Scott City, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–All-League Baseball and Softball teams have recently been released by the Great West Activities Conference. On the baseball side, Hugoton, who took the GWAC title, placed five on the first team, more than any other, while Goodland had three. For softball, Goodland had the most selections on the first team with...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The Big 12 is delaying the start of its baseball tournament in Oklahoma City after this week’s deadly tornado. The league announced Tuesday that the tournament will change from a double-elimination format to pool play and start on Thursday instead of Wednesday. Conference spokesman Bob Burda says Oklahoma City leaders...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Memphis forward Tarik Black is transferring to Kansas and will be eligible to play immediately. Black has graduated from Memphis and has one year of eligibility left. Last season, Black started five of 32 games played for Memphis and averaged 8.1 points and 4.8 rebounds. His 58.9 field goal percentage...

Garden City, Kan. (westernkasnasnews.com)–The 2013 high school boys golf season will close today, as the state golf tournaments take place across the state. Below are direct links to the southwest Kansas area golfers who are involved in their state tournament today. Class 6A, Meadowlark Golf & Country Club, Prairie Village Class 5A, Brookridge Golf...

Holcomb, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–The TMP-Marian girls and Phillipsburg boys took the regional team titles convincingly Friday at the Class 3A Regional Track & Field meet at Holcomb. Each event qualified the top four times, distances and heights for the state track and field meet Friday and Saturday in Wichita. On the girls side, Cimarron and...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – The nation’s top basketball recruit is headed to Kansas, and expectations at the perennial contender are soaring once again. The Jayhawks are losing all five starters from last year’s team, which won its ninth straight Big 12 title. But the news Tuesday that Andrew Wiggins would be attending Kansas suddenly...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Lorenzo Cain hit a three-run double and Billy Butler capped his most productive series of the season with a two-run single, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 9-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night. Wade Davis (3-3) was charged with four runs and nine hits over...

Scott City, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–The 50th Annual K-State Fry drew hundreds of Kansas State alumni and fans Wednesday night to HRC Feedyard west of Scott City. To commemorate the 50th year of the Catbacker Tour stop, three members from the K-State Parachute Club from Abilene kicked off the evening with their jumps, landing just south...

Lubbock, TX (www.westernkansasnews.com) – Here is a current look at the leader board at the (NJCAA) National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association Golf Nationals on the Rawls Golf Course in Lubbock, Texas. After the first round the Garden City Buster linksters are setting in 9th place with a score of 302, and Dodge City sets...

Wichita, KS (www.westernkansasnews.com) – It was another tough loss in the Regional semi-finals for the Garden City Baseball team on Tuesday afternoon at the West Urban Baseball Complex in Wichita, as the Buffaloes fell to the Wichita East Aces 9-3 to end their season. It was the same song, same dance for the Buffaloes...