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Tigers Sweep Lincoln With Pair of 8-0 Wins in 6 Innings

HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State ran its win streak to five games and completed a sweep of both home doubleheaders this weekend on Saturday (Apr. 16). The Tigers swept Lincoln University with a pair of 8-0 wins in six innings, putting the run rule in effect both games, and moved to 22- 23-1 overall on the season and 8-10 in the MIAA. Lincoln moved to 12-31 overall and 0-22 in the MIAA.

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Louisville coach Payne adds Danny Manning to Cardinals

Louisville basketball coach Kenny Payne has hired former Kansas great Danny Manning as an assistant, a month after he completed an interim stint at Maryland. The 55-year-old Manning guided the Terrapins to a 15- 17 finish after taking over for Mark Turgeon in December. Manning was 78-111 as Wake Forest's coach from 2014-2020 and 38-29 with Tulsa from 2012-14 after working as a Kansas assistant the previous six seasons. Manning led Kansas to the 1988 NCAA championship as a two-time All-American before becoming the No. 1 overall selection in the NBA draft. He scored 12,367 points in 15 NBA seasons with seven teams and earned All-Star honors in 1993 and '94 along with the Sixth Man of the Year award in 1998.

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G-O-A-A-A-L!

Last year was a season to remember for the Hays High girls’ soccer team. About halfway through this season, the Indians appear poised to make more memories.

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Tigers Sweep Away Long Streak of Losses to Jennies

Fort Hays State picked up a big sweep in its doubleheader with Central Missouri on Friday. A 5-3 win in game one ended a long 11-game losing streak to the Jennies dating back to 2016, then the Tigers completed the sweep with a 5-1 win in game two. Fort Hays State gained ground in the MIAA standings, now at 6-10 in conference play at 20-23-1 overall, while UCM moved to 6-14 in the MIAA and 13-30 overall.

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Griffons Even Series with Tiger Baseball

The Fort Hays State baseball team dropped game two of its series against Missouri Western Friday afternoon, 13-1. The Tigers totaled seven hits and had runners on base in six different innings, but the Griffon pitching staff managed to get out of the jam unscathed in almost every occurrence. After both teams left a runner on base in a scoreless first inning, Missouri Western was first on the board with three runs on four hits in the second. After that the Griffons slowly built their lead, scoring single runs in the third, fourth, fifth and seventh innings before erupting for six runs in the eighth. The Tigers had scoring chances in all but the second and sixth innings, when they were retired in order. Jenner Kehe led off the first with a single, Trip Pennington opened the third with a double, Brady Kreutzer reached on an error in the fourth, Tico Olivas singled with two outs in the fifth and Kade Wallace opened the eighth with a base hit, but all were left stranded by the end of the inning.Fort Hays State managed to string a few hits together in the seventh for its lone run of the afternoon. Pennington beat out an infield single with one out before Griffin Brunson followed with a bloop single to center. Kehe then poked his second hit of the day past a diving second baseman, plating Pennington from second base. Mason Holton (0- 2) got the start for the Tigers, allowing six runs (five earned) on 11 hits over 4.1 innings of work. Zach Berg was first out of the bullpen, finishing 3.1 innings and allowing five runs on six hits. Berg retired the first seven batters he faced and gave up only one run over his first three innings of work before being tagged for four runs in the eighth. Jacob Ensz got the final out on a strikeout after allowing two more runs to score. The Tigers and Griffons will face off in the rubber game of the series Saturday (April 16) beginning at 1 p.m. at Larks Park.

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