Author: Mitch Fortner

Segment 1: Centennial League, Manhattan girls coach Scott Mall reaches 500 wins Segment 2: Big East League Segment 3: NCKL, interviews with all coaches from Wamego & Rock Creek Segment 4: Twin Valley League, class rankings

Hour One: Seg 1 – #11 K-State WBB holds on in OT to beat Iowa State Seg 2 – CycloneAlert writer Alec Busse Seg 3 – ESPN re-ups with ACC, Cal & Stanford hate the travel Hour Two: Seg 1 – MitchPom vs Iowa State Seg 2 – K-State WBB coach Jeff Mittie Seg 3 – Where Avery Johnson fits in the 2025 Heisman odds Seg 4 – Ask Us Anything

By Toby Hammes from The Manhattan Mercury Manhattan High boys’ basketball was outdone by Blue Valley-Stilwell on Thursday night, falling 64-50 in a non-league home contest. “Some nights, you just get beat. We got beat tonight,” head coach Benji George said. We just have to look at Centennial League play now like it’s a whole new season.” The Indians (4-8) came off a 17-point comeback in its McPherson tournament finale but failed to put together back-to-back wins for potentially the first time this season. The Tigers (9-3) entered as winners of five straight and proved to have their momentum carry…

Full Show: Seg. 1 – K-State stomps Oklahoma State for 2nd straight win Seg. 2 – Manhattan High Boys Basketball Coach Benji George Seg. 3 – Can #11 KSU women stop Audi Crooks of Iowa State tonight? Seg. 4 – Coach Tang simplified things further, Keys for WBB vs. ISU Seg. 5 – Ask Us Anything

<iframe frameborder=”0″ height=”200″ scrolling=”no” src=”https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=NCACA1835808795″ width=”100%”></iframe> Segment 1 – 0:00 Segment 2 – 9:55 Segment 3 – 24:12 Segment 4 – 35:16 On today’s episode of Within Reason with Mike Matson, Mike speaks with President and CEO of the Kansas Health Foundation Ed O’Malley. <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/mY1eVBUv7-0?si=MnmOu6qaLnI2HU0N” title=”YouTube video player” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share” referrerpolicy=”strict-origin-when-cross-origin” allowfullscreen></iframe>

On Wednesday’s edition of The Game, Mitch Fortner talks to Mason Voth from K-State Online and “Voice of the Chiefs” Mitch Holthus in hour one, as well as give his predictions and keys to the game as K-State men’s basketball take on Oklahoma State tonight as the Cats seek to keep their upward momentum going.

On Tuesday’s edition of The Game, Mitch Fortner and Cole Deutschendorf go over the Chiefs win from Sunday, the Jabroni of the Week, an Ayoka Lee injury update, and more.

THURSDAY’S MANHATTAN HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL GAME VS. BLUE VALLEY IS STREAMING ONLY MHS GIRLS VS. WICHITA SOUTHEAST WILL AIR ON NEWSRADIO KMAN AND STREAM AT NewsradioKMAN.com/listen K-STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL AIRS ON SUNNY 102.5, STARTING AT 7. THE BROADCAST WILL BE JOINED IN PROGRESS ON KMAN FOLLOWING MHS GIRLS BASKETBALL. Tuesday Silver Lake Eagles (8-1) @ Rock Creek Mustangs Girls (8-1, 3-0) 6:00 Silver Lake Eagles (7-1) @ Rock Creek Mustangs Boys (8-1, 3-0) 7:45 Holton Wildcats (6-5) @ Riley County Falcons Girls (8-3, 5-0) 6:00 Holton Wildcats (3-8) @ Riley County Falcons Boys (3-8, 1-4) 7:45 Wakefield Bombers (5-5) @…

<iframe frameborder=”0″ height=”200″ scrolling=”no” src=”https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=NCACA7406238994″ width=”100%”></iframe> Segment 1 – 0:00 Segment 2 – 9:25 Segment 3 – 21:35 Segment 4 – 36:11 On today’s episode of Within Reason with Mike Matson, Mike speaks with Stephanie Pierce, executive director of Innovate24. <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/djZutl145xI?si=QMmI-b4k4PaoYVSb” title=”YouTube video player” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share” referrerpolicy=”strict-origin-when-cross-origin” allowfullscreen></iframe>

On today’s edition of Wildcat Insider, Mitch Fortner and Cole Deutschendorf discuss K-State men’s basketball ending their six-game losing streak, a 14-game winning streak snapped for the women, a potential end to transfer portal action for KSU FB and more.