The Chapman girls track team scored 114 points to finish third out of seven teams in their own invitational on Thursday.

For the Chapman girls, McKenna Kirkpatrick won the 400 meter dash in 1:05.52, finished second in the discus throw at 103’6″ and second in the triple jump at 34’4,” Lindsey Anderson first in the 800 meter run in 2:40.23, Taylor Briggs first in the 1600 meter run in 5:28.99 and first in the 3200 meter run in a school record time of 11:37.98.

The Chapman boys scored 87 points to finish fourth. For the Irish Malik Watkins won the 100 meter dadsh in 11.48. Aaron Modrow won the 1600 meter run in 4:47.75 and the 3200 meter run in 10:19.36.

Clay Center won the girls team title with 127 points while Wamego took the boys team title with 148 points.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Most days, Tim Anderson’s performance would have made him the star.Matt Davidson showed up his Chicago White Sox teammate.

The young designated hitter became the fourth player in major league history to homer three times on opening day , while Anderson had to settle for just two of Chicago’s six home runs , and the White Sox pounded the Kansas City Royals 14-7 on Thursday to spoil their 50th anniversary celebration.

“I just couldn’t catch him,” Anderson said with a smile.

Of the four players with three-homer opening days, three have done it against the Royals, while the six homers by Chicago on opening day matched the big league record set by the Mets in 1988.

Jose Abreu also went deep for the White Sox, who picked up James Shields (1-0) in a big way after the former Royals ace surrendered four runs in the first inning. Shields wound up lasting six innings, holding Kansas City without a hit after that shaky first.

Yolmer Sanchez added a three-run single and Yoan Moncada drove in a pair of runs for the White Sox, who forced Royals manager Ned Yost to burn through nine pitchers.

“The boys did an unbelievable job hitting today. It was amazing to watch,” Shields said. “I told them, ‘You don’t see that many home runs at Kauffman Stadium this early in the year.'”

Danny Duffy (0-1) breezed through three innings for Kansas City, but a trio of homers in a five-run fourth ruined his day. The left-hander survived the inning before hitting the clubhouse.

“I think they were heater-hunting,” Duffy said. “One inning, I gave up three homers. Not ideal.”

Despite a cold rain and steel-gray skies, the Royals looked early on as if they would reward the hardy fans who turned out to celebrate the start of their golden anniversary season.

Longtime third baseman Mike Moustakas, who signed a one-year deal during spring training, provided an RBI single in the first before new first baseman Lucas Duda hit a three-run homer to right.

Everything unraveled when the fourth inning began.

Abreu led off a homer binge with a two-run shot , Davidson followed with his first home run , and Anderson added his first two batters later . By the time Moncada added an RBI double off Duffy later in the fourth inning, Chicago had turned a four-run hole into a 5-4 advantage.

“We did the same thing to Shields that they did to Danny in the fourth. We jumped him early,” Yost said. “He was making pitches we could drive and after the first inning really just reeled it back in and pitched a great game.”

Davidson and Anderson went deep again in the fifth off Royals reliever Blaine Boyer, and Sanchez tacked on a bases-clearing single off Burch Smith with two outs in the seventh.

Davidson capped his big game with a three-run homer off Brian Flynn in the eighth , becoming the first White Sox player with a three-homer game since Dan Johnson in October 2012.

“Special day in anybody’s book,” White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. “Just in general, I thought it was a nice start. We fell behind early and that seemed to matter not to any of the guys.”

UNDATED (AP) — Royals catcher Salvador Perez will miss up to six weeks after spraining the MCL in his left knee.

Perez was injured at home as he missed a step while carrying a suitcase up stairs. The five-time All-Star heard a “pop” and immediately called Royals trainer Nick Kenney, who advised Perez to ice the knee and come in for an MRI exam on Wednesday.

No surgery is required, and recovery can be as little as four weeks.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – On field preparations for the 2018 K-State Football season begin on Wednesday afternoon as the Wildcats conduct the first of 14 practices leading up to the Purple/White Spring Game on April 21.

 

Beginning today, K-State will practice each Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday over the next three weeks, culminating with the spring game, which will kick off at 1:10 p.m., on Saturday, April 21, in Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

 

K-State is coming off an 8-5 campaign with wins each of its final three games and five victories in the final six contests, including a 35-17 triumph over UCLA in the Cactus Bowl. The Wildcats, who advanced to their eighth-straight bowl, earned a 5-4 Big 12 mark to tie for fourth in the league.

 

For a second-straight season, K-State returns 14 starters from last year’s squad. In total, the Wildcats bring back 171 starts from the 2017 season, including every start along the offensive line. Included in the returning starters are four players who earned All-Big 12 honors in defensive tackle Trey Dishon, offensive lineman Dalton Risner, defensive back Duke Shelley and defensive end Reggie Walker.

 

College Football Hall of Fame head coach Bill Snyder is entering his 27^th year guiding the Wildcats with a 210-110-1 record. Snyder, who ranks first in the FBS in wins among active coaches at their current schools, is one of 26 FBS coaches all-time to reach 200 career wins but just the sixth to coach at only one school. Additionally, Snyder owns 123 conference wins to stand as only one of four coaches with 100-plus Big 8/12 victories.

 

Tickets for the 2018 Purple/White Spring Game can be purchased through the K-State Athletics Ticket office online at www.k-statesports.com/tickets, by phone at 1-800-221-CATS or at the main ticket office inside Bramlage Coliseum.

 

Season tickets for the 2018 season are on sale now and start as low as $199 for the seven-game home slate that features a non-conference matchup against SEC foe Mississippi State (Sept. 8) and Big 12 opponents Texas (Sept. 29), Oklahoma State (Oct. 13), Kansas (Nov. 10) and Texas Tech (Nov. 17). The priority deadline for ordering season tickets is Friday, April 20.

 

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RYAN LACKEY
Asst. Director/Athletics Communications | K-State Athletics

Maui, Hawaii (March 27, 2018) – The Maui Jim Maui Invitational announced its 2019 field today, a collection of programs that boasts a combined 198 NCAA Tournament appearances, 44 Final Four berths and 16 national championships.

BYU, Dayton, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan State, UCLA and Virginia Tech will join host Chaminade for the 36th annual Tournament, which will be contested November 25–27 at the historic Lahaina Civic Center on the island of Maui.

“The Maui Jim Maui Invitational has earned a reputation for showcasing powerhouse teams year over year, and we are thrilled to continue that tradition in 2019,” said Tournament Chairman Dave Odom. “The Lahaina Civic Center will host some of college basketball’s best programs, coaches and players when these eight teams converge in Maui.”

Prior to the 2018 season, UCLA held the record for consecutive Division I regular season conference titles (13), only to have that record broken by fellow Maui contender, Kansas, this past season. Four programs – Kansas, Michigan State, UCLA and Virginia Tech – earned NCAA Tournament berths this season. The Jayhawks will compete in their 15th Final Four in program history, fifth-most in tournament history, this weekend.

The Lahaina Civic Center will once again feature the game’s top coaches in 2019. Kansas’ Bill Self and Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, both Hall of Fame inductees, along with Georgia’s Tom Crean, UCLA’s Steve Alford, Virginia Tech’s Buzz Williams and BYU’s Dave Rose will make return trips to the island. Dayton’s Anthony Grant was an assistant coach with Florida in 1999, and will make his first head coaching appearance in the Tournament. Self, Izzo, Crean, Alford, Rose, Grant and Chaminade’s Eric Bovaird have played or coached in the national semifinals.

 MANHATTAN, Kan. – Fans can celebrate the accomplishments of the 2017-18 Kansas State men’s basketball team when the athletic department holds the team’s postseason banquet on Tuesday, April 3 at the Hilton Garden Inn.

There is a social hour beginning at 5:30 p.m., with dinner set for 6:30 p.m. The ceremony will begin at 7 p.m.

Individual dinner tickets are $50 per person with tables of eight available for $400. Tickets can be purchased through the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at (800) 221.CATS as well as online at www.kstatesports.com/tickets.

Seating is limited with the deadline to order Friday, March 30. Fans can choose steak, chicken or vegetarian options when making reservations.

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

Geary County Commissioner Ben Bennett has reopened the conversation on the sports complex issue in the community.

He told a meeting of city, county and USD 475 leaders “what a gem we could have” on the idea of developing a sports complex in conjunction with the new Junction City High School project.

Bennett noted putting a sports field and sports complex together just for high school would be “a waste of money. We can involve city and county and form a corporation of some type to provide all those facilities, to take care of them, and funding sources from all three…the school district, the city and the county working together to provide a quality program for our kids and to bring people to Junction City, and to bring them here for sporting events and activities.”

Bennett told the elected leaders it would take planning but the community could have a good sports complex with priority in-season use by USD 475, or perhaps could leave the sports complex at the site of the current sports facilities.