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By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics AUSTIN, Texas – The K-State baseball team was limited to two hits and one run on Sunday as the Wildcats were swept in their Big 12-opening series by No. 14 Texas after a 6-1 loss at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. K-State (11-12, 0-3 Big 12), which was coming off a combined 14 hits in Saturday’s doubleheader, notched both of its season-low two hits in the third inning. Tyler Moore led off the frame with a single, and after a sacrifice bunt by Max Brown and a walk drawn by Tyler…

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It’s been three years since Missouri joined three other Big 12 schools in leaving the conference for other leagues and on Sunday the highest profile meeting since then between an athletic team from Missouri, now a member of the Southeastern Conference and an athletic team from Kansas State took place in the second round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. For about 23 minutes, the game had the atmosphere of an old time Big Eight showdown between the two schools as they battled back and forth for the lead but it was the proficient three-point shooting of the Tigers and…

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By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications AUSTIN, Texas – A pair of two-run margins did not go the K-State baseball team’s way in a doubleheader at No. 14 Texas on Saturday as the Wildcats lost 5-3 in game one and 3-1 in game two at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The Wildcats (11-11, 0-2 Big 12) were stifled by a Texas pitching staff that allowed two earned runs in the combined 18 innings despite K-State being out-hit by the Longhorns (15-8, 4-1 Big 12) by just one hit, 15-14, over the two games. “That’s one of the best pitching staffs in the…

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Brush fires caused problem for area firefighters this past weekend. According to Riley County Fire Chief Pat Collins a brush fire caused the loss of an outbuilding on Eureka drive on Saturday.  The Kansas State University animal science fire burned 140 acres, threatened five homes, and took multiple fire engines to get under control.  Collins says two other fire departments assisted the Riley County fire department in putting out the conflagration, and the fire took  just under five hours to get under control.  Smaller spot fires were reported that amounted to under 10 acres.

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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A 20-year-old Kansas woman has been convicted of killing her roommate and former employer by nearly decapitating him. Jurors in Douglas County deliberated nearly five hours before finding Sarah Gonzales McLinn of Lawrence guilty of first-degree murder in the January 2014 death of 52-year-old pizza shop owner Harold Sasko.

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