Category Archives: Sports

KVOE has learned that Emporia State baseball Coach Bob Fornelli has been offered and has accepted the Head Baseball Coaching position at Pittsburg State. Pittsburg State has not made an official annou...

The Oakland A’s out scored the Kansas City Royals 5-1 Sunday afternoon. Jon Jay hit his first home run of the season in the 3rd inning for the Royals only run. The A’s scored 4 runs in the...

Emporia High golfer Gentry Scheve has been named to the Class 5A All State Boys Golf Team by the Kansas Golf Coaches association. Gentry finished in 3rd place at this years State tournament.

The Emporia Energy 18 year old team finished in 2nd place at the Hawaiian Hitfest over the weekend. The 18s opened with a loss to Mustangs Meyer 5-3. They won their next 4 games. Defeating Papillon Ou...

The Emporia Senior American Legion baseball team wrapped up play in the Iola tournament with 2 wins Sunday. Post 5 defeated 417 Royals 5-3. They scored 4 runs in the 5th. They scored 2 runs on an erro...

Matt Acker of Grand Rapids, Michigan won the first ever DK XL. Ted King was a second time winner of the DK 200. Acker finished the XL, a 350 mile ride on gravel, in 25 hours 10 minutes 2 seconds. Your...

Jorge Soler hit a solo home run in the 8th inning lifting the Kansas City Royals past the Oakland A’s Saturday. The Royals scored 2 runs in the 1st inning on a Salvador Perez double. They added ...

The Emporia AAA American Legion baseball team was out scored by Chanute and defeated 417 black on day 1 of the Iola tournament Saturday. Chanute out scored the Post 5 seniors 6-3. Chanute built a 6-0 ...

The Kansas City Royals were routed by the Oakland A’s 16-0 Friday night. They will try to rebound Saturday afternoon with Jason Hammel will be on the mound for the Royals. First pitch is set for...

The Emporia Senior American Legion baseball team begins their season Saturday. They are scheduled to play in a tournament at Iola. Coach Anthony Markowitz says it is good to have both a AAA and A team...