In a blink of an eye, No. 3 Kansas shut the door on any potential upset bid by Texas Tech. The Red Raiders, who ended KU’s streak of regular-season conference titles last year, were threatening late in the second half. And then, in a matter of just three possessions, the Jayhawks proved why they are among the two real contenders for the conference crown this year. A sequence in the second half helped KU hold ...
Lawrence High girls head coach Jeff Dickson will admit that he either gives the worst pregame speeches or the best halftime pep talks. There is no in between. For the second day in a row, LHS girls put together a rally to start the second half, but a sluggish start proved to be too much to overcome. Lawrence trailed by double digits after one quarter for the second straight night in its eventual 60-29 loss to ...
A floater by Derby freshman Maryn Archer hit the back of the rim before falling safely to the floor. Pandemonium ensued after that. Free State junior Shannon Clarke raised her arms in triumph before turning around for an emphatic chest bump with senior Caely Kesten near the top of the key. The rest of the Free State girls basketball team joined in on the celebration following a 53-52 overtime thriller against ...
With approximately 20 seconds left in the second quarter, Free State’s girls basketball team elected to hold for the last shot. Senior guard Caely Kesten eventually darted through the FL Schlagle defense before dishing a precise pass to the left wing. Junior Evy Harrell was there to receive the pass and immediately drilled a 3-pointer in one smooth motion at the buzzer. The two proceeded to chest bump at ...
Anytime one of the premier basketball programs feels the need to press in the third quarter, it must mean something is going right for the team facing Derby. That was the case when Lawrence High’s girls basketball team went on a run to start the second half. Derby, which led by a 36-8 margin at the intermission, went back to its full-court pressure defense to close out the third quarter after LHS started ...
Coming off a pair of losses over the weekend, Bishop Seabury’s boys basketball team got back in the win column Tuesday. BSA secured a 63-51 win over Maur Hill at home on Tuesday, ending a two-game losing skid. The Seahawks (8-2, No. 1 in Class 2A) were coming off a fourth-place finish in the Baldwin Invitational following losses to Augusta and Louisburg. “After a tough weekend, I was proud of how our boys ...