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Andale is Champ of Newton Railers Invitational Volleyball Tournament

NEWTON, Kan. – The Andale Varsity Volleyball team won pool A of the Newton Railers Varsity Volleyball tournament over the weekend and went on to win matches in bracket play over the pool B Runner-up Nickerson Panthers in match #1 27-25, 25-15, 25-13.  Andale then won over McPherson 20-25, 25-23, 25-11 in the Championship match.

McPherson went 4-0 in pool play to be seeded against Goddard Eisenhower in the 2nd match of bracket play.  Mac defeated Eisenhower 25-17, 24-26, 25-22.

McPherson finished 2nd, Goddard Eisenhower 3rd, Nickerson 4th, with host Newton finishing in 5th place.

Buhler Varsity Volleyball went 1-3 in pool play and finished 7th with a win over Andover Central 28-26, 25-20.  Kingman finished in 9th place with a match over Wichita Heights

All Tournament Team
1st Team
Honorable Mention
Tournament Co-MVP’s
Hadley Waldren – Buhler
Katelyn Fairchild – Andale
Cyra Kelley – Nickerson
Hannah Brisco – Eisenhower
Leah Bentley – Buhler
Cassie Cooks – McPherson

McKenzie Fairchild – Andale
Gracie Rains – Newton
Rhian Swanson – McPherson
Morgan Stout – Nickerson
Morgan Bruna – Andale
Asha Regier – Newton

Honorable Mention
Katie Berg – McPherson
McKenzie Fairchild – Andale
Gracie Rains – Newton
Madison Grimes – Andale
Marah Zenner – Newton
Bridgette Graham – Eisenhower
Ava Jones – Nickerson
Andrea Sweat – McPherson
Anicia Tyson-Salas – Eisenhower

Tournament Co-MVP’s
Morgan Stout – Nickerson
Rhiam Swanson -McPherson

Monday Sports Headlines

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals clinched the NL Central on the final day of the regular season, using Jack Flaherty’s arm and Matt Carpenter’s bat to win their first division title since 2015 with a 9-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs lost on Joe Maddon’s day as their manager. It was announced before the game that he won’t return next year. St. Louis starts the NL Division Series beginning Thursday at Atlanta. Second-place Milwaukee plays at Washington in the NL wild-card game Tuesday night.

DETROIT (AP) — Darrel Williams ran for a go-ahead, 1-yard touchdown with 23 seconds left for his second score in the fourth quarter to lift the Kansas City Chiefs to a 34-30 win over the Detroit Lions. Detroit drove to the Kanas City 44 on the final drive and Matthew Stafford heaved two passes toward the end zone that were incomplete. The Chiefs went ahead for the first time early in the third quarter when Bashaud Breeland recovered Kerryon Johnson’s fumble and returned it 100 yards.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jorge Soler locked up the AL home run crown with his 48th homer, Brett Phillips drove a game-ending sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 in manager Ned Yost’s final game. Phillips’ first career walk-off RBI gave Yost a celebratory send-off on the final day of the regular season. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli turned over coaching duties to infielder Ehire Adrianza.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Dairon Asprilla converted a penalty kick in the 85th minute to give Portland a contentious 2-2 draw with Sporting Kansas City, keeping the Timbers in line for a playoff spot. Asprilla was given the opportunity for his first goal after Ilie Sanchez fouled Jeremy Ebobisse in the penalty area.

UNDATED (AP) — Oklahoma State’s Chuba Hubbard turned in his third 200-yard game, running for 296 yards against Kansas State in the top rushing performance of the season. The sophomore from Canada has 938 rushing yards. That’s the third-best five-game total to open a season since 2010. All three quarterbacks who passed for 400 yards over the weekend were on Alabama’s roster last year. SMU smashed its school record with 10 sacks against South Florida.

WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor has extended football coach Matt Rhule’s contract through the 2027 season. The announcement came less than 24 hours after the Bears improved to 4-0 with a 23-21 victory against Iowa State on Saturday.

National Headlines

UNDATED (AP) — Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this season, replacing preseason No. 1 Clemson after the Tigers had a close call. Alabama received 29 of 61 first-place votes from the media panel as the Tigers’ one-point victory at North Carolina gave the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank the first shake-up at the top this season. The last time a No. 1 team won and dropped was Ohio State on Nov. 7, 2015.

UNDATED (AP) — It’s been three years since Andrew Miller led Cleveland to the brink of a World Series championship with eye-catching long relief, and bulk work from the bullpen has been an October staple since. Whether it’s Brewers All-Star Josh Hader stretching for three innings or Astros ace Justin Verlander moonlighting in middle relief, aggressive bullpen management has become standard postseason practice. This year, Yankees veteran CC Sabathia and A’s rookie Jesus Luzardo could be key in relief.

ST. LOUIS (AP) _ The Chicago Cubs are looking for a new manager after announcing that Joe Maddon won’t be back in 2020. The Cubs ended a 108-year World Series championship drought when Maddon led the club to the 2016 title. The Cubs also made it to the NL Championship Series in 2015 and 2017 and reached the playoffs as a wild card last season.

UNDATED (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton is back to try to help the New York Yankees win a title after what was largely a lost regular season for the injury-plagued slugger. Stanton played in only 18 regular-season games this year. He returned in mid-September and hit a couple homers as the Yankees wrapped up their 103-win campaign.

UNDATED (AP) — In case you missed it in Week 4 of the NFL season: Pro football has a quarterback problem and it’s only getting worse by the week. With Buffalo’s Josh Allen and Chicago’s Mitch Trubisky getting injured, more than 20 percent of the league’s teams have needed to replace hurt QBs this season.

Sunday Scores

INTERLEAGUE
Final Washington 8 Cleveland 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Chi White Sox 5 Detroit 3
Final Texas 6 N-Y Yankees 1
Final Kansas City 5 Minnesota 4
Final Seattle 3 Oakland 1
Final Toronto 8 Tampa Bay 3
Final Boston 5 Baltimore 4
Final Houston 8 L-A Angels 5

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final St. Louis 9 Chi Cubs 0
Final Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 1
Final Miami 4 Philadelphia 3
Final Arizona 1 San Diego 0
Final L-A Dodgers 9 San Francisco 0
Final N-Y Mets 7 Atlanta 6 (11 Innings)
Final Colorado 4 Milwaukee 3 (13 Innings)

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Final Carolina 16 Houston 10
Final Cleveland 40 Baltimore 25
Final Kansas City 34 Detroit 30
Final New England 16 Buffalo 10
Final L.A. Chargers 30 Miami 10
Final Oakland 31 Indianapolis 24
Final Tennessee 24 Atlanta 10
Final N-Y Giants 24 Washington 3
Final Tampa Bay 55 L.A. Rams 40
Final Seattle 27 Arizona 10
Final Chicago 16 Minnesota 6
Final Jacksonville 26 Denver 24
Final New Orleans 12 Dallas 10
Mon. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh

AP Top 25: Alabama jumps to No. 1 after Clemson close call

Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time this season, replacing preseason No. 1 Clemson after the Tigers had a close call.

Alabama received 29 of 61 first-place votes Sunday from the media panel as the Tigers’ one-point victory at North Carolina gave the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank the first shake-up at the top this season. Clemson slipped to No. 2 and received 18 first-place votes.

The last time a No. 1 team won and dropped was Ohio State on Nov. 7, 2015, after the Buckeyes beat Minnesota 28-14 at home. The No. 1 team has won and dropped in the rankings 90 times since the AP poll started in 1936, including four times when there was a tie for No. 1.

No. 3 Georgia received four first-place votes. Ohio State moved up to No. 4 and received seven first-place votes. LSU was No. 5 and Oklahoma sixth. No. 7 Auburn received three first-place votes.

The last time five or more teams received first-place votes during the regular season was Nov. 1, 2015: No. 1 Ohio State (39); No. 2. Baylor (six); No. 3. Clemson (six); No. 4. LSU (five); No. 5. TCU (four); and No. 7. Alabama (one).

At the other end of the rankings, No. 24 SMU is ranked for the first time since the program received the so-called death penalty for NCAA rules violations in 1987 and did not compete for two seasons.

POLL POINTS

Alabama has now been ranked No. 1 at some point in each of the last 12 seasons, extending its own record. The second-longest streak belongs to Miami, which had a string of seven consecutive seasons with an appearance at No. 1 from 1986-92.

This is the 119th time Alabama has been No. 1, most of any school in poll history, and the 88th time it has been top-ranked under coach Nick Saban since he took over in 2007. Only Ohio State, Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Southern California have more total appearances at No. 1 than Alabama has under Saban.

PONY UP

SMU’s appearance in the rankings is historic, considering where that program has been. After returning from the death penalty in 1989, the Mustangs managed one winning season (6-5 in 1997) over the next 20 years.

The program had an uptick under June Jones from 2009-12, going to four straight bowl games and topping out at eight victories. There has been only one winning season since. Under second-year coach Sonny Dykes, the Mustangs are playing their best ball since the Pony Express days of Eric Dickerson and Craig James in the early 1980s.

“Given our history, SMU’s history, being a very successful program for a long time like it was in the ’70s and ’80s, and then obviously having the death penalty, it’s just been a long climb back,” Dykes told the AP on Sunday. “I think it probably means more to our fanbase and the SMU people than it does to others because it has been a long climb back. I think it gives our program some credibility.”

SMU is not a national championship contender like it was back in its hey-day, but the Mustangs head into the second month of the season looking like a team that should push for an American Athletic Conference crown. An influx of transfers, including quarterback Shane Buechele from Texas and linebacker and leading tackler Richard McBryde from Auburn.

Dykes said SMU has 65 new players, including scholarship freshman, walk-ons and transfers.

“When you have an influx of that many new people, it can mess your culture up a little bit,” Dykes said. “That’s what I worried about a little bit.”

Things have clicked. The Mustangs (5-0) are off to their best overall start since 1983, are 3-0 on the road and 10-4 in their last 14 games overall.

IN

— No. 22 Wake Forest also ended a long run of being outside the rankings. The Demon Deacons (5-0) of the Atlantic Coast Conference are ranked for the first time since Oct. 18, 2008. Wake’s Top 25 drought was the third-longest among Power Five schools, behind Indiana (last ranked in 1994) and Purdue (2007).

The next three longest streaks of being unranked among Power Five conference teams are Kansas (2009), Illinois (2011) and Rutgers (2012).

— No. 20 Arizona State retuned to the rankings after beating California at home on Friday.

— No. 21 Oklahoma State is ranked for the first time since the final poll of 2017.

OUT

— Cal took a big tumble, from No. 15 to out of the rankings after its first loss.

— USC is out again after losing at Washington.

— Kansas State had a one-week stay, falling out after losing at Oklahoma State.

TIE

Texas A&M is barely hanging on in the rankings. The only two-loss team to be ranked — the Aggies lost to Clemson and Auburn — is tied with Michigan State for the final spot in the rankings.

CONFERENCE CALL

SEC — 6 (Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 25).

Big Ten — 5 (Nos. 4, 8, 12, 14, 25).

Pac-12 — 4 (Nos. 13, 15, 17, 20).

ACC — 3 (Nos. 2, 22, 23).

Big 12 — 3 (Nos. 6, 11, 21).

American — 2 (Nos. 18, 24).

Mountain West — 1 (No. 16).

RANKED vs. RANKED

No. 25 Michigan State at No. 4 Ohio State. The Buckeyes have won their last four games by at least 41 points.

No. 7 Auburn at No. 10 Florida. The SEC has five teams ranked in the top 10 and Auburn still has to play all the rest.

No. 14 Iowa at No. 19 Michigan. The Wolverines can right their season.

Chiefs stay undefeated with 34-30 win over Lions

DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Mahomes made more plays than usual with his legs because the Detroit Lions set up their defense to limit what the superstar quarterback could do with his arm.

Mahomes converted a fourth down with a run to extend a game-winning drive that ended with Darrel Williams’ 1-yard touchdown run with 23 seconds left for his second score in the fourth quarter, lifting the Kansas City Chiefs to a 34-30 win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.

“With what they were doing, there were lanes to run,” Mahomes said. “I saw a lane and I took it.”

The reigning MVP had thrown at least two touchdown passes in 14 straight games, one short of the NFL record set by Peyton Manning. And, he was the first player in league history to have at least 350 yards passing and three touchdowns without an interception in three straight games before getting slowed down in Detroit.

“They found a way to take away some of the stuff that we like to do,” said Mahomes, who was 24 of 42 for 315 yards. “They hadn’t lost a game for a reason.”

Kansas City (4-0) stayed undefeated after starting its game-winning drive on the 21 with 2:25 left. Facing fourth-and-8 from the Chiefs 34, Mahomes dropped back briefly before busting through a hole up the middle for 15 yards to help him finish with a career-high 56 yards rushing.

“When they start doubling people, there are going to be some lanes and he knew that,” coach Andy Reid said.

The Lions (2-1-1) were determined to take away big plays in Kansas City’s passing game, doubling tight end Travis Kelce and receiver Sammy Watkins with some success. The scheme, though, cleared space for Mahomes to run and coach Matt Patricia doesn’t regret it.

“If he goes back there and throws it vertical with some of the speed that he has, then I’m not going to be happy,” he said.

The plan almost worked.

Kansas City went ahead for the first time early in the third quarter when Bashaud Breeland recovered Kerryon Johnson’s fumble and returned it 100 yards, taking advantage of everyone on the field appearing to stop momentarily and the officials not blowing a whistle. The pivotal play stood after review.

“We preach that every day,” Breeland said. “You pick up the ball at the end, whether it’s alive or dead. You never know.”

The Lions scored the first 10 points and after Kansas City pulled into two ties, they went back ahead late in the second, third and fourth quarters.

Stafford threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Golladay with 2:26 left to give Detroit a 30-27 lead. The call on the field stood after a review, which showed Golladay got both feet in the end zone. Golladay had a touchdown overturned by review early in the third because it was ruled he did not maintain control of the ball throughout the process of the catch.

Stafford was 21 of 34 for 291 yards with three touchdowns, including two to Golladay and one to T.J. Hockenson. Stafford’s second touchdown pass of the game — and first to Golladay — put Detroit up 23-20 and followed a fifth fumble in the third quarter.

“There were a bunch of great plays made in this game, a couple bad plays by each team made in this game,” Stafford said. “That’s the way it goes in the NFL. It came down to the last 15 seconds. They were undefeated coming into this game. So were we. Somebody was going to have to lose

“It was a good opportunity to beat a good team, and we were darn close.”

WHAT A PLAY

Mahomes opened the fourth with a 10-yard pass to Kelce, who pitched a lateral to LeSean McCoy and he picked up another 23 yards on a play that wasn’t planned.

HOT POTATO

The Chiefs lost three fumbles and Detroit gave it back twice with fumbles in the third quarter, combining for the most fumbles lost in a game since 2014. The Chiefs opened the second half with Mecole Hardman fumbling on the kickoff return. Stafford fumbled on the Kansas City 6 on the ensuing possession and Johnson fumbled into the end zone on Detroit’s next drive. Williams and Watkins also lost a fumble in the quarter.

BY THE NUMBERS

Chiefs: McCoy had a 39-yard run and finished with 56 yards rushing and a TD that pulled Kansas City into a 10-all tie in the second quarter. Kelce had seven receptions for a season-low 85 yards. Watkins had a season-low three receptions for 54 yards.

Lions: Johnson had 26 carries for 125 yards, 1 yard short of his total through three games. Golladay caught five passes for 67 yards and matched a career high with two touchdowns.

INJURIES

Chiefs: DE Alex Okafor (hip) and LB Damien Wilson (concussion) left in the fourth quarter.

Lions: Hockenson (concussion) was carted off the field in the third quarter and S Quandre Diggs (hamstring) left in the first quarter. CB Darius Slay (hamstring) and WR Danny Amendola (chest) were inactive after both were listed as questionable to play.

UP NEXT

Chiefs: Host the Indianapolis Colts.

Lions: Bye week.

🎥Soler hits 48th HR, Royals beat Twins in Yost’s last game

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals put a memorable finish on a forgettable 2019 season.

Jorge Soler locked up the AL home run crown with his 48th, Brett Phillips drove a game-ending sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and Kansas City beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 in manager Ned Yost’s final game.

“I’m sure everyone in the field in the top of the ninth was like, ‘Give me that at-bat.’ I know that’s what was going through my head,” Phillips said.

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli turned over coaching duties to infielder Ehire Adrianza, and AL Central-winning Minnesota hit three homers to push its major league record to 307 this season — one ahead of the New York Yankees. Minnesota finished the season 101-61, one victory shy of the franchise record set in 1965.

“I don’t think anybody will ever forget the ‘Bomba Squad,’” Baldelli said.

Soler connected in the first inning, becoming the first Royal to lead the AL in home runs and surpassing Rafael Palmeiro for the most long balls by a Cuban-born player. The 27-year-old’s previous career high was 12.

But the Royals also lost 100-plus games for the second straight season, finishing only two games better than last year at 59-103. Yost said he won’t miss much about the game.

“There’s not one part of me that wants to continue doing this,” he said. “I’ve done my part. I want to go spend time with my family, especially my wife. We’ve been apart for six or seven months a year, for the most part. We’re both healthy and we want to go do some things together.

“I’m very confident in my part in helping this team get back into fait condition. I’m walking out the door feeling good with no regrets.”

Ian Kennedy (3-2) pitched a scoreless ninth before the Royals rallied against rookie Brusdar Graterol (1-1). Humberto Arteaga led off with a double, and Nick Dini moved him to third with a bloop single, setting up Phillips’ fly to right that lifted the Royals to 59-103.

Kansas City’s Hunter Dozier led off the eighth with his 10th triple of the season, matching teammates Whit Merrifield and Adalberto Mondesi for the AL lead. It marks the first time since 1984 (Astros) that a team has had three players with at least 10 triples. Dozier scored on Ryan O’Hearn’s tying double.

Baldelli tabbed Adrianza to lead because he thinks he has the makings of a future manager. Adrianza filled out the lineup card and called the shots during the game.

“It’s kind of cool, A.D.’s first game managing on the same day that a very great and memorable manager on the other side is managing his last day,” Baldelli said. “Going out to home plate was actually pretty nice, too. Ned mentioned that he’s only gone out to home plate a few times over the course of his tenure. And I was very happy to be out there with him on his last day.”

The Twins scored three runs in the first on back-to-back home runs by C.J. Cron —a two-run shot — and Jake Cave. It’s the 12th time this season the Twins have homered back-to-back. Jason Castro added a solo shot in the fifth.

The Royals drew 17,875 in their final game. They finished with an average of 18,267 fans, 2,290 fewer than 2018.

Whit Merrifield became the second right-handed hitter to lead the majors in hits in back-to-back years (Kirby Puckett, 1988-89).

TRAINER’S ROOM

Twins Minnesota is uncertain if rookie 3B Luis Arraez will be ready for the AL Division Series after spraining his right ankle Saturday. “It could be a few days, it could be a week,” said head athletic trainer Tony Leo. “We’re not really putting a timeline on this one, obviously, with where we are.” Arraez is hitting .334 in 92 games.

UP NEXT

The Twins will have a few days off before opening their ALDS in New York on Friday. Baldelli has not named any starters for the ALDS.

Sunday Sports Headlines

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Chuba Hubbard ran for 296 yards and a touchdown on just 25 carries, and Oklahoma State shut down No. 24 Kansas State’s own vaunted rushing attack in a weather-delayed 26-13 victory Saturday night. Hubbard finished with runs of 53, 84 and 44 yards in his dominant performance. Skylar Thompson was 11 of 23 for 118 yards for the Wildcats, who were coming off a bye following their big win at Mississippi State.

WACO, Texas (AP) — John Mayers kicked a 38-yarder with 21 seconds left for the first field goal of the redshirt freshman’s career, lifting Baylor to a 23-21 victory over Iowa State after the Bears blew a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter. The win in the Big 12 opener for both teams was the second in a row for the Bears. They won their sixth straight game going back to last season. The Cyclones lost their conference opener for the 16th time in 18 seasons.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Freshman Max Duggan led touchdown drives on all three of his first-half possessions as TCU scored on every first-half possession and was never threatened in a 51-14 victory over Kansas to open Big 12 play. TCU (3-1, 1-0) dominated in every area of the first half against Kansas (2-3, 0-2), which ended a 48-game road losing streak to Power 5 opponents earlier this season at Boston College.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Jalen Hurts passed for 413 yards and three touchdowns as No. 6 Oklahoma rolled past Texas Tech 55-16. Hurts also ran for 70 yards and another score for the 4-0 Sooners. His 483 yards of total offense ranks eighth in Oklahoma history. It was the first 400-yard passing game for the senior transfer from Alabama. The Sooners, who entered the game leading the nation in total offense, gained 642 yards. They have totaled at least 600 yards in each game this season.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Minnesota Twins lost third baseman Luis Arraez to an apparent right leg injury in the seventh inning of their 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Arraez collided with first baseman Willians Astudillo while he was chasing Hunter Dozier’s pop fly at the mound. Astudillo caught the ball and Arraez grabbed the back of his right leg as he tumbled to the ground.

National Headlines

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) _ Top-ranked Clemson barely picked up its 20th consecutive win by stopping North Carolina’s two-point conversion attempt with 1:17 remaining in a 21-20 victory over the Tar Heels. The game was tied at 14 until Trevor Lawrence hit Tee Higgins on a 38-yard touchdown pass with 9:54 left. The Tar Heels responded with a short scoring run by Javonte Williams to get within one, but James Skalski and Nolan Turner combined to bring down Sam Howell as he turned toward the goal line on the conversion attempt.

UNDATED (AP) _ Tua Tagovailoa and DeVonta Smith hooked up for five touchdown passes in second-ranked Alabama’s 59-31 rout of Mississippi. Justin Fields threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as No. 5 Ohio State posted its most impressive win of the season, 48-7 at Nebraska.

UNDATED (AP) _ The NL Central race is going down to the wire following losses by the division-leading St. Louis Cardinals and second-place Milwaukee Brewers. Ian Happ slammed a pair of two-run homers as the Cubs downed the Redbirds, 8-6 in St. Louis, keeping the Cards one game ahead of Milwaukee. The Brewers blew a 2-0 lead in the late innings and suffered a 3-2 loss to Colorado on Trevor Story’s walk-off homer in the 10th inning.

UNDATED (AP) _ The Oakland Athletics and Washington Nationals have clinched home-field advantage for the wild-card playoffs. Brett Anderson worked six scoreless innings and Ramon Laureano belted a third-inning homer as the A’s blanked Seattle, 1-0. Gerardo Parra’s grand slam highlighted the Nats’ nine-run second in a 10-7 win over Cleveland.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) _ Cornerback Jalen Ramsey has rejoined the Jacksonville Jaguars following the birth of his second child. Ramsey flew with the team to Denver after returning from Nashville. Ramsey remains questionable to play against the winless Broncos because of a back injury that kept him out of practice earlier in the week. The team expects Ramsey to test his back in pregame warmups before a decision is made about his availability.

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Christian Coleman has won the gold medal in the men’s 100 meters at the world track championships, three weeks after avoiding a ban for missed drug tests. Coleman started well and extended his lead down the stretch to win in 9.76 seconds, beating defending champion Justin Gatlin, who finished second in the centerpiece race. Andre de Grasse of Canada was third.

Saturday Scores

INTERLEAGUE
Final Washington 10 Cleveland 7

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit at Chi White Sox 7:10 p.m.
Final Baltimore 9 Boston 4
Final Minnesota 4 Kansas City 3
Final Chi White Sox 7 Detroit 1 (1st game)
Final Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 1
Final Texas 9 N-Y Yankees 4
Final Oakland 1 Seattle 0
Final Houston 6 L-A Angels 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final L-A Dodgers 2 San Francisco 0
Final Philadelphia 9 Miami 3
Final N-Y Mets 3 Atlanta 0
Final Chi Cubs 8 St. Louis 6
Final Colorado 3 Milwaukee 2 (10 Innings)
Final Arizona 6 San Diego 5
Final Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 2 (12 Innings)

TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Final (6)Oklahoma 55 Texas Tech 16
Final (8)Wisconsin 24 Northwestern 15
Final (20)Michigan 52 Rutgers 0
Final (14)Iowa 48 Middle Tennessee 3
Final (23)Texas A&M 31 Arkansas 27
Final (1)Clemson 21 North Carolina 20
Final (10)Notre Dame 35 (18)Virginia 20
Final (25)Michigan St. 40 Indiana 31
Final (17)Washington 28 (21)Southern Cal 14
Final (2)Alabama 59 Mississippi 31
Final (9)Florida 38 Towson 0
Final (22)UCF 56 UConn 21
Final Oklahoma St. 26 (24)Kansas St. 13
Final (7)Auburn 56 Mississippi St. 23
Final (5)Ohio St. 48 Nebraska 7
Final (19)Utah 38 Washington St. 13

Big Third Quarter helps Fort Hays State to blowout win over Lions

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HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State improved to 2-2 on the season with a 44-3 blowout win over Missouri Southern on Saturday evening (Sept. 28) at Lewis Field Stadium. FHSU held a 20-0 halftime lead and pushed it to 41-0 with 21 unanswered points in the third quarter. Head coach Chris Brown picked up his 60th win at FHSU.

Dante Brown provided all the of the scoring for FHSU in the first quarter, hitting a pair of field goals from 41 yards. The Tigers picked up their first touchdown at the 5:21 mark of the second quarter when Chance Fuller found Manny Ramsey on a 13-yard pass. Just over a minute later after forcing a 3-and-out of Missouri Southern, Harley Hazlett did some nifty footwork up the right sideline for a 51-yard touchdown reception from Fuller.

Hazlett gave the Tigers their first two scores of the second half, touchdown receptions of three and 22 yards. The first reception was set up by a Te’Corey Tutson 93-yard kickoff return to the MWSU 3-yardline. It was the first time Hazlett had three receiving touchdowns in a game in his FHSU career. He went on to finish with a team-high 123 receiving yards on eight catches.

D.J. Hickman joined in the scoring act with 9:27 to go in the third quarter with a three-yard touchdown run, pushing the Tiger lead to 41 points. Missouri Southern finally picked up its first points of the game on a 30-yard field goal by Riley Hathorn with 36 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

Brown added his third field goal of the game in the fourth quarter, booting through a chip shot 18-yarder to produce the final tally of the game. Brown moved into a tie for the all-time field goals made record at FHSU with 37, matching Wes Simoneau.

Fort Hays State intercepted Missouri Southern quarterback Jacob Park four times. Hayden Kreutzer had two of the interceptions, while adding eight tackles and two pass breakups. Tanner Hoekman also had an interception with nine tackles, while Isaiah Creal-Musgray added the other interception. Drew Harvey led FHSU in tackles with 12, while adding two sacks.

Fuller finished with 255 passing yards with four touchdowns. Hickman led the Tigers in rushing with 90 yards, followed by Charles Tigner with 87.

Despite his four interception, Park still threw for 173 yards for the Lions. His backup Sean Kelly also threw for 107. Charles West had a team-high 36 rushing yards, while Dwayne Lawson had a team-best 120 receiving yards. Tyler Evans led the Lions in tackles with 10.

The Tigers hit the road next week for a clash with Central Oklahoma. Kickoff is set for 1 pm on Saturday (Oct. 5) in Edmond. Both teams enter at 2-2.

Oklahoma State beats K-State, 26-13

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Chuba Hubbard entered Saturday’s game as the nation’s leading rusher, yet still felt the need to rebound from what he considered to be a sub-par performance a week earlier.

Hubbard ran for 296 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries, and Oklahoma State shut down No. 24 Kansas State’s own vaunted rushing attack in a weather-delayed 26-13 victory.

Hubbard carried just three times in the first quarter for the Cowboys (4-1, 1-1 Big 12), who built a 13-0 lead when the game was halted more than an hour in the second quarter due to lightning. But the breakout star finished with runs of 53, 84 and 44 yards in a dominant performance.

After gaining “just” 121 yards on 37 carries in a 36-30 loss at No. 11 Texas last week, Hubbard felt like he redeemed himself.

“I wasn’t happy with how it went last week, I felt like I let down my team in a lot of ways,” Hubbard said. “Texas obviously played great but I know I could have done a lot more, so this week, I just wanted to bounce back from that and help put my team in a position to win. Everything came together, so it was a good win.

“It’s a great feeling.”

Spencer Sanders added 153 yards passing and a touchdown for Oklahoma State. Most of that went to Tylan Wallace, who hauled in eight passes for 145 yards.

“I think he should be in the Heisman running right now,” Sanders said of Hubbard. “He’s doing great, he’s a big asset to this team and we’re just going to keep getting better each week.”

Skylar Thompson was 11 of 23 for 118 yards for the Wildcats (3-1, 0-1), who were coming off a bye following a big win at Mississippi State.

“We held them to 26 points, which is a good effort by our defense, but we couldn’t get anything going on offense,” said Kansas State first-year coach Chris Klieman, whose team was just 1 of 13 on third downs. “Offensively, we just couldn’t get enough going, especially on 1st-and-10, that was where we struggled. We just didn’t get into a great rhythm on offense and that’s a credit to their defense.”

By the time lightning struck nearby and the officials ordered everyone off the field, the Cowboys had a 208-32 edge in offensive yardage. On the first play following the lengthy layoff, Thompson connected with Samuel Wheeler for a 39-yard pass, eventually leading to Blake Lynch’s 46-yard field goal.

Oklahoma State looked to be securely in control after Hubbard’s 84-yard touchdown run on the Cowboys’ first play of the third quarter, giving them a 23-3 advantage.

“That was a big-time play and we needed that, as a team,” Wallace said of Hubbard’s big run. “It just shows that big-time players go out and make big-time plays like that, and that was something we really needed, so I was real happy about that.”

Kansas State battled back, though, as both its defense and its offense asserted itself in the second half. The defense recorded back to back interceptions of Sanders, by Elijah Sullivan and Darreyl Patterson, and the offense capitalized on both. Lynch’s 37-yard field goal and a 5-yard touchdown run by James Gilbert pulled K-State to within 23-13 with 7:14 remaining.

Oklahoma State drained the clock on its next possession, though, as Matt Ammendola kicked his fourth field goal of the night with 1:03 to go to put the game away.

TAKEAWAY

Kansas State entered the game ranking 10th in the nation in rushing, averaging 280 yards, but struggled for most of this one. Through the first half, the Wildcats gained just 18 yards on 13 carries, and had just 68 heading into the final couple minutes of the third quarter. In the end, the Wildcats wound up with 126 yards on 32 carries (a 3.9-yard average), led by Gilbert’s 44 yards on 12 carries.

Oklahoma State had issues capitalizing in the red zone in its previous game, a 36-30 loss at No. 11 Texas. And once again, the Cowboys could not punch the ball in from inside the 20. It was a pair of field goals and a turnover-on-downs against the Longhorns, while this time Oklahoma State kicked three field goals after stalling within the 5-yard-line, and another within the 15. The big difference Saturday night was the outcome.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

With Oklahoma State sitting just outside the Top 25 (they were essentially 27th), and K-State at No. 24, it was always likely that the winner of this game will land in the 20-23 range of the poll, while the loser gets left out. That still looks to be the case, as Oklahoma State should enter the rankings now, while K-State falls off the list.

LAST WORD

“He’s a special kid,” said Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson of Hubbard. “He sent me a text early in the week and he said, ‘Hey coach, whatever it takes to win, I’ll take the ball 30 times, I’ll take it five times.’ That’s just a good measure of his character and what he wants to do for this football team. He was great tonight and he deserved a standing ovation.”

UP NEXT

Kansas State returns home to take on Baylor next Saturday.

Oklahoma State heads to Lubbock next Saturday to face Texas

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