Jordan Glacken of Junction City is holding a 55-pound Flathead Catfish caught at the Milford Lake Outlet Tube area. The fish was caught Thursday.
Outdoorsman Rick Dykstra submitted the picture and noted with the increased water outflow ( currently at 8,000 cubic feet per second ), the fish tend to bite better.
A new multiyear agreement among Kansas State University, K-State Sports Properties and Pepsi-Cola of Manhattan, KS will keep Pepsi as the official beverage provider to the university and K-State Athletics.
The contract continues a longtime relationship between K-State and Pepsi, which retains its rights as the exclusive beverage provider to the university’s campuses and athletic facilities. The new contract, reached through a competitive bid process, is effective July 1 and continues through June 30,2022. Pepsi has held exclusive pouring and vending rights iwth the university since 2000.
Funding from the contract will continue Pepsi’s support of campus recycling efforts and scholarships as well as supplying students organizations and campus entities with free Pepsi products for various events.
The University and K-State Sports Properties will also continue their long-standing relationship with Gatorade, a division of PepsiCo, as K-State Athletics’ official sports fuel provider. Inside the new Vanier Football Complex at Bill Snyder Family Stadium will be the Gatorade Fuel Badr, which will provide Gatorade product to all 450-plus Wildcat student-athlets, highlights the importance of proper nutrition and contributes to K-State’s goal of providinga world-class student-athlete experience.
Pepsi-Cola of Manhattan, Kansas is the family-owned Pepsi franchise serving northeast Kansas.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Kansas guard Kelly Oubre, Jr., was the overall No. 15 choice of the Atlanta Hawks in the 2015 NBA Draft at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn Thursday.
This marks the sixth-straight season a Jayhawk has been selected in the first round. Historically, Oubre becomes the 77th player to be drafted in Kansas men’s basketball history and the 19th in the Bill Self-era.
“Whoever winds up getting me, I’m definitely going to give them 110 percent effort,” Oubre told the ESPN audience after hearing he could be traded to the Washington Wizards. “I want to show everybody what I can do and be great someday.”
An All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection, Oubre averaged 9.3 points and 5.0 rebounds for the Jayhawks in 2014-15. A member of the 2015 Big 12 All-Newcomer Team, the New Orleans native with a 71-inch wingspan, was second on the KU squad with 41 steals and led the Jayhawks in steals 11 times during the season.
Oubre started 27 games for KU including the last 26 contests, missing only Senior Night as Jayhawk senior Christian Garrett replaced him against West Virginia (3/3).
Named one of 10 finalists for the USBWA Wayman Tisdale Award honoring the top freshman in the country, Oubre was a two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week in 2014-15. He recorded three games of 20 or more points, including a career-high 25 points against TCU in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship, March 12, at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He also recorded three double-doubles on the season.
Kansas posted a 27-9 overall record in 2014-15 and won its 11th-straight, 15th Big 12 and NCAA-leading 58th overall conference regular-season championship with a 13-5 league record. The Jayhawks had the toughest schedule in the nation and its 10 victories against Associated Press nationally-ranked teams at tip were the most for KU in a season. Kansas faced 16 ranked teams at tip which were four more than the previous high for a season set three times (1994-95, 2002-03 and 2011-12). Included were 2015 Final Four teams Kentucky and Michigan State.
Rossville put two men on base in the top of the ninth, but a fly ball to deep right field by Cade Bunnell was caught by Junction City’s Noah Arni, allowing the Brigade to hold on for a 5-3 baseball win over the Rattlers Thursday night at Rathert Field.
Noah Draper turned in a strong performance on the mound for Junction City.
Coach Seth Wheeler said the reason Junction City won the game is because of Draper. He noted Draper went six innings on the mound. He gave up only one run despite four errors by the Brigade in the field.
Junction City and Rossville will play again Friday and Saturday nights at 7 p.m. at Rathert Field.
The Junction City Brigade defeated Rossville 5-3 Thursday night at Rathert Field.
They continue their home stand by hosting the Rattlers again Friday and Saturday evenings at 7 p.m.
The Topeka Golden Giants will visit Junction City for a doubleheader at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Baldwin City Blues will play the Brigade at Rathert Field at 7 p.m. Monday, and on Wednesday, July 1, the Golden Giants will return to play Junction City in single nine inning game.
SEATTLE (AP) – Mike Moustakas hit a two-run home run and Omar Infante had a three-run double in a seven-run fourth inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 8-2 on Wednesday night.
Alcides Escobar opened the fourth with a single to right off Roenis Elias (4-5), who had retired the first nine batters. Moustakas followed with his seventh homer over the right-field wall.
The Royals would score five more, all with two outs. Infante unloaded the bases with his double to left, then Jarrod Dyson and Escobar each followed with left-field RBI doubles.
Escobar had three hits – two in the fourth – and scored twice. Moustakas had three hits and two RBI.
Ryan Madson (1-1) worked 1-plus inning of hitless relief for the win.
Ten Kansas State football players have earned preseason honors as various college football magazines have released their Preseason All-american and All-Big 12 teams.
Seniors Dante Barnett and Cody Whitehair both received All-Big 12 accolades from all the major preseason publications, which include Athlon, Lindy’s Sporting News and Phil Steele. Whitehair was also named a Preseason All-American by Athlon, while Lindy’s named him the eighth-best offensive tackle in the nation. Lindy’s also touted Barnett as the fourth-best safety in the country entering 2015.
In addition to earning Peseason First Team All-Big 12 honors from Phil Steele, Gronkowski was regarded as the ninth-best NFL talent in the Big 12 according to Lindy’s.
Other KSU players garnering Preseason All-Big 12 recognition include defensive tackle Travis Britz, Kick Returner Morgan burns, punt returner Dominique Heath, linebacker Elijah Lee, place kicker Matthew McCrane, cornerback Danzel McDaniel and fofensive lineman Boston Stiverson.
Ryan Lackey — kstatesports.com
University of Kansas Athletics
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Shorter shot clock and longer three-point range – but basketball is basketball. Frank Mason III’s 28-point performance served as the perfect reminder that the long wait between seasons is over. Kansas began its dual role as the USA National Team in a 91-83 exhibition victory against Team Canada Tuesday night inside Sprint Center.
In April 2014, Kansas was selected to represent the United States in the 2015 World University Games (WUG). More than a year of planning later, the Jayhawks and a collection of Canada’s best university players met in Kansas City to finally get things underway. Both teams fielded a 12-man roster per WUG regulations, which paired 10 American-born Jayhawks with SMU’s Nic Moore and Florida Gulf Coast’s Julian DeBose to complete the USA roster. Both teams used the exhibition matchup to prepare for the official international competition in Gwangju, Korea, July 3-14.
While Canada brought along a full complement of veterans, the Jayhawks had their own. Mason led the charge. The Jayhawk point guard chalked up 17 points in the final frame alone to finish with 28 on the night, a career-high number had the game been official. His nine field goals (9-for-14) also would have marked a personal best, accompanying his 8-for-8 mark at the free throw line, six rebounds and five assists.
All-Big 12 senior-to-be Perry Ellis led all players at the half with 10 points and trailed Mason with 17 for the game. Fellow senior Jamari Traylor put up a double-double, unofficially the second of his career, with 12 points and 10 rebounds. His four blocks would have also marked a career-best. Wayne Selden, Jr. chimed in with 13 points, all of which were crucially timed in helping Kansas erase a 10-point deficit.
Canada saw four different players reach double digits, led by Chris McLaughlin’s 15. The visitors were dangerously efficient throughout the entire first half, heading to the lockerroom with the lead and a 47 percent shooting efficiency. Where the Jayhawks shot a rocky 1-for-9 from three-point range in the first half, Canada rolled off 5-of-11 from long range.
Armed with a live-game tutorial of the rule changes, head coach Bill Self and the Jayhawks shot 45.5 percent (15-for-33) in the second half and held Canada to 31.4 percent (11-for-35). From behind the arc, Kansas upped its makes to 44 percent and shut Canada down to a meager 2-for-10. On the glass, Kansas outdid the scrappy visitors (49-42) and did the same in the assists column (19-14).
Moore, the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, runs the point at SMU, making his partnership with Mason a dynamic one. Both collected five assists apiece, while Selden led the floor with six dimes.
The Junction City Reds Babe Ruth 14 and Under baseball team rolled to a 5-1 record in recent days, and ran their season mark to 8-3.
Coach Denver Kell said the Reds finished second in the Chapman Tournament. “We played Minneapolis in our first game, and then we took out Hays in the second game, and then we lost by one run to Chapman in the championship round by a score of 7-6.
Kell noted the entire team played well. “Every time a ball was hit to a kid they were making plays. Devin Sharpston, Keeton Babcock, Jaden Kell, Griffin Opat made some hits, everybody was playing very well. It took a whole team effort to make it even to the championship game.
Then on Monday night in a doubleheader the Reds cruised by McPherson by the scores of 21-7 and 20-5. The Reds play a doubleheader at Abilene Wednesday evening. Game times are 6 and 8 p.m.
SEATTLE (AP) – Rookie Mike Montgomery tossed a four-hitter against the team that drafted him, Dustin Ackley singled, doubled and homered for his first three-hit game of the season and the Seattle Mariners beat the Kansas City Royals 7-0 on Tuesday night. 
Montgomery (2-2) became the second Mariners pitcher this season to toss a complete game, joining Felix Hernandez, and he became the 10th rookie in Seattle history to toss a complete game. Montgomery retired 17 straight batters at one point, striking out a career-high 10 and allowing only two base runners after the second inning.
Montgomery was originally drafted by the Royals, but was eventually traded to Tampa Bay before landing in Seattle via trade before the start of this season. He walked none and escaped a bases loaded jam in the first inning before overpowering Kansas City the rest of the way.