SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) – The Kansas City Royals claimed switch-hitting outfielder Jimmy Paredes off waivers Monday from the Baltimore Orioles.

Paredes, 25, has played in 118 games in the majors for the Houston Astros since 2011. He hit .192 with four doubles, a home run and 10 RBIs in 125 at-bats last season with the Astros.

Paredes, who was originally signed by the New York Yankees in 2007, is with his third organization this offseason. He was claimed off waivers by the Miami Marlins in November and the Orioles on Saturday.

To make room for Paredes on the 40-man roster, the Royals designated for assignment right-handed pitcher Maikel Cleto, who was 1-2 with a 3.55 ERA in 19 appearances in 2013 with Triple-A Omaha.

 

WACO, Texas (AP) — Kenny Chery had a triple-double, Brady Heslip hit a tying 3-pointer at the buzzer in regulation and Baylor rallied to beat Kansas State 87-73 in two overtimes Saturday night, snapping a four-game home losing streak.

The Bears (16-9, 4-8 Big 12) trailed by 10 with 9 minutes left before rallying to end their longest home skid in nine years.

Baylor’s Taurean Prince banked in a tiebreaking 3-pointer in the second overtime, and had a three-point play on a dunk to put Baylor up by 11 with a minute remaining.

Nino Williams had a career-high 20 points for the Wildcats (17-8, 7-5), who lost their fifth straight on the road.

Chery had the sixth triple-double in school history with 20 points and career highs of 12 assists and 10 rebounds.

Three K-State players reached double figures in Kansas State’s 60-54 women’s basketball win over Texas Tech on Saturday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum.

According to k-statesports.com Leticia Romero, katya Leick, and Ashia Woods all finished in double figures. Romero led all scorers with 19 points, Leick had 10, and Woods had 10.

Kansas State ( 10-14, 4-9 Big 12 ) plays at TCU on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.

Friday’s Scores

BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 63, Wamego 43
Andale 67, Wellington 42
Andover 62, Goddard 55
Andover Central 57, Valley Center 46
Baileyville-B&B 44, Axtell 40
Beloit 74, Russell 33
Bennington 57, Sedgwick 40
Berean Academy 57, Moundridge 50
BV North 68, Gardner-Edgerton 50
BV Randolph 71, Doniphan West 52
Centralia 64, Clifton-Clyde 48
Coffeyville 59, Fort Scott 57
Concordia 61, Chapman 36
Derby 83, Salina Central 78, 2OT
Douglass 62, Conway Springs 57
Ellinwood 64, Hoisington 54
Eureka 57, Burlington 48
Garden Plain 43, Wichita Trinity 42
Goddard-Eisenhower 56, Newton 41
Goessel 53, Peabody-Burns 46
Halstead 63, Nickerson 37
Haven 48, Sterling 45
Hays 55, Liberal 22
Hesston 45, Hillsboro 43
Hiawatha 51, Royal Valley 46
Highland Park 66, Topeka Seaman 55
Hill City 65, Smith Center 48
Holton 70, Riverside 62, OT
Hoxie 65, Dighton 27
Hutchinson 38, Salina South 37
Hutchinson Trinity 49, Remington 38
Independence 70, Pittsburg 42
Inman 51, Ell-Saline 47
Junction City 59, Washburn Rural 37
KC Piper 62, Tonganoxie 58
Labette County 66, Columbus 51
Lansing 60, KC Bishop Ward 30
Lawrence 57, Olathe Northwest 45
Maize 48, Wichita Campus 33
Maize South 63, Arkansas City 37
Marais des Cygnes Valley 63, Mission Valley 44
Marion 65, Canton-Galva 43
McPherson 54, El Dorado 35
Minneapolis 70, Southeast Saline 59
Natoma 70, Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 61
Norton 45, Osborne 32
Olathe East 64, Olathe North 59
Olathe South 64, Lawrence Free State 50
Onaga 45, Washington County 41
Osawatomie 59, Anderson County 51
Otis-Bison 56, Ness City 54
Ottawa 71, Louisburg 65
Pittsburg Colgan 70, Baxter Springs 37
Pratt 52, Lyons 43
Riverton 58, Southeast 26
Rock Creek 71, St. Mary’s 17
Rock Hills 36, Pike Valley 34
Rose Hill 61, Mulvane 55
Sabetha 80, Jefferson West 50
Santa Fe Trail 65, Atchison County 49
Scott City 55, Hays-TMP-Marian 48
Shawnee Heights 69, Manhattan 58
SM Northwest 50, SM East 35
SM South 76, Leavenworth 64
Solomon 57, Elyria Christian 11
Southwestern Hts. 73, South Gray 68
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 55, Lincoln 27
St. Thomas Aquinas 56, Blue Valley Stilwell 46
Stockton 60, Trego 42
Sylvan-Lucas 50, Lakeside 30
Thunder Ridge 52, Chase 38
Topeka 62, Topeka West 55
Topeka Hayden 37, Emporia 33, OT
Triplains-Brewster 45, Wheatland-Grinnell 22
Wabaunsee 43, Riley County 34
West Elk 62, Argonia 23
Wichita Bishop Carroll 46, Kapaun Mount Carmel 43
Wichita East 52, Wichita Northwest 42
Wichita Independent 55, Cheney 53
Wichita Southeast 59, Wichita North 56
Winfield 53, Buhler 32
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Andale 43, Wellington 27
Anderson County 53, Osawatomie 14
Andover 46, Goddard 40
Andover Central 64, Valley Center 51
Arkansas City 45, Maize South 31
Baileyville-B&B 53, Axtell 32
Basehor-Linwood 51, Bonner Springs 47
Blue Valley Southwest 73, BV West 33
Buhler 48, Winfield 34
BV North 65, Gardner-Edgerton 37
Caldwell 74, Flinthills 17
Caney Valley 63, Yates Center 23
Central Plains 59, LaCrosse 32
Centralia 51, Clifton-Clyde 21
Chaparral 55, Belle Plaine 41
Cheney 53, Wichita Independent 37
Cherryvale 51, Erie 40
Cheylin 47, Logan 39
Circle 45, Augusta 42
Concordia 49, Chapman 34
Doniphan West 39, BV Randolph 34
Douglass 37, Conway Springs 24
Ell-Saline 59, Inman 34
Ellinwood 48, Hoisington 41
Ellsworth 43, Republic County 22
Fort Scott 61, Coffeyville 57
Fowler 52, Macksville 37
Garden Plain 48, Wichita Trinity 42
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 40, Natoma 39
Goddard-Eisenhower 57, Newton 50
Goessel 44, Peabody-Burns 24
Golden Plains 65, Healy 15
Goodland 53, Ulysses 36
Great Bend 69, Garden City 50
Halstead 53, Nickerson 36
Hanover 36, Frankfort 32
Hays-TMP-Marian 58, Scott City 25
Hesston 47, Hillsboro 28
Holcomb 59, Colby 38
Holton 54, Riverside 24
Hoxie 69, Dighton 63
Hugoton 74, Guymon, Okla. 55
Hutchinson 32, Salina South 22
Independence 48, Pittsburg 41
Iola 41, Central Heights 33
Jefferson North 94, Immaculata 15
Kapaun Mount Carmel 45, Wichita Bishop Carroll 32
KC Piper 46, Tonganoxie 39
Kingman 36, Smoky Valley 32
Kiowa County 56, Hodgeman County 33
Labette County 45, Columbus 37
Lakin 60, Elkhart 29
Lansing 42, KC Bishop Ward 26
Leavenworth 74, SM South 72
Liberal 56, Hays 49
Louisburg 48, Ottawa 47
Lyndon 39, Hartford 17
Lyons 45, Pratt 39
Maize 61, Wichita Campus 29
Manhattan 43, Shawnee Heights 31
Marais des Cygnes Valley 49, Mission Valley 29
McPherson 69, El Dorado 15
Medicine Lodge 52, Bluestem 25
Mill Valley 54, KC Turner 12
Minnesota Academy for the Deaf, Minn. 62, Kansas Deaf 35
Moundridge 31, Berean Academy 27
Nemaha Valley 42, Perry-Lecompton 23
Oberlin-Decatur 52, Rawlins County 38
Olathe Northwest 66, Lawrence 48
Olathe South 55, Lawrence Free State 45
Osborne 61, Norton 52
Otis-Bison 54, Ness City 37
Pike Valley 57, Rock Hills 25
Pittsburg Colgan 42, Baxter Springs 34
Prairie View 42, Wellsville 34
Pretty Prairie 47, Fairfield 41
Remington 48, Hutchinson Trinity 30
Riley County 58, Wabaunsee 52
Rock Creek 45, St. Mary’s 39
Rose Hill 57, Mulvane 45
Royal Valley 59, Hiawatha 51
Russell 56, Beloit 48
Sabetha 52, Jefferson West 28
Salina Central 63, Derby 44
Santa Fe Trail 37, Atchison County 25
SM Northwest 49, SM East 46
SM West 70, SM North 49
Smith Center 42, Hill City 30
South Barber 54, Hutchinson Central Christian 21
South Central 59, Ashland 37
South Haven 50, Sedan 43
Southeast Saline 54, Minneapolis 47
Southwestern Hts. 56, South Gray 35
Spring Hill Charter 56, Eudora 52
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 37, Lincoln 34
St. Thomas Aquinas 64, Blue Valley Stilwell 46
Sterling 42, Haven 36
Sylvan-Lucas 40, Lakeside 20
Thunder Ridge 67, Chase 34
Topeka 49, Topeka West 32
Topeka Hayden 54, Emporia 42
Topeka Seaman 48, Highland Park 27
Trego 59, Stockton 54
Valley Heights 62, Wetmore 46
Victoria 54, St. John 37
Wamego 48, Abilene 16
Washburn Rural 55, Junction City 37
Washington County 51, Onaga 24
Wichita North 58, Wichita Southeast 39
Wichita Northwest 53, Wichita East 46
Wilson 71, Tescott 51

The Junction City Lady Jays jumped out to a 10-2 lead over Washburn Rural, but it didn’t last Friday night at the Shenk Gym.

Junction City led 10-4 after the first quarter, but Washburn Rural eventually battled back to lead 22-15 at halftime and moved on to a 55-37 win over the Lady Jays.

Courtney Winkley led all scorers with 19 points for Washburn Rural while Kealee Rains had 15 and A’Kia Fain 12 points for Junction City ( 3-12 ).

Junction City plays at Manhattan Tuesday.

A losing streak that stretched 29 days…nearly a month….came to an end Friday night for the Junction City Blue Jay boys basketball team.

The Blue Jays ( 5-11 ) led for much of the game enroute to a 59-37 win over the Washburn Rural Junior Blues.

Junction City coach Pat Battle said after the game it had been a long time coming for the Blue Jays. “It feels awfully good. I’m just real happy for our kids. I’m proud of their perserverance. I think that’s one of our District educational goals, is to teach kids perserverance, and boy this is a walking example, these last several weeks.”

Ja’Male Morrow and Danny Thornton were co-scoring leaders for Junction City with 9 points apiece.

It was King / Queen of Courts night at JCHS. BLue Jay basketball player Semaj Johnson was named King of Courts and Taylor Collette was named the Queen of Courts.

 

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) – Starting pitcher James Shields entered Royals camp on Friday wearing a shirt with the word “propaganda” on the front.

The Royals begin spring training with hopes of ending a 29-year-old playoff drought since winning the 1985 World Series.

“The Royals’ propaganda, I think we’ve going to have a really good spring training,” Shields said. “I’m real excited to be here and get going. Hopefully, we can continue doing what we did at the end of the year last year.

“We’re in high spirits. We’ve got a lot of work to do. I think spring training is where it all starts. Our main goal this year is to go to the playoffs and win the World Series, bottom line. We don’t take anything for granted.”

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs have signed restricted free agent Richard Gordon to a one-year contract to provide depth at tight end, a position where they struggled through injuries much of last season.

The team had not announced the deal Friday, but NFLPA records indicate Gordon will receive $645,000 in 2014.

Gordon joined the Chiefs in December and appeared in two regular season games, making one catch for 3 yards against San Diego. That was the game in which the Chiefs, already assured of their playoff position, rested virtually all of their starters.

The Chiefs also have tight ends Anthony Fasano, Travis Kelce and Sean McGrath on the roster.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – There was no reason to suspect that Marcus Foster would be the driving force behind Kansas State’s surprising success.

Heck, it even caught him by surprise.

Yet the lightly recruited guard out of Wichita Falls, Texas, just scored 34 points in a win over then-No. 15 Texas. The talented freshman followed that up with a game-high 20 in Monday night’s upset of No. 7 Kansas.

Foster says he’s “in disbelief” over how quickly he’s gotten up to speed in big-time college basketball, while Kansas State coach Bruce Weber praised his driven nature.

Foster is averaging 15 points while leading the Wildcats to a 17-7 record, and a 7-4 start in the Big 12, putting them just two games behind the Jayhawks in the league race.

Manhattan High School boys head basketball coach, Tim Brooks, has resigned.

Mike Marsh, MHS Athletic Director, made the announcement Friday morning.

Brooks was suspended recently from his coaching job at Manhattan High School, but school officials have not released any information as to why that action occurred.

Assistant coaches Shane Sieben and Benji George are leading the basketball program.

Junction City plays at Manhattan Tuesday, February 18th.

Brooks was in his tenth season as the head coach at Manhattan High.