Work-study fraud seen across Jayhawk Conference, Barton case prompts audit
Kansas coaches allegedly used federal and campus work-study funds to pay athletes for unworked duties, violating conference rules. Barton County coaches faced sentencing while athletic director Kurt Kohler calls for systemic change after revelations of widespread practices and 163 secret tapes. Garden City Community College denies wrongdoing, citing strict controls under President Carol Ballantyne.
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Wichita
Kansas Jayhawk Community College
Barton County Community College
Feds
Barton
Kurt Kohler
Barton County
Ryan Wolf
Wolf
Roger Falk
Jim Cross
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Kohler
Neil Elliott
Missouri Western State University
Jayhawk
Garden City Community College
Vic Trilli
GCCC
Trilli
Carol Ballantyne
Recruiting Realities Tour pressures hopeful athletes
About 50 gathered at Clifford Hope Auditorium to hear Jack Renkens discuss college recruiting realities at Garden City High School. He warned against relying on big-name schools, advised focusing on education funding and fit, and stressed the coach and family role in a student athlete's path.
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Jack Renkens
Clifford Hope
Garden City High School
Renkens
GCHS
Christopher Ruiz
Kansas
Kansas State
Ruiz
Baltazar
Baltazar Ruiz
K State faces tough times amid player shakeups
In Manhattan Kansas State fans discuss the dismissal of center Tyler Hughes amid a wave of turnover in the athletics department as fall sports begin. Coach Ron Prince arrives in football and Bob Huggins works to restart the basketball program while suspensions and defections mount. Associate AD Jim Epps calls it an unfortunate coincidence, not a crisis. Cartier Martin is suspended indefinitely in men's basketball as part of the season’s early turmoil.
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Manhattan
Kansas State
Aggieville
Tyler Hughes
Wildcat
Roger Allerheiligen
Hughes
Allerheiligen
Ron Prince
Bill Snyder
Bob Huggins
Jim Epps
Huggins
Cartier Martin
Former Wildcat QB to attend Wisconsin
Allan Evridge, former Kansas State quarterback, will transfer to Wisconsin without a fall scholarship. He visited Madison, met coach Bret Bielema, and plans to pay tuition until earning a January scholarship. Evridge started six games as a redshirt freshman and set a Kansas State freshman passing yard record.
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Madison
Wis
Kansas State
Allan Evridge
Wisconsin
Evridge
Bret Bielema
Erridge
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bielema
Oregon State
TCU
New Mexico
Badgers
Eridge
K-State
Ron Prince
Josh Freeman
Prince
Tiger and Phil set for major showdown at Medinah
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson prepare for a rare major duel at the PGA Championship in Medinah Illinois joined by Geoff Ogilvy. The trio will contend as fans pack Lake Street and the 10th tee area with plenty of noise and anticipation for an 8:30 a.m. start.
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Medinah, Ill
Medinah Country Club
Lake Street
Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson
Phil
Woods
PGA
Mickelson
Royal Liverpool
Throne
Switzerland
Geoff Ogilvy
Ogilvy
Medinah
Ill
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Tiger
D Press
Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club
Grand Blanc
Mich
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