Author: KMAN Staff

It wasn’t the prettiest of games, but in the end the Kansas State Wildcats will take it. The 18th-ranked Wildcats had just enough to get out of Lloyd Noble Center on Saturday evening by escaping with a 52-50 victory over Oklahoma and completing a regular season sweep of the Sooners. K-State led 28-23 at halftime and had an opportunity to break the game wide open when Oklahoma failed to score a single point over a 10 minute 41 second stretch that spanned the two halves. However the Wildcats had their own offensive struggles allowing OU to hang around. K-State’s second…

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Carolyn Davis scored 29 points and Chelsea Gardner added 19 as the Kansas Jayhawks Women’s Basketball team knocked off Kansas State 89-80 in double overtime before 6,992 in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown Saturday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum. The win snapped an 11-game losing streak in Manhattan for the ‘Hawks who won at Bramlage for the first time since January 27, 2001. It was a back and forth first half for the two teams which concluded in a 28-28 tie at halftime. K-State grabbed its largest lead at 37-30 on a layup by Mariah White early in the second half but…

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The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce once again held it’s “Eggs and Issues” forum as the state legislation starts a new session. State Representatives Sydney Carlin and Tom Philips, along with State Senator Tom Hawk were on hand to answer questions and address the concerns of the residents of Manhattan. The format of the event was set up in such a way that each legislator received five minutes apiece to answer pre submitted questions. That was followed by each getting two minutes to address audience submitted questions. The event ended with closing remarks from each lawmaker. The topics addressed covered…

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The Sertoma service club held it’s fifty-first annual pancake and groundhog feed Saturday morning at Pottorf hall near Cico park in Manhattan. Guests had the option of either paying for their tickets in advance, or to pay at the door. Ticket prices were $5 for adults and $2.50 for children aged 6-12, with kids under 6 eating for free. The ticket got you all you could eat pancakes fresh off the grill and two sausages (groundhogs) with additional sausage available for a small fee. Chair for the event Ann Smit explains that that the Sertoma club’s name itself means service…

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The MHS boys won a thriller 31-30 over Topeka High thanks to Jacob Holloway’s game winning shot with two seconds to go. The Trojans missed two free throws to leave the door open for Holloway to drive the length of the floor and win the game. Manhattan was down 30-26 with under two minutes to go when Jonathan Taylor got the late rally started with a three pointer. Neither team led by more than 5 points in the game and it was tied at halftime 13-13. Holloway led the Indians in scoring with nine points and Taylor had seven. The…

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