CHICAGO (AP) – A benches-clearing fight led to five ejections several innings before Eric Hosmer hit the go-ahead double in the 13th to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night.

With two outs, Hosmer’s hit off Chicago’s Jake Petricka (0-1) brought in Jarrod Dyson. Wade Davis then pitched a scoreless 13th for his fourth save, giving Franklin Morales (2-0) the victory.

Kansas City won for the fourth time in five games in a game in which tempers flared.

Yordano Ventura snagged a grounder from Chicago outfielder Adam Eaton and they appeared to exchange words before Ventura threw to first to end the seventh inning. Eaton was restrained from Ventura.

Players from both dugouts and bullpens ran onto the field and punches were thrown during a fight that lasted a couple of minutes.

The Friday schedule for Junction City High School sports teams finds:

–Lady Jay and Blue Jay track teams at the Manhattan Invitational at Cico Park.

–The Blue Jay golf team plays at the Salina Municipal Golf Course

 

Junction City downed Highland Park 15-0 in game one and 11-3 in game two of a baseball doubleheader at Highland Park.

The Blue Jays are now 6-6 on the season.

Tate Zimmerman was the winning pitcher for Junction City in game one, while Ashton Wiegand got the mound victory in game two.

Xavier DeGuzman had two hits in the doubleheader, and Bobby Khoury went 4-4 in the first game.

 

The Junction City Lady Jays scored 11 runs in game one of a doubleheader against Highland Park at Cleary Field, and went on to win 14-0 in five innings. The Lady Jays won 13-1 in five innings in game two. Both contests were called early due to a ten-run rule.

Junction City improved to 6-6 on the season while Highland Park fell to 2-10.

Katie Hollibaugh got the pitching win for the Lady Jays in game one, and Olivia Diestlekamp in game two.

Junction City plays at Seaman Tuesday.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Scott Eilert, K-State’s veteran director of video services for football, has been named the 2014-15 Big 12 Conference Video Coordinator of the Year in an announcement by the Collegiate Sports Video Association.

 

Eilert was selected by a majority vote of his peers in the Big 12 to receive the Conference Coordinator of the Year honor and is now a finalist for the prestigious Bob Matey National Video Coordinator of the Year award, which will be announced at the annual CSVA banquet onMay 14. Eilert previously won the Bob Matey award for his efforts during the 1999-2000 season with Kansas State.

 

“It’s a great honor to be recognized by my peers within the Big 12 and the CSVA,” said Eilert. “I thank Coach Snyder, the assistant coaches, staff and players for allowing me the opportunity to serve their needs. It’s always a good day to be a Wildcat, especially today.”

 

Eilert is completing his 23rd season as Director of Video Services for the K-State football program. Prior to his director role, Eilert spent one season with the Kansas City Chiefs as a video assistant and worked as a technical engineer for the Kansas City’s ABC affiliate KMBC. He is a 1991 Kansas State University graduate.

 

His department manages coaching video services for the Wildcat football team, and services include daily responsibilities of coordinating videotaping and editing of practices and weekly services including videotaping and editing K-State football games with assistance from six student staff members, one graduate assistant and one full time assistant.

 

A founding member of the Collegiate Sports Video Association (CSVA) and former executive officer of CSVA, he acts as conference representative to the Big 12 video coordinators.

 

 

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KENNY LANNOU
Assistant A.D. for Communications | K-State Athletics

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Pelfrey pitched seven scoreless innings to pick up his first victory since 2013 as the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 3-0 Wednesday night.

Joe Mauer reached base four times with two hits and two walks and scored a run.

Pelfrey’s last victory was Sept. 23, 2013, against Detroit. He went 0-3 in five starts last year before undergoing season-ending elbow surgery on June 10.

Pelfrey (1-0) gave up five singles, walked two, hit two batters and struck out four. It was his longest outing since he went seven innings against Texas on Aug. 31, 2013.

Glen Perkins got the last three outs for his third save

Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie (0-1) gave up all three runs and six hits with a career high-tying six walks in five innings.

The Twins scored all their runs in the first on three hits, two walks and a hit batter. Oswaldo Arcia was hit by Guthrie with the bases loaded to bring home Brian Dozier. Kennys Vargas and Dozier singled in the other two runs. Guthrie induced Kurt Suzuki to ground into a double play with the bases loaded to end the inning and prevent further damage.

The Twins loaded the bases in the second on Torii Hunter’s double and walks to Joe Mauer and Dozier. However, Hunter was out trying to steal home to end the inning.

Guthrie did not allow a run after the first, but he was never sharp, throwing only 50 percent strikes in 98 pitches.

Yohan Pino replaced Guthrie and threw three scoreless innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Twins: LHP Brian Duensing (right intercostal strain) started soft tossing Wednesday.

Royals: 2B Omar Infante (strained left groin) missed his third straight game. Manager Ned Yost said Infante could have played, but did not want to push him.

UP NEXT

Twins: RHP Phil Hughes (0-3, 5.30 ERA) starts against the Mariners on Friday.

Royals: RHP Yordano Ventura (2-1, 4.80 ERA), fined Tuesday for hitting Oakland’s Brett Lawrie Sunday, starts Thursday against the Chicago White Sox.

K-State Head coach Bruce Weber was optimistic and in generally good spirits when he met with the media for the first time since his Wildcats finished it’s 15-17 season with a loss to TCU in the Big 12 Championship Tournament on March 11th.

Not even two weeks after the end of the season Weber announced the dismissal of Marcus Foster and Tre Harris, and the transfer of Javon Thomas. Another two weeks went by and Nigel Johnson announced he would be transferring and just over a week after that announcement Weber announced the dismissal of Malek Harris. In all Kansas State has dismissed three players and seen three players transfer as Jack Karapetyan left the team during the season.

“This is not something that just happened,” Coach Weber said. “I’m just telling you, obviously there were suspensions during the year and we addressed them, so people were aware.”

Both Foster and Malek Harris were suspended for a three games this past February. Weber would not go into detail about why the two, and Tre Harris were dismissed from the team. All three were players recruited by Weber, who said that despite having to dismiss those players he doesn’t plan on changing his recruitment style.

“Obviously you try to do your due diligence as far as doing background checks and knowing something about the young men. But a lot of things can happen to change young men. It’s the disappointing part of the job and the hard part. It’s not the fun part. Tough love is really hard if your a parent, if you’re a teacher, if you’re a coach, if you’re a boss and you have to provide tough love and discipline, it’s not a fun thing and it’s a difficult thing.”

Kansas State returns just five scholarship players leaving plenty of room for a large recruiting class, which Weber is excited for,”we feel like we’ve got guys that are excited to be here.”

Weber is looking forward to a six man recruiting class made up of three star athletes including the Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year Dean Wade of St John. He is still hoping to add one more player this off season.

“As I said we’re going to have to have a couple of guys without some experience step up, but it can happen and I feel good about the group that is coming in and they’re excited about coming here.”

Current sophomore Wesley Iwundu and junior Justin Edwards are expected to step up and be two of the top players on next year’s team. Iwundu averaged 5.8 points per game last season and ranked second on the team for assists. Edwards finished the season averaging 6.3 points per game and led the team in steals.

Junction City High School is turning to a pair of JCHS graduates to guide the future fortunes of Lady Jay volleyball and basketball.

On Wednesday Matt Westerhaus, Athletic Director, introduced G.G. Booth ( Gaskin ) as the new head coach in volleyball, and Derek Petty as the new leader of the Lady Jay basketball program. “G.G. a 98 graduate of Junction City High School, and Derek Petty a 1983 graduate of Junction City High School.”

Petty stated, “This is what I’ve been wanting since the moment I started coaching basketball…to come back to Junction City, my high school, and give back to my school and my community.”

Petty played football and basketball at JCHS in the early 1980’s.  He has spent the past seven years as the head boys basketball coach at Sierra Pacific High School in Hanford, California. He also served as an assistant boys basketball coach at Junction City High School under former Blue Jay coach Felix Grimmett.

“Coach Grimmett, he gave me my first shot to start coaching. I learned a lot from him. He was very well organized.  I believe we had one of the first I-70 League championship teams in school history.”

Petty will also serve as a Behavior Support Specialist for JCHS.

Booth is also a former player for JCHS, and in recent years has served as an assistant coach in multiple sports.  She is already well acquainted with the volleyball players.  She noted the incoming senior class is the first group of girls she has worked with since their freshman year. “They know my coaching style, they know my expectations, they’ve been involved with me in multiple different sports. The best part about it is, we’re excited.”

Booth noted six seniors are expected to return to the volleyball program next season. “That’s going to be a big thing in volleyball.”

Booth has been an assistant volleyball coach at JCHS for five years, and is currently the media specialist at Junction City High School.

Both coaches formally begin their duties August first.

 

 

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – One thing that has become clear during David Beaty’s first spring in charge of the Kansas football program: He likes to get things done at lightning pace.

He wants guys running between drills. He wants them moving quickly from one play to the next in practice. He wants them hustling in and out of the huddle at a sprint.

Perhaps it will all pay off with a quick turnaround.

The new-look Jayhawks are preparing for a public unveiling in their annual spring game on Saturday. Beaty, who had been the wide receivers coach at Texas A&M, know what it takes to win at Kansas. He was part of Mark Mangino’s staff during their most recent run at glory.

LINCOLN, Neb. – The K-State baseball team surrendered seven extra-base hits among the 12 total safeties by Nebraska on Tuesday as the Wildcats fell for the third-straight game with a 10-4 loss at Hawks Field.

 

The Wildcats (18-21) trailed early, allowing seven runs between the second and fourth innings, and were not able to plate their first run off the Huskers (30-13) until the sixth. The loss gives the season series to Nebraska, which has beaten K-State three games in a row dating back to April 15, 2014.

 

The first three pitchers used by K-State surrendered the bulk of the 10 runs, with starter Levi MaVorhis taking the loss after allowing three runs on one hit and three walks in 1 1/3 innings. Mark Biesma, who allowed two of MaVorhis’ runners to score when he entered with the bases loaded in the second, surrendered two runs in one inning pitched while Jackson Douglas was responsible for two runs on three hits in two innings.

 

Nebraska, which had six extra-base hits among its first seven hits in the game, had a pair of run-producing doubles in the second, two solo home runs in the third and two more RBI doubles in the fourth.

Chris Kutz

Assistant Director — Athletic Communications