Kansas State will meet the UCLA Bruins in the Valero Alamo Bowl January 2.

–This will be the 18th bowl game in KSU history

–Kansas State has played in the Alamo Bowl on one prior occasion, losing to Purdue 37-34 in 1998.

–The Bruins and Wildcats are both 9-3

–K-State finished the regular season with a No. 11 ranking, while UCLA is ranked 14th

–The University confirmed K-State’s seating allotment for the Alamo Bowl includes a total of 12,000 tickets. All fans who placed a pre-order will receive the number of tickets that were requested. The K-State Athletics Ticket Office will work over the next week to assign specific seats based on the athletic department priority points and mail pre-ordered tickets. Detailed information regarding bowl ticket order fulfillment has been emailed to fans who placed a pre-order.

–Public tickets for K-State fans who did not place a pre-order are available now at the K-State Online Ticket Office at www.kstatesports.com/tickets and through the K-State Athletics Ticket Office in Bramlage Coliseum or via phone at 1-800-221-CATS starting Monday at 8:30 a.m.

–The University reported the location for K-State’s ticket allotment at the Alamodome is among the best of any bowl game with prime seating locations both on the lower ( $120 ) and upper ( $75 ) sections of the stadium.

–Student tickets, priced at $75 for upper level and $120 for lower level, will go on sale beginning at 3 p.m. Thursday to ICAT members, while all remaining students can purchase tickets beginning Friday at 8:30 a.m.

–The K-State Alumni Association will also provide official travel packages to the bowl game. You can visit the Alumni Association’s official bowl travel page — https://k-statesporttours.com — for travel package information.

The Kansas State Wildcats will play UCLA in the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas Friday, January 2.

K-State officials confirmed the football bowl bid Sunday afternoon.

K-State coach Bill Snyder said playing a Jim Mora coached football team will be a great challenge for Kansas State, and one he’s sure the Wildcat players will get invested in.

The Wildcats finished ranked 11th in the final college football playoff poll, while the Bruins were ranked 14th. Both teams won nine games this season.

Kansas State and UCLA have met two times in recent years. In 2009 the Bruins defeated the Wildcats 23-9 but Kansas State defeated the Bruins in 2010 31-22. Since that time there has been a coaching change at UCLA, with Jim Mora assuming the head coaching duties.

The kickoff time for the Valero Alamo Bowl has been scheduled at 5:45 p.m. on January second. The game will be played in the 65,000 seat Alamodome in San Antonio.

 

WACO, Texas — Bryce Petty threw for 412 yards, Johnny Jefferson had two touchdown runs and sixth-ranked Baylor claimed a share of its second consecutive Big 12 title with a 38-27 win over ninth-ranked Kansas State on Saturday night.

The Wildcats (9-3, 7-2 Big 12, No. 9 AP) now have to wait to find out their bowl destination on Sunday afternoon.

Senior quarterback Jake Waters threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns for K-State, including one to senior wide receiver Tyler Lockett which broke the school record for touchdown catches, held by Lockett’s father, Kevin. Lockett finished with a career high 14 catches for 158 yards.

Petty completed 34 of 40 passes with a touchdown and an interception, a week after getting knocked out of the Bears’ last game with a concussion.

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Dodge City jumped out to an 11-0 lead early in the contest, and never trailed enroute to a 54-34 win over the Junction City Lady Jays in basketball at the Shenk Gym on Saturday.

Jessie Harshberger of Dodge City scored 11 points in the first quarter, and finished the game with 19 to lead her team to the win, their first of the season.

A’kia Fain and Ally McKenzie both had 8 points for Junction City, now 0-2.

The Lady Jays host Great Bend next Friday ( Dec. 12 ) night.

Robert Terriquez of Dodge City scored the first varsity basketball point of his career when he it a free throw with one-half of one second remaining in overtime. That made free throw lifted Dodge City to a 63-62 overtime victory over the Junction City Blue Jays at the Shenk Gym.

Terriquez went one for five at the free throw line, but the one make was oh so important, giving the Red Demons their first win of the season, and spoiling the home opener for Junction City.

The Blue Jays had the ball coming out of a timeout with 10.9 seconds remaining and the game tied at 62, but couldn’t get a final shot down. In the scramble for the ball in the closing seconds a foul was called on Junction City with one half second remaining, putting Terriquez at the free throw line.

After the game Junction City coach Pat Battle didn’t point to the final second developments in connection with the loss. Dodge City rallied from a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime. Battle noted “the loss came with poor shot selection in the fourth quarter” and “defensive breakdowns in the fourth quarter.”

Dodge City took a six point lead in overtime 62-56, but the Blue Jays used their defense to create turnovers and battled back to get the game tied, and give themselves a chance to win in the closing seconds, only to come up short

Junction City was  led in scoring by T. J. Poole with 22 points. He hit four three-point shots in the game.  The Blue Jays, 0-2, host Great Bend next Friday ( Dec. 12 ) night at the Shenk Gym.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Josh Richardson scored 17 points Saturday as Tennessee withstood a late 3-point onslaught from Marcus Foster in a 65-64 victory over Kansas State.

Tennessee (3-3) had a 10-point lead with less than 2 minutes remaining before Kansas State made five 3-pointers in the last 1 minute, 35 seconds. Foster sank four 3-pointers in the final minute and finished with 23 points.

The Volunteers held Kansas State (4-4) without a basket for a stretch of nearly 11 1/2 minutes during the first half and forced 22 turnovers.

Foster went 7 of 14 from 3-point range for Kansas State. Jevon Thomas had 13 points and Nino Williams added 10 for Kansas State.

This represented the first meeting between these two programs and the final game of this season’s SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The Big 12 won six of its 10 head-to-head matchups with the Southeastern Conference this week.

The Junction City Blue Jays and Lady Jays both dropped their season openers at Salina Central
Friday night.

In the boys game the Blue Jays struggled to stop  Central post player Jordan McNelly inside, and the Mustang’s Brayden Neuschafer keyed a third-quarter run with a trio of three-point baskets to push Salina Central past Junction City 82-72.

McNelly poured in 25 points to lead the Mustangs in scoring. Still, the Mustangs led by only six points at halftime, but led by the shooting of Neuschafer Salina Central upped that margin at one point in the second half to 19 points.

Neuschafer finished with 18 points, and teammate Rashun Allen also scored 15.

T. J. Poole led the Blue Jays with 19 points.

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In the girls game four Salina Central defeated Junction City 63-48. Four Salina Central players scored in double figures. Emma Cain came off the bench to score 15 points. She was followed by Bailey Driver with 14 points, followed by Keisha Hamilton with 11, and Marysa Bradshaw with 10.

Junction City got 14 points from Kealee Rains, but turnovers and foul problems plagued the Lady Jays.

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Junction City boys and girls basketball teams host Dodge City Saturday afternoon at the Shenk Gym.  The girls varsity game is scheduled at 2 p.m. and the boys contest at 3:45.

Both games can be heard on the Talk of JC, KJCK AM.

 

By The Associated Press
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 73, Smoky Valley 55
Andover Central 53, Salina South 37
Attica 56, Argonia 36
Augusta 66, Goddard 43
Beloit 66, Concordia 51
Bennington 62, Lincoln 30
Bishop Seabury Academy 91, Topeka Heritage Christian 25
Central Plains 49, Hoisington 37
Centralia 55, Valley Falls 36
Chanute Christian 53, St. Xavier 29
Chetopa 36, St. Paul 33
Clearwater 46, Kingman 44
Conway Springs 52, Chaparral 37
Doniphan West 45, KC Christian 42
Ellsworth 47, Lyons 39
Eudora 48, Spring Hill 45
Eureka 73, Humboldt 72, OT
Fowler 62, Pawnee Heights 26
Goodwell, Okla. 66, Rolla 32
Hartford 74, Altoona-Midway 16
Hesston 76, Buhler 71
Holcomb 73, Liberal 64
Inman 66, Goessel 48
Jackson Heights 50, Immaculata 27
Jefferson West 47, Royal Valley 43
Kapaun Mount Carmel 48, Wichita Heights 46
KC Washington 53, Topeka West 35
LaCrosse 54, Kiowa County 38
Larned 63, Pratt 57
Lawrence 64, Emporia 43
Logan 52, Triplains-Brewster 29
Louisburg 57, Pittsburg 52
Maize 70, Valley Center 62
Maize South 60, Andover 46
Manhattan 69, Dodge City 61
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 60, Horton 59
McPherson 81, El Dorado 29
Meade 55, Elkhart 44
Minneola 50, Cunningham 32
Minnesota Academy for the Deaf, Minn. 72, Kansas Deaf 10
Moundridge 50, Little River 38
Ness City 66, Macksville 30
Oberlin-Decatur 79, St. Francis 66
Olathe East 58, BV North 55
Olathe Northwest 62, Washburn Rural 56, OT
Osage City 59, Council Grove 51
Otis-Bison 53, Wilson 23
Ottawa 68, St. James Academy 54
Oxford 51, Fairfield 41
Parsons 69, Anderson County 32
Pawnee City, Neb. 38, Frankfort 22
Pike Valley 48, Rock Hills 42, OT
Pittsburg Colgan 43, Frontenac 27
Plainville 68, Smith Center 64
Pleasant Ridge 64, Oskaloosa 45
Riverton 67, Cherryvale 44
Rock Creek 71, Clay Center 46
Sabetha 52, Holton 39
Shawnee Heights 80, KC Turner 57
SM North 65, Blue Valley Southwest 63
SM West 54, SM Northwest 47
Southeast Saline 59, Marion 31
Southwestern Hts. 66, Lakin 64
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 65, Natoma 47
St. Thomas Aquinas 59, Omaha Skutt Catholic, Neb. 56
Sterling 58, Berean Academy 56
Sublette 81, Kinsley 42
Uniontown 66, Marmaton Valley 34
West Elk 65, Cedar Vale/Dexter 43
Wichita Campus 49, Goddard-Eisenhower 47
Wichita Northwest 75, Wichita West 55
Wichita Trinity 65, Cheney 57
Hays City Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
DeSoto 61, Colby 37
Newton 50, Hays-TMP-Marian 47
Semifinal
Hays 54, Great Bend 50
Olathe North 60, Garden City 58
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 51, Smoky Valley 25
Andover Central 57, Salina South 24
Arkansas City 47, Winfield 43
Atchison County 39, Perry-Lecompton 32
Beloit 56, Concordia 50
Bennington 44, Lincoln 27
Blue Valley Stillwell 46, Olathe East 35
Bluestem 37, Belle Plaine 25
Bonner Springs 54, Basehor-Linwood 39
Cedar Vale/Dexter 52, West Elk 11
Central Plains 57, Hoisington 31
Centralia 55, Valley Falls 36
Chase County 59, Peabody-Burns 17
Cherryvale 48, Riverton 29
Cimarron 51, Ulysses 31
Conway Springs 47, Chaparral 14
Dighton/Healy 48, Trego 23
Doniphan West 47, KC Christian 20
Douglass 58, Wichita Independent 44
Ellinwood 63, Russell 40
Emporia 59, Lawrence 48
Fowler 52, Pawnee Heights 15
Fredonia 55, Neodesha 50
Garden Plain 68, Medicine Lodge 20
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 32, Osborne 24
Goddard 50, Augusta 25
Goessel 44, Inman 35
Hartford 66, Altoona-Midway 6
Hesston 54, Buhler 38
Holcomb 64, Liberal 52
Hutchinson Trinity 55, Haven 53
Ingalls 65, Moscow 44
Iola 40, Girard 35
Jackson Heights 48, Immaculata 32
Jefferson North 57, McLouth 31
Jefferson West 42, Royal Valley 38
Kapaun Mount Carmel 39, Wichita Heights 25
KC Washington 47, Topeka West 37
Kingman 59, Clearwater 15
Labette County 68, Rose Hill 40
LaCrosse 41, Kiowa County 34
Lawrence Free State 61, Topeka 44
Maize 63, Valley Center 22
Manhattan 58, Dodge City 25
Maranatha Academy 44, Lone Jack, Mo. 42
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 31, Horton 27
McPherson 72, El Dorado 33
Meade 69, Elkhart 28
Mill Valley 58, KC Bishop Ward 30
Minnesota Academy for the Deaf, Minn. 43, Kansas Deaf 21
Moundridge 51, Little River 14
Ness City 61, Macksville 28
Oberlin-Decatur 51, St. Francis 30
Olathe Northwest 72, Washburn Rural 65
Olpe 56, Santa Fe Trail 27
Otis-Bison 42, Wilson 40
Oxford 41, Fairfield 3
Parsons 48, Anderson County 40
Pawnee City, Neb. 58, Frankfort 54
Pittsburg 49, Louisburg 35
Pittsburg Colgan 51, Frontenac 46
Pleasant Ridge 55, Oskaloosa 21
Remington 55, Halstead 32
Rolla 50, Goodwell, Okla. 28
Sabetha 44, Holton 30
Salina Central 63, Junction City 48
Salina Sacred Heart 23, Solomon 22
Sedgwick 37, Ell-Saline 30
SM Northwest 48, SM West 31
Smith Center 46, Plainville 31
South Central 63, Satanta 33
South Haven 55, Udall 25
Southeast 44, Oswego 15
Southeast Saline 48, Marion 25
Southwestern Hts. 31, Lakin 25
Spring Hill 59, Eudora 28
St. James Academy 54, Ottawa 51
Sterling 51, Berean Academy 22
Stockton 42, Hill City 40
Sublette 75, Kinsley 63
Topeka Heritage Christian 29, Bishop Seabury Academy 22
Triplains-Brewster 48, Logan 47
Valley Heights 45, Riley County 40
Wakefield 46, Sylvan-Lucas 42
Wamego 57, Rossville 42
Washington County 65, Clifton-Clyde 27
Wheatland-Grinnell 52, Cheylin 37
Wichita Campus 67, Goddard-Eisenhower 63
Wichita Northwest 58, Wichita West 14
Wichita South 82, Wichita Southeast 13
Hays City Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Hays 44, Colby 40
Hays-TMP-Marian 45, Olathe North 41
Semifinal
DeSoto 46, Great Bend 39
Newton 43, Garden City 30
Lawrence Free State Tournament
Olathe South 55, Topeka Seaman 43
Waverly Tournament
Waverly 61, Cair Paravel 59

LAWRENCE, Kan. – David Beaty, the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at Texas A&M, has been hired as the head football coach at the University of Kansas. Beaty arrives in Lawrence with more than 20 years of coaching experience, including two previous stints as an assistant coach with the Jayhawks.

Kansas will formally introduce Beaty at a press conference Monday, Dec. 8 at 9:30 a.m.

A native of Garland, Texas, Beaty takes over the KU program after spending the three previous seasons as the Aggies’ wide receivers coach. He also served as A&M’s recruiting coordinator during the 2013-14 seasons.

“I am very excited to be back at Kansas,” Beaty said. “I am especially excited that Clint Bowen has agreed to stay on as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. Clint will be a huge part of our success going forward and I am fortunate to have him on my staff.”

“David Beaty is well-respected in the football community and brings to KU great vision, passion and energy,” Kansas Athletics Director Sheahon Zenger said. “He has a bright football mind and is known as one of the best recruiters in the nation.”

“I am pleased to welcome Coach Beaty back to the Jayhawk family,” Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said. “He is an outstanding fit for the University of Kansas and his work to build a competitive football program will advance our athletics department and the reputation of KU nationally.”

Under Beaty’s tutelage, the Texas A&M wide receivers have been a record-setting group. With first-team All-American Mike Evans leading the way in 2013, the Aggies set team records for receiving yards, receiving touchdowns and completion percentage. Evans set the A&M record with 1,394 receiving yards and matched the receiving touchdowns record with 12. He also shattered and re-broke the single-game receiving record with 279 yards vs. Alabama and 287 yards against Auburn. Evans went on to become the Aggies’ first wide receiver to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. Texas A&M was the only team in the nation with four 50-catch, 600- yard receivers in 2013.

In 2012, the Aggies had six wideouts who produced 19 or more catches, including more than 70 each by senior Ryan Swope and Evans.

Beaty came to Texas A&M after serving as offensive coordinator at both Kansas and Rice. He was the co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at KU in 2011, and helped develop one of the Big 12’s top all-purpose threats in wideout D.J. Beshears.

Beaty spent the 2010 season as the offensive coordinator at Rice, where he helped the team average 28.7 points and 375.3 yards per game. Prior to his second stint at Rice, Beaty was the wide receivers coach at Kansas during the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

During his first tour at KU, he helped receivers Kerry Meier and Dezmon Briscoe develop into NFL-caliber players. Meier, who was taken in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft, received All-Big 12 accolades in 2008 and 2009, while Briscoe, a sixth-round selection in the 2010 NFL Draft, was an All-American and first team All-Big 12 pick in 2009. In 2008 five different KU players produced a total of 15 100-yard receiving games. Among the school records set by KU wide receivers in 2008 were season receptions, game receptions, season yards, game yards, and season touchdowns.

Beaty spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons as the wide receivers coach at Rice. In 2006 he served as passing game coordinator as the team made its first bowl game in 45 years (the New Orleans Bowl). He had two players – Jarett Dillard and James Casey – drafted by NFL teams following the 2007 season. Dillard ranked in the top-25 nationally in both receptions and yards in 2007, and he led the nation in touchdown receptions (21) in 2006.

Prior to joining the Owls’ staff, Beaty was a successful head coach at MacArthur (Irving, Texas) High School from 2002-05, where his teams posted a 33-11 record and won two district titles. He earned several coach-of-the-year honors while at MacArthur.

Beaty began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Naaman Forest High School in Garland, Texas, from 1994-96. He was also an assistant at Garland High School from 1997-2000. Garland claimed the Class 5A Division II state title in 1999.

Beaty assumed his first head coaching job at North Dallas High School in 2001. He coached there for one season, posting a 6-4 record, before taking over at MacArthur.

Beaty is a 1994 graduate of Lindenwood (St. Charles, Mo.) College, where he played football and served as a team captain from 1992-93. He was a four-year starter at wide receiver and led the team in receptions for three-straight seasons. He played both football and soccer at Garland (Texas) High School where he graduated in 1989.

Beaty and his wife, Raynee, have two daughters, Averie (15) and Alexa (10).

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT DAVID BEATY

Texas A&M Head Coach Kevin Sumlin
“David is a great recruiter, a great coach and a great man. He was one of the first people I hired at Texas A&M and he’s been a huge part of what we’ve been able to accomplish here. He’s earned this opportunity to be a head coach, and I believe he will do a tremendous job with the Jayhawks.”

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Wide Receiver Mike Evans
“Coach Beaty is one of the most genuine people I’ve ever known, and he really cares about his players. On the field, he’s a great coach with a lot of energy and he’s fun to be around. He will always push you to be your best.”

NFL and Kansas All-American Wide Receiver Dezmon Briscoe
“Coach Beaty is a players’ coach, but he knows when to be serious. He is not afraid to put his foot down and tell you what you are doing wrong. He won’t let you sit around and be mediocre. He wants greatness from you.”

“Coach Beaty developed me as a receiver, but he also developed me as a man. When he came to KU he took me under his wing and really helped me mature off the field. We have a great relationship and still communicate to this day.”

NFL and Rice All-American Wide Receiver Jarett Dillard
“Coach Beaty was a great mentor and coach for me during my time at Rice. He was a very valuable asset to our program. He helped develop me as a patient route runner and receiver who could handle the pressure that was going to come from defenses keying on me. It was a breath of fresh air to learn the game from someone who really understands both the mental and physical aspects of coaching football.”

David Beaty Coaching Experience
1994-97 Naaman Forest HS (Texas) Assistant Coach
1997-00 Garland HS (Texas) Assistant Coach
2001 North Dallas HS (Texas) Head Coach/Athletic Coordinator
2002-05 Irving MacArthur HS (Texas) Head Coach/Athletic Coordinator
2006-07 Rice Passing Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers
2008-09 Kansas Wide Receivers
2010 Rice Offensive Coordinator
2011 Kansas Co-Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers
2012 Texas A&M Wide Receivers
2013-14 Texas A&M Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator

Personal Information
Hometown: Garland, Texas
Education: 1994 – Bachelor’s Degree from Lindenwood College
Family: Wife – Raynee and daughters Averie (15) and Alexa (10)

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Wayne Selden Jr. scored 21 points, Cliff Alexander added 12 off the bench and No. 11 Kansas used a massive second-half run to overcome an 18-point deficit and beat Florida 71-65 Friday night.

Frank Mason III also scored 12 points and Perry Ellis finished with 10 for the Jayhawks (6-1), who trailed 39-24 at halftime before using a brutally effective 17-0 surge to seize control.

Kansas wound up out-scoring the Gators 47-26 in the second half.

Devin Robinson scored 13 points and Chris Walker had 12 for Florida, which is off to its worst start through seven games since it also started 3-4 during the 1990-91 season.