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MANHATTAN, Kan. – No. 7/7 Kansas scored the last 9 points to complete its rally from a 17-point deficit, as the Jayhawks earned a 78-75 victory over Kansas State in the 296th edition of the Dillons Sunflower Showdown on Saturday afternoon before a season-best crowd of 9,737 fans at Bramlage Coliseum. Senior Ochai Agbaji scored the game’s last 6 points ...

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Girls: South 41, Buhler 21 It was a defensive struggle from start to finish, but the South girls made enough shots to pull away early and coast to their third win of the season, and the second against the Crusaders. Elena Herbel splashed home two first quarter threes to help South go in front. After an early ...

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GIRLS: 5A #2 Salina Central 63, Concordia 17 In the Semifinal round of the 43rd Annual Salina Invitational Tournament, the Salina Central girls dominated the Concordia Panthers 63-17 behind 19 points from Aubrie Kierscht and 12 from Mykayla Cunningham. Concordia scored the first two points of the game, but from there Salina Central would score the next ...

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It was the Eli Lawson show Friday night as the Bulldogs of Bennington downed the Cardinals of Ell-Saline 68-53.  The game was part of the Moundridge mid-season tournament. Bennington’s super sophomore 6-6 Lawson scored 37 points, had numerous rebounds and blocked shots and altered many Cardinal shots when Ell-Saline got the ball into the paint.  He ...

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Both teams playing for 5th place in the final day of the Sterling invitational saw the Smoky Valley Girls come away with a 41-35 win, but the boys suffer a 2nd last second loss of the tournament 46-47. In the girls game the Vikings got an early lead on Kingman only to see them rally and ...

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Bob Roberts visits with KDWP research fisheries biologist Jeff Koch about possible changes to the Crappie creel and length limits at Kansas lakes.  There seems to  be a more conservative approach to creel limits which are 50 fish a day for Crappies at many lakes.  Some lakes are now 20 Crappies a day and there ...

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Day 1 Results: Lawrence Free State 73, Wichita-Bishop Carroll 34 McPherson 51, Derby 48 Lenexa-St. James Academy 68, Wichita North 31 Topeka Seaman 63, Overland Park-Blue Valley 55 Day 2 Schedule: 3:00 PM - Wichita North vs. Overland Park-Blue Valley (Consolation Bracket) 4: 45 PM - Wichita-Bishop Carroll vs. Derby (Consolation Bracket) 6:30 PM - Lenexa-St. James Academy vs. Topeka Seaman (Championship Bracket) 8:15 ...

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Hendrik Dusterwald had 16 kills and Westcliff hit at a .264 percentage as the Warriors defeated Kansas Wesleyan 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-19) in a non-conference men's volleyball match Thursday night inside Mabee Arena.   The loss drops the Coyotes to 0-3 on the season while Westcliff, which is located in Irvine, Calif., improves to 2-3.   Wesleyan struggled with ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – No. 7 Kansas (15-2, 4-1) concludes its two-game road trip at Kansas State (10-7, 2-4), Jan. 22, for the Dillons Sunflower Showdown. Tip from Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas, is set for 3 p.m. (Central) and the game will be televised on Big 12 NOW on ESPN+. On Saturday, Kansas and Kansas State will ...

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GIRLS: 6A #8 Liberal 46, Salina South 22 The Saline South girls basketball team opened the 43rd annual Salina Invitational Tournament by playing host to the Liberal Lady Redskins, who entered ranked in the top 10 of Class 6A. In the first quarter, the South defense kept them in the contest, holding Liberal to just 12 points, ...

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Girls: Central 67, Abilene 34 Aubrie Kierscht hit seven three-pointers and led all scorers with 23 points as the Central Mustangs moved to 9-0 with a convincing victory over the Abilene Cowgirls (1-9) to begin play at the 43rd Salina Invitational Tournament. Central's full-court press forced early turnovers and allowed them to jump ahead right away. Abilene ...