Bob Davidson
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Bradford: Coyotes ready for an encore
As good as Kansas Wesleyan’s football team was in 2018, one returning marquee player says the 2019 Coyotes could be even better.“We had a lot of talent last spring, but we’ve got way more talent than we did last year,” senior defensive end Shaq Bradford said Friday. “It’s crazy to say that because we had a lot of talent last spring, but the group of guys we have this year is amazing.”It’s a… → Read More
Ozarks too much for KWU women
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – College of the Ozarks entered its game against Kansas Wesleyan as the top-rated 3-point shooting team in NAIA Division II women’s basketball.The No. 5-ranked Bobcats’ long-range shooting prowess was on full display during the first half against the Coyotes as the made 12 shots from the beyond the arc that produced a 31-point halftime lead and propelled them to a 91-51 victory… → Read More
Task worth tackling
The Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes expect a stiff challenge from Dickinson State (N.D.) in their quarterfinal game of the NAIA Football Championship Series → Read More
11-0! KWU battles past ’Builders, caps unbeaten regular season
WINFIELD — Kansas Wesleyan’s incredible accomplishment and the significance of it wasn’t lost on coach Matt Drinkall amid the → Read More
KCAC honors Coyotes' defensive end Bradford
Kansas Wesleyan football coach Matt Drinkall steadfastly maintained it was just a matter of time before the sack totals would start climbing for Shaq Bradford.The time arrived two weeks ago in impressive fashion and continued Saturday.Bradford was named the Kansas Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, two days after his dominant performance against Saint Mary in which he had 3.5… → Read More
KCAC recognizes Coyotes' Prewitt
Kansas Wesleyan coach Matt Drinkall is effusive in his praise of junior running back Demarco Prewitt and has been all season.It’s easy to understand why.Prewitt, a junior from Menifee, Calif., leads the Kansas Conference in rushing at 160 yards per game. He has 800 yards on the season and is averaging 6.7 yards per carry.Prewitt has 464 rushing yards in KWU’s last two games, gaining 220 against… → Read More
Rivals collide
LINDSBORG — Coach Matt Drinkall says he has a pretty good idea what Bethany's offense will try and do against his Kansas Wesleyan defense today.Slowing the Swedes’ pass-happy attack is the challenge.“They’ll be exclusively four wide receivers and I imagine a big chunk of their game plan will be what I call access throws which are the easiest, most efficient possible throws to get the ball out… → Read More
Salina Central's 18-game skid ends with 44-7 rout of Eisenhower
The Salina Central Mustangs didn’t just end their 18-game football losing streak Friday night.They obliterated it.Fueled by junior quarterback → Read More
Liberty seek berth in finals
They were the North Division's top two teams during the regular season.Saturday night, the Salina Liberty and Sioux City Bandits will determine who's best → Read More
Quad Cities stuns Liberty 71-65 in OT
The Salina Liberty’s path to the Champions Indoor Football playoffs was clear and simple entering their game against Quad Cities: win and play the first-round game at home June 16.Their playoff status now is confused and complicated after a stunning 71-65 overtime loss to the Steamrollers Saturday night at Tony’s Pizza Events Center.It was the Liberty's first home loss of the season and drops… → Read More
Bryson Flax to coach SES boys
Bryson Flax had never thought about being a high school basketball coach.After six seasons at Brown Mackie College — four an assistant to his father Francis and two as head coach — he considered himself a college guy.That changed, though, when the boys basketball job at his alma mater, Southeast of Saline, opened.Flax will guide the Trojans during the 2018-19 season, pending board approval,… → Read More
Wild rally lifts Liberty, 78-71
Judging by the post-game celebration you’d have thought the Salina Liberty had just won the Champions Indoor Football title.Not quite and perhaps not yet.Baffled and bewildered by Kansas City quarterback Donovan Portiere for three quarters, the Liberty found a way to slow the Phantoms juggernaut long enough for the Derrick Bernard, Dominique Carson and the rest of the Salina offense to catch up… → Read More
Liberty look to solve road woes
Heron O’Neal is not a fan of close.O’Neal’s Salina Liberty football team lost to Bismarck 47-36 last Saturday in Bismarck, N.D. → Read More
Salina Stadium upgrades unveiled
Ken Stonebraker has been around long enough to remember when Salina Stadium was considered one of the premier football facilities in the state.“I heard that a little bit when I first came to Salina 25 years ago, ‘boy they’ve really got a nice facility there,” ’ said Stonebraker, now athletic director and formerly football coach at Salina South High School School.At 50 years old, though, the… → Read More
Ex-Central coach helping Coyotes
It certainly isn’t what Mike Hall thought he’d be doing this spring after a dozen years as head football coach at Salina Central.Health issues, though, forced Hall to resign at the end of the 2017 season, but he soon realized going from fifth gear to stop would be difficult.His absence from the football field was short-lived, though.Hall received a phone call from Kansas Wesleyan coach Matt… → Read More
Bernard, Liberty ground Beef
It’s difficult to imagine the Salina Liberty’s offense playing any better than it did Saturday night.Led by quarterback Derrick Bernard’s superhuman effort, the Liberty steamrolled the Omaha Beef 69-43 in a Champions Indoor Football game at Tony’s Pizza Events Center.Bernard completed 13 of 17 passes for 224 yards and six touchdowns, and ran for 80 yards on 13 carries and three more scores as… → Read More
Martin to play volleyball for KWU
Shaelyn Martin faced a difficult decision her senior year at Salina Central High School.College recruiters were clamoring for her to play basketball or → Read More
Liberty back in action Saturday
Salina Liberty coach Heron O’Neal says he and his team have had enough time off. More than enough, actually.The Liberty play the Dallas Marshals in a Champions Indoor Football game Saturday at Tony’s Pizza Events Center. Kickoff is 6:35 p.m.It will be Salina’s first game since a 50-32 victory over Bismarck on March 17 at TPEC. The Liberty’s contest March 24 at Dallas as postponed when the… → Read More
Friends ousts KWU
The Kansas Wesleyan’s return trip in the Kansas Conference’s post-season tournament after an eight-year hiatus was brief.Friends built a 24-point second lead then fought off the Coyotes’ frenzied rally for an 81-74 victory in a first round game Thursday night at Mabee Arena.KWU, the tournament’s third seed, finishes with a 16-13 record — the Coyotes’ most victories in a season since 2008-09,… → Read More
Liberty add 2 players, 1 coach
Heron O’Neal has revamped the Salina Liberty’s roster — with no apologies.When hired as the Liberty’s coach June 21, O’Neal was charged with making the franchise relevant after two woeful seasons in its first two years of existence.He's started by signing several new players who are significant upgrades — a handful who played for the now defunct Dodge City Law, where O’Neal was defensive… → Read More