A pair of Manhattan high stand out athletes have signed their letters of intent to play collegiate athletics. Jessie Kujawa and Par McNair will be taking a step forward into the world of collegiate athletics. Jessie will be playing volleyball at Fort Hays State while Par will attend Hutchinson Community College to play both basketball and soccer. Jessie began her volleyball career in fourth grade. She played with the Konza volleyball club for two years, and then joined the Jets program in eighth grade. She was a member of the 2010 state championship volleyball team, and was named to the…
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Madison and Makayla Vargo officially signed their letter of intent to take their talents to Washburn University next fall. The two had a big gathering at the Riley County high school library to celebrate the next step in their lives. Both are excited to continue to play at the next level with one another. Madison really likes the bond that they both share on the court with each other. “She always knows what i’m going to do, always there for me, its nice to have her on the court,” says Madison. Makayla really likes the fact that working together can…
Bruce Weber’s contract has been extended by a year through the 2018-19 season after leading the Wildcats to another NCAA tournament appearance. The extension was approved unanimously by the K-State Athletics, Inc., Board of Directors, the school announced Wednesday. Weber won’t get a pay increase, but he would be in line for a $500,000 retention bonus if he stays at K-State through the end of the contract on April 30, 2019. His salary next season will be $1.85 million, with an increase of $100,000 for each remaining year on the contract. He would make $2.25 million during the final year…
The mother of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old whose fatal shooting by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida provoked a national race and justice debate, will speak at Kansas State University at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in Forum Hall at the K-State Student Union. “We are all Trayvon” will be an educational and thought-provoking event, said Brandon Clark, coordinator of the event and program assistant for the university’s diversity office. Despite the intense tragedy of loosing a child, Sybrina Fulton has turned her grief into advocacy, lecturing at college campuses across the nation. She co-founded the Trayvon Martin Foundation, a…
On today’s In Focus, Cathy talked to USD 383 School Board Vice President, Leah Fliter and Associate Supt. Bob Seymour, as well as Director of Admissions in Student Services with Manhattan Area Technical College, Nicole Bollig.
K-State point guard Leti Romero is seeking a transfer following a freshman season in which she earned second team all big 12 honors for the Wildcats. The native of Las Palmas, Spain tells the Topeka Capital-Journal that she’s being “blackmailed” by the school, as they have refused her request for a transfer. Romero says she gave new Wildcat coach Jeff Mittie a chance, but after a month, she decided she wasn’t comfortable anymore at K-State. Romero claims much like in the case of former men’s basketball player Angel Rodriguez, K-State is asking her to stay for one more season rather than…
K-State men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber told the guys on “Wildcat Insider” on NewsRadio 1350 KMAN a few weeks back that he wanted to schedule a BCS school for a game at Bramlage Coliseum next season. Now it appears Weber is holding true to his word. The Athens Banner-Herald is reporting that the Cats and Georgia will play a home-and-home series the next two seasons, starting with a December 31st, 2014 date in Manhattan. The return trip to Athens would be December 22nd, 2015. Georgia has signed off on the deal, while K-State is still finalizing its end of the contract. The Cats are…
Four runs came home in the top of the first inning for K-State in Lincoln on Wednesday night with a two-run double by Shane Conlon and RBI singles from Tyler Stover and Blair DeBord, and the Cats were already thinking about a season sweep of rival Nebraska. But, the Huskers stormed back with 10 runs of their own in the first five innings en route to a 14-5 victory at Hawks Field to salvage the non-conference series. The top three batters in the Nebraska led the charge on a night with 22 hits, as Ryan Boldt, Jake Placzek and Michael Pritchard…
KMAN has been telling you about the shooting that took place in Overland Park on Sunday. The third and final victim in the shooting was recently identified, and she is the mother of a K-State student. Terri LaManno is the mother of three children-one of whom is Gian LaManno, a student at Kansas State University’s A.Q Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications and is moving through his advertising sequence. LaManno was making her weekly visit to see her mother at Village Shalom senior living facility in Overland Park, when she was killed by gunshot. Frazier Glenn Miller is suspected of…
HOUSTON (AP) Rookie Yordano Ventura threw seven solid innings for first major league win to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 4-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Omar Infante homered and drove in two runs for the Royals. Ventura, an elite prospect with a 100 mph fastball, allowed four hits and one earned run with seven strikeouts in seven innings both career highs in his fifth major league start. Infante had a solo shot in the first inning off Lucas Harrell and added an RBI in the third inning as the Royals found some offense after…