KMAN’s Chris Swick looks at the history behind Valentine’s Day for KMAN’s Morning News.
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The first girl to win a Kansas Relays title in Rock Creek history also is the first Mustang girl to become a Division I athlete. Lizz Herrs signed her national letter-of-intent with the University of Oklahoma on Wednesday to throw the javelin. Herrs won the Kansas Relays last season with a toss of nearly 143 feet, and also took the 3A state title with a throw of over 147 feet. Herrs signed with the Sooners in a ceremony at Rock Creek, with her family and coaches present.
The National Association of Basketball Coaches and the American Cancer Society have teamed together with the Coaches vs. Cancer initiative over the past two decades. Now, the program is coming to the high school level as the coaches in the Mid-East League will be wearing sneakers on Friday night to bring awareness about the disease. Both girls and boys coaches will participate as Riley County plays at Wabaunsee, Rock Creek travels to St. Marys, and Rossville visits Silver Lake. Donations to Coaches vs. Cancer will be taken at the gate during all three games.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) Kelsey Bone and Karla Gilbert scored 14 points apiece to lead No. 15 Texas A&M to its fourth straight win, 67-36, over Kansas State on Wednesday night. Texas A&M had a 20-point lead at halftime and used a 12-5 run early in the second half to extend its advantage to 51-24. Tyra White had five points to lead the Aggies in that span. The win leaves the Aggies (17-5, 8-3 Big 12) in second place in the Big 12 entering Saturday’s game against league-leader and top-ranked Baylor. It will be the first meeting between the…
WACO, Texas (AP) WACO, Texas (AP) Jeff Withey scored a career-high 25 points and Kansas went ahead to stay during a stretch without Thomas Robinson as the seventh-ranked Jayhawks had another convincing victory over sixth-ranked Baylor, winning 68-54 Wednesday night. After a 14-3 run over the final 4.5 minutes of the first half with Robinson on the bench to take its first lead, Kansas (19-5, 9-2 Big 12) scored 14 consecutive points early in the second half to take complete control of the game. The Jayhawks, coming off a 74-71 loss at fourth-ranked Missouri on Saturday, grabbed a share of…