8 years ago
OAKLAND -- The Royals were denied a chance to take the lead in the top of the eighth and they lost the game in the bottom of the inning, when Matt Chapman blasted a solo homer to left off reliever Jason Adam for the winning run in a 3-2 loss to the A's at the ...

8 years ago
The Abilene Rebels Senior Babe Ruth team and the Abilene Bandits Junior Babe Ruth team both won the 4th Annual Salina Scorpions tournament this past weekend in Salina. Both teams went undefeated in the two-day tournament and won the Championship Games on Sunday morning. The Rebels had a couple of battles on their hands on Saturday, ...

8 years ago
OAKLAND -- In the midst of a six-game losing streak, the Royals and their scuffling offense needed a strong pitching performance to stop the slide. Danny Duffy provided that on Saturday in a 2-0 win over the A's at the Coliseum, allowing no runs on three hits and three walks and striking out 10 in an ...

8 years ago
OAKLAND -- The offensive woes continued, Jakob Junis struggled and the losing streak reached six as the Royals fell, 7-2, to the A's on Friday at the Coliseum. The Royals mustered seven hits, but they were a Mike Moustakas two-run homer in the eighth inning away from being shut out. Kansas City has dropped seven of ...

8 years ago
Join outdoor expert Bob Roberts on Saturday mornings on 1150 KSAL for the latest edition of Central Kansas Outdoors. The weather is hot and that means it is Catfish time in Kansas. The Cats are spawning right now and can be found on rocky areas like dams at reservoirs. Beat the heat and fish at night using submerged ...

8 years ago
OAKLAND -- Twilight time proved to be bad luck for the Royals on Thursday when an otherwise catchable fly ball off the bat of the A's Matt Chapman went for a tiebreaking sixth-inning double in Oakland's 4-1 win over Kansas City. With the sun down but not entirely set and the Coliseum lights not yet having ...

8 years ago
From 2003 to 2007, Bryson Flax led Southeast of Saline as a starting point guard on the boys basketball team. Now, his leadership starts at the very top. The Southeast of Saline graduate returns to his alma mater to be the head coach of the boys basketball program. Flax takes over for Jeff Wells, who resigned in ...

8 years ago
ANAHEIM -- Right-handed reliever Scott Barlow raised plenty of eyebrows in the Royals organization when he completely dominated in his last two outings, going seven innings of long relief and giving up just three hits and one run while striking out 10. But Barlow got a reminder on Wednesday that for him to be that effective, ...

8 years ago
Cheney welcomed Salina with seven games already under its belt. Meanwhile, the Shock were starting the 2018 campaign. The play on the diamond reflected that. Cheney (5-3) pounded out 11 hits, plated seven runs in the first three innings and went on to down Salina 12-2 Wednesday night. Clay Durin coughed up seven runs, but only one was ...

8 years ago
ANAHEIM -- The Royals' off-season goal of restocking their farm system got a turbo-charged boost the past three days with their picks in the MLB Draft. The rebuild got another boost Wednesday when the Royals traded outfielder Jon Jay to Arizona for Minor League pitchers Elvis Luciano and Gabe Speier. Luciano, an 18-year-old right-hander, will report to ...

8 years ago
The first-ever First Bank Kansas Smoky Hill Showdown wrapped up with the completion of the KCAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the Showdown ended in a 22-22 tie between Bethany and Kansas Wesleyan. KWU took an early 11-3 lead in the Showdown through fall sports, but Bethany would come back to tie things at the ...