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Barton Men 7 Hesston 0

 The Barton Community College men’s soccer team was dominant in both halves and throughout the lineup Wednesday against Hesston College, posting their second straight 7-0 margin and fourth shutout of the year.

Still receiving votes in the latest NJCAA poll, the Cougars’ conference opener improves the slate to 5-1 on the year while dropping Hesston to 0-3-0 in Jayhawk play and 0-5-1 overall. Playing four games at home in the course of a calendar week, game two on the schedule is this Saturday with Dodge City Community College in a 4:00 p.m. kick-off.

Barton Women 13 Hesston 0

The Barton Community College women’s soccer team erupted for a program third best thirteen goals in a shutout victory Wednesday hosting Hesston College.

The conference victory improves Barton to 1-0-1 and 2-2-1 overall while Hesston remains winless at 0-2-0 in the Jayhawk and 0-6-0 on the season. The Cougars play their second of a four game homestand spanning a week on the calendar on Saturday as Dodge City Community College comes to the pitch for a 2:00 p.m. kick-off.

September 12, 2018, Topeka, KS — The Kansas Volleyball Association is pleased to announce
the 2018 Week 2 Volleyball Rankings. Records listed reflect information that was submitted by
Monday, September 10.

Rank – School – Record – Last Week’s Ranking
Class 6A
1. Blue Valley North 10-0 (1)
2. Blue Valley 6-0 (2)
3. Lawrence 7-1 (6)
4. Washburn Rural 7-2 (5)
5. Gardner-Edgerton 7-4 (10)
6. Olathe Northwest 3-2 (3)
7. Blue Valley Northwest 6-4 (NR)
8. Garden City 4-1 (7)
9. Hutchinson 8-2 (NR)
10. Topeka 5-1 (9)

Class 5A
1. St. James Academy 7-1 (1)
2. Newton 8-0 (4)
3. Topeka-Seaman 11-4 (NR)
4. Bishop Carroll 7-0 (5)
5. Lansing 14-1 (2)
6. St. Thomas Aquinas 3-2 (NR)
7. Blue Valley Southwest 8-1 (NR)
8. De Soto 9-4 (3)
9. Maize South 8-2 (6)
10. Andover 11-3 (10)

Class 4A
1. Topeka-Hayden 7-3 (1)
2. Louisburg 8-5 (3)
3. Chanute 8-0 (8)
4. Ulysses 7-0 (4)
5. Rose Hill 9-2 (7)
6. Bishop Miege 1-1 (6)
7. Buhler 7-2 (2)
8. Andale 10-4 (5)
9. Independence 10-0 (9)
10. Nickerson 11-2 (NR)

Class 3A
1. Royal Valley 14-0 (1)
2. Pratt 12-1 (4)
3. Nemaha Central 6-2 (2)
4. Beloit 8-1 (3)
5. Burlington 12-2 (10)
6. Hesston 10-2 (5)
7. Perry-Lecompton 9-1 (7)
8. Silver Lake 5-3 (6)
9. Halstead 12-5 (8)
10. Marysville 8-3 (NR)

Class 2A
1. Garden Plain 9-0 (1)
2. St. Mary’s-Colgan 11-0 (2)
3. Sedgwick 12-2 (4)
4. Bishop Seabury 10-3 (5)
5. Heritage Christian 6-3 (6)
6. Maranatha Christian 6-1 (7)
7. Ness City 6-0 (9)
8. Meade 9-1 (10)
9. Smith Center 5-1 (8)
10. Trego Community 9-2 (NR)

Class 1A
1. Centralia 10-0 (1)
2. South Central 16-0 (2)
3. Thunder Ridge 12-0 (6)
4. Rural Vista 11-0 (NR)
5. Spearville
6. Sylvan-Lucas 8-1 (3)
7. Solomon 13-1 (5)
8. Wheatland/Grinnell 10-1 (NR)
9. Attica 9-1 (NR)
10. Goessel 7-2 (4)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tim Anderson kept the White Sox in the game with his glove before he won it with his bat.

Anderson hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning, and Chicago beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Wednesday night.

Anderson’s blast off Burch Smith (1-5), the sixth Royals pitcher, landed just beyond the fence in left-center. It was his 19th homer this season.

“It was a good way to cap off the night,” Anderson said. “I was looking fastball. The at-bat before that, they started me off with a slider. The first pitch was a fastball up, and I had a feeling that he would throw me another one. I was able to jump on it.”

In the bottom of the 11th, Rosell Herrera lined out to Anderson at shortstop, and he threw to third to double off pinch-runner Brett Phillips.

“It’s a bang-bang play,” he said. “I guess (Phillips) didn’t think I could jump. It was close, but it was a good play to get us out of the jam.”

Juan Minaya (2-2) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. Hector Santiago, the eighth Chicago pitcher, picked up his second save in as many chances. Jose Rondon also homered for the White Sox, who snapped a seven-game skid, one game short of their season-worst losing streak.

“Tim put a good swing on it,” manager Rick Renteria said. “All the guys in the dugout were hoping he would do something there, and he did.

“Both teams did a good job of protecting the strike zone and limiting the scoring.”

Adalberto Mondesi tied a career high with four hits and drove in both of Kansas City’s runs.

Both teams wasted plenty of scoring chances. The Royals had five runners retired on the bases, while the White Sox left seven men on base.

Royals starter Eric Skogland pitched five innings, allowing two runs on two hits, with two walks and two strikeouts. He made his first start since May 25 after a long stint on the disabled list with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament. He returned Sept. 4 and had pitched two scoreless innings in relief.

“(Skogland) threw the ball really, really well,” Kansas City manager Ned Yost said. “Our pitching did a great job. … We just couldn’t find ways.”

Carlos Rodon pitched six innings, allowing two runs on five hits.

“My command wasn’t great today,” Rodon said. “The defense turned some nice double plays, I got through six and the boys got the win.”

Whit Merrifield stole two bases to bring his season total to 35, a new career high. He led the AL with 34 swipes last season and tops the league again this year.

After Merrifield stole second in the third inning, Mondesi drove him in with a single for the game’s first run. Mondesi stole his 22nd base, his 17th since the All-Star break.

The White Sox answered with two runs in the fourth on Rondon’s homer to left, scoring Avisail Garcia, who reached on a two-out walk.

The Royals tied it in the fifth but had a chance for a bigger inning. Ryan O’Hearn reached on a one-out walk, and Merrifield followed with a double to the wall in left center. But O’Hearn went too far around third and was picked off. Merrifield then stole third and scored on Mondesi’s second RBI single.

The White Sox had runners on second and third with one out in the seventh, and then loaded the bases with two outs. But Glenn Sparkman induced a fielder’s-choice grounder from Anderson to end the inning.

The Royals loaded the bases in the seventh as well but did not score.

TRAINER’S ROOM

White Sox: INF Matt Davidson remains out of the lineup with what Renteria called sore knees. “Maybe these next four days are just giving him that time to recover,” Renteria said. … 3B Yoan Moncada was out of the lineup. “He’s a little sore in the hip,” Renteria said. “Today and a natural day off tomorrow, maybe that will help him.”

Royals: INF Hunter Dozier was scratched with a sore back. “It’s nothing serious,” Dozier said before the game. “It’s just a little back tightness. It’s kind of built up and I woke up this morning pretty sore. I could have played, probably, but they decided to give me one day. I’ll be 100 percent tomorrow.”

UP NEXT

White Sox: RHP James Shields (6-16, 4.58 ERA) goes in Baltimore on Friday.

Royals: RHP Heath Fillmyer (2-1, 4.75) will face Twins LHP Stephen Gonsalves (0-2, 11.68) on Thursday. It will be Fillmyer’s second consecutive start against the Twins. He took a no-decision in a 10-6 loss in Minneapolis last Friday, allowing six runs on six hits in 2 1/3 innings.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tim Anderson hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2. Anderson’s blast off Burch Smith, the sixth Royals pitcher, landed just beyond the fence in left-center. Juan Minaya pitched two scoreless innings for the win. Hector Santiago, the eighth Chicago pitcher, picked up his second save in as many chances. The White Sox snapped a seven-game skid, one game short of their season-worst losing streak.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jameson Taillon won his fourth straight start, Jacob Stallings drove in three runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates slowed the Cardinals with a 4-3 victory that stopped the Cardinals’ three-game winning streak. St. Louis entered 34-18 under new manager Mike Shildt and with the most wins in the NL after the All-Star break. The Cardinals’ lead for the second NL wild card was cut to two games over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Taillon allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings, leaving with a 4-1 lead.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — By almost any measure, Patrick Mahomes aced his first test as the starting quarterback of the Chiefs. He threw a bunch of TD passes, led Kansas City to a road win against a division foe and, perhaps most importantly, was perfect where it mattered most: turnovers. He didn’t throw an interception in the 38-28 victory.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas ended a 46-game road losing streak last Saturday at Central Michigan. Now, the Jayhawks are preparing to face Rutgers at home with a chance to win back-to-back games for the first time since 2011, and the opportunity to win consecutive games against the Football Bowl Subdivision since Mark Mangino was on the sideline.

UNDATED (AP) — Iowa State has found a replacement for its canceled opener. The Cyclones will host Incarnate Word on Dec. 1 unless Iowa State qualifies for the Big 12 title game or Incarnate Word reaches the FCS playoffs. Iowa State will pay Incarnate Word $300,000 for the game and provide use of a charter aircraft. Iowa State and South Dakota State played only a few minutes before their Sept. 1 game was called off because of lightning.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray is a dual threat. The Major League Baseball draft pick signed this summer with the Oakland A’s for nearly $5 million. However, Murray returned as quarterback for the Sooners and has shifted the focus back to football. He’s completed 64 percent of his passes for 515 yards and five touchdowns. He’s also rushed for two TDs in the two wins for the fifth-ranked Sooners.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — USC quarterback J.T. Daniels is determined to bounce back from a rough performance in the second start of his freshman season. Daniels went 16 of 34 for 215 yards in the 22nd-ranked Trojans’ 17-3 loss at Stanford last weekend, throwing two late interceptions and generally struggling along with his entire offense. He also lost a fumble and was sacked four times by the Cardinal. Daniels knows he’ll need to improve if he hopes to avoid another defeat in Texas this weekend.

National Headlines

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy says Aaron Rodgers will be given the entire week to prepare for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings. Rodgers was carted off the field in the first half of Sunday’s 24-23 win over Chicago, but he returned to throw three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter as the Packers erased a 20-0 deficit. Rodgers said after the game he would undergo more tests, though he planned to play against Minnesota.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Foles will remain the Philadelphia Eagles’ starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay. He is staying under center while Carson Wentz continues to recover from a knee injury suffered in Week 14 last season. Foles was 19 of 34 for 117 yards, no touchdowns and one interception in Philadelphia’s 18-12 win over Atlanta last Thursday.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott says rookie quarterback Josh Allen will make his first career start on Sunday against the Chargers. Allen replaces second-year pro Nathan Peterman, who threw for just 24 yards and two interceptions before he was pulled in favor of Allen in the second half of last weekend’s 47-3 loss at Baltimore. The Bills had hoped to slowly work Allen into the lineup after taking him with the seventh overall pick in this year’s NFL draft.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star guard Russell Westbrook has undergone an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee that keeps his availability in doubt for the season opener against the Golden State Warriors on Oct. 16. The team says Westbrook decided after suffering inflammation in the knee this past weekend that he’d have the procedure.

Wednesday Scores

INTERLEAGUE
Final San Diego 5 Seattle 4

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Houston 5 Detroit 4
Final Tampa Bay 3 Cleveland 1
Final Oakland 10 Baltimore 0
Final Boston 1 Toronto 0
Final Minnesota 3 N-Y Yankees 1
Final Chi White Sox 4 Kansas City 2, 12 Innings
Final L-A Angels 8 Texas 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final L-A Dodgers 8 Cincinnati 1
Final Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 3
Final Atlanta 2 San Francisco 1
Final N-Y Mets 13 Miami 0
Final Washington 5 Philadelphia 1
Final Milwaukee 5 Chi Cubs 1
Final Colorado 5 Arizona 4
Miami at N-Y Mets 7:10 p.m., postponed