MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Atheltics) – The Big 12 Conference and ESPN announced Monday that Kansas State’s Homecoming game against Houston on October 28 will kick at 11 a.m., and will be televised by ESPN2. Next week will be the first-ever meeting between the Wildcats and Cougars. Kansas State hosts TCU this Saturday in a 6 p.m., contest that will also be televised by ESPN2. The game is sold out, but K-State fans looking to purchase tickets through the secondary market are encouraged to do so through SeatGeek, K-State’s official secondary ticket partner. Fraudulent tickets are often seen on gamedays, and…
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MANHATTAN, Kansas (K-State Athletics) – Former K-State two-sport standout Peyton Williams will begin her fourth season of basketball in Europe in 2023-24, as she will play for PEAC-Pecs in Hungary. This is Williams’ first season with PEAC-Pecs and she is averaging 10.7 points on a .591 field goal percentage, 5.3 rebounds, 0.7 steals and 0.7 blocks through three games. She helped PEAC-Pecs to a season-opening 82-43 win on September 30 in the Hungary-A Division with eight points and five rebounds at Cegledi. In the team’s second game on October 3, Williams tallied nine points and a team-high nine rebounds in a…
Game 6 K-State at Texas Tech Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023 Kickoff: 6 p.m. Location: Lubbock, Texas Stadium: Jones AT&T Stadium (56,200) Series: K-State Leads, 14-9 TV: FS1 (watch) Alex Faust (Play-by-Play) Petros Papadakis (Analyst) Radio: K-State Sports Network; k-statesports.com (Listen) Wyatt Thompson (Play-by-Play) Stan Weber (Analyst) Matt Walters (Sidelines) SiriusXM Satellite Radio Ch. 382 X Updates: @KStateFB THE TOP 5 1) Kansas State heads back out on the road in Big 12 play for the second straight week and will look to bounce back from a 29-21 loss to Oklahoma State, as the Wildcats face Texas Tech on Saturday. The game will kick at 6 p.m. from inside…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – The Big 12 Conference and ESPN announced Monday that Kansas State’s October 21 home game against TCU will kick at 6 p.m., and will be televised by ESPN2. It will be K-State’s fourth-straight night game dating back to the UCF contest. The game against the Horned Frogs represents a rematch of the 2022 Big 12 Championship, a 31-28 Wildcat victory. K-State has won four of the last five meetings against TCU, including each of its last two home games. The game against TCU is sold out, but K-State fans looking to purchase tickets through the…
WACO, Texas (K-State Athletics) – Three players finished with double digit kills for K-State as the Wildcats upset No. 18 Baylor in a five-set triumph Thursday at Ferrell Center, snapping a 10-match losing streak, 25-18, 25-14, 22-25, 21-25, 15-13. Thursday’s victory marked the Wildcats first Top 25 win in the Mansfield era and first victory versus the Bears since 2018. K-State (9-5, 3-2 Big 12) rallied behind 62 kills (.214) in Waco, led by Aliyah Carter who boasted a match-high 19. The senior outside also tallied a match-high 20 digs on her way to her 20th career double-double. Baylor (7-7, 1-3 Big 12), who…
BY JOHN HANNA AND MARK VANCLEAVE TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas police chief who led an August raid on a small weekly newspaper seemed to have the support of most city leaders in the weeks since the search, despite public outcry and calls for his resignation. But that changed quickly once details began emerging about Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody’s conduct. Cody was suspended Thursday, the same day a television station reported that he asked a local restaurant owner to delete text messages. Then body camera video of the Aug. 11 search of the Marion County Record was released — and it appeared to show Cody…
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (K-State Athletics) – Kansas State earned its second straight Big 12 victory Wednesday night, as the Wildcats topped West Virginia in straight sets at WVU Coliseum, 27-25, 25-19, 25-20. “Any win you get in the Big 12 is tough, especially on the road,” said first-year head coach Jason Mansfield. “I thought we showed a lot of grit in that first set, staying with them and finding a way to win with some great setting choices and defense. We haven’t won the first set in a while, so it was nice to be up 1-0. I thought the rest of the…
Rank Team Record PTS 1st Prev Chg Hi/Lo 1 Georgia 4-0 1592 61 1 — 1/1 2 Michigan 4-0 1495 0 2 — 2/2 3 Ohio State 4-0 1414 2 4 1 3/4 4 Florida State 4-0 1390 0 3 -1 3/8 5 Texas 4-0 1336 0 6 1 5/12 6 Southern California 4-0 1288 0 5 -1 5/6 7 Penn State 4-0 1225 0 7 — 7/7 8 Washington 4-0 1194 1 8 — 8/11 9 Oregon 4-0 1071 0 11 2 9/15 10 Utah 4-0 1010 0 10 — 10/14 11 Alabama 3-1 930 0 12 1 3/12…
Curtis Simms Jr, 24, of Manhattan was arrested on September 21, 2023, on a Riley County District Court warrant and a Manhattan Municipal Court warrant. The total bond of these two warrants was $50,750. Simms remains confined in the Riley County Jail at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for aggravated domestic battery and criminal damage to property in Manhattan on September 22, 2023, at around 2:30 a.m. A 28-year-old woman was listed as the victim, and Noah Briones, 23, of Manhattan, was arrested for aggravated domestic battery, domestic battery, and criminal damage to property. It was…
Curtis Simms Jr, 24, of Manhattan was arrested on September 20, 2023, at around 8:30 a.m. on two Riley County District Court warrants for Probation Violation. Simms was issued a total bond of $100,000 and he remains confined at the Riley County Jail at the time of this report. Officers filed a report for criminal damage to property (domestic-related) in Manhattan at around 10:00 a.m. on September 20, 2023. A 28-year-old woman was listed as the victim when she reported that a person known to her threw a rock at her vehicle. The total loss amount was estimated at around…