The Northeastern baseball team entered Friday’s game at Kansas as the national leader in stolen bases by a margin of 29 more than its next closest competition. But the Huskies’ proclivity for running dealt them a key blow in a big moment of Friday’s NCAA regional opener. “Hindsight, obviously, it probably wasn’t the best decision,” Northeastern coach Mike Glavine said, “but I just didn’t want ...
By virtue of its top-16 national seed, the Kansas baseball team earned the opportunity to host NCAA regional competition at Hoglund Ballpark. The Jayhawks didn’t disappoint in their first-ever home postseason action on Friday afternoon, beating Northeastern 6-3 to earn their first NCAA Tournament victory since 2014. KU expanded the ballpark’s seating in preparation for the event, installing bleachers and a ...
For the first time since 2014 and the first time ever at Hoglund Ballpark, the Kansas baseball team has won an NCAA regional game. The Jayhawks hit a series of early homers, weathered a gradual comeback from Northeastern in the middle innings and cashed in late for a couple of insurance runs against the Huskies’ bullpen on their way to a 6-3 victory on Friday afternoon. Shortstop Tyson LeBlanc was ...
A center of activity for much of the school year, The Wagon Wheel tends to get rather quiet when graduation passes and the students leave town. The 71-year-old Lawrence institution at 507 W. 14th St. used to be open on Fridays and Saturdays in off months, but it has in recent years closed for the summer, shutting its doors to everything but a handful of private parties, dinners and the like, its proprietor Rob ...
The Kansas football team earned its second commitment at the tight end position in the span of a week when Luke Gazzaniga announced that he will join the Jayhawks. Gazzaniga made his decision public through an Instagram post in partnership with 247Sports on Thursday afternoon. A three-star prospect, he is listed at 6-foot-4 and 232 pounds and attends Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa ...
The first-ever baseball regional in Lawrence is ready to get underway. Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri State and Northeastern practiced at a newly reconfigured Hoglund Ballpark on Thursday in advance of Friday’s opening action, with top-seeded host KU set to take on Northeastern at 12 p.m. and Arkansas and Missouri State doing battle at 5 p.m. “Our administration has done an incredible job of making Hoglund ...