Earlier this summer, the 1990 Lawrence High School volleyball team was inducted into the Kansas Volleyball Association Hall of Fame. Despite it being nearly 30 years later, and the fact several of the players have since left the area, a total of nine of the 10 players on the team — as well as the manager — made it back for the ceremony. Yet, as special as it was to be recognized, the team believed the ...
Dating back to the first grade, Hakeem Adeniji has never missed a game. A junior offensive tackle at the University of Kansas, Adeniji has overcome every minor injury throughout his football career. Since arriving in Lawrence in 2016, he has started all 24 games with the Jayhawks, and never doubted whether he’d be ready to go this fall after undergoing two different shoulder surgeries in the offseason. “It ...
University of Kansas junior receiver Evan Fairs still remembers the first time he beat his older sister in a race. The sibling showdown was formed by Fairs’ parents when he was 8 years old in Fulshear, Texas. They challenged both Evan and his sister, Erin, to run to the stop sign, which was about a mile away from the house. The winner would receive money as a prize. Erin, who is four years older than Evan, ...
It has been a bizarre journey for James Sosinski. A junior tight end for the Kansas football team, Sosinski hasn’t played a meaningful snap since his senior year of high school in 2014. Since then, Sosinski has switched positions, changed schools and even competed in a different sport to get to this point. As a result, Sosinski wants to prove something when he steps on the field in David Booth Kansas ...
It all got started on the eighth hole for Bradley Lane. Lane placed the golf ball within a foot of the hole on his tee shot from 175 yards out. Lane netted the ensuing putt for a birdie. He then recorded birdies on the next two holes en route to a victory at the annual City of Lawrence Championship at Eagle Bend Golf Course. “That was kind of the boot in the backside to get things going,” Lane said. Lane ...
Free State junior offensive tackle Turner Corcoran released a list of his top-seven collegiate programs Friday evening via his personal Twitter account. The University of Kansas was among the final seven schools along with Ohio State, Kansas State, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma. In his post, Corcoran said his recruitment remains 100 percent open. "I would like to thank the man up above and ...