The Junction City Lady Jays ( 4-6 ) fell to Topeka West in softball in the capitol city Thursday by the scores of 11-1 and 16-7.
Junction City will host Seaman at Cleary field on Tuesday in a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m.
Category: Sports
DeShields Single in 13th Gives Texas 1-0 Win Over Royals
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DeShields RBI single in 13th gives Texas 1-0 win over Royals ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Delino DeShields had an RBI single with one out in the 13th inning to score Joey Gallo from second base and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 1-0 on Thursday night. Gallo had pulled a one-out double into the right-field corner off Travis Wood (0-1), the third Royals reliever after starter Danny Duffy went 7 1-3 innings. Gallo scored when DeShields hit a sharp single to left on the 10th pitch of the at-bat. It was only the third game in the 24 seasons of the Rangers’ ballpark to go to extra innings scoreless. This was the longest of those games. Gallo’s double was the first hit for the Rangers since Jonathan Lucroy’s leadoff double in the fifth. It was the first hit in the game since Royals leadoff hitter Alex Gordon’s one-out single in the eighth. |
Blue Jay Sports Friday Schedule
The Junction City Blue Jay baseball team hosts Topeka West at Rathert Field on Friday. The doubleheader begins at 5 p.m. Game one can be heard on 1420 KJCK, The Talk of JC.
The rest of the JCHS Friday sports schedule finds the Blue Jay and Lady Jay track teams at the Manhattan Invitational beginning at 3 p.m., the Lady Jay soccer team hosting Seaman at Al Simpler Stadium and the girls swimming team goes to Salina South for a 3:30 p.m. meet.
Powercat Auction Set for Friday Evening
As fans gear up for K-State’s 2017 Purple/White spring game this Saturday, activities for Wildcat Nation will kick off the day before as K-State Athletics hosts the 33rd Annual Powercat Auction inside Bramlage Coliseum Friday evening.
The Powercat Auction is the department’s largest annual fundraising event and supports K-State’s Ahearn Fund. Last year’s event raised more than $400,000 to directly enhance the student-athlete experience for all 450 K-State student-athletes.
The silent auction will begin immediately and wrap up at 6:40 p.m., while a buffet dinner will be served from 6:30 p.m. until 7:45 p.m. The live auction portion of the event will begin at 8 p.m. The auction will feature over 100 live and silent auction items, featuring a number of unique K-State items.
Tickets start at $150 and space is limited to the first 500 guests. Please contact the Ahearn Fund at 888.232.9074 if you have any questions or need to place your order.
Vargas Pitches Royals to 2-0 Win Over Bumgarner, Giants
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jason Vargas dazzled for the third straight start, the Royals finally scored off Giants ace Madison Bumgarner and Kansas City beat San Francisco 2-0 on Wednesday night to split their two-game series.
Vargas (3-0) scattered four hits over seven innings with nine strikeouts and no walks, his 12th straight start allowing two runs or fewer — the longest streak by a left-hander in franchise history.
The veteran is also unbeaten in his last eight home starts.
Joakim Soria pitched a perfect eighth inning in relief of Vargas, and Kelvin Herrera worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth to earn his third save and finish a 5-3 homestand for the Royals.
Blue Jays Split Two Games at Shawnee Heights
The Junction City Blue Jays rallied late to defeat Shawnee Heights 8-7 in game one of their baseball doubleheader at the Lake Shawnee Bettis Family Sports Complex in the Topeka Area.
Junction City is 5-5 on the season.
The Blue Jays are scheduled to host Topeka West in a doubleheader Friday at Rathert Field.
Royals Fall to Giants in Extra Innings
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Joe Panik hit an RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Tuesday night to begin their two-game interleague set.
Nick Hundley doubled off Scott Alexander (0-1), the Royals’ fifth reliever of the night, before Panik’s sharp liner dropped in front of center fielder Lorenzo Cain to score the go-ahead run.
Derek Law (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings of relief for San Francisco, and Mark Melancon struck out Raul Mondesi with runners on first and second in the 11th for his third save of the year.
The Giants, back at Kauffman Stadium for the first time since their 2014 World Series triumph, were without manager Bruce Bochy, who underwent a minor procedure to correct his heart rhythm.
Bochy is expected to return to the team Friday at Colorado.
Kansas freshman to enter NBA draft
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas freshman Josh Jackson has announced he will enter the NBA draft.
Jackson, who released a statement on Monday, was the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year after averaging 16.3 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. He helped the Jayhawks to a 31-5 record and a berth in the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight.
The 6-foot-8 Jackson has signed with former NBA player B.J. Armstrong of Wasserman Media Group.
Jackson arrived at Kansas after a stellar prep career in Detroit and Napa, California. He says in the statement that after “consulting with my family, I have decided to enter the 2017 NBA Draft and pursue my dream of playing professional basketball.”
He added that he was thankful for “all of the support I have received from my coaches and teammates at Kansas.”
Purple/White Spring Game to be Carried on 10 Stations, SiriusXM and local KJCK radio
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State’s Purple/White Spring Game this Saturday will be carried on 10 stations across the state of Kansas in addition to SiriusXM Satellite Radio as the K-State Sports Network and K-State Sports Properties announced its affiliate lineup.
Coverage begins at 12:30 p.m., with the pregame show as the Voice of the Wildcats, Wyatt Thompson, and former K-State quarterback Stan Weber will preview the 2017 Wildcats prior to calling the action with Matt Walters providing updates from the sidelines. Aside from the 10 network stations carrying the game (listed below), the contest can also be heard on Sirius channel 137 and XM channel 200.
The game will also be shown world-wide on K-StateHD.TV with audio from the K-State Sports Network beginning at 1 p.m. The broadcast is available only to premium subscribers. To sign up, please visit www.k-statehd.tv.
Tickets to the Purple/White Spring Game are available for just $5 through the K-State Athletics Ticket office online at www.k-statesports.com/tickets, by phone at 1-800-221-CATS or at the ticket office inside Bramlage Coliseum.
Bill Snyder Family Stadium gates open at 11:30 a.m., and fans can enter through gates M, N, R and V on the east side and B and D on the west side. General admission seating will be available in Sections 1-9 on the west side and Sections 10-17 behind the south end zone. Seating in sections on the east side of the stadium will be closed due to ongoing construction in the east-side suites and field-level wall.
The Wildcats kick off the 2017 campaign on Saturday, September 2, against Central Arkansas. Following a matchup against Charlotte on September 9, K-State travels to Nashville, Tennessee, to take on SEC foe Vanderbilt. Kansas State opens its five-game Big 12 home slate on September 30, against Baylor.
The priority deadline for season-ticket purchases is this Friday. A limited number of single-game tickets go on sale online only on June 20. All seven home games are anticipated to sell out quickly and extend the Bill Snyder Family Stadium sellout streak to 40 games.
2017 Purple/White Spring Game Affiliates
Location Station Frequency
Beloit KVSV 1190 AM/105.5 FM
Clay Center KCLY 100.9 FM
Junction City KJCK 1420 AM
Kansas City WHB 810 AM
Manhattan KMAN 1350 AM
Manhattan KMKF 101.5 FM
Medicine Lodge KQZQ 98.3 FM
Salina KSAL 1150 AM
Topeka WIBW 580 AM
Wichita KQAM 1480 AM
Satellite Sirius 137
Satellite XM 200
Lady Jay Soccer Falls to Hayden
The Junction City Lady Jay soccer team fell to Hayden 4-0 Monday evening in the capitol city.
Junction City will host Seaman Friday at Al Simpler Stadium.