Former Wichita State All-American Mark Standiford has been hired as Tabor College's baseball coach. Standiford, who for the past 13 years has run Sluggers, a northwest Wichita baseball academy that includes competitive teams, played second base at WSU from 1985-88 and is the school's career home run leader.
I wish I had started playing team handball when I was a kid: First, let me say that Gary Cole has the best job in the country. No, make that the world.
The Wingnuts fought for a playoff spot until the final few days of the season before finally being eliminated on Tuesday. They showed similar resiliency against Sioux Falls on Tuesday, nearly rallying from a seven-run deficit before succumbing 9-8 at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
Fifth-year senior center Ryan Cantrell has the credibility to give an honest assessment of Kansas' offensive line. Cantrell, 6-foot-3, 295-pounds, has worked his way up the depth chart to the point that last season he started all 13 games and earned All-Big 12 honorable mention.
