Before last weekend, Kansas coach Bill Self said Saturday’s road game against Texas Tech was the biggest game of the season. But he admitted that would be until Monday’s rivalry clash with Kansas State just 48 hours later. After being demolished by the Red Raiders, the game has become even more important for the Jayhawks (20-7, 9-5 Big 12) in regards to the conference race. A loss to Big 12 leader ...
Bishop Seabury sophomore Zach Bloch is humble by nature. He doesn’t say too many words, and he defers to his teammates more often than not. Still, as the team’s starting point guard, Bloch has had a leadership role thrusted upon him. At first, it wasn’t always easy for Bloch to take control. But Bloch has embraced it more as of late, and the Seahawks have been clicking as a result. “Obviously, he’s ...
The Veritas boys basketball team was unable to complete the three-peat. Wichita HomeSchool hit a pair of free throws with 1.4 seconds left to finish off a 60-59 win over Veritas Saturday afternoon in the championship game of the KCAA state tournament at Manhattan Christian College. "We lost another heart breaker with a foul with one second left," Veritas coach Carl Huslig said. "Tough way to lose, but our ...
Tonganoxie senior Korbin Riedel made history Saturday afternoon, only for THS junior Connor Searcy to join him two hours later. Both Riedel and Searcy became the first wrestlers in program history to net state titles during the Class 4A state tournament at Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina. "It meant a lot to me," Riedel said. "I was in the finals last year and ended up losing 8-4, so I had a bad taste in ...
Veritas senior Jackson Rau won’t ever forget the scene of the locker room after winning the first state title. Two years ago, the Eagles completed an improbable run through the KCAA state tournament at Haskell Indian Nations University. Veritas won all three games by an average of 22.6 points per game to capture the first state title in program history. As a result, the postgame celebration by the entire ...
For the fourth consecutive season, the Veritas boys basketball team is going to the state championship game. The Eagles (21-10) were in a 20-7 hole in the opening period before scoring 21 points in the second quarter to take a 28-26 advantage at the intermission. From there, Veritas rolled past Manhattan CHIEF for a 67-58 win Friday night during the semifinals of the KCAA state tournament at Manhattan Christian ...