KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Pro Bowl linebacker Derrick Johnson and starting defensive tackle Mike DeVito will miss the remainder of the Kansas City Chiefs’ season after MRI exams confirmed that both players ruptured their right Achilles tendons in Sunday’s loss to Tennessee.

Johnson went down without getting touched near the end of the first half. Eight plays later, early in the second half, DeVito went down at nearly the same spot on the field.

The blows are significant to a Chiefs team that was already missing several key pieces to injuries and suspensions, and was routed 26-10 by the Titans at Arrowhead Stadium. Johnson had four tackles before getting carted off the field, moving him within 15 of 1,000 for his career. That would surpass Gary Spani for the franchise record.

 

The Junction City Blue Jay and Lady Jay cross country teams competed in the Manhattan Invitational Saturday at Warner Park.

Leading for the Blue Jay boys was Stephen DeVeau, with a seventh place finish in the varsity boys race in 17:01.

For the Lady Jays Brianna Pace finished 11th in the varsity girls race in 16:47. Also for Junction City, Myrissa Humphreys was 14th in 16:59, and Briona Jensen 15th in 17:01.

In the varsity team competition Manhattan won the boys title with the overall low score of 46 points. Junction City finished fifth with a score of 105.

In the girls varsity race Manhattan captured first with a score of 22 points. Junction City did not have  a full team. The Lady Jays  only had the  three finishers.

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Kansas State certainly has its issues following a 32-28 win over Iowa State on Saturday.

It also has mental toughness and a star quarterback in Jake Waters – two things that could go a long way in the Big 12 this season.

The 19th-ranked Wildcats (2-0, 1-0 Big 12) allowed 28 straight points to an offense that scored half that many against an FCS team a week earlier. But they also held Iowa State scoreless in the second half, and Waters led Kansas State on an 80-yard, game-winning drive in just 91 seconds.

“There was a lot of character involved with playing the last five minutes of the game the way that they did,” Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said.

Kansas State’s strong finish was bookended by an encouraging start.

It was the middle of the game that got away from the Wildcats.

Kansas State needed just five plays to take a 7-0 lead, and it held Iowa State (0-2, 0-1) without a yard on its first series. The Wildcats then quickly drove to the Cyclones 10-yard line before stalling out.

Kansas State settled for field goals on back-to-back drives in the first quarter. It didn’t seem like a big deal at the time since the Wildcats held a staggering 171-9 advantage in yardage, but it would soon come back to haunt them.

“After the first drive, we turned around and have to kick two field goals. It was a 13-0 ballgame instead of a 21-0 game. That made a huge difference. I think that’s where the real letdown was, right there,” Snyder said.

Iowa State’s stops gave it hope that a comeback was still possible.

The Cyclones spent the next 15 minutes doing whatever it wanted against Kansas State’s inexperienced defense.

Quarterback Sam Richardson led Iowa State on an 85-yard scoring drive to end the first quarter. The Wildcats then let Jarvis West run a punt back 82 yards for a touchdown, and West’s perfect pass off to freshman Allen Lazard off a reverse put the Cyclones ahead 21-13.

Kansas State’s defense gave up its third touchdown in less than 14 minutes late in the first half, with DeVondrick Nealy capping a 75-yard drive on a short TD run.

But to its credit, Kansas State responded.

The Wildcats got a touchdown back before halftime and stuffed Iowa State on a 4th-and-1 in K-State territory to start the second half.

Kansas State outscored Iowa State 19-0 over the final 31 minutes, and Waters took control with his arm and his legs.

Waters threw for 239 yards and rushed for 138 more as the offense averaged nearly seven yards a play without turning the ball over.

“Another side of me kind of came out. I haven’t really shown that a lot. I just wanted it so bad,” Waters said. “I just knew that we had it in us.”

The Wildcats have a few extra days to sort out their defensive issues before their biggest test so far.

Auburn visits Manhattan on Sept. 18 in one of the marquee matchups of the young season.

“We had a lot of toughness to win a ball game and we didn’t quit. We finished like we wanted to,” running back Charles Jones said.

NEW YORK (AP) – Yordano Ventura and the Kansas City Royals turned Derek Jeter Day into another disappointing defeat for the New York Yankees’ captain in the dwindling days of his career.

Ventura pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning, and the AL Central leaders beat the Yankees 2-0 Sunday on a pair of unearned runs for their second shutout in the three-game series.

Kansas City scored due to errors by pitcher Shane Greene (4-3) in the second inning and right fielder Carlos Beltran in the third. The Royals, who won 1-0 Friday night on an unearned run following an error by third baseman Chase Headley, went 4-3 against the Yankees this year to take the season series for the first time since 1999.

 

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Jake Waters ran for an 8-yard touchdown with 1:30 left and 20th-ranked Kansas State rallied past host Iowa State 32-28 on Saturday.

Waters threw for 239 yards and ran for a career-high 138 yards for the Wildcats (2-0, 1-0 Big 12). They trailed by as much as 28-13 late in the first half before Waters rescued them on a game-winning drive.

Waters followed a key 23-yard completion to Tyler Lockett with a 25-yard run with just under two minutes left. Waters then capped an 80-yard drive that took just 1:31 with his second touchdown run of the day.

Jarvis West caught and threw touchdown passes and ran a punt back for a third TD for Iowa State (0-2, 0-1), which was held scoreless in the second half.

 

The Junction City Blue Jays rolled to a 27-0 first half lead, and went on to defeat the Highland Park Scots 48-12 in their season opening high school football game.

Fullback Downey Wood led the Blue Jays in rushing with 117 yards and a touchdown, while A-Back Jovan Baldwin rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns.  Quarterback Tanner Lueker was 7-13 passing for for 162 yards and one touchdown for Junction City.

Blue Jay head coach Randall Zimmerman noted he saw some good things, and quite  a few things to work on. “Proud of our kids. A lot of our kids that were out there tonight, that was the first varsity experience that they’ve had. ”

The coach added there were some bright spots, and some frustrating things. He pointed to the hard play as a positive, but some early problems in the first quarter where the team did not convert into points. Zimmerman mentioned two dropped balls in the end zone, as one example.

Zimmerman said after that he felt like the team got better, noting they put together a couple of big drives.

The Blue Jays host Emporia next Friday ( Sept. 12 ).

PREP FOOTBALL
Abilene 21, Royal Valley 0
Andale 41, Buhler 20
Anderson County 27, Central Heights 8
Andover 21, Goddard-Eisenhower 0
Andover Central 34, Valley Center 31
Anthony-Harper-Chaparral 47, Wichita Independent 13
Arkansas City 34, Winfield 13
Atchison 42, Pleasant Ridge 22
Atchison County 52, Hiawatha 27
Attica/Argonia 66, Cunningham 20
Balko, Okla. 40, Moscow 6
Basehor-Linwood 20, Baldwin 17, OT
Beaver, Okla. 46, Johnson-Stanton County 0
Bennington 8, Remington 7
Bishop Miege 51, BV Northwest 36
Blue Valley Southwest 26, BV North 19
Blue Valley Stillwell 29, SM Northwest 0
Cair Paravel 60, St. John’s Military 26
Caldwell 8, Central Burden 6
Caney Valley 35, Yates Center 0
Canton-Galva 64, Hutchinson Central Christian 16
Central Plains 42, Victoria 24
Centralia 54, Valley Heights 6
Chapman 39, Circle 14
Chase 50, Wheatland-Grinnell 0
Chase County 36, West Franklin 21
Cheney 35, Garden Plain 21
Cherryvale 14, Humboldt 0
Chetopa 56, Marmaton Valley 0
Columbus 25, Chanute 14
Concordia 26, Beloit 0
Conway Springs 55, Bluestem 14
DeSoto 70, KC Harmon 8
Dodge City 27, Wichita West 18
El Dorado 17, Mulvane 15
Elkhart 8, Hooker, Okla. 0
Ell-Saline 20, Inman 8
Ellinwood 40, St. John 14
Ellsworth 41, Russell 10
Emporia 45, Washburn Rural 44
Eudora 35, Bonner Springs 27
Fort Scott 30, Parsons 0
Frankfort 38, Clifton-Clyde 30
Fredonia 27, Erie 6
Goodland 52, Wray, Colo. 28
Greeley County 32, Weskan 31
Halstead 22, Haven 14
Hanover 52, Axtell 12
Hays 12, Olathe Northwest 10
Hesston 27, Smoky Valley 7
Hillsboro 54, Sterling 20
Hitchcock County, Neb. 45, Cheylin 0
Hodgeman County 58, Kiowa County 12
Holcomb 36, Cimarron 0
Holly, Colo. 44, Deerfield 0
Horton 46, Jackson Heights 14
Hugoton 31, Guymon, Okla. 23
Hutchinson Trinity 39, Sedgwick 14
Independence 41, Labette County 10
Ingalls 58, South Gray 8
Junction City 48, Highland Park 12
Kapaun Mount Carmel 35, Wichita East 18
KC Piper 20, Lansing 14
KC Sumner 8, KC Bishop Ward 0
KC Turner 26, KC Washington 14
Kingman 20, Nickerson 0
LaCrosse 28, Olpe 8
Lakeside 40, Pike Valley 26
Lakin 53, Syracuse 8
Larned 21, Hoisington 20
Lawton, Okla. 49, Salina Central 3
Leavenworth 19, Great Bend 0
Lincoln 52, Tescott 6
Linn 52, Wilson 16
Little River 46, Rural Vista 22
Logan 50, Golden Plains 0
Louisburg 19, Ottawa 0
Lyndon 47, Herington 6
Maize 20, Derby 13
Maize South 28, Goddard 0
Manhattan 28, Shawnee Heights 25
Marais des Cygnes Valley 48, Lebo 0
Marion 38, Moundridge 7
Maur Hill – Mount Academy 50, Immaculata 0
McLouth 41, Jefferson North 6
Meade 64, Wichita County 12
Medicine Lodge 15, Belle Plaine 9
Minneapolis 27, Republic County 0
Minneola 46, Fowler 0
Mission Valley 33, Osage City 12
Nemaha Central 35, Sabetha 27
Neodesha 14, Northeast-Arma 12
Ness City 44, Kinsley 6
Newton 32, Wichita Campus 12
Northern Heights 35, Council Grove 18
Northern Valley 40, Alma, Neb. 15
Norton 46, Ellis 0
Oakley 14, Colby 10
Oberlin-Decatur 46, Hoxie 14
Olathe East 26, Garden City 14
Olathe North 18, Rogers Heritage, Ark. 13
Olathe South 24, Hutchinson 2
Onaga 16, Doniphan West 8
Osborne 52, Thunder Ridge 28
Oskaloosa 32, Valley Falls 30
Otis-Bison 56, Macksville 6
Oxford 72, South Haven 38
Peabody-Burns 54, Goessel 8
Perry-Lecompton 45, Tonganoxie 20
Phillipsburg 48, Hays-TMP-Marian 0
Pittsburg 27, Coffeyville 14
Prairie View 3, Wellsville 0
Pratt 13, Lyons 3
Pratt Skyline 48, South Barber 32
Quinter 62, Dighton/Healy 40
Riley County 48, Wabaunsee 12
Riverside 35, Jefferson West 14
Riverton 21, Girard 9
Rock Hills 60, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 6
Rossville 41, Clay Center 7
Santa Fe Trail 35, Iola 0
Satanta 50, Bucklin 0
Scott City 37, Clearwater 0
Silver Lake 18, Holton 7
SM East 40, Gardner-Edgerton 0
SM South 42, SM North 14
Smith Center 24, Plainville 0
Solomon 62, Centre 36
South Central 52, Ashland 6
Southeast 36, Baxter Springs 0
Southeast Saline 54, Salina Sacred Heart 13
Southwestern Hts. 21, Sublette 0
Spearville 32, Madison 28
Spring Hill 14, Paola 13
St. James Academy 35, Pleasant Hill, Mo. 7
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 68, Hill City 22
St. Mary’s 8, Marysville 0
St. Thomas Aquinas 34, Mill Valley 24
Stafford 34, Pretty Prairie 26
Sylvan-Lucas 26, Natoma 6
Topeka 69, KC Schlagle 0
Topeka Hayden 56, Topeka Seaman 7
Trego 70, Stockton 56
Troy 30, Washington County 0
Udall 56, Norwich 6
Ulysses 38, Liberal 6
Uniontown 64, Altoona-Midway 0
Wakefield 50, BV Randolph 0
Wallace County 24, Rawlins County 12
Wamego 34, Rock Creek 10
Waverly 26, Southern Coffey 20
Wellington 27, Augusta 13
West Elk 46, St. Paul 0
Wichita Bishop Carroll 43, Wichita Northwest 14
Wichita Collegiate 28, Rose Hill 6
Wichita Heights 35, Wichita Southeast 0
Wichita Home School 45, Veritas Christian 0
Wichita South 42, Wichita North 14
Wichita Trinity 32, Douglass 0
Word of Life 36, Bishop Seabury Academy 0
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Osawatomie vs. Frontenac, ppd. to Sep 6.

 

NEW YORK (AP) – James Shields pitched two-hit ball into the ninth inning and Nori Aoki lined a run-scoring single in the third following Chase Headley’s two-base error, leading the Kansas City Royals over the New York Yankees 1-0 Friday night.

Two starts after losing to the Yankees 8-1 in one of his worst outings this season, Shields (13-7) retired his first 11 batters before Brett Gardner’s double in the fourth. Headley singled in the fifth, and Gardner flied out to the right-field warning track in the sixth.

Shields retired 11 straight before Derek Jeter singled softly with one out in the ninth. Wade Davis relieved, and pinch-runner Antoan Richardson stole second before Gardner struck out swinging on a 3-2 fastball.

Carlos Beltran took a called third strike, giving Davis his first big league save. Davis has fanned 92 batters in 62 1-3 innings this season.

 

The Junction City Lady Jay tennis team finished fourth out of four teams in a quadrangular at the JCHS tennis courts on Thursday.

Lady Jay  coach Tim Hickert said in one singles competition Kira Ford went 1-2 on the day. In one doubles the duo of Ally McKenzie and Alyson Burleigh went 1-2, including a win over a doubles team from Manhattan.

Nea Misa was 1-2 in two singles play, and the two doubles team of Mercedes Stunkel and Ana Perez finished 0-3.

In the team competition Lawrence Free State captured first place with nine wins. Manhattan was second with eight, Salina South four, and Junction City three.

The Junction City Blue Jays open their football season at Highland Park Friday night.

Coach Randall Zimmerman has had been pleased with the defense in the first three weeks of practice. “We’ve got the experience there. We have six kids there returning with really good starting experience. Five of those kids started all year long. Three of those kids are all league kids. And we’re still young. Those kids are all young kids yet. ”

On offense there is more concern, mainly with the offensive line.

“Mainly because we’re so inexperienced and young on the offensive side. We’re trying to feel our way with our offensive line.”

The game Friday night ( Sept. 5 ) can be heard on KJCK AM, The Talk of JC with the broadcast beginning at 6:40 p.m.  You can also hear the contest at kjck.com. Dewey Terrill and Brian Field will broadcast the game.