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5/24/2024 | Baseball | Box Score LEWISTON, Idaho - Cruz Oxford homered twice and drove in seven runs, but his outstanding effort wasn't enough as the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes dropped their NAIA World Series debut to Arizona Christian 17-10 on Friday at Harris Field. Oxford hit two 3-run homers, one in the eighth and one in the ninth, to go ...

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  picture courtesy of Brad Anderson  PRATT 3  ABILENE 2 SALINA: The (2) Abilene Cowboys played in the semifinals of the 4A State tournament for the first time in school history Friday afternoon at Dean Evans Stadium.  They faced one of the hottest teams in the state in the (3) Pratt Greenbacks.  Pratt lost their first four games ...

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WICHITA, Kan. — The Salina Central Mustangs' historic run through the Kansas Class 5A Baseball Playoffs came to a sweet close on Friday evening, defeating crosstown rival Salina South 2-0 to take third place at Eck Stadium. Both Salina Central and Salina South knocked off the top two seeds in the State Tournament Thursday, with Central ...

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It was the summer of 2015. Bill Neale had driven from Oklahoma to Salina for an interview at Kansas Wesleyan which was searching for a head coach for its middling baseball program. Neale had just finished his first season at Bacon College (Oklahoma) and was intrigued by the KWU position. The trip to Salina did not immediately inspire ...

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Wichita State 14, East Carolina 4   W: LaPour (6-3) L: Kahler (1-1) S: None   CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Wichita State erased a late deficit with 13 unanswered runs, rolling past top-seeded East Carolina 14-4 on Thursday afternoon at BayCare Ballpark. The Shockers (31-27) advance to the semifinals of the AAC tournament, where they will await the winner of Rice-East Carolina on Saturday ...

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WICHITA, Kan. — The Salina South Cougars first trip to the State Baseball Tournament in five years was certainly no disappointment, as the Cougars knocked off the Pittsburg Purple Dragons 5-3 in extra innings on Thursday night. Salina South struggled offensively for the first five innings, going hitless until the top of the 6th inning. Trailing ...

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ARLINGTON, Texas – In day three of the 2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, No. 8 Oklahoma defeated Kansas 7-5 at Globe Life Field. Kansas (30-22) had a 3-1 lead and 4-2 advantage early in the game, but OU, the Big 12 regular season champions, battled back to take the lead. The Sooners went ahead 5-4 after ...

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ARLINGTON, Texas – Trailing by six runs, K-State rallied for three runs in the sixth inning but was unable to complete the charge as TCU won 9-4 Thursday morning in the elimination game of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship at Globe Life Field. "Credit to TCU, they were able to get more hits than we did," ...

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pictured is Abilene Senior, Kyson Becker, the image is courtesy of Brad Anderson  SALINA: The Abilene Cowboy baseball team collected their first victory at State in school history.  Abilene has made it to State three consecutive seasons but had lost in the quarterfinals in each of the last two years.  Senior, Kyson Becker went the distance ...

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WICHITA, Kan. — The Salina Central Mustangs (10-18) continued their historic post season charge on Thursday, upsetting the top-seed in the Kansas Class 5A State Baseball Tournament, Bishop Carroll (22-6). The Mustangs knocked off the defending 5A State Champions 7-2 in the opening game of the State Quarterfinals at Eck Stadium. Salina Central started the game ...

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BOX SCORE SEASON STATISTICS GALLERY PRESS CONFERENCE ARLINGTON, Texas – Kansas scored a go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning to beat Kansas State 2-1 in the opening game of the 2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship at Globe Life Field Tuesday. Lenny Ashby led off the inning with his first triple of the season and Collier Cranford ...