Color commentator Dick Vitale pleaded for the ball to go in. Once Isaac White’s baseline jumper went through the net, Vitale and the home crowd cheered in approval. It served as Stanford’s first made field goal of the game. The only problem was that it came at the 8:08 mark in the first half, and Kansas already had a double-digit lead. Thanks to a dominant defensive effort out of the gate, No. 5 Kansas ...
It remains to be seen if any area wrestlers will come home with a state title in 2020. But the first month of the season could be a sign of things to come. Several area wrestlers earned some hardware in December, a stretch that featured a number of competitive tournaments. As a result, plenty of area wrestlers are already ranked in the top-six in their respective weight class entering the break. That meant it ...
Just one month into the season, the area girls basketball scene has already featured a number of strong performances at both the team and individual level. Baldwin, which placed third in Class 4A last year, has a perfect 4-0 record and a shiny No. 3 ranking entering the 2020 portion of its schedule. Eudora is off to a 4-1 start, which included a third-place finish in its midseason tournament. The Cardinals, who ...
If the first month was any indication, this is going to be a fun basketball season for the area boys teams and players. Lawrence High and Eudora both made it to the championship game of their respective midseason tournaments. Free State also came away with some hardware, finishing third in a tough field. Bishop Seabury, the only No. 1 team in the area, is off to a 2-0 start after a convincing win just before ...
Eudora high school senior guards Reagan and Riley Hiebert are close on and off the basketball court — in fact they describe themselves as best friends since birth. The twin sisters are both starters for a Eudora girls basketball team with a 4-1 record. They guard each other in practice, they run together on a daily basis and they even work at the same local Sonic as carhops. The duo's biggest divide seems ...
Kansas head coach Les Miles was especially giddy about one position group after the early signing period. Of the 19 commits that the Jayhawks landed last week, three of them were listed as cornerbacks. KU’s cornerback trio of Johnquai Lewis, Duece Mayberry and Karon Prunty matches the linebacker unit for most members of a specific position group during the early signing period. And Miles wasn’t shy about ...