Kansas Wesleyan University
Kansas Wesleyan University has been an influential part of higher education in North Central Kansas for more than a century. Founded in 1886 by the United Methodist Church, KWU welcomes students of all faiths. KWU's primary goal is providing students with an excellent education in a caring Christian campus community. The university is uncompromising in its dedication to providing an atmosphere where students can mature and learn while taking responsibility for their own actions and lives. The campus environment helps students prepare for the challenges in their personal and professional lives by living and studying with people from many backgrounds, by learning to relate responsibly to God and to others by achieving goals in a timely manner. The mission of Kansas Wesleyan University is to promote and integrate academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility. http://bit.ly/2bDTj6dwww.kwu.edu
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Nov 5, 2026
Travis JenkinsGUEST
Um, you know, for me, I was always a huge music fan, you know, growing up, I would, we would listen to, um, you know, ACDC or Metallica or, you know, all different kinds of DC boys.
Travis JenkinsGUEST
It was just this, you know, thing that you, you know, in the locker room, we're, we're getting pumped up, you know, I, Eventually, we ended up in Salina, Kansas, where my dad became the head football coach at Kansas Wesleyan University.
Travis JenkinsGUEST
It's a small NAIA school.
Travis JenkinsGUEST
And so my brothers and I, we went to Salina Central High School.
Pat StrathmanHOST
I'm Pat Strathman.
Pat StrathmanHOST
The Friends Falcons bounce back from their first loss of the season with a road win in Salina, a thrilling one at that, 49-48 over the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes, allowing the Falcons to go to 8-1 overall, 2-1 in the Bissell.
Pat StrathmanHOST
And to talk more about that, we welcome in the head football coach of the Friends Falcons, Terry Harrison.
Pat StrathmanHOST
Well, Coach, it was definitely a shootout this past weekend up in Salina.
Pat StrathmanHOST
You guys were able to build a 21-10 lead in the ballgame.
Pat StrathmanHOST
14-3 was also the score at one point early on, but Kansas Wesleyan just kept throwing the football all over the field, 55 passing attempts, kept them in the game to get themselves a touchdown in order to make it a 42-42 ballgame with 8.51 to play.
Pat StrathmanHOST
Your response was a seven-play 80-yard drive.
Pat StrathmanHOST
You're thinking, all right, here we go.
Ross VolkmerHOST
It didn't matter who it was because you had CCC women win convincingly.
Ross VolkmerHOST
Over Kansas, Wesleyan, JV, and Bethany, JV, 73-44 over KWU.
Ross VolkmerHOST
And then over Bethany, they won 91-62.
Ross VolkmerHOST
Colby Community College men beat McCook 73-60.
Toby NoskerHOST
Forward Anika Moore and guard Jazz Reese are the only two returners, but both redshirted last season due to injury.
Toby NoskerHOST
Cloud Kenny has welcomed a core group of transfers, including guard Auburn Aton from Weatherford College, forward Zanasia Marshall from Daytona State College, guard Brianna Reeves from Pratt Community College, and forward Paige Smith from Kansas Wesleyan University.
Toby NoskerHOST
Reeves appeared in 20 games for the Beavers, where she averaged 1.7 points and 1.3 rebounds per game, while Marshall appeared in 10 games for the Falcons.
Toby NoskerHOST
The Motlow State Bucs are under the direction of first-year head coach James Thatcher.
AdamHOST
He was just a very vanilla boy.
AdamHOST
He goes to Kansas Wesleyan for a year of college that included a stay in a frat, which I'm sure was probably throwing gas on the fire for a bondage guy.
AdamHOST
That probably wasn't the worst thing in his life to get hazed.
ChrisHOST
Oh, for initiation,
Pat StrathmanHOST
Southwestern getting the win this past weekend.
Pat StrathmanHOST
Up next, Kansas Wesleyan on the road, and we'll talk about that game here shortly.
Pat StrathmanHOST
There in the second half, you guys just look dead in the water, which is called what it is.
Pat StrathmanHOST
And then you guys get a 73-yard touchdown run by Joey Millspaul to make it a 26-21 ballgame.
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Pat StrathmanHOST
Let's just flush out the drain and move on to the next one.
Pat StrathmanHOST
I mean, that's all fine and dandy, but this is an opportunity for this program in general, as you brought up, to really come together and figure things out moving forward.
Pat StrathmanHOST
Well, it doesn't get much easier because you take on Kansas Wesleyan, you're going up to Salina.
Pat StrathmanHOST
Last year, the Coyotes, you played them here at Equity Bank Park and ended up being a... a lopsided win in your favor so you better believe they're going to remember that but Kansas Westland the one thing that you see from the Coyotes this year they suffered a loss to Ottawa but they have recovered nicely they have figured some things out they have the ability to run the football you look at the defensive side of things and they play teams really tough it was a close game against Sterling last weekend but they were able to pick up the W against the Warriors and Here they are, undefeated in abyssal play.
Wendy PapasanGUEST
Do you remember doing that a couple of times? Yeah.
Jay PapasanHOST
That was when I was at KWU, maybe.
Wendy PapasanGUEST
I think it was way back when.
Wendy PapasanGUEST
And you just helped me so much with my business planning because I just didn't know how to do it.
Terry HarrisonGUEST
They just have been.
Terry HarrisonGUEST
Our division's been the toughest, but we go Mac, Southwestern, Kansas Wesleyan, who, you know, historically speaking, in the last decade have been the top, the top three or, uh, with us included, the top four programs in our conference.
Terry HarrisonGUEST
And so it really is, man, it is, it is important and, and really the toughest stretch.
Terry HarrisonGUEST
And so this is when we want to be playing our best football, um, is right now.