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MARSHALL, Mo. – Kansas Wesleyan Volleyball opened its 2022 season with a pair of wins on Saturday in the Missouri Valley Triangular inside the Burns Athletic Center. The Coyotes swept Calumet College of St. Joseph and won in four sets over Missouri Valley.   KWU 3, Calumet 0 (25-22, 25-11, 25-22): The Coyotes opened the season with a straight-set ...

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Like any head football coach who's in his first season Kansas Wesleyan's Matt Myers has a mile-long list of matters to tend to and deal with on a daily basis.   Finding 22 players capable of filling starting roles for the Coyotes' in their opener against Friends on September 3 at Graves Family Sports Complex doesn't appear to one ...

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Pictured Above is Abilene Head Coach Brad Nicks Abilene Head Football Coach, Brad Nick’s Cowboy program will look to take a huge step forward in the 2022 season.  It has been tough from the start for Nicks.  He took over, in the spring of 2020, for a program that went 0-9 in 2019.  He was not ...

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The State of Kansas and the Kansas Lottery announced Thursday that it is planning for a September 1st launch date for legalized sports betting in the state. September 1st is expected to be a "soft launch," which would include online gambling through apps such as FanDuel and DraftKings. The full launch is expected a week later ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State Athletics and head baseball coach Pete Hughes have agreed to a contract extension through the 2026-27 season, director of athletics Gene Taylor announced Thursday. The extension was unanimously approved by the K-State Athletics, Inc., Board of Directors. "Coach Hughes is a proven leader of men who has established a great culture inside our baseball program," Taylor said. ...

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Kansas Wesleyan Men's Cross Country was selected to finish fourth in the KCAC in 2022 as the conference coaches conducted the KCAC Preseason Poll. The Coyotes also received a first-place vote in the poll.   The Coyotes finished fourth a year ago in the KCAC Championships.   Garrett Young is in his first season leading the Coyotes, returning to the ...

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Kansas Wesleyan Women's Cross Country was selected to finish fourth in the KCAC in 2022 as the conference coaches conducted the KCAC Preseason Poll.   The Coyotes finished third a year ago in the KCAC Championships.   Garrett Young is in his first season leading the Coyotes, returning to the program after spending three seasons at Southwestern.   Saint Mary was the ...

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Editor's Note: This is the fourth of five in a series announcing the 2022 inductees to the Kansas Wesleyan University Coyote Athletic Hall of Fame. Profiles on each of the inductees will be released each Wednesday through August 24. The Coyote Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony is set for the Saturday of Homecoming and Family ...

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LeBaron Hollimon has high expectations for his Kansas Wesleyan men's soccer team this fall.   "Realistically we're looking at being a top four team, we feel like that's something we can get to," said Hollimon, who enters his second season as the Coyotes' coach. "Obviously, we want to be better than that but we've got to be realistic ...

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The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Soccer coaches recently conducted their preseason poll and selected the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes to finish fourth in the KCAC race as announced by the conference office.   The Coyotes finished fourth in the KCAC a season ago, and reached the KCAC Semifinals before falling to conference champion Oklahoma Wesleyan.   Oklahoma Wesleyan was ...

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The Solomon Gorillas continue their preparation for the 2022 season, looking to build off an encouraging 5-4 finish a season ago. Solomon navigated a confusing, oftentimes frustrating stretch of COVID cancellations and reschedules. In fact, three of the Gorillas' first four games were not against the originally scheduled opponent. As one might imagine, it's a challenge ...