MANHATTAN, Kan. – The K-State baseball team fell behind by three runs after the first-inning-and-a-half on Friday while West Virginia’s Ross Vance walked six but surrendered just three hits in a complete game as the Wildcats dropped the second game of the series, 5-3, to the Mountaineers at Tointon Family Stadium.

 

K-State (13-15, 2-6 Big 12) managed to put a runner on base in all but one inning against Vance, but the redshirt junior forced K-State to go 2-for-16 with runners on and strand five.

 

“(Vance) got us last year, doing the same thing to us,” said K-State baseball head coach Brad Hill about the left-hander, who allowed one run in a seven-inning start against the Wildcats on April 27, 2014 in Morgantown. “He got to us early and frustration started to set in. There were not good adjustments by our hitters either. In the last three innings, we got some decent at-bats. We needed those at-bats, though, in the fourth inning – the second time through the order.”

 

The Mountaineers (17-11, 3-5 Big 12), who had 10 hits in the game, jumped on K-State starting pitcher Brandon Courville early, using back-to-back RBI hits with two outs in the first to make it 2-0. In the second, a leadoff double by Caleb Potter was converted into a run when Cam O’Brien hit an RBI single.

Chris Kutz

Assistant Director — Athletics Communication

 

KANSAS CITY –The Kansas City Chiefs will begin phase one of the offseason program on Monday, April 20 at The University of Kansas Hospital Training Complex according to a release from the team.

To kick off the start of the program, Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid will be made available to the media along with select players, including quarterback Alex Smith.

Additionally, the Chiefs will hold rookie minicamp from May 16-18. Organized Team Activities begin on May 26 and the club’s mandatory minicamp will be held June 16-18.

The club will hold a pre-draft press conference with General Manager John Dorsey on Friday, April 24 at 11:30 a.m. at The University of Kansas Hospital Training Complex.

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The Junction City Blue Jay baseball team picked up an 8-4 win over Emporia in game one of a doubleheader at Rathert Field. In game two Emporia defeated the Blue Jays 5-1.

Junction City coach Drew Biery commented on the first game win. “I think our guys came out ready to play. They had a really good approach. They put the pressure on right away.”

The Blue Jays jumped on top 5-0 in the bottom of the first inning and didn’t give up any runs until the sixth inning. Kris Quidachay pitched five innings to get the win.

Game two was tied 1-1 after five innings. Biery noted a close play at the plate did not go in favor of the Blue Jays that gave Emporia a 2-1 lead.  Then after that the Blue Jays made some mistakes.

The Blue Jays travel to Topeka High next Friday.

The Junction City Lady Jay softball team edged Emporia ( 0-2 ) in game one of a doubleheader in Emporia 2-1, with Katie Hollibaugh getting the pitching victory. Kalie Solis knocked in both Lady Jay runs with a double.

In game two the Junction City bats exploded enroute to a 23-1 victory over the Lady Spartans in four innings.

Coach Jeff Childs said in the second game the wind died down. In the first contest many of the hits were held up by the wind or floated. “When we hit it hard we hit it right at them. In the second game we started hitting gaps, and got some extra base hits.”

Junction City ( 3-1 ) hosts Topeka High next Friday.

The Junction City Lady Jay captured first place in the season opening JCHS Invitational Friday at Al Simpler Stadium. In the boys competition the Blue Jay boys team finished sixth out of seven teams in the meet.

For the Lady Jays Alana Kramer took 1st in the 100 meter hurdles in 17.24, Myrissa Humphreys first in the 1600 meter run, 5:47, 36 and Brianna Pace in that same event in 5:47.57.

Kramer, a freshman said that she was nervous going in but those nerves subsided after they got going and things turned out better than she thought,”I was pretty nervous at the beginning but eventually once we started going I wasn’t as nervous and I just did my best.”

Humphreys also said she was nervous going into her race,”but we had a lot of support from our coach, had a lot of support from our team. So I’m just happy I finished the race, getting first is just a bonus.”

Tyra Gosha captured second in the 400 meter run in 63.11, and third in the High Jump with a jump of 4’8.” Ayi-lissa Dotson was second in the high jump at 4’8.”  The 4 x 400 relay team finished first in 4:18.44, Raynell Wilson second in the Triple Jump at 32′ 10 3/4, and Jessyca Castro second in the Discus with a throw of 101 feet. The 4 x 100 relay team finished second in 53.42. Shamya Banks, Nateshia Smith, Kaitlyn Cross, and Raynell Wilson comprised that relay team.

For the Blue Jay boys the 4 x 800 meter relay team of Isiah Taylor, Evan Hallum, Anthony DelTufo, and Nick Arneson finished second in 8:44.18, Raye Wilson finished third in the 200 meter dash in 22.66 and Jovan Baldwin fourth in the same race in 22.71. Baldwin was also third in the 100 meter dash in 10.85.

Great Bend won the boys team title.

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Team Results

Girls:

–Junction City                       126

–Salina Central                        95

–Salina South                          84.5

–Great Bend                             80

–Shawnee Heights                 77.5

–Tonganoxie                           60

–KC Turner                              27

Boys:

–Great Bend                           127.33

–Shawnee Heights                107

–Salina Central                        97.66

–KC Turner                               66

–Salina South                            63

–Junction City                           61

–Tonganoxie                              34

 

 

 

 

The Junction City Lady Jay soccer team defeated Wichita West 2-0 Thursday night in Wichita.

Junction City is now 2-1 on the season.

The Junction City Blue Jay baseball team plays their home opener at Rathert Field Friday against Emporia.

The doubleheader begins at four p.m.

The first game will be broadcast on KJCK AM, The Talk of JC.

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The Lady Jay softball team will play at Emporia at 4 p.m.

On Thursday the Lady Jays defeated Salina Central 14-4 in 6 innings, and then lost to Clay Center 12-7 at Cleary Field in Junction City.

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The Blue Jay and Lady Jay varsity track teams host the JCHS Invitational at Al Simpler Stadium. The field events begin at 3:30 and the track events at 4:30 p.m.

Eight schools, including Junction City will have teams in the meet.

The Junction City Lady Jay softball team opened their season Thursday afternoon with a 14-4 win over Salina Central.

Salina Central opened the game with a 4-0 lead, after Haley Thomason hit a grand-slam in the top of the 1st inning off of Katie Hollibaugh. Salina Central would go on to not score any more runs in the game.

The Lady Jays did score one in the bottom of the 1st, but it wasn’t until the 3rd inning when Junction City came alive batting through their lineup and scoring seven runs to go up 8-4.

Junction City got the bats going again in the 5th inning scoring five runs to go up 13-4, once again batting through their lineup.

After a three up, three down top of the 6th inning the Lady Jays were able to score one more run in the bottom of the 6th to win via a run rule of the Lady Mustangs 14-4.

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In game two Clay Center used a seven-run inning to open up a big lead on the Lady Jays, but starting in the fifth inning, trailing 10-0,  Junction City started closing the gap. They did so with Lindsey Kramer collecting two hits, doubles by Britney Childs and Jamia Bell, and ohits by Olivia Diestelkamp, Katie Holibaugh, and Cortney Maury.

The Lady Jays wound up on the short end of the final score, though 12-7.

Junction City plays a doubleheader at Emporia on Friday.

 

KANSAS CITY -The Kansas City Royals will continue to offer free Wifi throughout Kauffman Stadium according to a media release.

The free WiFi platform was initially available at the end of the 2014 regular season and throughout the playoff run to the 2014 World Series. At its peak last year during the playoffs, the platform handled more than 16,000 devices connected at the same time.

The Royals and Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) are providing venue-wide internet connections thanks to the additional of nearly 600 access points placed throughout the K.

In a news release the team said the new system will provide coverage at every seat and in every corner of the venue inside the gates at Kauffman Stadium.

The team says WiFi will continue to serve as an important foundation for the MLB.com “At Bat” and “Ballpark” applications, Royals social media platform engagement, seat upgrades, digital ticketing initiatives, and open fan use with their favorite content and applications. To access, fans can connect to “RoyalsWiFi” on their wireless device once inside the stadium.

The Royals and Major League Baseball remind fans that safety remains paramount and ask all fans at Kauffman Stadium to remain attentive to the action on the field at all times.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Wichita State and head coach Gregg Marshall have reached an agreement on a deal that will keep him at the school, multiple sources said on Wednesday.

The deal is for seven years and is worth $3 million per year, sources said.

Marshall met with Alabama officials earlier in the week in Wichita. A source told ESPN’s Jeff Goodman that the school was making an offer in the neighborhood of $4 million per year.

Marshall had been the top choice of the Crimson Tide to replace Anthony Grant, who was fired last month.

“I received word tonight that Coach Gregg Marshall has chosen to remain the head basketball coach at Wichita State,” said Alabama director of athletics Bill Battle in statement. “I fully respect his decision and wish him and his family all the best. My objective in this search is focused on one goal: to get the best person available to lead the Alabama men’s basketball program. I remain determined to bring to our program a proven head coach with impressive credentials, one who understands and values our program, wants to lead our program, and is excited about what can be accomplished at the University of Alabama.”

Marshall said last year he was “very happy” at Wichita State, saying “it would take something really big” for him to leave. The Shockers have gone to four straight NCAA tournaments and advanced to the Sweet 16 two of the past three seasons.