WRITER: David Rodish

Free State wide receiver Leipold commits to University of Nebraska at Kearney

Football has always been part of the lives of Free State wide receiver Landon Leipold and his family. As the son of Kansas head coach Lance Leipold, Landon always spent time around his dad’s teams with the dream of being like them. That dream is coming to fruition. Leipold committed to the University of Nebraska at Kearney, an NCAA Division II school about five hours from Lawrence. “Since I posted my ...

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 ...

Bishop Seabury hosted Late Night basketball scrimmage ahead of anticipated boys season

With the Kansas high school boys basketball season less than a month away, Bishop Seabury hosted its Late Night event to introduce its team. The Seahawks played a game against Seabury alumni that previously played for the team. The varsity Seahawks led 18-10 after a 10-minute half and won 35-17. While this wasn’t the first time that the school has hosted a Late Night event to kick off the basketball season, ...

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 ...