It is that time of the year again. The area basketball scene will be in full swing this week, with multiple teams slated to compete in tournaments next week. Over half of the area boys basketball programs advanced to the state tournament last year, and many of them have similar expectations ...
Right after Free State junior Caleb Streeter excitedly won his first match over Holton’s Conner Gilliland, senior Lou Fincher congratulated him by handing off a large silver chain. “You get to wear it if you get a pin,” Free State coach Steve Burns said. “It’s an honor to wear it ...
Overland Park — The Firebirds certainly got their money’s worth in the season opener Thursday night at Blue Valley West. It was a back-and-forth battle night all night between Free State and Blue Valley West, as both teams traded punches down the stretch. FSHS forced overtime after being ...
Free State’s boys basketball team rolled to a 59-35 win over Millwood (Okla.) in the season opener Thursday night at Hays Middle School. Sophomore point guard Mozae Downing got the Firebirds started with 6 of his team’s 16 points in the first quarter. It was balanced after that, as Free ...
In evaluating the first season of the Les Miles era at the University of Kansas, the man who hired Miles, Athletic Director Jeff Long, hesitated to call the 2019 season an outright success. And even though Long might be openly overzealous with his verbalized expectations that KU win every ...
When Kansas coach Bill Self and Colorado coach Tad Boyle locked horns as players with the Jayhawks and Oklahoma State Cowboys in the early 1980s, the two guards were a natural matchup. “I was the only guy he could guard,” Boyle joked during a Thursday phone interview with the ...
Just before the 100 butterfly began, a group of Free State swimmers started a chant. “Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt.” Matthew Reimer was who the chant was for. And it boosted Reimer to a sixth-place finish in the event during the first meet of the season, which took place Wednesday afternoon at ...
The 2019 girls basketball season begins today with multiple area teams taking the court. Last season, a pair of area teams qualified for the state tournament and many individuals had successful seasons as well. This year should be just as intriguing with interesting storylines to monitor ...
The last-place Kansas football team only won one conference game this season, but the league’s head coaches voted two Jayhawks onto the 2019 All-Big 12 first team. Both sophomore running back Pooka Williams and senior left tackle Hakeem Adeniji, the conference announced Wednesday, were ...
Although there were signs of life in a couple of games leading up to Maui, Kansas junior Silvio De Sousa found himself back on the bench, struggling with confidence during the Jayhawks’ most recent games. De Sousa, who played a combined 32 minutes in the two KU victories leading up to last ...
The latest winter sports season officially begins this week for Free State. Free State’s swim and dive team will kick off this season with a home meet Wednesday afternoon. The girls basketball team and the wrestling squad, both of which have a new head coach this year, will begin the 2019-20 ...
In the moments following KU’s Maui Invitational title game victory over Dayton, Kansas coach Bill Self mentioned that the 1-2 punch of Devon Dotson and Udoka Azubuike may be the best the program has had in a while. Whether that’s true or not is largely a matter of opinion and also depends ...
The way Kansas football coach Les Miles described it, there wasn’t much for the Jayhawks “to smile about” on their final Saturday of the season. Miles did allow for a slight departure from that line of thinking when it came to KU’s star running back. The Jayhawks weren’t able to ...
Before the 2019 Kansas football season began, I took a stab at a couple of different viewpoints on what was to come. The first belonged to the optimist and was a look ahead at KU’s first season under Les Miles from the perspective of those who believed there were plenty of reasons to be ...
The latest winter sports season officially begins this week for Lawrence High. Both wrestling and swimming will be in action Wednesday afternoon, while the girls basketball team is slated to begin its new campaign on Friday. The boys basketball team will take the floor on Saturday to help get ...
Right before Kansas volleyball faced off against Iowa State on Wednesday night, KU coach Ray Bechard was a little nervous about the fan turnout. “I didn’t know with overtime in the basketball game (whether) that was going to hurt us,” Bechard said with a laugh. But as KU men’s ...
Whether the returning Jayhawks who endured the Kansas football team’s worst loss of 2019 on the final Saturday of the season use that as motivation entering the offseason will vary from man to man. Just the same, as everyone involved in the program moves past a 61-6 beating at the hands of ...
The Big 12 Conference on Monday broke the tie. Five days after earning co-MVP honors of the Maui Invitational with teammate Udoka Azubuike, sophomore point guard Devon Dotson was named the Big 12 player of the week. In KU’s three victories in Maui, Dotson averaged 21 points and 4.3 ...
Carter Stanley’s college career is over and the Kansas football program needs a starting quarterback. While it’s possible Stanley’s replacement could already be on the roster, KU head coach Les Miles said following his team’s finale that the QB position will be one of priority as the ...
Three wins in three days in Maui was worth two spots in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll, as the Kansas men’s basketball team jumped from No. 4 to No. 2 in the latest AP Top 25, released Monday morning. “I’m not sure the win will have a ton to do with what we do going forward,” ...
