The brackets have been set, and it is time to see who will be crowned a champion. Six of the 13 area basketball teams qualified for their respective state tournament, and will be playing in the final week of the season. Of those six squads, three received a top four seed in their respective field. For the third consecutive year, both Lawrence High and Free State will compete in the 6A boys state tournament. A ...
Perhaps nothing illustrated Perry-Lecompton’s impressive run to state better than the final seconds of Saturday’s sub-state championship. After a pair of free throws by Silver Lake, Perry-Lecompton trailed by a 46-42 margin. Nobody in the PLHS gym could have possibly seen what was coming over the final 43 seconds of the contest. With doubt starting to creep in, the Kaws treated it like business as ...
Kansas will live to fight another day. That’s the way the last two wins have felt at least, the latest of which KU outlasted Oklahoma State for a 72-67 victory Saturday afternoon in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Earlier in the week, the Jayhawks bested the Wildcats, who atop the Big 12 standings along with Texas Tech. Kansas must win out while hoping the conference leaders stumble if it hopes to keep The Streak ...
For the second consecutive season, the Lawrence High girls basketball team fell in the sub-state championship. It was always going to be a tough path to get back to the 6A state tournament for the first time since 2017, as Lawrence was in Derby's region. The Panthers, who are the defending Class 6A state champs, extended their win streak to 43 consecutive games with a 60-40 victory over the Lions at DHS ...
PLEASANTON – Bishop Seabury head coach Jonathan Raney knew it was going to be a good day for the Seahawks. He didn’t anticipate scoring 95 points. Bishop Seabury scored the most points out of any city team all season, which was more than enough to defeat Maranatha, 95-71, and advance to the 2A state tournament Saturday afternoon at Pleasanton High School. “We’re capable, we are capable,” Raney ...
It wasn’t until Lawrence High senior Trey Quartlebaum received the inbound pass with three seconds remaining that he realized he was going back to the state tournament. Quartlebaum dribbled the remaining three ticks off to put the finishing touch on a 56-51 win over Garden City Friday night at LHS. It was an exhausting, grinding battle between the fourth and fifth seed of the 6A west bracket in what turned ...