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Kansas’ Beaty will not be retained at conclusion of the season

Posted on November 4, 2018

LAWRENCE, Kan. – David Beaty will not be retained as Head Football Coach at the University of Kansas at the conclusion of the season, KU Athletics Director Jeff Long announced Sunday.

“After a thorough evaluation of the program, I believe that new leadership is necessary for our football team to move forward and compete at the highest level of the Big 12 Conference,” Long said. “I know that Coach Beaty cares deeply about his players, and I respect that. The student-athletes on this team have continued to play hard – and I am confident they will do that for the rest of the season.”

Beaty has coached the Jayhawks for three-plus seasons, amassing a 6-39 record, 2-31 in Big 12 Conference play. He will continue to coach the team until the regular season concludes against Texas on Friday, November 23. He signed a five-year contract in December 2014, which was extended two years (through 2021) in December 2016.

Long informed Beaty of his decision Sunday and met with the football team directly afterwards. “The search for a new head coach will begin immediately,” he said.

Beaty’s contract calls for him to be paid $3 million (payable in six equal payments) in the event of termination without cause; Long said Kansas will fulfill the terms of that contract.

— KU Athletics —

Royals’ Gordon, Perez earn Gold Glove Awards

Posted on November 4, 2018November 4, 2018

Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., and ESPN announced tonight that Royals left fielder Alex Gordon and catcher Salvador Perez have been awarded with Rawlings Gold Gloves. This marks Gordon’s sixth overall Rawlings Gold Glove (2011-14, ’17-18) and Perez’s fifth in the last six seasons (2013-16, ’18).

The Royals are the only American League team with at least one Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner in each of the last eight seasons (since 2011). The awards were voted on by managers and coaches from the American and National Leagues and honor the best individual fielding performances at each position in both leagues.

— Royals Press Release —

Missouri Western falls short against Tarleton State in first game under Wicks

Posted on November 3, 2018

ST. JOSEPH – The Sundance Wicks era began with a nail-biting loss to Tarleton State in the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic at Civic Arena. Wicks’ Missouri Western men’s basketball team fell 78-76 to the Texans, who are receiving votes in the NCBA top-25.

Tarleton State made two free throws with 10 seconds remaining to break a 76-76 tie and Lavon Hightower’s attempt at his fifth three-pointer of the game went off the rim at the buzzer.

NOTABLES

Tarleton State scored its final four points at the free throw line
Missouri Western led 74-71 with 2:45 left on two Tyus Millhollin free throws
Tarleton State tied the game at 74 on a three
Millhollin gave the Griffons the lead again with two more free throws with 1:37 left
The game was tied eight times with three lead changes
Missouri Western took its first lead of the game on a Hightower jumper with 12:59 to go
The Griffons never trailed again until the final two free throws
Tartleton State out-rebounded the Griffons 44-34

LEADERS

Hightower led all scorers with 26 points, four short of matching his career high. He did set a new career mark with four made threes. The senior also led the Griffons with eight rebounds and four assists.
Tyus Millhollin scored 15 points in his Griffon debut, going 6-for-6 at the line and 3-of-7 from three
Bryan Hudson had eight points, going 4-of-4 at the free throw line
Tyrell Carroll scored six points in his collegiate debut, going 3-of-5 from the field
Sam Siganos led the Griffons in plus minus, with MWSU outscoring the Texans by 15 when the transfer guard was on the floor

UP NEXT

The road doesn’t get any easier for the new-look Griffons on Sunday
Missouri Western faces (RV) Fairmont State, which took defending national champion No. 13 Ferris State to the wire Saturday afternoon at Civic Arena 78-76.

— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest men open season with OT win against Northern State

Posted on November 3, 2018

ST. JOSEPH, Missouri – The No. 5-ranked Northwest Missouri State men’s basketball team opened the season with a 72-70 overtime victory over Northern State.

Redshirt freshman Trevor Hudgins scored a game-high 25 points to go along with five assists and four steals. Hudgins forced overtime with a tear drop jumper with 24 seconds left in regulation.

Sophomore Ryan Hawkins threw down a dunk with 1:20 left in overtime to give the Bearcats a 63-61 lead. NSU’s Bo Fries buried a triple to give the lead back to the Wolves. Hudgins answered with a drive and lefty layup with 45 seconds left to give Northwest a 65-64 lead.

Junior Kirk Finley forced a tie up and jump ball that gave Northwest possession with 33.5 left. Finley buried a couple of free throws with 31.8 to give Northwest a three-point cushion at 67-64.

Finley grabbed a Wolves miss and drained two more free throws with 20.3 left. NSU’s Andrew Kallman buried a triple from deep with 6.5 left to make it 69-67 in Northwest’s favor.

Hudgins sank two free throws with 5.6 to go to push the lead back to four at 71-67. NSU’s Roko Dominovic knocked in a three with one second left to pull NSU back within one point. Joey Witthus sank one of two free throws with 0.5 seconds left to finish the scoring.

Northwest will be back in action Sunday at Civic Arena against No. 13-ranked Ferris State at 5:30 p.m.

— Northwest Athletics —

Griffons score 19 unanswered points to rally past Nebraska-Kearney

Posted on November 3, 2018

KEARNEY, Neb. – Griffon Football scored 19 unanswered second half points to rally on the road for the second time in three weeks. Missouri Western’s come-from-behind 25-17 win at Nebraska-Kearney gave the Griffons six wins for the first time since 2015, guaranteeing a winning season for the program.

Down 17-6 at halftime, the Griffons shut the Lopers out in the second half; passed for one touchdown and rushed for two more to complete the comeback.

NOTABLES

Missouri Western rushed for more than 150 yards in the second half after being limited to 44 in the first half and held the Lopers to 84 rushing yards in the second half after giving up 192 in the first.
The Griffons picked off two Nebraska-Kearney passes and recovered a Loper fumble, while not turning the ball over at all, themselves
Missouri Western stayed under 100 yards in penalties, getting flagged nine times for 65 yards
MWSU limited UNK to just 93 passing yards
The win secured the first winning season for the Griffons since going 6-5 in 2015

LEADERS

Keylan Mack caught seven passes for 91 yards, coming nine yards shy of becoming the first Griffon receiver to hit 100 yards since Elijah Cunningham did it last year
James Bailey Jr. rushed 16 times for 91 yards, averaging 5.7 yards per carry with one of the Griffons’ three touchdowns
Dom Marino averaged 6.5 yards per carry on 10 rushes and was 13-for-23 through the air for 172 yards and a touchdown pass to Cameron Grandy
James Huskey had 11 total tackles, eight solo, one for loss
Jabbar Miles finished with 10 tackles
Vayante Copeland and Anthony Williams had the interceptions. Williams also had seven tackles
Luke Theis only needed to punt three times, but made the most of it, averaging 49.3 yards per punt with two over 50 yards and one inside the 20

UP NEXT
Missouri Western goes for its seventh win of the season in the final regular season game of the year. The Griffons host Lindenwood on senior day, Nov. 10 at 1 p.m.

— MWSU Athletics —

Bearcats lose 17-16 at home to Fort Hays State

Posted on November 3, 2018

MARYVILLE, Missouri – For the second straight season, Fort Hays State slipped past Northwest Missouri State by a single point at Bearcat Stadium. The Tigers claimed a 17-16 victory over the Bearcats on senior day.

Fort Hays State’s Malik Young provided a blocked extra point and the Tigers used a late roughing the punter penalty to post the road win. Fort Hays State moves to 8-2 in the MIAA and into a tie for first place with Northwest in the league standings.

Fort Hays State took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. The Tigers got on the board first on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Chance Fuller to Harley Hazlett with 6:51 left in the first quarter. The Tigers extended the advantage to 14 points on a 25-yard scoring play from Fuller to Layne Bieberle with 1:17 on the clock in the first quarter.

Northwest did not register a first down until 5:01 remained in the second quarter. The Bearcats were limited to 31 yards of total offense and one first down in the first half.

The Bearcats took advantage of a Jack Richards interception to set up a 25-yard Parker Sampson field goal with 8:27 left in the second quarter.

Northwest pulled to within 14-10 on a 56-yard punt return for a touchdown from senior Shawn Bane Jr. with 1:52 left in the half. It was Bane’s second punt return for a touchdown this season. Bane led all players with 198 all-purpose yards as he had six rushing yards, 23 receiving yards, 84 kick return yards and 85 punt return yards.

Northwest took the opening kickoff in the second half and marched 78 yards to pay dirt. Quarterback Braden Wright hooked up with tight end Marqus Andrews on a 37-yard play to put the ball at the FHSU 19-yard line. On the next play, Wright connected with wide receiver Alec Tatum for a 19-yard touchdown pass with 12:08 left in the third quarter. The extra point was blocked by Young and Northwest held its first lead of the game at 16-14.

FHSU regained the lead at 17-16 on a 42-yard field goal by Dante Brown. It was Brown’s 23rd made field goal this season. His three-pointer came with 9:08 left in the third quarter.

Northwest freshman cornerback Trey Washington thwarted an FHSU drive with an interception at the 3-yard line with 2:51 left in the third quarter.

Neither squad scored in the fourth quarter as the Tigers held on for the 17-16 victory.

Northwest’s final drive in Tiger territory ended on a failed fourth-and-one at the FHSU 41-yard line with 8:14 left in the game. Bane was stuffed on a sweep and it gave the ball back to the Tigers.

Northwest appeared to stop Fort Hays State with 1:26 left but ended up with a roughing the punter penalty on Washington. The penalty gave FHSU a first down and the Tigers took a knee on the final two snaps of the game to run out the clock.

Northwest will wrap up the regular season next Saturday at Central Missouri. The Bearcats and Mules will kick at 1 p.m. at Walton Stadium.

NOTES: FHSU scored a 13-12 win over Northwest last season at Bearcat Stadium … FHSU had 252 yards of total offense, while Northwest managed 178 total yards … FHSU quarterback Chance Fuller passed for 240 yards and two touchdowns but also threw three interceptions … Northwest’s Braden Wright passed for 117 yards and a touchdown with an interception … FHSU was limited to 12 rushing yards … Northwest gained 61 yards on the ground – led by Isaiah Strayhorn’s 35 yards … Northwest’s Austen Eskew had 10 tackles, two tackles-for-loss and half a quarterback sack … Northwest’s Spencer Phillips had 1.5 quarterback sacks … the Bearcats got interceptions from Trent Nally, Jack Richards and Trey Washington … FHSU is the first team to beat Northwest in back to back seasons since Missouri Western performed the feat in 2011 and 2012.

— Northwest Athletics —

Lock burns No. 13 Florida again, Mizzou wins 38-17 in Swamp

Posted on November 3, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s lone bright spot after another lopsided loss to Missouri: It won’t have to face Drew Lock again.

Lock picked apart Florida’s defense for the second straight year, throwing three touchdown passes to lead the Tigers to a 38-17 victory against the 13th-ranked Gators on Saturday

Lock completed 24 of 32 passes for 250 yards, with scoring throws to Albert Okwuegbunam, Kam Scott and Emanuel Hall that stunned the Swamp. His best performance in league play this season came a week after a heartbreaking loss on the final play against Kentucky.

“These situations a lot of time in sports mirror how your life can go,” said coach Barry Odom. “You’re going to be faced with adversity. You’re going to be faced with hard times. This game was decided long before the ball was kicked off.”

Lock, a senior and projected first-round draft pick, was equally effective against Florida in a 45-16 victory last year. He will head to the NFL with six touchdowns passes and an interception in his final two games against the Gators.

“This feels really good,” Lock said. “It’s hard to put into words. It was a different week for us. You kind of had that feeling there’s no way you lose that football game (to Kentucky). I think after a loss like that, there’s no way you can go in and lose a game.

“There’s no way I can feel any worse than I did last Saturday, so I wasn’t going to let that happen again. And none of these guys were going to let that happen. That was our mindset coming in this week.”

Florida also was hoping to rebound after a 36-17 loss to Georgia eliminated it from contention in the SEC East. But the Gators came out flat and didn’t find a spark until it was too late.

Coach Dan Mullen benched starting quarterback Feleipe Franks late in the third quarter — the home crowd cheered wildly — and backup Kyle Trask promptly directed a 75-yard touchdown drive in which he converted two fourth downs. Trask found Josh Hammond in the end zone on the second one for a 7-yard score that made it 35-17.

After the game, Mullen sounded like he would stick with Franks moving forward.

“Everybody’s going to have some good days and bad days,” Mullen said. “I’m certainly not here pointing the finger that he was terrible. And we didn’t pull him because he was terrible. We pulled him `cause the offense wasn’t moving and we wanted to see if somebody else could get it done and put Kyle put in, not because of his individual, personal performance.”

Franks completed 7 of 22 passes for 84 yards. Trask was 10 of 18 for 126 yards.

The Tigers (5-4, 1-4) led 21-10 at halftime and sealed their first SEC win in 2018 with three consecutive scoring drives in the third quarter.

Mullen called the back-to-back losses by a combined 40 points a “reality check.”

“It’s a little bit of a reality check of where we are with the guys,” Mullen said, pointing to consecutive wins against Mississippi State and LSU. “If we come out and play really well as a team in all three phases, we’re good enough to play with anybody out there. If we don’t, we’re not.”

THE TAKEAWAY

Missouri: The Tigers beat Florida for the fourth time in the last six meetings, including twice on homecoming. All six have been blowouts, with Florida’s 21-3 victory in 2015 being the closest contest.

Florida: The Gators opened a three-game homestand with a dud and looked lost on both sides of the ball, ending with the worst loss in Mullen’s first year.

LOCK’S BEST

Lock showed why he’s considered a top NFL talent. His 41-yard throw to Hall down the sideline was perfect, setting up a touchdown run in which Lock held the defensive end before pitching the ball. And his TD throw to Okwuegbunam came after a pre-snap read and adjustment.

He’s been at his best against Florida. He completed 15 of 20 passes for 228 yards and three TDs in last year’s rout.

He hadn’t been nearly as sharp against the SEC this season, completing 50 percent of his passes for 732 yards, with one touchdown and five interceptions against Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Kentucky. Getting Hall back was a big boost. He missed the last four games with hip and groin injuries.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

Florida could drop out of the Top 25 poll after back-to-back lopsided losses to Georgia and Missouri.

UP NEXT

Missouri: Hosts Vanderbilt with a chance to become bowl eligible.

Florida: Continues a three-game home stretch against South Carolina.

— Associated Press —

Western volleyball wins at Fort Hays State in four sets

Posted on November 3, 2018

HAYS, Kan. – Griffon Volleyball needed a win to keep its season alive and the Griffons got it Saturday at Fort Hays State. After dropping the first set to the Tigers, Missouri Western bounced back to take the last three sets and advance to the MIAA Championships as the No. 8 seed.

NOTABLES

The Griffons did their part, Saturday, but still needed some help to get in the postseason and got it by Pittsburg State losing 3-0 at Washburn
Missouri Western will be the No. 8 seed, but will have to await the result of the Northwest Missouri at Nebraska-Kearney match to know where they’ll go to play in the tournament’s first round, Nov. 6. A UNK win will send the Griffons back to Kearney, Nebraska. A win by Northwest Missouri and the Griffons will play at Washburn
Four Griffons had double-digit kills
After hitting .098 in the first set, the Griffons rebounded with a .297 hitting percentage in the second set
Missouri Western limited Fort Hays State to .189, .000 and.044 hitting percentages after allowing the Tigers to hit .270 in the first

LEADERS

Rachel Losch led MWSU with 12 kills and added three total blocks to tie for the team-high
Ali Tauchen also had three blocks to go with 11 kills on a .360 hitting percentage and a team-high 15 digs
Stephanie Doak had 11 kills and Sam Duncan had 10
Liv Winker led the team with 28 assists and also had 11 digs

UP NEXT

The MIAA Championships, Tuesday, Nov. 6 against an opponent to be determined.
— MWSU Athletics —

Northwest volleyball falls in five sets at No. 3 Nebraska-Kearney

Posted on November 3, 2018

KEARNEY, Nebraska – The University of Nebraska-Kearney Loper volleyball squad held off the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats in five sets to claim the outright MIAA title. Nebraska-Kearney won by set scores of 24-26, 25-22, 25-18, 23-25, 15-13.

The No. 3-ranked Lopers withstood a 27-kill effort from Bearcat senior Maddy Bruder. Bruder also tallied 17 digs for the Bearcats.

Northwest will be the No. 4 seed and will play host to No. 5 seed Central Missouri in the quarterfinals of the MIAA Tournament. The match will be played Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Bearcat Arena. The winner will advance to the semifinals in Kearney, Nebraska, on Nov. 9.

— Northwest Athletics —

K-State misses fourth quarter PAT and loses at TCU 14-13

Posted on November 3, 2018

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — TCU quarterback Mike Collins knew he had a good play even after the dropped the snap.

The sophomore transfer from Penn threw a 67-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Reagor in the third quarter and the Horned Frogs held on for a 14-13 win over Kansas State on Saturday after the Wildcats missed a potential game-tying extra point in the fourth.

“I knew it was going to be a good play pre-snap,” Collins said after his second start. “Then fumbled the snap and picked it up, and knew he was going to be open. So give him a chance, and he made a great play.”

The Horned Frogs (4-5, 2-4 Big 12) avoided the first four-game losing streak in 18 seasons under coach Gary Patterson, and improved their chances of becoming bowl eligible for the 16th time in that stretch.

The missed PAT, a muffed punt and a botched field goal attempt put Kansas State (3-6, 1-5) in the position of having to win its three remaining games to qualify for a bowl.

“A loss is a loss,” coach Bill Snyder said. “A close ballgame like that may hurt a bit more.”

The Wildcats lost quarterback Skylar Thompson to an injury in the first quarter, but backup Alex Delton answered each TCU touchdown.

Reagor fought off cornerback AJ Parker on the deep throw from Collins, turned and ran into the end zone to break a 7-7 tie midway through the third quarter. Jonathan Song kicked what turned out to be an important extra point.

On the touchdown pass, Collins threw into a 23-mph wind.

“There were some gusts, but nothing I could control, except get the ball downfield and giving our guys a chance,” said Collins, who was 17 of 33 for 218 yards with the decisive score.

Reagor has a four-game touchdown streak. In tight coverage against Kansas State, he caught only three of 11 passes thrown his way, but for a game-high 92 yards.

“I expect double coverage,” Reagor said. “When I get a chance, I have to make a play.”

Delton found Malik Knowles for a 27-yard touchdown on his first series late in the first quarter, and scored on a 1-yard plunge early in the fourth before sophomore Blake Lynch hooked the PAT attempt to the left with 9:16 remaining.

“Of course I feel horrible for him,” Snyder said. “He’s one of the young guys. He didn’t lose the ballgame for us. There were a bunch of us that made mistakes that contributed.”

Jarrison Stewart’s 31-yard catch set up a 4-yard run by Darius Anderson for a 7-0 TCU lead after Isaiah Zuber muffed a punt and Jawuan Johnson recovered at the Kansas State 43-yard line.

Patterson said the south wind caused Zuber to have to run toward punter David Andrew.

“The wind was bad today,” Patterson said. “When we punted against the wind, we kept our defense in because we didn’t want anybody to run it back.”

Delton, who hadn’t played in four games, kept Kansas State’s first scoring drive alive by drawing the Frogs offsides on fourth-and-1 on his first snap. Seven plays later, Delton threw to an outstretched Knowles in the back of the end zone.

Alex Barnes, the Big 12’s second-leading rusher, gained 76 of his 102 yards in the second half for the Wildcats. Delton was 15 of 25 for 155 yards, and had 36 rushing yards in 23 attempts.

THE TAKEAWAY

Kansas State: The Wildcats dominated the second quarter, but missed a chance for a 26-yard field goal when holder Colby Moore couldn’t handle the snap and threw a pass into the end zone that TCU’s Markell Simmons intercepted.

TCU: The road to Patterson’s 16th bowl bid could come down to the final two weeks, if the Horned Frogs don’t win at West Virginia. The Horned Frogs get Baylor at home before going to Oklahoma State.

ANOTHER YEAR WITHOUT?

Bowl misses have been rare for Snyder and Patterson. Snyder’s teams have been to 19 bowls in his first 26 seasons, missing only in his first four years (1989-1992), in 2004-05 and in 2009 after a three-year coaching hiatus. TCU’s last season without a bowl was 2013, and Patterson’s only other miss with the Frogs was in 2004.

UP NEXT

Kansas State: Rival Kansas at home next Saturday.

TCU: At No. 12 West Virginia next Saturday.

— Associated Press —