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KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Kyle Busch continued his dominance of the Xfinity Series at Kansas Speedway on Saturday.Elliott Sadler and Daniel Suarez continued their chase for a title.Pulling double-duty this weekend, Busch led 150 of the 200 laps in a thoroughly dominant performance for his ninth series win of the season. It was also his third straight Xfinity win at Kansas, where he won in his Sprint Cup car for the first time this spring.There were a lot of things trying to work against us toward the end, but we just persevered, said Busch, who at one point was a lap down. We had great speed. I think we showed it all weekend. It was just a matter of putting it all together and ending up in victory lane, where we deserved to be.Sadler finished second and Suarez finished third to give the Chase contenders a nice start to the three-race round of eight, which now takes a two-week break before continuing at Texas.Everyone is starting off square, Sadler said, so youre trying to get a point here and get a point there. Now everybody will have different strategies as we go to Texas and Phoenix.Two more Sprint Cup regulars, Joey Logano and Kyle Larson, waged an entertaining duel to round out the top five. But it was some drama around them in the closing laps that shook up the title chase.Justin Allgaier and Darrell Wallace Jr. were involved in a late wreck, though Allgaiers partially destroyed car was able to finish a lap down in 14th. Wallace wound up 33rd and now has a massive deficit to make up the next two races if he wants to avoid elimination.Pretty hard hit. Just unfortunate, said Wallace, who was blinking away some pain when he took off his helmet. We were making some good calls and running our own race and thats part of it.I think we could have gotten a top-10 if we hit our restarts right, but just not our day.Nor was it Brendan Gaughans day. He went slip-sliding through the grass on the front stretch late in the race and wound up 31st -- though he did provide some comic relief when he sprinted from the infield care center back to his car in an attempt to squeeze a few more laps in before the finish.It wound up having no bearing on his result.Erik Jones also had a gripe after spending most of the day near the front. He was hit from behind by Larson on a late restart, sending him into Ty Dillon and causing enough damage to force a costly pit stop.Jones ended finishing 15th, fifth among the eight drivers competing for a championship.Its all my fault, Larson told his spotter after the impact.Blake Koch finished ninth in a strong start to the round for his championship hopes, while Ryan Reed dealt with a series of problems all afternoon and finished behind Allgaier and Jones in 16th.Now, theyll all be chasing Sadler and Suarez over the next two races.We had a great race. So proud of my team, Sadler said. We kept working on the car, working on the car, getting better and better. I just have to do a better job of out-running that 18 car. Custom Calgary Flames Jerseys . Duchene scored two goals and had an assist, helping the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night to match the best 10-game start in team history. Stitched Flames Jerseys . 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Fremantle coach Ross Lyon says its not the time to bend to individual agendas, stating he will use the remainder of the AFL season to see which players will dig in for him.Rumours of player unrest at the Dockers are growing following the clubs disastrous season, which has yielded just three wins from 20 games.Contracted goalsneak Hayden Ballantyne has requested a trade, while a host of other players are also set to exit the club - not all of them voluntarily.Assistant coach Peter Sumich left the club abruptly last week, while president Steve Harris has announced hell step down at the end of the season, to be replaced by vice-president Dale Alcock.Lyon said Harris retirement after seven years as president had been planned for some time, and Sumich was unlikely to have been at the club anyway in 2017.The veteran coach was asked about the rumours of player unrest following the teams 72-point loss to Adelaide on Sunday.Lyon said he was comfortable with his coaching style, and that it was important to determine which players were committed to the cause.Ive been (in league footy) since I was 16, so its 34 years, Lyon said.And you look at clubs that are strong and work their way under pressure.And then (you see) those that are held captive without strong leadership to individual agendas, and I think thats toxic.But I see it as a real opportunity (now) to see those that dig in.ddddddddddddThats the beauty of experience. I see this as an opportunity. Theres always a loud minority, and theres always people prepared to listen to a loud minority.But for me, I just want to continue to be the coach that Matthew Pavlich wanted his whole career.Thats what he wrote in his book, didnt he? Im the coach that he always hoped for. Im pretty comfortable continuing in that vein. Its not a bad spot to be.Michael Barlow, Anthony Morabito, Matt de Boer, Tendai Mzungu, Nick Suban, Zac Clarke, Hayden Ballantyne, Jack Hannath, Alex Silvagni, Chris Mayne, and Clancee Pearce are no guarantees to be at the club next year, while veteran Matthew Pavlich will retire.Lyon said Ballantyne had asked for a two-year contract extension earlier this year.But it now appears the 29-year-old wants out, with a shift to cross-town rivals West Coast a very real prospect.The Dockers could be in for some more on-field pain this week when they take on GWS at Spotless Stadium on Saturday.Ruckman Aaron Sandilands appears set to miss the trip after his glute tightened up against the Crows, while Pavlich will be rested ahead of his round-23 farewell game against the Bulldogs. ' ' '