BY SALINA POST
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Hello and happy Wednesday, everybody, it’s Tyler Henry, back with another KINA Sports Update presented by Salina Regional Orthopedic and Sports Medicine…
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On Tuesday, Kansas Wesleyan head baseball coach Bill Neale was named 2024 American Baseball Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year.
The honor recognizes Neale for his work during the 2024 season that saw the Coyotes finish with a program-best 48-12 record including a 32-4 KCAC record, a win in the NAIA's Shreveport Opening Round and their first appearance in the NAIA World Series.
K-Dub won the KCAC title for the second consecutive season and Neale was chosen as Coach of the Year for the second year in a row. He has a 311-214 record as the Coyotes' coach and has been an ABCA member for 20 years.
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Tuesday also saw the Kansas City Chiefs add Kareem Hunt to their practice squad to help replace Isiah Pacheco, who is expected to miss at least 6 weeks on the IR
Hunt, who was released by the Chiefs in December of 2018 following an incident in which he pushed and kicked a woman in a Cleveland hotel, will join Carson Steele, Samaje Perine, and Clyde Edwards-Helaire, who has also missed time this season, in a thinning backfield.
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And finally, a broken-bat 10th inning single for Austin Meadows gave the Tigers a narrow 3-1 victory over the Royals on Tuesday. Kansas City returns to Kaufman for the series finale tonight at 6:40
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