Kansas adds Memphis transfer Tarik Black
Kansas head coach Bill Self announced Tarik Black will transfer from Memphis and has signed a grant-in-aid agreement to play men?s basketball at KU. Black, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound front court player from Memphis, Tenn., received his bachelor?s degree in organizational leadership from Memphis earlier this month and will have one year of eligibility at KU. [...]
Western baseball signs two more for 2014 season
Missouri Western head men's baseball coach Charles "Buzz" Verduzco announces the signing of two student-athletes for the 2014 season. Freshman Jonathan Temenak of Fort Madison, Iowa and freshman Tyler Tuepker of Foristell, Mo. will join the squad this fall. Jonathan Temenak is a 6-3 first baseman/pitcher who comes to MWSU from Fort Madison High School [...]
Royals lose another 2-1 game at Oakland
Brandon Moss hit a tiebreaking triple in the sixth inning to help Tommy Milone outduel Ervin Santana, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Saturday night. The A's had just five hits and were held to two runs for the third consecutive game but made it hold up in front of [...]
Cardinals fall to Milwauke in 10 innings
Jeff Bianchi drove in two runs with a 10th-inning single up the middle, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 on Saturday night. Joe Kelly (0-2) allowed runs for the first time in five appearances and took the loss. He allowed two hits and a walk in one inning for the Cardinals, [...]
Griffons' historic baseball season ends in extra innings against Minnesota State
The Missouri Western baseball team saw their story book season come to an end against No. 1 seed Minnesota State in ten innings by a score of 4-1. The Griffons end their season with a 40-12 overall record. The 40 victories broke the old record of 37 which was set in 1974. Western played extreamly [...]
Missouri Western's Weiberg announces first three signings
Missouri Western men's basketball coach Brett Weiberg announced the signing of three student-athletes that will join the program for the 2013-14 season and are part of his initial signing class at MWSU. The class includes freshman point guard Wesley Mitter, junior combo guard Cortrez Colbert and junior shooting guard Dareon Jones. WESLEY MITTER – 5-11, [...]
Chiefs sign former Jayhawk Toben Opurum
The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Friday that the club has signed college free agent fullback Toben Opurum. Opurum (6-1, 250) played defensive end and linebacker at the University of Kansas where he recorded 109 tackles (59 solo), 6.5 sacks (-47.0 yards), four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and seven passes defensed. Opurum played running [...]
Griffons fall to Southern Arkansas in NCAA Tournament opener
The long ball hurt the Missouri Western baseball team in the opening round of the NCAA Central Regional falling 6-1 against the Southern Arkansas Muleriders. The Griffons gave up three home runs and stranded eight runners in the loss. The Griffons are 40-11 on the season and will play the winner of the Minnesota State [...]
Four Western players named to Daktronics All-Central Region team
Four Missouri Western baseball players earned First Team Daktronics NCAA Division II Baseball All-Central Region and Michael Schulze was named the region Player of the Year. Bubba Dotson, Grant Fink and Brandon Simmons were the also named to the first team. Michael Schulze, the MIAA Player of the Year, is second among all Division II [...]
Kansas City Chiefs announce personnel moves
The Kansas City Chiefs announced several personnel moves on Thursday including the hiring of Will Lewis as the club?s Director of Pro Scouting and Marvin Allen as the team?s Director of College Scouting. The Chiefs have also hired Randy Ball as the team?s Pro Scouting Assistant and Trey Koziol to serve as an Area Scout. [...]
