8 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State offensive lineman Dalton Risner has been chosen as the 2017-18 Big 12 Male Sportsperson of the Year, the conference office announced Tuesday. He is the third Wildcat overall and first male to win the award, which was established in 2000-01 to annually recognize student-athletes who display an extraordinary degree of sportsmanship, ...

8 years ago
The Abilene Rebels traveled to Hesston last Sunday afternoon for a Babe Ruth League double-header. This would be the third consecutive road-trip for Abilene, and they would get another sweep in taking the opener 8-3 and Game Two 11-5. In Game One, Abilene would get off to a much slower start offensively from what they have ...

8 years ago
Fresh off a coaching stint of the United States' FIBA Under-18 team, Kansas coach Bill Self returned to the Sunflower State. Coach Self, interim athletics director Sean Lester and chancellor Douglas A. Girod all spoke in front of a crowd of 150 people for the Hawks & Highways event at 638 in Salina Monday evening. The ...

8 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- After possibly the best-pitched game of the season for the Royals, manager Ned Yost found a unique way to describe the uniquely sharp showing from his staff. "It was pretty super-duper," Yost said. Rookie Brad Keller and the bullpen combined for a three-hit shutout against the Angels on Monday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium, fueling ...

8 years ago
https://soundcloud.com/oddittenger/taylor-reichard-6-25 Kansas Wesleyan University has selected Taylor Reichard to be the program's next softball coach as announced by Vice President and Director of Athletics Mike Hermann. Reichard will succeed Shelby Graves who served as the interim head coach for a majority of the spring 2018 season. "Taylor brings outstanding experience as both a coach and a player. ...

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 ...