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KANSAS CITY -- One more to tie. Royals designated hitter Jorge Soler continued his march toward franchise history, clubbing his 37th home run in Kansas City's 9-8 loss to the A's on Thursday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium. Soler passed Steve Balboni, who once held the club season record for home runs with 36 (1985), for second place ...

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WICHITA, Kan. - The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is pleased to announce the 2019 Football Preseason Team, as voted on by the KCAC head football coaches. The group consists of 20 seniors, 16 juniors, and one sophomore. On offense, DeMarco Prewitt (Sr., RB, Kansas Wesleyan) and Keyshawn Wyatt (Jr., RB, Southwestern) highlight the group of returners ...

5 years ago
The area High School Football Tour continues, this time, with an 8-man flavor. The Bennington Bulldogs took major steps forward in the first year under head coach, Jay Macy, in registering a 5-4 record last year. But a closer look at that record reveals what could have been for the Bulldogs in 2018. While Bennington played a tough ...

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A new era of Kansas State football begins in just two days. K-State hosts Nichols on Saturday, August 31. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 pm. Pregame takes place at 4 on Sports Radio 1150 KSAL. There’s plenty of buzz surrounding the Wildcats, who are under the director of first-year head coach Chris Klieman. Voice of the Wildcats Wyatt ...

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KANSAS CITY -- The Royals pushed across two runs in the seventh to break a 4-4 tie, and Tim Hill and Ian Kennedy combined for three scoreless relief innings as Kansas City beat Oakland, 6-4, on Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals loaded the bases off Blake Treinen in the seventh on an infield hit ...

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Last season, the Ell-Saline Cardinals were three painfully-close losses short of perfection. The Cardinals fell 8-6 in Week 3 to eventual Heart of America League Champion (and 2A state quarterfinalist) Hutchinson Trinity to finish runner-up in league play. In District play, Ell-Saline lost to eventual 1A state champion Smith Center 15-8 on a touchdown posted in the ...

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Our High School Football Preview Tour continues to roll on. The Rocking M Media sports staff is previewing the 2019 season, venturing to different parts of central Kansas. The latest stop was in Solomon, home to the Gorillas. History was made a season ago. In the regular season, Solomon lost to Canton-Galva, 38-20. Following wins over Maranatha Academy, ...

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The new era of Kansas football kicks off this Saturday.. KU welcomes Indiana State to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on Saturday, August 31. Kickoff is slated for 11 am with pregame beginning at 9:30 on Real Country 101.7. Voice of the Jayhawks Brian Hanni hopped on In The Zone for the second installment of “Jayhawk Weekly.” ...

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(Kansas City, MO) -- The Royals could be under new ownership soon. Multiple outlets report Royals owner David Glass is making arrangements to sell the team to Kansas City businessman John Sherman for more than one-billion-dollars. Glass, a former Wal-Mart CEO, purchased the team in 2000 for 96-million-dollars. Sherman is a minority owner of the Cleveland Indians and ...

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Sacred Heart looks to continue the upward trend of the first two years of the Garrett Galanski tenure. After going just 2-7 in his first season, Galanski led the Knights to a two win improvement last year to a 4-6 record, which also included a playoff win over Ellis. Unfortunately for Sacred Heart and Galanski, the Knights ...

5 years ago
Our High School Football Preview Tour continues to roll on. The Rocking M Media sports staff is previewing the 2019 season, venturing to different parts of central Kansas. The latest stop was in Lindsborg, home to the Smoky Valley Vikings. Since the arrival of head coach Tim Lambert, Smoky Valley has consistently improved. In 2015, Lambert's Vikings finished ...