8 years ago
The perfect season is over. Salina was held to two hits, suffered from four errors, and was unable to capitalize in a 2-1 defeat to Emporia in the Hooper Showcase championship. The Falcons lost for the first time in 2018, bringing their mark to 19-1. Both Salina knocks came in the opening stanza. Center fielder Zach Farmer ...

8 years ago
HOUSTON -- Unlike the first two games of the series, in which the Royals battled the Astros to the finish, winning 1-0 and losing 4-3 in 12 innings, this one was over quickly. Royals starter Jason Hammel, who had a 2.89 ERA over his last six starts, never found his groove Sunday at Minute Maid Park, ...

8 years ago
HOUSTON -- It was all set up for an inspiring Royals series win over the reigning World Series champion Astros. Royals starter Ian Kennedy was excellent, throwing seven innings of two-run ball. First baseman Hunter Dozier hit a big three-run homer and the Royals carried a one-run lead into the ninth on Saturday night at MInute ...

8 years ago
Mother nature was not a friend to the Salina Falcons, preventing them from seeing the field for nine days. Salina didn't have any cobwebs to shake off. Starters Zach Farmer and Cason Long combined for a two-hitter, Ben Driver and Layne Haddock drove in four runs each, and the Salina Falcons continued their perfect season with 19-0 ...

8 years ago
After picking up their first win of the season, the Salina Shock fell back to earth. Four Wichita batters recorded multiple hits, the pitching staff silenced the bats of the Shock, and the Sluggers picked up a 9-3 victory to open the weekend on Friday. Wichita had 12 hits in total, improving to 7-7. Wichita Struck early, ...

8 years ago
HOUSTON -- The Royals needed any kind of a spark, and they got that from rookie Rosell Herrera on Friday night. After making a sensational catch in the eighth inning to rob Alex Bregman of a home run, Herrera smashed an RBI triple in the ninth off Ken Giles and the Royals hung on for a ...

8 years ago
It may have required extra time, but a win is a win. Cooper Schlochtermeier recorded his first three-hit game, Dylan Lang pitched four strong innings in relief, and the Shock outlasted the Newton Rebels 7-6 in 12 innings, picking up their first victory of the season. The bats of the Shock (1-7) came out hot, plating three ...

8 years ago
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Kansas guards Devonte' Graham and Svialoslav Mykhailiuk were among the 60 players selected in the 2018 NBA Draft at Barclays Center in Brooklyn Thursday night. Graham was the first Jayhawk taken at No. 34 of the second round by the Atlanta Hawks and was later traded to the Charlotte Hornets. Mykhailiuk was ...

8 years ago
Landry Shamet’s professional journey will begin in Philadelphia. The former Wichita State standout was selected by the 76’ers with the 26th pick of Thursday night’s NBA Draft. Shamet – a 6-foot-5 point guard from Kansas City -- is WSU’s 23rd NBA Draft pick but the first to be taken in the opening round since 1985 when ...

8 years ago
OMAHA, NE – Major League Baseball announced today that the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers will play a regular season game in Omaha, Nebraska on Thursday, June 13, 2019.  Honoring Omaha’s baseball tradition, the first Major League game ever held in Nebraska will be televised nationally by ESPN and will be played at ...

8 years ago
The Abilene Rebels Senior Babe Ruth team was right back in action, after Tuesday night’s double-header with Junction City’s American Legion team, for a double-header with Chapman’s American Legion team on Wednesday and came away with a sweep. Abilene won the opener 9-5 and then got the win in Game Two 10-0 in five innings. In ...