DETROIT (AP) — With another postponement looming as a possibility, Jakob Junis and the Kansas City Royals breezed to their first victory of the season.

Junis took a shutout into the eighth inning, and the Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on Tuesday. On a chilly, rainy day — with snow a possibility on Wednesday — Kansas City and Detroit played nine innings in 2 hours, 17 minutes.

The Royals were the last team in the American League to earn their first win. They already had one game called off because of the weather, on Sunday at home against the White Sox. This one had the potential to be dicey, but although some light rain had fans leaving the lower bowl of seats in the third inning, there were no delays.

“At the beginning, the wind was blowing right in my face, but that kind of helped me out a little bit, to get some more movement on my pitches,” Junis said. “Later in the game it still wasn’t great, but at least the wind had died down a little bit. I pitched in a lot of that type of stuff back in high school, being from Illinois.”

MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State Athletics is now accepting nomination for the Kansas State University Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame for the Class of 2018.

Members of the general public may make written nominations through Tuesday, May 1, by submitting a letter to the Athletics Communications Office, Kansas State Athletics, 1800 College Ave., Manhattan, Kan. 66502. Nominations will not be accepted over the telephone, but will be accepted via fax at 785-532-6093 or via e-mail at klannou@kstatesports.com.

In order to be nominated, persons must have distinguished themselves by making exceptional contributions to the achievements and prestige of Kansas State University in the field of athletics. Nominees must also have earned an undergraduate degree and continued to demonstrate in their lives the values imparted from Intercollegiate Athletics.

Three categories of nominations will be accepted. Former athletes must have earned at least one letter, had outstanding achievement as a student-athlete and have had exhausted his or her eligibility PRIOR to 2009.

Former coaches and administrators must have had a tenure of at least five years in the athletics department and had at least five years since their most recent employment in athletics at K-State.

Honorary nominees must have had exceptional contributions and service to the program.

Selections will be made over the course of the spring, with the Induction Class of 2018 to be honored at a ceremony on Friday, September 28, prior to the home football game vs. Texas.

– k-statesports.com –

KENNY LANNOU
Sr. Associate A.D. for Communications and Public Relations | K-State Athletics

 

MANHATTAN, Kan. – On the strength of its run to the Elite Eight, the Kansas State men’s basketball team finished with a No. 19 ranking in the final USA Today Coaches poll released on Tuesday afternoon.

The Wildcats (25-12), which defeated Creighton, UMBC and Kentucky before falling to Loyola Chicago in the NCAA South Regional Final, was among four Big 12 schools to finish in the Coaches Top 25, joining No. 3 Kansas, No. 6 Texas Tech and No. 13 West Virginia. National champion Villanova was No. 1, followed by No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Kansas, No. 4 Duke and No. 5 Virginia.

It marks the first time that K-State has appeared in the final USA Today Coaches poll since finishing with a ranking of No. 20 at the conclusion of the 2012-13 season. It is the highest such ranking for the Wildcats in the USA Today poll since finishing at No. 7 in 2009-10.

K-State concluded its record-setting 2017-18 season with a 25-12 overall record, including a fourth-place finish in the Big 12 with a 10-8 mark, and the school’s 12^th Elite Eight appearance. It was just the sixth 25-win season and the first since a 27-win campaign in 2012-13. Overall, the Wildcats have now advanced to the NCAA Tournament eight times in the last 12 seasons, including four times in coach Bruce Weber’s six seasons.

The Wildcats, which could return all five starters in 2018-19, has received preseason Top 25 rankings in a number of publications, including No. 10 by NBCSports.com, No. 12 in CBSSports.com and USA Today, No. 13 in The Athletic and Yahoo Sports and No. 19 in ESPN.com.

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Kansas State University, the nation’s first operational land-grant institution and a Carnegie Foundation Tier One university, is recognized as one of the nation’s best colleges with world-class research and academic excellence located in America’s No. 1 College Town (Manhattan, KS).

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TOM GILBERT
Associate Director for Athletics Communications | K-State Athletics

 

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State junior guard Barry Brown, Jr., has announced his intention to declare for the 2018 NBA Draft without hiring an agent, maintaining his amateurism.

“After discussions with my family and the coaching staff, I would like to declare for the 2018 NBA Draft,” said Brown. “In order to keep my college eligibility, I will not hire an agent. Thank you to all the supporters of myself and the Wildcat Nation.”

A 6-foot-3, 195-pound three-year lettermen from St. Petersburg, Fla., Brown can start attending workouts scheduled by NBA teams beginning Tuesday, April 24 and is eligible to compete in the NBA Draft Combine, if selected, from Wednesday-Saturday, May 16-20 in Chicago. He then has until 4 p.m., CT on Monday, June 11 to keep his name in or withdraw from the NBA Draft and maintain his college eligibility. This year’s NBA Draft is set for Thursday, June 21 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

An All-Big 12 Second Team selection and a member of the Big 12’s All-Defensive Team, Brown had a career-best season as a junior in 2017-18, averaging 15.9 points on 44.8 percent shooting (203-of-453), including 31.8 percent (42-of-132) from 3-point range, to go with 3.2 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 1.8 steals in 34.7 minutes per game. The team leader in double-digit scoring games (29), 20-point games (11), assists (120) and steals (67), he became the first Wildcat to post 500 points, 100 rebounds, 100 assists and 50 steals in a single season.

Brown became the fifth Wildcat to be named to one of the Big 12’s First, Second or Third Teams as well as the All-Defensive Team in the same season, joining Jacob Pullen (2010, 2011), Rodney McGruder (2012), Angel Rodriguez (2013) and Wesley Iwundu (2016). Overall, he is first All-Defensive Team member since Iwundu in 2016.

In helping K-State to its first Elite Eight since 2010, Brown was selected to NCAA South Regional All-Tournament after averaging 13.5 points and 3.0 rebounds in games against Kentucky and Loyola Chicago. Overall, he averaged a team-best 15.8 points per game in the Wildcats’ four NCAA Tournament games.

Brown finished among the Big 12 leaders in six categories, including scoring (8^th), assists (11^th), free throw percentage (13^th), steals (2^nd), assist/turnover ratio (13^th) and minutes (6^th). He also ranked among the conference’s Top 15 in six categories in league-only games, including scoring (4^th), assists (8^th), field goal percentage (15^th), steals (2^nd), assist/turnover ratio (11^th) and minutes (6^th).

K-State concluded its record-setting 2017-18 season with a 25-12 overall record and the school’s 12^th Elite Eight appearance. It was just the sixth 25-win season and the first since a 27-win campaign in 2012-13. Overall, the Wildcats have now advanced to the NCAA Tournament eight times in the last 12 seasons, including four times in coach Bruce Weber’s six seasons.

–www.k-statesports.com–

TOM GILBERT
Associate Director for Athletics Communications | K-State Athletics

The season-opening series finale between the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox was postponed Sunday with snow in the afternoon forecast and temperatures struggling to reach the freezing mark.

The game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on April 28.

Wakefield Boy’s and Girl’s results from the Wakefield Invitational Track Meet held in Wakefield, Ks. on Thursday March 29, 2018

 

Boy’s Results:

 

Pole Vault                     2^nd Place              Cody Pollman               8’-06”   Tie

                                   2^nd Place              Dalton Murray              8’-06”   Tie

 

Discus                          4th Place             Jack Krueger                87’-02”

 

High Jump                   2^nd Place              Kevin Jackson               5’-04”

 

100 M. Dash                 1^st Place               Sammy Finnegan          11.57

                                   6^th Place              Justin Carver                11.91

 

200 M. Dash                 1^st Place               Sammy Finnegan          24.45

                                   2^nd Place              Justin Carver                24.53

 

400 M. Dash                 2^nd Place              Michael Stephens         1:01.8

 

800 M. Run                  4^th Place              Mason Rohrer               3:08.4

 

3200 M. Run                1^st Place               Dalton Murray              11: 24.0

 

4 x 100 M. Relay          2^nd Place              Sammy Finnegan          49.12

                                                             Caleb White

                                                             Kevin Jackson

                                                             Justin Carver

 

4 x 400 M. Relay          1^st Place               Sammy Finnegan          4:12.8

                                                             Noah Ghent

                                                             Kevin Jackson

                                                             Justin Carver

 

4 x 800 M. Relay          2^nd Place              Kevin Jackson               10:22.4

                                                             Hunter Kirkpatrick

                                                             Alec Vann

                                                             Dalton Murray

 

 

 

Boy’s Team Standings:

 

1^st Place               Clifton/Clyde            94 Points

2^nd Place              Southern Cloud        63 Points

3^rd Place              Wakefield                 55 Points

4^th Place              White City                34 Points

5^th Place              Hope                       16 Points

 

Girl’s Results:

 

Pole Vault                     1^st Place               Katie Brady                  7’-00”

 

Discus                          5^th Place              Elaina Hammond          67’-04”

 

Shot Put                       4^th Place              Shawna Trumpp           29’-05 ¾”

 

Triple Jump                  4^th Placee             Tea Copenhaver           26’-01”                        

100 M. Dash                 5^th Place              Isabelle French            14.90

                                   6^th Place              Tea Copenhaver           14.94

 

200 M. Dash                 3^rd Place              Isabelle French             32.13

 

800 M. Run                  2^nd Place              Kelly Flickenger             2:53.6

 

3200 M. Run                1^st Place               Kelly Flickenger             15:12.6

 

4 x 100 M. Relay          2^nd Place              Jadyn Pickering             1:00.6

                                                             Katie Brady

                                                             Destiny Wickersham

                                                             Tea Copenhaver          

 

4 x 400 M. Relay          3^rd Place              Elaina Hammond           5:23.2

                                                            Isabelle French

                                                            Tori Hernandez

                                                            Kelly Flickenger

 

Girl’s Team Standings:

 

1^st Place               Hope                   82 Points                                                            

2^nd Place              Clifton/Clyde        59 Points

3^rd Place              Southern Cloud     52 Points

4^th Place              Wakefield             32 Points

5^th Place              White City             31 Points

 

Coach Braden, “It was a cool Thursday for the return of the Wakefield Invitational track meet.  Inspite of the weather, we had several good performances by our athletes.  Seniors Justin Carver and Sammy Finnegan began their last track and field season with great finishes in the 100 and 200 meter dashes and both 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 meter relays.  Sophomore Dalton Murry and freshman Kelly Flickenger picked up where they left off from last fall’s cross country season with solid runs in the 800, 4 x 800 relay, and 3200 meter runs.”

 

Wakefield’s next meet will be Friday April 6^th when the Bombers will travel to Bennington for their Invitational Track Meet.

 

Coach Ladd Braden