By Toby Hammes

WICHITA — Less than 24 hours after moving into Manhattan to begin his Kansas State football career, Pratt senior Arley Morrell found himself back on the track for one final high school competition.

Morrell, a Kansas State football tight end signee and one of the first commitments secured by new Wildcats head coach Collin Klein, competed Friday at the KSHSAA State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State’s University Stadium, closing out a decorated prep career before returning to Manhattan for summer football workouts.

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By Toby Hammes

A former Manhattan High baseball standout will continue his career at the Division I level, as Kyler Horsman has committed to join the Kansas State program.

Horsman, a senior pitcher and third baseman for Manhattan High in 2023, helped lead the Indians to an 18–3 record and a top-seed berth in the Class 6A state tournament. That spring, he was named the Centennial League’s player of the year and earned first-team all-league and all-state honors.

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Familiar ties abounded in Wednesday’s NJCAA D1 Football National Championship game between Hutchinson Community College and Iowa Western at West Texas A&M in Canyon, Texas.

The Blue Dragons fell short, losing 28-10 to the Reivers, ending their magical undefeated season and push for back-to-back national titles.

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Manhattan High’s football two-way star JJ Dunnigan will compete in the Under Armour Next All-America game on Jan. 2 and announce his college commitment, he announced on social media Thursday.

Dunnigan, a 6-foot-2 junior defensive back and wide receiver for the Indians, has college offers from Kansas State, Nebraska, Stanford, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin and more.

During his junior campaign this fall, Dunnigan had 28 catches for 556 yards and five passing touchdowns. He also ran four times for 40 yards. Defensively, he compiled 65 tackles, three tackles for a loss, six pass breakups and three interceptions.

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A Manhattan High alum and former K-State football player passed away this weekend.

Terrale Johnson died on Saturday, April 20, at the age of 29. The 6’1” offensiive lineman played for head Coach Joe Schartz at Manhattan High and graduated in 2012.

In college, Johnson played his first two seasons at Hutchinson Community College before transferring to K-State.

Johnson played in 23 games for Bill Snyder. Including, starts in all 13 games his senior season in 2016. Earning First Team All-Big 12 honors from the Associated Press and Pro Football Focus in addition to second-team honors from ESPN.com.

Wow! Nice drive and finish by Terrale Johnson pic.twitter.com/aoqnt9ttX8

— Nick Leckey (@mrleckey) November 19, 2016

Most recently, Johnson had been coaching high school football with Mill Valley and Shawnee Mission South.

Sending our deepest sympathies to the family & friends of Terrale Johnson. Gone too soon…

R.I.P. Coach Johnson, your legacy will live on pic.twitter.com/pPgjlhl6Ql

— Mill Valley Football (@MVJaguar) April 21, 2024

Johnson’s cause of death has not been released.

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Hour 1;

Seg. 1 – Cats blow a 25-point lead, beat WVU in OT

Seg. 2 – Manhattan wrestling coach Shawn Bammes and wrestler Caleb Hutchinson in studio

Seg. 3 – Pete Weber’s “Who you do think you are? I am!” 12 years ago today

Seg. 4 – Last winless CBB teams wins first game of the season

Hour 2:

Seg. 1 – Perry has been lights out from three point range lately

Seg. 2 – Should court storming come to an end?

Seg. 3 – Jabroni of the Week and Ask us Anything

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HOUR ONE:
00:00 – KU Provides Evidence for Why K-Staters Should Be Proud
16:18 – History Written by the Victors (K-State)
32:47 – JuJu Smith v AJ Brown on Twitter, not very “loving”

HOUR TWO:
00:00 – MitchPom v. Oklahoma
10:21 –  Eric Bienemy considers move to Washington
15:00 – SOTD

Maize High quarterback Avery Johnson, who signed with Kansas State in the early period, has been named the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Kansas.

The high profile signal caller threw for 2,768 yards and 29 touchdowns with just three interceptions on 153-of-228 aim as a senior in addition to running for 817 yards and 15 scores on 98 carries. His Eagles finished as the 5A runners-up for a second straight season, falling to Mill Valley in the title game.

The consensus top player in the state of Kansas for the Class of 2023 by 247Sports, ESPN, On3 and Rivals played earlier this week in the Under Armour All-America Game and competed in the Elite 11 Finals in the summer of 2022, K-State’s first Elite 11 quarterback since Josh Freeman in 2005.