Three Manhattan High wrestlers won regional titles Saturday and a total of eight qualified for the State 6A meet this coming weekend. Easton Taylor at 138 pounds, Tucker Brunner at 152 and Talique Houston at 220 pounds won titles in their weight classes as Manhattan finished fourth in the regional in Wichita as a team. Wamego will send six wrestlers to the 4A state meet, including Hayden Oviatt, who won the regional title at 195 pounds. Riley County had two state qualifiers, Rock Creek one.
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KSHSAA finalized its brackets for the Class 1A sub-state tournaments Sunday morning, setting up games this week for three of the four 1A Division I teams in the area. The Frankfort girls will host Onaga Friday night, seeking to move on to a matchup against second-seeded Doniphan West a week later. Also on Friday, Blue Valley-Randolph play at Lincoln, with the winner advancing to face Clifton-Clyde the following week. Thursday will see the Blue Valley-Randolph boys host Washington County. Solomon is the second see and will be the opponent for the winner the following week. Frankfort’s boys drew the second…
Arraignment was held Friday for a Wamego man charged with possessing child pornography. Scott Hertzig entered a plea agreement in Pottawatomie County District Court for two counts of sexual exploitation of a child. The two counts are alleged to have occurred in April 2021. Judge Jeff Elder presided over the hearing, informing Hertzig of what he is waiving by entering a plea agreement. Sentencing will take place at 2 p.m. April 21st at the Pottawatomie County Justice Center. Hertzig will be required to register as a sex offender. Sentencing also took place Friday for Clinton Platt, of Wamego, who was…
MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State used one of its best defensive performances of the season to register its 14th home win in front of the largest home crowd of the season, 5,868, on Sunday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum, as the Wildcats downed Oklahoma State, 56-38. K-State (18-8, 8-6 Big 12) held Oklahoma State to a season-low for points in a game. The 38 points are tied for the fewest points K-State has allowed in a Big 12 game in the Jeff Mittie era, which spans eight seasons beginning in 2014-15. Sunday’s opponent point total matches the fewest in a…
ARLINGTON, Texas (Kansas State Athletics) – The K-State offense managed just three hits, while Auburn totaled 13 in the Tigers’ 12-1 victory Sunday at Globe Life Field on the final day of the State Farm College Baseball Showdown. Auburn (2-1) scored 11 unanswered runs, with 10 coming over a three-inning stretch (third to fifth). The Wildcats (0-3) were hampered by eight walks along with eight hit-by-pitches. “Disappointing weekend, disappointing day,” said head coach Pete Hughes. “You expect to make first-weekend mistakes, but you can’t have first-weekend overall performances and excuses everywhere. I thought we probably played 10 good innings of baseball (this weekend),…
The Manhattan Conference Center was full Friday night for the 97th annual meeting and banquet of the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce. Over 200 area business people, philanthropists, local and state representatives attended the event to dine, acknowledge 2021 award recipients and hear from the new Chamber Board of Directors chair. President and CEO Jason Smith opened the evening following dinner acknowledging the organization’s growth over 2021, which saw the Chamber reach a record total of 856 members. Despite that, Smith says they aren’t satisfied. “We need to expand our collective influence even more as we push for 1,000 members…
STILLWATER, Okla. (Kansas State Athletics) – Sophomore Avery Anderson III’s 3-pointer with 3.8 seconds proved to be the difference in overtime, as Oklahoma State returned serve after losing a similar game to Kansas State earlier this month with an 82-79 win over the Wildcats on Saturday afternoon before a crowd of 8,976 fans at Bramlage Coliseum. In K-State’s 71-68 win on February 2, sophomore Nijel Pack hit a 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds in regulation. Anderson (20 points) and teammate Bryce Thompson (23 points) combined for 43 of the Cowboys’ 82 points, as the duo connected on 16-of-32 field goals, including 6-of-14…
The Manhattan High boys used nine three pointers to build a lead at Washburn Rural Friday night and held on for a 59-56 win, their third in a row. Jack Wilson scored 21 points, Tate Brown 14 as the Indians withstood a Junior Blues run that briefly allowed the home team to take a lead early in the 4th Quarter. Indians Head Coach Benji George said after the game his team showed poise after the Washburn Rural rally. In the girls’ contest, Washburn Rural limited Manhattan to single digit points in each quarter and nearly shut out the Indians in…
ARLINGTON, Texas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State turned a seven-run deficit into two after a five-run eighth, but the late-inning rally fell short on Friday, as No. 10 Arizona won the season opener 8-6 to begin the State Farm College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field. K-State (0-1), trailing 8-1 after seven and a half innings, loaded the bases in the eighth and got a two-run single from Orlando Salinas, Jr. After a hit by pitch, walk and a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded, Dylan Phillips stepped into the batter’s box and represented the go-ahead run. Phillips, the Big 12’s active leader in career…
Riley County Police arrested a 44-year-old Manhattan man Friday afternoon in connection to alleged sex crimes reported to have occurred over several years. Joshua Penabaz was being held Friday on $1 million bond for numerous charges of rape, aggravated indecent liberties with a child and aggravated criminal sodomy. RCPD says an investigation is ongoing. Due to the nature of the crimes, no further information is being released. In an email to parents late Friday, USD 383 Director of Early Learning Elisabeth Nelson confirmed that Penabaz, who worked as a nurse at College Hill Early Learning Center, voluntarily resigned his position…