Wichita State ousts Creighton 11-4 at MVC baseball tourney
This is what Wichita State coach Gene Stephenson envisioned all season: Casey Gillaspie and Johnny Coy smacking baseballs, scaring pitchers and driving in runs.
This is what Wichita State coach Gene Stephenson envisioned all season: Casey Gillaspie and Johnny Coy smacking baseballs, scaring pitchers and driving in runs.
The Big 12 baseball tournament is usually Kansas State’s final opportunity to prove it is worthy of an invitation to the NCAA Tournament.
The best thing said about the Royals in their three days at Minute Maid Park is it could have been worse. But for a late rally Tuesday, they might have suffered a sweep against the American League’s worst club.
Equating success — or lack thereof — between the Wingnuts’ offense and their overall play so far this season has been easy. When first four hitters in the batting order produce, the Wingnuts often win. When they don’t, Wichita usually loses.
For years, the routine was the same. Baseball game. Then a phone call. Kevin Kuntz knew no other way.
The Wichita State-Creighton rivalry, as conference opponents, ended with a symmetry the messy and exhilarating games rarely had.
Sitting in the lobby of the Ramada Convention Center on Wednesday evening, Kansas football coach Charlie Weis was getting eager to announce his latest addition to the Kansas football program.
Wichita State’s women’s basketball team will play in the Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament in November.
Book Wichita State opposite Southern Illinois pitcher Cody Forsythe and reserve a spot in the losers bracket for the Shockers.
State championship weekend begins Friday. Join Joanna for the pre-state chat from 1-2 p.m. Wednesday.
Undefeated heading into Tuesdays Class 5A quarterfinal game against Kapaun Mount Carmel, logic would lead one to believe that the Valley Center girls soccer team didnt need much of an introduction.
Kansas State baseball coach Brad Hill and leadoff hitter Ross Kivett enjoyed one of the perks that follow a conference championship on Tuesday.
Well, hey, the Royals sure needed this, didn’t they? This being defined as the Houston Astros playing to form when the Royals desperately needed them to do do.
A play that Wingnuts manager Kevin Hooper said later was a “botched call” brought in Gary-SouthShore’s only runs in a 2-1 victory over Wichita in an American Association game Tuesday afternoon in Gary, Ind.
Mariah Garcia sat down at a piano in Fairmount Towers last fall and decided to teach herself how to play.
Wichita State won’t get much time to ponder anything before Wednesday’s 9 a.m. game. The Shockers should take time to look at the bracket and realize things aren’t necessarily as gloomy as they seemed in the aftermath of Tuesday’s 5-1 loss to Southern Illinois.
The Kansas baseball team was supposed to have a day off on Tuesday, a day to rest before the scheduled start of the Big 12 tournament in Oklahoma City on Wednesday. But with the tournament pushed back to Thursday after a deadly tornado struck Moore, Okla., on Monday, the Jayhawks used the day to join the relief effort and gather money and supplies for the area’s storm victims.
The Oklahoma City Thunder is giving $1 million for tornado relief, matching a $1 million pledge by star player Kevin Durant.
Mondays depressing 6-5 loss to the Astros makes four straight one-run losses and 11 losses overall in the last 14 games. The Royals now are looking up at .500 they are 20-21 for the first time since the seasons first week.
Longtime track announcer Don Steffens is Joanna Chadwick's guest on VarsityKansas.com's Big Show.