NWKS Radio Sports Update-- October 20, 2026

It was a great day for area volleyball teams as the postseason began on Monday. Four teams entered the day looking to advance to the sub-state round, and four teams did just that:

–Oakley convincingly won their regional, sweeping Republic County, Clifton-Clyde & Sacred Heart.

–Goodland went 2-1 @ Lakin with sweeps of SW Heights & Lyons but lost 2-0 to the host Broncs

–Colby also went 2-1 @ Beloit, beating Nickerson & Syracuse in three but were swept by the host Trojans.

–Hoxie finished runners-up @ Ellinwood as the Lady Indians won in three against Ell-Saline and swept Herington but lost 2-0 to Ellinwood.

TODAY the postseason begins for 12 other area teams:

-DCHS hosts Rawlins County & Sylvan Lucas

-St. Francis & Quinter go with Ellis to Osborne

-Weskan & Northern Valley at Western Plains

-Cheylin hosts Wallace County & Ness City

-W/G hosts Greeley County & Palco

-Brewster, Golden Plains & Triplains go to Dighton

Goodland's Natalie Cure is in fourth place after Monday's opening round of the Class 3-2-1A State Girls Golf Tournament in Wichita. Cure fired an 85, while Rawlins County's Addison Schilde is tied for eighth with a 90. Also making the day-two cut were Goodland's Sadie Sederstrom, tied for 30th with a 101, and Colby's Cora DeGood, tied for 39th after shooting a 105. Goodland finished seventh in the team standings with a 414, missing the cut by 11 strokes. Silver Lake leads the team competition heading into today's final round, which gets underway later this morning.

Kansas basketball is adding some major firepower just ahead of the new season. Head coach Bill Self announced Monday that former Purdue standout Trey Kaufman-Renn has joined the Jayhawks. The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 14 points and eight rebounds last season for the Boilermakers and was selected in the second round of this summer's NBA Draft. Kaufman-Renn received a court injunction allowing him to return to college basketball, filling the roster spot of injured freshman Grant Mordini.

The Tampa Bay Rays are headed to the World Series! Tampa Bay punched its ticket Monday night with a 7-3 victory over Cleveland in Game Six of the ALCS, winning the series four games to two. Junior Caminero and Yandy Díaz each blasted two-run homers, while Freddy Peralta earned ALCS MVP honors. The Rays now face Milwaukee in the World Series, with Game One set for Friday night.

The San Francisco 49ers picked up a Monday Night Football victory, holding off the Washington Commanders 23-17. Brock Purdy threw for 264 yards and a touchdown, while Christian McCaffrey scored twice on the ground.