Athlete of the year: Henry Nelson, Bishop Seabury It was a season full of medals for this sensational junior. Nelson earned a medal in seven out of his eight races this season, which included five first-place finishes. Nelson placed first at regionals and third at the 2A state cross-country meet. Coach of the year: John Tollefson, Tonganoxie The Chieftains saved their best showing for the postseason under ...
Athlete of the year: Riley Hiebert, Eudora Hiebert was consistently dominant throughout her junior campaign with the Cardinals. She never finished lower than fourth in any race, and she posted a season-best time of 19:31. Hieber won three races, including the league meet, and placed third at the 4A state meet. Coach of the year: Mike Spielman, Baldwin For the third time in four years, Baldwin’s girls ...
Free State senior Jax Dineen didn’t make his decision until 90 minutes before his signing ceremony. After wrestling with his collegiate choice for the past two weeks, Dineen spent all of Wednesday morning trying to nail down his plans. In the end, Dineen decided to sign his national letter of intent to play football at Kansas State University. Dineen, who has two older brothers — Joe and Jay — that ...
Another day, same result. Kansas won another basketball game, even if it wasn’t always the prettiest performance. Just like it had done a number of times through the first nine outings, No. 1 KU (10-0) overcame another sluggish first half to ultimately secure an 89-53 victory over South Dakota in Allen Fieldhouse Tuesday night. The Jayhawks, who used a 30-7 run to finish off the Coyotes, now have just two ...
Kansas coach Bill Self made sure to give a message to one player in particular. Freshman Quentin Grimes played a season-low 14 minutes during KU’s 74-71 win over Villanova on Saturday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse. It marked the third time in the last four contests that Grimes has logged less than 19 minutes. As a result, Self made sure to let Grimes know that better days are ahead for the projected lottery ...
Despite losing a first-place vote, Kansas remains No. 1 in the latest poll by the Associated Press. Kansas (9-0) defeated Villanova, which fell out the AP Top 25, Saturday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse in a rematch of last season’s Final Four. The 74-71 victory was the lone game for the Jayhawks since moving back to the top spot in college basketball. Last week, KU was given 57 of the 65 first-place votes to ...