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PHOTOS: Haskell men exit conference tournament

The No. 7 Haskell Indian Nations University men's basketball season ended with a 65-55 loss to No. 2 Arkansas Baptist on Thursday in the Continental Athletic Conference quarterfinals. Freshman reserve player Bryce Strom led Haskell (10-17 overall, 7-5 CAC) with 15 points. Lawrence native ...

Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Cooper Carr and Yamirra Woods

January is almost over, and the winter sports season is coming up on its final stretch as teams prepare for the postseason. With that, several local athletes had performances of note for their teams over the week. Here are this week's Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Cooper Carr, ...

Baker basketball’s Harvey picks up weekly honor

Baker senior Quentin Harvey earned the Heart of America Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week honor. Harvey racked up two 20-point performances for the No. 8 Wildcats (15-1, 14-0 HAC) last week, scoring 24 points in an 84-68 win over Missouri Valley and 25 points in a 94-88 win ...

Haskell junior wins weekly basketball honor

Haskell Indian Nations University junior Tierzah Penn was named the Continental Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week for her performance during a series of wins for the Fighting Indians last week. Penn averaged 23 points per game against conference opponents Washington Adventist, ...

Lessons from a year voting in the AP Top 25 poll

The 2024 season was my first as a voter in the Associated Press’ national college football poll. After submitting a preseason top-25 ranking at the start of August, each week I stayed up until the wee hours to ensure I could catch every relevant college football result, then turned in a ...

Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Brynnae Johnson and Chase Honarvar

All sports are back to action following the winter break, and several local area athletes had standout performances. Here are this week's selections for Athletes of the Week: Brynnae Johnson, Lawrence The Lions returned to action with an 18-point win over Olathe East on Tuesday. In the game, ...