MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Big 12 Conference FOX Sports announced Monday morning that Kansas State’s November 4 matchup at Texas Tech will kick off at 11 a.m., and be televised nationally by FS1.

The Wildcats are looking to become the first road team to win in the series since they did so in 2013. Last season, K-State earned a 44-38 home win, while the Red Raiders took the last matchup in Lubbock, 59-44.

K-State travels to Lawrence, Kansas, this Saturday to take on KU for the 115^th edition of the Dillons’ Sunflower Showdown inside Memorial Stadium. The game will kick off at 2 p.m., and be televised nationally by FS1.

Wakefield Boy’s and Girl’s results from the 1A Regional Cross Country Meet held in Washington, KS on Saturday October 21, 2017

Schools competing:      Axtell, Beloit-St. John’s, Centralia, Clifton/Clyde, Downs/Lakeside, Frankfort, Glasco, Highland West, Mankato-Rock Hills, Miltonvale, Natoma, Onaga, Osborne, Scandia/Pike Valley, Stockton, Sylvan Unified, Tescott, Tipton Catholic, Wakefield and Wetmore.

Place and order of finish for the Wakefield Bomber Boys.

1^st     Dalton Murray               So.    15^th  Place overall       18:54

2^nd    Noah Ghent                  Sr.     27^th  Place overall       20:16

3^rd     Mason Rohrer               Fr.     79^th  Place overall       26:48

Boys’ Team Scores:     

1^st  Place              Beloit-St.John’s                              13 Points

2^nd  Place             Frankfort                                       42 Points

3^rd Place              Axtell                                             52 Points

4^th Place              Centralia                                        55 Points

5^th Place              Washington County                       101 Points

6^th Place              Valley Falls                                   105 Points

7^th Place              Downs/Lakeside                           113 Points

8^th Place              Wilson                                         134 Points

9^th Place              Osborne                                      138 Points

10^th Place            Tescott                                        168 Points

11^th Place            Onaga                                         197 Points

12^th Place            Troy                                            211 Points

Place and order of finish for the Wakefield Bomber Girls

1^st     Kelly Flickinger              Fr.     13^th Place overall          24:13

2^nd    Dakota Swader              So.    27^th Place overall          26:02

3^rd     Mary Williams               Fr.     51^st Place overall           29:34

Girls’ Team Scores:      

1^st   Place             Downs/Lakeside                              28 Points

2^nd   Place            Tescott                                           31 Points

3^rd  Place             Centralia                                        46 Points

4^th Place              Frankfort                                        54 Points

5^th Place              Onaga                                           64 Points

Coach Braden, “Going into the regional meet on Saturday, we only had three boys and three girls competing, so we didn’t have a team on either squad. Knowing that we wouldn’t have a team going to state, we needed to focus on trying to qualify a couple of individuals.  Our two best chances were freshman Kelly Flickinger and sophomore Dalton Murray.  Kelly ran well for us all year and did so again on Saturday, however her time of 24:13 was 33 seconds shy of a qualifying time that would have advanced her on to Wamego next Saturday. Dalton Murray also ran well for us Saturday and his time of 18:54 did qualify him for next Saturday’s State Meet in Wamego.  This will be Dalton’s second trip in as many years to Wamego.”

The 1A State Cross Country Meet will be held at the Wamego Country Club this coming Saturday October 28^th. Dalton will run at 12:55 p.m.

Thanks      

Ladd Braden

Wakefield Cross Country

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kenny Hill matched his career high with five touchdown passes, KaVontae Turpin returned a punt 90 yards for a score after going backward to the 3 and the TCU defense dominated overmatched Kansas in the fourth-ranked Horned Frogs’ 43-0 victory Saturday night.

The Jayhawks (1-6, 0-4) had 21 yards total offense while tying an 81-year-old NCAA record with their 44th straight loss in a true road game.

With severe weather approaching, both coaches agreed to a running clock from the 12:49 mark of the fourth quarter with TCU leading by final margin.

John Diarse had a 67-yard catch-and-run touchdown for a 24-0 lead in the second quarter and finished with 130 yards on four receptions as the Horned Frogs (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) improved to 19-0 at home as a top 10 team under coach Gary Patterson.

TCU outgained Kansas 305-3 in the first half and was never challenged after winning the past three against the Jayhawks by a combined 11 points, including 24-23 last year when the Horned Frogs needed 10 fourth-quarter points to win on the road.

The Jayhawks have lost 47 straight away from home overall since a 34-7 win at UTEP on Sept. 12, 2009. Kansas‘ Big 12 road losing streak is up to 37 games since a 35-33 win at Iowa State on Oct. 4, 2008.

Western State of Colorado set the record for consecutive true road losses from 1926 to 1936.

Jalen Reagor had touchdown catches of 22 and 15 yards from Hill, who sat the fourth quarter to finish 19 of 26 for 278 yards without an interception and now has 15 TDs with three picks this season. Taj Williams caught Hill’s final TD pass, a 26-yarder early in the third quarter.

Kansas‘ visit marked the return of offensive coordinator Doug Meacham, who clearly doesn’t have the weapons he shared with Sonny Cumbie in that role the past three years at TCU.

Peyton Kinder was 7 of 16 for 38 yards and was sacked four times for 24 yards in losses. Deron Thompson was the leader rushing with 10 yards on five carries.

On his dazzling touchdown, Turpin caught the punt just inside the 10 and took a few steps forward before reversing field and running backward. He slipped out of a tackle as he turned at the 3, broke another one inside the 10 and outran everyone up the right side of the field for a 43-0 lead.

THE TAKEAWAY

Kansas: The Jayhawks had four first downs, two by penalty. The only first downs on plays that gained yards came on Kansas‘ first and last series. The Jayhawks had minus-6 total yards after Steven Sims was dropped for a 6-yard loss on a reverse on the last play of the third quarter.

TCU: With no losses among the top 3 in the poll, the Horned Frogs figure to stay put with one more game before the first College Football Playoff rankings come out. But TCU did exactly what it needed, overwhelming an outmatched opponent from the start.

UP NEXT

Kansas: Home against Kansas State next Saturday, seeking first win over in-state rival since 2008.

TCU: At surging Iowa State next Saturday, with the Cyclones poised for the first AP Top 25 ranking since 2005.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Rodney Anderson ran 22 yards for the go-ahead score with 7 seconds remaining, Baker Mayfield threw for 410 yards and accounted for four touchdowns and No. 9 Oklahoma rallied for a wild 42-35 victory over Kansas State on Saturday night.

Anderson finished with 147 yards rushing for the Sooners (6-1, 3-1 Big 12). They trailed 21-10 at the break proceeded to shred the overmatched secondary of the Wildcats (3-4, 1-3) in the second half.

Kansas State sophomore Alex Delton’s first career touchdown pass with 2:25 left tied it at 35, but Mayfield and Anderson calmly went to work. The two-time Heisman Trophy finalist hit on a series of throws downfield before Anderson took a carry around the left side for the decisive score.

Making his second career start, Delton finished with 161 yards rushing and three TDs while going 12 of 14 for 144 yards through the air. Alex Barnes added 108 yards and a touchdown on just six carries.

It was the Sooners’ nation-leading 14th consecutive true road victory, and it extended their run of dominance in Manhattan. They haven’t lost to the Wildcats in their home stadium since 1996.

It was Kansas State that was rolling from the second play of the game, when Barnes took a handoff up the middle for a 75-yard TD run. The Sooners needed just a couple minutes for Mayfield to provide the answer, but his touchdown toss to tight end Mark Andrews was his highlight of the half.

Mayfield threw a pick in the end zone on the Sooners’ ensuing possession, just his second of the season. Then he was inexplicably split wide as Oklahoma went to the Wildcat set in short-yardage spots.

Kansas State stuffed Trey Sermon and Dimitri Flowers for no gain on consecutive plays to force one turnover on downs, then dumped Flowers for a loss at the goal line to force a field goal.

Delton’s two touchdown runs staked Kansas State to a 21-10 lead at the break.

But whatever momentum the Wildcats took into the locker room stayed there, because Mayfield and the Sooners got going in the second half. They went 80 yards for a touchdown on their first possession, 69 yards for a field goal on their second and 93 yards for another touchdown.

The 2-point conversion gave them a 28-21 lead with 14:19 left, their first of the game.

It took a snap over Seibert’s head on a punt midway through the fourth quarter for the Wildcats to draw even, which they did on Delton’s third TD run. But Mayfield’s 66-yard pitch-and-catch to Marquise Brown set up his go-ahead TD toss to Anderson with 5:16 to go.

Kansas State drove downfield to tie it at 35 on Delton’s first career TD pass, but it came with 2:25 still on the clock. And that was enough time for Oklahoma to score one more time.

THE TAKEAWAY

Oklahoma showed off its deep stable of offensive weapons. Mayfield had with 69 yards rushing, Brown had six catches for 126 yards and tight end Mark Andrews had a team-high seven catches for 61 yards. That helped make up for freshman running back Trey Sermon, who had just four carries for 18 yards.

Kansas State made strides offensively from last week’s dismal showing against TCU, when it managed just 216 yards total offense. The Wildcats had 202 in the first quarter alone. But it was the defense that let them down this time, keeping them from their first home win over a top-10 opponent since 2006.

UP NEXT

Oklahoma returns home to play Texas Tech on Saturday night.

Kansas State heads down Interstate 70 to face Kansas on Saturday.

Final Stats

MANHATTAN, Kan. – A balanced scoring effort led by redshirt freshman guard Cartier Diarra’s team-high 14 points helped Kansas State post a 78-62 win over Missouri State in a special exhibition game played Saturday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum. Diarra was one of three Wildcats to register double figures with 12 total players scoring.

The schools received a special waiver from the NCAA on October 13 to play the exhibition game with all proceeds benefitting the American Red Cross’ hurricane relief efforts.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Wildcats took the opening tip and ran with it, outscoring the Bears 9-0 to open up the exhibition that was capped off by a Barry Brown three-pointer from the corner. The Wildcats would hold a lead for the remaining 38:48, with their largest lead of 16 concluding the game.

The Wildcat defense had an influence on the game early, holding the Bears offense to three points in first five minutes. The stifling defense held the Bears to 33 percent shooting in the game, and forced 16 turnovers throughout the game. In result of the forceful defense, the Wildcats benefitted from the transition game by outscoring the Bears 12-4 in fast-break points, opening up the Wildcat offense.

Three-point shooting was another strength for the Wildcats in the first half, as they connected on 44 percent on 4-of-9 shooting from behind the arc, including back-to-back treys early on from Brian Patrick and Diarra. The K-State bench outscored Missouri State’s, 39-22, with 12 players scoring in the game.

K-State closed the game behind the strength of their bench, shooting 27-of-57 in the game, including 7-of-19 from three-point land. The Wildcats shot 17-of-28 from the free-throw line.

The Wildcats had a trio of scorers reach double-digits, with Diarra leading the squad with 14. Kamau Stokes and Brown added to the scoring, adding 13 and 12, respectively. Dean Wade led the Wildcats on the glass with six rebounds, two of which came offensively.  Stokes and Brown also led the Wildcats in assists, as both tallying three in the game.

Jarrid Rhodes led Missouri State with 20 points and five rebounds.

PLAYERS OF THE GAME

The Wildcats benefitted from great front-court scoring, as three of the top scorers came from guards. Freshman Cartier Diarra shot 4-of-6 from the field, adding five points from the free-throw line. Between Diarra, Stokes and Brown, the front-court contributed 39 of the team’s points.

STAT OF THE GAME

K-State saw scoring from 12 of 15 players that saw the court on Saturday, including 39 points off of the bench. The Wildcat bench outscored the Bears bench 39-22.

IN THEIR WORDS

K-State Head Coach Bruce Weber

Opening statement…

“Obviously Cartier (Diarra) did a nice job, I thought Makol (Mawien) played better here in the game than he does in practice on a daily basis. We have talked to him about that and he actually did in the scrimmage last week too. When we add a little people and the lights go on he picked it up a little bit so that part is good. I had mentioned the other day that we had planned that, I did not tell the players, but that last eight to nine minutes we were going to play everybody so everybody gets a chance to play. They are an older team and one of my concerns all year has been rebounding. I want to play our best players and have them on the court. Sometimes we are small and if they want to play, they are going to have to rebound. We are going to have to have a better mentality on rebounding. One of their (Missouri State) strengths is rebounding so I think it was good. They did not have the kid that averages 10. That part was alright. We have some film to watch but we did some good things. We had a little bit of sticky fingers and did not move the ball like I would want them to. We still have three weeks and two more exhibition games and our whole thing is to get better every day and hopefully they got better today.

On experience for younger players…
“It was great, I think we played great. I think we played ten in the first half, and that is pushing it a lot.  Obviously everybody got a chance at the end so that was good for them. When you have a guy like Cartier (Diarra) who did not play for a whole year, this is so valuable. This crowd was not great but he probably did not play in front of this many people in high school ever. Same thing for Makol (Mawien), who sat out a year and redshirted and played last year at the junior college level, it is a whole different thing. Even now for Kamau (Stokes), it is a different level for him. He sometimes over thinks but he did some good things. We just have to keep learning and getting better, that is all we can think about.

Freshman Guard Cartier Diarra

On leading the team in scoring…

“I just took my open reads and was aggressive at times and got to the free throw line and made my free throws.”

On playing for the first time…

“I was pretty anxious. I am generally anxious before games so I just listen to my gospel music and that soothes me and gets me ready to go out and play. I listen to some smooth music and then when it is game time I turn on some Marvin Sapp and listen to that to calm me down.”

On freshmen performance…

“Everybody on our team brings something that we do not have. Of course everybody will not have a good game everyday. One day it will not be Mike’s (McGuirl) game and one day it will not be my game but we just work hard and feed off of each other. When we get the chance we have to take advantage of it.”

Junior Guard Kamau Stokes

On first exhibition game…

“I think it went pretty well for our first game. A lot of guys got to get in and get the experience and they are going to need that especially later on in the season. Overall I feel like it went well. Of course there are some things that could have went better and some things we are going to work on.”

On getting off to a fast start…

“It is definitely going to help getting off to a good start early. It always helps no matter what time during the season. We have guys that come off the bench and they give a good spark.”

On Cartier Diarra…

“I felt like Cartier (Diarra) played great. He was aggressive and made the right plays at the right times.”

On relying on the bench play…

“We have faith in our guys that have to come off the bench and play for us. They have been going against us the whole summer and the beginning of school so I felt like they were ready for that. We were not worried at all.”

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

• Kansas State is now 64-20 all-time in exhibition play, including 49-9 in home exhibition games… The Wildcats are now 43-9 in exhibition games at Bramlage Coliseum with 21 consecutive wins dating back to 2003… Overall, the team has now won 4 straight in exhibition play since 2016.
• K-State used a starting lineup of graduate transfer Mawdo Sallah, juniors Barry Brown, Kamau Stokesand Dean Wade and sophomore Xavier Sneed.
• The first Wildcats off the bench were redshirt freshman Cartier Diarra, sophomore Brian Patrick and junior Makol Mawien.
• Diarra saw his first extensive experience as a Wildcat after redshirting the 2016-17 season… He led all scorers with 14 points off the bench on 4-of-6 field goals and 5-of-6 free throws in 18 minutes.
• Freshmen Mike McGuirl, Nigel Shadd and Levi Stockard III made appearances in the second half.

WHAT’S NEXT

K-State will continue exhibition play on Sunday, October 29, as the Wildcats welcome Division II Fort Hays State to Bramlage Coliseum at 2 p.m. CT.  The game will be broadcast on FOX Sports Kansas City and ESPN3.

–www.kstatesports.com–

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

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The Friday night high school football schedule finds:

–Junction City hosting Seaman

–Manhattan at Blue Valley Northwest

–Shawnee Heights visits Emporia

–Topeka High at Highland Park

–Washburn Rural at Topeka West

–Clay Center at Rock Creek

–McPherson visits Wamego

–Colby at Concordia

–Smoky Valley at Chapman

–Mission Valley at Council Grove

–Riley County goes to Beloit

–Hanover at Wakefield

–Herington at MDCV

–Logan-Palco goes to Solomon