Coming off of a Louisville Slugger All-American season, Manhattan High senior pitcher Jesse Steinbring signed his letter of intent to play for Central Missouri State today at MHS. Steinbring shined as a starter on the mound for the Tribe last season, compiling a 9-1 record to go along with a 0.79 ERA in 53 innings of work. The Indians finished in third place at the 6A state tournament last season. CMSU won the MIAA outright last season with a 35-16 overall record.
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Jeff Mittie added two guards and one of the tallest centers in program history with three new signees to start the fall signing period on Wednesday. Christian Academy (Knoxville, TN) teammates Anna Hammaker, a 5-9 guard, and Cheyenne Hooper, a 6-6 center, are joined by 6-0 guard Kayla Goth from DeForest High School (DeForest, WI). “We wanted to add length and versatility in this class,” Mittie said in a release. “We were able to sign three players that add that capability with the skill level that we need in the Big 12. All three players have the athletic ability to…
Manhattan High cross country standout Michael Melgares signed his letter of intent with Kansas this morning at MHS. Melgares will join his brother Chris who signed with the Jayhawks last season. Kansas finished 5th as a team at the Big 12 championships earlier this month. Melgares finished as the 6A state runner-up to teammate Jackson Schroeder this year and helped lead the Indians to a third place finish as a team. He also medaled at state in 2013 as a part of the Indians state championship team.
A groundbreaking agreement struck by the United States and China is putting the world’s two worst polluters on a faster track to curbing the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming.
Hot Lava breaks through a fence and oozes its way across a road to cool off in a pond Tuesday in Pahoa, Hawaii.
A 19-year-old Manhattan man originally thought to be a victim is now listed as a suspect in an attempted robbery Friday night. Christopher Hudgins faces charges of attempted aggravated robbery, conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery, and contributing to a child’s misconduct, with a $100,000 bond. As KMAN reported Monday, Riley County Police dispatchers received a call from Mercy Regional Health Center regarding a subject who arrived at the emergency room with a gunshot wound. Hudgins reported he was shot in the face during a robbery attempt in the 2300 block of Candlewood Drive. But now Hudgins and two other teenagers…
94-year-old retired Navy chaplain John Berger salutes as a color guard walks by during a Veterans Day ceremony inside a hangar deck of the USS Hornet Museum Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Alameda, Calif. The Essex-class carrier is known for its service in World War II and the recoveries of the Apollo 11 and 12 lunar capsules after astronauts walked on the moon. Surviving members of Carrier Air Group 11, one of the heroic fighter squadrons that flew from the Hornet in World War II, were honored at the ceremony.
Dr. Craig Spencer, who was the first Ebola patient in New York City, smiles during a news conference at New York’s Bellevue Hospital, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Spencer was released from the hospital on Tuesday, where medical team members were cheering, 19 days after he was diagnosed with the virus.
In honor of Veteran’s Day, as well as the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the Vietnam War, a six member panel shared stories and experiences during a Veteran’s Day Forum Tuesday afternoon. The event was held in the Wareham Opera House at 4 p.m. The panelists for the event were: Beryl Adams-retired Executive Director of the American Red Cross in Manhattan Orris Kelly-Major General of the Army, retired Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army Mike McDermott-Retired infantry colonel Charles Murphy-Army combat medic and retired Director of the Riley County Health Department Ron Trewyn- Kansas State University NBAF…
Should Joe Hubener run the football more? Should TCU or Baylor be ranking higher? Get Fit to end hour 1. Good bowl possibilities still available for K-State. You Can’t Be Serious will wrap things up.