5 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan's Paden Hazuga (JR/San Diego, Calif.) and Zyair Velazquez (SR/San Diego, Calif.) were both named as the KCAC and NAIA Football Conference and National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, for their efforts in KWU's upset win over then No. 11 ranked Bethel on Saturday. KWU also found its way back into the NAIA Football FirstDown PlayBook ...

5 years ago
The Kansas Wesleyan Coaches Show is back and with a new location! The KWU Coaches Show puts a spotlight on various programs, coaches and student athletes at Wesleyan. Join voice of the Coyotes Pat Strathman at the new Library Sports Bar & Grill on Mondays from 6 to 7 pm. The Library is located just a couple ...

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Class 6A - Girls Player School Height Grade First Team: Addy Brown Derby 6' 3 So Nijaree Canady Topeka High 6' 0 Jr S'Mya Nichols Shawnee Mission West 5'10 So Kennedy Taylor Shawnee Mission Northwest 6' 2 Sr Kisa Unruh Dodge City 5' 9 Sr Second Team: Shannon Clarke Free State 6' 0 Sr Sania Copeland Olathe North 5' 9 Jr Paige Craft Blue Valley North 5' 9 Sr Laniah Randle Wichita Heights 5' 9 Sr Kiki Smith Topeka High 5' 8 So Honorable Mention: Tatum Boettger Derby 6' 3 Jr Ashley Carillo Liberal 5' 6 Jr Bailey Collar Olathe West 5' 8 Sr Brooklyn DeLeye Washburn Rural 6' 2 So Saige Grampsas Shawnee Mission Northwest 5' 8 Jr Jaila Harding Wichita Southeast 5' 9 Sr Raegan ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas men’s basketball head coach Bill Self announced Monday that junior guard Tyon Grant-Foster has entered the transfer portal. “Tyon and I visited today and he told me of his intention of putting his name in the portal,” Self said. “I support that decision. We all have enjoyed Tyon being here. He is a ...

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Baseball Ell-Saline swept Ellinwood 7-6, 9-7. Ell-Saline trailed Ellinwood 6-3 going into the sixth. The Cardinals played four in the sixth to get the win, finishing with 10 hits and taking advantage of eight Ellinwood errors. M. Work was 3-for-4 with two runs scored. In the second game, Ell-Saline fell behind 2-0 after the first. Ell-Saline recovered with ...

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(Kansas City, MO) -- The Chiefs are signing defensive lineman Jarran Reed. NFL Network reports the one-year deal is worth up to seven-million dollars. He collected 19 sacks in the past three seasons and started 63 of his 72 games with the Seahawks, but was cut Thursday as a cap space move. Wideout Sammy Watkins, who spent the ...

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(Surprise, AZ) -- Wade Davis is back in the Kansas City bullpen. The Royals signed Davis to a minor-league contract in January after he had struggled the past two years with the Colorado Rockies. The three-time All Star did not allow a run in six spring training appearances and the club purchased his contract for 1.25-million ...

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After missing the entire 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Salina Liberty made their return Saturday night. At times, play wasn't pretty, but the end result was a lopsided victory. Salina dominated Arlington 62-17 to open the 2021 campaign inside the Tony's Pizza Events Center. Plenty of new faces were featured throughout the contest, but ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas Wesleyan swept both ends of Saturday's doubleheader to come away with a 3-game sweep of the series with the Avila Eagles at the Zarda Multisport Complex. The series sweep completes a 4-0 week for the Coyotes, who also beat Sterling in Tuesday's midweek conference tilt. KWU has won four straight and eight ...

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WINFIELD – Kansas Wesleyan Track and Field competed in its second meet of the outdoor season on Saturday at the Jinx Invite hosted by Southwestern College at Richard L. Jantz Stadium. Christina Tripp (FR/Dayton, Idaho) picked up an event win in the 5000m with a time of 19:46.78. Erik Kyser had a pair of Top 10s for the men, ...

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NORTH NEWTON – To paraphrase Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, reports of the death of Kansas Wesleyan's football program are greatly exaggerated. Led by the inspired play of quarterback Isaiah Randalle (JR/Sacramento, Calif.), wide receiver Paden Hazuga (JR/San Diego, Calif.) and the entire defense from start to finish the Coyotes stunned the Kansas Conference and NAIA with a 28-21 victory over ...