MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – On Easter Sunday, Kansas dropped the collection finale to No. 19-ranked West Virginia, 12-3, at Monongalia County Ballpark. Regardless of the defeat, Kansas secured the collection win on Saturday and has received back-to-back Massive 12 collection for the primary time because the 2017 season (vs. Oklahoma State/at #19 Oklahoma).
The collection win is the primary over a ranked opponent for the Jayhawks since sweeping No. 20 St. John’s in 2018 and the primary on the highway since taking two of three towards No. 19 Oklahoma in Norman in 2017.
Kansas (15-15, 5-4 Massive 12) took an early lead on Sunday with a primary inning run. The sport began with back-to-back errors by the Mountaineers. Then, senior Cole Elvis smashed an infield single to shortstop to attain freshman Jackson Kline and provides Kansas a 1-0 lead.
West Virginia (23-9, 3-3 Massive 12) had its first 5 batters attain base within the first inning. A leadoff single adopted by back-to-back hit by pitches and consecutive bases-loaded walks made it 2-1 in favor of West Virginia. An RBI single, bases-loaded hit by pitch and RBI fielder’s alternative pushed the West Virginia result in 5-1 after one inning. The 5 runs scored on two hits, two walks and three hit by pitches.
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Elvis continued his massive collection by blasting his third dwelling run of the weekend, a solo shot within the third inning. The homer by Elvis was his seventh of the season and lower the deficit to 5-2.
The Mountaineers added two runs within the fourth, one run within the sixth and one run within the seventh to stretch their result in 9-2. Two of these runs had been on solo dwelling runs off the bat of Landon Wallace.
Within the eighth inning, junior Janson Reeder hit a solo dwelling run down the proper discipline line. The homer was his eighth of the season and his second in as many days after homering on Saturday. That made the rating 9-3 and was all of the Jayhawks would get the remainder of the day. The Mountaineers added three extra runs within the backside of the eighth to finish the scoring at 12-3.
Junior Ethan Bradford began for Kansas and struggled together with his command, solely lasting 0.1 inning. He allowed 5 runs and on two hits with two walks and two hit batters. Junior Hunter Cashero got here in for Bradford and tossed 2.2 scoreless frames for the Jayhawks.
PITCHERS OF RECORD Win: Robby Porco (4-1) Closing line: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 12 SO Loss: Ethan Bradford (2-3) Closing line: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 0 SO Save: Carson Estridge (1) Closing line: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 SO
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QUOTABLE “I’m actually pleased with the collection win, however not in any manner pleased with how we performed as we speak. I believed we did some actually uncharacteristic issues. The intent was nice and our wish to win was superior. We had been locked in, had nice preparation and it felt like we had been able to go. It obtained away from us within the first. We now have all heard the adage that ‘you’re solely nearly as good as your beginning pitching’. Bradford has been nice for us a bunch of occasions and as we speak he was off. We had loads of alternatives. They gave us loads of alternatives to get again within the recreation, however we didn’t capitalize on something. We obtained out of the method somewhat bit and should get again to doing issues the proper manner.” – Coach Dan Fitzgerald
NOTES • Kansas is 5-4 by way of the primary 9 convention video games this season. That’s the greatest begin in Massive 12 play because the 2014 convention season (5-4). • Kansas has received back-to-back Massive 12 collection for the primary time because the 2017 season (vs. Oklahoma State/at #19 Oklahoma). • Kansas received its first collection in Morgantown because the 2015 season when the Jayhawks received two out of three. • Kansas had its seven-game successful streak snapped on Sunday. • Elvis has homered in three consecutive video games for the primary time in his profession The house run was the seventh of the season for Elvis. Elvis has 4 multi-hit video games in his final six convention video games. He’s additionally driving a 7-game hitting streak. • Reeder has homered in back-to-back video games for the primary time in his profession. The solo homer was his team-high eighth of the season. • Kline prolonged his on-base streak to 12 video games. • Freshman Kodey Shojinaga prolonged his hitting streak to eight video games.
UP NEXT Kansas hosts Texas Southern for a two-game collection that features the Buck O’Neil Traditional on Tuesday, April 11 at Legends Area in Kansas Metropolis, Kansas. First pitch on Tuesday night time is scheduled for six p.m. CT. Wednesday’s recreation can be performed at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Kansas, with a 3 p.m. CT begin.
Sporting Kansas City striker Willy Agada, shown against reigning Leagues Cup champion Inter Miami, scored the deciding goal in the 76th minute to give Sporting a 2-1 Cup triumph over Chicago on Sunday
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Nigerian striker Willy Agada scored the deciding goal in the 76th minute to give Sporting Kansas City a 2-1 victory Sunday over visiting Chicago in the Leagues Cup.
Greek striker Georgios Koutsias opened the scoring for the Fire in the 22nd minute only for US defender Robert Castellanos of Kansas City to net the equalizer in the 39th minute.
The tournament features MLS and Mexico’s Liga MX teams in a World Cup-style event featuring three-team groups with each advancing two into knockout rounds.
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Host New York City FC edged Mexico’s Queretaro 4-3 on penalties after playing to a goalless draw. New York gets two points in the group table to one for Queretaro with FC Cincinnati yet to play.
Sunday’s matches marked the end of the first round of group matches with the second wave starting on Tuesday.
Defending champion Inter Miami, without injured star Lionel Messi, beat Puebla on Saturday in their group opener. Puebla and Tigres UANL will play on Wednesday in Houston, where Miami will face Tigres on Saturday to close their group.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Two teenagers were seriously injured after their SUV flipped on I-29 near the Kansas City Airport over the weekend.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol indicates that just before 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, emergency crews were called to the area of I-29 and I-435, near the Kansas City Airport, with reports of a single-vehicle collision.
When first responders arrived, they said they found a 2002 Chevrolet Blazer driven by Alexander D. Maxwell, 18, of Kansas City, Mo., had veered off the left side of the road where it flipped and crossed the center median.
MSHP said the SUV flipped again and slid off the west side of the road.
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First responders noted that Maxwell and his passenger, a 17-year-old were both taken to North Kansas City Hospital with serious injuries. No further information has been provided.
Add Georgia to the list, now that we’re naming names. And USC. BFN is a BFD.
At least 9.3 million people watched CU and CSU trade haymakers last September in the Rocky Mountain Showdown. You don’t think Lincoln Riley happened to be one of them?
“His DMs were ringing off the hook (in December),” Rich Nicolosi, father to Rams quarterback Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi, told me Friday. “Everyone from USC to Georgia, and everyone in between. Several in Texas. Some of those offers, most of it, (was) just B.S.”
Some of them, though? Some of them weren’t.
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“The K-State one is absolutely legitimate,” Rich said of the Wildcats’ alleged NIL push. “And there were several others.”
Which makes you wonder: What sort of dad lets his kid turn down $600,000, as Rams coach Jay Norvell recently accused the Wildcats of putting on the table, for the glitz of the Mountain West?
A dad who raised his kid right. A dad who says his kid would make the same choice again.
No receipts. No regrets.
“Brayden didn’t ever really take it seriously,” Rich said. “That’s why he was always committed to (CSU coach) Jay (Norvell). It was Jay who believed in Brayden. It was Jay who gave him a shot. He’s extremely loyal to Jay.
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“And Brayden loves CSU … (he’s) an outdoors kid, he loves hunting and fishing. He loves everything about it, and I think that tied it all into a neat little bow.”
As a redshirt freshman, BFN led the Mountain West in total offense per game (286.1 yards) and passing yards per game (288.3). As a sophomore heading to camp on Thursday, he’s shaved his 40-yard dash time down to the 4.6-second range and his 20-yard shuttle time to 4.19.
That last number, if you’re curious, is quicker than the 2024 combine times posted by Michigan’s JJ McCarthy (4.23), the No.10 overall pick in the ’24 NFL Draft, and South Carolina’s Spencer Rattler (4.37), who wound up getting taken in the fifth round by the Saints. He’s squatting 460 to 480-ish pounds, with sights on topping 500 soon.
“It’s fun to see some of the (social media posts),” Rich laughed. “Like, ‘They offered $600K for a QB2? Really?’ Maybe you’re not seeing what the NFL scouts see right now.”
The scouts see BFN, CSU’s Big Freakin’ Deal, as a 6-foot-4 RPG. They see a kid who’ll hang in the pocket until he can smell the linebacker’s chewing gum. They see guts. They see vision. They see a fast processor. They see a photographic memory. They see a guy who took honors classes in chemistry and advanced placement courses in world history.
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And yeah, they’ve seen the 16 picks from last fall. Brayden and Rich, a football coach himself, even got together to break them down: Three came on end-of-half or end-of-game heaves, another handful on third-and-forevers.
“Probably half of them were really mental mistakes, being a freshman, being new,” Rich said. “I would say he’s not really going to change his gunslinger mentality.
“And I think that’s one of the things that, when you compare him to Jordan Love, how he played for Green Bay, and had similar stats, but the NFL looks back and goes, ‘He’s not afraid to let it rip.’”
No receipts. No regrets.
BFN’s never been cowered from the stage. Never shirked a challenge. Growing up, Rich made a point to never “let” his kids, including Brayden, beat him in anything.
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Victories were earned. They even made up a fake medal out of a jar lid, a carrot at the end of the family stick, and presented it to the “Champion Of The Garage.”
Brayden won it for the first time at age 14 when he finally beat Rich in table tennis. Young BFN put the medal on, then went outside and did a ceremonial lap of honor around the neighborhood.
“From then on,” Rich laughed, “there’s nothing that I can beat him at.”
Colorado State Rams quarterback Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi (16) celebrates with fans after defeating the Nevada Wolf Pack 30-20 at Canvas Stadium November 18, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Brayden became a 5-foot-8 underclassman being chased by 300-pound linemen at San Diego’s Torrey Pines High School. But by the time that first major growth spurt hit, in 2020, BFN was SOL — a 6-foot-ish QB with no prep football in California to play that fall thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The family moved to Texas, where young Brayden transferred into Aledo High, zipped from JV to QB1, and won a state championship within months of joining the program.
“Get him on a board game like Rummikub, you play him in anything, he instantly locks into ‘kill’ mode,” Rich said. “He’s just like his mom — he won’t let anybody win.”
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BFN grew up at Rich’s practices and games, shagging balls and joining drills, soaking it all in like a young Kyle Shanahan or a young Jim Harbaugh,
At 9, he was watching film with Rich, who showed him how to dissect defenses. At 12, his fastball was clocked at 72 miles per hour. At 15, he was throwing the rock so stinking hard that Rich decided, rather than busting up his fingers, to let someone else run routes with his new missile launcher.
Although even dad admits that a spare $600,000 sure would’ve come in handy recently. Brayden just sprung for a $3,000 bed, complete with one of those “smart” therapy mattresses that contour to your spine.
“He doesn’t care about any of that stuff,” Rich said. “We really just don’t care about that. We have a really great (adviser) who is our brand manager … he always told us, ‘Don’t try to get rich playing college football. The real money is in the NFL.’”
No receipts. No regrets.
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“I’ve seen his accountability going up, his sense of responsibility going up big time,” Rich said. “He won that (CSU) locker room last year, to be honest with you, before the season even started. People loved him. He’s got no enemies. Except for some CU Buffs fans.”
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