January is almost over, and the winter sports season is coming up on its final stretch as teams prepare for the postseason. With that, several local athletes had performances of note for their teams over the week. Here are this week's Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Cooper Carr, ...
Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald has said that the baseball world took notice of his program’s strong showing in the Big 12 tournament last May, and of the slew of Jayhawks selected in the MLB Draft following the season. At first it was difficult for Fitzgerald himself to reflect on the ...
The Kansas women’s basketball team came out on the winning side of a two-hour game on Wednesday night that saw a combined 50 fouls called, 45 free throws taken and 36 turnovers given up. Much of KU's success was thanks to leading scorer S’Mya Nichols’ ability to elevate her game in the ...
Following a 2-1 record and a fifth-place finish at the McPherson Invitational Tournament this past weekend, the Free State boys basketball team overcame a slow start and continued to roll, defeating Lafayette High School 56-43 on Wednesday night. Free State led by four after the first quarter ...
Josh Galbreath closely followed Devin Neal’s career when Neal made the two-mile move from Lawrence High School to the University of Kansas. Galbreath’s older brother, Eric, played alongside Neal at Lawrence. The younger Galbreath saw Neal, a three-sport athlete for the Lions, become a ...
