From K-State Athletics MANHATTAN, Kan. – For the first time since 2013, K-State baseball led off Big 12 play with a series victory, as true freshman Nick English delivered a walk-off single in the bottom of the 12th inning to clinch the series win over Cincinnati, 14-13, at Tointon Family Stadium Sunday afternoon. “That was a heck of a team win, and a heck of a character win to close out a series,” head coach Pete Hughes said following the Cats walk-off win. “It shows a lot about what our program and our guys are all about. They don’t give…
Author: Mitch Fortner
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Junior Arthur Kaluma and senior Tylor Perry were each named to the All-Big 12 Honorable Mention team on Sunday (March 10), as the conference office announced its annual men’s basketball awards. It marked the first career Big 12 awards for Kaluma and Perry, while they represented the third and fourth Wildcats to be selected to the All-Big 12 teams under head coach Jerome Tang. Both were named to the Preseason All-Big 12 Honorable Mention team. The all-conference honors were the third in Perry’s career after twice being named to the Conference USA First Team at North Texas.…
Colby, KS – For the first time in program history, Frankfort girls’ basketball can call themselves state champions. As the 6-seed at the 1A-D1 state tournament, the Wildcats upset top-seed Little River 47-41. Ending the Redskins’ undefeated season to take home the state title. Trailing 29-24 at the half, Coach Brian Ebert’s defense held Little River to just 12 points and 12% shooting in the 2nd half. Leading the Wildcats in double-figures was Sydney Wapp with 15 points and Hattie Gros with 12. Also scoring for Frankfort was Breleigh Ebert with 8, Emma Hardwick had 6, Alexis Dalinghaus with 4…
From K-State Athletics MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State’s Jacob Frost and Jackson Wentworth teamed up for the ninth no-hitter in the program’s 124-year history, and first combined no-hitter since 1991, as the Wildcats blanked Cincinnati 4-0 in Friday’s Big 12 opener at Tointon Family Stadium. 🎥 K-State vs. Cincinnati: Game 1#KStateBSB pic.twitter.com/DvnqYgO59y— K-State Baseball (@KStateBSB) March 9, 2024 “It was a tough night to play baseball, but our guys were focused,” K-State head baseball coach Pete Hughes said. “They created an atmosphere in the stadium that had none tonight because of the conditions and that’s difficult to do sometimes if you…
KANSAS CITY, KS. (AP) — The younger brother of Super Bowl-winning Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been sentenced to six months’ probation in a case alleging an assault on a woman. Jackson Mahomes, 23, appeared Thursday for his sentencing hearing via videoconference and pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of battery, according to online court records. After his sentencing, Jackson Mahomes was taken into the custody of the Johnson County Sheriff’s office, which will determine whether he is eligible for work release. The sentencing came more than two months after prosecutors dismissed three felony charges for aggravated sexual battery…
Wichita, KS – The 2023-2024 Manhattan High girls’ basketball came to an end on Wednesday afternoon. The Indians led 1-seed Shawnee Mission South by five at halftime, but it was just a different story in the 2nd half. The Raiders would end up with the 6A State quarterfinal victory over Manhattan 50-35. Recap with Mitch Fortner Reaching the state tournament for the 11th time in program history, Manhattan ends its season with an overall record of 12-11.
MANHATTAN, Kansas – The Kansas State trio of senior center Ayoka Lee, junior guard Serena Sundell and senior guard Gabby Gregory were among the All-Big 12 squads, as the league office announced the 2023-24 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Women’s Basketball Awards on Tuesday. Lee was a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 First Team and was named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. Sundell joined Lee on the first team, while Gregory was named an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention recipient. This is the 10th straight season K-State has had two or more players earn All-Big 12 honors. Lee was named…
From K-State Athletics Casey Scott, a 22-year member of Kansas State’s senior athletics team and baseball sport administrator, has been appointed to the NCAA Baseball Committee, the NCAA has announced. Scott’s term is effective immediately and will run through August 2027. Scott, K-State’s Executive Associate Athletics Director for Internal Operations and Event Management, will serve as the Big 12 representative on the committee, a position previously held by Texas Tech athletics director Kirby Hocutt. The NCAA Division I Baseball Committee is responsible for selecting, seeding, and bracketing the entire 64-team tournament field, which includes the automatic qualification of 30 conference…
From K-State Athletics CINCINNATI, Ohio – Kansas State made a furious rally to flip a double-digit deficit into a one-point lead with 1:16 to play, but junior Simas Lukosius’ 3-pointer with 10.6 seconds proved to be the difference, as Cincinnati earned a 74-72 win on Saturday night before 11,974 fans at Fifth Third Arena. The last-second loss overshadowed another stellar performance by senior Tylor Perry, who led all scorers with 26 points on 7-of-10 field goals, including 6-of-8 from 3-point range, and a perfect 6-of-6 effort from the free throw line in 38 minutes of play. It marked his team-leading…
LUBBOCK, Texas – (15/14) K-State used a complete team effort to cruise to a 73-49 win over Texas Tech in the regular season Big 12 finale for both teams on Saturday afternoon at United Supermarkets Arena. The win snapped a four-game road skid for the Wildcats and guaranteed K-State a top-3 finish in the Big 12 and a double-bye in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. K-State (24-6, 13-5 Big 12) has secured 24 wins this season, the most in the Jeff Mittie era and most by the Wildcats since the 2008-09 season (25). With its 13th Big 12 win…