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Fresh off of its first championship in team history, the Salina Liberty indoor football organization had a celebration Monday evening. The Liberty, who defeated the Omaha Beef 38-34 on Saturday in Champions Bowl VII, avenged their previous three losses in the championship game. Many speakers talked on stage at the corner of Santa Fe and Ash on ...

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VINNIE PASQUANTINO SELECTED FROM OMAHA, RONALD BOLAÑOS DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT.   KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals announced today that they have acquired right-handed pitchers Wyatt Mills and William Fleming from Seattle for first baseman Carlos Santana and cash considerations. Mills, who is on the 40-man roster, will be optioned to Triple-A Omaha. Fleming will be assigned to High-A Quad Cities. Additionally, first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino has ...

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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Kansas guards Ochai Agbaji and Christian Braun were among the 58 players selected in the 2022 NBA Draft at Barclays Center in Brooklyn Thursday night. Agbaji was the overall No. 14 choice of the Cleveland Cavaliers, while Braun was taken by the Denver Nuggets and was the No. 21 selection. “It’s life changing,” KU ...

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Pronounced uh-BYE-uh-mee ee-zhee-OH-luh   MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang continued the process of building his first team on Friday morning (June 24) with the signing of graduate transfer Abayomi “Baybe” Iyiola (Ibadan, Nigeria/ Greenforest-McCalep Christian Academy (Ga.)/Stetson/Arkansas/Hofstra) to a Financial Aid Agreement with the program for the 2022-23 season. Iyiola is the seventh player to sign with the Wildcats since Tang ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas Head Baseball Coach Dan Fitzgerald announced his coaching staff today, assembling an experienced group with deep recruiting ties specifically to the Midwest and the larger national landscape. All three assistant coaches have served as recruiting coordinators for Division I baseball programs as well as coaching stints at the Junior College level. Name, Title Brandon ...

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TEAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FINAL HITS ERRORS ROYALS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 ANGELS 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 x 5 8 0 One night after a career-high eight RBI, in a losing effort, Angels two-way star Shoehei Ohtani took the mound seeking to avenge the previous night's result. He did that, and then some. Shutting down the Royals' offense, striking out a career-high 13 batters over eight innings. The first two Royals of the game reached with hits, but ...

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Purple & Black, Led By Jacob Pullen, Henry Walker to Compete in TBT for $1M Purse WICHITA,  June 22, 2022 – The Basketball Tournament (TBT) – the $1 million, winner-take-all summer basketball event broadcast live on ESPN networks – today revealed that Purple & Black, the Kansas State alumni team, has been admitted into TBT’s 64-team field. ...

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More on the Cayman Islands Classic |  Bracket (.pdf)   MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State will take on Rhode Island to conclude the first round of the 2022 Cayman Islands Classic on Monday, November 21, as tournament organizers announced the complete bracket for the tournament on Wednesday (June 22). The fourth annual Cayman Islands Classic will run from Monday-Wednesday, November ...

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TEAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 FINAL HITS ERRORS ROYALS 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 12 14 0 ANGELS 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 11 10 0 Despite losing the lead multiple times on Tuesday night, the Kansas City Royals persevered, defeating the Los Angeles Angels 12-11 in 11 innings. Kansas City had to overcome a heroic night from Angels' start Shohei Ohtani, who hit 3/4 on the night, collecting 8 RBI on two home runs. Ohtani is one of just six. MLB ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Highlighted by Big 12-leading marks from the women’s tennis, men’s cross country, women’s cross country and women’s golf programs, all of Kansas State’s athletic teams met and exceeded the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate multi-year standard for the 10th straight year as the NCAA released its latest Division I APR data from the 2020-21 academic ...

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The Salina Spikes 14u baseball team came away with a USSSA "AAA" State Championship over the weekend. The tournament was played at the Mid-America Sports Complex in Shawnee. The Spikes swept through pool play with wins over the Augusta Bullets, Wichita Select, and the Black Dragons, to set themselves up nicely in the bracket round. A 10-0 ...