Al Simpler Stadium at Junction City High School will be the site for the Centennial League Track & Field Championships on Thursday ( May 14 ).

In addition to JCHS, teams from Manhattan, Seaman, Washburn Rural, Hayden, Emporia, Topeka High, Topeka West, Highland Park, and Shawnee Heights high schools will be competing.

Field events are scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m., Prelims in the running events at 4:30 p.m., and the Finals on the track at 6:30 p.m.  The meet is scheduled to end with the presentation of team trophies at 10:30 p.m.

Royals edge Tigers 2-1 in 10 after long delay

DETROIT (AP) – Greg Holland worked out of a bases-loaded, nobody-out jam in the bottom of the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals held on for a 2-1 win over the Detroit Tigers early Monday in a game that was delayed 103 minutes by rain.

Omar Infante’s sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th put the Royals ahead, but Holland allowed a single and two walks to start the bottom half. Hernan Perez – batting because Miguel Cabrera had been removed for a pinch-runner the previous inning – bounced into a 5-2-3 double play, but another walk to Victor Martinez loaded the bases again.

Holland then struck out Yoenis Cespedes for his sixth save in six chances.

Jason Frasor (1-0) got the win, working out of a bases-loaded jam of his own in the ninth.

Angel Nesbitt (0-1) took the loss.

The inaugural season of K-State women’s soccer debuts in the fall of 2016.

K-State Athletics broke ground on new practice and competition fields on Saturday.

The new home for soccer will be located just south of Tointon Family Stadium as two grass fields consisting of a Bermuda surface, new irrigation and drainage system are being constructed on the current site of the former football practice fields.  The first phase of the project will be completed by July.

Both soccer and football will utilize the space as a practice field on the east side of the site. The soccer competition field is being along College Avenue on the west side of the site.

The cost of the initial phase of the project is estimated at $2.1 million and will be totally funded by department-generated revenue.

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Coach Michelle Elliott

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Despite being outhit, 16-5, K-State managed to put the game-tying run in scoring position in the ninth inning of Saturday’s contest against Oklahoma, but four runs in the first four innings proved too

much in a 5-3 loss at Tointon Family Stadium that evened the three-game series.

In a game that featured a 108-minute weather delay in the middle of the seventh inning, K-State (24-26, 8-12 Big 12) surrendered 16 hits to tie its season-high allowed in a game, but the Wildcat pitching staff forced the Sooners (31-22, 12-8 Big 12) to go 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position and strand 11 on base to keep the game within three runs after the fourth.

“The line today – you see five runs on 16 hits – our pitchers did a great job of making a pitch when they had to make a pitch,” said K-State head coach Brad Hill. “Normally when you see 16 hits on the board, there are going to be eight or nine runs. Our pitchers at least kept it close so our offense had a shot.”

The Wildcats entered the ninth trailing 5-2 and having been retired 13 batters in a row, but a leadoff infield single by Shane Conlon followed up by a single from Jake Wodtke put two runners on with no outs. After Tyler Moore struck out, Max Brown hit a grounder to Oklahoma shortstop Sheldon Neuse, who threw the ball into the Sooner dugout to allow Brown to reach but, more importantly, score Conlon. The next two batters, pinch-hitter Dom Thornton and Keith Browning, were retired by Oklahoma closer Jacob Evans, though, as Brown and Wodtke were stranded at second and third, respectively.

“Our guys just competed hard today,” said Hill. “That last inning, you sit here and think it’s going to be over, and the next thing you know, get a couple of mistakes and you have the tying-run at second base. You have huge momentum and feel like someone is going to get that hit to tie it up.”

Offensively, the Wildcats had one hit in seven opportunities with runners in scoring position, with that one safety being Moore’s RBI single in K-State’s two-run fourth. The junior plated Tyler Wolfe, who reached with a leadoff single to precede the first of Conlon’s two hits on the day. Conlon later scored in the frame on a squeeze bunt laid down by Brown that closed K-State’s deficit to 4-2.

Oklahoma used two home runs to help it build the early 4-0 lead, including a two-run solo shot by Chris Shaw in the second and a two-run homer by Hunter Haley in the fourth. The Sooners added a two-out run in the third as well, with Anthony Hermelyn driving in Joshua Ake to bring the score to 2-0.

Oklahoma opened up a three-run lead in the seventh when Kolbey Carpenter hit a leadoff double off Lucas Benenati. A passed ball moved Carpenter to third, where he was driven in on a sacrifice fly hit by Hermelyn.

Benenati, who threw 2 2/3 innings on the day, recorded two of his four strikeouts in the seventh before lightning struck in the area to force the game into a delay.

Freshman Jackson Douglas took the loss in his first career start as the left-hander scattered six hits over 2 2/3 innings while allowing two runs.

Oklahoma starting pitcher Robert Tasin moved to 8-2 on the season as he limited K-State to two runs on three hits and two walks in six innings. The right-hander, who was lifted from the game after 114 pitches and the weather delay, also struck out five.

For the seventh straight weekend series, K-State will play the series finale with the set on the line as the Wildcats and Sooners will meet in the rubber match on Sunday at 1 p.m. Colton Kalmus will toe the rubber for K-State, facing Oklahoma’s Alec Hansen.

NOTES

Tyler Wolfe’s single in the fourth extended his on-base streak to 15 games, which ties Steve Serratore for the third-longest by a Wildcat this season.

The Wildcats dropped to 4-6 in the second game of a three-game series this season.

The last time K-State allowed 16 hits in a game was on March 15 vs. Missouri State. The Wildcats lost the series finale to the Bears, 10-7.

Release courtesy Chris Kutz, Assistant Director, Athletics Communications

DETROIT (AP) – Alcides Escobar homered on the first pitch of the game and made a sparkling catch on Miguel Cabrera’s line drive two innings later, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 6-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.

Jeremy Guthrie (2-2) allowed two runs in 7 1-3 innings for the Royals, who moved back into first place in the AL Central. The Tigers had taken a half-game lead by beating the Royals in a sloppily played series opener Friday night.

Anibal Sanchez (2-4) allowed six runs and nine hits in six innings, his ERA rising to 5.44 on the young season. He came into the game with a 1.40 ERA in eight career starts against the Royals.

Guthrie allowed fewer than three runs for the first time this year.

Ali Childs captured first place in the pole vault with a vault of 13’6 and Jaylene Brime finished first in the triple jump with a mark of 44’1′ for the Junction City Blue Jays on Friday at the Salina Central Invitational.

With those two athletes leading the way Junction City finished fourth out of 11 teams in the meet. The Blue Jays finished with 55 points, while team champion Manhattan had 108. Great Bend finished second with 89 points and Hutchinson third with 81.

In girls competition Manhattan won the meet with 115 pints while Junction City was seventh with 42 points.

Other highlights for the Blue Jay boys included a fourth place finish by Nick Arneson in the 3200 meter run in 10:33.86, fourth place finish by Bronson Hill in the long jump with a leap of 19’6″ Tracy Freeman fifth in the pole vault with a vault of 12’6,” Stephen Deveau fourth in the 1600 meter run in 4:38.95, Charles Winchester finished fifth in the 200 meter dash in 23.48, and Yves Cherubin was fifth in the 300 meter hurdles in 43.95.

For the Lady Jays Birona Jenson was second in the 1600 meter run in 5:41.62, Myrissa Humphreys second in t he 400 meter dash in 1:01.50, Alana Kramer fourth in the 300 meter hurdles in 49.66, and Brianna Pace third in the 800 meter run in 2:25.09.

Former K-State All Big 12 and All-American Ty Zimmerman of Junction City is one of 24 players invited to try out for a roster spot at the New York Jets rookie minicamp at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. 

The rookie minicamp opened Friday and continues through Sunday.

Zimmerman helped lead the Junction City Blue Jays to the 2008 Class 6A State Football Championship, and later was a four-year starter for Kansas State at safety where he was also a part of the 2012 Big 12 champion Wildcat team.

DETROIT (AP) – Reliever Yohan Pino, called up earlier in the day by Kansas City, threw wildly to first base, allowing Anthony Gose to score the winning run in the ninth inning as the Detroit Tigers beat the Royals 6-5 on Friday night.

Gose led off the ninth with a double on Pino’s first pitch, and on the next delivery, Ian Kinsler bunted down the third-base line. Pino (0-1) fielded the ball and threw wildly to first, allowing Gose to score the winning run.

Joakim Soria (2-0) earned the win with a scoreless ninth inning.

Tigers starter David Price allowed five runs and a career-high 13 hits before leaving the game in the seventh inning with a fluke injury. On the single by Alex Gordon that gave Kansas City a 5-4 lead, Price stepped on a discarded bat and appeared to injure his ankle.

DETROIT (AP) – The Royals placed left-hander Jason Vargas on the disabled list and reinstated shortstop Alcides Escobar from the seven-day concussion list.

Vargas allowed two runs over five innings Tuesday night and spent a long time in the trainer’s room after the game. The team said then his back was being treated. On Friday, his injury was listed as a left flexor strain.

The Royals also placed third baseman Mike Moustakas on the three-day bereavement list in a series of roster moves before opening a three-game set against the Tigers.

Recently acquired catcher Drew Butera joined the club following his trade from the Angels and right-hander Yohan Pino was recalled from Triple-A Omaha. Catcher Francisco Pena had been optioned to Omaha following Thursday’s win over Cleveland.