The first spring sports week is now in the books. Even though a pair of baseball teams began playing over spring break, this past week marked the beginning for most spring sports. Plenty of local teams started off on the right foot for their respective 2019 campaigns. Lawrence High girls swim dominated in its first meet of the season and looks poised to be a team to watch this spring. All three city baseball ...
Salt Lake City — A Sweet 16 berth and a trip to Kansas City is on the line when Kansas and Auburn square off tonight at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The Jayhawks, who are the fourth seed in the Midwest Region, can notch their fourth consecutive trip to the Sweet 16 with a win. Auburn, meanwhile, would claim its fifth such appearance in program history and first since 2003. Both teams are evenly match, as ...
Salt Lake City — Kansas freshman Devon Dotson got a chance to show off his 3-point celebration during his NCAA Tournament debut. Late in the second half, Kansas was leading Northeastern by 30 points when Dotson canned a spot-up triple from the left wing. Dotson’s routine reaction was brief but to the point during KU’s 87-53 win in the opening round of the tournament Thursday afternoon at Vivint Smart Home ...
Salt Lake City — Kansas avoided being on the wrong end of a Cinderella Story in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. KU, the fourth seed in the Midwest Region, took care of business with a 87-53 win over 13th-seeded Northeastern Thursday afternoon at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The Jayhawks trailed for only 1:27, leading by double digits for much of the second half, to notch their 13th consecutive ...
Salt Lake City — It took just six-plus minutes for Kansas sophomore Marcus Garrett to send a message. Garrett checked into the game at the 17:42 mark, and he struck a few minutes later. After he made a layup with 13:58 left in the first half, Garrett elected to pick up Northeastern senior Vasa Pusica as he dribbled up the floor. Once Pusica got near midcourt, Garrett swiped toward the ball and poked it away. ...
This past weekend, the spring sports season officially began with Free State's baseball team dropping two decisions to a pair of teams in Missouri. Plenty of other spring teams will begin play this week or next week, and will get the final season of the school year in full swing. The Firebirds are hoping to claim another state title after doing so last spring when the softball team won its first such crown in ...