It wasn’t a typical Kansas-Iowa State matchup in Ames, Iowa. After years of tightly-contested battles between Big 12 foes, the first such matchup of the new decade was anything but that. No. 3 Kansas overwhelmed Iowa State from start to finish in its 79-53 win Wednesday night in Hilton Coliseum. It marks the first time that the Jayhawks (12-2, 2-0 Big 12) have defeated the Cyclones (7-7, 0-2) by double ...
Throwing strikes was prohibited during the final practice before the start of the 2020 bowling season. Burton Gepford’s request to the Free State bowling team might have seemed strange, but he had his reasoning. He wanted the Firebirds to work on picking up their spares Wednesday afternoon at Royal Crest Lanes. And that philosophy just might be the very thing that helps Free State send as many bowlers as ...
A sequence late in the third quarter was all Free State’s boys basketball team needed to win its home opener. For three-plus quarters, there was little separation between Shawnee Mission South and Free State in a low-scoring affair between Sunflower League foes. All of that changed in a matter of two minutes, however. A timely triple and back-to-back transition dunks by senior DK Middleton proved to be ...
Free State’s girls basketball team made enough plays when it mattered most. And the Firebirds discovered a little bit about themselves in the process. After going back-and-forth with Shawnee Mission South through three quarters, FSHS pulled away in convincing fashion in the final period. The Firebirds allowed just one successful field goal in the final quarter, which led to a 20-6 advantage over the final ...
Behind a talented trio of scorers, Bishop Seabury’s boys basketball team stayed undefeated in the first game of the 2020 portion of its schedule. Zach Bloch, Stavian Jones and Joao Carlos Ramirez combined for 67 points to lead BSA to a 73-58 win over Barstow in its home opener on Tuesday. The Seahawks, who are ranked No. 1 in Class 2A, improved to 3-0 with the win. The Seahawks set the tone on the defensive ...
The Kansas bench started to stand up before David McCormack even caught the ball. With just over three minutes left in the game, junior Marcus Garrett set up the sophomore big man with an alley-oop off a designed set during KU’s eventual 60-53 win over West Virginia on Saturday. Garrett drove hard to his right before lobbing a pass from the free-throw line. McCormack cut to the left side of the lane and ...