NWKS Radio Sports Update-- October 12, 2026

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Goodland 50, Colby 0

Wallace County 40, Dighton 38

Hoxie 40, Decatur Community 26

Oakley 22, Hill City 6

Golden Plains 60, Northern Valley 13

Weskan 52, Winona-Triplains 0

Wheatland-Grinnell 54, Cheylin 6

Ness City 34, St. Francis 22

Quinter 48, Greeley County 0

Several area high school volleyball leagues crowned their tournament champions over the weekend. Oakley captured the Mid-Continent League Tournament title at Trego Community, while Quinter claimed the Northwest Kansas League Tournament championship at Decatur Community. Wheatland-Grinnell won the Western Kansas Liberty League Tournament title in Goodland, and Holcomb took home the Great West Activities Conference Tournament championship in Colby.

The ninth-ranked Colby Community College volleyball team pulled off a thrilling reverse sweep of 17th-ranked Barton Community College Saturday afternoon in Great Bend. Ella Dridi led the Trojans with 20 kills, while Isadora Carrareto added 16 kills and six blocks. Colby improves to 19-4 overall and 10-1 in conference play, remaining tied for first in the KJCCC standings. The Trojans face Hutchinson on Wednesday.

Goodland’s Ella Linn qualified for the 4A Girls State Tennis Tournament this weekend. Linn finished second in singles at the McPherson regional and heads to state with a 25-4 overall record.

Sub-State Golf at Cimarron (Goodland, Colby, Oakley, Rawlins County). The top three teams at each sub-state will qualify for the state tournament. The top five lowest individual scores that are not members of a qualifying team will qualify for the state tournament. All ties for the fifth spot will advance to the state tournament.

It was a tough Saturday for regional college football teams, with Kansas, Kansas State and Nebraska all suffering losses. In Manhattan, Kansas State fell to 22nd-ranked Houston, 35-16, as the Wildcats dropped to 0-2 in Big 12 play. Kansas played tough but couldn't pull off the road upset against 12th-ranked Utah, falling 41-24 in Salt Lake City. And in Lincoln, Nebraska gave seventh-ranked Indiana all it could handle, but the Hoosiers escaped Memorial Stadium with a 20-17 victory.

The Denver Broncos rallied for a 23-17 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday afternoon, improving to 3-and-2 on the season. Trailing 17-10 entering the fourth quarter, Bo Nix connected with Courtland Sutton on a five-yard touchdown pass to tie the game. Denver's defense then took over, forcing a Justin Herbert fumble and interception, setting up two Wil Lutz field goals to seal the comeback victory.

The Milwaukee Brewers struck first in the National League Championship Series Sunday night, edging the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1. Brice Turang homered and Luis Lara delivered the go-ahead RBI single as Milwaukee took a one-game-to-none series lead. Game Two is Monday afternoon. The Guardians face the Rays in the American League Championship Series, beginning tonight.