LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Devon Dotson had 22 points and six assists, Udoka Azubuike added 10 points and 10 rebounds and No. 3 Kansas beat UNC Greensboro 74-62 on Friday night.
After leading by four points at the half, the Jayhawks (1-1) shot 41.7% from beyond the arc in the second half to pull away. Kansas shot 45.8% from the field overall and outrebounded the Spartans 42 to 35.
Isaiah Miller led Greensboro () with 19 points, and Kaleb Hunter had 17 points.
A late 9-0 run brought the Spartans within 10 points.
BIG PICTURE
Kansas: Having fallen 68-66 to Duke in a matchup plagued by 28 Kansas turnovers, the Jayhawks turned the ball over 10 times amidst the full-court pressure from Greensboro.
UNCG: After routing North Carolina A&T 83-50 on Tuesday and hanging tight early with Kansas, the Spartans take considerable momentum home to Greensboro Coliseum in preparation for the Spartan invitational next week.
UP NEXT
Kansas: Hosts Monmouth on Nov. 15.
UNC Greensboro: Hosts Averett on Monday in the opening game of the Spartan Invitational.
EDMOND, Okla. – Fort Hays State could not get much going offensively as it fell 3-0 to Central Oklahoma in the MIAA Tournament Quaterfinals on Friday night (Nov. 8). The Tigers wrap their season at 10-6-2, while the Bronchos advance to the semifinal round at 13-4-2.
The Bronchos outshot the Tigers 12-1 in the first half. Cailey Perkins was responsible for the only Tiger shot in the first 45 minutes. In the 28th minute, UCO’s Kelsie Eason was fouled in the box, prompting an early penalty kick opportunity. Eason stepped up and knocked in her 16th goal of the season. Just five minutes later, Eason extended the lead for the Bronchos. Taryn Kedzoir dribbled down the left side of the field and crossed in a ball into the box. Eason was able to head the crossing pass through Megan Kneefel for her second of the game and 17th of the year.
The Tigers were able to test UCO’s goalkeeper Kaitlyn Asher with four shots in the second half, but none found the back of the net. Central Oklahoma tripled their lead with a goal in the 66th minute. Meridith WIlson crossed the ball from the right side of the field, landing behind the Tiger backline at the feet of Haley Post. Post volleyed the deep cross over Kneefel and the Bronchos pulled further away, 3-0.
Central Oklahoma attacked Kneefel all night with 20 shots at the senior goalkeeper. Kneefel made 11 saves out of 14 shots on goal, closing the year with an individual record of 9-5-2. Haley Post led the way for the Bronchos with seven shots, all on goal.
Fort Hays State finished with five shots on the night, including two on goal. Jenna Prince led the Tigers with two shots and one on goal.
The Tigers had a strong defensive season, allowing less than a goal per match (0.92) to their opponents. Fort Hays State shutout opponents in nine of 18 matches in 2019.
Hays High played beyond week nine of the football season for just the eighth in school history on Friday night. The tenth seeded Indians found themselves taking on the undefeated two seed, Maize South Mavericks.
Hays took the opening possession eight plays for a touchdown lead. The Indians never faced third down on the drive and needed a little luck to get into the end zone. Carson Keifer recovered a fumble in the end zone following a completed pass to the one yard line. The Matt Goodale extra point gave the Indians a 7-0 lead.
Maize South tied the game on their second possession. The Mavericks took over at the Indian yard line after a short punt and punched the ball in five plays later for a 7-7 game. Following a short Hays High punt Maize South again got into the red zone but fumbled a pitch that was recovered by Gaven Haselhorst. The Indians could not successfully move the ball and Maize South scored just two plays into their next drive on a 24 yard pass and a 14-7 lead.
The Mavericks were poised to take a two possession lead when Tucker Veach took away a overthrown pass in Maverick territory. Hays moved the ball into the red zone and Matt Goodale connected on a 26 yard field goal for a 14-10 deficit for the Indians. Maize South again threatened to score inside the red zone and again was turned away. Veach took away a second pass, his fifth of the season, and Hays entered the locker room down 14-10.
Highlights
The second half belonged to the home team. The Indian defense forced a three and out on the first Maverick drive. Maize South lined up to go for a conversion on fourth and one but the quarterback punted the ball down inside the one yard line. Hays two plays later threw an interception setting up the Mavericks inside the red zone. It took seven plays but Maize South made the most of it. A fourth and goal quarterback run from the three yard line increased the lead for Maize South at 20-10 following a blocked extra point.
The Indians would play the entire second half without their starting quarterback Dylan Dreiling. Hays never could get much traction for the rest of the game. The Indians ran just one play across the fifty yard line and gained just 25 yards in the second half. Maize South scored on three straight possessions and picked up a Indian fumble for a score and a 41-10 win.
Maize South stays undefeated at 10-0. Hays High ends the year at 4-6. Tucker Veach intercepted three passes for the Indians.
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Fort Hays State picked up a win in its season opener on Friday night (Nov. 8) by a score of 88-78 over Arkansas Tech. The Tigers controlled the game for nearly 33 minutes until having to hold off a late push by the Wonder Boys.
The Tigers used strong defense in the first half to build a strong halftime lead of 13 points, 44-31. FHSU built a big lead early with an 18-0 run that spanned over seven minutes from the 15:33 to 8:07 marks, going up 27-8 early. FHSU held Arkansas Tech in single digits for the first 12 minutes until a bucket at the 7:55 mark snapped the big run. Arkansas Tech cut the lead back to 10 before FHSU eventually took the 13-point lead into halftime. FHSU shot 47 percent in the opening half, while holding ATU to 29 percent.
The Tigers stormed out of the gates in the second half with a 10-0 run to push their lead to 23, 54-31, when Arkansas Tech missed its first two shot attempts and turned the ball over twice. The lead hovered around 20 points for a while until the Tigers took their biggest lead of 25 points at the 12:52 mark, 61-36. The lead remained at 20 or more until an ATU bucket at 8:00 cut the lead to 19.
FHSU pushed the lead to at least 20 twice more until Arkansas Tech sped up the pace of play and started to make a run late. A 14-5 run by Arkansas Tech whittled the FHSU lead down to 11 by the 4:00 mark. FHSU pushed its lead back to 14, but ATU kept chipping away and cut the lead under 10 points with 2:02 to play. The Tigers saw their lead eventually trimmed to six with 21 seconds to play, but a pair of Aaron Nicholson free throws pushed the lead back to eight and put the game out of reach. Nicholson was big for the Tigers at the charity stripe down the stretch, where he went 6-of-6 over the final three minutes of the game.
Nyjee Wright led the Tigers with a career-high 22 points, shooting 8-of-13 from the field. He was also solid at the free-throw line with a 4-of-4 effort. He hit a pair of big shots late while the Wonder Boys were making their burst at the Tigers, hitting a floater in the lane after the lead dropped to nine and then a 3-point field goal with a minute remaining after the lead fell to eight.
Nicholson was the second-leading scorer for the Tigers with 16 points, while Devin Davis had 12. Gilbert Peters had a strong collegiate debut with 14 points, going 6-of-11 from the field. Davis and Peters led the way for FHSU in the first half, each with 10 points.
Dillon Gooding led the Arkansas Tech scoring effort with 22 points, hitting nine field goals, four of which were of the 3-point variety. Ramses Sandifer and R.J. Glasper each had 15 points.
FHSU finished the game at 43.7 percent from the field, while holding ATU on its home floor to 39.7 percent. FHSU won the battle on the glass 47-37, and the turnover column 18-12. The Tigers had 18 offensive rebounds, which allowed them to generate 19 second-chance points.
The Tigers now turn their focus to a matchup with Southwestern Oklahoma State on Saturday at 3 pm. The game will be available on radio in the Hays area on KFIX, 96.9 FM, while live stats and video will be available once again.
SILVER LAKE, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 4-year-old granddaughter.
Funk photo Shawnee Co.
Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced Thursday that 56-year-old Timothy Wayne Funk Sr., of Silver Lake, was charged in the July death of Brandy Funk. He is also charged with two counts of aggravated endangering a child.
Brandy, of Beatrice, Nebraska, died July 23 at a Silver Lake home.
Authorities did not release any further information Thursday.
Funk remains jailed in Shawnee County Jail Thursday afternoon on $500,000 bond.
Funk was discharged from state prison in August 2012 after serving time for driving under the influence, fourth or subsequent offense in June 2008.
Fatal 2017 crash near Topeka’s Billard airport-photo courtesy WIBW TV
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Investigators say loss of control resulted in the 2017 crash that killed a Topeka physician.
The National Transportation Safety Board posted on its website that investigators had found “no mechanical anomalies.”
Topeka pulmonary physician William M. Leeds and his flight instructor, James K. Bergman, were killed in July 2017 at Topeka’s Philip Billard Municipal Airport.
The NTSB determined the accident’s probable cause to be “the failure of the pilot and flight instructor to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering in the traffic pattern.”
It reached no conclusions as to why control of the 1965 Piper PA-30 fixed wing, multi-engine was lost.
TOPEKA — A Kansas felon identified by the Kansas Highway Patrol as Brandon K. Jordan, 48, Topeka, driving a 2003 Acura TL linked to a bad-check cashing case caused a deadly crash while trying to get away from a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper Thursday afternoon.
The chase westbound on Holly Lane lasted only a couple seconds just, according to the KHP.
Jordan ran a stop sign and crashed into a 2016 Ford Explorer driven by Dennis E. Affolter, 69, Topeka. EMS transported Affolter to Stormont Vail where he died.
Jordan is felon with 19 convictions that include forgery, burglary, theft, obstruction and for drugs, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. He will be booked into jail on new charges when he is released from the hospital.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a man driving a car linked to a bad-check cashing case has caused a deadly Topeka crash while trying to get away from a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper.
Patrol Lt. Adam Winters says the chase lasted only a couple seconds Thursday before the fleeing driver ran a stop sign and crashed into a sport utility vehicle in the western part of the city.
The SUV’s driver was rushed to a hospital and later died. The driver’s name wasn’t immediately released.
The patrol says the driver of the fleeing car will be booked into jail when he is released from the hospital. A passenger in the fleeing motorist’s car also was injured. Neither of their injuries were believed to be life-threatening. Late Friday morning, the KHP had not released names of those involved in the crash.
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SHAWNEE COUNTY— Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal crash that occurred just before 12:30p.m. Thursday during a high-speed chase in Shawnee County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a vehicle was westbound on Holly Lane traveling at a high rate of speed fleeing from law enforcement.
The driver failed to stop at McAlister Avenue and struck a vehicle which was southbound on McAllister.
Authorities have not released names of the individual involved in the accident.
CUSTER COUNTY, NE —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on numerous charges after a traffic stop.
Photo Nebraska State Patrol
Just after 5p.m. Wednesday, a trooper observed a Saab sedan speeding near the intersection of Victoria Springs Road and Drive 443, approximately 10 miles west of Sargent, Nebraska, according to a media release.
During the traffic stop, a K9 from the Custer Count Sheriff’s Office detected the presence of a controlled substance in the vehicle.
The trooper searched the vehicle and found hundreds of containers of THC products, along with four pounds of marijuana. The search revealed 386 containers of THC wax, 144 packages of THC shatter, 62 THC vape cartridges, and 39 containers of THC edibles and liquid products.
Troopers arrested the driver, Anthony Kolbe, 30, of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, on requested charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana – more than one pound, possession with intent to distribute, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Kolbe is being held in Custer County Jail.
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has rescinded a boil water advisory for the City of Portis, located in Osborne County. The advisory was issued because of a loss of pressure due to a waterline break. Failure to maintain adequate pressure may result in a loss of chlorine residuals and bacterial contamination.
Public water suppliers in Kansas take all measures necessary to notify customers quickly after a system failure or shutdown. Regardless of whether it’s the supplier or KDHE that announces a boil water advisory, KDHE will issue the rescind order following testing at a certified laboratory.
Laboratory testing samples collected from the City of Portis indicate no evidence of bacteriological contamination and all other conditions that placed the system at risk of contamination are deemed by KDHE officials to be resolved.
For consumer questions, contact the water system or call KDHE at 785-296-5514.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Fort Hays State women’s basketball team raced out to a 17-point second quarter lead then had to hold on as Minnesota Duluth pulled within four late in the Tigers 59-51 win in the season opener for both in the opening game of the Hillyard Tip-Off Classic at the St. Joseph Civic Arena.
The Tigers saw their 15-point halftime lead trimmed to 11 after three quarters. The Bulldogs used an 8-0 run over the third and fourth quarters to pull within eight early in the fourth.
Taylor Rolfs hit a left corner three to push the lead to nine with 1:35 to play but UMD scored five quick points to get within four with under a minute play.
After missing their first six free throws in the final period, FHSU made their final four to seal the win.
The Tigers won despite turning the ball over 20 times. The Bulldogs had 19 turnovers. A year ago UMD committed the fewest turnovers in Division II and the Tigers had their third fewest.
Lanie Page scored 14 points and pulled down five rebounds to lead the Tigers. Belle Barbiere scored nine while grabbing a career-best 14 rebounds. Rolfs and Whitney Randall both added eight points.
Brooke Olson led UMD, who lost in the first round of the NCAA II Central Regional in Hays a year ago, with 14 points. Payton Kahl added 11.
The Tigers play Concordia-St, Paul Saturday at 2 p.m. in St. Joseph. The game can be heard on Kay (94.3-fm, 1400-AM).
The commanding officer of the Kansas Air National Guard, Brig. Gen. David Weishaar, will lead the guests of honor at Fort Hays State University’s Military Appreciation Day on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Lewis Field Stadium.
The day will honor veterans and service members with Tiger football, a halftime ceremony, a flag giveaway and a display of military equipment at Lewis Field, both inside the stadium, at the north end, and outside the main entrance on the east side.
The equipment on display will include a 75 mm ceremonial howitzer, with 15 rounds of ammunition available to celebrate Tiger touchdowns. The gun and its crew are from the 130th Field Artillery Brigade.
Col. David Weishaar
Joining Gen. Weishaar as honored guests will be Lt. Col. Mark Mullinax, commanding officer of the 997th Brigade Support Battalion of the Kansas Army National Guard, and troops from the battalion, which is headquartered in Hays.
Recruiters will also be on hand to talk about career opportunities in the Guard. In October, the Kansas Army National Guard opened a recruiting station in Memorial Union.
Other material on display:
• A warrior version of the HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle), popularly known as a Humvee, from the 997th
• An MRAP (pronounced EM-wrap), a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected all-terrain vehicle from the 731st Composite Truck Company, which will also be represented by two soldiers
• An eight-wheel, four-axle truck called an LHS (Load Handling System) from the 997th
Gen. Weishaar enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in January 1981 as an aircraft maintenance specialist. After leaving the Air Force, he joined the Kansas Air National Guard in 1985 and served in aircraft maintenance until he was commissioned as an officer after graduating as a Distinguished Graduate of the Academy of Military Science in 1996.
He served in several positions in the 184th Intelligence Wing, including positions as commanding officer at the flight, squadron, group and wing level.
As commander of the Kansas Air National Guard, he leads more than 2,300 personnel serving in two wings and an associated unit.
Lt. Col. Mullinax leads more than 700 troops in the six companies of the 997th, which provides direct support for the 130th Field Artillery. Col. Mullinax enlisted in the National Guard in 1993 as a tracked-vehicle mechanic. He graduated from Officer Candidate School in 2003 and was commissioned as an officer.
His Guard career includes stints as commander of the 995th maintenance Company and as commander of a regional maintenance training site before assuming command of the 997th.
He has been deployed overseas three times, first in 2005 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, then in Iraq from 2006 to 2008, and most recently to Kuwait for operations Inherent Resolve and Spartan Shield.
Saturday’s game against Northwest Missouri State University begins at 2 p.m.
MANHATTAN, KAN. – Law enforcement authorities are investigating a shooting in Manhattan that sent one man to the hospital
Police on the scene of the shooting investigation Friday in Manhattan photo courtesy WIBW TV
Just before 2:15p.m. Friday, the Riley County Police Department Emergency Dispatch Center received multiple 911 calls from citizens reporting hearing the sound of gunshots in the 1400 block of Hartman Place in Manhattan.
Officers quickly responded and found one male victim suffering from what appears to be a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
Officers were still on scene. Police have not reported an arrest.
If you have any information on this crime, please contact the Riley County Police Department at (785) 537-2112 or Crime Stoppers at (785) 539-7777. Using the Crime Stoppers service allows you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward up to $1,000.00.
