As expected, the Kansas football team is back to being a double-digit underdog. KU’s brief moment as a favorite, in which the team was favored by 6.5 points in the season opener, ended with a 38-23 home loss to Coastal Carolina in Week 1. Even if KU had won that game, however, it likely would have been a double-digit underdog this week and perhaps throughout its entire nine-game slate in Big 12 ...
After three lopsided wins in as many weeks, Lawrence High’s football team (No. 1 in Class 6A) was looking forward to a marquee matchup with Mill Valley (No. 1 in Class 5A) at LHS on Friday. It figured to be an important test for a team with state championship aspirations this season. But that showdown was ultimately canceled after an LHS player tested positive for COVID-19, Athletic Director Nick Wood told ...
A highly anticipated showdown between a pair of top-ranked teams will not go on. According to LHS Athletic Director Nick Wood, this week's matchup between Lawrence High (No. 1 in Class 6A) and Mill Valley (No. 1 in Class 5A) has been canceled after a Lawrence player tested positive for COVID-19. A news release provided by the Lawrence school district over the weekend indicated that the unnamed player did not ...
Given the roster turnover for the 2020 unit, along with the lack of practices in the spring due to the pandemic, some growing pains for KU’s defense should have been expected. The final result for the season opener would indicate that, too, as Kansas fell at home to Coastal Carolina for the second year in a row with a 38-23 defeat. But the second half did feature some noticeable adjustments by the Jayhawks on ...
In a battle between a pair of top-three teams, Perry-Lecompton (No. 2 in Class 3A) came away with much-deserved bragging rights after a 28-14 road win over Holton (No. 3 in Class 3A) on Friday. The Kaws, who are coming off a runner-up finish last season, are now 3-0 to start the year. Both teams traded punches in the first half, with Perry-Lecompton scoring in the opening quarter on a 1-yard touchdown run by ...
It would have been a difficult matchup even under the best of circumstances, but a shorthanded Free State football team ultimately didn’t have enough firepower in a 35-9 loss to Olathe North Friday night at FSHS, falling to 0-2 in the first three weeks of the season. The Firebirds were still missing more than 30 players and one coach, all of whom were finishing up quarantine following a positive COVID-19 test ...