4th Preston Minson 25-.25, 6th Brayden Deines 21-9.25

Discus--4th Brayden Deines 67-6, 5th Ryder Norstrom 62-1, Preston Minson 58-7.5

High jump--1st Garrett Maltbie 4-4

Long jump--Braison Alcala 12-2.5, Cason Mastre 12-2

Triple jump--1st Garrett Maltbie 32-8, Ethan Unruh 24-0

100 m--2nd Ryder Norstrom 14.5, 4th Nick Evans 15.06, Isaiah Patton 15.99

200 m--4th Braison Alcala 32.09, 5th Nick Evans 32.14

400 m--1st Garrett Maltbie 1:05.31

800 m--1st TJ Koehn 2:44.5, 4th Cason Mastre 2:57.21, Ethan Unruh 3:11.83

1600 m--1st TJ Koehn 5:53.74, 6th Ethan Unruh 6:46.81, Preston Minson 7:06.87

200 m hurdles--4th Garrett Maltbie 34.28, 6th Isaiah Patton 36.62

4x100 m relay--3rd 59.97 (Mastre, Evans, Patton, Alcala)

4x200 m relay--2nd 2:16.83 (Alcala, Minson, Deines, Evans)

Sprint medley relay--2nd 2:14.4 (Mastre, Patton, Norstrom, Koehn)

• 8th Boys •

• Team Scores •

Goessel 135, Canton-Galva 85, Herington 54, Hope 15, Centre 13.

• C-G Results •

Shot put--3rd Brayden Doughman 27-6.75, 4th Xavier Westbrook 26-10

Discus--3rd Brayden Doughman 66-6.5

High jump--1st Tyson Struber 5-4, 4th Hayden Lance 4-4

Long jump--3rd Ethan Alkire 14-1, 6th Xavier Westbrook 13-5.5

100 m--1st Tyson Struber 12.24, Ethan Alkire 14.64

200 m--5th Brody Flaherty 30.04

800 m--1st Morgan Becker 2:32.15, 2nd Xavier Westbrook 2:33.41

1600 m--1st Morgan Becker 5:14.4

3200 m--1st Hayden Lance 12:32.11

200 m hurdles--1st Tyson Struber 27.34

4x200 m relay--1st 2:07.56 (Alkire, Flaherty, Doughman, Lance)

Sprint medley relay--2nd 2:01.64 (Lance, Flaherty, Westbrook, Alkire)

• 7th Girls •

• Team Scores •

Herington 87, Goessel 82, Canton-Galva 76, Centre 60, Hope 8.

• C-G Results •

Shot put--1st Mimi Craig 33-1, 2nd Brecken Pearson 28-7.5, 6th Emma Krase 22-1

Discus--1st Brecken Pearson 62-5.25, 2nd Mimi Craig 58-2.75, Emma Krase 39-3.75

High jump--2nd Sage Toews 4-0

100 m--Dakota Ely 17.31

200 m--1st Sage Toews 32.83, Dakota Ely 36.03, Emma Krase 38.15

100 m hurdles--1st Madelyn Janssen 20.97

200 m hurdles--1st Madelyn Janssen 37.13, 4th Emma Krase 50.7

4x100 m relay--1st 1:01.88 (Ely, Janssen, Craig, Pearson)

4x200 m relay--1st 2:09.38 (Janssen, Craig, Toews, Pearson)

• 8th Girls •

• Team Scores •

Goessel 129, Herington 80, Canton-Galva 46, Centre 31, Hope 18.

• C-G Results •

Shot put--1st Gracie Kidd 34-9, Taygen O’Hara 21-5

Discus--1st Gracie Kidd 67-2, Taygen O’Hara 44-7

400 m--1st Nicole Miller 1:12.93

100 m hurdles--2nd Nicole Miller 20.56, 3rd Kati Alumbaugh 23.88

200 m hurdles--2nd Nicole Miller 35.9, 4th Kati Alumbaugh 40.81

Sprint medley relay--3rd 2:35.56 (O’Hara, Kidd, Alumbaugh, Miller)

Another good day for MHS thinclads

ABILENE — McPherson High’s boys track and field team garnered another championship on Friday by taking first in the Abilene Invitational.

The Bullpups scored 120 1/2 points to 101 for Clay Center as there were 12 teams in the field.

The MHS girls didn’t take a full team and took fourth with 80 points, trailing Abilene (91), Hays (86 1/2) and Wamego (83).

“We took a pretty small group of kids to Abilene and ended up doing very well overall in the team scores,” MHS coach Jace Pavlovich said. “I have enjoyed coaching this group all year and cannot wait to get back to work Monday with them. It’s a tough group with a will to get better every day.”

Brandon Yowell had a big day for the boys by winning the 100 and 200, while running a leg on the winning 4 x 100 that also included Gage Shook, Kollin Goering and Jace Kinnamon.

Tyson Stites won the 110 hurdles and Dawson VanGoethem captured the discus.

For the girls, Emma Ruddle and Elle Barrett doubled on the day, with both winning their specialty events — Ruddle the 100 and 100 hurdles, and Barrett the long and triple jumps. They also were part of the winning 4 x 100 relay team that also included Kenzie Goering and Jordan Bailey as MHS scored most of its points in chunks.

The Bullpups host their annual meet on Thursday.

• TOP 6 FINISHERS •

• BOYS •

100 — 1. Yowell, 10.92. 6. Goering, 11.43.

200 — 1. Yowell, 22.9. 

400 — 5. Hansen, 54.52.

110 hurdles — 1. Stites, 14.69. 6. D. Labertew, 16.45.

300 hurdles — 2. Trost, 40.9. 6. Nikkel, 43.89.

4 x 100 relay — 1. MHS (Yowell, Shook, Goering and Kinnamon), 44.43.

4 x 800 relay — 5. MHS (Armstrong, Green, Hansen and Moyer), 9:04.93.

Long jump — 3. Stites, 20-1. 

Triple jump — 3. Cape, 43-5 1/2.

Shot put — 3. Stufflebean, 45-3 1/2. 5. D. VanGoethem, 44-0.

Discus — 1. D. VanGoethem, 147-4. 2. Stufflebean, 135-4. 

Javelin — 2. Stufflebean, 166-3 1/2. 

• GIRLS •

100 — 1. Ruddle, 12.49. 3. Bailey, 13.09. 

100 hurdles — 1. Ruddle, 15.21. 2. Howard, 15.26.

4 x 100 relay — 1. MHS (Barrett, Goering, Bailey and Ruddle), 50.98.

High jump — 5. Goering, 4-8.

Long jump — 1. Barrett, 17-9 1/4. 3. Goering, 16-1. 

Triple jump — 1. Barrett, 37-10. 5. Goering, 32-7.

Baseball Swedes rally past Bulldogs

McPherson College Sports Information

It continues to be mystifying.

McPherson College’s baseball team lost an 11-3 decision here Friday to arch-rival Bethany in a single, nine-inning KCAC game.

The teams play two more on Sunday to complete the series.

The Bulldogs are now 28-20 on the season, but only 6-17 in the KCAC as they are 22-3 outside the conference.

Mac got off to a great start, up 3-0 after three innings. But the Swedes pulled within 3-2 in the fourth, and then socked the Bulldogs with five runs in the fifth and three in the eighth.

Tyler Horchem homered and drove in four runs to lead Bethany, which also received four RBIs from Apdiel Vazquez.

Evan Willow had two hits and two RBIs for the Bulldogs. Dominick Ramos also smacked a pair of hits.

Edwar Melendez went six innings and fanned 10 for the win, while Josh Lewis took the loss.

The win evened the Swedes’ record at 22-22 and they are 10-14 in the KCAC.

Sunday’s game time at the new Bulldog Park is 1 p.m. and six Mac seniors will be honored prior to the first pitch.

Baseball Tigers edged twice in Texas

WAXAHACHIE, Texas — Southwestern Assemblies of God won two close baseball games on Friday to take the Sooner Athletic Conference three-game series from Central Christian College after the Tigers had won the first game on Thursday.

The Lions stifled the Tigers 2-0 in Game 1 Friday as CCC could muster only four hits — all singles by four different players.

Southwestern Assemblies pitcher Augie Martinez allowed only four hits, but navigated around six walks.

Landon Stevens was the tough-luck loser for Central, throwing a two-hitter and allowing just one earned run.

Central had a shot to split the day, up 3-2 until the Lions scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth for a 6-4 win.

Again the Tigers struggled at the plate with five players notching a single each.

Central fell to 4-23 in the SAC and 6-43 overall. The Tigers are home Tuesday to take on KCAC member Sterling. They wrap up the regular season with a weekend trip to College of the Ozarks.

Baseball Bullpups win, then lose

File-Kendall Shaw

SALINA — McPherson High’s baseball team ran its winning streak to six games on Friday by defeating Salina South 8-6 in the first game, but the Cougars finally ended the Bullpups’ hot run with a narrow 4-3 decision in the nightcap.

The split left MHS at 9-3 for the season.

"I thought we took a true step forward with the doubleheader at South,” said MHS coach Heath Gerstner, whose team played a good 5A team on even terms. “Even with the split, we are beginning to make some adjustments at the plate and finding out who we can count on.”

The Bullpups started the day fast with five runs in the first inning, but South came back within 6-5 as late as the fourth inning.

Dylan Werries, Zane Myers and Gabe Hoover all collected two hits, with Werries and Honestee Whittker clubbing doubles. Whittker had two RBIs.

Myers worked the first three innings and then Jakob Feil came on to allow only one run in three innings. Werries pitched the final inning for the save.

“We came out hot and jumped on their pitcher to get an early big inning,” Gerstner said. “From that point we took our foot off the gas and let them chip away. I thought the story of the game was Jakob Feil coming in to relieve Zane Myers and giving us some great innings to get it to the seventh. Lastly in Game 1, we got a leadoff walk by Jakob Feil in the sixth inning and Tyler Scott gave us a great at-bat by getting a sac bunt down to set up Wyatt Seidl to drive in a much-needed insurance run.”

The first inning was the story of the second game as well as the Cougars scored four runs in the first and held off MHS the rest of the way.

Werries gave up the runs, but then threw four scoreless innings to keep MHS in the game. Trey Hanken pitched a scoreless sixth.

The Bullpups had numerous opportunities with 10 hits, two each by Werries, Seidl and Gunnar Reiss. Seidl had two RBIs.

“They came out aggressive and really started hot in Game 2,” Gerstner said. “I thought Dylan settled in and really gave us a few good innings for his first start of the year and put up a bunch of zeroes to keep us in it. We had a few big hits late in the game, but overall their pitcher kept us off-balance most of the game.”

MHS loaded the bases in the seventh, but South turned a game-ending doubleplay on a hot smash off the bat of Whittker.

“Very proud of our guys for staying in the game all the way to the end and really felt good in the last inning having a chance to take the lead and win the game,” Gerstner said. “Those situations are great for our team.”

MHS plays Thursday at Circle, which is ranked No. 1 in Class 4A Division I.

MHS lost both JV games, 10-9 and 11-7.

The first game was demoralizing as the Bullpups sprinted to a 9-2 lead after 1 1/2 innings before the Cougars charged back. Kourtney Craig had three hits for the Bullpups.

MHS wasted a five-run third inning in Game 2, losing 11-7. Dylan Rinker had two hits and three RBIs for the Bullpups. Tyler Cheatham added two RBIs.

• Game 1 •

MHS (8) — Werries 3-1-2-0, Reiss 2-1-0-0, Myers 4-1-2-1, Whittker 4-1-1-2, Feil 3-1-0-1, Hanken 3-0-0-1, Scott 0-0-0-0, Seidl 3-1-1-1, Wiard 2-1-1-0, Whitfield 0-0-0-0.

• Game 2 •

MHS (3) — Werries 4-0-2-0, Reiss 3-0-2-0, Hanken 1-0-0-0, Myers 4-0-0-0, Hoover 4-0-1-0, Whittker 4-1-1-0, Feil 2-2-1-0, Seidl 3-0-2-2, Whitfield 3-0-1-1, Scott 0-0-0-0, Wiard 0-0-0-0.

Wildcats, Cardinals swamp dramatic finishes

SEDGWICK — It was a couple of dramatic finishes on Friday when Moundridge’s softball team hooked up with Sedgwick.

In Game 1, the Wildcats were down 1-0 going into the final inning when they exploded for four runs before holding off a Cardinals’ rally in the bottom of the inning for a 4-2 win.

Zizi Sebrant was the deserved winner for MHS, fanning 13 and giving up only four hits. Katie Castor came up with three RBIs in the seventh inning and had two hits in the game, as did Makenzie Elmore.

Sedgwick turned the tables in the nightcap as it used a walk-off home run to stun the Wildcats, 7-6.

Moundridge had led 4-0 until the fourth when the Cardinals scored four runs to tie it. MHS later led 6-5 going into the seventh when Sedgwick walked it off.

Castor and Taylon Potts sparked the MHS offense as both had two hits and RBIs. Elmore took the loss.

The split left Moundridge with a 6-6 record. It hosts Bennington on Tuesday.

O'Quinn, Fiedler compete at KU

Tina McMannis

LAWRENCE — Two of the top high school sprinters in the McPherson area competed in the KU Relays’ girls 100 meters on Friday.

Moundridge’s Jamya O’Quinn placed 16th despite an excellent time of 12.65, while Canton-Galva’s Katie Fiedler was 36th in 13.13.