MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) – Kansas State is offering free bacon to lure students to the women’s basketball team’s home opener Friday against Tennessee State.

The Topeka Capital-Journal (https://bit.ly/16H077N ) reports Kansas State officials initially planned to cook about 75 pounds of thick-sliced bacon. But that amount grew to 300 pounds after the pork promotion blew up on Twitter, Facebook and the Internet.

Under the promotion, students with identification will be admitted free to the game and will be rewarded with a “boat of bacon.”

The Manhattan Indians ( 7-2 ) will play at Maize ( 7-2 ) in the first round of the Class 6A postseason playoffs Friday night.

The Indians qualified as the runner-up team from District 5 via the state tiebreaker system after tying with Topeka High and Junction City with 2-1 records in district play.

Topeka High ( 8-1 ), was declared the district winner and will host Wichita Heights ( 6-2 ) at Hummer Sports Park in the capitol city.

Junction City did not advance to the playoffs.

 (AP) — A northeast Kansas prosecutor says he’s considering a run for the U.S. Senate next year as a Democrat.

Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor confirmed Friday to The Associated Press that he plans to form a committee to explore a bid for the seat held by veteran Republican Pat Roberts.

Taylor said he’ll make a formal announcement on his 40th birthday Monday. He declined to discuss details until then.

Taylor is the first Democrat to publicly announce an interest in the race. He’s been district attorney of the county that includes Topeka since 2009.

Roberts has held the Senate seat since 1997. He faces Republican primary opposition from Leawood radiologist Milton Wolf.

PREP FOOTBALL

Abilene 49, Smoky Valley 42, 2OT
Andale 49, Cheney 6
Atchison 20, KC Sumner 18
Attica/Argonia 64, Burrton 20
Axtell 48, KC East Lions 0
Baileyville-B&B 66, BV Randolph 32
Baldwin 42, Eudora 17
Beloit 68, Minneapolis 13
Bonner Springs 31, Spring Hill 21
Buhler 42, Nickerson 0
Burlingame 32, Sedan 6
Caldwell 32, Norwich 14
Caney Valley 59, Erie 6
Central Plains 38, Little River 14
Chanute 28, Fort Scott 7
Chaparral 47, Belle Plaine 12
Chapman 50, McPherson 46
Cherryvale 20, Neodesha 7
Chetopa 70, Elk Valley 0
Clay Center 20, Concordia 0
Clifton-Clyde 60, Word of Life 14
Coffeyville 41, Baxter Springs 0
Columbus 41, Labette County 0
Conway Springs 35, Douglass 8
Council Grove 28, Mission Valley 24
Crest 32, Tyro Community Christian 12
Dighton 56, Western Plains/Healy 6
Ell-Saline 22, Bennington 0
Eureka 36, Fredonia 12
Fairfield 46, Macksville 0
Fowler 54, Ashland 6
Frontenac 8, Girard 3
Galena 32, Riverton 8
Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 60, Tescott 14
Goodland 35, Colby 0
Hanover 68, Frankfort 16
Hartford 40, Flinthills 14
Hesston 48, El Dorado 40
Hiawatha 28, Sabetha 7
Hillsboro 49, Halstead 28
Hodgeman County 50, South Gray 0
Hoisington 26, Hays-TMP-Marian 17
Holcomb 49, Cimarron 20
Holton 26, Royal Valley 0
Hope 38, Goessel 6
Hoxie 54, Rawlins County 28
Humboldt 48, Burlington 13
Hutchinson Trinity 28, Haven 14
Independence 56, Parsons 14
Iola 20, Anderson County 12
Jefferson West 21, Perry-Lecompton 7
KC Piper 49, KC Bishop Ward 14
Kingman 33, Garden Plain 22
Kiowa County 48, St. John 0
Lakin 48, Southwestern Hts. 7
Larned 27, Pratt 14
Lincoln 66, Canton-Galva 58
Linn 76, Pike Valley 32
Logan 52, Stockton 24
Madison 46, Centre 0
Maize South 48, Circle 0
Marais des Cygnes Valley 51, Pleasanton 0
Marion 27, Moundridge 0
Meade 73, Sublette 30
Mulvane 54, Clearwater 14
Nemaha Valley 19, Marysville 6
Ness City 52, Hill City 6
Northern Valley 58, Golden Plains 12
Olathe East 31, SM South 21
Osage City 25, Central Heights 22
Osawatomie 35, Prairie View 6
Osborne 52, Rock Hills 6
Otis-Bison 32, Sylvan-Lucas 30
Ottawa 40, Santa Fe Trail 18
Paola 23, Louisburg 17, 2OT
Peabody-Burns 36, Lebo 14
Phillipsburg 20, Norton 16
Pittsburg Colgan 54, Southeast 12
Pleasant Ridge 42, Atchison County 14
Quinter 52, Trego 22
Riley County 35, Rock Creek 21
Riverside 34, Horton 32
Rolla 56, Moscow 6
Rose Hill 44, Wichita Trinity 17
Rossville 39, St. Mary’s 0
Salina Sacred Heart 43, Lyons 14
Satanta 56, Deerfield 8
Scott City 54, Russell 0
Sedgwick 75, Remington 14
Silver Lake 74, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 14
Solomon 44, Pretty Prairie 28
South Barber 56, Cunningham 6
South Haven 50, Central Burden 0
Southeast Saline 42, Ellsworth 0
Spearville 58, Minneola 8
St. James Academy 40, DeSoto 12
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 50, Natoma 0
St. John’s Military 48, Hutchinson Central Christian 0
St. Paul 38, Marmaton Valley 6
Stafford 84, Sunrise Christian 52
Sterling 61, Johnson-Stanton County 0
Tonganoxie 29, Basehor-Linwood 14
Topeka Hayden 57, Wamego 14
Triplains-Brewster 45, Cheylin 0
Udall 46, Cedar Vale/Dexter 0
Ulysses 48, Hugoton 16
Victoria def. Wilson, forfeit
Wabaunsee 44, Chase County 14
Wakefield 54, Lakeside 0
Waverly 46, Southern Coffey 20
Wellsville 24, West Franklin 0
Weskan 44, Greeley County 0
West Elk 42, Oxford 32
White City 45, Chase 14
Wichita Collegiate 49, Augusta 3
Wichita Independent 34, Bluestem 30
Wichita West 48, Arkansas City 24
Winfield 41, Wellington 18
Yates Center 38, Uniontown 36

The Boston Red Sox are celebrating their third World Series championship in 10 seasons. The bearded bunch did it with a 6-1 victory over St. Louis in Game 6, the first time the Bosox clinched a World Series at home since 1918. It’s the eighth title for the Red Sox and comes one year after the team finished dead last in the American League East.

General manager Ben Cherington overhauled his roster during the offseason, so it seems only fitting that all six Boston runs were driven in by first-year Red Sox. Shane Victorino had been 0-for-10 in the series before he opened the scoring with a three-run double in the bottom of the third, one inning before he delivered an RBI single. The other runs came on Stephen Drew’s solo homer and Mike Napoli’s RBI single, both coming in the fourth.

Another first-year Bostonian closed out the victory as Koji Uehara (oo-ay-HAH’-rah) worked a perfect ninth, ending the series by striking out Matt Carpenter.

World Series MVP David Ortiz was 0-for-1 with two runs scored and four walks, three intentional. He ended up with a .688 batting average, a .760 on-base percentage, two homers, six RBIs and seven runs scored in the Fall Classic.

John Lackey earned a World Series-clinching victory for the second time in his career, 11 years after helping the Angels beat the Giants in Game 7. Lackey worked in and out of trouble for much of his 6 2/3 innings, surrendering nine hits but only one run while striking out five.

It was a tough night for Cards rookie Michael Wacha (WAH’-kah), who entered the game with a 1.00 ERA in 27 postseason innings. Wacha was chased with two out in the fourth and charged with six runs on five hits and four walks.

Boston’s victory ends the National League’s three-run reign as World Series champs. It also allows many Red Sox to become reacquainted with their razors.

The director of the C. L. Hoover Opera House is resigning at the end of the year.

Mary Louise Stahl has submitted her resignation, effective December 31.

Stahl said in August of next year the LP Management Board that was the limited liability partnership established when the Opera House opened goes away.  The Opera House will then become a full 501-C3 nonprofit organization at that time. Stahl noted it’s never been her goal to stay forever. “I think they need to bring on board the person who has the skill to do the kind of fundraising and program development that’s necessary for a 501-C3. ” Stahl added, “It was just time to pass the baton to the next energetic runner.”

Stahl has served as the Director of the Opera House since October of 2011. She said will continue to be involved with the Opera House.

During her time in the director’s post there have been some good accomplishments. “I think that one of the things that is different than when I came in is the range of classes that we offer at the Opera House.  We’re not strictly a performance venue, bringing in shows for the evening. But we have things offered throughout the day for all age groups.”

Stahl noted a “crowning glory” for her is to have all of the fine arts agencies under one roof. “That doesn’t mean that everything’s perfect yet, but we have the opportunity now to move forward.

Stahl also praised the display of the Rolfs art collection within the building “as magnificent.”

Two key receivers returned from injury and illness abscences to the Kansas State lineup in

time for Kansas State’s 35-12 victory over West Virginia Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

Tyler Lockett caught eight passes for 111 yards and three touchdowns while Tremaine Thompson caught three passes for 53 yards and a touchdown in the Wildcat victory over the Mountaineers.

On the impact of their return both on the field and in leadership Bill Snyder noted, “You would anticipate that it would have a big impact. I didn’t see during the course of the week anybody make any kind of an issue about it. It was just, this is what your supposed to do. You’re here, so let’s go.” Concerning their on-field play Snyder added, “Obvious, I mean just based on their performance, and the catches that they made it was significant for us, you know very, very beneficial. ”

Kansas State ( 3-4, 1-3 Big 12 ) will host Iowa State next Saturday.

More than 5,500 fans attended Madness in Manhattan at Bramlage Coliseum.  It served as tip-off for the Kansas State basketball season.

The event, sponsored by K-State Federal Credit Union, began with the unveiling of new banners to the rafters of Bramlage Coliseum honoring the two programs’ championship heritage and their jersey retirees.

The Wildcat women’s basketball team held a 10-minute scrimmage with the Purple defeating the Black 14-11. Freshman Kindred Wesemann led all scorers with nine points on 3-of-4 fields for the Black squad. Junior Haley Texada paced the Purple team with seven points on 3-of-5 shooting.

The men’s scrimmage saw the Purple defeat the Gray 51-48 in a 15-minute scrimmage. Freshman Marcus Foster led all scorers with 15 points on 7-of-11 field goals for the Gray squad, while Thomas Gipson led the Purple with 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting.

Justin Edwards won the dunk contest.

The K-State women’s team tips off the season on Monday night with an exhibition game against Washburn at 7 p.m. while the two teams play an exhibition doubleheader on Friday, Nov. 1 with the women hosting Alaska-Anchorage at 5:45 p.m. and the men following with Pittsburg State at 8 p.m. Fans who purchase a $10 bench and / or general admission ticket to the men’s exhibition on Friday also receive admission to the women’s contest.