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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Three Kansas State football players – Skylar Thompson, Jahron McPherson and Deuce Vaughn – have been named Big 12 Players of the Week following the Wildcats’ come-from-behind victory at No. 3 Oklahoma, the conference office announced Monday. Thompson and McPherson were co-winners of the offensive and defensive awards, respectively, while Vaughn picked up Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors. ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – After throwing for a career-high 334 yards and accounting for four touchdowns in Kansas State’s win at No. 3 Oklahoma, senior quarterback Skylar Thompson was named to the Davey O’Brien Great 8 list in addition to being a Manning Star of the Week on Monday. With his inclusion on the Davey O’Brien Great 8 list, Thompson will ...

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KANSAS CITY, MO (September 28, 2020) – Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi was named American League Player of the Week for the period of September 21-27, a stretch in which he hit a Major League-best .615 (16-for-26) in seven games. Mondesi is the first Royals player to win the award since Jorge Soler from August 5-11, 2019, and he’s just the second ...

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KANSAS CITY -- The end came as Royals legend Alex Gordon likely preferred: Without any fanfare. Gordon, who announced his retirement after 14 years with Kansas City on Thursday, came out of Sunday’s game, his final one in the big leagues, in the top of the second inning against Detroit at Kauffman Stadium. Gordon was replaced in left field by ...

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NORMAN, Okla. – You could start with the game-winning field goal from Blake Lynch. But what about the three rushing touchdowns from Skylar Thompson and the 31 second-half points? Maybe you want to focus on the 174 all-purpose yards from Deuce Vaughn, but you can’t ignore a defense, missing five players, that picked off Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler ...

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WACO, Texas – Kansas football scored on its opening possession Saturday night at McLane Stadium while Baylor responded by scoring 40-straight points before KU could counter. The Bears, playing in their first game of the season, went on to beat the Jayhawks 47-14. KU (0-2, 0-1 Big 12) got off to a fast start in its second ...

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KANSAS CITY -- Despite 7 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, the Royals fell, 4-3, to the Tigers on Saturday night at Kauffman Stadium. Rookie right-hander Carlos Hernández made his final start of 2020 and wasn’t sharp, going 1 2/3 innings while allowing seven hits and four runs (three earned). The Royals’ offense, which had scored 23 runs in its ...

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The Minneapolis Lions picked up another win over a previously unbeaten team in Norton, 30-7 on Friday night from Travis Field in Norton. Minneapolis came in to the game being outscored 37-0 in the first quarter of its first three games combined. However, on Friday, Minneapolis landed the first blow; scoring twice in the opening stanza. The ...

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It was a rematch of last year’s second-round playoff matchup tonight here from Plainville, with Ell-Saline and Plainville duking it out in the battle of the Cardinals. After defeating Ell-Saline 53-21 in last season’s playoffs, Plainville got the upper hand once again in tonight’s matchup, beating Ell-Saline by a final score of 33-0. QB Ethan Hamilton and ...

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You have to go back to October 26, 2018 to find the last time the Sacred Heart Knights won a varsity football game. On that night, Sacred Heart won big, 34-7, over the Ellis Railroaders. The Knights haven’t won since. On Homecoming night in Smith Center, the Redmen had no trouble dispatching Sacred Heart shutting the Knights out 53-zip. ...

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For the seventh time under head coach Mitch Gebhardt, the Southeast of Saline Trojans are 4-0. Running back Bryce Banks scored four times, Southeast of Saline's defense limited Russell to 100 yards of offense, and the Trojans easily dispatched the Broncos, 60-0, Friday night in Russell. Chase Poague set the tone with a 90-yard kickoff return for ...