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TCU got on the board first, plating a run in the second inning. But K-State answered immediately, Cameron Thompson scoring on a Kamron Willman single in the bottom of the inning. Two innings later the BatCats took the lead for good as Thompson and Terrence Spurlin smashed back-to-back homers. TCU got one back in the fifth but the Cats again responded when Caleb Littlejim knocked in Zach Kokoska on a single and an error.
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3 innings of scoreless relief, but Wicks (6-3) hung around and then handed off to Eric Torres with two out in the eighth; Torres got his first save of the season by striking out all four batters he faced.
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It’s that time of year when the NFL Draft previews start popping up, and so far two Kansas State players have had the attention of sportswriters.
In today’s pile of stories, Andrew Parish of Last Word on Sports has Briley Moore pegged for a sixth-round selection, while Mia O’Brien of WTLV in Jacksonville is dead certain that if he’s still around in the seventh round the Jaguars will snap him up. As for Wyatt Hubert, Ian Cummings at Pro Football Network thinks he might have some value to certain teams in the seventh round, but isn’t sure he’ll be drafted.
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The field at the Jim Click invitational is nothing to sneeze at. Indeed, the top five finishers in the women’s heptathlon posted scores that would leave them all within the top eight nationally at day’s end.
The top of that list: Kansas State senior Lauren Taubert, who set a personal best with 5,831 points to claim the victory on Friday. Taubert’s performance places her atop the NCAA competition list, and was 38 points better than her performance in the 2019 NCAA Championships.
Ariel Okorie, with 5,474 points, was the aforementioned fifth-place finisher and now sits eighth in Division I on the season.