WICHITA, Kan. – Manhattan High School took top honors at the Class 6A State Wrestling Tournament by capturing the school’s third state title at Hartman Arena on Saturday night. After holding a 36-point lead heading into day two, the Tribe held off a furious charge by Wichita Heights as Manhattan edged out the second place finishers by 13 points. Manhattan’s score was 165.5, Wichita Heights registered a score of 152.5, while Lawrence was a distant third at 118.5. Manhattan sent four wrestlers to the finals with Ty Suggs winning the crown at 195 lbs. Finishing second were Jase Stone at…
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Kansas State spotted No. 19 Oregon State a 6-0 lead after three innings before battling back to get to within two runs, but the Beavers scored six unearned runs in the sixth inning on their way to a 13-5 win Sunday afternoon at Tony Gwynn Stadium. With the loss, the Wildcats finished their season-opening road trip with a 3-4 mark, while OSU improved to 5-3 on the season. Oregon State hit three home runs in the game, including a sixth-inning grand slam by Danny Hayes that turned a 7-4 game into a seven-run advantage. The Beavers also received…
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Kansas State led by seven points with less than four minutes in regulation, but a late Missouri surge sent the game into overtime where the Tigers prevailed, 61-56, Saturday afternoon at Mizzou Sports Arena. The Tigers charged back into the contest with a 10-3 rally to close out regulation. K-State shot just 3-of-6 from the line with under a minute to play and held a 53-50 advantage with 12.6 seconds remaining. Following consecutive timeouts from Missouri and K-State, Liene Priede banked in a three-pointer with 2.6 seconds to play to even the score at 53 and send…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – A career game from Jordan Henriquez was not enough for Kansas State, as the Wildcats dropped a close game to Iowa State, 65-61. Henriquez finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocks. Those high marks helped create the first double- double of his career. Both teams struggled in the opening moments of the game, scoring a combined eight points in the first five minutes of the half. The Wildcats (19-9, 8-8) jumped out to a quick 6-2 lead, but a 20-6 Iowa State (21-8, 11-5) run gave the Cyclones an early 22-12 lead in the half. Iowa State’s Scott…
After cruising to a 7-2 win on Thursday night over San Diego State in their first game of the weekend at Tony Gwynn Stadium things turned out much differently for the Kansas State Baseball team on Friday at the University of San Diego’s Cunningham Stadium. Trailing 3-1 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, Friday’s opponent the Toreros erputed for 12 runs against the K-State bullpen on their way to a 15-1 victory. The Wildcats scored their lone run of the game in the fourth inning as starting pitcher Matt Applegate (0-1) took the loss while Kansas State dropped…
At least one area wrestler will be in the ring on Saturday hoping to become a State Champion. Kyle Wilson of Wamego advanced to the State finals after defeating Michael Tubbs of Colby in Friday’s semifinals at the Bicentennial Center in Salina. Wilson will wrestle for the title against Andrew Morgan of Baldwin High School in the 132 lb. weight class in Class 4A. Meanwhile, the Class 3-2-1A Tourney wrapped up in Hays with Rock Creek finishing 15th with 40.5 points and Riley County finishing 51st with two points. The area’s best team showing came from Rossville which was 10th. …
The Manhattan High School Wrestling team, which sent all 14 Wrestlers to the State Tournament in Wichita hold a 36-point lead over second place Wichita Heights heading into the second and final day of the Class 6A Tourney at Hartman Arena. Four MHS Grapplers will be in the ring competing for State Championships on Saturday including Jase Stone at 106 lbs. Brian Wood at 170 lbs. Trey Campbell at 182 lbs. and Ty Suggs at 195 lbs. Tune in throughout the day for reports from Wichita with Jeff Burkhart and Jason Hilgers from Hartman Arena as the Tribe continue their…
The Manhattan High School Girls Basketball team completed a perfect record in Centennial League play with a 42-32 victory at Topeka High on Friday night in the regular season finale. Manhattan fell behind the Trojans 20-8 after the first quarter before outscoring Topeka High 34-12 the rest of the way. Three Lady Indians were in double figures led by Elayna Spilker and Darby Price with 12 points apiece while Onyeka Eyhee had 11 points. The Lady Indians who are 18-2 overall clinch the #1 seed in the Sub-State and will host a first round game on Wednesday night at the…