MESA, Ariz. (AP) – Stephen Vogt hit a pair of home runs and drove in four and the Oakland Athletics beat a Kansas City Royals split squad 6-4 on Monday.

Vogt, who underwent elbow surgery about six weeks ago, had been taking batting practice for a week and has been used exclusively as a designated hitter.

“I haven’t been feeling great so to have a day like that lets me trust the elbow,” Vogt said. “It was good to get extended and take a full swing and not feel any pain.”

Mike Moustakas hit a two-run shot for the Royals, who were limited to four hits by Jesse Hahn, Ryan Madson and five other relievers.

“Except for the one mistake to Moustakas he looked outstanding,” Vogt said of Hahn, making his first appearance of the spring. “I had the pleasure of facing him a few days ago and he didn’t help my confidence.”

Josh Reddick added two hits and a RBI and Jed Lowrie added a pair of hits for the A’s.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head football coach Bill Snyder and the Wildcat coaching staff have announced five football camps during the summer months for players of all ages.

Kicking off the 2016 summer events will be the 7-on-7 and 5-on-5 Shootout for high school teams on June 4, followed by the annual Youth Camp on June 5for those players in grades 1-8.

 

The High School Fundamental Camp for 9th-12th graders will be June 5-7, and the first of two Kicking Camps will be June 8-9 with the second session of Kicking Camp taking place June 13-14
More information regarding Kansas State’s 2016 football camps, including prices and registration info, is available at kansasstatefootballcamps.com and also under the camps link of the football page at k-statesports.com. Questions regarding any of the camps should be directed to the K-State football office at 785-532-5876 or by email atfootballcamps@kstatesports.com.

Kansas State Football Camps provide detailed instruction on fundamentals and techniques by the Kansas State football coaching staff and are open to any and all entrants, limited by number, age, grade level, and/or gender.

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KENNY LANNOU
Associate A.D. for Communications | K-State Athletics

Kansas is No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for a second straight week and for the fourth time this season.

The Jayhawks (27-4) are again a runaway choice, receiving 63 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday.

Michigan State (26-5), which got the other two first-place votes, remained second and was followed by Villanova, Virginia, Xavier, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Oregon, West Virginia and Indiana.

The same teams are in the Top 25 for a second straight week, the first time that has happened this season.

Next Monday’s poll will be the last of the season.

Oklahoma senior Buddy Hield has become the first player in the 20-season history of the Big 12 to win The Associated Press player of the year award twice.

Hield also won the honor last year.

Bill Self is the AP Coach of the Year for the fifth time overall, and the fourth coach to win the award in consecutive years. The No. 1 Jayhawks won their 12th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title.

In the yearly AP awards announced Monday, Perry Ellis of Kansas and Georges Niang of Iowa State joined Hield as first-team picks for the second year in a row. Iowa State junior Monte Morris and Texas junior Isaiah Taylor rounded out the All-Big 12 first team.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Albert Pujols was hitless in three at-bats during his spring training debut, and the Los Angeles Angels lost 6-1 on Sunday to the defending World Series champion Kansas City Royals.

In his first at-bat, Pujols – who is coming back from offseason foot surgery – popped to shortstop with runners on first and third and one out. He hit into a double play his second time up, then grounded out in his final turn at the plate.

For the Royals, Raul Mondesi drove in two runs with a bloop single in the fifth, an inning in which Kansas City stole three bases. Dusty Coleman tripled home a run in the seventh.

Alex Gordon went 1 for 3 and Lorenzo Cain was 0 for 3.

Mike Trout went 0 for 2 with a walk for the Angels.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Junior Wesley Iwundu was selected to the All-Big 12 Third Team as well as the league’s All-Defensive Team, while freshmen Barry Brown and Dean Wade were named to the All-Newcomer Team, as the league office announced its annual men’s basketball awards on Sunday.   Senior Buddy Hield highlighted the individual awards announcement, as he earned the league’s Player of the Year honor for the second straight season to go with his unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection. Texas’Prince Ibeh and Oklahoma State’s Jawun Evans were announced as the Defensive Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, respectively, while Iowa State’s Deonte Burton and West Virginia’s Jaysean Paigewere unanimously selected as the Newcomer of the Year and the Sixth Man Award winner.   Texas Tech’s Tubby Smith was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year for the first time.   The All-Big 12 awards are selected by league’s 10 head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.   Iwundu, who earned All-Big 12 honors for the first time in his career, becomes the 13th Wildcat in school history and the first since 2014 to earn recognition to the All-Big 12 first, second or third team. He also became the fifth Wildcat to be named to the All-Defensive Team since 2010 and the first since 2013. Brown and Wade are the first Wildcat duo to be honored on the All-Newcomer Team and just the third and fourth overall.   The only Wildcat to start all 31 games, Iwundu has been impressive across the board this season, as he ranks first or second in eight statistical categories, including first in field goals (133), free throws made (98) and attempted (139), assists (3.7 apg.) and minutes (32.5 mpg.). He is also second in scoring (11.9 ppg.), double-figure scoring games (23) and steals (1.3 spg.). For the season, he has averaged 11.9 points on 47.8 percent shooting with 4.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.3 steals in 32.5 minutes per game. He has led the Wildcats in scoring seven times, in assists 17 times and in rebounding five times.   One of the league’s most versatile players, Iwundu ranks in the Top 15 in seven different Big 12 categories, including assists (7th), minutes played (9th), field goal percentage (10th), assist-to-turnover ratio (11th) steals (13th), scoring (15th) and free throw percentage (15th). He also finished in the Top 10 in four Big 12 categories in league-only games, including steals (4th), assists (6th), free throw percentage (7th) and assist-to-turnover ratio (10th).   Iwundu is just the fifth player in school history to tally at least 750 points, 350 rebounds and 200 assists in a career, joining Tyrone Adams (1978-82), Rolando Blackman (1977-81), Askia Jones (1989-94) and Ed Nealy(1978-82).   One of only a handful of true freshmen to play in every game this season,Brown and Wade both have proven to be vital components for theWildcats this season, as they have played in all 31 games, including starting together in the last seven contests.   Wade ranks third on the team in scoring (9.8 ppg.), field goals made (104), double-digit scoring games (15), offensive rebounds (62) and rebounding (5.1 rpg.), while connecting on 43.3 percent from the field (104-of-240) in 26 minutes per game. Brown is tops in both 3-point field goals made (45) and attempted (129) to go with averages of 9.0 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.2 steals in 25.4 minutes per game.   Wade became the eighth Wildcat freshman to tally 300 or more points in a single season, joining the likes of Michael Beasley, Curtis Redding,Marcus Foster, Bill Walker, Mike Evans, Jacob Pullen and Rolando Blackman. He ranks among the school’s Top 10 in seven freshmen categories, including fourth in starts (29), sixth in free throws (73), seventh in minutes (805), eighth in points (303), ninth in blocks (17) and 10th in rebounds (158) and field goals attempted (240).   Brown also ranks among the school’s freshman leaders in a number of categories, including the second-most 3-point field goals by a rookie in school history and the fifth-most steals (38). He places sixth in field goals attempted (273), eighth in minutes (788) and ninth in 3-point field goal percentage (34.9). He was even more impressive in Big 12 play, averaging 10.5 points on 37.8 percent shooting (68-of-180), 34.5 percent (30-of-87) from 3-point range, to go with 3.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.4 steals in 29.9 minutes per game.   Kansas State (16-15, 5-13 Big 12) will be the No. 8 seed in this week’s Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship at the Sprint Center in Kansas City and will play No. 9 seed Oklahoma State (12-19, 3-15 Big 12) in the tournament’s opening game at 6 p.m. CT on Wednesday on ESPNU.   –www.kstatesports.com– ———— TOM GILBERT Associate Director for Athletics Communications | K-State Athletics

Two-time defending Big 12 Conference tournament champion Iowa State is going into this season’s tournament as the No. 6 seed.

No. 1 Kansas was already set as the No. 1 seed after clinching its 12th consecutive regular-season title earlier in the week. No. 10 West Virginia wrapped up second place with a 69-58 win at No. 19 Baylor on Saturday.

The Big 12 tournament opens Wednesday in Kansas City, when eighth-seeded Kansas State takes on ninth-seeded Oklahoma State, with the winner advancing to play the Jayhawks on Thursday. Seventh-place Texas Tech takes on last-place TCU, with the winner moving on to play the Mountaineers.

In the other quarterfinal games Thursday, Iowa State takes on third-seeded Oklahoma; and fourth-place Texas takes on No. 5 seed Baylor.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press the Kansas City Chiefs voided the contract of veteran linebacker Tamba Hali, who took a pay cut with a reworked deal to remain with the team last season.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity Saturday because the Chiefs aren’t allowed to discuss contract matters.

Hali had four voidable years added to his one-year contract so that the team could spread out his signing bonus, thereby creating additional salary cap space last offseason. But the contract also stipulated the Chiefs had until Friday to sign Hali to an extension, otherwise he would become a free agent.

Despite dealing with a bothersome knee much of last season, Hali had 6 1-2 sacks and was voted to his fifth consecutive Pro Bowl. The 10-year veteran will turn 33 in November.

The Kansas City Star first reported that Hali’s contract was voided.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Wes Washpun scored 20 points and Jeremy Morgan sank the go-ahead 3-pointer in overtime Saturday to lift fourth-seeded Northern Iowa past top-seeded Wichita State 57-52 and into the championship game of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.

Trailing by a point with two minutes left in overtime, Northern Iowa (21-12) got a free throw from Morgan to tie it at 52 before he hit the go-ahead 3-pointer on an assist from Wyatt Lohaus. The Panthers then forced a turnover and Washpun hit a jumper to extend the advantage to five with 18 seconds left.

Markis McDuffie missed a 3-pointer at the other end and Klint Carlson hauled in the defensive rebound to clinch it.

Northern Iowa trailed most of the game but stayed close and forced overtime with Wyatt Lohaus’ layup to tie it at 47 at the end of regulation.

Anton Grady led Wichita State (24-8) with 14 points and Ron Baker had 12.

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) – Ian Kennedy pitched two innings in his debut with the Kansas City Royals, who have lost four in a row to begin spring training after falling 7-6 to the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.

Kennedy, who signed a $70 million, five-year contract with the World Series champions over the winter, allowed one run and four hits while striking out three.

Adam Eaton went 3 for 3 with a home run, double and two RBIs for the White Sox. Avisail Garcia also drove in two runs, and Tyler Saladino homered off Ross Ohlendorf with Rob Brantly aboard in the sixth.

Eric Hosmer had two sacrifice flies for the Royals, while Alcides Escobar doubled and scored two runs.