3 years ago
Our High School Football Preview Tour continues to roll on. The Meridian Media sports staff is previewing the 2021 season, venturing to different parts of central Kansas. The latest stop was at Sacred Heart, home to the Knights. Shane Richards' first year as head coach started off in a peculiar way. Sacred Heart's week one opponent had to ...

3 years ago
WICHITA – Kansas Wesleyan Volleyball improved to 4-0 on the season as the Coyotes beat the Friends Falcons in four sets – 23-25, 25-16, 25-14, 25-19 – in a non-conference match-up inside the Garvey Center. The 4-0 start is the best start to a season for the Coyotes since at least 2001 when rally scoring began in ...

3 years ago
HOUSTON -- All of the momentum from Whit Merrifield’s grand slam in the seventh inning Wednesday afternoon slowly shifted over to the Astros' dugout over the next three innings. Houston mounted a comeback against the Royals' bullpen with runs in the eighth and ninth innings before Jake Meyers’ grounder off reliever Joel Payamps in the bottom ...

3 years ago
Our High School Football Preview Tour continues to roll on. The Meridian Media sports staff is previewing the 2021 season, venturing to different parts of central Kansas. The latest stop was in Brookville, home to the Ell-Saline Cardinals. The Joe Roche era started off well in 2020. The Cardinals outscored Marion and Sacred Heart 62-0 in the first ...

3 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan's Stephanie Martinez (SR/Horizon City, Texas) and Tabetha Deines (SR/Salina, Kan.) were named to the 2021 KCAC Women's Cross Country Preseason All-KCAC team, as selected by conference coaches and announced by the conference office. Martinez is the defending KCAC individual champion and NAIA National Qualifier from last seasons. Martinez ran a 19:08.40 in the NAIA National Championship in April. Deines ...

3 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan was picked to finish fourth in the 2021 KCAC Men's Cross Country Preseason poll conducted by conference coaches and released by the conference office. The Coyotes finished fourth in the conference championship last season as the poll mostly reflected the results of last November's KCAC Championship held in Salina. Wesleyan earned 100 points in the ...

3 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan women's cross country was picked to finish third in the 2021 KCAC Women's Cross Country Preseason Poll conducted by conference coaches and released by the conference office. KWU is coming off a third-place finish in the KCAC Championship last November, with Stephanie Martinez (SR/Horizon City, Texas) winning the individual title. KWU earned 114 points and one first-place ...

3 years ago
Israel Good (FR/Beaumont, Calif.) scored the first goal of the 2021 season for the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes in the 14th minute, but it wasn't enough as Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) answered with six goals to come away with a 6-1 win over the Coyotes on Tuesday at the Graves Family Sports Complex. USAO's Angelo Lenndertse ...

3 years ago
It wasn't the start he expected or the resulted he wanted. But Kansas Wesleyan women's soccer coach Henrik Sohn was far from distraught following the Coyotes' 4-1 loss to Science and Arts Oklahoma in their season opening match Tuesday night at Graves Family Sports Complex. Victimized by a couple of crucial mistakes the Coyotes trailed 3-0 at the break. ...

3 years ago
HOUSTON -- The formula that propelled the Royals to winning four straight games entering Tuesday night disappeared in the second game of a three-game set against the Astros. An atypical rough night from the Royals defense led to starter Brady Singer struggling through five innings, and the offense was shut out in the Royals’ 4-0 loss at Minute Maid Park, ...

3 years ago
Our High School Football Preview Tour continues to roll on. The Meridian Media sports staff is previewing the 2021 season, venturing to different parts of central Kansas. The latest stop was in Gypsum, home to the Southeast of Saline Trojans. Southeast of Saline went on a magical run in 2020. The Trojans outscored their eight regular-season opponents 277-38. ...