The Kansas State Wildcats held the Texas Longhorns scoreless Saturday 23-0 as the Wildcats improved to 6-1 and 4-0 in the Big 12.

Kansas State’s Defense held Texas to under 200 yards of total offense, while recovering one fumble and holding them to a three and out on their first three possessions. Coach Bill Snyder said after the game that holding the Longhorns to a three and out on their first three possessions was major.

“That’s something that we try to get indoctrinated to the best we possibly can,” said Snyder. “Probably had some other opportunities to put a couple of pass interceptions on the ground, we can’t do that. There’s mistakes that are there but collectively we played well, played aggressively, pursued well, tackling was improved over last week. I was pleased.”

Offensively Kansas State put up 367 total yards offense, 224 yards passing and 143 yards rushing. The Wildcats only scored two touchdowns, a three yard run by DeMarcus Robinson in the second quarter and a one yard run by Charles Jones in the fourth quarter. Matthew McCrane kicked three field goals in the game including K-States first two scores, his longest was a 38 yard kick in the third quarter.

The win made Kansas State bowl eligible for the fifth consecutive season, and the 16th time under Snyder.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Brandon Finnegan passed his biggest test yet.

Only four months after he pitched in the College World Series, the 21-year-old reliever trotted into a troubling seventh inning, got two key outs and helped the Kansas City Royals hold off San Francisco 3-2 Friday night in Game 3 of the World Series.

Along with making history with his rapid ascent, he did more for the Royals – he gave them a 2-1 lead over the Giants.

Back in June, Finnegan said he “lived the college dream” when he threw for TCU. But no one could have envisioned what would follow.

Yet there he was at a rollicking AT&T Park, warming up when he was summoned into a tense spot to take over for proven reliever Kelvin Herrera: Runner on first, one out, Royals clinging to a one-run lead over the rallying Giants.

All of Kansas City infielders huddled behind the mound as Finnegan got loose, realizing the most important point of their season was being entrusted to the rookie left-hander.

Right before pinch-hitter Juan Perez stepped up, Finnegan walked to the back of the mound, took off his hat, looked toward the stands and tried to steady himself.

Then it was time for business, and Finnegan delivered. He retired Perez on an easy fly and struck out Brandon Crawford to end the inning.

Finnegan started to jog off the mound, stopped short of the dugout and walked the rest of the way to the bench, where he was congratulated by Herrera and several other Royals.

Picked 17th overall in the June draft, Finnegan became the first person to be in the College World Series and major league World Series in the same season.

 

AP-FBH–Kansas Prep Scores,
Friday’s Scores
By The Associated Press
PREP FOOTBALL
Andover Central 41, Circle 0
Attica/Argonia 54, Norwich 6
Axtell 46, BV Randolph 0
Blue Valley Stillwell 28, Olathe South 0
Bluestem 46, Douglass 26
Caney Valley 35, Neodesha 20
Central Plains 58, Solomon 0
Centralia 35, St. Mary’s 0
Chapman 34, Nickerson 0
Chase 46, Tescott 0
Chetopa 96, Elk Valley 0
Derby 52, Wichita South 14
Elkhart 27, Meade 26
Fort Scott 49, Labette County 12
Frontenac 22, Columbus 13
Halstead 58, Garden Plain 0
Highland Park 8, Topeka Seaman 7
Holton 56, Perry-Lecompton 27
Hoxie 70, Golden Plains 0
Hugoton 14, Larned 6
Hutchinson 48, Dodge City 28
Immaculata def. Doniphan West, forfeit
Iola 42, Anderson County 13
Jackson Heights 41, Wabaunsee 8
Jefferson West 24, Royal Valley 6
Junction City 34, Wichita East 7
Kiowa County 48, St. John 24
LaCrosse 47, Wichita County 8
Lawrence Free State 35, Manhattan 14
Leavenworth 59, KC Washington 16
Liberal 13, Goddard-Eisenhower 10
Lincoln 50, Quinter 46
Logan 28, Hill City 20
Lyndon 61, Yates Center 6
Madison 54, Flinthills 0
Mill Valley 42, Bonner Springs 0
Minneola def. Cunningham, forfeit
Mulvane 14, Wellington 7
Nemaha Central 28, Rock Creek 9
Oakley 41, Plainville 20
Olathe North 14, Lawrence 0
Osborne 56, Wakefield 54
Ottawa 48, Baldwin 21
Paola 21, Chanute 20
Phillipsburg 20, Ell-Saline 14
Pratt Skyline 46, Kinsley 0
Pretty Prairie 50, South Barber 48
Riverton 43, Cherryvale 6
Salina Central 41, Great Bend 15
Salina Sacred Heart 35, Moundridge 0
Salina South 42, Newton 14
Satanta 58, Rolla 12
Scott City 59, Lakin 20
Sedgwick 63, Medicine Lodge 21
SM East 56, KC Wyandotte 12
SM North 41, KC Harmon 6
South Central 60, Macksville 0
Southeast Saline 42, Hillsboro 0
Spearville 50, Hodgeman County 28
Spring Hill 42, KC Sumner 12
St. James Academy 51, KC Turner 28
St. Thomas Aquinas 52, BV West 28
Stafford 50, Bucklin 0
Topeka Hayden 49, El Dorado 20
Valley Center 28, Maize 14
Wamego 35, Smoky Valley 14
Washington County 28, Marysville 7
Wellsville 63, West Franklin 0
Wichita Heights 41, Emporia 28
Wichita Northwest 35, Garden City 14
Wichita Trinity 50, Haven 14
Wichita West 14, Wichita Campus 7

 

Downey Wood rushed for 197 yards on 37 carries, and scored three touchdowns as the Junction City Blue Jays defeated the Wichita East Blue Aces 34-7 on Senior Night at Al Simpler Stadium.

The win guarantees Junction City a postseason berth in the Class 6A playoffs, and clinches at least a share of the District title for Junction City.

The Blue Jays are 2-0 in District play while Wichita East and Wichita Southeast are both 1-1, and Wichita North is 0-2. Junction City owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over both East and Southeast by virtue of wins over both teams. Junction City will close out the regular season against Wichita North in Wichita next Friday ( Oct. 31 ).

Blue Jay coach Randall Zimmerman was proud of his players…”the way they put together that game tonight, just played very hard.”

Wood was the workhorse from his fullback spot for Junction City in the contest. Zimmerman said the Blue Jays knew they needed to run the ball right at East. “We told our kids all week long we weren’t going to throw one pass all game. Threw a couple I guess, but we needed to get the vertical running game going and we did. Downey had the majority of the carries.”

Junction City improved to 6-2 on the season overall, while Wichita East fell to 3-5.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – There was already plenty of competition for carries at Texas, where veteran running backs Johnathan Gray and Malcolm Brown have formed a potent one-two combination.

Now, the Longhorns are boasting a three-headed attack.

With the emergence of quarterback Tyrone Swoopes as a dangerous run-pass threat, Texas has a more diversified offense under Charlie Strong. And that’s giving Kansas State coach Bill Snyder plenty of reason to worry heading into Saturday’s showdown in Manhattan.

No. 11 Kansas State is 5-1, 3-0 and atop the Big 12. The Longhorns are 3-4, 2-2 in the conference and still looking for a signature win in Strong’s tenure.

The Friday night high school football schedule finds:

–Junction City hosting Wichita East

–Manhattan hosting Lawrence Free State

–Hayden at El Dorado

–Shawnee Heights at Topeka West

–Highland Park visits Seaman

–Emporia hosts Wichita Heights

–Abilene travels to Hays

–Concordia hosts Goodland

–Wamego hosts Smoky Valley

–Chapman hosts Nickerson

–Council Grove is at home against Hesston

–Herington goes to Marion

–Riley County visits Minneapolis

–Rock Creek goes to Nemaha Central

–Blue Valley Randolph is at Axtell

–Solomon goes to Central Plains

–Wakefield plays at Osborne

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Billy Butler hit a tiebreaking single, Salvador Perez and Omar Infante drove in two runs each with big hits in a five-run sixth inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the San Francisco Giants 7-2 Wednesday night to even the World Series at one game apiece.

A night after the Giants opened with a 7-1 victory for their seventh straight Series win, Gregor Blanco led off the game with a home run against hard-throwing rookie Yordano Ventura. Brandon Belt tied the score 2-all with an RBI double in the fourth.

Butler’s single off Jean Machi drove in his second run of the night and put the Royals ahead 3-2. Perez lined a two-run double to the left-center wall for a three-run lead, and Infante homered into the left-field bullpen off Hunter Strickland.

Game 3 is Friday night in San Francisco.

The Kansas State Men’s basketball program has added depth this year, particularly at the post position.

Kansas State added two transfers that are both 6′ 11″ tall in Brandon Bolden and Stephen Hurt. They are expected to provide some help for Thomas Gipson at the post position.

“I’m always going to be anchored down low, that’s kind of my thing, I will never shy away from it,” says Gipson, “but guys like Stephen Hurt that can shoot, Brandon Bolden is very athletic, it’s just going to bring a different variety and a lot of depth coming off of the bench.”

Gipson also said that this years team is very diverse and should be very strong offensively. Having the depth will be important for the Wildcats and Gipson said that a number of the ones who will be coming off of the bench are capable of being starters as well.

“The people coming off of the bench can start, it’s real good. Our practices are real competitive. That’s just how we get better everyday.”

Kansas State will open the season with an exhibition game on November 9th against Washburn University at Bramlage Coliseum and will officially tip off the season against Southern Utah at 8 p.m., on Friday, Nov. 14 in the second game of a men’s and women’s doubleheader at Bramlage Coliseum.

Last year the Kansas State Women’s basketball team was known for shooting from beyond the arc, this year they will focus more on getting to the free throw line.

First year Head Coach, Jeff Mittie explained Tuesday during K-State Basketball Media Day that the Wildcats led the Big 12 in 3-point shooting last year but was near the bottom of the league for free-throw shooting.

“They shot a ton of three’s last year. We probably don’t have that same ability to do that this year, but I do think that we can get to the free-throw line better than a year ago,” said Mittie. “I do think that the inside game is developing, so those are the area’s we are going to improve.”

Defensively Mittie feels his team should be able to be solid across the board.

“They have good length, size and strength to them. I think Breanna Lewis inside can really cause some people can really cause some people some problems. They grasp that quicker than offense.”

The Wildcats will feature a roster of 10 returning letter winners and four newcomers. They will be paced by seniors Ashia Woods and Haley Texada, and sophomores Breanna Lewis and Kindred Wesemann.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Federal agents have seized phony World Series tickets worth tens of thousands of dollars, along with counterfeit Royals panties and other merchandise.

Before the first game of the series between the Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, agents for Homeland Security nabbed 126 counterfeit game tickets. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a news release that the tickets had a $43,000 street value.

Three people from New York and one from Atlanta are charged in Johnson County, Kansas, with selling fake tickets. Authorities are urging fans who bought bogus tickets to contact police.

Other counterfeit items that have been seized include T-shirts, baseball caps, cellphone cases, sweatshirts, and even baby clothes. One person suspected of selling counterfeit T-shirts is facing prosecution in Missouri’s Platte County.