Former Kansas State men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber will not return to the sideline this fall, instead turning his attention to analyzing games in a TV studio. Weber has signed on with the Big Ten Network for the soon-to-be started college basketball season, months after leaving his post at K-State. Weber coached the Wildcats for ten seasons, including winning two Big 12 titles, but left the bench following K-State’s elimination from the Big 12 Tournament earlier this spring. The Cats finished 14-17 under Weber in 2021-22, their third straight losing season. He previously had coached Illinois to a national title…
Author: Troy Coverdale
Troy Coverdale
Currently the host of "KMAN's Morning News", Troy is a 30 year veteran of radio, nearly 20 in northern Colorado, where he served as the "Voice of the UNC Bears" while serving as the news and sports director for one of the oldest AM stations in the country. No stranger to Manhattan nor Kansas, Troy is an alum of K-State in broadcast journalism and grew up near Circleville. He began his broadcast career with KSDB-FM on campus while working part time at another radio station in town. He's married to the former Monica Haugsness of Seneca, who has patiently put up with his schedule for more than 25 years.
The battle for the silver trophy is tonight as the top-ranked team in 6A, Manhattan High, visits Junction City. The Indians are the only unbeaten team on the western side in 6A, with Junction City at 4-1 and ranked 5th. Game time is at seven, with coverage on Newsradio KMAN from JC beginning at 6:30. Wamego continues its pursuit of an unbeaten mark tonight when it hosts Shawnee Heights. The Red Raiders are one of four teams in Class 4A that have yet to lose this season, but the only one on the western side of the class. The Thunderbirds…
Lengthy runs by Adrian Martinez and Deuce Vaughn backed up the Kansas State defensive effort Saturday as the Wildcats overcame some mid-game sluggishness to beat Texas Tech… Martinez ran for 57 and 18 yards for K-State’s first score just 40 seconds into the game and added a 69 yard trot when the Cats needed a statement drive in the 4th quarter, a run that put K-State back on top. His 12 yard option keeper with 5:54 to play put K-State on top 37-20, letting fans catch their breath again after anxious moments through the third quarter. Vaughn’s own 69 yarder…
Manhattan seeks its fifth win in as many games in 2022 as it visits Emporia in Centennial League play Friday night. The Indians are the top-rated team in 6A and are atop the KSHSAA West standings as they and Olathe North are the only unbeaten teams in 6A. Emporia is 1-3 overall, having dropped three straight since opening the year with a 25-22 overtime win against Pittsburg. Coverage of the matchup begins at 6:30 on Newsradio KMAN. The only battle between ranked teams in the area tonight sees sixth-ranked Junction City visit number-seven Washburn Rural. The Junior Blues are 3-1…
After picking up a road win at Hays last Friday night, 6A #1 Manhattan returns home to Bishop Stadium Friday to begin Centennial League play. The Indians host the #5 team in the class, Washburn Rural, looking to pick up a measure of revenge after the Junior Blues upset the Tribe at home last year, setting up a three-way tie for the league title. Rural is also 3-0 with wins over Piper, De Soto and Wichita East. Coverage of Friday’s game begins at 6:30pm on Newsradio KMAN. Rock Creek hosts Silver Lake in a meeting of the sixth-ranked teams in…
It wasn’t so much a punch to the gut as it was a series of body blows that did in Kansas State Saturday afternoon as the Wildcats lost to Tulane 17-10. Michael Pratt’s legs put Tulane in position for the go-ahead score inside of six minutes remaining and his arm delivered the score that quieted Bill Snyder Family Stadium with 4:27 to play. The Green Wave scored on a five play drive when Pratt found Tyrick James at the goal line. K-State had turned the ball over on downs at the 48, one of five times they failed to convert…
After moving into the top spot in 6A with a blowout win over Topeka High last Friday night, Manhattan puts their 2-0 mark on the line at Hays tonight. The Indians took over the top spot in multiple polls this week after having upset Derby in week one, then besting Topeka High 59-7 a week ago. Previous number one Blue Valley Northwest fell to St. Thomas Aquinas last Friday night. The host team has picked up wins over Junction City and Great Bend to open the year 2-0. Hays moved into KPreps.com’s Top 5 for 5A after the win over…
Four consecutive possessions by Missouri ended with Kansas State intercepting passes and Phillip Brooks returned a punt 76 yards after a nearly hour-long lightning delay Saturday as the Wildcats cruised to a 40-12 win over the Tigers. K-State had already built a 14-3 lead before the delay behind rushing touchdowns from Deuce Vaughn and Adrian Martinez and a defensive unit that didn’t allow positive passing yardage until late in the second quarter. Mother Nature put the game on pause just before a third-and-thirteen snap for the Tigers outside of seven minutes to play in the first half. After Felix Anudike-Uzomah…
Kansas State’s defense dominated and the Cats offense used explosive plays to roll to a 34-0 victory over South Dakota in the season opener Saturday night. It only took one offensive snap for K-State to jump on top. https://twitter.com/KStateFB/status/1566201998093041671 A 75yd run from Malik Knowles allowed the Cats to take the lead ten seconds in. The senior raced down the left sideline after taking a sweep handoff from Adrian Martinez, who was making his first start in a Wildcat jersey. Running back Deuce Vaughn scored on a 39yd scamper late in the first quarter and Martinez added a 6 yd…
A pre-game ceremony Saturday will see six new names added to the Ring of Honor at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. New Cats offensive coordinator Colin Klein is among them and head coach Chris Klieman is happy for one-time Heisman runner-up. Joining Klein will be former teammates wide receiver and 2014 consensus All-American Tyler Lockett and linebacker and 2012 Big 12 defensive player of the year Arthur Brown, Big 12 title winning quarterback Ell Roberson, late-90’s era defensive end and two-time All Big-12 performer Darren Howard and running back Larry Brown, who went from being a high-caliber blocking back at K-State…