WASHINGTON (AP) — Gerrit Cole and the Houston Astros went to Washington, hoping to snap out of their funk and bring the World Series back to Minute Maid Park.

Not only are they heading home with more games to play, now they’re just one win from another crown.

Handed the ball for what was supposed to be a high-stakes showdown against Max Scherzer, Cole gave Houston a firm grip on the Series by beating the Nationals 7-1 Sunday night for a 3-2 lead.

Cole looked exactly like the stud who dominated baseball most of this season, bouncing back from a Game 1 clunker to pitch the Astros to their third straight win.

What a turnaround for his teammates, too — outscored 17-7 overall at home, Houston hammered the Nationals 19-3 in a Washington wipeout.

“We look like ourselves now,” Astros manager AJ Hinch said.

Something was definitely missing for the Nationals. Namely, Scherzer.

The three-time Cy Young Award winner beat Cole in the opener, and was the Nats’ best hope to slow Houston. But then Scherzer was scratched only 3 1/2 hours before game time because of an irritated nerve near his neck, an injury that could finish him for the Series.

Slumping rookie Yordan Álvarez and Carlos Correa each hit an early two-run homer off emergency starter Joe Ross. George Springer added another postseason drive for the Astros, who led the majors with a franchise-best 107 wins during the regular season.

“We actually hit some balls hard. We really did,” Washington manager Dave Martinez said. “We just can’t get nothing going these last three days.”

With the road team winning every time so far, Houston heads home with two chances to claim its second title in three years. Justin Verlander gets the first try when he starts against Stephen Strasburg in Game 6 on Tuesday night.

“High level of confidence,” Cole said.

Cole threw three-hit ball for seven innings, nicked only by Juan Soto’s home run in the seventh, and struck out nine — eight on breaking balls.

Cole’s mix of 99 mph heat and sharp secondary pitches induced a bevy of bad swings from the wild-card Nats as he improved to 4-1 with a 1.72 ERA this postseason. It might’ve been his final start for Houston — he’s eligible for free agency and figures to command a steep price.

Standing tall on the mound, Cole was unflappable in the face of 43,910 fans who went from fired up to furious to flat-out frustrated.

“He knew what this game meant to this Series,” Hinch said. “So, nobody better to have on the mound.”

The crowd gave Ross a huge ovation when he walked onto the field for warmups, sympathetic to his situation — he had pitched a total of two innings in almost a month.

But when President Donald Trump was shown on the videoboard for about 10 seconds before the fourth inning, watching from a lower-level suite, the fans let loose with loud boos and broke into a brief but very audible chant of “Lock him up!”

The fans weren’t finished, either.

Cole ended his outing by getting Victor Robles on a called third strike, a pitch the TV zone showed to be off the plate. Robles chucked his bat, helmet and gloves, and the crowd soon began a derisive chant at umpire Lance Barksdale.

“I know there were some choice words but that’s just in the heat of the moment,” Martinez said.

Cole acknowledged he finished his outing “with a break.”

“It’s tough. I think ultimately some of those pitches were off the plate,” he said.

Most fans, meanwhile, stayed to the very end.

“They came to support us and really gave us everything they had all the way to the end, all 27 innings. Hats off to them. We apologize that we didn’t give them more to celebrate,” outfielder Adam Eaton said. “It wasn’t that we didn’t try.”

Cole led the majors in strikeouts this year, was second to Verlander in wins and topped the AL in ERA. He took a 19-game winning streak into the opener but hardly looked like an October star, giving up five runs over seven uneven innings.

In his second shot at the Nationals, he aced the test. Cole escaped a first-and-third, no-out jam in the second, then breezed into the seventh.

With two outs and a full count on Ryan Zimmerman, Cole suddenly stepped off the mound — video that quickly made the rounds showed two women right behind the backstop lifting their tops to flash Cole. It wasn’t clear whether he saw them, and he walked Zimmerman before getting Robles.

Alvarez, normally Houston’s designated hitter, justified his spot in left field in a hurry. He launched a drive to left-center in the second and went 3 for 3.

Alvarez hit 27 home runs in 87 games this season, but hadn’t connected in 71 at-bats since Sept. 21.

“Obviously we did the job here, which was to win three games. And very happy to go back to Houston and to do my job to hit as a DH,” he said through a translator.

Correa made it 4-0 with his homer in the fourth and Yuli Gurriel added a two-out RBI single in the eighth.

Springer’s 15th career postseason home run — seven in the World Series for the 2017 Series MVP — finished off the rout.

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Nationals: Strasburg is 4-0 with a 1.93 ERA this postseason. He won the wild-card game in relief, then won starts against the Dodgers, Cardinals and Astros. He outpitched Verlander in Game 2, giving up two runs in six innings. Strasburg led the NL with 18 victories this season.

Astros: Verlander is the only pitcher to start out 0-5 in the World Series after losing Game 2. He’s made six starts overall in the Fall Classic with a 5.73 ERA. Verlander went 21-6 this year and led the majors in wins, but is 1-3 with a 4.15 ERA in five postseason starts.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady threw for 259 yards and two touchdown passes and Bill Belichick earned his 300th career NFL coaching victory in the Patriots’ 27-13 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

Belichick sits behind only Don Shula (347) and George Halas (324) on the NFL’s all-time win list.

The Patriots improved to 8-0 for the third time in team history and the first time since 2015, when they started 10-0. The Browns have lost three straight games.

Brady completed 20 of 36 passes, hitting Julian Edelman on eight of them for 78 yards and both TDs.

New England capitalized on three first-quarter turnovers by Cleveland to take a 17-0 lead. Running back Nick Chubb had back-to-back fumbles and quarterback Baker Mayfield had an interception.

The Browns did trim New England’s lead to 17-10 early in the third quarter. But the Patriots struck right back on their next possession, using a 59-yard completion from Brady to James White to help set up a 14-yard touchdown pass from Brady to Edelman.

Chubb ran for 131 yards, and Mayfield finished 20 of 31 for 194 yards and a touchdown. The Patriots have now won 21 straight games against first- or second-year signal callers, the longest such streak in NFL history.

Cleveland’s first-quarter turnovers came on three consecutive plays.

After the Patriots took a 3-0 lead, Chubb took a handoff from Mayfield but had the ball inadvertently kicked out of his hands by left guard Joel Bitonio . It was scooped up by Dont’a Hightower and returned 26 yards for a touchdown.

On the first play of the ensuing series after the Patriots’ kickoff landed out of bounds, Chubb got the ball again, this time getting around the edge and scampering 44 yards down the sideline.

He appeared headed for a touchdown, but New England cornerback Jonathan Jones gave pursuit and hammered the ball from Chubb’s hands on the Patriots 4. It was recovered by safety Devin McCourty.

Following a Patriots’ punt, the Browns’ next series ended when Lawrence Guy broke into the backfield and stepped in front of Mayfield’s shovel pass attempt to Chubb on the Cleveland 16 for his first-career interception.

New England needed just two plays after the changeover for Brady to connect with Edelman for an 8-yard touchdown.

Cleveland finally found some traction in the second quarter on their sixth possession, capping a six-play, 54-yard drive with a 21-yard pass from Mayfield to Demetrius Harris.

The Browns made a handful of changes on both sides of the ball in hopes of ending a two-game losing streak to the Patriots.

On offense Justin McCray made his first-career start left tackle in place of Greg Robinson. Starting cornerbacks Denzel Ward and Greedy Williams returned to the lineup on defense after missing the past four games with hamstring injuries.

The Patriots tested both early on.

On New England’s second drive of the game Phillip Dorsett beat Williams along the sideline and caught a 33-yard pass from Brady to get the Patriots into Browns territory.

But after the Patriots extended the drive by converting on a fourth-and-7 on the Browns 33, Ward nearly intercepted Brady’s third-and-2 pass into the end zone intended for Dorsett. New England settled for a field goal.

STREAK BUSTER

Mayfield’s TD pass to Harris in the second quarter ended a 71-0 scoring streak by the Patriots. They scored the final 21 points in their win over the Giants on Oct. 10 and then shut out the Jets 33-0 last week.

UP NEXT

The Browns visit Denver. The Patriots are at Baltimore.

INZAI CITY, Japan (AP) — Tiger Woods has won the Zozo Championship to tie Sam Snead’s PGA Tour record of 82 victories.

The 43-year-old American completed the rain-hit tournament on Monday, beating local favorite Hideki Matsuyama by three strokes at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club.

Woods had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee two months ago — his fifth on the same problem joint.

He was making his first start in his 23rd season on the PGA Tour.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Sitting in a far corner of the football stadium’s parking lot was an old school bus, painted in Kansas State colors and with the words “Win the Dang Day” scrolled across the side.

It’s the catchphrase that Chris Klieman brought to the Wildcats when he was hired to replace the retired Hall of Fame coach Bill Snyder late last year. Klieman was a lukewarm selection for many fans, despite his championship-winning pedigree at North Dakota State, because he had no ties to the program and little experience working at college football’s highest level.

But after a resounding victory over then-No. 5 Oklahoma on Saturday, which pushed the Wildcats back into the AP Top 25 , good luck finding any critics of the new coach in the Flint Hills.

Win the dang day? The Wildcats sure did this weekend.

“I don’t know if it has really fully hit me yet,” said quarterback Skylar Thompson, who threw for 213 yards while running for four scores in the 48-41 victory. “It’s a special moment for me in my life, but I know for Kansas State and the history, it’ll go down as a game people will remember forever.”

The No. 22 Wildcats (5-2, 2-2 Big 12) have won big games before, topping Nebraska in a massive showdown in 2000 and upsetting Texas in 2006. But the ranking sitting beside the Sooners’ name is only part of what made Kansas State’s victory so memorable.

The biggest part was the coach standing on the sideline.

With a blue-collar, everyman persona that resonates with the school’s largely ag and tech fanbase, Klieman has slowly brought even the most reluctant fans onto his side. He spent hours before the season traveling to all corners of the state, even stopping by Kansas Speedway for a NASCAR race, and embraced not only the challenge of replacing Snyder but of building upon his foundation.

Eventually, fans began to accept him as more than just the lower-division coach whom Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor chose because of their friendship. Or what some viewed as Taylor’s backup choice when other, higher-profile possibilities chose job openings elsewhere.

Evidence of that buy-in could be seen in the parking lot of Bill Snyder Family Stadium, where that school bus with “Win the Dang Day” on it sat in the far corner as fans celebrated all around.

“It’s a great program win,” Klieman said, “but I’m most happy for the players. They earned it.”

Indeed, the fans aren’t the only ones to buy into Klieman’s messages of hard work, perseverance and family. There were a handful of transfers when he was first hired, but the veterans that stuck around and the transfers and freshmen that arrived have poured themselves into his vision.

In an era of wide-open offenses, the Wildcats bludgeon their opponents — they ran for 213 yards against the Sooners. They are fundamentally sound, hit hard on defense and are among the least-penalized teams in the conference, traits that allow them to overcome any difference in sheer athleticism.

Again, a blue-collar attitude that resonates in the college town of Manhattan.

“I had a healthy respect for Kansas State,” Sooners coach Lincoln Riley said. “I mean, you watch how they play and they’ve gotten better each week. We know what the environment is like coming in here, so you know if they make some plays there’s going to be some momentum in that stadium.

“We let a good team in it,” Riley added, “and they whipped us.”

The game wasn’t decided until a video review showed that an Oklahoma player had touched an onside kick that the Sooners recovered a single yard too early. But it took them making a frantic fourth-quarter charge just to get that close — at one point, the Wildcats had them in a 41-23 second-half hole.

Now, the Wildcats have a chance to make some noise in the league race.

They lost their first two games, to Oklahoma State and Baylor, leaving them with an uphill climb just to reach bowl eligibility. But they’ve bounced back by beating TCU and Oklahoma, still have games left against the three worst teams in the Big 12 standings in Texas Tech, Kansas and West Virginia, and have a couple of statement possibilities with Iowa State and Texas still on deck.

“I mean, truly it was a game that we needed to get the confidence going against a good football team,” Thompson said. “It kind of shows what we are capable of.”

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State dealt a big blow to No. 5 Oklahoma’s national title hopes, holding on for a 48-41 victory Saturday. Skylar Thompson threw for 213 yards while running for four scores, and the Wildcats’ defense did just enough against Jalen Hurts and the Sooners’ prolific offense. When a video review overturned a final onside kick with 1:45 left, the Wildcats had their first home win over Oklahoma since 1996.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Douglas Coleman fumbled on a blocked field goal return with two seconds to go and Liam Jones capitalized with a 32-yard field goal to give Kansas a 37-34 win over Texas Tech. Nick McCann blocked Jones’ 40-yard attempt and the ball landed in the hands of Coleman, who ran to his left before attempting a lateral that did not touch another Tech player.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Freshman Spencer Sanders threw for 249 yards and two TDs and Oklahoma State upset 23rd-ranked Iowa State 34-27, snapping the Cyclones’ three-game winning streak. Chuba Hubbard had 116 yards rushing for the Cowboys, who used four big plays to snap their two-game skid. Malcolm Rodriguez gave Oklahoma State a 34-27 lead with 6:47 to go on an interception he returned 26 yards for a touchdown.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Freshman Max Duggan threw for two touchdowns, including a tiebreaking 44-yarder to Jalen Reagor the first play after one of Sam Ehlinger’s career-high four interceptions, and TCU beat No. 15 Texas 37-27. Duggan finished with a career-best 273 yards passing against the Big 12’s worse pass defense. He ran for a clinching score. The Longhorns lost their third straight game in Fort Worth for the first time since the 1940s.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Senior guard Xavier Sneed poured in a game-high 18 points, while freshmen Antonio Gordon and Montavious Murphy added 16 and 10 points, respectively, as Kansas State opened exhibition play with an 86-49 victory over Emporia State on Friday night before 8,805 fans at Bramlage Coliseum.

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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Alex Bregman belted a grand slam and had five RBIs as the Houston Astros thumped the Washington Nationals, 8-1 to even the World Series at two games apiece. Robinson Chirinos homered for the second straight day, smacking a two-run shot off losing pitcher Patrick Corbin to put the Astros ahead, 4-0 in the fourth inning. Winning pitcher José Urquidy was reached for just two hits and no walks while striking out four over five innings in Houston’s best starting pitching performance of the series.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) _ Skyler Thompson threw for 213 yards and ran for four touchdowns as Kansas State stunned fifth-ranked Oklahoma, 48-41. James Gilbert ran for 105 yards and a touchdown to help the Wildcats snap the Sooners’ nation-leading 22-game road winning streak. Jalen Hurts threw for 395 yards and a touchdown while running for 95 yards and three more. But the Sooners couldn’t overcome a multitude of mistakes, including two turnovers, costly penalties and the ejection of cornerback Parnell Motley in the second quarter.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) _ Michigan knocked off a top-10 team as Zach Charbonnet ran for a pair of first-half touchdowns to help the 19th-ranked Wolverines hammer No.8 Notre Dame, 45-14. Shea Patterson added two touchdown tosses in the second half as Michigan ended an eight-game losing streak versus top-10 teams under coach Jim Harbaugh. Hassan Haskins finished with a career-high 149 yards on 20 carries for the winners.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ Joe Burrow threw for a TD, ran for another and finished with 321 yards passing as second-ranked LSU held off No. 9 Auburn, 23-20. Clyde Edwards-Helaire rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown for LSU, which wasn’t able to put away the Tigers until Derrick Dillon recovered an onside kick following an Auburn TD with 2:31 left. Bo Nix completed 15 of 35 passes for 157 yards and one late touchdown to Seth Williams that gave Auburn the opportunity to set up a meaningful onside kick.

UNDATED (AP) _ Top-ranked Alabama didn’t miss Tua Tagovailoa while backup Mac Jones was throwing for 235 yards and three touchdowns in a 48-7 romp over Arkansas. Third-ranked Ohio State is 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the Big Ten after J.K. Dobbins rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns in the Buckeyes’ 38-7 dismantling of No. 13 Wisconsin. Travis Etienne ran for 109 yards and three touchdowns as No. 3 Clemson coasted to its 23rd straight victory, 59-7 against Boston College.

Saturday Scores

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
Final Houston 8 Washington 1

TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Final Kansas St. 48 (5)Oklahoma 41
Final (20)Iowa 20 Northwestern 0
Final (3)Ohio St. 38 (13)Wisconsin 7
Final (21)Appalachian St. 30 South Alabama 3
Final Oklahoma St. 34 (23)Iowa St. 27
Final TCU 37 (15)Texas 27
Final (17)Minnesota 52 Maryland 10
Final (6)Penn St. 28 Michigan St. 7
Final (2)LSU 23 (9)Auburn 20
Final (1)Alabama 48 Arkansas 7
Final (4)Clemson 59 Boston College 7
Final (19)Michigan 45 (8)Notre Dame 14
Final UCLA 42 (24)Arizona St. 32
Final (12)Utah 35 California 0
Final (11)Oregon 37 Washington St. 35

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Junior kicker Liam Jones nailed a 32-yard field goal as time expired to earn the Kansas football team its first Big 12 Conference win in the Les Miles era, 37-34, Saturday night inside David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.

Jones had two attempts to win the game with his first try from 40 yards being blocked. On the return, Texas Tech (3-5, 1-4 Big 12) fumbled the ball on the 22-yard line where Kansas’ (3-5, 1-4 Big 12) Logan Klusman dove on the ball. That gave Jones and the Jayhawks new life with two seconds remaining in the game, and this time, he sailed it straight through the uprights.

Kansas overcame a 13-point third quarter deficit behind consecutive passing touchdowns from senior quarterback Carter Stanley, one to junior wide receiver Stephon Robinson Jr., for a 65-yard touchdown, and another to Andrew Parchment for a 70-yard score. Stanley threw three touchdowns on the night, marking his seventh career game with three or more touchdown passes.

Robinson led the Jayhawks in receiving with six receptions for 186 yards and two touchdowns, while both he and Parchment surpassed the century mark, which was the first time since 2016 that the Jayhawks have had two players with 100+ yards receiving (LaQuvionte Gonzalez, Steven Sims Jr., vs TCU) in a single game. As an offense, the Jayhawks totaled 527 yards, marking the second-consecutive game with 500+ yards and their third this season.

Defensively, Kansas was led by sophomore Davon Ferguson, who made his first-career start on Saturday, and freshman Gavin Potter, who each notched seven tackles.

Next week, the Jayhawks match up with the Kansas State Wildcats in the Sunflower Showdown presented by Dillons. The game is scheduled to kickoff at 2:30 p.m., from David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium and will air on FS1

WASHINGTON (AP) — José Urquidy outpitched all those big-name aces who preceded him, the unheralded Houston rookie quieting Washington’s bats and the Nationals Park crowd, too.

Houston and Washington are all even in a World Series that has been one big road show.

Alex Bregman busted out of his slump with a go-ahead single in the first inning and a grand slam in the seventh, and the resurgent Astros routed the Nationals 8-1 Saturday night to tie the Series at two games apiece.

Game 1 winner Max Scherzer takes the mound Sunday night hoping to get Washington a home Series victory for the first time since the Senators at Griffith Stadium in 1933. In a rematch of the opener, Gerrit Cole goes for Houston after losing for the first time since May.

Visiting teams have won the first four games for the first time since 1996, when the Yankees broke the pattern in Game 6 against Atlanta to take the title.

Game 6 will be Tuesday night in Houston, when the Astros lose their road-field advantage.

Yuli Gurriel also drove in a run in the first as Houston strung together four singles in a seven-pitch span for a 2-0 lead against Patrick Corbin. Robinson Chirinos homered for the second straight day, a two-run drive that boosted the lead to 4-0 in the fourth.

Fans started leaving in the seventh, when the Astros sent 10 batters to the plate and battered the bullpen. Bregman, who began the night in a 1-for-13 Series slide, had the big blow, driving a low, inside fastball from Fernando Rodney into the left field stands of the ballpark where was the All-Star Game MVP in 2018. He held his bat high as he slowly walked out of the batter’s box, then took nearly 30 seconds to circle the bases.

Orange-clad Houston fans in the right field upper deck chanted “Let’s go Astros!” as Nationals fans were silenced. Wild-card Washington lost consecutive games for the first time since Sept. 13-14 against Atlanta.

Starting pitchers were the talk of the Series coming in, with Washington’s Stephen Strasburg, Scherzer and Corbin combining for 12 All-Star selections and three Cy Young Awards. The baseball cards of Houston’s Cole, Justin Verlander and Zack Greinke shine with 17 All-Star picks, two Cy Youngs and one MVP.

But there were just five 1-2-3 innings by starters in the first three games, and the most consecutive outs were by the Nationals’ Aníbal Sánchez, who retired seven straight in Game 3.

Urquidy, a 24-year-old right-hander, exceeded them all.

Not bad for a TBA.

Urquidy wasn’t even announced as Houston’s starter until after Game 3, with manager AJ Hinch hoping to piece together innings any way he could.

The right-hander began the season at Double-A Corpus Christi, was bumped up to Triple-A Round Rock in mid-May and made his major league debut in July. He faced the Nationals in just his 12th big league appearance, joining Fernando Valenzuela (1981) and Jaime García (2011) as the only Mexican starting pitchers in Series history.

Urquidy allowed two hits in five scoreless innings, striking out four and walking none. Mixing four-seam fastballs in the mid-90s (mph) with two-seamers, sliders, curves and changeups, he set down the Nationals in order in the second, fourth and fifth, retiring his final nine batters. He threw 30 of his first 38 pitches for strikes, 45 of 67 overall.

Josh James, Will Harris, Héctor Rondón, Brad Peacock and Chris Devenski combined for two-hit relief.

Washington’s best chance to get back into the game came in the sixth, when Harris relieved with two on and one out. Anthony Rendon singled off the pitcher’s leg, loading the bases, and Juan Soto drove in a run with a groundout. Harris then struck out Howie Kendrick. After going 7 for 21 with runners in scoring position in the first two games, the Nationals are 1 for 19 in the last two.

Houston flipped for the positive, going 9 for 23 with RISP after starting 3 for 17 in the two losses. The Astros burst ahead with timely hitting for the second straight night, getting consecutive one-out singles by José Altuve, Michael Brantley, Bregman and Gurriel.

Brantley had three hits, raising his Series average to .471 (8 for 17). Bregman also finished with three hits.

Chirinos, who homered off the screen on the left field foul pole to drive in Houston’s final run in Game 3, sent a flat changeup from Corbin deep into the left field seats, then slapped his chest and grinned as he skipped across home plate. The catcher doubled in the ninth and is 4 for 11 against the Nationals.

Signed to a $140 million, six-year contract as a free agent last offseason, Corbin dropped to 1-3 in three postseason starts and four relief appearances. He actually lowered his ERA to 6.64.

ROAD WARRIORS

Going back to Boston’s wins in Games 4 and 5 at Dodger Stadium last year, visiting teams won have won six straight in the World Series for the first time since the Yankees at Brooklyn and Philadelphia in 1949 and ’50. … Road teams also won the first four games in 1906, 1923 and 1986.

(BY STEVE CARPENTER)
(HUTCHINSON CC SPORTS INFORMATION)

IOLA, Kan. – Sophomores Sylvestre Kibarar and Andrew Kibet posted Top 5 Region VI performances to lead the Hutchinson Community College men’s cross country team on Saturday.

Kibarar and Kibet finished fourth and fifth, respectively, at the 2019 Region VI Men’s Cross Country Championship. Hutchinson had three Top 10 finishes – freshman Teagan Flanagan was 10th – and fourth-ranked Blue Dragons were runner-up to NJCAA No. 1 Cloud County in both the region and Jayhawk West final standings.

Cloud County, which had four runners place in the Top 10, edged the Blue Dragons – the 2018 Region VI and Jayhawk West men’s champion – 35-56. The Thunderbirds defeated Hutch 34-43 in the conference race. How tough was the Jayhawk West this season? Nine of the Top 10 runners in the region came from the Jayhawk West.

FINAL REGION VI/JAYHAWK WEST RESULTS

Kibarar, who was Hutchinson’s top finisher for the third-straight race, ran a time of 24:56.17 to placed fourth in both the region and conference. Kibarbar’s time was the third-fastest Region VI Championship time by a Blue Dragon in program history. Only Kibet (2018) and David Zuk (1976) shared time of 24:01 was faster in a regional race than Kibarar on Saturday.

Kibet, the 2018 Region VI champion, was fifth on Saturday with a time of 25:00.88

Both Kibarar and Kibet earn All-Region VI and All-Jayhawk West honors for the second-straight season.

Flanagan had another big performance for the Blue Dragons on Saturday, placing 10th in the region and ninth in the conference with an 8,000-meter time of 26:08.06. Flanagan also earned all-region and all-league honors.

Freshman Lorenzo Austin and sophomore Brett Hillabrand were the other Blue Dragon runners to figure in the team scoring. Austin ran 26:48.48 to place 16th in the region and 13th in the Jayhawk West. Hillabrand was 21st in the region and 14th in the league with a time of 27:11.25.

+ Jacob Mcelhanon ran a time of 27:50.84 to finish 31st in the region and 19th in the conference.

+ Matthew Schrag was 37th and 20th in a time of 28:04.45.

+ Jeffrey Klopf was 43rd and 23rd in a time of 28:19.63.

+ Zach Haxton was 49th and 26th in a time of 28:55.52.

+ Alex Nava was 67th and 33rd with a time of 29:51.71.

Colby’s Wesley Banguria was the Region VI and Jayhawk West individual champion after posting a time of 23:30.56. He had a winning margin of 38.15 seconds.

The Blue Dragons will next compete in the NJCAA Division I Men’s Cross Country National Championship on Saturday, November 11 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

(BY STEVE CARPENTER)
(HUTCHINSON CC SPORTS INFORMATION)

IOLA Kan.– Sophomores Sheila Too and Gabby Collins both placed in the Top 10 to lead the No. 15-ranked Hutchinson Community College women’s cross country team at the 2019 Region VI Cross Country Championship on Saturday.

The Blue Dragon women finished fourth in the regional final results and were the Jayhawk West runner-up.

Hutchinson scored 93 points in the Region VI standings, finishing behind team champion Cowley (42 points), Butler (67 points) and Pratt (87). Pratt edged the Blue Dragons by one point, 22-23, for the Jayhawk West team title.

FINAL REGION VI CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

Too and Collins earned both All-Region and All-Jayhawk West honors on Saturday.

Too finished seventh in the region and third in the conference with a 5,000-meter time of 19:57.20, her third sub-20 minute performance of the season.

Collins earned all-region and all-league honors for the second-straight season. The Hutchinson All-American finished 10th in the region and fifth in the conference with a time of 20:28.17.

Sophomore Christina Bruce ran a time of 21:51.12 to finish 25th in the region and 13th in the Jayhawk West.

Freshman Megan Miller was right behind Bruce in 21:56.87 to finished 26th in the region and 14th in the conference.

Freshman Natalie Schroeder placed 39th in the region and 20th in the Jayhawk West with a time of 23:27.63.

Freshman Brooklyn Terstriep ran 24:34.64 to place 50th in the region and 25th in the Jayhawk Conference.

Colby’s Abigael Kemboi swept the Region VI and Jayhawk West individual titles with a time of 19:03.34.

The Blue Dragons will compete in the 2019 NJCAA Cross Country Championships on November 11 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Several Regional Cross Country races were ran to see who would qualify for State next week in Lawrence and Wamego.  Here are some of results for area athletes.

MILFORD, Kan. – Hutchinson High Cross Country qualified 4 runners for State at the 6A Regional meet held at Milford Lake this past weekend. Jenna Ramsey, Chloe Inskeep and Stella Foster qualified in the Girl’s competion.  Noah Cole in the Boy’s field. The 3A, 5A and 6A meet will be held at Rim Rock Farm outside of Lawrence.  The meet schedule is listed below.

Girls Race Results: (5th of 9) Jenna Ramsey – 20:19 (7th) Chloe Inskeep – 20:19 (9th) Stella Foster – 20:39 (11th) Isabelle Kongable – 23:40 (37th) Sadye Patterson – 25:07 (44th) Perla Rodriguez – 25:20 (45th) Maritza Jimenez – 25:37 (47th)

Boys Race Results: (6th of 9) Noah Cole – 16:51 (6th) Jordan Stoffel – 18:05 (22nd) Kaden Goering – 19:04 (35th) Jared Stoffel – 19:22 (38th) Graham Barnes – 20:18 (49th) Tracey Mason – 21:05 (55th) Brady Ollenburger – 23:08 (62nd)

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Buhler High Cross Country swept both the 4A Boy’s and Girl’s regionals held at Prairie Ridge Cross Country Course just east of Hutchinson .

Girls Race Results for Buhler: 2nd Emma Willison 20:19, 5th Leah Bentley 20:57, 6th Amaleigh Mattison 20:58, 7th Lindsay Warner 21:16, 8th Daycee DeWindt 21:22, 13th Brityn Bobo 22:55, 14th Tawny Bush 23:10.

Boys Race Results for Buhler: 1 Tanner Lindahl 16:36. 5 Brayden Dressman 17:40, 7th Cordel Hendrickson17:50, 9th Spencer Hines 17:53,
12th Wyatt Bunce 18:11, 18th Colton Lohrentz 18:34, 36th Tyler Adams 19:36.

Nickerson’s Owen Krehbiel ran a 20:07 and placed 43rd.

GODDARD. Kan. – Lake Afton was the site for one of the 3A Cross Country meets.  The following area athletes and there placings are as follows:

Girls 3A results: 10th Hoskinson, Taylor  – Haven 21:43, 16th Barthelme, Danielle – Hesston 22:13, 23th Fuqua, Allyssa – Hesston 23:31, 25th Lacoy, Ryleigh – Haven 23:39, 28th Weber, Leah – Halstead 23:46, 29th Unruh, Natalie – Haven 23:53, 30th Hawes, Kendall  -Hesston 23:57, 32th Lee, Grace – Halstead 24:23, 39th Wood, Lauren – Cheney 25:29, 43th Mead, Camile – Lyons 25:50, 44th Schroeder, Parker – Halstead 26:01, 46th Erb, Danielle – Hesston 26:03.

Boys 3A results: 4th Yang, Johnny – Hesston 17:34, 5th Albers, Ethan – Cheney 17:42, 10th Radke, Isaac – Halstead 18:00, 12 Carr, Gage 12 Halstead 18:06, 13th Clear, Christopher – Cheney 18:12, 15th Porch, Thomas – Halstead 18:20,17th Riggins, Jackson – Cheney 18:27, 18th Davis, Hayden – Halstead 18:28, 20th Jantzi, Beckham – Hesston 18:31, 22th Floro, Anthony – Halstead 18:36, 23th Funk, Carter – Hesston 18:39, 25th Carlson, Jeb – Hesston 18:46.00 21 26th Dahlsten, Micah – Hesston 18:47.00 22, 30th Driskill, Dawson – Halstead 19:00, 32th Smith, Ethan – Kingman 19:03,  33th DeBord, Kelton – Haven 19:08, 36th Bush, Blake – Halstead 19:18, 37th Bartel, Will – Hesston 19:23, Kueker, Joey – Hesston 19:28, 44th Zongker, Cole – Haven 19:39.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Class 2A results from Prairie Ridge are as follows:

Girls race results:

6th Isabel Brownlee – Sterling 22:19, 7th Hannah Martisko – Inman 22:32, 23th Taitlyn Heimerman 9 Hutchinson-Trinity 24:08, 24th Lauren Galliher 10 Hutchinson-Trinity 24:18, 25th Hannah Schrock 12 Hutchinson-Trinity 24:21, 26th Reiley Bartel 10 Hutchinson-Trinity 24:23,  28th Emma Vogel – Hutchinson-Trinity 24:46, 29th Teigan Davis – Hutchinson-Trinity 24:56, 31th Lauren Penner – Hutchinson-Trinity 25:20, 44th Dawn Gunter – Inman 29:06

Boys 2A race results:

3rd Nicholas Martisko – Inman 17:50, 10th Carter Crank – Sterling 18:38, 15th Brendan Kiser – Hutchinson-Trinity 19:06, 17th Julen Wannamaker – Hutchinson-Trinity 19:07, 19th Zac Biel 12 Hutchinson-Trinity 19:21.6, 20th Jonah Godina 9 Hutchinson-Trinity 19:22, 22nd Michael Maldonado 12 Hutchinson-Trinity 19:24, 24th Aidan Armour 9 Hutchinson-Trinity 19:32, 27th Peter Buller 11 Inman 19:59, 41st Ryan Zipprich 11 Hutchinson-Trinity 20:42

WICHITA, Kan. – Cessna Activity Center was the site of 1A regional for local schools in our area.  Here are the results:

Girls 1A Regional results:

9th White, Abigail – Pretty Prairie 21:31, 13th Nisly, Sadie – Pretty Prairie 22:22, 14th McLeland, Danae – Pretty Prairie 22:39, 21st Deel, Jaeli – Stafford 23:30, 24th England, Sophia 9 Pretty Prairie 23:44, 36th Fox, Kayla – Little River 25:25, 37th Vargas, Melanie – Macksville 26:00,
38th Berry, Hayley – Pretty Prairie 26:09, 49th Fox, Kylie – Little River 28:39.54.

Boys 1A Regional results:

1st Oswalt, Collin – Hutch-Central Christian 16:03, 3rd Miller, AJ – St. John 17:22, 6th Calleros, Uriel – St. John 17:47, 15th Nelson, Nathan – Little River 18:22, 16th Fisher, Trey – St. John 18:31, 17th Reed, Dylan – St. John 18:54, 24th Woolf, Marshall – St. John 19:16, 27th Schwartz, John – Pretty Prairie 19:18, 30th Leis, Lucas – Burrton 19:21, 31st Barron, Alexis – Macksville 19:23, 32nd Green, Hunter – Central Plains 19:26, 33rd Allen, Race – Pretty Prairie 19:28, 35th Nemec, Dalton – St. John 19:34, 39th Valadez, Jovani – Stafford 19:42.61 43rd Loose, David – Central Christian 20:09, 44th Perry, Ethan – Pretty Prairie 20:11, 45th Lee, James – Macksville 20:16, 48th Olander, Treyton – Little River 20:31, 49th England, Tristan – Pretty Prairie 20:34.

For complete Sub-State race results, go to KSHSAA Cross Country.

State Cross Country Meet Schedule
November 2, 2019

3A, 5A and 6A Meet Schedule To be held at Rim Rock Farm, Lawrence 10:00 a.m. 3A Girls 10:35 a.m. 6A Boys 11:10 a.m. 5A Girls 11:45 a.m. 3A Boys 12:20 p.m. 6A Girls 12:55 p.m. 5A Boys 1A, 2A and 4A Meet Schedule To be held at Wamego Country Club, Wamego 10:00 a.m. 1A Girls 10:35 a.m. 4A Boys 11:10 a.m. 2A Girls 11:45 a.m. 1A Boys 12:20 p.m. 4A Girls 12:55 p.m. 2A Boys