KYNARD WINS THIRD BIG 12 OUTDOOR TITLE: Kansas State high jumper Erik Kynard won his third straight outdoor conference title on Saturday in Waco, Texas at the Big 12 Outdoor, when he won the men’s high jump with a clearance of 7 feet, 61/2 inches. No other student-athlete has won three Big 12 Outdoor men’s titles.
He locked in the win when he was the only jumper to clear 7-033/4. He would go on to clear two more bars after that before taking three attempts at 7-081/2 and narrowly missing.
WU SOFTBALL TEAM SPLITS AT MIAA/NSIC CROSSOVER: Washburn’s softball team finished the MIAA/NSIC Crossover by losing to St. Cloud 2-1 and beating Sioux Falls 8-0 on Sunday at Rochester, Minn.
KU’S GOODRICH SELECTED TO WOODEN AWARD MIDSEASON LIST: Kansas senior Angel Goodrich was one of 20 women’s basketball players selected to the Wooden award midseason top-20 list on Tuesday. The Big 12 leader in steals, Goodrich’s selection puts her as a frontrunner for selection to the national ballot of college basketball’s most prestigious award. Goodrich is second on the team in scoring (13.4 ppg) and has scored in double-digits 11 times, also leading the Jayhawks in assists and steals.
KU BASEBALL RALLIES AGAIN: For the second-straight day Kansas baseball used a five-run eighth inning, highlighted by a three-run homer off the bat of junior Tucker Tharp, to rally past the Kansas City Royals Dominican Academy, 9-5, Monday at Art Stewa… Continue reading
The Washburn and Kansas women’s basketball teams moved up in their respective polls released Tuesday.
The Lady Blues (1-0) jumped four spots to No. 13 in this week’s USA Today Division II coaches poll, while the Jayhawks (3-0) moved up two slots t… Continue reading
KU-BAYLOR KICKOFF SET: Kickoff for Kansas’ Nov. 3 game at Baylor has been set for 2:30 p.m., the Big 12 announced Monday. The game will air on Fox Sports Net, which also will carry the broadcast of KU’s game against Texas at 11 a.m. Saturday.
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Kansas’ soccer team dropped their second straight Sunday, in a 1-0 loss to Texas on Sunday at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
The Jayhawks managed only three shots in the contest, and fell to 8-6-2 on the year and 2-4 in the Big 12. Texas’ Brooke Gilbert sc… Continue reading
The Washburn soccer team fell in the final minutes as Northwest Missouri scored a late goal to secure a 1-0 win over the Lady Blues.
The match was scoreless until the 84:25 mark when Anna Holden scored the lone goal of the day on an assist from Fiona M… Continue reading
PROFESSIONAL
MLB
Detroit at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL
GIRLS TENNIS
Centennial League meet at Kossover, 9 a.m.
Today’s line
NFL
MONDAY
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
DALLAS 3½ Chicago
THURSDAY
Arizona 2 ST. LOUIS
SUNDAY
Baltimore 4½ KANSAS CITY
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K-STATE BASEBALL SWEEPS UNO: The Kansas State baseball team finished off a sweep of Nebraska-Omaha on Sunday, beating UNO 10-2. Jared King went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs, and Wade Hinkle added two hits and three RBIs. Robert Youngdahl earned … Continue reading