Baldwin’s girls wrestling team took home a state title during Friday’s Class 4A-1A state wrestling tournament at Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina. The Bulldogs had four wrestlers place to score 54.5 points as a team, which was good enough to secure a state crown at just the second ...
A pair of Lawrence High wrestlers made it to the finals, but neither of them were able to come away with a state title at the Class 6A state wrestling meet on Saturday inside Hartman Arena. Lawrence senior Trey Medina’s undefeated season came to an end in the championship match of the ...
When the 2020-21 men’s basketball schedule was finalized, Saturday’s home showdown with Baylor was a game that every Kansas fan circled immediately. At the time, most thought the game could determine the Big 12 champion and be in the running for game of the year in college basketball. It ...
It took a lot of heroes in some fire red throwback Kansas uniforms for the No. 17 Jayhawks to knock off No. 2 Baylor inside Allen Fieldhouse Saturday night. So of course KU’s signature 71-58 victory needed a blockbuster level plot twist. On a night when KU big man David McCormack annihilated ...
It remains to be seen if Saturday night truly was Senior Night for Kansas guard Marcus Garrett. But even if the Dallas native elects to take the NCAA up on its offer for all seniors to come back for another senior season in 2021-22, it’s hard to imagine Garrett being celebrated quite like he ...
Kansas athletes Alexandra Emilianov and Rylee Anderson claimed individual Big 12 titles in their events on the final day of the Big 12 Indoor Championship in Lubbock, Texas on Saturday. The Kansas women finished sixth overall with 68.5 points, while the Kansas men tied for eighth with 51 ...
Kansas women’s tennis returned home to earn a 4-3 win over Iowa State on Saturday in the Jayhawk Tennis Center. “Today was the battle we expected it to be. Iowa State is one of the most improved teams in college tennis and (has) a great start to their season,” head coach Todd Chapman ...
The Veritas boys basketball team came up just short, dropping a 80-68 overtime heartbreaker to Manhattan Chief during Saturday’s KCAA State Championship game in Wichita. Veritas (14-9) was on the verge of capturing a state title, leading by 9 points with two minutes left in regulation before ...
Free State’s girls basketball team secured a postseason win by defeating Junction City, 50-26, during Saturday’s play-in game at Junction City. The Firebirds jumped out to an early 11-0 lead by knocking down shots and playing strong defense. After taking a 12-6 lead into the second ...
A fourth quarter comeback had the Kansas women’s basketball team within striking distance of an upset against No. 18 West Virginia on Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. But even on a day when the Jayhawks held Mountaineers star guard Kysre Gondrezick to 6-for-20 shooting from the field, ...
No. 17 Kansas Jayhawks (17-8 overall, 11-6 Big 12) vs. No. 2 Baylor Bears (18-0 overall, 10-0 Big 12) Time: 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 Location: Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kansas TV: ESPN | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog coverage and ...
If everything had gone according to plan, it would be hard to talk yourself into the idea that this Kansas team could beat this year’s Baylor team anywhere, including at Allen Fieldhouse. As it turns out, though, the Jayhawks just might be catching BU at an opportune time for an upset. Few ...
Bishop Seabury swimmer Ian Blake capped off his junior campaign with a state title and a runner-up finish in another event last Saturday at the Class 5A-1A state swim meet. Blake won the 100 butterfly as an individual and secured a second-place finish in the 100 breaststroke while competing in ...
Kansas seniors Mitch Lightfoot and Chris Teahan announced Friday that they are planning to take advantage of the NCAA’s waiver for an extra year of eligibility and will return to KU for the 2021-22 season. In the news release announcing their return, KU revealed that fellow senior Marcus ...
Only three games and eight days remain in the regular season for the Kansas women’s basketball team. And while recent results haven’t been what coach Brandon Schneider and the Jayhawks desired, they remain more hopeful than discouraged. Following a 9-point home loss to Texas earlier this ...
Changing a program doesn’t happen overnight, but Free State’s wrestling team took a big step in that direction during Year One of the Randy Streeter era. The Firebirds went from unranked entering the season all the way up to No. 4 in Class 6A ahead of last week’s substate meet. FSHS is ...
Lawrence High’s wrestling team is hoping to maintain its recent postseason momentum during the Class 6A state tournament on Saturday at Hartman Arena in Park City. The Lions took six wrestlers to its substate meet at Olathe North last week, and five performed well enough to qualify for the ...
For the first time in school history, Free State has a two-time state champion in wrestling. Junior Madyson Gray accomplished that feat on Thursday inside Hartman Arena by winning an individual title at just the state's second sanctioned girls wrestling tournament. Gray also won an ...
Turns out the top four teams left out of March Madness won't have their bubbles burst quite yet. Under a contingency plan released Thursday by the Division I basketball committees, those four at-large teams that don't make the original field in the men's and women's NCAA tournaments will be ...
The reigning Naismith Defensive Player of the Year is in the running to win the award again in 2021. Kansas senior Marcus Garrett on Thursday was named one of 10 finalists for this year’s award, given annually to the best defender in college basketball by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club. Garrett ...
