Category Archives: Local Sports

Football Frenzy (9/22/23)

Football Frenzy (9/22/23)

NORTHEAST KANSAS (KSNT) – Highlights and scores from Week 4 of high school football, including Washburn Rural’s win against Manhattan in Football Frenzy’s Game of the Week. Game of the WeekMANHATTAN 28WASHBURN RURAL 35 Highlights from Washburn Rural’s 35-28 win against Manhattan TOPEKA HIGH 41EMPORIA 10 BISHOP CARROL 7JUNCTION CITY 41 KC WASHINGTON 6WAMEGO 53…MORE

College Football Hall of Fame adds Michael Bishop locker display

College Football Hall of Fame adds Michael Bishop locker display

ATLANTA (KSNT) – K-State fans can take a trip down memory lane with Michael Bishop’s time capsule locker at the College Football Hall of Fame. The College Football Hall of Fame is honoring its 2023 inductees with a limited-run personalized locker exhibit to showcase the outstanding careers and contributions of each legendary player and coach. The exhibits will be…MORE

Cannabis allowed for college athletes? One NCAA committee recommending it

INDIANAPOLIS (KSNT) – The national shift in the view of cannabis products could see its way into college athletics. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS) recommended new guidelines on Friday. The group says that the college governing board should adopt legislation removing cannabinoids from the…MORE

K-State coaches prepare for Will Howard’s possible absence against UCF

K-State coaches prepare for Will Howard’s possible absence against UCF

MANHATTAN (KSNT) – K-State football fans might see something vaguely familiar in two days: a true freshman quarterback. The past time K-State started a true freshman quarterback, it was Will Howard in 2020. Howard is sore recovering from a soft tissue leg injury he sustained during the Mizzou game. With the Wildcats’ next-man-up mentality, Avery…MORE

Jerome Tang selected as drum leader for Chiefs week three game

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KSNT)- K-State head men’s basketball coach Jerome Tang has been selected as the Kansas City Chiefs drum honoree for their week three home game against the Bears. The Chiefs introduced the GEHA Deck in 2019 with two gameday traditions – the Drum Honoree and the Tony DiPardo Spirit Leader. Tang will be…MORE

High school football team plays its first game in 11 years

High school football team plays its first game in 11 years

BROWN COUNTY (KSNT) – Kickapoo Nation School went for 11 years without playing a football game, but that changed Monday night. It took Kickapoo Nation’s coaches months of planning to get to this point. They started the process of fielding a team last school year. “We’ve gone up to the superintendent, the school board, and…MORE

Jordy Nelson listed among 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame nominees

MANHATTAN (KSNT)- K-State alum Jordy Nelson is one of nine first-year-eligible players to be nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Nelson, a Riley County High School graduate, is one of 173 modern-era nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024. The list of nominees will be reduced to just 25…MORE

K-State’s Wabash Cannonball featured in newest NBA 2K video game

Video from NBA 2K24/ Jareem Dowling MANHATTAN (KSNT) – Jerome Tang and K-State men’s basketball took the college hoops world by storm with a trip to the Elite 8 after being picked to finish last in the Big 12. The excitement came in Tang’s first season with the ‘Cats, bringing new energy to the program…MORE

K-State linebacker undergoes season ending surgery

K-State linebacker undergoes season ending surgery

MANHATTAN (KSNT)- K-State linebacker Daniel Green is out for the season, Chris Klieman confirmed to reports on Tuesday. Green, in his sixth-year with the ‘Cats, sustained a pectoral injury during K-State’s loss at Missouri. He had surgery Tuesday morning, Klieman said. He was voted team captain this fall for the second-straight season. “It was a…MORE

Seaman’s Reagan McGivern commits to Villanova

Seaman’s Reagan McGivern commits to Villanova

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Seaman volleyball’s Reagan McGivern is DI bound. She’s taking her volleyball skills to Villanova. As a middle blocker, Reagan says she’s good at reading opposing hitters, but she’s even bigger on leadership and loving her teammates. That’s why she chose to join the ‘Nova Wildcats. She felt the love from the coaches,…MORE