Before a second even ticked off the clock, the Free State girls basketball team faced a deficit on the scoreboard. Junior guard Caely Kesten grabbed the wrong jersey, which gifted Hutchinson a trip to the free-throw line at the start of the game. The Salthawks hit one of the two freebies, and then netted a bucket on the game’s first possession to take a 3-0 advantage within 13 seconds. The Firebirds ...
Entering the season, Kansas fans probably would have scoffed at the notion of sophomore Marcus Garrett getting an offensive play called for him in the final minutes of a Big 12 contest. But that’s exactly what happened during KU’s 80-76 win over Iowa State Monday night in Allen Fieldhouse. With 1:17 left in the game, freshman point guard Devon Dotson passed the ball to Garrett on the left wing. Dotson ...
Kansas flipped the script in the second half to secure another Big Monday victory. After suffering a 17-point loss to Iowa State just a few weeks ago, KU got its revenge with a 80-76 victory Monday night in Allen Fieldhouse. Since the 2013-14 season, the Jayhawks (16-3, 5-2 Big 12) are 37-3 following a loss. With the loss, ISU (14-5, 4-3) dropped from a four-way tie for first place in the Big 12. KU has won ...
Midseason basketball tournament week is one of my favorite times of the year. It is a chance to see a ton of basketball, and watch squads grow in the process. This past week was no different, as a number of area teams were in action during their respective midseason basketball tournaments. The Lawrence High boys basketball team rolled through the Topeka Invitational Tournament, capturing its first title in the ...
By Lawrence High’s lofty standards, Saturday’s game was a grind-it-out victory. Through the early part of the season, the Lions’ high-octane offense has made scoring look effortless. In its third game in as many days, though, LHS had to work for every single bucket during a 69-58 win over Topeka High in the championship game of the Topeka Invitational Tournament at Topeka West. “We will take the win ...
Both city wrestling teams were in action this past weekend during the Husky Invitational. In the two-day event, which featured 21 teams, Free State’s wrestling team did well enough across the board to secure a fourth-place finish with 127.5 points. Lawrence High, meanwhile, scored 51.5 points to place 11th. Maize won the event with 218 points, while Bonner Springs finished second with 204 and Blue Valley ...