The final week of the high school basketball started Tuesday with Manhattan High’s teams falling to Seaman in Centennial League play. BOYS SCORES: Wamego 60, Marysville 57 Rock Creek 48, Rossville 32 Junction City 53, Washburn Rural 40 Blue Valley Randolph 74, Valley Heights 68 GIRLS SCORES: Wamego 63, Marysville 35 Rock Creek 44, Rossville 35 Washburn Rural 61, Junction City 14 Valley Heights 68, Blue Valley Randolph 48
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.
Three Manhattan High wrestlers won regional titles Saturday and a total of eight qualified for the State 6A meet this coming weekend. Easton Taylor at 138 pounds, Tucker Brunner at 152 and Talique Houston at 220 pounds won titles in their weight classes as Manhattan finished fourth in the regional in Wichita as a team. Wamego will send six wrestlers to the 4A state meet, including Hayden Oviatt, who won the regional title at 195 pounds. Riley County had two state qualifiers, Rock Creek one.
KSHSAA finalized its brackets for the Class 1A sub-state tournaments Sunday morning, setting up games this week for three of the four 1A Division I teams in the area. The Frankfort girls will host Onaga Friday night, seeking to move on to a matchup against second-seeded Doniphan West a week later. Also on Friday, Blue Valley-Randolph play at Lincoln, with the winner advancing to face Clifton-Clyde the following week. Thursday will see the Blue Valley-Randolph boys host Washington County. Solomon is the second see and will be the opponent for the winner the following week. Frankfort’s boys drew the second…
The Manhattan High boys used nine three pointers to build a lead at Washburn Rural Friday night and held on for a 59-56 win, their third in a row. Jack Wilson scored 21 points, Tate Brown 14 as the Indians withstood a Junior Blues run that briefly allowed the home team to take a lead early in the 4th Quarter. Indians Head Coach Benji George said after the game his team showed poise after the Washburn Rural rally. In the girls’ contest, Washburn Rural limited Manhattan to single digit points in each quarter and nearly shut out the Indians in…
After moving to within a game of five-hundred in Big 12 games, Kansas State plays the first of back-to-back road game Saturday, matching up with Oklahoma State. In their last two wins, the Wildcats have had to fight back from double-digit deficits. Guard Nijel Pack, who says that losses to Kansas, Baylor and Ole Miss last month may have been good for the team in the long run, as they are 4-1 since. Saturday’s game is the first of back-to-back away from Bramlage Coliseum for the Cats. K-State goes into the game at 14-11 and 6-7 in conference, while Oklahoma…
With his team readying to face Oklahoma State Sunday afternoon, Kansas State women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie and his wife Shanna announced publicly that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Mittie said yesterday afternoon on KMAN’s “The Game” that the family decided to make the announcement yesterday after meeting with doctors at the University of Kansas Medical Center Monday to plan for treatment of the cancer found during a standard exam earlier this year. The announcement adds another reminder for why days like this coming Sunday are important. The annual “Play for Kay” recognition is that day as the…
Collins Elumogo to Dre Delort to Tate Brown and a win. That was the run of action inside of 10 seconds Tuesday night as Manhattan High knocked off Highland Park, the fourth-ranked team in 5A. That followed a girls game that saw Manhattan dominate against the Lady Scots, and Mitch Fortner recaps the action. Tuesday Boys’ Scores: Wamego 64, Clay Center 46 Council Grove 58, Riley County 53 Frankfort 44, Onaga 34 Centralia 61, Blue Valley 48 Rock Creek 54, Chapman 45 Emporia 74, Junction City 62 Tuesday Girls’ Scores: Clay Center 42, Wamego 36 Riley County 34, Council Grove…
K-State’s players are to have all reported to Houston by the end of the day as the runup to the Texas Bowl matchup with LSU continues. The season of upheaval for the Tigers has continued in the weeks since the matchup was announced, leaving LSU with only 51 scholarship players and questions at quarterback for the contest. Cats coach Chris Klieman admits its tough to prepare because of the changes. As for K-State’s players, defensive back Russ Yeast says guys are all-in. One event scheduled for the teams this weekend has already been shifted from being open to the public…
The initial two-deep for next Tuesday’s Texas Bowl matchup with LSU includes quarterback Skylar Thompson on it for the Wildcats as he attempts to come back from an injury against Baylor on Senior Night in November. Running back Deuce Vaughn wants to see the sixth-year senior play in the game. The team is to report in full to Houston for the game tomorrow. Vaughn is looking forward to the upcoming days before kickoff. K-State athletic director Gene Taylor joined KMAN’s “Wildcat Insider” Monday and addressed concerns over coronavirus possibly impacting the game. Tuesday’s game is to kick off after eight,…
K-State’s Texas Bowl opponent is losing its starting quarterback to the transfer portal. LSU’s Max Johnson made the announcement last night, with his brother, the top tight end recruit in the nation, rescinding his commitment to the Tigers as a result of the Brian Kelly hire to replace Ed Orgeron. Max Johnson threw for just over 28-hundred yards, 27 touchdowns and six interceptions. His brother, Jake, says he’ll enroll early at whatever school he commits to. The two are the sons of former NFL quarterback Brad Johnson. True freshman Garrett Nussmeier was Johnson’s backup and played in four games and…