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On the mat

Preview of some of the top wrestlers in the area this season.

Busy bodies Nunnery family has no problem staying busy.

Dance off Addison Kingsbury, left, and Cheyenne Hileman, members of the Smith Center High School dance team, the Scarletts, perform at halftime of the Fort Hays State University women’s basketball game against Missouri Western on Dec. 6 at Gross Memorial Coliseum.

AUSTIN COLBERT, Sports Ink.

Sports Ink. contributors: Nick McQueen nmcqueen@dailynews.net Austin Colbert acolbert@dailynews.net Jolie Green jgreen@dailynews.net On the cover: The family of Tim and Christin Nunnery: Sons Isaiah, Ethan and T.J., and daughter Tasiah. Photos by Austin Colbert

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Time to step it up a notch

I

’m probably like most people in

that I failed on my most recent New For Hays High boys’ golf: Learn to Year’s resolution, whatever it may swing like a girl have been (I honestly don’t rememLet’s face it fellas, you have a lot to ber). Whether it’s weight loss, career live up to this spring. The HHS girls’ advancement, the desire to learn a new golf team moved down to Class 4A this skill or to finally ask that pretty girl out, season and laughed at everyone on its the gusto toward these resolutions rarely way to a state championship. If you don’t lasts long. follow suit, the girls will probably hold So for this New Years, I’ve decided to it over your head for the rest of your life flip the script. Instead of making a resolu- (and they totally should). I know you tion for myself, I’m going to make some lost a few guys, but you still have enough for others and try to hold them to it. And firepower coming back to set some high I’m going to start with some of the area goals. The girls set the bar high — let’s see sports teams. Below I have come up with you jump over it. seven goals for various teams in 2015 and

I hope they are taken to heart. This is a For TMP girls’ soccer: Play like chamchallenge from me to you — if you feel pions the need, you may return a resolution in Ladies, you did this to yourself. You had kind. a remarkable season last year and gave

the eventual state champs a good run in For Hays High boys’ basketball: Find the postseason, so I’m setting the bar very your inner Kyler Niernberger high for you. With literally your entire Maybe it was the hair, but I just loved team likely coming back, the only thing watching the little guy play. Niernberger stopping you from getting to the top is graduated last spring from Hays High yourself. Play smart, play confident and ranked fourth in career assists, his 2013play like champions this season. Do that, 14 season average of 7.0 assists per game and you very well could become one at the second best in Indian basketball hisseason’s end. tory. He wasn’t big, he wasn’t built, but

he could ball and was fearless in the way For Hays High softball: Be more than he did it. Overcome the odds like Kyler Hannah Hearld and you’ll find yourself back at state with Yes, I adore Hannah. She’s a wonderful a chance to finish what the seniors started person and a phenomenal pitcher. Yes, last season. you might be able to simply ride her back

to state because she’s simply that good.

For TMP girls’ basketball: Find your But why should you? You return what outer Ronda Rousey should be a deep and talented team this No, I’m not saying you spring, with lots of fireFor starters should learn to fight like power at the plate. I know the current UFC women’s most of you were young Austin bantamweight champion. last season with an entirely If anything, she terrifies me. sophomore infield, but But that is exactly why I that’s not the case anyalso like her — she wins (she is a perfect more. You are experienced upperclassmen 10-0 as a professional) and lets you know with plenty of skill. Don’t let Hannah she is a winner. Girls, I know you only carry you to state — learn to run with her won seven games last season. But you’re and you will be tough to beat. going to win more this season. I think

you are a good basketball team, and For FHSU women’s basketball: Dare to when you find the outward confidence (finally) be great to dominate your opponents like Rousey, So many good teams over the years, so you could be great. And I want you to be many times sitting at home without an great. TMP boys, you could be great, too.

NCAA Tournament bid. Let’s end that this But I’d try to be more Chuck Liddell than season. I love this year’s team. You had Ronda Rousey. Unless you’re into that. a remarkable start to the season. Senior

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Austin Colbert, Sports Ink. Fort Hays State senior center Kate Lehman.

center Kate Lehman is probably the best player in the MIAA and one of the best in the country. Ride her all day long if you have to, I just want to see you in the postseason. Because I believe if you get there, you could do some damage.

For the Hays Larks: Win it for Frank Yes, I realize I don’t exactly know to whom I’m speaking to. The Larks are probably months away from having anything resembling a roster for the summer. But if you happen to make that roster, I want you to win it for Frank Leo. The Larks’ longtime manager retired from teaching this year, meaning he gets to fully focus on coaching. You’ve been so close at the NBC World Series in Wichita many times, but have never finished it.

Make it happen. I’m not sure how much longer Frank plans to coach, but I’d like to see him end his career with that elusive championship.

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Who’s That?

Notable performances in northwest Kansas Ivan Montes

A senior for the then No. 2-ranked Sharon Springs-Wallace County boys’ basketball team, Montes started his season with a bang. Montes buried nine 3-pointers en route to a 34-point performance, leading the Wildcats to a 72-51 win at Hoxie. Montes is one of three seniors for the Wildcats, who hope to make it back to the Class 1A Division II state tournament, where they finished second in a nailbiter, falling 60-58 to Beloit/St. John’sTipton.

Chelsea Mason

Mason, in her second season with the Fort Hays State University women’s basketball team, was an integral part of the Tigers’ 7-1 start.

Through eight games, Mason made an MIAA-leading 22 3-pointers, and was second on the Tiger team with 12 points per game off the bench. In the Tigers’ first two MIAA games, Mason hit a career-high six 3s as FHSU knocked off No. 21 ranked University of Central Missouri, then followed up with five 3s as the Tigers defeated Missouri Western State University. She led FHSU in scoring against UCM, and was the second-leading scorer against MWSU.

Sam Sage

Sage, a senior at Phillipsburg High School, had an impressive fall at quarterback for the Panther football team. He’s off to an equally impressive start for the basketball team.

After quarterbacking the Panthers to their first substate game in school history and a school-record 10 wins, Sage was the leading scorer for Phillipsburg in its first two basketball games. Sage scored 34 in a loss to Ellis to open the season, then added 19 in a tournament opener against Ell-Saline, the same school that ended Phillipsburg’s football season.

Alyssa Oborny

After helping the La Crosse High School volleyball team to state for the second straight season, Oborny looks to impact the basketball team again this season. One of five seniors, Oborny scored 17 points and grabbed five rebounds as La Crosse opened its season with a 41-34 win at home against Kiowa County.

Oborny led the Leopards in scoring a season ago with nine points per game.

Family

The Nunnery family from left: Ethan, Tim, T.J., Isaiah, Tasiah and Christin.

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f the four Nunnery chiland church stuff sometimes you can’t. dren, T.J. is the one you But for the most part I try to attend shouldn’t lose sight of. As whatever I can of theirs.” the youngest — he’s a sixth Their father, Tim Nunnery, is an asgrader at Hays Middle School — he sistant coach on the boys’ basketball brings this reckless abandon that territeam and is a youth/associate pastor at fies his parents, yet might be his greatest Westview Church in Hays. Christin, the quality. executive director at the Mary Elizabeth “He’s just very fearless in everything Maternity Home, also is the Indians’ he does. I think that’s going to be a big head volleyball coach. attribute to how he’s going to be when So for a family of two coaches and he gets older,” said Christin Nunnery, four athletes, it’s no surprise sports takes T.J.’s mother. “Last year he broke his up most of their life. arm New Year’s Day going down stairs “It’s really hard for me as a mom on a skateboard with no wheels. And knowing Ethan is playing soccer, Tasiah my comment to him was, ‘Hey, you is playing volleyball, but I’m coaching shouldn’t have done that.’ And my team,” Christin said. “It’s he was like, ‘Well, I landed it just fun because Tim and I are so the first time.’ So we were like, passionate about sports and then ‘Oh goodness.’ ” to see our kids be that way… I After most Hays High School didn’t ever get nervous when I Austin Colbert played, but when my kids play I basketball games, T.J. can be found wowing the stragglers as am a nervous wreck. And I hate he dribbles and shoots, knocking down that. I absolutely hate being nervous three after three, a certain infectious and then it’s out of my control, which confidence drawing you in. His two is another thing I do not like. I’m the older brothers, Isaiah and Ethan, both nervous mom on the side and Tim is play on the HHS basketball team. Isaiah just so mellow and laid back and enjoys is a junior and the team’s starting point it. I enjoy it once it’s over.” guard this season, Ethan a freshman Both Tim and Christin were once that at least early on in the season was standout athletes in their own right. serving as Isaiah’s backup.

Tim comes from Oxnard, Calif., a subT.J. rarely misses his brothers’ games, urb of Los Angeles, where after a couple unless he has one of his own, which of seasons in junior college he earned happens more often than not. T.J.’s a scholarship to play basketball at Fort sister Tasiah, a seventh grader at HMS Hays State University. Christin, a 1995 and also a talented athlete, is an avid Hays High graduate, played volleyball supporter of each of her brothers and is for two seasons at FHSU. It was in study often seen in the stands — front row, of hall at Fort Hays where the two met, course — alongside her mother. their first few encounters leaving little “I like seeing them at my games and faith they would one day I try to go to as many of their games as be happily married with PAGE 8 possible,” Isaiah said. “But with practice four children.

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Christin Nunnery, center, watches her sons Isaiah and Ethan play against Olathe North.

“We didn’t like each other at first. Well, actually I wouldn’t say that. It was her and her brother that we didn’t like each other starting out,” Tim said. “She’s chilling at my house just sitting on the couch just talking and she is sharing things about herself and I just hear on the inside, the Lord told me, ‘That’s your wife right there.’ I was like, ‘OK, all right.’ It just grew from there.”

Tim had professional basketball aspirations and didn’t intend to stick around Kansas like he has, but got hooked because of the “nice feel to it.” He grew up in a sports family, having six brothers and numerous cousins as athletes. He grew up

Hays High assistant coach Tim Nunnery, right in red, watches from the bench against Olathe North. His second oldest child, freshman Ethan Nunnery, sits two spots to his left.

surrounded by sports, something that has changed little with his children.

“I’d just rather sit in the stands and film them, kind of coach them that way. Just be quiet. But it’s good. I love it,” Tim said.

“I had one golden rule when I played, which was every year I bring something new to the table so guys don’t know how to guard me. I would add specific things to my game, whether it was working on my shot, dribbling, whatever it was. I don’t like my kids to be complacent with that, so I just try to carry that over to my

children as well.”

For the most part, the kids enjoy having two parents as coaches. But sometimes, Tim and Christin have a difficult time transitioning from coach to parent, which can irk the children. T.J. seems to be the best at dealing with the constant coaching, while the older ones have to occasionally remind their parents to tone it down.

“I kind of want to go home after practice and just be a kid and not think about it and it just keeps coming back. I have to remind him from time to time that not

everything’s about sports,” Isaiah said of his father.

“There are some days I don’t want to be corrected and what not. Then I just have to remember he’s my dad and he is just trying to make me a better player and better person. So I always got to listen to him.”

While basketball plays a centerpiece role for the boys, it’s hardly the only sport in the bunch. Ethan had a standout soccer season in the fall for HHS — Isaiah said he might play soccer as a senior and even spent the fall as a manager on the HHS volleyball team — and Tasiah plays nearly everything under the sun, from basketball to softball and track, although she has taken a primary liking to volleyball. T.J. is the only one that is a one-sport

athlete, sticking with basketball, although he could play football in the future, about the only sport the Nunnerys don’t currently have in their arsenal.

And with four of them up and coming, expect to see the name Nunnery more and more as each moves through Hays High in the coming years.

“It’s kind of fun to be the first one and then tell them you have younger siblings coming up. But they have a lot of expectations on them,” Isaiah said. “I have really high expectations for my younger brothers because they’ve gotten to play up all these years. But it’s kind of cool that most of my family has been through Hays High and pretty much for the next seven-some years there will be a Nunnery at Hays High.”

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On the Area wrestlers who could make noise in 2014-15

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he 2014-15 wrestling season is less than a month old. Before the holiday break, wrestlers are just settling in to their respective weight classes, and teams are starting to find out which guys will work in which spots.

When the season starts back up again in early January, that’s when things start getting interesting. Wrestlers hit it hard in preparation for their ultimate high school goals, competing tough in their respective regional meets, and qualifying for the state championships.

Here’s a look at some of the top wrestlers in the area who could be doing just that.

Any wrestler from Norton — Once again, the defending Class 3-2-1A state champion Bluejays are the favorite in the classification.

Norton, seemingly not missing a beat each season despite replacing key contributors, has won four of the last five 3-2-1A crowns, Page 10

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and seven of the last 11. Despite graduating its only state champion, plus a third-place medalist, Norton looks for another solid run. Depth is the key, and any given wrestler could step up on any given week.

Sophomore Skylar Johnson, son of coach Bill Johnson, enters the season ranked No. 3 at 113 pounds, after his third-place finish a season ago at 106. Norton has seven wrestlers ranked in their respective weight classes from 113 up to 220, where sophomore Jacob Green is ranked fourth. Green was third as a freshman. In between are sophomore Kade Unterseher (120), senior Jared Tallent (145), junior Mike Kasson (152) and junior Gavin Liveley (182). Norton also hosts its 3-2-1A regional this season.

Tristan Porsch, soph., Hoxie — No reason to think Porsch is going to fall off at all, but it’s hard to top what the freshman did at 120 pounds last season. It was perfection.

Porsch rolled to 39-0 and a state title, and January 2015

was the area’s only unbeaten wrestler.

Macrae Migchelbrink, sr., Rawlins County — Migchelbrink started as the No. 2 ranked wrestler behind Porsch at 132 pounds.

Migchelbrink will look to qualify for state for the fourth time. He finished second last season with a 35-5 mark, losing by decision to Silver Lake’s Haegan Schaefer in the title.

Brayden Winters, soph., Stockton — Stockton’s lone state qualifier a season ago, Winters had a tough draw in the first round at 106 pounds in 3-2-1A state, falling to eventual state runner-up Hunter Ostertag of Atchison County. Winters enters the season ranked sixth in the same weight class.

David Hileman, soph., Smith Center — As a freshman, Hileman’s only loss in the state tournament was to Porsch, a 13-7 decision that gave Porsch the state title. Hileman looks to stay away from Porsch this season at 126 pounds. He was ranked No. 3 in the Dec. 9 rankings.

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Dalton Brand, sr., Russell — Russell makes the switch to 3-2-1A after a stint in 4A. Brand is the top ranked wrestler at 182 pounds, just in front of Norton’s Lively, although Brand won just one match at 142 a season ago. Russell will play host to a 3-2-1A regional.

Dylan Gassman, sr., Oakley — Gassman finished 22-6 as a junior at 220 pounds, picking up a 3-2 decision against Marion’s Kyle Palic for the 2014 state title. Gassman is ranked No. 2 in the weight class as the season began, behind A.J. Cooper of Cimarron.

Gassman looks for a third state qualification.

Taylor Murphy, sr., Oakley — Murphy was ranked No. 2 at 152 pounds to start the season, ranked behind St. Marys standout Greg Tooley, the defending undefeated state champ at 145 a season ago, and a Fort Hays State University signee.

Ethan Deterding, sr., Hays High — Hays High’s second best wrestler the last two seasons, Deterding steps into the spotlight as the Indians’ go-to guy. Deterding was ranked No. 2 at 182 pounds on Dec. 9 as the Indians move to Class 4A from 5A for the first time. The Indians also will host the 4A regional this season, which includes area teams TMP-Marian, Colby and Goodland.

After a second-round loss in 5A last season, Deterding battled back to finish fourth.

File photo, Sports Ink. Hays High’s Ethan Deterding, left, wrestles last season. Deterding is a top returner for Hays High, now in 4A.

Troy Juenemann, sr., Oberlin — Part of the loaded 132-pound field with Porsch and Migchelbrink, Juenemann was ranked sixth to start the year.

Tabor Erickson, soph., Oberlin — One of three returning state qualifiers for the Red Devils, Erickson is ranked fourth at 160 pounds, where he finished fourth for Oberlin last season.

Rex Diederich, sr., Oberlin — Another of the Red Devils’ returning state qualifiers, Diederich was fourth last season at 182 pounds. He makes a step up and was ranked No. 4 at 195, a class that includes last year’s state champ in undefeated Tristan Speer of Troy.

Kelton Suchy, soph., Russell — Another Bronco who could benefit from a switch to 3-2-1A and wrestling a regional at home. Suchy lost to the eventual state runner-up at 145 last season in the first round at state in 4A, and ended up going 1-2 to finish 26-14.

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Chase Prester, jr., Russell — Prester was sixth in Class 4A as a sophomore at 138, and bumps up to 145 and down to 3-2-1A. He was ranked fourth in 3-2-1A to start the year.

Luke Jacobs, sr., Phillipsburg — While Phillipsburg was loaded up last season and had hoped to make a run at a trophy or a title, six of the eight state qualifiers for the Panthers graduated. Jacobs is the top returner for Phillipsburg at 220 pounds, where he was ranked third behind Cooper and Gassman. A tall wrestler at 6-foot-7, Jacobs lost to Norton’s Green in the third-place match at state last year to finish 38-7.

Tucker Rhoades, soph., TMP — The Monarchs make the move up to 4A from 3-2-1A. Rhoades could represent TMP’s best option at 126 pounds to qualify in 4A when the Monarchs go across town to Hays High for regional competition. Rhoades was 33-10 as a freshman at 113, where he finished sixth.

Tate Carney, soph., Colby — Carney entered the year as the top-ranked wrestler at 113 pounds after his second-place finish at 106 a season ago. Carney was 36-5 in his first season with the Eagles, suffering an 18-7 loss in the title match to unbeaten Corbin Nirschi of Basehor-Linwood.

Aaron Avelar, sr., Goodland — Avelar was 36-10 as a junior at 120 pounds. He entered the season ranked sixth at 126, one of two ranked Goodland wrestlers, along with sixthranked senior Tate Washington at 113.

Austin Hart, jr., Colby — Another topranked wrestler for the Eagles to start the season at 220 pounds. Hart finished third in 4A in the weight class last season, behind a pair of seniors.

Ethan Jay, soph., Colby — Likely the area’s best heavyweight, the sophomore looks to return to state in 4A. He entered the season ranked No. 3 in the classification after going 31-13 as a freshman (2-2 at the state tournament).

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Joe Dortland looks to the sideline after making a play in the title game against Attica-Argonia.

Seniors Bryan Dome (21) and Noah Dreiling (25) celebrate after a Dome touchdown run in the title game.

Members of the Victoria High School football team celebrate with the Eightman Division II state championship trophy after they defeated Attica-Argonia 52-8 on Nov. 22 in Newton.

Bryan Dome looks for running room against Attica-Argonia. Dome rushed for 215 yards on 17 carries in the win.

Joe Dortland gets a carry in the first half of the title game against Attica-Argonia.

LEFT: Fog hovers over the field as the Victoria High School football team listens to the National Anthem during pregame of the EightMan Division II state title game Nov. 22 in Newton.

RIGHT: Victoria High School head coach Doug Oberle talks to his team during a timeout.

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Hoops is well under way

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he 2014-15 basketball season got off to a good start for several teams in the area. As expected, teams like the Hays High School boys, Hoxie girls, Stockton boys and Ellis girls got off to good starts.

That seems to be the norm in seasons of late and appeared no different early on.

But there are several things that stick out about this season and the chips will start falling when it resumes next week. These are just a few notables about the season.

1. It’s a completely different scheduled for Class 4A Division II Thomas More Prep-Marian. In years past, TMP would spend time playing Class 3A or 4A competition — teams like Larned, Hoisington, Scott City, and the various levels of competition at the annual Trojan Classic in Hillsboro.

That won’t be the case this year. Outside of competing with 5As and 6As in the File photo, Sports Ink. Hays City Shootout, the largest school Hoxie coach Shelly Hoyt and the Indians haven’t lost in nearly three full seasons. The TMP will face is Norton, as now a fullIndians don’t look to let up this year. time member of the MCL. TMP is the Beloit/St. John’s-Tipton. That looks to be largest school in the MCL, but that doesn’t seasons, but have always run into a buzz saw — such as Hoxie — in the sub-state or one of the best sub-states in Division II mean things are going to get any easier. state tournaments.

However, Stockton is a on the boys’ side. I wouldn’t be shocked, For the Monarch boys’ team, however, favorite this season. though, to see Northern Valley or Natoma the schedule seems to be a bit more 3.

Standing in Stockton’s way is Victoknock off the Blujays. “manageable.” Though most might see a ria.

The Knights and Tigers drew the same 6. Wallace County will be back. I fully big school like TMP come in and think sub-state in Quinter, and look to be the expect Wallace County to be right back in they’re going to rule the roost, it’s going top two teams in the regional in March.

Hays on the boys’ side, bringing with them to be far from it. The biggest competition However, Victoria likely won’t go in with the high-octane style under coach Larry this year is going to come from the likes as good of a record.

As O’Connor.

The Wallace County girls are a of Stockton, Norton, usual, the Knights will favorite to be here with them, but could The Closer Phillipsburg and Ellis probably take some run into trouble with Triplains-Brewster. with TMP among the lumps in a tough sched7. Here are the teams I expect to be top five on the boys’ ule. heading to a state tournament in March. side.

4.

No one touches In Class 1A Division I: The Thunder Ridge While the Monarch Hoxie.

That’s a given girls, Osborne boys, Hoxie girls, Stockton boys have a favoranymore when talking boys, the La Crosse girls and Otis-Bison able route with good about the Indian girls’ basketball team. boys.

In Class 1A Division II: Wheatlandcompetition, it’s the opposite for the The season began with a rout of a solid Grinnell girls, Wallace County boys and Monarch girls, who hope to continue their state contender in Class 1A Division II — girls.

In Class 2A, the Ellis or Ness City improvement. Playing teams like tradiWallace County.

Barring something incredgirls, and the Plainville boys.

In Class 3A, tional power Smith Center, Phillipsburg ible happening, Hoxie won’t be touched Norton will put up a fight but ultimately and Ellis, TMP might have its hands full until the state tournament, if then. By the lose to Scott City on the boys’ side. The on the girls’ side. end of the season, the Indians’ streak will Phillipsburg girls have a shot. In Class 4A 2. This is Stockton’s year. Hate to put it be right near the century mark.

Division II, the TMP boys and girls have this way, but if they don’t break through 5.

Watch out for Northern Valley/Naa good shot at getting out of their suband perhaps compete for a state title on toma — Two teams that potentially could states. In 4A Division I, it comes down to the boys’ side, then when will it happen? make a run to the 1A Division II state McPherson and Hays High on the boys’ Seniors Jaden Williams and Justin Wilttourney on the boys’ side are lumped into side. Yes, Indians, you switched to 4A Divifong have had much attention through the same sub-state, so it won’t happen. sion I, here’s your reward — a tough one the years. Their height causes matchup Plus, guess who else they are in there with with the Bullpups. problems for just about anyone Stockton — defending state champ and top-ranked Should be a fun one to watch. faces. The Tigers have produced great

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Heim scored 16 points in the Indians’ seasonopening 73-24 win against Wallace County, the Indians’ 74th straight victory. That came after Heim signed her letter of intent to play basketball at Fort Hays State.

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