For South Dakota State point guard and Lawrence High alumnus Zeke Mayo, the expectations are high and they keep getting higher. Mayo, two seasons removed from his days tearing up the court at LHS, is preparing for his third year of college ball after making himself a household name in Brookings, South Dakota, during his sophomore season. The All-Summit First Team selection dazzled fans with a team-high 18.2 ...
A renewal of the Kansas and Wichita State men’s college basketball series seems like a possibility for this season. The in-state schools’ 11th regular-season meeting looks to be scheduled for Dec. 29, ESPN Wichita radio’s Pat Strathman was first to report last week. That same week saw KU release its 12-game nonconference schedule, making the potential matchup with WSU the 13th nonconference listing in the ...
The next face of the Lawrence High boys basketball program is a familiar one. Nick Wood, a former administrator and coach within the district, will be the team’s next head coach, the school announced on Sunday in an email to families. Wood, previously serving as the school’s athletic director from 2020 to 2021, is next in line to lead his alma mater (’96) following the resignation of longtime coach Mike ...
A tree memorializing Adam Leitel, a former Free State educator and coach who died unexpectedly in February, was planted on the south end of the football stadium at Free State High School last weekend. The memorial was organized by several parents and Free State track coach Jordan Rose, and they got got quick approval from the school district to plant the tree at the entrance to the home stands. “We’re ...
A former Jayhawk has been named the next head baseball coach at Emporia State. Brad Hill, who served former KU baseball coach Dave Bingham as an assistant from 1991 to 1994, was formally introduced as the Hornets’ new skipper on Thursday after accepting the job last month. He’s the fifth hire for the Hornet’s baseball program in the last 50 years. The move comes after Hill’s one-year stint in the Big ...
It’s hard to imagine tougher lessons than those learned by the Free State girls basketball team this past winter. Summer Frantz, who was promoted from assistant coach to head coach a year ago, guided the Lady Firebirds through an 0-21 season, with plenty of disappointing box scores and several trips back to the drawing board. A grind. A struggle. A rebuild. Whatever words are used to describe it, Frantz will ...