5 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- The signature Salvy Splash has returned with a force. This time, though, it was in the fountains. Salvador Perez crushed a no-doubt homer over the left-center-field wall in the bottom of the seventh inning Saturday night in the Royals' 3-2 walk-off victory over the Blue Jays for a twin-bill split at Kauffman Stadium. Perez and the Royals’ bench ...

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KANSAS CITY -- It took the Royals until the sixth inning in Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader to figure out Blue Jays lefty Steven Matz, but because of the seven-inning twin-bill rules this season, the sixth was too late. Nicky Lopez poked a two-strike single into left field to break up Matz’s no-hitter -- which wouldn’t have ...

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Sacred Heart High school is pleased to announce the hiring of Mr. Chris Clark as the Head High School Girls Volleyball coach. We are extremely excited for Mr. Clark to lead our Girls Volleyball program. Coach Clark brings in a vast amount of coaching experience having previously coached at various levels for over 25 years. He has ...

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WICHITA, Kan. - The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is pleased to announce the 2020 Football All-Conference selections and individual award winners as voted on by the head coaches. Bethel College and Avila University were co-regular season champions of the conference, with both teams earning a 6-1 record in conference play. Terry Harrison of Bethel was recognized as the Coach ...

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Boys Golf Sacred Heart Invitational Sacred Heart 307, Clay Center 332, Ellsworth 359, Smith Center 385, Hillsboro 402, Minneapolis 457 Sacred Heart Results Kameron Shaw, 72 (won 2nd playoff), 1st; third straight title Caleb Gilliland, 72 (lost 2nd playoff), 2nd Nate Elmore, 80, 5th Jack Elmore, 83, T6th Hunter Newell, 83, T6th Mikey Matteucci, 85, T8th Morgan Newell, 85, T8th Walker Tuttle, 86, 11th Jason Marrs, 97, ...

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A few hours before the Royals took on the Blue Jays in the opening game of a four-game series, manager Mike Matheny said that the club had been playing pretty well and was showing glimpses of how it can truly play. Eyes were on Jakob Junis, who was starting against a Toronto lineup that can do damage. But it ...

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Kaden Sitzman (SR/McCook, Neb.) tossed a gem for the Coyotes as KWU and Tabor opened their weekend Kansas Conference series a day early on Thursday at Dean Evans Stadium due to the threat of inclement weather forecast for Friday. Sitzman held Tabor to just one hit and one unearned run while striking out 10 as the Coyotes ...

5 years ago
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Kansas Wesleyan Women's Soccer team did everything that Coach Henrik Sohn asked of the Coyotes, but came up just short in the NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship Opening Round on Thursday against No. 13 Columbia. The Coyotes, severely shorthanded, without four starters and several key reserves, played the Cougars to a 0-0 tie after two ...

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LINDSBORG – Back on March 26, the Coyotes led game one of its doubleheader with the Bethany Swedes 2-1 in the fifth inning. Then the weather came and the game was suspended. It was resumed on Thursday night and it was Bethany rallying in the bottom of the fifth to win 4-2, and the Swedes would win the ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber announced the signing of transfer Ismael Massoud (East Harlem, N.Y./MacDuffie School/Wake Forest) to a Financial Aid Agreement on Thursday (April 15). Massoud is the fifth addition to the 2021-22 team, joining fellow transfers Markquis Nowell (Harlem, N.Y./St. Patrick/Little Rock) and Mark Smith (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville/Missouri), who signed with the Wildcats earlier this month. The trio will be joined by ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Guard Kyle Cuffe Jr. has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Kansas, KU head coach Bill Self announced Thursday. Cuffe will be a freshman at KU for 2021-22. Cuffe is a combo guard who verbally committed to Kansas in December 2020 and has reclassified for 2021. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound, Toms ...