All Centennial League football selections have been released.

For the Junction City Blue Jays Semaj Johnson was named first-team tight end and Christian Ozores first-team defensive back.

Receiving second-team recognition were running back Jermal Campbell, offensive tackle Tre Brown, defensive lineman Micah Felton, linebacker Justice Rexrode, and returner Dequan Davis.  Davis also received Honorable Mention as a running back.

Joe Schartz of Manhattan was named 2013 Coach of the Year.

Alec Beatty, Topeka High and Earl Mariner, Washburn Rural were the 2013 Co-Offensive Players of the Year.   Austin Tillman, Topeka High and Parker Bass, Emporia were the 2013 Co-Defensive Players of the Year.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – The 111th installment of the Dillons Sunflower Showdown between Kansas State and Kansas will kick off at 11 a.m., on November 30, at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence and will be shown to a national audience on FOX Sports 1, the Big 12 Conference and FOX Sports announced Monday.

The Sunflower Showdown is the 11th-most played rivalry in the FBS in terms of consecutive games played. The series began in 1902 with KU holding a 65-40-5 edge in the series, but the Wildcats have won 16 of the previous 20 matchups, including the last four.

It will be K-State’s second-straight 11 a.m., contest shown nationally on FOX Sports 1 as the Wildcats host Oklahoma on Senior Day this Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Scattered singles and standing-room only tickets for the game against the Sooners may be purchased through the K-State Athletics Ticket office online at www.k-statesports.com/tickets, by phone at 1-800-221-CATS or at the ticket office inside Bramlage Coliseum.

The 2013 Junction City Blue Jay team gathered Sunday evening at the high school for the annual postseason banquet and awards celebration.

Head Coach Randall Zimmerman addressed the team. “One of the big things that you accomplished this year was keeping the Silver Trophy at home.”  That trophy goes to the winner of the Junction City – Manhattan football game, which was won by the Blue Jays this year 16-10.

The Blue Jay varsity finished 6-3 overall and 2-1 in district play. They tied Topeka High and Manhattan with the same record in district play, but under the KSHSAA tiebreaker rules did not advance to postseason play.

The Blue Jay junior varsity finished 5-3 and the freshman team 5-4.

Numerous awards were presented Sunday evening to members of the football team.

–the Malcolm Tibbetts Memorial Award that goes to the most inspirational Blue Jay went to two players, Justice Rexrode and Micah Felton.

–Joseph Sinegal Memorial Award in honor of a Blue Jay lineman who died in an automobile accident in 1995 went to Tre Brown and Immanuel Cason.

— Coach Al Simpler Memorial Award in honor of the late Blue Jay coach Al Simpler went to Will Ervin, Nate Funk, and Steven Matthews.

–Elijah Carter –  Salisbury Award named in memory of a Blue Jay player who died unexpectedly in 2012 went to Kemondre Taylor and Semaj Johnson.

–Ron Lowry Award to the outstanding freshman went to two players, Ryan Henington and Kayne Hutchinson.

–and the Black Lion Award given in memory of Major Don Holinder who died in combat Oct. 17, 1967 in Vietnam, and the Black Lions of the 28th Infantry Regiment who died with him that day was presented to Jerma’l Campbell and Sean Gustad.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Marcus Foster had 17 points and Shane Southwell added 14 as Kansas State beat Long Beach State 71-58 on Sunday.

Kansas State used a 17-4 run to open up a 26-9 lead with 6:48 left in the first half. After the run, Kansas State never saw its lead dip below 13 points.

The 49ers pounded the paint against the Wildcats in the second half. They shortened the Wildcat lead to 13 with 11:47 left, but baskets from forward DJ Johnson and Wesley Iwundu quickly slammed the door on Long Beach State.

Kansas State limited Long Beach State’s leading scorer Mike Caffey to 9 points. The junior had averaged 18.7 points through the previous three games.

Dan Jennings had 14 points and 12 rebounds to pace the 49ers.

It was the seventh all-time meeting between the programs. Kansas State now holds a 5-2 advantage in the series.

 

No. 23 Kansas defeated Kansas State in volleyball action Saturday in Lawrence.

K-State won the first set 25-19 before the Jayhawks came back to take the next three 26-24, 25-14, 25-18.

Kansas State will host Baylor at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Ahearn Field House.

UTEP ( 3-0 ) jumped out to a 13-0 lead in the first half and went on to defeat Kansas State in women’s basketball 84-39 in El Paso on Saturday.

K-State started the game 0-of-7 from the field.

K-State redshirt freshman Kelly Thomson finished with 15 points while freshman Breanna Lewis had 12 rebounds and five rebounds.

The Wildcats ( 2-1 ) host Wichita State on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Jack Cantele’s 41-yard field goal with three second remaining lifted Kansas State past TCU 33-31 Saturday night in Manhattan.

Bill Snyder said after the game he was proud of his team. “Proud of the fact that they came back and won a back and forth ballgame. Certainly awfully proud of Cantele. That’s a great deal of pressure on a young guy like that, and everybody that’s on the field goal unit.” The coach also credited the Wildcat offense for “waking up” and getting some movement and for getting the ball into field goal position, and said Kansas State played well a good portion of the time, but gave up too much.

“Bottom line is we didn’t play nearly as well as I would like for us to play. We played well enough to win. Those are things we’ll address on Monday. I want our guys to enjoy the fact they won another ballgame.

K-State opted not to use their final timeout before Cantele’s game winning field goal. But Snyder felt he made a mistake by not using one before TCU’s Jaden Oberkrom’s 56-yard field goal that put the Horned Frogs ahead 31-30 with 2:13 remaining. “They’ve tried him at 62 so there wasn’t any doubt in my mind he could do it. And we were bantering back and forth as to whether they were going to kick a field goal. I should have taken the timeout. That was my error.”

After the go-ahead TCU field goal the Wildcats drove down the field one final time and got in position for Cantele’s final field goal.

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K-State senior safety Ty Zimmerman left the game with 6:50 remaining in the first quarter with an apparent leg injury. He was taken to the locker room and then watched the second on crutches from the sideline.

After the game Snyder addressed the play of Zimmerman’s backup Dylan Schellenberg. “Schellenberg played well I thought with one exception. He let a ball get over the top of him. It was a big play and we can’t afford to give up big plays. That’s what bit us in the fanny earlier in the year.”  Snyder added you can’t remove one snap from the game, “But if you did he really played very well prior to that.”

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Kansas State ( 6-4 ) became bowl eligible with the win. The loss eliminated TCU ( 4-7 ) from bowl contention this season.

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52,697 was the announced attendance for the game.

 

 

A game that had six different lead changes, all in the second half, came down to a last second field goal from 41 yards out that gave K-State the 33-31 victory.

With three seconds left on the clock Sophomore Jack Cantele stepped up and kicked his first game winning field goal from 41 yards out giving the K-State the lead 33-31.

“There was no doubt that it was going in. It was the best kick that I had ever kicked, going right down the middle the entire way,” Cantele said. “I have to say I have been ready for this my whole life. Everything up to this point has been getting me ready for this. All other thoughts have to be out of your head by then.”

Quarterback Jake Waterssaid that he was confident Cantele was going to make it,”I knew he was going to make it. I’ve seen him make it in practice a bunch of times. Thinking back I didn’t have any doubt in my mind that Jack wasn’t going to come through and he did.”

K-State didn’t get started until late in the first quarter when K-State’s Blake Slaughter picked off a pass by TCU’s Casey Pachall. A few plays later Daniel Sams found the endzone from 11 yards out. However the play before Slaughters pick, Senior Safety Ty Zimmerman was assisted off the field and later taken to the locker room. He would come back to the sideline in the second half on crutches.

It didn’t take much time before the Wildcats got the ball back in the first quarter and three plays later Jake Waters found Tramaine Thompson open for a 74 yard touchdown pass putting the Wildcats up 14-0 going into the second quarter.

Late in the second quarter TCU scored it’s first touchdown of the game on a 15 yard run by B.J. Catalon bringing the Horned Frogs within a touchdown. But the Wildcats were able to add another field goal with three seconds left in the half to go up 17-7.

TCU came out in the second half and turned up the heat on the Wildcats scoring twice and taking the lead 17-21. The Wildcats were finally able to respond on a 79 yard touchdown pass from Waters to Thompson to regain the lead 24-21.

TCU quickly took the lead back however on the next drive going 54 yards on three plays to find the endzone and the lead 24-28.

K-state came back on the next drive and got back within one on a 34 yard field goal by Cantelle to make the score 27-28.

The fouth quarter saw nothing but field goals out of both teams. A penalty against TCU late in the fourth quarter set up a fourth and one for K-State. The Wildcats went for it and Sams picked up five yards for the first down to keep the drive alive. K-state eventually set up another field goal for Cantelle that gave the Wildcats the lead 30-28. However TCU didn’t waste any time again on the following drive to re-take the lead 30-31 off of a 56 yard field goal by Jaden Oberkrom.

The Wildcats took the next drive 44 yards in nine plays to set up the 41 yard field goal for Cantele that won the game 33-31.

K-State secured bowl eligibilty with the win for the 4th straight year making this years senior class the first to go to a bowl all four years since the 2003 senior class.

The Wildcats will be at home again next week against Oklahoma. That game is scheduled for an 11 a.m. kickoff making it the first morning game for the Wildcats this season.

 

Manhattan’s Henry Bieber returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown, but it was the Derby Panthers who came out on top in their Class 6A football playoff game Friday night.

After the Indians scored first at Bishop Stadium the Panthers would go on to score 48 consecutive points enroute to a 55-20 victory over Manhattan.   The Indians did score two touchdowns in the fourth quarter before Derby tacked on one last touchdown.

Manhattan finished the season with a final record of 8-3, while Derby is now 10-1.

In other 6A playoff action Garden City defeated Wichita Heights 35-28, Olathe North downed Lawrence Free State 22-18, and Shawnee Mission East defeated Olathe East 20-13.

In Class 4A Hayden of the Centennial League fell to Buhler 27-18.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – The road leading to town wasn’t known as Coach Bill Snyder Highway the last time that Gary Patterson exited north off Interstate 70 and headed toward the Kansas State campus.

But when the TCU coach returns for the first time in three decades on Saturday, he’ll not only be trying to deal Snyder a defeat, but also do the same to his alma mater.

Patterson played linebacker for the Wildcats in the early 1980s.

His Horned Frogs (4-6, 2-5 Big 12) are in must-win mode, too. Another loss would eliminate them from bowl consideration. Kansas State (5-4, 3-3) has won three straight games and can become eligible for a bowl trip of its own with a victory.