The Fraternal Order of Eagles #830 will host an all you can eat pancake breakfast feed on Saturday, June 30th from 7-11 a.m. at the Eagles at 203 East 10th Street.
The cost is $6. This is open to the public.
The menu will include pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits & gravy plus coffee or an orange drink.
All proceeds will be donated to the JC Greco / Freestyle Wrestling Team.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brad Keller pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, Lucas Duda and Rosell Herrera drove in the only runs and the Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-0 on Monday in the makeup of a game that was frozen out in April.
Kevin McCarthy struck out Chris Young and retired Ian Kinsler to strand a runner on third base in the eighth, and Wily Peralta ended the three-hitter by working around Albert Pujols’ single in the ninth.
It was the first save for the longtime starter in 136 career big league games.
Keller (2-2) struck out six and walked two in his fifth career big league start. Nobody reached second on him, and the Rule 5 pick plucked from the Diamondbacks retired the side in order in the seventh, when his pitch count eclipsed 100 for the first time this season.
The Royals scored the only run they needed off Tyler Skaggs (6-5) in the fourth. Duda, who is known primarily for his power, managed to dribble a single through the infield, driving in Hunter Dozier after he reached on a leadoff double on a mild, sun-splashed afternoon.
Herrera added an RBI single, his career-high third hit of the game, in the eighth inning.
Skaggs, who was scratched from his start last week with right hamstring tightness, allowed seven hits and walked two in seven innings. He struck out eight for the third straight start.
Both teams had to fly into Kansas City for the makeup game, the Angels to kick off a road trip that sends them to Boston and Baltimore and the Royals between stops in Houston and Milwaukee.
Not that manager Ned Yost’s bunch minds now. The Royals had lost nine in a row at Kauffman Stadium, getting outscored 54-17 over the stretch, with their last win coming June 2 against Oakland.
Of their four wins overall in June, three have been shutouts.
The Junction City Brigade baseball game against the Midwest A’s that had been scheduled Monday evening at Rathert Field has been cancelled due to the wet playing field. Rain fell in the Junction City early Monday morning.
A new date to make up the contest has not yet been announced.
As a result of the cancellation the Young Professionals event scheduled at the Brigade games Monday night has also been cancelled. A new date will be determined.
HOUSTON (AP) — Astros manager A.J. Hinch is quite comfortable when Yuli Gurriel is at the plate with runners are in scoring position.
Gurriel hit a grand slam in Houston’s eight-run second inning, helping Gerrit Cole and the Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 11-3 on Sunday.
“He just has a knack for really putting the barrel on the ball and doing incredibly positive things,” Hinch said. “His balance, his bat-to-ball skills, his bat path: Everything lines up when he can execute his game plan and he doesn’t miss pitches.
“He can hit anything anywhere and he usually hits it hard. And that was a big knockout blow for them early in the game.”
Gurriel finished with three hits as the AL West-leading Astros won for the 15th time in 17 games. Jose Altuve drove in two runs and scored twice, and Evan Gattis connected for a pinch-hit homer.
Cole (9-1) struck out eight while pitching five innings of one-run ball. The right-hander has struck out at least eight in 12 of his 16 starts.
“You know ideally I’d like to get a little more length there, especially after the bullpen had to work last night,” Cole said. “Some of that is out of my control a little bit. So, just kind of get back to the grind and get to the next one.”
Houston loaded the bases with one out in the second, and Tony Kemp brought home the first run when he reached on catcher’s interference on Drew Butera. George Springer then lined out, but Alex Bregman walked, Altuve hit a two-run single and Carlos Correa walked before Gurriel connected against Jason Hammel (2-9) for his second career grand slam.
“Put guys on base for free and make mistakes and that’s what happens,” Hammel said.
Gurriel also hit a solo drive in Saturday’s 4-3 win in 12 innings. It’s the first time since July 21-22, 2017, that Gurriel has homered in back-to-back games.
“My concentration level definitely is focused when there are runners on base and guys that we want to get to score,” Gurriel said through a translator.
Kansas City dropped to 3-18 in June. Hammel was tagged for nine runs, matching his season high, and walked five in four innings.
Lucas Duda hit his fifth homer for the Royals, and Rosell Herrera singled in a run.
“They have a really good pitching staff over there,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “It’s hard to fall behind that group and battle back because they are so good.”
The Junction City Brigade baseball team cruised past the Ottawa River Bandits 19-0 Saturday in Ottawa. The game was called after seven innings due to a 10-run rule.
Junction City went 6-0 against the River Bandits this season.
The Junction City Brigade defeated the Ottawa River Bandits 12-1 in seven innings Friday evening in Ottawa.
The Brigade are 13-6 on the season and 5-0 against the River Bandits. The two teams play again Saturday evening in Ottawa at 5:05 p.m.
The Junction City Brigade ( 12-6 ) defeated the Ottawa River Bandits 11-6 in Ottawa Thursday night.
The teams play again tonight in Ottawa at 5:05 p.m.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State student-athletes continued to receive honors and accolades for their hard work in the classroom, as 32 Wildcats were named to the 2017-18 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team in an announcement by the conference office on Thursday.
In the six years of the award’s existence, K-State has placed 167 student-athletes on the list. This is the third straight season K-State has placed 30 or more student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
The Wildcats had nine student-athletes earn the honor with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. The nine recipients with 4.0 GPAs were: Brynn Carlson (volleyball), Alex Ferguson (women’s track & field), Kassidy Johnson (women’s track & field), Leah Kellogg (soccer), Shelby Lierz (soccer), Maria Linares (women’s tennis), Cara Melgares (women’s track & field), Ethan Powell (men’s track & field) and Anna Turco (women’s tennis).
The remaining honorees for the Wildcats on the 2017-18 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team are: Ella Adams (women’s golf), Alex Belch (baseball), Darby Deans (women’s golf), Brookelynn Entz (soccer), Avery Green (soccer), Reid Isaac (women’s golf), Paige Kimble (women’s track & field), Rosanna Maffei (women’s tennis), Jordan Maxson (baseball), Mike McGuirl (men’s basketball), Dawson Miller (men’s track & field), Quinton Potter (baseball), Brooke Ramos (soccer), Victoria Robinson (women’s track & field), Marisa Rodriguez (rowing), Paige Rohner (rowing), Isaac Smallwood (men’s track & field), John Sorensen (baseball), Maddie Souder (soccer), Terrence Spurlin (baseball), Alisa Wiggins (women’s basketball), Drew Wiley (football) and Emma Witter (rowing).
Nominated by each institution’s director of student-athlete support services, student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team must be new, first-time/incoming freshmen that have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial coursework and achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00.
Additionally, the student-athlete must have participated in at least one of their team’s scheduled contests and must have been a member of their respective team for their sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment. The Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team as introduced in the 2012-13 academic year.
K-State, a Tier 1 Carnegie Foundation Institution, has had another outstanding academic year in 2017-18. In addition to 49 graduates this spring, the Wildcats saw 31 student-athletes receive their diplomas in December of 2017.
To date K-State student-athletes have been recognized with the following honors: 127 Academic All-Big 12 recipients, football’s Adam Holtorf was named a Second Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), while women’s basketball student-athletes Shaelyn Martin (first team), Kayla Goth and Peyton Williams (second team), baseball’s Jake Biller and track’s Jeff Bachman and Emma Wren were named to the Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District VII teams.
Martin would also take home 2018 Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team honors and earn the 2017-18 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.
Kansas State also had a total of 243 K-State student-athletes named to the Fall 2017 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll. The 243 student-athletes to earn the honor marked the 18th straight semester K-State has placed 200 or more student-athletes on the honor roll.
Of the 243 K-State student-athletes earning the citation for their academic excellence, 50 registered a GPA of 4.0 in the fall semester.
Kansas State Student-Athletes on the Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team
Name, Sport, Major, Hometown
Ella Adams, Women’s Golf, Business Administration, Adelaide, Australia
Alex Belch, Baseball, Business Administration, Rochester, Minn.
Brynn Carlson, Volleyball, Dietetics/Kinesiology/Nutrition, Woodbury, Minn. *
Darby Deans, Women’s Golf, Business Administration, Frisco, Texas
Brookelynn Entz, Soccer, Open Option, Newton, Kan.
Alex Ferguson, Women’s Track & Field, Pre-Physical Therapy/Nutrition & Kinesiology, Topeka, Kan. *
Avery Green, Soccer, Open Option, Wichita, Kan.
Reid Isaac, Women’s Golf, Business Administration, Montgomery, Texas
Kassidy Johnson, Women’s Track & Field, Dietetics minor: Spanish, Wichita, Kan. *
Leah Kellogg, Soccer, Business Administration, Los Alamitos, Calif. *
Paige Kimble, Women’s Track & Field, Kinesiology, Pearland, Texas
Shelby Lierz, Soccer, Biology, Overland Park, Kan. *
Maria Linares, Women’s Tennis, Business Administration, Maracay, Venezuela *
Rosanna Maffei, Women’s Tennis, Open Option, Atripalda, Italy
Jordan Maxson, Business Administration, Wichita, Kan.
Mike McGuirl, Men’s Basketball, Business Administration, Ellington, Conn.
Cara Melgares, Women’s Track & Field, Dietetics, Manhattan, Kan. *
Dawson Miller, Men’s Track & Field, Pre-Pharmacy/Life Sciences, Morrowville, Kan.
Quinton Potter, Baseball, Business Administration, Moorpark, Calif.
Ethan Powell, Men’s Track & Field, Pre-Law/Political Science & History, Colorado Springs, Colo. *
Brooke Ramos, Soccer, Psychology, Waipahu, Hawaii
Victoria Robinson, Women’s Track & Field, Pre-Nursing/Nutrition and Health, Lansing, Kan.
Maria Rodriguez, Rowing, Nutritional Sciences, Maize, Kan.
Paige Rohner, Rowing, Architectural Engineering, Wichita, Kan.
Isaac Smallwood, Men’s Track & Field, Open Option, Bel Aire, Kan.
John Sorensen, Baseball, Business Administration, Fort Collins, Colo.
Maddie Souder, Soccer, Kinesiology, Lee’s Summit, Mo.
Terrence Spurlin, Baseball, Open Option, Cypress, Texas
Anna Turco, Women’s Tennis, Psychology, Mondovi, Italy *
Alisa Wiggins, Women’s Basketball, Kinesiology, Montclair, N.J.
Drew Wiley, Football, Animal Sciences and Industry, Vinton, Iowa
Emma Witter, Rowing, Journalism and Mass Communications, St. Charles, Mo.
* – denotes 4.0 grade point average
RYAN LACKEY
Director of Football and Golf Communications | K-State Athletics
2018-19 Non-Conference Schedule (.pdf) | Buy Tickets
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Four weekend home games at Bramlage Coliseum, the Paradise Jam Tournament in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the return of the Wildcat Classic at the Sprint Center, highlight the 2018-19 Kansas State men’s basketball non-conference schedule released by athletic department officials on Wednesday (June 20).
The 116th season of K-State men’s basketball officially gets underway on Friday, November 9 when the Wildcats host Kennesaw State in the first of back-to-back regular-season home games at Bramlage Coliseum.
“As I have said many times that scheduling is just as important as recruiting and we think that we have put together a strong non-conference schedule,” said head coach Bruce Weber. “It has a good combination of home games as well as some road and neutral site challenges that will get us ready for the Big 12.”
K-State previously announced several components of its non-conference schedule, including the Paradise Jam on Friday–Monday, November 16-19, a road date at Marquette on Saturday, December 1 in the start of a home-and-home series, the Wildcat Classic contest with Vanderbilt at the Sprint Center on Saturday, December 22 and a road tilt with Texas A&M in the sixth annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge on Saturday, January 26, 2019.
In all, the Wildcats will play at least 16 home games in 2018-19, including the nine-game Big 12 schedule with visits from NCAA Tournament teams Kansas, Oklahoma, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech and West Virginia as well as NIT participants Baylor and Oklahoma State. The complete Big 12 schedule will be released later.
“With such an experienced team coming back, we wanted to make sure we provided enough challenges to continue to build on what we have accomplished the last two seasons (NCAA Tournament bids),” said Weber. “The Paradise Jam field has a really solid group of teams, including a possible match-up with Missouri. We will have back-to-back road games in early December against NCAA Tournament-caliber teams in Marquette and Tulsa plus we host Vanderbilt – which will have one of the top recruiting classes in the country – at the Sprint Center and play another NCAA Tournament squad in Texas A&M in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.”
K-State will play at least one exhibition prior to the start of the regular season before hosting Kennesaw State (Friday, November 9) and Denver (Monday, November 12) in back-to-back home games. Dates and opponents for those possible exhibitions will be released later in the summer.
The Wildcats will travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Paradise Jam for the first time since 2002 where they will play three games, beginning with Eastern Kentucky on Friday, November 16. The team will play either Northern Iowa or Penn on Saturday, November 17 before wrapping up the tournament on Monday, November 19. Other possible matchups include former conference rival Missouri, Old Dominion or Oregon State. The 19th annual event will return to the UVI Sports and Fitness Center in St. Thomas after being relocated to Lynchburg, Virginia and Liberty University this past November due to hurricane damage.
The squad will return home to host first-time opponent Lehigh on Saturday, November 24 before consecutive road games at Marquette on Saturday, December 1 and at Tulsa on Saturday, December 8. It will be the first in a home-and-home series with the Golden Eagles and the second in a three-game series with Golden Hurricane. Both schools will visit Bramlage Coliseum during the 2019-20 season.
The Wildcats will play three of their next four games at Bramlage Coliseum with visits from reigning Sun Belt Conference Tournament champion Georgia State on Saturday, December 15, Conference USA’s Southern Miss on Wednesday, December 19 and the Atlantic 10’s George Mason on Saturday, December 29. All three schools won at least 16 games a season ago, including 24 wins by Georgia State.
K-State will host the Wildcat Classic at the Sprint Center for the eighth time and the first time since 2016 when the team play Vanderbilt on Saturday, December 22. It is the return of a two-game series between the schools, which began with the Wildcats’ 84-79 win over the Commodores in Nashville on December 3, 2017.
The non-conference schedule will conclude on Saturday, January 26, as the Wildcats travel to College Station, Texas to take on Texas A&M in the sixth annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The Aggies advanced to the Sweet 16 for the second time in three seasons a year ago before losing to eventual national runner-up Michigan. It will be the 27th all-time meeting between the schools and the first in the Challenge series.
All-Big 12 selections Dean Wade (16.2 ppg., 6.2 rpg.) and Barry Brown, Jr. (15.9 ppg., 3.1 rpg.) form the core of a veteran group returning for the Wildcats, who won 25 games for just the sixth time en route to the school’s first NCAA Elite Eight in eight seasons. Wade and Brown were among the top scoring tandems, ranking seventh and eighth, respectively, in scoring in the Big 12 and accounting for nearly 44 percent of the team’s scoring. The Wildcats also return rising juniors Xavier Sneed (11.1 ppg., 5.1 rpg.) and Makol Mawien (6.8 ppg., 3.4 rpg.) as well as point guards, senior Kamau Stokes (9.0 ppg., 3.4 apg.) and sophomore Cartier Diarra (7.1 ppg., 2.0 apg.).
Season tickets for the 2018-19 season went on sale June 11 with a variety of pricing options available, including the return of the Pick 5 Mini-Plan. Current season-ticket holders should receive their renewal information in the mail this upcoming week and have until Friday, July 20 to arrange payment and retain their seats. Fans can purchase season tickets in a variety of ways, including toll free at (800) 221.CATS (2287), online at www.kstatesports.com/tickets and in-person at the Athletics Ticket Office located in Bramlage Coliseum.
2018-19 Non-Conference Schedule
Day Date Opponent
Friday Nov. 9 KENNESAW STATE
Monday Nov. 12 DENVER
Paradise Jam (UVI Sports and Fitness Center, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands)
Teams: Eastern Kentucky, Kennesaw State, Missouri, Northern Iowa, Old Dominion, Oregon State, Penn
Friday Nov. 16 vs. Eastern Kentucky
Saturday Nov. 17 vs. Northern Iowa/Penn
Monday Nov. 19 vs. TBD
Saturday Nov. 24 LEHIGH
Saturday Dec. 1 at Marquette
Saturday Dec. 8 at Tulsa
Saturday Dec. 15 GEORGIA STATE
Wednesday Dec. 19 SOUTHERN MISS
Wildcat Classic (Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.)
Saturday Dec. 22 vs. Vanderbilt
Saturday Dec. 29 GEORGE MASON
SEC-Big 12 Challenge
Saturday Jan. 26 at Texas A&M
News and Notes from the 2018-19 Non-Conference Schedule
The Junction City Brigade baseball team split a doubleheader at Baldwin City on Tuesday.
The Brigade took the first game 4-0 but lost the nightcap 7-6.
Junction City is 11-6 on the season.
