Author: Troy Coverdale

The latest turn in the Nae’Qwan Tomlin story is that the forward has officially entered the transfer portal, days after his indefinite suspension was ended by a forced dismissal from K-State’s basketball team. Tomlin had been sidelined through the early part of the year because of an incident in Aggieville than ended with him charged with misdemeanor disturbing the peace and entering into a diversion agreement with Riley County prosecutors. He averaged 10 points and nearly six boards per game last season as a starter. His former teammates play Saturday at LSU. Earlier Friday, Kansas State University President Dr. Richard…

Almost 24 hours after the removal of Nae’Qwan Tomlin from the men’s basketball team became official, head coach Jerome Tang issued his first comment on the matter, using a video to make a plea for all moving forward. The video was released just hours after Tang and assistant Jareem Dowling spoke with a group of students preparing to protest outside school president Dr. Richard Linton’s house for a second straight day, calling for Tomlin’s reinstatement. The appearance and comments resulted in the protesters leaving. Tomlin had been serving a season-long suspension until Wednesday night after being involved in a fight…

Both Manhattan High basketball teams took home trophies from the 41st annual Hays City Shootout, claiming wins both Friday and Saturday to finish fourth in their respective tournaments. The boys used wins over Sunrise Christian (71-50) and Newton (63-45) to close the weekend after opening the tournament with a loss on Friday. It’s the second year in a row Benji George’s team has finished fourth and closed the three days 2-1. The girls rallied from Thursday’s loss to win a pair of blowouts over Hugoton Friday (58-27) and Thomas More Prep Saturday (43-18). In both games they never trailed in…

Powercat Gameday co-host and K-State Online writer Derek Young reports current USC and former Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley made a personal visit to soon-to-be former Kansas State quarterback Will Howard Saturday. I also believe that Kansas State transfer QB Will Howard has met with Wisconsin, Miami and Nebraska since entering the transfer portal. https://t.co/UwbKPbmp9w — Derek Young (@DerekYoungKSO) December 3, 2023 Howard made the announcement that he would be entering the portal the Monday following K-State’s November 25th loss to Iowa State. That loss ended the regular season for the Wildcats. He has one year of eligibility remaining while…

Both Manhattan High basketball teams suffered season opening losses Thursday at the Hays City Shootout, falling to the boys and girls of Millwood from Oklahoma City. The girls fell 60-52, the boys 87-62. The Indians led most of the girls contest, having withstood runs that brought Millwood to within one during the second and third quarters. They took a 44-42 into the fourth, but Brandie Harrod would score seven of her game high 23 points in that period as the Falcons outscored the Tribe 18-8 to take the win. Kat Ball scored 15 for Manhattan. Maxine Doering added 14 in…

Kansas State starting quarterback Will Howard is one of three players who announced Monday that they will be putting their names in the transfer portal, meaning his career at the school is over. Also announcing Monday were running back Treshaun Ward and  third string quarterback Jake Rubley. Howard’s announcement comes two days after he dropped hints that Saturday’s loss to Iowa State would be his final game in a K-State uniform. In comments following the game, Howard thanked media members and the larger community for their support during his time in Manhattan. He leaves having been the starter for every…

Big plays from the Iowa State offense and sloppiness by the Wildcat defense on a snowy night in Manhattan ended the Kansas State run of home wins as the Cyclones claimed a 42-35 victory. Freshman running back Abu Sama took the first handoff 71 yards, added a 77 yard trot to open the second quarter then carried another time for 60 yards and points in the third on his way to a 15 carry, 276 yard night while setting the tone for Iowa State’s upset. Receiver Jaylin Noel had short catches that he turned in to touchdowns of 79 and…

Andover Central (8-3) at Wamego (9-2) – B104.7 Carpet One of Manhattan Game of the Week, 6:30pm pregame Wamego finds itself in the 4A State Semifinals for a second straight and will face a familiar foe on Friday night when it hosts Andover Central. The matchup is the “rubber game” of the series as the two have met in the two previous seasons, with the Jaguars ending Wamego’s season in 2021 and the Red Raiders handling the visitors in 2022. Both teams are riding five game winning streaks to reach the sub-state round, both having dropped games to 5A teams…

We now have the “clarification” of the Big 12’s tie-breaker rules to determine which teams head to the conference football championship game in two weeks after a new sentence was added to the info and was noted in an email to select media late yesterday afternoon. That new sentence reads “If all the tied teams are not common opponents, the tied team that defeated each of the other tied teams earns the Championship berth.” The previous structure left out an opportunity for a round-robin to make the decision. The move eliminates the edge K-State held going into the final two…

Georgia has moved up to No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings, nudging past Ohio State, with third-place Michigan and fourth-place Florida State holding their spots in the top four. Washington was fifth again, followed by Oregon, Texas and Alabama. Missouri at nine and Louisville were new to the top 10 this week. K-State moved up to number 21, Kansas is at number 25 ahead of the Sunflower Showdown Saturday night. Oklahoma State is 23rd. College Football Playoff rankings 1. Georgia (10-0) 2. Ohio State (10-0) 3. Michigan (10-0) 4. Florida State (10-0) 5. Washington (10-0) 6. Oregon (9-1)…