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Free State baseball overcomes slow start, defeats Washburn Rural 4-1 in state quarterfinal

There are three words that define postseason play: "Survive and advance." That’s exactly what the Free State baseball team (26-2) was able to do in the quarterfinal round of the 6A state tournament on Thursday morning at Hoglund Ballpark, defeating Washburn Rural, 4-1. Free State senior ...

Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Harper Dye and Ryker Mahnke

The spring sports season concluded its regional and quarterfinal rounds this past week, and several local athletes made plays to get their teams wins in the biggest moments. Here are this week's selections for Athletes of the Week: Harper Dye, Lawrence Dye hit .800 in Lawrence softball's ...

Quartlebaum to leave KU staff; office manager Price promoted as replacement

Director of Basketball Operations Fred Quartlebaum will leave the Kansas program in June after a dozen seasons in Lawrence, head coach Bill Self announced on Thursday morning. Quartlebaum spent seven years as the director of student-athlete development before assuming his current role in 2020. ...

KU looks to start regional strong against Creighton

Updated 12:59 p.m. Thursday, May 29: The Kansas baseball team will get its first taste of NCAA regional baseball since 2014 as KU, a No. 2 seed, takes on No. 3 seed Creighton at 7 p.m. on Friday at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The postseason berth is the result of a ...