Before Tonganoxie’s softball season was canceled because of the pandemic, coach Stephanie Wittman went through the schedule with her team, marking off games she thought the team had a good chance to win with a green highlighter. By the end of the session, all of the games on the schedule had been marked off. “All of them were green, as in we could beat them,” THS senior Lauren Gray said. “That’s ...
The Bishop Seabury boys basketball team got some national media attention Monday night after a dominant 2019-20 season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. On ESPN's SportsCenter, the Seahawks were among the teams honored by Scott Van Pelt as a part of his #SeniorNight segment, which was created to honor college and high school athletes around the country who didn’t get the chance to play their final ...
There is always something special about the first set of win totals released by the betting market. It gives fans an idea of what unbiased people think about their favorite team. With the entire sports world on pause for the time being, the early win totals for the 2020 college football season are even more meaningful. It provides a sense of normalcy, and perhaps there is reason to believe there will be ...
It took two years, but the Veritas girls basketball team finally returned to the floor for the 2019-20 campaign. Because it was the first year for the program since the 2016-17 season, though, the Eagles didn’t measure their success by their number of wins. Even though Veritas went 0-18, there were plenty of reasons for the team to be proud of what it accomplished both on and off the court this past ...
The Veritas boys basketball team has become accustomed to playing its best basketball at the end of the season, but that’s not what happened during the 2019-20 campaign. For the first time since 2015, VCS didn’t compete in the state championship game of the KCAA state tournament. After four consecutive trips to the title game, which featured two state crowns and two runner-up finishes, the Eagles were ...
The Lawrence High School girls basketball team may have gone 5-16 over the past season, but that record doesn't worry coach Jeff Dickson very much. In fact, the Lions' head coach said the team's struggles this year could lay the groundwork for more success in the years to come. “We never win as many games as we want to, because we want to win them all,” Dickson said. “But wins and losses is about seventh ...