Former Manhattan High Standout Blair DeBord has reversed course on where he’ll play college baseball.  DeBord originally signed with Seminole State College in Oklahoma, a two-year school.  But according to the Manhattan Mercury, he has signed a scholarship offer with K-State.  DeBord was a first team all-state catcher for Manhattan High this past season as they went 18-4 and advanced to the regional finals.

Former K-Stater Aaron Watkins got off to a promising start at the Travellers Championship this weekend, shooting 8 under par to be tied for third after two rounds of the PGA tour event.  Watkins couldn’t keep up the same pace on Saturday and Sunday at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut carding an even par 70 on Saturday and a 71 Sunday.  He tied for 43rd place at 7 under par, 15 strokes back of winner Kenny Perry.

The Riley County Police Department arrested a K-State football player early Sunday morning.  21 year old Jeffrey Fitzgerald was charged with DUI following a traffic stop in the 500 block of North Manhattan Avenue.  He was held on $750 bond in the Riley County Jail.  Fitzgerald has yet to play a down for the Wildcats after sitting out last season due to NCAA rules after transferring from the University of Virginia.  He is expected to make a major impact for K-State, as he’s been named preseason All-Big 12 by several publications.

Lance Berkman homered twice and drove in four runs to help the Houston Astros overcome an error-filled day and beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Thursday.  Berkman entered the game needing to drive in one run to become the third player in franchise history to reach 1,000 RBIs. He did it on his first at-bat, a two-run shot to far left field that gave Houston a 2-1 lead and put him with fellow “Killer Bs” Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio as the only Astros to reach the mark.  He pushed his total to 1,003 in the sixth inning with a drive to almost the same spot, scoring scored Carlos Lee and putting Houston back on top 5-4.  The win is Houston’s first of this interleague series and keeps the Royals from sweeping the Astros for the first time.

In what was all but a certainty, Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin was selected with the top overall pick Thursday night in the NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers.   Griffin says they can build a winner in Los Angeles, and he will do whatever is asked of him in Los Angeles.  Three other Big 12 players were picked in the NBA Draft.  Missouri’s DeMarre Carroll was a bit of a surprise first round pick, as the Memphis Grizzlies grabbed him with the 27th overall selection.  In the second round, Blake’s brother, Taylor Griffin was taken by the Phoenix Suns, and Junior Elonu of Texas A & M went to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Freshman Taylor Jungmann limited LSU to five hits in his first complete game, and Russell Moldenhauer hit his record-tying fourth home run of the College World Series as Texas evened the best-of-three finals, 5-1 over LSU on Tuesday night.  The top-seeded Longhorns (50-15-1) forced a winner-take-all game Wednesday night for the national championship. LSU (55-17), ranked No. 1 in the major polls, lost for the first time in 15 games.  Jungmann, who threw six pitches all for balls in a short relief appearance in Game 1 Monday, struck out nine against an LSU offense that averaged 9.5 runs in its first four CWS games.  Jungmann (11-3) won his third game in Omaha - the other two were in relief - and he pitched the first complete game in the CWS since 2006.  LSU starter Aaron Ross (6-8) lasted only two innings in his first CWS start.  Preston Clark homered for a 2-0 lead in the second and finished with three hits and two RBIs.  Moldenhauer’s surprising show of power continued.  He came to Omaha with no home runs this season and became the 10th player to hit four in a CWS when he sent a high fly over the right-center field fence off Ryan Byrd in the third.

K-State released the 2009-2010 men’s basketball non-conference schedule Tuesday.  The Cats will play eight teams who won at least 20 games last season, seven of which went to the postseason.  K-State will play in the previously announced O’ Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tipoff from November 19th thru the 22nd which includes Dayton, George Mason, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Ole Miss and Villanova.  The Cats open the season November 8th with a three game homestand, led off with an exhibtion tilt against Pittsburg State, and followed by Loyola of Chicago and Western Illinois.  The other non-conference home games are Fort Hays State, Washington State, Xavier, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Cleveland State, and South Dakota.  The Cats will play IUPUI at the Sprint Center, UNLV at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, and Alabama at Mobile, Alabama.  K-State’s Big 12 schedule will be announced at a later date.

The Detroit Tigers signed former K-State outfielder Jordan Cruz to a free agent contract.  He was assigned to to the Gulf Coast League Tigers, and becomes the sixth Wildcat from this past season’s team to be either drafted or signed by a Major League team.  Cruz, an honorable mention All-Big 12 selection, batted .324 with 10 doubles, three triples, 11 home run, and 52 RBI’s.  He and Justin Bloxom combined to be the first K-Staters with at least 10 homers in the same season since 2005.

Over the weekend, the Manhattan Optimist Lasers 18-and-under fast pitch softball team won five and lost one to finish second in the Fathers Day Classic Tournament at Mid-America West in Kansas City. This brings the Lasers’ season record to 14-5. They will next be in action this weekend at the American Softball Association State Tournament in Salina.  The Manhattan Optimist U16 Lady Indians softball team had a successful weekend, going 3-1 in round-robin play at Hummer Park in Topeka. The Indians now head to Denver, Colorado June 28-July 5 for the Colorado Sparkler College Exposure Tournament.

Mikie Mahtook singled in the winning run in the top of the 11th inning after DJ LeMahieu tied the game in the ninth, and LSU survived Texas’ five home runs to beat the Longhorns 7-6 in Game 1 of the College World Series finals Monday night.  LSU (55-16) would win its sixth national title with a victory over the Longhorns (49-15-1) on Tuesday night.  LeMahieu walked leading off the 11th against Brandon Workman (3-4), stole second with two outs and took third when catcher Cameron Rupp’s throw went into center field. After Micah Gibbs walked, Mahtook singled into center field for the go-ahead run.  Matty Ott (4-2) struck out Brandon Loyn and Tim Maitland and got Connor Rowe to ground out to finish off Texas, which had walkoff wins in two of its first three CWS games.