St. Thomas (MN) 12 15 16 (0) Kansas St. 25 25 25 (3) CHICAGO (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State finished the Rambler Challenge Saturday with a sweep of St. Thomas, serving up 11 aces and hitting .358 on its way to a 25-12, 25-15, 15-16 victory at Gentile Arena. K-State (8-2) claimed two of three matches over the weekend, as Sydney Bolding and Mackenzie Morris earned all-tournament team honors. Both Bolding and Morris collect their second all-tournament nods of the season. Bolding tallied four aces in the first set alone Saturday, as the Wildcats finished with eight in the opening frame. Morris finished with…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Victor Reyes drove in three runs, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 8-4 in a rain-shortened game on Saturday. Javier Báez and Harold Castro each had two hits and two RBIs as Detroit earned its third straight win. Matt Manning (2-2) pitched 6 1/3 innings of three-hit ball. “I think my curveball and my changeup were really good to the lefties,” Manning said. “My good fastball command kind of follows after that.” The Tigers went ahead to stay with three runs in the third against Jonathan Heasley (3-8). Reyes snapped a 1-1…
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The Republican candidate for Kansas governor tried Saturday to make the Democratic incumbent’s support for abortion rights a political liability, even with a strong statewide vote last month in favor of preserving access to abortion. GOP nominee Derek Schmidt, a three-term Kansas attorney general, said during a debate at the Kansas State Fair that he respects the Aug. 2 vote, in which voters decisively rejected a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the GOP-controlled Legislature to greatly restrict or ban abortion. But he argued that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly favors abortion with no restrictions “up to…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City police officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old four years ago will not face civil rights charges, federal prosecutors announced Friday. John Albers was shot by officer Clayton Jenison after he backed a minivan out of his family’s garage in Overland Park, Kansas, in January 2018. Officers went to the home to check reports that Albers was posting threats to harm himself on social media. Albers’ parents were not home at the time. The Justice Department said its two-year investigation into the shooting found no evidence to contradict an earlier finding in a…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Republican candidate for Kansas attorney general resigned Friday from the board of directors of a nonprofit group that has been accused of defrauding people who believed they were donating to help build a wall on the U.S. southern border. Kris Kobach resigned from the board of directors and as general counsel of WeBuildTheWall, Inc., The Kansas City Star reported. Kobach, a former Kansas secretary of state, has built a national reputation by advocating tough immigration policies and questioning the integrity of elections. He was vice chairman of former President Donald Trump’s commission on election fraud. The company…
Kansas St. 26 9 23 15 (1) Loyola Chicago 24 25 25 25 (3) CHICAGO (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State turned in season lows in both kills and hitting percentage Friday night, dropping a four-set decision to Loyola Chicago at the Rambler Challenge at Gentile Arena, 26-24, 9-25, 23-25, 15-25. K-State (7-2) managed just 35 kills while hitting .078, failing to break the .150 threshold in any of the night’s four sets. Sydney Bolding paced the Wildcats with 11 kills and a .391 efficiency while also leading the team with seven total blocks. Aliyah Carter ended the night with nine kills while Elena Baka registered…
Yale 0 0 0 Kansas St. 1 0 1 MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – Playing in front of a season-high 1,299 fans at Buser Family Park on Friday night, K-State soccer honored its 13-member senior class, but it was a freshman that provided the decisive goal in the Wildcats’ 1-0 win over Yale at Buser Family Park. K-State, winners of three of their last five matches, improved to 3-3-1 on the season, while Yale falls to 3-1-1. HOW IT HAPPENED – K-State maintain a majority of possession in the first half and freshman Andra Mohler broke through for the Wildcats in the…
The Riley County Health Department will provide free in-person COVID tests starting Monday. According to a news release from RCHD, testing will be available by appointment only. Appointments can be scheduled as early as five days out or as late as two hours before the selected timeslot. A mobile lab trailer conducting nasal swab PCR tests will be parked in the lower lot near the RCHD Family and Child Resource center. Designated signs will be set up to help direct those receiving tests. Results are typically available within 30 minutes and will be shared with the Kansas Department of Health…
State and local dignitaries were among about 100 people in attendance for the ceremonial groundbreaking of future Museum of Art in Light in Downtown Manhattan. Friday marked the official beginning of the $43 million facility’s construction, having jumped past a number of hurdles in securing financing via STAR bonds and receiving city approval to proceed. Read more here. “I could go on and on today, but what you need to recognize today in Manhattan is that we have become — and are becoming moreso — an oasis for the arts,” says Robert DeBruyn, the developer of the museum along…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – After an offseason of preparation, the Kansas State women’s golf team is ready to tee off its 2022-23 campaign with the Dick McGuire Invitational. The three-round, 54-hole event hosted by New Mexico will be held Monday and Tuesday at the par-72, 6,354-yard UNM Championship Course in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Cats begin this season with high expectations that center around an exciting group of five returners — Haley Vargas, Remington Isaac, Manon Donche-Gay, Napua Glossner, Gabriela McNelly — all of which are appearing in the opening lineup. Two seniors, Donche-Gay and Vargas, highlight the Wildcats’ roster. Donche-Gay, originally from Avigon, France,…