Sports in Kansas has announced its high school basketball postseason, All-State honors for the 2023-2024 season. Featuring multiple local athletes and one local coach. Manhattan Girls Maxine Doering, 6A Second Team Kat Ball, 6A Honorable Mention Delaney Larson, 6A Honorable Mention Blue Valley Girls Brynlyn Brockman, 1A-D2 Honorable Mention Frankfort Girls Hattie Gros, 1A-D1 Player of the Year & First Team Head Coach Brian Ebert, 1A-D1 Coach of the Year Frankfort won the program’s first state title earlier this month. Riley County Girls Anna Lambert, 3A Second Team Taryn Shepard, 3A Honorable Mention Wamego Girls Lexi Hecht, 4A Second Team…
Author: Mitch Fortner
(AP) The AL Central doesn’t appear to be a great place to find baseball’s best teams. Instead, it might be home to some of the most improved. The division had a tough 2023, with the Twins running away with the title despite an 87-win season that wouldn’t have been good enough to win any other division in MLB. One year later, it’s still hard to look at the rosters and find an obvious 90-win squad in the bunch. Minnesota once again appears to be the class of the division despite losing a pair of front-line starting pitchers in Sonny Gray…
Manhattan, KS (K-State) – Due to inclement weather, K-State and Nebraska officials have canceled Tuesday’s contest between the Wildcats and Cornhuskers at Tointon Family Stadium. Tuesday’s non-conference game was originally scheduled for 6 p.m. K-State will be back in action this weekend with a three-game Big 12 series with Texas at Tointon Family Stadium, Thursday through Saturday. Thursday and Friday’s contest are slated to begin at 6 p.m., while Saturday’s series finale is scheduled for 2 p.m. The three-game Big 12 series will be streamed on the Big 12 Now on ESPN + and the ESPN app with radio coverage…
Manhattan, KS (K-State) – K-State held a two-point halftime edge over Colorado following a sneaky play from Serena Sundell, but a cold effort from the field in the second half closed out the season for the Wildcats, 63-50, in the second round of the Albany 2 Region in the 2024 NCAA Tournament at Bramlage Coliseum on Sunday afternoon. For the seventh time this season, K-State (26-8) saw the trio of Gabby Gregory (12 points), Serena Sundell (11) and Ayoka Lee (10 points) score in double figures in the same game. Gregory scored a team-high 12 points on 4-of-11 shooting, including…
Manhattan, KS – To open the players press conference Saturday afternoon, K-State senior guard Gabby Gregory had an announcement to make… 11,000 people will pack Bramlage Coliseum Sunday afternoon as the 4-seed K-State Wildcats will host the 5-seed Colorado Buffaloes in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The spotlight hasn’t been this bright on K-State women’s basketball in almost 20 years. It has been 22 years since the ‘Cats made it to the Sweet Sixteen. Standing in K-State’s way is 23-9 Colorado. A team that reached the Sweet Sixteen last year and has said multiple times this week that…
MANHATTAN, KS (K-State) – Junior Cam Carter and redshirt freshman Dorian Finister have entered the transfer portal. “We are thankful for all the hard work and dedication that Cam and Dorian gave to our program the past two seasons,” said Tang. “They both played significant roles in helping us win 45 games and advance to consecutive postseason appearances, including the Elite Eight in 2023. They will forever be Wildcats and we wish them the best as they move forward in their playing careers.” Carter started all 70 games in his K-State career, averaging 10.4 points on 38.8 percent shooting, including…
MANHATTAN, KS (K-State) – K-State, the four-seed in the Albany 2 region, led wire-to-wire on Friday afternoon, as the Wildcats downed Portland, 78-65, in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament at Bramlage Coliseum on Friday afternoon. With Friday’s win, K-State has now advanced at least one round in the NCAA Tournament for the 13th time. K-State (26-7) has secured 26 wins this season, the most in the Jeff Mittie era and most by the Wildcats since the 2002-03 season (29). This is the sixth 26-win or better season in program history. For the sixth time this season the…
Manhattan, KS – Friday begins the round of 64 of the women’s NCAA Tournament. The 9th game of the day will tip-off at 3:30. That will feature 4-seed K-State against 13-seed Portland inside of a near sold out Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats are hosting the first two round for the first time since 2017. K-State (25-7) will be making its 18th appearance all-time in the “Big Dance” and for the 5th time under head coach Jeff Mittie. Friday will be K-State’s first-ever meeting against the 21-12 Pilots of Portland. Thursday in Bramlage, both K-State and Portland spoke to the media…
Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr and Mayor Wynn Butler preview Tuesday’s city commission meeting and other business.
Manhattan, KS – Jerome Tang and K-State men’s basketball found out Sunday that they are not going to the NCAA Tournament. After just missing out on the Big Dance, the ‘Cats have decided to accept a bid to be one of 32 teams in the 2024 National Invitation Tournament (NIT). Two days after getting the NIT news, K-State will play in the first round Tuesday night at Iowa. Tip-time has been set for 8:00 p.m. The Hawkeyes will enter the game with a record of 18-14. After receiving a bye in the Big Ten tournament, Iowa lost to 10-seed Ohio…