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Wednesday, September 24, 2014 | The Topeka Capital-Journal

Williams apologizes to team
Former Washburn star and current Eagles CB
Cary Williams apologized for recent comments.
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL | PAGE 5D
KU hopes QB
makes strides
By Jesse Newell
[email protected]
LAWRENCE The
Kansas coaches purposely
made things easier for their
quarterback Saturday, giv-
ing Montell Cozart simple
reads and plenty of short
throws in the Jayhawks
24-10 victory over Central
Michigan.
Now, though, theyll
start to need more out of
their sophomore QB as Big
12 play begins Saturday
against Texas.
Just keep progressing,
KU ofensive coordinator
John Reagan said of his
hopes for Cozart. I think
the defense we played last
week allowed for some
things to happen. I think
well see a very diferent
defense this week.
CMU mostly played with
two high safeties in its sec-
ondary, which led to some
open throws in the ats
and on receiver screens.
Cozart took advantage by
completing 23 of 33 passes
for 226 yards the rst
time hed completed more
than half his passes in his
six starts at KU.
Texas, meanwhile, uses a
diferent scheme, typically
playing with one high safe-
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KEVIN HASKIN
[email protected]
Davis
arm key
for KC
Musings at the mid-
week:
n Good pitching beats
good hitting.
n The baseball axiom is
older than Wrigley Field.
Way older than me and I
observed another birthday
on Monday.
n The age-old saying
also happens to be the key
reason why the Kansas
City Royals are going to
play in the postseason.
n OK, put it this way: I
like their chances. As long
as Wade Davis gets the
ball in the eighth inning
with a lead, Im comfort-
able.
n As good as the start-
ing rotation was, Davis
remains my pitcher of the
year for the Royals.
n This is a team that has
had to manage a 6-13 mark
against the Detroit Tigers,
an extreme power short-
age, lapses on defense and
brain toots on the part of
Ned, yet still contends in
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U.S. eyes
rst win
since 08
The Associated Press
GLENEAGLES, Scot-
land Paul McGinley is
not trying to reinvent the
wheel at the Ryder Cup. He
just wants to keep Europe
rolling.
The European captain
spoke in mysterious terms
Tuesday about a template
his team has followed to-
ward dominance in these
matches. He didnt ofer
many details, though the
recent record should be all
the evidence he needs.
Even though the teams
CUP continues on 5D
European squad
masters template
in Ryder Cup play
REX WOLF/SPECIAL TO THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL
Seamans
Hailey
Reed and
Tatyana
Legette
block an
attempt by
Washburn
Rural in
Tuesdays
game. The
Vikings
swept the
Junior
Blues, 25-
17, 26-24,
25-18, to
remain un-
defeated in
2014.
By Rick Peterson
[email protected]
Seaman's volleyball
team knows it's way too
early to think about an
undefeated season.
The Vikings, who im-
proved to 18-0 with a 25-
17, 26-24, 25-18 sweep of
Washburn Rural on Tues-
day night at Seaman, are
more concerned about
continuing to get better.
In fact, Seaman coach
Brooke Ralph is counting
on it.
We have to remember
that we need to get bet-
ter every single (match)
and that we have a big
target on our back now,
too, Ralph said. We've
dropped (sets) and we've
had to learn from those
and get better as a team.
I think that we have to
take each day at a time
and each game at a time
and that's just icing on
the cake if you can keep
(an undefeated season)
going.
Seaman junior Rylee
Neigennd, who was
dominating at the net
Tuesday night, said that
the win over Rural, which
has won seven Class 6A
state titles, was another
step in the right direc-
tion for the Vikings.
They're always a big
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Perfect Seaman sweeps Rural
Vikings, now at 18-0, still see room to improve
KANSAS CITY 7, CLEVELAND 1
KC road rage continues
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas Citys Eric Hosmer, left, greets teammate Billy Butler at home plate after both scored on a double by Alex Gordon in the seventh inning on
Tuesday during the Royals 7-1 win over Cleveland. The Royals remain just one game behind Detroit in the AL Central with ve games remaining.
Staf and wire reports
CLEVELAND The
Kansas City Royals low-
ered their magic number
to clinch a playof berth to
three Tuesday.
Managing a team that
has not made the postsea-
son since 1985, Ned Yost
may not be the only per-
son who is not sure exactly
what that means.
I had no idea what a
magic number was, Yost
said. I was trying not to
think about it.
Rookie Yordano Ven-
tura blanked Clevelands
punchless ofense for seven
innings as the Royals kept
pressure on rst-place De-
troit in the AL Central with
a 7-1 win over the Indians
on Tuesday night.
Detroit topped the
Chicago White Sox, 4-3,
surviving after blowing
a three-run lead in the
ninth inning. But the Roy-
als inched closer to the
playofs when the Seattle
Mariners, third in the AL
wild-card race, were ham-
mered by the Toronto Blue
Jays, 10-2.
Were in good shape
right now, and Im glad
that its three, but our fo-
cus now is on winning this
division, Yost said.
The hard-throwing Ven-
tura (14-10) allowed four
singles and threw a 100
mph fastball on his 104th
pitch.
Salvador Perezs two-
out, two-run double of
Danny Salazar (6-8) put
the Royals ahead 5-0 in the
fth and they turned their
attention to the left-eld
scoreboard to monitor the
Tigers score. Kansas City
entered one game out of
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Royals rout Indians, lower magic number for playof berth to three
AL CENTRAL AL WILD CARD
W L Pct. GB W L Pct. GB
Detroit 87 70 .554 Oakland* 86 70 .551 +.5
Kansas City 86 71 .548 1 Kansas City 86 71 .548
Cleveland 82 76 .519 5.5 Seattle 83 74 .529 3
Chicago 72 85 .459 15 Cleveland 82 76 .519 4.5
Minnesota 67 90 .427 20 New York 81 76 .516 5
*Played in late game Tuesday
K-State looks
now to UTEP
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas State running back DeMarcus Robinson, right,
and ofensive lineman Boston Stiverson, back, celebrate
Robinsons touchdown against Auburn last Thursday.
By Ken Corbitt
[email protected]
MANHATTAN The
range of emotions follow-
ing Kansas States narrow
loss to Auburn last Thurs-
day were typical. The rst
reaction was anger, fol-
lowed by frustration that
developed into a resolve
to improve and move for-
ward.
The 20-14 loss to No. 5
Auburn is ofcially in the
past as the No. 25 Wildcats
now have all of their atten-
tion focused on Saturdays
game against UTEP.
Obviously, we were up-
set but I think were all past
that now, ofensive guard
Boston Stiverson said
Tuesday. We had Sunday
of and we took that day
to get our minds focused
on this week. We came out
and practiced well (Mon-
day) and forgot about Au-
burn because we want to
play well this weekend.
Naturally, it took the
Wildcats a day or two to
put Auburn out of their
minds and hearts.
Based on (Mondays)
practice, it was positive,
coach Bill Snyder said. I
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