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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Baldwin City — The Baldwin boys soccer season fell short of the team’s preseason expectations with a 3-1 loss to Wichita Trinity Academy at Liston Stadium in the semifinal of the 4-1A state tournament, but the season isn’t over for the Bulldogs. They have one more game to win — one more game to play together as a team. That was the message to the team from coach Mike McCune at Liston Field at Baker ...
State cross-country meets took place in Wamego and Lawrence, with the Eudora and Baldwin girls cross-country teams both placing in the top three of the 4A race. The Cardinals placed second as a team with 89 points, while Baldwin finished in third with 90 points. Eduora’s Hanna Keltner won the race with a time of 19 minutes, 18.56 seconds. Addison Williams placed 26th individually at 21:42.85, and Lizzie ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Ahead of the second overtime of Saturday night's Big 12 Conference soccer tournament match between Kansas and West Virginia, Kansas coach Nate Lie and his staff discussed a potential penalty kick order. Lie didn’t address his team until about 30 seconds remained in the break, and all he said to his team was, “Great job.” The Jayhawks' Lexi Watts scored the game-winning goal and the ...