Abilene 25, Wamego 14
Andale 57, Circle 0
Andover 36, Valley Center 14
Anthony-Harper-Chaparral 58, Medicine Lodge 15
Arkansas City 32, Newton 16
Atchison 55, KC Harmon 12
Attica/Argonia 90, Pratt Skyline 52
Baldwin 21, Spring Hill 14
Basehor-Linwood 35, KC Turner 19
Beloit 70, Republic County 6
Bishop Miege 37, St. Thomas Aquinas 20
Blue Valley Stillwell 45, Blue Valley Southwest 7
Boise City, Okla. 50, Rolla 2
Bonner Springs 27, Lansing 13
Buhler 55, Augusta 27
Burlington 67, Erie 12
BV Northwest 30, BV North 14
BV Randolph 50, Hanover 0
BV West 42, Gardner-Edgerton 21
Cair Paravel 78, Sunrise Christian 32
Caldwell 38, Cedar Vale/Dexter 6
Canton-Galva 60, Word of Life 24
Central Burden 42, South Haven 20
Central Plains 58, St. John 0
Centralia 42, Doniphan West 0
Chase 56, Linn 6
Cheney 50, Bluestem 22
Chetopa 56, Uniontown 8
Clay Center 39, Marysville 13
Columbus 41, Girard 16
Concordia 28, Chapman 6
Conway Springs 67, Douglass 22
Council Grove 34, Mission Valley 26
Crest 28, St. Paul 24
Derby 35, Hutchinson 28
DeSoto 36, Tonganoxie 14
Dighton/Healy 60, Greeley County 16
Dodge City 52, Liberal 20
Elkhart 61, Wichita County 0
Ell-Saline 22, Marion 12
Ellinwood 56, Macksville 6
Ellis 48, Syracuse 6
Ellsworth 24, Salina Sacred Heart 10
Eudora 19, Wellsville 16
Fairfield 56, Hutchinson Central Christian 46
Fort Scott 46, Coffeyville 42
Fowler 46, Bucklin 0
Frankfort 58, Veritas Christian 12
Fredonia 32, Cherryvale 27
Frontenac 30, Galena 26
Garden Plain 65, Wichita Independent 19
Goessel 40, Sylvan-Lucas 32
Goodland 31, Hugoton 28
Great Bend 36, Wichita North 7
Halstead 38, Smoky Valley 20
Hartford 42, Marais des Cygnes Valley 33
Haven 21, Sterling 14
Hays 42, Garden City 28
Helias Catholic, Mo. 21, St. James Academy 0
Herington 13, West Franklin 10
Hesston 49, Lyons 13
Hodgeman County 48, Satanta 0
Hoisington 35, Hillsboro 6
Holton 61, Hiawatha 6
Horton 44, Jefferson North 0
Hutchinson Trinity 47, Moundridge 0
Independence 35, Caney Valley 21
Ingalls 66, Ashland 16
Jayhawk Linn 6, Maranatha Academy 0
Junction City 56, Topeka Seaman 7
Kapaun Mount Carmel 42, Wichita West 13
KC Piper 61, KC Bishop Ward 8
KC Schlagle 32, KC Sumner 12
Kingman 7, Pratt 0
Labette County 15, Parsons 13
Lakeside 40, Clifton-Clyde 6
Lakin 57, Sublette 20
Larned 33, Nickerson 25
Lawrence 40, SM Northwest 18
Leavenworth 35, Lawrence Free State 21
Lyndon 39, Chase County 12
Madison 60, Southern Coffey 8
Maize 49, Wichita Campus 30
Maize South 35, Andover Central 10
Manhattan 54, Highland Park 0
Marmaton Valley 85, Altoona-Midway 7
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 16, Valley Falls 14
McPherson 8, Rose Hill 7
Meade 12, Cimarron 6
Mill Valley 72, Southwest Early College, Mo. 6
Minneapolis 40, Russell 0
Minneola 60, South Gray 6
Natoma 58, Wilson 26
Nemaha Central 41, Atchison County 12
Neodesha 39, Humboldt 21
Northeast-Arma 29, Oswego 0
Northern Valley 54, Logan 28
Norton 32, Smith Center 0
Norwich 70, Cunningham 22
Oberlin-Decatur 46, Stockton 0
Olathe East 31, SM North 14
Olathe North 49, SM South 0
Olathe South 35, Olathe Northwest 14
Olpe 48, Central Heights 8
Osage City 12, Northern Heights 6
Osborne 56, Lincoln 8
Oskaloosa 22, Jackson Heights 20
Otis-Bison 104, Kinsley 70
Ottawa 41, Prairie View 32
Oxford 56, Flinthills 0
Paola 20, Louisburg 14
Peabody-Burns 46, Solomon 0
Phillipsburg 49, Oakley 21
Pittsburg 66, Chanute 36
Pittsburg Colgan 19, Southeast 18
Plainville 12, Hays-TMP-Marian 7
Pleasant Ridge 46, Immaculata 18
Pretty Prairie 72, Burrton 26
Rawlins County 36, Hill City 20
Remington 24, Inman 0
Riverside 42, Perry-Lecompton 41
Riverton 35, Baxter Springs 6
Rock Creek 35, Wabaunsee 8
Rossville 56, Riley County 21
Royal Valley 29, McLouth 12
Rural Vista 60, Centre 14
Sabetha 24, Jefferson West 14
Salina Central 37, Goddard-Eisenhower 15
Salina South 55, Goddard 6
Santa Fe Trail 61, Anderson County 6
Scott City 49, Holcomb 6
Sedan 66, Pleasanton 18
Sedgwick 45, Bennington 6
Silver Lake 40, St. Mary’s 0
SM East 42, SM West 19
South Central 46, Deerfield 0
Southeast Saline 40, LaCrosse 6
Southwestern Hts. 18, Johnson-Stanton County 0
Spearville 62, Kiowa County 0
St. Francis 37, Quinter 30
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 48, Pike Valley 6
St. Joseph Christian, Mo. 48, Axtell 30
Stafford 42, South Barber 34
Tescott 42, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 20
Thunder Ridge 48, Trego 12
Topeka 63, Emporia 21
Topeka Hayden 33, Shawnee Heights 12
Triplains-Brewster 51, Golden Plains 6
Troy 38, Onaga 3
Udall 45, Little River 20
Ulysses 62, Colby 13
Victoria 26, Ness City 22
Wakefield 54, Rock Hills 26
Wallace County 24, Hoxie 16
Washburn Rural 51, Topeka West 7
Washington County 49, Valley Heights 18
Waverly 58, Burlingame 32
Wellington 47, Clearwater 7
West Elk 50, Lebo 34
Wheatland-Grinnell 66, Cheylin 27
Wichita Bishop Carroll 70, Wichita Heights 15
Wichita Collegiate 34, Mulvane 14
Wichita East 27, Wichita South 8
Wichita Northwest 48, Wichita Southeast 7
Wichita Trinity 62, Belle Plaine 0
Winfield 23, El Dorado 13

 

CHICAGO (AP) – Kansas City’s long postseason drought is over.

The Royals clinched a playoff spot for the first time in 29 years, beating the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Friday night behind seven scoreless innings from Jeremy Guthrie.

Kansas City secured at least a wild card and ended the longest active postseason drought among the major North American sports leagues. Not since George Brett led the Royals to a World Series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in 1985 had they reached the playoffs.

Small-market Kansas City endured more than its share of losing in recent years. But it contended into September last season and kicked down the playoff door on Friday.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – If Texas coach Charlie Strong needs anybody to commiserate with these days, he needs look no further than the sleepy college town of Lawrence and the guy coaching Kansas.

When Charlie Weis took over the Jayhawks a couple of years ago, a veritable purge ensued. Just about every day, it seemed, another player was suspended or dismissed from the program. Weis wanted to establish a certain culture, and those who didn’t buy in had an alternative: leave.

In short, it’s exactly what Strong has been doing in his first year at Texas.

Nine players have been dismissed from the program, and two more will still be suspended when the Longhorns (1-2) visit the Jayhawks (2-1) in the Big 12 opener for both teams Saturday.

 

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – There are certain fundamentals that Bill Snyder stresses, and one of
them is executing in the final 20 yards before the goal line.

Kansas State’s performance there last week had the old coach seeing, well, a whole lot of red.

Five times the Wildcats (2-1) reached the red zone. Twice they put points on the board in a 20-14 loss to fifth-ranked Auburn.

UTEP (2-1), which heads to Kansas State on Saturday, has had no such trouble.

The Miners have scored on 13 of 14 trips inside the 20 this season, and that includes 11 touchdowns. That puts their efficiency rating among the best in the nation.

 

The Kansas State High School Activities Association has released the 2014-2015 classification for high schools with enrollment totals.

Junction City High School remained a member of Class 6A.  As of Sept. 22 JCHS had an enrollment of 1,767 students in ninth through twelfth grades combined. That was the 14th largest high school enrollment in Kansas.

Manhattan High School had a ninth through twelfth grade enrollment of 1,693 students, the 17th largest enrollment total.

Among the different enrollment changes for 2014-2015 in Kansas one involved Wichita West moving from Class 5A up to 6A, and Overland Park – Blue Valley West going from 6A down to 5A.

The Junction City Blue Jay football team will try to return to winning ways Friday night when they play at Seaman.

Blue Jay coach Randall Zimmerman said the Vikings play well together with big, strong, physical kids at every position. “They’re going to compete every single snap of the game.”

Junction City lost to Shawnee Heights a week ago 41-33, after the Blue Jays struggled in the first half and fell behind 28-7. The second half was better, but they couldn’t quite close the gap. As for this week Zimmerman said his team “put a nice week of practice together. This week, a spirited week, had a workman like kind of attitude. That’s the way you’ve got to go about it every week.”

Junction City is 2-1 entering the game, while the Vikings are 1-2.

You can hear the game on the Talk of JC, KJCK AM. The Intrust Bank pregame show begins at 6:40 p.m. with kickoff at 7 p.m.

The Friday night high school football finds:

–Junction City at Seaman

–Manhattan hosting Highland Park

–Chapman at Concordia

–Washburn Rural at Topeka West

–Topeka High visits Emporia

–Centre goes to Rural Vista

–Rock Creek hosts Wabaunsee

–Herington hosts West Franklin

–Solomon hosts Peabody

–Wakefield visits Rock Hills

 

 

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State senior wide receiver Tyler Lockett was named a semifinalist for the prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy – usually referred to as the “Academic Heisman” – The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) announced Thursday.

 

Lockett, one of 62 semifinalists from the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), is the first K-State candidate for the award since Tysyn Hartman was a finalist in 2011. The award recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation and hold requirements of candidates to be a senior or graduate student in their final year of eligibility, have a GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, have outstanding football ability as a first team player or significant contributor and have demonstrated strong leadership and citizenship.

 

One of seven semifinalists from the Big 12, Lockett holds a 3.242 GPA in business management, which includes a 3.43 GPA for the 2013-14 academic year. He has earned numerous Big 12 Commissioner’s Honors Roll accolades, while he was named an Academic All-Big 12 recipient during the 2013 season. Additionally, Lockett is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) through which he has completed numerous community service activities. He was named to the AFCA Good Works Team in 2013, while he is a candidate for the 2014 Senior CLASS Award.

 

On the field, the Tulsa, Oklahoma, product has turned into one of the top wide receivers and kick returners in school history. The 2013 Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year, Lockett has been an All-American each of this first three years at K-State and is on pace to break the school’s career records in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. He also owns the school record for career kickoff-return yardage and ranks in the top five in seven other career categories.

 

From all NCAA divisions and the NAIA, the NFF Awards Committee will select up to 16 recipients of a prestigious NFF National Scholar-Athlete Award, which includes $18,000 scholarships that can be used for the honorees’ postgraduate educations. This year’s recipients will be announced October 30, and one will be declared the winner of the Campbell Trophy on December 9, during the NFF Annual Awards Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

 

No. 25 Kansas State hosts UTEP Saturday in an 11 a.m., contest at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The sold-out game will air nationally on FSN. Fans wishing to buy tickets can do so using Vivid Seats, a secondary market that partnered with K-State Athletics this season. To find tickets, fans can visit vividseats.com or call (844) 545-6702.

 

– k-statesports.com –

 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Chiefs coach Andy Reid expects star running back Jamaal Charles to be ready for Monday night’s game against the New England Patriots.

Charles was back on the practice field Thursday after missing last week’s game against the Dolphins with a high ankle sprain. Charles practiced a bit last week and made the trip to Miami, but he spent the game on the sideline in street clothes.

Reid said that a decision on Charles won’t be made until closer to game time, but he sounded optimistic that one of the game’s most dynamic players will be on the field.

Still, there’s a good chance Charles will share carries with Knile Davis once he returns. Davis ran for 132 yards and a touchdown against the Dolphins.

TOPEKA, Kan. — The 2015 KSHSAA State Baseball and Softball Tournaments will return to Pratt and Great Bend for the 2-1A tournaments while 6A softball heads to newly-constructed Rock Chalk Park. All tournaments are scheduled forMay 28th and 29th, 2015.

The softball field at Rock Chalk Park will be open for play this season for the Kansas Jayhawk softball team and will now host the 6A state softball tournament this spring. “Blue Valley West did a great job hosting the 6A softball tournament the last few years and the KSHSAA is grateful for their work managing the two-day tournament,” said KSHSAA Assistant Executive Director, Francine Martin. “We are excited about the opportunity to host the 6A tournament now at the state-of-the-art facility, Rock Chalk Park.”

Having the 6A softball tournament in Lawrence will mirror the 6A baseball tournament being hosted at Hoglund Stadium on the University of Kansas campus.

The 2-1A baseball and softball tournaments will have a little different feel this year with baseball being hosted in Great Bend and softball in Pratt. Both communities held tournaments in 2014; Pratt hosted 4A DII baseball and softball while Great Bend hosted the 2-1A tournaments.

The 5A baseball and softball tournaments will go back to Wichita after having a year in Manhattan. Wichita State’s Eck Stadium will host the baseball tournament and Two Rivers Youth Complex gears up for the softball slate of competition.

As mentioned, Manhattan, who has a terrific host for a number of KSHSAA events, brought in class 5A in 2014 but will switch back to hosting class 3A for baseball and softball.

Topeka will play host to a second consecutive year of baseball and softball tournaments with class 4A DII coming to the state’s capitol at the Topeka USD 501 Hummer Sports Complex.

For the 20th consecutive year, Salina will host a state baseball and softball tournament. Class 4A DI returns to Dean Evans Stadium and Bill Burke Complex for the second year.

Baseball 6A – Lawrence, KU, Hoglund Stadium 5A – Wichita, WSU, Eck Stadium 4A DI – Salina, Dean Evans Stadium 4A DII – Topeka, Hummer Sports Complex 3A – Manhattan, KSU, Tointon Family Stadium 2-1A – Great Bend, Great Bend Sports Complex

Softball 6A – Lawrence, Rock Chalk Park 5A – Wichita, Two Rivers Youth Complex 4A DI – Salina, Bill Burke Complex 4A DII – Topeka, Hummer Sports Complex 3A – Manhattan, Twin Oaks Complex 2-1A – Pratt, Green Sports Complex

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