May 11
Walk-off homer gives Missouri Southern MIAA title
Missouri Southern catcher Sam Ryan hits home run in the bottom of the ninth as the Lions beat Missouri Western in MIAA championship game.
May 10
Rockhurst hires men’s lacrosse coach
Kevin Kelley is the new men’s lacrosse coach at Rockhurst, which will begin the sport in spring 2014. Kelley, who played on Syracuse’s NCAA championship team in 2000, was the assistant varsity lacrosse coach at Shawnee Mission East for the past two years.
May 10
Michael Smith hired as Northwest Missouri women’s basketball coach
Michael Smith, once a Northwest Missouri State women’s basketball graduate assistant, is returning to Maryville as the Bearcats’ head coach.
May 10
Judge denies Haith’s petition regarding bank records
A federal judge denied Missouri basketball coach Frank Haith’s Rule 27 petition to determine whether Bank of America shared detailed records from his personal business account during the NCAA’s two-year investigation of the University of Miami.
May 10
Missouri Southern to face Missouri Western for MIAA baseball tournament title
Missouri Southern is one more upset away from the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association baseball tournament championship.
May 10
Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops ignites more Big 12 vs. SEC debate
Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops’ latest thrust into the national spotlight — he seemed to question the overall strength of the Southeastern Conference in an interview with the Tulsa World at a fan gathering earlier this week — has touched a nerve nationally.
May 10
Kansas City almost had a pro basketball champion
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May 9
College basketball rules changes aimed at less physical play, more scoring
Free the offense. That’s the theme of the rules changes in college basketball that were recommended on Thursday by the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee, with a different perspective on the block/charge call as the centerpiece proposal.
May 9
K-State basketball team announces signing of transfer Justin Edwards
Kansas State coach Bruce Weber officially announced the signing of junior transfer Justin Edwards on Thursday. Edwards, a 6-foot-3 wing who played at Maine last season, committed to K-State on Saturday, two days after his official visit.
May 9
Southeastern Conference dominates in track, too
The Southeastern Conference has the nation’s top two teams and four of the top seven, and we’re not talking preseason football. The SEC dominates track and field as well, and some of the nation’s top athletes are at Missouri for the league championship that started on Thursday.
May 9
Rockhurst hires coach for new women’s lacrosse program
The new women’s lacrosse program at Rockhurst has a coach. Brianne Duvall, who had been the assistant varsity coach at St. Teresa’s the past two years, will lead the Hawks in their first season next spring.
May 9
Lee’s Summit West lineman Kevin Pendleton commits to Missouri
Kevin Pendleton, a 6-foot-5, 320-pound offensive tackle from Lee’s Summit West, verbally committed to Missouri on Wednesday night. Pendleton is Missouri’s seventh commitment in the Class of 2014, and the Tigers’ third three-star prospect.
May 9
Missouri Western leads all-MIAA baseball team with five first-teamers
Missouri Western, the regular-season Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association champion, had five players on the all-conference team released Thursday.
May 8
K-State basketball announces signing of point guard Nigel Johnson
Nigel Johnson, a 6-foot-1, 180-point guard from Upper Marlboro, Md., officially joined the Kansas State basketball team on Wednesday by signing a National Letter of Intent to play for the Wildcats next season. He figures to play meaningful minutes right as a freshman following the departure of former starting point guard Angel Rodriguez, who transferred to Miami.
May 8
Northwest Missouri, Southwest Baptist men’s tennis teams fall in NCAA round of 16
The Southwest Baptist and Northwest Missouri men’s tennis teams were eliminated Wednesday in the round of 16 of the NCAA Division II tournament in Surprise, Ariz.
May 7
MU baseball player Gavin Stark arrested
Missouri baseball player Gavin Stark was arrested Monday night on suspicion of second-degree assault, felony resisting arrest, first-degree property damage and first-degree burglary.
May 7
Missouri’s Chelsea Thomas wins SEC softball pitcher of the year honor
On Tuesday, Missouri senior Chelsea Thomas was chosen SEC pitcher of the year by the same coaches that left her off the preseason all-conference team. Thomas, who was also the league leader in overall ERA (1.25) and overall opposing batting average (.155), allowed just 12 extra-base hits in her 107 1/3 innings pitched during SEC games.
May 7
Rockhurst announces new women’s cross country coach
Rockhurst announced Tuesday that Kathy Strecker is the Hawks’ new women’s cross country coach. She will also serve as an assistant athletic director and senior woman administrator.
May 6
KU raises basketball ticket prices
Sitting on an unprecedented nine straight Big 12 league titles, Kansas will now do something it hasn’t done in five years: Increase season-ticket prices.
May 7
O’Hara grad promoted on Georgia Southern football staff
Kevin Corless, a 1980 graduate of O’Hara High and a Northwest Missouri State alumnus, has been promoted to co-defensive coordinator at Georgia Southern. He was previously the assistant coach for linebackers.
