5 years ago
Stevie Williams (SR/Long Beach, Calif.) was an integral part of Kansas Wesleyan's success in 2019, earning AFCA/NAIA All-America honors in his first season. This fall he's one of a just six returning starters from a team that went 12-1, won the Kansas Conference title and advanced to the NAIA Championship Series quarterfinals. A wholesale rebuilding effort seemed unavoidable. While ...

5 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas couldn’t overcome early miscues as Coastal Carolina defeated the Jayhawks, 38-23, at David Booth Memorial Stadium Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. KU would outscore the Chanticleers, 20-10, in the second half. Playing before an empty stadium due to COVID-19, Coastal Carolina turned three Kansas first-half turnovers into 21 points ...

5 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kansas – When Ty Zentner's opening kick sailed through the back of the end zone on Saturday morning, K-State pulled off the upset against an opponent they have battled since March. But it was the opponent that arrived at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday that caused problems for the Wildcats in a 35-31 loss to Arkansas State. Will Jones II blocked the ...

5 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- The one thing you can say about Royals rookie right-hander Carlos Hernandez, who made his first Major League start Saturday night, is that he didn’t back down to anyone. Hernández pitched three innings and gave up three hits -- all solo home runs -- in the Royals’ 7-4 victory over the Pirates. Kansas City ...

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For the second time in two weeks the Ell-Saline defense has been unscored upon. Meanwhile the Cardinal offense under the direction of Senior QB T. J. Morrical scored five touchdowns in the workman like win against the Knights. Morrical accounted for three of those TDs all in the first half. His first score of the game came ...

5 years ago
The Salina Central Mustang football team dropped to 0-2 after a 45-42 overtime loss to the Eisenhower Tigers at Goddard District Stadium. While the record is not ideal, no one can say the Mustangs haven't provided some entertainment in the first two weeks of the season. Coming off last week's home loss to Campus, Central could ...

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Minneapolis' offense sputtered for most of the game Friday, while its defense had no answer for the high-flying Falcons, as Riley County shut Minneapolis out, 47-0 at Hal Prichard Stadium in Riley. The game started out about as bad as possible for Minneapolis, as Riley County's Nic Allen took the opening kickoff back 80 yards to ...

5 years ago
The "Trojan War" has produced some low-scoring, physical battles between Southeast of Saline and Beloit. Southeast was ready for that challenge Friday night. Quarterback Jaxson Gebhardt threw for two touchdowns, Beloit failed to reach 100 yards of total offense, and Southeast of Saline out-muscled Beloit, 18-0, for its first-ever shutout in the history of the Trojan War. ...

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The Maize South Mavericks sent a message to the rest of the AVCTL-I Friday night. Quarterback Colin Shields and tailback Hunter Niemann combined for six touchdowns, Maize South's defense held Salina South to under 100 yards of offense, and the Mavericks debuted in the AVCTL-I with a dominating 62-6 victory at Salina Stadium. Maize South improved ...

5 years ago
Haven ran all over Smoky Valley on Friday en route to a 30-0 win, their first win over Smoky Valley since 2012. The Wildcats got the scoring started in the first quarter with a 3 yard run by Nathan Schmidt and a 2 point conversion by Darby Roper to go up 8-0 with 8:28 left in ...