http://www.hdnews.net/ Top Sports Stories en-us http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/Quinter112009 2009-11-20T17:19:48Z cnicholl@dailynews.net Seven years ago, Quinter added a fifth-grade teacher and football coach named Greg Woolf. His first class was the current crop of Bulldog seniors, a group that included many future Quinter football player ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/Norton112009 2009-11-20T17:19:48Z cnicholl@dailynews.net Norton prep football coach Lucas Melvin and Wichita-Collegiate coach Bill Messamore are each impressed with the Bluejays' strong defense. Norton's defense has picked off 23 passes, tied for second-most amon ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/SmithCenter111909 2009-11-20T15:32:09Z cnicholl@dailynews.net Brock Hutchinson sat in his classroom shortly before school ended on Nov. 9. Hutchinson, the veteran Smith Center defensive coordinator, looked forward to practice later that afternoon. Hutchinson, th ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/oakleyfb111809 2009-11-19T17:20:15Z cnicholl@dailynews.net In a 2007 Class 2-1A sectional game, 11-0 Oakley faced 11-0 Smith Center, a juggernaut that hadn't allowed a point all season and had just started receiving national attention for its winning streak. Oakley s ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/FHSUwomen111909 2009-11-19T17:20:15Z rgonzales@dailynews.net Last year, Naomi Bancroft was the Tigers' main threat from beyond the arc. If Wednesday night's game is any indication, Bancroft won't be the only member of the Fort Hays State University women's basket ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/FHSUmen111909 2009-11-19T17:20:15Z rgonzales@dailynews.net The Tigers couldn't stop Sean High; they could only hope to contain him. The Fort Hays State University men's basketball team overcame 42 points by High, a senior guard for Central Christian College, to ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/fhsumen111709 2009-11-17T16:35:12Z cnicholl@dailynews.net Coach Mark Johnson and his Fort Hays State University men's basketball assistants have a different situation than in past years. "We are a little unusual than we have been in the past," Johnson said. "We ha ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/FHSUwomen111609 2009-11-17T16:34:54Z cnicholl@dailynews.net The early-season nonconference schedule provides second-year Fort Hays State University women's basketball coach Tony Hobson an opportunity to winnow his rotation. Hobson, who brought in nine new players, ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/FHSUmen111609 2009-11-16T17:20:13Z cnicholl@dailynews.net In the first three years of Orrin Greer's collegiate career, the 6-foot-3 guard played at two different schools, Jacksonville (Tex.) College and University of Texas-San Antonio. Then, he transferred to Fort ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/quinter111609 2009-11-16T17:20:13Z cnicholl@dailynews.net CLYDE -- Senior Scott Ochs, the biggest player on the Quinter prep football team at 6-foot-7, 270 pounds, has battled foot problems all fall. Ochs picked up plantar fasciitis in his foot and teammate Zach N ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/FHSUwrestling111609 2009-11-16T17:20:13Z http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/fhsuvb111609 2009-11-16T17:20:13Z cnicholl@dailynews.net The Fort Hays State University volleyball team finished 7-27 this fall, 3-17 in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association after a season-ending 3-0 loss to nationally ranked Emporia State Univer ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/fhsumenbbopener111509 2009-11-15T02:04:39Z rgonzales@dailynews.net When he went recruiting in the offseason, Tiger coach Mark Johnson wanted a big man. He got him -- and then some. When the Fort Hays State University men's basketball team opens the regular season today ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/Quinter111509 2009-11-15T02:04:38Z cnicholl@dailynews.net CLYDE -- The Quinter defense had already stopped Clifton-Clyde, the state's highest-scoring offense, five times on fourth down, including two occasions inside the Bulldog 20. With 3:34 left, Quinter had a 2 ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/OakleyEllis111509 2009-11-15T02:04:38Z http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/Norton111509 2009-11-15T02:04:38Z http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/fhsuwbb111409 2009-11-15T02:04:38Z cnicholl@dailynews.net Last year, the Fort Hays State University women's basketball team often played just six or seven Tigers. No conference team received more minutes and points from its starting five. FHSU, picked last to f ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/SmithCenter111509 2009-11-15T13:30:59Z cnicholl@dailynews.net SMITH CENTER -- A few minutes after Smith Center defeated Meade, 10-0, in a Class 2-1A sectional contest Friday night, the two teams gathered on the field at Hubbard Stadium. At the 50-yard line, Smit ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/Victoria111509 2009-11-15T02:04:38Z rgonzales@dailynews.net VICTORIA -- Victoria drove deep into Bushton-Quivira Heights territory three times in the first half, but managed to score just one touchdown. The Thunderbirds made the Knights pay for not finishing off ...]]> http://www.hdnews.net/SportsStory/TMPHoffman111509 2009-11-15T02:04:38Z cnicholl@dailynews.net Thomas More Prep-Marian senior Kaylee Hoffman, an all-state basketball and softball player, had decided to pursue a collegiate basketball career over the summer. She narrowed her choices to Fort Hays State ...]]>