A 15-year drought without a bowl win got one step closer to becoming history when Kansas drew its date with UNLV in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix on Dec. 26. It was Tempe that served as the backdrop for the Jayhawks’ last bowl victory, a 42-21 rout over Minnesota in the 2008 Insight Bowl. Year 3 of the Lance Leipold era brought an 8-4 (5-4 Big 12 Conference) regular-season finish that would look far ...
Kansas City, Mo. – There’s still much to learn about the Lawrence High girls basketball team’s ceiling, LHS coach Jeff Dickson said, after a 49-31 loss to Grandview at the 12 Courts of Christmas Classic on Tuesday at Hy-Vee Arena. The Lady Lions (3-2), fresh off come-from-behind victories over Blue Valley West (53-50 OT) and Shawnee Mission East (47-40), were seemingly out of character, tallying up five ...
Kansas earned the commitment of Utah State transfer safety Devin Dye, the two-year junior college product announced on social media Tuesday. Dye officially re-entered the transfer portal last Monday. https://x.com/Devin_Dye6/status/1737193919266631843?s=20 Dye, a San Diego native and Cathedral Catholic High School graduate, is the brother of current KU safety Jalen Dye and the son of former Kansas City Royals ...
Free State senior star Wesley Edison took his next big step with a commitment via social media to the Kansas football program. Edison, doubling as the starting quarterback and linebacker for the Firebirds the last two years, will be shifting over to defense full-time with the Jayhawks. A visit to practice alongside KU linebackers coach Chris Simpson ultimately won him over, Edison told the Journal-World. The ...
A 20-point performance by junior Jace Smith helped the Seabury boys basketball squad keep their foot on the pedal Monday night in a 59-42 win over visiting St. Mary’s. Smith’s game-high scoring was hardly the only storyline for the Seahawks (4-0), with three more starters – sophomore Jace Hoffman (16 points), junior Chase Honarvar (11 points) and senior Aidan Page – scoring in double figures to push ...
Prairie Village — The first-quarter spark that ignited Lawrence High senior Zaxton King’s 28-point performance didn’t last for the Chesty Lions in a 67-50 loss at Shawnee Mission East on Tuesday night. LHS (1-4), opening its Sunflower League slate with a loss, struggled from the field (16 of 39) most of the night and leaned heavily on King’s output. Mixed baskets by sophomore Josh Galbreath (five ...