Free State sophomore Tatum Clopton didn’t expect the ball to go over the fence. With two strikes in the bottom of the fifth, Clopton unleashed a swing on an outside pitch. She initially thought it was going to result in a pop-up. Instead, Clopton actually clobbered it over the left-center fence for a two-run homer. It was that kind of day for Clopton, who closed the book on a special performance with the ...
Make that seven games in a row now. Lawrence’s baseball team extended its win streak to seven consecutive games with a 5-2 victory over Olathe South Tuesday night at LHS. The recipe for win No. 7 was just like the six games before it, too. The Lions, who have practically perfected the art of timely hitting by now, broke a 2-2 tie with three runs in the fifth. “They played the same type of game that they ...
The Jayhawks had two different chances to clinch a Big 12 Championship for the first time ever. During Sunday’s final against top-seeded Texas, the Kansas women’s tennis team had two singles matches going on at the same time. Senior Anastasia Rychagova, KU’s top singles player, won the first set and was leading by a 6-5 margin in the second set before turning her attention to the court at the end of the ...
It was a busy and successful week for local athletes between Kansas Relays and the River City Festival. Free State senior Ethan Bradford spun a no-hitter, while both FSHS and Lawrence High baseball teams went undefeated this weekend to extend win streaks. In addition, two different school records were broken by the Firebirds and Lions at Rock Chalk Park. As always, feel free to nominate individual athletes for ...
Kansas junior Maria Toran Ribes lofted the shot over the head of Texas senior Katie Poluta. As soon as the tennis ball landed on the other side of the net, Toran Ribes turned to her right and flung her racquet in the air. The racquet flipped five times before falling to the floor on the sixth court at the Jayhawk Tennis Center. The rest of her Kansas teammates, who were watching the match intently from the next ...
Senior Jake Zenger started playing catch when Free State’s baseball team arrived at Hoglund Ballpark at 9 a.m. Saturday. His coaching staff eventually had to tell him to stop in order to save his arm. Zenger then started warming up at 10:35 a.m., which was 40 minutes before he fired the first pitch of the contest. In Zenger’s defense, he hadn’t started in a game in two years and wasn’t quite sure how to ...