DENVER (AP) – Terrance Knighton batted away Alex Smith’s fourth-and-goal pass to Dwayne Bowe with 15 seconds left, preserving the Denver Broncos’ 24-17 win over the scrappy Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

The Broncos (2-0) thought they had sealed the win twice earlier on the drive.

Aqib Talib’s pick-6 was negated by Quanterus Smith’s hold. Then, Nate Irving’s fumble recovery following DeMarcus Ware’s sack and strip was ruled an incomplete pass after a replay.

The Chiefs (0-2) converted 11 of 16 third-down opportunities overall.

They just couldn’t capitalize in the biggest moments as the Broncos defense mustered two goal-line stands for the second straight week.

Peyton Manning was 21 of 26 for 242 yards and three TDs.

Brianna Pace led the Junction City Lady Jay cross country runners in the Emporia Invitational Saturday. SHe finished 15th in 16:34.60, while teammate Myrissa Humphreys finished 16th in 16:40.00.

For the Blue Jays in the meet, Evan Hallum finished 22nd in 17:31.70, while Anthony Deltufo was 23rd in 17:31.30, and Daniel Rivera 26th in 17:40.20.

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The Junction City Lady Jay volleyball team went 1-2 on Saturday, losing to Valley Center and Garden City in matches, but defeating Haysville Campus.  The Lady Jays are 4-4 on the season.

The Kansas State Wildcats dropped to 20th in the weekly Associated Press college football poll, down from 19th one week ago.

The Wildcats, 2-0, were idle this week.

They host Auburn Thursday night.

Florida State remains no. 1 in the weekly AP poll, followed by Oregon, Alabama, and Oklahoma.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Daniel Nava hit a grand slam, Xander Bogaerts added a three-run shot and the Boston Red Sox rallied past the skidding Kansas City Royals 8-4 on Sunday.

Kansas City blew a four-run lead and dropped three of four to the last-place Red Sox.

The Royals fell 1 1-2 games behind Detroit, which beat Cleveland, in the AL Central. Kansas City is in the thick of the wild-card race.

The Red Sox chased Jason Vargas (11-9) with one out in the sixth after Mookie Betts and Bogaerts singled. Reliever Aaron Crow walked Yoenis Cespedes to load the bases and struck out Allen Craig.

Nava hit Crow’s next pitch into the Red Sox bullpen for his second career grand slam and a 7-4 lead.

Bogaerts homered in the third and got three hits. He also had a sacrifice fly and drove in four runs.

Joe Kelly (3-2) got the win.

The Junction City Blue Jays and Emporia Spartans battled to a 0-0 halftime tie at Al Simpler Stadium Friday night.

Junction City came close to putting a touchdown on the board late in the second quarter, but could only get to the two yard line in the closing seconds of the half.

But in the third quarter Junction City scored on a 13-yard touchdown pass from Tanner Lueker to Xavier DeGuzman with 6:58 remaining in the period. Junction City would go on to score later in the ballgame on a Wayne Shirley field goal, and a 9-yard Jovan Baldwin touchdown run, while the Blue Jay defense pitched a shutout.  The final score, Junction City 17 Emporia 0.

In the second half Junction City held Emporia to just 13 yards rushing, and the Blue Jays possessed the ball 19:38 compared to only 5:22 for the Spartans.

The Blue Jays, 2-0, play at Shawnee Heights next Friday. Emporia fell to 1-1 on the season.

Abilene 53, Marysville 0
Andale 42, McPherson 21
Andover 31, Andover Central 24
Anthony-Harper-Chaparral 43, Bluestem 6
Ashland 44, Fowler 12
Atchison 25, KC Sumner 14
Attica/Argonia 28, Cedar Vale/Dexter 26
Augusta 39, El Dorado 0
Axtell 92, Lewiston, Neb. 20
Basehor-Linwood 13, Lansing 0
Beloit 60, Ellsworth 0
Bishop Miege 29, Gardner-Edgerton 0
Blue Valley Southwest 21, Shawnee Heights 19
Blue Valley Stillwell 30, BV West 13
Bonner Springs 32, Chanute 30
Buhler 34, Mulvane 6
Caney Valley 48, Burlington 22
Central Plains 62, Kinsley 0
Chase 54, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 6
Cheney 27, Douglass 6
Cherryvale 32, Eureka 0
Chetopa 60, St. Paul 6
Cimarron 62, Johnson-Stanton County 6
Clay Center 14, Rock Creek 0
Coffeyville 50, Parsons 1
Columbus 34, Southeast 6
Concordia 30, St. Mary’s 0
Derby 35, Salina Central 14
Dodge City 42, Wichita Southeast 0
Ell-Saline 40, Moundridge 19
Ellis 26, Hays-TMP-Marian 21
Fort Scott 27, Spring Hill 13
Frontenac 20, Riverton 7
Garden Plain 68, Belle Plaine 0
Goddard 30, Clearwater 10
Hanover 58, Frankfort 12
Haven 41, Hillsboro 12
Hesston 42, Halstead 14
Hill City 24, Trego 14
Hodgeman County 68, Moscow 20
Hoisington 7, Nickerson 0
Holcomb 55, Goodland 14
Holton 40, Maize South 21
Humboldt 28, Quapaw, Okla. 26
Hutchinson 34, Newton 16
Hutchinson Trinity 30, Marion 6
Ingalls 58, Bucklin 12
Junction City 17, Emporia 0
KC Piper 20, Baldwin 0
KC Turner 28, Tonganoxie 15
Kingman 13, Lyons 0
LaCrosse 14, Larned 7
Lakeside 50, Wilson 0
Lawrence 21, Leavenworth 14
Lebo 58, Southern Coffey 14
Liberal 41, Guymon, Okla. 6
Lincoln 60, Sylvan-Lucas 14
Linn 42, Clifton-Clyde 34
Logan 54, Cheylin 8
Louisburg 14, Eudora 7
Madison 48, Uniontown 22
Manhattan 41, Topeka Seaman 13
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 42, Jackson Heights 0
McLouth 42, Immaculata 0
Meade 36, Lakin 16
Minneola 44, Kiowa County 36
Neodesha 46, Yates Center 8
Northeast-Arma 36, Maranatha Academy 6
Northern Valley 90, Golden Plains 12
Norton 34, Phillipsburg 7
Olathe North 14, Lawrence Free State 7
Olathe Northwest 22, SM West 0
Olathe South 46, Olathe East 17
Olpe 33, Riley County 8
Osborne 42, St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 22
Otis-Bison 46, St. John 44
Ottawa 41, KC Bishop Ward 13
Oxford 60, South Barber 58
Paola 24, DeSoto 0
Peabody-Burns 56, Canton-Galva 20
Pittsburg 48, Independence 0
Pittsburg Colgan 42, Baxter Springs 0
Prairie View 41, Iola 7
Pratt 35, Plainville 0
Pratt Skyline 38, Cunningham 0
Quinter 38, Hoxie 34
Republic County 34, Russell 21
Riverside 21, Nemaha Central 18
Rock Hills 56, Pike Valley 6
Rossville 56, Wabaunsee 8
Royal Valley 39, Hiawatha 13
Rural Vista 48, Goessel 0
Salina South 57, Wichita Campus 14
Santa Fe Trail 54, Central Heights 6
Satanta 38, South Gray 0
Scott City 59, Colby 19
Silver Lake 47, Perry-Lecompton 0
SM East 48, SM South 10
Smith Center 35, Oakley 8
Smoky Valley 48, Sterling 16
Southeast Saline 21, Chapman 12
Spearville 54, South Central 8
St. James Academy 36, KC Wyandotte 14
St. Thomas Aquinas 49, BV North 20
Sunrise Christian 12, St. Mary’s Academy 0
Thunder Ridge 78, Stockton 28
Topeka 76, Topeka West 6
Topeka Hayden 43, Washburn Rural 0
Triplains-Brewster 36, Deerfield 28
Udall 14, Caldwell 12
Ulysses 46, Hugoton 14
Valley Center 13, Arkansas City 12
Valley Falls 14, Pleasant Ridge 6
Valley Heights 20, Doniphan West 0
Victoria 62, Ellinwood 8
Wakefield 96, Solomon 46
Washington County 40, Onaga 7
Waverly 62, Hartford 24
Wellington 34, Goddard-Eisenhower 0
West Elk 54, Bishop Seabury Academy 6
West Franklin 13, Northern Heights 6
Wichita Bishop Carroll 56, Wichita East 0
Wichita Collegiate 35, Circle 6
Wichita Heights 77, Wichita South 6
Wichita Trinity 55, Wichita Independent 0
Wichita West 66, Wichita North 0
Winfield 16, Rose Hill 13

 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Allen Webster pitched six solid innings and Jemile Weeks stroked a pair of doubles and scored two runs as the Boston Red Sox defeated the sputtering Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Friday night.

Kansas City lost for the fourth time in five games and fell out of first place in the AL Central for the first time since Aug. 10. The Royals, who are 0-5 against the last-place Red Sox, dropped a half-game behind Detroit, which beat Cleveland 7-2.

Webster (4-3), who had allowed 15 runs on 16 hits and seven walks in 13 2-3 innings in his previous three starts, limited the Royals to four hits – including Eric Hosmer’s two-run homer in the fourth.

Weeks, who had a two-run double in the ninth inning Thursday, doubled in the third and fifth. Mookie Betts singled home Weeks in a three-run third. He scored again on Daniel Nava’s two-out single in the fifth.

The Friday night high school football schedule finds:

–Junction City hosting Emporia

–Manhattan at Seaman

–Topeka West vs. Topeka High

–Blue Valley Southwest visiting Shawnee Heights

–Highland Park hosting Kansas City Harmon

–Hayden hosting Washburn Rural

–Marysville at Abilene

–Chapman at Southeast Saline

–Rock Creek at Clay Center

–Council Grove at Chase County

–Wamego visits Jefferson West

–Riley County goes to Olpe

–Centre travels to Little River

–Blue Valley Randolph hosts Wichita Word of Life

–Wakefield hosts Solomon

–and Rural Vista goes to Goessel

 

 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – All-Star closer Greg Holland could be available for the Kansas City Royals this weekend after dealing with some tightness in his right arm, while left-hander Danny Duffy was awaiting word from doctors before beginning to throw again.

The Royals lead the AL Central by one game over Detroit.

Royals manager Ned Yost said before Thursday night’s game against Boston that Holland felt good after throwing Monday. Holland planned to play catch and would be available if all went well.

Holland has not pitched since saving a 4-1 win over Texas on Sept. 3. Wade Davis picked up three saves in his place during the Royals’ recent six-game road trip.

Right-hander Liam Hendriks made a spot start Thursday night for Duffy, who left his previous outing after one pitch with soreness in his left shoulder. Duffy had hoped to only miss one start.

 

Tickets for Kansas State’s matchup with former Big 12 foe Texas A & M in the Wildcat Classic on Saturday, December 20 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Monday, athletic officials announced.

Tickets are available through the K-State Athletic Ticket Office at ( 800 ) 221.CATS and online at www.kstatesports.com. Fans can also order through the Spring Center by calling ( 888 ) 929.7849 or online at www.SpringCenter.com.

Ticket prices range from $65 for lower-level sideline seating $20 each for groups of 12 or more in the lower end behind the baskets.

K-State season ticket holders who ordered tickets to the Wildcat Classic with their renewals will have seats assigned according to the athletic department priority points system from locations held prior to tickets being put on sale to the public.

Student tickets will be priced at $10 and will be available beginning Monday Nov. 3 for ICAT pass holders, Tuesday, Nov. 4 for general admission combo pass holders, and Wednesday, Nov. 5 for all other students. Students must purchase their Wildcat Classic tickets in person at the Bramlage  Coliseum ticket office.

The basketball game will tip off at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20.