The Wakefield Boys’ and Girls’ results from the 1^st Annual Wheat State League Cross Country Meet held in Burrton, KS on Thursday October 13, 2016.

Schools competing:      Canton/Galva, Centre, Elyria Christian, Goessel, Herington, Solomon, and Wakefield.

Place in order of finish for the Wakefield Bomber Boys’ Varsity Squad:

1^st     Johnathan Bowen          Sr.—————1^st  Place overall      17:01****

2^nd     Dalton Murray              Fr.—————4^th Place overall        17:50

3^rd     Cole Barber                   Sr.————-10^th Place overall       18:31

4^th     Jordan Colglazier           Sr.————-12^th Place overall       18:49

5^th     Kevin Jackson               So.————14^th Place overall        19:23

6^th     Kirk Iseli                       Sr.————17^th Place overall        20:14

Boys’ Team Results:

1^st Place      Wakefield                      23     Points

2^nd Place     Solomon                       30     Points

3^rd Place     Herington                     46     Points

4^th Place     Goessel                       50     Points

****New School Record in the 5K Boys’ for senior Johnathan Bowen.  The old school record was posted by Jason White back in 1996 and tied by Brandon Coyle back in 2001.

Place in order of finish for the Wakefield Bomber Girls’ Varsity Squad:

1^st     Dakota Swader               Fr.—————-4^th Place overall      23:34****

2^nd     Ana Hughes                  Jr.—————-6^th Place overall       24:58

3^rd     Mary Williams                Jr.————–14^th Place overall       26:26

4^th     Sierra Otto                    Sr.————-15^th Place overall        26:49

****New School Record in the 5K Girls’ for freshman Dakota Swader. Dakota lowered her previous record by over a minute and a half.

Girls’ Team Results:

1^st Place      Goessel                         11     Points

2^nd Place     Wakefield                      36     Points

Coach Braden, “It was great to see our kids step up to the plate and run great as a team today.  Solomon had a great team and we had to run our best in order for us to have a chance at beating them, and all six boys did just that!  We ended up with a first place finish in the league and all six boys ran personal best times!  Leading the way was senior Johnathan Bowen.  Johnathan’s time of 17:01 erased Wakefield’s school record by 10 seconds, a record that had been on the board for twenty years.  I couldn’t have been more proud of him!  For the girls, they finished in second place as a team and freshman Dakota Swader took the league forth place medal and lowered her own school record by a minute and a half.  The girls, just like the boys, all had personal best performance times. It was just a great day to run and all of our kids competed at a high level.”

The Wakefield Bombers next meet is the 1A Regional. They will head east again 20 minutes to Leonardville on Saturday morning October 22^nd for the 1A Regional Cross Country Meet.    

The Fort Riley Middle School cross country teams competed in the North Central Kansas League meet in Concordia on Thursday.

According to coach Ryan Norton, the Troopers 7th grade boys and 8th grade girls cross country teams won league titles. The 7th grade girls and the 8th grade boys placed second in the meet.

David Denkler of Fort Riley Middle School finished first in the 7th grade boys 1600 meter race in 5:43.37 and Alexander Nieves fourth in 6:14.89. For the 8th grade girls team Katelin Hecht finished third in 14:05.14. Analiese Santoro finished seventh in 15:25.66. For the 8th grade boys Jeyden Lowe finished third in 12:36.42. For the 7th grade girls team Morgan Turner finished third in 6:39.34.

Kansas is the pick to win the Big 12 basketball title in a vote by conference coaches.

Oklahoma is picked to finish sixth and Oklahoma State is picked in a tie for seventh in the voting released Thursday.

The Jayhawks received nine of 10 first place votes, making Kansas a unanimous selection as coaches are not allowed to vote for their own teams.

West Virginia is picked second, followed by Texas, then Iowa State — which received the other first place vote.

Baylor is fifth, then OU, OSU and Texas Tech, Kansas State and TCU.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops would be just fine if he didn’t have to face one of his most respected mentors, Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, each year. Stoops says Snyder’s teams are “too good all the time.”

Oklahoma (3-2, 2-0 Big 12), ranked No. 19 , faces Kansas State (3-2, 1-1) on Saturday, and as often has been the case, the winner will be well positioned early in the conference race.

Stoops and Snyder go back to the late 1970s. Stoops played at Iowa when Snyder was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under coach Hayden Fry. Stoops joined Iowa’s coaching staff as a graduate assistant while Snyder was still there.

Stoops was an assistant coach on Snyder’s first seven Kansas State teams from 1989 to 1995, when they helped the program emerge as a powerhouse.

Both have continued to excel since Stoops left Kansas State to become defensive coordinator at Florida, then took the job at Oklahoma in 1999. They rank first and second among active FBS coaches in career wins at their current schools.

Stoops has a 9-3 record against Snyder, but Kansas State has won the past two games in Norman — 24-19 in 2012 and 31-30 in 2014.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs linebacker Justin Houston has been cleared to resume football activity for the first time since having surgery to repair the ACL in his left knee in February.

Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder said Wednesday that Houston visited Dr. James Andrews on Oct. 3, the day after a loss in Pittsburgh, and was given clearance to do football-related workouts.

The Chiefs were off last week.

Houston cannot be removed from the physically unable to perform list until next week, so the four-time Pro Bowl linebacker must continue to do his workouts away from the rest of the team.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid said he will evaluate Houston on a day-by-day basis, but acknowledged he could join practices next week. There still is no timetable for his return to games.