AP-FBH–Kansas Prep Scores
PREP FOOTBALL

Abilene 39, Clay Center 2
Andale 50, Mulvane 14
Andover 39, Goddard 21
Andover Central 49, Wichita Campus 12
Anthony-Harper-Chaparral 38, Douglass 0
Atchison 15, KC Wyandotte 12
Attica/Argonia 53, South Haven 6
Axtell 48, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 0
Baldwin 20, Paola 14, OT
Basehor-Linwood 48, KC Bishop Ward 7
Bennington 14, Republic County 0
Bishop Miege 53, Blue Valley Southwest 14
Blue Valley Stillwell 21, St. Thomas Aquinas 14
Bonner Springs 48, Tonganoxie 0
Buhler 60, El Dorado 7
Burrton 30, Wilson 26
BV North 31, Gardner-Edgerton 15
Caldwell 46, Pretty Prairie 0
Caney Valley 33, Cherryvale 6
Cedar Vale/Dexter 64, West Elk 14
Central Plains 22, Little River 6
Centre 28, Tescott 22
Chanute 46, Parsons 16
Chapman 21, Marysville 6
Chase 44, Sylvan-Lucas 21
Chetopa 54, Southern Coffey 0
Cimarron 50, Elkhart 0
Clearwater 47, Circle 0
Columbus 14, Pittsburg Colgan 12
Conway Springs 42, Wichita Trinity 21
Council Grove 20, West Franklin 0
Derby 45, Salina South 14
DeSoto 13, Louisburg 12
Drexel, Mo. 34, Jayhawk Linn 0
Ell-Saline 14, Smith Center 13
Ellis 54, Wichita County 0
Eudora 32, Spring Hill 14
Fairfield 72, Cunningham 0
Fort Scott 22, Independence 7
Fowler 52, Rolla 0
Frontenac 16, Girard 13
Galena 56, Baxter Springs 0
Garden City 31, Wichita East 14
Garden Plain 49, Bluestem 0
Goodland 41, Russell 12
Great Bend 28, Liberal 14
Halstead 43, Nickerson 7
Hanover 54, Lincoln 8
Hartford 42, Crest 6
Hays 64, Dodge City 50
Heartland Christian 64, Sunrise Christian 14
Hillsboro 37, Lyons 6
Hodgeman County 56, Trego 6
Hoisington 33, Smoky Valley 12
Holcomb 50, Lakin 18
Holton 47, Atchison County 6
Horton 28, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 0
Hugoton 33, Southwestern Hts. 9
Humboldt 25, Fredonia 10
Hutchinson Trinity 27, Cheney 0
Ingalls 48, Satanta 0
Jefferson North 28, Immaculata 6
Kapaun Mount Carmel 46, Wichita North 0
KC Piper 52, KC Turner 6
KC Schlagle 60, KC Harmon 28
KC Washington 42, KC Sumner 0
Kingman 45, Sterling 8
Kinsley 61, Macksville 0
LaCrosse 28, Plainville 6
Larned 18, Haven 13
Lebo 46, Flinthills 0
Linn 48, BV Randolph 0
Lyndon 39, Osage City 0
Maize 42, Newton 41
Maize South 28, Coweta, Okla. 25
Manhattan 16, Junction City 7
Marais des Cygnes Valley 34, Waverly 26
Marion 46, Northern Heights 6
McPherson 40, Winfield 0
Mill Valley 57, Lansing 7
Minneapolis 27, Beloit 26
Mission Valley 21, Wabaunsee 8
Moscow 54, Deerfield 6
Moundridge 26, Medicine Lodge 7
Neodesha 38, Burlington 6
Ness City 56, South Gray 0
Norton 21, Colby 7
Oakley 33, Hays-TMP-Marian 0
Olathe Northwest 31, SM Northwest 0
Olathe South 29, Lawrence 21
Olpe 47, Oswego 0
Onaga 13, Valley Heights 12
Osawatomie 45, Central Heights 0
Osborne 50, Clifton-Clyde 0
Otis-Bison 56, Natoma 8
Ottawa 26, Santa Fe Trail 15
Peabody-Burns 48, Madison 0
Perry-Lecompton 54, Hiawatha 19
Phillipsburg 49, Sedgwick 27
Pike Valley 40, Frankfort 14
Pittsburg 54, Arkansas City 7
Pleasant Ridge 24, Oskaloosa 18
Prairie View 42, Anderson County 0
Pratt 49, Hesston 39
Pratt Skyline 44, Kiowa County 38
Quinter 54, Logan 34
Rawlins County 60, Stockton 12
Riverside 36, Doniphan West 12
Riverton 32, Labette County 20
Rose Hill 27, Augusta 26
Rossville 42, Centralia 6
Sabetha 27, Royal Valley 7
Salina Central 27, Hutchinson 12
Salina Sacred Heart 24, Inman 7
Scott City 14, Ulysses 7
Shawnee Heights 28, Topeka 21
SM East 41, Leavenworth 17
SM West 18, Olathe East 7
South Barber 54, Norwich 0
South Central 50, St. John 0
Southeast 27, Northeast-Arma 20
Southeast Saline 41, Ellsworth 0
Spearville 56, Dighton/Healy 6
St. James Academy 27, Coffeyville 8
St. Paul 50, Pleasanton 14
Stafford 40, Ashland 38
Syracuse 40, Sublette 27
Thunder Ridge 84, Northern Valley 58
Topeka Hayden 41, Topeka West 7
Topeka Seaman 35, Emporia 20
Troy 56, Maranatha Academy 7
Udall 60, Sedan 14
Uniontown 54, Marmaton Valley 6
Victoria 68, St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 56
Wakefield 46, Lakeside 0
Wallace County 54, Wheatland-Grinnell 6
Wamego 20, Concordia 14
Washburn Rural 52, Highland Park 7
Washington County 40, McLouth 6
Wellsville 42, Iola 0
Wichita Bishop Carroll 58, Wichita Southeast 8
Wichita Heights 31, Wichita West 7
Wichita Independent 41, Belle Plaine 8

 

The Manhattan Indians used a powerful offensive line and strong running game to overpower the Junction City Blue Jays 16-7 Friday night at Al Simpler Stadium.

The Indians put together a drive of more than nine minutes and 17 plays in the second quarter to take the lead on a one yard scoring run by quarterback Erik Prockish. Junction City went ahead 7-6 in the third quarter after Tanner Lueker hooked up with Jovan Baldwin on a 74-yard scoring pass play and kicked the extra point.

But Manhattan countered on their next series with a field goal by Joe Trujillo to go back on top 9-7. The Indians capped off the scoring in the fourth quarter with another score.

Manhattan coach Joe Schartz felt his team’s offensive and defensive lines controlled the game. “We weren’t quite sure coming in because typically Junction City has a big powerful offensive line and we didn’t know if we could control them or not.”

Junction City coach Randall Zimmerman said the strength of their Manhattan team is the offensive line. “Chris Martin ( running back ) really carried the load tonight. The quarterback does a great job of getting the ball where he needed to get it.” Zimmerman noted the Blue Jay offense had a tough night.

Junction City fell to 4-2 with the loss, while Manhattan improved to 6-0. The Indians claimed the Sportsman Trophy ( Silver Football ) with the win. That trophy goes to the winner of the annual game between Junction City and Manhattan.

BALTIMORE (AP) – The Kansas City Royals will enter the AL Championship Series with the same 25-man roster they used in a sweep of the Los Angeles Angels.

Manager Ned Yost has an 11-man pitching staff, six outfielders, five infielders, designated hitter Billy Butler and catchers Salvador Perez and Erik Kratz.

Baltimore’s roster, as expected, does not include suspended first baseman Chris Davis.

The Orioles have an 11-man pitching staff that includes left-handed reliever Brian Matusz. He replaced Ubaldo Jimenez, who was part of Baltimore’s roster for the ALDS.

That was the only change in manager Buck Showalter’s roster.

Game 1 is scheduled for Friday night, weather permitting.

 

The battle for the Sportsmans Trophy, also called the Silver Football, is Friday night at Al Simpler Stadium in Junction City.

Manhattan, 5-0, meets Junction City 4-1 in their 2014 matchup.

The trophy which dates its history back to the late 1940s, is presented annually to the winner of this annual ballgame.

Manhattan coach Joe Schartz said it’s different this year. “Being week six, the game before districts, there’s still quite a bit on the line.” In recent years the Junction City – Manhattan has always been played on week nine, the last week of the regular season. But due to a change in district assignments in which Junction City was moved into a district with three Wichita teams, the game was moved ahead three weeks.

Junction City coach Randall Zimmerman is well aware that this is a big game. “It’s a big game, a big game for the alumni, the community. We have to sell it to our kids a little bit because we have a lot of kids that don’t grow up in this community. But I think they understand the magnitude of this game.”

Junction City has won the last two meetings with Manhattan 34-33 in 2012 and 16-10 in 2013.

Manhattan’s Chris Martin is a very capable running back. But he does more. Schartz noted Martin is one guy who stands out on the video when other coaches look at it. “He does a lot for us. He plays offense, quarterback and running back. He plays corner and safety, and he’s also our punter so he does a lot of different things for us.

The Blue Jays have a balanced rushing attack with Downey Wood and Jovan Baldwin leading  the way, and featuring Tanner Lueker at quarterback.

In recent seasons many of the outcomes in the Junction City – Manhattan games have not been determined until late in the fourth quarter.

Kickoff Friday night is scheduled at 7:08 p.m.   It will be Tribute to the Troops night at Al Simpler Stadium.

The Kansas City Royals will open up the American League Championship Series Friday night against the Baltimore Orioles.

The Royals began preparing for post-season play prior to even knowing that they would make it to the post-season.

“I believe that you have to manage with a different sense of urgency in the post-season, and we started doing it I think about two and a half weeks out,” says Ned Yost, Royals Manager. “We wanted to try and get in post-season mode about two and a half weeks out before we got into the post-season, so that our guys would be prepared for it.”

Kansas City snapped there 29 year post-season drought on September 30th in a 9-8 win over the Oakland Athletics in 13 innings. They would then go on to sweep the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the American League Division Series in three games.

James Shields will get the start Friday night when the Royals open the ALCS against the Orioles. Shields went 27-17 with a 3.17 ERA in 68 regular-season starts for Kansas City. He is 2-0 in the post-season picking up the win against the Athletics in the wildcard game and game three against the Angels. 

Sheilds credited the Royals defense,”these guys put on probably one of the best displays of defense in one series I’ve ever seen, against the Angels. You know as a pitcher that’s your best friend, is defense. You have to trust your defense and I think we have one of the best in the league. Obviously the Orioles have a great defense as well, and it’s going to be a good matchup.”

The Royals and Orioles will face off Friday night night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in a 7:00 p.m. first pitch.

 

The Junction City YMCA flag football games scheduled Thursday evening have been cancelled due to the weather. The games were to be played at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m., but those contests have been cancelled.

BALTIMORE (AP) – Suspended slugger Chris Davis won’t be playing in the AL Championship Series for the Baltimore Orioles.

Manager Buck Showalter said Thursday that Davis will be omitted from the 25-man roster, which must be submitted on Friday morning before the Orioles host the Kansas City Royals in Game 1.

Davis was suspended for 25 games by Major League Baseball on Sept. 12 for testing positive for amphetamines associated with the drug Adderall.

His suspension included the final 17 games of the regular season and Baltimore’s three-game sweep of Detroit in the AL Division Series, meaning the first baseman has five games left to serve.

 

The Friday night high school football schedule finds:

–Manhattan at Junction City

–Abilene visiting Clay Center

–Chapman at Marysville

–Concordia goes to Wamego

–Shawnee Heights visits Topeka High

–Topeka West is at Hayden

–Seaman goes to Emporia

–Highland Park is at Washburn Rural

–Herington plays at Chase County

–Riley County is at St. Marys

–Council Grove goes to West Franklin

–Solomon visits Canton-Galva

–Rural Vista goes to Burlingame

–and Wakefield is at Lakeside

Kansas State has been selected to finish fourth in the preseason 2014-15 Big 12 Conference coaches’ poll released by the league office.

The Wildcats received 53 points to earn the nod in fourth place, just two point ahead of fifth-place Iowa State ( 51 ).

Kansas was picked as the conference favorite with 78 points and six first-place votes by the league coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own teams. Texas is a close second with 74 points and three first-place votes, while Oklahoma was third with 67 points and the final first-place vote. Baylor and West Virginia tied for sixth with 36 points each, followed by Oklahoma State ( 27 ), TCU ( 15 ), and Texas Tech ( 13 ).

Kansas State returns nine lettermen for the 2014-15 season. The group is headlined by Preseason All-Big 12 selection Marcus Foster and senior Thomas Gipson. Overall the team returns more than 70 percent of its scoring and 65 percent of its rebounding.

In addition to the returners, the Wildcats will also have Division I transfers Justin Edwards and Brandon Bolden, who sat out the 2013-14 season, along with four newcomers including community college transfer and 2012-13 Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year Stephen Hurt and highly-regarded freshmen Tre Harris and Malek Harris.

Former Blue Jay and Kansas State standout Ty Zimmerman is back in Junction City this week visiting family, and to watch the Junction City football team play Manhattan Friday night at Al Simpler Stadium.

Ty is currently a member of the New Orleans Saints organization, on their injured reserve list, while he recovers from shoulder surgery for an injury suffered in a preseason game in August.

After watching the Blue Jay practice on Wednesday he remembered back to his playing days in a Junction City uniform….his senior year. “It was up for league, district championship, silver trophy, and we were going for a perfect 9-0 record. So many emotions were into that game, and we ended up coming out and hitting on all cylinders and putting a good game together….something I’ll never forget.”

Junction City won that ballgame in 2008 by the score of 30-6  enroute to a perfect 13-0 season and the Class 6A state championship.

This annual matchup is always a big game for both programs….the Blue Jays and the Indians. This year’s game kicks off at 7 p.m. Friday.  Manhattan will enter undefeated at 5-0, while the Blue Jays are 4-1.