WRITER: Henry Greenstein

KU women's basketball adds high-scoring transfer Webster

The Kansas women's basketball team added another key piece to its new-look 2024-25 roster Monday night, earning the commitment of a high-volume scorer from the Big West Conference. Jordan Webster, a 5-foot-10 guard who played four seasons at UC Riverside, announced that she will join the Jayhawks next year. Webster started 64 games for the Highlanders over the past two years. In 2023-24, she averaged 17.1 ...

Kansas softball left out of NCAA Tournament field

The Kansas softball team was not picked for the 64-team field of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, which was announced Sunday evening. The Jayhawks closed the Big 12 Conference tournament with their highest win total of head coach Jennifer McFalls' tenure at 28-25-1, and vastly exceeded their previous success in league play by winning 11 conference games, compared to 10 combined in the past three seasons. They were ...

KU track and field team earns four individual outdoor titles

Four Jayhawks, all from the Kansas men's track and field team and primarily in field events, won titles at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship, which was held from Thursday to Saturday in Waco, Texas. KU's best showing of all came in the men's pole vault, when not only did sophomore Anthony Meacham win the league championship by clearing 5.40 meters, but teammate and classmate Ashton Barkdull was right behind in ...

Baseball, softball, soccer matchups released for regional playoffs

A slew of local teams learned Saturday morning where, when and whom they will play for their opening matchups of the upcoming KSHSAA regional playoffs. Here's what awaits the area's top baseball, softball and soccer squads during the week ahead. Baseball 6A East Regional: No. 10 Lawrence High (13-13) will face No. 7 Mill Valley (14-11) at Blue Valley Antioch District Athletic Complex at 2 p.m. Wednesday. If ...

Preps notebook: LHS, FSHS take on Sunflower League track meet; Seabury duo places 7th at state tennis

The Free State boys track and field team continued a successful season in the 4x800-meter relay, claiming the latest in a series of first-place finishes this year when Ryan Whittlesey, Cristian Wills, Jonah Frye and Jake Loos combined to win the event at the Sunflower League track meet Friday night at Mill Valley High School. The Firebirds’ time of 8:05.94 was more than four seconds faster than that of the ...

Preps Notebook: LHS, FSHS regular seasons conclude ahead of Saturday's seeding

The Lawrence High softball team split a low-scoring doubleheader with Shawnee Mission East on Thursday to finish its regular season with a 9-16 record. In the top half of the doubleheader, Charlee Burghart’s third-inning RBI single to score Harper Dye went down as the Chesty Lions’ lone run, but that was all they needed thanks to Keira Norris’ 16-strikeout complete-game shutout, as they won 1-0. They ...