Week one of the high school football season includes a showdown between teams from the 6A playoff field of a season ago as Manhattan High visits Derby. The Indians finished last season with a loss in the state quarterfinals to Lawrence, while the Panthers nearly ran the table, but lost in the championship to finish 11-1. Wamego faces NCKL foe Clay Center in the season opener at home, but will be playing without Army signee Hayden Oviatt. The senior suffered a foot injury that prompted surgery last month and will miss the first five weeks of the season. Rock Creek…
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.
Following Wednesday’s announcement by Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark that the conference would be seeking to open media rights negotiations with FOX and ESPN 18 months ahead of schedule, there are reports that those discussions have heated up talk of Oklahoma and Texas exiting for the SEC ahead of the expected 2025 date currently in place. Dennis Dodd at CBS Sports was the first to report on the existence of those talks, as the two schools face payment of $80 million in exit fees to the Big 12, unless that number is negotiated lower. It’s believed that ESPN is open…
The Big 12 has announced it is beginning conversations on new media contracts with Fox and ESPN, making the move to begin those discussions a full year-and-a-half ahead of the expiration of their current contracts. ESPN’s Pete Thamel was first to report the development, confirmed by the Big 12 office. “It is an exciting time for college athletics and given the changing landscape we welcome the opportunity to engage with our partners to determine if an early extension is in the best interest of all parties,” said Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark in a statement issued by the conference Wednesday…
Kansas State men’s basketball continues to build it’s 2023 list of committments, gaining another four-star recruit Sunday as guard RJ Jones of Plano, Texas, announced his committment just days after making a visit to Manhattan. Jones officially visited four programs (Boise State, Cal, Oklahoma and Texas A&M) prior to his trip to Manhattan. Other programs he held offers from included Colorado, Illinois, Notre Dame, Missouri, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech and USC. He is going to play at Wasatch Academy in Utah this coming season and joins fellow four-star guard Dai Dai Ames in having committed to the Wildcats, pushing…
The bracket for the Big 12 baseball tournament starting Wednesday has the Wildcats set to face second-seed Texas Tech in the third game of the day in Arlington. K-State finished seventh despite being swept at West Virginia over the weekend, while Texas Tech finished a game back of TCU for the regular season title and claimed the two-seed based on tiebreakers with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Texas is the five-seed and Baylor is the eighth, while Kansas failed to make the tournament. The Wildcats open the tournament Wednesday afternoon at four at the Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Field, with coverage…
The 6A soccer quarterfinals will see Manhattan once again hosting as the Indians will tangle with Garden City Tuesday night at six. The Tribe is the second-seed on the West bracket and will be hosting a Buffaloes squad that is 12-5-1 on the year. The top seed on the West bracket is Washburn Rural, which finished one game up on Manhattan for the regular season and will host Wichita Northwest at six Tuesday.
State track representatives were finalized over the weekend, with the all-class meet set for Friday and Saturday. Here are the individual qualifiers for area schools (relays not listed): Manhattan boys: Elijah Srawn, Pole Vault Brayden Schomaker, 100 Dash Max Bowyer, 1600 Run Marco Zambrano, 300 Hurdles Ben Mosier, 800 Run Luke Brickei, 200 Dash Vincent Malone, High Jump Aaron Newcomer, High Jump Talique Houston, Long Jump Crayton Rauch, Long Jump Manhattan girls: Kennedy Prestonback, 100 Hurdles Hannah Pellant, 100 Dash, 200 Dash, Long Jump Gili Johnson, 400 Dash, 200 Dash, Long Jump, Triple Jump Kyra Arasmith, 300 Hurdles Hannah Loub,…
Manhattan High’s boys are the eighth seed for the 6A State tournament in Wichita after winning a sub-state title Saturday night at Derby, 61-45. Jack Wilson scored nine of his 13 in the fourth quarter, Tate Brown finished with a team high 14 for the Indians who will open the 6A tournament against Lawrence-Free State at two Thursday afternoon. The Firebirds are 21-1. The Wamego girls are the third seed in the 4A tournament and will open with Altamont-Labette County Wednesday night. The Red Raiders beat Holton Friday to qualify for the state tournament.
The 6A girls state tournament got off to a rousing start for the Manhattan Indians Tuesday night as they were able to hold off a comeback by Hutchinson to claim a 36-31. The 11th seeded team on the 6A West bracket built to as much as a nine point lead in both the second and third quarters, but saw Hutch tie the game at 30 at the end of the 3rd. The Indians would limit the Salthawks to 1 fourth quarter point to seal the win. Destiny Yates scored 9, Avery Larson 8 as Manhattan will advance to face Washburn…
After finishing the regular season Friday night with a win over Hayden, the Manhattan High girls go on the road to open 6A tournament play, visiting Hutchinson tonight. The Salthawks are the sixth seed on the west bracket after a 16-4 season. The Indians go in to the game at 8-12. Tip off is at six, with coverage at 5:45 this evening on Newsradio KMAN. Also tonight, the 4A East second-seed Wamego hosts Tonganoxie tonight. The Rock Creek girls are the third seed in the west and will host Buhler. In 3A, Riley County’s girls play at Minneapolis tonight at…