Baldwin’s girls basketball team came away with one win and one hard-fought loss in the opening weekend of the 2020 portion of its schedule. On Friday, BHS earned a 46-23 win over Prairie View to begin the year on a strong note. One day later, Baldwin dropped a 46-44 loss in the 810 Sports Classic at Piper High School. It marked the first loss of the season for the Bulldogs, who are now 5-1 on the year. In ...
In an old-school basketball game, KU’s big man stood taller than the rest. A strong second half by center Udoka Azubuike helped No. 3 Kansas power past No. 16 West Virginia, 60-53, Saturday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks (11-2) have now won a 29-straight conference openers dating back to the 1991-92 season. Kansas now leads the overall series with West Virginia, 13-5, which includes wins in ...
It figures to be a different type of Big 12 race for the Kansas men’s basketball team in 2020, at least compared to the previous 15 years. After finishing third in the league last year, behind co-champions Kansas State and Texas Tech, KU’s streak of 14 straight Big 12 titles came to an end. So this season will be the first time since the 2004-05 campaign that the Jayhawks didn’t win at least a share of ...
For the first time in 14 years, the Kansas women’s basketball team will enter Big 12 play with an undefeated record. The Jayhawks (11-0) are one of nine unbeaten squads in the country. Considering how the 2019-20 campaign started, though, that might surprise some people. KU dropped a 90-82 decision to Pittsburg State in the exhibition opener on Oct. 27, which doesn’t count on the team’s official record. ...
Finding enough feats for this list was the easy part. Once again, another successful year in high school sports has come and gone. In 2019, three teams won state titles, with two of those teams defending their crowns. Two more teams made it all the way to the title games, ending the year with runner-up finishes. To top it off, a number of area athletes walked away with individual titles in their respective ...
It was the type of play that tends to happen when a team is rolling. Late in the third quarter, senior forward Mariane De Carvalho had arguably the play of the year for the Kansas women’s basketball team. She flipped a no-look pass in transition, hitting junior forward Tina Stephens in stride. Stephens finished off the sequence with a layup, bringing the KU faithful to their feet in Allen Fieldhouse on Monday ...