Author: KMAN Staff
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…
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) Attorneys for a man accused of killing a 14-year-old Great Bend girl say their client can’t get a fair trial in Barton County because most residents already think he is guilty. There was no decision on Wednesday’s request in Barton County District Court to move the trial of 37-year-old Adam Longoria. He is scheduled to go on trial March 26 on charges of capital murder and sex crimes for the August 2010 death of Alicia DeBolt. KWCH-TV reports Judge Hannelore Kitts said she would rule on Monday. A survey of 400 Barton County residents conducted through…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Former Congressman Dennis Moore, who represented Kansas for 12 years in the U.S. House, has announced he has Alzheimer’s. Moore, a Democrat from Kansas’ 3rd District, says in a statement that he is in the “early phases of Alzheimer’s disease” and that he received the final diagnosis in June 2011. The 66-year-old said he hopes to help “others in the same situation” by making his illness public. Moore, who did not seek re-election in 2010 after holding the seat since 1998, said he wanted to help draw attention to Alzheimer’s and early onset dementia. He and…