{"id":91192,"date":"2025-10-20T13:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=91192"},"modified":"2025-10-20T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:59:11","slug":"no-7-fhsu-women-compete-in-black-and-gold-scrimmage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=91192","title":{"rendered":"No. 7 FHSU women compete in Black and Gold Scrimmage, prepare for season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Story by CAYDEN SANDERS Photos by PHILIPP MAHN NGUYEN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fort Hays State women\u2019s wrestling team competed in the annual Black and Gold Scrimmage on Saturday. The Tigers showcased the team through 12 intrasquad matches. FHSU Head Coach Alijah Jeffery said the team was less focused on the end results and more on how each athlete competed.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thought they did an excellent job, especially early in those early matches. They&#8217;re coming out trying to score points,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I was really impressed with our group of ladies, and we\u2019ve got some young girls that are coming up too and are hungry and and we&#8217;re really excited for this year. I think we&#8217;re going to be a really good team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"527\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-91205\" data-id=\"91205\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2.jpg?resize=790%2C527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-scaled.jpg?resize=370%2C247 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C100 150w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/14-scaled.jpg?resize=173%2C260 173w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/14-scaled.jpg?resize=100%2C150 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/14-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/14-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/14-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/14-scaled.jpg?w=1707 1707w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/14-scaled.jpg?w=1580 1580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marissa Porsch waving to her supporters after her win<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-91214\" data-id=\"91214\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16.jpg?resize=683%2C1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16-scaled.jpg?resize=683%2C1024 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16-scaled.jpg?resize=173%2C260 173w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16-scaled.jpg?resize=100%2C150 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16-scaled.jpg?w=1707 1707w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16-scaled.jpg?w=1580 1580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Team Black supporting Maddy Blow before she steps on the mat<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeffery pointed out two matches in particular that impressed him: Peyton Hellmann vs. Ashlynn Goodwin and Kennedy Farrar vs. Jaidyn Alvarado<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeyton Hellman and Ashlyn Goodwin was an excellent match. Goodwin is a returning national qualifier for us [and] Peyton is a freshman that has a great work ethic and really wants a starting spot. It was a great match, start to finish,\u201d Jeffery said. \u201cAt 103, (Farrar and Alvarado) both those wrestlers were scrapping. I think there was 19 points put on the board. So there were some fireworks early. And it was just nice to see those wrestlers just trying to go out there and just score points and wrestle hard for six minutes.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tigers are pre-season No. 7 in the National Wrestling Coaches Association preseason poll and four individual wrestlers are ranked as well. Nichole Moore is No. 6 in 138-lbs, Dylan Ritchey is No. 8 in 145-lbs, Isabella Renfro is No. 5 in 180-lbs, and Hailey Conley is No. 8 207-lbs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeffery said it is nice for some of the wrestlers to be noticed for the hard work they put in and their results from last year, but he also acknowledged that preseason rankings aren\u2019t overly important.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe still have to go out there and we have to perform and just get better every single day. So it is nice for Fort Hays to get recognition,\u201d Jeffery said. \u201cLast year, it always felt like we were the underdog and we got overlooked until the very end. Whereas this year, maybe we are getting a little bit more noticed, and our athletes are getting noticed for the hard work they put in. But also we&#8217;ve got to put in the work and prove that we&#8217;re a top 10 national ranked team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conley never thought she would be ranked in college, but she is pleased to be recognized for her efforts. She won her decision on Saturday 3-1.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI really never thought that I would ever be nationally ranked in college. When ranking came out I was really surprised to see how high up I am ranked as a sophomore,\u201d Conley said. \u201cIt feels good to know that other people see the work and the progress I am making and it makes me excited to see how the season goes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even being a newer program, the team as a whole has a lot of expectations. For Conley, that starts with improving on last season\u2019s success.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a team we want to be better than last year. As a new program it will take time to make some noise but we are already doing that,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have a lot of new faces and a lot of young faces so we are all wanting to work hard and make our team known. We all put in the work and will peak at the right time in March.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fort Hays starts its season on November 2 at the Maverick Open hosted by No. 6 Colorado Mesa. Jeffery understands the importance of competing against the top schools that will be in attendance at the meet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cColorado Mesa, that&#8217;s a school that we&#8217;ve been tracking down for a while. They kind of took it to us last year, and we&#8217;re really wanting to just go out there and prove that we&#8217;re as good a team,\u201d Jeffery said. \u201cThere&#8217;s some other RMAC schools that are in the national rankings as well. They have talented wrestlers in that conference. They&#8217;re in our region, so it&#8217;s it&#8217;s really important for us to go out there and see those teams throughout the year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>INF 349<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story by CAYDEN SANDERS Photos by PHILIPP MAHN NGUYEN The Fort Hays State women\u2019s wrestling team competed in the annual Black and Gold Scrimmage on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":91199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":false,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7349,15465],"tags":[14199,14918,15591,7976],"class_list":["post-91192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-womens-wrestling","tag-cayden-sanders","tag-fhsu-womens-wrestling","tag-philipp-nguyen","tag-wrestling"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/8-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91192"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91217,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91192\/revisions\/91217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/91199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}