6 years ago
The Abilene Rebels Senior Babe Ruth team was right back in action, after Tuesday night’s double-header with Junction City’s American Legion team, for a double-header with Chapman’s American Legion team on Wednesday and came away with a sweep. Abilene won the opener 9-5 and then got the win in Game Two 10-0 in five innings. In ...

6 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- After a pair of uncharacteristically sloppy starts, Jakob Junis finally looked familiar. Unfortunately for him, so did the Royals' offense. Junis tossed six innings of five-hit, three-run ball in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium, a solid outing spoiled by little support from a reeling offense hitting ...

6 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Four weekend home games at Bramlage Coliseum, the Paradise Jam Tournament in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the return of the Wildcat Classic at the Sprint Center, highlight the 2018-19 Kansas State men’s basketball non-conference schedule released by athletic department officials on Wednesday (June 20). The 116th season of K-State men’s basketball officially ...

6 years ago
Salina South bowler Lauren Lust is adding to her trophy case. The junior was recognized as the most outstanding female bowler at the inaugural Best of Kansas Preps awards banquet. The state-wide program was held Tuesday night at the Kansas ExpoCentre in Topeka. Lust claimed the Class 5-1A individual state championship this past year. She recorded a ...

6 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- Someday soon, the Royals' struggling offense is bound to break out. That day wasn't Tuesday as they mustered just four hits in a 4-1 loss to the Rangers at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals have lost eight straight and 14 of 15. The primary culprit has been the offense, which has scored 24 runs in ...

6 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- Five of Ian Kennedy's six innings were sharp, but his shaky third frame was the difference in the game. Kennedy gave up five runs and four hits in the Royals' 6-3 loss to the Rangers on Monday night at Kauffman Stadium, with four runs coming in the third inning. After opening the third ...

6 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- The Royals continued their quest to restock the farm system as they traded closer Kelvin Herrera to the Nationals prior to Monday night's game against the Rangers. In exchange, the Royals acquired three Minor Leaguers: infielder Kelvin Gutierrez, who was ranked as the Nationals' No. 10 prospect by MLB Pipeline, outfielder Blake Perkins, ...

6 years ago
The Salina Shock are still looking for win number one of the season. Salina fell to Hutchinson 11-4 Saturday before being blanked by Mulvane 10-0 on Sunday. The Shock sit at 0-7 for the 2018 campaign. In Hutchinson, the Monarchs plated three runs in the second frame. Salina starter Brayden Smith, a collegiate player at Butler ...

6 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- For the second time this week, the Royals held a late lead, which in recent years almost assured them a victory. But those bullpens of yesteryear are but a memory now. The Royals gave up a one-run lead in the ninth inning to start this homestand on Monday in an eventual loss, and ...

6 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan Wrestling coach Matt Oney has resigned his position at Kansas Wesleyan to take a similar position at his alma mater, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worchester, Mass., according to KWU director of athletics Mike Hermann. In two seasons, Oney established a strong culture in the wrestling program at Kansas Wesleyan. He served as the ...

6 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- Royals right-hander Jakob Junis had struck out Astros designated hitter Evan Gattis twice with a heavy dose of sliders. And Junis had Gattis looking confused again on sliders in his third at-bat. But then Junis tried to power a 94-mph four-seam fastball past Gattis, who instead turned it around and belted it for ...