MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Rodney McGruder scored a career high 33 points, including a transition dunk in the closing seconds, and #25 Kansas State beat Texas 84-80 on Wednesday night despite lousy foul shooting down the stretch. McGruder also added eight rebounds for the Wildcats (13-4, 2-3 Big 12) while playing superb defense on the Longhorns’ J’Covan Brown, who came into the game leading the Big 12 in scoring. Brown finished with 22 points for Texas (12-6, 2-3), but the junior guard was just 8 of 28 from the field and 4 of 14 from beyond the arc.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Clemson has landed Oklahoma’s Brent Venables to take over the Tigers defense. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney texted The Associated Press with the news Wednesday night, “BV to Clemson.” The former K-State defensive coordinator will take over for Kevin Steele, who left Clemson last week with Swinney saying the two had philosophical differences. Venables visited Clemson last weekend. There were no details when Venables would arrive on campus to start working. Venables had served as the Sooners defensive coordinator since 1999 and helped Oklahoma win a national championship in 2000. The Tigers were 81st nationally at more…
The Manhattan – Ogden school board had a lot to cover during their regular business meeting Wednesday night. The board started early with construction as a bid was presented to the board concerning asbestos abatement. There were also reports given on how the projects are progressing. Dr. Bob Shannon then presented his reports to the board, which is where Governor Brownback’s plan for Career and Technical Education programs in Kansas was discussed. Part of the plan states that “funding will no longer be provided for those high school programs of study that are also available in a post secondary institution within…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Aaryn Ellenberg had a season-high 31 points to go with nine steals, and Oklahoma held off a last-gasp rally by No. 23 Kansas State for a 65-57 victory Tuesday night. Morgan Hook added 11 points for the Sooners (11-5, 3-2 Big 12), who rebounded from a meltdown at Oklahoma State to ruin the Wildcats’ first appearance in the Top 25 since the 2008-09 season. Tasha Dickey scored 18 points and Jalana Childs had 16 for the Wildcats (13-4, 4-1), who had knocked off then-No. 9 Texas A&M and then-No. 10 Texas Tech during a five-game winning…
M.J. Massanet scored 18 points despite missing all but two shots from the field, and the Manhattan High girls remained undefeated with a 49-31 victory at Highland Park. Massanet connected on only two of nine attempts from the field, but drained 14 of 17 free throws. Onyeka Ehie added 13 points for the Tribe. Devyn (Devon) Edwards led Highland Park with 15 points, but MHS held Scots’ leading scorer Shanise Brooks to just 7 points. The Tribe girls are now 8-0 and 6-0 in the Centennial League, while Highland Park dropped their second straight after winning their first eight games. Manhattan…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is floating a proposal to cap the annual growth in state spending at 2 percent, an idea that has broad appeal among his fellow Kansas conservatives. But Brownback said Tuesday that he’ll leave the details of how best to implement the cap to the GOP-controlled Legislature. Brownback said during a brief interview that he’s not proposing to amend the state constitution to limit spending growth, which was a past goal of anti-tax, small-government groups. Aides suggest the administration will pursue legislation, but Brownback would say only that he’ll work with lawmakers. He believes…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss is preparing to give the annual State of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Legislature. The court didn’t disclose the topic of his remarks ahead the speech, scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday. But it comes as the Supreme Court is reviewing recommendations from a special commission on the operations of the state’s judicial branch. The Supreme Court created the 25-member Blue Ribbon Commission a year ago to consider such issues as the number of court offices, their hours of operation, using technology to reduce costs and increasing…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A northwestern Kansas man has been convicted of selling cattle that were mortgaged to the Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency and keeping the money. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 26-year-old Travis L. Siebert, of Colby, was found guilty by a jury Tuesday of one count of conversion of mortgaged property. Prosecutors say Siebert received three loans totaling $115,000 to purchase a bull, 60 cows and 90 feeder calves. He fell behind on loan payments in 2007 with about $84,000 left to repay. The government says that Siebert schemed to sell the livestock from 2007 to 2010 under…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Senate redistricting committee is meeting to discuss how it will draw new boundaries for the chamber’s 40 districts. The committee is scheduled to meet at least briefly on Wednesday to develop the rules and policies it will use in the redistricting process. A separate House committee, chaired by Speaker Mike O’Neal, is looking at redrawing that chamber’s 125 districts. Lawmakers are adjusting the boundaries of the state’s legislative, Board of Education and U.S. House districts to reflect population changes as reported by the 2010 census. The new maps must be approved by both chambers and the…