MANHATTAN, Kan. – After finishing its first two races in the top five, the Kansas State men’s and women’s cross country teams will travel south for the first time this season to compete in the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Oklahoma on Saturday.

The women’s 5K is slated to begin at 9:15 a.m., CT, which will be immediately followed by the men’s 8K race, which will begin at 9:45 a.m., CT.

“I am looking for the team to run together as a pack as much as possible this weekend,” head coach Ryun Godfrey said. “They train well together and now we need to continue this in race situations.”

This will be the second-straight season that the Wildcats have competed in Stillwater at the Cowboy Jamboree. The men finished in fourth place in the 2015 edition of the meet, while the women went on to finish in sixth place in the competition.

Colton Donahue highlighted last year’s meet with a top-10 finish, taking 10^th place with a time of 25:23.1. Morgan Wedekind posted her second of three-straight top-five finishes at last season’s Cowboy Jamboree, crossing the finish line in 21:26.9 to finish in fifth place.

In the team’s last race on September 17, both the men and women finished in third place at the Woody Greeno Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska, scoring 78 points and 53 points, respectively. Wedekind posted K-State’s best mark of the meet, finishing second with a time of 22:03.9.

More information on Saturday’s race, including a full schedule and a course map, can be found here.

For the latest on K-State cross country, follow @kstatesports and @KStateTFXC on Twitter or Kansas State Track & Field/Cross Country on Facebook.

The Saint Xavier Middle School volleyball team lost to Heritage Christian Thursday night by the scores of 20-25, 25-17 and 13-15.

AD/ Assistant Administrator Jaclyn West called it a hard fought match.

The Junction City Lady Jay tennis team was led by senior Ally McKenzie at the Salina South Tennis Invitational.

McKenzie went 3-1 on the day with wins over players from Dodge City, Salina Central and Abilene. Her only loss came to the champion.

In other singles play for Junction City, Alexis Cruz went 2-2 on the day, finishing 10th. The doubles team of Codi Post and Jordan Dombrowski won their first match against Abilene but then fell to Salina South. They went 1-3 on the day.

The doubles team of Anne Kim and Brianna Talley fell to Salina Central, but then defeated Olathe South before dropping their final two matches. They finished in 12th place.

In the overall team competition the Lady Jays finished fifth out of eight teams.

Junction City will play on Tuesday, September 27 at the Kossover Tennis Center in Topeka.

The Fort Riley Troopers 7th and 8th grade football teams defeated Anthony Middle School of Manhattan on Thursday.

Bob Shefelton reported that the 8th grade won their game by a score of 42-8.

The Fort Riley Middle School teams travel to Wamego next Thursday.

The Friday night high school football schedule finds:

–Junction City at Washburn Rural

–Topeka High visiting Manhattan

–Emporia goes to Highland Park

–Shawnee Heights is hosting Seaman

–Hayden plays at Topeka West

–Abilene hosts Chapman

–Clay Center hosts Wamego

–Concordia goes to Marysville

–St. Marys plays at Riley County

–Centre hosts Burlingame

–Rural Vista hosts Clifton-Clyde

–Solomon goes to Little River

–Southern Cloud is at Blue Valley-Randolph

–Herington travels to Onaga

–Wakefield is at Canton-Galva

 

The Fort Riley Troopers 7th and 8th grade football team both defeated Anthony Middle School teams on Thursday.

Correspondent Bob Shefelton reported that the 8th grade score was 42-8 in favor of Fort Riley Middle School.

The Troopers play at Wamego next Thursday. Both of the Fort Riley 7th and 8th grade teams are 4-0.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-StateHD.TV, the nation’s most-watched digital network, will broadcast two soccer matches and Saturday’s Wildcat football game against Missouri State to a global audience, and fans are encouraged to make plans to order their subscription in advance of the weekend.

On Friday, the K-State soccer team will host Oral Roberts at 7 p.m., before welcoming South Dakota at 1 p.m. The football game on Saturday will kick at6:10 p.m. with K-StateHD.TV pregame programming beginning at 5:10 p.m.

 

For the third straight year, K-StateHD.TV subscribers will be able to enjoy a secondary viewing alternative for the football game as the network will be providing a “QuadCast” option for those tuning in to the game. In addition to watching the live and exclusive game broadcast, fans can access the “QuadCast” which will provide four unique camera views all on the same screen. At once, fans can watch the live game feed, the instant replay feed and two separate high-end camera angles from different locations inside the stadium.

For those interested in subscribing to K-StateHD.TV, the service is available for $9.95 per month and $99.95 per year.

 

Combined with more than 650 free videos, K-StateHD.TV subscribers get nearly 1,000 Wildcat videos a year, including 125-plus live events.  Other premium features include pregame shows, weekly and postgame press conferences, and commercial free on-demand viewing of every football game and all home men’s basketball, women’s basketball, volleyball, and baseball games (within 72 hours of event).

To visit the home of K-StateHD.TV, or to subscribe to the service, go to k-statesports.com or click here.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Single-game tickets for Kansas State’s 18-game men’s basketball home schedule will go on sale to the public on Monday, October 3.

 

These ticket options, along with a variety of season ticket packages, can be purchased through the Athletics Ticket Office by calling toll free at (800) 221-CATS (2287), by logging in online at www.kstatesports.com/tickets and in-person at Bramlage Coliseum.

 

K-State is once again offering three mini-plans for fans to provide affordability and flexibility when attending basketball games this season. The Holiday Mini-Plan includes a general admission seat for the Gardner-Webb game on Wednesday, December 21, the Big 12 opener with Texas on Friday, December 30 and the women’s basketball conference opener with West Virginia on Saturday, January 1, along with an exclusive K-State stocking cap – for just $30.

 

The new Pick 5 plan includes five redeemable vouchers for any game except the Kansas contest for just $50. Fans have the freedom to use all five vouchers at five different events or use all five at once, your choice. The deadline to purchase isSaturday, October 1 (Limit of 4 per account). The Pick 5 Plan, along with the Big Game Mini-Plan, have been available for purchase since June with season ticket options.

 

The Big Game Mini Plan includes a reserved ticket to the Big Monday contest with Kansas on February 6, along with all nine weekend games, for $250. The nine total weekend contests include the two exhibitions, the opener with Western Illinois on Friday, November 11, Hampton on Sunday, November 20, the Big 12 opener with Texas on Friday, December 30, Oklahoma on Saturday, January 7, Baylor on Saturday, January 14, West Virginia on Saturday, January 21 and Senior Day with Texas Tech on Saturday, March 4.

 

Fans can also take advantage of the $15 Veterans Day Package for the home opener with Western Illinois on Friday, November 11, which includes a general admission ticket and a K-State camo hat. Veterans can purchase the package for just $10.

 

Single-game tickets for the 18-game home schedule, excluding the KU game, will go on sale to the public on Monday, October 3. Exhibition and non-conference game tickets will start at $10 for bench and general admission seats, while chairback prices are set at $20. Groups of 12 or more can purchase tickets for just $5.

 

Returning this season will be the Bramlage Bundle, which is available for all exhibition and non-conference games, as well as the Oklahoma and Baylor games, this season. The Bundle includes a bench/general admission ticket, $10 concessions voucher and a souvenir from the K-State Super Store for just $20 per package for exhibition and non-conference and $30 for conference games. A minimum order of two Bramlage Bundles is required.

 

Midweek conference games (TCU, Iowa State and Oklahoma State) start at just $12.50 with a Wildcat 4 Pack of bench tickets for $50. Single bench tickets are $15, while chairbacks and cushions are $35. Groups of 12 or more can purchase tickets for just $10.

 

Weekend conference games (Texas, Oklahoma, Baylor, West Virginia and Texas Tech) start at less than $20 with a Wildcat 4 Pack of bench tickets for $75. Single bench tickets are $25, while chairbacks and cushions are $50. Groups of 12 or more can purchase tickets for just $15.

 

Any remaining KU game tickets will go on sale to the public on Wednesday, November 16 for $100 (chairback/cushion/bench).

 

A variety of season ticket packages are available. With the Wildcat 4-Pack, fans can purchase four season tickets in the bench, general admission and/or Cat Cushion sections (10-17 and 26-27, 1-2) at $900, $1,100 or $1,200, depending on location, for a savings up to $95 per ticket. The Victory Ticket Plan includes all non-conference and all-midweek conference games, excluding Kansas (12 in all) in general admission seating (Sections 24-25) for $109.

 

In addition to its usual ticket offerings, there are also a limited number of Young Alumni packages, which are available for all K-State undergraduate degree recipients in the past five years (December 2011 to May 2016). These ticket packages are $200 and just $100 for those with Young Alumni football season tickets. Young Alumni can purchase up to two season tickets at the discounted rate.

 

Armed with a veteran roster, the Wildcats will look to build on a 10-day trip to Italy and Switzerland in August with the return of nine lettermen and six players returning with starting experience, highlighted by All-Big 12 Third Team selectionWesley Iwundu and All-Newcomer honorees Barry Brown and Dean Wade. Overall, the squad returns five of their top six scorers from last season, along with nearly 70 percent of their rebounding, assist, steal and minute totals.

 

Iwundu (11.9 ppg., 4.5 rpg.) is the team’s top returner in scoring, assists and steals, while rising senior D.J. Johnson (9.3 ppg., 5.2 rpg.) is the leader among three returning players (along with Iwundu and Wade) who averaged better than 4 rebounds per contest a season ago.

 

The squad will also be boosted by the return of a healthy Kamau Stokes, who started 20 of the first 21 games in 20-15-16 before a knee injury sidelined him for the rest of the year, as well as the continued development of redshirt freshmenIsaiah Maurice and Dante Williams, who measure at 6-foot-10 and 7-foot, respectively.

 

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

MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State Athletics Director John Currie, whose seven-plus years as Athletics Director has produced record growth and financial stability along with outstanding academic performance and athletic accomplishment, has been invited to be a featured participant at next month’s Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics meeting in Washington, D.C.

Currie, University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst, University of Idaho President Chuck Staben and James Madison Athletics Director Jeff Bourne will serve as panelists on October 24 at the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum to discussthe changing financial landscape in college sports and the role football plays in shaping this landscape.

 

The Knight Commission, which promotes reforms to emphasize the educational mission of college athletics, will discuss ways to ensure focus is maintained at a time of big changes in college sports with the possibility of more radical changes to come.

A 2013 UnderArmour AD of the Year award winner, Currie and his K-State leadership team have turned an inherited budget deficit into national acclaim as one of the NCAA’s most financially solvent programs and completed $210 million in comprehensive facility improvements benefitting all 16 Wildcat teams, all privately funded with zero state tax or university tuition dollars.

In the midst of a transformational and challenging time for intercollegiate athletics, which includes many prominent schools across the country recently reporting annual operating deficits and ballooning debt, the collective support of nearly 250,000 K-State friends and alumni across the country and around the world has enabled the department to experience among the most successful seven-year periods in its history.

K-State student-athletes have shined academically as all programs remain above the NCAA .930 APR standard with eight teams leading the Big 12 in last two years, including football. K-State’s all-sports graduation rate also currently exceeds that of the general student body.

On the field, Currie’s seven-year tenure has included six straight bowl berths under Hall of Fame head coach Bill Snyder, team Big 12 Championships in football (2012), men’s basketball (2013) and baseball (2013), 16 team NCAA tournament appearances in men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and baseball, and 50 individual Big 12 and nine individual NCAA Championships.
Since 2009, K-Staters have contributed more than $200 million in outright gifts, all of which has been directly invested toward K-State’s Vision of a Model Intercollegiate Athletics Program.  K-State Athletics remains one of just a few dozen universities nationwide, and the only institution in Kansas, to operate without use of state tax or university tuition dollars. Direct and indirect university support of athletics was 6.1 percent of the KSA budget in FY10. In FY16 it became zero.

 

Follow @KnightAthletics for the latest developments from this meeting, and photographs and highlights will be posted on www.knightcommission.org following the event.
About the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics
The Knight Commission was formed by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in October 1989 in response to highlyvisible scandals in college sports. The Commission’s goal is to promote a reform agenda that emphasizes the educationalmission of college sports. Over the years, the NCAA has adopted a number of the Commission’s recommendations includingthe rule that requires teams to be on track to graduate more than 50 percent of their players in order to be eligible forpostseason competition. The Commission’s  Athletic and Academic Spending Database provides financial data for more than 220 public Division I institutions to provide greater financial transparency on athletics spending.