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WICHITA, Kan.— Aidan Brown of McPherson College, Emily Monson of Kansas Wesleyan University, and Breanne Akiu of Sterling College have earned this week's KCAC Attacker, Defender and Setter of the Week honors, respectively, the conference office announced Monday. The three student-athletes were selected for their performances from Sept. 7-13 by a vote of conference sports information directors.   Attacker of the Week Aidan ...

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Girls Tennis Salina Central Invitational McPherson 61, Salina South 56, Salina Central 49, Maize South 38, Maize 30, Arkansas City 23, Valley Center 18, Topeka West 8 Singles 1st - Salina Central's Callie Sanborn defeated McPherson's Patty Huerta, 8-3 3rd - Salina South's Tess Daily defeated Salina Central's Janae Montoya, 8-3 5th - Maize's Kira McGrown defeated McPherson's Sydney Achilles, 8-2 ...

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KANSAS CITY -- Royals right-hander Brad Keller couldn’t wait to flush the memory of his last start in Cleveland on Monday, when he gave up a season-high eight hits and five runs (four earned) over 6 2/3 innings in a loss. Keller thought he pitched better than that. Many of those hits simply found holes. The 25-year-old didn’t have ...

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Stevie Williams (SR/Long Beach, Calif.) was an integral part of Kansas Wesleyan's success in 2019, earning AFCA/NAIA All-America honors in his first season. This fall he's one of a just six returning starters from a team that went 12-1, won the Kansas Conference title and advanced to the NAIA Championship Series quarterfinals. A wholesale rebuilding effort seemed unavoidable. While ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas couldn’t overcome early miscues as Coastal Carolina defeated the Jayhawks, 38-23, at David Booth Memorial Stadium Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. KU would outscore the Chanticleers, 20-10, in the second half. Playing before an empty stadium due to COVID-19, Coastal Carolina turned three Kansas first-half turnovers into 21 points ...

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MANHATTAN, Kansas – When Ty Zentner's opening kick sailed through the back of the end zone on Saturday morning, K-State pulled off the upset against an opponent they have battled since March. But it was the opponent that arrived at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday that caused problems for the Wildcats in a 35-31 loss to Arkansas State. Will Jones II blocked the ...

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KANSAS CITY -- The one thing you can say about Royals rookie right-hander Carlos Hernandez, who made his first Major League start Saturday night, is that he didn’t back down to anyone. Hernández pitched three innings and gave up three hits -- all solo home runs -- in the Royals’ 7-4 victory over the Pirates. Kansas City ...

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Hear from six different coaches during the Smart Insurance Coaches Corner, every Saturday morning from 8 to 9. Smart Insurance will help you find the right policy to protect your belongings with homeowner’s or renter’s insurance, life, automobile, motorcycle, farm, boat and personal watercraft, umbrella liability and valuable property. Smart Insurance – with locations in ...

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For the second time in two weeks the Ell-Saline defense has been unscored upon. Meanwhile the Cardinal offense under the direction of Senior QB T. J. Morrical scored five touchdowns in the workman like win against the Knights. Morrical accounted for three of those TDs all in the first half. His first score of the game came ...

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The Salina Central Mustang football team dropped to 0-2 after a 45-42 overtime loss to the Eisenhower Tigers at Goddard District Stadium. While the record is not ideal, no one can say the Mustangs haven't provided some entertainment in the first two weeks of the season. Coming off last week's home loss to Campus, Central could ...

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Minneapolis' offense sputtered for most of the game Friday, while its defense had no answer for the high-flying Falcons, as Riley County shut Minneapolis out, 47-0 at Hal Prichard Stadium in Riley. The game started out about as bad as possible for Minneapolis, as Riley County's Nic Allen took the opening kickoff back 80 yards to ...