(Courtesy K-State Sports Information) MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas State Wildcats edged out a win over the Drake Bulldogs on Monday night in a match Head Coach Suzie Fritz said was not her team’s best effort but it was still a win. K-State got the victory 25-22, 30-28, 23-25, 19-25, 15-9 led by an impressive showing from middle blocker Kaitlynn Pelger with 32 kills. Pelger’s kill total is a new career-high and ranks fifth in school history for a five-set match. She also added 18 digs for another career-high. She was just two digs shy of the rare 20/20 double-double,…
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The Riley County commission gathered Monday for a public hearing to discuss redistricting The turnout was relatively small, but those who voiced their opinions expressed concern regarding the treatment of voters in the rural portion of Riley County. ” I believe that some of my district should have some county,” said commission chair Karen McCulloh, who’s district does not extend beyond the borders of Manhattan. “I think it’s good to be balanced and for each commissioner to have a piece of county and a piece of city.” The purpose of the hearing was to examine available options that could be…
A St. George man originally taken into custody for possible attempted murder entered a plea of no contest in Pottawatomie county district court today (Monday) to aggravated assault and criminal discharge of a firearm into a vehicle. Chaz Santangelo was taken into custody this past May after the Pottawatomie county sheriff’s office received a 9-1-1 call from someone who said they had been shot at and their vehicle had been struck by gunfire at the St. George trailer court. According to Pottawatomie County Attorney Sherri Schuck the plea bargain was at the request of the victims in the case. Santangelo…
Sentences have been upheld in 56 of 77 convictions involving a former Manhattan man involved in rape/sodomy cases occurring from December of 1999 to July of 2005. 42-year-old Ben Hinchsliff was sentenced in Riley County district court in July of 2009 on convictions including 66 counts of rape and 11 counts of criminal sodomy to a youngster under the age of 14. The court of appeals ruling came the end of last week. While 21 of the convictions were found to be outside the statute of limitations, the sentencing is not affected by the court of appeals ruling, meaning Hinchsliff…
Lilla Porubek tied a career in kills with 16, and the K-State volleyball team claimed the Missouri State Inviational championship with a sweep of South Dakota State. The Cats prevailed over the Jackrabbits 25-18, 25-21, and 25-15. Kaitlynn Pelger added 15 kills and was the the tournament MVP, and Dakota Kaufman had 11 kills. Middle blocker Alex Muff has been struggling with an ab injury, but had 7 kills against South Dakota State. Libero Kuulei Kabalis led K-State with 16 digs. K-State returns home to face Drake on Monday night with a 6:00pm first serve at Ahearn Fieldhouse. Coverage begins at…
NEW YORK (AP) For the 100th time, Oklahoma is #1. The Sooners reached a milestone in the history of The Associated Press college football poll without even playing. Oklahoma became the first team to hold the top ranking 100 times since the poll began 1936. The Sooners will bring that #1 ranking into one of the biggest nonconference games of the season when they face #5 Florida State in Tallahassee on Saturday. Alabama reclaimed the #2 spot after a 27-11 victory at Penn State, flip-flopping with #3 LSU. Last week, the Tigers jumped the Tide. Boise State is #4. …
– Riley County splits four matches at their home tournament on Saturday. The Falcons beat Linn and Clifton-Clyde, but fell to Mission Valley and Clay Center. Rachel Rheaume had 22 kills for the tournament. – Frankfort finished 3rd in their home volleyball tournament on Saturday. The Wildcats beat Junction City St. Xavier in pool play, and fell to Wetmore for the second time in bracket play. – The Wamego boys cross country team grabbed first place at their home invitational on Saturday. Colton Butler was sixth individually. The Riley County boys finished 12th as a team, with Nate Elder coming…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Ryan Fitzpatrick threw four touchdown passes, two of them to journeyman tight end Scott Chandler, and the Buffalo Bills romped to a season-opening 41-7 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. Fitzpatrick finished with 208 yards passing for the Bills, who who hadn’t score 40 points in an opener since a 40-7 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Sept. 6, 1992. Fred Jackson added 112 yards rushing for Buffalo. Matt Cassel threw for 119 yards with a touchdown and interception for Kansas City. It was the most lopsided season-opening loss in franchise…
SEATTLE (AP) Alex Gordon hit a pair of RBI doubles and four Kansas City pitchers combined to hold the Seattle Mariners to six hits in the Royals 2-1 victory Sunday afternoon. Rookie left-hander Everett Teaford (1-0) pitched five scoreless innings, allowing three hits, walking one and striking out five to pick up his first big league victory in his first career start after 23 relief appearances. Blake Wood took over in the seventh and tossed two hitless innings, retiring six straight, four on strikeouts. Greg Holland gave up a two-out RBI double to Ichiro Suzuki in the eighth. Joakim…
The student-created Fake Patty’s Day holiday has become a fixture in Manhattan over the past couple of years; however, the event has created it’s fair share of problems extending well beyond Sunday hangovers Manhattan city manager Ron Fehr tells KMAN finding ways to regulate Fake Patty’s will be the focus of tomorrow’s Manhattan City Commission work session. The “celebration” has caused multiple legal problems. RCPD received nearly 800 calls during last year’s holiday. Additionally, the number of citations issued during the holiday has more than quadrupled since 2007. With all of that taken into account, Fehr believes stiffer legal penalties…