PO Box 968  Emporia, KS 66801            Phone:  620-342-1400

 

      

 

 

EMPORIA STATE WOMEN RECEIVE AT LARGE BID TO NCAA TOURNAMENT

For The 8th Year In A Row And 13 Time Overall The Emporia State Womens Basketball Team Has Advanced To The NCAA Division Ii National Tournament. The Lady Hornets Are Headed To Canyon, Texas For The South Central Regional Tournament. They Are The Number 4 Seed And Will Open Friday Against Tarleton State. Two Other MIAA Schools Also Advanced To The Regional Tournament. Washburn Received The Automatic Bid From The MIAA With A 68-56 Win Over Central Missouri In Yesterdays Championship Game. Those Two Teams Will Play Each Other Again Friday. The Other First Round Games Have Top Seeded West Texas A&M Playing St. Marys And Northeastern State Plays Central Oklahoma. The Semi-Finals Will Be Played Saturday and the Final Next Monday.

 

The Game Time Has Been Set For The Emporia State Womens Basketball Team At The South Central Regional Tournament. The Lady Hornets Will Play Tarleton State at 6pm Friday Night. If The Lady Hornets Win their first round game they Will Play Saturday at 7:30 Against Either West Texas A&M Or St. Marys. Mondays Championship Game Will Tip-Off At 7pm. Tickets Are Also Available Through The West Texas A&M Ticket Office. All Session Passes Are $20 For Reserved Seats. $15 For General Admission, And $9 For Youth, Students And Seniors. Single Session Tickets Are $7 For Reserved, $5 For General admission And $3 For Youth, Students And Seniors. General Admission Tickets Are Available On Line At www.gobuffsgo.com. Reserve Tickets Available Thru The Ticket Office By Calling 806-651-1414.

 

 

 

STATE NEXT FOR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAMS

Five Area High School Basketball Team Are Gearing Up For State Tournament Play. Both The Olpe Girls And Boys Advanced To State. The Olpe Girls Will Open 2-A State Play At Manhattan Wednesday Afternoon At 3pm Against Lebo. The Olpe Boys Will Thursday At 4:45 Against Pittsburg Colgan. The Lyndon Boys Will Face Berean Academy at 6:30p.

The Council Grove Boys Will Play Collegiate Wednesday At The 3-A State Tournament In Hutchinson At 6:30.

 

The Season Came To An End Saturday For The Emporia High Girls Basketball Team. They Were Defeated By Newton 60-59 In Overtime.

 

6-A State Brackets:

Girls - Wednesday

Olathe South Vs Blue Valley  3pm

Dodge City Vs Shawnee Mission East 4:45p

Wichita Heights Vs Lawrence Free State  6:30p

Washburn Rural Vs Maize  8:15p

Boys - Thursday

Dodge City Vs Blue Valley Northwest  3:00p

Shawnee Mission South Vs Blue Valley North  4:45p

Wichita Heights Vs Manhattan  6:30p

Maize Vs Leavenworth  8:15p

 

 

 

EMPORIA STATE BASEBALL MOVES UP IN POLL

The Emporia State Baseball Team Moved Up To Number 8 In This Weeks National Coaches Poll. Florida Southern Is Ranked Number 1 Followed By California San Diego, Southern Arkansas, Mount Olive And Central Missouri At Number 5. Emporia State And Central Missouri Are Scheduled To Play A 4 Game Series This Weekend In Emporia. Those games will be played Saturday and Sunday. Todays scheduled game with Bemidji State has been cancelled. They will try to play tomorrows scheduled game.  

 

 

 

KANSAS NUMBER 1 KANSAS STATE NUMBER 9

Kansas Has Taken Over The Top Spot In This Weeks AP College Basketball Poll. The Jayhawks Received All But 2 Of The Number 1 Votes. Kentucky Is Second Followed By Syracuse, Duke And Ohio State In The Top 5. Purdue, West Virginia, New Mexico, Kansas State At 9 And Villanova Round Out The Top 10. Other Big-12 Teams Ranked Include Baylor At 21 And Texas A&M At 23.

 

 

 

AP ALL BIG 12 TEAM

(AP) Oklahoma State Junior James Anderson Is The Associated Press Big 12 Player Of The Year. Shooting Past More Heralded Players In The Conference, Anderson Received 13 Votes From A Panel Of Sports Writers And Sportscasters Who Cover The Conference. Kansas Senior Guard Sherron Collins Received Two Votes And Teammate Cole Aldrich One. Anderson, Also Was A Unanimous Selection To The Big 12 First Team, Joining Collins, Aldrich, Kansas State Guard Jacob Pullen And Texas Forward Damion James.

 

 

 

ROYALS LOSE IN SPRING TRAINING

(AP) Cuban Defector Aroldis Chapman Hit 100 Miles Per Hour On Radar Guns During His Spring Training Debut Monday, Throwing Two Scoreless Innings During The Cincinnati Reds' 14-5 Victory Over The Kansas City Royals. The 22-Year-Old Left-Hander Threw At Least Three Pitches That Were Clocked At 100 Miles Per Hour On Scouts' Radar Guns Behind Home Plate. Chapman Entered The Game In Relief Of Bronson Arroyo And Gave Up One Hit, Striking Out Three Of The Last Four Batters He Faced. The Reds Signed Chapman To A Six-Year; $30.25 Million Deal In January.

 

 

 

CHIEFS RE-SIGN CHAMBERS

(AP)  The Kansas City Chiefs Have Re-Signed Unrestricted Free Agent Wide Receiver Chris Chambers, Who Provided Spark To A Lackluster Offense When He Joined The Team Midway Through Last Season. Chambers Played In Nine Games For The Chiefs Last Year. He Finished With 36 Receptions For 608 Yards And Four Touchdowns, Including Two In His First Outing After Being Claimed Off Waivers From San Diego. 

 

 

 

PERFECT GAMES AT FLINT HILLS LANES

Nick Tabares Had A Great Night At Flint Hills Lanes Friday. Tabares Bowled An 879 Series During The Friday Mixers Bowling League. Tabares Had Two Perfect Games, the First and Third, With A 279 In Between.

 

 

 

 

 

BROADCAST SCHEDULE

 

WEDNESDAY 

KVOE-FM

2:40P                                     OLPE VS LEBO – GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL

 

 

THURSDAY  

KVOE-AM

11:00A                                   KANSAS IN BIG 12 TOURNAMENT

KVOE-FM

4:25P                                     OLPE VS COLGAN – BOYS STATE BASKETBALL

6:00P                                     KANSAS STATE BIG 12 TOURNAMENT

 

 

FRIDAY    

KVOE-AM

5:30P                                     KANSAS – BIG 12 TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINAL

KVOE-FM

2:40P                                     *2-A OLPE GIRLS STATE SEMI-FINALS

4:25P                                     *2-A OLPE BOYS STATE SEMI-FINALS

7:30P                                     *KANSAS STATE BIG 12 TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINALS

MIX 104.9

5:40P                                     EMPORIA STATE WOMEN NCAA REGIONAL

 

 

SATURDAY  

KVOE-AM

3:30P                                     *KANSAS – BIG 12 TOURNAMENT -FINAL

KVOE-FM

11:40A or 3:40P                  *2-A GIRLS STATE -FINALS

1:40P or 5:55P                    *2-A BOYS STATE -FINALS

 OR 4:OOP                            *KANSAS STATE BIG 12 TOURNAMENT FINAL

MIX 104.9

7:10P                                     *EMPORIA STATE WOMEN NCAA REGIONAL SEMI-FINAL

 

 

SUNDAY    

KVOE-AM

11:45A                                   SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

5:00P                                     SELECTION SUNDAY

 

 

MONDAY    

KVOE-AM

6:00P                                     HAWK TALK

MIX 104.9

6:40P                                     *EMPORIA STATE WOMEN NCAA REGIONAL FINAL

 

 

TUESDAY   

KVOE-AM

6:15P                                     NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY IN GAME

 

 

*= IF TEAMS WIN AND ADVANCE

 

 

 

 

 

HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

EMPORIA HIGH – Wrestling Team – 5-A State Champions

AREA HIGH SCHOOL -  Morgan Laflin – Lebo Girls Basketball