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Salina, Kan. – The Salina Liberty is pleased to announce that Head Coach Heron O’Neal has agreed to a 2-year contract extension, good through the 2022 season. O’Neal originally signed a 3-year agreement to coach the Liberty through the 2020 season. “We are so excited and happy to get a commitment from Coach O’Neal,” commented Francis ...

6 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan Vice President and Director of Athletics Mike Hermann has accepted the resignation of Luke Samford as Head Cross Country and Track and Field coach. Samford spent the last three seasons at Kansas Wesleyan, the first as an assistant before assuming the head coaching role prior to the start of the 2017-18 season. "I appreciate Luke's ...

6 years ago
CLEVELAND -- Royals third baseman Hunter Dozier, an American League finalist for the starting position in the 2019 All-Star Game, continues to make his case. Dozier blasted his first career grand slam in the ninth off Indians closer Brad Hand, who had been 22-for-22 in save opportunities. But the Royals hammered him for five runs in ...

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Before Royals reliever Wily Peralta even got a chance to get any rhythm, it was over on just his second pitch of the night. Jason Kipnis drilled a slider into the right-field seats to lead off the 10th inning as the Indians walked off to a 3-2 win on Monday night in the series opener at ...

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Multiple outlets report Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill will meet this week with NFL representatives in Kansas City. The league is investigating Hill's involvement into his son's broken arm earlier this year. While a criminal investigation into child abuse has been dropped, the Kansas Department for Children and Families is still looking into the ...

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The Salina Liberty will host a home playoff game on Saturday. The Liberty have captured the Northern Division Championship for the second straight year. Salina will host the Omaha Beef in a playoff game at the  Tony’s Pizza Events Center on Saturday. Tickets for the playoff game are $9, $13, $25 & $40 and are on sale now. ...

6 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- Right-hander Glenn Sparkman threw seven solid innings of one-run ball, and the Royals jumped on Twins right-hander Jake Odorizzi for three runs in the first in a 4-1 victory on Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals have won four of five games. Sparkman scattered five hits, walked one and struck out three in ...

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SEATTLE -- The Royals quickly squandered a chance at their first four-game win streak of the season, when a runaway first inning for the Mariners helped give Seattle the cushion it needed in an 8-2 win on Wednesday at T-Mobile Park. Brad Keller was tagged for a season-high seven runs -- four of which came from ...

6 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University will induct four outstanding individuals and two conference championship teams at the 2019 W-Club Breakfast and Athletic Hall of Fame Induction on October 12 starting at 8 a.m. as part of Homecoming and Family Weekend Activities on campus. KWU will induct women's basketball All-American Kaylaen (Dittmer) Evans, baseball standout Charlie Dyer, track and ...

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SEATTLE -- Whit Merrifield crushed a pair of homers, the Royals’ bats churned out six runs against lefty Yusei Kikuchi and Homer Bailey cruised for 7 2/3 innings as the Royals raced past the Mariners, 9-0, on Tuesday at T-Mobile Park. Kansas City is now riding a season-high-tying three-game win streak; the other came during a ...

6 years ago
SEATTLE -- Conversion counts, those that greatly dictate the outcome of an at-bat, are at the center of Jorge Soler's hitting approach. Winning the 0-0 count, the 1-1 count have been paramount to the Royals’ slugger blossoming into the elite power hitter many envisioned he’d become, even if it took longer than anticipated. Soler crushed a ...