Right after Free State junior Caleb Streeter excitedly won his first match over Holton’s Conner Gilliland, senior Lou Fincher congratulated him by handing off a large silver chain. “You get to wear it if you get a pin,” Free State coach Steve Burns said. “It’s an honor to wear it around your neck, and then you’ve got to hand it off to the next person once they pin. Hopefully it cycles through ...
Right before Kansas volleyball faced off against Iowa State on Wednesday night, KU coach Ray Bechard was a little nervous about the fan turnout. “I didn’t know with overtime in the basketball game (whether) that was going to hurt us,” Bechard said with a laugh. But as KU men’s basketball secured a 90-84 overtime win over Dayton in the Maui Invitational final, KU volleyball settled in to its senior ...
Sending its veterans out on a high note, Kansas volleyball on Wednesday celebrated senior night with a 3-2 (25-14, 25-23, 25-22, 26-24, 15-12) victory over Iowa State. "Really happy for the resolve that these girls showed tonight and the plays they made down the stretch," KU coach Ray Bechard said. "It was a big deal.” Before the match, four KU seniors — Libero Allie Nelson, middle blocker Zoe Hill, ...
Senior forward Mariane De Carvalho stepped into a 3-pointer with under a minute to go, stretching the Kansas lead to 20 and putting an exclamation point on what proved to be a more stressful game than anticipated. While KU women’s basketball defeated Texas State 68-48 Sunday, the final score doesn’t quite indicate how close this game truly was for the first three quarters. The Jayhawks did heat up early, ...
Perry — As Hayden senior quarterback Cade Pavlik’s final pass sailed past his receiver in the end zone, celebration erupted from the Perry-Lecompton defense. “Our kids, they hung in there, they fought back and I’m tickled to death for them,” Perry-Lecompton coach Mike Paramore said. “We have the chance to keep playing one more week and let’s go see what we can get done.” Overcoming close calls ...
It was an ugly win, but a win nonetheless for Kansas as the Jayhawks defeated East Tennessee State 75-63 in the first round of the Maui Invitational Tuesday night. However, even though the Buccaneers stuck around early, KU took control midway through the first half. Withe Jayhawks up by as much as 18 points, KU seemed to once again be taking care of an early-season non-conference opponent at home. Leading the ...