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Preview: Free State football looking to bounce back at Shawnee Mission West

Free State football (1-1) will look to bounce back from its first loss of the season, going on the road for the first time Friday night to take on Shawnee Mission West (1-1). The Firebirds have undergone a “roller-coaster start,” in the words of head coach Kevin Stewart, after a pair of ...

Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Claire Heinritz and Oscar Paden

Another week of the fall high school sports season brought dominating performances and comeback heroics from local athletes. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Claire Heinritz, Free State Heinritz finished second in the Chesty Lion Shootout girls golf ...

Report: KU football will face Arizona State in London in 2026

The University of Kansas will head across the pond for Big 12 football in 2026, according to a report from The Post and Courier on Thursday morning. Scott Hamilton of the Charleston, South Carolina, newspaper reported that KU and Arizona State will meet at Wembley Stadium in London on Sept. ...

Big 12 releases initial availability report ahead of KU-WVU

The Kansas football team on Wednesday night released its first-ever Big 12 availability report ahead of Saturday’s game against West Virginia at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. The report provided updates on a variety of Jayhawks who were listed as probable, questionable, doubtful or ...

Big 12 power rankings: Top 6 teams remain unchanged

For the second week in a row, Iowa State remained in the top spot in the Big 12 power rankings. The Cyclones received 11 of a possible 16 first-place votes from a panel of media members who regularly cover the Big 12. Texas Tech had three first-place votes and Utah picked up one ahead of ...