7 years ago
CLEVELAND -- Royals right-hander Jakob Junis continues to look like the dominant pitcher he was early this season. One start after tossing his first career complete game, Junis handled the American League Central-leading Indians in Monday's 5-1 win at Progressive Field. Junis tossed seven shutout innings, giving up just two singles. The Royals extended their season-high winning ...

7 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – With an 85 yard punt-return touchdown that changed the momentum of the game in addition to a 10 yard game-winning touchdown reception, Kansas State junior Isaiah Zuber was named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday. It was Zuber’s first-career player of the week honor and the ...

7 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- This is the Jorge Lopez that the Royals wanted to see. Lopez, the rookie right-hander acquired from Milwaukee in the Mike Moustakas trade, turned in his finest outing of the season, and his longest, going seven innings and giving up just one run in the Royals' 9-1 win over the Orioles on Sunday ...

7 years ago
In the past two years, Kansas Wesleyan started slowly in the season opener. That maybe was the case for the first 29 minutes of the first half against Texas Wesleyan. Then the Coyotes didn't look back. Junior tailback Demarco Prewitt ran for over 100 yards, junior quarterback Johnny Feauto threw four touchdowns, and the No. 21 Coyotes ...

7 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – With the help of an 85-yard punt return touchdown and 10-yard receiving touchdown from junior wide receiver Isaiah Zuber in the fourth quarter, the Wildcats pulled off a late-game 27-24 victory against South Dakota in front of 50,063 fans at Bill Snyder Stadium on Saturday. Trailing by 12 entering the fourth quarter, the ...

7 years ago
The Bethany Swedes saw their four-game winning streak over county rival McPherson end on Saturday night. The Swedes got off to a slow start on both sides of the ball, then failed to finish drives in a 30-13 loss at McPherson. The Bulldogs started off hot getting up 17-0 in the first quarter after QB, Ed Crouch ...

7 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Kansas football's fourth quarter comeback in the 2018 season opener was cut short by Nicholls in the final minutes of regulation as the Colonels forced overtime and scored the game-winning touchdown to down the Jayhawks, 27-23. It was the Colonels' rushing presence that outdueled the Kansas passing game Saturday night at David Booth ...

7 years ago
The first week of the high school football season is in the books. Salina-area teams generally had good success for the first week of 2018 with six of the eight area Salina teams pulling home wins. SCORES FROM FRIDAY, AUG. 31: Salina Central 44, Goddard-Eisenhower 7 McPherson 21, Salina South 0 Southeast of Saline 39, Sacred Heart 0 Ell-Saline 48, Sterling ...

7 years ago
The Mark Sandbo era started off in style at Salina Stadium, as Salina Central thumped Goddard-Eisenhower 44-7 in front of a packed house. The Mustangs showed minimal signs of being a team with an 18-game losing streak. The win was Central's largest since a 51-13 thrashing of Haysville-Campus on October 2, 2015. Salina Central gave Goddard-Eisenhower a ...

7 years ago
Five Minneapolis Lions players found the endzone Friday night, as the Lions defeated the Republic County Buffaloes on the road, 46-8, to start the 2018 season. Minneapolis racked up 461 yards of total offense with 395 rushed on the ground. Republic County opened the game with the football. The Buffaloes fumbled on their first play from scrimmage ...

7 years ago
The Abilene Cowboys cruised to a 30-6 victory on the road at Clay Center behind the legs and hands of running back James Mayden.  The 6’ 180 Senior shredded the Tigers for unofficially 314 total yards and five touchdowns in the game.  He had a total of five touchdowns last year in Abilene’s 2-7 injury ...