Manhattan junior outside hitter Bailey Busch earned First-Team All-Centennial League honors this week, headlining a deep group of seven Indians recognized. Manhattan head coach Nicole Jones was named the league’s Coach of the Year after leading the program to a 28–10 season and the program’s third straight state tournament appearance. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more high school sports.
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By Michael Goens In what has already been a dream season for the Rock Creek Mustangs, Coach Shane Sieben will drill into his team the understanding that it won’t take sprinkles of magic dust to defeat top-ranked, unblemished and unchallenged Andale. Undoubtedly, a top-notch showing is required from unbeaten Rock Creek. The Kansas semifinal matchup kicks off at 6 p.m. Friday at Andale and matches 3A West’s top seeds. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more high school sports.
On Wednesday, the Kansas Board of Regents approved a 20-year lease agreement between K-State Salina and the media company Pure Imagination Labs. Pure Imagination intends to lease space inside the new Kansas Artificial Intelligence Research and Entertainment Studio, or K-AIRES building, on the Salina campus. The lease will begin when the building opens in September 2026 and will end in August 2046. Pure Imaginations will provide educational programs. The combined value of the percentage rent based on gross revenue and the in-kind educational services provided by Pure Imagination will be $250,000 a year. KBOR also approved K-State’s request for a…
A panel of general officers found an Army colonel guilty of sexually abusing three adolescents he knew during his court-martial Nov. 6 at the Fort Leavenworth Courtroom. Some of the earliest abuse occurred at Fort Riley. Col. Scott C. Nauman, 53, an infantry officer assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, Combined Arms Command, was sentenced by the military judge to 28 years in prison and dismissal from the Army. His convictions include one count of sexual assault of a child, three counts of sexual abuse of a child and one count of abusive sexual contact. The abuse took place June…
Manhattan High was well-represented on this year’s All-Centennial League football teams, landing 19 total selections across offense, defense and special teams. The Indians earned recognition at every position group for their regular season efforts, highlighted by multiple repeat performers on both lines and several two-way standouts. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more high school sports.
By Toby Hammes For once, this isn’t the typical undefeated or one-loss showdown between Manhattan and Derby. Both teams took lumps this fall. Neither looked like a sub-state lock in September. And yet here they are again — Manhattan and Derby, facing off in the 6A playoffs for the fourth consecutive postseason, right where this rivalry always seems to lead. To view the full article visit theMercury.com Click here for more high school sports.
Sub-State round of playoff high school football games from 8-Man to 6A. 6A #6 Derby Panthers (8-4) 7 @ #4 Manhattan Indians (10-2) 38 #4 Olathe Northwest Ravens (9-3) 42 @ #2 Gardner Edgerton Trailblazers (9-3) 28 5A #6 Lenexa-St James Thunder (10-2) 20 @ #1 Basehor-Linwood Bobcats (12-0) 28 #2 Salina Central Mustangs (11-1) 30 @ #1 Great Bend Panthers (11-1) 28 4A #13 Shawnee Mission-Meige Stags (7-5) 37 @ #2 Altamont-Labette County Grizzlies (9-3) 7 #3 Wamego Red Raiders (9-3) 7 @ #1 Kapaun Mt. Carmel Crusaders (11-1) 56 3A #2 Sante Fe Trail Chargers (11-1) 0 @…
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The Riley County Police Department made two drug-related arrests Wednesday in unrelated cases. In the first incident, officers arrested 32-year-old Theresa Cleveland of Manhattan around 12:06 p.m. Nov. 19 in the 100 block of Courthouse Plaza. Cleveland was taken into custody on a Saline County District Court warrant listing charges of possession of opiate, opium, narcotic or certain stimulant; possession of marijuana with two or more prior convictions; aggravated endangering of a child; and use or possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia. She was issued a total bond of $5,000 and is no longer confined in the Riley County…
A Manhattan man was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon on a warrant stemming from an incident reported earlier this year. Riley County Police say officers originally filed a report on May 21 around 11:30 a.m. in the 7700 block of Stockdale Park Road for aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer and criminal threat. On Nov. 19, officers arrested 82-year-old Edward Doyle in the 100 block of Courthouse Plaza on a Riley County District Court warrant related to those charges. Doyle was issued a total bond of $15,000 and is no longer confined in the Riley County Jail.