WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Wichita State has filled a significant void in the post by signing Cleveland State transfer Anton Grady to a financial aid agreement for next season.
Grady, who has already graduated, will be eligible to play his final season immediately. He averaged 14.3 points and a team-leading 7.9 rebounds last season.

The Shockers are losing power forward Darius Carter to graduation, and were already thin at the post. Grady fills that spot and he also gives Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall a player with experience in a lineup that returns the backcourt duo of Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker.

After beating Kansas to reach the Sweet 16 this past season, the Shockers will likely be ranked in the preseason Top 25 again this fall.

 

KSHSAA Board of Directors Meeting

TOPEKA, Kan. – Effective in the 2016-17 scheduling cycle, class 6A and 5A schools will no longer be assigned football districts following an adoption of a proposal to the Board of Directors submitted by those schools. During the coming year the Executive Board will determine the 6A and 5A playoff format which will feature 16 schools in a west bracket and 16 schools in an east bracket. Week nine’s game will begin the first round of postseason play in class 6A and 5A.

This will impact the Junction City Blue Jay and Manhattan Indian football programs, among others.

This will go into effect with the 2016 season.

For Junction City this will mean one more season of district play in the 6A football district that includes the Blue Jays, Wichita North, Wichita East, and Wichita Southeast. Then in 2016 the Blue Jays will play an eight game regular season schedule with playoffs beginning on week nine.

 

The Junction City Lady Jay soccer team went to double overtime Thursday night at Al Simpler Stadium against Topeka West.

Topeka West won the match 4-3.

Junction City hosts Manhattan Tuesday night.

The Junction City Lady Jay softball team led Topeka West 3-0 in the second inning, but couldn’t hold that lead enroute to a 14-5 loss to the Lady Chargers Thursday night in the capitol city.  Junction City Coach Jeff Childs confirmed that Topeka West scored 8 runs in the fifth inning.

Game two of the doubleheader was rained out.

The Lady Jays, 6-11, travel to Hayden Tuesday night.

 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber remained winless through seven starts this year, with Eric Hosmer hitting a three-run homer in the first inning that sent the Kansas City Royals over the Cleveland Indians 7-4 Thursday.

Kluber (0-5) matched the record for most winless starts by a pitcher after winning a Cy Young . Zack Greinke in 2010 and Frank Viola in 1989 also went seven in a row without a victory.

Kluber gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks in 5 2-3 innings, and left with a 5.04 ERA. In his past four starts, Kluber has a 7.43 ERA, yielding 38 hits and 19 earned runs in 23 innings.

The Cleveland ace went 18-9 with a 2.44 ERA last year.

Franklin Morales (3-0) won with two innings in relief.

Rain delayed the start of the game by two hours, 17 minutes.

Current Miami Heat basketball player and former Kansas State University Wildcat Michael Beasley will be hosting his first annual basketball camp this summer.

The camp will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 24-25 at Kansas State University’s Bramlage Coliseum and Training Facility. Childs from fifth grade to high school senior invited to attend.

The price toattend the two-day camp is $75 and includes a gift bag, lunch each day, and a t-shirt. Parents can register their children at https://michaelbeasleycamp.eventbrite.com

Beasley said he looking forward to making this an annual event.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The suspensions for Kansas City Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera have been cut by Major League Baseball from seven games to six.

Herrera began serving the penalty Thursday when the Royals hosted Cleveland.

The hard-throwing Herrera appealed after being suspended for two separate incidents.

Herrera’s five-game ban for throwing behind the back of Oakland’s Brett Lawrie last month was upheld. Herrera’s penalty for a brawl with the Chicago White Sox on April 23 was reduced from two games to one.

Herrera is 0-1 with a 2.19 ERA in 13 games. He pitched Tuesday and Wednesday against the Indians.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) – The Oklahoma Sooners will be on the road to Kansas State in Big 12 baseball.

OU and the Wildcats will play Friday night with afternoon games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Manhattan, Kansas.

OU is 30-21 on the season and 11-7 in Big 12 play while Kansas State is 23-25 overall and 7-11 in the Big 12.

The Big 12 will only need one championship trophy this season.

Conference officials have agreed to break a tie for first-place in the standings with head-to-head results.

Last season, Baylor and TCU both finished 8-1 in the Big 12 and were deemed co-champions, even though the Bears beat the Horned Frogs. After the conference had touted its full round-robin schedule and “One True Champion” slogan, the co-championship put the league and Commissioner Bob Bowlsby in an awkward spot. Both teams were also left out of the College Football Playoff.

That won’t be a problem anymore.

In the case of a tie between three or more teams, record among those teams will be used to determine a champion. The next step would be the record against the next highest ranked team and then scoring differential in games between the tied teams.

If none of those break the tie, a draw will be held at the league office to determine the champion.