The Free State girls swimming and diving team finished tied for third out of 24 schools after the state championships wrapped up Saturday in Lenexa, capping off its first season under head coach Janna Skinner. The Firebirds tallied 209 points as a team to equal the performance of Shawnee Mission East, just behind runner-up Blue Valley Northwest (233) and state champion Blue Valley North (a whopping 365). Free ...
Noah Shelby, a guard with two years of eligibility remaining who previously played at Vanderbilt and Rice, announced Sunday afternoon that he will join the Kansas men's basketball team next season. "I look forward to joining the @KUHoops family," he wrote in a post on X. "Redshirting this upcoming season and will have two years of eligibility remaining. All glory to God!!" The forthcoming redshirt year will ...
With the closure of the transfer portal for the spring comes continuity for Kansas, which beyond its three veteran starters also has three players coming back who were on the bench at the end of the 2023-24 season. They will all see their roles become substantially different, however, on a new-look roster with several big-name transfers and two freshmen already locked in, with more transfer action potentially ...
Free State swept the 4x800-meter relays on Friday at Wichita Northwest in a meet that saw the Firebirds qualify 19 athletes in 13 events for the upcoming state track and field championships at Wichita State. The girls’ team of Elle Cormaney, Mady Whitney, Greta Barnett and Cayman Barnes won in 10 minutes, 10.72 seconds, while the boys’ team of Jake Hedges, Cristian Wills, Jonah Frye and Grant Lichauer made ...
After a slow start, the spring transfer window heated up for Kansas football with three key commitments in the span of a week. Each acquisition represents an assessment by the KU coaching staff that they needed more at a given position — but to what extent can the Jayhawks actually expect immediate contributions this season from players who didn't participate in spring practice? Here's a look at the short- ...
Lawrence High senior Paige Platt won regional championships in both the high jump (5 feet, 2 inches) and the javelin (133 feet, 9 inches) to headline LHS’ group of state qualifiers from Thursday’s 6A regional action in Olathe. Senior Rai’Onna Helm set a new personal record by completing the 100-meter dash in second place in 12.33 seconds. Helm was also part of an LHS 4x100-meter relay team that scraped ...