3 years ago
The Smoky Valley Vikings have prided themselves this year on tough defense and a steady run-game. That defense played a strong first quarter of football as the two teams traded possessions and stuffed the Southeast of Saline Trojans on two fourth-down tries in the first 8 minutes of football. The Southeast offense, who had averaged ...

3 years ago
The 2020-21 basketball season didn't unfold the way Anthony Monson hoped it would. But it was far from a total loss. "With COVID I think we all learned a lot last year, a lot of things we probably didn't want to learn," Monson said Thursday during the Kansas Conference's annual preseason media day. "It's kind of like we ...

3 years ago
Ryan Showman likes what he's seen from his Kansas Wesleyan women's basketball team so far – with a caveat.   "I'm really excited with the possibilities we have; we have a chance to be pretty good when it's all said and done," Showman said Tuesday during the Kansas Conference's Media Day. "But  we have a lot of work ...

3 years ago
Kansas has been voted by the league’s head coaches as the preseason favorite to win the 2021-22 Big 12 men’s basketball regular season championship. The Jayhawks’ nine-year streak of preseason first-place finishes ended last year when Baylor was the choice and went on to win both the Big 12 and NCAA titles. In 26 seasons, ...

3 years ago
The Voice of the Kansas State Wildcats, Wyatt Thompson, joins In The Zone with Jackson Schneider to preview Kansas State's game with Iowa State and provides a sneak preview to basketball season. Newsradio 1150 KSAL · In The Zone - Wyatt Thompson (10-13-21)

3 years ago
Des Moines, Iowa – Four players from the Wichita State men's tennis team are set to travel to Des Moines, Iowa Friday for the Bulldog Cup. Alex Richards, Jackie Lin, Zach Grueber and Jaydn Richardson will compete in the three-day tournament, playing against athletes from Drake, Northern Illinois, DePaul and Omaha. "We're playing against good, respectable programs, so I think it will ...

3 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas State men’s basketball team will host an open scrimmage on Saturday afternoon beginning at 3:45 p.m., CT at Bramlage Coliseum prior to the Iowa State football game. Fans can enter the arena through the Northwest or Northeast entrances with the doors to Section 4-5-6 on the West side and Section 18-19-20 on ...

3 years ago
The Salina South boys soccer team fell on Tuesday night against the Derby Panthers. Down just 1-0 at halftime, the Cougars were defending one of the top teams in class 6A very well, but in the second half the Panthers would pull away, scoring three in the second period. SHS will host Rose Hill Thursday night ...

3 years ago
Sacred Heart Volleyball went 0-2 in a triangular on Tuesday night. Both losses were in straight-sets, as the Knights fell to Goessell (25-10, 25-20), and Little river (25-8, 25-8). Sacred Heart is now 9-20 on the season. Junior Varsity scores: SHHS 23    Goessell 25 SHHS 25    Goesell 19 SHHS 26     Little River 28 SHHS 21     Little River ...

3 years ago
The American Athletic Conference coaches voted Wichita State’s Tyson Etienne preseason player of the year and forecasted a fourth-place finish for the Shockers in their annual October poll, released Wednesday morning ahead of the league’s virtual media day festivities. Etienne – a super sophomore from Englewood, N.J. -- shared co-player of the year honors last March after leading ...

3 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. - Wichita State senior forward Asia Strong has been named to the Preseason All-Conference First Team, it was announced by the American Athletic Conference Wednesday morning. Strong earned Second Team All-Conference honors a season ago after averaging 15.2 points and 6.6 rebounds a game. The South Bend, Ind., native scored 10 or more points in ...