From K-State Athletics Seniors Barry Brown, Jr., and Dean Wade were among 50 players selected to the watch list for the Citizen Naismith Trophy Player of the Year, as announced by the Atlanta Tipoff Club today (November 5). The preseason watch list will be trimmed to 30 on February 13, 2019 with the release of the midseason 30 team followed by 10 national semifinalists on March 4, 2019 and four finalists on March 19, 2019. The 2019 Citizen Naismith Trophy will be awarded at the Naismith Awards Brunch on April 7, 2019 at the Final Four. K-State was among 10…
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From K-State Athletics The Big 12 Conference named K-State redshirt freshman Brooke Heyne as its Rookie of the Week after leading the Wildcats in kills, hitting percentage and digs in a straight-set win over West Virginia Saturday, the league office announced Monday. Heyne, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, collects her second weekly honor of the season after picking up 11 kills while hitting .450 to go with a career-best 10 digs for the first double-double of her career against the Mountaineers. Her 3.67 kills per set and 3.33 digs per set were best among Big 12 freshmen last week. The…
Another close game and more post game controversy after the 14-13 loss to TCU on Saturday. Hear audio from Coach Snyder’s press conference Saturday and teleconference today. K-State men’s basketball makes an impressive debut on Friday against Pitt State. Head Coach Bruce Weber calls in. Plus, headlines from around the Big 12. 0:00 – Frustrating loss and post game controversy 15:36 – KSU hoops takes care of Pitt State 24:49 – Interview with Bruce Weber 34:11 – KU gets rid of David Beaty 38:02 – Snyder on Isaiah Zuber after the game 49:38 – How tough will the KU game…
Announced on the team’s Twitter account, Manhattan High boys soccer coach Frank Alonso passed away on Sunday morning. He had been battling stage IV pancreatic cancer. Alonso was 52. Deemed inoperable by doctors, Coach Alonso was diagnosed with this disease on October 15. Once the community heard about the news, a GoFundMe page created to support Alonso’s fight and it raised $45,344 as of Monday morning. Recently, the MHS soccer team held a fundraiser that brought in over $6,000 in a few hours. His Indians defeated Shawnee Mission East in penalty kicks in the semis, but lost, 3-0, to Olathe…
From K-State Athletics A layup from Peyton Williams with under 30 seconds to play sent K-State to a come from behind 48-46 win in exhibition play against Fort Hays State at Bramlage Coliseum on Thursday night. After Fort Hays State used a 7-0 run to rally back into a 46-46 tie with 45 seconds remaining, K-State found Williams in the low block on a post-up. Williams gathered and used two dribbles across the lane to finish a right-hand layup with 25 seconds to play. Fort Hays State was unable to convert on its final possession, as Williams blocked the game-tying…
From K-State Athletics One day after being named a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, Kansas State senior right tackle Dalton Risner added another line to his off-the-field resume on Thursday by being named a semifinalist for the 2018 Wuerffel Trophy, the All Sports Association of Fort Walton Beach (FL) announced. Risner is one of 12 players to be named a semifinalist for the “nation’s premier award for community service” and the lone player from the Big 12 on the list. He is the first Wildcat ever to earn semifinalist status for the award. A product of Wiggins, Colorado,…
Seems like Bill Snyder is not the only one coming to painful realizations right now. We preview Saturday’s game with TCU Powercat Gameday reporter John Denton. John and Mason are put to the test in music and movie trivia. Plus, John in Vegas and You Can’t Be Serious 0:00 – Coming to a painful realization 11:22 – Interview with John Denton 20:08 – Interview with Nick Leckey 29:41 – John in Vegas 37:09 – Minor bowl games are too important 50:49 – Mason v Music/John v Movies 1:05:48 – Fake Bowls and BBQ 1:12:38 – You Can’t Be Serious
From K-State Athletics Kansas State senior right tackle Dalton Risner earned one of the most prestigious honors among FBS players on Wednesday as he was selected as a member of the 2018 National Football Foundation (NFF) National Scholar-Athlete Class and a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy. Risner is one of just 13 players nationally – including eight from FBS schools and the lone Big 12 representative – that were named a finalist from a list of 179 semifinalists. The Wiggins, Colorado, product is also just the sixth Wildcat in school history to be named a finalist and the…
It’s Halloween and Matt Hall from K-State Online is in-studio. Things got weird. 0:00 – What kind of candy is each Big 12 team? 11:04 – Recap of the loss to Oklahoma 25:51 – Interview with “Voice of the Chiefs” Mitch Holthus 35:19 – Text about Big 12 teams as candy 38:37 – Many frustrations with K-State football 54:09 – Halloween Twitter questions 1:01:33 – K-State basketball’s “secret” scrimmage 1:13:08 – You Can’t Be Serious
Manhattan High’s Daniel Harkin finished as the 6A state runner up in cross country on Saturday in Lawrence. He finished with a time of 15 minutes and 55 seconds. Harkin’s decorated career includes placing at state in track and tennis in addition to cross country. He was a part of last year’s MHS state championship in track and finished in the top ten in state in both the 1600 meters and 3200 meters. Congratulations to Daniel Harkin of Manhattan High School, the Powercat Sports Grill/KMAN “Student Athlete of the Week!”