4 years ago
After a weekend when only one Royals starter got into the sixth inning and all three combined to give up 16 runs (15 earned), it’s hard to overstate how much Kansas City needed a deep and quality start to open the two-game series in Cleveland on Monday. That’s exactly what Danny Duffy gave them. The veteran left-hander delivered six ...

4 years ago
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas has selected Travis Goff to serve as its next director of athletics, Chancellor Douglas Girod announced today. Goff currently serves as the deputy director of athletics and assistant vice president at Northwestern University. In this role, he is a member of the executive staff responsible for all high-level decisions and is a ...

4 years ago
Southeast of Saline High School has its next athletic director. C.J. Korf, athletic director/assistant principal at Hugoton High School, will replace long-time AD Wayne Sager after the approval by the USD 306 Board of Education. Sager plans to retire after spending nearly three decades as athletic director. For the past seven years, Korf was the AD/AP at ...

4 years ago
Boys Tennis Mustang Duels CLICK HERE FOR FULL RESULTS Baseball Salina South settled for a split with Andover. South claimed the first game 11-9. Andover followed with a 12-6 victory. Softball Andover swept Salina South 5-1, 7-1  

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Joey Gallo was standing on first base after hitting a single in the third inning when Nate Lowe was at the plate. On contact, Gallo said out loud, on accident: “Oh [shoot],” because he was shocked at how far Lowe hit the ball. Lowe’s three-run homer -- with a 113.9-mph exit velocity and projected distance of 465 feet, according ...

4 years ago
HILLSBORO – Perhaps no team in the NAIA will be more disappointed to see the unprecedented 2020-21 football season end than Kansas Wesleyan. Despite the disjointed split fall/spring sessions that included postponements, cancellations and last-minute additions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic the Coyotes managed to play 10 games – winning eight – and were able to restock ...

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Kansas Wesleyan Women's Soccer will be in a familiar place next Wednesday – the KCAC Tournament Semifinals. The Coyotes used a dominating performance in Saturday's KCAC Quarterfinal, a 6-0 win over the York Panthers at the Graves Family Sports Complex. The win sends KWU to the KCAC Semifinals for the 16th consecutive year when the Coyotes will ...

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NORTH NEWTON – Tabetha Deines (JR/Salina, Kan.) used a dominating performance in the 800m to not only win the event, but also qualify for the NAIA National Championships to highlight the Kansas Wesleyan track team's day at the Loren Reusser Invitational hosted by Bethel College. Deines ran a 2:15.98 in the 800 to claim the win in the ...

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LEAVENWORTH – Kansas Wesleyan Baseball picked up its eighth consecutive win as the Coyotes swept both ends of Saturday's doubleheader with Saint Mary to claim a sweep in the season series with the Spires. KWU won the first game 11-1 on the run rule in seven innings. Leading 3-1 heading to the fourth inning, the Coyotes exploded for ...

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YORK, Neb. – York won the first game in extra innings, and the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes would hold off a late charge by the York Panthers to salvage a split on Saturday at the York Ballpark Complex. In the opener, York took an early lead in the bottom of the first, before the game turned into a ...

4 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- When the Royals signed Michael A. Taylor early in the offseason, he was lauded for what he could potentially bring defensively in an expansive outfield at Kauffman Stadium. But the club said over and over how he’d fit well into their lineup, too. Both have been on display through the first two games this season. Taylor homered ...