WRITER: Matt Tait

Kevin McCullar Jr.'s point guard potential and defensive skills fit anywhere but make him particularly well-suited for Kansas

For a decent chunk of his youth basketball career, it looked as if Kevin McCullar Jr. might be destined to be a point guard. He played some point at Wagner High School in San Antonio, but moved off the ball because his team needed him to play other positions. Still, his point guard skills grew and served him well, both throughout the remainder of his high school career and at Texas Tech, where he battled ...

Free State baseball's Mike and Matt Hill have enjoyed adding a coaching chapter to their father-son dynamic

In more than 30 years of coaching the game in Lawrence, Free State High baseball coach Mike Hill has seen just about everything. That’s what made his new experience this season in leading the Firebirds back to the state tournament one of the more memorable moments of his coaching career. And all he had to do to see it was look at the man next to him on any given day. Hill’s son, Matt Hill, is one of ...

Start of Class 6A state baseball tournament moved to Friday

The Kansas State High School Activities Association announced Wednesday morning that the 6A state baseball tournament slated for Thursday and Friday in Fort Scott had been pushed back a day and now will begin on Friday. Steady rain is in the weather forecast for that area throughout Wednesday and Thursday, but Friday is projected to have sunny skies with temperatures in the mid-60s. Free State High's ...

Kansas coach Bill Self says roster movement, uncertainty making college coaches 'uncomfortable' this offseason

As the Kansas men’s basketball program awaits NBA draft decisions from Christian Braun and Jalen Wilson, KU coach Bill Self and his staff continue to work on contingency plans to make sure they’re ready for any scenario. Braun and Wilson have until June 1 to decide to stay in the draft or pull their names out of the pool and return to Kansas for another run. Most analysts and people close to the program ...

Free State golfer Jack Randall goes out with a round in the 70s in tough conditions at state

On a wet and rainy Tuesday that saw five of the six high school classifications in Kansas cancel the second round of their state golf tournaments because of unplayable conditions, Free State High’s Jack Randall played on. Randall, the lone Firebird to advance to Day 2 in Dodge City, followed up Monday’s 5-over par 76 with a 79 on Tuesday in Dodge City to finish at 13-over for the tournament and in a tie ...