MANHATTAN, Kan. –  With excitement growing toward the start of the 2018 season, K-State Athletics has announced special ticket packages and pricing that will only be available Monday, August 20, as part of a “Back to Campus Day” special offer. This is the second-straight year fans can purchase tickets with no fees on the first day of the fall semester.

In addition to no fees, fans can purchase four different “one-day-only” ticket deals, including $20 football home-opener tickets for the September 1 match-up against South Dakota.

For just $30, fans can also purchase football ticket vouchers that can be redeemed for a ticket to any 2018 home game, while supplies last. There is no limit to the number of ticket vouchers purchased per account. For example, four vouchers can be purchased to use for four different home games or a fan can bring three friends to one game. Fans who purchase vouchers can begin redeeming them for game tickets on Tuesday, August 21.

A Wildcat Weekend 4-Pack will be available for just $199 that includes four tickets to the men’s basketball season opener on Friday, November 9; four tickets to the football game against KU; and $40 in concession vouchers that can be used at both venues.

Fans wanting to watch the Wildcats take on the Jayhawks can purchase a Sunflower Showdown Fall Ticket Package for just $50. The package includes a t-shirt and a ticket to each of the home fall match-ups for soccer (October 5), volleyball (October 17) and football (November 10).

All “one-day-only” packages will be available exclusively online at www.kstatesports.com

K-State begins the 2018 season and seven-game home slate on Saturday, September 1, against South Dakota, a game that kicks off at 6:10 p.m., and serves as the 10th-annual K-State Family Reunion.

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Nolan Minor of West Virginia University and Nick Ratliff of Campbellsville University in Kentucky will battle for the championship of the 2018 Carharrt Bassmaster College Series College Bracket at Milford.

The two anglers made it through the semifinals Wednesday. Minor said in the semifinal round he was working secondary points with chunk rock, and fishing with walking bait and jerk bait in areas

“When I would have an area that I was pretty confident there were fish in it I would first make a pass through that area with the top water.” If the small mouth missed the top water bait he would return to the same area with jerk bait. “It worked twice for me today.”

Ratliff said with the wind blowing Wednesday morning it was a concern. “I made a few adjustments, caught a couple on my backup deal, I got one other area that’s kind of out of the wind if it blows in this direction. I caught my two biggest off of there and I’ve actually caught three fish off of there the last two days.”

The two anglers will begin fishing in the championship round at 6:20 a.m. Thursday. The final weigh-in will be held about 1:45 p.m. at Acorns Resort. The winner will have earned a berth in the Bassmaster Classic, considered the World Series of bass fishing.

Minor and Ratliff are the final two fishermen remaining in the tournament at Milford Lake out of a field of eight competitors that began on Tuesday.

There are four anglers remaining in the Bassmaster College Bracket Championship fishing tournament at Milford Lake.

Day one of competition saw the field of eight reduced to four fishermen. They include Nick Ratliff, Campbellsville University, Kentucky; Nolan Minor, West Virginia; Garrett Enders and Cody Huff of Bethel University in Tennessee.

They talked about their day one fishing on Milford Lake. Ratliff called it a good day. “It’ really tough, but the fishing obviously worked out.” Minor said he caught all his fish off one spot. I’m hoping there’s more. I think there’s still some fish there.”

Enders said he caught fish on a variety of baits while Huff said it was tough on the lake. “You’ve got to really capitalize on the few bites you do get. Today I didn’t that very well so I was lucky to get by. I ended up losing one, probably the biggest small mouth I’ve ever seen.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State junior defensive end Reggie Walker was one of 36 players in the nation, and one of five in the Big 12, to be named to the watch list for the 2018 Ted Hendricks Award, the Ted Hendricks Foundation announced Monday.

Walker is a preseason candidate for the award that honors the top defensive end in college football for a second-straight year. He is the third Wildcat to be up for the award multiple times, joining Ian Campbell (2006-08) and Ryan Mueller (2013-14).

A Second Team All-Big 12 performer by the league’s coaches in 2017, Walker started 12 games as a sophomore, recording 36 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks. He played his best toward the end of the season when he logged 12 tackles, 4.0 TFLs and his two sacks in a two-game span against Kansas and Texas Tech.

A native of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Walker was the 2016 Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year after totaling 11.5 TFLs and 6.5 sacks.

Wildcat 4 Packs, which include four reserved tickets, are still available for K-State’s seven home games, which are priced at $85 for UTSA, $99 for South Dakota, $125 for Texas Tech, $149 for Texas, Oklahoma State and Kansas; and $199 for Mississippi State. Fans can order those, or single game tickets, online at www.k-statesports.com/tickets, by phone at 1-800-221-CATS or at the main athletics ticket office inside Bramlage Coliseum.

The Wildcats open the 2018 campaign on Saturday, September 1, when they host South Dakota at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The game, which serves as the 10^th-annual K-State Family Reunion, kicks off at 6:10 p.m., and will be shown world-wide on ESPN3.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder announced Monday that Dalton Risner and Alex Delton will serve as captains for the 2018 season, while Colby Moore will be an honorary special teams captain and Kendall Adams, Duke Shelley, Trey Dishon, Reggie Walker, Skylar Thompson and Alex Barnes will be co-captains.

Risner is a captain for a third-straight season, joined only by Brooks Barta (1990-92), Mark Simoneau (1997-99), Collin Klein (2010-12) and B.J. Finney (2012-14) to hold that distinction. The remaining captains and co-captains were elected to those leadership positions for the first time in their careers.

A product of Wiggins, Colorado, Risner is coming off an All-American season when he was named to the first team by Pro Football Focus and the second team by CBSSports.com. A career 38-game starter – including his last 25 at right tackle – Risner led the Wildcats to a tie for third place in school history in rushing yards per carry (4.98) last season, while they finished seventh in program history with 2,584 total rushing yards.

Delton, a native of Hays, Kansas, played in seven games in 2017 with four starts, throwing for 637 yards and three touchdowns on 49-of-85 aim, while rushing for 500 yards on 100 carries with eight scores. He came off the bench in the Cactus Bowl to rush for a K-State bowl record 158 yards and three scores en route to Offensive MVP accolades.

Moore, a former walk-on who earned a scholarship following the 2017 season, has been a valuable member of all special teams units throughout his career. He played in every game as a junior, tying for team-high honors with six tackles on kickoff coverage. A native of Argyle, Texas, Moore is a two-time First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer.

K-State hosts South Dakota on Saturday, September 1, inside Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The game kicks off at 6:10 p.m., and will be televised globally on ESPN3. The Wildcats then host SEC foe Mississippi State at 11 a.m., on September 8, in a game televised on ESPN, while they wrap up non-conference play on September 15, by hosting UTSA at 3 p.m., on FSN.

K-State begins Big 12 play on the road for the 18^th time in the 23-year history of the Big 12 and the second time in the last three years at West Virginia when the Wildcats travel to Morgantown, West Virginia, on September 22. The Wildcats’ Big 12 home opener comes against Texas on September 29.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yadier Molina broke a tie with a two-run single in the seventh inning, Tyson Ross won his St. Louis debut and the Cardinals defeated the Kansas City Royals 8-2 on Sunday to win their fifth straight, matching a season high.

The Cardinals moved eight games above .500, equaling their season high set on June 11, and are a National League-best 12-4 since July 27. Manager Mike Matheny was fired on July 14 in an attempt to jump-start the disappointing team.

Molina’s bases-loaded single in the seventh scored Harrison Bader and Patrick Wisdom, who had two hits, drove in a run and scored two in his major league debut. Wisdom’s RBI single had tied it at 2-2.

Ross, who last pitched on Aug. 3 for San Diego, was an emergency starter, replacing Luke Weaver, who was scratched after cutting his right index finger on the aluminum foil cover of his clubhouse meal on Saturday night.

Ross (7-9), who made 22 starts with the Padres before the Cardinals claimed him on waivers last week, allowed two runs on four hits and two walks in six innings.

Paul DeJong hit a two-run homer in a three-run ninth to cap the scoring.

Jason Hammel (2-12) entered in the seventh and retired none of the four batters he faced. He was charged with three runs.

Jakob Junis limited the Cardinals to three singles, walked none and struck out eight before leaving after six innings with a 2-1 lead.

Lucas Duda singled home Salvador Perez in the third to put Kansas City up 2-1. Alex Gordon scored in the first after an error by Wisdom, the first baseman.

The Royals have lost nine of 10 and are 15-46 since May 30.

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The two-day Junction City Omni bicycle race competition ended Sunday afternoon at 6th and Washington in the downtown area.

Will Peterson won the overall men’s competition and Cindy Bracker the overall women’s portion of the event.

The racing began Saturday in the Milford Lake area before moving into town on Sunday. Bracker noted they enjoyed themselves in the area, noting it was a great place to race. They raced a three-and-a-half mile circuit near the lake. “There was a little hill climb in there, it was pretty amazing. Got in a break with a couple of other girls. A  break is when you’re in a big field of people, and then like a few of you jump hard and get away from the rest of the field and you form what is called a break. So we went and rotated and ended up I won that race.”

Trophies were presented to the winners at the finish line on Sunday. There was $7,500 in prize money spread between the winners.