Looking to avoid a season sweep, K-State managed just four hits in a 6-0 loss to Nebraska on Tuesday night at Tointon Family Stadium. The Huskers won both previous meetings in Lincoln, and scored 2 runs in the 3rd inning aided by an errors. They put the game away with a 3-run seventh. On a planned bullpen night for both teams, Nebraska’s Tyler King picks up his first win in four innings of work, giving up just one hit on 49 pitches. K-State’s Jared Moore dropped to 2-2, as he gave up an earned run on three hit in 2 2/3 innings.…
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DENVER (AP) Brittney Griner came up big for Baylor, scoring 26 points and grabbing 13 rebounds to help the Lady Bears finish off an undefeated season with an 80-61 win over Notre Dame in the national championship game Tuesday night. Baylor became the first team in NCAA history to win 40 games. Even more important to the Lady Bears, the team cut down the nets for the first time since 2005. For the Fighting Irish (35-4), a second straight trip to the title game ended in heartbreak. They lost 76-70 to Texas A&M last season. Odyssey Sims chipped in…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Former Texas women’s basketball assistant Karen Aston is taking over the Longhorns with a mission to rebuild one of the nation’s premier programs back into a championship contender. Aston, the head coach at North Texas last season, was introduced at a campus news conference in Austin on Tuesday. She emerged last week as the top candidate after a short search to replace Gail Goestenkors, who resigned March 20 after the Longhorns failed to advance past the first round of the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight year. Aston was a Texas assistant from 1998-2006 where she…
SAN DIEGO (AP) Clayton Richard pitched six shutout innings and the San Diego Padres beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Tuesday night. Chase Headley and Jesus Guzman hit back-to-back homers off Kansas City left-hander Jonathan Sanchez with two out in the third inning. Richard allowed just three singles while striking out five and walking none. Brayan Pena homered for Kansas City in the seventh inning. Sanchez allowed two runs and four hits in three innings. Richard had allowed 14 earned runs in 14 innings over his four previous spring starts.
A pair of area athletes who led their teams to conference titles will take the floor in the Kansas Basketball Coaches’ Association all-star games this summer. Manhattan High swept thru the Centennial League with an undefeated 13-0 mark, and MJ Massanet was the Tribe’s leading scorer and rebounder. She’ll play for the white squad in the KBCA all-star game. Future K-State Wildcat Kelly Thomson of Riley County will play for the blue squad after a stellar high school career. Thomson led the Falcons to back-to-back Mid-East League titles, and three state tournament berths over four years. The KBCA all-star games are…
Buses will soon be a reality in Manhattan, with two fixed routes set to start running next month. That very issue took center stage at last night’s Manhattan City Commission meeting, pre-empting the slated agenda. Many community members and students came out in support of the new transit system, along with a few who were against it. After a lengthy public comment session, the Commission moved on to the agenda. First up was an ordinance vacating a portion of right-of-way on 9th Street due to the expansion of Howie’s Recycling service. Owner of…
Although a Manhattan man may face almost 20 years in jail, he now has only one case to deal with, instead of two. Justin Taylor, 25, had a hearing Tuesday to discuss his two charges. Taylor was charged with one count of rape during June of 2010 and one count of 2nd degree intentional murder in August of 2011. Assistant Riley County Attorney, Barry Disney, motioned to combine the two cases into one and change the 2nd degree intentional murder charge to voluntary manslaughter. Judge Paul Miller approved the motion to combine the cases and change the second charge. Taylor…
Manhattan/Ogden NEA Representative Usha Reddi sits down with KMAN to discuss sports and academics.