Sports

Several local athletes set for state tennis championships

One local singles player and two doubles pairings will participate in the high school state boys tennis championships beginning Friday. At the 6A level, Free State senior Jake Hedges and the doubles partnership of Lawrence High senior Logan Daniels and junior Josh Lavin will head to ...

Cripe powers Jayhawks to 6-5 victory over Houston in Big 12 tournament

Oklahoma City — Sophomore shortstop Hailey Cripe tied a Big 12 Conference record by driving in five runs, becoming just the fifth player to do so in the league’s softball tournament, and she led the Kansas softball team to a 6-5 win over Houston at Devon Park on Wednesday night. Cripe hit ...

KU women’s golf finishes sixth in regional play

The Kansas women’s golf team finished sixth of 12 teams at the NCAA Cle Elum Regional in Washington state on Wednesday. The Jayhawks outperformed their No. 9 seed, but fell one place short of what they would have needed to make their first NCAA Championship in 10 years. "I am really proud ...

KU adds to tight end room with D-II transfer, Kansas native

The Kansas football coaching staff returned to the Division II ranks and added an intriguing transfer at a position of need. Leyton Cure, a native of Goodland who played at Fort Hays State, announced his commitment to KU Wednesday evening. Cure is a 6-foot-3, 235-pound tight end who had 26 ...

Reports: Kugel won’t attend KU

Florida transfer wing Riley Kugel will not attend Kansas, according to multiple reports Wednesday afternoon. Matt Norlander of CBS Sports was first to report the news, which follows a comment by KU coach Bill Self in an interview with the NCAA Monday about the prospect of the long-committed ...