WRITER: David Rodish

Bishop Seabury center commits to Lake Forest College for basketball

The 2023-24 basketball season brought a lot to Bishop Seabury center Chase Honarvar. In addition to being the Kansas 1A defensive player of the year and helping the Seahawks reach the state championship game, Honarvar got noticed by college coaches. A few months of visits and offers later, Honarvar committed to Lake Forest College, a Division III school outside of Chicago. “It sounded like an awesome ...

KU blows out Oakland 78-57 behind strong night from Storr

Kansas basketball blew out Oakland 78-57 at Allen Fieldhouse to move to 4-0 on the season, led by its frontcourt's strong performance in the first half. Behind wing AJ Storr’s 16 points on the night, KJ Adams was second on the team with 12 points, and Rylan Griffen was third with 11. The Jayhawks shot 57.1% from the field and 40.0% from 3-point range while holding the Golden Grizzlies to 43.6% from the field ...

Storr's second-half scoring flash shows growing comfort and potential at Kansas

AJ Storr's game displayed a different level of aggression for the second half of Kansas men's basketball’s win against Oakland on Saturday night. In 11 second-half minutes, Storr scored 12 points on 5-for-7 shooting, including 2-for-3 from distance. The points came quickly, and they came loudly. The Jayhawks had started the second half slowly, shooting 1-for-6 from the field. Storr’s play provided a spark ...

Comfort in the system has created more explosive plays for Kansas offense

Kansas offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes has talked a lot about explosive plays in his first year in Lawrence. After a slow start to the year, KU’s offense has begun to generate them more reliably, but there hasn't been any new revelation in play calling or scheme, even if there have been some typical in-season evolutions of an offense. In fact, Grimes said the Jayhawks have “been stubborn” in running the ...

Baldwin takes 3rd in boys soccer state tournament with 2-1 win over Bishop Miege

Wichita — Baldwin’s boys soccer team fell short of its season-long goals when it lost to Trinity Academy on Wednesday. The loss prevented the Bulldogs from a state championship, something that the team has been close to for several years. But the season didn’t end there. The Bulldogs had one more opportunity to win together, and they did that in a 2-1 win over Bishop Miege on Saturday in the consolation ...

Former LHS pitcher commits to Nebraska, will join following spring season at Hutchinson CC

Brooks Jones’s second visit to Lincoln, Nebraska, went well. Having already visited Nebraska a year ago, the visit wasn’t an introduction to the school and the baseball team but rather a chance to confirm his feelings about the school. Jones, a former Lawrence High School baseball player and current pitcher for the Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons, got the confirmation he needed about the ...