Kansas State Wildcats

MANHATTAN, Kan. | This renaissance of Kansas State football should be the stuff of fairy tales. An unpopular head coach is fired, a legend returns from retirement, and 12 months later the program finds itself reconnecting with a spectacular past. The team lost to Missouri on Saturday, but it could capture the Big 12 North championship for the first time since 2003, a feat few thought possible entering the season.

<strong>Key play:</strong> John Houlik broke up a Missouri pass in the end zone with the back of his helmet on a third-down play. The Tigers had to settle for a field goal. <strong>Key stat:</strong> K-State stopped MU on two of its three third-down conversion attempts.

MANHATTAN, Kan. | Missouri won more than a football game on Saturday afternoon. Did more than end a 13-game losing skid to Bill Snyder-coached Kansas State teams and become, at 6-4, bowl eligible for a school-record fifth straight year.

MANHATTAN, Kan. - The Kansas State Wildcats could not come away from Day Two of the Ultimate Wildcat Weekend with a win as the volleyball team fell in straight sets to No. 8 Iowa State on Saturday night.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Kansas State cross country teams completed their regular season on Saturday at the Midwest Regional Championships in Springfield, Mo. Senior Beverly Ramos helped the women capture a ninth-place finish, while the men's team finished 21st.

MANHATTAN, Kan. - Kansas State returns to the hardwood on Sunday, as the Wildcats play host to Western Illinois (0-1) at Bramlage Coliseum beginning at 3 p.m.

See who was on hand to see the Nittany Lions rally to beat Indiana at Beaver Stadium Saturday.

MANHATTAN, Kan. - It will take more time for sure, but Kansas State’s defense is slowly returning to its aggressive, swarming style of play of a decade ago. Not “Lynch Mob” like quite let, but the defense has improved dramatically.

One of the top offensive line prospects in the state of Kansas is Abilene's Cody Whitehair. The 6-5, 305-pound Whitehair is already attracting plenty of attention but the coaches interested will have to watch video and/or settle for watching him play basketball as Abilene bowed out of the Kansas high school playoffs last week with a 24-8 loss to Rose Hill.