Southern Illinois Salukis

Keeping tabs on local athletes competing in college. Lonnie Kauppila (Burbank High, 2010) junior infielder, Stanford University baseball: The former Bulldog has bounced back nicely after missing the final two months of his sophomore season last year...

Keeping tabs on local athletes competing in college. Rishonda Napier (Bellarmine-Jefferson High), freshman, guard, Southern Illinois women’s basketball): The former Guards star has been getting playing time out of the gate in her first season on...

Illinois State has to feel a little ripped off. Here they are hosting this event and they’ve been delayed an hour and a half in primetime for their game on Wednesday, then had 53 degree temperatures for their start last night. Crowds have been...

The funniest thing I’ve seen at the Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament: The grounds crew using old couch cushions to soak up the water in the outfield. Talk about necessity being the mother of invention. People watching--- Wichita...

The Wichita State offense continued to roll, and the Shockers got a little revenge as well in their elimination game against Southern Illinois. After falling in the opening game of the MVC tournament to Southern Illinois, the Shockers got their...

Kansas State head men's basketball coach Bruce Weber announced on Wednesday that Brad Korn is leaving the Wildcats program in order to take a job with the Missouri State Bears as an assistant coach. Here is the full press release from the university:...

It seems trivial to be talking about sports when friends and neighbors have had their lives blown all around the plains. The devastation in Oklahoma is staggering—it affects Kansans so profoundly because we live with the knowledge that it has been...

Southern Illinois scored 3 runs in the 4th inning and 2 more in the 9th to rally for a 5-1 victory over Wichita State on Tuesday. The Salukis were the 7th seed in the tournament while the Shockers were the 2nd seeded team. The Shockers took an early...

Wichita State is the 2012-13 Missouri Valley Conference all-sports champion. It marks the seventh crown in the past 10 years for Wichita State, which has a league best 19 all-time. WSU finished second in the all-sports trophy race in 2011-12. Wichita...

WICHITA, Kan.- Freshman Daniel Kihle drove in the winning run in the bottom of the tenth inning to give the Shockers a 4-3 victory over Northwestern in the final game of the regular season on Saturday at Eck Stadium. Brandon Peterson captured his...

After holding Oklahoma State scoreless for six innings, Wichita State Baseball dropped a 7-2 final to the 16th ranked Cowboys. The Shockers record stands at 31-25 (17-14 at home), while the Cowboys improved to 37-13 on the year. Despite tossing six...

Wichita State men's golf won the team's 6th straight Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title on Tuesday afternoon, and they did so in record-breaking fashion.  Grier Jones' group beat the field by a whopping 32-stroke margin.  The team held a 24-...