6 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- The Royals' first five selections in the 2018 Draft had one thing in common: They were all college pitchers. Right-handers Brady Singer (No. 18), Jackson Kowar (No. 33) and Jonathan Bowlan (No. 58) and lefties Daniel Lynch (No. 34) and Kris Bubic (No. 40) were the Day 1 additions to a farm system ...

6 years ago
ANAHEIM -- Some days you just tip your cap. Tuesday was one of those days as the Royals fell victim to what was the best start of left-hander Andrew Heaney's career. Heaney, on his 27th birthday, pitched a one-hit shutout in a 1-0 Angels victory at Angel Stadium. That lone hit came by Hunter Dozier, a solid ...

6 years ago
With the temperatures heating up, so is the baseball. The Salina Shock are ready for their second season in the Sunflower Collegiate League. The summer college baseball squad consists of 10 Kansas natives to go with players from five other states. Two Salina products highlight this year's bunch. Southeast of Saline product Bryce Banks and Salina Central ...

6 years ago
LINDSBORG, Kan. – The Bethany College athletic department announces the hiring of Brandi Fairbank as the new head of the Swedes volleyball program. "Coach Fairbank has the competitive background, professional drive, and driven personality that will inspire our volleyball program to continue to work towards excellence in the years to come," Bethany College President, Will Jones ...

6 years ago
ANAHEIM -- The Royals say they didn't necessarily plan to draft five college pitchers on Day 1 of the 2018 MLB Draft. But it happened to work out that way on Monday, which could, however, sync those pitchers up with the Royals' next wave of talented Minor Leaguers -- position players such as Khalil Lee, Nick ...

6 years ago
WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State baseball student-athlete Alec Bohm became the 15th Shocker drafted in the first round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Bohm, a junior third baseman from Omaha, Neb., was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies and was the third pick of the 2018 draft. He is the second-highest position player drafted in ...

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ANAHEIM -- The Angels didn't exactly hit Royals reliever Tim Hill hard. But then again, they didn't have to after Hill walked the first two batters he faced in the eighth inning on Monday night. And one out later, Mike Trout sent a soft grounder back through the middle that eluded Hill and trickled into center ...

6 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The 1998 Davey O’Brien Award winner and runner up for the Heisman Trophy, K-State’s Michael Bishop was one of 76 Football Bowl Subdivision players named to the 2019 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation announced today. A member of K-State Football’s Ring of Honor, K-State ...

6 years ago
The Salina legion baseball squad started 2018 with a championship. The Falcons recorded a doubleheader sweep of Great Bend Sunday, securing the Jim Allen Wood Bat Tournament championship in Ottawa. Salina outscored opponents 36-2 with four complete-game performances by pitchers. Ell-Saline's Richard Davis set the tone in a 6-0 victory over the Kansas Senators. Davis scattered five ...

6 years ago
The Abilene Rebels baseball team wrapped up the Alumni Game weekend with a double-header sweep of Salina on Sunday. On Saturday, this year’s current Rebels team played a team of former members in the 6th Annual ABC Alumni Game, in which the Alumni team won 4-2 in a scheduled nine-inning game. On Sunday, the Rebels ...

6 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- Royals right-hander Jakob Junis was more dominant than his final pitching line will indicate. Junis held the A's to one run and four hits through seven innings while striking out a career-high nine, but it wasn't enough as the Royals fell 5-1 in Sunday's rubber game at Kauffman Stadium. The A's rallied for four ...