The Kansas State Wildcats ( 3-2, 0-2  Big 12 ))led second-ranked TCU by 18 points at halftime Saturday night at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, 35-17, but the Horned Frogs roared back with 35 second half points to defeat the Wildcats 52-45.

K-State faced a fourth and one at the TCU ( 6-0, 3-0 ) with 1:52 remaining and down three points 45-42. The Wildcats took a timeout and then opted to have Jack Cantele try a field goal, which he successfully kicked to tie the game at 45-45.

Two plays into their next offensive series Horned Frogs quarterback Trevone Boykin completed a 55-yard pass to Josh Doctson for what proved to be the winning touchdown. Kansas State quarterback Joe Hubener was asked if he wanted the Wildcats to go for it on the fourth and one. “I wanted to go for it but that was the coaches call, and they felt our defense had the ability to hold them up, and they thought kick the field goal, hold them up, and go into overtime.”

On the field goal decision Bill Snyder stated, “Well, the options were run the ball or throw it, and we kicked the field goal. Obviously, the field goal was the wrong thing to do. But, that was one of those choices.” Snyder noted on the field goal choice, that it was a hard choice.

Earlier in the fourth quarter Boykin ran 69 yards for a TCU touchdown as well. He threw for 301 yards and touchdowns, and ran for 124 yards and two scores in the game.

Gary Patterson, TCU head coach, gave Kansas State credit. ” I mean the first half they kicked our butts, to be honest with you. I told our group how it was going to be if they came here and what it was like to play in Manhattan, Kansas and they didn’t believe me. Now they believe me.”

Patterson added he was proud of his group, noting they got defensive stops in the second half, a big interception for a touchdown, got a stop on K-State’s last drive, stops inbetween, and offensively did what they had to do.

Attendance for the game was 53,671.

Brock Barrett finished third and Johnathan Bowen fourth for the Wakefield Bombers in the five-team Lincoln Invitational cross country meet.

Those efforts helped propel the Bombers to a second-place team finish with a total score of 59 points, behind only Bennington who had the winning low team score of 33 points, and three points ahead of Natoma who finished third  with 62 points.  Wilson was fourth with 86 points, and Tescott fifth with 106 points.

Coach Ladd Braden said the Bombers ran up against 2A Bennington and 1A Natoma. According to several polls, Natoma is ranked first in the state in the 1A class. “Coming into this meet our main goal was to see how we would stack up against one of the best teams in our classification. Even before the race began, I could tell that our boys were ready to compete against them.”

Also for Wakefield, Jordan Colglazier finished 19th in 22:09, and Preston McCallum 20th in 22:38.

For the Wakefield girls Sierra Otto finished 28th in 33:29 and Cassidy Tiller 31st in 37:51.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Kansas State coach Bill Snyder has been working all week to get his players ready for one tough opponent when they receive second-ranked TCU at home Saturday evening.

The Horned Frogs are now 5-0 after routing Texas 5-0 last weekend and a winner of 21 of their last 27 conference road games.

Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m.

The game can be heard on KJCK AM 1420 , The Talk of JC.

DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ben Zobrist hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning, reliever Wade Davis got replay help for a key pickoff in the ninth and the Kansas City Royals rallied from a three-run hole to beat the Houston Astros 5-4 on Friday, evening their AL Division Series at a game apiece.

Kansas City took the lead when Alcides Escobar tripled off Will Harris (0-1) to open the seventh and Zobrist followed with his single through the left side.

Kelvin Herrera (1-0) and Ryan Madson each tossed a scoreless inning of relief for the Royals, and Davis came on to close it.

Davis walked Preston Tucker with one out. Pinch-runner Carlos Gomez was initially ruled safe when he made a dive back into first base, but the call was overturned upon review. Davis got Jose Altuve to ground out to end it.

Game 3 is Sunday at Houston. Astros ace Dallas Keuchel, who was 15-0 at home this season, starts against Edinson Volquez.

Friday’s Scores
By The Associated Press
PREP FOOTBALL

Abilene 35, Clay Center 14
Andale 27, Mulvane 7
Andover Central 44, Wichita Campus 34
Anthony-Harper-Chaparral 41, Douglass 12
Ashland 54, Stafford 6
Atchison 54, KC Wyandotte 14
Attica/Argonia 68, South Haven 12
Augusta 58, Rose Hill 10
Axtell 46, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 0
Beloit 66, Minneapolis 35
Bennington 32, Republic County 26
Bishop Miege 64, Blue Valley Southwest 14
Bonner Springs 55, Tonganoxie 6
Buhler 52, El Dorado 0
Burlingame 48, Rural Vista 26
BV North 42, Gardner-Edgerton 7
BV West 38, BV Northwest 35
Caldwell 48, Pretty Prairie 24
Central Burden 62, Oxford 16
Central Plains 62, Little River 16
Centre 42, Tescott 34
Chapman 14, Marysville 9
Chase 52, Sylvan-Lucas 6
Chase County 46, Herington 0
Cheney 27, Hutchinson Trinity 6
Cherryvale 37, Caney Valley 6
Cimarron 52, Elkhart 14
Clearwater 25, Circle 0
Colby 20, Norton 7
Columbus 43, Pittsburg 40
Concordia 27, Wamego 0
Council Grove 42, West Franklin 15
Crest 56, Hartford 46
Derby 62, Salina South 30
Dodge City 37, Hays 3
Drexel, Mo. 63, Jayhawk Linn 23
Ellinwood 64, Goessel 38
Emporia 40, Topeka Seaman 20
Eudora 59, Spring Hill 22
Eureka 41, Erie 6
Fort Scott 21, Independence 14
Fredonia 14, Humboldt 8
Frontenac 33, Girard 6
Galena 34, Baxter Springs 0
Garden City 55, Wichita East 7
Garden Plain 34, Bluestem 0
Goddard 33, Andover 31
Goddard-Eisenhower 25, Valley Center 19
Goodland 46, Russell 41
Greeley County 58, Cheylin 12
Halstead 50, Nickerson 6
Hanover 58, Lincoln 12
Hesston 14, Pratt 7
Hodgeman County 58, Trego 8
Hoisington 41, Smoky Valley 6
Holcomb 42, Lakin 13
Holton 63, Atchison County 6
Hugoton 33, Southwestern Hts. 8
Hutchinson 26, Salina Central 7
Hutchinson Central Christian 80, Cair Paravel 34
Jackson Heights 47, Valley Falls 16
Junction City 17, Manhattan 14
Kapaun Mount Carmel 28, Wichita North 7
KC Piper 35, KC Turner 25
Kiowa County 60, Pratt Skyline 14
Labette County 41, Riverton 7
Larned 42, Haven 6
Lawrence 63, Olathe South 7
Lawrence Free State 56, SM South 6
Lebo 56, Flinthills 6
Liberal 38, Great Bend 6
Linn 32, BV Randolph 22
Logan/Palco 54, Quinter 6
Louisburg 42, DeSoto 28
Lyndon 34, Osage City 28
Lyons 39, Hillsboro 6
Maize 54, Newton 34
Maize South 49, Coweta, Okla. 42
Marais des Cygnes Valley 38, Waverly 12
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 44, Horton 0
McPherson 61, Winfield 0
Meade 69, Johnson-Stanton County 0
Mill Valley 63, Lansing 6
Minneola def. Bucklin, forfeit
Mission Valley 30, Wabaunsee 13
Moscow 54, Deerfield 8
Moundridge 21, Medicine Lodge 20
Nemaha Central 28, Jefferson West 15
Neodesha 27, Burlington 11
Ness City 48, South Gray 0
Northeast-Arma 34, Southeast 24
Northern Heights 34, Marion 24
Northern Valley 52, Thunder Ridge 20
Oakley 42, Hays-TMP-Marian 7
Olathe North 56, SM North 6
Olathe Northwest 50, SM Northwest 29
Olpe 40, Oswego 6
Osawatomie 53, Central Heights 0
Osborne 54, Clifton-Clyde 6
Otis-Bison 52, Fairfield-Cunningham 0
Ottawa 19, Santa Fe Trail 16
Paola 34, Baldwin 6
Parsons 27, Chanute 20
Peabody-Burns 36, Madison/Hamilton 20
Perry-Lecompton 53, Hiawatha 0
Pike Valley 74, Frankfort 50
Pittsburg 56, Arkansas City 0
Plainville 38, LaCrosse 20
Pleasant Ridge 38, Oskaloosa 6
Prairie View 33, Anderson County 8
Rawlins County 68, Stockton 40
Riley County 31, St. Mary’s 14
Riverside 57, Doniphan West 6
Rock Hills 52, Oberlin-Decatur 6
Rossville 59, Centralia 13
Royal Valley 20, Sabetha 12
Salina Sacred Heart 47, Inman 14
Scott City 35, Ulysses 0
Sedgwick 34, Phillipsburg 32
Silver Lake 41, Rock Creek 14
SM East 48, Leavenworth 7
SM West 42, Olathe East 14
Smith Center 34, Ell-Saline 0
Solomon 50, Canton-Galva 0
Southeast Saline 30, Ellsworth 6
Spearville 52, Dighton/Healy 6
St. Francis 50, Hill City 0
St. James Academy 48, Coffeyville 0
St. Paul 62, Pleasanton 14
St. Thomas Aquinas 35, Blue Valley Stillwell 13
Sterling 28, Kingman 27
Syracuse 44, Sublette 6
Topeka 37, Shawnee Heights 7
Topeka Hayden 47, Topeka West 28
Triplains-Brewster 12, Hoxie 6
Troy 61, Maranatha/Immaculata (FB) 23
Udall 40, Sedan 38
Uniontown 56, Marmaton Valley 8
Valley Heights 19, Onaga 6
Victoria 52, St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 6
Wakefield 68, Lakeside 20
Wallace County 46, Wheatland-Grinnell 0
Washburn Rural 55, Highland Park 0
Washington County 56, McLouth 0
Wellsville 26, Iola 6
Weskan 54, Golden Plains 26
West Elk 64, Cedar Vale/Dexter 14
Wichita Bishop Carroll 47, Wichita Southeast 14
Wichita Collegiate 35, Wellington 8
Wichita Heights 48, Wichita West 38
Wichita Home School 48, St. John’s Military 0
Wichita Independent 51, Belle Plaine 6
Wichita Trinity 47, Conway Springs 22
Wilson 52, Burrton 6
Yates Center 38, Remington 26

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals at their own game Thursday night, relying on sharp pitching from Collin McHugh and stingy defense behind him for a 5-2 victory in the opener of their AL Division Series.

McHugh (1-0) allowed four hits, including a pair of solo homers by Kendrys Morales, while pitching around a 49-minute rain delay. The right-hander lasted six innings before turning the game over to his bullpen, which scattered just three runners over the final three frames.

Tony Sipp, Will Harris and Oliver Perez got the game to Luke Gregerson, part of Oakland’s wild-card collapse in Kansas City last year. He handled the ninth to earn the save.

George Springer and Colby Rasmus went deep for the homer-happy Astros, but they also scored via the same sort of small ball the Royals used in reaching the World Series last season.