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Kansas City awarded WR Williams off waiver claim; release Hall

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ChiefsThe Kansas City Chiefs announced on Wednesday that the club has been awarded wide receiver Kyle Williams via waiver claim from the San Francisco 49ers. Additionally the team has released wide receiver Chad Hall.

Williams (5-10, 186) has played in 38 games (nine starts) in more than three NFL seasons with the San Francisco 49ers (2010-13).  His career numbers as a wide receiver include 47 receptions for 574 yards (12.2 avg.) with four touchdowns. He also served as a return man for the club, returning 21 punts for 170 yards (8.1 avg.) and 28 kickoffs for 673 yards (24.0 avg.). Williams originally entered the NFL as a sixth-round draft pick (206th overall) of the 49ers in the 2010 NFL Draft. The San Jose, Calif., native played collegiately at Arizona State where he tallied 109 receptions for 1,626 yards (14.9 avg.), 74 punt returns for 768 yards (10.4 avg.) and 31 kickoff returns for 709 yards (22.9 avg.). He prepped at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Hall (5-8, 187) has played in 22 games (one start) in just over two NFL seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. Hall joined the Chiefs on Sept. 1, 2013 via waiver claim from San Francisco. He played in seven games with Kansas City recording one catch for nine yards. Hall’s career numbers include 15 receptions for 144 yards (9.6 avg.) with two touchdowns. He has returned 10 punts for 107 yards (10.7 avg.) and six kickoffs for 108 yards (18.0 avg.). He originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Eagles in 2010. Hall played collegiately at the Air Force Academy and prepped at Wesleyan School in Norcross, Ga.

— Chiefs Media Relations —

Northwest tennis represented well in latest ITA rankings

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Northwest2013riggertThe Northwest Missouri men’s and women’s tennis teams each earned spots in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) tennis rankings. The Northwest menwere ranked 19th nationally and held the top spot in the central region. The Northwest women were ranked fifth in the central region.

On the men’s side, Northwest had four singles players and two doubles teams represented in the central region rankings. On the singles side, Sergio de Vilchez was ranked third in the region and 29th nationally. Alvaro Riveras was fifth regionally and 45th nationally. Also ranked regionally was Lluis Altimires, who was seventh and Julien Couronne, who was 15th. The doubles team of De Vilchez and Altimires earned the region’s No. 2 ranking and was ranked 21st in the national poll. Riveras and Couronne were ranked 10th in the central region.

The Bearcat women’s team earned a fifth place ranking in the central region. Senior Alexis Bartek was seeded as the region’s No. 20 ranked singles player.

The Bearcats women begin the 2014 spring season against Maryville College in St. Joseph on Feb. 22. The Northwest men’s team will start on March 1 against St. Cloud State (Minn.) in a match that will take place in Grand Island, Neb., at 9 a.m.

— Northwest Sports Information —

Missouri Western women roll to 104-50 victory over Avila

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MWSUThe Missouri Western women doubled up the Avila Eagles 104-50 in non-conference action on Tuesday evening in the fieldhouse. The 104 points is the most since November 30, 2002 when they scored a all-time high 115 against Southwestern (Kan.). The Griffons improve to 2-0 on the season as Ariana Novak and Tiffanie Abrams both had 14 points.

Another solid defensive performance in the first half helped the Griffons build a 32 point lead at the half over the Eagles. The Griffons made 21 shots with seven coming behind the three point line as they made 65.6-percent of their shots. The Griffons also dominated the rebounds with 18 to the Eagles seven and had seven on the offensive end of the floor which led to 11 second chance points.

Missouri Western trailed just once in the frame at 2-1 and then went on a 16-3 run claiming the 17-4 lead after a layup by Sharniece Lewis. The Griffons continued to dominate play building its lead to 20 at 31-11 wit 7:57 to play after a good free throw shot by Tiffanie Abrams. The rest of the half the Griffons outscored the Eagles 28-16 taking the 59-27 halftime lead.

Ten different players scored for the Griffons with Novak leading the way with 12 points on 3-of-5 shooting from long range. Lewis was the only other Griffon in double figures with 11. MWSU outscored the Eagles 22-8 in the paint and 38-9 off the bench.

Avila made just six field goals but made 13-of-16 free throws. Sajel Spani had six points while Rebekah Capeder and Kelsey McConnell each pitched in five.

In the second half the Griffons continued their dominace outscoring the Eagles 45-23 and shooting 51.5-percent (17-33) from the field.

The Griffons had 13 players score with five players scoring in double figures. Jaquitta Dever and Lewis had 11 points while Tiara Hall pitched in 10. Hall also led the Griffons with nine of the Giriffons 45 rebounds.

The Griffons had 46 points in the paint and 37 points off 22 Avila turnovers. They also had 60 bench points.

The Eagles fall to 1-5 with the loss as they shot just 34.2-percent (13-38) from the field but made 20-of-28 free throws. Jessia Smith led the way with 13 points.

Head Coach Rob Edmisson is now 8-1 in the month of November and will try and make it 9-1 on Friday, November 15 with a non-conference game against the University of Illinois-Springfield. Game time is set for 6:00 pm.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Clarkson leads Missouri past Southern Illinois Tuesday

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NCAA Basketball: Southern Illinois at MissouriCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Jordan Clarkson scored a career-high 31 points and Jabari Brown added 17 to lift Missouri past Southern Illinois 72-59 Tuesday night.

Clarkson, Brown and Earnest Ross combined for 59 points as the rest of the Tigers only shot 5-of-11 from the field. After trading baskets through the first half, the Tigers (2-0) used a 10-4 run in the opening 3:32 after the break for a 45-38 lead and some breathing room.

Missouri won its 20th consecutive game at home, this time in front of a half-filled Mizzou Arena after a late tip time. The Tigers haven’t lost to a non-conference opponent on their own floor since the 2005-06 opener, a span of 75 games.

Desmar Jackson led Southern Illinois (0-1) with 17 points in the team’s season opener. The senior guard scored the Salukis’ first eight points, but battled foul trouble the rest of the game.

Missouri appeared sluggish in the early going after an 89-53 victory against Southeastern Louisiana on Friday. Clarkson led all scorers with 12 points at halftime, but reached another gear midway through the second half, at one point scoring six in a row for the Tigers to give them a 56-45 lead with 9:12 remaining.

Clarkson sat out last season after transferring from Tulsa, where he averaged 14.2 points and 2.3 assists over two years. An all-Conference USA selection in 2011-12, the junior guard will run the point this year for Missouri after the departure of Phil Pressey to the NBA.

After shooting 55.6 percent from the free throw line in its opener, Missouri made 17 of its 27 attempts Tuesday from the charity stripe, but Southern Illinois only managed to shoot 3-of-9 from the line.

Bronson Verhines added eight points for the Salukis, who were picked to finish eighth out of 10 teams in the Missouri Valley Conference under second-year coach Barry Hinson. Anthony Beane scored six points on 3-of-12 shooting after missing the team’s second exhibition game Friday against William Jewell. Both Beane and Jackson arrived late to the game, prompting Hinson to bench them.

A 3-pointer by Mike Balogun with 31 seconds left in the first half gave Southern Illinois a 34-33 lead, prompting the team’s bench to jump repeatedly in excitement. But Clarkson drove through the lane for a dunk with four seconds remaining to give Missouri the lead at the break.

— Associated Press —

No. 5 Kansas uses late run to defeat 4th-ranked Duke

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KUCHICAGO (AP) — Andrew Wiggins soared toward the hoop as Jabari Parker made one more attempt to stop his fellow freshman star.

No such luck. Wiggins owned the end of Parker’s impressive homecoming.

Wiggins scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half, outplaying Parker down the stretch and helping No. 5 Kansas knock off fourth-ranked Duke 94-83 on Tuesday night.

Parker, a former prep star at nearby Simeon High School, had 27 points, nine rebounds and three steals in a spectacular return to his hometown. But it was Wiggins who made the biggest plays in the final minutes of a taut thriller between two storied programs.

Wiggins drained a stepback jumper to give the Jayhawks an 85-81 lead with 1:33 to go, and then had a fast-break dunk while being fouled by a trailing Parker. Wiggins held his arms out and yelled after the big dunk, delighting the raucous crowd at the United Center.

Ellis finished with 24 points and Wayne Selden had 15 for the Jayhawks (2-0), who went 27 for 35 at the foul line, compared to 16 of 28 for the Blue Devils. Wiggins also had 10 rebounds despite battling foul trouble for much of the game.

Kansas scored 17 of the final 23 points after Rasheed Sulaimon made a jumper for Duke that tied it at 77 with 3:50 left.

Amile Jefferson had 17 points for Duke (1-1), which dropped to 7-3 in the all-time series against Kansas. Rodney Hood scored 11 points.

— Associated Press —

Chiefs sign WR Rashad Ross to practice squad; Burden released

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riggertChiefsThe Kansas City Chiefs announced on Tuesday that the club has signed wide receiver Rashad Ross to the practice squad and released guard Chandler Burden from the practice squad.

Ross (6-0, 181) originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Tennessee Titans on May 9, 2013. He served on the Titans practice squad until being released on Oct. 29. Ross played collegiately at Arizona State where he appeared in 26 games (14 starts) and caught 55 passes for 864 yards with seven touchdowns over two seasons. He added 28 kickoff returns for 779 yards with two touchdowns and was a member of the Sun Devils track and field team. Prior to his time at Arizona State Ross played at Butte College. He prepped at Vallejo High School in Vallejo, Calif.

Burden (6-4, 310) joined the Chiefs practice squad on Oct. 2, 2013. He originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Tennessee Titans on April 30, 2012. He was released by the Titans prior to the 2012 season, then signed by the Miami Dolphins where he served on the team’s practice squad. He was released by the Dolphins on Aug. 23, 2013. The Blue Ash, Ohio, native played collegiately at Kentucky. He played in 43 games (26 starts) with the Wildcats. Burden prepped at La Salle High School in Cincinnati, Ohio.

— Chiefs Media Relations —

High School Football Scores – Monday, Nov. 11

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riggertFootballDISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES

CLASS 4 District 8
1 Liberty North 35, 6 Lafayette 0

CLASS 3 District 8
1 Maryville 42, 2 Cameron 14

CLASS 2 District 8
1 Lawson 13, 3 Bishop LeBlond 7

CLASS 1 District 7
3 West Platte 55, 4 Wellington-Napoleon 21

CLASS 1 District 8
1 Hamilton 40, 2 East Buchanan 34

Western football sits 8th in Super Region Three rankings

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riggertMissouriWesternThe Missouri Western football team sits in 8th place in the Super Region Three rankings which was released Monday afternoon.

Four other MIAA schools are ranked in the poll with Northwest Missouri State sitting in 1st, Pittsburg State 5th, Emporia State 6th and Washburn 9th.

The top two teams in the region get a bye in the first week of the playoffs while four will host five and three will host six on Saturday, November 23.

The Griffons region consists of teams from the Northern Sun Incollegiate Conference, Great American Conference and the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.

The Griffons are now 8-2 overall and 7-2 in the MIAA and return home for the regular season finale on Saturday against Northwest Missouri State with kickoff set for 2:37 PM.  Prior to the game, we’ll honor the 16 player senior class that with a win will tie the record for the winningest four year class in school history with 38.

SUPER REGION THREE
1     Northwest Missouri State     10-0     10-0
2     Minnesota State-Mankato     10-0     10-0
3     Henderson State     10-0     10-0
4     Minnesota-Duluth     9-1     9-1
5     Pittsburg State     8-1     9-1
6     Emporia State     8-1     8-1
7     St. Cloud State     9-1     9-1
8     Missouri Western State     8-2     8-2
9     Washburn     8-2     8-2
10     Harding     7-2     7-2

— MWSU Sports Information —

Northwest Missouri State’s Longacre named MIAA Defensive Player of the Week

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NWMSUNorthwest Missouri State defensive end Matt Longacre was named the MIAA Defensive Athlete of the Week on Monday, in an announcement made by the league office. Longacre and the Bearcats defeated Emporia State on Saturday at Welch Stadium, 48-21. This is the second honor for Longacre, who garnered the same award on Sept. 30, following a win over Nebraska-Kearney.

Longacre, a native of Omaha, Neb., had 2.5 sacks and 4.5 tackles for loss on the day. As a whole, Northwest’s defense held Emporia State to just 51 rushing yards, 260 total yards and 21 points.

The win guarantees the Bearcats a share of the MIAA title, the 25th in the program’s history. It also marks the 17th time Northwest has won 10 or moregames in a season.

The MIAA also announced on Sunday that the regular season finale at Missouri Western on Saturday, Nov. 16, has officially been picked up as the TV Game of the Week, and that kickoff has been moved to 2:37 p.m. at Spratt Stadium in St. Joseph, Mo.

— Northwest Sports Information —

Royals request release waivers on Luis Mendoza

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RoyalsThe Kansas City Royals announced Monday that the club has requested release waivers on right-handed pitcher Luis Mendoza, who plans to pitch in Japan during the 2014 season.

Mendoza, 30, finished 2013 at 2-6 with a 5.36 ERA in 94.0 innings, which spanned 22 appearances.  He opened the season in the Royals’ rotation, making 15 starts, before moving to the bullpen just before the All-Star break.

Mendoza is 16-25 with a 5.39 ERA in seven Major League seasons between Kansas City and Texas.

— Royals Media Relations —

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