6 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan Athletics is taking the 10th Annual Night with the Yotes fundraising event global. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, KWU has chosen to cancel the in-person portion of the August 15 event and take the auction online. KWU officials plan to hold the auction completely online and increase its length, as the event will now begin ...

6 years ago
An NAIA conference that has schools in Kansas, Missouri and Iowa is announcing that it will not postpone fall 2020 sports. The Heart of America Athletic Conference says it plans on having fall sports as scheduled for the 2020 season. The league includes schools in northeast Kansas such as Baker University, Benedictine College and MidAmerica Nazarene University. Heart ...

6 years ago
KANSAS CITY, MO (July 20, 2020) – The Kansas City Royals today announced that right-handed pitcher Jakob Junis has been placed on the Injured List to allow him to continue to prepare for the 2020 season. The 27-year old was not among the initial group of players who reported to Summer Camp after testing positive for ...

6 years ago
Ryan Showman got the inevitable questions following Kansas Wesleyan's ultra-successful 2019-20 women's basketball season. "Last year was a banner year and people asked me all the time 'where's your next move, what level you trying to get to, what job are you looking at?'" said Showman, who guided the Coyotes to a 26-6 record and the program's ...

6 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. - After gathering input from the conference's football head coaches, the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) has decided to conduct the 2020 KCAC Football Media Day virtually, the conference office announced Friday. The event, sponsored by IMA, Inc. and Dissinger Reed, will still take place on August 7, as originally planned, and will begin at 10:30 a.m. The event ...

6 years ago
The Salina Falcons are saving their best baseball for last. Before playing in the postseason tournament at Buhler later in the week, Salina went 3-1 at the second annual Turf War tournament in Junction City over the weekend. The Falcons improved to 11-9 on the season. Salina opened the tournament with a dominating 9-0 victory over Junction ...

6 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 20, 2020) - The MIAA and its member institutions announced a plan to delay the start of all intercollegiate athletic practices until the week of August 31, with the start of competition delayed until the week of September 28. The CEO Council will continue to monitor this plan and adjust it as ...

6 years ago
Join outdoor expert Bob Roberts on Saturday mornings on 1150 KSAL for the latest edition of Central Kansas Outdoors. Blue Green algae is on some of our reservoirs and lakes. The Kansas department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism may not be up to date. Bob Roberts talks about finding this toxic algae at Milford but the lake is ...

6 years ago
For the last four seasons, Ty Garrett and Jackson Kavanagh were rivals on the football field. Garrett starred as a reliable wide receiver for the Salina South Cougars. Kavanagh did all the passing at Salina Central, serving as the Mustangs' starting quarterback for two years. Now, the two wear the same uniform. The dynamic duo from Salina ...

6 years ago
The Kansas City Royals today announced that catcher Nick Dini and left-handed pitcher Daniel Tillo have both tested positive for COVID-19. Each player is asymptomatic and has given the ballclub permission to release their names as positive tests. Four other Royals players tested positive for the virus: Catcher Salvador Perez Catcher Cam Gallagher Pitcher Brad Keller First ...

6 years ago
Oklahoma was chosen to finish first for the fifth consecutive year in the Big 12 football preseason poll, voted on by media representatives. This year marks the eighth since 2011 in which the Sooners topped the preseason rankings. They have captured a Big 12-record 13 league titles, including the last five. OU garnered 80 of the 90 ...