LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Kansas quarterback Montell Cozart is out with a shoulder sprain and Deondre Ford is done for the season with a thumb injury, forcing freshman Ryan Willis to start Saturday’s against No. 3 Baylor.

Jayhawks coach David Beaty made the announcements Monday.

The Jayhawks (0-4) also lost top quarterback Michael Cummings to a season-ending knee injury during the spring game. Cozart was injured in last Saturday’s loss at Iowa State, while Ford was hurt in a game at Rutgers, when Cozart was already sidelined by an illness.

Willis filled in for Cozart on the final few series against the Cyclones, going 8 of 16 for 100 yards. Before that game, his only experience was two plays in the opener against South Dakota State.

The Bears (4-0) were already 42-point favorites.

The Saint Xavier Middle School Lady Rams volleyball team lost two matches in a triangular last Thursday.

The Lady Rams fell to Veritas Christian 25-8, 25-21 and to Eisenhower Middle School 25-9, 25-18.

 

The Big 12 Conference and ABC/ESPN have announced that Kansas State’s October 17 home game against No. 10/9 Oklahoma will kick off at 2:30 p.m., and will be televised on either ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2.

The afternoon kickoff is the fourth day game for Kansas State this year at at least the ninth straight at home against the Sooners dating back to 1993.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Big 12 Conference and Kansas State officials have been notified by the league’s television partners that K-State’s game this Saturday, October 10, in Manhattan against third-ranked TCU will kick off at 6:30 p.m., and be televised nationally by FOX.

 

It is the first time this season K-State will play on FOX and the third time in the last four years the network will televise the K-State vs. TCU game. K-State won at TCU, 23-10, in 2012 but fell last year in Fort Worth, 41-20. K-State holds a 13-7 record all-time on FOX.

 

Standing-room only tickets are available for the game against the Horned Frogs and those tickets may be purchased by contacting the K-State Athletics Ticket office online at www.k-statesports.com, by phone at 1-800-221-CATS or at the main ticket office inside Bramlage Coliseum.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Andy Dalton added to his streak of impressive game and big plays, throwing a 55-yard touchdown pass on the run, and the Cincinnati Bengals stayed unbeaten with a 36-21 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

The Bengals (4-0) matched the third-best start in franchise history, two wins shy of the club record.

Dalton has been the thread throughout the wins, ascending to the top of the AFC passer list. He had another spot-on day, completing 17 of 24 for 321 yards with the long touchdown pass to Brandon Tate during a scramble.

It was another rough day all around for Kansas City (1-3). Alex Smith was sacked five times, the Chiefs settled for Cairo Santos’ club-record seven field goals, and the defense couldn’t keep up with another one of the NFL’s top passers.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Salvador Perez added to his career-best home run total, Johnny Cueto tossed five solid innings and the Kansas City Royals secured home-field advantage throughout the postseason by beating the Minnesota Twins 6-1 on Sunday.

Perez hit his 21st homer in the third inning, one behind Kendrys Morales and Mike Moustakas for the team lead.

Cueto (4-7 with Royals, 11-13 overall) allowed one run over five innings, helping the Royals finish on a five-game winning streak.

The right-hander, whose transition to the AL since a trade from Cincinnati has hardly been smooth, surrendered six hits and four walks. Cueto struck out the last two batters to leave the bases loaded in the fourth after giving up an RBI single to Danny Santana.

The defending AL champion Royals (95-67) posted their best regular-season record since the 1980 team went 97-65.

Ricky Nolasco (5-2) started for the Twins for the first time since May 31 and lasted only 2 2-3 innings.

Myrissa Humphreys led the Junction City Lady Jays in the JCHS cross country invitational at Milford State Park Saturday with a fifth place finish in 19:47.2.

Humphreys wanted to get off to a good start in the race. “Get into a good pack that would carry me to the one mile because coach always says that the one mile, where you are then is pretty much where you’re going to finish. So I just wanted to get in a good place then.”

Fifth place in a 10-team meet is a good finish. “Yeah it is, I tried to get that 4th but it kind of slipped away from me. But I’m verry happy with fifth place.”

Briona Jensen of Junction City finished 13th 10:55.6.

The top individual runner was Gabriela Reyna of Manhattan in 18:51.8.

In the team competition Manhattan captured first place with the low score of 29 points. Junction City finished fourth with 110 points.

Manhattan won the j-v girls competition, while Junction City finished third out of six teams.

In the boys varsity race Jackson Schroeder of Manhattan claimed first place in 16:16.4 while teammates Cooper Schroeder and Josue Alvarado finished third and fourth respectively in 16:32.5 and 16:46.6.

For Junction City the top finisher was Miguel Espinosa in 24th in 17:46.8 and Nick Arneson finished in 27th 17:56.5.

Manhattan won the j-v boys race while Junction City finished fifth out of ten teams.

Manhattan won the team title with a score of 31 points while the Blue Jays finished 8th with 172.

 

By The Associated Press

PREP FOOTBALL
Abilene 30, Chapman 0
Andale 46, Wellington 0
Andover Central 37, Goddard-Eisenhower 13
Ashland 68, Bucklin 14
Atchison 39, KC Schlagle 19
Atchison County 32, West Franklin 31
Attica/Argonia 59, Caldwell 0
Augusta 21, Galena 6
Axtell 30, Frankfort 24
Baxter Springs 62, Quapaw, Okla. 0
Bishop Miege 56, BV West 20
Blue Valley Southwest 34, BV Northwest 28
Bonner Springs 52, KC Piper 0
Buhler 48, Rose Hill 0
Burlingame 58, Lebo 12
Burlington 24, Fredonia 7
BV North 28, Blue Valley Stillwell 27
Cedar Vale/Dexter 54, Oxford 8
Central Burden 72, Udall 22
Central Plains 52, Canton-Galva 0
Chanute 32, Independence 27
Chase 56, Wilson 6
Cherryvale 20, Neodesha 14
Chetopa 58, Altoona-Midway 0
Cimarron 40, Hays-TMP-Marian 20
Clay Center 27, Wamego 19
Columbus 40, Riverton 14
Concordia 27, Marysville 13
Conway Springs 33, Wichita Independent 12
Council Grove 20, Osage City 12
Crest 60, Elk Valley 8
Derby 57, Newton 0
DeSoto 27, Spring Hill 24
Dodge City 51, Great Bend 7
Doniphan West 55, Maranatha/Immaculata (FB) 20
Douglass 14, Belle Plaine 6
Elkhart 28, Sublette 12
Ellis 20, LaCrosse 18
Ellsworth 32, Minneapolis 25
Emporia 42, Shawnee Heights 14
Eudora 48, Basehor-Linwood 21
Fort Scott 35, Prairie View 6
Garden City 42, Liberal 6
Garden Plain 35, Anthony-Harper-Chaparral 30
Girard 35, Southeast 8
Goddard 29, Valley Center 6
Halstead 64, Sterling 6
Hanover 50, Rock Hills 16
Hartford 58, Southern Coffey 12
Hays 16, Wichita South 0
Hesston 55, Haven 8
Hill City 38, Clifton-Clyde 32
Hodgeman County 50, Dighton/Healy 36
Hoisington 42, Kingman 0
Holcomb 44, Colby 12
Hoxie 70, Wheatland-Grinnell 20
Humboldt 47, Eureka 20
Hutchinson 35, Maize 7
Hutchinson Central Christian 52, Wichita Life Prep 14
Hutchinson Trinity 19, Ell-Saline 7
Ingalls 60, Moscow 12
Iola 41, Central Heights 6
Jayhawk Linn 27, Northeast-Arma 6
Jefferson West 52, Hiawatha 0
Junction City 36, Washburn Rural 13
Kapaun Mount Carmel 45, Wichita Southeast 21
KC Harmon 32, KC Washington 16
KC Sumner 20, KC Wyandotte 18
Labette County 55, Coffeyville 18
Lakin 26, Johnson-Stanton County 0
Lansing 29, KC Turner 7
Larned 35, Lyons 13
Lawrence 42, SM South 0
Lawrence Free State 32, SM East 20
Linn 66, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 34
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Louisburg 24, Baldwin 7
Lyndon 39, Oswego 14
Maize South 55, Arkansas City 14
Manhattan 50, Topeka West 7
Marais des Cygnes Valley 56, Marmaton Valley 6
Marion 14, Chase County 13
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 22, Christ Preparatory Academy 19
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Meade 48, Syracuse 6
Medicine Lodge 56, Bluestem 6
Minneola 50, Fairfield 0
Mission Valley 16, Herington 6
Moundridge 21, Inman 0
Mulvane 55, Circle 7
Nemaha Central 27, Holton 13
Northern Heights 21, Yates Center 0
Norton 65, Plainville 28
Oakley 48, Wichita County 0
Olathe North 48, Leavenworth 23
Olathe Northwest 42, SM North 22
Olpe 68, Remington 29
Osawatomie 49, Anderson County 24
Osborne 68, Lakeside 0
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Otis-Bison 50, Thunder Ridge 0
Paola 10, Ottawa 7
Peabody-Burns 62, Flinthills 12
Perry-Lecompton 28, Sabetha 14
Phillipsburg 54, Bennington 8
Pike Valley 52, BV Randolph 6
Pittsburg 41, Parsons 7
Pittsburg Colgan 28, Frontenac 21
Pleasant Ridge 48, Horton 7
Pratt 27, Nickerson 20
Pratt Skyline 22, Macksville 18
Pretty Prairie 50, Norwich 0
Riley County 36, Rock Creek 34
Rossville 57, St. Mary’s 13
Royal Valley 27, Riverside 12
Rural Vista 54, Madison/Hamilton 14
Russell 42, Southwestern Hts. 16
Salina Central 51, Wichita Campus 13
Salina South 49, Andover 0
Satanta 52, Fowler 6
Scott City 47, Hugoton 7
Sedgwick 44, Salina Sacred Heart 14
Silver Lake 41, Winfield 7
SM West 46, Olathe South 7
Smith Center 40, Republic County 22
Smoky Valley 35, Hillsboro 12
Solomon 46, Ellinwood 20
South Barber 32, South Haven 22
South Central 44, Kiowa County 13
Southeast Saline 21, Beloit 6
Spearville 46, Ness City 0
St. Francis 20, Rawlins County 14
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 42, Stafford 6
St. Joseph Christian, Mo. 58, Independence Home School 3
St. Thomas Aquinas 30, Gardner-Edgerton 7
Staley, Mo. 28, Mill Valley 21
Stockton 66, Quinter 20
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Troy 51, Jefferson North 16
Ulysses 49, Goodland 22
Uniontown 66, St. Paul 20
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Wallace County 24, Triplains-Brewster 6
Washington County 32, Centralia 6
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Wellsville 14, Santa Fe Trail 7
Weskan 44, Cheylin 26
West Elk 20, Sedan 9
Wichita Bishop Carroll 48, Wichita North 7
Wichita Collegiate 35, Clearwater 0
Wichita Heights 41, Wichita East 7
Wichita Trinity 19, Cheney 7
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Erie vs. Caney Valley, ppd. to Oct 3.