Behind a balanced effort, Free State’s wrestling squad took home a third-place finish in its final tournament of 2019. The Firebirds had nine different wrestlers place in the top six of their respective weight class during the Emporia Winter Classic on Saturday at EHS. Free State finished with 113 points to place third out of 15 teams. Emporia (175) and Hutchinson (140) were the only teams to finish higher ...
Down goes another No. 1 team. This time, No. 1 Kansas was unable to hang on in a 56-55 loss to No. 18 Villanova Saturday afternoon at Wells Fargo Center. The Jayhawks led by as many as 4 points with 1:49 remaining, but faltered down the stretch. Kansas (9-2) still had a chance after forcing a late turnover, but Devon Dotson’s floater at the buzzer misfired on the final possession. The Jayhawks became the ...
Not one of Shawnee Mission North’s 11 field goal attempts went through the net during an eight-minute second quarter. Thanks to a stifling effort on the defensive end, Lawrence High’s girls basketball team closed out the 2019 portion of its schedule with a 56-40 win over Shawnee Mission North on Friday night at LHS. The Lions are now 3-2 entering winter break after a double-digit win in their Sunflower ...
Lawrence High senior Mayson Quartlebaum threw down a vicious left-handed slam, only to follow that up with an equally emphatic block on the other end during an 80-52 win over Shawnee Mission North on Friday night at LHS. In a matter of seconds — a sequence that took place in the final minute of the third period — Quartlebaum showed why Lawrence High boys basketball will still be a force in Sunflower League ...
Behind a dominant defensive effort, the top-ranked team in Class 2A ended 2019 with a lopsided win. Bishop Seabury’s boys basketball team rolled past Christ Prep for an 82-32 road win Friday night. It was an impressive performance, considering the Seahawks (2-0) hadn’t played a game since early December. “Overall proud of the performance,” BSA head coach Jonathan Raney said. “Guys worked really hard ...
Nick Taylor, a Wichita native, began with a friendly jab at the Kansas football program and closed his time as a guest speaker at Free State by asking students a rhetorical question about what they want to accomplish in life. Such is life when sitting in on a guest speech by Taylor, who has a long list of accolades in his career as a wheelchair tennis player. On Thursday, approximately 70 FSHS students got that ...