8 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (January 29, 2018) – The Kansas City Royals announced tonight that they have acquired right-handed pitchers Jesse Hahn and Heath Fillmyer from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for left-handed pitcher Ryan Buchter, first baseman/outfielder Brandon Moss and cash considerations. Hahn, a 28-year-old from Norwich, Conn., made 13 starts (14 appearances) with Oakland last ...

8 years ago
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (January 29, 2018) – The Kansas City Royals announced today that they have signed shortstop Alcides Escobar to a one-year contract for the 2018 season.  Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Escobar, 31, returns to where he’s been the starting shortstop since the 2011 season.  In 2017, he batted ...

8 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. – A career shooting night from Austin Reaves lifted No 17/16 Wichita State over Tulsa, 90-71, Sunday evening at Charles Koch Arena. The sophomore hit a school record seven first-half threes en route to a career-high 23 points. Reaves (7-of-11 for the game from three) finished two shy of Jason Perez single-game three-point mark, set ...

8 years ago
The Salina Saints gave the Omaha Cuttaz an unfriendly welcome to the Tony's Event Center.  The Saints seem to have figured out their press, at least to the frustration of the Cuttaz head coach.  2 minutes into the game; the Saints were up 12 - 0 which prompted the Omaha coach to call time out.  ...

8 years ago
The first 37 minutes of basketball at Wilson Fieldhouse Saturday night was an instant classic featuring Bethany and Ottawa. However, the final three minutes left fans, coaches, players, and school officials bewildered as Ottawa pulled away for a 73-67 victory. With 3:03 remaining and Bethany on top 62-60, the first of three technical fouls were issued ...

8 years ago
Following a heartbreaker to St. Mary on Wednesday, the Kansas Wesleyan women's basketball team dusted itself off. Senior Mariah Knox and sophomore Courtney Heinen combined for 29 points and the Coyote defense locked down the Bethel attack down the stretch to complete a 61-53 victory at Mabee Arena Saturday. Kansas Wesleyan started slow, falling behind 7-2 early ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. - A game-high 24 points from senior guard Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, 17 of which came in the first half, powered No. 5/5 Kansas past Texas A&M Saturday afternoon inside Allen Fieldhouse. Mykhailiuk sunk four of the Jayhawks' 12 3-pointers on the day as KU won its fourth-straight game as part of the Big 12/SEC ...

8 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State used a stellar defensive effort and a game-high 20 points from junior forward Dean Wade to grind out a 56-51 win over Georgia in the fifth annual Big 12/SEC Challenge in front of 10,314 fans at Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday afternoon. K-State (16-5, 5-3 Big 12) has now won five of ...

8 years ago
Sophomore Kersti Nelson drained five 3-pointers to help propel the Minneapolis Lions to a 46-28 victory over the Douglass Bulldogs in the fifth-place game of the 51st Annual Eli J. Walter Girls Basketball Tournament at Berean Academy. Minneapolis was in a rut offensively to start the game. Douglass scored the first four points of the game ...

8 years ago
The basketball season is in full swing. As is the Coaches Corner, live from Russell’s Restaurant every Saturday from 8 to 9 am. Join 11 different high school basketball coaches from the area as they recap the week’s action. Girls basketball coaches on show: Salina Central’s Chris Fear, Salina South’s Ryan Stuart, Sacred Heart’s Arnold Schmidtberger, Southeast of ...

8 years ago
Coming in to Friday night's game in Salina, Sacred Heart boys' coach Pat Martin knew his team was in for a battle. The Knights' opponent was Hutchinson-Trinity, a team above .500 and one of the tallest teams in the state of Kansas with not just one player above 6-foot-8, but two. And after trailing in the ...