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MIAA hands out weekly football awards

Posted on November 5, 2018

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The MIAA has named its weekly Football Athletes of the Week. Emporia State’s Braxton Marstall was selected as the Offensive Athlete of the Week for the second consecutive week. Jose Delgado of Fort Hays State was named the conference’s Defensive Player of the Week. James Brania-Hopp of Washburn was tabbed with Special Teams Player of the Week Accolades.

Marstall had a season-high four touchdown passes and completed a season’s best 73.8 percent of his passes in a 48-0 win over Missouri Southern. He connected with 11 different Hornets, six of them for completions of at least ten yards and threw touchdown passes to four different players. After a scoreless first quarter, Marstall went 13 of 17 for 147 yards and two touchdowns in the second quarter and led the Hornets to four scoring drives in the quarter to give the Hornets a 20-0 lead.

Delgado led Fort Hays State with 10 tackles in a 17-16 win at Northwest Missouri. He made eight solo stops on the day, the biggest coming early in the fourth quarter by stopping the Bearcats on 4th-and-1 for no gain at the FHSU 41-yard line. Delgado helped the FHSU defense limit the Bearcats to just 178 yards of total offense on 57 plays (3.1 yards per play).

Brania-Hopp finished with 221 yards in kickoff returns for 337 all-purpose yards in a win against Pittsburg State. He had a kickoff return of 99 yards for a touchdown after a Gorilla score in the fourth quarter. Earlier in the game, Brania-Hopp had an 81-yard kickoff return which set up an Ichabod field goal entering the halftime break. His 337 all-purpose yards set an Ichabod single-game record for all-purpose yards in a game. Overall, Brania-Hopp averaged 55.25 yards per kickoff return.

— MIAA Release —

Griffons bounce back to upset Fairmont State for Wicks’ first win

Posted on November 4, 2018November 5, 2018

ST. JOSEPH – The Missouri Western men’s basketball team got its first win of the 2018-19 season and it was a big one. The Griffons knocked off Fairmont State 80-73 on Sunday in the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Presented by Hillyard at Civic Arena.

Fairmont State, the 2017 NCAA Division II runner-up, was receiving votes in the NABC preseason top-25 poll. The Falcons lost a heartbreaker themselves on Saturday, 78-76 to 2018 national champion Ferris State. Sunday, it was the Griffons turn to dole out a similar gut-punch to what the team took on Saturday from Tarleton State. Missouri Western erased a nine-point deficit with an 18-7 run over a five minute period in the second half. The Griffons never trailed again and scored its final six points of the game at the free throw line.

NOTABLES

Missouri Western shot 51 percent from the field and held Fairmont State to 36 percent shooting; the Falcons missed 40 shots, the Griffons took 45
The Griffons needed just one three-pointer made by Lavon Hightower in the first half to defeat the Falcons. Missouri Western ended the game 1-for-8 from behind the arc while Fairmont State was 10-for-30
The Griffons won the battle on the glass, out-rebounding their opponent 44-29
Missouri Western forced 23 Fairmont State turnovers and committed 12
The game featured nine lead changes and was tied eight times. Fairmont State had the lead for more than 23 minutes; the Griffons led for just over 13 minutes.
In the midst of the 18-7 second half run, Fairmont State had to dip deep into its bench due to foul trouble, subbing in a player who was not listed in the official score book prior to the game. An administrative technical foul turned into a three-point play with a Lavon Hightower free throw and layup that cut the Fairmont State led from seven to four

LEADERS

Hightower matched his total from Saturday, scoring 26 points to likely end the SCB Hall of Fame Classic as the tournament’s top scorer. The senior was 7-of-12 from the field, 11-of-12 from the line and led the Griffons with eight rebounds
Bryan Hudson scored a career-high 21 points on 7-of-8 shooting with seven rebounds
Tyrell Carroll scored 10 points for the Griffons

UP NEXT
The Griffons stay at Civic Arena next weekend, hosting the 27^thAnnual Hillyard Tip-Off Classic. Will Missouri Western will play Winona State on Nov. 9 at Civic Arena and Upper Iowa on Nov. 10.

— MWSU Athletics —

No. 5 Bearcats use hot start to defeat No. 13 Ferris State 100-86

Posted on November 4, 2018November 5, 2018

ST. JOSEPH, Missouri – The No. 5-ranked Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball team could not miss to begin the game and used the hot start to post a 100-86 victory over the defending national champion and No. 13-ranked Ferris State University.

Northwest (2-0 overall) had a balanced attack with five players in double figures including career highs from redshirt freshman Trevor Hudgins (26), sophomore Ryan Hawkins (20) and junior Kirk Finley (17)).

The Bearcats drained their first 10 shots from three-point land and opened up a comfortable 38-12 first-half lead over the Bulldogs. Northwest sank 12-of-14 shots from distance in the first half.

Northwest will be in action again next weekend in St. Joseph at the Hillyard Tipoff Classic. The Bearcats will take play Upper Iowa on Friday at 5:30 p.m., followed by a matchup against Winona State on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

NOTES: Northwest reached the 100-point mark for the first time since scoring 103 points vs. Missouri Valley on Dec. 13, 2016 … the last time all five Bearcat starters reached double figures in scoring came Jan. 20, 2018, against Fort Hays State … Northwest buried 14 3-pointers in the victory.

— Northwest Athletics —

Mahomes throws for 375 as Chiefs roll at Cleveland 37-21

Posted on November 4, 2018

CLEVELAND (AP) — With almost every flick of his right wrist, the legend of Patrick Mahomes grows.

And he’s just beginning.

Only 10 games into his NFL career, Kansas City’s young quarterback is doing things that have never been done before.

Mahomes passed for 375 yards, threw three touchdown passes — two to Cleveland native Travis Kelce — and continued the best start by a QB in 68 years as Kansas City’s impossible-to-handle offense kept rolling with a 37-21 win on Sunday over the Cleveland Browns, who played their first game since coach Hue Jackson’s firing.

Kareem Hunt, who also has Cleveland connections, had two scoring runs and one receiving for the Chiefs (8-1), who came in averaging 36.3 points with an offense overloaded with weapons for Mahomes.

The 23-year-old used all of them in winning his first pro matchup against Baker Mayfield and the Browns (2-6-1).

“It’s a lot of fun,” said Mahomes, who was hurt by a couple drops. “It makes my job a lot easier knowing that I can trust these guys are going to be in the right spot. They’re taking care of their business. They’re running the routes and making route adjustments on the fly just because they’ve looked at the film and know how to do those things.”

Mahomes and Mayfield didn’t match their epic college meeting in 2016, when they combined for more than 1,700 yards in offense. But the Chiefs put on another impressive offensive show with 499 total yards, averaging 8.6 per snap.

Browns defensive end Myles Garrett said preparing for Mahomes and Kansas City’s air-and-ground show is nothing like playing against it.

“Their offense has a nice tempo and he gets the ball out of his hand pretty quick, so it’s hard to stop,” he said. “He spreads the ball around really well and everybody is getting touches. You don’t know who it’s going to go to next.”

In his second season, Mahomes, who made just one start as a rookie, already has 29 TD passes and 3,185 yards, the most by any QB through 10 games since 1950. He has passed for at least 300 yards in eight straight games.

“It’s a weird deal — he just goes out there and plays,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “He works hard. He loves doing it. He just goes about his business the way that you’re supposed to do it.”

Cleveland lost its fourth straight, but it looked better under interim coach Gregg Williams than it did with Jackson, fired on Monday after going 3-36-1 in two-plus seasons.

Mayfield threw two TD passes to Duke Johnson and finished 29 of 42 for 297 yards with one interception.

The Browns came in facing a monumental task in trying to slow Mahomes and an offense with speed, depth and no noticeable weaknesses.

Things got much tougher for Cleveland when starting cornerback Damarious Randall (groin) was scratched and E.J. Gaines (concussion) and rookie Denzel Ward (hip) both got hurt in the first half.

Kansas City scored a touchdown on its first three possessions and the Chiefs only had the ball for 11:29 in the first half as the Browns were able to control the clock.

The Chiefs picked up where they left off in the third quarter with Mahomes firing a 13-yard TD pass to Kelce, giving Kansas City a 28-15 lead.

Kelce couldn’t stop smiling as he talked about his QB.

“You mean Showtime Mahomes?” he said. “He came in with the understanding this thing could be very special. We added a few pieces to the puzzle and the offensive line is playing lights out. It’s a combination of everything that’s making him feel comfortable out there.”

MAYFIELD HEAD SHOT

Mayfield was checked for a concussion and cleared after a questionable hit late in the third quarter.

Mayfield was backpedaling and being wrapped up by Chris Jones when the rookie QB was struck in the helmet by Chiefs defensive back Ron Parker, who came in late but was not penalized. The NFL’s on-site medical spotter called down and Mayfield had to leave the game to be checked for a head injury.

“I think the rule is if they see me messing with my helmet, they are going to take precaution,” Mayfield said. “When you get hit in the head, your helmet moves around so I am going to shift it so it fits correctly. It is just interesting how it works. I had to come out of the game and take the exam.”

LUCKY STREAK

The Chiefs won the coin toss for the ninth consecutive week and elected to defer.

HOMETOWN HERO

A Cleveland native, Hunt bought more than 100 tickets for the game and had them given to the players and coaches at his high school alma mater.

“It’s a dream come true that I’m able to do something like that,” said Hunt, who rushed for 91 yards. “It’s a stadium I used to drive by almost every day.”

LINE SHIFT

Browns rookie left tackle Desmond Harrison sat out with an unspecified illness and was replaced by Greg Robinson, a former No. 2 overall pick who made his first start.

UP NEXT

Chiefs: Host Arizona on Nov. 11

Browns: Host Atlanta on Nov. 11.

— Associated Press —

Kansas’ Beaty will not be retained at conclusion of the season

Posted on November 4, 2018

LAWRENCE, Kan. – David Beaty will not be retained as Head Football Coach at the University of Kansas at the conclusion of the season, KU Athletics Director Jeff Long announced Sunday.

“After a thorough evaluation of the program, I believe that new leadership is necessary for our football team to move forward and compete at the highest level of the Big 12 Conference,” Long said. “I know that Coach Beaty cares deeply about his players, and I respect that. The student-athletes on this team have continued to play hard – and I am confident they will do that for the rest of the season.”

Beaty has coached the Jayhawks for three-plus seasons, amassing a 6-39 record, 2-31 in Big 12 Conference play. He will continue to coach the team until the regular season concludes against Texas on Friday, November 23. He signed a five-year contract in December 2014, which was extended two years (through 2021) in December 2016.

Long informed Beaty of his decision Sunday and met with the football team directly afterwards. “The search for a new head coach will begin immediately,” he said.

Beaty’s contract calls for him to be paid $3 million (payable in six equal payments) in the event of termination without cause; Long said Kansas will fulfill the terms of that contract.

— KU Athletics —

Royals’ Gordon, Perez earn Gold Glove Awards

Posted on November 4, 2018November 4, 2018

Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., and ESPN announced tonight that Royals left fielder Alex Gordon and catcher Salvador Perez have been awarded with Rawlings Gold Gloves. This marks Gordon’s sixth overall Rawlings Gold Glove (2011-14, ’17-18) and Perez’s fifth in the last six seasons (2013-16, ’18).

The Royals are the only American League team with at least one Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner in each of the last eight seasons (since 2011). The awards were voted on by managers and coaches from the American and National Leagues and honor the best individual fielding performances at each position in both leagues.

— Royals Press Release —

Missouri Western falls short against Tarleton State in first game under Wicks

Posted on November 3, 2018

ST. JOSEPH – The Sundance Wicks era began with a nail-biting loss to Tarleton State in the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic at Civic Arena. Wicks’ Missouri Western men’s basketball team fell 78-76 to the Texans, who are receiving votes in the NCBA top-25.

Tarleton State made two free throws with 10 seconds remaining to break a 76-76 tie and Lavon Hightower’s attempt at his fifth three-pointer of the game went off the rim at the buzzer.

NOTABLES

Tarleton State scored its final four points at the free throw line
Missouri Western led 74-71 with 2:45 left on two Tyus Millhollin free throws
Tarleton State tied the game at 74 on a three
Millhollin gave the Griffons the lead again with two more free throws with 1:37 left
The game was tied eight times with three lead changes
Missouri Western took its first lead of the game on a Hightower jumper with 12:59 to go
The Griffons never trailed again until the final two free throws
Tartleton State out-rebounded the Griffons 44-34

LEADERS

Hightower led all scorers with 26 points, four short of matching his career high. He did set a new career mark with four made threes. The senior also led the Griffons with eight rebounds and four assists.
Tyus Millhollin scored 15 points in his Griffon debut, going 6-for-6 at the line and 3-of-7 from three
Bryan Hudson had eight points, going 4-of-4 at the free throw line
Tyrell Carroll scored six points in his collegiate debut, going 3-of-5 from the field
Sam Siganos led the Griffons in plus minus, with MWSU outscoring the Texans by 15 when the transfer guard was on the floor

UP NEXT

The road doesn’t get any easier for the new-look Griffons on Sunday
Missouri Western faces (RV) Fairmont State, which took defending national champion No. 13 Ferris State to the wire Saturday afternoon at Civic Arena 78-76.

— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest men open season with OT win against Northern State

Posted on November 3, 2018

ST. JOSEPH, Missouri – The No. 5-ranked Northwest Missouri State men’s basketball team opened the season with a 72-70 overtime victory over Northern State.

Redshirt freshman Trevor Hudgins scored a game-high 25 points to go along with five assists and four steals. Hudgins forced overtime with a tear drop jumper with 24 seconds left in regulation.

Sophomore Ryan Hawkins threw down a dunk with 1:20 left in overtime to give the Bearcats a 63-61 lead. NSU’s Bo Fries buried a triple to give the lead back to the Wolves. Hudgins answered with a drive and lefty layup with 45 seconds left to give Northwest a 65-64 lead.

Junior Kirk Finley forced a tie up and jump ball that gave Northwest possession with 33.5 left. Finley buried a couple of free throws with 31.8 to give Northwest a three-point cushion at 67-64.

Finley grabbed a Wolves miss and drained two more free throws with 20.3 left. NSU’s Andrew Kallman buried a triple from deep with 6.5 left to make it 69-67 in Northwest’s favor.

Hudgins sank two free throws with 5.6 to go to push the lead back to four at 71-67. NSU’s Roko Dominovic knocked in a three with one second left to pull NSU back within one point. Joey Witthus sank one of two free throws with 0.5 seconds left to finish the scoring.

Northwest will be back in action Sunday at Civic Arena against No. 13-ranked Ferris State at 5:30 p.m.

— Northwest Athletics —

Griffons score 19 unanswered points to rally past Nebraska-Kearney

Posted on November 3, 2018

KEARNEY, Neb. – Griffon Football scored 19 unanswered second half points to rally on the road for the second time in three weeks. Missouri Western’s come-from-behind 25-17 win at Nebraska-Kearney gave the Griffons six wins for the first time since 2015, guaranteeing a winning season for the program.

Down 17-6 at halftime, the Griffons shut the Lopers out in the second half; passed for one touchdown and rushed for two more to complete the comeback.

NOTABLES

Missouri Western rushed for more than 150 yards in the second half after being limited to 44 in the first half and held the Lopers to 84 rushing yards in the second half after giving up 192 in the first.
The Griffons picked off two Nebraska-Kearney passes and recovered a Loper fumble, while not turning the ball over at all, themselves
Missouri Western stayed under 100 yards in penalties, getting flagged nine times for 65 yards
MWSU limited UNK to just 93 passing yards
The win secured the first winning season for the Griffons since going 6-5 in 2015

LEADERS

Keylan Mack caught seven passes for 91 yards, coming nine yards shy of becoming the first Griffon receiver to hit 100 yards since Elijah Cunningham did it last year
James Bailey Jr. rushed 16 times for 91 yards, averaging 5.7 yards per carry with one of the Griffons’ three touchdowns
Dom Marino averaged 6.5 yards per carry on 10 rushes and was 13-for-23 through the air for 172 yards and a touchdown pass to Cameron Grandy
James Huskey had 11 total tackles, eight solo, one for loss
Jabbar Miles finished with 10 tackles
Vayante Copeland and Anthony Williams had the interceptions. Williams also had seven tackles
Luke Theis only needed to punt three times, but made the most of it, averaging 49.3 yards per punt with two over 50 yards and one inside the 20

UP NEXT
Missouri Western goes for its seventh win of the season in the final regular season game of the year. The Griffons host Lindenwood on senior day, Nov. 10 at 1 p.m.

— MWSU Athletics —

Bearcats lose 17-16 at home to Fort Hays State

Posted on November 3, 2018

MARYVILLE, Missouri – For the second straight season, Fort Hays State slipped past Northwest Missouri State by a single point at Bearcat Stadium. The Tigers claimed a 17-16 victory over the Bearcats on senior day.

Fort Hays State’s Malik Young provided a blocked extra point and the Tigers used a late roughing the punter penalty to post the road win. Fort Hays State moves to 8-2 in the MIAA and into a tie for first place with Northwest in the league standings.

Fort Hays State took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. The Tigers got on the board first on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Chance Fuller to Harley Hazlett with 6:51 left in the first quarter. The Tigers extended the advantage to 14 points on a 25-yard scoring play from Fuller to Layne Bieberle with 1:17 on the clock in the first quarter.

Northwest did not register a first down until 5:01 remained in the second quarter. The Bearcats were limited to 31 yards of total offense and one first down in the first half.

The Bearcats took advantage of a Jack Richards interception to set up a 25-yard Parker Sampson field goal with 8:27 left in the second quarter.

Northwest pulled to within 14-10 on a 56-yard punt return for a touchdown from senior Shawn Bane Jr. with 1:52 left in the half. It was Bane’s second punt return for a touchdown this season. Bane led all players with 198 all-purpose yards as he had six rushing yards, 23 receiving yards, 84 kick return yards and 85 punt return yards.

Northwest took the opening kickoff in the second half and marched 78 yards to pay dirt. Quarterback Braden Wright hooked up with tight end Marqus Andrews on a 37-yard play to put the ball at the FHSU 19-yard line. On the next play, Wright connected with wide receiver Alec Tatum for a 19-yard touchdown pass with 12:08 left in the third quarter. The extra point was blocked by Young and Northwest held its first lead of the game at 16-14.

FHSU regained the lead at 17-16 on a 42-yard field goal by Dante Brown. It was Brown’s 23rd made field goal this season. His three-pointer came with 9:08 left in the third quarter.

Northwest freshman cornerback Trey Washington thwarted an FHSU drive with an interception at the 3-yard line with 2:51 left in the third quarter.

Neither squad scored in the fourth quarter as the Tigers held on for the 17-16 victory.

Northwest’s final drive in Tiger territory ended on a failed fourth-and-one at the FHSU 41-yard line with 8:14 left in the game. Bane was stuffed on a sweep and it gave the ball back to the Tigers.

Northwest appeared to stop Fort Hays State with 1:26 left but ended up with a roughing the punter penalty on Washington. The penalty gave FHSU a first down and the Tigers took a knee on the final two snaps of the game to run out the clock.

Northwest will wrap up the regular season next Saturday at Central Missouri. The Bearcats and Mules will kick at 1 p.m. at Walton Stadium.

NOTES: FHSU scored a 13-12 win over Northwest last season at Bearcat Stadium … FHSU had 252 yards of total offense, while Northwest managed 178 total yards … FHSU quarterback Chance Fuller passed for 240 yards and two touchdowns but also threw three interceptions … Northwest’s Braden Wright passed for 117 yards and a touchdown with an interception … FHSU was limited to 12 rushing yards … Northwest gained 61 yards on the ground – led by Isaiah Strayhorn’s 35 yards … Northwest’s Austen Eskew had 10 tackles, two tackles-for-loss and half a quarterback sack … Northwest’s Spencer Phillips had 1.5 quarterback sacks … the Bearcats got interceptions from Trent Nally, Jack Richards and Trey Washington … FHSU is the first team to beat Northwest in back to back seasons since Missouri Western performed the feat in 2011 and 2012.

— Northwest Athletics —