One week after dropping a 72-69 decision to North Dakota State, the Kansas women’s basketball team will look to get back in the win column with an afternoon matchup against New Mexico State. Tipoff is slated for 12 p.m. Dec. 29, and the game will be televised on ESPN+. The Aggies are 2-4 entering this matchup, including three losses in their four games this month. The Jayhawks, meanwhile, are 4-2 on the year ...
One month of the high school winter sports season has been completed, though it wasn’t completely uninterrupted. There have been at least three local teams who have been asked to quarantine due to COVID-19 protocols, while everybody is doing their best to navigate through this strange season. There have been fan restrictions along with other social distancing measures that have taken place at every ...
It was about 10 years ago when Freda McPhail first noticed that her son, Devin Neal, had what it takes to be a leader. McPhail watched as Neal finished up his final lap at the end of a youth football practice at Holcom Park. Because of his natural speed, Neal was one of the first players done and he could have stopped right there. Instead, Neal saw that a few of the offensive linemen were struggling and decided ...
The combination of fatigue and playing without its best player proved to be too much to overcome for the Kansas women’s basketball team during a 72-69 loss to North Dakota State Monday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. And that was never more obvious than the final four minutes and 32 seconds. The Jayhawks, who were playing in their first game in 11 days and without leading scorer Holly Kersgieter, missed its ...
Coach of the year: Steve Rampy, Lawrence High The season may have ended in the quarterfinals for Rampy’s Lions, but that doesn’t change the fact that they were considered the best team in the state for much of the year. LHS has made an impressive turnaround since Rampy took the helm. Lawrence went 1-8 during Rampy’s first year in 2018, but the Lions were 17-3 over the next two seasons, including a ...
Coach of the year: Kyle Billings, Perry-Lecompton In just his first season at the helm, Billings helped guide the Kaws to their first substate title since 1996. Perry-Lecompton cracked the top 10 in Class 3A for the first time in decades despite having to face some elite squads in the Big Seven league. The Kaws eventually fell to a Big Seven foe, Sabetha, in the Class 3A quarterfinal and finished the season ...